is �*unexplainable'. very little being put to good use. and transactions is either corrupt or ridiculous. for the international criminal court — after president trump imposed sanctions on its staff. we'll have the latest. also on the programme: three women who worked at harrods accuse ali fayed, of sexual assault. he denies the claims. violence and kidnappings. the government demands the technology giant apple gives the security services access to users�* encrypted data.

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what correspondent frank gardner. what are we to of fate in are we to make of all of this in relation to the icc, frank? let's - ourselves _ relation to the icc, frank? let's - ourselves what - relation to the icc, frank? let's - ourselves what is - relation to the icc, frank? let's - ourselves what is the i relation to the icc, frank? let's. - ourselves what is the icc. relation to the icc, frank? let's - - ourselves what is the icc. it remind ourselves what is the icc. it is the highest court on the planet, remind ourselves what is the icc. it is is e highest court on the planet, remind ourselves what is the icc. it is is the ghest court on the planet, remind ourselves what is the icc. it is is the mechanism on the planet, remind ourselves what is the icc. it is is the mechanism by the planet, remind ourselves what is the icc. it is is the mechanism by which anet, remind ourselves what is the icc. it is is the mechanism by which the , it is the mechanism by which the international community holds people to account for the most serious climbs, alleged war crimes, abuses humanity, it is a kind of climbs, alleged war crimes, abuses humanity, it is as nd of climbs, alleged war crimes, abuses humanity, it is as iti of climbs, alleged war crimes, abuses humanity, it is as it were, up up ini998 by up in 1998 by the statute serious in this the reason why president trump case, the reason why presidenttrump introduced it because in november just is because back in novemberjust three months it indicted on three months ago it indicted on netanyahu, the prime jirnrny meta nya hue thelsreeli ptirhe his jirnrny netanyahue thelsreeli ptirhe his former defence minister and his former defence minister and his former defence minister for alleged minister yoav gallant, for alleged war crimes, particularly for what had done in gaza, sperifirally they had done in gaza, specifically for israel's actions in gaza —— the indictment benjamin netanyahu. the indictment" " vigorously rejected by israel " ”jamaiviahéis. but? ' |nd|v|duals spams ' far further than just israel. goes far further than justslsrael. �* you

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when they were employees their claims date back to the 1990s, when ali fayed jointly owned harrods with his brothers, mohamed and salah. a spokesperson for ali fayed, who now lives in the us, our investigations correspondent, daniel de simone, has the story. "maybe he will be kinder to me," but he wasn't. during a work trip to ali fayed's house in the usa, she says

the next thing i knew, i was on the bed. to get on top of me. i think i wasjust... iwasjust, like, numb. they sold it in 2010. ordered her on a trip to switzerland with his brother ali to help with paperwork. once we got to the chalet,

it was myself and ali. but the pool was deserted. he pulled me in and groped, fondled, and trapped. 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 to this london building, where the brothers owned apartments, to meet ali fayed. at the luxury mansion where ali fayed lives.

all allegations of wrongdoing, and that the alleged incidents simply never occurred." knowing that ali fayed is still alive initially made me very scared and very wary to do this interview, but i also realised that this is my chance to finally stand up for myself. i'm not going to be that scared 24—year—old girl

at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. who were found dead in their home in south—west france. the couple had moved to france from scotland about ten years ago. prisoners held in israel. and ohad ben ami, who's 56. nearly three weeks ago. by israel in return.

the virtual internet, should be made accessible to the security services in order to tackle crime including terrorism and child exploitation. raging on for years, has boiled over once again today. encrypted data. the home office says it cannot confirm or deny the notice, demands to weaken them by creating

so—called back doors. you can use apple's icloud to store all sorts of data — unless you've opted in to use apple's advanced data protection tool. if you have, it means nobody, not even apple, can view your content apart from you, but the government wants to be able to access it if there's a national security risk. the only way apple can do that is by putting in a back door, and privacy campaigners have condemned the move as unprecedented, arguing it's not the answer

to national security concerns. in a lot of the debates, is that once you create a master encryption helps enable abuse. to a person's account. but all eyes will be on apple to see if it pulls this encryption service in the uk. zoe kleinman, bbc news.

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up from just over 1,000 five years ago to approaching 7,000 in 202a. and this year has got off to a bloody start — our south america correspondent, ione wells, reports who controls ecuador�*s streets? the military now, in theory. siren wails. the drug gangs still, in practice. every two hours, a person is killed. every day, seven are kidnapped. locked up without being able to go

due to the violence. this isn't paranoia. too afraid to show his face. he received this from one of ecuador�*s most notorious gangs. "i have your dad. while they were cutting off a finger on his hand. they wanted $100,000. he tried negotiating for days. it wasn't enough to save him. like these in this gateway for 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. but some fear this military crackdown has gone too far. they were later found mutilated and burned. all that remained of brothers ismael and josue — a finger and a foot. translation: both of them loved football. i translation: we wantjustice. thatjustice be done for these people, those soldiers.

16 soldiers are in custody but deny their murder. while this father holds on to his sons, the son holds on to his father — both victims of the cocaine trade. ione wells, bbc news, in guayaquil. in salford this morning. rowan bridge reports from the scene. this is the aftermath of the crash in the early hours of this morning. that's a bmw mangled and upside down after crashing through a concrete railway bridge. today, the recovery effort got under way. miraculously, the driver survived.

the top of here. services to places as far afield as hull and newcastle were disrupted. have you seen the scene of the crash? i have, yes. i mean, what did you make of what you saw? unbelievable. i can't believe it's happened. but, yeah, the disruption it's caused to passengers isjust, massive. absolutely massive.

were warned they too could face disruption. and assess the damage. rowan bridge, bbc news, manchester. in tonight's fa cup fourth round. deep into injury time. joe lynskey watched the action. just three months ago, ruud van nistelrooy was in charge here. now united's former striker took leicester city to old trafford. this fa cup tie was about his return until united's rude awakening.

booing with ruben amorim, united are 13th in the league, but the boos at the break brought a second—half response. leicester celebrated, but the chance had changed the mood. joshua zirkzee tapped in to draw level. commentator: harry maguire! may have just had his cup moment. it's one of the most watched sporting events on the planet, where the half—time entertainment attracts as much attention of dollars a minute. football to new orleans, including president trump. our correspondent nesta mcgregor

is there for us tonight. yes, it may bedtime in the uk but it's party time in new orleans. with it�*s party tim’e'in'hiew g'rtefans. with bars and clubs open hours, the bars and clubs open 2a hours, but always seems the case. when you in the 7 in the super bowl, anybody who add in the super bowl, anybody who is anybody wants be here. a is anybody wants to be here. a global of 200 million global audience of 200 million people but for some fans on people but for some fans watching on tv at home was enough. they simply to be here. —— wasn't enough. for some, just being here is a tick on the bucket list, like nigel from stoke. hey, i've got a beer. the super bowl comes

with super security. and with the new year's day attack still fresh in the memory, extra security measures are in place. also, there's the fact president trump will be president to do so. obviously, this administration feels that it's an important thing for the president to be at, and we think that's wonderful. that's an important element for all of us, including the president. it's a fitting venue for a city that's about to host its record—equalling 11th super bowl. over the philadelphia eagles will see them become the first team i love going up against the best. it's why i play the game. at the super bowl, man.

otherwise it gets boring. are you bored of winning? let's not forget kendrick lamar�*s eagerly anticipated half—time super bowl lix, where history could be made, off and on the field. nesta mcgregor, bbc news, in new orleans. according to a new study. revealing a previously undetected language—like structure. the international study was led by the university professor simon kirby from edinburgh university also took part in it. what this work shows for the first

time that one of the key defining features of language has been found in another species. i'll never forget the moment we basically took eight years of whale song data and poured it into this mathematical model of how children learn language. but actually that's not possible. and the reason is that we don't actually think whales are using their song like we use language. a bit more like music, but we don't use music to convey and it turns out there are other species that transmit

communication culturally. so songbirds' song is learned each generation. technique to birdsong. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it's going to become less over the weekend but right now there is a lot of and some wet weather. a lot of cloud and some wet weather. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and hail snow most snow will be snow moving north. most snow will be �* the snow moving north. most snow will be. �*the hills of wales, with some over the hills of wales, with some snow at the moment, over the snow at the moment, and over the pennines and district, a couple pennines and peak district, a couple of centimetres by the morning. it's mostly rain and a otherwise, it's mostly rain and a bit of sleet. any snow over the hills in the south turns back to bit of sleet. any snow over the hills and e south turns back to bit of sleet. any snow over the hills and the uth turns back to bit of sleet. any snow over the hills and the rain :urns back to bit of sleet. any snow over the hills and the rain tends lack to bit of sleet. any snow over the hills and the rain tends to k to off

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