teams better access to the flood devastation. and a 14—year—old boy who died after being stabbed in manchester has been named as nathaniel shani. two teenagers have been arrested. one remains in custody. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world, im frankie mccamley. the sunday times, the times and channel 4 dispatches are reporting that the comedian russell brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse over a seven year period at the height of his fame. the paper claims that four women have alleged sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013 while he was a presenter for bbc radio 2 and channel 4 and acting in hollywood films. the newspaper also reported that others have made a range of allegations about brand's controlling, abusive

and predatory behaviour. we now have a statement from russell brand's agents. it reads... russell brand is performing in lending. these are pictures of him arriving in wembley park. the sold—out performance had been due to again at 7pm but peers told it will be set by 45 minutes. thisjoint this joint investigation by the sunday times chair for dispatchers

says that four women have made allegations of sexual assault by him between the years 2006 and 2013. during the time of these allegations russell brand was probably one of the best known celebrities in the country. he was presenting on channel four and many, many other places. and he was also, as you say, acting in hollywood films. you know, his fame had spread across the atlantic. now, the investigation says that around ten years ago, brand met a businesswoman who they're calling nadia. she says they did have consensual sex, but when they met again the following month, she says brand kissed her and said that he wanted her tojoin him and anotherfriend in the bedroom, nadia, told the investigation i tried to get away from him. and i slipped away from the wall. and at this point, he's grabbing at my underwear and he has that

glazed look in his eye again and i can't move. and i told him, get off, get off. nadia says he raped her without a condom. the following year, the investigation says a woman they're calling phoebe says she met russell brand at an alcoholics anonymous meeting. she says she did have a brief sexual relationship with him, but it had ended when one night she was at his house. when she realised that they were alone, she says she ended up trapped in a bedroom and she told the investigation. "i think he had his hand down my trousers but i was fighting "so hard and i was screaming so hard, hoping that i could "get through somehow. "i don't know what the actual definition of sexual assault is, but it feels like that, he didn't rape me. "but it feels like that," he didn't rape me. the allegations have been denied by russell brand. 0vernight he released a video message in which he said the relationships i had were absolutely always consensual. what i seriously refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations. now, channel four�*s dispatches special about russell brand is due

to go out on the channel at 9:00 this evening. and have we had any response to these allegations? as you said, there russell brand, he's responded himself. but what about some of the companies, the broadcasters he was working for? you know, the bbc have responded, saying that they have and had very robust procedures in place for dealing with issues. they also pointed out, of course, that russell brand left the bbc, if people remember the incident with himself and jonathan ross, where they left an answerphone message on the actor andrew sachs�* voice mail talking about the sexual activity of his granddaughter. so we're waiting to see what's going to be in this documentary later tonight, what the other people involved are going to say. but these are, as you say, very, very serious allegations made against russell brand, allegations which he emphatically denies. we heard there about the response

from russell brand, here's a clip from a video he's posted online. i've received two extremely disturbing letters or a letter and an email, one from a mainstream media tv company, one from a newspaper listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks, as well as some pretty stupid stuff like my community festival should be stopped, that i shouldn't be able to attack mainstream media narratives on this channel. but amidst this litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that i absolutely refute. well, russell brand is a well—known entertainment figure — notjust in the uk but globally as well. nicky schiller takes a look at his career. russell brand started his career as a stand up comedian. he's always been a colourful character. he was asked to leave his first stage school and sacked

from his first big tv and radio shows. in the early 2000s, he was taking illegal drugs, including heroin. that's something he's been quite open about. speaking in a 2012 bbc documentary about it. he made it following the death of his friend amy winehouse. nowadays, i don't drink or take drugs. ten years ago, though, i couldn't get enough of them. cannabis, booze, acid speed, coke, crack smack. — that's heroin. i took drugs every single day. russell brand went into rehab for three months in 2003. he says since then, he's been clean and sober. he got his big tv break, hosting a big brother spin off. what followed were radio shows, including on the bbc, and indeed he hosted the brit awards in 2007. a year later, he shot to fame worldwide with the film forgetting sarah marshall. also that year, he hosted the mtv video music awards, but 2008 was also the year of one

of his biggest controversies. during an episode of his bbc radio two show, he and guestjonathan ross made a series of obscene phone calls to the actor andrew sachs. brand later quit, the station controller resigned and the bbc was fined. russell brand stayed in the global headlines for his marriage to katy perry in 2010. they divorced less than two years later. he also voiced a character in the film despicable me. brand also became more outspoken about his political views. in 2013, he gave a now famous interview to jeremy paxman on the bbc�*s newsnight, where he called for a revolution. there's going to be a revolution. it's totally going to happen. i ain't got a flicker of doubt. this is the end. this is time to wake up. it was in 2014 that russell brand launched his own youtube video series. over the years, it amassed millions of followers, but also attracted criticism from some for amplifying conspiracy theories.

during covid, brand was criticised for his anti—vax views. youtube removed one of his videos over its policies on medical misinformation. more recently, brand has swapped to the alternative social media site rumble, so he has swapped the red carpet events of the 2000s to broadcasting from his shed from his home just outside london. so what's the legal position around these allegations against russell brand? we've been hearing from the media lawyer mark stephens. they put detailed allegations to him, and his response was to go one to his youtube channel and essentially denounce and deny them. the details haven't yet been made public, and the purpose of a right to reply letter which we should say in all fairness is to give a person

who is being accused of some described behaviour or criminal wrongdoing the right to respond, and of course they may never appear in the public domain if there is a good and decent explanation. essentially published later today the detail of what's going on at that point in time. he is going to make clear, from the video, whilst he accepts that part of his life he was promiscuous, he said all of those relationships were consensual, so it appears to be that any allegations of nonconsensual behaviour on his part are going to be comprehensively denied. of course, people can engage in all sorts of behaviours,

as long as they are consensual to consenting adults, and the law doesn't interfere, it only interferes where it's nonconsensual. that is where this will have to be examined in more detail once we actually get to the nub of the details. it's unusual for someone to essentially get then retribution. he's got massive multi—million followings, he is being able to say he denies these allegations and anything he did he did consensually, and also put it somewhat in the past. that was mark stevens giving his legal assessment of the story. so just a reminder about that russell brand story. several british media outlets are reporting that the comedian russell brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse over a seven year period at the height of his fame. the reports claim that four women have alleged sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013.

russell brand says he refutes the claims. and you can find more on this story on our website — just log on to bbc.com/news fears are growing for the survivors of the catastophic flood in the libyan city of derna, where there is a lack of medicine and clean water and worries that a cholera outbreak is looming. aid organisations have described coordinating the relief effort as a "nightmare". up to 11,000 people are known to have died after two dams collapsed — inundating the city with water. thousands more are still missing. 0ur correspondent anna foster is in derna and has the latest. a landscape changed beyond recognition. a bustling city, now a wasteland.

the destructive power of water has ripped the heart from derna. its survivors left rapt with grief and anger. translation: we were told to stay inside our home. - why? they should have told us there was a storm, told us the dam was old and crumbling. some of these destroyed buildings were 100 years old. this man lost five members of his family in the raging current. one was his ten—month—old daughter. he shows me their pictures. first, alive, and then their bodies. this was what brought him here, a convoy of ministers from the eastern government, one of libya's two opposing authorities. translation: fighting has decimated the country's infrastructure. _ he says it has proved fatal. i spoke to the eastern prime minister, osama hammad. how could this happen when the dams

were supposed to keep people safe? "it was a very strong cyclone," he told me. "too strong for the dams." here in the centre of derna, the destruction is total, and when you look down this valley, at an area that used to be filled with apartment buildings, homes, cars, thousands of people, with lives that have all been picked up and swept out to sea, you wonder how a city like this can ever recover. down at the port, derna's dead are still returning to the city. recovery teams watch the waves and wait for them. this morning, three more bodies were pulled from the debris but thousands of others, swept far from here, will never come home. anna foster, bbc news, derna. a 14—year—old has died in a stabbing in northern manchester. another 14—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.

the dead boy's family and friends have described him as the "kindest soul". yunus mulla sent us this update. what is so striking is the age of some of the young children who've arrived here today to lay flowers and who've had to choose their words carefully to remember someone they've lost. but this remains a crime scene this evening. you can see the forensics tent over my shoulder. and that's why police say it is crucial they get all the information they need so they can piece together what happened and why someone lost their life. nathaniel shani, another victim of knife crime. his family say he was a best friend to many kind and caring. today, his friends and community remembered him with flowers and messages. nathaniel was stabbed yesterday evening. i spoke to the mother of one of his friends. so he was there.

my son can't even sleep since last. like he was just killed last night. what was nathaniel like? he is a quiet, good boy, even when they come to my house. the teenager was taken to hospital and died from his injuries. this local resident lives a short distance away from the scene in the harpurhey area of manchester. i could hearjust like, what is going on and my electricity was finished and i was coming to get the electricity and i could see there's something, a big fight. and kids were just fighting with each other and one kid was screaming, call the ambulance, call ambulance. and there was blood on the corner. it'sjust so bad. as part of the murder investigation, greater manchester police put in place a section 60 order, giving them greater stop and search powers. detectives say this action was proportionate and necessary with the aim of minimizing the potential for violent behaviour and to prevent

further serious incidents. manchester and harpurhey have to start talking about smartphones that arrange altercations and young people carrying knives and are getting younger and younger carrying knives. and we have to put our heads together in manchester and the uk to get on top of this. detectives say two boys aged 13 and 1a remain in police custody on suspicion of murder, but they are appealing for witnesses and support is being given to the 1a year old's family who say their hearts have been left broken. yunus mulla, bbc news, manchester. now it's time for a look at today's sport. plenty of support we start with the premier league. manchester city of top at the table at five when

certified the season.- top at the table at five when certified the season. , h, ., certified the season. they came from behind to beat— certified the season. they came from behind to beat west _ certified the season. they came from behind to beat west ham _ certified the season. they came from behind to beat west ham 3-1. - erling haaland scored his seventh game of the season. while newcastle have just defeated brentford 1?nil in the late game. a callum wilson penalty the difference between the two sides and an important three points ahead of newcastle facing ac milan at the san siro in the champions league next week tottenham scored two goals deep into stoppage time to beat sheffield united 2?1. liverpool came from a goal down for a 3?1 win over wolverhampton wanderers. there were wins for aston villa and fulham. and brighton are in fourth place after beating manchester united 3?1 at old trafford with some of the home crowd turning on the united manager erik ten hag. scottish champions, celtic moved two points clear at the top of the scottish premiership with a 3?0 win over dundee. while rangers put their old firm defeat behind them by beating saintjohnstone 2?0. matondo scoring rangers' second. there were also wins for hearts and saint mirren. to the rugby world cup where wales had a difficult day. warren gatland named a much changed side to the one that beat fiji.

but they struggled against a portugal side that played attacking, adventurous rugby. eventually getting a bonus? point 28 points to 8 victory. ireland are in action against tonga. johnny sexton has made history becoming all—time record score for ireland. cara scored 1083 points. currently ireland are 31 points to 16 a head for that theyjust got back after half—time in that game. samoa began their world cup campaign with a bonus? point win over chile. they are in the same group as england but the pacific islanders had an initial rest week. today though they dominated the second half agianst chile, running in four tries to finish with a 43 point to ten win. samoa play argentina next, while chile travel to lille to face england next weekend. carlos sainz will start the singapore grand prix from pole, and will be hopeful of winning the race after an awful

qualifying for red bull. world champion max verstappen struggled in practice and in qualifying and could only manage eleventh on the grid. his red bull team mate sergio perez spun at a crucial moment and ended up in thirteenth place. ferrari's carlos sainz claimed back to back poles for the first time in his career and will start ahead of the mercedes of george russell, with the other ferrari of charle leclerc in third. you can keep up—to—date on everything on the bbc bbc website. let's move on to iran now — where it's been one year since the death of mahsa amini, the kurdish iranian woman who died in custody. her death sparked months of anti—government protests in the country. she died after being arrested for not dressing in a way that conformed to iran's laws.

her family says she was killed by the authorities. iran tightened security today to try to prevent new demonstrations, but some people still gathered in support of mahsa's memory. this protest took place in karaj, on the outskirts of tehran. there were also demonstrations around the world — this gathering took place in paris and this was the scene in berlin. demonstrators used the slogan "woman, life, freedom", which was prominent at the time of the protests a year ago. with me is shahram kholdi, a professor of middle east history and international relations at the university of waterloo in canada. thank you very much forjoining us. really again this overarching concern back on the global stage, women's rights, freedom of movement in iran. are these protest making any difference in the country would you say? any difference in the country would ou sa ? , ., ., ~

any difference in the country would ousa ? , . ., ., you say? they are making a lot of difference- _ you say? they are making a lot of difference. iranian _ you say? they are making a lot of difference. iranian women - you say? they are making a lot of difference. iranian women as - you say? they are making a lot of difference. iranian women as a i you say? they are making a lot of. difference. iranian women as a whole have been defying the government regulations with respect to the hit job. what has happened is millions of iranian women, especially in major urban centres have been walking by the morality plays, they were supposedly pulled off the street in the after maths of mahsa amini's skilling. i would say her expert traditional killing and defying government regulations despite all the sanctions that this regime has tried to put on them. == regime has tried to put on them. -- mahsa regime has tried to put on them. —— mahsa amini killing. do you think the sense of fear is dwindling? definitely losing its legitimacy and the started injanuary definitely losing its legitimacy and the started in january 2019 definitely losing its legitimacy and the started injanuary 2019 when large uprisings in demonstrations of the governments mismanagement of

economic matters and corruption started. they have raised the cost of dissent to such high levels that it is not very easy for people to gather and mobilise. it is not very easy for people to gatherand mobilise. but it is not very easy for people to gather and mobilise. but the country is like on a power keg. any brutal crackdown by this regime can cause in implosion at a moment's notice. you were saying that people are becoming less scared of the regime. however, there are so many reports of intimidation, family members of people that may have been killed in protests or arrested in protest previously. does that seem like it's dying down or is that still very much a... ? dying down or is that still very much a- - -_ dying down or is that still very mucha... ~ , , much a... ? i think is has become asymmetrical- _ much a... ? i think is has become asymmetrical. so _ much a... ? i think is has become asymmetrical. so people - much a... ? i think is has become asymmetrical. so people are - asymmetrical. so people are organising in small cells so tracking them down and cracking down on them would be more difficult. and

then they showed defiance on social media, making the authorities even more angry. i would say that it is continuing but in a very asymmetrical way, continuing but in a very asymmetricalway, in continuing but in a very asymmetrical way, in a way that the government cannot concentrate. even when the government did concentrate last year and they managed to arrest up last year and they managed to arrest up to 20,000 people, they could not even feed them in the worst possible conditions or keep them and they were forced to pardon a majority of them. no, this regime is on its last leg. it has on western democracies whether it will be able to continue at survival. whether it will be able to continue at survival-— at survival. what do you think the rats could be _ at survival. what do you think the rats could be doing _ at survival. what do you think the rats could be doing to _ at survival. what do you think the rats could be doing to help - at survival. what do you think the rats could be doing to help iran i at survival. what do you think the j rats could be doing to help iran or what you think iran wants from the west? , . ., ., , ., west? they will continue to try to take hostage _ west? they will continue to try to take hostage dual _ west? they will continue to try to take hostage dual nationals - west? they will continue to try to take hostage dual nationals in - take hostage dual nationals in exchange for getting the frozen

assets back. but as soon as they get some of these frozen assets back they would feed the basically brutal crackdown oppressive forces. what western countries should do first and foremost is to resort to targeting sanctions as a piled to bulk sanctions. their relatives who are committing these kind of sanctions. a lot of these officials, the extended relatives live in these countries and invest monies through racketeering and money laundering schemes, they could do that here, they can go after the islamic republic official who are abusing human rights and committing human rights violations in iran right here. ., ., , ~ here. looking towards next week in the general — here. looking towards next week in the general assembly _ here. looking towards next week in the general assembly meeting - here. looking towards next week in the general assembly meeting how here. looking towards next week in i the general assembly meeting how do you think the iranian prime minister will be? ~ , ., .,, .,

will be? prime minister are as a sureme will be? prime minister are as a supreme leader _ will be? prime minister are as a supreme leader so _ will be? prime minister are as a supreme leader so you're - will be? prime minister are as a supreme leader so you're not i will be? prime minister are as a l supreme leader so you're not that far off the mark. i think the islamic republic is trying to get a coalition of global south be handed in order to be able to land itself seats on the social council or the status of women which he was kicked out so that it could make the display that it is operating according to the principle of islam. really good to get your thoughts. the headlines are coming up. hello. quite a temperature contrast across the uk through the evening hours. the south of the country is still under the influence of air coming off the continent. so its warm, quite humid too. in the north, particularly across scotland, it is going to be a chilly evening, even a touch of frost on the way overnight. so here are the 9:00 temperatures.

we will have seen around 11 in aberdeen, 21 in london. and then through the course of the night, the clear skies and the light winds in scotland will lead to a touch of frost in the sheltered glens. elsewhere to the south, much milder than that, in fact, quite balmy in the south. and also chance of some showers. here are the morning temperatures, 6 a.m., 15 in london, 1a in liverpool, 12 in newcastle and aberdeen. a really fresh start, three degrees, but there'll be some sunshine around. by 9:00am it'll probably be about five. notice all the fine weather across the north of scotland. but then the lowlands, it's cloudier. some rain around in the morning across northern ireland and thunderstorms are looming. in fact, they are reaching south western england, just about nudging into wales through the second half of the morning. and these storms will deliver big downpours, at least locally. lightning, obviously, hail, gusty winds and they will drift northwards and eastwards through the course of the day. these are the temperatures during the afternoon on sunday, peaking at 22 in london, about that in liverpool, in glasgow, closer to 16 degrees.

and through the course of this evening, let's track the storm. so moving across wales, the midlands into northwest england, there'll probably be one or two storms further south during the latter part of the evening. and then monday into tuesday, that's the transition period to much more unsettled weather. we'll see weather front sweeping across the country. this one actually on monday will deliver a spell of wind and rain, at least for a time. it'll push that warm air mass towards the east of the continent. and behind it, we'll see these westerly winds developing, bringing us sunshine and showers later in the day to the west. but i think the east may hang on to that weather front and some wetter weather for a time. still about 20 to 22 degrees celsius in east anglia in the southeast, but a lot fresher there in northern ireland, 15 degrees. and if we have a look at the outlook, it's going to be an interesting week. very unsettled, the possibility of ex—tropical storms heading our way, bringing a spell of wind and rain. that's it for me. bye bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the british actor and comedian russell brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse. he denies the allegations. anti—government demonstrations have been held in iran to mark the death of mahsa amini, one year after her death in police custody.

but security forces appear to have prevented herfamily from conducting a ceremony at her grave. authorities in eastern libya have restricted access to the city of derna, after last weekend's devastating floods. the aid operation has been described as chaotic. a 14—year—old boy who died after being stabbed in manchester has been named as nathaniel shani. two teenagers have been arrested — one remains in custody. now on bbc news — island games: one sporting family. this is vazon bay in guernsey. on a sunny day like this, it's easy to see why so many come to dip their toes into island life. scattered across the world, island communities don't often get the chance to get together and show

what they can achieve. but every two years, it's sport that brings them closer.