or right, daniel sandford — unresolved. or right, daniel sandford and _ unresolved.andford and alison holt, . unresolved. or right, daniel- sandford and alison holt, thank you. and there's a new bbc documentary about the sara sharif case, �*tortured behind closed doors', available now, on iplayer. ukraine says it was responsible for the bomb attack in moscow which killed a senior russian general. kyiv says igor kirillov was a legitimate target, because he co—ordinated chemical weapons attacks on ukrainian forces. the kremlin says it was an act of terrorism, and is vowing revenge. steve rosenberg has the very latest from moscow. being filmed from a car opposite, a russian general and his assistant. here, what appears to be a scooter — we will come back to that. what followed was a giant explosion, with deadly consequences. the two men were killed, a moscow apartment block was now a crime scene. investigators sifted through the debris, searching for clues. later, a spokesperson for russia's investigative committee revealed that the bomb had been hidden on that scooter.

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.cause in about 25 minutes' time, i will be talking to daniel sandford, who was in court throughout that trial and was there for today bosnian sentencing stub so that is coming up, as i say, in about 25 minutes' time. —— today's sentencing. to the middle east now, where, after months of deadlock, there are new signs that israel and hamas could be moving also sentenced today to 16 years in prison for allowing the death of a child, sara's uncle, faisal malik, who lived in the house but did nothing to save sara. at the weekend, friends and neighbours held a vigil for sara sharif, a little girl who wanted to win x factor but will now be remembered for the brutal way she was killed by her own father and stepmother. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. do stay with us, because in about 25 minutes' time, i will be talking to daniel sandford, who was in court throughout that trial and was there for today bosnian sentencing stub so that is coming up, as i say, in about 25 minutes' time.

daniel sandford, bbc news.red, urfan sharif, sara's father, beinash batool, her stepmother, faisal malik, her uncle, and five of sara's siblings, were the subject of a police hunt across pakistan for several weeks. caroline davies and her team spent months tracking down the man who says he gave them shelter there, hiding them from the authorities. punjab�*s rural heartland, more than 6,000km away from woking, the route, the roads the sharif family took. but where and how did they stay undiscovered? we're off to meet a man who's related to urfan sharif by marriage and, through the conversations we've been having, we think he might know more about how the three adults stayed hidden for so long in pakistan. months of searching, tip—offs and leads led us to this door in a one—track village. during the hunt, police suspected rasikh munir of hiding the family. speaking exclusively to the bbc before the trial began, he told us how he did it. if the police raided, how did they never find you or the children? translatio

daniel sandford, bbc news.red, urfan sharif, sara's father, beinash batool, her stepmother, faisal malik, her uncle and five of sara's siblings were the subject of a police hunt across pakistan for several weeks. caroline davies and her team spent months tracking down the man who says he gave them shelter, hiding them from the authorities. punjab's rural heartland, more than 6,000km away from woking, the route, the roads the sharif family took. but where and how did they stay undiscovered? we're off to meet a man who's related to urfan sharif by marriage and, through the conversations we've been having, we think he might know more about how the three adults stayed hidden for so long in pakistan. months of searching, tip—offs and leads led us to this door in a one—track village. during the hunt, police suspected rasikh munir of hiding the family. speaking exclusively to the bbc before the trial began, he told us how he did it. this is irfan's room? this. translation: they stayed here. they used to sleep here. th

daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey.anger, as the government says there'll be no compensation for women affected by the change in the state pension age. and a warning from the un about the state of our crucial ecosystems. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. we are going to take you straight to madison, wisconsin, where police have just started an update on the shooting at a school there yesterday. two victims. the person who carried out the shooting a 15—year—old girl also dead. let's listen in. ., girl also dead. let's listen in. for the madison community. we are brought _ in. for the madison community. we are brought together - in. for the madison community. we are brought together by - in. for the madison community. we are brought together by a i we are brought together by a tragedy, and today three families woke up this morning to a world without a loved one. and that can never be... in the midst of this tragedy, our community has in an incredible demonstration, for medicine and i

daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey.as targeted by suicide bombers during his visit to iraq but was saved by a tip off from british intelligence. the attacks were planned in 2021 during his visit to mosul, where iraqi christians had been killed or driven out by islamic state fighters. according to the intelligence, a woman carrying explosives was intending to blow herself up during the papal visit and a truck was also on its way with the same intent. the pope said he was told of the planned attacks as soon as he flew into iraq to start his visit, but it went ahead anyway. father benedict kiely is the founder of nasarean.org — he's a catholic priest who has worked in and visited iraq several times. excerpts from pope francis 5 autobiography say british intelligence and iraqi police foiled two suicide bomb plots during the visit in 2021. we understand, you were in iraq that time. what a brave move it was on the part of pope francis. he what a brave move it was on the part of pope francis.— part of pope francis. he knew fro

daniel sandford, bbc news at the old bailey.re, the judge went out of his way to highlight what he called the dangers of unsupervised home—schooling of vulnerable children. under new legislation put forward today, some parents in england will no longer have the automatic right to take their children out of school. our social affairs editor alison holt is here. alison, how much difference could this change make to children like sara sharif? it is really difficult to say, because one of the important things to remember here is that it was her father and stepmother who should have kept her safe but murdered her brutally. tragically there are always situations where people do evil things. always situations where people do evilthings. but always situations where people do evil things. but we hope with this bill is it will strengthen the safeguards. so there will be a register of children who are not in school and we are told that will mean monitoring visits, although we don't know how often those will happen. in surrey where sara liv

our uk correspondent daniel sandford has followed this trial — he was inside the courtroom for the verdictwas it like to day after day be at this trial listening to some of those extraordinary details? l was those extraordinary details? i was ve lad those extraordinary details? i was very glad today — those extraordinary details? i was very glad today when _ those extraordinary details? i was very glad today when the - those extraordinary details? i —" very glad today when the judge used the word torturer. we did feel that this was really a case of a young girl being tortured to death. that's what we felt it had laid out in front of us in the court. of course murder, which was the charge is a slightly different thing. but the judge was really keen to use the word torturer. i think most people who follow the case felt that was appropriate. it kind of came in phases. the medical evidence really was unbearably grim. it was really awful to hear the scale of injuries that this little girl had suffered. particularly with these 25 fractures, it hadn't been 25 fractures, it hadn't been 25 fracture

let's get the latest now from our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. een a case that has shocked so many people, with many asking, how could this have happened again? yes, a very good question, we have been given access by the high court to a lot of the family court papers to a lot of the family court papers to do with this case, we have been poring over those for several months, and what comes out is this shocking timeline of a girl who social services knew about, even before she was born, who after a couple of years and concerns had eased, she came back into their view when she was six years old and they carried out a report and decided the right person for her to live with was her father, right person for her to live with was herfather, the man who ultimately killed her, and comes back into view again five months before she died when school noticed bruising on herface yet before she died when school noticed bruising on her face yet social services say, at this stage, we are not going to do any more, the school can monitor her. the big question now re