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will be back with you shortly, for the moment that is richard at belfast crown court. these offences, it is almost extraordinary and incredible. police believe he targeted around 3500 children. across some 30 countries. as we heard, thejudge some 30 countries. as we heard, the judge described the crimes as ones of sadism and depravity. what would you say the lessons that can be learned from this case for parents, children and social media companies?— children and social media companies? children and social media comanies? . ., ., ., companies? there are a lot of lessons for — companies? there are a lot of lessons for parents _ companies? there are a lot of lessons for parents and - lessons for parents and children. for children, if it looks too good to be true it is. you have to be one of the first lines of defence for yourself. it is difficult for children, we need to better educate them in schools about this. we need to give them real tools so they are much more alive to the red flags that they are being cat fished. we use this term, what we really mean is that they

there wasjust one stop so far and that was belfast and | stop so far and that was belfast and it looksy is currently mirrored to hear of the county down coast, it's been here overnight. the ship was finally able to set off from belfast harbour just after 11 o'clock finally able to set off from belfast harbourjust after 11 o'clock in the evening, there being another anxious few hours for passengers because the ship was supposed to move out of the repair yard where it has been for the last 17 weeks and onto the quay for boarding but it didn't arrive at the scheduled time so more questions were asked, where the passengers going to be able to get away and eventually they were told they had final clearance and they boarded and cheered and waved and they said goodbye to belfast and dropped anchor here at the mouth of belfast lough but as you can see the ship is currently pointing in the direction of the high seas but is not actually heading any further. passengers have been told this morning the liner will have to return to belfast to complete some final pieces of paperwork. we have been in

a cruise ship stranded in belfast forfour months is still moored just off the coast.rance tonight but the belfast harbour websites says they will not set off until thursday evening. time now for ten seconds of christmas in october. you may think it is too early to be hearing mariah carey and michael blue bay but yesterday marked the first day of christmas celebrations in venezuela with white entries going up around the country as the festivities began. the earlier the better for me. the festivities began. the earlier the betterfor me. you are all caught up, have a good night. when we will be back, so we will— when we will be back, so we will stay _ when we will be back, so we will stay hopeful that it will not he _ will stay hopeful that it will not be for long and we will come _ not be for long and we will come back to our precious country _ come back to our precious country-— come back to our precious count . ., , country. some of the stories now. a crime _ country. some of the stories now. a crime boss from - country. some of the stories i now. a crime boss from sc

chris page, bbc news, belfast.ke hanging in the air. it comes as israeli troops have crossed into lebanon in what the israeli military has described as a limited, localised and targeted operation against hezbollah. in the last few moments a security official for israel has told the bbc that at the moment there are no clashes, there has been no direct confrontation between hezbollah and the idf. we will stay across that story throughout the morning here on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we've had some heavy rain moving across parts of england and also wales this morning, and the whole lot is slowly pushing towards the south—east. it's being dragged along by this area of low pressure which will still be with us even through tonight and tomorrow in the far south—east, but it's going to weaken as we go through the next couple of days, the rain turning more showery. but you can see here, where we've got the greens in the chart, that is indicating some heavy bursts. th

chris page, bbc news, belfast. such as the winter fuel payment. it means the average household bill will increase by £119. people are being encouraged to submit a meter reading as soon as they can to ensure their bill is as accurate as possible. now the weather's turning, the focus for many is finding ways to keep warm and dry. an energy price hike is the last thing anyone needs. i thought they were bringing it down, so it is — it's a big disappointment, you feel it inside. you'd be bigger and you'd be prouder and you'd say, "oh, i can manage, i can make that little bit of extra money," but all added to everything else that we're getting put through, it'sjust that bit too much. the bills that's causing is astronomical at the moment — 126 quid deficit and my, uh, gas, which i'm...not proud about. but what can we do? nice to see you again. peter and pat are losing their £300 pensioners�* winter fuel payment, too. both in their 80s, managing the money will be tougher this year. it meant that i could sort of think abou

a very difficult case, richard morgan at the court there in belfast. that these are very difficult details there, detailso are very difficult details there, detail so difficult and upsetting that we will not be going into them because they are just a very, very upsetting. when we heard justice 0'hara talking about them he described the crimes as sadism and depravity and scarring and robbing the children of their childhoods. police believe he targeted around three and half thousand children across 30 countries. as we look back at this very typical case i willjust remind you that... bbc�*s cormac campbell has more on the story — and a warning that you may find it very upsetting. cimarron thomas was a 12—year—old schoolgirl from west virginia. in 2018, alexander mccartney used a fake persona to befriend her online. he convinced her to share compromising photographs, and then he turned on her, telling her that unless she did exactly as he said, the images would be posted. four days later, mccartney returned using another fake persona. he demanded she engag

chris page, bbc news, belfast.r ireland correspondent richard morgan, who is outside the court in belfast. an absolutely awful case, richard. an absolutely awful case, richard-— an absolutely awful case, richard. , ., . richard. absolutely horrific. in fact, richard. absolutely horrific. in fact. one _ richard. absolutely horrific. in fact, one of— richard. absolutely horrific. in fact, one of the _ richard. absolutely horrific. in fact, one of the worst - richard. absolutely horrific. i in fact, one of the worst cases prosecutors say they have come across here in northern ireland. many of the details that we heard in court, many of the crimes committed by at mccartney are so grotesque that we are unable to broadcast them this evening. mccartney was formulaic in his methods. he had refined his method of abuse over the years, targeting young, vulnerable girls, pretending to be a young girl himself before commencing them to sin compromising photos of themselves. in some instances, he was able to commit that abuse in

after 17 weeks in belfast harbour, it dropped anchor here in belfast lough and the two and half days,ots. but then the horn _ top speed was zero knots. elf then the horn sounded. we were in our room and heard it and then the message came across, we are leaving. cheering a christening ceremony confirmed it was time to cast off. i confirmed it was time to cast off. ., �* ~ ., off. i don't even know where we are going- _ off. i don't even know where we are going- we — off. i don't even know where we are going. we are _ off. i don't even know where we are going. we are trying - off. i don't even know where we are going. we are trying to - are going. we are trying to find — are going. we are trying to find a_ are going. we are trying to find a port so cool, right? we are finally— find a port so cool, right? we are finally going! as find a port so cool, right? we are finally going!— are finally going! as the horizon back _ are finally going! as the horizon back and - are finally going! as the horizon back and at - are finally going! as the | horizon back and at last, are finally going! as t

two days of northern ireland two days after finally leaving belfast port.e sea for only 15 miles before anchoring here two days ago, but the mood on board could be said to be buoyant. fix, board could be said to be buoyant. lifetime tour of the world. what a way to retire. we are very thankful to mike and cathy, the crew and everybody that has made this happen. we thank belfast and the shipyards and all the people that worked so hard to make this country, because we are dreamers.— hard to make this country, because we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board now? - we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board now? we i how are things on board now? we don't how are things on board now? - don't know what is going to happen eventually. we are not exactly sure when, but we know it's going to be soon. , ., , ., when, but we know it's going to be soon. i. , ., ,, , soon.

and outbreaks of rain for belfast and glasgow.tail end of hurricanes heading ourway, bringing the tail end of hurricanes heading our way, bringing wind and rain. the tail end of hurricanes heading ourway, bringing wind and rain. an unsettled picture on the way. here is a quick summery of the weather today and better weather into thursday and friday but i think for the weekend and into next week it is looking unsettled. thank you. that is it from us on bbc news. do enjoy the rest of your day. goodbye. live from london. this is bbc news. israelare live from london. this is bbc news. israel are sending more troops tojoin it news. israel are sending more troops to join it daley the grand operation against hezbollah as fighting rages on in southern lebanon. this school was hit in a wave of missiles fired by iran on tuesday. netanyahu pledges to retaliate. in tehran, iran's supreme dinar ayatollah khomeini tells them to get lost from the region. us vice presidential candidates went head—to—head on everything from abortion to immigration

our ireland correspondent roger morgan has been out of the court for belfast for us today.ery disturbing case, this, richard. , . ,., richard. very much so. persecutors _ richard. very much so. persecutors and - richard. very much so. persecutors and police | richard. very much so. - persecutors and police saying it is one of the worst cases of online child abuse that have ever come across. mccartney, a paedophile whose crimes have caused on harm around the world come many victims still living with the impact of his crimes. the court heard throughout sentencing today and previous hearings that mccartney has been utterly remorseless. the judge today saying the 26—year—old is devoid completely of any human empathy. while online with his thousands of victims day and night, as you say, offending on an industrial scale, he would encourage, coerce, convince young girls to send photos, caramelising photos of them in various states of dress and undress. he would then turn on them and blackmail them and convince them to perform emily getting acts, acts which in some instances involv

so this has been ruled over, not governed with dougie beattie gb news , belfast.e beattie gb news, belfast. >> well, the northern ireland department of health previously said on this bill that northern ireland needs to replace outdated public health legislation that is more than 55 years old. we need legislation that covers infection and contamination from biological, chemical and radiological sources and brings us into line with the rest of the uk . with the rest of the uk. >> it is . 617. let's have a look >> it is. 617. let's have a look at some of the other stories heading into the newsroom . heading into the newsroom. >> and p&o ferries owner dp world will attend the international investment summit tomorrow. they had previously threatened to pull out of the event, and a £1 billion port investment. that's after the transport secretary, louise haigh, criticised their employment strategy and called for a boycott. >> lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in the last day by israeli airstrikes on three different villages . that's after

a cruise ship, which was stranded in belfast forfour months, is still moored just off the coast.ght, but the belfast harbour website says they will not set off until thursday evening. time now for ten seconds of christmas in october. you may think it is too early to be hearing mariah carey and michael buble, but yesterday marked the first day of christmas celebrations in venezuela with lights going up around the country as the festivities began. the earlier the better for me. you are all caught up. have a good night. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. a night of shocks in the champions league, holders real madrid have stunned with bayern munich also on the end of a defeat. sinner�*s incredible winning streak comes to an end after a sensational performance from carlos alcaraz in the final of the china open. and on the eve of the women's t20 world cup, we'll hear what's in store as the uae steps in to host. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. it really has been an evening of shocks to tell you about in the champions league, and there was no bigger surprise tha

so i think temperatures will ease in the west, with all the cloud and the rain, 12 in belfast, but hanginghe south east. wednesday and into the weekend, the weather goes downhill through the week. so some rain on friday, and the weekend, at this stage at least, is looking quite rainy for some of us. bye— bye. live from singapore, this is bbc news. king charles visits the national centre of indigenous excellence in sydney, a day after being heckled by an aboriginal politician in the australian parliament. we will be live in sydney. another round of israeli air strikes in beirut targets financial institutions thought to be linked to hezbollah. seven new civil lawsuits are filed against sean diddy combs in a federal court in new york. even if i don't come back to russia i will participate in the election the widow of russian opposition leader alexei navalny tells the bbc she wants to be president of russia one day.

so i think temperatures will ease in the west, with all the cloud and the rain, 12 in belfast, but hanging the south east. wednesday and into the weekend, the weather goes downhill through the week. so some rain on friday, and the weekend, at this stage at least, is looking quite rainy for some of us. bye— bye. live from london. this is bbc news. four people are killed in lebanon as israel hits beirut with a barrage of missiles near the country's biggest government hospital. king charles visits the birthplace of australia's aboriginal civil rights movement — a day after being heckled by an anti—monarchy campaigner. a man has died after two trains collide in wales. 15 are in hospital with injuries. and scientists reveal how a huge meteorite that collided with earth three billion years ago helped early life to thrive. hello i'm sally bundock we start in the middle east. where the lebanese health ministry says four people have

harland wolff in belfast. this meant, of course, a lot to the people there and a lot of pride, of course, went into building these ships. they were extremely proud of it. the photo of the propellers this is actually not the titanic. no, but it's the same the same type of propellers. so therefore, it really shows vividly what the what they were like. they weighed about a hundred tonnes together. and one can actually see the rather that weighed 101 tons as well. so these were very, very big. and the ship itself was very big. the engines weighed about. 1000 tonnes each. and they had two engines and a turbine when combined with these two engines. so all in all, it was massive. it was very big. the engines were four floors high. for example. so she was as tall as the skyscraper, 11 decks, 46,000 tonnes. of course, today we have much, much larger ships, but in those days, in 1912, she was at the center at the top of everything. she was the largest manmade object ever made in the world. here you can see a life size r

our temperatures around nine in cardiff, eight in belfast, nine there for glasgow and edinburgh.uesday morning, possibly into lunchtime in the southeast, but then it's sunshine all around, just scattered fairweather clouds. the temperatures, 16 to 17 in the south and the southeast. fresher in the north of scotland, ten or 11. then wednesday morning, watch out for the thick fog across central and southern england, which should clear away through the morning into the afternoon, and then we are left with fine weather, it could be a little cloudy and damp in the western isles. a high of 17 in london, could get 17 or 18 around the moray firth, with the southerly winds, which are still with us on thursday. but a weather front approaching, which spells rain for much of ireland and western scotland on thursday, but the further east you are, the drier it will be on thursday. still really quite mild, 15, 16, 17, and then it all changes, because that weather front is over us on friday. not only that, but a low pressure forming with showers circulating around it. temperatures will ease in th

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joining us from belfast. thank you very much. let's begin with mr. ali hamya from beirot. in light of these recent events, how do you assess has lost current military capabilities? let's not forget that. just a while ago israel claimed victory by targeting the top commanders of hezballah. well first thanks for having me with you and hello to you and to your guest. i would like, i would like to to start first that the israelis could not invest in their aggression against lebanon, neither by the electronic warfare penetration, killing civilians through the paasures. uh with the american uh partnership, participation of the united states in this in this matter and also all the uh the evaids against lebanon, killing civilians destroying all infrastructures including hospitals, schools and masks, churches, church, all kind of infrastructures, civilian infrastructure and then talking about at first they they were talking about invasion like they want to invest all their aggression by air or by electronic warfare against lebanon to invested in big invasion to lebanon now they are

chris page, bbc news, belfast.eport, there's more support and information available around the world at befrienders.org. let's turn to the us — and get the latest from the presidential election campaign trail. now, a lot of campaign attention in these final days has been on seven crucial battleground states. across the board, polls show the races are tight, and are within the margin of error. given that, it's perhaps slightly unusual that today we've seen both candidates in the southern state of texas. unusual, as it's considered a republican stronghold — texas hasn't voted for a democratic presidential candidate since 1976. republican presidential nominee donald trump made a stop in the city of austin earlier today. there, he pre—taped an appearance on thejoe rogan experience. if you haven't heard of it, it's a podcast. with14.5 million spotify followers and more than 17 million youtube subscribers, it's the biggest podcast in the us — and has a mostly male audience. speaking in austin, the former president focuse

chris page, bbc news, belfast.haheed, internet safety expert with a focus on helping parents to protect their children online. she joins us from dallas. thank you for your time today and i know you have been following this horrific case. words cannot capture how horrific it is the impact it has had on so many children, including children and the united states. your understanding of this is really personal because as a teenager, you yourself were contacted by a predator online pretending to be someone else. tell us what happened to you. i be someone else. tell us what happened to you.— be someone else. tell us what happened to you. i thought she was my age _ happened to you. i thought she was my age when _ happened to you. i thought she was my age when i _ happened to you. i thought she was my age when i first - happened to you. i thought she was my age when i first started j was my age when i first started talking to him. i thought he was my friend and he made himself familiar to me and i felt like i can tell him a

guests to the program. out of london, reser john ved, the academic researcher and writer. and out of belfast, sab shath, author, commentator and... asia expert, thank you both for being with us. let's start it off in london with ra, your perspective, resa, uh, so far, once you saw the operation uh last night true promise to, your overall perspective, uh, so i think it's very important to clear uh, to kind of pinpoint certain uh uh very important issues that have risen for us to be at this. point, iran was attacked severely number of times, um, its allies were attacked, its irgc members were attacked and killed, and iran gave permission for the un, the security council to step in as it did in the april attack, however we saw that not only did the un and the un security council did not step in, iran was condemned and as a even though it was the victim by for for being attacked, so iran had no choice after say to defend itself, and if you look between the time between um ismail hanyer when he was murtered and the action taken, there was a big gap where the european union, the european countries

chris page, bbc news, belfast.f you have ever been affected by any of these issues raised during the report, there more support and information available around the world at befrienders.org. we are less than 11 days from election day here in the u.s. we are already seeing a surge in early voting. more than 32 million americans have now cast their ballots according to a tally by the university of florida's election lab. 15 million people had voted in person going out to local polling stations. some 17 million mailed in their ballots with democrats currently outpacing republicans. both candidates are taking a quick rake from the battleground states today. they are campaigning in the state of texas. the lone star state is usually reliably republican, but many of its major cities like dallas, houston and austin have consistently voted for democrats. in austin, the state's capital, former president donald trump recorded an interview with the most listen to podcast on the planet. we are talking about the joe rogan experi

and i think you're filming in belfast for the drama trespasses. how is your belfast accent?n northern ireland many years ago, and i had a top—up before we restart. my husband is from the north—east. he says there are certain words that work. for wales, it's aluminium saucepans. aluminium saucepans? no, in welsh — "aluminium saucepans". i don't know if you have a special northern ireland word. i don't have a phrase orword, no. there was one that i did use helped to get into it. but i'm not going to...yes, there's time for that. you've also been filming a western, and tell us about the summer in calgary. tell us about that, and how is your horse riding? that is a netflix western that takes place in the 1800s, the middle of the 1800s, called abandons, and we're shooting in calgary, canada. my riding is all right. i rode a little bit when i was in my 30s. did you buy a horse? i did, and it was a very inexpensive horse, and ifound out why it was so inexpensive — because i thought it was seven years old and it was 20. and therefore very easy to ride, maybe. or maybe not quite. yes

alexander mccartney admitted 185 charges involving 70 children — although belfast crown court was toldly much higher. mccartney, who's 26, posed as a young girl, in order to befriend girls on messaging service snapchat, before going on to blackmail them. the judge said mccartney had used social media on an industrial scale, to inflict catastrophic damage. this report from chris page contains distressing details. cimarron thomas lived thousands of miles away from the abuser who caused her death. why? "why" was the biggest question. why? this was the sunday we took her home before her passing. she has bright red lipstick on, getting into that stage of her life, to be a teenager. she almost was. alexander mccartney was blackmailing cimarron. he had initially pretended to be a teenage girl to trick cimarron into sending him explicit pictures of herself. he went through the same sickening routine with 3,500 victims, telling them he would post the photos publicly unless they carried out acts of abuse for his sexual gratification. three minutes after mccartney's last message to cimarron, the

chris page, bbc news, belfast. 0ur correspondent angus crawford, who has reported extensively on childe. angus, such a distressing case. what can social media companies do to try to stop cases like this? this is a truly horrific case, but it is important to remember that alexander mccartney committed his offences between 2013 and 2019. those really were the wild west days of social media — there were few guardrails. today the digital landscape is different. first there's the 0nline safety act — a —year—old today — becoming fully enforceable in 2025. it requires platforms to crack down on illegal content, demands better age verification of users setting up accounts, and it gives the regulator powers to impose fines of up to £18 million. so what about the social media companies? well, in just the last eight weeks snapchat and instagram have rolled out new safety features, making teen accounts private by default, hiding friend lists from potential bad actors, and identifying and blocking suspicious accounts. but there are still huge problems with sexual exploitation on social media. the f

so i think temperatures will ease in the west, with all the cloud and the rain, 12 in belfast, but hanging wednesday and into the weekend, the weather goes downhill through the week. so some rain on friday, and the weekend, at this stage at least, is looking quite rainy for some of us. bye— bye. high on motor india gears up for its public debut today in the country's largest leasing today. —— high hyundai. hong kong top developer tells the bbc he is optimistic about the property market despite the slow down. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. that's began in india where we are waiting for hyundai motor india to list on the mom by truck exchange in 15 minutes time. the listing is the nation's largest and could value the south korean carmaker at $19 billion. less over to the business correspondent in mumbai. tell us why this ipo is so important for india. a, so important for india. couple of

but after a four—month delay in belfast and a false start, the cruise ship villa vie odyssey has finallythe bahamas, but the passengers appear to have been told they are heading for scotland. for a lifting anchor and are sailing away, that is right, we have got the full go—ahead, and we are making our way to scotland, first stop, sailing away, baby, on oursweet way to scotland, first stop, sailing away, baby, on our sweet odyssey! it's a big night for two footballing minnows in europe tonight. welsh league side the new saints face fiorentina in italy, and larne become the first irish premiership team to reach the main draw of a european competition. they've travelled to norway and are currently playing molde. larne has had a remarkable rise through the leagues in recent years, as laura scott explains. # we're all going on a european tour # a european tour...# they've got the song, their passports and their drum kits. the first stop on larne fc�*s historic european adventure — norway. someone said did i think we'd ever be here? to be honest, no, i didn't think any irish league team would.

so i think temperatures will ease in the west, with all the cloud and the rain, 12 in belfast, but hanging east. wednesday and into the weekend, the weather goes downhill through the week. so some rain on friday, and the weekend, at this stage at least, is looking quite rainy for some of us. bye— bye. hong kong relaxes mortgage rules to revive its property sector. optimistic about its property market, telling the bbc ends are icing up. australia is right to disconnect law has been impacting culture. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. hong kong and china markers havejoined the trading hong kong and china markers have joined the trading day with the index and composite trading mostly flat at the moment. authorities in hong kong have been looking at ways to revive the city's property market. earlierthis to revive the city's property market. earlier this month that is to mortgage rules on homes but have these been enough? the chairman of the

chris page, bbc news, belfast. 0ur correspondent angus crawford, who has reported extensively on childline, is with me — angus, what can social media companies do to stop this? i think this is a truly horrific case but it raises two really important issues. the first is, we must remember that mccartney's offences took place between 2013 and 2019, a time where it was the wild west on social media with no guard rails at all. anyone could set up an account, children's accounts were public by default, anyone could try to be their friends, public by default, anyone could try to be theirfriends, and he ruthlessly exploited those vulnerabilities. but thejudicial vulnerabilities. but the judicial land vulnerabilities. but thejudicial land state is different now. it is safer. —— digital landscape. this year, instagram and snapchat announced major changes to the platform is to protect children. todayis platform is to protect children. today is the year anniversary of the passage of the online safety act in the uk. secondly, and possibly even more important, it's time for our national conversatio

a cruise ship which finally sailed out of belfast on monday, after being stuck there for four months,asn't made it out to sea. passengers have been told some final pieces of paperwork need to be completed — but it's reported those on board are still in good spirits, despite the new delay. former us presidentjimmy carter marks his 100th birthday today. that makes him the the oldest surviving and longest living us president. to celebrate the occasion, a musical concert was held in atlanta in his honour. and habitat for humanity, the housing charity carter has worked with for over for a0 years, will build 30 homes in his honour. carter has spent the past 19 months in hospice care at his home. but his grandson, jason carter, said that the president is still engaged in politics and is excited to cast his ballot in the us presidential election in november. that's the programme for this hour. that's the programme for this hour. that's one pretty on the very latest. we have a life page on our website. we are hearing that the idf have posted on twitter, x, that they are now attacking terrorist

joining me is the prime correspondent of the belfast telegraph, is such a tragedy and family going throughthere's so many attacks on young women and girls? haste so many attacks on young women and uirls? ~ . so many attacks on young women and uirls? s ., so many attacks on young women and uirls? . , and girls? we are both complex societies and _ and girls? we are both complex societies and after— and girls? we are both complex societies and after a _ and girls? we are both complex societies and after a long - societies and after a long period of violence, a society that has been called and now we lag way behind in terms of northern ireland only recently having updated domestic abuse legislature and getting larger sentences in the case of this, strangulation, stocking things put in place in other jurisdictions, but it's very stop and start but the nature of our society, with paramilitary groups and within communities, policing has been changing and we are seeing people try to make an effort when it comes to these types of cases of policing in the past, and looking at her security situation

since the signing of the belfast i signing of the belfast agreement, more people have sadly lost theirreland, some of which are directly related to the troubles is a legacy of the troubles. witty task is government to working collaboratively with the department of health in northern ireland to discuss how theseissues northern ireland to discuss how these issues can be recognised and resolved?— and resolved? thank you for raising this _ and resolved? thank you for raising this important i and resolved? thank you for raising this important issue. j and resolved? thank you forl raising this important issue. i do know the deep impact that the troubles have had on so many in northern ireland. we must ensure that those with mental health issues receive the support and the care that they need. public services are devolved in northern ireland but we will work with the executives and leaders to support them in delivering better outcomes, which is why my secretary of state spoke to the health minister in northern ireland in the first week he was in the department. i'm sure that he will prepare t

launched in northern ireland after the body of mary ward was found by police at her home in south belfastr—old woman and a mother. she's one of four women who've been killed in northern ireland in the last six weeks. they are sophie watson who was 57, montserrat martorell who was 65, and rachel simpson who was a3. eve rosato is a reporter in northern ireland. if you have been affected by this report, you can find support on the bbc action line. some other stories now. people waiting for an uber should be patient enough to wait a few minutes longer for an electric car. that's what the boss of uber has said as his company attempts to encourage customers to choose electric cars. the taxi company says that waiting "a couple of minutes isn't going to kill anyone". and ella lloyd hasjoined the mclaren driver development programme. ella is 19 and from wales. she'll drive in formula e's women's test in november and then she'll represent mclaren in the 2025 f1 academy season. she says she's really excited. now, ten seconds of pearl the 5—year—old dog who was rescued by firefighters when she was tr

arrested in dublin on suspicion of the murder of 22—year—old mary ward, who was found dead in south belfastis progressing at pace. some other stories now. over the next year, nearly two thirds of us plan to buy something pre—loved to wear. new research also says the second—hand clothes industry added millions to the economy last year, and created thousands ofjobs. and welsh—speaking and young families are being offered up to £5,000 to return to some areas of wales. the grants could be used to help pay for transport, rent, mortgages, childcare, or even welsh lessons. now, ten seconds of this smiley seal. the picture, taken by ursula armstrong, won the countryfile calendar prize after about 22,000 photos were submitted. she said she was drawn to the seal because of its cuteness. that's us — have a good one! hello, welcome to sportsday. i'm paul scott, at the bbc sports centre, and here is what we've got coming up. root the record—breaker — joe root overtakes sir alastair cook to become england's all—time leading test run scorer. given new wings — former liverpool managerjurgen klopp is the ne

will have a conversation with farah hughes , a writer and international pro-palestinian activist in belfast, ireland. hello mr. hughes. mr. heuss, you were one of the activists who have been working on the palestinian issue for many years you followed and even wrote a book about it. your writings and activities show how much you tried to show the people of the world, especially in the west , how much the palestinians are suffering from the years of occupation of their land. in the midst of these efforts, an uprising called al-aqsa storm happened in your opinion. if we divide the history of palestine into two parts before and after the al-aqsa storm, what a new view of palestine this uprising has shown to the world. yes, i must tell you that we actually witnessed an event in gaza that we can say was an uprising and a serious reaction to the occupation of their land. the efforts that the activists have made during these years to show palestine was not a few prose writers that this operation actually showed the anger of the palestinians towards the zionist regime that we currently have. we are

hazy skies for belfast and then later in the day, the possibility of that rain arriving in northern irelanduse this weather front will be slap bang over the uk. if anything, an area of low pressure will form and very gusty winds will develop across southwestern parts of the country. it's still relatively mild air, so temperatures around 15 or 16, maybe even 17, but that slightly fresher air starts to reach western parts of the uk. and how about the weekend and into next week? well, the jet stream will start spreading weather fronts our way, so that does mean somewhat more unsettled weather. but into next week it does look as though the jet stream may go further north once again with high pressure building. so here's the outlook then from thursday onwards, the weather does go downhill as we head into friday with some outbreaks of rain. similar weather for saturday and sunday. fingers crossed things should improve by the time we get to monday. bye— bye. live from london, this is bbc news. donald trump's election campaign accuses the uk's labour party of foreign interference in the us election

the luxury cruise liner stranded in belfast forfour months has finally set sail.

let's speak to our ireland correspondent richard morgan — who is outside the court in belfast.e latest. the judge bring us the latest. the “udge here is expected * bring us the latest. the 'udge here is expected to h bring us the latest. the judge here is expected to begin - bring us the latest. thejudgei here is expected to begin that sentencing process in the next few minutes we understand that could take well over one hour, given the gravity of the case. given the sheer number of charges mccartney has admitted to. 185 in total including one charge of manslaughter. mccartney brought fear and devastation into the homes of thousands of young children right around the world using online messaging platforms such as snapchat and instagram. as you said, he would pose as a young girl with body image issues and gained the trust of those he targeted and get them to send explicit photos and then turn on them, blackmail them happen —— have them engage in acts of humiliation and depravity and in some cases mccartney had his young victims of abuse other young children for his own sexual g

the luxury cruise liner stranded in belfast forfour months has finally set sail — first stop, france.we can take you straight to tehran. breaking news, the ayatollah khamenei is leading friday prayers at the grand mosque in the centre of tehran. this is the first time in nearly five years that he has led friday prayers, it's an extremely rare event. we had from our correspondent that he plans to address palestinians and the lebanese people as well. we understand that commemorations will begin for the death of hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah who was killed in israeli air strikes last week. translation: in israeli air strikes last week.translation: y a, week. translation: sympathy for each other, god's _ week. translation: sympathy for each other, god's blessing - week. translation: sympathy for each other, god's blessing will- each other, god's blessing will come your way. and then it says, the verse, the holy verse goes on but the wisdom of god, and finishes there. maybe that's because the blessings of god in this respect is in line with the wisdom of god. because the blessings of g

we will have the latest live from belfast on this harrowing case. a bbc investigation uncovers new evidence of how small boats cross the english channel, some organised out of germany. two brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in a case that shocked the united states are a step closer to being released on parole. also coming up... music. we talk exclusively to italian pop sensation laura pausini, who — with over 70 million records sold worldwide, a grammy and an oscar nomination — is one of the most successful italian artists of all time. king charles has told commonwealth leaders "none of us can change the past", but that we should commit to learning from it. he made his speech at their summit in samoa amid growing calls for the uk to apologise and pay reparations for its part in the slave trade. king charles didn't directly address slavery — downing street has insisted the issue of reparations isn't on the agenda, as our political editor chris mason explains. leadership involves many things — decision—making, accountability and ce