rhodri davies has more.s grace. a 15, 000—year—old woolly mammoth skeleton has been sold at auction in france. the ice age beast was found complete and frozen in siberia about ten years ago and was kept by a hunter. it retains 80% of its original bone. translation: here, you have an exceptional specimen, first because of its size, it is a very big one, 5.4 metres in length, 3.5 metres in height, three metre tusks, a gigantic weight of 160 kilograms. this is very important. in general, we find much smaller specimens. the male is believed to have been about 50 years old when it died, weighing nearly a tonne. it is a rare sale of the largest land mammal of all time. auctioneers sold another woolly mammoth skeleton in 2012 for around $370,000. this time, the budget needed excluded many private museums. the deep pockets of a strasbourg based construction company won the lot for around $6a4,000. a record price for a mammoth skeleton. translation: since our logo is a mammoth, we couldn't do anything else but buy it

rhodri davies, bbc news. this is bbc news.dent trump admits he sacked his former advisor michael flynn for lying to the fbi. legal experts say the president could now be investigated for obstructing justice. the government's social mobility tsar, alan milburn, and his team resign, warning that the prime minister is failing to build a "fairer britain". it's been nearly a week since voters in honduras went to the polls for the presidential elections, but the results are yet to be declared. post—election violence has led to at least three deaths during days of protests which has led to a state of emergency being declared. the demonstrations began after claims of election fraud. a little earlier, i spoke with our central america correspondent will grant and asked if the violence had subsided on the streets of honduras. really, from the first protest, we now know at least three people have died. there have been scores arrested. it seems one girl who was still a teenager was shot dead by police in tegucigalpa. it is a very, very mes

rhodri davies, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.an vessel searching in the south atlantic for the wreck of the sanjuan submarine has examined the first of four shapes detected by sonar on the seabed. the unidentified object did not prove to the be the missing submarine. a spokesman said the search was now moving on to the three other shapes found in deeper waters. state media in syria say their air defence system intercepted israeli missiles which struck at a military installation overnight near the syrian capital of damascus. the media reports also said the action led to "material losses" at the base. the israeli military has not confirmed it carried out the strike. the oscar—winning actor geoffrey rush has stepped down as president of the australian academy of cinema and television arts after a complaint about "inappropriate behaviour". the star, who's 66, denies the accusation which is in connection with his time at the sydney theatre company. it's been nearly a week since voters in honduras went to the polls for the presidential

rhodri davies has more on how a split between allies has led to the former president offering to talk fighters on the streets of yemen's capital. and this time, it is allies fighting each other. gunmen loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh are now trying to force houthi fighters out of the city. the beauty of ancient sana'a is again scarred by explosions and bullets. what's already a complex struggle in yemen has become even more so. on one side is president president hadi whose forces control the land in red. he is backed by saudi arabia and eight other mostly sunni arab states. opposing them are shia houthi rebels. backed by iran, they built an alliance with former president saleh. though this alliance appears to be breaking down, with mr saleh‘s forces now fighting the houthis and hinting they could even do a deal with saudi arabia. the alliance between the houthis and saleh will not end. yes, it's very tense right in sana'a, but the alliance will continue but the only change that will happen is that saleh right now is more influential, more powerful and has the power to

rhodri davies has more. there are only fighters on the street of yemen's capital. loyal to the former president saleh are now trying to force houthi fighters out of the city. the beauty of ancient sanaa is scarred by bullets. already a complex struggle, it has become even more so. complex struggle, it has become even more so. on one side is president who has force is control of the land in red. he is backed by saudi arabia. as and eight other mostly sunni arab states. as posing them are sheer houthi rebels who are backed by alarm and have built a alliance with saleh which appears to be breaking down, now fighting the houthis and hinting they could do a deal with saudi arabia. it will not end. it turns right now but the alliance will continue but the only change to happen is that saleh is more influential, more powerful and has the power to announce the initiative to end the yemen war.l critical humanitarian situation remains. the conflict has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced over two million and triggered a cholera epidemic. the latest violence and only fu

rhodri davies, bbc news. that is it, goodbye. good evening., some sunshine in south shields earlier this afternoon, but a different story further west, cloudy with showers outbreaks at time, some of them a nuisance, drifting further inland, affecting parts of the midlands and the south—east of england down into the london area during the afternoon. that marks the boundary between the clouds spilling in from the west, we keep clear skies out to the east, where temperatures will fall away through the night. further west, temperatures will fall away through the night. furtherwest, more temperatures will fall away through the night. further west, more of a breeze picking up, certainly more cloud, so patchy mist and fog first thing in the morning across the south—east, temperatures just below freezing here, some icy stretches. 0ut freezing here, some icy stretches. out to the west, milder air flooding m, out to the west, milder air flooding in, 7 degrees, but it does bring with it some wet and windy weather for a with it some wet and windy weather