hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd.‘ now on bbc news, our world. a deadly epidemic of domestic violence. for years, it has been hidden from view. but now, a new generation of women are fighting back. lucy ash meets the families whose extraordinary stories have sparked a national debate, and the politicians who are campaigning for changes in the law and better protection for those at risk. it contains discussion of domestic violence which some viewers may find upsetting. russia can be a dangerous place for women. it has a deadly culture of domestic violence. across the country, hundreds of women are killed every year by partners and relatives. but now, some russian women are fighting back, with a new wave of activism. this year, russian society was rocked by a big court case. three sisters accused of murdering their father injuly sisters accused of murdering their father in july 2018 were found to have been physically and sexually abused by him for years. krestina, angelina and maria confessed to attacking their sleeping father, mikhail khachaturyan

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd. now on bbc news, the travel show.el show. and welcome to the travel show, hello and welcome to the travel show, with me lucy hedges, coming to you this week from rwanda. i am in the capital kigali, to meet the people determine to make the country one of east africa's cultural hotspots. how do i look? good? cat is in copenhagen, skiing on the roof ofa is in copenhagen, skiing on the roof of a power plant. ijust want is in copenhagen, skiing on the roof of a power plant. i just want to make it down without falling over! and simon calder is back with his tips on how to take a new train link to the world was much holder city. north—east siberia is now easier to reach. -- world's coldest city. we start this week in copenhagen. by 2025 the danish hope this will become the world's very first carbon neutral capital city. we sent to find out how they are getting on. denmark is a country that takes its eco— friendly reputation very seriously. it is claimed that more than two—thirds of their waste is recycled and 30% of all thei

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd.nes here on bbc news. leaders of the four main parties at westminster have been questioned by voters in a question time election special as they made their pitches with less than three weeks to go before polling day. a man who strangled a british backpacker in new zealand and hid her body inside a suitcase is found guilty of murder. a group of orphaned british children caught up in the war in syria are returning to the uk. a man who strangled a british backpacker in new zealand and hid her body in a suitcase has been found guilty of murder. grace millane was discovered buried in bushland outside auckland last december. the family of the 21—year—old wept in court as the killer, who can't be named, was convicted. shaimaa khalil‘s report from auckland contains some distressing details. this is grace millane the night before her 22nd birthday in december — the last time she was seen alive. she arrived in auckland last november after graduating from the university of lincoln. grace had been

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd. told fox news that he wants a trial in the senate and that he'd like to hear from the whistleblower whose report led to the impeachment inquiry. leaders of the four main parties at westminster have been questioned by voters in a question time election special, as they made their pitches with less than three weeks to go before polling day. prince andrew spent part of friday riding with the queen in the grounds of windsor castle, the first time he's been seen with his mother since stepping down from royal duties. but the fallout continues following his bbc newsnight interview concerning his friendship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. royal correspondent nicholas witchell has been at buckingham palace. not a good week for the royal family. a disastrous one for andrew. more organisations cutting their ties to him — the english national ballet, the royal philharmonic orchestra dropping him as patron. 0thers expected to follow. barclays, the latest financial institution to en

hywel griffith, bbc news, bridgend.hong kong — riot police surround a university campus with hundreds of pro—democracy protesters inside. borisjohnson tells business leaders he's shelving plans to cut corporation tax next april. after his bbc interview, prince andrew faces calls to cooperate with legal cases brought by alleged victims of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein large parts of central venice are once again under water, after another exceptionally high tide inundated the city. three of the worst ten floods venice has suffered since records began, nearly a hundred years ago, have now happened within a week. rich preston reports. for venetians, more water and more misery. a week of flooding has closed businesses and attractions in one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. this, the famous st mark's square, normally filled with people. the city's narrow streets and alleyways turned into a network of canals themselves. the floods, known as the aqua alta, brought suffering and heartache. translation: we hav

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd.er in new zealand and hid her body in a suitcase, has been found guilty of murder. grace millane was discovered buried in bushland outside auckland last december. the family of the 21 year old wept in court, as the killer who can't be named, was convicted. shaimaa khalil‘s report from auckland, contains some distressing details. this is grace millane the night before her 22nd birthday, in december. the last time she was seen alive. she arrived in auckland last november after graduating from the university of lincoln. grace had been on a round the world trip and travelled to new zealand after spending six weeks in south america. today, united in their grief, david and gillian millane left court after their daughter's killer was convicted of murder. grace was taken away from us in the most brutal fashion a year ago. our lives and family have been ripped apart. grace was a beautiful, talented, loving daughter. grace was our sunshine and she will be missed for ever. she did not deserve to

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd.winson and nicola sturgeon will all face a question time audience in sheffield. the programme is live — our deputy political editor, john piennaar is there. it isa it is a big night for these leaders and an event like this rarely transforms a campaign but it can willed up or dent credibility, it can expose vulnerability, which makes it a big opportunity but also a risk especially as when tonight they will face they do not know what kind of questions to a studio line. jeremy corbyn will be up first, he has just published the most radical ma nifesto has just published the most radical manifesto from labour in decades where asjohnson is leading in the polls and he will want not to blow it tonight. in between they will be jo swinson, the lib dems leader. theircampaign it jo swinson, the lib dems leader. their campaign it seems could use more momentum. and nicola sturgeon who hopes for a new scottish referendum which this time she hopes to win. brexit has magnified all of the bets on the ta

hywel griffith, bbc news, bridgend.tendance record was smashed today at the tottenham hotspur stadium as 38,000 people attended the north london derby, but it was the home fans who were left disappointed as arsenal beat spurs 2—0. elsewhere, there were wins for manchester city, chelsea, brighton and everton. england have signed off their euro 2020 qualification campaign with a comfortable 4—0 win over kosovo. they had already booked their place at the tournament but this victory means that they'll be one of the six top seeds for the draw at the end of the month. jane dougall reports from pristina. travelling england fans are unaccustomed to a reception like this. intervention by british troops during the kosovan conflict has not been forgotten here. the welcome has been warm. i can't remember an atmosphere like this. it is, it's quite moving. we pass the message onto world that football is about respect. say no to racism. even during the national anthem, it was the kosovan section's holding up the st george's cross. har

hywel griffiths, bbc news, fishguard.us to answer. quite a number of you want to know why it's not compulsory to vote in elections here in the uk when it is in more than a dozen other countries around the world. with nearly a million more people registering to vote in the past four days alone, our correspondent ben hunte spent some time here in pembrokeshire trying to find some answers. pembrokeshire in november. this is a key marginal. last time around, the mp here won byjust over 300 votes, but more than a quarter of people who were eligible to have their say didn't. so the question is, "why isn't it compulsory to vote like in australia?" in order to answer this question, the best place to start is for me to call our correspondent on a sunny beach in australia, shaimaa khalil. hi, shaimaa. hey, ben. it's coming up to the beginning of the summer here in queensland, and just look how gorgeous it is out here. queensland is where compulsory voting was introduced more than 100 years ago, and that's why australia has one of t

hywel griffiths, bbc news, fishguard.vid shukman. felicity, this is very much a focus for labour because they have got quite a lot to defend across wales. you are bang on. labour's resilience in wales and governance is remarkable is that if you look at the last 26 general elections, labour has topped every poll in wales. and in 2017, they won 17% of these seats, so they have got a high threshold to defend. and wales voted for brexit on a bit is that the overriding issue here? i think brexit is a big issue in wales and we see the conservatives hammering that brexit message, boris johnson when he visits as part of the push against labour. but it is not the only issue and i think the public services issue, the cuts we have seen, that is the sort of thing labour are talking about. devolution, the devolved government, that complicates things a bit for voters. yes, when people hear, promises being made in manifestos, more nurses 01’ doctors are “— being made in manifestos, more nurses or doctors are —— that does not apply to wa

hywel griffith, bbc news, bridgend.. three of the worst ten floods since records began in venice, nearly a hundred years ago, have now happened within a week. rich preston reports. for venetians, more water and more misery. a week of flooding has closed businesses and attractions in one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. this, the famous st mark's square, normally filled with people. the city's narrow streets and alleyways turned into a network of canals themselves. the floods, known as the aqua alta, brought suffering and heartache. translation: we had lots of damage. the electrical system went underwater and lots of merchandise got lost. necklaces and other goods, all underwater. we had to work a lot, rince everything. every day, as you can see we have had to lift desks and drawers. rinse everything and clean up. there is a lot of work still to do. rainfall of 140 millimetres floods roughly 70% of venice. sunday's rainfall was forecast to be around 160 millimetres. in the end, it was slightly lower. a s

hywel griffith has been speaking to voters in the constituency of bridgend.rip on wales until this year. when it felt -- grip on wales until this year. when it felt —— fell to third place in the elections. just a wobble or a turning tide, it is constituencies like this that should be the test. what will swing it? martin says the environment would normally be his number one issue, but not this time. that is better. his wife is german so that is better. his wife is german so there is something else on his line —— mind. so there is something else on his line -- mind. this election is about brexit by what dealer politicians say. bridgend voted to leave the eu in 2016. what has followed has frustrated people on both sides. joe says she is a floating vote and wa nts says she is a floating vote and wants politics to move on. nothing has been done really about our economy and looking at the nhs, looking at the homeless, all the other issues we have got in this country. everything seems to have gone on stand still. for more than three decades, this constituency like m

our wales correspondent hywel griffith is in in nantgarw in south wales.at plaid are offering? well, the question always thrown at the plaid is, how would wales pay its own way if it was independent? it doesn't have oil, like scotland, and the coal mines which build this area decades ago have all closed down. however, this ma nifesto have all closed down. however, this manifesto sets out a pretty new idea, what plaid calls a green industrial revolution, powered with green energy, from tidal lagoons and wind farms and electrifying the main ra i lwa ys wind farms and electrifying the main railways through the country. now, it would need £20 billion for that, most of it coming from the westminster government. there has been talk during the campaign of wales being owed money, having been asset stripped of natural resources like coal in the past, and that at least £15 billion should come from the westminster government, but also on wales' borrowing powers to be increased. what else are they offering voters? welcome they would give children in low—income familie

hywel griffith is in barry in south wales. the fallout from this resignation continues.member but he still, we understand, planning to stand as a candidate but there is no sign of him upa candidate but there is no sign of him up a constituency office, and we are told canvassing has been suspended for the day. alun cairns keeping a very, very low profile. 0ther keeping a very, very low profile. other candidates around the uk are obviously out handing out their pamphlets and trying to bring the voters on their side. but there are many calls for him to quit the election completely, lead as you said by the person at the centre of this case. back in april last year, there was a rape trial in cardiff which collapsed. after the testimony ofa which collapsed. after the testimony of a witness, an aide to alun cairns. that person went on to be endorsed by him and alun cairns said he didn't know what that person had done. there are many questioning, not just alun cairns' done. there are many questioning, notjust alun cairns' road other people in the welsh conservatives and what the

as a candidate for the welsh assembly elections, after the collapse of the trial. 0ur reporter hywel griffithff. there are several layers to this story. how are they unfolding?“ there are several layers to this story. how are they unfolding? if we go back to what happened in april last year at this rape trial in cardiff which collapsed, a witness was called, ross england, a former aide alun cairns. he was asked whether he had worked with the complainant in trial. instead of answering, he told the judge they had been in a sexual relationship. thejudge told him he had been in a sexual relationship. the judge told him he was deliberately trying to sabotage it, he told him to get out of court. instead of this having repercussions for ross england, he was later selected as conservative candidate for the 2021 welsh assembly elections endorsed by alun cairns. repeatedly, alun cairns has denied any knowledge of what happened in that courtroom and why the trial collapsed. last week he said he was only now being told the details. however, the bbc has been shown an e—mail which appears to suggest he was

alun cairns has stepped down as welsh secretary. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiffd a bit earlierfrom people like jeremy corbyn we heard a bit earlierfrom people likejeremy corbyn questioning even mr cairn's right to stand in this election, talk about the repercussions there in wales of the fa ct repercussions there in wales of the fact that mr cairns has decided to resign and what indeed conservatives are saying there, to people about the possible impact on their captain. alun cairns was going to be the man who was going to lead the charge for the conservative, at welsh secretary he would be at the forefront of their campaign, however arguably his reputation is tarnished. while he is still standing in the vale of glamorgan, his constituency he has held, some are questioning whether he should pull back and disappear completely, we have not seen him, the lights are on in his house i am told but there is nobody answering the door. he has not come forward to speak on the record. you saw his resignation letter where he said he is sure he will be found free of misconduct

hywel griffiths, bbc news, fishguard. van parked up today. rather you than me in this weather! you've come home! i have come home. welcome to pembrokeshire and we have come literally to the edge of a cliff. we had to hide the camper van behind one of the vans to stop it blowing into the sea. a beautiful spot, the sun came out and it was almost as if they knew i was coming home. it's really dramatic out there, you can really see the waves crashing against the deserted beach, beautiful. we aren't here just to stare at the scenery, we are here to talk about the election and joining us talk about the election and joining us is sian, alison sarah. i hope you don't blow away in the five minutes. you run this fun, what is it like running a business in this part of the world? it's wonderful, i've been here all my life and i quite enjoyed the contrast that we have. we had the contrast that we have. we had the summer months which are really busy and people come in and it's the same people that have been coming back to 450 commerce

our correspondent hywel griffiths has been to a music night in the coastal town of fishguard.re. issues like health and education are devolved to the welsh government in cardiff but there are plenty of mps can do. holly wants to help small rural businesses.” plenty of mps can do. holly wants to help small rural businesses. i think that would have a bit of a shot if they came down and spent an evening in fishguard. some nice we will sell two or three meals and that is that dark times, the hard times you need to work hard in the summer to carry you through the winter. this time of year, the coastline can feel dormant. there is less money flowing around and, as in many parts of the country, more deep—rooted concerns. wales has higher level of poverty than the rest of the uk and rising child poverty. homelessness, struggling to find places to live in. the number of people sleeping on the street has risen horribly and i just think it is appalling. inevitably, there is another issue playing on many mines. concerned about brexit, obviously. the brexit thing. brexit, i do not know. no