kamel, who's 26, has appeared in court charged with firearms offences unrelated to the murder. jeremy cookeincident at a party in london's park lane early on new year's day. one man had been killed, three other people — two men and a woman — had also suffered stab wounds, although their injuries were not life—threatening. the dead victim has been named as 33—year—old tudor simionov, who was working at the venue as a security guard after arriving from romania a few weeks ago. on her facebook page, his girlfriend says her loss is "impossible to understand". it's being reported that mr simionov had not been scheduled on shift that night but had been covering for a colleague. as part of the police operation, 26—year—old imran mostafa kamel was arrested for questioning. he has now appeared in court, charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or danger, and possession of a firearm while banned for life. it's now emerged that imran mostafa kamel is the son of the banned radical preacher abu hamza, seen here in 200a. tonight the police are saying that the firearms charges are no

the bbc's jeremy cook reports. : downtown vancouver, a tragic street theater of the desperate, the dying, the addicted. the opioid crisis has swept north america, but the unique respse here is to treat this as a public health epidemic. fentanyl, a powerful opid, has taken 1500 lives on these streets in the pt year. >> my name is melissa. i have overdosed three times. even though i overdosed -- jeremy: terrifying. >> yes. it is. jeremy: what saved you? >> what saved me -- my willing to live. jeremy: you going to be ok? >> i hope so. i hope so. jeremy: i hope so, to i really do. it is all centered on these few city blocks. so manpeople out here are living with their addictions, openly injecting and smoking drugs on t streets. but that very visibility is taken here to be a good thing. it is argued that if these people can be seen, they can also be saved. the cops mostly back off and there areew frrests for drug use. d,insteaancouver has these, safe injection sites. this one was started illegally by the community. it wa

introduce that properly for you, as you could gather, we have some technical problems, that was jeremy cookuver is dealing with the way vancouver is dealing with the opiod academic, with supervised injection sites. that story is likely to recur, of course. stay with us on bbc news, we hope! still to come: states of emergency have been declared in parts of the european alps, after a weekend of heavy snowfall triggered avalanches and disruption. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief." after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago,

jeremy cooke, bbc news, downtown eastside, vancouver.eader is moving at the moment and is expected in beijing shortly, his fourth visit in less than a year and it is as birthday. the latest from the region. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief." after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai h

jeremy cooke reports.to a violent incident at a party in london's park lane early on new year's day. one man had been killed, three other people — two men and a woman — had also suffered stab wounds, although their injuries were not life—threatening. the dead victim has been named as 33—year—old tudor simionov, who was working at the venue as a security guard after arriving from romania a few weeks ago. on her facebook page, his girlfriend says her loss is "impossible to understand". it's being reported that mr simionov had not been scheduled on shift that night but had been covering for a colleague. as part of the police operation, 26—year—old imran mostafa kamel was arrested for questioning. he has now appeared in court, charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or danger, and possession of a firearm while banned for life. it's now emerged that imran mostafa kamel is the son of the banned radical preacher abu hamza, seen here in 200a. tonight the police are saying that the firearms c

jeremy cooke reports. lane early on new year's day. one man had been killed, three other people — two men and a woman — had also suffered stab wounds, although their injuries were not life—threatening. the dead victim has been named as 33—year—old tudor simionov, who was working at the venue as a security guard after arriving from romania a few weeks ago. on her facebook page, his girlfriend says her loss is "impossible to understand". it's being reported that mr simionov had not been scheduled on shift that night but had been covering for a colleague. as part of the police operation, 26—year—old imran mostafa kamel was arrested for questioning. he has now appeared in court, charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or danger, and possession of a firearm while banned for life. it's now emerged that imran mostafa kamel is the son of the banned radical preacher abu hamza, seen here in 200a. tonight the police are saying that the firearms charges are not directly linked to the killing tha

jeremy cooke, bbc news, downtown eastside, vancouver. addiction probems here in the uk, is standing by to answer your questions on twitter. and you can reach him using the hashtag bbc news ten. he is standing by now with answers hopefully to your questions. an 18 year—old saudi woman, who spent two days barricaded in a hotel room in thailand to avoid being sent back to her family, has avoided being deported for the time being. rahaf mohammed al-qunun said she wanted to seek asylum in australia and feared she'd be killed in saudi arabia. from bangkok, our correspodnent jonathan head sent this report. i'm still in the room. i have no choice. more than a day after her arrival, 18—year—old rahaf mohammed alqunun was still barricading herself in her airport hotel room, sending out messages of defiance and pleas for help. i'm not leaving my room until i see the unhcr. i want asylum. she said her family would kill her for running away. she had also renounced islam, she said, which in saudi arabia is punishable by death. thai officials said it w

jeremy cooke, bbc news, downtown eastside, vancouver.fore the end of his second term. he's not yet given a reason for his early departure, simply saying he willjoin the private sector and will focus on developing countries. the current ceo of the world bank will take over until a new appointment is confirmed. earlier isolated to the world trade editorfor earlier isolated to the world trade editor for the financial times. —— earlier i spoke to. it is a stunning development. bear in mind that he was appointed for a second term to the presidency of the world bank 1.5 years ago he began his second term and he was not due to finish until 2022. yet here we are on a monday morning in january three years ahead of schedule and he is stepping down to the private sector. there has been some rumour about a potential departure but this did come as a big shock. you must have some of the best contacts in this field. what do you hear about what might be happening? it is hard to tell. there was some unhappiness among the staff about his efforts to shake

well joining me now from london is jeremy cooke chief economist then head of currency strategy at money transfer provider world first thanks very much for being with us so lots to talk about for those who were gathered in davos this week not the least of which is this international monetary fund outlook for the global economy warning of a global economic slowdown how likely is that in your view will start to two thousand and nineteen suddenly and markets has been particularly rocky in the data that we've been getting from the two largest economies in the world the u.s. and china has been poor so certainly we haven't started out on a on a strong footing and the i.m.f. is warning about scenarios and also the results of economic pressures that we've seen throughout the course of two thousand and eight which will likely be cruel to vary by the course of the next twelve months or so a lot of it is focused on politics a lot of it is focused on the trade fallout between the u.s. and china and how that ripples around the global economy obviously there's a focus on brics it as well in the just t

well joining me now from london is jeremy cook chief economist then head of currency strategy at money transfer provider world first thanks very much for being with us so lots to talk about for those who were gathered in davos this week not the least of which is this international monetary fund outlook for the global economy warning of a global economic slowdown how likely is that in your view will start to two thousand and nineteen. in markets has been particularly rocky in the data that we've been getting from the two largest economies in the world the u.s. and china has been poor so certainly we haven't started out on a on a strong footing and the i.m.f. is warning about scenarios and also the results of economic pressures that we've seen throughout the course of two thousand and eight which will likely be cruel to bear over the course of the next twelve months or so a lot of it is focused on politics a lot of it is focused on the trade fallout between the u.s. and china and how that ripples around the global economy obviously there's a focus on breaks it as well in the just the ris

joining us now is jeremy thomson—cook, who's the chief economist at world first.he pound, such a key barometer of how the markets feel about brexit, how are they this morning? this morning so far, sterling is falling, it rose last week on the back of the belief that theresa may sought the house of commons rejection of freddie would move towards a softer brexit or certainly continue talks about a lack of a new deal brexit come march the 29th but the belief that anything that comes out of the government and downing street today will just be a out of the government and downing street today willjust be a rehash of plaque eight, plan b looks a lot like plan eight but was funny glasses and a fake moustache. the markets will be very tired and sad that it's going to be more of the same. more of the same, when we saw all the chaos of last week, the markets said look, we've factored this on, we did not expect any big great announcement, more of the same idea, something at some point has to change, when will it come?” idea, something at some point has to change, when will it

with me isjeremy thomson—cook, who's chief economist for the payments company, worldfirst. welcome back, jeremywelcome back, jeremy. thank you. we can't avoid it, talk brexit, the fun of the times and nearly all the newspapers in the uk, the times looking at tory rebels rejecting may's plan b. yes, so, the first plan a was focused with the heaviest —— voters down with the heaviest defeat in history. so whether her plan which was revealed with a meeting of all tory mps yesterday will go through eventually we don't yet know. we don't know if we will have a vote on that anytime soon. a p pa re ntly have a vote on that anytime soon. apparently people are talking about the 13th as the next meaningful vote ona the 13th as the next meaningful vote on a deal. but tonight is all about amendments and whether the original deal is amended in any way for example. there is one amendment from the tories df’"; ' ' example. there is one amendment from the tories df’"i e‘ee‘ 37 ' to