safe a court in vietnam are safe death sentence on a real estate tycoon for her role in financial fraud worth more than $27 billion. jaguar has unveiled its latest concept car in miami after the controversy surrounding a teaser campaign for the launch last week. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. thank you forjoining us. today, the emir of qatar will officially begin a two—day state visit to the uk, hosted by the king. he arrived yesterday at a rainy stansted airport but will be officially welcomed today by king charles, and the prince and princess of wales. queen camilla will miss the ceremonial welcome as she still has a lingering chest infection, but will attend events in buckingham palace later in the day. let's speak to kasia madera, who is outside buckingham palace in central london.

thank you very much and welcome to buckingham palace, where the diplomatic red carpet has indeed been rolled out for the sheikh of qatar, the leader of this gulf state, very wealthy and influential gulf states, a gulf state with a close relationship with the united kingdom. the qatari flags interspersed with the union flag are flying on the mall, which is tradition for these big state visits. we heard last night the queen will have her roles and responsibilities somewhat reduced, she is recovering from a chest infection from early november so the outside roles will be somewhat reduced for her, no taking part in the ceremonial welcome and inspection of the troops at horse guards parade, no processions in open carriages along the mall but

she will be taking part in the formal lunch. but the princess of wales will be taking part later today in those first instances of this ceremonial state visits, the kind of state visit that is precisely a meticulously detailed down to the last detail and goes like clockwork, it is something the united kingdom is very well known for. it is done with the help of the royal household in conjunction with the foreign and commonwealth office, so lots to discuss, not least qatar itself, often described as a country with a really difficult human rights record. we saw these arguments during the 2022 world cup when qatar hosted that. i am very pleased that throughout the special coverage today on bbc news we have lots of special guests including my truong my lan guest, nicholas hamilton, who was the ambassador to qatar. ——

including my first guest, nicholas hamilton. these state visits are so meticulously planned, without going into a massive long history lesson, the uk and qatar have a very long relationship dating back to 1916? ., , to 1916? good morning, it is very good — to 1916? good morning, it is very good to _ to 1916? good morning, it is very good to be _ to 1916? good morning, it is very good to be here - to 1916? good morning, it is very good to be here in - to 1916? good morning, it isj very good to be here in such to 1916? good morning, it is. very good to be here in such a special occasion. the relationship goes well beyond that, over 160 years, and the uk is in many ways the closest of the countries in the west to qatar. it was a protecting power until 1971 when qatar became independent after the uk effectively withdrew, as you said, east of suez, and qatar has continued to be a close partner of the uk in its independent state too. one might actually say the uk and qatar are partners of first resort in so many things. it is an important relationship for

those countries. reporter: the king, previously as the prince of wales, has visited qatar numerous times. the emir himself was schooled in some of the most illustrious schools, sherborne, harrow and sandhurst, like prince harry and prince william. in terms of that closeness, the relationship with the uk, how important is it? and i know you have a special role? when it ”t5185? wife? ”t5185? iii/here? have a special role? when it comes to thejets? apologies, comes to thejets? apologies, before the pomp and ceremony before the pomp and ceremony starts to clean—up is under way starts to clean—up is under way so we have the trucks cleaning so we have the trucks cleaning that ceremonial, symbolic red that ceremonial, symbolic red carpet of the malljust carpet of the malljust that ceremonial, symbolic red carpet of the mall just ahead that ceremonial, symbolic red carpet of the mall just ahead of the state visit which will of the state visit which will start in a few hours. tell us a start in a few hours. tell us a little about the typhoons? you little about the typhoons? you are right. _ are right. _ little about the typhoons? you are right. the _ little about the typhoons? you are right, the king, _ little about the typhoons? gm, are right, the king, when he little about the typhoons? you are right. the _ little about the typhoons? you are right, the king, _ little about the typhoons? gm, are right, the king, when he was prince of wales, visited was prince of wales, visited

regularly, twice when i was regularly, twice when i was ambassador about ten years ago, ambassador about ten years ago, and it made a big difference. and it made a big difference. the king and the emir have a the king and the emir have a good relationship, going back good relationship, going back to when the emir was at school to when the emir was at school in the uk and he and his in the uk and he and his brother went to sandringham and brother went to sandringham and spent weekends at sandringham spent weekends at sandringham with the then prince of wales. with the then prince of wales. they have a long—standing they have a long—standing relationship, they know each relationship, they know each other well and i think that is other well and i think that is a very important basis for the a very important basis for the relationship between the two countries. that relationship is essentially based on four pillars, you have the energy relationship which many people know about, the liquefied natural gas that qatar has built its economic boom on and relationship is also very it continues to export huge quantities of lng. with british partners helping it do that along the way. you have the defence relationship, and as you mentioned, qatar bought a

important and diversified, with a lot of qatari investment in the uk underpinning it. find a lot of qatari investment in the uk underpinning it. and £40 billion, the uk underpinning it. and £40 billion. huge _ the uk underpinning it. and £40 billion, huge investment, - the uk underpinning it. and £40 billion, huge investment, lots i billion, huge investment, lots of concerns about human rights in qatar. but first, the former ambassador to qatar, thank you so much. the beginning of that ceremonial state visit will start in a few hours and we will bring you special coverage throughout the day on bbc news. studio: thank you, we look forward to much more of your coverage from buckingham palace. in the last hour, israel's military says it's attacked a terrorist cell in lebanon's bekaa province. in a statement, the military said more details would follow. it comes as fears that a fragile ceasefire in lebanon could collapse after israel and hezbollah launched attacks against each other on monday. both sides say they were retaliating to violations of the truce agreement.

the deal ended two months of a full—scale war. the lebanese health ministry reported that at least nine people were killed in two villages. israel says it targeted hezbollah rocket launchers and infrastructure, in response to attack on an army post. yolande knell is our correspondent injerusalem. i asked her how much pressure was being put on the ceasefire deal. i would say it is really being tested to its limits at the moment. that was the largest and deadliest set of air strikes we have had from israel last night since the ceasefire came into effect in the early hours of wednesday morning last week with the israeli military saying it was going after a range of hezbollah targets across lebanon, from fighters and rocket launchers to infrastructure. we earlier had these rounds of mortar fire from hezbollah aim to an israeli army base with hezbollah saying that was both defensive and advancement as a warning to israel following what it said were violations of

the ceasefire deal. we had the lebanese parliamentary speaker, an ally of hezbollah who is also keen to negotiating this deal, saying that over the past few days there had been more than 50 violations by israel. israel meanwhile has said hezbollah is also violating the ceasefire, it has accused specifically of moving weapons back into the very south of lebanon, something it is not allowed to do under the terms of the deal. israel says it is allowed to respond if it sees hezbollah being in violation, so i think a lot really depends on this mechanism set up when the us and france brokered the ceasefire agreement, it was supposed to supervise and enforce the ceasefire to monitor any violations. both sides can report violations to this committee that has been set up, it involves a us army general based in beirut.

because yolande knell in jerusalem. i am joined by tim ripley. tim is a military analyst and an editor of the defence eye. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. from a military perspective, how serious are these apparent violations? it is very much tit—for—tat attacks, for example you have hezbollah fires a rocket into israel and the israelis get one of their tanks to fire back at the rocket launcher. they seem to so far tried to keep these within bounds, very limited localised areas, rather than turning it into a countrywide air campaign that we saw for the previous two months. the attack in the bekaa valley is interesting because it expands the focus of these retaliation is away from the border but it seems to be a one off so far.

the danger with all of these attacks as they escalate, so they have hezbollah firing one rocket launcher, it's really launcher is a time, hezbollah responds with two rocket launchers that israel responds with three tanks. you are at the top of the escalate to a larger before too long. how are any future. _ larger before too long. how are any future, much _ larger before too long. how are any future, much worse, - any future, much worse, violations prevented? are there back channel negotiations? this di - lomatic back channel negotiations? ti 3 diplomatic group has been mentioned, it has been set up to try to keep a lid on the situation but that depends on the political will injerusalem and in hezbollah in beirut to stick to the ceasefire. when you have two very well armed military forces in close proximity, only a few days ago they were firing at each other in quite vicious fighting, there is tension and local commanders perhaps trying to push an agreement, but it

depends on the political will from the very top to try to keep a lid on these escalations. so far it seems our political will is still holding and you have not seen any announcement by the israelis that they repudiate the ceasefire and hezbollah still seem to say they want to stick to it even though they accuse the israelis of breaching it. the real test is whether or not those israeli civilians can come back to the north of israel. if they don't come back very soon, the israeli government will be in a very weak position at home and they will have an incentive to try to restart the war, to push hezbollah further back and stop them firing into israel again. it has beenjust them firing into israel again. it has been just over a week since this thing came into force and the point is getting the israeli civilians back,

they are back on the lebanese side but not the israeli side, which was the motivation for launching this in the first place. if the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu can't get any benefit from it very, very soon, but his political incentive to stick to the ceasefire will go, he will want to go back to military action to try to change the situation.— action to try to change the situation. ., ~ , ., ., , ., situation. thank you for your thoughts. — situation. thank you for your thoughts, tim _ situation. thank you for your thoughts, tim ripley - situation. thank you for your thoughts, tim ripley from . situation. thank you for your i thoughts, tim ripley from the defence eye. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are live with bbc news. in georgia, thousands of people have been protesting in the capital tblisi for a fifth night in a row. once again, there were extensive clashes with police — protesters threw fireworks at officers who responded with tear gas and water cannons. last week, the prime minister said he'd put european union accession talks on hold, despite polls suggesting widespread support for membership, sparking this latest round of demonstrations.

georgia's pro—eu president has been speaking to the bbc and dismissed the negative image of the protest being presented. well, that's the russian propaganda, which we do not have to get in... the russian propaganda that everything has to be a revolution, that everything has to be prepared by the west. there is nothing of that kind. there is a very calm, very peaceful population that wants to have its voice heard, that its will is to go towards europe, and will not... and that has been the case for centuries, for georgia, will not accept that a foreign power deters it from its destiny, which is the european community. our correspondent reyhan demytrie in georgia said explained what was happening during the fifth day of protests. the momentum is that there are all signs that protesters are refusing to back off. they have been returning over and over again, there is no doubt

they will be back again tonight outside parliament to express their anger with the government's decision to put eu accession talks on hold. this announcement was made last week by the country's prime minister, that is what sparked this latest wave of protests not only in the capital tbilisi but countrywide, protests are taking place in other major cities. yesterday we saw high school students protesting, joining the protest and saying they want to see their country's future in europe. there have been months of protests in georgia and this latest announcement, i think, is what made people... their patience boiled over. there is a lot there is a lot of frustration, young of frustration, young people are protesting, they say people are protesting, they say they want a european future for they want a european future for their country. their country.

they have been suspected they have been suspected that the ruling that the ruling party, georgian dream, has been party, georgian dream, has been acting to appease russia, and acting to appease russia, and one analyst told me the one analyst told me the government has shot itself in government has shot itself in the foot. the foot. there is no sign of it there is no sign of it subsiding, people are angry subsiding, people are angry tonight. tonight. the protests continued the protests continued all the way until 8am this all the way until 8am this morning with police pushing morning with police pushing protesters away from the main protesters away from the main avenue outside parliament and avenue outside parliament and protesters refusing to leave, protesters refusing to leave, launching fireworks launching fireworks against the riot police. against the riot police. reyhan, briefly, we have reyhan, briefly, we have heard from the russian heard from the russian government raising concerns government raising concerns about political instability in about political instability in georgia. georgia. what are the questions what are the questions about russia's role in what is about russia's role in what is happening in the country? happening in the country? russia has been commenting russia has been commenting on events in georgia for months on events in georgia for months now. now.

as the president said in the sot you played earlier, claiming there is a revolution planned by the west. the georgian dream prime minister said there is foreign interference, somehow it has been masterminded from abroad, but this is not what we are seeing on the streets, these are young georgians who believe they are defending their country's democracy and they are fighting to make sure that this country does not fall back, as they say, back into ussr, but moves ahead to progress with the european union. thank you, reyhan demytrie in tbilisi. sir keir starmer has insisted the uk will not have to choose between the us and europe when donald trump takes office. in a speech in london at the lord mayor's banquet, the prime minister said it was vital that his government worked with both allies. there's speculation that mr trump will launch a trade

war against the european union and reduce support for ukraine. the idea that we must choose between our allies, that somehow we're with either america or europe, is plain wrong. i reject it utterly. atlee did not choose between allies, churchill did not choose — the national interest demands that we work with both. sir keir starmer. a court in vietnam has rejected an appeal by truong my lan a businesswoman sentenced to death in april for stealing 44 billion dollars from one of the country's biggest banks. the sentence can still be commuted to life in prison if the defendant hands back three—quarters of the stolen funds. she's now in a race against time to raise the money before the sentence is carried out.

here's our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head who's in bangkok with more on the background

which is why the sum are so big. this trial is something of an example set by the vietnamese authorities, and i do not think anyone was too surprised that the court rejected her pleas for leniency, saying the case was so serious they had to uphold the death penalty. it is rare, but then too is a case of this size. jonathan head. president biden is in angola for his first and only trip to africa as president. during his visit he will highlight a us loan for a new railway that will stretch 1,300 kilometres, or 835 miles. it will connect mines in neighboring countries to the angolan port city of lobito. the project is seen as a challenge to china's dominance of the region's infrastructure. these live pictures are from

the presidential palace, where joe biden should be arriving shortly to meet with the country's president. earlier i spoke to our senior africa correspondent, anne soy, and asked if the us can do enough to challenge china's growing influence in the continent. they are doing something, it is a major reset of the kind of engagement they have had with the continent from years past. it has been allotted to wish age, health, education, the softer areas where you cannot really see physically the results —— it has been a lot to do with aid. but this is taking on china on something they have been doing over the last 20 years. whether they will be replaced, not likely, because even in this lobito corridor, this railway you mentioned, the chinese were the first to rehabilitate it after the end of the 2002 war.

they invested in it and rehabilitated it, so we are entering a new phase of relations with african countries where it is multipolar, it is notjust one dominant force, but the us is certainly challenging china's growing influence. there are real issues and concerns around human rights violations in angola. its president biden likely to raise this with the country's president? from the official communication we have been receiving, there has so far barely been a mention of human rights, of rule of law, which is the traditional way the us also exercises its foreign policy, particularly with africa. he may mention the rule of law that we do not expect that this will be the old ways of the big brother, finger wagging kind of diplomacy. we are past that. he may mention it, we do not know, but it will not be as strongly

worded as it would have been maybe five or ten years ago. we talk a lot about the interests of the us, china, russia. how about for african countries, what do they seek to gain at the moment? we have at least four countries that will be impacted by this project directly, the democratic republic of the congo which is resource—rich, zambia too, this railway will go all the way to the copperbelt in zambia, and angola, which is the main country. they plan eventually to extend this railway all the way across the continent to the indian ocean through tanzania, so tomorrow we will be having the heads of state from those four countries attending events there. we will leave you for the

moment with his live pictures coming into us from rwanda, thatis coming into us from rwanda, that is the presidential palace. the red carpet will be laid out for that visit byjoe biden. we will bring you that as soon as it gets under way on bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. not a bad day out there. a little bit on the chilly side, admittedly, but for most, you stay dry through the rest of the day. there will be a few changes ahead, though, more especially northern ireland and scotland. western scotland in particular. we've got cloud increasing and outbreaks of rain will start to push their way in. the odd showers still around the irish sea and quite grey and murky for some in cornwall and the isles of scilly, but temperatures not rising a huge amount for many, still only 4 or 5 degrees into the afternoon across parts of eastern scotland and north east england, with the cold air in place with rain falling across the hebrides and the highlands to end the day. as well as northern ireland, it hits the colder air across the highlands,

the grampians. you can expect to see some snow here for a time this evening. that will gradually clear, though the rain that we do have will push its way southwards and turn into showers across northern england, midlands and also wales. southern areas will stay dry, but as skies clear to the north of it, temperatures will take a drop. again not quite as cold as last night, but it will be cold enough for some frost and potentially some icy conditions considering we have had some rain earlier in the night. but lovely bright start, a dry start to the day for the vast majority. always a bit more cloud through wales, parts of central southern england. a few spots of rain likely here first thing, but many will stay dry. bigger changes quicker than today though. in the west, northern ireland will turn wet by the end of the afternoon. rain into western scotland. a little bit quicker as well, but with southerly winds. turns milder here, whereas we've still got a rather chilly day through eastern england and it could turn chilly in the evening again before we start to see milder and wetter weather spread across the country through wednesday night into thursday, it'll be a wetter night than the night. we're just about to experience rain lingering across east anglia, south east first thing, then sunshine and

a few showers dotted around. showers will fade for a time. many will become dry, but then quicker. then we'll see on wednesday, wet and also increasingly windy weather pushes its way in. in fact, it'll be windy throughout the 24 hours leading up to thursday afternoon in northern scotland. a milder day, though temperatures back into double figures more widely. but as that rain spreads its way eastwards and clears overnight into friday, back to sunshine. a few showers, a little bit cooler again on friday. and then there is the potential for something stormier coming our way. deepening area of low pressure will develop as it crosses the uk to take us into saturday. we'll keep an eye on the timings for that, but for england and wales in particular, we could see some very windy conditions indeed and we could also see a lot of rain too. that's how it's looking. i'll see you soon.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the emir of the state of qatar is in london for a state visit. buckingham palace says the queen will not attend the official arrival at horseguards parade due to an infection. here at buckingham palace the last minute preparations are under way, last minute preparations are underway, because last minute preparations are under way, because within the next hour that state visit will take place and the princess of wales will be at horse guards parade. a stalking crackdown — victims in the uk will be given the right to know the identity

of their online stalkers, under new measures announced by the government the new head of britain's cyber security centre warns the danger of online attacks from hostile states and criminal gangs is being "widely underestimated". its the award that put contemporary art on the map, and one of these four artworks will win the 40th anniversary edition of the turner prize. let's cross live to where the new chief executive of the national cybercentre is about to release his first major speech. to release his first ma'or speechd to release his first ma'or seech. �* ., , speech. i'm thrilled to see you here. speech. i'm thrilled to see you here- this _ speech. i'm thrilled to see you here. this is _ speech. i'm thrilled to see you here. this is the _ speech. i'm thrilled to see you here. this is the first - speech. i'm thrilled to see you here. this is the first annual. here. this is the first annual review i have had the pleasure of organises. i would like to thank felicity, who has led the organisation through a busy year. our mission remains the same as it when was the ncfc