nomia iqbal, bbc news, los angeles.brand's former co—presenter matt morgan. here's nomia iqbal, with an update. we received this e—mail from matt morgan, and it is a long statement. in it, he says, "i stopped working with russell brand several years ago." he says during the time that he worked with him, he was not aware of any allegations of serious sexual misconduct against him. i'll read another part of the statement verbatim — he says, "i was not aware until now of the nature of this encounter," that we are reporting. "i express my regrets now, looking back at the impact of the show, and this is a further example. the recent coverage has been very distressing to read, and i reiterate my absolute condemnation of any form of mistreatment of women." that's the statement we've received a short while ago from matt morgan, who was the co—presenter alongside russell brand on that show that we've been reporting on. in addition: we put olivia's allegations to russell brand but have not received a response. the latest claims f

nomia iqbal has the details. my gosh... that is the voice of a navy pilot.ooking into. we went to the space agency's headquarters hoping for answers. the nasa independent study team did not find any evidence that uap have an extra terrestrial origin. but we don't know what these uap are. ok, no alien life yet, or the kind many space watchers hoped for, but it is the public nasa is now relying on to help them gather data on uap. it is the new term for ufos. the rebrand is partly to encourage everyone to report sightings without feeling they will be judged but most of us still use the term ufos. i wonder how much is the stigma still a problem for you? by releasing this report publicly, nasa says it is being open and transparent. for decades, the space agency and the us government have been accused of covering something up, which they deny, but not everyone is convinced. injuly, some former military pilots gave stunning testimony to congress, claiming the government wasn't telling the truth. parts of our government are aware more about uap than they let on. exc

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. of 65—year—old ian wallis. in 2011 he hopped on his bike in the uk and started heading east. he cycled all the way to here in singapore raising money for charity, before his long service leave ran out, he had to head back to work. now, he'sjust completed the journey by cycling from his home in canberra, australia to singapore. such a feat of endurance is impressive enough, but he's also decided to cycle back from sydney to canberra, just to add a few extra kilometres on to his trip. i'm delighted to say that we can cross live to new south wales and join ian in sydney. thanks very much for coming on for us i believe you are on your way and took some time out to speak to us so i think you for that. just congratulations on the feet. it takes a fair bit of commitment, what inspired you to decide to do this? look... that's a great question and sometimes i question myself what i'm doing here. but look, i think i am called to some unfinished business and i think you have summed it up. i have

nomia iqbal reporting. nasa's james webb space telescope may have detected a molecule that, here on earth, can only be produced by life. the element would signal that the planet where it was found has an ocean. the uk—based researchers who made the discovery stress that the detection of dimethyl sulphide on a planet 120 light years away is "not robust". they say more data is needed to confirm its presence. but they were still shocked by the results, and hope it could lead to further discoveries in years to come. watch this space. i'm caitriona perry, thanks for watching, stay tuned to bbc news. hello. for at least part of wednesday, we can expect a window of fine weather overhead. if we take a look at the satellite picture. the satellite picture, we can see the rain—bearing clouds that affected parts of england and wales during tuesday. behind me, there is another weather system that will be working into the north—west later on wednesday. but in between, a slice of clear skies, quite a cool, in fact, chilly

nomia iqbal sent this report from washington.his is day one of what is expected to be a very long, drawn out trial. you had both sides, the department ofjustice and google, setting out their opening arguments. the department ofjustice argues that google has allegedly used its market muscle illegally to dominate the market when it comes to search engines. and it claims that it has done this by making exclusive deals with companies like apple and samsung so that the google search engine is the default search engine that appears on mobile phones and tablets. and it also in court cited this pretty astonishing statistic in which it claims, according to a data analysis firm, that google has amassed 90% of the search engine market here and 91% globally. now, google denies these charges. google says that it's not made exclusive deals, that actually people can change their search engine if they want to. but the reason they don't, google asserts, is because their product is the best. they also argue that on that figure, 90%, 91%, they say

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. back to earth, sort of.rld record for the oldest person to abseil down a building. colin bell flew bombing missions over germany during world war ii. today he stepped off the edge of a 17—storey building in london, as felicity baker reports. taking in the view. as a former raf pilot, colin bell flew perilous missions over nazi germany. now he's taking risks of another kind. he's aiming to become the oldest person to abseil down a building. it's part of a series of challenges this 102—year—old veteran has set himself to raise money for charity. i just want to look around and enjoy the view. i hope i shall understand how to lower myself down. i'm sure somebody will tell me and i shall try and get down as quickly as possible. here are pictures to carry - in your mind's eye when next you hear of our mosquitoes having been in action _ colin flew mosquito bombers during the second world war. he carried out 50 bombing raids over germany, 13 of them over berlin. to feel that 102 i can still do something for my count

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nomia iqbal, bbc news, los angeles.rgan. here's nomia again with an update. we received this email from matt morgan and it is a long statement and in it he says "i stopped working during the time he worked with him, he was not aware of any allegations of serious sexual misconduct against him. i will read another part of the statement verbatim. he says "i was not aware until now of the nature of this encounter" that we are reporting. "i regret this now, looking back at the impact of the show and this is a further example. recent coverage has been very distressing to me and i reiterate my absolute condemnation of any form of mistreatment of women." that is a statement we received a short while ago from matt morgan, the co—presenter alongside russell brand on that show we have been reporting on. we put olivia's allegations to russell brand but have not received a response. the latest claims follow an investigation by the sunday times and channel 4's dispatches programme — in which four women allege they were sexually assau

nomia iqbal, bbc news, los angeles. spoke to nomia and asked why olivia chose to speak out. i asked her that question 15 years later, she said a couple of things. it was the result of a couple of things. he was the result of the investigation by channel 4 and the sunday times, but also the audio, the audio you heard there in the shorter cliff there. she said that corroborated what has happened to her and so she felt more confident coming forward and talking about what happened to her. she was still very nervous about it, but she said it was important to do so. we put all of this in my report to the bbc and it's worth reminding you what the bbc has said. they said we are very sorry to hear of these allegations and are looking into them. we will conduct a review look at allegations of this nature and the woman who has shared her story, if she was willing to speak to us we will be keen to hear from if she was willing to speak to us we will be keen to hearfrom her. one of the other criticism she had made to me was that she

hello, i'm nomia iqbal. we start with the war in ukraine.y at war" with moscow. lavrov also blamed the collapse of the black sea grain deal on ukraine.

live now to nomia iqbal in washington.ow what's happening on the ground in ukraine in regards to the offensive, the context for blinken�*s visit now. he offensive, the context for blinken's visit now. , , visit now. he is visiting the ukrainian _ visit now. he is visiting the ukrainian capital _ visit now. he is visiting the ukrainian capital for - visit now. he is visiting the ukrainian capital for the i visit now. he is visiting the l ukrainian capital for the third visit now. he is visiting the - ukrainian capital for the third time since the war started last year. america's diplomat, what he plans to do is double down on the us support for ukraine which has been pretty much unwavering since the war began. but also he needs to make the case back home in the us that it's still worth supporting ukraine. we are expecting him to announce another package of support worth about $1 billion. it is committed more than $60 million in aid, —— billion dollars in aid, more than 60 billion of that... especially with this counteroffen

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. what happened in court? court? this was the first day of the — what happened in court? this was the first day of the trail _ what happened in court? this was the first day of the trail we _ what happened in court? this was the first day of the trail we got _ what happened in court? this was the first day of the trail we got the - first day of the trail we got the opening statements from both sides and the governments argument is that google has been illegally using its market muscle to stifle competition but at search engines of the search engines that people use and alleged that happened because google has made things exclusive deals with companies like apple and samsung se have no choice but to use their search engines and also cited in court that google has amassed 90% of the search engine marketing here in the search engine marketing here in the us and 91% globally. those arguments are set out by the department ofjustice and they said they have not made these exclusive deals and people can use other sear

i'm nomia iqbal.s secretary of state, antony blinken, says he is deeply concerned for the safety of ethnic armenians in nagorno—karabakh, four days after azerbaijan took control over the long—disputed territory. the state department says mr blinken made the remarks in a conversation with armenia's prime minister held in the past few hours. the region is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan but its population is mostly ethnic armenians, who ruled it as a breakaway republic for three decades. earlier this week, an azerbaijani military operation routed the ethnic armenian separatists, and azerbaijan has begun taking full control of the region. now tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert many of them gathering at the airport. they are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. the red cross has managed to deliver 70 tons of aid for the first time since hostilities ended. the organisation's spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments co

hello, i'm nomia iqbal. we start with the war in ukraine.ussian foreign minister sergey lavrov says the united states and ukraine's other allies are "directly at war" with moscow. lavrov also blamed the collapse of the black sea grain deal on ukraine. he further criticised kyiv�*s peace plan as not "feasible" or "realistic". here's mr lavrov addressing the un general assembly on saturday. translation: the collective west has a calling card and iti has long been to reject the principle of equality and their total inability to reach an agreement. being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments inter alia, written ones and legally binding ones, and then, theyjust don't fulfil them. as president putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. russia, like many countries, knows about this firsthand. the bbc spoke to phillips o'brien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university. he said a lot was missing from mr lavrov�*s address. i

hello, i'm nomia iqbal.gin in nagorno—karabakh: the region of azerbaijan that was, until this week, ruled as a breakaway republic by its ethnic armenian population. this week, azerbaijani forces overwhelmed the ethnic armenian separatists, forcing them to surrender. now, fears are growing of a potential humanitarian catastrophe. that region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan. tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. the red cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid for the first they are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. the red cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid for the first time since azerbaijan captured the disputed territory four days ago. the organisation's spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments contained basic staples like wheat. the organisation spokesperson said the shipment contains basic staples like wheat. an indication of how dire the situation

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let's cross to washington and speak to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal.ort? it's interesting. _ involvement and report? it�*s interesting, when you go into something like this, this independent team had a meeting back independent team had a meeting back in may. i think everyone goes in thinking nasa might reveal something extraordinary, something ground—breaking, but you can't get your hopes up too high because this was an opportunity for this independent team to basically give us the conclusions of this year long report that they have been doing and ultimately as you heard from bill nelson, what they want to do is find out more about uaps. when you introduce the item, you said ufos and that is how they are referred to by members of the public, notjust here in america but globally, and i put to mr nelson that so much of your work is trying to de—stigmatise ufos, they want people to come forward, they want the public to come forward and pilots, people who see things to come forward, but a lot of people don't because they don't want to be stigmatised with t

she has been telling her story to our correspondent nomia iqbal who joins now from la. this is the latest woman who has made _ this is the latest woman who has made claims against russell brand. she chose _ made claims against russell brand. she chose to speak out after 15 years. — she chose to speak out after 15 years, following those investigations we have seen, but also because of the discovery of audio _ also because of the discovery of audio this _ also because of the discovery of audio. this is the first instance uncovered _ audio. this is the first instance uncovered of russell brand talking about _ uncovered of russell brand talking about alleged sexual misconduct on air. i about alleged sexual misconduct on air~ i do _ about alleged sexual misconduct on air. i do want to give you a warning that some — air. i do want to give you a warning that some viewers may find some of the themes — that some viewers may find some of the themes and language of my report disturbing _ you are listening to bbc radio 2i. actor, _ you are listening to bbc radio 2i. actor, comedian

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lay—offs, turbo charge fraud and make misinformation more convincing. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbaltycoons gathered behind me. they met all 100 senators in order to discuss ai, discuss the benefits, the risks and how to regulate it. the meeting was bipartisan, but so has been the criticism, with some lawmakers on both sides questioning why the meeting was closed to the public, closed to the reporters, there was also concerns over how this wasn't a congressional hearing as such, so they weren't subject to a grilling, they were given questions beforehand to answer them and had their lawyers with them. earlier i spoke to a senator during a break and i asked him if he and the older senators understood ai and the risks of it and how to regulate it and he made an interesting analogy with the bbc, saying, look, bbc listeners don't understand how radio waves work, but it doesn't stop them from receiving news that is fair and impartial. so i think what he is implying is that you don't need to know the minutaie of the technology in order to understand the risks or the benefits of it. but how

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent nomia iqbal just tell us more about this case.and this is the big moment. the department ofjustice has taken google to court. they argue that google to court. they argue that google has been using illegally its market muscle to try and stifle the competition. so basically when it comes to the search engine that google is the one that is dominant and it's stifled all the other competition and the department of justice say the way they have done thatis justice say the way they have done that is by making exclusive deals with companies like apple so that it becomes the default search engine on your mobile phone or tablet. the opening arguments are under way but what's interesting as well is that they have cited this data which has come from a data analysis firm accusing google of amassing 90% of the search engine market in the us and 91% globally. so pretty astonishing figures. google is saying that's not true, the deals we have with apple and samsung are not exclusive. users can change the default search engine if they want to. and

she has been telling her story to our correspondent nomia iqbal, who sent this report from la.ou're listening to bbc radio 2. it's the russell brand show. and here's your host, i am! actor, comedian, presenter, and now, alleged sex offender. russell brand is facing a growing list of claims of sexual impropriety, which he denies. now we have spoken to a woman who says brand exposed himself to herjust moments before recording an episode of his bbc radio 2 show in los angeles. olivia, whose identity we are protecting, did not work for the bbc, but did work in the building. she says she was in the bathroom when brand came in and stood over her. and he said, "i'm going to call you betty." and i said, "but that's not my name." and then he said, "well,i i'm going to- you." and i went, "what?" olivia says that the door was closed as this was happening. and he pulled out his penis on his hand and served it to me, you know, as you would be serving someone some food. and i said, "no, no, no, you're not going t me." and then all of a sudden there was, like, banging, like, bang, bang, bang.

here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal, and a warning — some viewers may find some of theys brand exposed himself to herjust moments before recording an episode of his bbc radio 2

let's go back to dc where our correspondent nomia iqbal has been listening to that news conference.on _ global security. and i think there is a reason why _ global security. and i think there is a reason why he _ global security. and i think there is a reason why he has _ global security. and i think there l is a reason why he has emphasised that. although the secretary of state antony blinken is there to double down on america's support for ukraine, he needs to make the political case back home in america that it political case back home in america thatitis political case back home in america that it is still worth pumping billions and billions of dollars into ukraine. as we saw, he announced a new package, $1 billion in assistance for ukraine for military, economic and humanitarian purposes. in total the us has now committed more than $60 billion in aid since the invasion, more than 40 of that is military —wise. in the us, there has been some softening of support for ukraine, notjust in congress but also among the american public. but as we heard there from antony blinken, he said

she has been telling her story to our correspondent nomia iqbal, who sent this report from la.

nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington.study team. we are not supposed to call them ufos any more. unidentified anomalous phenomena. it is ridiculous. it is a tongue twister! some of the ufo flat sightings in the past have been reflections in windows rather than anything in the sky. this captures all of that. but they were charged from june of last year to compile a report about how we should improve the way in which data is gathered. they made a host of recommendations. they made a host of recommendations. they haven�*t themselves so much been investigating these, although they did comment on some of the investigations that have taken place, but they made a number of recommendations about how data can be gathered that is more scientifically useful, how they can use modern techniques like a! and machine learning to save through the day tomorrow. there was a very interesting recommendation about using the public. that nasa should develop a phone app. that every public site something interesting, they unit —— use the phone ap