lucy williamson, bbc news lucy williamson, bbc news ajudge in the united states has ordered the trumpury evidence from the mueller inquiry into russian election meddling. democrats in congress have been demanding the documents as part of a growing impeachment inquiry. i asked our north america correspondent, david willis, how significant this ruling is. it is significant for two reasons. it establishes the legality of the ongoing impeachment investigation in the house of representatives. mr trump and his allies had argued that that enquiry is illegitimate, all the time the house has not had a full vote on the matter. well, thejudge disagreed and she also established that members of congress will be allowed to view an unredacted version of special counsel robert mueller‘s report. now, previously only redacted versions had been available to members of congress. to give you some idea, it's a nearly 450—page report, robert mueller‘s effort there, and the first volume of two contains some 240 redactions. so there's clearly a lot of material in there which house democrats believe could poss

attacker was an employeeay it comes after strikes across france over increasing violence towards sta lucy williamson has more. lucy: the threat came with aar famiace, a pice i.t. worker and colleague of 20 years police headquarters this the luncime and killed four people. he was shot dead by an officer few months out of training who was then seen sinking to his knees and crying.. >> we ot know what went through his head. we are not safe anywhere, even at police headquarters. lucy: with no clear sense of a motive, a criminal investigation has been launched into why a 45-year-old i.t. worker shouldta his colleagues like s. >> this man was known to his colleagues, had never shown any behavioral problems, never shown any warning signs. then today he committed this string of murders. lucy: this afternoon, investigator attacker's home. police say he recentlyonverted to islambut thatbuas not been nked to the inquiry. questioning, along with onefor another person. investigators are startingtoo unpick the behind this e expected attack. police s they ruggling to cope after years of terrorism, protests, and pu

it comes a day after strikes across france over increasing violence towards staff lucy williamson has more. lucy: the threat came with ath familiar face, a police i.t. worker and colleague of 20 years who brought a knife into theer police headquathis lunchtime and killed four people. he was shot dead by an officer a few months out of training who was then sn sinking to his knees and crying. >> we caot know what went through his head. we are not safe anywhere, even at police headquarters. lucy: with no clear sense of a motive, a criminal investigation has been launched into why ai. 45-year-ol worker should attack his colleagues like this. >> this man was known to his colleagues, had never shown any behavioral problems, never shown any warning signs. then today he committed this onring of murders. lucy: this after, attacker' ts hoearched the police say he recently converted to islam, but that has not been linked to the inquiry. his wife has beetaken in for questioning, alonglo with one another peon. investigators are starting to unpick the story behind this unexpected attack. police s t

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. in vietnam would make such a perilous journey, i spoke to mimi vu, an anti—trafficking expert, in ho chi minh city. most of the migrants, the potential victims that come from vietnam, who go to europe in the uk, come from just a handful of provinces in vietnam. and these provinces are found in the northern part of central vietnam and northern vietnam. so the most common is cold misn province, and the second most province, and they used to be one province, and they used to be one province before they were split into two. there are other common provinces, all located in the northern and central part of vietnam and northern vietnam. why do they do it? what is their reasoning behind taking such a perilous journey? because they must know the risks that they are taking. that's exactly it, though. they don't exactly know the risks that they are taking. they... in these particular provinces, there has been a long history of migration for labour from vietnam to europe, especially in the former

lucy williamson reports.— a police it worker and colleague of 20 years who walked into police headquarters and killed four people with a knife. he was shot dead by an officer, who then was seen sinking to his knees and crying. an investigation has been launched but there is no explanation, yet, as to why a 45—year—old it worker, who'd worked for decades with no sign of trouble, should attack his colleagues like this. translation: police officers are working with the prosecutor to conduct the investigation and find the truth. at the same time, our staff are stricken and heartbroken by what happened here, right inside the police headquarters. police here say that years of terrorist attacks, violent protests and public assault have left them struggling to cope. the blow today was different — an attack by one of their own. yesterday, thousands of police marched through paris, angry at low morale and a rising suicide rate in the force. protecting france has taken its toll, they say. how much harder to protect the

our correspondent lucy williamson found other vietnamese people at a camp in northern france who arech coast, a dozen vietnamese men wait for a telephone call from the man they call the "boss", an afghan, they say, who opens trailers in the lorry park nearby and shuts them inside. this man paid 30,000 euros for a prepaid journey from vietnam to london via russia, poland, germany and france, organised by a vietnamese contact back home. translation: i have some vietnamese friends in the uk who will help me find jobs when i get there. this friends help me get on lorries or container trucks to go across the border. security is much less tight in the nearby lorry park than around the port, further north, but few people here have managed to get past the border controls. the men in the camp told us that it was not easy to reach the uk that way and they have been stopped several times by border guards but we are told that, for those who paid more for their passage, this is simply a transit camp before they are taken on their final leg of theirjourney. a local volunteer told us they had seen

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.nd is declaring several regions disaster areas in response to the worst drought in living memory. some areas have gone without substantial rainfall for up to five years. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reports from one small town, graaff—reinet, which lies at the heart of the crisis. in a lonely corner of south africa, a small town is starting to wonder if it has a future. no water. it hasn't rained here, not properly, for five years now. and the local dam is — well, ask the fish. there have been droughts here before, but none this ruthless. the suffering is stark. a gift of hay may save these cattle, but it comes too late for half the herd. i've lost nine cattle, not — only myself. nine dead? nine dead. from starvation? from starvation, from drought. this vast region depends on farming. not much left here, and this is from the five years of drought. but even the biggest farms are being pushed towards the brink. if this drought persists for another two years, i don't think ther

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.o britain's wildlife has been laid bare by a new report which outlines the rapid and widespread decline of the uk's plants and animals. the state of nature report, which examined data from more than 7,000 species, said climate change and more intensive farming methods are to blame. in total around 1 in 7 uk animal species are threatened with extinction, according to the report. more than 1 in 4 mammals, 26 percent, are at risk of disappearing altogether. and around 1 in 5 plant species are at risk of extinction. conservationists have called it ‘the great thinning' of biodiversity. you can read more on that story online — bbc.co.uk/news. the parents of a five—year—old have won their high court battle to move their daughter to an italian hospital for further treatment. tafida raqeeb suffered a bleed on the brain in february, which has left her severely brain damaged and unable to breathe on her own. her doctors in london argued it was in her best interests to withdraw life support. 0ur m

lucy williamson, bbc news, dunkirk.nst the islamic state group has become the first person in the uk to be convicted of a terrorism offence following a retrial. aidan james, who's 28, was found guilty of being in a camp where terrorist training was being carried out by a kurdish group, the pkk. june kelly reports. aidan james set off for syria in 2017. while hundreds of uk foreign fighters headed to the middle east to join so—called islamic state forces, he was one of a much smaller band of britons on the other side. he attended training camps run by two kurdish groups opposed to is. prosecutors said terrorist training was being carried out at both camps and just by being there, aidanjames was breaking uk law. he eventuallyjoined the front line with the kurdish group the ypg, an ally of the west. this man come who uses the pseudonym macer gifford, was one of the other britons involved in the fight against is, and he met aidanjames. i think aidan was caught up in something much bigger than himself, really. he was motivat

lucy williamson, bbc news, northern france.d joins me now. what have we learnt about how sophisticated this operation is? as we've been investigating this people smuggling route from vietnam over the last 2a hours, what's been so over the last 2a hours, what's been so striking is how incredibly organised it is, relatives and vietnam were very aware of where their young relatives had got two on their young relatives had got two on the journey. they were getting regular updates all along the way, until those stopped on wednesday morning, and that was why they were so morning, and that was why they were so worried that their relatives might have been caught up in this tragedy and why it was they contacted the bbc. some of them had only paid deposits for the journey to britain and they were going to pay the full balance of £30,000 on arrival, and some of the families have actually been given their money back by people smuggling gangs because it's thought that their relatives might have died. the route many of them seem to have take

lucy williamson, bbc news, northern france.nd back a december general election. the labour leader says he'll only agree to one — if the prime minister rules out a no—deal brexit. mrjohnson meanwhile says he would agree to an extension to allow mps more time to debate the brexit bill — if they supported a poll before christmas. eu leaders are expected to grant britain a further extension early next week after the prime minister was forced by parliament to request one. there is some flash photography in this report from our deputy political editor, john pienaar. it looked easy enough. i can't make the scissors work. can't make the scissors work, can't get an early election either. you run the world. i do. no, no, idon‘t. run the world ? as if! he needs labour votes to make a quick election happen, and jeremy corbyn‘s holding back, so... we can have more debates on brexit, if that's what he really wants, but they've got to agree a deadline. time for corbyn — man up, let's have an election on december the 12th. he is campaigning as

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. high court battle to move their daughter to an italian hospital for further treatment. tafida raqeeb suffered a bleed on the brain in february which has left her severely brain damaged and unable to breathe on her own. her doctors in london argued it was in her best interests to withdraw life support. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has the story. tafida has been on a ventilator and tube—fed since february. she is minimally conscious, but able to move her limbs. this motion with her right arm could be a reflex action. for her parents, it is a small sign of recovery. a huge relief for the family, then, when the high court refused permission to allow life support to be withdrawn and approved transfer to a hospital in italy. 0ur beautiful daughter tafida is not dying. we are continuously seeing small but important signs that she is gradually improving. the entire experience of having to fight for our daughter's life over the last three months has been exhausting and traumatic for

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.onal summits as the country continues to be rocked by anti—government protests. the summits are the un climate change conference and the apec trade forum. it's the first time a country has pulled out of hosting the climate conference at such short notice. the bbc‘s katy watson has more on this. this is a massive decision by chile, but one perhaps understandable with the fact the protests are ongoing. it would be hard to see world leaders coming to santiago whilst people are on the streets every day in chile. now, this was meant to be chile's moment. apec, the asia—pacific summit, was going to see trump, with the chinese leader, sign phase one of a big trade deal, and december the un climate conference, which is a massive date in the calendar. but the fact is pinera has to focus on problems at home. he called this a painful decision but one that made commonsense. he likened the decision—making to that of a parent — that if there were problems in the family, the family came first. likewi

lucy williamson, bbc news, dunkirk. the headlines on bbc news...39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. investigators blame design flaws and human errorfor the lion air crash last year off the indonesian coast , in which 189 people died. schools are failing to diagnose at least 80% of pupils in england who have dyslexia, according to a new report. it said children from poorer backgrounds are much less likely to get a diagnosis as ‘almost always‘ parents need to pay hundreds of pounds to have a private assessment. now, charities and mp‘s are calling for every school to have a specialist teacher to help pupils with the condition, as luxmy gopal reports. 11—year—old jake is dyslexic and struggle to read and write. from my point of view on my words are bouncing around and i can‘t really read them. his primary school wouldn‘t diagnose him until he was eight years old to his mum got it done privately when he was six. but according to a report by cross—party mps, according to a report by cross—party mp5, 80% according to a report by cross—party mps, 80%

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.laura: the island of madagascar is the world's largest producer 'of v billans. it is a booming industry which has also attracted a fair number of thieves. anadultse imprisoned for five years without trial and enchilor nearly three years. reporter: the squalor is extreme andnrelenting. the nocence of childhood is overwhelmed by it. but 180 children are held condie is hardly room to lie down. mattresses, bare concrete. reporter: this boy is one of them. he was just 13 when he was imprisoned or three years ago.o. he is a quiet child with a gentle manner. resigned to his fate, he saysha that prisodestroyed his life. reporter: what is the hardest thing for you about beg here? childrenng vanilla, but he the side-byidebuilt for 2 with over 2000 adults, againat internatiostdards. does let alone the right to one. meeanr moy, 16 years old,d also accu stealing vanilla. he has been in prison for nine months and told me many of his friend had to defend themselves. there are about 10 children who ha

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.byshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at ten: as police try to identify the 39 people found dead in the back of that refrigerated lorry in essex, we talk today to 120—year—old who arrived in the uk also in the back ofa arrived in the uk also in the back of a lorry when he was 16 —— 20—year—old. he secretly stowed away four years ago and we talk to him lie. also on the programme, why is the —— one of the biggest bands about revealing their track listing of their album in the classified ads of their album in the classified ads of their album in the classified ads of the north wales daily post? we will find out. join us live at ten p mon will find out. join us live at ten p m on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. we will see victoria at ten. let's take a look at the weather forecast. good ten. let's take a look at the weatherforecast. good morning, carol. some of us have had a foggy start to the day and now we can see rain p°ppin9 the day and now we can see

lucy williamson reports. colleague of 20 years who walked into police headquarters and killed four people with a knife. he was shot dead by an officer who then was seen sinking to his knees and crying. an investigation has been launched but there is no explanation, yet, as to why a 45—year—old it worker, who'd worked for decades with no sign of trouble, should attack his colleagues like this. translation: police officers are working with the prosecutor to conduct the investigation and find the truth. at the same time, our staff is stricken and heartbroken by what happened here, right inside the police headquarters. police here say that years of terrorist attacks, violent protests and public assault have left them struggling to cope. the blow today was different — an attack by one of their own. yesterday, thousands of police marched through paris, angry at low morale and a rising suicide rate in the force. protecting france has taken its toll, they say. how much harder to protect the safest place in paris from

our correspondent lucy williamson reports from paris.ber of the police admin staff, who went into the headquarters at lunchtime today and carried a knife into his office and began attacking his colleagues. he then moved to other areas of the building, before being shot dead by an officer who, one eyewitnesses said, then sank to his knees weeping, after shooting him. it's another blow for the police force, after yea rs of terrorist attacks, violent protests and public assault that have left them struggling to cope. an undercover investigation by the bbc in iraq has exposed evidence of sexual exploitation of children and young women by some shia muslim clerics. it centres around a practice known as pleasure marriage, which allows men to take wives for a short period of time, sometimes as little as an hour. and in some cases, money is changing hands for girls, who are controlled by clerics. you may find some parts of this report by nawal al—maghafi distressing. karbala — the holiest shrine in shia islam, visited by millions of pilgrims ever

our correspondent lucy williamson reports from the scene.to have been a long—term member of the police admin staff who went into headquarters today and carried a knife into his office and began attacking his colleagues. he then moved to other areas of the building before being shot dead by an officer who won eyewitnesses said then sank to his knees weeping after shooting him. it is another blow for the police force after years of terrorist attacks, violent protests and public assault that have left them struggling to cope. the government in hong kong is expected later on friday to announce a ban on the wearing of face masks during public gatherings as the city struggles to curb four months of anti—government protests. chief executive carrie lam will hold a special cabinet meeting to consider implementing the ban using colonial—era emergency legislation. a delegation of north korean officials headed by the country's chief nuclear negotiator has arrived in stockholm in sweden ahead of the resumption of stalled nuclear talks with the united sta

our correspondent lucy williamson found other vietnamese people at a camp in northern france who arerom the french capital, they wait for a telephone call from the boss, a man who opens trailers nearby and shuts them in time. 30,000 euros for a prepaid journey from vietnam to london by russia, poland, germany and france, organised by a vietnamese contact back home. translation: i have some vietnamese friends in the uk he will help me find jobs when i get there. this went on lori's container trucks to help go across the border. —— lorries. few people here have managed to get past the border controls. the men in the camp told us controls. the men in the camp told us it was not easy to reach the uk that way and they have been stopped several times by border guards but we have told that, for those who paid more for the passage, this is simplya paid more for the passage, this is simply a transit area. a local volunteer told us they have seen vietnamese and british men are visiting migrants here in eight mercedes and that, once migrants arrive in the uk, some work in cannabis farms, after

as lucy williamson explains, it also shows us a new way of looking at one of the world's most famousl genius. but this exhibition suggests his insatiable curiosity was all about creating the perfect image. and it offers a new, scientific way of looking at his paintings, too. with a specially created virtual reality experience, around his most famous work. the mona lisa. da vinci spent the last few years of his life in france, and the louvre already owns five of his paintings, including the mona lisa. more than any other institution in the world. they have used new technology to reveal the different layers of his key works. some of which took 15 years to create. he changed the form of the composition, but also the iconography of the composition. so, without these scientific investigations, we would not be able to understand the meaning and also the evolution of each painting of leonardo. the queen has lent two dozen pictures from the royal collection. including these studies of plants. but other requests have proved harder to come by. lending a leonardo, the museum admits, is no small

lucy williamson was there. the mood music here is sounding much more hopeful than usual.e echoes. angela merkel said, from what she'd heard over the last few days, she was more and more confident of a deal. "we're in the final sprint," she said. france and germany have always agreed that any brexit deal needs to protect the single market, but they sometimes seem to differ over how long to wait to give negotiations a chance. the talks in brussels today went on for longer than expected — and tonight, there's optimism that key uk concessions might have given the process a final boost. we have heard from toulouse, brussels. next, let's go to westminster. the dvc‘s clive myrie is there. —— the bbc‘s. westminster. the dvc‘s clive myrie is there. -- the bbc's. some thoughts on the brussels side they could be moving forward, there could be some kind of agreement or the skeleton be some kind of agreement or the s keleto n of be some kind of agreement or the skeleton of an agreement sometime tomorrow. here, it has to be said, that optimism is a little bit more muted because of the

as lucy williamson explains, it also shows us a new way of looking at one of the world's most famousn as a universal genius. but this exhibition suggests his insatiable curiosity was all about creating the perfect image. and it offers a new, scientific way of looking at his paintings, too. with a specially created virtual reality experience, around his most famous work. the mona lisa. da vinci spent the last few years of his life in france, and the louvre already owns five of his paintings, including the mona lisa. more than any other institution in the world. they have used new technology to reveal the different layers of his key works. some of which took 15 years to create. he changed the form of the composition, but also the iconography of the composition. so, without these scientific investigations, we would not be able to understand the meaning and also the evolution of each painting of leonardo. the queen has lent two dozen pictures from the royal collection. including these studies of plants. but other requests have proved harder to come by. lending a leonardo, the museum admi