tributes are new sanctions. tributes are paid to the 12—year—old boy who was stabbed to death in birmingham yesterday. a 14—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder. the british government warns moscow after a russian a russian spy ship is caught operating off the coast of britain. prince harry has accepted substantial damages and settled his long—running legal battle against the publisher of the sun, news group newspapers, which is owned by the media tycoon rupert murdoch. the duke of sussex and the former labour party deputy leader lord watson, who also settled his legal claim today, alleged that journalists had carried out unlawful information—gathering into their private lives. news group newspapers gave a full and unequivocal apology to prince harry for serious intrusions over the course of 15 years. it's also apologised for intruding into the private life of his late mother,

diana, princess of wales. our correspondent rich preston is outside the high court in central london. rich. thank you. yes, news group newspapers - rich. thank you. yes, news group newspapers which i rich. thank you. yes, news i group newspapers which runs rich. thank you. yes, news - group newspapers which runs the sun and used to run the news of the world they had always said that any illegal activity was confined to the news of the world and had denied any wrongdoing at the sun. we were sent to seek an eight week trial taking place as of today, that did not happen. instead, this settlement with substantial damages and unequivocal apology. our media and arts correspondent david sillito has this report. prince harry's long battle against the press, fuelled by a fury that began with its treatment of his mother, princess diana, has today culminated in what he describes as a monumental victory. i've been asked to read out a statement on behalf of the duke of sussex and lord watson. outside the court where

his trial challenging the publisher of the sun and the news of the world was about to begin, a statement from his barrister about an apology and a settlement from news group newspapers. in a monumental victory today, news uk have admitted that the sun, the flagship title for rupert murdoch's uk media empire, had indeed engaged in illegal practices. this represents a vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong—armed into settling without being able to get to the truth of what was done to them. after endless resistance, denials and legal battles by news group newspapers, including spending more than £1 billion in payouts and in legal costs, as well as paying off those in the know in order to prevent the full picture from coming out, news uk is finally held to account for its illegal

actions and its blatant disregard for the law. the scandal began when it emerged that the phone of the murdered schoolgirl milly dowler had been hacked. for one politician who took on news group and today also received an apology, this long battle has taken its toll. these unlawful practices were not isolated incidents. they were industrial in scale and central to the modus operandi of news group newspapers as a whole. i once said that the big beasts of the tabloid jungle have no predators. i was wrong. they have prince harry. his bravery and astonishing courage have brought accountability to a part of the media world that thought it was untouchable. it is 14 years since the news of the world was closed, but today's apology also acknowledges wrongdoing by the sun. in a statement, it says...

so while he didn't get his chance for a day in court, today's settlement does cover £10 million of legal costs. it is, he says, a monumental victory. david sillito, bbc news. so, does this draw a line under matters for news group newspapers? perhaps not. this is a corporate admission of guilt but it is not a personal one. rinse harry's legal team have said they like an apology from the murdochs themselves. and tom watson has called for a criminal inquiry to not take place. the metropolitan police as it is not currently doing that. tom watson says he is a

dossier of evidence to send them. back to you.- dossier of evidence to send them. back to you. rich, thank ou ve them. back to you. rich, thank you very much- _ them. back to you. rich, thank you very much. rich _ them. back to you. rich, thank you very much. rich preston i you very much. rich preston there. evan harris is the former director of hacked off and consultant for the claimants�* legal team. he gave me his response to the settlement. this is a very important development because for 14 years, news corporation, owned by rupert murdoch, and news uk, headed up here by rebekah brooks, have denied that there was ever any unlawful activity whatsoever at the sun newspaper and they've settled 1,300 claims of people who say this without allowing them to get to court and without making that admission. and for the first time, notjust on the steps of court but inside the court, it's clear that they were forced to make that admission to avoid, at the very least, a public trial of these allegations. and, you know, lord watson can't continue to sue on something they've admitted. that's not how the court system works. so it's a full victory for prince harry and tom watson.

and they both set out what a price they've paid. i mean, prince harry gets revenge attacks on him by the newspapers for daring to stand up to them but has been prepared to do that in orderfor this to come out, notjust for him, but for all those people who brought claims and all the others who were targeted, because, as court documents have shown, there were 35,000 payments across the sun and the news of the world to the main private investigators, and there were over 100 of them used by the sun and the news of the world over at least 16 years that this claim has been going on. yeah, prince harry and lord watson, they were the last man standing in this case. what insight can you give us into the decision to settle? because prince harry had said he was there for those who couldn't afford to go to court. some sections of the media, in their coverage of this news today, saying this is a climb—down from him when he promised a crusade against sections of the tabloid press. well, firstly, they're the last two in this wave,

because there's a series of waves, and this litigation has not necessarily ended. you can only sue in this country against something that's denied or not admitted. that's the way the law works. if someone admits something, you don't have a cause of action. so once they've admitted what he called for, then it's them settling. it's not prince harry. he has conceded nothing. they are paying him damages and they're paying his legalfees now. i'm not at liberty to say what the total cost of that is, but i see the bbc have said that it's an eight—figure sum, upwards of 10 million. that wouldn't surprise me, and i've not seen it denied, but that's not prince harry backing down. it's not prince harry who's admitted anything. it's news group newspapers, news uk, saying that the sun engaged in criminal activity. let's be clear about that. that's what unlawful activity means. it means blagging of medical records. it means obtaining phone bills. it means, in many cases, phone hacking, listening to voice messages. it means getting

financial records. these are all gross intrusions of people's privacy done in secret. that was dr evan harris, speaking to me earlier. let's get straight to us politics now. and ahead of another busy day in the first week of donald trump's presidency, let's cross to my colleague caitriona perry in washington. having been credited by many for playing a decisive role in the israel hamas cease—fire, donald trump is not turning his attention to russia and ukraine? it attention to russia and ukraine?— attention to russia and ukraine? ., , ., ukraine? it would seem that wa . we ukraine? it would seem that way- we are _ ukraine? it would seem that way. we are member- ukraine? it would seem that way. we are member from l ukraine? it would seem that l way. we are member from the way. we are memberfrom the campaign trail that then donald trump, former president, was talking about solving the russia ukraine more within 2a hours of being in office. he's beenin hours of being in office. he's been in office now for more than 2a hours and that obviously has not happened, but he has put a post on truth socialjust in the last hour or so, giving this morning, essentially, to his russian

counterpart president vladimir putin to make a deal to end the war now or to face more punitive moves like tariffs, sanctions and other measures, he says stop he said that if we don't make a deal soon, i will have no other choice but to put high levels of sanctions on anything being sold by russia. he alluded to this last night as well, in that impromptu press conference that he gave in the roosevelt room, when he was asked what he was going to do about ukraine, russia, and he said, oh, i will probably put more sanctions on them, all right. interesting, there is honestly a gathering in dog most at the moment and president zelensky was speaking to reporters there on tuesday —— obviously a gathering endeavour in the president from using very strong linkage in that truth social post, saying, let's get this more which would never

have started if i were president over it with. we can do it the easy way or the hard way. the easy way is always better, it is time to make a deal, no more lives should be lost. so, very strong words there. his special envoy to ukraine, general keith kellogg, has set a deadline of 90 days is more realistic in terms of getting any kind of resolution to the end of that russian invasion in ukraine. he has set the deadline of mid may, so we'll see what happens in between now and then. we were just looking at images there of president trump meeting president trump meeting president putin during his last administration and there is some speculation that a similar summit may happen in the weeks ahead, but obviously we are in very early days of this trump presidency, although he is working at a ferocious rate, he has already signed a few dozen executive orders which have reached into many branches of life here in the us. we've been

talking all morning about those relating to immigration, diversity and equality programmes, but another area that president trump has taken action in his areas related to the care and they are actions that are likely to dramatically impact public health here in the us and further afield. we can talk about some of those now. i'mjoined by can talk about some of those now. i'm joined by the inaugural chair in global health at the council on foreign relations. thanks for joining us. let's start with that decision to withdraw from the world health organization, the world health organization, the us is the biggest owner. in a president trump did this as well in his first term, but what impact is it going to have on those world health organization programmes that 0rganization programmes that are working so hard in other countries — for example, i am thing on the continent of africa, keeping diseases like malaria and tb at bay? the us withdraw from _ malaria and tb at bay? the us withdraw from the _ malaria and tb at bay? the us withdraw from the world - malaria and tb at bay? the us. withdraw from the world health organization is an enormous mistake _

organization is an enormous mistake. who is not a perfect institution but it plays a irreplaceable role in global outbreaks, surveillance and response, particular in africa as you — response, particular in africa as you mentioned, and this withdrawal only reduces the effectiveness of that global response and the us's ability to positively influence that response. americans and really all citizens of the world — and really all citizens of the world have been made less safe by the action. gf world have been made less safe by the action-— by the action. of course, he does not — by the action. of course, he does not see _ by the action. of course, he does not see it _ by the action. of course, he does not see it like - by the action. of course, he does not see it like that, . by the action. of course, he j does not see it like that, we have to point out. if we look at those who are in the us, number of executive actions that he has signed will make access to health care or difficult in the us. he has undone some of the affordable care act provisions. what impact do you see that having on public health in the united states? , ., , states? so, these actions, i think, potentially _ states? so, these actions, i| think, potentially undermine public— think, potentially undermine public health in the united

states _ public health in the united states. the president unfortunately in his inaugural address— unfortunately in his inaugural address inflated two things. one — address inflated two things. one is— address inflated two things. one is how much us expense in health_ one is how much us expense in health care, which it spends the most _ health care, which it spends the most in the world, but with how much_ the most in the world, but with how much it spends on public health. — how much it spends on public health, which is far from the most — health, which is far from the most in _ health, which is far from the most in the world, we underinvest already in the prevention and healthy diets, and in — prevention and healthy diets, and in ensuring access to health_ and in ensuring access to health care for the most vulnerable, and reducing, shifting _ vulnerable, and reducing, shifting the way we have programmes like the affordable care act — programmes like the affordable care act undermines that. we're alwa s care act undermines that. we're always told _ care act undermines that. we're always told a _ care act undermines that. we're always told a key _ care act undermines that. we're always told a key part _ care act undermines that. we're always told a key part of - always told a key part of health is education, and we hear today the washington post reporting that the trip administration has instructed a number of the agencies here to cease public communications, soaked to not issue public health warnings, to not issue guidance to members of the public. how do you see that playing out?— playing out? so, that's dangerous. _ playing out? so, that's dangerous. i— playing out? so, that's dangerous. i mean, i playing out? so, that's| dangerous. i mean, the playing out? so, that's - dangerous. i mean, the us is in

the mist — dangerous. i mean, the us is in the mist of— dangerous. i mean, the us is in the mist of an outbreak of avian_ the mist of an outbreak of avian influenza. that we are... audio loss to not have information on that undermines our ability to have an effective public response. do you — an effective public response. do you think, is there any situation where president trump could be persuaded to reverse some of this, particularly in relation to the world health organization? i relation to the world health organization?— relation to the world health organization? i am an optimist by nature. _ organization? i am an optimist by nature. but _ organization? i am an optimist by nature, but the _ organization? i am an optimist by nature, but the fact - organization? i am an optimist by nature, but the fact is, - organization? i am an optimist by nature, but the fact is, in i by nature, but the fact is, in 2020, — by nature, but the fact is, in 2020, when the president trump talked _ 2020, when the president trump talked about withdraw from the world _ talked about withdraw from the world health organization, he talked — world health organization, he talked about areas of reform that — talked about areas of reform that the _ talked about areas of reform that the world health organization might pursue, and what _ organization might pursue, and what the — organization might pursue, and what the us wanted in that regard _ what the us wanted in that regard. this latest executive order— regard. this latest executive order is_ regard. this latest executive order is silent on that. it makes _ order is silent on that. it makes it— order is silent on that. it makes it clear that it is reactivating the withdrawal from — reactivating the withdrawal from 2020, so the suggesting the president intends for this withdrawal to be immediate, and it does— withdrawal to be immediate, and it does not come with any

requests _ it does not come with any requests for reform, so i'm afraid — requests for reform, so i'm afraid that this seems to be a long—standing decision by this president. long-standing decision by this resident. ., long-standing decision by this resident. . ., , long-standing decision by this president-— president. ok, and he has set 12 months _ president. ok, and he has set 12 months as _ president. ok, and he has set 12 months as the _ president. ok, and he has set 12 months as the deadline i president. ok, and he has set 12 months as the deadline for| 12 months as the deadline for achieving that withdrawal, so another thing to watch in the coming months. of course we are only a few days into the trump presidency at this moment. thomas, from the council of foreign relations, thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. ma; much for “oining us here on bbc news. y ., much for “oining us here on bbc news. g . , .,, thanks for having me stop blustar— thanks for having me stop blustar watch out for. president trump in his third taken office as it will be today, we are told he will sign more executive orders a little bit later on, we'll keep track of that, you mentioned in that frumpy press conference last night his intention to travel to north carolina and los angeles on friday to visit those areas impacted by the recent wildfires and also the hurricanes a few months ago. no mention of foreign travel yet but we'll keep a watch for that, back to you, annita.

thank you very much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

tributes have been paid to the 12—year—old boy stabbed to death in birmingham yesterday. leo ross was stabbed in the stomach and found near scriber is leaning in hall green. he died later in hospital. he head teacher at his school called him a happy young man who had many very good friends. our men's correspondent phil mackie reports. —— midlands. another young life has been lost to the scourge of knife crime. these pictures were taken yesterday afternoon. the boy was stabbed on his way home from school and nothing could be done to save him. today, the grief was palpable. rowena's son was at school with the boy who died. i'm a mum, i'm a nurse. i'm a mum and a nurse and everything else. and i walk my dog in the park next to it.

it's just sad that something like this has had to happen and potentially he was on his own for a little bit. and the length of time it took for people to sort of reach him. maybe it was too late by the time i got to him. it's just sad. another life has been taken too early. he didn't deserve this, from what my children say. he was a lovely caring, innocent little boy. a relative sent the bbc this tribute. he was the most beautiful, kind child and this would not have been provoked by him. he was funny, sweet and had not one aggressive bone in his body. the nicest kid you would meet. i've spoken to the relative who sent the statement who said that the boy was on a ten—minute walk home when the incident happened. she said that he had onlyjust started at secondary school and he had his whole life ahead of him. locals say the park where the boy was stabbed has been plagued by anti—social behaviour and low—level criminality. knife crime

is a constant worry. last year the west midlands had the highest rate of that type of offence in the uk. my message to the wider community and young people is you must not carry knives. and to parents and carers of children, we really have to enforce that message collectively as the police and the community. everyone, we must not carry knives, we must not use knives, because these are the tragic consequences of it. the 14—year—old boy arrested on suspicion of murder is also being questioned in connection with an assault in the same area last sunday on an 80—year—old woman. the family of the boy who died are being cared for. that report from phil mackie. eight men have gone on trial in manchester following the sexual explication of two teenagers more than 20 years ago.

the prosecution has told the jury the prosecution has told the jury the girls became six slaves. —— sex slaves... one had no real home left to speak life. he made them vulnerable so when they were given alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, places to stay, that made them feel grown up, it made them feel special, it gave them a sense of belonging. the court was also told that one alleged incident was recorded, even now, the victim is terrified that footage still exists, and in another, we were told a girl was raped in the back of a car, still wearing her school uniform. let me tell you also what the prosecution said about intervention. the girls were well—known to social and other agencies, they said, and it was no secret that both girls were having sex with order asian men. no action was taken to

stop what happened, not until 2015. that first woman came forward then. all men denied the charges against them, they are 64 50—year—old and 66—year—old, who are both from oldham, and from rochdale, a 39—year—old, a 43—year—old, a 41—year—old, a 48—year—old and a 40—year—old. the trial continues. fiona trott. the british defence secretary says a russian spy ship has been caught operating off the coast of the uk — just weeks after it was seen loitering over critical undersea infrastructure in uk waters. john healey said that britain is prepared to take robust action to protect its national security.

this is a russian spy ship mapping intelligence. it entered the uk exclusive, don't about 45 miles off the british coast on monday. for the last two days, the royal navy has deployed hms somerset and hms tyne to monitor the vessel every minute through our waters. and i changed the royal navy rules of engagement so that our warships can get closer and better track the ship. so far, the ship has complied with international rules of navigation. but, mr speaker, this is the second time it has entered our waters in recent months. here is more from our security

correspondent frank gardner. britain as an island nation is very dependent on undersea cables, primarily for telecoms, for communications. and we're not alone in this. so there are also, in the baltic sea, a number of undersea cables, some of which have recently been cut. now, this particular vessel, the yantar, which is a russian surveillance vessel, was seen in november. loitering is the word that was used over britain's very sensitive undersea cables and it was effectively chased off. it departed southwards to the mediterranean, and it has now come backjust a few weeks later, and the royal navy surfaced a submarine quite close to it to basically give the russians the clear understanding that it was being monitored. and you saw there john healey, the defence secretary, saying that, you know, and he's also said this is a clear message to president putin, that we're watching you. there are two factors here, ithink, annita.

one is the what's called hybrid warfare, the fear that russia is mapping undersea telecoms, communications and other cables, including pipelines, that connect britain to the rest of europe and to the rest of the world. i mean, when you get on your phone and you send a message over the internet, that's not going up into space, that's going under the sea. and, you know, i only found that out myself relatively recently. i mean, it's extraordinary, but these things go along the sea bottom. now, russia has got a number of vessels that have the capability to cut these things. and so there is the hybrid warfare aspect of cutting undersea cables, which is something that has taken place twice. it's suspected that russia is to blame, but russia is not going to admit to this. that's taken place twice recently. and then there's the whole shadow fleet business. so it's very murky. so russia is heavily sanctioned. it's not allowed to transport its oil and gas freely around the world in the way it was before, but it's got so—called shadow

fleet of around 1,000 rusting hulks that often are uninsured, that are illegally transporting this stuff around the world. and some of those are being used for these nefarious purposes. frank gardner. a vote that was due to take place in the republic of ireland today to elect a new prime minister has been delayed by a day. this followed protests from the opposition over speaking rates for independent lawmakers. i think we can elect to dublin now because we can join a statement being made or certainly answers being given to the gathered media there. micheal martin was due to be elected today. let's listen. fundamentally the point we make is, the constitution was averted today. it is an x ordinary situation —— extraordinary. someone can rationalize that you don't vote? on the nomination of the taoiseach, you deny a

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words, it is ambiguous. the only weakened deal with that is by —— where you can do without his change in the standing orders. we cannot do that unilaterally.— unilaterally. are you not throwing... _ unilaterally. are you not throwing... attempt i unilaterally. are you not throwing... attempt to. unilaterally. are you not i throwing... attempt to call the nomination _ throwing... attempt to call the nomination... we _ throwing... attempt to call the nomination. . ._ nomination... we were very clear. nomination... we were very clear- it _ nomination... we were very clear- it was _ nomination... we were very clear. it was agreed. - nomination... we were very clear. it was agreed. the i nomination... we were very i clear. it was agreed. the clerk has confirmed _ clear. it was agreed. the clerk has confirmed that. _ clear. it was agreed. the clerk has confirmed that. thank i clear. it was agreed. the clerk has confirmed that. thank you j has confirmed that. thank you very much. thank you, folks. there on the right, you saw micheal martin, the incoming irish prime minister or taoiseach full to in the middle of simon harris, outgoing irish prime minister, and micheal martin was due to be nominated, that official process of nominating the new taoiseach was due to take place today. but it has not happened. we are told it has been delayed following a route over speaking

time for independent lawmakers and you heard micheal martin there saying the constitution had been subverted. it is time now for sport. let's catch up with the very latest. more champions league football to look forward to this evening — the biggest fixture of the night sees manchester city travel to face paris saint german with former barcelona team—mates luis enrique and pep guardiola reunited. nine fixtures in total tonight, elsewhere, arsenal host dinamo zagreb and celtic welcome young boys to parkhead. manchester city need points from their final two games or risk missing out on even a play—off match to get into the last 16. they're doing really well in the league. but in the champions league they haven't done well. same as manchester city, doesn't mean we are

not impressive team, i think paris will always bea be a top team, with no a fantastic manager. so it's going to be a really difficult game. next to the australian open, where the semifinal line ups are taking shape. men's world number one and defending championjannik sinner made light work of home favourite alex de minaur, and will face american ben shelton in the last four. while in the women's draw, world number two iga swiatek reached the semi—finals, but there was controversy as she swept past emma navarro. joe lynsky reports. tennis now like football has a video review system, now it has a va our debate. emma navarro politely asked the umpire to check if english young tech hit this on the first bounce. the replace showed she hadn't kept it up but she still won the point. the rules say the replays which can only be considered one of the last

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