daniele nardi also knew the risks. written statement today, which included a message he'd left for his son should he not return. "don't stop," he told him. "don't give up." climbing was all tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. a man has been remanded in custody by magistrates in east london, charged with murdering the teenager jodie chesney last week. the 17—year—old was stabbed in the back while listening to music with friends in a park in romford. manuel petrovitch, who's 20, will appear at the old bailey on monday. a second suspect remains in custody. the supermarket chain asda has said it will remove all single kitchen knives from sale because of concern over the use of knives in violent attacks. the company says it has a responsibility to try to help in the work to bring violent crime under control. the clock. in the dirt of the clock. now on bbc news: a special edition of global questions from jerusalem — hosted by zeinab badawi. hello and welcome tojerusalem for this edit

briton tom ballard and italian daniele nardi last made contact two weeks ago. home secretary, sajid javid, is facing criticism after the death of the baby son of shamima begum — the british teenager whose citizenship he revoked forjoining the islamic state group. a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody. the 17—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. also this hour, the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments". he's been urged to agree to a "balanced solution" by stephen barclay, as talks continue between the uk and eu. increased activity at a missile site in north korea — satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. we begin with breaking news this hour. rescuers have found the bodies of two climbers who had been missing for almost a fortnight on a mountain in pakistan. tom ballard, who was british, was climbing nanga parbat with italian daniele nardi when they lost contact. a search operation ha

british mountaineer tom ballard and his italian climbing partner daniele nardi, were attempting to scalea parbat in northern pakistan. theirfriends have raised nearly one—hundred—thousand—pounds to help fund the rescue operation. richard galpin has more. a full—scale rescue team flew into nanga parbat yesterday afternoon. some of the spanish and pakistani climbers dropped off here at camp two to begin their search, on foot and using drones, ——one to begin their search, on foot and using drones, for tom ballard and daniele nardi. the two men had been waiting at base camp for weeks, for a indow of good weather to reach the summit in winter ——for a window of good weather to reach the summit in winter via a particularly hard new route. tom ballard is regarded as one of the world's finest alpinists. and his climbing partner, daniele nardi, has huge experience in the himalayas, climbing many of the world's peaks. but nine days ago, all contact was lost, and the first search mission last week, could not find any sign of them. for several days after, bad weather prevented further rescue attempts

dropped off here at camp to begin their search on foot and using drawings for tom ballard and daniele nardiwaiting at camp for weeks, for window of good weather to reach the summit in winter by a particularly hard new route. tom ballard is regarded as one of the world's finest alpinists. and his climbing partner has huge experience in himalayas, climbing many of the world's isp. at nine days ago, all contact was lost in this first search mission last week could not find any sign of them. —— peaks. several days after, bad weather prevented further rescue attempts. as a young boy, tom ballard was drawn into the climbing world by his mother, alison hargreaves, the first woman to climb everest are needed. she died soon afterwards on k2. like k2, nanga parbat lies in the far north pakistan, and it is more than 8000 metres high. it also has a ferocious reputation, many have died trying to reach the summit, and tom ballard and daniele nardi had been facing temperatures of —35 celsius. so could they have survived so long in those conditions? richard galpin, bbc news, islamabad. stay with us on bbc

daniele nardi also knew the risks.oday, which included a message he'd left for his son should he not return. "don't stop," he told him. "don't give up." climbing was all tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. r kelly has been released from prison after paying more than $160,000 in overdue child support. the singer has previously spent three nights injail after being charged in four sex abuse cases. allegations the singer denies. i promise you we're going to straighten all this stuff out. that's all i can say right now. i promise you. i love my fans. thank you, guys. his lawyer also spoke to reporters outside cook countyjail in chicago. so, we're going to focus on the evidence. we're going to fight the case in the courtroom. the state has yet to give us one single piece evidence. we haven't seen an interview, we haven't seen a police report, we haven't seen a videotape. when we get those things, we're going to fight this case like we fight any other case — in the courtroom, based o

daniele nardi also knew the risk. don't stop, he told him. don't give up.tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. the government faces mounting criticism over the decision to revoke the citizenship of shamima begum following the death of her son in a syrian detention camp. ms begum left london tojoin the islamic state group when she was 15, and now, at 19, had wanted to return to britain. labour said the decision to prevent herfrom doing so was "callous and inhumane", while charities say the life of the child wasn't sufficiently taken into consideration. but the government insists it was acting in the national interest. our political correspondent chris mason reports. a baby and his mum, 19—year—old shamima begum. she gave birth in a camp used to home islamic state fighters. at less than three weeks old, her son has died from pneumonia. and he is buried here. the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, said leaving the two of them ina abbott, said leaving the two of them in a syrian refugee camp was morally reprehensible an

daniele nardi also knew the risks.ily released a written statement today which included a message he left for his son, should he not return. "don't stop", he told him, "don't give up." climbing was all tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. alan hinkes is a british mountaineer who has climbed all of the world's 1a highest mountains. he knew tom ballard's mother, alison hargreaves, who died on k2 in 1995. tom was one of the world's best climbers. i mean, he was a fine young man with a super physique and a really an accomplished and technically proficient super climber. i have to say, i feel sad about his death, i really do, he was a fine young man. how do you feel, if you can just sum that up today? you have had warnings of this, it was coming, but how do you really feel? i think to be honest i was aware they were dead last weekend. to be frank, it has been a search for confirmation, shall we say, to put your mind at rest and it seems like they have found some bodies. i feel slight

daniele nardi also knew the risks.leased a written statement today, which included a message he'd left for his son should he not return. "don't stop," he told him. "don't give up." climbing was all tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. the government faces fresh criticism over the decision to revoke the citizenship of shamima begum following the death of her baby son in a syrian detention camp. ms begum left london to join the islamic state group when she was 15, and now at 19, had wanted to return to britain. labour said the decision to prevent herfrom doing so was "callous and inhumane," while charities say the life of her child wasn't sufficiently taken into consideration. but the government insists it was acting in the national interest. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. babyjarrah and his mum, 19—year—old shamima begum. she gave birth in a camp used to hold people from the islamic state group and their children. at less than three weeks old, her son has died f

daniele nardi also knew the risks.luded a message he had left for his son, should he not return. "don't stop", he told him, "don't give up". climbing was all tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. wales watch their rugby team beat scotland to reamain on course for the six nations grand slam. the numbers of dead and wounded to fight billy. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times —— defied belief. terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times —— defied beliefm less and 24—hour is, the soviet union lost in elderly and sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic leader 20 years his junior. we heard gunshots, they came out with fire. we were petrified. james earl ray, aged 41 were sentenced to 99 years, available for parole when he was 90, travelled in an eight car convoy. all, what does it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. when it change your life? i don't know, really, as never be

daniele nardi also knew the risks.ased a written statement today, which included a message he'd left for his son should he not return. "don't stop," he told him. "don't give up." climbing was all tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: from the beach to below zero. warming up ahead of the snow volleyball championship. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours then the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to d

briton tom ballard and italian daniele nardi last made contact two weeks ago.ath of the baby son of shamima begum — the british teenager whose citizenship he revoked forjoining the islamic state group. a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody. the 17—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. also this hour — the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments". he's been urged to agree to a "balanced solution" by stephen barclay, as talks continue between the uk and eu. increased activity at a missile site in north korea.

briton tom ballard and italian daniele nardi last made contact two weeks ago. home secretary, sajid javid, is facing criticism after the death of the baby son of shamima begum — the british teenager whose citizenship he revoked forjoining the islamic state group. a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody. the 17—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments" — he's been urged to agree to a "balanced solution" by stephen barclay, as talks continue between the uk and eu. increased activity at a missile site in north korea — satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. now on bbc news it's time for click 7 which this week looks at whether your car could be vulnerable to hackers. this week: gone in six seconds with a simple high—tech carjack. scrums and gums. and it's the end of the world as we know it... ..but we feel fine. for many of us, our car is one of the mo

tom ballard and his italian companion daniele nardi were trying to scale one of the highest mountains reports. last co nta ct last contact from british mountain it tom ballard, climbing with italian daniele nardi, was on sunday, when they had reached 6300 metres, or nearly 21,000 feet, up in the himalayas. it is the world's no highest peak, but with temperatures down to —40 degrees and winds of up to 200 miles an hour, it has become known as killer mt. helicopter searches have reported seeing a tent and traces of an avalanche in the area, but in fort william, in scotland, where mr ballard spent much of his early life, they are still hoping for good news. big mountains have all the inherent dangers, and things. i suppose on the optimistic side it's probably a very technical route that they are climbing. iam very technical route that they are climbing. i am sure it is... oh no it isa climbing. i am sure it is... oh no it is a new route that they are attempting, so they will be very well kitted outwith, you know, fixed ropes and means to make ways and means of escaping. and if it is real

british mountaineer tom ballard was climbing the 8000 metre nanga parbat with italian national, daniele nardihey lost contact. tom ballard was the son of alison hargreaves, the first woman to climb everest un—aided, but who died soon afterwards on k2. earlier a family friend described how he first met him. yes, when he was about six years old. indeed, we were then going all the way up to the same range in which he has been killed and where his mother was killed in 1995. jim wanted to take the kids to say theirfinal goodbyes to their mother. i went with them. it was an extraordinary expedition. i think that ignited something inside tom, that nothing was going to stop and following in his mother's footsteps. sadly and in a tragic way, ultimately to the same destiny. but there was something extraordinary about that boy — i still see him as a boy. he was immensely talented. very determined. he was his mother's son, he had all those talents and that can—do attitude. hejust loved being on mountains, hejust adored it. he was at peace in the mountains. he is now truly at peace in the mountains. what

the route by which tom ballard and daniele nardi had been following isa and daniele nardi had been followinghigher risk for the rescue team. nobody wants to give up hope that the two can be found alive, but obviously the chances of finding them alive are diminishing by the hour. thank you, richard galpin in islamabad. disabled pensioners will no longer face repeat assessments to continue to get benefits. the change will affect 270,000 people who currently receive personal independence payments. the work and pensions secretary amber rudd will also announce later today that the government will increase its target of getting a million more disabled people into work by 2027. a canadian cabinet minister has resigned, the second to do so over a high—level corruption scandal. jane philpott — the head of canada's treasury board — said she had lost confidence in the prime minister, justin trudeau's handling of a criminal case involving one of canada's biggest engineering and construction companies. mr trudeau has insisted that his conduct is lawful. ramzan karmali has more. it's probably prime minist

joining him on what would be his final challenge — italian climber daniele nardi.waited weeks for a later window before setting off to climb nunga parbut, also known as "killer mountain". an international search was launched after contact was lost, with the pair two thirds of the way up a particularly threat to the treacherous route. almost two weeks after they went missing came news that their bodies been spotted. tom, as a youngster, looking for a reassuring cuddle from his mum, alison hargreaves. in 1995, she became a first wanting to climb everest without oxygen or assistance. when we go climbing, we obviously minimise the risks. and if we thought it was that risky, we wouldn't go climbing. anybody who went off thinking that it was a very high chance they would come back, i think it's very unfair thing to do, especially with a young family. that same year, she died. while descending from the summit at k2, the world's the second highest peak. his fellow climbers, friends and family are now having to come to terms with tom's death at the age ofjust 30. rememberin

british mountaineer tom ballard and his italian climbing partner daniele nardi, were attempting to scale tom ballard and daniele nardi. the two men had been waiting at base camp for weeks, for a indow of good weather to reach the summit in winter via a particularly hard new route. tom ballard is regarded as one of the world's finest alpinists. and his climbing partner, daniele nardi, has huge experience in the himalayas, climbing many of the world's peaks. but nine days ago, all contact was lost, and the first search mission last week could not find any sign of them. several days after, bad weather prevented further rescue attempts. as a young boy, tom ballard was drawn into the climbing world by his mother, alison hargreaves, the first woman to climb everest unaided. she died soon afterwards on k2. like k2, nanga parbat lies in the far north of pakistan, and it is more than 8000 metres high. it also has a ferocious reputation. many have died trying to reach the summit, and tom ballard and daniele nardi had been facing temperatures of —35 celsius. so could they have survived so long in t

tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known ase contact. 0ur correspondent, richard galpin is in islamabad. tell us what's going to be happening today in terms of the resumption of the search? it has not been easy so far. suddenly the weather hasn't been good enough. there's been low visibility, snowfall, overnight. so they haven't been able to do anything in the morning and we are waiting to see now whether the weather is going to improve. the forecaster suggested may improve but what we're hearing also is that the pakistan army is not going to be providing any more helicopters to fly over the area, to search for the missing climbers but what they are going to do is to a spanish climber who's on k to which is not so far away and flight him, to the killer mountain base camp. he has a number of high altitude drones and the idea is that they will try and use those drones to search the mountain. a p pa re ntly drones to search the mountain. apparently he has three of them and that could be quite and effective way of scouring the moun

he was climbing with daniele nardi in pakistan.very much indeed. hello, good morning. some fairly miserable weather out and about this morning if you are travelling. i went past an accident on parts of the aao this morning because we have rain, the wind picking up and we have snow. that means the conditions on the roads will be fairly hazardous. they will be more details on your local radio. the weather warnings on the website. why are we getting this bad weather? low pressure, basically. here it is rattling in from the south and another one is joining forces with it, coming in from the west. there will be an attack from two directions today, hence the risk of some really quite nasty weather. it is already drying up in the south—west, but it is here now that the winds are starting to accelerate. this is the snow, the light here on the chart. this will probably give us the most significant snow, mostly hill snow, north wales, the peak district, the staffordshi re north wales, the peak district, the staffordshire moors, the pennines,

briton tom ballard and italian daniele nardi last made contact two weeks ago.ath of the baby son of shamima begum — the british teenager whose citizenship he revoked forjoining the islamic state group. a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody. the 17—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. also this hour, the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments". he's been urged to agree to a "balanced solution"

tom ballard and his italian climbing partner daniele nardi were scaling a peak in pakistan known as ‘world affairs correspondent richrd galpinjoins us from islamabad. a week on and they are still trying to find these climbers. yes, good morning, and as you are saying, basically bad weather has been hampering the search and rescue effo rts hampering the search and rescue efforts for the past few days. and thatis efforts for the past few days. and that is continuing this morning. there is still low visibility, there has been snowfall overnight, so nothing has been happening so far today. at the hope is that the weather is going to improve. the forecast does indicate that but what we understand is that there won't be any helicopter searches taking place today by the pakistan military. at what may happen is that a very experienced spanish climber who is on k2 may be transferred by helicopter to this mountain, known as nanga parbat, and this climber might be moved across to nanga parbat‘s base camp. he apparently has some special drones which can be used for the search. quite how quickly t

tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known asade contact. our correspondent richard galpin is following the story in islamabad. there had been a lot of hope that a spanish climber who had been on k2 would be brought to naga parbat, the killer mountain, and he has several high—altitude drones with him and the idea was that those would be used to scour the mountain to try and find these missing climbers. but that attempt to get him to naga parbat base camp has failed. they got as far as skardu, the nearest town to the base camp, but then could not fly on any further in the pakistan military helicopter because of bad weather. so, that has been another delay, basically. it will probably be only tomorrow morning at they will be able to try again with the helicopters to reach the base camp so that these drones can be used. it is yet another setback and this whole rescue attempt has had so many setbacks. initially, last week, all the problems with the hostilities between india and pakistan meant that helicopters could not fly around nag

tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known asntact. our correspondent, richard galpin is in islamabad. just tell us what has been happening today with this search. there has been yet another setback. there has been yet another setback. there had been a lot of hope that a spanish climber who had been on k2 would be brought to the killer mountain, and he has several high altitude drones with him, and the idea was that those would be used to scour the mountain to try and find these missing climbers. but, that attempt to get him to the base camp has failed. they got as far as the nearest town to the base camp, but then could not fly on any further in then could not fly on any further in the pakistan military helicopter because of bad weather. so that has been another delay, basically, it will probably only be tomorrow morning that they will be able to try again with the helicopters to reach the base camp, so that these drones can be used. it is yet another setback in this whole rescue attempt. it has had so many setbacks, initially,

of two climbers who went missing in pakistan have been found — briton tom ballard and italian daniele nardit made contact two weeks ago. the home secretary, sajid javid, is facing criticism after the death of the baby son of shamima begum — the british teenager whose citizenship he revoked forjoining the islamic state group. a man charged with murdering jodie chesney has been remanded in custody. the 17—year—old was stabbed to death in a park in east london last friday. the brexit secretary accuses michel barnier of trying to rerun old arguments — he's been urged to agree to a balanced solution by stephen barclay, as talks continue between the uk and eu. increased activity at a missile site in north korea — satellite images of a facility near pyongyang suggest the country may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. now on bbc news — a story of undercover policing — and the officers paid to spy on political activists. bbc wales investigates why some had relationships with women, even fathering children with them. for years, women like lisa were spied on by police — sent into their l

tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known asondent, richard galpin is in islamabad. richard, we are expecting the search to resume today? i don't think we can be absolutely sure about that, but what we do know is that the rescue effort has been severely hampered for the past three days, but now it does look like the weather is improving, which means things can start moving again. what we have been told is that another climber called alex, a spanish climber, who has been on k2, has now been taken on a pakistan military helicopter from k2 to the killer mansion, as it is called. the plan is that he will deploy three high altitude drones, which he has with him, presumably for the ascent originally for a k2. they will use those drones to try and scour the mountain and try and find the two missing climbers. 0bviously, mountain and try and find the two missing climbers. obviously, it is not going to be easy, it will depend very much on the weather, obviously, if there are high wind, it will be impossible, if there is low visibility, it

and they will obviously be brought home as soon as it is practically possible, tom ballard and daniele nardi spring for others. the showers continue for a time. wintry over the highest hills. further south, spells of sunshine, cloud building across south—west england, mild for central and southern england but colderfurther north with strong winds. wintry showers keep going overnight across parts of scotland and northern england, meanwhile rain north and eastwards a cross england, meanwhile rain north and eastwards across rain, hill snow for a time. snow later in the night for northern ireland and the western isles of scotland. the head, clear skies, milder where we have cloud and rain. the rain will tend to clear eastwards through tomorrow, meanwhile more snow pushing eastward through scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england. gusts quite widely 40—50 mph. despite temperatures in places still in double figures, the edge will be taken off double figures, the edge will be ta ken off by double figures, the edge will be taken off by the wind. hello, this is bbc news — with shaun ley.

tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known asst made contact. our correspondent richard galpin is following the story from islamabad. well, it has not been easy so far, ben. it has been severely hampered for the past three days. it now looks like the weather is improving, which means things can start moving again. we have been told that another climber called alex, a spanish grammar, who has been on k2, has now been taken on a pakistan helicopter from k2 to the killer mountain. the plan is that he will deploy three high altitude drones, which he has with him for the ascent originally from k2, and they will use those drones to try and scour the amount and try and find the two missing climbers. obviously, it will not be easy, it will depend very much on the weather. if there are high winds, it will be impossible, if there is low visibility, it will be impossible. that is the hope, we don't know whether he will arrive in time for him to actually start using these drones today, before it gets dark. police in greater manchester say a

tom ballard and daniele nardi last made contact on sunday as they climbed nanga parbat in pakistan.ues, despite political tensions in the region. it was here at fort william it started for tom, climbing these hills from an early age, and people here are hopeful for the good news. it is a very high mountain, the ninth highest in the world. big mountains have all the inherent dangers. tom‘s early life shaped his mountaineering future. he watched on as mum alison prepared to conquer mount everest. she set her sights on k2 in the himalayas, despite criticism of her decision to leave her young family behind. when we go climbing, we obviously minimise the risks, and if we thought it was that risky, we wouldn't go climbing. anybody who went off thinking there was a high chance they wouldn't come back, it is a very unfair thing to do. climbers climb, we know our strengths and our weaknesses, and hopefully we can normally make the right decisions at the right time. sadly, that was to be alison‘s last climb. she died on the descent. she was probably the finest female mountaineer that britain

tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known asen they last made contact. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is following the story from islamabad. i asked him what's going to be happening today, in terms of the resumption of the search. well, it has not been easy so far, ben. the weather has not been good enough. there has been low visibility, snowfall overnight. they have not been able to do anything in the morning. we are waiting to see now whether the weather will improve. the forecast suggests it may improve. but, what we are hearing also, is that the pakistan army will not be providing any more helicopters to fly over the area to search for their missing climbers. but what they are going to do is tra nsfer but what they are going to do is transfer a spanish climber, who is on cato, not so far away from ninth parbat, and fly him, a guy called alexander chicon. apparently he has a number of high altitude drones, and they will try and use those drones to search the mountain. a p pa re ntly drones to search the mountain. apparently

tom ballard and daniele nardi last made contact on sunday as they climbed nanga parbat in pakistan.it all started for tom ballard, climbing these hills for an early age, and people here are hopefulfor good use. big mountains, have all the inherent dangers and things. tom's early life since shaped his mountaineering future. he watched on as mum, alison, prepared to conquer mount everest. she then set her sights on kay to end the himalayas. despite a decision to leave her young family behind. when we go climbing, we minimise the risks, and if we thought it was that risky, we wouldn't go climbing. if anybody thought they would not come back, it is very unfairforthem thought they would not come back, it is very unfair for them to do. when climbers climb, we know our strengths and weaknesses, and hopefully, we can only make the right decisions at the right time. sadly, that was to be alison's last climb. she died on the ascent. one of the finest female mountaineers that britain has ever had. it was a very tragic and unfortunate happening on k2. once again, this mountaineering family wait

british mountaineer tom ballard was climbing the 8000 metre nanga parbat with italian national, daniele nardi they lost contact. tom ballard was the son of alison hargreaves, the first woman to climb everest un—aided, but who died soon afterwards on k2. earlier our correspondent sarah campbell told me how the news of the discovery of the bodies came in a tweet from the italian envy stefano pontecorvo. the tweet said, with great sadness i inform that the search for the two climbers is over. the search team have confirmed the silhouettes spotted on mummery at about 5,900 metres are those of daniele and tom, rest in peace. they of course, set out in february the 22nd to climb nanga parbat which is the ninth highest mountain in the world. it's in the pakistan mountain range. they last made contact on february the 24th. at that point they were something like 6,300 metres, so obviously the bodies there just little bit below that, but not far, within 400 metres of where they were last spotted. of course, sad news. a lot of people in this country, certainly within the mountain climbing community will

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tom ballard and his italian climbing partner daniele nardi were scaling a peak in pakistan known as ‘r world affairs correspondent richard galpinjoins us from islamabad. richard, good morning to you. a week since they last made contact, are the hopes their fading? well, at the moment, obviously they are hoping that the search and rescue operation will get under way again. as you say, there has been very bad weather over the past couple of days, so it has been postponed. and again, this morning, the weather has not been good. visibility is low, there has been snowfall overnight. but there is hope now that the weather will improve during the day, which would mean that the helicopters or helicopter could go up again. that is certainly the hope, and it could continue the search. but as you say, it is seven days on, there has been no contact from the two climbers, so of course hopes are diminishing. but they will continue, if they can get they will continue, if they can get the helicopter up in the air, and also there is a hope that they will be able to use drones as well. it is not clear

and tom ballard and daniele nardi tried a challenging new route up the middle of the mountain.aineering by his mother, alison hargreaves, famous for being the first woman to climb everest unaided. but not long afterwards, she was killed on kaitu'u. nanga parbatis she was killed on kaitu'u. nanga parbat is known as a killer mountain. the loss of tom ballard and daniele nardi brings the total of those who have died on it to 70. one in five of the climbers who have tried to reach the summit. richard galpin, bbc news, islamabad. now back to worcester crown court where a father and it was found guilty of plotting an acid attack on his own three—year—old son during a bitter custody battle with his mother. it has been a six—week trial andi mother. it has been a six—week trial and i think we have the final verdict. this is the only female defendant. she was friends with the three czech and slovak nationals convicted earlier on and she has been found not guilty of being part of this conspiracy to attack the three—year—old boy with sulphuric acid solution last summer in worcester. she ha

tom ballard, who is originally from derbyshire, and daniele nardi, last made contact from nanga parbat in the united states, killing at least 23 people. 0fficals say they are dealing with a ‘catastrophic‘ situation and that more victims could be found as teams search through the debris. thousands of people have spent the night without heating, with temperatures dropping near freezing. a state of emergency has been declared, and there is a warning that more storms could be on the way. lives and livelihoods swept away. the local sheriff described the tornadoes as if someone had taken a blade and scrape the ground. you can see why. 0ne family fled neighbourhood once the tornadoes struck.|j 0ne family fled neighbourhood once the tornadoes struck. i was making a left right up there and this whole area right here, it's a pity much just gone. gone, too, the rhythm from this bar. i saw the trash swirling in the air across the hill over there and swirling in the air across the hill overthere andl swirling in the air across the hill over there and i said, swirling in the air across the hill over

tom ballard and his companion daniele nardi, from italy, were scaling a peak nicknamed "killer mountainith us now is mountaineer alan hinkes, who knows tom's family. thanks forjoining us. we all keep oui’ thanks forjoining us. we all keep our fingers crossed but this must be tough to hear the kind of language being used. i've known tom since he was a little boy but i know his mum really well. this is tragic. his mum died not far away on k2. so we are keeping our fingers crossed but it sadly isn't looking good. you are pessimistic, are you? i've got friends out there who i have been in contact on all these apps you've got now, you don't have to use a phone. they are searching and there is a climber going there and a couple of russians have offered to help. how safe is that? it is called killer mountain. you benefit? i climbed it 20 years ago, it is very dangerous. you said yourself we were researching this, it is a tough climb toa researching this, it is a tough climb to a very dangerous, you came very close as well? there but for the grace of god i survive. all mountains can be killer m