ms ardern will be the second elected world leader to give birth while in office, and the first to doe gayford are expecting their first child in june, after which she plans to take a six—week break. let‘s do this. she found out about her pregnancy in october, six days before she became prime minister. i had to announce eventually. there‘s only so long you can say you were eating too many christmas pies. i was showing from about 12 weeks! so yeah, eventually we had to say and this felt as good a time as any. ms ardern, who‘s 37, says she plans to be pm and a mum, and is confident she can juggle the role of motherhood with a high—profile dayjob. i‘m not the first woman to multitask. woman to work and have a baby. i know these are special circumstances, but there will be many women who will have done this well before i have. on her first day as opposition leader last year, ms ardern was controversially asked by a tv talk show host whether she had to decide between having a career and becoming a parent. news that she‘s pregnant is rare for international leaders. when benazir bhutto gave

ms ardern said she and her partner, clarke gayford, were expecting their child in june, after which she be the second elected world leader to give birth while in office — and the first to do so in almost 30 years. i'm not the first woman to work and have a baby. i know these are special circumstances but there'll be many women who will have done this well before i have. i acknowledge those women. i'm about to sympathise with them a lot as i sympathise with all women who've suffered morning sickness. two former us olympic gymnasts have testified today in the case involving former team usa doctor larry nassar. the pair, who won gold at london 2012, are among more than 100 women to have accused nassar of sexual abuse. he's already facing 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidynathan has sent this report from michigan, where she's speaking to one of his victims. described as a monster in court. for two decades, larry nassar was a widely—respected doctor to young gymnasts. but, behind closed doors, he was abusing them. his victims

ms ardern said she and her partner, clarke gayford, were expecting their child in june, after which shet 30 years. i‘m not the first woman to work and have a baby. i know these are special circumstances but there‘ll be many women who will have done this well before i have. i acknowledge those women. i‘m about to sympathise with them a lot as i sympathise with all women who‘ve suffered morning sickness. you have my sympathy. time for the weather with nick miller. hello. another cold one tonight with widespread frost and icy conditions. heavy snow showers still for a time in parts of scotland, where there is a met office amber warning until 10pm, but they will slowly ease through the night. travelling remains difficult with the new snow we‘ve seen. fewer snow showers by the end of the night, but icy. we will see some wet weather coming into the south—west later in the night. rain, perhaps a bit of sleet, some wet snow associated with that. it sticks around during saturday for parts of northern ireland, wales, the midlands and into southern england. really quite cold under that. milder for

ms ardern said that the deputy prime minister, winston peters, would act in her place for six weeks after37—year—old came into office in october last year. the british prime minister theresa may and french president emmanuel macron have been holding talks in the uk. the two countries agreed a new border treaty, with britain paying $61 million to increase border security in france. the money will go on cctv cameras, fencing and relocating migrants at calais and other ports. mrs may praised the "uniquely close" relationship between the two countries. and incredible pictures to share with you from australia's east coast, where two teenage boys have become the first to be rescued from the ocean by a drone. after using its camera to locate the boys, lifeguards were able to drop an inflatable rescue pod which swept the pair back to shore. lifeguards had been training to familiarise themselves with the drone equipment, when they noticed the boys needed help. the us government is heading towards a shutdown on friday night u nless congress a pproves donald trump's budget for 2018 or agrees to a sh

ms ardern said she and her partner were expecting their child injune, after which she planned to takeld leader to give birth while in office, and the first to do so in almost 30 years. i'm not the first woman to work and have a baby. i know these are special circumstances but there'll be many women who will have done this well before i have. i acknowledge those women. i'm about to sympathise with them a lot, as i sympathise with all women who've suffered morning sickness. from hollyoaks to hollywood. that could become a reality for two former stars of the channel 4 soap opera. next week rachel shenton and chris overton find out if their 20—minute drama, the silent child has been nominated at the oscars. ms shenton wrote the film to highlight how sign language can change lives and cast maisie sly, a profoundly deaf six—year—old girl, in the lead role. colin paterson has been to meet them. yeah, i mean this story is incredibly close to my heart. i want her to speak... the silent child tells the story of a deaf girl struggling to communicate. i think she'll be able to have a career in wh

ms ardern will be the second elected world leader to give birth while in office, and the first to doympathise with those women are not as i sympathise with all women who have suffered morning sickness. but i'm excited and we are excited, and we are going to make this work and new zealand is going to help us raise our first child. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern. we can talk to a labourmp jacinda ardern. we can talk to a labour mp who has campaigned to modernise parliament. clearly this is pretty rare for a prime minister to give birth while in office. people are struggling to find a comparison for a prime minister who has been pregnant while they have beenin has been pregnant while they have been in office. i congratulate her on the landmark achievement. it is fantastic news and around the world people will see it is possible for women irresponsiblejobs, people will see it is possible for women irresponsible jobs, taking people will see it is possible for women irresponsiblejobs, taking on huge levels of responsibility but still being a good parent as well —— for wo

ms ardern said she and her partner, clarke gayford, were expecting their child in june, after which sheeek break. ms ardern is now set to be the second elected world leader to give birth while in office — and the first to do so in almost 30 years. winds from a storm across northern europe reached up to 200 kilometres per hour causing severe disruption to travel and plunging thousands of homes into darkness. a car has ploughed into crowds close to copacabana beach in brazil, killing a baby and injuring a dozen more people. eyewitnesses said the car went over a bicycle path and across the promenade, hitting people and crashing through the tables and chairs of a cafe. the driver, who was detained, had an epileptic fit at the wheel, and drugs to treat the condition were found by police in the vehicle, reports say. the duration of adolescence is increasing — and now lasts from the age of 10 until 2a, according to scientists. they say that young people continuing their education for longer, as well as delayed marriage and parenthood, which has pushed back popular perceptions of when adulthood