hello, welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.n this week's programme: what's the bbc‘s economics editor doing standing in the street trying to catch numbers? and do we need to know that this distinguished human rights lawyer is married to a hollywood film star? it's an annual challenge for bbc news — how to make the complex economics of the budget accessible, without dumbing down. it was only to be expected that there were plenty of numbers around this week. but what surprised many viewers was that in a preview piece on monday, some of those numbers seemed to be flying right into the hands of the bbc‘s economics editor, kamal ahmed. inflation could fit 2.8% by the end of the year. that could mean a squeeze on living standards. the price of fuel has already hit an 18 month high. it now costs £9 and more to fill up the average family car thanit to fill up the average family car than it did a year ago. and what about the all—importa nt than it did a year ago. and what about the all—important issue of business confidence? well, the l

ahmed kathrada, welcome to hardtalk thank you for having me.you think back 50 years ago, what were the ideals for which you are fighting? in one sentence? it was for a non—racial, non—sexist, democratic south africa. that sums up the whole struggle. that sums up the whole struggle? but, for you, there were years of what became an incredibly difficult life? you were arrested more than 18 times? you spent 26 years of your life in prison? there must have been times when you thought that this wasn't for you. there was no such thought at all. the activities for which we were arrested, we already knew what the consequences could be. many of our colleagues were hanged. others were tortured to death, some were assassinated. we had an idea of what it could be. prison was a bonus because many of our colleagues didn't live to see it. you knew the price that you would have to pay. was there a moment when you were young which you felt was such an outrage that you committed your life to it? was itjust a way of living? it was an afterthought because i was bor

ahmed kathrada was 87.med kathrada, one of the leading figures in the fight against apartheid, has died at the age of 87. police in germany are still trying to figure out how one of the world's largest gold coins was stolen from a berlin museum. the thieves managed to evade a sophisticated alarm system, and bulletproof glass. if the coin was accepted in shops, you could spend $1 million canadian with it. however, in terms of its weight in gold, the coin is worth much more, around $4.6 million on the open market. it is 3cm thick, 53cm in diameter, and carries a likeness of queen elizabeth ii on one side. the coin was minted in canada about ten years ago. it is known the big maple leaf, and weighs 100kg. that is about the same as a refrigerator. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @benmbland. coming up injust a couple of minutes, sally has all the latest business news in world business report. well, we had a glorious weekend, nice start to the week, but things are set to turn

with me is our economics editor, kamal ahmed. oliver illott, senior researcher at the thinktank the institute for government, which works to make whitehall more effective. and the uk immigration lawyer natasha chell, partner at laura devine solicitors in london. it would be great if we could rehearse all of this, wouldn't it?! let's make a start. we will try to look at all of the different aspects if we can. the first question, oliver, we will start with you. what will happen if there is no deal at the end of two years? if we can't agree terms with the other 27 members? well, if there is no deal at the end of two years, then we are out, that is the process we have started today. we have started the countdown timer. and if there is no deal by marge 2019 —— march 2019, the way it is drafted in the eu

hello and welcome to newswatch with samira ahmed. 0n hello and welcome to newswatch with samira ahmed up but did bbc news get its news priorities the wrong way around? we discuss complaints at the embarrassment of the oscars was reported on as though it was an event of major global significance but really, was it? did you by any chance know that things didn't go entirely as planned at the oscars this year? thought so. if you tuned into any bbc news programme on monday, the strange event on monday we re monday, the strange event on monday were ha rd to monday, the strange event on monday were hard to avoid. it really shouldn't have been that difficult, opening the right envelope at the right time and naming the right film but at the oscars last night in front of a global audience of billions, it all went horribly wrong. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of west film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn't. that mistake was in the minds of scores of newswatch viewers followed by another mistake. this time by the bbc. as well as taking up time

kamal ahmed, bbc news. the last few minutes, lord heseltine has been sacked as government adviser after rebelling against the party. let's talk to our political correspondent. it isa it is a bit ofa it is a bit of a bolt out of the blue? it is a bit. lord heseltine has been very clear that he will be an helpful to government on wrecks it, in backing an amendment previously and to give eu citizens the right to stay on in britain. —— brexit. and making a speech today, as well as voting against his own government, when it comes to making a meaningful vote for brexit. the government has to seek parliamentary approval to do this deal and in the house of lords he made it very clear that he felt that mandate for the referendum shouldn't last for all time and all circumstances. the public opinion might change in a couple of years. that seems to be the last straw for downing street and he has issued a statement to the press associations tonight saying, i've just been told chief whip at the lords has been sacked. the

the anti—apartheid hero ahmed kathrada has died after a brief illness.hrada, who was 87—years old, dedicated his life to the struggle for freedom in south africa and remained politically active until his dying days. hundreds of syrian rebels and their families have left their last stronghold in the city of homs. under an evacuation deal backed by the russians, rebel fighters boarded buses out of the city, for another rebel—held area in the north. president trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, has agreed to testify to the senate intelligence committee, as part of its investigations into alleged russian interference in the us presidential election. now for the latest financial news with sally and world business report. president trump's expected to ditch obama's clean energy policies later today but the big question, will the move really help to boostjobs? and hit the road, jack. uber‘s self—driving cars are going back on the road after a crash in arizona. welcome to world business report. also american airlines and china's biggest airline agree a strategic

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.n rights lawyer is married to a hollywood film star? it is an annual challenge for bbc news. how to make the complex economics of the budget accessible, without dumbing down? it was only to be expected that there we re was only to be expected that there were plenty of numbers around this week, at what surprised many viewers was that in a preview on monday some of the numbers seemed to be flying right into the hands of the bbc‘s economics editor kamal ahmed. inflation could hit 2.8% by the end of the year and that could mean a squeeze on living standards. the price of fuel has already hit an 18 month high. it costs now £9 more to fill up the average family car than it did one year ago. and what about the all—importa nt issue it did one year ago. and what about the all—important issue of business confidence? well, the latest survey suggests that confidence is declining. graham was incredulity at what he saw and left us this telephone message. he was standing in the street, like sesame st

this is ahmed kathrada, speaking in visby, sweden, in 2014. historically a struggle for a nonracial, nonsexist, democratic south africa. that is what sent many people to prison. and that is for many, many of our colleagues, lost their lives and were not alive to see the birth of democracy in our country. amy: that was ahmed kathrada, speaking in 2014. he died in johannesburg on at the age of 87. tuesday and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the trump administration has unveiled its latest attempt to target sanctuary cities that are refusing to help federal agents detain and deport undocumented immigrants. on monday, attorney general jeff sessions said the justice department would withhold billions of dollars in grants to law enforcement agencies in sanctuary cities. >> the departmentnt of justice s a duty to enforce our nation's laws, including

laura: you may never have heard youra ahmed's name, but know her name.he image of her in a he job -- hijab made from the american flag was carried in protests. we have been speaking to her about the picture, which has gone global. me, the picture represents empowerment and inclusion and america. the original photo was shot in 2007. the concept behind the original photo was to shoot a muslim woman wearing a hijab, but instead of the fabric of the normal nonprint fabric, the fabric was an american flag and to have it shot in the proximity of ground zero when there was still a lot of questioning of the allegiance of muslim americans. as someone who is american and muslim, the concept spoke to me. and most visually compelling image of a muslim woman is a woman wearing a hijab, whether i choose to wear one or not. it is still relevant, something i feel a connection to. the photographer contacted me. inauguration, the early december, he said that rs, andphoto of ou artist contacted me to re-create it. i did not know how prominently. i was in d.c. i went to the

earlier, kemal ahmed explains some of the difficulties that may lie ahead. hammond, the man charged with piloting the uk economy through the next few years. i think theresa may and philip hammond know there are many challenges. today, ford and bmw both warned of the need for tariff free access to the eu. they said they want free labour movement across borders. and the public, theresa may has a challenge, brexit and economy have gone to the top of the list of what people are concerned about. if theresa may does not get a good deal with the eu, if there is economic damage, that is not just there is economic damage, that is notjust an there is economic damage, that is not just an economic there is economic damage, that is notjust an economic risk to number 10, it is also a pretty major political one. kemal ahmed. and before we go, surfers from around the world are competing in the big wave awards. surfers ride huge waves, some as high as up to 2a metres high, in locations around the world. in hawaii, australia, portugal and mexico. and the video of the best big

be getting the inside track on all the biggest stories of the week with our economics editor, kamal ahmed, including the stock market debut of snapchat‘s parent company. the shares jumped more than 40% on their first day of trading. well, one american school which invested $15,000 in the startup back in 2012, has banked millions, so today we want to know what's the best investment you've ever made. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. we begin with advertising. it often serves as an important key early indicator of how well an economy is faring. when advertising is doing well, we're buying and selling and economies tend to be growing. the world's biggest advertising agency, wpp, hasjust published its full—year results in the last hour and a half. in a moment we'll hear from the company's founder and chief executive, sir martin sorrell, but first let's take a look at the numbers. annual pre—tax profits of $2.3 billion for the group, up 26% on the previous year. the group has reported 2016 like—for—like net sales up 3.1%. however, that growth may be about to change as

kamal ahmed, bbc news. laura joins me from brussels now.festo pledge has been broken, but how much pressure is the government under, over this? i think there is a lot of pressure on them and in a way this has been one of, if not the most bumpy yesterday for theresa may's government since she took charge. backin government since she took charge. back in the heady days of the summer. back in the heady days of the summer. she's in trouble for two reasons. firstly, because of breaking that manifesto promise, even though she was trying at pains to get off on bat on a technicality, if you like, about how legislation went through the house of commons. but also because of who this tax rise will actually affect. for many tory mps, what she and the chancellor are doing is basically going after the tory tribes, going after their own people. the pm did have a couple of reassurances. she said the legislation won't come in until the autumn. she did hint at a package of measures, saying this basically couldn't be looked at in isolation. and above all, she

let's discuss all of this with our economics editor kamal ahmed. good morning. ke figures. i think it is a moment to take stock to an extent. this weekend in italy sees the marking of the 60th anniversary of the birth of what was the european economic commission. and to say at this moment, it has achieved a huge amount. we sometimes forget this was to stop war, which was successful. it integrated after the fall of the berlin wall, after the fall of communism across eastern europe. it launched a single currency relatively successfully. any people believe. we've got to a stage where there is this new fracture. britain is about to trigger article 50 to leave the european union, and both the finance minister of germany and jean—claude juncker have spoken about what the rest of europe will look like. john claude inker spoke to our editor and had this to say —— john claude yunker. we will be sad, as i was sad when the referendum took place in britain. for me, it is a tragedy. i'm everything but in a hostile mood, when it comes to britain. we'll negotiate in a frank wa

kamal ahmed, bbc news. what's expected to be her final eu summit before triggering the uk's departure from the european union. brexit will not be part of the formal discussions at the summit, but nearer to home scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has given her clearest indication yet that before the uk leaves the eu, the snp wants to hold another referendum on scottish independence. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. dizzying, not just the dizzying, notjust the backdrop but the political job at dizzying, notjust the backdrop but the politicaljob at hand. brussels working day for the british government no easier than on. friendly faces may be, but how much help world to reason may really get? what advice would you give theresa may? i wouldn't give her any advice. belgian sympathy perhaps. she's had problems in parliament, he said. the portuguese implored, mrs may can inform us what's her point of departure. but the pm on the verge of starting the divorce talks, the irish leader confirmed sh

kamal ahmed, bbc on millions of eu workers is turned around. kamalahmed, bbc news.sturgeon has ratcheted up the pressure on the prime minister today on another front, by sending a letter demanding the power to hold a second referendum. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, is in edinburgh tonight. has there been any answer to the letter? we have not heard yet from the prime minister. the scottish conservatives have said they think plans nicola sturgeon have set out our own wanted and unworkable, repeating the prime minister's view that there cannot be a referendum until after the uk has left the eu and voters have a chance to see how brexit plays out. the first minister disagrees. she says in the letter that there is no rational reason to block a referendum. but of course she knows what the answer will be. she even anticipates that by saying in the letter, in anticipation of your refusal to enter into discussions. she goes on to say, if and when that happens, she will set out what other steps she might take. what can she do? one option is to try and delay the progress o

kamal ahmed, bbc news.ints clear of their title challengers with a 2—1win at west ham. katie gornall watched the action. can anyone stop the march of chelsea? the can anyone stop the march of chelsea ? the league can anyone stop the march of chelsea? the league leaders arrived with only four defeats to their name in all competitions. although one of them came here. it was a result that had west ham bubbling with belief at the start, building the pressure on their rivals, before chelsea flicked their rivals, before chelsea flicked the switch. like a well—oiled machine they surged forward for eden hazard to score. though the celebrations were very nearly ambushed. security at the london stadium once again in the spotlight. throughout the first half, all the pressing came from chelsea. the only thing missing, precision. those in claret and blue offered little. after the break, they gave diego costa the simplest of chances to stretch chelsea's lead. the margin would have been wider but for the fingertips of the

kamal ahmed, bbc news. 0n the eve of the budget we can go back to laura kuenssberg in westminster.ond tomorrow? very difficult, he is somebody who is known to be fond of spreadsheets, somebody who is a believer very much ina somebody who is a believer very much in a conservative treasury so i think we would be wrong to looking for big, flashy, bold moves tomorrow. there are three things we re tomorrow. there are three things were looking out for. as we have heard, the budget is still extremely tight, there are cuts to come with human consequences. secondly, we know the treasury is still very cautious about the prospects as we move towards brexit and beyond and i think we will see him want to keep some of his spending power back rather than committing it all with the future so unclear. thirdly it will be important and fascinating to be on the hunt for clues as to what philip hammond wants to do in the long term. whether that is finding a solution for the social care crisis 01’ solution for the social care crisis or building a more dynamic economy, whether with skills or better schoo

ahmed sami khiderfrom london and hisham fadlallah from nottinghamshire — were part of a group of moren british doctors — many of them of sudanese origin — who joined so—called islamic state two years ago, as daniel sandford reports. what does the deltoid do? 0k? so a deltoid has anterior, middle and prosterior fibres. he was the young british medic who joined so—called islamic state and made a propaganda video encouraging others to follow. ahmed sami khider, one of those who died this weekend, is seen here in 2015 teaching is medical students anatomy and pleading for other doctors to join the self—declared caliphate. to specialists, all the people who are specialised surgeons, medicine, anything that you can help will be great here. he was one of a dozen british students, most from sudanese families, who all went to school in britain and were radicalised at the same medical college in khartoum beforejoining is. friends have told the bbc that he died at the weekend during this assault by iraqi government forces on mosul. he was in a convoy trying to leave the city and was killed in a f

big companies may now be going off the idea of zero hours contracts as our economics editor kamal ahmedlnshire. she sorts and packs potatoes and is on a zero hours contract — no guarantee about the amount of work she will do each week. it is flexible and it fits with her family life. nadine is one of that large band of employees happy on a controversial contract. it is good for me because it gives me family quality time as well. when my wife is at work, i look after our little boy. when my wife is on herfour days off, i come in for two days and do two days of work. but then i also get two days as a family with my wife and my little boy. a very different story for sophie shaw, who worked for seven years on zero hours contracts in the restaurant business. it was a chaotic life. i was working in restaurants on zero—hour contracts. i started off with one but i would get three hours one week, 60 hours the next week... you couldn't live like that, so i ended up taking on two other jobs in order to have some kind of security. and it still wasn't enough. it was a nightmare, it was crazy. i ende

and kamal ahmed, thank you very much.very warm weather on the way for some of us warm weather on the way for some of us tomorrow. the warmer, sunnier skies are actually a cross iberia, moving across this day and france. we need the sunshine to get the higher temperatures. today we have had a lot of cloud, and today we have had some rain around. very little rain across the south is, it is wetter further north and west. heavy rain pushing its way northwards across scotland for a while. we could see another pulse of rain in the south—west, threatening bizarre beast of england, running further north towards the midlands. throughout, a lot cloud —— threatening the south—east of england. a little bit chilly across northern passes of —— parts of scotland. there may be a bit of early sunshine. the result were going to see some rain from northern ireland, mostly crosby the eastern half of the country. a lot of wet weather through the irish sea, running into cumbria. an area offering across the south—west of england running through

our economics editor editor kamal ahmed has the analysis of the latest figures.rowth forecast. just i.4%. before slowly recovering to around 2% by 2020. today, certainly better news, at least for this year. 296 better news, at least for this year. 2% growth, but they look, that dip down as britain negotiates its way at the european union, before again at the european union, before again a slow recovery back to 2%. well, the economy has had more momentum coming through 2016 and into the early months of this year than we expected back in the autumn, but we haven't changed our view about the total growth that the economy can sustain over the next five years. so if you have more good news at the beginning of the forecast, you have slightly weaker growth through the rest of it. that is also true for borrowing. last november, it was predicted the deficit, that's the difference between what a government spends and what it receives in taxes, would hit £68.2 billion, on the far left of the graph, before falling every year, to £21 billion, by 2022. now, just for some conte

ahmed sami khider, one of those who died this weekend, is seen here in 2015 teaching is medical students pleading for other doctors to join the self—declared caliphate. to specialists, all the people who are specialised surgeons, medicine, anything that you can help will be great here. he was one of a dozen british students, most from sudanese families, who all went to school in britain and were radicalised at the same medical college in khartoum beforejoining is. friends have told the bbc that he died at the weekend during this assault by iraqi government forces on mosul. he was in a convoy trying to leave the city and was killed in a fire fight. his friend, hisham fadlallah, was also killed. seniorfigures in london's sudanese community said that even when the students joined is it had been devastating, and this was much worse. that was a shock in itself. now it is much shocking now to learn actually they come to an end and they died in a cause which most of us reject. as the is—controlled city of mosul falls and their other stronghold, raqqa, comes under extreme pressure, it's likely t

higher and middle earners will be hardest hit. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has been looking at theers, builders, minicab drivers, well paid management consultant, the strong army of the self—employed. they tend to pay less tax and the treasury does not much like that. i asked the man investigating whether phillip payment was right in increasing the tax? as it does, this is pretty fair, economically rational and it strengthens the base. this is a pretty good way to do it. mr hammond has talked about fairness. what are the differences between being employed directly by a company and being self employed 7 employed directly by a company and being self employed? per employed — pa rental leave, being self employed? per employed — parental leave, sick pay and holiday pgy- parental leave, sick pay and holiday pay. if you are self—employed you receive none of these rights. at present, an employed person on £25,000 per year would pay national insurance of £1970. for a self—employed person that falls to £1630. that will rise after this increase to over £1800. the gap has 110w increase to over

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed.ttack in westminster. hello and welcome. two big issues on the programme this week. bbc news programmes decamp to westminster near the site of wednesday's attack, was this the scale and response that the attacker might have hoped for? did coverage of martin mcguinness‘s death focus too much on his role as a peacemaker and not enough on his ira past? from early wednesday afternoon millions have watched what unfolded in westminster with a sense of shock and revulsion, and for some there was also concern about whether there was also concern about whether the huge media attention paid into the huge media attention paid into the hands of those who would support this outrage. —— played. we are going to update you on an ongoing incident going on at the palace of westminster. we were treated to nothing more than an often repeated sequence of 3—4 events that happened, interspersed with speculation, and then the event repeated and then more speculation. bbc, you can do better than this, repeatin

munira ahmed speaking about becoming the image of protest.ssue of democrats versus republican. now remember the row about the size of the crowds attending president trump's inauguration ceremony? yesterday the national parks service, in response to a freedom of information request, released a series of photos taken that day, as well as corresponding photos from president 0bama's inaugurations in 2009 and 2013. we can show you two of them on screen now. 0n the left is a photo from 2009 while on the right is one from january 2017. let me remind you of what donald trump said about these pictures a few weeks ago. we had a massive fields of people. packed. i get up this morning and i turn on one of the networks and they showed an empty field. i said, wait a the networks and they showed an empty field. isaid, waita minute, i made a speech, i looked out, the field looked like a million, 1,000,000 anda field looked like a million, 1,000,000 and a half people, they showed a field... he was not happy. in fairness, it was raining, showed a field... he w

the lawyer for ahmed ra himmy said he can't get a fair trial in union county because there's so muchews coverage about him. he was arrested after a gun battle with police in lyndon. he was on the run for days after planting bombs in seaside heights and two bombs in manhattan. >> two fallen firefighters are being i am mortgaalized in a ne mural. neighbor were welcomed to help paint the mural. when it's finished it will be hung on the lawncrest free library. lieutenant craig is the first female firefighter in philadelphia to die in the line of duty and hines is a fallen firefighter from the neighborhood where lieutenant craig worked. >> i think the auto biography of the city, i think their stories will live on for inspiration in public art. >> mayor kenney was there to contribute to the mural. firefighters hold a place in his heart since his father was a firefighter. >>> young professionals in philadelphia are getting a glimpse of what it's like to be homeless. more than 140 people slept outside in card board boxes in center city last night. they did it to raise awareness for homeless

one of those people operates a farm where he keeps bulls especially for racing, ejaz ahmed. >> translator: my grandfather was crazy about bull races. it's a family tradition. >> the family is pinning their hopes on the 31-year-oldson. he has taken on total responsibility for the bulls. he gives them feed that includes highly nutritious beans and plenty of rich milk to boost their stamina. he puts animals through final training before the big race. it requires two bulls and handler to make eight laps of the track. >> translator: great. they are running at a good pace. >> reporter: the family has a distinguished history in bull racing with many first prizes. he says the trophies drive his passion for the sport. the day of the big race has come. the weather is perfect. the first two bulls set off as he and his family look on proudly. but they can't keep it, their time is disappointing. must do better with the next two bulls. ejaz prays for them. a second round starts. the handler and his bulls dash together on the front. they keep up the pace all the way to the finish line. about 50 teams co

. >>> let's get to ahmed fareed to look what's coming up in sports. >>> we've got warriors and spurs. the top two teams in the nba meeting in san antonio tonight. but each team playing without most of their stars. a heavyweight bout turned into a battle of the benches. sports is next. [take sot] runs: 1:outq: ft >>> a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. are the warriors without their three all stars stilt warriors? by name technically. but it's clear that golden state not quite themselves right now. stefan curry, klay thompson, draymond green, iguodala getting the night off due to rest. kevin durant still hurt. it was the bench and the spurs and david lee down low. the former warrior putting it back. steve kerr need aid time-out. closing seconds of the half. ginobili to mills. fourth quarter ian clark. a career high 36 points. he went off. but the warriors do lose in san antonio. 107-85. >> obviously, you know, we're very offensively challenged with you know without our all of our top scorers and shooters. so it was some strange combinations out there. but i told the guy

ahmed sadiq eider, his sister, who is also a medical student, is still in raqqa.people who first heard about his death. of course, beyond that, some 850 british people went to so—called islamic state and of those, only about 400 have come back, with 130 killed. about 300 or so back, with 130 killed. about 300 or so british people are still in the islamic state and they are under extreme pressure, so islamic state and they are under extreme pressure, so the death toll of british is supporters is likely to rise very fast in the next few months. the government faces its first defeat over the brexit bill in the house of lords. 0pposition peers want the legislation amended to guarantee the rights of eu nationals to remain in the uk. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. yes, it is a packed chamber in the house of lords today. a very contentious issue about the rights of the 2 million eu citizens living in this country. theresa may says there's hope and expectation that she will be able to guarantee their rights to stay here, but she says she

kamal ahmed, bbc news.icola sturgeon has formally requested the transfer of powers from westminster to hold an independence referendum. in a letter to the prime minister, ms sturgeon says there is "no "rational reason" why this request should be declined. but downing street says it would be wrong to hold talks while the details of brexit remain uncertain. and the scottish tories accused the first minister of a "theatrical gesture". 0ur scotland political editor brian taylor reports. 0na on a settee, the very image of shoes of relaxation, the first minister signed a letter urging an independence referendum. an obvious contrast with the prime minister, signing goodbye to the eu at a desk below a portrait of britain's first prime minister. when i sit on the negotiating table in the months ahead... nicola sturgeon says she wishes theresa may every success in brexit talks on promises full and constructive support. yes, 69, no, 59. no abstentions. the motion is agreed. but she reminds the prime minister that holy

today at 5:30, we'll be speaking to our economics kamal ahmed. to our economics editor kamal ahmed.t in touch via twitter using the hashtag bbc ask this, or text your questions to 61124. you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk. the family of kurt cochran — the american tourist who was killed in last week's attack in westminster, have said he would not have borne any ill will towards his attacker. he and his wife melissa were on holiday in london to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary when they were struck on westminster bridge by a car driven by khalid masood. the bbc has learned that police believe the car was travelling at up to 76 miles per hour on westminster bridge where it hit and killed three pedestrians. 13 people are still being treated in hospital. 0ur correspondent richard lister reports. it was the last afternoon of their wedding anniversary tour of europe. kurt and melissa cochran were due to fly home the next day, but in an instant he was killed and she was badly injured. today their families were in london, paying tribute to the man they lost. he was an ama

. >> i'm honored to introduce ahmed here. >> what's going guys? >> he's going to train with us today. >> hey-ho. >> you need to run me over, just run me over. just go right over me. >> that was like a four, four high. >> i'd like to go 4:40. >> let's give support to the new guy. >> that's it. oh, yeah. >> hey! >> i broke it. >> you guys support him a little bit. >> this is 225. let's go, baby. >> this is the big opportunity. >> 225. combined weight, proday weight. you ready? >> that's about good. >> how close was i? >> you were there. you were there. >> thank you for your time. that was awesome. appreciate it. >> absolutely. come back. >> not tomorrow, though. i got to take a day to recover. >> 30 seconds to go in the quarter. for the first time since april of 2015 the warriors have lost two separate regular season games. a splash brothers have gone dry in those losses shooting a meezly 30% from the field and 19% from beyond the arc. they're not hitting the panic button. >> it's one thing for us to be off, it's another thing for every one of the s

her brother works at barclays, creating a possible conflict of interest. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmedis this to the bank of england? it's certainly significant. you have to go back a long way, to 2000, the last time that the treasury select committee actually said that somebody shouldn't be on the monetary policy committee. charlotte hogg and the events today are certainly unusual. they are a blow to the bank. this is the organisation that oversees the whole of the financial services sector in the uk. they have to be above punctilious. they have two be whiter than white. charlotte hogg admits that she breached her own rules. i think the question is for the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, he backed charlotte hogg. she offered her resignation last week. mark connolly turned it down. it wasn't until the mps came out this morning and said that she hadn't reached the correct standards of behaviour that mark carney accepted her behaviour. so there we re accepted her behaviour. so there were questions from the government has one. there's also a broader point. there is a real pr

o ahmed was arrested yesterday.y he is facing a long list ofis of charges including abductionbdtin andnow the name of o the fairfax county policeou officer who shot and killed a ki man during a chaotic barricade authorities say officer lance gucker burger. he was involved in two othero police-involved shootings but ut in those cases the suspects survived. >> yes, yes. s >> he rolled down his window and shot twice. twic. >> heard someone revving theirgr engine four or five times and ad then, you know, almost right there after i heard the after it gunshots. >> shots weregu fired. fir the victim of the shooting wassi taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.ad >> black lives they mattermater here. >> to hear the story that theyay put out was totally a shock tohk me because it's not terrence'see character. he was more than just anas mores employee. he was my brother and a very ave good >> i have faith that the police will get to the bottom bm of it in terms of what happened. ppened. >> it has been five monthsmoths since terrence sterling waserrei shot and killed by a d.c. a p

kamal ahmed, bbc news.port. that‘s why we are teaching the topic of intimacy with god. polished, and persuasive, benjamin preaching at thejubilee persuasive, benjamin preaching at the jubilee christian persuasive, benjamin preaching at thejubilee christian centre, south london, an independent church established 20 years ago. but and inner london crown court this afternoon silenced him as he and the church‘s so—called prophetess, rose, we re church‘s so—called prophetess, rose, were sentenced, having been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and sexual activity with a teenage girl. it was here in the church office that the victims were invited to meet privately with the self—styled bishop and the prophetess. told they needed to be anointed with oil as part of a pro—ceremony they were stripped naked. the accused then engaged them in sexual activity. i think a lot of it with sexual offences is about control, violence and satisfying sexual urges that he clearly displayed through the trial. this jubilee c

the father of the new jersey new york bombings suspect ahmed rahami said he previously notified the fbison was a terrorist. esteban santiago who allegedly killed 5 people and injured 8 at the florida airport after previously walking into an fbi office and claiming he was linked to isis. if our intel experts can't capture people that're literally placed before them, how can we have confidence that our system will catch people that're harder to find? sen. ron johnson: well, first of all, i don't think we have 100% confidence. it's the challenge we face. the number of people that fit that type of profile, you know, the number of potential terrorist cases the fbi is tracking down. the basic problem in a free society that does adhere to the principle "innocent until proven guilty" is what do you do with "not guilty yet"? it's an enormous challenge, which i think should direct our efforts in understanding what our priorities should be. we have to defeat isis. as long as isis remains, they're going to continue to conspire -- inspire this type of inspired lone wolf attack that we've certainly e

lastjune, the value of the pound has fallen over 18% against the us dollar. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmedis with me. nice to see you. running through some of the economic growth forecasts. let's start at the beginning. where are we now? where does it leave us this morning? the government has got through the legislation in the uk parliament, that means they can now write the formal letter to the european commission, triggering the exit process. from that moment, which is likely to be the end of this month they have two years to negotiate, not only britain's exit from the european union, which is the technical issue that needs to be done there, but for the british government they also in parallel wa nt to government they also in parallel want to negotiate a new trade deal with the european union. a lot of people say that is a big stretch in two years, but that is the way the government wants to approach it. it has made it clear britain does not wa nt to has made it clear britain does not want to be in the single market and it is unlikely to be in the customs union. whatever the trade deal i

then was thrown to the ground and about 4:00 this afternoon olice arrested 20-year-old ahmed. we have new video of a drive by shooting in southwest d.c. a week ago. two men are running down the sidewalk as a car slowly drives by. you can see it in the video, the yellow one. two different cameras caught the scene. one person was hurt but survived. so far right now no arrests have been made. >> a racketeering scandal has rocked the baltimore police department. a federal indictment accuses seven officers of stealing, filing false affidavits, and lying about overtime. prosecutors say one officer is also charged with distributing drugs. according to reports this all happened while the department of justice was investigating baltimore police in the wake of freddie gray's death. >> part of the reality of reform is looking within our organization and pulling the covers back and seeing who is betraying community. >> the officers are in f.b.i. custody and have been suspended without pay. the u.s. attorney said five federal cases had to be dropped because some of the indicted officers we

hello and welcome to newswatch with samira ahmed.ars was reported on as though it was an event of major global significance but really, was it? did you by any chance know that things didn't go entirely as planned at the oscars this year? thought so. if you tuned into any bbc news programme on monday, the strange events on stage were hard to avoid. it really shouldn't have been that difficult — opening the right envelope at the right time and naming the right film but at the oscars last night in front of a global audience of billions, it all went horribly wrong. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn't. that mistake was in the minds of scores of newswatch viewers followed by another mistake. this time by the bbc. as well as taking up significant airtime on breakfast and the news channel, the mix—up occupied the first seven or so minutes of both the news at one and the news at six. that pushed what many considered more significant subjects down th

kamal ahmed, what is the main impact for you?rrowing expected from the government, a very big upgrade in the growth forecast for the economy. but real concerns about the risk going into 2018 and 2019. both the chancellor and the 0ffice 2019. both the chancellor and the office for budget responsibility, the official economic watchdog, were careful not to mention brexit. but thatis careful not to mention brexit. but that is why the reasons why there are still caution about next year. of course we will be then in the teeth of the negotiations to leave the eu. but now we have some time to digest some of the biggest behind what the office for budget responsibility said about the economy, they said there was still the squeeze on people prozac incomes. that consumer confidence could for as inflation rises. so you have this sort of upfront good news for 2017 but then into 2018, worse news and it says the government target, the new target to balance the books by early in the next parliament, it describes that is challenging at best. and t

with the frustration building, hatem ahmed compares the security forces to his former oppressors.e difference between the is police and these guys, he asks. "the is police beat us, and they beat us, just for asking forfood." "is this the liberation they've brought us? " nearby, some are returning to this 5555575555555 55155555 5551555! like abdul hami jasum, an ice cream seller. he says they threatened to hang his wife because she dared to oppose them. she hid in the fields to survive. isis knocked through the wall, he tells us, so they could move unseen from house to house. their reign of terror has destroyed the fabric of his neighbourhood. "we can never live again with those who collaborated with is," he says. "if i catch the man who informed on my wife, i will cut him into pieces." the battle for mosul may now ' ' ' ,,(,,:q _ this ancient city emerging from modern—day barbarity. when the caliphate crumbles, there will be much to rebuild, including a divided community. 0 rla orla guerin reporting. in the united states this monday, the intelligence committee of the house of repr

we meet ahmed, who keeps pigeons but because of this he came to the attention of is, who were not happyerber, is out of the miami 0pen. she lost in straight sets in the quarter—finals to three—time winner, venus williams. the 36—year—old american who's seeded 11th prevailed 7—5, 6—3 in an hour and a0 minutes as she looks to win this tournament for the first time since 2001 having also been a beaten finalist in 2010. venus will play britain'sjohanna konta in the semi—finals after she knocked out number three seed simon halep. 10th seed konta had a wobble in the second set but went on to win the three set encounter. the 25—year—old becomes the first british woman to reach the last four in miami. the un—seeded fabio fognini has knocked out the second seed kei nishikori in the miami masters. the japanese player was the runner—up last year but was always on the back foot in this quarter—final. italian fognini becomes the first un—seeded player to make the miami semi—finals in ten years. he now faces rafa nadal who beat the american jack sock in straight sets. africa is not a continent usuall

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed.ure of these outside broadcasts exactly the response the attacker might have hoped for? and did coverage of martin mcguinness' death focus too much on his role as a peacemaker and statesman, and not enough on his ira past? from early wednesday afternoon onwards, millions of us have watched what unfolded in westminster, with a sense of shock and revulsion. for some, though, there was also concern about whether the huge media attention played into the hands of those who would support this outrage. you are watching bbc news. updating you on an ongoing incident outside the palace of westminster... we were treated to nothing more than oft repeated sequences of something like three or four events that have happened, interspersed with speculation, then the events repeated, then more speculation. bbc, you can do better than this. repeating things over and over again, highlighting the terrorism, isn't that exactly what the terrorists want? i rather suspect it is. tim crompton with his views, th

with the frustration building, hétém ahmed ifimg‘sfié‘é magi-fit? forces to his former oppressors.ween the is police and these guys, he asks. the is police beat us, and they beat us, just for asking forfood. is this the liberation they've brought us? nearby, some are returning to this battle—scarred neighbourhood. like abdul hami jasum, an ice cream seller. his home was occupied by is for three months. he says they threatened to hang his wife because she dared to oppose them. she hid in the fields to survive. isis knocked through the wall, he tells us, so they could_mo1e_unseeil their reign of terror has destroyed the fabric of his neighbourhood. we can never live again with those who collaborated with is, he says. if i catch the man who informed on my wife, i will cut him into pieces. the battle for mosul may now be in its final phase. this ancient city emerging from modern—day barbarity. when the caliphatecrumbles, | including a divided community. the director of the fbi, james comey, will appear before a congressional intelligence committee later on monday, to give evidence abou

kamal ahmed, bbc news.related to memories of people and places. he drew inspiration from everything from the french ipressionists to the landscapes of india. his well—known pieces included this poster, on the theme of swimming, commissioned for the 2012 london olympics. with me is the art critic richard cork. richard, thank you very much for coming in and we will have a look at some of these amazing piece says. how influential was a to british art in particular? a hugely so, i think. he was an artist who grew and grew. he was an artist who grew and grew. he started off in a rather quiet way and once people got hold of the fact that he was doing something wonderful with his paint and his brush, i think, wonderful with his paint and his brush, ithink, by wonderful with his paint and his brush, i think, by the end of his life he was up there in my view, and a lot of other people's opinion as well, as one of the great british artist of his day. talk to us about his style. we have four pictures we can rotate thr