hello. welcome back. i bring you some breaking news coming into is from new york. the police have released new pictures of what they call the person wanted for questioning in what appears to have been that targeted assassination yesterday, the killing of the chief executive and ceo of one of america's largest insurance who was killed in a targeted attack outside a midtown hotel by a masked man who fatally shot him in the back and the leg. more than 2a hours later the attacker is still on the loose. the attacker went into

an alley and was last seen heading into central park on a new bike. the motive for killing remains unclear. the gunmen walked up behind him and began firing. new york police have released two new pictures of the person it says is wanted for questioning in connection with yesterday's shooting. the individual as you can see they're wearing dark clothing according to the police. in these latest images, it does show that they don't have their face covered. in a post on acts that new york police department said that the photographs are of someone wanted in relation to the homicide. this is not appear to be a random act of violence, it appears to have been a premeditated and targeted attack. we gather facial recognition technology is also being used to try to

identify the person who has been seen in that cctv imagery. so, this is a picture at the new york police department are saying is of a person of interest and that they are very much anxious to talk to them about yesterday's shooting. that was the shooting of brian thompson, the ceo of one of the biggest insurance companies in the united states. it is an attack on a killing which shocked new york and the whole country. it appears very much to have been a targeted assassination. we will bring more details on that as it comes into us. that is the latest development now. that just in from the nypd. for more details go to the live page on the bbc news website. we are just reporting on all of that and saying that what the police have found on some of the bullet casings at the scene of the attack are the words: deny,

defend, and depose. those words written on the shell casing recovered at the scene. that is one clue as to possibly the motivation and the identity of the canal. but that is a very early stage. we are at a very early stage. we are at a very early stage. we are at a very early stage of the investigation. they are apparently using facial recognition technology to try to work out who the suspect is. and they are also looking at a discarded phone to try to identify and track down the suspect. they are focusing on a surveillance image taken on a branch of starbucksjust surveillance image taken on a branch of starbucks just before shooting. the victim, brian thompson, was a victim of one of the biggest private insurers in the united states. he was in new york to speak to an conference and was on his way to that when he was gunned down. more on that as it comes into us from new york.

now, the latest from georgia. crowds took to the street in the georgian capital for a seventh night of anti—government protests, while opposition groups have called for a general strike. tbilisi has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling georgian dream party claimed victory in parliamentary elections in october — denounced by opposition groups as rigged. a little earlier, our correspondent rayhan demytrie gave us this update from tbilisi. the country's parliament and the protesters, a short while ago, they blocked the main street from traffic. we can show you the number of people who are gathering here. it's still quite early in georgian terms, and it is expected that more people willjoin the protest. it's day eight of these protests in georgia, not only in the capital,

tbilisi, but also in other parts of the country, against the government's move to suspend eu accession talks. and these people are demanding fresh elections. they're also angry at their government for what they're saying were rigged october parliamentary elections. and that has become the main demand from the country's civil society, from the opposition and from these protesters. tell us more about why those people are so angry. i mean, it sounds quite dry, doesn't it, when you talk about suspending accession talks to the european union. but what is it that is so important to those demonstrators? why do they believe the future of georgia is at stake? it sounds dry, but it is the national dream of georgia. and they have been fighting to to break ties with russia and become part of the european family for decades.

there have been so many protests that we covered. you know, even this year alone, we've seen a number of protests, and it's always more or less about the same issue — about georgia's future in the european union. you are watching bbc news. prosecutors in the uk have said that two romanian nationals had been arrested over the stabbing of an iranian journalist in london in march. the journalist who works for iran international, sustained leg injuries after being stabbed near his home in wimbledon in southwest london. two suspects were arrested in romania

on wednesday and were both charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and wounding. more allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against the tv presenter gregg wallace. the ghost writer of his autobiography claims he touched her inappropriately and made sexualised suggestions — which he denies. the sun newspaper has reported that complaints were made to the bbc over his behaviour on strictly come dancing a decade ago. our media correspondent david sillito has the latest. music: hot n cold by katy perry. gregg wallace on strictly, ten years ago, remembered now not for his dancing but more his comments about not wearing underwear. whoa! i don't wear underwear. yeah, yeah, yeah. no, true. are you for real? i'm for real, yeah. whoa! it's easy to move. i've never worn underwear. whoa! i wear socks. oh, my god, oh, my god, put it away. and today a report in the sun that there were complaints at the time about his behaviour behind—the—scenes.

the bbc says: gregg wallace's lawyers, in the face of these mounting allegations, strongly deny there was any sexual harassment. but someone who worked particularly closely with him is challenging that. when i heard some of the allegations, people started to say, "these arejust lewd comments. "he's just a bit of a cheeky chappy." no, there's more to this. shannon kyle was the ghostwriter on gregg wallace's autobiography. talking to newsnight�*s victoria derbyshire, she says he would make graphic sexual suggestions. on a carjourney, she says his hand kept moving to her thigh. during one meeting, she said he was wearing only a towel that he then let slip. i kind of looked up and then he dropped the towel. in front of you? in front of me, and i had a notebook, so ijust put it

like this and ijust said, "just go and get dressed." and then he did, he went off and got dressed. his behaviour was, she says, revolting and predatory. if i can't speak out as a middle—aged, middle—class woman that i am now, i wasn't back then, but i am now, then i'll never speak out. i've got two daughters and two nieces, and i want to be able to look them in the eye and say, "i tried to do the right thing." in response, gregg wallace's lawyers say: meanwhile, the company that makes masterchef says gregg wallace has stepped away while they investigate. his current masterchef series is continuing to be broadcast, but two christmas specials and repeats of his other programmes have been dropped from the schedule. david sillito, bbc news. the archbishop of

canterbury, justin welby, says it was clear he had to stand down — after he was criticised over his handling of an abuse scandal in the church of england. a damning report found that he should have reported a child abuser to the police in 2013. john smyth is believed to be one of the most prolific abusers associated with the church — he's accused of attacking more than 100 boys and young men at christian summer camps in england in the 1970s and 1980s, and later in southern africa. justin welby has made his first public comments since announcing his resignation last month — telling the house of lords it was clear he had to go the reality is that there comes a time, if you are technically leading a particular institution or area of responsibility, where the shame of what has gone wrong, whether one is personally

responsible or not, must require a head to roll. and there is only in this case one head that rolls well enough. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there! today we've had another dose of rain and gusty winds too, sweeping in from the atlantic. things will get worse though for the start of the weekend. this is where we see storm darragh arriving, named by the met office. the biggest impacts will come from the strength of the wind, though there's still the risk of flooding with more rain and there'll be some snow over the scottish hills for a while. this is where darragh is developing in the middle atlantic from this area of cloud here. now ahead of that, we've had this cloud bringing the rain across the uk, moving quite quickly thanks to gusty winds. so it's heading out of the way overnight. skies will clear. there'll be a few showers for a while, but generally skies are going to be clearing and it will be a cooler

night tonight. shouldn't be too cold because there's still a bit of a breeze through the night. greatest risk of a touch of frost will be across some eastern parts of scotland. things will be a little bit quieter for the start of tomorrow with some early sunshine, but it's not going to stay that way because very quickly, actually, it's going to cloud over from the west and as storm darragh approaches this is where we see the winds starting to pick up as this rain comes into western areas as well. now it's a mild day today. temperatures tomorrow are not going to be as high, around about 7 to 9 degrees, but it's on friday night that the winds really start to pick up everywhere as the centre of the storm tracks across the uk, bringing rain but also that snow over the scottish hills. now, as the centre of the storm moves out into the north sea, it's then, as we move into saturday, that the winds really strengthen even further, particularly across the western side of the uk. we've got this amber wind warning from the met office. these areas throughout much of saturday, actually, from the early hours onwards, could see damaging gusts of 70 to 80 miles an hour and some disruption is likely as well. it is going to be a windy day everywhere. we've got these showers

or longer spells of rain rotating around the centre of the storm, which is by this stage out into the north sea, and there could be a bit more snow over the scottish mountains, but it will be windy everywhere. i think on saturday the winds may start to ease in the afternoon across these western areas, but really pick up around some of those north sea coasts and those temperatures aren't changing too much. on saturday, again, around 6 to 9 degrees. looks like it's going to be windy on sunday as well. the storm is going to start to move away. some windy weather on sunday, just not quite as windy. and then the high pressure will build for the start of next week.

live from london. this is bbc news the syrian army says it has lost control of the key city of hama. police in new york city police in new york continue the hunt for the man — who shot dead the boss — of one of the world's biggest health companies. rebel troops make another dramatic breakthrough, they say they've now captured the key city. and — "country first, party second" — prime minister keir starmer unveils his "plan for change", setting out pledges on extra police officers, more housebuilding and fixing the health system. on live at the elysees where president mack has accepted the resignation of frans�*s prime

minister and is now under pressure to name a successor