live from london. this is bbc news. president trump signs an executive order sanctioning the international criminal court, accusing it of a dangerous abuse of power. he's also doubled down on his plan for a us "takeover" of gaza — despite criticism from world leaders. former harrods employees accuse mohamed al fayed's brother of sexually assaulting them while they were working for the department store. and anger and sadness

among bereaved families as the government is expected to confirm the grenfell tower hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we begin in the united states where donald trump has denounced the international criminal court, accusing it of illegitimate and baseless actions against the us and israel — a move israel has praised. in an executive order sanctioning the court, he said it had abused its power by issuing arrest warrants for the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and his former defence minister, yoav gallant. the court alleges that they committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in gaza. on thursday, mr netanyahu met top us lawmakers on capitol hill. neither israel nor the us is a member of the icc or recognises its jurisdiction.

in the past few minutes, israel's foreign minister gideon saar has praised the president, there's always been that threat of arrest. if he does go,

it's seen as it's going to be seen as a kind of political coup for him. is impacting or is making their work more difficult. we've heard from former employees that say to do theirjob, but again, it's difficult to know exactly yes. here who said he's asked the idf, the israeli

now, it's interesting, actually, that they've gone slightly less far than the president of the united states, who has talked the option to move. and the statement yesterday from the defence minister spoke to move for so long, should suddenly the bbc�*sjoe inwood. from world leaders. the plan still seems far from concrete, with little detailfrom trump's team on how this will work, "on the ground" in gaza.

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documentary which exposed abuse in this report distressing. daniel de simone has more. to me, but he wasn't. store and younger brother of mohamed al fayed, began to molest her. during a work trip to ali fayed's house in the usa, i wasjust in my bra and my pants. he was literally inside

my bra, inside my pants, francis says the assault was interrupted when one of his young children called to him. bought harrods in the 1980s with his brothers salah and mohamed. they sold it in 2010. all three women who say they were abused by ali fayed also say they were sexually abused first by mohamed al fayed. ordered her on a trip to switzerland once we got to the chalet, it was myself and ali. no efforts were made to even create something for me to do. she says ali suggested they go for a swim

at a local sports centre, but the pool was deserted. he pulled me in and groped, fondled and trapped. very much trapped. it was here, she says, a spokesperson for ali fayed says he unequivocally denies all allegations of wrongdoing neither faced charges

while they were alive. i think for ali fayed, to finally stand up for myself. i'm not going to be that scared 24—year—old girl against his brother ali. or the fayed family and estate". to make their claims" to the company's compensation scheme.

the government is expected to formally announce plans relayed the decision to bereaved families and survivors. earlier this week. of what happened while others say it's a symbol 0mar el hadj ali lost his 22—year—old brother mohammed in the grenfell tower fire. i do come here all the time. i want to be close to my brother.

to be taken down, how did you feel about that? for me, i feel like this is an attempt to actually erase for people to see would be removed. that the building is dangerous i didn't really see the efforts to actually preserve the tower. development, where we can keep a place like that, you know, as a reminder for people. do you feel as survivors that the government has listened to you? for me, based on my experience dealing with decisions

even though, like now, i know that most of to be demolished. i can't believe it, and i can't imagine myself watching this as well. this is where i lost my brother, and this is the tragedy that happened in the uk. now, if i cross by, what i'm going to see? nothing. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the un says almost 3,000 people were killed and his rwandan counterpart are due to join our africa correspondent barbara plett usher gave us the latest.

carrying out these atrocities, so it was a fact—finding mission although they say that violations have been committed on both sides, but it is a way for the democratic republic of at the international level. rwanda, notjust this meeting of the human rights council but and sanctions against it. african countries except un evidence that rwanda has troops

the summit hosts, the spanish party vox, the netherlands and italy.

and in spain, vox is the third party in spain in the white house but their own performance suggests that what could we see coming out of this meeting? political leaders speaking. but it will be reaffirming some of their policy priorities,

also their criticism of the eu. these parties, but they do criticise its institutions, particularly in areas like farming. and overall, a show of strength by these parties and show the rest of europe that they are a force guy hedgecoe in madrid there. local media reports suggest the colour may have been caused

by the dumping of textile dye, or by chemical waste of toxic waste in the river. stay with us here on bbc news. will be after short break. hello there. but i suspect there's going to be more cloud for england and wales. a change on the way over the next few days. there's quite a cold wind developing, that's going to drive in more cloud

off the north sea. developing and coming in from the southeast. that's tapping into some colder air. quite a lot more in the way of cloud for england and wales. western fringes will keep some sunshine. clear skies and sunny spells after a frosty start for in a cluster of showers as we go through the day, with wind gusts potentially 30 to a0 miles an hour at times. west, and with elevation

across the downs and the hills in wales, of snow settling for first thing we keep those clear skies, so saturday to the northwest by the end of the day. as strong either. to keep things relatively quiet, but still pretty cold. so as we go through the week ahead, a lot of dry weather one or two of us of some wintry showers from time to time.

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