this is bbc news. the headlines: 14,000 1a,000 civilians 1a, 000 civilians have 1a,000 civilians have left mosul in the last one to four hours, as iraqi coalition forces try to defeat so—called islamic state —— the last 24 so—called islamic state —— the last 2a hours. results are coming in as diverse members of the new northern ireland assembly are elected it seems the dup and sinn fein will remain the largest parties —— results are coming in as new members. prosecutors said thatjuan thompson was also charged with cyber his girlfriend. the main centre—right candidate in the french presidential race has suffered a further blow with the resignation of his spokesperson and another party withdrawing its support. at ten o'clock we have a round—up of the day's news, but now it is time for newswatch. welcome to newswatch. on this week's programme, they got their envelopes mixed up, but did bbc news get its news priorities the wrong way round? we discuss complaints that the embarrassment of the oscars was repo

media, we have north korea threatening a new arms race and yet the whole world comes to a standstill because warren beatty opens the wrong envelope. if the bbcive on this sort of thing? itjust dominated breakfast and it dominated the whole of the news for the rest of the day and in fact the next day! i was sick to death of hearing about it! come on bbc, get a grip. no awards from viewers of the best news broadcaster there. the disgru ntlement viewers of the best news broadcaster there. the disgruntlement continued through the week. bbc news reported on thursday that the two accountants from pricewaterhousecoopers held responsible for the fiasco would not be working on the oscars again and on friday they would be given bodyguards following threats on social media. stuart reynolds was another viewer who thought bbc news was living in la la land, tweeting. .. well, another viewer who contacted us well, another viewer who contacted us this week was mary kavanagh. she is in our oxford studio. also we have the bbc control of daily news programming. mary, what was your objection? i felt exactly the same as those to viewers that have just given thei

to discuss how bbc news has covered the attacks and joined by gavin allen, the bbc controller of news what was to be gained by all of these outside broadcasts, given there were no further developments. there were further developments on the morning after, for instance, and it remained after, for instance, and it remained a situation which was unfolding and there was a minutes silence about to happen and mps were coming back for a special statement by the prime minister later that morning. it is partly about the nature of news, and to be ata partly about the nature of news, and to be at a location, where something has happened, you do get a better understanding as a journalist, rather than when you are sitting at a desk, and it conveys to the audience that this is a major event and this will have a huge impact on the uk. there is a concern about co pycats. the uk. there is a concern about copycats. i don't think responsibly reporting what has happened is encouraging people to repeat it. we are very aware of the responsibilities we have but we are also aware that there are millions of p

richard wescott, bbc news, the arctic circle. wing last week's election. sinn fein and the dup have three weeks to agree a deal or risk having direct rule imposed from westminster. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler is at stormont tonight. complex negotiations — and they've not got much time to do it. there is a lot that sinn fein and the dup disagree on. perhaps no more fundamental disagreement within these negotiations than the position of arlene foster. sinn fein want the dup leader to step aside as first minister while an investigation ta kes pla ce minister while an investigation takes place into a financial scandal surrounding a botched green energy scheme. the democratic unionist party say she has done nothing wrong and that sinn fein's demand is com pletely and that sinn fein's demand is completely unacceptable. that is how they walk into these talks, a total stalemate. sinn fein have been overlyjubilant, stalemate. sinn fein have been overly jubilant, celebrating their election results which have seen them reduce the

this is bbc news. biggest humantarian crisis since 1945 according the united nations. turkey's president calls the dutch "nazi remnants and fascists" us secret service agents arrest an intruder trying to enter the white house. a retiring femalejudge is criticised for saying women can protect themselves against potential rapists by not getting too drunk. critics say her remarks blame victims for the crime. also in the next hour. the government cracks down on ticket touts. computer software which buys hundreds of tickets within seconds is to be made illegal with law breakers facing unlimited fines. and at twickenham. ..

jenny hill, bbc news, saarland. age on some passenger flights arriving in the uk and the us have come into effect. laptops, tablets and large smart—phones will now have to travel in the hold on flights from turkey, parts of the middle east and north africa. simon jones has more. wrapped up, ready for the hold. security at this airport in istanbul has just got tighter. no laptops, tablets and ereaders allowed in hand luggage on flights to the us and the uk. some passengers preparing for a long journey were not impressed. this airport is so secure. the security level is so high, compared to other airports in the rest of this part of the world. so why are they doing this from here? if you see it like this, you will say everybody can be a terrorist. it is not respectful of turkish people. i think it is not good. the countries affected by the uk laptop ban are turkey, lebanon, jordan, egypt, saudi arabia and tunisia. the us ban covers turkey, morocco, jordan, egypt, the united arab emirates, qatar, saudi arabia and kuwait

pablo uchoa, bbc news.rk geun—hye has vowed that "the truth will out" after leaving office days afterjudges upheld a parliament decision to impeach her. massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president's official residence, the blue house. her departure means she no longer has presidential immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. our correspondent in seoul is steve evans. he told me what he made of the manner of her departure. well, i think it is an assertion that she is innocent. her difficulty is that 30 people around her have now been formally accused of various aspects of an alleged corruption scandal so it is quite hard to see that the person at the heart of those allegations is not going to get charged and her assertion is she has done nothing wrong and she will prove it. the difficulty i think is that before, while she was still president, the special investigator wanted to talk to her to get her side of the story but it was never forthcoming. she simply said

we'll we back to his ill thought about bbc news coverage. “— to his ill thought about bbc news coverageello. there will be some chilly nights this weekend. there will be frost for some of us as the weekend begins, but by day, this weekend, it is sun, sun, sun. what a glorious weekend if you're a fan of blue skies. high pressure right across the uk. the weather ingredients this weekend, because of high pressure, as you might imagine, it's going to be settled. there will be some warm spring sunshine around, but for some others there will be a noticeable breeze. we will need to shelter from that to enjoy the warm sunshine. some chilly nights with frost around. looking at the temperatures as the weekend begins, these are the urban readings, but away from the towns and cities in the countryside we will see those lower readings on the thermometer. in parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland we'll see frost. many of us will have widespread frost on ground and grass. a few patches of fog in parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, the midlands and parts of wales. that shouldn't last to

naomi grimley, bbc news, south—west germany. ddress the un in new york and call for a formal investigation into is for the crime of genocide. amal clooney, whose husband is the hollywood film star george clooney, told me why she has decided to represent the yazidis, and why their cause is so important to her. i've been to refuges in germany, like the one you showed in your piece, and i've interviewed former child soldiers and young girls who were raped and enslaved by isis. it's been the most harrowing testimony had ever heard. we know that it's genocide. the un has said so. in other words, isis is trying to destroy them as a group. we are allowing it to happen without actually calling isis to account. so, what do you think can be done, practically, to bring islamic state to justice? the first step that should be taken is for evidence to be collected on the ground, because we know that it's disappearing. so, there are mass graves that are being discovered. just a few days ago, in mosul, a huge mass grave that is thought to have 4

this is bbc news.ria, south cezanne and somalia in what the un says is the biggest humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world war. —— south sudan. ajudge the second world war. —— south sudan. a judge has the second world war. —— south sudan. ajudge has been criticised for warning women they put themselves at greater risk of rape if they drink too much. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said it would be absolutely fine for scotland to hold a second referendum on independence. how to buy tickets online and seldom for inflated prices are to face unlimited fines. the crackdown follows pressure from mps. and england have beaten scotla nd mps. and england have beaten scotland 61—21 to win rugby's six nations. now on bbc news, in path to pyeongchang, nick hope brings

david sillito, bbc news.civilians try to flee mosul as iraqi forces reclaim the city block by block, from islamic state militants. a 23—year—old man jailed for killing a boy and his aunt during a police car chase in london, had over 50 previous convictions. bt has bowed to demands to hive off the part of the business that runs the uk's broadband infrastructure, 0penreach, into an entirely separate company. it's in response to demands by the industry regulator 0fcom and follows accusations that it prioritised its own customers over rivals like sky, talktalk and vodafone. but will the move make any difference to customers in terms of a better service and faster broadband? technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. 90% of british homes can now get fast broadband. but in this part of rural arcing show you can't get any connection at all from bt. —— buckingham shah. gary ashworth, who has campaigned get his village connected, says the company and 0penreach are failing britain. they have a semi— monopoly o

bbc news, queensland. tim: you are watching bbc "world news america." throughout history clothing has created perceptions of what we are. an exhibition at the national museum of the american indian in new york reveals how native americans today are developing their own contemporary look in changing the way we think about style and identity. jane o'brien reports. jane: from couture just read wearo streetwear, day to costume, it is almost impossible to design native fashion, but that is hardly surprising. after all, each tribe is a nation with its own identity and culture, and there are hundreds of artists working across the vast american continent. they are all doing their own thing. what is the artist trying to do here? these are not clothes i would wear. >> these dresses are really an expression of the creation story, the connection to the stars. she has chosen this mylar. i don't believe they are really meant necessarily to be worn, because the material. they are really a statement an explosion of these ideas. this one, by contrast, you could wear. it

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. angry about comments by the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan. he's accused germany of nazi practices — after several towns cancelled political rallies involving turkish ministers. more than a million turks living in germany are eligible to vote in a referendum, which could give mr erdogan sweeping new constitutional powers next month. police in the us city of seattle are hunting for an attacker who shot a sikh man and told him to leave the country. the victim is a us national of indian origin. the gunman approached him outside his house, before shooting him in the arm. the attack follows a deadly gun attack on two indians in kansas last month. iraqi government forces are now reportedly within a few hundred metres of government buildings in the old city of mosul. it has forced 16,000 people to flee the city. the hamam al—alil refugee camp, just south of mosul, is approaching maximum capacity. bbc‘s rami ruhayem met some of the refugees there. the people of mosul endure yet anothe

this is bbc news. the headlines: the chancellor philip hammond has increased national insurance bills for self—employed people in his first budget, leading to accusations he has broken a manifesto pledge not to raise taxes. the budget included an extra £2 billion for the social care system in england, as the chancellor said he was putting the economy on a solid footing. as we start our negotiations to exit the eu, this budget takes forward oui’ the eu, this budget takes forward our plan to prepare britain for a brighterfuture. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said the budget was built on unfairness and provided tax breaks for the few and public service cuts for the many. utter complacency about the crisis facing our public services, and complacent about the reality of daily life for millions of people in this country. in other news, police searching for missing airman corrie mckeague say they are "confident" his body will be found at a landfill site. the raf serviceman has not been seen since a night

this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: police investigating wednesday's attack in westminster say they've found no evidence that khalid masood had any link with so—called islamic state. i would more describe him as someone who has been exploited, a man who is clearly a lone actor who has come up from the basement so to speak to commit a murderous and cowardly attack. with only two days to go before the brexit process is triggered, nicola sturgeon and theresa may hold their first face—to—face talks since the demand for a new independence referendum. political parties in northern ireland have been given more time to try to form a power—sharing government after failing to meet today's deadline. and on newsnight, we have the uk television exclusive with rachel dollars out, the black activist who turned out to be white. —— rachel dolezal. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police say they've found no evidence that the westminster attacker had links to the so—called islamic state group

sarah corker, bbc news.lic, a journalist following turkish issues here in london, joined me earlier. she explained what president erdowan is trying to achieve. what he wants to do now is he wants to gain the support of the turkish diaspora, which is why he is also leading the election campaign, into europe especially. what will the scenes like this, though... we've had these pictures beamed in to us in the last few minutes... what will the scenes like this be doing domestically, do you think? well, domestically, these scenes will actually help the situation in erdogan's hands, because he has been campaigning for a long time for the presidential system. and, as you may know, turkey has been faced with terror attacks in the last few months. and he has always used this, and especially a july 15 coup attempt, which was the reason why he's saying that the referendum system should be resolved with a yes vote. so these scenes will actually, in his own thing, strengthen him, do you think? yes, definitely strengthen

stuart reynolds was another viewer who thought bbc news was living in la la land, tweeting. .. ho contacted us this week was mary kavanagh. she is in our 0xford studio. also we have the bbc controller of daily news programming, gavin allen. mary, what was your objection? i felt exactly the same as those to viewers that have just given their views. there was so much time spent on this one silly item and i think my views were, from the breakfast programme where dan walker and louise were trying desperately to keep the momentum going and they were so excited, oh, we are going to the red carpet! and we went to the red carpet and there was this poor man standing in a kilt, desperately trying to speak to somebody and he couldn't get anybody to speak to him. i think he would have grabbed a cleaner if he could and it was just silly. i know there is always an issue every year with 0scars coverage... there is. ..but this year it was compounded. is it because it is fun? of course, it makes a nice refreshing change in the mix. viewers just feel you overdo it. 0n the six 0'clock news we did

jane dreaper, bbc news.ge in the west midlands. the woman's husband is in hospital. police say a man, in his 20s — who is known to the family — has been arrested. our correspondent sima kotecha is there. just after 8am this morning emergency crews turned up at the property behind me to find a family who had been seriously stabbed. the mother who was in her 50s was pronounced dead at the scene, the boy, a 13—year—old, was taken to a hospital and died a short while later. the father is in hospital and said to be in a critical condition with serious stab wounds to his chest and his back. they are being named locally as peter and tracey wilkinson while the boy neighbours say was called peers piers. police say was called peers piers. police say they intervened in a land rover and a man was arrested on suspicion of murder and and a man was arrested on suspicion of murderand winding. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry have released a series of films for their heads together campaign designed to enco

this is bbc news. the headlines... en criticised by some tory backbenchers, but philip hammond says the government is facing new challenges. what i did yesterday was address a basic continuing unfairness in the current system. the benefits available to the self—employed have significantly improved. this is not the time to do it — when consumer spending is just dipping, and at the front line of the effects of that will be the sole traders and self—employed. theresa may is in brussels for what's expected to be her final

elaine dunkley, bbc news. speech to congress to declare what he called a new chapte of american greatness. adopting a measured tone, very different to his more volatile tweets, he promised "massive tax relief for the middle class" and asked congress to pass a $1 trillion package to build new infrastructure. the president said america "strongly supports nato" but stressed that nato members "must meet their financial obligations." from washington, here's our north america editorjon sopel. they say that practice makes perfect. and when you're singing a new tune, probably best to give it the full rehearsal. the president of the united states! donald trump's tone couldn't have been more different. warm, inclusive, unifying and optimistic. what we are witnessing today is the renewal of the american spirit. 0ur allies will find that america's once again ready to lead. applause. and for anxious european nations, supportive words on nato. were strongly support nato, and alliance were strongly support nato, an alliance

this is bbc news. i'm gavin grey.ens of thousands of civilians are trying to flee mosul as iraqi forces reclaim the city block by block from islamic state militants. the pentagon promises a full investigation into military personnel who shared nude photographs of female colleagues on social media. many hundreds of people — members of the standing rock sioux nation and their supporters — have marched through washington to protest against the controversial dakota access pipeline. native american tribes say leaks from the oil pipeline will pollute water supplies and endanger sites they consider sacred. chase iron eyes with the lakota people's law project joins us from washington. thank you very much indeed for your time. the various companies involved believe it is just a matter of weeks 110w believe it is just a matter of weeks now before some 550,000 barrels of oil at begin flowing through the pipeline. what were you hoping to achieve with the protests? today's gathering was another in a long—lasting struggle against b

caroline davies, bbc news.ds is a reporter for the australian website news.com.au and shejoins me now from airlie beach. amaq, we're glad you say. tell us what you are seeing and what is happening around you. well, we were on holiday in airlie beach and were evacuated from our hotel on the waterfront. we are now at another hotel slightly up the hill. it still just a couple of 100 metres from the beach. 0r just a couple of 100 metres from the beach. or we can hear is this terrifying noise, howling winds, cracking of branches, or possibly damaged houses, we don't know is we cannot see. all we can see is branches strewn about the hotel driveway. sheets of rain just moving across the sky and a bit of flooding around the hotel. we do have pictures, radar pictures, of the track of the cyclone, which is appearing right off the coast. i believe you were told to move earlier. tu have fiercely your safety? are people around you feeling safe? —— do you. safety? are people around you feeling safe? -- do you. we were not re

this is bbc news. i'm nicholas owen. the headlines at 7pm: the chancellor phillip hammond rejects calls for ‘huge spending sprees‘ in his first budget on wednesday. as we embark on the journey that we will be taking over the next couple of years we are confident that we have enough gas in the tank to see us through thatjourney. the white house asks congress to investigate allegations barack obama ordered wire—taps on president trump during the election. the director of national intelligence at the time denies the claims there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president elect at the time, as a candidate or against his campaign. iraqi troops close in on government buildings in the city of mosul after intense clashes with so—called islamic state. also: the ‘smart‘ meters that turned out to be anything but... come downstairs this morning, to look at the smart meter, and it is reading £7,000 on it. i've only put on the dishwasher and washing machine this morning. and in sportsday — another gold for britain in b

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. all british workers are self—employed —— under the new tax change announced yesterday more than half of them will lose out. higher and middle earners will be hardest hit. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has been looking at the numbers. hairdressers, 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 rece

elaine dunkley, bbc news. p has used his first speech to congress to declare what he called a new chapter of american greatness. adopting a measured tone, very different from his more volatile tweets, he promised "massive tax relief for the middle class", and asked congress to pass a $1 trillion package to build new infrastructure.he said the us "strongly supports nato", but that members of the alliance "must meet their financial obligations". our north america editor jon sopel was watching. they say that practice makes perfect. and when you're singing a new tune probably best to give it the full rehearsal. the president of the united states! donald trump's tone couldn't have been more different. warm, inclusive, unified and optimistic. what we are witnessing today is the renewal of the american spirit. our allies will find that america's once again ready to lead. applause and for anxious european nations supportive words on nato. we strongly support nato, an alliance forged through the bonds of two world wars

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sarah corker, bbc news.lier, the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, accused the dutch government of acting like nazi remnants by refusing to allow his foreign minister to fly to the netherlands. translation: they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous, and they are cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. and for more analysis on this diplomatic spat and what's behind it, you can go to our website at bbc.com/news. at least a0 people are reported to have been killed in twin bomb attacks in the heart of the syrian capital damascus. the bombs targeted buses carrying iraqi pilgrims to the city's ancient cemetery, which houses shia mausoleums. our correspondent richard conway sent this report from the scene. this is the largest attack to hit damascus in some time. a suicide bomber detonated his device in this commercial district in the centre of damascus, killing at least a0 people, injuring dozens more. the target was shia pilgrims visiting a nearby

jeremy bowen, bbc news, mosul.eports on the fierce fighting in western mosul with our middle east editorjeremy bowen. a court in london has reduced the sentence imposed on a british marine for killing an injured taliban fighter in afghanistan, meaning he could leave jail in weeks. alexander blackman was originally given a life sentence for murder at his trial in 2013 ——a conviction that was changed earlier this month to one of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. duncan kennedy reports. cheering it was the news fellow marines had been waiting four years to hear. and, moments later, their euphoria was shared in the reaction of alexander blackman‘s wife. we are overjoyed at the judge's decision to significantly reduce our sentence such that he can be released imminently. this is the moment we've all been fighting hard for. it's hard to believe that this day is finally here. as a marine sergeant, alexander blackman had been a decisive, accomplished leader of troops, someone who'd killed 30 times f

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nick bryant, bbc news, new york.k officially any more, but i will say that, for the part of the national security operator, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president—elect at the time, or as a candidate or against his campaign. that was james clapper, let's go to laura bicker, our correspondence in washington, with the latest on this. a lot of developments, the white house asking congress to investigate. how significant could that be? well, it is very significant but so far it is not based on any evidence. donald trump seems to be basing, in part, his assertions on a report in breitbart news and other conservative radio shows. but, as president, he would also have access to the intelligence if he asked for it. as he divulges a secret? and, does he already know the answer, but for congress investigates? —— has he divulges a secret? then you have evidence from the former director of national intelligence, james clapper, who says there was no wiretapping and he categorically denies it. as has pres

stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. further advances against so—called islamic state in the city of mosul. refugees fleeing the fighting are streaming into new camps which have been opened around the city. 200,000 people are now housed in a total of 21 facilities. our correspondent rami ruhayem has been talking to families in chamakor near erbil, the un's latest camp which opened last week, but which is already filling up fast. yet another stream of refugees from mosul and surrounding villages arriving at the chamakor camp on the outskirts of the city of irbil. this is a new camp for the internally displaced, opened just a few days ago, as authorities simply ran out of space to take in more people. and it looks like it's filling up quite quickly. the latest arrivals have come from a village north—west of mosul, where iraqi forces have been advancing over the last few days. they describe a harrowing journey from their homes to the camp. translation: we called officers in the iraqi army, and they told us to leave at night

this is bbc news. the headlines at 103m: # deep down in louisiana close to new orleans # way back up in the woods among the evergreens # musicians around the world pay tribute to rock'n'roll pioneer chuck berry, who's died aged 90. a one—year—old boy dies and a girl of the same age is in a critical condition, after both were seriously injured in north london. a bbc investigation finds that skin creams that contain paraffin alleged rape victims in england and wales may not have to face cross—examination in court, under new government proposals to be introduced in september. a former homeless man turns a double decker bus into a mobile shelter for people on the isle of wight. we take a closer look at the south by south west film festival in austin, texas. talking movies on the bbc news channel at 10:30am. good morning and welcome to bbc news. tributes are being paid to chuck berry — the singer and guitarist who's died at the age of 90. police say emergency services were called to the musician's home in m

this is bbc news. on the verdun sector. 0ur this is bbc news. on the verdun sector.withdrawn his healthcare bill, after it became clear he didn't have enough support from his own party to win a vote in congress. all right. let's stay with that story. jay wolfson joins me on skype from tampa in florida. he's a professor of public health and medicine at the university of south florida. thank you forjoining us. you would have thought that the republicans, this was the day that they had been waiting for. why was it so hard for them to agree to donald trump's plan? your previous speaker said republicans themselves were very divided about this. some wanted more, some wanted less. and when it got down to the bottom line, many of them began to hearfrom got down to the bottom line, many of them began to hear from their constituents, from their own governors of states that were affected, even if they had voted with the president, because too many people were going to be a person affected. while the things that were unpleasant for most people, that did not like the 0bamaca re u

frankie mccamley, bbc news. karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening, kate. england have retained the six nations title after an emphatic 61 points to 21 win over scotland. the victory for eddiejones‘ side also means they have equaleed new zealand's world record for consecutive test wins. joe wilson reports from twickenham. twickenham just after two. any view will do. england arrived at this match unbeaten as all these spectators well knew. but they have won their games in the six nations by being good enough. the team which has really excelled and found a new level in the tournament, that was scotland. so much can change once the anthems have been sung. a minute into the game, bottom of the screen, a dangerous tackle on elliot daly by fraser brown. the sin bin for him and daly‘s game was soon over. if there was a glimmer of space in the scotland defence, england had a man to exploit it, jonathan joseph, gone. scotland were stretched, worse when they lost players to injury, even worse whenjonat

welcome to bbc news. i'm gavin grey. our top stories: a diplomatic row intensifies between the netherlands and turkey after the dutch government stops two turkish ministers addressing a rally. the move sparks protests in both rotterdam and istanbul. president erdogan wades into the row calling the dutch nazi remnants and fascists. translation: they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous, and they are cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. the un warns of the largest humanitarian crisis in more than 70 years, 20 million people face starvation in parts of africa. a boost for india's prime minister as his bjp party wins a landslide in key state elections. and we have a special report from brazil and one city's 30—year battle to clear a valley of pollution and give its children a better future. turkey and the netherlands are locked in a furious diplomatic row after turkey's president erdogan described the dutch as nazi remnants and fascists. the dutch prime minister

nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. we like, love, share. but what do they do to the way we think and how do they influence the world around us? jane o'brien reports from new york on a new exhibition exploring the power of digital imagery to promote social change. this is a french choreographer whose exuberant dance videos went viral. his work is included in this exhibition, perpetual revolution, to show how internet imagery can help with social change and prevent gender stereotypes. within photography it generally meant the photographer was photographing something negative, famine or war, the idea somehow the images would help promote change. now people are photographing themselves and creating their own kind of change. so it's fantastic that gender greer people and trans people have had this mode of communication in order to build community and represent themselves. —— greer. to build community and represent themselves. -- greer. gender isjust one theme. the exhibition also explores the impact of web imagery on percep

rebecca morelle, bbc news, mt etna. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: singing.o the us congressman whojumped in the carfor quite an adventure — complete with snacks! today we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself is on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. this was an international trophy and we understand there now that the search for it has become an international search. above all this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible and that's what the voters wanted. this is bbc news. i'm mike embley. the latest headlines: the us senate intelligence committee has said there's no evidence that trump tower was under surveillance by any part of the government during last year's presidential election. britain's communications intelligence agency has also denied being involved. gchq said the allegations were com plete

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. stay with us on bbc news.s to control the narrative ahead of the national people's congress. first the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds before the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. but i hope everything will be all right in the end of the day. this is bbc news. i'm mike embley. our

alex forsyth, bbc news, bethlehem. on. the animal adventure park at harpursville has set up a live—stream so people can follow the pregnancy every step of the way. this is alive stream. it has nearly 20 million views so far. andy beatt reports. millions around the world wait and wait for april to give birth. this celebrity resident is expecting her fourth calf. having been pregnant for 15 months, it cannot come a moment too soon. her keepers say, perhaps unsurprisingly, that she has become grumpy and breathless. gru m py a nd restless. it looks like the baby is just days, maybe even hours away. her appearance is suggesting end of pregnancy — mammary development, back—end swelling, the way she is carrying the calf — we are close. nearly 20 million people are following online with the zoo live streaming from april's enclosure around the clock. there's also a range of april themed hats, t—shirts and baby wear — everyone, it seems, loves a giraffe. we are completely overwhelmed. i said to my team when we first put it up, wo

this is bbc news.e more gains in west mosul, but fierce fighting is threatening the city's civilian population. there has been a second day of protests in turkey, as the diplomatic row with the netherlands intensifies. now, this is certainly a hardline statement from the beijing leadership. china's supreme court has said one of its biggest achievements last year was imprisoning rights activists. in a report presented by the country's chiefjustice, zhou qiang boasted of the severe penalties given to those he believed had endangered state security. michael bristow reports. the chiefjustice was presenting his work report for the year. he spoke about the death penalty and the campaign to tackle corruption, but also the fight against those who disagree with the government. he listed the jailing of activists as an achievement, speaking of them in the same breath as terrorists. translation: we've severely punished crimes against state security, and concluded cases of subverting state power, such as that of zh

richard westcott, bbc news, bristol. n since it was introduced in 1983. the new coins are thinner and lighter. but watch out — some vending and ticket machines may not accept the new money straight away. simon gompertz reports. here is the new pound coin and it does have some special security features apart from being 12 sided and two coloured, it's got very small writing on it and it has a sort of hologram with a £ sign at the bottom and a specialfeature inside which means coin machines can recognise whether it's genuine or not and that's important because there are so many fakes with the old pound coin. but there is a problem for some businesses actually getting ready for this and here's one of them, amusement arcade in southend. john, what's your problem with converting the machines to take the new pound? for us, the biggest issue is obviously all of our coin mix in all of the machines needs to take the pound coin. how much does it cost? well, at the minute we got 800 coin mix so upwards of £12,000 just on reprogrammin

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. that north korean military. they say that north korea has fired what it described as an unidentified project file from a missile base. the project all landed in the sea off north korea's east coast. it is me that border with china where they fired a long—range rocket last year which put something into orbit. it was condemned by the un for violating resolutions which banned the use of missile technology and more recently, north korea has fired and other missile, there to be capable of carrying nuclear weapons. they haven't developed that quite yet but firing one and there was a great protest particularly from countries like japan. north korea, alleged by south korea, has fired an unidentified project which ended up in the sea. the headlines on bbc news: the chancellor, philip hammond, has set the tone for this week's budget by dismissing calls to increase government borrowing. president trump has asked the us congress to investigate allegations that the obama administration tapped his

adam wild, bbc news. d women‘s curling championship in beijing after beating sweden 6—4. we‘re back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, it‘s time for the news where you are. goodbye. for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. more now on what the home secretary, amber rudd said today about the intelligence services‘ access to encrypted messaging services. shortly before khalid masood killed four people in westminster on wednesday, it‘s understood that his phone had connected to the messaging app whatsapp. the home secretary set out her concerns on the andrew marr programme this morning. there should be no place for terrorists to hate. we need to make sure that organisations —— we need to organisations make sure that organisations like whatsapp, —— we need to organisations make sure that organisations like whatsapp, and there are plenty of others like that, don‘t provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate with each other. we need to make sure that our intelligence services have th

june kelly, bbc news. g news — fire and rescue service in merseyside, in the north—west of england, dealing with the aftermath of a suspect that gas leak. a special rescue team working on the area, around 30 people have been treated with injuries. at least one was seriously injured. the building was flattened and train services were suspended. we will bring you updates on this story as we get them. the european union have stressed the need for unity. 27 countries signed a new declaration but the uk was absent. this gathering was the eu's concert to brexit. this gathering was the eu's answer to brexit. 27 leaders from across europe returning to rome, to where the first steps to the creation of the eu were taken, to reaffirm their vows of unityjust as the uk prepares to quit. i do think that brexit, the exit of britain, is a tragedy. the leaders were marking exactly 60 years to the day from the signing of the treaties of rome, in the very same room where they stood now. back then, just six nations met to crea

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the wife of the westminster attacker khalid masood has said she is saddened and shocked by her husband's actions. in a statement through police, rohey hydara expressed her condolences to the families of the dead and wished a speedy recovery to those injured. the wife of french presidential candidate francois fillon has been placed under formal investigation as part of the inquiry into so—called fake jobs. mr fillon was under formal investigation earlier this month. he is accused of paying hundreds of thousands of euros to his family for work they did not do. the centre—right contender and his welsh—born wife, penelope, deny any wrongdoing. the former first lady of ivory coast, simone gbagbo, has been acquitted of crimes against humanity at a trial in the commercial capital, abidjan. the charges relate to violence that followed a presidential election in 2010 when her husband, laurent, refused to concede to alassane 0uattara. an american general leading the fight to recapture the iraqi

nada tawfik, bbc news come and new york. the extremist group, the so—called islamic state, in mosul. the us envoy coordinating the battle has said any is fighters still in the city will die there — now the last road out of mosul has been captured by the iraqi army. new figures show defence spending by nato members rose slightly last year — but most european nations are still below the threshold of 2% of economic output that president trump has insisted on. nato's annual report shows the united states spentjust over 3.6% per cent of gdp on defence. only britain, estonia, greece and poland hit 2%. peru has put ten of its river areas on red alert due to possible overflowing. flash floods have already displaced around 50,000 people across the country. the latest torrential rains, caused by the weather phenomenon el nino, have hit the country's northwest region. pablo uchoa has this report. brushing past danger, this bus carrying 18 people drive is on without being hit by a landslide. but not everyone has the same luck, as baru b

gabriel gatehouse, bbc news.ed its aim of making the skies blue again by tackling the country's air pollution crisis. the authorities want to reduce reliance on coal, and invest billions in renewable energy, and they are targeting emissions from cars which add to the smog hanging over major city, by encouraging the use of greener vehicles. carrie gracie has taken to the streets of beijing to find out more. everything in china is on a massive scale. the problems and the solutions. cars are to blame for about a third of china's air pollution. so it's scrapping the worst offenders. but this ritual in the wrecker‘s yard is a losing battle against 30 million new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then from transport to heating and lifestyle, they have to change their behaviour. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuels. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his and hers divide. he is part of the problem. and she's part of the solution. meet little blue. harmful emissi

rebecca morelle, bbc news.e hits including thinking out loud and a—team. ed sheeran's current hit single, the shape of you, is staying at number1 in the singles chart for a ninth week. # i'm in love with the shape of you # i'm in love with the shape of you #we # i'm in love with the shape of you # we push and pull like a magnet too... # it's just been joined in the top 20 by every other song from his new album making chart history because of the number of times they've been downloaded or streamed. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, is here. so, ed sheeran's got nine songs in the top 10 and even he thinks something's got to change about the way the charts are compiled. it's totally extraordinary, fiona. all the people who i spoke to in the british record industry today are torn. 0n british record industry today are torn. on one hand they are delighted a brit has done this amazing feat. the world is not a future of drake and beyonce and north american acts. they are concerned, if these 16 tracks sit—in that top 20 f