leeds is exactly what the whole great migration was about. african-americans moving from the south to the north, from rural missouri to urban misery. -- to urban missouri. the people who lived out in leeds, and it was roughly bounded by 36th street on the north -- 33rd street on the north, 36 street on the south . the blue river on the east, and roughly colorado and denver streets on the west. this was a self-contained town, two subdivisions. this is the community where alvin brooks grew up, where senator yvonne wilson grew up. it was a remarkable thing, but many of these people by 1917, 1918, the core of the african-american community in kansas city is filling up. many of these people did not want to live in the inner city. was made it so attractive it allowed these migrants to replicate their southern lifestyle. it is part of the city, but it is not paid attention to buy the city. there is no street paving, knows -- no sewers, no water supply. in fact, the blue river was only incorporated into the city as a vehicle to carry raw sewage out o

if you have mud on your shoes, that would identify you as a kid from leeds. a lot of these kids would take their shoes off and walked through the mud barefoot. they would put their shoes on when they got to school. there were a lot of fights between the graduates of dunbar and the students from the inner-city. taxicab for the whole town, the whole community. few cents, hea would take you down the hill to catch the 31st street streetcar and come pick you up. he actually did a thriving business. there was also, at the foot of the hill, the liberty park. i'm sure you all know this was a time when african-americans could not go to the city park, but if they did, they had to go to what was called watermelon hell. does anybody know where this is? leeds been to a couple of reunions there in the last couple of years, and it is always a great party on a saturday afternoon. the space is there, and just before election time, guess who would show up with loads of coal or bread or milk? tom pendergast and hand it out. folks always said you always knew when election was co

are up to sixth place in the championship after beating leeds united 3—0.smissed — booed off following their defeat to huddersfield last time out. we have made it more difficult because of what happened in barcelona and put the spotlight on ourself, in terms of professionalism and everything else that is go on. the stuff out of the dressing room was disappointing, we did have drug testers there, we had people not normally associated within the dressing room, having said that, i don‘t know what our fans, not sure if they would be disappointed with that, i think that would they expect us to do? not have words, not have conflict after a performance like that? football rugby and horse racing fixtures have been hit by the weather. but the scottish cup quarterfinals are still going ahead. the morton chief executive has called for the game at celtic park to be called off. the stadium has been a lot of work gone on round here, the pitch is fine, so that‘s, playable for the game and there is a lot of work gone on round the stadium to make it safe an secure for all t

joining me now is aiden foster carter he's a korea expert from leeds university in the u.k. it and how surprised are you by the fact of the two koreas a holding this summit. well i got i have to my surprise i mean the thing that was the new news today of course just to have the date but early on i was quite surprised i was like many people i was pessimistic i thought that kim jong un and then they introduced a tactical thaw in his new year's address to the north korean leader of course for the olympics so once the olympics are over you get back to the same old threats which were a failure last year and they need care missile testing but the south koreans have taken their opportunity they had a successful high level visits and it looks like we're having a summit and of course the even most surprising about less such a prospect a month later all of a summit between literals korean leader and u.s. president trump something that's never happened before so we are way off i think in a new and more hopeful place tentatively but sooner or later it will have to sort of flesh help us

at elliott hudson college in leeds, many agree action is needed.nvestment down south and there is up north. and, like, maybe in the future they might bring it up north. i think for higher careers like politics and economics and stuff like that you do have to go to london, but i think the north is getting a lot at. the report acknowledges many parts of the north are thriving, and the apartments are education says more than £3 billion is being invested in projects to boost the economy there. coming up at 6:00 on breakfast, dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the american adult film actress, stormy daniels, who claims to have had sex with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet. 48 people are now confirmed to have been killed in a fire at a shopping centre in siberia, dozens more are still missing. thousands have ta ken to the streets of catalonia after the region's former leader is detained in germany. carles puigdemont will appear in c

we have just of hours on the m1 around leeds and bradford. get that weigl sorted out. it is in the process of being removed so we should get the m1 open. —— that weigl sorted out. there has been an accident between coventry and birmingham. we have managed to keep that open whilst dealing with that incident alongside my 909 colleagues. the key story is the snow gates being closed on the a66 earlier this afternoon, and they will remain closed until at least daylight tomorrow morning. will remain closed until at least daylight tomorrow morningm will remain closed until at least daylight tomorrow morning. it has lots of problems, scotch corner across to penrith, across the top of the pennines. absolutely. that is pa rt the pennines. absolutely. that is part of the reason why we have used the snow gates, it is easier to close the road completely, and it stops people from travelling along that route. obviously once people ignore our advice and do start to travel that route, when probably they shouldn't, we then have to rescue them, so it is easier

leeds jury at the 0ld september 2017. leeds jury at the old bailey tookjust september 2017.d bailey took just a day to find him guilty of attempted murder. it is amazed that the iraqi teenager had shown warning sides to authorities that he could carry out authorities that he could carry out a terrorist attack and he had been on the government's channel and prevent programmes which have been designed to try and identify young people who are vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism. without the statement in the last few moments from the security minister at the home office, ben wallace, he says he welcomes the conviction of ahmed hassan who sought to spread terror in this country and to murder innocent people. he went on to say, it is close are some lessons to be learned in this particular case. the police and local council have conducted an internal review into how it was handled and that the government is working with its partners to review the findings and to identify where further improvements can be made. ahmed hassan arrived in the uk as a child asylu m hassan arrived in

brent: i am joined now by alastair hay, a toxicologist at the university of leeds in northern englandit is good to have you on the program. police believe a nerve agent was used to attack this former spy, mr. skripa, and his daughter. what clues or evidence with there have to be to determine a nerve agent was used? alastair: they would not be making this claim unloved -- unless they had good laboratory evidence. the laboratory they asked to do the work is a chemical defense institute in the u.k., a very -- that they are very highly rated, internationally. that would also be matched to the signs of the individuals were displaying when they were taken to the hospital. largely, the laboratory evidence. brent: the laboratory evidence. without knowing what the nerve agent was, can we talk about the types of affects a nerve agent would have on the body in this type of attack? alastair: yes. nerve agents can poison individuals by any one of a number of routes, inhalation, ingestion, or skin penetration. they work by blocking the message from the nerves to the muscles. that results in muscle

well i'm joined now by allister hay he's a toxicologist at the university of leeds in northern england it's good to have you on the program i want to ask you police say they believe that a nerve agent was used to attack this former spy mr scribal and his daughter what clues or what evidence would there have to be in order to determine that a nerve agent was used well they wouldn't be making this claim unless they had good laura tree evidence that and it are actually that they lost. chemical defense establishment in the u.k. and they are very very highly rated internationally so it would be look archery evidence that would also be matched up to with some of the signs that the individuals would displaying when they were taken to hospital and largely that of oratorio it's ok the board to evidence and without knowing exactly what the nerve agent was can we talk about the types of affects that a nerve agent would have on the body in this kind of attack. yes i know that agents can poison individuals by any one of a number of routes inhalation ingestion or skin penetration and they work essen

i have been speaking to a professor of environmental toxicology from the university of leeds who toldh environmental samples that they can't do the biological samples, which are too small, with environmental ones, you can look for the sort of chemicals that were in the sort of chemicals that were in the mixture that were used to make the mixture that were used to make the nerve agent. you can also look for any unwanted by—products in a chemical reaction, so the nerve agent may not have been, if you like, 100% pure. it's the mixture of the precursors, unwanted products, maybe some degradation material, that give a clue as to the manufacture and likely place where it was made. in terms of who has stocks of agents, well, there was a chemical weapons convention that 192 countries have signed, and that has been responsible for the destruction of over 97% of the world's declared chemical weapons stockpiles, but many countries are allowed to have small stocks of chemical agents which are intensively investigated and audited by an international inspectorate. but these countries have some of t

at least manchester and leeds were reconnected this morning when the m62 reopened.ots of other roads over these hills are still blocked, though. it's been incredible, never seen anything like it. we've had sort of five—foot drifts around where we live, the other side of the hill there. cars getting stuck, including police cars and so on. the ice roads of the north pennines. this lane leading to the tiny village of bewcastle‘s been blocked since wednesday. this morning, local farmers cleared the snow. you never see a gritter out here, never. people here are feeling a bit forgotten. i rang the highways department yesterday morning asking them to send out some assistance as our tractor was stuck in a neighbour's. and they said there's no way anybody was going to be out our way. i think it's absolutely disgusting. right across the north, there's still plenty of snow to clear. enough we don't want any more, but, you know, it is what it is and we can cope with it. when you see the amount of snow here you get an idea of what this community has had to endure this week. this

leeds and manchester were finally reconnected this morning. traffic may be flowing here, but most of the roads across these hills are still blocked with snow and there are strong winds and places, too, potentially causing more snow drifts. further north, the one has reopened, the 66 is still blocked. 0ver reopened, the 66 is still blocked. over the border, just look what the trains are having to plough through in scotland. with even more snow expected to fall. real travel is difficult across the uk. as well as snow and ice, services northern and merseyrail are affected by stray klaxon. thousands of flights have also been affected. teams are battling to keep runways open. in manchester, officers searching for a man who had gone missing, found a body in a car now. —— canal. the long for me know have begun, but more problems could still come. —— the long thought. some of the worst disruption is in scotland where much of the rail network is badly affected. 0ur correspondent catriona renton is at glasgow central station. it has been the coldest sta

leeds and manchester were finally reconnected earlier this morning.ffic may be flowing here, but most of the roads across these hills are still blocked with snow and there are strong winds in places too, potentially causing more snow drifts. further north, the a1 has reopened, the a66 is still blocked. over the border, just look what the trains are having to plough through in scotland. with even more snow expected to fall. rail travel is difficult across the uk. as well as snow and ice, services on northern and merseyrail are affected by strike action. thousands of flights have also been cancelled. teams are battling to keep runways open. in manchester, officers searching for a man who had gone missing after leaving a nightclub pulled a body from the canal. scarborough is one of many places starting to clear up. there are flood warnings in the south—west and the north—east. the long thaw may have begun, but more problems are still to come. some of the heavy snow has been in scotla nd some of the heavy snow has been in scotland and our correspondent ha

at elliot hudson college in leeds, many agree action is needed.se they are scared of getting into debt. so i think if you have a lot of money and you can pay for your university fees straight away, then it's a lot easier for you. there's no point holding back and think, "i don't belong here because of people who are more privileged than me. " if you really want it, you'll get it. the great interest from government remains in the south and south—east. we are barely visited. nobody is particularly interested in what we do. this college has done exceptionally well in its most recent inspection, as has the rest of our trust. seven of our organisations so far inspected are outstanding. but we wouldn‘t expect anybody to be particularly interested in the work we do. the report acknowledges many parts of the north are thriving. the department for education says more than £3 billion is being invested in projects to boost the economy there. simon jones, bbc news. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will be going to telford in the next few months

not enough to eat that's not enough if we think it's people who are not in some radical mosque in leeds and essentially some never want to get up in the queues that are about not letting them get up there the snipers are not met in the nice because if the civilians feed them their votes will ask another jump that we've spoken to they don't want to leave their mother have the international community even solve the crisis because they've seen the conditions are for civilians who refugees in other parts of the world or those who have the need to be displaced in the. where they are the condition is such the bombing is so intense that people certainly would like to lead in that direction given seemed it's over for us it's do big wasn't too small last but not many people have managed to get up last either only thirteen civilians or the last two weeks managed to leave the. arch of war and beirut thank you for the update. and now to an exclusive look at the situations facing civilians in ghouta d.-w. has obtained video filmed by a resident it's a firsthand look inside the rebel held on claim th

days this at this list of people who are known to be radicalized and it's about you know that list in leeds about twenty thousand different people say it's rather difficult it would be rather difficult to actually put them into prison all these people also against human rights as these who are supporting the government and the measures are saying so there is still a debate going on but it's actually quite unclear what more the government could do given that france has already one of the toughest anti terror legislations in europe and even in the world but the day to day belongs to the sacrifice made by lifton colonel arnold belltown as he's laid to rest in fantasies a lewis thank you very much for that life update. families are burying their loved ones who died in a shopping mall or find siberia over the weekend forty one children were among the more than sixty people who died in a chemical oval correspondent mcculloch on my dogs he tells us about one family's story. locals in camera will have been shattered by what happened in the shopping center last weekend it's here at the city's centra

public order offences all over the country, top six areas the crime, london, birmingham, manchester, leedsear, these crime statistics was the two couple that with falling police numbers is devastating. increase spending on the police? jeremy hunt said nurses will get a small pay rise, it is quite topical and there are conservative mps who are very aware that after years of austerity and squeezed wages and caps on salaries, that maybe now is the time if the economy is doing a bit better to give our policemen and teachers pay rise as well. and now a few of the other stories. invitations for the royal wedding, expecting to get one? it has not come through my front door, may be a mistake. lost in the post. maybe the milkman has stolen it. it would have been like christmas morning for some people, running down to see if they had one of these letters. have you had one? i have not. will you be watching the wedding? probably not. i'm sure it will do big numbers. yes, the public are obsessed and it will be a wonderful day. you will be watching the cup final instead. what a day. also in the telegrap

the truth i think you're basically disappointed and then what will you do right in false account at leeds university great to have you with us and thank you for your analysis my flocka thank you they used to create official has said brussels is aiming for an exemption from the u.s. president donald trump's new trade tariffs that's off the trump signed new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports ranging from ten to twenty five percent trump says the penalties on needed to address unfair trade and to boost the u.s. economy but the u.s. business leaders and prominent members of his own republican party have warned he's courting economic disaster with the move it sparking fears that an all out creep poll let me get the view from europe with our correspondent in brussels tensions terry that use hoping to get an exemption from these new tabs how realistic is that expectation. we don't know yet the e.u. is being very optimistic one might even say euphemistic about this idea though they seem to think that because europe wasn't mentioned. for getting an exemption yesterday that there's still hope th

but many other roads across the hills between leeds it's been quite incredible, never seen anything like had sort of five or so foot drifts round by where we live, the other side of the hill over there, cars getting stuck, including police cars and so on. these are the ice roads of the north pennines. this lane leading to the tiny village of bewcastle has been blocked since wednesday. this morning, local farmers cleared the snow. people here feeling a bit forgotten. i rang the highways department yesterday morning, asking them to send out some assistance as our tractor was stuck in a neighbour's. and they said "there's no way anybody was going to be out our way". i think it's absolutely disgusting. right across the north, there's still plenty of snow to clear. we don't want any more, but, you know, it is what it is and we can cope with it. when you see the amount of snow here, you get an idea of what this community has had to endure this week. and this is not the only village that's been cut off. and besides the snow and ice, high tides and flooding are now a real risk after the sea thre

not just the south, the city centres, liverpool, leeds, manchester, all thriving.a return to city living. going back 20, 30 years, people tended to leave urban areas and go somewhere else but younger professionals, younger populations, they are coming back and wants to stay longer in urban areas. then you have the cumulative force. if you are a small city, you are wigan, you are middlesbrough, stoke, wolverhampton, what do you do? let's start with retail, what is the trick? the first thing to do is be realistic, appreciate what you are, not the pie in the sky and not try to be something you are not. we have done a lot of research with the manchester metropolitan university and identified that towns which understand their function in terms of the way people use them and carry out strategies and implement strategies akin to those uses are... give me an example. if you are a smaller town, if you are a convenience—led town, so you service your local community, what you need to be doing is implementing strategies that enable people that live close to your town to get in

this was rush—hour in leeds. it was near standstill in wetherby.y drivers hours to reach their destination, if they made it at all. luckily no one was hurt in this crash in sheffield. as ever, the snow brought out community spirit with strangers rallying round to rescue cars, including students who stopped to help on their way to school. i've been here since eight o'clock. there was just one man who wasn't moving anywhere, so we was just one man who wasn't moving anywhere, so we gave was just one man who wasn't moving anywhere, so we gave him a push. thought we would help. following the snow days of last week, hundreds of schools in the region were shot again. flights were grounded at leeds bradford airport until then able to clear the meaning these children missed out on their school trip to barcelona even though the snow had melted by the time they got back to york. the kids are very resilient but we have had a few tea rs resilient but we have had a few tears and phone calls home. they have been singing on the way back and we have snuck out to mc

super ej gaines leeds have ended st helens100% start to the season winning their match tonight by 28—ey have w011 match tonight by 28—20. they have won five out of five so far but centre ash handley scored two tries in six minutes to take the rhinos clear. st helens remain top the table believed two points behind. the other tonight salford beat hull at. england have finished runners—up in the women's six nations after france beat wales to win the grand slam. england beating ireland 33 points— 11 at the ricoh arena when danielle waterman scored the only try to become england women's leading try scorer with 47 overtaking the new day's previous record. she is not to drive away from rory underwood's overall record of 49. scotland and italy play tomorrow to complete the tournament. in the pro 1a to my card four of one for a fourth time in a row beating to 31-25. for a fourth time in a row beating to 31—25. edinburgh had often has held up monster finishing to 31—25. edinburgh had often has held up monsterfinishing12—6. —— edinburgh held off monster. great britain's snowboarders missed out o

let's talk to andrew omond from st george's crypt in leeds — a charity who help the homeless and people as many people on a night and during the day service numerous more people than we would normally see. also, just the public response, so normally see. also, just the public response, so taking an extra donations, bringing in all the other staff that people have been giving to us. very busy. have you got enough space for everybody? we do. we are crammed to the rafters, but we have got a cafe area within the charities we can put beds up there, additional beds that we put up as well, ed beds, mattresses. that is what we do as a charity. if people need us we will put up more support. does that mean that, as far as you know, nobody is having to sleep rough on the streets of leeds during this weather? the problem is that, no matter what we do and what provision we offer, there will a lwa ys provision we offer, there will always be people who do not want to engage with services, no matter what you say, and even in these temperatures, as i say, we have seen record numbers of people coming thr

abruptly short two minutes after he stepped on the fields me she but she why bill dorman is back in the leeds she won the fight for certain doubt to be a test of character could the frankfurt boys pick themselves up once more for yet another comeback. of the. yes they killed danny bluecoat also substituted in tied up the match in the first minute of stoppage time to walk to comebacks and only a few minutes left to hold strong. pumped full of adrenaline could frank first manage it. but then the ball makes its way into frankfurt's penalty box and lands at the feet of none other than me she but she why of course the man of the match and fred sets might do him and came away with the win and took another step towards the champions league. officials for frankfurt and coach coach on the other hand but what do they do again when they fall down. i've fallen down many times in my life. but every time i've picked myself up again. we've. done have another chance to dust themselves off next week against months. in times like these it's all about the points on the board. the d.s. first much as coach there

the win moves castleford level on points with leeds.ivals bath. joe simmonds kicked the decisive penalty six minutes from time. it takes the chiefs nine points clear at the top of the table. in the pro 14, there were wins for glasgow and edinburgh, but the dragons lost to the cheetahs. so we've already had the boat race of the year, of course, after dan walker's efforts for sport relief earlier this week but today, we'll see how it should be done with cambridge and oxford set to face off in the university boat race this afternoon. 0xford have won four of the past five men's races and are catching up with cambridge in the overall standings — it's 82—80 to the light blues. there is a bigger gap in the women's head—to—head with cambridge leading 42—30, but 0xford hope to narrow the gap with an experienced crew. this year marks 80 years since the event was first televised by the bbc. it is of course live on the bbc this afternoon to you can watch all of the action from the thames. a p pa re ntly the action from the thames. apparently one qu

leeds united. crystal palace. i think fan, what is your team. leeds united. crystal palace.d of moment but this is quite a serious story because some people get so riled up and so passionate while watching their team that it could actually give you a heart attack. literally heartbreaking, yes. st elevation myocardial infraction. apparently a study from montreal shows that you are at increased risk of a heart attack when your team is winning. that is to say there is a quantifiable increase in the number of men apparently, not affecting women who suffer heart attacks the day after the team win. good for me because my team does not win. the research cannot explain why, it is the successful matches that have done this. there is some relationship between strong emotion and pressure on your heart if you are susceptible. and this is interesting, it is an ongoing thing and every time it happens you get this effect. the story also talks about this amazing statistic from 1996 where apparently the day after the dutch went out of euro 96 on penalties there was a 50% increase in deaths f

, and the champions, leeds rhinos, won.hanks to a strong second half performance. ash handley scored two of the rhinos' five tries. elsewhere salford beat hull fc. some tennis news for you and venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells and so has world number one simona halep. williams lost to russia's daria kasatkina, who's beaten four grand slam champions on her way to the final where she'll meet naomi osaka of japan. now to the second of our commonwealth games previews. last week we saw the youngest athlete, wales' 11—year—old table tennis player. this week mike has been to train with one of the oldest. 67—year—old david calvert is heading to his 11th games to compete in the highest calibre shooting event, full bore rifle. before he left, mike went to train with david and his partner in surrey although it was more like siberia. he is arguably the best in the world. you're aiming at a target which could be 900 metres away. a little black dot on the horizon, a bull's—eye the size of a dinner pla

sarasota, florida, leeds, alabama, which paid thousands of dollars to regain payroll and personnel files, and charlotte, north carolina, which had backed up its systems and refused to pay a ransom. >> if cities and states don't address this threat, we run the risk of loss of data, loss of services, or as we saw last week potentially, the loss of life. >> reporter: with cities scrambling to prepare on the event that they're next. so the big question is whether cities should or should not pay to get their files back in a ransom ware case. some cities feel they have no choice. then they hope the bad guys keep their word and return the files. others insist they will not pay. the best defense, ensure every system is backed up on an independent server. >> anyway you look at it, it's a troubling trend. tom, thank you. >>> now to a new firestorm brewing over the trump administration's move to add a question to the 2020 census. a question about people, about their citizenship, triggering worries that immigrants will skip the survey, and that could have far-reaching consequences. as nbc news white

the win moves castleford level on points with leeds.er this week — but today we'll see how it should be done with cambridge and oxford set to face off in the university boat race this afternoon. oxford have won four of the past five men's races and are catching up with cambridge in the overall standings — it's 82—80 to the light blues. there is a bigger gap in the women's head—to—head — with cambridge leading 42—30 — but oxford hope to narrow the gap with an experienced crew. this year marks 80 years since the event was first televised by the bbc. that is exciting. but something that beats that. you hinted. absolutely. this man here. the effo rts absolutely. this man here. the efforts of the bbc team, including dan walker. iam not dan walker. i am not taking full credit. it is a tea m i am not taking full credit. it is a team effort. you can take an eighth of the credit. two know what they we re of the credit. two know what they were doing. you realise you could not sit on the sofa if you lost. sophie raworth said, you know you can't lo

there were e-mails that leed showing they were doing everything they could to ramp up production to meet production re that they promised to do this quarter, and they're already way behind on what they promised to do previously. they had to pull them down. >> that's for the model three. they're pulling people offf model f and x lines to come over and try to produce more model threes by tend of the quarter. they had a ruling against it in their shareholder lawsuit. it's just a lot of stuff happening for tesla which was capped off by the recall which brings more of their production into focus yet again. >> and moodies downgraded the creditg. rat it's leading to questions about whether will the company have enough compey to stay throughout year? >> it doesn't have enough money, elon can ask for moremoney. he's gone to shareholders, sold bonds. the downgrade f ussed on the bonds which have not been trading well. with tesla acquiring solar city, they were indebt. the debt load is large. it will be interesting to see if he'll have tocially as he couldn'ts to ramp up production, but that's kind

competition starts on saturday with 600 at leeds from 42 countries taking part.headscarf, or hijab, but it's not without controversy. some women in countries like iran are campaigning against it as a symbol of oppression but here some women are taking the opposite view, seeing it as in powering, even a feminist statement. it's increasingly evident in the world of fashion and social media and a major modelling agency has just signed its first british catholic, catwalk model who wears a hijab. -- catholic, catwalk model who wears a hijab. —— british catwalk model. the spotlight is on the hijab. many muslim women choose to wear it proudly. for some, it's an act of modesty. for others, in countries like iran, forced to wear it, it's a symbol to remove in protest. it may divide opinion, but hijab is going high fashion. 20—year—old model shahira yusuf has been signed up by storm, the agency that found supermodel kate moss. shahira is one of the first british models with a hijab taking to the catwalk. yeah, definitely don't want to be considered a token girl. i don't wa

had also taken action after it was commonly said, falsely accused by russia of producing the news leedsn the salisbury attack. tonight, i watched tonight, iwatched russian tonight, i watched russian state television to see how they were covering this story. bizarrely, it felt like watching the eurovision song contest. they had a giant scoreboard in the studio, listing all of the countries expelling russian diplomats and the corresponding numbers beside. in the political contest, the disharmony is deafening. russia and the west tonight are at loggerheads. was moscow surprised by the strength of the coordinated action taken against it? undoubtedly. does this send a strong signal to the kremlin, as theresa may suggested? i think it does. the problem facing the west right now, in this escalating diplomatic war with russia, the man that works behind me, vladimir putin, he does not react positively to pressure. in any application with the west he will be determined to emerge the winner. thank you all. there have been protests outside westminster this evening asjewish groups and labour mps dem

jessica leeds from the council of korean americans in washington speaking earlier to sharanjit.me on the programme: as australia's gambling industry counts record revenues, we report on the furtive world for punters of addiction, debt and family breakdown. the campaign at the un by the idyllic norfolk island for independence from australia. 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 his junior. 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 8—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really. i've never been married before. you'r

stopped at all airport just one month later a police officer was shot dead last april on the shantha leeds day and last october two young women were stabbed to death at a railway station in mass a former british intelligence officer an emotion on says the fact that the gunman was under police surveillance exposes wider failures is part of the passing that we're seeing emerging across europe over the last few years of people carrying out these low tech type of attacks with high victim rates who are of course on the radar of at least the police if not indeed of the intelligence agencies but for some reason they're not being watched carefully enough they're not being monitored carefully enough and being followed around. and they're allowed to get more radicalized and carry out these are appalling deeds it's hard to see what more fronts can do go i mean they had a state of emergency declared after better planned attacks all the powers are still there in france it just changed the name they've changed the terminology and yet all those powers are still preventing the security agencies and police

mechanical man, a robot obligingly doing the shopping for the busy wife of his inventor somewhere in leedsartificial intelligence, it won't be long before they become part of our everyday lives. pallab ghosh, bbc news, austin, texas. the superhero film black panther has now taken more than a billion us dollars at cinemas worldwide. the marvel film by disney has been widely praised as game—changing — including by michelle 0bama — for having a largely black cast and a black director. the film stars chadwick boseman, who plays the crime—fighting ruler of a fictional african nation with the most advanced technology on earth. the film became a sensation on social media, with fans using the hashtag ‘what black panther means to me' to highlight its significance for black audiences. to talk about the huge impact it's had let's bring in sylvia 0bell, buzzfeed's entertainment reporter from new york. thank you forjoining us. just how well is this film doing compared to others at the moment? it is doing very well compared to other films. no film has ever come out in february has ever broken the billio

i've been speaking to alastair hay, a professor of environmental toxicology at the university of leedshe process of determining which nerve agent was used on sergei skripal and his daughter. with environmental samples, you can look at the chemicals that were in the mixture to make the nerve agent. you can look for any chemical reaction so the nerve agent may not have been 100% pure. it is the mixture of degradation material as to the clue —— gives a clue as to the manufacturer and likely place it was made. in terms of who has stocks of agents, there is a chemical weapons convention that 192 can countries have signed, and that has been responsible for the destruction of over 97% of the world's declared chemical weapons stockpiles, but many countries are allowed to have small stocks of chemical agents which are intensively investigated and audited by an international inspector but these countries have some of the stocks, and you the uk has them —— the uk has them at porton down. in terms of what happens to nerve agents when they are out in the environment, there are out in the environmen

truth i think it would be slightly disappointed and then what will he do right in foster caught at leeds university great to have you with us and thank you for your analysis mike thank you thank you and staying with donald trump get hot from business as joins us on the u.s. status on trading partners are causing huge concern that's right i mean you know still only accounts for around about two percent of world trade and yet the tit for tat of tariffs and penalties dangerous the ripple effects can escalate into a full on trade war quite quickly trump says the terrace of between ten and twenty five percent on steel and aluminum imports are necessary to address unfair trade conditions boost the u.s. economy and create jobs boss u.s. business leaders and prominent members of his own republican party have warned his administration is courting economic disaster with the stroke of a pen donald trump shook up international trade. the president signed the healthy new carrots into law flanked by metal workers he said he was stopping what he called an assault on the u.s. . today i'm defending ameri

director of tell mama u.k. a group that measures anti muslim attacks from leeds rusin conceive of of still pay to u.k. and from cairo also via skype tim count us on the resident fellow at the top of the institute for middle east policy team will begin with you i just want to ask you about the reaction to what happened to marry him there in egypt right now the hash tag merriam's rights will not be the last is trending this that right. now that has to be played probably on social media right now. mike my personal timelines flooded with stories about her and people are shocked and horrified to hear what happened to her and that she that she eventually succumbed to her and treated and passed away. it's a tragic story. of the young woman whose life is certainly far too early and beyond that people can relate to the idea of you know it's families going abroad to try to give their children better opportunities maybe with study engineering and then that being cut short by this violence but there's also a lot of concern amongst students that the case wasn't handled properly both by the police

professor alastair hay is professor of environmental toxicology at the university of leeds.orjoining us. why do you think it has taken them so long to speak to the public?|j think it has taken them so long to speak to the public? i don't know when they first got the information but a mansion at the laboratory, you have many samples to process and they need to be extensively cleaned and prepared before they go into any instrument, so it will take a time for the laboratory to process these things. it's sensitive instrumentation that has to be used and it's a question of how many samples that can be processed in any art, soi samples that can be processed in any art, so i imagine it is time for processing. are you confident that they would have identified the nerve agent? that is one question the public are asking, would it have been identified? absolutely. the instrumentation they use essentially brea ks instrumentation they use essentially breaks a compound into fragments and these are unique to individual compounds so they will know what it is. why do you think they would not

our very own harry gration, amy garcia and paul hudson from bbc look north in leeds have had to cancel challenge for sport relief, which will continue at a later date. amy canjoin amy can join us amy canjoin us now. i am pleased to say from the wants of our will is newsroom. tell us, how bad is it there and why you have had to cancel? iam in cancel? iamina cancel? i am in a warm cancel? i am in a warm newsroom cancel? i am in a warm newsroom but i was hoping to be in subzero temperatures polling a red sofa today. we, like the rest of the country come have had a lot of snow particularly in the early evening yesterday. there isa the early evening yesterday. there is a good three or four inches in west yorkshire, the route that we we re west yorkshire, the route that we were going to be pulling the sofa. the decision was made that it was just too dangerous to do that. we have postponed a four off our sofa talent. we will be revisiting their route at some point. the decision was made better date was not safe enough. we're hoping to carry on day five of our challenge tomorrow, we need to se

brian mcdermottmy 200th game in charge at leeds ended in a defeat axford, who beat them 25—24.secured a late victory against west country rivals bath. the chiefs are nine points clear at the top of the table. in the pro 14, there were wins for glasgow and edinburgh, but the glasgow dragons lost to the cheaters. johanna konta eased into the third round of the miami open with a straight sets win over kirsten flipkens. the british number one is the defending champion in florida, and hoping to kick—start her year after a mixed start to 2018. and 0xford 2018. and oxford and cambridge universities go oar to oar in the annual boat race. 0xford have won four of the past five men‘s races and are catching up with cambridge in the overall standings. it is 82-80 to the in the overall standings. it is 82—80 to the light blues. there is a bigger gap in the women‘s head to head with cambridge leading 42—30, but 0xford hope to narrow the gap with an experienced crew leader. and this year marks a year since the event was first televised by the bbc. that race starts at 4.31 this afternoon. you c

routes, the newcastle to carlisle rail service is off, there is a replacement bus service and the leedsalso affected. so as far as the main east coast line goes, they did get some trains running last night, no trains on the main west coast rail line between england and scotland, there is a replacement bus service there. in fact, rail companies across the uk are saying that the weather has been so severe, there are still cancellations and delays, and that will continue to be the case tomorrow. you should check about your rail journey before you set out. there are a number of flood alert and warnings in place, especially around the coasts, because of high winds and spring tides. there is a gradual thaw on the way, it could get up to 9 degrees in the south of england today, but in rural areas tonight, the temperature could be back down to minus four. thousands of homes across the country still without power, and some of the power companies have been trying to get to more remote and cut—off homes and have not been able to do that. yesterday one firm tried to use a helicopter to reach those

little earlier i spoke to aiden foster carter and honorary senior research fellow in modern korea at leeds university and he explained how the most recent talks and the care to change in south korea's policy towards the north i think it's so hard to read kim jong un and s.s. why i think it's a really helpful that some south koreans have gone and actually met him and have a chance to see what he is like but i think maybe at some level he gets it their differences north korea has made itself because of its nuclear missile developments a global look at the local threats are now the u.s. will for it i mention is just as important as the into korean dimension that's very frustrating for south korean president mungy in because of course the u.s. is a close ally but he's a veteran of the sunshine era he went to pyongyang as as chief of staff to the then south korean president and he wants to south korea back in the driver's seat i would say he's done that really very much have the donald trump who is rather hard to predict shall we say on many things will just give the south koreans you know some