former harrods employees accuse mohamed al fayed's brother for the department store. hello, i'm sarah campbell. you for watching. denounced the international criminal court, accusing it itself has condemned. in an executive order sanctioning the court,

on thursday, mr netanyahu met top us lawmakers on capitol hill. neither israel nor the us is a member of the icc in the past few minutes, israel's foreign minister gideon sa'ar has praised the president, stating on social media that the icc�*s actions were immoral and illegitimate. the icc itself has condemned the move, saying it will harm its independent and impartialjudicial work. of innocent victims of atrocities across the world. injerusalem for us.

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heard today as both the israeli government and politicians delighted by the move there delighted'by't'he move president trump and it from president trump and it comes amid a week decisions comes amid a week of decisions announcements he has made have down very well that have gone down very well in , s , that have gone down very well in s , i, ~ i, in israel. let us talk about one i the _ in israel. let us talk about - one i the - announcements, one of the other announcements, the world continues to digest trump's 7 trump's plans 77 �*the of trump's plans 77 �*the of gaza 1p's plans 77 �*the of gaza and plans 77 �*the of gaza and the is 77 �*the of gaza and the future 1e future of gaza and the future of the palestinian and of the palestinian people, and he has been clarifying he has been further clarifying he has been further clarifying he means. he has been further clarifying - he mean— he has been further clarifying - he means. . by doubling down. glafrifying by doubling down. suggestion that the gaza his suggestion that the gaza strip should be turned into a riviera of middle east has met " met with” ' ' 512i jieheeeeizt been met with disbelief. audible gasps among those watching on when he made the you could announcement. you could see minister netanyahu prime minister netanyahu smiling broadly as the was government have not israeli government have not gone as far in announcements as president trump he talked the trump did, he talked about the people being forced to people of gaza being forced to move, which we should saywoo�*ld

a crime move, which we should sayrwould a crime under international be a crime under international law. the israeli been ere government have been saying, we had from the defence had yesterday from the defence secretary, they want to create pi’ocess process for 5 process for people the gaza strip, to them the option. israel give them the option. israel katz, defence minister, said the idf should be mobilised and stop putting in place to stop putting plans in place to allow this to happen. the logic they put the they hate out forward'ae'th'e' "'*"""”"*'*”"’ of they hate out forward'as't’n’e’" ' " of gaza they hate out fefward'ae'th'e'" ' " of gaza deserve the have iiavéft’hém ” iqzthzeeeabgj 7 7 7 ihaveithefreedom to as anyone else does. for t7 of ' ' ' l7 hofflwrpeople 7 7 l7 hofi 7 people in 7 critics of israel, people in gaza, be a interesting... rather surprised to hear that the people gaza have been denied that of gaza hatterbeeh denied that for so long and they will right for so long and they will think the timing now is curious to say the least. it think the timing now is curious to say the least.— to say the least. it comes at a very - time- _ to say the least. it comes at a very - time. people - very delicate time. people talking about how fragile the gaza ceasefire is. are there eaea eeaeefife'ie;'egre'there concerns being any concerns being expressed about how president trump's plans impact the ceasefire? plans may impact the ceasefire? yeah, we got to statement yesterday from the egyptians, of the key mediating

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negotiations very difficult —— some sort �* better future to eeete eett et eettef tetete te for. some sort of beer ours a three former harrods employees have accused mohamed al fayed's whilst they were working for the department store. mr fayed, who now lives in the us, denies all simply never occurred. the latest allegations come in the wake of a bbc you may find some of the details in this report distressing. daniel de simone has more. francis was an interior designer at harrods

began to molest her. in my bra and my pants. and as i came out, he was in the room, just there. and i knew what his intention was. francis says the assault was interrupted when one salah and mohamed. they sold it in 2010. all three women who say they were abused by ali fayed

by mohamed al fayed. ordered her on a trip to switzerland with his brother, ali, to help with paperwork. she says ali suggested they go for a swim at another woman told us mohamed al fayed ordered her it was here, she says, ali

fayed sexually assaulted her. a spokesperson for ali fayed says he unequivocally denies simply never occurred. they also said mr fayed will not be scapegoated. both mohamed al fayed and his other brother, salah, sexual offences. neither faced charges while they were alive. a criminal investigation. i also realised that this is my chance to finally daniel is with me now. some more on the story. what

are about the are harried saying about the latest development? in a statement _ latest development? in a statement howards - latest development? in a statement howards say l latest development? in —. statement howards say the new allegations pointed the breadth of by harry dell fired —— of abuse by harry dell fired —— by mohamed al fayed and raise serious allegations ali = -:: the gtore 7 the gtore and7new fayed. the store and new ownership since say survivors are looking at every appropriate avenue to them, �*that appropriate avenue to them, �* that be appropriate avenue to them, �*that be police, whether that be police, harrods, the state, encouraging ,, police have said they have received alle state, of police have said they have received alle state, encouraging harrods, the state, encouraging all employees to apply to the employees to to the all employees to apply to the company's scheme for company's scheme for compa ny�*s scheme for compensation mmpahys scheme fer'mw and counselling. compensation and counselling. company's scheme for compensation and counselling. this is obviously part of a this part of a 7 involving of7 wider story involving of course involving of course wider story—tnvotvn'ng of'course al fayed, mohamed al fayed, so what is wider story—tnvotving of'course al fayed, ere—f is 7 7 latest 77 latest in terms of the latest in terms of the the latest in terms of the wider case?— wider case?— the latest in terms of the wider case? ., the latest in terms of the wider case? ., widercase?theth - , ' reort wider case? the threemmmerrirr - report today— wider case? the threemmmerrirr wider case? the three women in our report _ wider case? the three women in our report today _ wider case? the three women in - report todaym- wider case? the threemmmerrirr - report today would like - wider case? the threemmmerrirr - report today would like to i our report today would - wider case? the three women in our report today would like - wider case? the three women in our report today would like to i our report today would like to see a police investigation into our report today would like to see a police investigation into 777fay7e7d.77 7777777 7 ali fayed. in relation to 777fay7e7d.7l7n 7 7777777 7 fayed. in to7 7 ali eae’ed; i"; elite" te .s.7..s;s...;....s.., ali eae’ed; i"; elite" te .s.7..s;s...;....s.., mohamed al fayed, who died in al fayed, alli eae'ed; i"; elite" te ,, ~ ' ., ' al fayed, who alli aned; i"; elite" te ,, ~ ' ., ' al fayed, who died ;a;li aned; i"; elite" te ,, ~ ' ., ' al fayed, who died in mohamed al fayed, who died in london's metropolitan 2023, london's metropolitan

have 7 have said they have police have said they have police have said they have received allegations of received allegations of abuse from 111 women against him. we know 21 of those women came forward to the met police before mohamed al fayed died yet he was not charged. there was a lot of concern about that and a review at the moment taking place into how the claims were handled, investigated, and that is expected to be published within the next few weeks. separately there was a live criminal investigation into more than five people who the met police suspects may have facilitated or enabled sexual offending by mohamed al fayed and that inquiries looking at the people and seeing whether any potential criminal charges can be brought against them. daniel, thank you. if you've been affected by any of the issues in this report, please visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

welcome back. a slogan inspired by us president donald trump. the summit hosts, the spanish party vox the netherlands and italy. let's speak to guy hedgecoe in madrid. hello. take us more detail which personalities we are expecting to there we are expecting to see there and what will on the and what will be on the agenda; expecting some of the we are expecting some of the major figures the far right major figures of the far right to be in madrid today and le pen of the

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of these 7pa rties of these 7parties have been very effusive in their congratulations to donald trump. several of them were invited to the inauguration of trump on the 20th of january, not all were able to go. for example spain's santiago abascal it go. they see trump's return to the white house as part of the far right momentum which stretches across the atlantic. and thus we have the slogan make europe great again, an echo of the make america great again. a lot of these far right parties in europe are doing very well in their own countries. for example, marine le pen, a favourite to win the next presidential election in france. the austrian freedom party also due to be present has been invited to form a government. so, they feel the political wins are behind them

and they have momentum. the rally tomorrow, _ and they have momentum. the rally tomorrow, are _ and they have momentum. the rally tomorrow, are we expecting to hear any new policy, what the agendas are in their individual countries? is that the idea of them getting together and formulating a sort of common plan?— of common plan? well, i think the idea of— of common plan? well, i think the idea of the _ of common plan? well, i think the idea of the rally _ of common plan? well, i think the idea of the rally is - of common plan? well, i think the idea of the rally is to - the idea of the rally is to give a show of strength, to show what they have in common. they will talk about obvious policy areas they do have in common. those would be clamping down on immigration, criticising the eu's institutions, not calling for an exit from the eu, but certainly attacking its institutions, saying they need to improve. another area i think they will be talking about will be green policy, saying environmentally friendly policies, for example, in farming, they need to be rolled back, because they are damaging the economy. i think we will hear a lot about those issues,

maybe not a great deal of detail, but what they are trying to do is show what unites them and they want to have to show of strength to show they are a force to be reckoned with in europe. guy, in madrid. _ reckoned with in europe. guy, in madrid, thank _ reckoned with in europe. guy, in madrid, thank you. - the deputy prime minister met

i want to be close to my brother. and for me, when i come here, ifeel like i'm close to him. for me, i feel like this is an attempt to actually erase this memory and and lessen this accountability as well. for me, ifeel like the most for me, ifeel like the most visible reminder for people visible reminder for people to see would be removed. to see would be removed. but there are ongoing health but there are ongoing health and safety concerns. and safety concerns. engineers have previously warned the government that the building is dangerous that the building is dangerous due to the extent due to the extent of the fire damage. dealing with decisions of the fire damage. i didn't really see the efforts to actually preserve the tower. i mean, we are in a time i mean, we are in a time where there is a lot where there is a lot of engineering development, of engineering development, where we can keep a place like that, you know, where we can keep a place we can preserve it, we can do some work on it to keep it as a reminder for people. do you feel as survivors do you feel as survivors that the government that the government

has listened to you? has listened to you? for me, based on my experience for me, based on my experience dealing with decisions from the authorities or the government, it's sometimes kind ofjust wasting your time making a lot of efforts to try to make your voice heard.

during the taking of goma. meanwhile, the congolese president and his rwandan counterpart are due to join counterpart are due to join a summit in tanzania a summit in tanzania to discuss the crisis. to discuss the crisis. our africa correspondent barbara plett usher gave us the latest. gave us the latest. it not a regular meeting it is not a regular meeting of the council, not in session the council, not in session right now, said they had to said they to right now, said they had to convene at the request of the convene at the request of the democratic republic of the democratic republic of the congo. it something that congo. it is something that congo. it is something that congo has been pushing at the has been --ushin at the congo has been pushing at the un in new york but in un in new york but also in geneva. so, they are going to un in new york; but also in so, they are going to at un in new york but also in geneva. si at:hey are going to un in new york but also in geneva. s at the are going to 77 7 at alleged 7 be looking at the alleged human rights violations in goma, un in new york but also in geneva. s at the alleged lg to un in new york but also in geneva. s at the alleged human be looking at the alleged human rights violations in goma, reports of mass reports of mass killings, widespread sexual violence. it violence. it something in tessa has is something in tessa has is something in tessa has blamed on rwanda, saying blamed on rwanda, saying rwandan troops are backing that rwandan troops are backing that on 23 and it is therefore says on 23 and it — -7 out the 7 out the atrocities 7 out the atrocities a7nd carrying out the atrocities and therefore it wants; a ' " n" mission, some kind fact—finding mission, some kind of to examine and

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i have to allow her to cross the finish line first before i do. but let her get ahead of me. they learnt from their mistakes and won gold in the other race they ran, the 200m. athletes for that in india. translation: | asked | the government to treat guide runners as coaches. i wrote to them explaining

that coaches get a cash i of the athlete's cash prize, i and the same should be given despite the challenges, simran won bronze in the 200m but abhay may now focus on his own career and she may simran says she won't rest till she changes the colour divya arya, bbc news, delhi. you can watch the full documentary, weekend on the news channel or on bbc iplayer in the uk. stay with us here on bbc news.

stay with break, 5 on bbc news. stay with break, wei bbc news. stay with break, we will: news. stay with break, we will talk ws. to our correspondent has to our correspondent who has been to few been to a town fewjouznalists been to a town fewjouznalists been to, the government have been to, the government in thailand is trying to shut it down, a town built from scratch 'den-in;atat-inbuiltfrem’sfer’ateh the borders with really interesting story. a really interesting story. keep across all of the on the bbc running today on the bbc news website. stay with us on bbc website; fsitay hith'us'en'eee" " "' more to come. thursday was a cold and frosty start but clear skies led to a beautiful winter sunshine topping and tailing the country. this was thursday

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will make it feel quite cold particularly if you are the 7 the shar7per7 7 the shar7per7showers. 7 of in the sharper showers. best of the sunshine and warmth to the north—west, but worth bearing through 7 through the 7 in mind through the evening see a rash of moving steadily showers moving'stead'rly west with across the and with elevation across the downs and the hills of ;dewns and the hillsfifwales’ ’ could see ;dewns and the hillsfifwales’ w could see a few centimetres we could see a few centimetres particularly in wales of snow settling first thing on morning. we 7 morning. we keep the saturday morning. we keep the clear skies, saturday to starting again with and 77 and fog7 7 and fog7around. patchy frost and fog around. a lot of cloud to begin quite a lot of cloud to begin with on saturday. a little bit of nuisance rain drifting steadily north, turning of nuisance rain drifting steadilj hopefully 'ning of nuisance rain drifting steadilj hopefully we g of nuisance rain drifting steadilj hopefully we will see drizzly. hopefully we will see a little bit of brightness developing in the south—east by the end of the day. not quite as cold on saturday, when not as cold on saturday, when not as sunday and quite as strong. sunday and into the week we keep of hih -ressure which the area of high pressure which will to things will continue to keep things quiet, but still relatively quiet, but still pretty cold. as we go through week ahead, a lot of

the week ahead, a lot of dry weather around but weather around—but still the for one or two of us risk for one or two of us of wintry showers from time to

the international criminal court has condemned sanctions on its staff. trump accused the icc

of "illegitimate and baseless from world leaders. for the department store. scams, casinos and high—rises — the bbc makes a rare visit to a strange city in myanmar. and running as one — meet india's paralympic runners and their guides. thank you for watching news. some breaking news from sweden, whether government has announced it limit announced it will limit access to semiautomatic weapons. swedish government is to limit access to semiautomatic weapons. this, of after

weapons. this, of course, after the mass shooting earlier this can you to some