former afghan president karzai condemns the dropping of the mother of all bombs as an unhuman and brutal misuse of our country. schools in england face their worst funding cuts for 20 years, the warning from teaching unions as they meet for their annual conferences. a threat to small businesses, labour proposes new powers for the financial regulator to stop banks closing high street branches. also in the next hour, do you know who you're inviting into your home? a bbc investigation finds people's properties have been burgled by scammers using stolen accounts on airbnb. paws for thought, would you bring your dog into work if it was good for business? in halfan good for business? in half an hour, join us for weather world. we are airside at belfast international airport. we will be finding out what it takes to keep these planes flying, whatever the weather. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the united states has used the largest non—nuclear bomb ever used in combat, killing at least 36 militants in afghanistan. the weapon, which is known as "the mother of all bombs," was dropped on a d

former afghan president karzai condemns the dropping of the mother of all bombs as an unhuman and brutal warning from teaching unions as they meet for their annual conferences. a threat to small businesses, labour proposes new powers for the financial regulator to stop banks closing high street branches. also in the next hour, do you know who you're inviting into your home?

it's somewhat unhumane. it was freezing cold.as nowhere to sit. >> averill spoke with us a few days after her arrest. she was out on bail. >> i don't want to go back because i told the truth. i'm now in trouble. >> no bail for chris jr., though. so his brother cody volunteered to speak for him. >> my brother is not a murderer. i mean, how do you even argue an innocent person's innocence. how do you do that? what else can you say other than they're not that kind of person? they're not that person. >> anyway, why would chris do it? well, very interesting story behind that said prosecutor dave tellman. averill was a woman who liked to be well-kept. she was a woman who liked fine things. good food. nice clothes. they lived in a nice place. and chris was the individual to provide her those things. >> to keep averill in a lifestyle to which she had grown accustomed said detective leatherman, chris jr. took to embezzling money from the company. >> an average of $13,000 a month out of the business. for at least a year. >> is wasn't hard.

their goal was to get the message out: raising animals to eat is unhumane and unnecessary. in san francisco, devon, kpix 5. >>> a man accused of stealing an auto graphed football from a charity auction is now under arrest. jerry rice -- the winning bid was $3,500. but the football then disappeared into the alleged thief's hands. it turned up -- the thief and the football -- in surveillance video you see there. he's now in police custody according to the charity princess piece. there's no word yet on whether the ball has been recovered. >>> leafy greens are in short supply in bay area grocery stores. what's behind this lettuce shortage. >> reporter: if you are a big fan of salads,blt's or anything avocado -- >> prices right here, you're going to see sticker shock. >> reporter: and we are talking a lot of different vegetables. >> iceberg lettuce, leaf lettuce, butter leaf, green beans, egg plant. it's all been hard hit. >> reporter: local restaurants like this one may actually take the hardest hit as they may see the cost of their fresh vegetables almost double in price. >> t

former afghan president karzai condemns the dropping of the mother of all bombs as an unhuman and brutal