live from london. the united nations asks the us to reverse its sanctions on the international criminal court. to impose sanctions on its staff, accusing former harrods employees accuse mohamed al fayed's brother

of sexually assaulting them while they were working for the department store. anger and sadness among bereaved families as the government is expected to confirm the grenfell tower is to be dismantled. breaking news and in the past few minutes, the news agency afp has reported that the un has asked the united states to reverse sanctions on the international criminal court. earlier, president trump denounced the icc, accusing it of illegitimate and baseless actions against the us and israel — a move israel praised but which the icc itself condemned. mr trump 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. the sanctions may include blocking the property and assets of people connected with the icc, and suspending their entry into the us. 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. the icc itself has condemned the move, saying it will harm its independent and impartial judicial work. in a statement it says the court stands firmly by its personnel. let's speak to our correspondentjoe inwood, who's injerusalem for us. joe, what do we know about what the un has said in response to these us sanctions on the icc? reaction continuing to come in after this order signed by president trump.- after this order signed by president trump. yes, the reaction — president trump. yes, the reaction we _ president trump. yes, the reaction we have - president trump. yes, the reaction we have had - president trump. yes, the reaction we have had fromj reaction we have had from israel has come from prime minister benjamin netanyahu and

foreign they have condemned the actions of the icc in the past and have welcomed the decision by president trump to sanction the icc. they have said that as well as they are not signatories to the treaty, they have also said in the past it's moves are illegitimate and have accused it of being anti—semitic, of drawing false equivalence between israel and hamas. those are claims the icc reputable and many countries stand by the icc�*s decisions. this has been controversial, though, and this move by president strong is adding the controversy. —— president trump. in practical terms — what do these sanctions actually mean? it is more targeted towards the individuals who work for the icc who may have to move in and out of the united states. that

is probably — out of the united states. that is probably the _ out of the united states. that is probably the main - out of the united states. twat is probably the main practical implication for this and this is something a former staff member of the icc told us today. it will make it difficult for people, any work they need to do in the us would be made far more difficult and also in terms of their resources being frozen, that sort of thing. it might have practical implications for their work. we do not know what those are this point, that is the concern however. in terms of the implication it might have for prime minister netanyahu and yoav gallant, his former defence minister who was also sanctioned by the icc, they are under an arrest warrant and any country who is a signatory, including the united kingdom, would be under an obligation to arrest them if they were to come to their territory. thejeopardy they were to come to their territory. the jeopardy and risk around that means netanyahu would not travel there and i do not think the imposition of the sanctions will change that calculation, although if any country were to

carry out the arrest warrant, the diplomatic consequences would be even higherfor them because of the clearly stated position of the us government. because of the clearly stated position of the us saying ment. because of the clearly stated position of the us saying —— nt. president david in saying —— did in saying there should be

the removal of palestinian people. the israelis any move should be suggested any meve sheuldbefifiee , ,, n..- , and suggested an}; rgeve sheglgbefie—w , ~ n..- , and they suggested an}; rdeve sheuldbefie—w 7 ~ n..- e and they give zqlhdts’i’y and they should give the option to leave. people the option to leave. they expressed yesterday, the minister, intends of defence minister, intends of people the to people having the right to leave. that would be rather difficult to as a difficult to take as a suggestion for many people in gsgggestionfdr many needle in have gaza who have had that fundamental f to for a [on there one =-= =_= 77 point and that 22: the 5:5: 5 or t words 5— 5 or t words 5 donald or t words 5 donald (and the words of donald trump, and they are just words at this implication they point, the implication they might for the incredibly might have for the incredibly ceasefire important ceasefire. .. we are at stage negotiations. we are at stage one at the moment, a temporary but we are —:: — -77 to a permanent to move to a permanent ceasefire and stage three, political horizon a leng~termpfiliticelrhen—egan the people �* gaza. a leng~termpfiliticelrhen—egan the people �*gaza. with for the people of gaza. with his words, donald trump has suggested that political horizon for people of gaza herisen. ferrthe eeeete sf gage might not be within gaza all and that will be a red at all and that will be a red line for hamas and that is

tine fer hamas eed thet is e concern, egyptians real concern, the egyptians expressed this yesterday, a key expressed this yesterday. a key in this, that the mediator in this, that the removal of what see as political horizon ie for them and their people is to make negotiations t t er�*ttse two 77 77 entee— two and about moving onto stage two and certainly stage iii �*this certainly stage iii of this ceasefire far more difficult. thank you. sexually assaulted them in the 1990s. who died in 2023. you may find some of the details in this daniel de simone has more.

of thought maybe he will be kinder to me, but he wasn't. frances was an interior designer at harrods i was in the bathroom, i got undressed, i was just in my bra and my pants. the next thing i knew, i was on the bed. to get on top of me. and i knew what his intention was.

frances says the assault was interrupted when one ali fayed, who is now 82 and lives in the usa, they sold it in 2010. all three women who say they were abused by ali fayed they are taking civil legal action against harrods. 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. ..very much trapped.

i was terrified to think, how am i going to get out of this? another woman told us mohamed al fayed ordered her apartments, to meet ali fayed. she says she felt shared between the brothers. a spokesperson for ali fayed says he unequivocally denies all allegations of wrongdoing and that the alleged incidents both mohamed al fayed and his other brother, salah, who have both died, have been accused of multiple sexual offences.

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pursposes as an exception. european far—right leaders gather in madrid on friday the summit hosts, the spanish party vox, led by santiago abascal, are expected to receive let's speak to guy hedgecoe in madrid. tell us some of the politicians, well—known

likely to be there politicians likely to be there this weekend. we politicians likely to be there this weekend.— politicians likely to be there this weekend. ~ ., , . this weekend. we are expecting marine le _ this weekend. we are expecting marine le - of— this weekend. we are expecting marine le - of the _ this weekend. we are expecting marine le - of the national. marine le pen of the national rally �* france to come to event, for event, also sal vini ' sal vini of 7 sal vini of italy, matteo sal vini of italy, victor 0rban in hungary, these are of the most are some of the most high profile far right politicians in europe and that the in eurdpe'end'fnet. reflects the that in eurdpe'end'fnet reflects the that this patriots influence that this patriots for europe group seems to be 72: z = z at m} it is at ti} it is the having at the moment. it is the third biggest group in the european it wants what it sees as a to break what it sees as a duopoly in european duopoly in the european parliament dominated by

immigration, they want to increase controls on inertia tenfrfim era, and another issue immigration and another issue is the european union itself. are not calling for next they are not calling for next it the european union but ltirom the eurooean union but are critical of it they are very critical of it and of the institutions. eee ef tfie elle ifietitiutiefie; will eee ef ifie elj'e ifieiieefiefie; will hear a lot about that. we will hear a lot about that. another issue is green = -: = what they call policies, what they call change a climate change fanaticism. a lot of these parties want to policies particularly areas like farming to be becausevthey becausethey argue rolled back because they argue they are for economies and introduced too much red they introduced too much red tape for economies farmers. tape for economies and farmers. i think we will see those discussed a lot this

issues discussed a lot this weekend. issues discussed a lot this weekend-— issues discussed a lot this weekend. ., , zeeéeed g; - president trump, president trum - , even with president trump, even the barnett make europe great again. how much of a boost has his victory the states given his victory in the states given these far right groups in europe? it these far right groups in eur0pe?_ these far right groups in euroe? , , ., , ., these far right groups in euroe? , , these far right groups in eurotman , ., , ., , these far right groups in europe many - have im— a lot about president trump, congratulated him for his 7 last year 5 last year and also his victory last year and also his on january the some 77 some of i j 77 some of them went the 20th. some of them went to the inauguration, many were invited, not all go but invited, not all could go but the spanish leaderfrom invited, not all could go but the spanish leader from vox, he went to the inauguration. he has in glowing terms has spoken in glowing terms about president trump. this for group patriots for europe group has close links to the tank close links to the think tank informs some of president own political ideas. is a clear link there ' " ”"i; a can”; there and there is a clear link there and these parties feel boosted by

success success of president trump. the success of president trump. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

back. to dismantle grenfell tower after the deputy prime reminder of what happened while others say it's a symbol one of the survivors. in the grenfell tower fire. it's a place which is filled with a lot of memories.

i do come here all the time. and for me, when i come here, ifeel like i'm close to him. when you heard that the building was going to be to see would be removed. but there are ongoing health and safety concerns. of the fire damage. i didn't really see the efforts to actually preserve the tower. of engineering development, where we can keep a place like that, you know, we can preserve it, we can do some work on it to keep it as a reminder for people.

from the authorities or the government, it's however, at the end, the decision is made. actually don't want the tower to be demolished. you could be taken down? this is where i lost my brother, and this nothing. adina campbell, bbc news. on to the tracks in salford.

services have all been impacted, with delays expected for the rest of the day. police say the car's driver has been arrested on suspicion of a risk it could spread to other parts of the region. during the taking of goma. meanwhile, the congolese president and his rwandan to discuss the crisis.

gave us the latest. well, it is not a regular meeting of the council, they're not in session right now, so they had to convene rights violations in goma, reports of mass killings, widespread sexual violence. and it is their forces that have been carrying out these human rights groups would agree with a fact—finding mission, although they say there have been violations committed on both sides. of congo to keep its version of events at the

broadly speaking, as you know, western countries, the un, many african countries accept un evidence rwanda does or the way ahead of you? simran sharma was the first indian woman with a visual in paris 2021i. alongside her.

coach and her guide runner. translation: i just thought, "i have to run today _ and not take any pressure." told me we ran my personal best timing, 24.7 seconds. but it's not easy for two bodies to run as one. in the 100m at the 2024 world para athletics championship. it was the first international competition they ran together. i have to allow her

to cross the finish line first before i do. not allow other athletes to get ahead of her, race they ran, the 200m. guide running is complex, and it's hard to find athletes for that in india. with the para—athlete, they have no long term support. translation: i asked | the government to treat despite the challenges, simran won bronze in the 200m

have to search for a guide all over again. mulch pile in sydney. we go. are.

red—bellied black snakes are one of the most common human deaths on record. once the weather cools. that was a of snakes. hello. cold, easterly winds are set to dominate our weather don't — because those cold winds will be flowing around this area of high pressure. but to begin with, our actual air will be coming up from southern parts of europe. and any snow we do see will be fairly insignificant and mainly on the hills.

and that will be the case later this afternoon because we've got outbreaks of rain developing across the south. they'll develop a bit more widely and could turn the drier weather. an hour to the south, will make temperatures of four out of the sunshine. will develop a bit more widely and into the night across parts of wales, central and southern england. flurries as well. further north and west, clearest of the skies, through tomorrow.

a few more wintry showers for eastern scotland. cold rain, a little bit of sleet, a little some will stay dry. so temperatures will be on the rise at twickenham for those heading off to italy for the wales—italy match it is going to be one of those days where the rain will come pressure down there, but high pressure and northern ireland. temperatures should lift a little bit as well.

as the country's central bank tries to reverse its economic slowdown. to reassure investors?

uk house prices hit a record high, as the removal welcome to business today. in almost five years. india's key interest rate now stands at 6.25% to the country's sluggish economy, which is expected shukla joins us now.