leeds university expresses deep concern for one of its students who faces 3a years of jail in saudi arabiacial media tweets. we'll talk live to a human rights group who's taking up the case. rail workers are on strike once again in their dispute over pay — lots of disruption on the network across england and wales. the un secretary general is in lviv for talks with president zelensky and turkey's recep tayyip erdogan. a 44—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing of thomas o'halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. and "wonky vegetables" could soon be on the menu as farmers warn the drought and hot weather have affected how their crops grow. i like a wonky carrot — don't we all? also, i like fruit and veg that makes you smile. and often apples that are slightly misshapen, you know, if the plant has been under stress, sometimes they taste a bit better. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t—level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams — f

this is you say is a mother of two, she had been doing her phd at leeds university looking at how toisabilities. she goes home to see her family, gets arrested, and what is her supposed it crime? she has used twitter to support imprisoned activists to stand up for women's rights in saudi arabia and to call for greater freedom. it's completely outrageous and i think it's really important that people who share that concern at her case speak out, and that's why i have written to the foreign secretary, liz truss, to ask her to make representations to the saudi authorities so that salma can return to herfamily, her children who authorities so that salma can return to her family, her children who are four and six, two young boys who must have been out of their minds with worry as to what has happened to her, and come back to leeds and complete her studies if that's what she wants to do. find complete her studies if that's what she wants to do.— she wants to do. and make representations _ she wants to do. and make representations is - she wants to do. and make i representations is diplomatic

leeds university expresses deep concern for one of its students who faces 3a years of jail in saudi arabiar social media tweets. at talks in ukraine aimed at ensuring the safety of a russian controlled nuclear power plant, the un chief calls for zaporizhzhia to be demilitarised. and finland's prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a—level, t—level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there's been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a—level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. 36.4% of pupils have achieved a—star and a grades. and for the new t—level exams, where

leeds university has expressed dismay after one of its phd students was jailed for 3h years after tweetscising the regime. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a—level, t—level and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in—person, there's been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a—level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. around 36.4% of pupils have achieved a star and a grades. and for the new t—level exams — where students split time between classroom learning and industry placements — the overall pass rate is 92%. our education correspondent sean dilley reports. this... ..is what success looks like. the profound relief and celebration clear for all to see. many here are among just over 36% achieving top grades in their

she's a saudi citizen and a student — she was studying a phd at leeds university, here in the uk. women's rights activists, including this woman — loujain al—hathloul — she and others were detained just before the ban on women driving was lifted a few years ago. the bbc spoke to loujain's sister, lina, who works for an independent organisation that supports human rights in saudi arabia. it is outrageous, and it's actually unprecedented. i mean, we've seen that the saudi government has been selling the narrative of empowering women and improving women's rights — and this sentence, after my sister's sentence, is an illustration of it only being words. we had warned at the very beginning that rehabilitating the crown prince mohammed bin salman into the national community would pave the way for more repression — and actually, after borisjohnson's visit to saudi arabia and after mbs�*s visit to france, we can clearly see that they are doubling down on repression and still imprisoning anyone who's criticising the regime. i think that unfortunately, she gathers all the criteria that real

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in saudi arabia, concerns are growing for a student from the university of leeds who's been jailed for, who is also a mother of two young children, was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 34 years. the family of a pensioner who was stabbed as he travelled through west london on his mobility scooter have paid tribute to the 87—year—old. thomas o'halloran died at the scene in greenford after being attacked on tuesday. 44—year—old lee byer has appeared in court charged with his murder and was remanded in custody. mr o'halloran�*s nephew, also named thomas, spoke of the family's loss. complete numbness with the loss of our uncle. it's been horrendous, absolutely terrifying that something like this could happen to such a gentle, kind person. always caring, always giving. great musical talents, just an all around good person that always did his best to give back to everybody around him. with his family, he

concerns are growing over a student from the university of leeds who's beenjailed for 34 years in saudishe used twitter. salma al—shehab, who is also a mother of two young children, was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 34 years. well, meanwhile, questions are still being asked about the controversial decision to sell a major boxing fight which takes place later today, to saudi arabia, in light of its human rights record. the british boxer, anthonyjoshua is hoping to regain his world heavyweight titles this weekend, in a rematch against the ukrainian fighter, oleksandr usyk. critics have accused saudi arabia of so—called �*sportswashing' to enhance its global reputation. let's talk more about this with simon chadwick, professor of sport and geopolitical economy at skema business school in paris. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme. thank you for inviting me. do tha

concerns are growing over a student from the university of leeds who's been jailed for 34 years in sauditter. salma al—shehab — who is also a mother of two young children — was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 34 years. i'm joined now by dr emily ryall, who is senior lecturer in philosophy at the university of gloucestershire. she is also a member of the executive committee for the british philosophy of sport association, this is the case of an individual woman using twitter, taking place in saudi arabia and it is hosting a very high—profile boxing match this evening as anthonyjoshua is fighting and that raises the ethical issues, yet another case in the country of human rights abuses, it would appear and yet we have a huge western sporting event taking place there. should it go ahead? it you there. should it go ahead? if you are asking _ there. should it go ahead? if you are asking my — there. shou

student at the university of leeds in the united kingdom. she was detained in january 2021 when she was on holiday back in saudi arabia, and she was held for much of 2021 for questioning before she was referred to the country's specialized criminal court. that's the court that essentially deals with terrorism cases. and she was sentenced to six years in jail initially, because of her twitter activity. now she appealed that sentence. she made the argument that she is the mother of two young boys who are 3 and 5. her own mother is ill, and she needs to be there for her children. and this month, the saudi court came back with a decision to increase her sentence to 34 years in jail. followed by another 34 year travel ban. cnn was able to review court documents, and it appears that the saudi f prosecution dropped this case against her. they claim she was providing aid to her twitter account and tweets to people who they say were aiming to destabilize the country, to undermine its security and public order. now we have gone through her twitter acc

student at the university of leeds in the united kingdom.1 because of her twitter activity. later on, late last year, the specialized criminal court in the country sentenced her to six years in jail because of those tweets. now, she is the mother of two young children and appealed on the grounds saying she has two young boys who are 3 and 5. her mother is ill. she needs to be there for her boys. and this week, the saudi court increased percent -- her sentence to 34 years, and followed by 34 years where she cannot leave the kingdom. we were able to review the court documents. it appears the public prosecution brought this case against her, they say, because of tweets where they say she is spreading false information, spreading rumors. she was supporting people who they accuse of trying to destabilize the kingdom and undermine its security. but if you go through her twitter account and you see the kind of people that she's been supporting over the past couple of years, she was defending human rights activists, dissidents, and women's rights ca

if you read the other day this young woman who was at leeds university and she had come from saudi arabia, you can�*t come into the bbc building without putting your bag through some process, but somehow this was done and i have to say, even salman had been so used to speaking out that he was not necessarily demanding those kind of security arrangements, but everyone is going to have to think hard about how we go forward with this and we are even talking about countries in the west that absolutely stand up for free speech. as for other parts of the world, there is no doubt that this is not conceivable, not possible, and everything you do can be tracked, so this woman who has gone back to saudi arabia, all of her tweets, everything you do in social media can be tracked and we know what russia has been able to do in recent years, everything you do and everything you put on that phone of yours can be tracked, so it�*s a crazy place and very, very difficult now to express a view about wondering whether or not there will be an intervention and who knows what consequences will happen. thank ou

in saudi arabia, concerns are growing for a student from the university of leeds who's been jailed for twitter. salma al—shehab, who is also a mother of two young children, was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 3a years. writers have gathered in new york in solidarity with the author sir salman rushdie, who was seriously injured when he was stabbed on stage, one week ago. the 75—year—old has faced death threats for many years, over his novel the satanic verses. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik, has the latest. two he a book is only to confirm to oneself what whaen already knows her i crawled before i could walk. i walked — i crawled before i could walk. i walked before i could run. the organisers _ walked before i could run. the organisers hope _ walked before i could run. tie: organisers hope the rally raises his spirit. they say he knows it has taken place and intended to watch. equal

weissmann spent years working the department of justice, most recently's as leeds prosecutor, in now teaches criminal and law at nyu university. he joins me now. andrea, let's just talk about the letter and what the letter, the letter that we now have from national archives, adds to the full picture of the timeline here and the efforts of the federal government went to to try to retrieve all of the classified documents that were supposed to be turned over. >> the letter is quite odd because it was disclosed first by john solomon, who works for the former president and his designate -- to the presidential records that would be kept by the national archives. but the letter is incredibly damning to the former president. it really is odd as to why he released it. the way it's damning is exactly as you say chris, which is the time period as to when the former president left office and today is the most damning evidence. there is one version of the defense which is hey, it was chaotic when i was leaving and i didn't really know it was in the boxes and i didn't intend to take them and as soon as it was called to my attention i retur

leeds festivals. jeremy paxman is to step down as host of tv quiz show university challenge after more than 28 years. among the british sprinters going for medals in their events. while earlier today on the track — the commonwealth games champion — laura muir — sealed her spot in friday's final of the 1500 metres. the defending european champion won in sweltering conditions on the second day of competition. it's a big night for rangers later — the scottish side begin their quest to make the group stages of the champions league for the first time in over a decade. they take on dutch side psv in the first leg of their playoff tie at ibrox tonight. ruud van nistelrooy is in charge of psv — a former netherlands teammate of rangers boss giovanni van bronckhorst. it is going to be a big game for all of us, for both clubs, because we all want to be in the champions league but there is only one ticket in this tie left. i'm sure you will see that psp will do everything to go through and we will see rangers will do everything to go through, so i think there are all the ingredients of a couple of great games an