chair of the press regulator impressed speaking to my colleague lucy hocking.h ben rich. hello, storm agnes has swelled away from our shores, but not plain sailing otherwise. it's going to turn increasingly wet in western parts, you can see yesterday's storm assistant pushing eastward, that will turn increasingly wet. it is already quite breezy out there. really quite windy up towards the north—west of the uk. 0utbreaks really quite windy up towards the north—west of the uk. outbreaks of rain developing across western parts, head further east, hazy sunshine with 17 to 20 degrees. through this evening, we will see a band of rain moving across the west of scotland and northern ireland, potential heavy thunder and bursts and squally winds and then turning really well through the evening across parts of wales, midlands, some parts of south wales could see enough rain for flooding some parts of south wales could see enough rain forflooding and localised disruption. the rain pushes its way to the south—east corner, behind that, clearskies, thatis corner, behind that,

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionbinet members on possible changes to carbon policies. lets now speak damian grammaticas, our political correspondent. we know he

leader promising to help north korea build satellites and develop its space program hello, i'm lucy hockingsur programme in libya, where more than 5,000 people are now we have some live pictures coming in from morocco. you can see the painstaking work being done by rescue teams, as they dig through rubble, trying to look, possibly,

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now.ken to a qatari plane at tehran airport for the first leg of theirjourney back to the us. it's part of a prisoner swap deal painstakingly mediated by qatar. in return, five iranians in usjails will be released and iran will gain access to six billion dollars in oil revenues. our cheap international correspondent is where the plane will land, and told us more about what she thinks will happen next. it what she thinks will happen next. it is a deeply controversial deal, highly complex, but compassionate. president biden has bowed to bring all americans home, including these five americans who hold

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hello, i'm lucy hockings.erviews and reaction. five americans who've been held in iranianjails for years are expected to be freed today. it is part of a prisoner swap deal painstakingly mediated by qatar that will see $6 billion of iranian oil money sent to banks in doha. 0ur chief interntional correspondent, lyse doucet, is in doha for us now. where are you right now and do you know where the americans are? weill. know where the americans are? well, i think our viewers _ know where the americans are? well, i think our viewers can _ know where the americans are? well, i think our viewers can see _ know where the americans are? ii i think our viewers can see just behind me a gate, an

the presenter of that programme, emma barnett, spoke to my colleague lucy hockings.as 16 and the comedian was originally 30. i mean, he�*s also a hollywood actor. people will know him around the world, and he�*s cultivated many fans online. he�*s strenuously denied all of these allegations. but she hasn�*t spoken since the response of russell brand, where he has issued these denials. and also, she hasn�*t spoken about the age that she was, really, in a bit more detail. i think she has reflected, as an older woman, on what she thought she was at 16 versus what she is. and here in the uk — it differs around the world — the age of consent, sexual consent, is 16. now, that was a rule that was made in the 1800s. and she is asking for there to be a review, at least, of that, and talking about how even her mother, who tried to stop this relationship, and this was now she views, a grooming situation. she views it — the law has changed since her relationship with russell brand — as an element of coercive control. she views it very, very differently, as well as the specific al

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactione in the areas in libya destroyed by some because like blood. the number of people who died in the city of derna has risen to 11,000. that is according to the red crescent. that figure is expected to grow as the recovery effort continues and more bodies are retrieved from the mud. officials estimate that about 30,000 people have been left homeless.

leader promising to help north korea build satellites and develop its space program hello, i'm lucy hockingswelcome to bbc news now, we start our programme in libya, where more than 5,000 people are now we have some live pictures coming in from morocco. you can see the painstaking work being done by rescue teams, as they dig through rubble, trying to look, possibly, four survivors from the devastating quake that hit the country. we now know that the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck late on friday killed at least 2900 people, and injured many, many thousands more. what we are seeing is teams from around the world now that have arrived to health, digging through the rubble, searching for some kind of survivors. it is the army that is leading relief efforts, but they are being backed up by groups and teams from four other countries. it's really difficult out here, it is a mountainous and steep area in the atlas mountains. roads have been damaged, infrastructure as well, making it very difficult to get some of these areas that we are focusing on, one of the worst hit areas as this search continue

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionrt in the caucases, where there have been scenes of panic and confusion as a growing number of ethnic armenian refugees try to leave nagorno—karabakh. it follows azerbaijan's seizure of this disputed region. roads leading from the main city, stepanakert, towards the armenian border are jammed with traffic. those reaching the border are the first to cross into armenia since the enclave was this week captured by azerbaijani forces. the territory is at the heart of one of the world's longest—running conflicts. nagorno—karabakh lies in the mountainous south caucasus region of eastern europe and asia — between the black sea and the caspian sea. it's recognised internationally as part of azerbaijan, but has been controlled by ethnic armenians for three decades. our reporter nataliya zotova is on the armenian border and reports now on the situation there. we are now in the village of khoznavar, right on the border between armenia and nagorno—karabakh. we can see the refugees coming and coming

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now. five americans who've been held in iranianjails for years have been taken to a qatari plane at tehran airport for the first leg of theirjourney back to the us. it's part of a prisoner swap deal painstakingly mediated by qatar. in return, five iranians in usjails will be released and iran will gain access to six billion dollars in oil revenues. our cheap international correspondent is where the plane will land, and told us more about what she thinks will happen next. it is a deeply controversial deal, highly complex, but compassionate. president biden has bowed to bring all americans home, including these five americans who hold iranian passport which the us describe as wrongfully detained, but they are regarded as hostages, used by iran as bargaining chips. the money that has arrived here this morning, $6 billion, they end it through selling oil to south korea. they can't access it directly, only third parties can use it to purchase non—sanction goods, including food and medicine. but

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionthe prime minister is to give a speech after briefing cabinet members on possible changes to carbon policies. lets now speak damian grammaticas, our political correspondent. we know he is going to address, hold a press conference, give a speech and take questions in downing street at liz30pm. there has been speculation through the morning following the link to the bbc yesterday of this potential big shift in government policy to push back net zero target dates that the government was scrambling, it was talking to industry, talking to other mps in the last few hours and all calling for clarity. what we now see is downing street confirming 4:30pm, the prime minister will address this issue and seeking to bring some clarity, which the car—makers have been calling for an opposition party is already very critical of any move to change those targets. d0 critical of any move to change those taraets. ~ ., ., ,., critical of any move to change those taraets. ~ ., ., ., targets. do we know what

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionited nations say there is an urgent need for shelter, food and primary medical care in the areas in libya destroyed by some because like blood. the number of people who died in the city of derna has risen to 11,000. that is according to the red crescent. that figure is expected to grow as the recovery effort continues and more bodies are retrieved from the mud. officials estimate that about 30,000 people have been left homeless. the united nation's emergency relief co—ordinator, martin griffiths, said the extent of the catastrophe was still unclear but he said it was a stark reminder of the death and destruction climate change is causing. one which is appalling, shocking and i think unimaginable, actually, in its consequences. i've heard there are speculations that up to 20,000 are dead, 4000 deaths registered at the moment. in libya where access to derna is still so difficult where there is a compounded problem of the dams breaking and storms breaking, this is a tragedy in which clima

hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. five americans who've been held in iranianjails for years are expected to be freed today. it is part of a prisoner swap deal painstakingly mediated by qatar that will see $6 billion of iranian oil money sent to banks in doha. 0ur chief interntional correspondent, lyse doucet, is in doha for us now. where are you right now and do you know where the americans are? weill. know where the americans are? well, i think our viewers _ know where the americans are? well, i think our viewers can _ know where the americans are? well, i think our viewers can see _ know where the americans are? -ii i think our viewers can see just behind me a gate, an emergency gate leading to the tarmac. we are at the old international airport in doha, a very ordinary place. 0nly old international airport in doha, a very ordinary place. only a few flights land here every day. but it will be the scene of an extraordinary political mo