., sharif.e airport and — sharif. he was arrested at the airport and all— sharif. he was arrested at the airport and all three _ sharif. he was arrested at the airport and all three were - sharif. he was arrested at the - airport and all three were charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child, something they all denied. sara sharif was found dead with at least 25 broken bones and a brain injury. for six days in the witness box, urfan sharif said he was not responsible. he was never home. then this morning, only a few minutes into today's evidence, urfan sharif suddenly said, i want to admit it that it is all my fault. i admit it that it is all my fault. i admit what i said in my phone call and my written note. his wife's lawyer asked him, did you kill your daughter by beating her? and he said, yes, she died because of me. as he started to admit things he had been denying for six days in the witness box, some of the jury sat open—mouthed. the wife of 26 macro started sobbing l

no. 35 days after ten—year—old sara sharif was found dead, urfan sharif was detained on a flight backe and brother. you are therefore arrested for the murder of sara sharif. he was arrested at the airport, and all three were charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child, something they all denied. sara sharif was found dead, with at least 25 broken bones and a brain injury. for six days in the witness box, urfan sharif said he was not responsible. he was never home. then this morning, only a few minutes into today's evidence, urfan sharif suddenly said, "i want to admit it, that it's all my fault. i admit what i said in my phone call and my written note." his wife's lawyer asked him, "did you kill your daughter by beating?" and he said, "yes, she died because of me." as he started to admit things he'd been denying for six days in the witness box, some of the jury sat open—mouthed. urfan sharif�*s wife started sobbing loudly in the dock. eventually, she became so overwhelmed, she had to leave, and court was suspended for a few minutes. after the break, caroline carbe

no. 35 days after ten—year—old sara sharif was found dead, urfan sharif was detained on a flight backf. he was arrested at the airport, and all three were charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child, something they all denied. sara sharif was found dead, with at least 25 broken bones and a brain injury. for six days in the witness box, urfan sharif said he was not responsible. he was never home. then this morning, only a few minutes into today's evidence, urfan sharif suddenly said, "i want to admit it, that it's all my fault. i admit what i said in my phone call and my written note." his wife's lawyer asked him, "did you kill your daughter by beating?" and he said, "yes, she died because of me." as he started to admit things he'd been denying for six days in the witness box, some of the jury sat open—mouthed. urfan sharif�*s wife started sobbing loudly in the dock. eventually, she became so overwhelmed, she had to leave, and court was suspended for a few minutes. after the break, caroline carberry kc started again. "do you accept that you killed sara by beating h

urfan sharif denies killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family home in woking in auguststepmother and uncle also deny murder. daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. police! on the 10th of august last year, police arrived at the sharif family home in woking just before 3am in the morning. upstairs, on the bottom bunk in one of the bedrooms, they found ten—year—old sara sharif. next to her was a note in her father's handwriting saying, "love you, sara. whoever see this note, it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." you are suspected of her murder. this was urfan sharif when he was arrested. today, thejury in his trial heard his account of how sara died. he said he got home from work to find his wife, beinash batool, sitting on the floor upstairs with sara, who was limp. urfan sharif told the jury that he took sara from his beinash batool�*s lap, that his daughter whispered and opened her mouth a little, saying she was thirsty and needed some water. but when somebody fetched the water, his daughter didn't wake up. "she had stopped breathing," he said

urfan sharif denies killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family home in woking in augustorts from the old bailey. police! on the 10th of august last year, police arrived at the sharif family home in woking just before 3am in the morning. upstairs, on the bottom bunk in one of the bedrooms, they found ten—year—old sara sharif. next to her was a note in her father's handwriting saying, "love you, sara. "whoever see this note, it's me, urfan sharif, who killed my daughter by beating." you are suspected of her murder. this was urfan sharif when he was arrested. today, thejury in his trial heard his account of how sara died. he said he got home from work to find his wife, beinash batool, sitting on the floor upstairs with sara, who was limp. urfan sharif told the jury that he took sara from his beinash batool�*s lap, that his daughter whispered and opened her mouth a little, saying she was thirsty and needed some water. but when somebody fetched the water, his daughter didn't wake up. "she had stopped breathing," he said. "i shouted for ambulance because i couldn't hear breath

urfan sharif denies killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family home in woking in augustmurder. our correspondent helena wilkinson has been in court. helena, what more did you hear today? urfan sharif gave evidence for the third day. there was a dramatic moment in court when he pointed to the dock and he said that poor girl, referring to his daughter, sara, always being accused by that psycho. he pointed to his wife, beinash batool, who was sitting in the dock sitting there. that psycho, sitting there, she always accused my daughter. oh urfan sharif also went on to say, i should never have believed her, i never knew i was living with evil and psycho. he also said he was at work a lot of the time and he told the jury that nothing happened when i was home. she always, referring to his wife beinash batool, accused her, sara, of everything thing that happened. the earth and sharif denied beating his daughter, sara, but he did say he slapped her not once, not twice, but multiple times, and it's only because i was made to. thejury but multiple times, and it's only because i was

sara sharif�*s father, urfan sharif, has described how he gave his daughter cpr after she died and howasked his wife to call for an ambulance, but she didn't. also coming up on the world today — the princess of wales says she will attend remembrance commemorations this coming weekend. welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. the justice department in the united states says three people have been charged in connection with iranian plans to murder us citizens, including president—elect donald trump. the men are also accused of plotting to murder a man of iranian origin who's been critical of the government in tehran. the department says the assassination attempts were planned by iran's revolutionary guard corps. let's go straight to will grant, who's in florida. will, what more do we know? i will cast our minds back to september when the donald trump campaign confirmed to have been briefed by us intelligence of a plant by iran to assassinate their candidate. now we are finding out through unsealed documents opened in charges brought in federal court in manh

urfan sharif denies killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family home in woking in augusts was the first time the jury heard urfan sharif�*s account of the night that his ten—year—old daughter died — and it was punctuated by tears. he said he came home to find his wife, beinash batool, sitting on the floor upstairs holding sara, who was limp. he took his daughter in his arms, he said, and she whispered that she was thirsty. but shortly afterwards, he realised she had stopped breathing and she no longer had a pulse. "i shouted for ambulance," he told the jury. "why didn't you call the ambulance?", his barrister asked him. "i started giving cpr," urfan sharif replied. "i was numb, i was shocked." "was sara responding to the cpr?", he was asked. "no, sir. beinash shouted at me, �*wake her up, she cannot die.”' but he said when he stopped cpr ten minutes later, he realised the ambulance had not been called. he said his wife, beinash batool, told him that one of sara's siblings had been responsible for her death during playing or a fight, and he needed to think of his other chi

urfan sharif denies killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family home in woking in augustndent daniel sandford has been in court. today was the day when urfan gave evidence and when he got home from work, that evening, tuesday, the 8th of august, she said she was thursday and it water, and realised things really weren't good, she probably wasn't breathing. he couldn't hear her breathing. _ wasn't breathing. he couldn't hear her breathing, he _ wasn't breathing. he couldn't iez: her breathing, he checked her wasn't breathing. he couldn't i9:—. her breathing, he checked her pulse and asked his wife to call ambience. when he stopped cpr —— call an ambulance, he realised an ambulance hadn't been called. his wife at the point said as if a had been responsible for the injuries sara sharif had suffered and they needed to think of the other children, that there is a risk the other children could be taken into care. his account was because of what patul told him about how sara had died, decision was made to flee to pakistan. he said it was at his wife's request that he wrote a note

a shameless plug for sharif as he's the recent co-founder and ceo, sun rum. he didn't ask me to do this. i just thought it would help him out. it recently the brand as america's newest puerto rican rum sensation with a dollar from every sale going to puerto rican american micro-business owners. so when you buy the book, go buy some of his rum. you'll help everybody out simultaneously. it'll be great. your moderator tonight knows a little bit about mental illness, too. susan holtzman is your moderator. she's president and ceo of the national on mental illness in miami-dade, which is one of the really biggest organizations nationally which advocates for improvements to those addressing and dealing with mental health challenges. so you have a really informed and thoughtful group here today between congressman kennedy, between mr. between gabrielle anwar sharif malik, you're going to learn a lot and you're going to hear these stories. but the best thing you can do is buy the book at the end of this presentation. have a wonderful afternoon. you know, and. my life,

sara sharif�*s father has accepted full responsibility for her death and he made this admission underat the old bailey on wednesday. previously, sharif had sought to blame another for killing his daughter but in a dramatic admission, he said, i accept every single thing. she was found dead at the family home in woking, surrey, asked august, after the defendants fled to pakistan. the father has denied all charges of murder or causing the death of a child. he also revealed nhs managers who don't improve patient care will be sacked. he told a conference of nhs trusts in liverpool that there could be no more rewards forfailure. we'll publish the results starting from next year. those systems and providers in the middle of the pack will get support to improve, to bring them to where the best art now. those icy bees and providers doing well will be rewarded with greater freedoms over how to spend their capital with fewer funds. to spend their capital with fewerfunds. we to spend their capital with fewer funds. we want to move to a system where freedom is the norm and central group is the ex

the stepmother and uncle of sara sharif, on trial for the ten—year—old's murder, will not give evidenceool and faisal malik are in the dock at the old bailey, alongside sara's father, urfan sharif, seen here on the left. they all deny murder and causing or allowing sara's death in surrey last year. mr sharif accepted "full responsibility" for her death under cross—examination last week, but maintains he didn't intend to kill her. a man has admitted being the owner of an xl bully dog which killed his neighbour. ian langley was attacked in a village near sunderland last october. today, at newcastle crown court, christopher bell pleaded guilty to being the owner. he'll be sentenced injanuary. the president of the national farmers' union is accusing the government of an extraordinary betrayal, over its plans to charge some farmers inheritance tax. sir keir starmer said today, he understands the issue is causing concern. it's, getting noisier by the day and we are nearly three weeks on from the budget. we have a foretaste of what's to come tomorrow, i think, at the weekend, the labour confer

urfan sharif told the court the child's stepmother was "the true villain".murder. a man arrested at manchester airport by the national crime agency and extradited to france is one of 18 people who have been given lengthy jail sentences after being convicted of people smuggling offences. more than 100 boats and 1,000 life jackets were seized, as part of a europe—wide operation targeting a gang thought to be behind more than 10,000 small boat crossings to the uk. the prince of wales has described south africa's community of park rangers as risking their lives every day from illegal poachers. this afternoon in cape town, prince william announced a series of measures to better protect park rangers and their families. his four—day tour will culminate with his earthshot prize award ceremony — an annual award that gives a million pound prizes to the best environmental innovations. that's all from me. back now to clive in washington with all the developments there in this most important of us elections. clive. thank you, fiona. there have been some early indicators

sara sharif�*s father urfan sharif has described how he gave his daughter cpr after she died and howhis wife to call for an ambulance, but she didn't. the princess of wales says she will attend remembrance commemorations this weekend. days after kamala harris lost to the 2024 us presidential election, the questions about what went wrong continue to mount. with the democratic party facing significant setbacks — losing the white house, potentially the senate, and still at risk of losing the house — many are asking who is to blame. some analysts argue that the challenges faced by the democrats go beyond any one individual. the party's struggles to connect with key voter groups, including black, latino and young voters, have contributed to its decline. was it a failure of leadership, or do the issues themselves explain why harris and the was it a failure of leadership, or do the issues themselves explain why harris and the democratic party couldn't hold onto their base? interesting questions which i'm going to throw to my colleague sumi somaskanda in washington. i guess is the questions

urfan sharif had denied killing her but today he told the court, "she died because of me." to kill her. his daughter's body was found with dozens of injuries at the family's home in woking last year. the diy store homebase has collapsed into administration, putting 2,000 jobs at risk. its owner hilco had been looking to sell the struggling retailer, but has not managed to find an outright buyer. the owner of homeware chain the range is buying up to 70 stores and the brand name. more than 100 post office branches could potentially close, putting a thousand jobs at risk in a major restructuring of the business. the plans aim to put the business on a firmer financial footing. it comes as the long—running inquiry into the horizon it scandal heads into its final stages. you're live with bbc news. to bali now, where most flights have resumed this morning after several airlines were forced to cancel flights due to dangerous ash clouds from a volcano near the popular indonesian holiday island. over the weekend the mount lewotobi laki—laki volcano unleashed a 9 kilometre ash column

herthree convicted of the murder of sara sharif.atives travelled on august 2033 after she died at the family home in woking. footage have been shown to jurors sharing the moment that police boarded the three on a plane on the uk full. are you ok just to swap over? do you want me to come here was? _ hold on to them. do you prefer me a name for me? ? the body was discovered. injury sustained — the body was discovered. injury sustained by an investigation conducted. ._ conducted. . you are underestimated - —— you are under arrest for the murder— —— you are under arrest for the murder of— —— you are under arrest for the murder of sara _ —— you are under arrest for the murder of sara sharirf. - so if the rams he was 17 when she reported him in 1985 after he sexually assault her. the met has said that its first report dated from 2005. samantha has since died, but as our investigation correspondent reports, her report was dismissed and told bbc multiple women could have been saved if the force acted. everybody who met her love her. she's m

urfan sharif had denied killing her but today he told the court "she died because of me."daughter's body was found with dozens of injuries at the family's home in woking last year. the diy store homebase has collapsed into administration, putting 2,000 jobs at risk. its owner hilco had been looking to sell the struggling retailer, but has not managed to find an outright buyer. the owner of homeware chain the range is buying up to 70 stores and the brand name. more than 100 post office branches could potentially close, putting a thousand jobs at risk in a major restructuring of the business. the plans aim to put the business on a firmer financial footing. it comes as the long—running inquiry into the horizon it scandal heads into its final stages. we have more on all of the stories on our website. an israeli hostage appeared under duress in a video released on wednesday by palestinian islamichhad. the bbc does not broadcast videos of hostages but this image shows alexander trufanov, who was abducted from a kibbutz near the gaza strip. he was held in gaza with his girlfriend

a shameless plug for sharif as he's the recent co-founder and ceo, sun rum. he didn't ask me to do this. i just thought it would help him out. it recently the brand as america's newest puerto rican rum sensation with a dollar from every sale going to puerto rican american micro-business owners. so when you buy the book, go buy some of his rum. you'll help everybody out simultaneously. it'll be great. your moderator tonight knows a little bit about mental illness, too. susan holtzman is your moderator. she's president and ceo of the national on mental illness in miami-dade, which is one of the really biggest organizations nationally which advocates for improvements to those addressing and dealing with mental health challenges. so you have a really informed and thoughtful group here today between congressman kennedy, between mr. between gabrielle anwar sharif malik, you're going to learn a lot and you're going to hear these stories. but the best thing you can do is buy the book at the end of this presentation. have a wonderful afternoon. you know, and. my life,

here, the father of sara sharif tells a court he takes full responsibility for the death of the ten—year—oldst year. and the extraordinary story of the runaway beluga whale caught up in a russian spying row. we hear from the director of a new bbc documentary. hello and welcome to bbc news. let's start at the white house, where donald trump is meeting

the father of sara sharif tells a court he takes full responsibility for the death of the ten—year—oldand the extraordinary story of the runaway beluga whale caught up in a russian spying row. we'll speak live to the director of a new bbc documentary about the mystery. welcome to bbc news. let's start in the us, where donald trump has arrived in washington to meetjoe biden, part of his plans for the transition of power in january. the president—elect is meeting republicans in washington, as he continues to put his new administration together. the tesla boss, elon musk, is among those appointed

here, the father of sara sharif tells a court he takes full responsibility for the death of the ten—year—oldnd dead at her home near london last year. and the extraordinary story of the runaway beluga whale caught up in a russian spying row. we hear from the director of a new bbc documentary. hello and welcome to bbc news. let's start at the white house, where donald trump is meeting joe biden in the oval office, part of his plans for the transition of power injanuary. the meeting started about 50 minutes ago, journalists allowed in to record these pictures. we had smiles, handshakes and a few words before the journalists were escorted out. let's go straight to white house and our senior washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. gary, the focus of both with the smooth transition of power. yes, it was, joe biden has said that, he said that's right after the election, he said it again today. president trump, a lot more gracious than he has normally been tojoe biden. telling him, politics is tough, and after about 60 seconds, the public comments were over and they have been ensconced in the ova

for instance, a british dave worker took care sharif who testified to being tortured after he was released to the picture. the for, i'm in my how much more on hold on for the bombing time, which, which one know, 6, it should are the ones that need to know, can you, on one of these, you know, we can move them 3 months. so one or 2, when i go to assess, we'll put them to come up, i don't tell you more, how come up with what does that mean? i thought about them. how can it to you? is it appropriate in your view to torture these prisoners that that'd be the this has been out of home for so many years. side thing is we could take the stuff with us because it was the people that were leaving. so we've left all the stuff here in one room or packed up nicely. once way out and safely across the border. hopefully we can send the stuff is the house. my children grew up in and we said goodbye. start and you jenny chola. to be honest, we didn't really tell any of the kids that were leaving really want to upset them, that we didn't want them to feel sad that they gonna be saying good bye to this. but we

thank you, representative sharif street and representative jordan harris, thank you both. >> next weell for a conversation only on "the weekend". ♪ ♪ weekend". ♪ ♪ over 600,000 usps employees working in sync to ensure everything sent on its holiday ride ends with a moment of joy. ♪♪ the united states postal service. at harbor freight, we design and test our own tools and sell them directly to you. no middleman. just quality tools you can trust at prices you'll love. whatever you do, do it for less at harbor freight. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> we shift our focus now to michigan, where nbc news predicts democrat alisa spock and won the open senate seat. that is where the good news ends for democrats in the state. michigan congresswoman debbie dingell said this week, quote, democrat shouldn't do the blame game. they should do the what are we doing right , all of us? congresswoman debbie dingell joins us now. >> congresswoman, you have been very clear, you always given to the people straight. tell us what happened and what do we do going forward? particularly in michigan? >> well, good morning to everybo

end of tuesday, we were able to report no substantial measures of progress between prime minister sharif's government and imran khan's political party and the protesters. will there be talks that will be held in the next few days to avoid this situation? from playing out, at least in the time being? our team on the ground is reporting that internet service is being restored to different quarters of islamabad. it has been cut off to varying degrees over the past few days, days and roads are clearing of protesters. mike valerio cnn, seoul germany is investigating whether a deadly plane crash on monday was the result of sabotage. >> a cargo plane flying from leipzig to lithuania crashed just before landing, killing one crew member. german chancellor olaf scholz says the government can't be sure but quote many bad forms of hybrid warfare, warfare are being seen in germany. lithuania officials are pushing back the plane did not fall from the sky it did not fall directly down. >> it's obvious that such a situation indicates that maybe some technical problems or interference were in the aircraft.

all sure about sharif administration is built on shaky foundations because of that come come contested election back in february. it's very difficult for them is need to remain legitimate. i mean, i think there is a broader legitimacy crisis of the focused on governance situation is in a way, a continuation of an order of progress on the situation. if you go back to work, fod said military dispensations do frequently come in to provide the this is the sort of a time frame of stability in economic policy to stabilize the metro economic fundamentals. whenever focused on his, in a, in a nickel nomic crisis, those are, you know, again, be we had these periods of punctuation, military rule that have a directory it off with democracy, but they do stabilize the macro economic fundamentals for a time being. however, at the moment, not only is bug sounds economic situation extremely dire. there has been a further loss, uh or in how people perceive various d doctors. and it's not just shoe box you these government. the problem is that we did have an election that the people are focused on in spi

surprise at the old bailey, as the father of ten—year—old sara sharif — who was found dead at her homehe's gone. panic on spain's costa del sol — thousands of homes are evacuated in malaga, as more torrential rain sparks flooding. and was this whale really a russian spy? the mystery may have just been solved. and coming up on bbc news, eight england players have dropped out of lee carsley�*s squad for the interim manager's final two games in charge. they are in athens to play greece tomorrow and host ireland on sunday.

. >> sharif ibrahim was on the uc berkeley bomb squad at the time of the incidents. >> with all the resources that are put to capturing those people, for somebody to be out there for 20 years and not found means that they put a lot of effort to being not found. >> in 2009, san diego was the first domestic terror suspect to be added to the fbi's most wanted list of alleged extremists. over the years, the fbi said san diego, who had ties to berkeley and sonoma county, was believed to be hiding out at a number of places from western massachusetts to costa rica. the bureau issued fliers showing the suspect with different hairstyles. the fbi said he was known to follow a vegan diet, had worked as a computer network specialist, and was skilled at sailing. so now all eyes will be on the extradition process. how to get san diego back to the u.s. so they can answer to these charges in federal court two decades later, it makes you think about how many resources the fbi was still putting on this. >> i mean, certainly initially, after all this happens, all this attention goes. but as time wanes on, it so

. >> sharif ibrahim was on the uc berkeley bomb squad at the time of the incidents. >> with all the resources that are put to capturing those people, for somebody to be out there for 20 years and not found means that they put a lot of effort to being not found. >> in 2009, san diego was the first domestic terror suspect to be added to the fbi's most wanted list of alleged extremists. over the years, the fbi said san diego, who had ties to berkeley and sonoma county, was believed to be hiding out in a number of places from western massachusetts to costa rica. the bureau issued fliers showing the suspect with different hairstyles. the fbi said he was known to follow a vegan diet, had worked as a computer network specialist, and was skilled at sailing. so now all eyes will be on the extradition process. how to get san diego back to the u.s. so that he can answer to the charges in federal court. >> so he has been overseas for the last 20 years or so. is that our understanding tonight? was there one particular tip that maybe led him to this? >> well, we don't know. i mean, he was actually in so ma

. >> sharif ibrahim was on the uc berkeley bomb squad at the time of the incident. >> with all the resources capturing those people, for somebody to be out there for 20 years and not found means that they put a lot of effort to being not found. >> in 2009, san diego was the first domestic terror suspect to be added to the fbi's most wanted list of alleged extremists. over the years, the fbi said san diego, who had ties to berkeley and sonoma county, was believed to be hiding out at a number of places from western massachusetts to costa rica. the bureau issued fliers showing the suspect with different hairstyles. the fbi said he was known to follow a vegan diet, had worked as a computer network specialist, and was skilled at sailing. so all eyes will now be on the extradition process. how to get san diego back to the u.s. so he can answer to these charges in federal court. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> caitlyn jenner confirming she is considering a run for california governor. the reality star posted on x that she is having conversations with many people and hopes to have an announcement s

one thing before he comes to the podium with a hat tip to my friend omer sharif at information insights got rid of the word further. they nixed the word further, and they also a nixed gained greater confidence that they were moving towards their 2 inflation goal. so if you were really going to try and tear apart the saint the, the fact that -- the statement, it's shorter, but if it's also a little bit more hawkish because they've taken away some of the progress that they said they had a made towards attaining that 2% inflation goal. charles: right. alli, that's how i started show, there are certain signs that you wonder, golly, you know, either you've lost control or maybe you should not be as confident as you are. >> look, the markets clearly disagree, right? here we are, the fed's tightening and the markets -- sorry, the fed's easing and the markets are tightening. so whether you say it's a mod to trump and growth or inflationary policies, whether you see that's how curves normalize and we're just not used to the short end going down and the back end go up, or whether you say, yes, we

i was on the chair on the phone with the sharif street. the chair of pennsylvania.y disappointing results at the federal level but they hardly lost anything in the state house and the state senate and in alaska of all places. i was on the phone with the chair of alaska before i came here at a different time zone and and he pointed out that they flipped both of their legislative chambers for the first time in 40 years. and in the state of missouri. look, it's a so-called all of their elected officials are republican but they went to the polls and they voted for increasing the minimum wage, paid family leave and reproductive freedom there is silver lining on the edge of these dark clouds, and we need to figure out the places where we did it right, how we did it but we need to get on the internet. you know, we were knocking on a lot of doors, but the other party from the people i've talked to seem to have been doing a better job getting inside those. >> they had an effective internet, they had an effective certainly direct to consumer, so to speak campaign going on but

urfan sharif replied, no.arif? never, he replied. the barrister asked whether he ever burned sara sharif. no was the answer. his barrister went on to ask him, did you, urfan sharif, beat sara sharif with a cricket bat? again, the answer from sara sharif with a cricket bat? again, the answerfrom sara sharif�*s farther from the witness box was no. earlier the barrister for urfan sharif gave an opening statement to thejury and told sharif gave an opening statement to the jury and told the jury that urfan sharif came home on august the 8th last year to find sara's body limp in the arms of her stepmother and he begged for an ambulance to be called while performing cpr. sara was found on august the 8th in a bunk bed in the family home in woking in surrey with dozens of injuries. herfather, urfan sharif, her stepmother, injuries. herfather, urfan sharif, herstepmother, beinash injuries. herfather, urfan sharif, her stepmother, beinash batoo, and her stepmother, beinash batoo, and her uncle, faisal malik, all deny cha

previously , sharif bailey today.reviously, sharif had sought to blame batool for killing his daughter but in a dramatic admission told jurors i accept every single thing . post accept every single thing. post office bosses have set out plans to fix their finances amid reports that hundreds of branches could close down. the shake up may result in the closure of 115 branches wholly owned by the post office, putting more than 1000 jobs at risk. post office chairman nigel railton made the announcement at the company's headquarters in london earlier on today. addressing postmasters across the country as well as retail partners and post office staff , partners and post office staff, failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and managers sacked if they can't improve patient care and take control of finances, health secretary wes streeting told leaders at the nhs providers conference in liverpool. there will be no more rewards for failure as he set out a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performanc

urfan sharif denies killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family home in woking in augustndford has been in court. daniel, what did the court hear today? this the court hear today? was the first time the jury heard this was the first time the jury heard urfan sherry�*s account of the night that his ten—year—old daughter died, and it was punctuated by tears. —— sharif�*s. he said he came home to find his wife sitting on the stairs holding sara. he took his daughter in his arms and she whispered that she was thirsty. shortly after, he realised she had stopped breathing and she no longer had a pulse. i shouted for ambulance, he told the jury. why didn't you call the ambulance? his barrister asked him because my i started giving cpr, he replied. i was numb, i was shocked. was sara responding to the cpr? he asked. no, sir. she shouted at me, wake her up, she cannot die. he realised minutes later that the ambulance had not been called and said his wife, beinash batool, told him that one of sara's siblings had been responsible for her death during playing or a fight, and he neede

however, speaking this afternoon, sharif mentioned maintained he did not murder his daughter , sayingot daughter, saying i did not intend to kill her and a change of pace now never mind. the age old question of a white christmas could we be in for a white november? the met office has announced that the uk could see a flurry of snow as early as this sunday, as temperatures have already plummeted below zero in certain parts of the country . they say that arctic country. they say that arctic winds moving southward will bnng winds moving southward will bring freezing weather, bringing with it what they called the possibility of snow. i'm sure some people will be dreading that. those latest headlines for now , i'm sophie reaper more from now, i'm sophie reaper more from me in the next half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophie. now nigel farage took on the government today toe to toe as t

urfan sharif had previously denied killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family homeking in august last year. our uk correspondent daniel sandford is at the old bailey. daniel, what was the jury told? yes this is one of the most dramatic moments seen at the old bailey in recent years. urfan sharif spent the last six days in the witness box denying any responsibility for the death of sara commerce defence was he was rarely at home, he didn't know how she sustained the injuries including at least 25 broken bones and a brain injury, that were found after her death. this morning is evidence of anyjust got after her death. this morning is evidence of any just got started when he suddenly announced... "i want to say something. i admit what i said in my phone call and my written note. every single word". he was then asked by caroline carberry, the barrister for his co—accused former partner beniash batool, "did you kill your daughter by beating?" shaking, mr sharif replied, "yes, she died because of me". before later going on to say, "i take full responsibility for everythin

to me, that's sara sharif story. that's absolutely heartbreaking, isn't it?hat that poor girl must have gone through before she died. it just doesn't bear thinking about, doesn't bear thinking about, does it? and speaking of young girls, i do just want to say the place that i call home. hazel. awful news coming out of there today. there's a young girl aged 13 years of age that was discovered this morning. she has had multiple stabbings to her, so her neck, her chest, her abdomen, you name it. a gang of teenagers have been arrested , teenagers have been arrested, including girls. some of the girls as young as 14 years old. i don't know what this world is coming to, but what i do know is that i want to send my love to that i want to send my love to that 13 year old little girl who will be fighting for her life as we speak in the place that i call home. so i hope that she goes on to make a recovery and i send my love to her family, her friends, and anybody that cares for her. but look, i am michelle dewberry. i'm with you until 7:00 tonight. my panel keeping me

. >> a video of the moment that police boarded a plane and detained sara sharif's alleged killers has been played in court today, with the ten year old stepmother telling officers in the video i think you're looking for us. three of sara's relatives fled to pakistan the day after sara died at the family home in woking, surrey, on the 8th of august last year. ten year old sara had suffered dozens of injuries, including burns and human bite marks, in what the prosecution alleged was a campaign of abuse culminating in her death. all three defendants have denied murder or and causing or allowing the death of a child. the trial at the old bailey continues. those are the latest headlines. now it's are the latest headlines. now wsfime are the latest headlines. now it's time for lee for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome to the anderson's real world. >> welcome to the anderson's realcausing or allowing the and causing or allowing the death of a child. the trial

. >> a video of the moment that police boarded a plane and detained sara sharif's alleged killers has been played in court , killers has been played in court, with the ten year old stepmother telling officers i think you're looking for us. three of sara's relatives fled to pakistan the day after sara died at the family home in woking, surrey, on the 8th of august last year. ten year old sara had suffered dozens of injuries, including burns and human bite marks in what the prosecution alleged was a campaign of abuse culminating in her death. all three defendants have denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. the trial at the old bailey continues . those the old bailey continues. those are your latest gb news headlines. now it's back to mark for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> yikesi it was the nightmare on downing street. a woman wearing a scary rachel reeves mask haunted the house of commons this week with a ghouush commons thi

. >> a video of the moment that police boarded a plane and detained sara sharif's alleged killers has been played in court , killers has been played in court, with the ten year old stepmother telling officers i think you're looking for us. three of sara's relatives fled to pakistan the day after sara died at the family home in woking, surrey, on the 8th of august last year. ten year old sara had suffered dozens of injuries, including burns and human bite marks in what the prosecution alleged was a campaign of abuse culminating in her death. all three defendants have denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. the trial at the old bailey continues . those the old bailey continues. those are your latest gb news headlines. now it's back to mark for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> yikesi it was the nightmare on downing street. a woman wearing a scary rachel reeves mask haunted the house of commons this week with a ghouush commons thi

a video of the moment that police boarded a plane and detained sara sharif's alleged killers has been played in court, with the ten year old stepmother telling officers in the video i think you're looking for us. three of sara's relatives fled to pakistan the day after sara died at the family home in woking, surrey, on the 8th of august last year. ten year old sara had suffered dozens of injuries , including burns and injuries, including burns and human bite marks, in what the prosecution allege was a campaign of abuse culminating in her death. all three defendants have denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. the trial at the old bailey continues and finally, ahead of the new leader of the conservative party being announced tomorrow morning, the financial times is reporting that james cleverly won't sit on the front bench for the new leader. mr cleverly was one of the six candidates initially in the six candidates initially in the contest. he has now reportedly said he will return to the backbenches when robert jenrick or kemi badenoch take up the role . the new to

the father of sara sharif tells a court he takes full responsibility for the death of the ten—year—oldund dead at her home near london last year. and the extraordinary story of the runaway beluga whale caught up in a russian spying row. we'll speak live to the director of a new bbc documentary about the mystery. welcome to bbc news. let's start in the us, where donald trump has arrived in washington to meetjoe biden, part of his plans for the transition of power in january. the president—elect is meeting republicans in washington, as he continues to put his new administration together. the tesla boss, elon musk, is among those appointed to mr trump's team — he will oversee a new department of government efficiency, with the task of slashing public spending. after that, he heads to the white house, we think, in the next hour. joining me now are our correspondents gary o'donoghue and tom bateman in washington. tom bateman is at the hotel where republican lawmakers are meeting in central washington. but gary, firstly, set the scene, that will be quite a meeting?— scene, that will be quite

and here, the father of sara sharif tells a court he takes full responsibility for the death of the ten—year—oldat her home near london last year. now with all the latest sport here's pippa. hello from the bbc sport centre. now the opening tie of the billiejean king cup between spain and poland has been postponed. this is due to a severe weather alert following periods of heavy rain in the southern region of spain. the tie was originally scheduled for wednesday and will now take place on friday. meanwhile in turin at the atp finals, carlos alcaraz has defeated andrey rublev after a surprise defeat to casper ruud in his opening fixture. the spaniard had been suffering from an illness during practice yesterday but it didn't seem to be hamper him too much today. the four—time grand slam champion took the first set 6—3 and although rublev made it more of a contest in the second, alcaraz claimed the tie—break to win in straight sets. in women's football, chelsea travel to glasgow to take on celtic in the uefa champions league on wednesday, at celtic park. blues skipper erin cuthbert returns to glasgo