in chechnya, people cherish their customs, their faith. kadyrov‘s image which jars with what fifa claims the world cup is about — bringing people together. steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny. tell me what you think about our talking point today — we're asking for your views about legalising cannabis for recreational use following canada's decision to do so let us know your thoughts — use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the continuing ban on cannabis is a nonsense, says one viewer. it's an effective medicine for many conditions. keep your views coming in andi conditions. keep your views coming in and i will see you soon. temperature and weather contrasts will continue over the next 36 hours. pressure coming in from north atlantic. separating to air masses as ever is a weather front which will get a bit more potent through the day. patchy rain across some western areas but note that temperatures. your commute will of course be a bit fresher the further north you are. a good deal brighter. the best of the sunshine through the morning. the cloud w

in chechnya, people cherish their customs, their faith.mzan kadyrov‘s image which jars with what fifa claims the world cup is about — bringing people together. steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny. more on all the news any time for you on the bbc website. thank you for watching. good morning. there's somewhat of a battle of the air masses across the uk at the moment. of the air masses across the uk to the northern half of the country, we've got fresher north atlantic air pushing its way in. to the south, muggier air all the way from the mid—atlantic. separating air masses, though, tends to be weather fronts. and this one, as we see this little wave develop, this little bobble later will bring some heavier rain later this coming night. patchy rain and drizzle this morning across some western parts of england and wales, where the warmest of the air is. 18 degrees in central london. sunnier conditions further north for the commute, with just a few showers here and there, but it does feel a bit fresher. sunshine turns hazy, though, as cloud incre

in chechnya, people cherish their customs, their faith.s ramzan kadyrov‘s image which jars with what fifa claims the world cup is about — bringing people together. steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny. it's not a typical classroom subject, but girls and boys in kenyan schools are being taught self defence and how to report sexual and physical attacks. the most recent figures show a rise in the number of rapes recorded in kenya — which is encouraging groups to take action to help protect the next generation, as david wafula explains. macron's girls are learning how to fit to defend themselves from rape. —— kenya. training like this has beenin —— kenya. training like this has been in areas where attacks are common. we want to give girls the skills to prevent themselves and get themselves into an attack or a situation. more than 5000 rapes were reported in kenya in 2016. but as many of these crimes are unreported, the true figure at could be much higher, which is why these hills are learning how to defend themselves. you are being held tight, yo

in chechnya, people cherish their customs, their faith.jars with what fifa claims the world cup is about, bringing people together. steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny. against a background of turmoil on parts of the rail network an independent train company has started running services on a line in cumbria where northern rail services have been suspended for a month. there was widespread anger among business and residents in the lake district when trains between oxenholme and windermere were replaced by buses. danny savage reports on the emergence of west coast railways and the impact it's had. the branch line to windermere in the lake district has become a symbol of northern rail‘s problems. while other routes are subject to a reduced timetable, all the services on this line have been axed for a month and replaced by buses. that is until today. when a privately owned and trained became the bus—replacement rail service. we were expecting to get a bus that would probably take much longer and make our journey a bit more boring. but now we're

in january chechnya as a long outspoken human rights activist for europe to t.f. was arrested after drugs had been planted on him. the former teacher now faces ten years in a change in penal colony. tire faced a similar fate he was kidnapped shortly after he held a conference to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the deportation of chechens and english under stalin a sensitive issue for the regime bogus drug charges were brought against him and he was jailed for four years. rewards everybody knows that in chechnya at any moment strangers can break down your door and storm your house they can do whatever they want and you're powerless but all people really want is just to live their lives they don't want this new luxury lifestyle they don't want potemkin villages with the parents of a substance that includes here off in the mean time isn't just eager to attract sports celebrities but also gulf state capital in order to deepen putin's influence in the middle east the united arab emirates in particular have invested heavily in russia's muslim majority republic

team arrives -- the egyptian team arrives this week in chechnya for training.ing the team is part of a twofold political ambition. they say that involves becoming vladimir putin's envoy to the middle east and also reading the de facto voice of muslims abroad. this comes as chechnya has been coming under western scrutiny for human rights violations. there were reports last year that gay men were being held and abused in detention centers. at the time, he responded to criticism saying it was impossible because there are no gay people in chechnya. in addition to putin trying to bolster his image through the world cup, chechnya's leader is another one to watch for that. molly: they're standing on the football field as the team got bumped down in the standings. are 70th70th -- they in the standings, which makes them the lowest ranked team in the world cup. just after them is saudi arabia. that is good is for russia because it gives them a chance to win at least one game because they will be playing saudi arabia in the opening match next week. to bring luck to russia

and rams and could hear of the president of chechnya is one of them chechnya is a place where sport physical fitness take pride of place so no surprise then that got a hero's welcome on every citizen ship dean is a photo op that set the media on fire cnn's anonymous sources in this case one source quickly reported that no is considering quitting the egyptian team over it all we all know how reliable those sources have been in recent times yet still attention grabbing enough to be cited by much of the western media so who do you believe is mo really considering quitting well how about the egyptian team itself who we contacted directly but i'm not allowed to monaco to be put on my. car let me you've got to. let me assure you. i don't want to see him in a second going to meet. you i'm going to go to my mechanic. when i let me whether you want to know you know many people a million people chris i want. to learn but commandment as much evidently you. know we don't know what we've been in so you know. this is also beaten out poor in of support for move online twitter twitter users in the thousands

have been off the field problems as well the egyptians f a n f a's decision to base the team in chechnya has caused controversy controversy with human rights groups and the fact that the team auster then attend a banquet hosted by chechen leader ramzan kadyrov has really been great with a lot of concern by most salary in particular the fact that then use this banquet to grant citizenship to mossad really hasn't gone down well he's reportedly furious at being used as a political symbol in was supposed to be a celebration of football this summer so whether or not he actually does retire from egyptian football remains to be saying but it's a very embarrassing situation for the egyptians really a terrible situation actually let's look at another exciting match coming up to spain and portugal spain and portugal are both in action today spain take on morocco in the games all at the same time so it could be no sort of collusion and people knowing what they have to do to knock each other out was keep in the at the same time not to say spain against morocco if they win they should top group be el

human rights groups say authorities in the russian-controlled republic of chechnya rounded up more than 100 gay men in grozny last year, detained them without charges and tortured them in what many gay called a gray -- pogrom. argentina's lower house of congress has approved a bill that would decriminalize abortions during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy. news of the bill's passage sent a cheer through hundreds of pro-choice demonstrators who rallied ououtside the national congress building in buenos aires during thursday's vote. president mauricio macri has promised to sign the legislation if it's passed by the argentine senate. back in the united states, book publishers reporting that bill clinton's new novel "the president is missing," co-written with james patterson, has sold more copies in its first week than any other fiction book in the past two years. this is despite the fact that on his highly publicized book tour, clinton has repeatedly diminished the #metoo movement, saying that he does not owe monica lewinsky an apology. here is clinton speaking on pbs last week, respondin

particularly the case of the chechnya branch who was arrested on fabricated charges a few months ago. prison,nues to be in awaiting his trial. ,nother political activist ukrainian of russian ethnicity, a filmmaker, was arrested in 2014 on alleged charges of terrorism. he continues to be in prison. he was sentenced to 20 years and was sent to the far north and a penal colony. he is currently on a hunger strike and today marks exactly one month since he has been on a hunger strike. he is in danger of dying any minute now. certainly, the russian authorities will use the world cup as a way to draw attention away from these violations. human rights violations -- the country has been criticized were generally in the run-up to the tournament, with people looking at russia more closely. the you think this is going to encourage more checks and balances, going forward? guest: i don't believe so, because we have a president. russia hosted the 2014 sochi olympics, and even while the games were recognized as a , there was access lot of criticism about the labor of construction works for olympic c

australia they will face each other in the city of cazan on june the sixteenth team egypt has landed in chechnya in southern russia and the squad are in the western city of those two teams will be playing on the opening day of the tournament on june fifteenth. for some though the world cup is not just about the beautiful game as some media outlets have been focusing on the supposed threat from russian football hooligans in the now has been following two australian filmmakers as they try and separate fact from fiction russian found this time in violence we're going to see places that. tax were sanctioned by the kremlin a lot of me if you see this somehow linked to the who you can see alleged leader of the russian hooligans in. the city the killer we go to take it i go my film crew together man alex finally go to russia say could become whole again it's time to head in. housing is tourists we managed to get a camera inside. i. reckon i told again there are no hooligans there on the fence. in a stadium full of organs we got no way of summaries and these russian hooligans refused to me to us that th

australia they will face each other in the city of cazan on june sixteenth team egypt has landed in chechnya in southern russia and the order of why squad are in the western city of god those two teams will be playing on the opening day of the tournament on june fifteenth now for some though the world cup is not just about the beautiful game itself some media outlets have been focusing on the supposedly threat from russian football hooligans in the now has been following two australian filmmakers as they well they try and separate fact from fiction. russian funny sometimes violence and you're going to see this is a. task for sanctioned by the kremlin a lot of me see this somehow linked to the people who can see alleged leader of the russian hooligans in marseilles the city the killer we go to take it i go my film crew together man alex finally go to russia say could become whole again it's time to head in. housing is tourists we managed to get a camera inside. i. reckon i told again there are no hooligans there on the fence. in a stadium full of hooligans we go nowhere for some reason these

create a kind of buffer zone of allied countries all the way to the present and what happens in chechnya what happens in syria in afghanistan how close those terrorist threats are to russia americans have never fully appreciated the jew graphic vulnerability that russia's geography condemns it to they have a general idea that we're a great power we mess around in the world russia is a great power they mess around we usually do good things we're not so sure about them there is a kind of sense of a quote but definitely it doesn't sufficiently taken do account the vulnerability of being in central you. or asia so you've said that there's a minority among us politicians should believe that putin isn't after upsetting the world order but he's actually defending russia's interests so can there be a known hawkish view on russia in today's united states that would immediately be labeled as a pro con lean croqueted should be sponsored propaganda. it might not be quite that extreme but look i have colleagues i consider myself a balanced person with a lot of experience i was with ambassador matlock

it's in chechnya or whether it's in israel or in europe we are old in the same boat so i think limiting the runyon presence in syria is very important and we have to remember senator that we are not the one who started it we have not been any we didn't have any involvement in syria whatsoever until the iranians came close and they also said that they were going to open a second front i'm afraid our reading of the syrian conflict is very very different because i think from the russian point of view it's not the rain ians who came first if the americans and the saudis and it could tyreese who started financing and supporting extreme sunni groups and i have to correct you that in essence you mention that we suffered from the presence of extremist sunni groups not shia groups but. staying on that she issued because they see it c.n.n. has just recently reported that it was actually ease rail reach struck targets close to the in iraqi border last sunday reportedly killing twenty two people who are believed to believed to be belong to the iraq's popular occupation force that's not only about i

have to remember whether it's the shiite militias or whether it's sunni militias whether it's in chechnya or whether it's in israel or in europe we are all in the same boat so i think limiting the runyon presence in syria is very important and we have to remember senator that we are not the one who started it we have not been any we didn't have any involvement in syria whatsoever until the iranians came close and they also said that they were going to open a second well. i'm afraid our reading of the syrian conflict is very very different . because i think from the russian point of view it's not the rain ians who came first of the americans and the saudis and the who started financing in supporting extreme sunni groups and i have to correct you that. since you mention that we suffered from the presence of extremist sunni groups not shia groups but. thing on that she issued because they see it c.n.n. has just recently reported that it was actually ease rail reach chock targets close to the in iraqi border last sunday reportedly killing twenty two people who are believed to believed to be t

australia they will face each other in the city of cazan on june sixteenth a team egypt has landed in chechnya and southern russia and the squad are in the western city of new those two teams will be playing on the opening day of the tournament on june fifteenth for some though the world cup is not just about the beautiful game some media outlets have been focusing on the supposed that threat from russian football hooligans in the now has been following two australian filmmakers as they well they try and separate fact from fiction. russian funny sometimes violence and you're going to see places that. you have to fight tax or sanctioned by the kremlin a lot of me if you see this somehow linked to the hooligans the alleged leader of the russian hooligans in marseilles the city the killer we got the tickets i got my film crew together man alex finally got to russia so they could become whole again it's time to head in. housing is tourists we managed to get a camera inside. i. reckon i told the go there are an awful lot in there on the fence. in a stadium full of hooligans we got no way for some r

australia they will face each other in the city of cazan on june the sixteenth team egypt has landed in chechnya and southern russia and. in the western city of new. those two teams will be playing on the opening day of the tournament on june fifteenth. for some though the world cup is not just about the beautiful game some media outlets have been focusing on the suppose of threat from russian football hooligans in the now it has been following two australian filmmakers as they try and separate fact from fiction. brushing from this time in my own stunts we're going to see places that. tax were sanctioned by the kremlin a lot of me it would seem somehow linked to the hooligans the alleged leader of the russian hooligans in marseilles the city the killer we got the tickets i got my film crew together that man alex finally got to russia so they could become whole again it's time to head in. closing as tourists we managed to get a camera inside i i. like and i told the good there are no hooligans there on the fence. in a stadium full of hooligans we go nowhere for some reason these russian hooligans

tournament for most egypt eliminated and there's been problems off the field egypt is staying in chechnya that's already caused controversy with human rights groups salah had to be dragged from bad before the tournament started to be photographed with the controversial chechen leader runs i'm off now he is said to be furious that he has been used as a propaganda tool for carol that's why he might be considering retirement ok and just briefly very briefly before we go. dancing tonight. i phones oh well a beautiful explain that is a chance or i can still go through but i fancy portugal and spain to go through from group b. and europe want to talk group i will talk to you guys tomorrow to see if that was indeed true we thank you so much and mccambridge joining us here in the studio jonathan crane as we mentioned in moscow very much appreciate it. you're watching news from berlin we have more coming up at the top of the hour i'm sorry kelly thank you so much for watching. an opposition stronghold on the refusal of the democratically minded took east the biggest city news new. to people proud

in the book, bill clinton help support the jihad ease in bosnia, in chechnya, in kosovo in 1999 and also helped with the british to kill qaddafi in 1999 and 2000. in fact, after september 2011 they went on the record complaining that how come these guys don't like us? don't they know we did all of this stuff for them? yet, fighting for them in bosnia which is where the green leader earned his stripes, by the way, that did not cancel the sanctions regime against iraq. so, bill clinton had use them and had failed to try to prevent their rice in war against the united states. but, he failed to buy them off. he tried and failed and only built up their power at our expense. america was still a target. the broader agenda, osama bin laden -- you probably remember at the time they worked so hard to inflate the taliban. they said the taliban had attacked us somehow. the idea was that just to make a target out of them. but the fact that you had an injection surgeon, osama bin laden had an engineering degree. the pilots who are the ring leave hijacker pilot of the plot, mohammed and his friends wer

put in, but then he did speak to president putin, but of course russia has anti—gay legislation, chechnyay? they say, "we don't like dislike homosexuals, but they influence children..." i would just sit down and say, what are you afraid of? we are not interested in your children, homosexuals aren't paedophiles, there are less paedophiles, there are less paedophiles than straight people are. what are you afraid of? some of your greatest composers, dancers are homosexuals. and it is something that i am prepared to do, i would love to sit down and talk to him face—to—face, only with face—to—face with people do you get progress. you don't get it on the phone or e—mail, beautifully don't get it in a letter. i'm sure he would be delighted to speak to you. i would love to speak to him. it that tech giants and their public responsibility, but you would know that there is horrific homophobia on social media. i don't know why they allow it. it is supposed to be free—speech, but the things that are on social media are so disgusting that there has to be action taken by the people who own these compan

create a kind of buffer zone of allied countries all the way to the present and what happens in chechnya what happens in syria in afghanistan how close those terrorist threats are russia americans have never fully appreciated the jew graphic vulnerability that russia's geography condemns it to they have a general idea that we're a great power we mess around the world russia is a great power they mess around we usually do good things we're not so sure about them there is a kind of sense of a quote but definitely it doesn't sufficiently taken do account the vulnerability of being in central europe. so you have said that there's a minority among us politicians should believe that putin isn't after upsetting the world order but he's actually defending russia's interests so can there be a non hawkish view on russia in today's united states that would immediately be labeled as a pro con lean croqueted should be sponsored propaganda. it might not be quite that extreme but look i have colleagues i consider myself a balanced person with a lot of experience i was with ambassador matlock our former

tatchell was protesting about what he says is russia's mistreatment of lgbt people — particularly in chechnyaolating public order." the newest member of the royal family has accompanied the most experienced on an official visit to cheshire. the duchess of sussex was with the queen on their first royal engagement together without prince harry. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. she has been used to learning a role and now that meghan markle the actress has become the duchess of sussex, how better to learn the finer points of what's required than to accompany someone who has spent her entire adult life perfecting the techniques. the queen's masterclass for meghan took place on a visit to cheshire. there were the usual elements, bunches of flowers to collect, displays by local schoolchildren which reminded the queen of a journey by canoe somewhere. the two of them were getting on famously, exchanging remarks and jokes. and then a short walkabout and another example of teamwork — the queen took one side of the street and meghan took the other. this is a very public endorsement fro

bin laden eventually became responsible for organizing the flow of foreign fighters between chechnya bosnia and the arab world for the taliban these soldiers were useful reinforcements in the fight against the northern alliance this enabled been logging to strengthen his alliance with the taliban and to recruit soldiers for his holy war on the western world. was this your first post that idea that is this no yes but my video i think that there are. no survivors that are left out of government level found that what they're going by what their value in that you know if you but if you go below the roof and on and. on the seventh of august nine hundred ninety eight a bomb exploded at the u.s. embassy in nairobi. similar tenuously a bomb detonated in neighboring towns and in two hundred twenty four people died in these terrorist attacks and building four thousand were injured. the i'll call you to trademark was established serial attacks triggered by suicide bombers. i don't think i was terribly surprised when i heard about what had happened because bin laden was there he was able to do i

bin laden eventually became responsible for organizing the flow of foreign fighters between chechnya bosnia and the arab world for the taliban these soldiers were useful reinforcements in the fight against the northern alliance this enabled been logging to strengthen his alliance with the taliban and to recruit soldiers for his holy war on the western world. was this your first post that idea that this is no yes but my video i think that there are. no safeguards that are left out of government or the album for that but i can vary a bit and their value in that you know if you but if you go below focusing on this and. yet. on the seventh of august nine hundred ninety eight a bomb exploded at the u.s. embassy in nairobi. similar tenuously a bomb detonated in neighboring towns and in two hundred twenty four people died in these terrorist attacks and more than four thousand were injured. the i'll call you to trademark was established serial attacks triggered by suicide bombers. i don't think i was terribly surprised when i heard about what had happened because bin laden was there he was a

so distressing to see those pictures of him watching that this kind of dunson people dancing in chechnya when he felt so instrumental ised by the politicians and he's basically a wonderful football player exactly right i think we all agree on that i'm going to have different views out of it service and leadership from the obvious forces it's better to have both you ladies here too thank you very much. i you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin of course is lots more coming up at the top of the allen standing by for you in the meantime if you still want to get the news do go to d.w. dot com for more news and information and also you can follow us on twitter and you can also follow us you can see the apps you can get all the news and information from african also use that to see breaking news you can also send us pictures and videos which you think could be of interest to us the app is great so you should have a look at it if you can. but for now for me on the touch in the news stream is back . yard. feel and. no sex. no children. it could be the death of japan as we know it

tatchell was protesting about what he says is russia's mistreatment of lgbt people — particularly in chechnyadment as pa rt are awaiting the new amendment as part of the brexit bill. our correspondent has said on twitter, actually, there doesn't seem to be taking at the moment, but we will keep you updated —— that doesn't. time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. the weather has been causing some disruption as storm hector has been affecting the northern half of the country. this was taken in whitby, fairly active seascape, strong winds will be easing to the rest of the day. the swirl of cloud associated which will be pushing away to the east but still windy this evening across scotland and northern ireland with scattered and blustery showers but the winds will be easing tonight and much of england and wales remains dry. a fresh start friday. it looks like a much quieter day, still quite breezy, a few heavy showers across parts of northern ireland and scotland and a few in england and wales but plenty of sunshine in between and highs of around 14—22. what about the weekend? show

growing up in chechnya, she did not live a leisurely life. she grew up working in the fields...ting cotton, wheat, and corn. lawrence karnow: it was a beautiful day with sunshine all the way to the coast today. highs were much warmer and in the 80s inland, 70s around the bay and 60s at the coast. it willl remain clear this evening as offshore winds beging to blow. temperatures will be mild too with lows in the 50s and 60s. on the satellite image you can see high pressure building over the bay area. the timing is perfect bring us warm to hot temperatures this saturday and sunday. tomorrow will be hot with highs in the 90s inland, 80s around the bay and 60s at the coast. it will be a little cooler on sunday with patchy coastal fog but still hot inland with some highs still in the low 90s. more clouds and cooler weather will return on monday with temperatures returning to normal in the middle of the week. week. we all know guys like gavin. boasting. overselling his achievements. making false claims. as lieutenant governor, he skipped many of his duties, saying the job was "so dull,

have to remember whether it's the shiite militias or whether it's sunni militias whether it's in chechnya or whether it's in israel or in europe we are old in the same boat so i think limiting the runyon presence in syria is very important and we have to remember senator that we are not the one who started it we have not been any we didn't have any involvement in syria whatsoever until the iranians came close and they also said that they were going to open a second front i'm afraid our reading of the syrian conflict is very very different because i think from the russian point of view is that the iranians who came first if the americans and the saudis and they could tyreese who started financing and supporting extreme sunni groups and i have to correct you that. since you mention that we suffered from the presence of extremist sunni groups not shia groups but. staying on that she issued because these she is c.n.n. has just recently reported that it was actually ease rail reach strike targets close to the iraqi border last sunday reportedly killing twenty two people who are believed to bel