we first met jack holmes in 2015. he underwent a transformation in syria.caliphate was defeated and then go home. he came close to seeing it, but he died before the battle‘s end. quentin sommerville, bbc news. president xijinping, has consolidated his position at the top of chinese politics, becoming the nation's most powerful leaderfor a generation. his name and his political philosophy summarised as socialism with chinese characteristics, have now been added to the communist party's constitution, a rare honour only given to two other former leaders, chairman mao and deng xiao ping. the announcement came on the final day of the 19th party congress in beijing, and could see the president remain in power, beyond the end of his second and supposedly final five—year term, in 2022. from beijing, here's our china editor, carrie gracie. translation: those in favour, raise your hands. and those against. none. unanimous. more than 2,000 communists and not a single vote against. so he's in the party bible. xijinping thought on socialism with chinese characteristics

we first met jack holmes in 2015. need as much help as they can get. transformation in syria. he said he would stay until the caliphate was defeated and then go home. he came close to seeing that but he died before the battle youth end. the foreign office again today warned people not to travel to syria. quentin sommerville, bbc news. a memorial service to remember people killed and injured in the grenfell tower fire is to be held at st paul's cathederal in london. the event is being organised by grenfell tower survivors, and families of the bereaved. it will be held exactly 6 months after the fire — on the 14th of december, and will be broadcast on the bbc. the labour party says it's investigating the conduct of one of its mps after fresh allegations that he's made abusive comments. jared o'mara had already resigned from the parliamentary women and equalities committee for a series of homophobic and sexist remarks made more than a decade ago. but now one of his constituents is claiming he used sexist language against her seven months ago. mr o'mara de

we first met jack holmes in 2015. he underwent a transformation in syria.d stay until the caliphate was defeated and then go home. he came close to seeing it, but he died before the battle‘s end. quentin sommerville, bbc news. the songbirds ofjava in indonesia are facing extinction because of huge demand for them in wildlife markets. they're trapped and sold to buyers who prize their musical sound, but some species may disappear within the next ten years unless urgent conservation action is taken. victoria gill reports now for our world. birdsong. the lush tropical forests of java. as civilisation encroaches, only pockets remain. and they are falling silent. songbirds are disappearing from the wild. trapped from the forest, sold as singing pets and status symbols. i am victoria gill and i am injakarta to investigate the insatiable demand for songbirds that's now driving an extinction crisis. people always want to buy songbirds? we really are firefighting, we are saving the last of the last. this bird may be the only one of its kind left on the planet. this

we first met jack holmes in 2015. he underwent a transformation in syria.defeated and then go home. he came close to seeing it, but he died before the battle's end. quentin sommerville, bbc news. the labour party says it's investigating the conduct of the mpjared 0'mara, who's already had to apologise for homophobic and misogynist remarks he made more than a decade ago. he's now being accused of using offensive language to a constituent earlier this year. he denies the allegation. northern ireland's strict abortion laws are being challenged in the uk's highest court. the procedure is only allowed where the mother's life or health is in serious danger. among those supporting the change are the campaigner sarah ewart, seen here in a red jumper. she had to travel to england for a termination after doctors found her unborn child wouldn't have survived outside of the womb. a us republican senator says he won't seek re—election, delivering a fierce attack on president trump. jeff flake claims "reckless, outrageous and undignified behaviour" at the top of us gover

we first met jack holmes in 2015. he underwent a transformation in syria.o travel to syria. quentin sommerville, bbc news. police in england and wales have been accused of letting down victims of modern slavery at every stage. a report by her majesty's inspector of constabulary found that some cases had been closed without any enquiries being made. the report found forces were failing to recognise the scale of the problem. in some areas, senior officers were reluctant to "turn over the stone" of modern slavery, fearing a lack of resources to deal with what they might discover. the study, which looked at ten police forces, found some examples of good policing — but said that was the exception, rather than the norm. police say they fully accept the recommendations in the report. the government's anti—slavery commissioner kevin hyland spoke to tina daheley earlier today about the scale of the problem. we are not seeing victims supported. we are not seeing victims supported. we are not seeing victims supported. we are not seeing the criminals pursued. 0n we are

well the interesting thing is just yesterday just today it was announced the death of jack holmes who was i'm in i'm sure he's just down he was from almost just down the road and he was killed in iraq of fighting with the y.p. gene now the p.k. k. who were the former. turk kurdish sorry the turkish terrorist organization were designated terrorist by the un and by the us and by the e.u. and by nato now the p.k. k. then morphed into the i.p.g. and then suddenly we have brits going out there to fight with organizations in the upper tension terrorist groups and it may well have been that we saw the likes of jack holmes and jihadi jack facing each other across the battlefield in iraq and we've got brits on both sides fighting in iraq in syria right now potentially with terrorist organizations i just think we need to have the rule of law this is an idea that we just because people are muslim or fighting for one side or another that we suddenly brush aside any kind of rule of law any kind of trial any kind of hearing an evidence i think that's unconscionable i think his parents are being ver

jack holmes, who was 2a, is said to have been killed as he cleared landmines from the city of raqqa.led to the region two years ago and had been fighting with kurdish militia. the olympic torch for next year's winter games has been let at a ceremony in greece. the torch will travel in a relay around greece before travelling to the host nation in south korea. the winter games will begin in february. for the first time since the second world war, germany has a far right party sitting in the bundestag. the alternative fur deutschland promised a "new era" for the country as it made its debut today. the afd‘s presence as the third biggest party in parliament is a blow to chancellor merkel‘s conservatives. it's left her in a tricky position too. she's having to horse trade policies and allegiances in order to form a coalition government. she's trying to bring together three parties with quite different views on everything from tax to europe. we'rejoined now from berlin by senior correspondent for the german handelsblatt newspaper moritz koch. it is very good to see you. 92 mps in the bunde

jack holmes had been fighting with the kurdish militia the ypg since 2015.hile he was clearing an area of landmines to make it safe for civilians. a 53—year old man is due in court today charged in connection with an armed siege that lasted 4 hours at a bowling alley in nuneaton in warwickshire on sunday. david clark is charged with false imprisonment, criminal damage, and possessing a blade and an imitation firearm. a british former assistant of harvey weinstein says she was paid £125,000 to keep quiet after accusing the movie mogul of sexual harassment. zelda perkins told the financial times she signed a non—disclosure agreement in 1998 after making the accusations. she said weinstein asked her to give him massages and tried to pull her into bed. weinstein has denied any allegations of non—consensual sex "unequivocally". disability campaigners have criticised a key government scheme which helps deaf and disabled people in the workplace as not fit for purpose. the scheme provides support for people with disabilities beyond what employers are obliged to do b