the farc — now a left—wing political party — has performed poorly.juan manuel santos said the participation of candidates from the former rebel group marked a historic moment for colombian democracy. our correspondent katy watson is following the election in bogota. for these former gorillas, this was an historic day. they are no longer hiding in thejungle, they were centre stage in this weekend's elections. translation: today is a historic day for colombia. we are deciding the country's fate and i think it will mark the milestone. we are strengthening the peace process. it is the first time in my life i have voted and i'm doing it for peace. as presidentjuan manuel santos cast his vote, he said it is proof his peace process is working. translation: it is the first time in more than half a century that the fa rc instead of more than half a century that the farc instead of sabotaging the elections, is participating. that is historic and very important throughout democracy. but the results showed otherwise. they failed to get even 1% of the votes in ei

the farc have laid down their weapons, swapping violence for votes. country. we weren't allowed to be a pa rt country. we weren't allowed to be a part of the political system, so we had no choice but to take up arms. with the peace agreement, we left that behind. some of the farc supporters had travelled hours to watch these political newcomers speak. translation: most of us are peasant farmers, living in absolute poverty. we don't have a house or sta ble poverty. we don't have a house or stablejob, so poverty. we don't have a house or stable job, so we are here to support peace. the driving rain didn't stop the party. for the farc leader, used to live in the jungle, the weather was hardly a threat. the word fa rc the weather was hardly a threat. the word farc is so heavily associated with the country's conflict, few would ever imagine seeing former guerrilla fighters standing on stage and running as politicians. itjust shows how much colombia has changed in the past few years. the peace deal brought to an end one of the longest running conflicts. the

the farc failed to get even 1% of the votes in either house in congress.olitical newcomers are political nobodies. the challenge the farc faces is it's so bound up in the country's conflict, nearly everyone here in colombia have spent most of their lives living in the shadow of violence. it is hard for people to take them seriously as politicians so accepting the farc will take time. the farc started life as a marxist—inspired movement demanding land rights. over half a century of fighting saw more than 200,000 people killed and millions displaced. when the peace deal was signed in 2016, thousands of soldiers laid down their weapons. farc candidates were allowed to run for office before paying for their crimes first. translation: i'm speechless. i think we needed to find a way towards peace but i wanted to see justice before participation. translation: it's controversial. as a human being, they have a right to vote and participate but i'm not going to vote for them. with the right now strengthened as the country heads towards presidential elections in may,

the farc and the government. deal that was struck between the farc and the governmentm peace deal that was struck between the farc and the government. is the peace deal under any risk by their poor showing? what's interesting is the right has done very well in these elections and as you said, it is seen as a bit of a test for the government. the right has criticised the peace deal. a lot of the right voted against the peace deal and felt it was too lenient so there is a risk they could roll back on some of the agreements made that as presidentjuan manuel santos has said, there is no going back. the countries in post— conflict it will bea countries in post— conflict it will be a rough ride certainly if the right becomes more powerful and certainly the next few months, there will be presidential elections. certainly the right has a much stronger hand now and that might change things in the future. the hugely significant day. the military in myanmar is doing a military land grab, according to the un. it is where vil

the farc legally used to the jungle, it was not a threat.gine seeing former guerrilla fighter standing a station setting as politicians. it shows how much colombia has changed in the past two years. the peace deal brought to the end —— to an end a long conflict. 0ver brought to the end —— to an end a long conflict. over half a century of fighting saw more than 200,000 people killed and millions displaced. the bombing of el nogel social club in 2006 was a terrible attack. this man was a chef at the social club. he is still in constant pain. he says he can't turn his back on what happened. his leg is a permanent reminder of the country prostate problems. and so the farc still has work to do is to convince people they have changed. in the mind of the common colombian, the fa rc mind of the common colombian, the farc is still a terrorist group will stop it is not even a guerrilla group. they are part of a terrorist organisation, they are members of a terrorist organisation. many people that will be willing to reward the fa rc that will be willin

colombians vote in landmark congressional elections, with the former farc rebel group fielding candidatesor the first time. wash everything you had with you — the message to english drinkers and diners in the area where a former russian spy was poisoned by a nerve agent. success for the superhero film with a largely black cast , black panther takes more than a billion us dollars at cinemas worldwide. hello and welcome to world news today. in an historic move the national people's congress in china has abolished presidential term limits. the vote allows the current president, xijinping, to stay in office beyond the end of his second term in 2023. as expected the amendment was passed overwhelmingly. out of nearly 3000 delegates only two people voted against. critics argue the move gives one person too much power and moves china away from a democratic path. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth reports from beijing. xi jinping was the first to cast his vote for a change which could if he wants make him president for life. the applause proof, if anyone needed, that the result was a foregone conclusi

nearly all of the results are in and the farc has done pretty poorly, in fa ct. the farc has done prettyy, in fact. they haven't even got 1% of the vote either in the lower house or the upper house. this isn't a surprise, they were never going to bea surprise, they were never going to be a strong party after more than 50 yea rs of be a strong party after more than 50 years of conflict. there is a very mixed feeling here in colombia as to whether they should be standing for office at all. certainly, these political newcomers are just shown to be political nobody is at the moment. but hugely significant in the country, 50 years of fighting. what's the feeling that these elections have taken place in this way? the feeling is for many that it was too soon. their role in politics was too soon. their role in politics was part of the peace deal that was agreed with the government in 2016 and people here feel they should have faced their crimes before standing for office. the transitional justice system standing for office. the transitionaljustice system is something that will be starting in the

it's an historic moment for the farc to be playing a pa rt moment for the farc to be playing a part in in insignificant party and many don't wa nt to insignificant party and many don't want to vote for the former dual leaders. this is seen as too soon. the right—wing parties have done very well. this was seen as a test of the government ofjuan manuel sa ntos after of the government ofjuan manuel santos after the peace deal and right—wing parties felt strongly that a peace deal was too lenient towards the former fighters and we have seen that in the results. there is historical significance in these results. what can we expect from the political scenario now after the elections? there are significant because the peace deal in 2016 and did more than 50 years of conflict. they are moving from violence to votes a nd they are moving from violence to votes and keeping up the same fight. they say they want to keep up with social justice, they want they say they want to keep up with socialjustice, they want better access to. education. that is where they want to go but at the end of they want

this was a farce, wasn't it? armyjustice was a farce. in that case. is a good system. i do believe, yes, it let us down. i think it let the army down, i think it let the united states down. it let you down as well, didn't it? yeah, mm—hm. not many people said thank you, did they? 0h, nobody did. you got intimidated, you had dead animals left on your porch, threatened by congress. one of the congressmen in the inquiry suggested you should be put behind bars. mm—hm. so you didn't get many thanks from a grateful nation? no, i didn't get any. but it's not the nation's fault. you know, they were... but you stopped the killing and rusty calley had jimmy carter, the then governor of georgia, rooting for him, you had flags flying at half mast on state legislators, you had this man being proclaimed on radio stations as a hero and you, who stopped the killing, were being ostracised. yeah, it makes you think. yeah, i had a hard time going into georgia, because that's where calley was being court marshalled. and he's, ithink, originally from florida and i'm a geo

and this report really, it's a farce in so many ways.farce in its conclusions about what happened, given that they allowed witnesses to come in and refuse to answer questions with no follow-up, no subpoenas, no attempt to hold anyone in contempt. and it's a farce in claiming putin wasn't trying to elect trump. not just because the intelligence community has concluded otherwise, but grand jury of 23 average americans pamping in the mueller investigation returned an indictment that said explicitly the russians were trying to elect donald trump. they're ignoring that evidence completely. they are giving you -- that is basically the line that we heard from vladimir putin the other day. it's not the russian government. these may be other individuals. he even use kind of a slur to describe who those individuals might be. >> julia, one of the issues here, one of the people they talked to is one small example of the house intel committee's inquiry is one of the people they talked to harry prince told them about the meeting he had in the seychell

so i'm actually very worried this is a farce -- a farce that will fail and a farce that will be usedit really the only exclusion we have to this problem which is talking to the north koreans about reducing tensions. so i'm always for diplomacy and i think if we had a different president, maybe i would feel okay about this hail mary. but i have a strong suspicion this will back fi-- backfire on us. >> good to have you. we'll have you back. gentlemen, thank you very much. >>> and that will wrap things up for me. >> no. >> they cut gordon off so quickly. he was saying thank you. i don't know if it was just in my ear. maybe the thank you went through. >> we're still exacting -- i thought it would happen. this white house press briefing. >> it was supposed to happen at 2:20. >> what do you think is holding them back? >> there is stormy daniels. >> betsy devos. that was an interview. >> guns in schools. >> we didn't talk about that. can we talk about that interview for four seconds. >> but it takes more than that. white house is not happy with her performance. 13 months into her tenure. >>

farc fared poorly, winning just super .4% of the vote. but as part of the peace agreement the farc will see ten of its members seated in parliament. in burma, amnesty international is warning that the burmese military is building bases on the sites of former villages where minority rohingya homes and mosques once stood. amnesty says the push may be aimed at deterring hundreds of thousands of rohingya from returning to burma's rakhine state from neighboring bangladesh, where they fled in 2017 amid a burmese military campaign of rape, murder, and arson that the u.n. has called a book example of ethnic cleansing. amnesty's report came as the national holocaust museum in washington, d.c., said it has revoked a prestigious human rights award to burmese de facto leader aung san suu kyi. back in the united states, education secretary betsy devos struggled on sunday to explain why schools in her home state of michigan are fairing poorly under the policies she championed. devos was speaking with lesley stahl on cbs's "60 minutes." >> the public sc

chances the leading opposition coalition is boycotting the poll describing it as a farce to legitimize a dictatorship however one presidential hopeful and gone has already launched his candidacy. that's the government that we want for venice who are a government of national unity that includes and doesn't exclude a government that can save us from this misery from this tragedy this debacle that the government has turned us into i repeat this incapable inept government that's what we want for venezuela and that's why we're here at the national liberal council and we demand all these conditions. on a fifty six year old former state governor believes he can win by taking advantage of widespread dissatisfaction with the ruling socialist over venice way less dire economic crisis that have millions struggling for food and medicines. two strongest opposition rivals among them former presidential candidate and. i barred from standing in the united states a soul so considering imposing sanctions against modest government due to what it says are unfair conditions for the presidential vote. for v

the media headlines we've seen have jumped the selection chaotic unpredictable disappointing even a farce and certainly expecting it's to have been more organized i mean even throughout the night here we've seen some international journalist be quite taken aback with some of the organization that has been taking place with no good internet connections inside press centers with journalists having to go outside for some live broadcasts to be able to do their work the economy has been a huge issue here of course with a daily having a huge public debt of one hundred thirty five percent of its g.d.p. unemployment being super high especially for use the stagnant economy really some people some critics have been saying that this election should have been taken a little bit more seriously in terms of this untested election system that many have found to be quite confusing including italians we've spoken to do jordan or was he going to be disillusioned the programs are always the same and after the first three months in power the political parties never keep the promises they made to the whole it

some of that we take to be encouragement by the farc. some of it was in anticipation of negotiation, we think, for the peace accords and some of it was clearly related to the opportunity to turn in hectares of coca cultivation for a cash payment. all of those have a predictable quality to them. what is absolutely necessary is the commitment of the colombian government to reduce these numbers. most recently, we had a high-level dialogue with colombia earlier this month and the colombians have committed themselves to an eradication within five years to a level of 50% current numbers. now we believe that there is both the focus and the appropriate tools, the professionalized military that was part of and one of the outcomes of planned colombia that lead to the ability of colombia to do that. i recognize that there is a chain of suffering that starts in colombia and gets to the united states and every country that is affected along the way and certainly americans who are affected by the introduction of the illicit narcotics in the united sta

vamos a colombia porque allÍ tuvieron elecciones para decidir, es la primera vez que incluyen alas farcrÁtico tras el histÓrico acuerdo de paz. en chile, le pasÓ el poder al presidente sebastiÁn en los Últimos 16 aÑos es la tercera vez que intercambian la banda. prometiÓ acelerar la economÍa en el paÍs. esta maÑana se registrÓ un sismo de magnitud 3.6. tuvo epicentro a seis millas al este de la ciudad. con estas imÁgenes pasamos con elena para conocer cÓmo estÁn las condiciones del clima. elena: muy buenas tardes para ti, beatriz. cÓmo estuvieron las temperaturas mÁximas sobre el Área de la bahÍa? 71 grados, san francisco 62 grados y si las comparamos con ayer vemos que hemos tenido un aumento. habrÁ un cambio en las condiciones del tiempo porque regresarÁ la lluvia. se espera el cielo parcialmente nublado. 45 grados y a partir del lunes en la noche regresarÁ la lluvia sobre el Área de la bahÍa. lluvias bien fuertes y en cuanto a los vientos estarÁn soplando entre 10 a 15 millas. lloviendo en sacramento durante la maÑana. aquÍ en san francisco se espera 68 grados y en el pronÓstico exte

but human rights groups say the vote was a farce.

this is the first group i have seen who will go on and on making a farce.children killed would go on but they are probably heartbroken. this is a whole generation saying, in a, and i think there will be some traction, whether it is during mr trump mahmoud abbas presidency we will see but it will affect the way america sees not just will see but it will affect the way america sees notjust guns that shoot one bullet at a time. —— mr trump's presidency. the odds they are up against are we meant. as an american, it is so sad to read almost weekly about the number of school shootings that happened in the country. it isjust so sad. this weekend i was so moved to see the future of our country coming together and, as you say, you're late teens is a moment when it you do gain political consciousness and awareness. and you want to march for what you believe in, before you settle down with any sort of responsibility and they will keep going. report gender pay gap. the watchdog. apple for is that deadline. —— april four. watchdog. apple for is that deadline. —— aprilfo

in its first test as a political party, the farc took only a small fraction of the votes cast.nted appeal to the united nations human rights council over the abuse of its staff and their families by the iranian government. the veteran british entertainer sir ken dodd has died at the age of 90. his stage debut was in 1954 and he continued to perform until last year. the world's biggest stock market listing looks set to be delayed as advisers struggle to achieve a $2 trillion valuation for the saudi oil giant aramco. on the bbc website, it is interesting, a lot of quotes from elon musk, the boss, of course, of tesla and spacex. he has been speaking at an event called south by southwest. we are in there. he has been talking about many things, not least the delay of the mass market tesla car, and his mission to mars, saying we'll all be drinking in a mars bar before we know it. the papers. the times. it is covering the ongoing investigation into the poisoning of a russian spy here in the uk. its lead story says theresa may's about to publically blame russia for the attack here. the

what kind of farce goes on this long in public view without response from the leadership of the republicanarty on capitol hill and the senate and the house saying enough. you are subverting a president of the united states. >> that's where we are at. that's what has to happen right now. the best case scenario is for it to end not because there is anything to hide, but -- lou: you don't even have to say that. innocent until proved guilty, even with the special counsel and the man hasn't produced an iota of evidence. >> where they went after michael flynn, you mentioned peter strzok earlier. this is the same peter strzok who interviewed michael flynn. when michael flynn end up getting in trouble. the underlying activity is the obama administration was trying to get a security crown ask kril resolution passed through the u.n. to cleanse judeo-christian jerusalem. michael flynn was talking to these other countries advocating for them to do the right thing not just for america, but for our allies in israel. lou: the untell jones community at large is corrupt. and i think we agree on this, and i

patricia: el lÍder de las farc, ya no serÁ candidato a la presidencia de colombia. la razÓn?dencial. enrique: miles marcharon en capitales latinoamericanas para conmemorar el dÍa internacional de la mujer, argentina, el salvador, honduras, en varios paÍses marcharon contra la legalizaciÓn del aborto y denunciaron la violencia a la que son vÍctimas. patricia: en estados unidos, miles marcharon en varias ciudades exigiendo respetoa sus derechos y abogando por la igualdad de gÉnero. en florida, un grupo protesta a favor de las mujeres indocumentadas. reportera: a este centro llegan cientos de inmigrantes a diario. muchos nunca salen, son deportados a sus paÍses de origen. hoy, un grupo de mujeres decidiÓ conmemorar el dÍa internacional de la mujer justamente frente a las instalaciones. >> porque refleja una especie de violencia hacia la mujer. creemos que la deportaciÓn, la separaciÓn de la familia, venir a un centro en el cual estÁn varias horas bajo el sol y la lluvia, es violencia y es momento de denunciarlo. reportera: simbolizalas mujeres trabajadoras. >> para decirle a la

por primera vez, participaron las farc con muy pobres resultados. si comenzamos.y buenas noches. la casa blanca dio a conocer hoy una propuesta sobre armas de fuego y el incremento de la seguridad en las escuelas. el proyecto no admite un plan especÍfico para aumentar la edad que el presidente habÍa prometido respaldar. esta ocasiÓn mes del incidente la secundaria de florida. erika: la casa blanca finalmente pone sobre la mesa su propuesta para hacer las escuelas mÁs segura. las que incluye entre otros asertos, evaluar antecedentes mentales. habÍa apoyado en febrero pasado una dura sesiÓn para hablar sobre el control de armas. en la reuniÓn, trump opinaba que no tenÍa sentido que algunas armas pudieran adquirirse a los 18 aÑos y otra a los 21. para Él, la edad lÍmite deberÍa ser los 21. algunos creen que trump se doblego en el Último momento. >> demuestra estar igual de asustado que otros polÍticos por la asociaciÓn nacional del rifle. trump,ha demostrado que no es mejor que ellos. crear una asociaciÓn contra la violencia, presidida para los jÓvenes para aumentar

were outside the south korean embassy where the farces works not to stop a number of trucks driven by protesters. not the. least the one doing it with enough business to. leap. to. japan's new heights speech than such groups from demonstrations in public places so to get around the walls they use trucks. it's actually a call up to follow the spots because the. minutes spots expats and then this problem. when they struggle to get closer to the embassy there and soon turns to us and that's what i do. all the time it's a. lot of it. and let it go at him beautiful on the field. and on the. map in front of it. and right wing activists attacking things even further. in late february. tokyo's early morning quiet was shattered when two men were arrested for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at north korea's defector whims. we may as with one of the prime mover is behind these right wing groups and. here you key says it is the leader of a new political possible cold japan first he supports the prime minister has strong stance against north korea. you must know in a sense your husband we shoul

colombians vote in landmark congressional elections, with the former farc rebel group fielding candidatessh drinkers and diners in the area where a former russian spy was poisoned by a nerve agent. success for the superhero film with a largely black cast , black panther takes more than a billion us dollars at cinemas worldwide.

so they really are at the forefront of crime—fighting farce. are at the forefront of crime-fighting farce recovery. two—year—old german shepherd dog ross has made a good recoverym has gone really well, i have not noticed any difference in him whatsoever. all he wants to do is work and play and please. he has just not been fazed by it at all at the moment. quantum is back on duty tomorrow night. it was once the bustling heart of britain's busiest fishing port, but for the last 30 years what's known as the kasbah in grimsby has become a ghost town. even many locals don't know the area exists, but now there are plans that could mean this historic part of town is saved from further decay. david silllito reports. the huge hydraulic tower was modelled on the architecture of siena. grimsby used to be our greatest fishing port. and this was its heart. known as the kasbah, these victorian streets are now a ghost town. hidden behind the fences of the port, many locals don't even know it exists. you've never heard of the kasbah? no, never. it's got shops, pubs... not in grimsby. ..houses. not in gri

it's a complete farce, and there is no democracy in russia. if we look at 1990 there was a brief. let theme about -- you're putting has gone about systematically destroying democracy. it is not as ballot stuffing, there is also us -- that was a small part of the effort. when he took over the independent media and ended the independent media and russia, that had a dramatic effect. allowct that he would not to run the strongest competitor against him. all of these things combined in short that he was going to win. he could won by a higher margin if he wanted to, but he wanted to make it at least look like a plausible margin i assume. the reality is that we are unfortunately going to be dealing with the problem of vladimir putin for a while. host: what you make of the shakeup in the president's national security team? in the firing of rex tillerson last week? from day one that has been mass confusion in the white house. if you talk to people who have been here for a while, they have never seen anything like it, whether democratic or republican administration. we have never had such t

mission and cost of them outcome simmons recently resigned saying he doesn't want to take part in a farce now the mission has been there for ears but without much success in establishing the rule of law but care for and party really do that in any country no foreign entity can do that unless it's a foreign entity. representing some kind of buying power some kind of power which is stronger than the poem of this sort of government of that of that country. if the country is independent if it's to be truly so it and then a foreign entity cannot impose its own perception of rule of law on the other hand foreign entities. to help to establish rule of law. and should play a positive role in such a procedure but only in cooperation with the government of the country but because the problem and of the country in my own opinion also with major n.g.o.s and other board is that at present in the public opinion i just wanted to tell you it strikes me like caso is being treated by the west as a little baby i mean their attitude is a little arrogant and they're like on a civilising missions for us they m

the media headlines we've seen have jumped the selection chaotic unpredictable disappointing even a farce and certainly expecting it's to have been more organized i mean even throughout the night here we've seen some international journalists be quite taken aback with some of the organization that has been taking place with no good internet connections inside press centers with journalists having to go outside for some live broadcasts to be able to do their work the economy has been a huge issue here of course with italy having a huge public debt of one hundred thirty five percent of its g.d.p. unemployment being super high especially for use a stagnant economy really some people some critics have been saying that this election should have been taken a little bit more seriously in terms of this untested election system that many have found to be quite confusing including italians we've spoken to. i'm a bit disillusioned the programs are always the same and after the first three months in power the political parties never keep the promises they made to the whole to you was pretty complicat

it was a farce the other night.it should help with that. the other night was a farce of teething problems, but i think it's a personal thing. it has worked in other sports for a long time. it's going right to the wire as england and new zealand, try to take the lead in the one day series. england need two more wickets, new zealand needed ten more runs last timei zealand needed ten more runs last time i looked. the kiwis made a steady start, as they chase that target of 235 to win. but ben stokes took a spectacular catch, off adil rashid, to start a run of wickets. moeen ali took two wickets in three balls — new zealand lost four for just six runs. but captain kane williamson kept things steady and got into the nineties. then a key moment, williamson gave a catching chance to chris woakes who could only get a finger on it but the ball went on to the stumps and ran out the other batsman, mitchell sa ntner. so, 220 548 now, so tenderly good for the —— ten needed off of the last over. my eyes are playing up there. i tho

the media headlines we've seen have dubbed the selection chaotic unpredictable disappointing even a farce and certainly expecting it's to have been more organized i mean even throughout the night here we've seen some international journalists be quite taken aback with some of the organization that has been taking place with no good internet connections inside press centers with journalists having to go outside for some live broadcasts to be able to do their work so this was something that's been quite symbolic in terms of how this whole election has been unraveling in terms of even touching journalists who have arrived here to be able to to try to be able to do their job and to be quite surprised with the way things have been panning out so we do expect final results to be announced sometime on monday afternoon and certainly we'll be bringing you those as they come in right artie's unassociated churkin we know is going to be a long night for you so get some especially if you can so that you can stay awake and thanks for being with us now we can cross a live. who is a political commentator

he barely campaigned and some of his rivals describe the election as a farce. expected to continue to try to rebuild russia as a world power while dealing with a home.nt economy at president trump is calling for the death penalty for drug dealers in some cases. he also floated some other initiatives to combat opioid addiction. president trump will roll out more details today in new hampshire. in austin texas, two people were inured and in -- injured another bomb explosion. authorities have warned people in austin not to touch unexpected packages left at their home. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by over 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you so much. european officials have told investors around the world that they are right to bet on a gradual reduction of monetary stimulus. on the eve of the june 20 members expressed it -- expressed confidence in reaching the institutions goal. francesco papadia, former director of general market operations joins us now. we are also joined still by karen ward of

mission and cost of the markham simmons recently resigned saying he doesn't want to take part in a farce now the mission has been there for years but without much success in establishing the rule of law but carrefour and party really do that in any country no. foreign entity couldn't do that unless it's a foreign entity. representing some kind of buying power some kind of power which is stronger than the poem is sort of the government of that of that country. if the country is independent if it's to be truly so it and then a foreign entity cannot impose its own perception of rule of law on the other hand foreign entities. to help to establish rule of law. and should play a positive role in such procedure but only in cooperation with the government of the country but the parliament of the country in my own opinion also with major n.g.o.s and other board is that at present in the public opinion i just wanted to tell you that it strikes me like caso is being treated by the west as a little baby i mean their attitude is a little arrogant and they're like on a civilising missions for us the n

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ecuador blames former members of colombia's farc rebel group saying the gangs are involved in drug—traffickingicer in the us state of minnesota has been charged with murder after he shot dead an unarmed australian woman last year, sparking an international outcry. mohammed noor killed justine damond after she called to report a possible rape — prosecutors said there was no evidence of a threat thatjustified his actions. the amount of plastic in the ocean is set to treble in a decade, unless steps are taken to reduce litter. that's what major research commissioned by the british government has found. the foresight future of the sea report also says the ocean faces threats from many different types of pollution, including run—off pesticides and fertilisers from farms. we have heard from quite a few of you on that story and we will share some of your comments. the european commission is plans to get the world's biggest tech companies — like google, facebook and amazon — to pay their fair share of tax with proposed 3% levy on digital revenues. these firms have been criticised for booking their pro

political instability and social conflict, only 15 months after the colombian government and the former farcebel group have signed a peace deal. and this area that these former -- this former rebel group are leaving are also being taken over by other criminal groups that are said to be recruiting very young venezuelans, underaged venezuelans that are arriving here with no opportunities. brent: so what is the colombian government's plan? what are they planning to do with all of these migrants? ofelia: well, the first steps have been to increase controls at the border. we see thousands of new security personnel deployed in this area. the landline is quite perilous. we see a lot of venezuelans still entering without permission, without a passport. the government has also stopped issuing these day passes that used to, or still allow venezuelans to come into this country and stay here for a couple of hours and buy food and medical supplies, and then go back to venezuela, because some of them have been staying with this day pass that is not supposed to give them this permission. the government has

but human rights groups say the vote was a farce.he programme: the rise and fall of an african hero. burkino faso‘s former president remembered on stage. it could be a major development in the investigation into the poisoning of the russian double agent sergei skripal, and his daughter, in the english town of salisbury. police have identified the highest concentration of the nerve agent used, on mr skripal‘s front door. caroline rigby has the latest. three weeks on from the attack, the investigation now focuses on this front door at the home of sergei skripal. detective saves it's where they discovered the highest concentration of the russian agent novichok, suggesting it was where the pair were first poison. it is the pair were first poison. it is the latest development in a huge investigation involving 250 counterterrorism officers. search continues in and around the town of salisbury traces of the nerve agent found that a number of locations including the restaurant where the pair rate on the bench where they we re pair rate on th