they heard carwynjones tell the court that he wasn't aware of mr sargeant‘s mental health issues at theffered to departing ministers, to which he responded, no. any regrets, first minister? carwyn jones has finished giving his evidence. as he left the inquest, he was remaining tight—lipped. an independent inquiry into how he handled carl sargeant‘s sacking has yet to begin. sian lloyd, bbc news. tributes have been paid to the veteran labour party activist harry leslie smith, who has died in canada at the age of 95. iam harry i am harry leslie smith, i am the world's oldest rebel. . the world war two veteran came to prominence four years ago, after giving a speech to the labour party conference about life growing up in south yorkshire in the 19205, before the advent of the nhs. harry leslie smith, who died today. a pre—fight press conference between boxers deontay wilder and the british fighter tyson fury descended into a brawl this evening. fury, who recently took two and a half years out of the sport, is bidding to win the world council boxing heavyweight title, from undefeated america

carwynjones was asked about atv women.was quite clear from the tone of that news broadcast that the tone of that news broadcast that the news report was about allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women against carl sargeant. now, carl sargeant was found just four days after he was sacked as ministerfor found just four days after he was sacked as minister for the welsh government. he was suspended from the labour party. the inquest continues here in ruthin and carwyn jones has almost finished giving evidence here after two and a half hours. thank you very much. a 16—year—old boy is to be charged with assault, over an attack on a 15—year—old syrian refugee at a school in huddersfield. a video, shared on social media, shows the attacker dragging the boy to the floor by his neck before pouring water over his face. the video which was posted on social media yesterday has now been viewed more than two million times. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu says police have already carried out an investigation into the incident

the first minister carwynjones has onlyjust begun giving evidence.g during that time the coroner was trying to get some sense of what is the role of first minister, what other duties and responsibilities and also of the special advisers and the team who surround the first minister. this morning the inquest heard from one of the first minister's special advisers about what was happening within the office of the first minister in the days in the run—up to the decision that he took to sack carl sargeant from his cabinet secretary post last november. and it was four days after he had been sacked following these allegations of sexual misconduct towards women that his body was found at the family home. now the advisers said that in the days in the run—up to that decision to sack him that carl sargeant was not approached for any denial and nothing was said about the allegations against him in advance. earlier this week we heard that the 49—year—old had suffered from depression. the advisor also said at no stage was any welfare advice given to him. it's bein

the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has been giving evidence at the inquest, into the death ofovernment minister carl sargeant. mrjones was heavily criticised for his handling of the sacking of mr sargeant, after the latter was accused of inappropriate behaviour towards women, allegations he denied. sian lloyd's report contains some flashing images. arriving to give what he has described as his side of the story, the first minister carwynjones came to the inquest into the death of his colleague carl sargeant to face questioning about the circumstances around his decision to sack him. the former welsh government minister and father of two was dismissed during a cabinet reshuffle, four days before his body was found. the allegations that had been made against the 49—year—old left him no choice but to sack him, mrjones said. he told the inquest, it was awful. i remember the feeling of dread. i had lost sleep over it, but it had to be done. during the course of the inquest, the coroner, john gittins, has made several enquiries about what support or pastoral care was offered to carl

the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has been giving evidence at the inquest, into the death ofor his handling of the sacking of mr sargeant, who was accused of inappropriate behaviour towards women, allegations he denied. sian lloyd's report contains some flashing images. arriving to give what he has described as his side of the story, the first minister carwynjones came to the inquest into the death of his colleague carl sargeant to face questioning about the circumstances around his decision to sack him. the former welsh government minister and father of two was dismissed during a cabinet reshuffle, four days before his body was found. the allegations that had been made against the 49—year—old left him no choice but to sack him, mrjones said. he told the inquest, it was awful. i remember the feeling of dread. i had lost sleep over it, but it had to be done. during the course of the inquest, the coroner, john gittins, has made several enquiries about what support or pastoral care was offered to carl sargea nt, who had suffered from depression. he has indicated that it's part o

coroner reminded mr andrews that was his opinion, and the inquest will hear from the first minister, carwynjones week. sian lloyd, bbc news, ruthin. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show: paris by tin snail. where is the gearstick? the gearstick is there. seeing seoul in a hurry, and the eu after brexit. take your place, get ready...go! this is so tough, my back is about to break. and there is gold in them there hills. we head to slovakia to find our fortune. i missed loads. our travels this week begin in a european capital very familiar to many of us. a city that has become a market leader in cliches. i am here in the city of love, but also the city of cars. and plenty of them. one, though, in particular, stands out more than any other in the hearts of the french people. the citroen 2cv. and this year, she's turning 70. the 2cv was born in 1948, in the immediate aftermath of world war ii. the very first prototypes as well as the very last model and all those in between are kept here in the citroen heritage centre in the north of paris. here they are, they've really got charact

obviously, the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has not been in a position where he has been ablea little earlier, though, a spokesman for him did issue a statement in which he called on the prime minister to stare down brexit extremists and secure unfettered access to the single market and the customs union. felicity, thank you very much, and we will talk again if we get some reaction, not least from the welsh government there. felicity evans in cardiff, thank you. we will be talking to more guests in a few moments. that cabinet meeting in downing street is still going on. it started at two o'clock here, and has been going on now for over three hours, three hours and 36 minutes so far. if it started bang on two o'clock, it was near enough. we are now told that it is likely to go on past six o'clock london time, and again, if you think about the contributions to be made by people around that cabinet table on a document that is meant to i think stretch to some 500 pages, it's maybe not surprising that it's going on rather longer than people thought. it is not a rubber—stamping exer

coroner reminded mr andrews that was his opinion, and the inquest will hear from the first minister carwynjonese week. sian lloyd, bbc news, ruthin. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. israel's seemingly indestructible prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has dodged another political bullet. after the recent flare—up of violence in gaza, his defence minister quit and another key cabinet hawk, naftali bennett, said he would go too if he wasn't given the defence portfolio. the pm called his bluff, and mr bennett, who is my guest today, decided to stay after all. what's behind the chaos in israeli politics? are the right—wing factions putting their own interests before those of the nation? naftali bennett, in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. great to be here, stephen. it's been quite a week. how would you characterise your relationship with prime minister netanyahu today? well, we're political adversaries, but i'm part of his government and i support prime minister netanyahu as the prime minister of israel. so, you know, it's not unlike the uk, where things are a

carwynjones has called on the prime minister to stare down the brexit extremist and keep the uk in the. we can get the latest on all of this from brussels. 0ur correspondent is there. we know the eu ambassadors are meeting today. there has to be political sign off on this proposed agreement here in london, but also in brussels and among the other eu 27. that's right. everyone here is taking a big intake of breath. and they are also holding their breath now to see how this plays out that cabinet meeting in london today. really, everybody being silent. the official spokesman here wouldn't have any comment at all. he said a process is under way. it has gone to the cabinet in the uk. it'll come back here. we will wait and see. he made no comment. that is the reflection of that sort of nervousness that the text has been put out there. a sign of that was a comment reported in the times this morning. michel barnier‘s deputy, who was the one who sat down and did the negotiations, a diplomatic note saying she might have said that this leaves the eu in the best position for the future. the uk mu

the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, and the first minister of wales, carwynjones, have written brexit and demanding a much greater involvement for the devolved administrations in the negotiations. ms sturgeon says the plans put scotland at a competitive disadvantage because they would take scotland out of the single market, while northern ireland would in effect stay inside. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith joins us from edinburgh. talk us through the case that the first minister is likely to be making in the days ahead. nicola sturgeon says the proposed brexit agreement is unfair to scotland because it gives northern ireland the sort of deal that she's long been arguing for. the snp have a lwa ys been arguing for. the snp have always said they want scotland to stay in the single market on the customs union even after the rest of the uk have left. the prime minister has always said that's impossible. but, say the snp, if you can have separate arrangements were northern ireland, why can't scotland operate under different rules as well? that is the case they will continue to make.

coroner reminded mr andrews that was his opinion, and the inquest will hear from the first minister, carwynjoneshin. ukraine has tonight voted to impose martial law in parts of the country, following russia's seizure of three ukrainian navy ships off crimea yesterday. russia claims it has acted legally, but ukraine says it's the latest in a series of provocative acts in recent years. in early 2014, popular protests led to the overthrow of ukraine's president, who was close to russia, after he rejected closer links with the european union. president putin then acted swiftly to annexe the region of crimea, which had close links with russia. moscow also intervened in eastern ukraine to create a separatist movement, sparking a violent civil war which has since claimed 10,000 lives. yesterday saw russia sieze vessels in the narrow kerch strait, a marine route important to the ukrainian economy. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, reports. off the coast of crimea, russian border guards on collision course with the ukrainian navy. the russians target a tug boat. the hint is less than subtle. lat

the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, and the first minister of wales, carwynjones, have written chaotic approach to brexit and demanding a much greater involvement for the devolved administrations in the negotiations. ms sturgeon says the plans put scotland at a competitive disadvantage, because they would take scotland out of the single market, while northern ireland would in effect stay inside. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. nicola sturgeon says the proposed brexit agreement is unfair to scotla nd brexit agreement is unfair to scotland because it gives northern ireland this sort of deal she has long been arguing. the snp has a lwa ys long been arguing. the snp has always said they want scotland to stay in the single market and customs union even after the rest of the uk has left. the prime minister has always said that is some possible but the snp says if you can have separate arrangements the northern ireland why can't scotland operate under those rules? it is a case the scottie —— the scottish tories have long feared. they will not accept any deal which undermines

coroner reminded mr andrews that was his opinion, and the inquest will hear from the first minister, carwynjoneshin. ukraine has tonight voted to impose martial law in parts of the country, following russia's seizure of three ukrainian navy ships off crimea yesterday. russia claims it has acted legally, but ukraine says it's the latest in a series of provocative acts in recent years. in early 2014, popular protests led to the overthrow of ukraine's president, who was close to russia, after he rejected closer links with the european union. president putin then acted swiftly to annexe the region of crimea, which had close links with russia. moscow also intervened in eastern ukraine to create a separatist movement, sparking a violent civil war which has since claimed 10,000 lives. yesterday saw russia sieze vessels in the narrow kerch strait, a marine route important to the ukrainian economy. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. off the coast of crimea, russian border guards on collision course with the ukrainian navy. the russians target a tug boat. the hint is less than subtle. later

coroner reminded mr andrews that was his opinion, and the inquest will hear from the first minister carwynjones is 6:15pm. our top story this evening. the met office issues a stark warning for the future of the uk if greenhouse gases aren't cut — with hotter summers, wetter winters and rising sea levels. and we'll be live at nasa mission control in pasadena, as the team waits anxiously to see if their insight spacecraft will make it safely onto the surface of mars in the next two hours. and coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, some big boots to fill. andy farrell will replace joe schmidt as ireland head coach after next yea r‘s world cup. a liverpool fan who was viciously attacked before a match against roma in april still can't sit up and has problems speaking six months later. sean cox's wife says he will never make a full recovery. the 53—year—old from county meath in ireland was injured as he and his brother made their way to the stadium. our sports editor dan roan spoke to his wife, martina cox, and has this report. they were the scenes that shamed football. crowd dis

the first minister of wales, carwynjones, will be recalled to face fresh questions.ely towards women. today carl sargeant‘s family said they were disappointed that after five days in court the inquest had yet to conclude. a search for a couple missing near the coast in south—west scotland has been called off for the day due to bad weather. susan and james kenneavy‘s car was found empty on drummore beach yesterday morning. police say they've had no contact with their family, but searching by land, sea and airwill resume this weekend. the number of excess deaths in england and wales last winter was the highest recorded for more than 40 years. the office for national statistics estimates that more than 50,000 people died mainly as a result of flu and the particularly cold weather — a statistic not seen since the winter of 1975 to ‘76. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. hugh, why are these figures for last winter so particularly high? fiona, excess winter deaths measures the deaths between december and march compared to the average for non—winter months and it was the h

the first minister of wales, carwynjones, will be recalled to face fresh questions.carl sargeant‘s family said they were disappointed that after five days in court the inquest had yet to conclude. a keeper at a zoo in the west midlands is facing disciplinary action, after a snow leopard got out of its enclosure and was shot dead. the incident took place on 23rd of october at dudley zoo, around five o'clock when visitors had left the site. the zoo said that in the interests of public safety, the decision was taken to shoot the big cat, rather than attempt to tranquillize it. ben sidwell sent us this report from dudley. eight—year—old marco was alongside a three—year—old female tiger, getting used to her brand—new enclosure. these picture from dudley zoo own website showed just what a beautiful creature he was. 0n the evening of 0ctober creature he was. 0n the evening of october the 23rd after the zoo had closed, a keeper left the door to his enclosure open, and mark asher escaped. after attempts to recapture him failed, the decision was taken to shoot him. i have spok

wales' first minister, carwynjones, has told the inquest into the death of the former welsh minister, mr jones. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan was at the inquest. first minister taiwan jones has just finished giving evidence in the inquest up call started, the former was government minister that died just four days after being sacked from cabinet after they were allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women against him. jones told the inquest hears that he received a formal complaint in riding of those allegations just days before he planned cabinet reshuffle. ask about the allegations and about the reshuffle, he said there was no realistic way of enforcing one from the other. the first minister said he had lost sleep and he also had felt a feeling of dread before going into the meeting with kyle sergeant which he told him that he had been relieved of his duty as community intelligence minister and told him there were allegations against him. michael wynn—jones was also a question about whether or not he had done enough and offered enough personal care. —— michael wynn—jones. e

coroner reminded mr andrews that was his opinion, and the inquest will hear from the first minister carwynjonesesigned to study the internal structure of the planet. british summers could be five degrees hotter by 2070 if greenhouse gas emissions aren't cut, that's according to new met office projections. after getting her deal signed off by the eu's 27 member states yesterday, theresa may spoke to the house of commons this afternoon to persuade mps to back it. 0ron 0r on brexit, you can't have enough, can you? in the referendum two years ago, leeds was split down the middle. it voted to remain, but by one of the closest margins in the country. so what do people there make of theresa may's deal? 0ur correspondent, fiona trott, has been finding out. a chilly morning at kirkgate market in leeds, but a warm response to theresa may's message. people don't want to spend any more time arguing about brexit. we are fed up of arguing about it. i think everyone is fed up about parliament arguing about it as well. definitely, people will be fed up. are you fed up? i am, because it has been ages. being giv