they say all of their support to borussia dortmund. of police has been talking and said a few things about the incident. translation: tonight, at 1915, three explosions took place near the hotel where the borussia dortmund team was staying and where they were going to be stadium from. we believe they were specifically targeted. this has led to a full alert of all available police forces. it was decided, not by the police, to cancel this match, and instead to have that on wednesday evening. we, the dortmund police, are obviously preparing for a solid investigation. we are preparing better security for the stadium and surroundings. bomb sniffer dogs remain active and we are preparing for a safe match tomorrow. in turin, the match betweenjuventus and barcelona saw the hosts record a 3—0 win ahead of the return leg at the camp nou next wednesday. watching for us was conor mcnamara. this is a victory that will be long remembered around these parts. juventus have a proud record, having never lost to barcelona in turin in the past. they reall

u il us: borussia dortmund and police in the area as borussia dortmund and police in the area as welldium is emptying as news filtered through that the game will not go ahead. the made that call about a0 minutes ago. the game was due to kick off right about now. and the three explosions we understand to be around three kilometres from the dortmund stadium. police said the explosion was close to the team bus originally adding what we currently know, the wheels of the bus burst, one person was injured, marc bartra, the former barcelona and spanish international defender who joined borussia dortmund at the start of the season. he was the player a p pa re ntly the season. he was the player apparently that was injured. we do not know the extent of his injuries yet and police say it is not possible yet to say what the explosion was all exactly where something exploded. since then the clu b something exploded. since then the club have ta ken something exploded. since then the club have taken to social media and have been updating constantly via social media to save the team are safe and ther

monaco are into their fourth ever champions league semi final as they see off borussia dortmund over two legs. serena williams will not play again in 2017 after her spokeswoman confirms that the tennis superstar is pregnant. hello and thanks forjoining us. the line up for the champions league semi finals is now complete. there will be no barcelona, who were unable to overturn a 3—0 first leg deficit, while monaco have knocked out borussia dortmund 6—3 on aggregate. i spoke earlier with our football reporterjohn bennett to find out about those matches. well, messi, luis suarez and myanmar scored 92 goals this season but they met their match on wednesday night —— neymar. thejuventus defence, and masterclass from the italians. messi at the best chance, shooting wide of bouffon‘s goal, 65% possession, i9 shots but listen to this, only one on target, credit to the back four and especially the centre backs, and in fact during the whole of this champions league campaign they have been superb — just two goals conceded in nine champions league games, so conceded in nine champions league games

the borussia dortmund players are backin the borussia dortmund players are back in training this morningf fans were already in the stadium when news began to filter in about the attack, and the opposing monaco fans chanted their support for the dortmund players. the football world has joined together in wishing defender marc bartra a speedy recovery after he was admitted to hospital for surgery on his wrist after being caught up in the explosion. this morning, the dortmund president praised the fans. i was very lucky when i heard how the fans reacted and called, "dortmund. dortmund." it is solidarity that we have like this only in sport and that‘s the only positive thing we learned yesterday. in sport, it is possible to make solidarity and to make respect, to help each other. i‘m sure that the people are discussing the whole day what happened yesterday. but when they come to the stadium, we will have a fantastic atmosphere. that‘s what i feel. in the other quarter—final, juventus put barcelona through another embarrassing champions league defeat. that‘s three in their last four games on

game as last season's runners—up atletico madrid beat leicester city, and monaco won 3—2 at borussia dortmund bus. now to new york where the financial districts latest landmark is causing a bit of a stir. here you can see the newly installed fearless girl statue facing down the famous charging bull of wall street. now this was only meant to be a temporary instalment but proved so popular she's been kept. but not apparently popular with the sculptor of the bull. creator arturo di modica has complained to the city that the placing of the girl has changed the meaning of his original work and breached his copyright. before we go, the main story. donald trump has asserted that us relations with russia may be at an all—time low after moscow refused to drop its support for the syrian leader bashar al—assad after last week's apparent chemical weapons attack. two hours of talks failed to persuade moscow to drop its support for syria, after that chemical attack in italy province. —— idlib province. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @james menendez. it looks

borussia dortmund's game with monaco is set to go ahead at 5:45pm. following the explosive attack on the dortmund team bus. thousands of fans were already in the stadium when they were told the match was off. the visiting monaco fans chanted "dortmund" in a show of solidarity. there they are. a positive story coming out of what could have been a terrible tragedy. it's one of the biggest days in the history of leicester city football club. last year's premier league winners are the only english club left in the champions league and tonight they're in spain for their quarter—final against atletico madrid. captain wes morgan has travelled with the team but won't play because he's got a bad back. it's leicester's first season in the champions league and manager craig shakespeare is determined to make the most of it. walking through the stadium in terms of by the changing rooms, seeing all of by the changing rooms, seeing all of the cups, it's a lovely traditional ground. it gives you a little tingle. but i'm on this site now and you have to make sure that

a narrow escape from a targeted attack on the borussia dortmund football team. me last night as the coach left its hotel in the south of dortmund. the spanish international marc bartra was sitting close to the window. he is being treated for a broken wrist. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bone in his right hand. and he has various glass shards that had been blasted into his arm. the team through their captain marcel schmelzer just rang me. they are still very shocked and thinking about marc. we hope he recovers quickly. also injured was a police officer escorting the team to the stadium. federal investigators have detained one man, suspected of links to islamist terrorism. one of two suspects whose apartments were raided this morning. authorities are attempting to verify a letter left at the scene claiming jihadists were behind the attack. german state media says the note left in the road claims that high—profile german figures and sports stars would continue to be targeted until the withdrawal of german aircraft from coalitio

elsewhere, monaco won 3—2 at borussia dortmund.on, kylian mbappe, scoring twice for the french league leaders, to take his tally to 14 goals in 16 matches in all competitions. borussia dortmund felt "completely ignored" over the rescheduling of that match against monaco, according to manager thomas toockel. dortmund's defeat came less than 2a hours after three explosions hit dortmund's team bus and caused the match to be postponed. toockel called it "a decision made in switzerland that concerns us directly. "we will not forget it, it is a very bad feeling." uefa however have issued a statement in response to those comments: saying that "the decision to play the match was made on tuesday night at the dortmund stadium in cooperation and complete agreement with clubs and authorities. "we were in touch with all parties and never received any information on wednesday which suggested that any of the teams did not want to play." in the asian champions league, there were a few shock results on matchday four on wednesday. the japanese champ

the borussia dortmund players are back in training this morning, after that attack on their bus last between dortmund & monaco will go ahead this evening. thousands of fans were already in the stadium when news began to filter in about the attack, & the opposing monaco fans chanted their support for the dortmund players. the football world has joined together in wishing defender marc bartra a speedy recovery, after he was admitted to hospital for surgery on his wrist, after being caught up in the explosion. this morning, the dortmund president praised the fans. i was lucky when i heard about how the fans reacted calling dortmund! this is the kind of reaction we have only in sport, and that is the only positive things we learned yesterday. it's sport. it's possible to make solidarity, respect, to help each other. i'm sure the people are discussing the whole day what happened yesterday, but when they come to the stadium, we will have a fantastic atmosphere. that is what i feel. in the other quarter—final, juventus put barcelona through another embarrassing champions league defeat — tha

police say blasts were a ‘targeted attack against‘ the borussia dortmund team ahead of their championsmatch earlier this evening. police do not know who was behind it. the parents of charlie gard say they're "devastated," and may appeal, after a judge gave doctors the right to withdraw life support, from their son. and coming up on newsnight, boris johnson didn't get his way at the g7 in italy. we will ask if this episode says anything about the state of rajesh foreign policy. do we imagine ourselves to be more important than we really are in international affair which are marked —— british foreign policy. —— international affair? good evening and welcome to bbc news. there've been three explosions tonight near the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to their champions league match. one player has been injured and taken to hospital. the police say ‘serious explosives‘ were used but they've warned against assuming it was a terrorist attack. the match against monaco was postponed. our correspondentjenny hill has the story. an apparent attack on the heart of the national game.

i saw the game and i was really proud of borussia dortmund, how they handled it.the future and to the return game against monaco but with shock subsiding, there is now a mix of regret and some simmering anger. young, vulnerable people are being targeted by adverts online which offer accommodation in exchange for sex, according to a bbc investigation. the deals, which are legal, are on classified ad sites. charities have called them exploitative. lauren moss reports. i had no idea what i was getting into. he took me into his living room and got me drinks, and then after that it was straight upstairs and go for it. vulnerable and desperate for a roof over her head. gemma answered a sex—for—rent online advert. he would do what he wanted to do, forcefully. and ijust sort of, yeah, went along with it. and, after the third time, i started feeling physically unwell. these are some of the offers we found openly placed on a classified ad site. free accommodation, but with strings attached. i was thinking once a week, something like that. i'm happy as long as there's sex in

the borussia dortmund team bus is targeted and one player is injured.heir game against monaco has been postponed until tomorrow. we've seen this before, but can barca do it again? they're beaten heavily atjuventus in their champions league quarter final first leg. and warburton worry. the man favourite to be named lions captain is ruled out for six weeks, but should still be fit to face to new zealand. welcome along. a borussia dortmund player has been injured after three explosions struck the team bus on the way to the home leg of their champions league quarter final against monaco. the match has been postponed until tomorrow, while the german team's ceo says they're in shock. our football reporter, john bennett, is here. john, the latest? first of all, i know the police have been having a press conference, what is the latest? the dortmund boss was attacked. three explosions in the vicinity of the team hotel. marc ba rtra vicinity of the team hotel. marc bartra was injured. he is having surgery as we bartra was injured. he is having surgery as we speak

this explosion, some kind of blast, involving the borussia dortmund football tea m involving the borussiaotball team on the way to the ground for the champions league game against monaco. very worrying. one of the players has been injured. all the people, the spectators honoured in the stadium waiting for the game. they were told to wait at least half an hour. they have rescheduled the match now for tomorrow night. very worrying. germany has had so many terror attacks. lots of speculation about who is behind it. certainly very worrying. roadside bombs appeared to be aimed at the travelling from the hotel to the stadium. very nervous time. westminster, sweden, now this. there isa westminster, sweden, now this. there is a heartening element, that is how people responded. there was a ground full of people who left in an orderly fashion. there were fans from monaco to work given beds for the night in germany. they were cheering for dortmund in the stadium. i think that is the way forward. you just can't stop these things. i was speaking to the cab driver on the way here and he said it isa dri

after a 2k hour delay, borussia dortmund play their big european match. german police say a man with islamist links has been detained over the attack on the team bus. as the economic crisis deepens, the venezuelans who claim they've been forced into a life of crime to feed themselves. we have a special report from caracas. theyjust put obstacles and more obstacles, and more obstacles — that's whey we have to do all this for — and many people that are here are poor too — and i wasn't poor but now i'm poor. it could be the biggest in 50 years. new zealand braces for another tropical storm just a week after cyclone debbie. an expensive mistake. melania trump wins millions in damages and an apology for a newspaper's false claims that she worked as an escort. president trump and his secretary of state are both saying relations with russia are at an all—time low. rex tillerson‘s talks in moscow with president putin and his foreign minister were never going to be easy, but it now seems clear the kremlin has not budged in its support for syria's president assad,

news coming in from that borussia dortmund game. lives around the world every year. but there is concern among american doctors that president trump is about to open up a deeply contentious issue. he‘s pledged to commission a new vaccine safety committee which will investigate — among other things — the link between vaccines and autism. at the moment the us vaccination rates remain high overall, but there are an increasing number of families deciding not to immunise their children. some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country are on vashon island in washington state. the bbc‘s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has gone there for this report. your attention please... welcome to vashon island, a few miles off the seattle coast. it‘s a small, affluent community that embraces natural, clean living. these children‘s parents want the absolute best for them. like any medication, vaccines can cause mild and in very rare cases serious side—effects. but the scientific consensus on them is clear — they are safe, effective and s

we can confirm there have been three explosions in the area of the borussia dortmund team bus.en taken to hospital. that player has been named as the spanish international marc bartra. his condition, though, isn't considered serious. let's go to the bbc sport centre. you've been pulling together what you know. give us more pulling together what you know. give us more details of the explosions and where they happened? they happened just outside the team hotel, a few kilometres from the ground. it broke about an hour—and—a—half before the game was due to take place. what you know is there were three explosions. the bus there, there it is in the background, with the fire engine in the foreground, you can see the windows of the bus have actually been slightly blown out there. marc ba rtra been slightly blown out there. marc bartra was the man you mentioned, the former barcelona and spanish international who's been with borussia dortmund since 206. the police sending out tweets. social media went into melt down. that's the team working away with the german police after the incident.

we now know that the accused bought three different derivatives of the borussia dortmund stock.eculated on falling stock rises. he brought the main part of these finance products himself, on april 11, so the day of the attack. the team has expressed relief that the perpetrator appears to have been caught. but there is also widespread disgust in germany that someone may have been prepared to kill in order to make money from shares. borussia dortmund's trainer says the team is looking forward to the next match, on saturday, but that some players haven't yet fully recovered. translation: a success away at monchengladbach would certainly give us something like a boost, once more. i can speak for myself, i definitely think that i'm able. and at the moment i don't see a reason why i, personally, with all of the emotion involved here, should not be able to coach this game. the bombing shocked germany, particularly because it wasn't clear who caused the attack and why. 0fficials remained cautious, saying the perpetrators could have been islamist extremists, or criminals with a completel

borussia dortmund's trainer says the team is looking forward to the next match on saturday, at that sometranslation: the success would certainly give us a boost once more. i can speak for myself, would certainly give us a boost once more. i can speakfor myself, i definitely think that i am able and at the moment i don't see a reason why i personally, with all of the emotion involved here, should not be able to coach this game. the bombing shocked germany, especially as —— as it was unclear who caused the attack and why. officials remained cautious, saying the perpetrators could have been islamist extremists oi’ could have been islamist extremists or criminals with a completely different motivation. now it seems that caution has paid off. here in the uk, the prime minister is on day three of the campaign trail and has given the first hints of what will and what won't be in the conservative manifesto. theresa may says she'll keep the current spending on foreign aid. and the chancellor philip hammond has hinted that he would like to end the party's promise not to increase taxes. our deputy

police in germany, hunting the perpetrators of yesterday's attack on the bus of the borussia dortmund, have identified two suspects from what they call an "islamist background". one has been arrested. the bus was hit by three explosions while it was taking the players to last night's champions league match against monaco. our europe correspondent gavin lee is in dortmund for us. i have come to the dortmund stadium because in the next few hours 80,000 fa ns because in the next few hours 80,000 fans will be here in the mid—of this on going investigation by the federal prosecutors office confirmed there is two suspects. both said to have islamist links in dortmundment we know more about the two letters that were discovered. one letter found in the roadside, that's six miles a way from here by the police which claims to be basically the second attack after berlin, carried out by sympathisers of so—called islamic state. that they were calling on german aircraft taking pa rt calling on german aircraft taking part in coalition strikes against so—called is to stop otherwise they will keep tar

three explosions tonight near the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to their champions league match — one player's injured. the parents of a seriously ill eight—month—old baby say they're devastated after the high court decides doctors can withdraw their son's life support. and 48 hours after this man was dragged from a plane in chicago — the united airlines boss finally issues a full apology to him and his fellow passengers. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: barca on the back foot again, asjuventus look to press home the advantage in the first of the champions league quarterfinals. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the american secretary of state, rex tillerson, has arrived in russia ahead of tomorrow's talks, as tensions between the two countries continue to grow. he will urge president putin to withdraw his support for the assad regime in the wake of last week's chemical attack on a rebel town in syria. he flew out from italy, where g7 foreign ministers had been meeting. they rejected a british call for new sanctions to be imposed on syria and russia. t

right before or right after the team bus of borussia dortmund was about to leave the hotel ground, threests occurred, destroying most of the windows, and this injured one player, marc bartra. the team was brought back into the hotel, where they still are as far as we believe. police don't know if these were all the bombs. they are searching for more explosive devices. they are using a drone which was set up into the air to look for more evidence, and the police don't really know what happened and what are the background of the explosions. brent: what have police said about what these explosions might have been? we have confirmed there were three devices that went off. reporter: yes, three bombs that destroyed the bus, mostly the windows. and one player that was injured is not very badly, but he was cut by some of the glass that fell into the bus. as far as we have heard, he was right into a hospital -- brought into a hospital, but was never in real danger. brent: we can hear in the background, we can hear the sirens from police and emergency vehicles. we want to make clear, police have s

this is bbc world news, the headlines: german police say a bus carrying the football team borussia dortmund to a champions league game was deliberately targeted. it was hit by three explosions. officials say a letter was found near the scene. the white house press secretary, sam spicer has apologised for comments suggesting adolf hitler didn't use chemical weapons. mr spicer made the remarks during a press briefing about the recent sarin gas attack in idlib. russia is hardening its support for the assad regime — even with the us secretary of state in moscow for crisis talks. president putin has accused syrian rebels of setting up fake attacks to justify more american missile strikes. over 48 hours after the incident — the boss of united airlines has issued a full apology to the man who was dragged off a flight in chicago. his remarks follow a storm of media criticism and a drop in the compa ny‘s trading share—price. now for the latest financial news with aaron heslehurst and world business report. what does junk status do to you? south africas battered economy tries to recover from a double

monaco are into their fourth ever champions league semi final as they see off borussia dortmund over the tennis superstar is pregnant. hello and thanks forjoining us. the line up for the champions league semi finals is now complete. there will be no barcelona, who were unable to overturn a 3—0 first leg deficit, while monaco have knocked out borussia dortmund 6—3 on aggregate. i spoke earlier with our football reporterjohn bennett to find out

german prosecutors arrest a 28—year—old man suspected of bombing the borussia dortmund team bus last hold a minute applause ahead of their derby with birmingham city this weekend, following the death of their former defender ugo ehiogu. ehiogu was a coach with the under 23s at spurs and collapsed after a training session yesterday, having suffered a cardiac arrest. he won three league cups in a club career spent largely with aston villa and middlesbrough. andy townsend won the 1996 league cup with ehiogu at villa, and the pair stayed in touch after their playing careers came to an end. he was a fantastic lad. a fantastic team—mate. i have seen him a lot recently. he has been coaching the younger boys at tottenham. a picture of health, so i am so shocked. he was an incredibly fit man as a player, and looked absolutely on top form. this has come as such a shock. incredibly bad news. there have been a huge number of tributes paid on social media already. the former england and manchester united captain rio ferdinand says... da rter have darter have cancelled their under 23 game and all

detained one suspect, thought to have islamist links, after three explosions hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmundy say they're treating the incident as a terror attack. the match against monaco is now being played tonight. 0ur correspondentjenny hill is in dortmund, where it has just got under way. jenny. stringent security here, as you'd expect a night, as the match got under way about half an hour ago. police are still trying to establish who was behind last night's attack, and what the motive might have been. as you heard there, they have made one arrest today, and they are believed to be looking for another man, though prosecutors are refusing to comment on fairly widespread media reports that one of those men was an iraqi national, the other a german citizen. nevertheless, right 110w german citizen. nevertheless, right now the focus here at the stadium here in dortmund, germany's largest stadium, is very much on the game. this is how germany defends home ground. football fans defiant. last night's attack after all struck at the very heart of the national game. translation: football is strong

police in germany believe the three explosions that hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team were directly targeting the club. they were planted at the roadside in the district of hoechsten, about 10km from the stadium. the team was on its way to its champions league match against monaco. one player, marc bartra, suffered a hand injury and needed surgery. jane frances kelly reports. forensic teams have spent the night examining the blast site. three devices in what police described as a targeted attack exploded as the players‘ bus left their hotel shortly after 7pm. it's believed the explosives were hidden in a hedge and were detonated as the bus passed. the vehicle had reinforced glass. but two panes at the back shattered, injuring spanish international marc bartra, who's undergone surgery. other team members were unharmed. at a press conference held soon afterwards, a spokesman for the team gave an update on this condition. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bone in this right hand and he's got various glass shards that have been blast

hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that borussia dortmund's championsbe postponed in germany on tuesday. three explosive devices detonated near the team bus while it was en route to the match, damaging the windows and defender,

our top story this hour: german police say attackers deliberately targeted the borussia dortmund football team. a bus carrying the squad to a champions league game was hit by three explosions. one player was injured — officials say a letter was found near the scene. welcome to the programme — our other main stories this hour: tough talking on syria: the us secretary of state prepares for crucial meetings in moscow — as russia appears to be hardening its support for the assad regime. he told a press briefing adolf hitler didn't use chemical weapons. the backlash forces sean spicer into an apology — and yet more misstatements. i'm aaron heslehurst. in business: what does junk status do to you? south africas battered economy tries to recover from a double downgrade, but it won't be easy — especially trying to borrow money from its internationalfriends. and — all on board. yep how a group of enterprising berliners, fed up with paying ever more for their daily train tickets clubbed together to crowd—fund their own train line. we're going to take a ride with them. hello. police in germany belie

a narrow escape from a targeted attack on the borussia dortmund football team.left its hotel in the south of dortmund. the spanish international marc bartra was sitting close to the window. he is being treated for a broken wrist. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bone in his right hand. and he has various glass shards that had been blasted into his arm. the team through their captain just rang me. they are still very shocked and thinking about marc. we hope he recovers quickly. also injured was a police officer escorting the team to the stadium. federal investigators are focusing on two letters, one received at the scene and one posted online. both claiming responsibility for the attack. no more details have been given but german state media reports that a note left in the road claims that islamist extremists are behind the attack. a far left antifascist activist group is also claiming responsibility on the internet. translation: i can say a letter was found near the blast scene. at the momentjudy the ongoing investigation i ca

borussia dortmund lose their rescheduled first leg to monaco and the german club's coach says the teamd' as the decision to postpone the match 2a hours was made... and we find out what awaits fernando alonso at the indy 500 as he agrees to race in the states instead of the monaco grand prix. hello again. leicester will have to confound expectations once again if they're to continue their incredible journey to the champoins league semi finals. they'll take a one goal deficit into the second leg of their last 8 tie against atletico madrid after losing in spain tonight. patrick gearey reports. leicester city long ago passed through the looking glass to a world where predictions, expectations lose meaning. still, surely not? not where atletico madrid are so dependent. that was the warning. you do not get many against athletic madrid. it was a question of location, the referee for the foul was inside the box, penalty. he finished what he started, his 24th at politico goal of the season. —— his 24th atletico madrid school. craig shakespeare's his 24th atletico madrid school. craig sha kespea

a narrow escape from a targeted attack on the borussia dortmund football team.e explosions triggered tame last night as the coach left its hotel in the south of dortmundment the spanish international, marc bartra was sitting close to the window. he has been treated for a broken wrist. translation: marc ba rtra been treated for a broken wrist. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bonein operated on right now for a broken bone in his right—hand and he has very glass shards have been blasted into his arm. the team just rang me. they are still very shocked and thinking about marc. we hope he recovers quickly. j also injured was a police officer escorting the team to the stadium. federal investigators detained one man suspected of links to islamist terrorism, one of two suspects whose apartments were raid this morning. authorities are attempt to go verify a letter left at the scene claiming jihadists were behind the attack. german state media says the note left in the road claims high—profile german figures and sports stars would conti

the german football club borussia dortmund says one of their players, marc bartra, has been injured inn explosion on their team bus. police say there were three explosions in total. the bus was on its way to dortmund's stadium, ahead of their champions league match against monaco, which was due to kick off now. the game has now been postponed until tomorrow. well, we can now speak to our correspondent damian mcguinness, who's following this story from berlin. just bring us up to date with exactly what may have happened here. what seems to have happened is that three explosions, police say they don't know what caused the explosions, what seems to have happened is the team were leaving their hotel in the bus on the way to their hotel in the bus on the way to the stadium. there is the suspicion that the explosions were planted along the road. they don't know whether the bus was actually the aim of these explosions. they've said that the stadium has not been affected and that no—one else was injured, just that one player, who was then take ton hospital. —— taken to hospital. police are try

borussia dortmund have played their delayed champions league game against monaco. it was postponed for 2h hours after the german team's bus was hit by debris from three explosive devices. police have detained a man with islamist links. a state of emergency has been declared in some parts of new zealand, as the country braces for tropical storm cookjust days after cyclone debbie. it could be the worst storm in 50 years. hundreds of schools are shut and numerous flights cancelled. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. the country with the biggest oil reserves in the world is in economic meltdown. venezuelans queue for hours for bread. the sick can't get the medicines they need. violent crime is thriving in the chaos. caracas is now the world's most dangerous capital. hugo chavez's socialist revolution has lost its charismatic leader, but not yet its grip on power. opposition to chavez's successor, nicolas maduro, is mobilising. the national assembly is at war with the government. venezuela is on the brink of a terrifying descent into darkness. can anyone pull it b

i saw the game and i was really proud of borussia dortmund, how they handled it.against monaco, but with shock subsiding, there is now a mix of regret and some simmering anger. time for a look at the weather now. things have been calling down a touch over the past few days but we still have some decent spells of sunshine out there as well. through the next few days that theme continues. it will feel cooler but a lot of dry and fairly bright weather as well. this is the satellite image at the moment. sunshine particularly around southern and eastern parts of the uk. further north and west, more cloud, which is producing some outbreaks of rain particularly across scotland, some showers from west to east, and also a few across northern ireland, here in fermanagh. into this evening and overnight, the cloud increases from the west. a couple of fronts pushing in bringing patchy rain to northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales. south of that, as we start good friday, some dry weather and sunny spells, and to the north a return to bit of su

tea m the bombing of the borussia dortmund team us. cycling championships. more on those stories at half—past. 27 men have appeared in court in huddersfield charged with historical sex offences against women. the offences include rape and trafficking of the women, who were aged between 11 and 17 at the time. 0ur correspondent is at huddersfield magistrates‘ courts. spencer, tell us magistrates‘ courts. spencer, tell us about what the court has heard about the background to this case. yes, this was a major police investigation, three and a half yea rs investigation, three and a half years long, which ended last month and resulted in 27 men and two women being charged with historical sexual offences. those offences relate to rape, trafficking with intent to engage in sexual exploitation, sexual activity, and the supply of drugs to 18 women in total, those women aged between 11 and 17 years. those offences took place over a seven—year period between 2004 and 2011 in the huddersfield area. all of the defendants came from west yorkshire apa

after a 24—hour delay, borussia dortmund play their big european match.ed over the attack on their team bus. it could be the biggest in 50 years. new zealand braces for another tropical storm just a week after cyclone debbie. as the economic crisis deepens, the venezuelans who claim they've been forced into a life of crime to feed themselves. we have a special report from caracas.

team bus on wednesday. 0ne borussia dortmund team bus on wednesday.jured. the match with moscow was played without incident. marvel has sacked one of their artists for putting in islamist messages. his work will continue to be on the shelves. the day—to—day ja ka rta be on the shelves. the day—to—day jakarta protest and a passage from the koran were in the first issue of the koran were in the first issue of the comic. let's return to the top story. earlier we heard about president trump's falling out with russia. but in a busy few hours, he has been shifting position on nato as well, and speaking out on syria. covering all of this is laura bicker. you have been speaking to jens stoltenberg. the nato secretary general, given that throughout president trump's campaign period he was questioning the significance, important, even purpose of nato, jens stoltenberg must be pretty relieved to hear now donald trump saying that nato is no longer obsolete. that is right. during my interview i pressed him twice on whether or not he felt he could rely on president

three explosions have smashed the team bus of borussia dortmund, one of the biggest football clu bs dortmunde of the biggest football clubs in germany. a spanish player has been injured. not seriously it is believed. the game against monaco has been pushed back by 2a hours. one of the many issues are demanding donald trump's attention is north korea. have a look at what they think of the current deployment of us warships of the korean peninsula. the foreign ministry injohn young are saying it will hold the us fully accountable for the catastrophic consequences of its outrageous actions. donald trump said that north korea is looking for trouble. if china decides to help that would be great. if not we will solve the problem without them. when all that is going on, the americans and the south koreans have been conducting military exercises. this is a routine exercise. it happens every year. it is to practice landing troops and equipment on beaches when a normal ports have been destroyed. north korea says it is practice for invasion. china says please stop. the us and south korea say it is what

two people were hurt when three explosions hit the borussia dortmund tea m explosions hit the borussiao. the lawyer for the passenger forcibly dragged off a united airlines plane earlier this week says he's likely to sue the us carrier. david dao was carried away by security guards, screaming, when there were no volunteers to leave sarah corker reports. screaming. it this footage of doctor david dao being dragged off a united airlines flight, bloodied and injured, that will be the centre of any legal case. oh, my god! look at what you did to him! the 69—year—old's lawyer says chicago aviation police used unreasonable force and violence to remove him from the kentucky—bound plane. at a press conference in chicago, his daughter said it has been a difficult time for the family. what happened to my dad should have never happened to any human being, regardless of the circumstance. we were horrified, and shocked and sickened, to learn what had happened to him, and to see what had happened to him. another video shows david dao dazed and confused, having somehow run back onto the plane. the do

two people were hurt when three explosions hit the borussia dortmund tea m explosions hit the borussiaaco. the libyan coastguard is reporting at least 90 migrants, including women and children, feared drowned off the coast of libya. 23 people have been rescued. it's believed the inflata ble have been rescued. it's believed the inflatable sank with about 120 passengers on board, most from sub—saharan africa. there have been more clashes between police and demonstrators during anti—government protests in venezuela. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds in the capital, caracas. the riots followed the death of a fifth person in protests sparked by the decision to bar the opposition leader, henrique capriles. the lawyer for the passenger forcibly dragged off a united airlines plane earlier this week says he's likely to sue the us carrier. david dao was carried away by security guards, screaming, when there were no volunteers to leave the overbooked flight. sarah corker reports. screaming. it this footage of doctor david dao being dragged off a united airlines flight, b

german prosecutors investigating three explosions which hit the borussia dortmund football team bus on islamic state group in iraq. detectives say the man was in touch with members of the militant group while he was in germany, but there's no proof he was involved in the attack. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee is in dortmund for us now. gapping, the authorities are looking for a warrant to detain this individual at the moment, isn't that right? yes, butjust to clarify, a few things are going on. this man is a 26—year—old suspect that the federal prosecutor has partially named as abdul a, he is 26 and from iraq. he has been questioned so far in connection with the attack but the authorities say there is no evidence linking him to it. but he is suspected of a history of being with so—called islamic state in iraq, that he was acting as a commander with ten people under his control, responsible for abduction, murder, before leaving to turkey in 2015. we think, according to the information we have got, he may have crossed along the migration trial in 2016 to germany, where he has been he

borussia dortmund have played their delayed champions league game against monaco.t was postponed for 2h hours after the german team's coach was hit by debris from three explosive devices. police have detained a man with islamist links. a state of emergency has been declared in some areas of new zealand as the country braces for more severe weather. the authorities say tropical storm cook will make landfall days after cyclone debbie hit the region. it could be the worst storm in 50 years. hundreds of schools are shut and numerous flights have been cancelled. now on bbc news — click. this week: de—stressing with a future ball. knocking up google. and shouting at amazon. tell me, who is the murderer! click theme song. robot voice: welcome home, spen. how was your day? awful. i'm stressed out. that's a shame. i will run you a bath and play some relaxing music from your anger— management playlist. music plays. rory, do i have any messages? you have 17,000 tweets, 16 e—mails, and 105 fake news updates. any of them urgent? your boss sent an e—mail asking if he can stop by

we re borussia dortmund football players were directly targeting the club.sives were planted at the roadside and went off as the team we re roadside and went off as the team were driven to their champions league match against monaco and one of the players, marc bartra, suffered a hand injury and has been operated on. jenny hill reports from berlin. an apparent attack at the heart of the national game. three devices using what police described as serious explosives, detonated as the players left the hotel. tonight germany's largest stadium deserted. 65,000 fans told to leave, confusion and fear. translation: we've searched the side of the explosions and found a suspect device. we cannot say any more about its nature. we've also found a letter but i cannot disclose its contents. the devices exploded here ten kilometres from the stadium. police believe they may have been left in a hedge at the side of the road. in shock, players were helped from the bus, although only one was taken to hospital, marc bartra, a spanish defender, joined dortmund last year. elsewhe

i think you have to bear in mind that borussia dortmund is a very popular clu b borussia dortmund is possibly one of its most well loved, there was a real sense of outrage that anyone would strike and strike in this way on a football team, germany‘s national game, there is such a passion here for football, this attack really struck a chord notjust with bands of the game but people here in germany and of course football fans all over the globe. 0k, jenny, thank you very much for that. government plans described by critics as a stealth death tax have been scrapped. the proposals involved increasing the fees paid by some people when a family member dies. the ministry ofjustice said there was now not enough time for the legislation to go through parliament. prison authorities in the us state of arkansas have carried out their first execution for more than a decade. the lethal injection of ledell lee, who was convicted of murder, was given the go—ahead just 30 minutes before his death warrant expired. it‘s the first of several executions planned before supplies of one of the drugs used ex

germany say they have detained a suspected islamist after three explosions hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund monaco was finally played this evening and there were shows of defiance from both sets of fans. our correspondent, jenny hill, reports from dortmund. # you'll never walk alone #. after an attack on home ground, this is how the world of football responded. dortmund's fans and their monaco rivals in unison. # you're never walk alone #. # you'll never walk alone #. security fears put aside for a match which mattered. we want to show that we don't care for the terrorism, we want to see football. we want to see a good match and that's important, i think. this was, police believe, a targeted attack on the dortmund team. three explosive devices, packed with metal pins, planted along their route to the stadium. explosives with a range of 100 metres. investigators have yet to establish a motive, but they're examining letters found at the scene. translation: three letters were found at the site, they suggest a possible islamist background. among others things, they demand the withdrawal of germ

borussia dortmund's spanish defender marc bartra will be out of action for a month because of the wristin the bomb attack on the team's bus on tuesday. the first leg of their champions league quarter—final was re—arranged for wednesday, and dortmund lost 3—2 at home to monaco. speaking on thursday, the dortmund coach thomas tuchel admits they've been struggling to come to terms with what happened. todayis today is my worst day ever. so, this morning and till now, speaking to the players, for myself this feels the players, for myself this feels the worst day today. while it was happening it was kind of like 0k, nobody knew what was going on and you have to do stuff you have to do. and the next day was kind of a bit like walking through... like through a cloud. it is not so clear. everything. and i think this is a process which will accompany us through the next days and weeks. it was a really difficult moment for me because... iwas... iwas in it was a really difficult moment for me because... i was... i was in the team hotel with my team. i know exactly the road, i know exactly the place