the alleged attack took place in the popular resort of ayia napa.woman and is in contact with the police. tom bateman is in paralimni, where today's court appearance was held. it was in the early hours of yesterday morning that a 19—year—old british woman contacted the police just down the road in ayia napa to say she had been raped in the hotel she was staying in. later that day the authorities arrested 12 teenagers, they are all israeli aged between 15 and 18. in the last hour and a half they have appeared in court. as they arrived, they covered their faces with jackets, came court. as they arrived, they covered theirfaces with jackets, came into theirfaces with jackets, came into the court room, they were handcuffed in pairs as their parents shouted m essa 9 es in pairs as their parents shouted m essa g es of in pairs as their parents shouted messages of support, some of whom had flown from israel, and embraced their children as they were taken into the courtroom. the judge confirmed their names but then told reporters to leave due to the young a

. 0ur correpondent tom bateman is in ayia napa.ay morning that a 19—year—old british woman contacted the police here in ayia napa and said she had been raped in her hotel room up the road from where we are standing now. the police began an investigation, later in the day they arrested 12 teenagers, all israeli nationals aged between 15 and 18. this afternoon they appeared in court, they were brought in in pairs, handcuffed to each other. some of their parents had flown over from israel and tried to embrace them as they were brought into the court room, shouting messages of support. they have been remanded in custody for eight days, no charges have been brought. the uk foreign office says it is supporting a 19—year—old british woman who was assaulted and they are in touch with police here. thank you very much. supporters of president trump have chanted "send her back" at a rally in north carolina as he criticised ilhan 0mar, a somalian—born democratic congresswoman. she is one of four woman in the us house of representatives known a

between 15 and 18 and are alleged to have attacked the woman in a hotel room in the holiday resort of ayia napaort today. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a disastrous start for the home favourite. rory mcilroy has a nightmare first round at the open in northern ireland. vuelta champion simon yates claims a first stage win on the tour de france, as the race enters the pyrenees. and claims of colonialism overshadow what is set to be a tantalising africa cup of nations final between senegal and algeria. hello and welcome to the programme. perhaps the weight of expectation proved too much at the open. 0n the opening day at royal portrush, the home favourite, rory mcilroy, had a round to forget, the northern irishman with a score of eight—over, including a quadruple bogey on the first hole. tiger woods had a bad day too. he is on seven—over. defending 0pen champion francesco molinari has his work cut out to stay in contention. but at the top, jb holmes leads the way on five—under, with ireland's shane lowry a shot behind

arrested a british teenager who had accused 12 israeli men of raping her in the popular resort of ayia napall the men she had accused of assault were released from custody. the 19—year—old claimed that the attack happened last week at the hotel where she was staying. she'll appear in court tomorrow. roads and rail lines have been closed today in north—west england because of flooding after half a months worth of rain fell in 2a hours. cars were left stranded on roads in stockport, and sections of the m60 motorway in greater manchester were temporarily shut following heavy rain. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for tuesday across parts of the midlands, south—west england and wales, warning that thunderstorms could lead to flooding and travel disruption. democrats in the united states have renewed accusations of racism against president trump, after he criticised an african—american congressman. the president accused elijah cummings, who's the head of a powerful committee, of trying to hurt innocent people while doing nothing for his baltimore district, which mr trump brande

cyprus following claims she falsely accused 12 israeli teenagers of raping her in the resort of ayia napa spent more than a week in custody on the island before being released. the woman — who's 19, but hasn't been named — is accused of causing public mischief. profits at the bakery chain greggs rose by more than 50% in the past six months. that's double the amount the firm reported for the same period in 2019. greggs say the success of their vegan sausage roll has helped the growth. a former high courtjudge says the police officers involved in the inquiry into an alleged vip paedophile ring should be investigated themselves. sir richard henriques — who led a review of the police operation— alleges officers had doubts about the credibility of the accuser carl beech, but hid them from a judge when applying for search warrants. beech was jailed for 18 years last week for lying about being tortured and abused. june kelly reports. last week, carl beech was given an 18—year sentence for the lies he told in police interviews. i had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted

arrested a british teenager who had accused 12 israeli men of raping her in the popular resort of ayia napa at the hotel where she was staying. the woman will appear in court tomorrow, and according to a police source, is thought to be facing charges of giving a false statement about an imaginary offence. the iranian president says he hopes boris johnson‘s "familiarity" with the islamic republic will help improve relations between iran and britain. in a message posted on the official iranian presidency website, hassan rouhani said he hoped mrjohnson could get rid of obstacles preventing the growth of relations between the two countries. earlier this month, british royal marines seized an iranian tanker near gibraltar which was suspected of breaking eu sanctions. later in the month a british—flagged oil tanker was seized by iranian forces in the strait of hormuz. meanwhile, senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china have met representatives from iran in vienna to discuss how to save the 2015 nuclear deal. iran said the meeting was constructive, but warned that it will f

arrested a british teenager who had accused 12 israeli men of raping her in the popular resort of ayia napad that the attack happened last week, at the hotel where she was staying. she'll appear in court tomorrow. roads and rail lines have been closed in north—west england because of flooding, after half a month's worth of rain fell in 2a hours. cars have been left stranded on roads in stockport and sections of the m60 motorway in greater manchester were temporarily shut following heavy rain. the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain across parts of the midlands, the north west of england, northern ireland and south—west scotland until midnight tonight. he's 15, he's from essex, and he'sjust won nearly £1 million playing a computer game. jaden ashman and his dutch team—mate came second in new york, in the world cup duos final of fortnite, the biggest esports competition ever held. it's a remarkable achievement, as around a0 million people attempted to reach the finals, over weeks of online competition. eventually 100 made it, with 11 from the uk, all vying for a prize pool

arrested a british teenager who had accused 12 israeli men of raping her in the popular resort of ayia napaened last week, at the hotel where she was staying. the woman will appear in court tomorrow, and according to a police source, is thought to be facing charges of giving a false statement about an imaginary offence. a network described as "the linkedin for black professionals" has attracted more than 30,000 members. kite 0niwinde set up the business in 2017 to help black professionals advance their careers. dougal shaw reports. this is a networking event aimed at young black professionals. this business woman has been organising gatherings like this for two years now. there's a lot of negative stereotypes in terms of black people are all in crime, or we are just musicians or rappers, or we are not doing very well in the educational system. but actually there is a lot of black talent, there's a lot of black people doing well in different fields across the board that are not represented. byp network is all about bringing that talent all in one platform, so others can see us and know we ex

the alleged attack took place in the popular resort of ayia napa.as held. it was in the early hours of yesterday morning that a 19—year—old british woman contacted the police just down the road in ayia napa to say she had been raped in the hotel she was staying in. later that day the authorities arrested 12 teenagers, they are all israeli and aged between 15 and 18. in the last hour and a half they have appeared in court. as they arrived, they covered their faces with jackets, came into the court room, they were handcuffed in pairs as their parents shouted messages of support, some of whom had flown from israel, and embraced their children as they were taken into the courtroom. the judge confirmed their names but then told reporters to leave due to the young age of one of them, the 15—year—old. they were remanded in custody for another eight days to give police more time to investigate. no charges have yet been brought, but as for the british authorities, they say they are in contact, they are supporting this 19—year—old woman in ayia napa and in co

. —— ayia napa.eries of attacks aimed at four after a series of attacks aimed at foui’ congresswomen after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen in which he told them to go back to their own countries. the resolution, which is very rarely used, denounced the comment as racist. this afternoon the president went on the offensive again, calling the politicians the four horsewomen of the apocalypse. nick bryant reports from washington. on capitol hill, fierce words of condemnation for the president‘s racist tweets. i know racism when i see it. i know racism when i feel it. and at the highest level of government, there is no room for racism. these comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting, and these comments are racist. the republicans tried and failed to get nancy pelosi‘s rebuke scrubbed from the record. can i ask for the words to be taken down? i make the point of order that the gentlewoman's words are unparliamentary and ought to be taken down. and such was the mood of acr

i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. 12 israelis have been arrested in ayia napa in cyprus over thes together in pairs. some of their parents had flown from israel and were shouting m essa 9 es flown from israel and were shouting m essa g es of flown from israel and were shouting messages of support to them, some embracing them inside the building before proceedings got under way. thejudge confirmed the before proceedings got under way. the judge confirmed the names of those 12 young man in court but then asked reporters to leave because of the age of one of those involved. one of the suspects is a 15—year—old boy. the proceedings then carried on for the next hour or so and at the end of that the judge remanded the 12th in custody, giving the police a further eight days to carry on with their investigations. the lawyers we have just spoken to outside said that no formal plays have been entered. that will be further in the process and no charges have been brought. this is still in the very early stages of the investigation and after early yesterday morning a british woman in a diane