this is bbc news. i'm victoria valentine with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the head of britain's mi5 says he's "profoundly sorry" the security service didn't prevent the manchester arena bombing. gathering covid intelligence is difficult, but had we managed to seize the slim chance we had, those impacted might not have experienced such appalling loss and trauma. guilty verdicts. disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh is convicted of murdering his wife and son at a trial in south carolina. america's secretary of state meets with allies in the indo—pacific region:

concerns over ukraine top the agenda. and a bbc investigation finds that hundreds of dogs are being smuggled out of illegal puppy mills in eastern europe. hello and welcome. the head of mi5 has said he is "profoundly sorry" that the security service did not prevent the manchester arena bombing in 2017. the chair of the inquiry, sirjohn saunders, found that intelligence could have led to the suicide bomber, salman abedi, being stopped in the days before the attack. 22 people were killed in the attack. danny savage reports. nearly six years on from the atrocity of the manchester

arena, a thorough report has concluded the security services missed a significant chance to take action, which may have prevented it. i take action, which may have prevented it.— prevented it. i have found a significant _ prevented it. i have found a significant missed - prevented it. i have found a i significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack. there was a realistic possibility that actionable intelligence may have been obtained which might have been obtained which might have led to actions preventing the attack. the reason for this missed opportunity included a failure by the security service in my view to act swiftly enough. in my view to act swiftly enough-— in my view to act swiftly enou:h. , ., enough. in response to the criticism. _ enough. in response to the criticism, the _ enough. in response to the i criticism, the director-general criticism, the director—general of mis criticism, the director—general of mi5 made a statement but refused to take questions from the media. i refused to take questions from the media-— the media. i deeply regret that such intelligence _ the media. i deeply regret that such intelligence was - the media. i deeply regret that such intelligence was not - such intelligence was not obtained. gathering covid intelligence is difficult. but had we managed to seize the slim chance we had, those impacted might not have

experienced such appalling loss and trauma. i am profoundly sorry that mi5 did not prevent the attack. sorry that mi5 did not prevent the attack-— the attack. the enquiry established _ the attack. the enquiry established that - the attack. the enquiry established that two i the attack. the enquiry - established that two pieces of classified information about the bomber were not acted upon by mi5. that was a missed opportunity. it could have led to salman abedi being followed to salman abedi being followed to the part nissan micro where he stored his explosives. it could also has seen him stopped at manchester airport on his return from libya four days before the attack. salman abedi set of his suicide bomb in the foyer of the end of the concert. teenagers were leaving, parents were waiting for their children. the revelations have left the families of the victims angry. they wanted yesterday to answer so many students.— so many students. disappointed. nothin: so many students. disappointed. nothing changed. _ so many students. disappointed. nothing changed. it _ so many students. disappointed.

nothing changed. it bewildered. | nothing changed. it bewildered. come down not knowing what to expect and going home the same way. expect and going home the same wa . ., . , expect and going home the same wa , ., . , ., expect and going home the same wa. , ., expect and going home the same way. policies have changed as a result of the _ way. policies have changed as a result of the manchester - result of the manchester arena in bari. it has been uncomfortable listening for most of the authorities involved. but that is nothing compared to a lifetime of sadness and loss for the innocent families caught up in the bombing. danny savage, bbc news. a man and a woman are due in court in sussex later today charged with gross negligence manslaughter, after the discovery of a baby's remains in woodland near brighton on wednesday. constance marten and mark gordon also face charges of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course ofjustice. the couple were arrested on monday after being tracked by police for a number of weeks. a prominent lawyer in south carolina in the united states has been found guilty of killing his wife and son. prosecutors said alex murdaugh wanted to distract attention from his theft of millions

of dollars from clients, which he used to fund an expensive drug habit. garry o'donoghue reports. a small—town courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation's imagination. minimum sentence for murder... after nearly six weeks of evidence, but less than three hours of deliberation, thejury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs 15. verdict — guilty, signed by the foreperson of the jury. outside the court, the prosecutor said justice had been done. if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. the murdaugh family dominated the legal world in this picturesque part of south carolina. for decades, the family held key prosecutor roles in several counties, and their private law firm seen almost as powerful as law enforcement itself. it was at this

i,700—acre property that the bodies of maggie and paul murdaugh were found brutally murdered almost two years ago, the culmination of a series of events that had seen three other separate suspicious deaths connected to the family. three months later, alex murdaugh, accused of killing his wife and son, was also to admit to a botched suicide attempt involving a $10 million insurance claim, charges for which are still pending. but during the murder trial, he was adamant he was innocent. did you take this gun or any gun like it and blow your son's brains out onjune 7 or any day or any time? no, i did not. one conversation... throughout the trial, the prosecution said murdaugh committed the murders in an attempt to generate sympathy at a time when his life was falling apart amid allegations he had stolen huge sums from clients partly to fund a drug habit, and fourweeks in,

he had to admit he lied about the last time he'd seen his wife and son alive. why did you lie to agent owen, agent croff and deputy rutland about the last time you saw maggie and paul? as my addiction evolved over time, i would get in these situations or circumstances where i would get paranoid thinking, and it could be anything. that night, june 7, after finding... ..maggs and paul... .."don't talk to anybody without danny with you." and he may be taken away. as he left the courtroom, murdaugh mouthed "i love you" to his son buster, who was in the public gallery. he will be sentenced later today and could get anything from 30 years to life without parole. but that isn't the end of it for alex murdaugh. he still faces dozens of

other for financial crimes, —— other charges for financial crimes, and investigations into other suspicious deaths connected to the family. garry o'donoghue, bbc news. well, yesterday at this time, we were telling you about the g20 meeting of foreign ministers in delhi in india. these talks collapsed without a joint final statement as nations could not agree on the way forward in ukraine. well, today, four of the nations in the indo—pacific region have been meeting — the us, australia, india and japan. they are known as the quad. and in the last few minutes, they published a final statement. our us state department correspondent barbara plett usher is in delhi, and shejoins me now. what was in this statement? that meeting has just ended. it was being held at this hotel, and as you said, the four ministers belonging to this grouping that is called the

quad, there were a number of things in the statement of how they could do that, including counterterrorism and other measures. really, the elephant in the room throughout this discussion was china. although they say this grouping is not set out to counter china, that is very much how it is seen. i talked around it, really. they said they are not willing to talk about what they will stand against but what they are for. democracy and freedom and security and stability and obeying international laws, and they want to give other countries in the region a choice and a partner to ally with. so that is the kind of language they use. mr blank, the secretary of state, did not talk about china in the way he has in the past couple of days, and he has very clearly said that he believes beijing is considering whether to give leave for aid to the russians for their war leave for aid to the russians fortheirwar in ukraine leave for aid to the russians for their war in ukraine —— narendra modi. that other allies had confronted in the chinese and were prepared

action sanctions if that were the case. the chinese responded angrily saying they are not the ones shipping weapons to ukraine. the bottom line coming out of those kinds of relationships from this g20 meeting is that the rift between china and russia on the one hand and the west and its allies on the other was shown to be starker than it was at this time last year. this week, top diplomats of the us and russia have spoken face to face for the first time since the war in ukraine. has anything been agreed between them, and how friendly or not were those words? nothing has been agreed between them, and it was sort of like more of an encounter in the hallway or out by the door than an actual meeting. mr blinken stopped mr lavrov and they spoke briefly, less than ten minutes. the americans have told us that mr blinken again

said that the russians needed to end the war in ukraine, either the us would stand by ukraine until the end of the war. we don't know what mr lavrov said because the russians have not commented that. theyjust said that russians have not commented that. they just said that this was not a negotiation. so it wasn't as if things moved on diplomatically, but it seems that the secretary of state felt the need to make some direct contact with mr lavrov because he has not had a face—to—face meeting with him for more than a year, and this is the first time they have actually spoken to each other in this way since the war started. in this way since the war started-— demand for new pets rose sharply during covid lockdown, and a new bbc investigation has found that hundreds of dogs are being smuggled out of illegal puppy mills in eastern europe into the uk, which is one of the biggest markets for puppies. the bbc�*s our world infiltrated groups who were buying and selling dogs online as anna adams reports.

these dogs have been rescued from illegal puppy mills in hungary by animal charities. this investigation found smugglers breaking the law and abusing the pet passport scheme to traffic pregnant dogs and puppies into the uk. they make their way to britain via germany where police have seized more than 3000 dogs since 2021. this hungarian smuggler these for heavily pregnant — in squalid conditions as he tried to transport them into the uk, claiming they were his pets. under the european pets travel scheme, you are allowed to transport dogs if they are your pets, but the evidence showed it was more likely that they had come from a puppy mill in hungary. translation: ,., , ., translation: the boxes were far too small, translation: the boxes were far too small. very — translation: the boxes were far too small, very dirty _ translation: the boxes were far too small, very dirty and _ translation: the boxes were far too small, very dirty and full- too small, very dirty and full of you're in. too small, very dirty and full ofyou're im— of you're in. the four dogs were rescued _ of you're in. the four dogs were rescued and - of you're in. the four dogs were rescued and brought| of you're in. the four dogs i were rescued and brought to of you're in. the four dogs - were rescued and brought to an animal rescue in germany where they gave birth to 21 puppies worth more than 2040 £2000. ——

£42,000. translation: £42 , 000. translation: , ., £42,000. translation: , ., , translation: they were not used any contact — translation: they were not used any contact with _ translation: they were not used any contact with people. _ translation: they were not used any contact with people. they - any contact with people. they didn't know any sounds and the out but was also alien to them. the first time we put them on the meadow, they were completely overwhelmed. i didn't know what to do. the smuggler — didn't know what to do. the smuggler was _ didn't know what to do. the smuggler was released without charge in germany. a few days later he was caught by british water authority that he tried to smuggle more dogs into the uk, but he was released again without charge. we tried to contact him but he didn't respond. the bbc infiltrated and network of online groups buying and selling pregnant dogs. in the uk, it is illegal to sell as you have not read yourself. back in hungary we made this person who has rescued hundreds of dogs from puppy rescued hundreds of dogs from puppy mills. she has breeders will go to extreme lengths to hide the dogs. translation: ,, , ., hide the dogs. translation: ,, ,. translation: she is a rescue from a punpy _ translation: she is a rescue from a punpy mill _ translation: she is a rescue from a puppy mill where - translation: she is a rescue from a puppy mill where there| from a puppy mill where there are nearly 150 dogs. the adults

have their vocal cords so they couldn't bark and draw attention from the neighbours. as long as the uk's appetite for puppies continues, experts say smugglers will persist. they say the only way to stop them is to refuse to buy a dog unless you are sure of where it has come from. anna adams, bbc news. you can watch our world: inside the illegal puppy trade this weekend on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, a teaser in giza: another astonishing find connected to one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side.

the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so, my heart went bang, bang, bang! - the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up? oh, it worries me, yes, but . hope — everything'll be all right at the end of the day.

hello. welcome back. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the head of britain's m15 says he's �*profoundly sorry�* the security service didn't prevent the manchester arena bombing. disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh is convicted of murdering his wife and son at a trial in south carolina. after a week of protests, norway's energy minister has apologised to the country's sami indigenous people for two windfarms built on their traditional grazing land. the supreme court has ruled that the wind farms violated the rights of sami reindeer herders. the energy minister acknowledged the ruling but said he thought energy generation could still continue in the area. emer mccarthy reports. one of the world's most well—known environmental campaigners joining protesters against a campaignersjoining protesters against a norwegian windfarm. creditor lindbergh was among supporters calling for the removal of 151 turbines from

reindeer pastures used by indigenous sami herders in central norway. —— greta thunberg. they said that a transition to green energy should be at the expense of indigenous rights. translation: i'm here to support those that work with reindeers who have beenin work with reindeers who have been in this fight for years now. it is about time we show our support here.— our support here. herders say the towering _ our support here. herders say the towering machines - our support here. herders say| the towering machines frighten their animals and disrupt age—old traditions. the sami have traditionally thrived through fishing and randy are hurting. the norwegian supreme court ruled in 2021 that the turbines violated sami rights under international conventions. but they are still operating almost 17 months later. after a week of protests and a growing political crisis, the norwegian energy minister apologised to sami groups on

thursday. translation: i apologise today on behalf of the government to the reindeer herding districts for the fact that the permits to build wind farms constituted a violation of human rights because they would have a significantly negative effect for the ability of the reindeer herders to live according to their culture. he stressed it — according to their culture. he stressed it is the government's aim to find a way for the turbines and reindeer herding to coexist, but what that looks like is still unknown. emer mccarthy, bbc news. time for the latest sports news. hi, mike edwards with the sport. we start with football barcelona have bounced back from back—to—back defeats to beat real madrid in the copa del rey semi—final first leg at the bernabeu. the only goal of the game at the bernabeu was an own goal, against the run

of play, in the first half. brazil centre—back eder militao debited with the goal. real madrid had the greater share of possession, but failed to muster a single shot on target. so it's advantage barca who will take a slender 1—0 lead into the 2nd leg next month. translation: this team has been areat. all translation: this team has been great- all players _ translation: this team has been great. all players have _ translation: this team has been great. all players have shown - great. all players have shown solidarity and we defended throughout spectacularly. we achieved a great victory, but real madrid have very strong. they have an amazing team but today we minimise their play. my today we minimise their play. my team has done an excellent job against real madrid, the reigning champions of the league and the champions league as well. ——la liga and the champions league. golf, and rory mcilroy has welcomed plans by the pga tour to scrap the half—way cut in a number of elevated tournaments from next year. seen as a response to the creation of the breakaway liv series, the pga tour says

that eight of their most high—profile events will have increased prize money, smallerfields, and no cuts. mcilroy, a long—time critic of liv, is in favour of the new proposals. there is precedent for no cut events. they have been no cut events. they have been no cut event since i've been member of the tour and beyond that as well. is there may be going to be a few more of them? maybe. that is still to be decided. that is still to be decided. that hasn't been decided yet. but if we do go down that path there is precedent there to argue for no cut events and it keeps the stars there for four days. mastercard, whoever it is, to pay $20 million for a golf event, they want to see the stars at the weekend. tennis and world number one novak djokovic continued his perfect start to 2023 by beating hubert hurkacz to reach the dubai tennis championships semi—finals. the 35—year—old serb took his record to 15—0 so far this year with a swift 71 minute 6—3 7—5 win over poland's hurkacz.

djokovic will be looking to win his third title of the year and will take on daniil medvedev for a place in saturday's final. well, that's after the number three seed saw off croatia's borna coric in straight sets. the russian is also looking to win his third title of the year — following his victories in roitterdam and qatar — and he cruised into the last four with a straighforward 6—3, 6—2 win. that is all the sport for an hour. from me, mark edwards, and the rest of the team, goodbye. the dutch authorities have announced a pilot scheme to license the growing of cannabis. it'll be launched in two cities in the south of the country. it's part of a bigger plan to legalise the production of the drug nationwide.

the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. the netherlands is famous — or notorious, depending on your point of view — for its coffee shops. they are places where you can get hold of and consume certain types of drugs. although it is legal to buy cannabis here, it is technically illegal for the coffee shop owner to get hold of their supply — which can make life complicated. it is a very shady territory — the back door. and i don't says it's all criminals — that is what you see in the newspaper — because mostly it is nice people we buy the cannabis from. but still, i don't know where it's grown. it is shady. in recent years, the dutch government has tried to impose some restrictions on these places, making them less open to tourists, for instance. but ministers also want to normalise the business, break the connection between coffee shops and drug gangs, and ensure a better quality product is sold. for me, it wouldn't matter that much, because nine out of ten times i get it from people i know, who grow it themselves, but if you're getting it from a coffee shop, then yeah, it would be better

to have it regularised and legalised, so you know where it's coming from. for now, the licensing scheme is confined to two cities, breda and tilburg, but the plan is to expand it across the country, and make every coffee shop a safer and more satisfying experience. till allman, bbc news. now let's turn to what's being called the most important discovery of the century. archaeologists in egypt have used cosmic ray technology to uncover a new layer of the largest of the great pyramids of giza. stephanie prentice reports. the big reveal. a cavernous structured tunnel deep inside the great pyramid of giza. a hidden and inaccessible passage close to the entrance to the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world. congratulations given to a team of scientists as they reveal the fruits of seven years of labour. they have been using advanced

radiography for detection then collecting images by feeding a minuscule endoscope — a tube with a camera on it — into tiny gaps in the pyramids stones. the discovery of a hidden tunnel is a revelation, not only because it allows greater insight into the workings of ancient egypt, and how they achieved such feats of archaeology, but also because of what may be inside. it's not built for nothing. it has a reason. it could be leading to a tomb. it could be built as a process of building the pyramids, and we don't know much about the construction of the pyramids, so it's a great discovery. it could be built to hide treasures. the largest giza pyramid is also known as the great pyramid of king khufu, an ancient egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty. historical accounts of him are rare and conflicting, so the discovery of a burial chamber could rewrite or even

open up a new page in the history books. for now, the next step for the team is to use their tech to try and travel 4500 years back in time and get even more answers — including crucially what or who could lie at the end of this tunnel. stephanie prentice, bbc news. finally, if you feel underappreciated or your boss might take the stuff for granted, stay tuned for the business news, because today is employee appreciation day. we'll be speaking to a leading clinical psychologist about the importance of recognition and appreciation and with that in mind, the last 25 have been brought to you byjacqueline, who is directing, our editor, rusit. it is being outputted by

wendy, who loved in my ear, and the business news is coming up with matt, who is in charge of the next 25 minutes. do stay with us. we will see you soon. hello again. the main difference in the weather we had on thursday from place to place was around how much cloud we saw. the best of the day sunshine was across wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. really was a glorious day. but further north we had extensive cloud coming in off the north sea, the thickest cloud for eastern scotland and north east england. and that brought us notjust grey skies, but actually outbreaks of light rain on and off. for much of the day, it turned out to be quite damp. now, over recent hours, we've been detecting some of this light rain still affecting parts of southern scotland, north—east england, but i think there's a tendency for the weather to become a bit drier here over the next few

hours as that damp weather works its way westwards across northern ireland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, and where we keep the cloudy skies overnight, temperatures frost free. the frost limited to the clearest spots, west wales, south west england and into the north west of scotland. now, as we start friday, there will be a lot of cloud around, a damp start for northern ireland, for example. the cloud coming through across south east england, very thin, it's only 300 metres thick, so it might thin and break to give some sunny spells. there's a lot of cloud set to come through across northern england. so, if you see some sunshine here, it's going to be quite late in the afternoon. should see some breaks for western wales, parts of south—west england and north—west scotland with some sunny spells from time to time. now, through the weekend we'll start to get some thicker cloud coming in across the country, and with that we're looking at some patches of light rain developing. here's the weather picture for saturday, it's an east—west split. eastern areas having the thickest cloud, you might get a few spots of rain falling from that, particularly close to the north sea coast, but in western areas it's dry with the best of the cloud breaks and some sunny spells. temperatures not changing too

much and we'll still have that fairly cool breeze with us. the second half of the weekend, on sunday, the cloud certainly thickens up significantly and we'll start to see patchy outbreaks of rain developing quite widely across the country, but nothing particularly heavy. now into next week, we've got a big change in the weather patterns on the way. northerly winds are set to dive southwards from the north pole, dragging with it much colder air, a return to widespread frost, and for some of us, the snow on the way as well. now, the first place to see potentially disruptive snow monday will be across northern scotland, where the snow, combined with strong winds, will bring drifting and pretty poor conditions over higher routes. through the rest of the week the risk of snow extends southwards.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. london not calling. fears for the city's global status, as another company moves its shares to wall street. i think we had huge credibility around stability and certainty and i think what we need to do through 23 and 24 is begin to rebuild that stability in that sense of the financial services and the uk as a financial services hub. also coming up, seeing red over green subsidies. germany's chancellor meets president biden, as european firms cry foul over his huge pro—us investment plans. plus, re—enter the dragon. as china's economy fizzles to its weakest in half a century, what can beijing do to get it breathing fire again?