steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny.our views about legalising cannabis for recreational use following canada's decision to do so let us know your thoughts — use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the continuing ban on cannabis is a nonsense, says one viewer. it's an effective medicine for many conditions. keep your views coming in andi conditions. keep your views coming in and i will see you soon. temperature and weather contrasts will continue over the next 36 hours. pressure coming in from north atlantic. separating to air masses as ever is a weather front which will get a bit more potent through the day. patchy rain across some western areas but note that temperatures. your commute will of course be a bit fresher the further north you are. a good deal brighter. the best of the sunshine through the morning. the cloud will break up to the east of the high ground. some rain and drizzle throughout the day. mainly across western coasts. humid here, temperatures into the 20s. pressure further north. by the end of the afternoon,

steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny.started running services on a line in cumbria where northern rail services have been suspended for a month. there was widespread anger among business and residents in the lake district when trains between oxenholme and windermere were replaced by buses. danny savage reports on the emergence of west coast railways and the impact it's had. the branch line to windermere in the lake district has become a symbol of northern rail‘s problems. while other routes are subject to a reduced timetable, all the services on this line have been axed for a month and replaced by buses. that is until today. when a privately owned and trained became the bus—replacement rail service. we were expecting to get a bus that would probably take much longer and make our journey a bit more boring. but now we're on a train, which is much better. a good thing? a really good thing, yeah. quickerjourney, nicer than being stuck on a bus, which we didn't want to do in the first place.

grozny isn't hosting any world cup matches but chechen leader ramzan kadyrov took matters into his own hands and invited the egyptian national team to base itself in the city a move that drew widespread condemnation. natori as for ruling chechnya with an iron fist couldn't care less and he gladly capitalized on the opportunity to pose with egypt star player one hundred psi law who as cuddyer off the guest had little choice but to apply. the robert. kuttner off likes to surround himself with international celebrities and present himself as a sports patron thirty year old church a new to it and his friends at the door salah who's a striker for f.c. liverpool to them he's a demi god. oh they're good they've. all they've only ever seen him on t.v. . so they're going to remember this encounter all their life because those. in the volatile region sport plays an important role for ordinary chechens often it's the only option available for making a career and going abroad and one or two others we're really happy to host the egyptian national team. they are our brothers. will turn out to be thi

this is grozny, chechnya. the egyptian team has its world cup base here.ball, but he has faced some distractions. a week ago, mo salah was paraded around the stadium by chechnya's controversial leader. ramzan kadyrov is on the us sanctions list. he has been accused of gross violations of human rights, but he was still happy to invite us to his palace. mr kadyrov was a former chechen rebel who switched to the kremlin side, and he rules chechnya like a personalfiefdom. your critics say that you used mo salah for political propaganda, for self—promotion. did you? translation: everyone has played here, even maradona, but we never use this kind of thing for politics. 0ur enemies are paid to write things like that. i didn't invite mo salah or the egyptian team. they chose us themselves. of course, politicians all over the world love photo opportunities with stars. but what made this one controversial, what makes the egyptian team's presence in chechnya controversial, is the reputation of ramzan kadyrov as one of the most powerful and most feared men in russia. d

steve rosenberg, bbc news, grozny.n schools are being taught self defence and how to report sexual and physical attacks. the most recent figures show a rise in the number of rapes recorded in kenya — which is encouraging groups to take action to help protect the next generation, as david wafula explains. macron's girls are learning how to fit to defend themselves from rape. —— kenya. training like this has beenin —— kenya. training like this has been in areas where attacks are common. we want to give girls the skills to prevent themselves and get themselves into an attack or a situation. more than 5000 rapes were reported in kenya in 2016. but as many of these crimes are unreported, the true figure at could be much higher, which is why these hills are learning how to defend themselves. you are being held tight, you use your hands in case someone comes next to you, you point it at their faces. my voice can also be a weapon, through shouting now i can stop the assailant from harassing me. i have also known that i should

the chechen republic of russia in russia and it's very far for egypt to travel from grozny to most of their team games so it's a bit weird why they chose a place and actually what people are saying is that they chose a place because they're following an invitation from the chechen leader ramadan could year olds and now they held a banquet and the team had to go there and at this banquet mohamed salah was given the honorary citizenship of the chechen republic and this is something that moments i was not comfortable with at all if we see the pictures from him at the banquet he looks you know he's kind of just suffering through his position right to the leader he really does look like he's having fun and he doesn't like to be instrumental ised for politics quite frankly so he apparently quick to threaten to quit the national team and there were some reports before their game today that he was not in the starting lineup finally he was he scored so he's here for now our series here for now is just before us let's talk about the soccer the football performance in this world cup but there wa

biggest football spectacle egypt's national team including to stop their mohamed salah have arrived in grozny the pharaoh's are making their first appearance in the world cup in twenty eight years solid and participated his side opening training session liverpool striker is aiming to prove his fitness after limping out of the champions league final two weeks ago egypt begin their campaign against your boy on friday. when nigeria kick off their world cup campaign on saturday when they face croatia in group d. the players from the west african nation will be hoping to focus on their performances without having to worry about being paid to do these reports from port harcourt. nigeria's super you girls are training hard for this year's world cup in russia before hers is on the winning in advancing in the biggest sporting event in the world. i dispute over salaries and bonuses caused to control received during the last world cup in brazil four years ago officials here say that was a turning point. then with the players in the cups and on their way the course and agree clearly what is their bonus f

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biggest football spectacle egypt's national team including to stop them homicide have arrived in grozny the pharaohs are making their first appearance in the world cup in twenty eight years solid in part. dissipated his side's opening training session liverpool striker is aiming to prove his fitness after limping out of the champions league final two weeks ago egypt begin their campaign against uruguay on friday. on nigeria kick off their world cup campaign on saturday when they face croatia in group d. the players from the west african nation will be hoping to focus on their performances without having to worry about being paid amid the recent reports from port harcourt. nigeria super hugo's a training hard for the easiest world cup in russia the focus is on winning in advancing in the biggest sporting event in the world by dispute over salaries and bonuses caused to control the city during the last world cup in brazil four years ago officials here say that was a turning point. then with the prayers of the cubs and underway the course and agree clearly what is your bonus for this what'

also they decided to base themselves in grozny, the capital of kitchen you.i’s it has been because of a couple of wars that have happened there. and the leader of the republic, the man by the along list of human rights abuses. steve rosenberg managed to speak to abuses. steve rosenberg managed to speakto him. abuses. steve rosenberg managed to speak to him. a week ago, mohamed salah was paraded around the stadium by the controversial leader. he is on the us sanctions list and is accused of gross violations of human rights. but he was still happy to invite us to his palace. he is a former rebel who switched to the kremlin‘s side. he rules like a personalfight him. kremlin‘s side. he rules like a personal fight him. your critics say that you used mohamed salah for political propaganda, self—promotion. did you? political propaganda, self-promotion. did you? everyone is played here. even maradona but we never use this kind of thing for politics. are paid to write things like that. i did not invite mohamed salah or the egyptian team, they chose as themselves. poli

observatory for human rights says that at least thirty eight people died mohammad vald reports from grozny enter the turkey syria border. there are so far conflicting reports about what exactly happened the syrian official media talk about a strike against their forces near and become close to the iraqi border but also the city of server terry for human rights talks about a strike against iraqi militias which work with the syrian government in that area and the killing of about forty members of those militia the syrian government usually doesn't show its casualties and apparently there could be two strikes and the syrian government has accused the american americans of being behind these strikes the americans of course have the night responsibility for them so that victory is not can be a so far and the videos that are being circulated are not seen on any of the official sites either of the militias or hezbollah or also the syrian government. the united nations has called on nicaragua's government to invite u.n. monitors into the country without delay president daniel ortega has agreed to

say authorities in the russian-controlled republic of chechnya rounded up more than 100 gay men in grozny last year, detained them without charges and tortured them in what many gay called a gray -- pogrom. argentina's lower house of congress has approved a bill that would decriminalize abortions during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy. news of the bill's passage sent a cheer through hundreds of pro-choice demonstrators who rallied ououtside the national congress building in buenos aires during thursday's vote. president mauricio macri has promised to sign the legislation if it's passed by the argentine senate. back in the united states, book publishers reporting that bill clinton's new novel "the president is missing," co-written with james patterson, has sold more copies in its first week than any other fiction book in the past two years. this is despite the fact that on his highly publicized book tour, clinton has repeatedly diminished the #metoo movement, saying that he does not owe monica lewinsky an apology. here is clinton speaking on pbs last week, responding to a question about

going to have a happy about that but turning to you know what obviously gypsying about the choice of grozny as the. camp for egypt it was said that it was a very inappropriate choice as it is quite far away from some pieces for some petersburg almost two thousand five hundred kilometers away this would make of the players tired and not really fit to score well ok so we got to set politics and sport aside for a moment to just focus on the sport and really what can we look forward to today yeah exciting games because now actually the final games have started in the group phase and they're happening simultaneously so that the match fixing can be avoided or why face the host nation russia and egypt with mohamed salah they face saudi arabia whereas later in the day it's very exciting again because portugal and their superstar cristiana ronaldo they play iran and spain play morocco ok and what game are you looking full forward to in particular while spain and portugal have been two of the most convincing sides in the tournament so far in my opinion so both their games will be very exciting to wat