and the royal shakespeare company leads tributes to sir antony sher, who has died of cancer at the age up in the sport on the bbc news channel: lewis hamilton's performance in f1 practice ramps up the pressure on world—title rival max verstappen. good evening. a woman has beenjailed for life for murdering her partner's six—year—old son, after months of abuse. emma tustin has been told she will serve at least 29 years in prison for killing arthur labinjo—hughes at their home in solihull. the boy's father, thomas hughes, has been jailed for 21 years for manslaughter. the judge at coventry crown court said it had been one of the most distressing cases he'd dealt with, and described the couple as "spiteful and sadistic". as our home editor mark easton reports, arthur's death raises yet more questions about whether enough is being done to protect vulnerable children. arthur, are you going to play for england? i he was a football—mad little boy, with a smile that belied the truth about his life. i'm going to play for liverpool or i'm going to play for tottenham. six—year—old arthur labinjo—h

still to come: the royal shakespeare company leads the tributes to sir antony sher, who's died of cancerr that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11:00 this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite numberfrom dover. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: in a rare move, us prosecutors have filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of a teenager accused of shooting dead four students at his school. the world health organization says vaccines may not be able to prevent people from infection with the omicron strain but they do seem to make its ef

he had a lifelong association with the royal shakespeare company and appeared in films such as shakespeareove, and misses brown. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come. >> looking the -- look in there. >> appreciating the kindness of strangers. the woman in the u.k. who open her home to an afghan family who fled the taliban. twitter has banned thousands of counts accused of being part of a propaganda chain by china. carrie allen has more. >> one of the things twitter said in its report was over 100 of these accounts were linked to a private company which does have ties to the change in document. that is one way we know this. one of the things they said in their report was a number of these accounts seemed to be repurposed. previously what happened is they were either posting things like porn, or talking about korean celebrities, korean music on the platform, and suddenly, they were posting loads of things about xinjiang. not only being posted, but also being amplified by chinese officials on twitter. we have to consider twitter is a platform that is banned in china, so this

antony sher had a lifelong association with the royal shakespeare company, and appeared in films suche in love and mrs brown. off the stage, sher also wrote several novels and was an accomplished painter. european diplomats at talks to revive the international nuclear deal with iran saying they're disappointed and concerned by tehran�*s stance. britain, france and germany gave the assessment at the end of a week of discussions in vienna. they complained that iran had back—tracked on diplomatic progress made during previous rounds of talks earlier this year. a court in the philippines has ignored objections of president rodrigo duterte and ruled that the country's first nobel laureate, the journalist maria ressa, can collect her prize in norway. but ms ressa, who was awarded the prize for efforts to "safeguard freedom of expression, still needs permission to travel from two other courts. scientists in britain have used gene editing technology to create female—only and male—only litters of mice. they say their technique could eventually be applied to chickens to ensure that only egg—pro

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actor has died and consider whether the contemporary axis with a long association with the royal shakespeare companyied at the age of 72. half past seven. i�*ll be back with the dateline panel but before that were going tojoin the going to join the latest sports news. good evening. we will start with cricket. coach says the counties decision to sack and has come as a surprise look former captain harry been suspended as part of an investigation into a tweet he sentin of an investigation into a tweet he sent in 2010. as we�*ve been hearing earlier today yorkshire announced 16 coaching staffing including to have left the club following a report which found former player azeem rafik was a victim of racial harassment and bullying at the club. the george�*s new chairman said today significant changes require the decisions were difficult to make but are in the best interest of the club. this evening he released a statement to the bbc pledging to fight the decision legally. the record seven—time chevy and ronnie 0�*sullivan has been knocked out of the snooker championship by wilson following a finalframed t

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