the announcement to set up a centre was made by defence secretary kevin williamson on salisbury plain today. duncan kennedy was there. this is the army arriving, not for combat but for caring. it is salisbury plain, it could be south sudan. it's an exercise to show that soldiers are now involved in everything from helping victims of rape to child sexual exploitation. was a new approach needed? a new approach is needed because there is not a one result fits all so you have to look at developing issues and develop the response and a lot of these issues are very sensitive to the gender and sexual base violence, and you need a more sensitive approach to that. call it hearts and minds of the 21st century. today a new centre of excellence was announced to train armed forces in what it now calls human security. it is notjust about when you go into a conflict zone, about securing the military objectives in terms of land or territory, it is about looking after the population, civilians in that area and that is the only way you can bring security. it has not been decided yet where this new cent

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. kevin connolly is in paris.now you have been reporting for hours and it is now four in the morning. it seems to me a terrible thing has happened in some ways it could have been worse?” thing has happened in some ways it could have been worse? i think that is right. emmanuel macron, when he came down here, he cancelled a speech he was due to give on political life in france came down here and found himself talking about notre dame and the french determination to rebuild this national symbol but also saying that the worst had been avoided. the physical stone structure of notre dame is substantially intact. there is clearly damage, you can even see it in the darkness, but the worst has been avoided. that is not to say something terrible has not happened, it clearly has, but it could have been worse and france will rebuild here. it was a terrible sight to see the spire collapse and the wooden roof going but it seems the stone of the vaulted roof below the wooden roof might have prevented much of the fire reaching th

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. kevin connolly is in paris. how is it looking?t is three o'clock in the morning. some of the early intensity of the fire has died away. every so often we catch a glimpse of flames rearing up in one of the windows of the building. they wa nt to of the windows of the building. they want to maintain the core temperature of the building. we can try and show you, on the roof, firefighters are still assessing the state of the roof and the overall structure, but we do have, i suppose, an initial judgement, repeated by ron of france that the worst has been avoided. —— president macron. it probably means some reconstruction is possible but it will be a forbidding task. as far as we can tell the main structure is saved, the interior is relatively untouched. it seems only a small pa rt untouched. it seems only a small part of the vault collapsed but that stone may have prevented much of the fire in the wooden roof reaching the interior? it is a remarkable massive building of immense solidity. it took many years to construct it so there is a

williamson, bbc news, paris. let's grow life to paris. kevin has been reporting for hours. it is five o'clock in the morning.reciate you and your crew still being there. it seems the interior is not totally destroyed and many artefacts were rescued. i think that seems to be right. if we take a second to step back from this now and look at the building itself. two hours ago firefighters were still very hard at work, pouring water into the building, they were still —— there was still a shroud of steam over it. that has settled down. there are firefighters but their work is investigative, trying to establish the cause of the fire. they are trying to assess the structure or state of the building. in very broad terms at this stage we can say the stone structure of the building appears to be substantially intact and it is around the framework that the stone structure, this great national work of reconstruction that president emmanuel macron has already been talking about, that is where that will start. it has huge religious significance, but in your reports earlier you gave some striking examples of the breadth of

way industry experts expect the bidding war for williamson's endorsement to be the biggest ever for a rookie putting him on par with lebron james and kevint 87 million and 60 million dollars respectively from nike. zion, a huge part of this story and, of course, the sneaker blow-out earlier this season certainly weighing there still >>> in the nfl russell wilson is making history with his new contract deal, the kwa he tweeted about his new extension with the seahawks early this morning according to espn, that new deal is worth, get this, $140 million over four years and includes a $65 million signing bonus, making him the highest paid player in the nfl topping packers quarterback aaron rodgers. is he worth it >> one more time, cha-ching. he is a super bowl winner. he is a good-looking guy, which actually helps you out adds a quarterback because you're the face of the franchise. both on the field and in real life not to mention, the fact that this guy has carried the franchise. totally worth the money. >> there was a point at which he was maybe rumored to be going elsewhere. >> possibly the new york giants. >> would you liked to have seen