he's the only surviving brother of mohamed al fayed and the former co—owner of harrods. report from ecuador, as the authorities battle drug gangs for contol on the streets. we suspect to police have here he have tattoos detained here he have tattoos in the centre of the chest detained here he have tattoos in the police of the chest detained here he have tattoos in the police things chest detained here he have tattoos in the police things identify as working for z as working for one ofgthe him as working for one of the biggest gangs in our for biggest gangs in our search for drugs and weapons in his house. britain orders apple — to provide access to secret hello and welcome to the programmes governments around world programme governments around world have programmes governments around world have condemned donald decision to us trump's decision to impose us sanctions on �*at the sanctions on staff at the international criminal court. a

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the icc accused both men of war crimes and crimes and starvation. the chief architect of the war in gaza, the court said, had deliberately deprived civilians in gaza from getting israel was outraged. the democratically elected prime minister of israel, and ourformer defence minister warrants for three hamas leaders responsible for the savage attacks on october 7, 2023. but all three including the group's military chief have been killed during the war.

the court has been bracing the court has been bracing itself for this moment. itself for this moment. this morning it condemned trump's executive order which it said would harm which it said would harm its independent and its independent and impartial judicial work. the icc is based in the the icc is based in the netherlands but trump's move netherlands but trump's move could have serious could have serious consequences on court consequences on court officials, its funding and even its it systems. during his first term during his first term as president, donald trump completely unsurprising, given imposed sanctions on icc as president, donald trump officials investigating troops in afghanistan. now he is redoubling his efforts, declaring war on the court in defence of israel. paul adams, bbc news. i'v e i've been speaking to a i'v e i've been speaking to a professor of law at the professor of law at the professor of lawatthe of florida, a former university of university of ftcm'deg'e ferrner to the icc�*s first chief clerk to the icc�*s first chief and he me his orosecutor and he gave me his , to the sanctions the executive order was

going beyond equivalence. and so only israelis are being charged in this case right now. give me your assessment. it's too early to know exactly what the practical impact will be of the sanctions. the sanctions include blocking property and assets in the united states. and also barring or suspending entry into the united states by icc officials. there are other ways also that the sanctions could affect the icc. for the icc�*s operations. it's a little too early to know exactly how

investigation as the court may have to close its field offices. criminal court's operations. it could also, of course, lead to other outcomes. criminal court. those non—state parties include israel and the united states and other states in the world.

and if the icc did not pursue such cases, revised or even dropped entirely. let me redo out a that has just come and from the icc just come and from the kc. who says, i note with president who says. i note with with regret us order deep with regret the us order to seek on officials to seek sanctions on officials of the international criminal court court's court harming the court's and impartiality independence and impartiality and depriving millions of victims of a innocent victims of a atrocities ofjustice and hope innocent victims of a atrc goes ofjustice and hope innocent victims of a atrc goes on justice and hope innocent victims of a atrc goes on to tice and hope innocent victims of a atrc goes on to say and hope innocent victims of a atrc goes on to say it 1d hope innocent victims of a atrc goes on to say it is hope innocent victims of a atrc goes on to say it is the e and goes on to say it is the latest in a of escalatory unprecedented and escalatory attacks aimed to the attacks aimed to undermine the ability to all: all; such justice in all situations, such threats and coercive threatsrand'ceerciue mess-see a threatsand'ceercive "easues a serious attack constitute a serious attack this court state party against this court state party is the rule of law based on the

international of order and millions of victims. just part of that has just of the statement that has just been issued by the icc president. go live tojerusalem. we let's go live tojerusalem. we were listening to netanyahu just a tell me just a short while ago, tell me more about the reaction there been where you 7 to this has been where you are to this announcement sanctions announcement of sanctions on the , ., , announcement of sanctions on th the , ., , announcement of sanctions on th the americans _ announcement of sanctions on th the americans are - or the americans are signatories to icc and that is the important point to make. allies in europe have israel's allies in europe have backed the icc strongly backed the icc against mr trump's actions but a couple of countries, and of countriesgflungary and itself has condemned the and commanded what mr trump icc and commanded what mr trump has done, i spoke to one man yesterday we did on x last night is fully backed night that he is fully backed what mr has done. this what mr trump has done. this of making a moral point of making a moral

equivalence in their view isrdei israei and hamas is between israel and hamas is and they have 7 — -—7 what mrtrump7 what mr trump 7has commended what mr trump has done. ,, ., ., , , commended what mr trump has done. ,, ., ., _ ., done. simultaneously, and the last half i hour _ done. simultaneously, and the last half. hour or _ done. simultaneously, and the last half. hour or so, - last half an hour or so, hamas have released the names of three more israeli who three more israeli hostages who will be released to tomorrow, us us what we are in 7 7 in the 7 7 7 inthe 724 expecting in the next 2a hours. that has been a relief to a lot of people because we are throughthe 777777777th7rt7>7ugh7t7he7fir7st7stage halfway through the first stage of the first of the of the first phase of the cease—fire agreement and the main part of that agreement is the release, the gradual release of israeli release of—lsraeli hostages gaza in exchange for bristles in palestinian bristles in israeli jails. that list usually comes 7 the day before the hostages released. it 77 777rel7eas7e7d7.7lt7di7d777 cogs; 7|7t7di7d7n7ot released. it did not happen are released. it did not happen this afternoon and there were given the concerns that given the uncertainty days and uncertaintyingrecent days and unhelpful uncertaintyingrecent days and of helpful uncertaintyingrecent days and of trump's on intervention of trump's on gaza, what the list b, it be delidifed

it be delayed would it be deld?ed would it be would it be delayed would it be postponed. we had the names 777777in7div7id7uals777 7 77 individuals on three individuals on hamas's social media channels in the last few minutes. the israeli government has asked that they coenment has afked that�*he ~ . ~ . ~ ~ , be publicly not be publicly released the families themselves not been told, but i would have not been told, but i would imagine in the course of the evening, those three will imagine in the course of the evening public three will imagine in the course of the evening public and re will imagine in the course of the evening public and that will become public'and that would in now, become public'and that—would in now, since the mean in total now, since the first was started, 21 first phase was startedes’ir —— ~ ~ have been released in hostages have been released in for 500 exchange for about 500 palestinian prisoners and it shows despite the fragile showsrdespite the fragile of cease—fire, is nature of the cease—fire, it is holding together and that 77why why 7 pe7ople 7 77 7 7777 why 7 pe7ople on 7 7 777 why 77 pe7ople on the zz-n: side and on —— israeli side and on the palestinian side what the to progress to a cease—fire to progress to a second more second phase where more hostages would be released and 77fo7r7ma7l7 7 7 7 77fo7r7mal7end 7 7 77fo7r7mal7end to 7 formal an; {rig 7 fo7rmal end to the war formal as; {he mm a formal end to the war would start to be negotiated. but we are a long way off of the are a long wareffef the , ~ as it opposition. as it stands, through more should be 7 to their families released to their families from gaza tomorrow and hundreds, about a hundred palestinian

prisoners, are not sure the prisoners, we are not sure the number yet should released enujmzber yet should be released israeli jails. israeli “ails. ., ~ israeli “ails. ., from israeli “ails. thank you very much. — from israeli jails. thank you very much. as _ from israeli jails. thank you very much. as you - from israeli jails. thank you very much. as you have - from israeli jails. thank you. very much. as you have been there has been a concluded there has been a from the hostage statement from the hostage families form the statement from the hostage famil about'n the statement from the hostage famil about the the statement from the hostage famil about the release the statement from the hostage famil about the release of 1e statement from the hostage famil about the release of the three i'm going on to say next three i'm going on to sag . . have both a sacred we have both a sacred duty and a moral right to bring all of brothers and sisters our brothers and sisters home. that statement just been released in the past few only surviving brother of sexually assaulting them simply never occurred". who died in 2023. report distressing.

during a work trip to ali fayed's house in the usa, she says the abuse escalated. he was literally inside my bra, inside my pants, just trying i think i wasjust, like, numb.

of his young children called to him. ali fayed, who is now 82 and lives in the usa, 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 amy was in her early 20s when she says mohamed al fayed 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 she says she felt shared between the brothers. simply never occurred. they also said mr fayed will not be scapegoated. multiple sexual offences. i think, for ali fayed, justice should be a criminal investigation.

i'm not going to be that scared 24—year—old girl who doesn't know what to do. abuse" by mohamed al fayed and "raise serious allegations" against his brother ali. they say they hope survivors are looking at "every appropriate avenue to them in their pursuit ofjustice, whether that be harrods, the police or the fayed family and estate". harrods told the bbc it encouraged "all survivors please visit bbc.co. uk/actionline. ecuador has gone from being one

of the safest tourist—havens on the continent. the extreme gang violence has risen due to it becoming the global hub of cocaine exports to the uk, the president, who is up for re—election on sunday, with sweeping powers to crush the gangs. into human rights abuses. 0ur south america correspondent ione wells reports from ecuador, a warning her report contains distressing images. the military now, in theory... sirens wail. ..the drug gangs, still, in practice. every two hours, a person is killed. every day, seven are kidnapped. translation: everyone feels like it is a pandemic. - too afraid to show his face.

they wanted $100,000. he tried negotiating for days. they left my father's body with his finger in a bottle, the world's cocaine. a tough crackdown by the security forces. in the centre of his chest,

which police think identifies they're now searching for drugs or weapons in his house. they find hostage photos on his phone linking him to a kidnap. these teenage boys seized by the military over an alleged theft. they were later found mutilated and burned. all that remained of brothers ismael and josue, a finger and a foot. we wantjustice. the election willjudge this crackdown, while this father father — both victims

of the cocaine trade. ione welles, bbc news in guayaquil. you are watching bbc news.

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the investigatory powers act, but both the washington post and the bbc have that this is the case. and what it basically means is that anyone who currently shares their data with the cloud — so if you have an icloud account, you might be storing messages, photos, documents on it — and in fact, they say if you lose access to your account, you have lost that data yourself. but the uk government says that if there's a national security and this is not restricted to the uk. acts from other parts of the world. around the world. and this is written into the legislation. however, it's not

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mainly over the higher ground, but then high pressure does dominate as we move through the weekend and into next week to bring us cold easterly winds again, and for most it will stay dry, so for the rest of today, england and wales rather across the southeast. it will be mainly turning of rain will feel cold and raw, ground of the moors, certainly across wales,

and the breeze for england and wales so looking at 1—4 celsius. saturday's transition day is something a bit quieter, but we'll still have some thick cloud around for some wintry showers for northeast scotland. northern ireland once again. later on saturday. maybe one or two showers. those temperatures a little less cold, 5—9 degrees. into sunday, our area of high pressure variable cloud. difficult to say where the cloud will be and where the sunny spells will be. i think part two of the weekend should be a bit brighter than saturday and those temperatures again 7—9 could still be the odd patch

of rain or snow flurry.

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