here's daniel de simone. have lived in britain for years — some had apparently normaljobs. but today a court heard they are accused of secretly working as spies, carrying out surveillance on people and places targeted by russia. the alleged surveillance activities are said to have been for the apparent purpose of assisting russia to conduct "hostile action" including the potential abduction of targeted individuals. prosecutors say the spy cell's operations hub was this now—closed seaside guest house in great yarmouth in norfolk. the occupier, former businessman 0rlin roussev, is said to have managed the cell, allegedly sending its members out on surveillance operations in the uk and europe. 0rlin roussev is said to have been directed from abroad by a man known as jan marsalek. he's not charged and is wanted in germany in a majorfraud case. he's now believed to be in russia. ..keep abreast of the situation. 0h, big left hand! one of the alleged spies, ivan stoyanov, is a one—time mixed martial arts fighter. iv

daniel de simone, bbc news.of england has decided not to raise interest rates holding them at 5.25%. their decision was a surprise. if you look at this graph, you can see what's been happening since the financial crash in 2008. very low interest rates until the end of 2021, when they rose sharply month after month. the big question — is this the peak? our economics editor faisal islam has more. at a development near grimsby, the slow burn impact of a relentless series of rate rises is hitting home and hitting house in particular. a small development like this for us, 12 bungalows, would normally be fully reserved very early on in the build. however, even though inquiries are coming in at high levels every week, reservations have been very, very slow and impacted massively. the hold in interest rates goes down well in this sector. very welcome news. it will create some confidence in the market and hopefully kick—start some sales again. in just over two years, rates have risen 1a times as the world tries to cope w

daniel de simone, bbc news.ish columbia. canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau provoked anger earlier this week when he said the indian government may have been behind the killing. today, he urged india to cooperate with the murder investigation — but not before india announced it was stopping issuing visas to canadian citizens. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has the story. this is the scene of a brazen murder near vancouver, a killing back injune that's now led to an escalating diplomatic row between allies — one with global consequences. police in canada have been investigating the crime for weeks, watched closely by the country's sikh community. today, the canadian leader, at the un in new york, repeated his explosive allegation. there are credible reasons to believe that agents of the government of india were involved in the killing of a canadian on canadian soil. now, we call upon the government of india to engage with us, to move forward on getting to the truth of this matter. india says it's

here's daniel de simone.erating as a russian spy ring in the uk. the bulgarian nationals have lived in britain for years, some had apparently normaljobs. but today a court heard they are accused of secretly working as spies. carrying out surveillance on people and places targeted by russia. the alleged surveillance activities are said to have been for the apparent purpose of assisting russia to conduct hostile action. including the potential abduction of targeted individuals. prosecutors say the spy cell's operations hub was this now closed seaside guest in great yarmouth in norfolk. the occupier, former businessman 0rlin roussev, is said to have managed to sell. allegedly sending its members out on surveillance operations in the uk and europe. he is said to have been directed from abroad by a man known as jan marsalek. he is not charged, and it is wanted in germany in a majorfraud case. he is now believed to be in russia. one of the alleged spies, ivan stoyanov, is a one—time mixed martial arts fighter. the

i correspond to daniel de simone, who was looking into the case around daniel khalife.now to the news that network rail has pleaded guilty over charges related to health and safety failings, following an aberdeenshire train crash in which three people died. train driver brett mccullough, a5, conductor donald dinnie, 58, and passenger christopher stuchbury, 62, died in the derailment near stonehaven, aberdeenshire, on august 12th 2020. live now to lorna gordon at the high court in aberdeen. lorna, just tell us a bit more about network rail's guilty plea. how significant is it? a real contrast between the very dry legal narrative we are hearing inside court and the utter loss and grief experienced by those who were injured and the families of those who died. within the last few minutes, a solicitor representing christopher's touch pre—�*s family i've come outside court here, and the solicitor said on his behalf there was no chance to hold his hand and take care of him. the chance to say goodbye. that the incompetence on behalf of network rail beggars belief. we have also

our correspondent daniel de simone has established that the man who escaped from wandsworth prison hadlatest? lintiii newsroom. what is the latest? until a bit earlier— newsroom. what is the latest? until a bit earlier today, _ newsroom. what is the latest? until a bit earlier today, we _ newsroom. what is the latest? unit i. a bit earlier today, we were reporting that he was accused of trying to gather information for a hostile state. we are now reporting that that hostile state is allegedly iran. daniel khalife is charged under the terrorism act, under the official secrets act, and one of the charges is that he was trying to collect information, gather information, that might be useful to an enemy. we are now reporting that enemy is iran. anyone who is investigated for and then charged with official secrets act offences, offences that involve alleged espionage, will be investigated by

daniel de simone, bbc news.ament has resigned after inviting a ukrainian wolf fought with nazis to canada's parliament. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. hello there. the day's heavy rain and showers will continue to ease away through this evening, and overnight it will turn a lot drier for many with lengthy, clearskies, lighterwinds, particularly across the northern half of the country. that'll make it turn quite chilly across some of the scottish glens. but it's all change to the south. we're looking at this system deepening as it's approaching ireland. this is storm agnes. now, this will start to throw up some cloud in towards southern and western areas as we move through the night and the wind will start to pick up here as well. so temperatures are on the rise here, in fact — the low to mid—teens here — but a chillier night to come across the north. so storm agnes, then, likely to bring some impacts to western parts of the country on wednesday, with rain and gales. we could see severe gales around some of

our home affairs correspondent daniel de simone gave us more details on the charges.rown prosecution service here in the uk that five bulgarian people living in the uk are to be charged with spying for russia. they are going to be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage, and it is alleged that this group were part of an operational spy cell working for the russian security services. it is alleged that members of the group conducted operations both in the uk and europe, that that involved collecting information on targets. they are alleged to have gone to germany, to montenegro. one of the members, orlin roussev, is alleged to have run the operations from the uk and then been the link to people within the russian state who he was passing the information to. three of the defendants were charged earlier in the year after being arrested in this operation, and earlier in the year, they were charged with possessing fake documents, which including passports, id cards, for nine different countries. those three defendants were orlin roussev, bizer dzhambazov and katrin iv

live now to our correspondent daniel de simone at westminster magistrates' court.n nationals, three men and two women aged between 45 and 29 and appeared here in court this morning for the relatively brief period. they were charged last week with conspiracy to conduct espionage and we have some details about the case against the defendants today in court. it is alleged they were operating as a spy cell from the heart of russia. one of the defendants, orlin roussev, who had a seaside guesthouse in great yarmouth and norfolk are said to have managed the operations and his home was the operating hub of the cell. the cell is alleged to have conducted operations in the uk and europe including surveillance on people, places with the apparent aim of assisting russian to commence hostile action including potential abductions. the court also heard that another man, someone not charged as part of this, as alleged to have been part of the conspiracy and he is said to have provided orlin roussev from abroad and being linked to russia. the defendants did not enter pleas and are

accused of conspiring to gather information that would be useful to an enemy. 0ur correspondent daniel de simone were arrested in february and charged last week with conspiracy to conduct espionage. the five have lived in the uk for several years and some of them had apparently normaljobs. but the allegation is that they were secretly operating as a spy cell working on behalf of the russian state. the court heard new details about the case today. it is alleged that this group were involved in surveillance on targets both here and in europe, and that this surveillance was apparently for the purpose of assisting russia to carry out hostile action, including potential abductions. 0ne out hostile action, including potential abductions. one of the defendants, 0rlin roussev, is alleged to have run the cell from a seaside guesthouse in great yarmouth in norfolk was that he is said to have received tasking from abroad and was passed information abroad. the five defendants did not enter a plea. they were remanded in custody to the four different prisons from where they appeared by video link today, and t