with, closely retailers we work with, closely with, the local authority is standard service and there is guidance to check the problem is safety compliant and the consumer is trapped because they are buying from the shop and i think it is safe but it's not always the case and what we advise consumers to do is make sure they are buying them from a legitimate high street outlet and they are able to be supplied with goods that are in safe packaging, doesn't look like it's been open or faked and most importantly if they buy goods that are fake, they report them to trading standards. haw buy goods that are fake, they report them to trading standards. how much of an issue is — them to trading standards. how much of an issue is it _ them to trading standards. how much of an issue is it that _ them to trading standards. how much of an issue is it that kids _ them to trading standards. how much of an issue is it that kids who - them to trading standards. how much of an issue is it that kids who are - of an issue is it that kids who are not old enough to buy these are buying them and won't be doing those checks in all reality.— checks in all reality. exactly. we do make sure — checks in all reality. exactly. we do make sure we _ checks in all reality. exactly. we do make sure we are _ checks in all reality. exactly. we do make sure we are educating. checks in all reality. exactly. we - do make sure we are educating large retailers on how to not sell these products to children. we frequently

point them towards guidance. and we really don't want the products getting into the hands of children. how often is the guidance on these things reviewed, and who does it? most of the guidance out there at the moment is actually done by trade associations, like we have done them with the association of convenience stores, and they are updated very regularly and this is such a growing area for retailers and we have to keep on top of the law. we have to make sure all of the guidance out there is correct, so it is available and we don't have any particular guidance from government which is why the industry ourselves have taken it upon us to write the guidance to support retailers and stop underage sales and prevent the noncomplying goods entering the market. , ., , noncomplying goods entering the market. , ., market. does there need to be more uuidance, market. does there need to be more guidance. do — market. does there need to be more guidance. do you _ market. does there need to be more guidance, do you think? _ market. does there need to be more guidance, do you think? i _ market. does there need to be more guidance, do you think? i think- guidance, do you think? i think there should _ guidance, do you think? i think there should be _ guidance, do you think? i think there should be more - guidance, do you think? i think| there should be more guidance, guidance, do you think? i think- there should be more guidance, more official guidance, ticket from the government as well. it's great for us as trade associations to join up

and do one central set of guidance rather than it being all over the place. rather than it being all over the lace. �* , , ., ., rather than it being all over the lace. �* , ., ., , place. and 'ust, if you are advising an one place. and just, if you are advising anyone watching, _ place. and just, if you are advising anyone watching, who _ place. and just, if you are advising anyone watching, who buys - place. and just, if you are advising anyone watching, who buys vapesl place. and just, if you are advising i anyone watching, who buys vapes or whose kids might buy vapes, what would you say to them? how easy is it to spot something unregulated? it's very difficult to spot things unregulated. these products are everywhere, walk down any high street and you will see them. i think what consumers really need to do is talk to their children about it and work closely with the schools as well to make sure that children and consumers are aware of the risks of these vaping products and hope you don't start them. do of these vaping products and hope you don't start them.— you don't start them. do you think schools generally _ you don't start them. do you think schools generally talk _ you don't start them. do you think schools generally talk about - you don't start them. do you think schools generally talk about the i schools generally talk about the issue enough? i schools generally talk about the issue enough?— issue enough? i think they do. i know it's an _ issue enough? i think they do. i know it's an issue _ issue enough? i think they do. i know it's an issue talked - issue enough? i think they do. i know it's an issue talked aboutl issue enough? i think they do. i - know it's an issue talked about with my son in his school, so i think schools do frequently talk to their pupils about it and we try to encourage our retailers to act responsibly and work with local schools to get their message out

about the products.— schools to get their message out about the products. adrian simpson, thanks for being _ about the products. adrian simpson, thanks for being with _ about the products. adrian simpson, thanks for being with us. _ the pharmacy chain, boots, is cutting how many points advantage card holders receive. they'll now get three pence worth of points for every pound spent instead of four. however, more own—brand products will be included. i'm joined now by holly mckay in high wycombe who is the founder and ceo of boring money — a consumer financial website. what impact will it have and how will it work? i what impact will it have and how will it work?— will it work? i think this is another — will it work? i think this is another example - will it work? i think this is another example of - will it work? i think this is - another example of companies, particularly retailers really feeling the pinch and looking to cut costs where they possibly can and this is just another example, costs where they possibly can and this isjust another example, i think of boots being less generous with their customers and their advantage card and they are trying to steer people more to buy in boots own brand products by giving discounts there. that is another way

for the retailers who are feeling the pressures of the economy at the moment and stealing people to own brand products which tend to be more profitable for them. haifa brand products which tend to be more profitable for them.— profitable for them. how important are the points _ profitable for them. how important are the points to _ profitable for them. how important are the points to the _ profitable for them. how important are the points to the consumer? i profitable for them. how important l are the points to the consumer? how much are they used? the? are the points to the consumer? how much are they used?— much are they used? they are used substantially _ much are they used? they are used substantially and _ much are they used? they are used substantially and significantly - much are they used? they are used substantially and significantly and l substantially and significantly and tesco clubca rd would substantially and significantly and tesco clubcard would be another example out there. they make a difference to our weekly shop and they do make a difference, and it's quite an immediate difference that we see as we are shopping for deals, so these loyalty perks are a really important tool for retailers, but what we see as well as they want to keep us and keep that loyalty and incentive but at the same time they are doing it hard and their margins are doing it hard and their margins are under pressure so they have to make saving somewhere. it's a difficult tightrope that they are balancing on. this difficult tightrope that they are balancing on-— difficult tightrope that they are balancing on. as well as making savinus, balancing on. as well as making savings, boots _ balancing on. as well as making savings, boots want _ balancing on. as well as making savings, boots want to -

balancing on. as well as making i savings, boots want to encourage shoppers to buy their own brand products. do you think it will work and consumers will shift to the own brand? i and consumers will shift to the own brand? ~ ., and consumers will shift to the own brand? ~' ., ., , , . brand? i think we have to be price sensitive at _ brand? i think we have to be price sensitive at the _ brand? i think we have to be price sensitive at the moment. - brand? i think we have to be price sensitive at the moment. the - brand? i think we have to be price| sensitive at the moment. the cost brand? i think we have to be price i sensitive at the moment. the cost of living crisis has impacted everyone. i costs and fuel bills, so the factor we have less in our pockets to spend at the end of the day so we have to be more price savvy and look for the deals and i think it is a broader economic climate which does mean more of us are taking advantage of lower cost own brand products so i think we will see more of that from all of the retailers trying to get us to buy their own products which tend to be higher margins for them. in which tend to be higher margins for them. ., . .,, which tend to be higher margins for them. ., . ., which tend to be higher margins for them. ., ., . ,, them. in a cost of living crisis have you _ them. in a cost of living crisis have you seen _ them. in a cost of living crisis have you seen more - them. in a cost of living crisis have you seen more people l them. in a cost of living crisis i have you seen more people sign them. in a cost of living crisis - have you seen more people sign up to the loyalty discount?— the loyalty discount? people are definitely shopping _ the loyalty discount? people are definitely shopping around - the loyalty discount? people are definitely shopping around more the loyalty discount? people are - definitely shopping around more and people are looking at the discounts, so i think people are signing up more but also people are shopping around, so that loyalty is really hard to keep hold of. it's

definitely a more competitive market out there and companies across every space, notjust the retail sector are doing it hard, so they are trying to keep their customers loyal to them while at the same time keeping their profits high. thanks ve much keeping their profits high. thanks very much for— keeping their profits high. thanks very much for being _ keeping their profits high. thanks very much for being with - keeping their profits high. thanks very much for being with us. - last month, a watford football club player was praised for raising awareness of stammering, after a video of his post—match interview went viral. ken sema gave the interview with his stammer, and received an overwhelming response from people celebrating him for being a positive role model for children with the condition. our reporter tim muffett went to meet him. lovely to meet you. i wanted to ask you about the interview gave last month. you had scored two goals against west brom. the interview that you gave had an enormous reaction. i'm happy with the goals. i'm happy with the win

today as well. it was a must—win at home. you spoke with a stammer, and some people haven't heard that before. were you surprised by the reaction? actually, i was. i didn't think like this, obviously i had a good game. he had a shot on target at the keeper. i was just there and i was like, right on my foot and i smashed it onto the goal. for the video to become a big was amazing. there were so much love, so much reactions and i heard so many big names, like role model, inspirational, i've helped so many kids and adults who may be also have a stammer. have you always had a stammer? it maybe started when

i was six years old. but i didn't know how it came. i didn't know anything, itjust came. at eight or ten i felt like it's normal. it's a part of me. obviously, i had some days when i was a bit more nervous, 0k, i have to go in front of the class. but i still did it. it never affected me in a way that i can't do it. ken sema. very strong. i always had this dream to become a footballer. i didn't see this as an issue. some people with a stammer say they avoid certain words or they try and hide it. do you have that issue? not really. i'm trying to say

everything i think. it doesn't define me as a person. like, this is ken with a stammer. i don't see it that way. you're swedish so english isn't your first language. does that affect your stammer? you get used to it, you know. i'm getting used to it. i've been here a long time, i've been here five years, i learned english in school. so, i don't feel like it's hard for me to speak english and have a stammer. there have been quite a few famous people who have stammers. joe biden for example has spoken about his. there's a reason why he's bringing up all of this malarkey. i learned so much from having to deal with stuttering. it gave me insight into other people's pain. how important is it that people such

as yourself can talk about it and are open about it? it is because if i told myself as a young kid, ten years old, i watched tv and there is a footballer with a stammer, i would feel, amazing. because he's like me. if he can do it, i can do it. sema with the spin. you've become a role model because of the interview. how important is that to you? i didn't expect it really. but i'm happy about it. i'm thankful about every comment, about everything. if i can help, i'm here to help. now its time for the weather with matt taylor. hello. well, some of you have not been going anywhere so far today because of the amount of snow that fell through the night. it's actually a improving story weather—wise for most today. a lot of the snow is starting to ease. turning sunny in most

parts of the country. and the strong winds we've got will continue to ease as well. that is the area of low pressure responsible, clears its way eastwards, but it does open the door to colder air back with all of us into the afternoon, even if it does turn sunnier. now, for the time being, it's windy as well as wintry, particularly across parts of central and eastern england into the afternoon and the channel islands, winds gusting in excess of 50, maybe 60 miles an hour. further sleet and snow across parts of east anglia, the southeast to start the afternoon. a few isolated snow showers elsewhere, the bulk of which will be in the north of scotland. but many of you will see a good deal more sunshine develop into the afternoon, and actually temperatures dropping for some compared to this morning in southern—most counties, a cold feeling day for all, but you'll have that sunshine to compensate. into this evening and overnight we've got those clear skies, light winds for many. there will be more snow, though, pushing across the north of scotland, an ice risk to come as well. but away from the southwest, a widespread and sharp frost tonight. temperatures in rural parts could get as low as around —10 to —12 or —13.

so a very cold start to saturday. sunny and crisp for many. a bit of snow at times in the west of scotland, north of scotland, too. but the big change comes to wales, the southwest, northern ireland through the morning, increasing cloud, outbreaks of rain, a little bit of hill sleet and snow as well. not too impactful at this stage. that cloud increases elsewhere after a sunny start, but most will stay dry until late in the day. so here we go into the end of saturday, and whilst they'll see some outbreaks of rain further south, they'll see a spell of more significant snow across northern england, scotland in particular. that could cause some disruption as we go through saturday night into sunday, clearing its way northwards and eastwards, turning back to rain, though, because south—westerly winds will follow and that will feed in milder air as we go through sunday itself. so here's the picture for sunday. rain, sleet and snow to begin with in the northeast of scotland. elsewhere, we'll see a fair bit of cloud breaking up, some sunny spells, but those winds picking up from the southwest, bringing outbreaks of rain across western areas later in the day, temperatures back

into double figures for some. so a quick and rapid thaw and potentialfor some flooding into monday. bye for now.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm samantha simmonds and these are the latest headlines. a gunman opens fire at a jehovah's witness hall in the german city of hamburg. police say at least seven people have been killed, including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. translation: | didn't - realise what was happening. i was filming on my phone and only realised through the zoom that someone was shooting at the jehovah's witnesses. britain's prime minister arrives in paris for talks with the french president — on the agenda, how to stop migrants crossing the english channel. official figures show that the uk economy returned to growth injanuary. heavy snow in the uk causes travel chaos on roads, plus train cancellations and flight delays as well as hundreds

of school closures. and with days to go until the stars hit the red carpet — who will be the biggest winners at this year's oscars? hello and welcome. police in germany say the gunman who killed seven people, and injured eight, at a jehovah's witness meeting in hamburg was a 35—year—old german citizen, and a former member of the religious group. no motive has been established, but officials do not believe the attack was an act of terror. they say the man was legally entitled to own a gun, and was acting alone. he killed himself at the scene, as police stormed the building. 50 people were in the hall at the time of the attack. a pregnant woman and her unborn child were among the victims. our correspondentjenny hill is

following developments in hamburg. it's clear this is very much an ongoing investigation. forensics experts and investigators have been at the scene all night. that's the meeting hall behind me, there. we've been able to see them ever since the early hours of this morning in their distinctive white suits going in and out, sometimes you catch a glimpse of them working through the windows. it was last night that a gathering ofjehovah's witnesses was held inside that meeting hall. it's not quite clear what the event was. there is a suggestion that perhaps it was a bible study, when suddenly this shooting took place at around nine o'clock. armed police raced down to the scene, as you would expect, sealed off the area, told people living around here that they had to stay in their homes because they were so concerned that a perpetrator might be at large. now, they have subsequently said that the attacker died, lost his life, in the hall behind me.

there is, as you would expect, a great deal of shock, notjust here in the community, but across the country. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has condemned this as a brutal act of violence. the jehovah's witness community have put out a statement on their website expressing their sympathy for the people caught up in this attack, but perhaps the mayor of hamburg speaks for most of the people here when he speaks of his deep sense of shock — and uppermost in the minds of most people here, i think, is one question to which we still do not have an answer. that question, of course, what on earth motivated someone to carry out such a violent and deadly crime? earlier, my colleague lukwesa burak spoke to bastian vollmer, a reporterfor the german networks rtl and mtv in hamburg and asked how the city is coping after such a deadly attack.

hamburg is shocked and was shocked. not only the people who live by the crime scene but even the whole city, to give that... to give that sort of a relation, there hasn't been such a big shooting or something like that in hamburg so far. and at the beginning, the situation that police announced was so unclear, so that the police announced the hamburg—wide security warning via cell broadcast app services and asked the people to stay inside. at first there was shock, of course, and now today, the day after the attack, there will be time for grief here in hamburg. i wonder if you could tell us a little bit more, bastian, about the area itself where this attack took place. the area is kind of a mixed area. there are some car services around there, and then there is the building which is used byjehovah's witnesses. a big street, there is nearby one of the biggest streets in hamburg, so that there is a lot of traffic all the time around there.

and police ask for eyewitnesses to give the information to the police so that they might get a clue how the attacker went inside and maybe how he arrived at the crime scene, if there was a car or something like that. that is still part of the investigation. the uk prime minister rishi sunak is in paris for talks with the french president emanuel macron. it's the first anglo—french summit in five years. the leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues — illegal immigration via migrant boat crossings in the channel is likely to top the british agenda, but other primary concerns for both we have heard the prime minister has said the uk will spend more money with plans on trying to stop those boot crossings. he says it is a sensible investment, they spent £5.5 million a day plus on hotels, we would rather not do that and the best way to stop that is to stop people coming in the first place. he

said it would be wrong to characterise it as we are paying someone else to do something else. he has told reporters that this policy is already yielding benefits for the uk and if we can strengthen and deepen that cooperation today that would be a positive step. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told us more about what france wants from this meeting. it wants to reset the relationship with britain, which, as we all know, has suffered so terribly over the last five years. the french know there is a new reality which is that britain is outside of the eu, which it regrets, but it also knows that a strong relationship with britain is central to its own interests, not least because the alliance, cooperation, between these two countries which are so similar in so many ways is vital to project a united continent of europe against the new threats there are from russia and china and elsewhere.

so, it is a question of resetting a relationship which went very badly wrong four or five years ago, which the french agree with the british is in desperate need ofjust returning to what it should always have been. there is a feeling this has been a terrible hiatus over the last four years, five years, and now is the chance to bring it back to where it should be. we will be live with our uk political correspondent for more on this shortly. some breaking news from here in the uk. the metropolitan police have said in the past few minutes that a 47—year—old woman and 20 boys aged nine and seven have been found dead at a house in belvedere in south london, that is the only information we have at the moment. two boys aged nine

and seven have been found dead at a house in belvedere. more on that as it comes. the uk's economy returned to growth injanuary as gdp rose by 0.3% compared with december. according to the office for national statistics, the main drivers of this were the return of children to classrooms after a high level of absence in december and growth in the services sector. chancellorjeremy hunt said the economy had proved to be resilient but said there was a "long way to go." a short time ago i spoke to yael selfin, chief economist at the accountancy firm kpmg, who said the numbers were encouraging but that the economy remained vulnerable. we still headwinds. overall growth

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debt we have at this stage. what im act debt we have at this stage. what impact will _ debt we have at this stage. what impact will these _ debt we have at this stage. what impact will these figures - debt we have at this stage. what impact will these figures have on inflation, and also on interest rates. , ., , , inflation, and also on interest rates. , . , , ., inflation, and also on interest rates. , . , ., rates. generally there is a fear that we will — rates. generally there is a fear that we will see _ rates. generally there is a fear that we will see the _ rates. generally there is a fear that we will see the economy i rates. generally there is a fear- that we will see the economy growing faster and if inflation is falling, a little bit more, that would give people a bit more space to spare and that might, in turn, trigger higher or stickier inflation overall, but generally this is relatively unlikely. we operably going to see inflation falling significantly this year and reaching the bank of england target by the end of the year potentially, so that's a big improvement. and that's mainly because of the falling energy prices which are very significant and that means the bank of england will probably be able to easily cope with

the rate increases and we might see a small increase of a quarter of a percentage point this month, and that will be it. that will be it for us in the uk and we could see a few cuts in the rate later on towards the end of the year.— cuts in the rate later on towards the end of the year. some analysis on the latest _ the end of the year. some analysis on the latest uk _ the end of the year. some analysis on the latest uk gdp _ the end of the year. some analysis on the latest uk gdp figures. i heavy snowfall has brought treacherous conditions across the uk today — with one major motorway brought to a standstill overnight. some travellers have been left standed and mountain rescue teams have been deployed to help out. amber weather warnings remain in place across parts of england and north wales until this afternoon. simonjones reports. so, these are the current scenes on the m62 towards saddleworth. no sign as to when we are actually going to get off here. this is not where you would want

to be in the early hours on a freezing cold night — stuck on the m62 in greater manchester. people were warned to prepare for treacherous conditions and the forecasters weren't wrong. been stuck here now for three hours coming from manchester and it doesn't seem like the situation is getting any easier. we've had gritters and police come up to try and help, but we are at a standstill again. you can hear the wind whipping up. in wakefield overnight, the snow has been continuing to fall, adding to what's already lying on the ground. we may be in meteorological spring, but in places, it's been looking and feeling more like midwinter. the worst—affected areas could now see up to 40cm of snow, accompanied by winds of 50mph, leading to blizzard conditions and significant disruption. in northern ireland, affected by the warnings, actually getting into your car might prove tricky. while in oldham, the gritters have been out in force.

we've been out gritting since midnight and will be over the next 2a hours. this is what we plan for day—to—day, but, yes, it puts a huge resource and huge stress on staffing levels and day—to—day management. rail passengers are being told to check before they set off. great northern and merseyrail warning of problems. nearly 300 schools were closed across wales because the school grounds were too icy or staff couldn't get in. many across the uk are expected to shut again today — not that the children were complaining. it's unbelievable! sledging too in shetland. one farmer was feeding his sheep when he spotted a rare snow tornado. but for those who have had enough of a night in the snow, the big thaw may not come for several more days. simon jones, bbc news. my my son was furious his school did not have a snow day.

scientists say a global effort is needed to protect the earth's orbit from the danger posed by space debris. they estimate that 100 trillion pieces of old satellites are not being monitored. the researchers are calling for a legally—binding treaty on managing the spacejunk. the uk prime minister rishi sunak is in paris for talks with the french president emanuel macron. it's the first anglo—french summit in five years. in the past few minutes we've been hearing details about what rishi sunak is trying to get out of the meeting. sunak is trying to get out of the meetinu. ., �* , sunak is trying to get out of the meetinu. . �* , ., meeting. that's right. there are several things _ meeting. that's right. there are several things on _ meeting. that's right. there are several things on the _ meeting. that's right. there are several things on the agenda, . meeting. that's right. there are i several things on the agenda, top of the agenda, in rishi sunak�*s own words, stopping the small boats, so more cooperation with france to prevent people who are seeking asylum in the uk from setting sail from french shores in the first place and he said there might be a

huge investment from the uk, mbappe £75 million going to france to help prevent people crossing the boats —— travel in small boats —— about £75 million. in rishi sunak says it's a sensible investment because the governor to spending five and a half million pounds per day on accommodating people who have come here to seek asylum in hotels, so if you are people coming the first place, it is sensible to invest money in helping france to up their patrols, and perhaps their investment in drones to try and monitor what is going on in calais and around that region. in addition to that, he is also so that this is not so much britain giving money to france, it's more of a shared enterprise against illegal immigration and france as well is under pressure from people who have crossed the mediterranean and then can go into france from elsewhere

from north africa for example. he wants this to be seen very much as a joint enterprise rather than the uk stumping up cash to help france. whether he can carry that off remains to be seen, but there are two other items on the agenda and one is honestly help and additional assistance for ukraine, and we are expecting an announcement about uk and french aircraft carriers to be deployed on what is called the indo—pacific region and this seems to be a show of strength against any chinese ambitions in the area and a greater emphasis on a region of the world which is growing in terms of influence and in terms of the economy, so all of that will be discussed. i should say what is not being discussed is what is called the returns policy, in other words people who have travelled by an illegal route into the uk being returned to a safe country they have passed through, such as france. this

is perfectly possible to do when the uk was a member of the european union, the dublin convention governs this, but that's all gone on the eu does not look as though it is keen to reinstate that sort of arrangement with the uk and france is saying effectively it has no power to do so and cannot do it bilaterally, and it's an eu competence, so it's anything the labour —— it is a thing the labour opposition is pressing for an rishi sunak says speaking to reporters today that in effect it's not something that will be on the table and his decision is to stop people coming to the uk rather than sending them back. �* , ., them back. let's return to the weather picture _ them back. let's return to the weather picture in _ them back. let's return to the weather picture in the - them back. let's return to the weather picture in the uk. i them back. let's return to the i weather picture in the uk. drivers heading across the pennines in the north of england have been stuck for several hours overnight after heavy snow falls on the 62 motorway. freezing conditions are affected roads and airports with hundreds of

schools closed and yellow warnings are in place for many areas. i'm joined now by our correspondent charlotte leeming in manston near leeds. it's a very different picture here. i know it has been awful for many people stuck on the m62 but a different picture here. it is like a christmas card cover, it is that winter wonderland and all the local children came out here. i was here about 7:30 checking out the snow and they were here as well, they got the e—mails and the texts from local schools to say it is shut today because of teachers not being able to get into school, so here they were in the wet weather and the warm weather gear with snow scooters and sledges and they are having a blast. it was snowing here in manston for 2h hours, it is just stopping now, an amber weather warning in place until lunchtime and it really came into when i do. a massive dumping of snow, quite a few inches, and i don't know if you can see behind me, they have managed to make some huge snowballs behind me, we have had a lot of snow causing some local disruption,

we have had train delays, buses couldn't run on some minor routes around here, and also fears of power cuts which haven't been realised in this area thankfully. you will be able to see now the sun is coming out, it is starting to fall, we can see the snow coming off the trees, so i am not sure how long they have left to play on the hill there. in february last year, a video emerged of a young afghan woman screaming for help whilst her door was being kicked in by the taliban. little is known about where she was taken or why. yalda hakim travelled to afghanistan after gaining exclusive access to her and herfamily once they were released from prison, and as they plot their escape from afghanistan to europe. a young woman's cry for help. these images recorded on the activist�*s phone, then uploaded onto facebook, went viral. the taliban were attempting

to arrest her and her four sisters. translation: they started kicking the door. _ it was terrifying. i felt as if they were kicking my heart. i thought they would rape me and my sisters. i wanted to escape. i jumped out of the window. their crime? demanding basic rights like education at a protest in kabul. their apartment was ransacked and they spent a month in prison. after their release i travelled to kabul to find out what happened to them. i thought the prison guard was going to kill us. i tried to move out of the way but he attacked me. he came up and kicked my head, then i fainted. after hitting me a few times he went for my sister and hit her too. he warned us that if he hurt us again next time it would be worse. even though they were set free, the fear remained. almost every night, she moved from house to house in kabul,

relying on the goodwill of friends to keep her safe. i wear this to feel safe because the taliban won't recognise me. i can no longer sit outside in a public space. they love to cause problems and keep you under surveillance. i have to move from this place. eventually they decided to flee afghanistan. they agreed to film their journey for the bbc. hiding under burqas, the sisters made several attempts by land to pakistan and failed. they finally made it across the border. after a week of uncertainty, germany offered them asylum. even now when i close the bedroom door, i think of the taliban smashing the doors and windows of our house. even though i think the doors here are stronger than kabul, i'm still anxious and need to sleep in a room where the doors and are secure. while the sisters are

now safe in cologne, their struggle is not over. i didn'tjust come here in search of my own freedom. my escape is the start of my battle with the taliban. i'm hopeful that one day i can return to my own country and have the kind of life i have here without the fear of terrorists. while they are now safe in cologne, their struggle is not over. they say they will never give up the fight for the rights of afghan women and girls are still living in afghanistan under taliban rule. yalda hakim, bbc news. the 95th academy awards ceremony or oscars — is almost upon us. while everything everywhere all at once looks like an obvious frontrunner for the top prize of best picture, in some of the acting categories the races appear to be a lot closer. here's our los angeles correspondent sophie long, with a look at some of the nominated

films and artists. as we enter the final furlong, it's looking very good for michelle yeoh, for everything everywhere all at once. her nod for best actress is one of ii nominations the eccentric hit with a big heart that bent people's minds has bagged. a win for her would be historic. it's beyond me being recognised as an actress. it's like a whole community of asians coming forward and saying, you're going to do this for us, you have to do this for us. while it's well—positioned to take best picture, it left some traditional oscars voters a bit baffled, so it's still possible they could give the top prize to top gun: maverick. and they might feel more comfortable rewarding cate blanchett for her role in tar. it has six nods, including best picture and best director. she's already won two oscars, but that doesn't mean another won't come her way.

why'd you gain all that weight? someone close to me passed away. when it comes to best actor, everyone's talking about brendan fraserfor his role in the whale. but elvis has not left the building yet. it's been nominated for nine oscars, including best actor for austin butler, who, in the words of the late lisa marie presley, embodied the heart and soul of her father so beautifully. now i'm sitting here next to you, and if you're going back inside, i'm following you inside. and if you're going home, i'm following you there, too. colin farrell is also in the running for his role in the banshees of inisherin, which has nine nominations, including best picture and best supporting nods for three of his co—stars. quieter contenders for best actor are paul mescal for aftersun and the ever—gracious bill nighy, nominated for the first time for his beautifully british understated performance in living.

best supporting actress, now, that's quite a field. they're all first—timers, except angela bassett for black panther: wakanda forever. and they're all super nice and rooting for each other. you know, there wasjust, like, things i didn't know about all these women and just really, like, lovely. yeah. i was really happy for them. and jamie lee curtis, i met her and she was lovely to me, and angela bassett, too. it has nothing to do about winning. it'sjust about artists connecting, women connecting, mothers connecting. and it was glorious — and laughing. i mean, kerry is hilarious. but last year's ceremony was remembered for a showstopping sense of humour failure when will smith showed the world that, at the academy awards, anything can happen. sophie long, bbc news, hollywood. and of course, plenty to come from the oscars red carpet on sunday. that's it from me. get in touch on

twitter. i will see you back here and a couple of minutes. a much quieter day of weather than we saw for most of us and some impressive snowfall amounts to across north wales and northern england. the blizzard —like conditions to have eased down since earlier this morning and the winds will continue to lighten as we head through the afternoon and for most of us there is a lot of brightness and some sunshine developing, but watch out for the chance of a few wintry showers around as well. this is the deep area of low pressure coming into the near continent and it will have cleared by the end of the afternoon, so the wintry mix across parts of east anglia and the south—east of england gradually clearing away on the winds will ease down and they should be brightness here but it will be colder in

south—east england than earlier this morning and a northerly wind and plenty of sunshine, but perhaps a few snow showers and it is cold where ever you are with temperatures this afternoon in low single figures and with lighter winds and clear skies across the uk overnight there will be a sharp, widespread frost and it will be a cold night across england and there will be icy stretches around as well so watch out for that. where we have the tying snow temperatures could dip lying snow temperatures could dip down to —10 —i2 celsius into tomorrow mornings, the exception being the far south—west and because there is an approaching weather front, so in summary this weekend, very cold start and particularly cold towards the east are more snow in the north moving east throughout the day and throughout the night on saturday and then turning milder just about everywhere on sunday. let's take a look in a bit more detail. here was the approaching weather front detail. here was the approaching weatherfront on detail. here was the approaching weather front on saturday for the south—western hill snow across wales and northern ireland and approaching north—west england by the end of day

but it's dry with cloud increasing as we had through the afternoon, even towards eastern areas where there could be snow showers across there could be snow showers across the central belt. it is still feeling mighty cold for most of us on saturday and on saturday night there is more snow again for those most affected areas across northern england and for much of scotland, but it will be increasingly confined to the hills and the higher ground as we had through the night and there is milder air moving in from there is milder air moving in from the south—west. in that milder air, everything that falls out of the sky will be falling as rain. this is sunday, though is snow initially clearing away from the hills of scotland and milder air with temperatures in double figures for most of us, and a lot of melting snow, turning on settled and but very mild by the end of the day. —— turning unsettled.

this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds and these are the headlines. a gunman opens fire at a jehovah's witness hall in the german city of hamburg. police say at least seven people have been killed including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. britain's prime minister arrives in paris for talks with the french president — on the agenda, how to stop migrants crossing the english channel. official figures show that the uk economy returned to growth injanuary. heavy snow in the uk causes travel chaos on roads, plus train cancellations and flight delays as well as hundreds of school closures. and with days to go until the stars hit the red carpet — who will be the biggest winners at this year's oscars?

the king has given the title of duke of edinburgh the uk prime minister rishi sunak is in paris for talks with the french president emanuel macron. it's the first anglo—french summit in five years. the leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues — illegal immigration via migrant boat crossings in the channel is likely to top the british agenda, but other primary concerns for both leaders are defence co—operation, the western response to russia's conflict in ukraine as well as challenges posed by china. they will also be looking to reset anglo—french relations, which deteriorated after britain's withdrawalfrom the european union. earlier i spoke to alexandre holroyd, member of the french national assembly for citizens in northern europe, about what he would like to see come out of today's meeting. what we want to show and what we want to start again

is this essential relationship to our future, joint future, france and the uk, which objectively has suffered in the last few years. and this is an opportunity to reset those relationships and to have further cooperations in security and defence, in home affairs and energy and environment. because the truth is that we have very closely aligned views of what the world should be, we have shared challenges, and the only way to address those challenges is to work together. we've heard rishi sunak say he wants ultimately france to take back migrants who come to the uk from your country. ultimately, this will be an eu—uk return agreement. but do you see that on the cards? you're a member of the european affairs committee there for the french government. would you agree to this? well, this is really... it really is a discussion between london and brussels. we... obviously in europe, you live in a common mobility area and those agreements are negotiated between the european commission and the prime minister,

and obviously the british government. so this isn't really on the agenda today. what's on the agenda today is further cooperation to prevent the sort of tragedies that we've been seeing in the channel tunnel, and that requires close cooperation on both sides of the channel. and that's what we aim to do today. and more money, presumably? france wants the uk, i would imagine, to commit more for the patrolling of the shores to stop those migrants getting into those boats and heading to the uk? i think it requires efforts on both sides. it requires considerable effort to fight against those networks who are using the situation, the desperate situation, of some of those migrants to try and make money, very clearly. and both our countries need to fight against those. and yes, of course, there are resources which are being pooled by both governments to address those issues, and i am sure they'll be part of the discussions. we're talking about this meeting being a reset of relationships after the past few years

when they have been extremely rocky between france, emmanuel macron and the two former british prime ministers. how bad did things get, and what impact did it have? well, i don't think we should overexaggerate how bad things get. but the truth is they should be much better because we're two countries who are similar.... similar dimensions, economic—wise, demographic size. we have we have very similar challenges, very close histories. we have very close alliances across the world, and we should be working very closely together, which we have for centuries now, literally for two centuries now. and there has been long periods of very deep cooperation, especially on the defence and security side in the early 20005 until the brexit decisions. so the question is not really how bad it's gotten, it's that it clearly hasn't been good enough. and this is an opportunity to make sure that in the next decade that relationship is as close as it should be, which is extremely close. after all, you know,

when you go to new york and you're around the un table of the security councils, we're two incredibly close countries when it comes to the the big questions of our world today — on climate change on women's rights, we should be cooperating very actively on all these issues. and that's what we should be working at in the years to come. to the us now — where european commission president ursula von der leyen will be at the white house later today for talks with president biden. the biden administration has made strengthening relations with the eu a priority as serious tensions have emerged over trade. samira hussain reports from new york. relations between the united states and the european union have been somewhat frosty since washington brought in its inflation reduction act, or ira, which basically allocates more than $350 billion in climate and green energy policies. that money is to be spent on things

like tax credits for electric cars made in the us, orits free trade area. that includes mexico and canada. now, the eu worries that such measures will actually hurt european companies and jobs — in the case of cars, making it impossible for european auto giants to compete in the us market. so it has been a source of friction since it was enacted last year and several european trade officials have been in the us for discussions with lawmakers. now, with the us president and the president of the european commission meeting, expectations are high that they could announce some kind of resolution to this trade tension. there are reports they could even unveil plans for some eu goods to be given free trade area status. now, this would be a big step in meeting president biden's stated aim of strengthening relations with the european union.

there's a warning this morning that one in three vaping products may fall foul of uk regulations — breaking the rules on nicotine strength and health warnings. trading standards officers are also concerned about vapes being sold to children, and want higher fines for shops. our reporter, lucy watkinson, has been to meet one headteacher who's trying to tackle vaping in his school. so these are the ones we've confiscated. loved by many... and these ones, really, are my least favourite — they're branded as sweets. ..hated by this head teacher. you can see that these smaller style ones have been easier for the children to hide. matt carpenter is trying to tackle the problem of pupils vaping in his school. you let us in to show how widespread it's become. these aren't children that would have smoked normally. it's far more across the student population and smoking ever was, because it's so easy to do, and students don't associate it with any health risks.

leon, connor and oscar see themselves as addicts. two of them started vaping at 12. at first it's like a social thing, you do it with your friends and stuff. but then after that, you start getting addicted to it, and you want to do it yourself, you do it on your own, you do it round anyone. you just can't stop. i've tried, but it puts i you in a really bad mood, your family and everything, when you try and stop. i it just doesn't really make i you a nice person to be around. and do you know what you're buying? you're buying nicotine, really. you're spending your money on nicotine and stuff. it's not something you can stop that easy. it controls the whole way that you think, and like i said, i i will literally go out and meet someone if i haven't- had one for a few days, _ and as soon as i hear someone's got it, i'llwalka mile just to get one. l the boys say that unlike them, children who have never smoked are now starting to vape. even 13, year7s, are getting onto it. they're getting onto vapesjust for the social life.

not because they used to smoke or anything, not because they've been brought up in a house that smoked or whatever. so we are in the boys' toilets... mr carpenter installed vape sensors in the toilets at his school in kidderminster to try and stop the children vaping there. what the sensors have allowed us to do is accurately pinpoint when students have been vaping in here. we've got a cctv camera outside, so that we can use the timestamps to work out when it was happening. and he says the effect has been immediate and positive. we've noticed a real reduction, 16 cases or alerts on the first day, down to one or two a week. so we're really pleased with the impact that it's had on the school environment and also kids' behaviours and habits. so this is where we receive the alerts when we're down in the toilets... worcester council are monitoring the figures, to see if installing a sensor continues to have a positive effect on attendance and behaviour in the long term. parents here are supportive of the heads decision. i'm personally very pleased that he's done it.

i've been aware of anti—social behaviour in the toilets for quite a while, so i think it's innovative for him to actually consider installing a vape sensor. given the money it costs, people will be thinking, is that a good use of funds? but actually it's having a real positive impact. connor has given up vaping. i feel better. it feels better. he supports the school's decision to try and stop it. it's smart, it's smart. it is smart. last year, for the first time ever, more 11 to 17—year—olds had tried a vape than had tried a cigarette. i understand that these vapes are helping people quit smoking, and that's a good thing for their health. but we're not talking about children that were smoking and starting to use electronic cigarettes. there're actively uptaking vapes as a lifestyle choice. they don't smoke previously, and i worry that it might lead them to smoking or that they'll be committted to the nicotine that is in them, or evenjust

the habit of using the vape. so i think our public health message needs to be very different for children in comparison to the one that we give to people who are already smoking. lucy watkinson, bbc news, kidderminster. earlier i spoke more about this story with adrian simpson, product safety adviser at the british retail consortium. large retailers we work with, closely with, the local authority trading standard service and there is guidance to check the problem is safety compliant and the consumer is trapped because they are buying from the shop and they think it is safe but it's not always the case and what we advise consumers to do is make sure they are buying them from a legitimate high street outlet and they are able to be supplied with goods that are in safe packaging, doesn't look like it's been open or faked and most importantly if they buy goods that are fake, they report them to trading standards.

how much of an issue is it that kids who are not old enough to buy these are buying them and won't be doing those checks in all reality? exactly. we do make sure we are educating large retailers on how to not sell these products to children. we frequently point them towards guidance. and we really don't want the products getting into the hands of children. how often is the guidance on these things reviewed, and who does it? most of the guidance out there at the moment is actually done by trade associations, like we have done them with the association of convenience stores, and they are updated very regularly and this is such a growing area for retailers and we have to keep on top of the law. we have to make sure all of the guidance out there is correct, so it is available and we don't have any particular guidance from government which is why the industry ourselves have taken it upon us to write the guidance to support retailers and stop underage sales and prevent

the noncomplying goods entering the market. does there need to be more guidance, do you think? i think there should be more guidance, more official guidance, from the government as well. it's great for us as trade associations to join up and do one central set of guidance rather than it being all over the place. and just, if you are advising anyone watching, who buys vapes or whose kids might buy vapes, what would you say to them? how easy is it to spot something unregulated? it's very difficult to spot things unregulated. these products are everywhere, walk down any high street and you will see them. i think what consumers really need to do is talk to their children about it and work closely with the schools as well to make sure that children and consumers are aware of the risks of these vaping products and hope you don't start them. do you think schools generally talk

about the issue enough? i think they do. i know it's an issue talked about with my son in his school, so i think schools do frequently talk to their pupils about it and we try to encourage our retailers to act responsibly and work with local schools to get their message out about the products. the king has given the title of duke of edinburgh to his brother, prince edward. the announcement comes on the prince's 59th birthday. sophie, the countess of wessex, is now the duchess of edinburgh. i'm joined now by our royal correspondent sarah campbell. this didn't come as a surprise, it was expected, but what does it mean? it is a title that was associated... with the duke of edinburgh, prince philip, the total was conferred on him back in bm so he held it for

over 70 years. it was always known when prince edward married sophie in 1999 the palace made it known that in due course was the phrase they used, a title would be conferred upon prince edward. prince philip died in april 2021 and nearly two years later king charles has conferred the title on his younger brother, so essentially the statement says his majesty the king has been pleased to convert the dukedom of edinburgh upon prince edward earl of wessex on the occasion of his royal highness's 59th birthday and what that means is sophie ceases to be the countess of wessex and is now the duchess of edinburgh and those titles, the james viscount severn, their 15—year—old son now becomes the earl of wessex, but interestingly unlike in the past this title isn't going to be hereditary so when prince

edward dies it will not automatically pass on to his children, it would go back to the crown and can be distributed to another member of the family. itiiui’ith another member of the family. with the award scheme _ another member of the family. with the award scheme for young people which helps teach them life skills, but will it mean for that scheme, does it mean we will see a higher profile role for prince edward? prince edward has been very closely associated with the duke of edinburgh award scheme, since he got his own gold award back in the 19805, his own gold award back in the 1980s, and he worked very closely with prince philip over the last few decades and since prince philip's death he has continued his association, a leadership association, a leadership association within the duke of edinburgh award scheme and so i think part of this is some sort of recognition that the olise has that deep connection with the scheme that is a well known around the world and obviously so connected with that title. in terms of increased roles

for prince edward, really since the death of prince philip and the queen and the stepping back of prince andrew and prince harry and megan, there has been a need for prince edward and sophie to step up and take on more rows to travel abroad and to mortars and they have done that and there is a recognition they are already stepped up and taken on more roles and responsibilities was the royal family. more roles and responsibilities was the royalfamily._ the mother of a woman who was bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer by her husband, has met britain'sjustice secretary, dominic raab, to ask him to prevent his early release from jail. british airways captain, robert brown, was imprisoned for 26 years for the manslaughter ofjoanna simpson in 2010. our reporter yetunde yusuf has been to meet her mother dianna parkes. joanna simpson was at home in berkshire when she was killed by her husband. armed with a claw hammer, robert brown hitjoanna at least ilt times. their two children were in the playroom and heard attack. in 2011, brown admitted manslaughter on the grounds

of diminished responsibility, and was sentenced to 26 years in prison. but more than a decade later, he is being considered for early release, and could be freed in november. joanna's mother diana parkes wants to stop brown getting out, and has met with thejustice secretary dominic raab. he was extremely intent on listening to what we were saying, and i think he's going to look into it very closely. i pushed him very hard in terms of making commitments, and he did explicitly say that he would definitely review this case properly under his new powers. he clearly cannot make any commitment in terms of the outcome of that review. that's something that will have to play its way through. the campaign to prevent brown's early release was launched earlier this month, and is also backed by carriejohnson, the wife of the former prime minister. just astonished at the amount of publicity that we've had. absolutely astonished. and really, it's down to carriejohnson, because for years, i've been saying,

who is going to monitor him for 13 years when he comes out ofjail? he still has 13 years on licence. nobody really took notice, but now, thanks to carrie, and hetty, all her hard work as well, i do feel we might be getting somewhere. last year, the secretary of state was given new powers to refer certain prisoners to the parole board to determine if they are safe to be released. they are only used in rare cases such as if there is a threat to national security or if there is a risk of serious harm to the public. today, the ministry ofjustice says dominic raab will review whether to use these powers closer to the time of robert brown's release. for diana, though, joanna's death was a tragedy that changed her family's life forever. and while nothing will bring joanna back, diana says she just wants the punishment to fit the crime, and for her daughter's killer to remain behind bars. yetunde yusuf, bbc news.

let's get some of the day's other news. three people have been wounded in tel aviv in what police say was a suspected terror attack. the police say the attacker was — in their words — neutralised at the scene. it comes hours after the us defence secretary lloyd austin arrived in israel for talks. he told israeli leaders to take steps to reduce tension in the west bank amid an escalation in violence. a court in malaysia has charged the former prime minister, muhyiddin yassin, with abuse of power and money laundering. mr muhyiddin had previously said the charges were politically motivated. he was granted bail but was ordered to surrender his passport. the american actor robert blake has died. he was best known for his role as detective tony baretta in the 19705 tv series "baretta". he starred in a number of other films and tv dramas during a career that spanned nearly six decades. in 2002 he was charged with murdering his second wife bonnie lee bakely but was acquitted in 2005. he was 89.

the former us president donald trump has been given the opportunity to testify next week before a grand jury in new york. the legal move frequently means that the district attorney in manhattan is close to charging the suspect. mr trump has been investigated over alleged hush money payments made on his behalf to the former porn star stormy daniels. mr trump denies they had an affair. last month, a watford football club player was praised for raising awareness of stammering, after a video of his post—match interview went viral. ken sema gave the interview with his stammer, and received an overwhelming response from people celebrating him for being a positive role model for children with the condition. our reporter tim muffett went to meet him. lovely to meet you.

i wanted to ask you about the interview gave last month. you had scored two goals against west brom. the interview that you gave had an enormous reaction. i'm happy with the goals. i'm happy with the win today as well. it was a must—win at home. you spoke with a stammer, and some people haven't heard that before. were you surprised by the reaction? actually, i was. i didn't think like this, obviously i had a good game. i was just there and i was like, right on my foot and i smashed it onto the goal. the video become so big was amazing. there were so much love, so much reactions and i heard

so many big names, like role models, inspirational, i've helped so many kids and adults who may be also have a stammer. have you always had a stammer? it maybe started when i was six years old. but i didn't know how it came. i didn't know anything, itjust came. at eight or ten i felt like it's normal. it's a part of me. obviously, i had some days when i was a bit more nervous, ok, i have to go in front of the class. but i still did it. it never affected me in a way that i can't do it. sema. very strong. i always had this dream to become a footballer.

i didn't see this as an issue. some people with a stammer say they avoid certain words or they try and hide it. do you have that issue? not really. i'm trying to say everything i think. it doesn't define me as a person. like, this is ken with a stammer. i don't see it that way. you're swedish so english isn't your first language. does that affect your stammer? you get used to it, you know. i'm getting used to it. i've been here a longtime, i've been here five years, i learned english in school. so, i don't feel like it's hard for me to speak english and have a stammer. there have been quite a few famous people who have stammers. joe biden for example has spoken about his. there's a reason why he's bringing up all of this malarkey.

i learned so much from having to deal with stuttering. it gave me insight into other people's pain. how important is it that people such as yourself can talk about it and are open about it? it is because if i told myself as a young kid, ten years old, i watched tv and there is a footballer with a stammer, i would feel, amazing. because he's like me. if he can do it, i can do it. sema with the spin. you've become a role model because of the interview. how important is that to you? i didn't expect it really. but i'm happy about it. i'm thankful about every comment, about everything. if i can help, i'm here to help.

that is it from me for the moment. you can reach me on twitter. next we re were watching. hello. a much quieter day weather today than yesterday across the uk with the amber weather warnings for snow and ice now expired but still plenty of lying snow especially across north wales and northern england, particularly high ground. the blizzard conditions have now eased and the winds will be lighter through the day and there will be lots of brightness and sunshine. one or two showers at times. they could still be wintry. a deep area of low pressure giving us the snow is pulling away the near continent and it will clear by the end of the day so the wintry mix of sleet and snow clearing from east anglia and south—east england through the offering, it will brighten up your

but temperatures are lower than they were this morning. there could be one or two snow showers cracking down on the nose he went, more frequent snow showers still across scotland. with those lighter winds tonight it could be the coldest night for ink and in particular that we have seen this year. a lot of ice around, where we have the tying snow temperatures could be so as or —12. the exception to the sharp frost will be across the far south—west of england, and approaching weather front into saturday morning, there could be a bit of morning snow across the moors or the south—west, also hilson of wales and northern ireland, ourfront also hilson of wales and northern ireland, our front approaches the north of england towards the end of the day. some writers out towards eastern areas of the uk but clouding over here through the afternoon and still feeling rather chilly with temperatures between three and seven, maybe still some snow showers with low cloud across the central belt of scotland. that is no risk eastwards again on saturday, likely

to see some snow to low levels for the first part of the night across northern england and much of scotland but increasingly confined to the hills as the night wears on because we do have some milder air with the second front approaching into sunday morning. the snow will clear away from the far north of scotland as we head through sunday. still the cold air hanging on towards the northern isles but elsewhere turning a lot milder. it will be pretty unsettled through the day. turning wet and windy but temperatures all the way up into double figures, expect a lot of snow melt into the start of next week.

today at one: entente cordiale — the prime minister is in paris seeking improved relations with france and more help to stop migrants crossing the channel. rishi sunak is meeting president macron. he's expected to offer the french more money for increased beach patrols to stop small boats. the two men greeted each other this morning, all the warmth and backslapping, they met face—to—face for an hour backslapping, they met face—to—face foran hourand 20 backslapping, they met face—to—face for an hour and 20 minutes. yes, we'll be live in paris with our political editor. also this lunchtime: armed police storm a building in the german city of hamburg after a gunman kills seven people at a jehovah's witness meeting hall.

motorway drivers stuck for hours overnight,