here in the frozen heart of siberia, it feels an extremely long way from europe in every sense. west and east now feel more similar than ever. as vladimir putin stands for a fourth term as president, i have been travelling around the country to see how deep russia's rejection of the west now runs. it stands as silent testimony to a brutal past. a time of paranoia and total power. this is the only part of stalin's do about survived. but this was a prison camp —— gulag that survived. this was a prison camp into the 1980s, where serbia russia sent its political opponents. now there is a fight for its history, with those who dig too deep branded enemy agents of the west. —— soviet russia. this man found at the museum over 20 years ago, recovering the stories of those held prisoner. but perm 36 has now been taken over by the authorities. victor's organisation was labelled a foreign agent. he says the focus of the museum then started to shift. translation: before there was you public interest in the history of the gulag. now that interest has died and the dominant idea now is that the

it is ina it is in a coal producing area of siberia.

siberia. so you look at some of the other stories making headlines today christopher widely at the whistleblower the heart of the facebook privacy scandal does appear before british parliamentary committee. investigating whether work done by the london based political consulting firm cambridge analytical may have influenced the breaks that vote there are allegations that the company harvested facebook to target voters in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. presidential election. came joel own is rumored to have visited beijing portably traveling in those trains sources in the chinese capital confirmed a senior north korean official had been in town but did not know who would be kim's first visit since coming to power in two thousand and eleven and comes ahead of meetings with south korea and the u.s. . then a german court has ordered catalan separatist leader khalid pushed him off to wait in jail as it decides whether he'll be extradited was detained in northern germany on sunday while on route

in siberia, thousands protest, accusing officials of corruption after more than 60 people died in a firen a shopping centre. calls for a long—term funding plan for the nhs in england — ministers say they'll come up with a blueprint this year. and on newsnight, before mike employee who sparked global economic privacy said that the uk might not have voted for brexit had it not been for cheating by the leave campaign. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there's been a comprehensive apology by fire chiefs for their response to the terror attack in the manchester arena last year in which 22 people were killed and hundreds were injured by a suicide bomber. the report found the fire service played "no meaningful role" for nearly two hours after the attack. there were poor communications between police and fire crews to co—ordinate their response. and a helpline service for relatives, provided by vodafone, failed completely. the kerslake report is also highly critical of the conduct of some of the media following the attack. judith moritz reports. screaming. it was just chaos, there was people

it is just a few days ago we went knocking on siberia's daughter get gas when out on siberia's daughterthat after importing the beast of siberia. a very delicate time to have these conversations but boris clearly feels he has something he has to follow up on. well, this is interesting. the daily express, boris in threat to boycott world cup, putin warned of a claim he ordered poisoning of russian double agent. a similar headline here, britain's world cup threat to russia. camilla, borisjohnson as the foreign secretary, our leading diplomat around the world, a representative on the world stage, standing in the commons to say if it is russia, that is pretty century because it might not be russia, so he must know something we do not know. we would hope that foreign secretary is well briefed on the detail around this. to be fair to mr johnson, there is a sense of the foreign secretary had to address this, it has been running across the newswi res this, it has been running across the newswires all day and there is a suspicion there may be another case of russian poisoning on british soil, we

a security guard is among five people arrested over a deadly fire in a shopping centre in siberia. investigators say the alarm was switched off and fire exits blocked. a village massacre in the democratic republic of congo, the latest incident in what the un is calling "a horrifying escalation of violence." the organisation i work for is letting these people down. their government is letting these people down. and i think the world is also letting these people down. and in deep water. a new report says we need to look after the earth's resources before it's too late. hello. australia has become the latest country to throw out russian diplomats, part of the biggest mass expulsion since the end of the cold war. in total 2a countries, including the united states and 16 european nations, have united in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the russian government says the expulsions are a mistake and it will respond in the coming days. more on the latest response from australia in a moment but first our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. sometimes, size really does matt

a security guard is among five people arrested in siberia after investigators say the alarm was switchedff and fire exits blocked. one of the world's most famous prehistoric cliff faces gets a makeover. uber is banned from testing its self—driving cars in arizona after last week's deadly accident raising fears the technology could be stopped in its tracks. and i'll be speaking to the lawyer hoping that he'll convince a london court that volkswagen should pay compensation to uk customers over the diesel emissions scandal. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. bbc online has a story on brits drinking habits changing so much so that the pub is in danger. 18 pubs across the uk closed every week in the second half of last year. have your drinking habits changed dramatically? is it a lifestyle choice and are they responsible for a change to your local town . do get in touch — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. britain and its allies are waiting to hear how moscow will respond to the

from berlin and russia holds a national day of mourning for the victims of the deadly mall fire in siberia families hold some of the first funerals for the sixty four people killed in the blaze most of them children accusations fly over failures that led to the tragedy. also coming up china gives north korea's kim jong un a lavish welcome on his secretive trip to beijing the replaced of leader reportedly tells president xi that he is committed to denuclearization. and germany has suffered a blow in their world cup preparations four years after famously defeating brazil seventy one if you want to love side live to a friendly defeat against their south american opponent. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program funerals are being held in russia for the dozens of people killed in a shopping mall fire in siberia over the weekend forty one children were among the more than sixty people who died in come a roble russia is observing a national day of mourning today with memorials taking place across the country but the grief is mixed with anger many believing that authorities are trying to cover up

you alluded to this earlier about getting gas from siberia.his, it is proved to be, and britain needs to rally round its european partners for instance in order to get more sanctions placed on them, how much more difficult is that, bearing in mind we are leaving the european union and the germans and french get their oil from russia. that is exactly it, it is the fact we are on this road where we have to put more pressure on russia, there is already pressure and sanctions in some areas, but areas such as energy have largely been left alone because we know we do have a problem with energy supplies. even more true if you are germany. we have seen the pictures of angela merkel and putin over the years looking more friendly that other political leaders and that is because germany is so reliant on russia. this is an incredibly tricky time underplaying the screws could be even trickier. there are countries in europe that did not wa nt countries in europe that did not want tough sanctions put on russia for putting their army into crimea and is taking

a security guard is among five people arrested over a deadly fire in a shopping centre in siberia. investigators say the alarm was switched off and fire exits blocked. no smiles for the cameras as european union leaders say turkey is failing to address a long list of concerns over its conduct. and, in deep water — a new report backed by the un says we need to look after the earth's resources before it's too late. hello. australia has become the latest country to throw out russian diplomats — part of the biggest mass expulsion since the end of the cold war. in total 2a countries, including the united states and 16 european nations, have united in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the us is to expel 60 russian diplomats. most are based in washington, but a dozen will leave from the un in new york. 16 member states of the european union, including france and germany, are taking similar action. it is an unprecedented move, a response to the poisoning of former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter. last week, 23 russian diplomats were expelled from the uk. the ru

least thirty seven people many of them children have been killed in a fire at a shopping center in siberia for more let's speak to rory chalons in moscow rory it sounds horrific what else do we know about this tragedy well this is still unfolding but it is as far as we know. this fire started on the top floor the fourth floor of this building and ripped through an area of about one thousand six hundred square meters of it ignited the shopping mall in central. footage that's been taken by locals on mobile phones from outside the building shows thick smoke pouring from her floors and some of the first it shows firefighters using ladders to get access to it but the windows from what we understand so far emergency services managed to get about one hundred people out of the building buying back you eating them and then risk another twenty or so but that death toll as it stands at the moment thirty seven there is of course attention off the steps to create high ash it is a pretty new public service the shopping mall was only opened in two thousand and thirteen and that's movie theaters and so i

you have very cold dry air coming from siberia.showers are drifting further west. many of us saw them yesterday. what is surprising for many of us is we expect the northern part of the country to be cold and be hit with snow in winter. the fact it is now the middle of march and we are talking about devon. and the weather warnings across the country, the breadth of the country, that is what is surprising many of us. it isjust the nature of how cold the weather is. if it thinks are the typical winter, it has been mild and u nsettled, winter, it has been mild and unsettled, some strong winds. and west. there has been a bit of snow but it has been on a knife edge. —— and wet. when it does slow, it wants to but it's not quite there. now we have this easterly wind, this cold air, over the whole of the uk, it is air, over the whole of the uk, it is a bleak block of ice. any precipitation and moisture will produce snow. —— big block of ice. that is why absolutely everywhere is susceptible to heavy snow. added how long it will take to expla

also coming up thirty seven people are confirmed dead after a fire ripped through a shopping mall in siberia many more a still missing also ahead. unrest on the streets of boston us the former catalan leader just detained in germany on an extradition warrant from spain. and a former adult movie star who alleges having up an affair with donald trump back in two thousand and six. says she was threatened with physical harm to keep quiet. saudi arabia's air force says it's intercepted seven missiles fired from yemen who's the rebels have claimed responsibility for the strikes which also targeted king khaled international airport in the capital city riyadh the saudi authorities say an egyptian national was killed in the attacks the group also fired missiles at airports in the southern saudi cities of just not sure on the saudi led coalition has been fighting the who the rebels in yemen since twenty fifteen in a recorded statement the who's the leader one the saudis of a military escalation. in the fourth year of fighting we will be using more developed and more diverse missile systems which will

the mall fire that killed scores in siberia. was corruption to blame? the former russian member of parliament sergei markov joins me from moscow. >>> amanpour on pbs was made possible by the generous support of roslalind p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the winds of war have been blowing after months of brinkmanship between north korea's kim jong-un and donald trump. but diplomacy now seems to have a chance with kim leading the charge. he popped up in china this week, his first venture out of his country since taking power in 2011. china, of course, is his main ally. and leaders there say kim committed to denuclearization and to summit meetings with the united states as well as south korea. so does this all seem too good to be true? and how will the appointment of a hard line new trump foreign policy team including the notoriously hawkish john bolton impact the negotiations? this was the new national security adviser's view just last month. quote, it is perfectly legitimate for the uni

live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes the russian president visits siberia where a fire at a shopping center killed sixty four people angry protesters are demanding justice. also it's day two of egypt's presidential elections millions of voting in the contest the incumbent president is set to win and australia's major cricket sponsors are put the national team on notice as cheating scandal escalates. into the program a train reportedly carrying c. the north korean officials has left beijing with still no word as to who exactly was visiting the chinese capital now a large convoy with heavy security was seen on the streets with speculation that it could be north korean leader kim jong un china's foreign ministry has denied any knowledge of the visit china correspondent andrew brown has beijing. well speculation over who this v.i.p. guest might be began circulating here in beijing on monday night japanese media reported that an armored train was seen crossing the friendship bridge which separates north korea and china in the northeastern chinese city of dun don

six people are dead and dozens remain missing after a fire consumes a full story shopping center in siberia. also polls open in egypt's presidential election where the income but the fact that sisi is certain to return to office. and anger on the streets of barcelona is the catalan leader college bridgeable who was arrested in germany on sunday is set to appear in. court. welcome to the program saudi arabia's military says it shot down seven missiles fired from yemen who through rebels say they carried out the strike is targeting several airports saudi authorities say at least one person was killed and examined as more. loud explosions and bright flashes in the sky saudi arabia's air force says it intercepted a series of ballistic missiles fired from neighboring yemen who three rebels say they've targeted airports in several cities including the capital riyadh and egyptian resident there was killed the hoofy leader is warning there's more to come and will use a long range drones which have excellent military capabilities we will activate the military institutions in an unprecedented way and

the first funerals for the victims of monday's deadly fire at a shopping centre in siberia are due totly. president putin has blamed "criminal negligence" for the blaze in the city of kemerovo that killed 64 people, many of them children. we can go live now to kemerov and to sergei goryashko from the bbc russian service. the first funerals take place today, and it's a day of national mourning. four people have been charged since the fire. do people feel now that the authorities are getting to the bottom of what happened? todayis today is a day of national mourning. in many cities in russia, there were many memorial services in the main squares. this is the cathedral for some of the victims of the fire to be held shortly. the funerals will ta ke be held shortly. the funerals will take place through the day. in a few hours they will start. there is a lot of grief now because there were too many victims and it's a devastating story for kemerovo. as you say, a difficult day ahead with so you say, a difficult day ahead with so many who died on monday. many of them children. four people hav

it also tells them where it's coming from, from siberia.to tell people that this was notjust going to be snow or ice, it's going to be the wind and extreme cold. i think one of the features of this week has been how cold it has been and, on our new digital products, our website and app, we are a able to give people a feels—like feature, which tells people what the weather conditions are going to be. was it really necessary or a sensible use of licence—fee payers' money to send armies of crews out to do all those lives, often in white—out conditions? i'm not sure it was armies. we worked very closely with our colleagues around the nations of the uk and the english regions to make sure those deployments are proportional. actually, there's been an awful lot to report on. we've sent people out where we think there's story to cover. actually, some of those people have been in trafficjams themselves, they are perfectly well—equipped and trained, they are with colleagues who can make sure they are safe. we take their safety extremely seriously, so

in russia the number of people killed in a massive fire at a shopping center in siberia now stands at sixty four today russian media has reported forty one children are among the dead russian president vladimir putin visited the scene today and clare a national day of mourning on wednesday he said criminal negligence was to blame for the high death toll the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the complex in a coal in the coal mining city of kemah on sunday. let's bring in correspondent cola dos scheme he's at the scene in siberia how are people there coping with this terrible tragedy. people are extremely upset. to talk to so really. we. are told that you would install an investigation you wouldn't get until he would get an answer to the question who would actually have cute he's nice ok so people are angry but presumably are also very sad many children were were killed in this why were so many children among the victims. the shopping is the shopping mall. cherry was known to be one no doubt. one of the most popular places in the us here carol so before the farther south of the bui

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another nation in mourning russia still rules on the way for the victims of the deadly mall fire in siberia sixty four people were killed in the blaze most of them children to go to our correspondent in kaberle. and china gives north korea's kim jong un a lavish welcome on a secretive trip to beijing the reclusive leader reportedly tells president xi he's committed to d.v.r. chlorides issues but. we begin in france where a set of many has been has to honor the policeman who gave his life to save hostages in a terrorist attack lesson. was killed on friday off to exchange himself for a woman be held by the attack a french president in modern mcchrystal who led the memorial described the slain officer as a symbol of the french spirit of resistance more research. sick you know what i'm often now we need to show him that his sacrifice was not in vain . don't look different he will forever be in the hearts of the french people so i mean why are we need to show him that his memory lives on his example moves on . i will make sure of it schieffer usually joining me now is the day of the corresponden

ourjourney to explore that brought us next to siberia, and to tv2 in tomsk.nnel was forced to stop broadcasting. since we filmed, even this cat has been removed. tv2 and all of its media affiliates once occupied this entire building here in tomsk. but since the channel has been taken off air, there isjust a handful of people still working here. so we have come along to see what the newsroom is like these days. speaks russian. this place was viktor‘s life for over 20 years. now his independent tv channel is just a lot of expensive equipment gathering dust. officially, tv2 was closed down over a licence dispute. but viktor doesn't buy that. the channel's reports annoyed officials in tomsk. the team saw that as theirjob. but reining in the free press was one of vladimir putin's first moves as president. tv2 was one of the last survivors. translation: it's obvious that we were no threat here in tomsk. but the authorities are constantly afraid, afraid of revolution or losing control. they want to control everything, but that is impossible. and they don't trust any

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russian president vladimir putin blames what he calls criminal negligence for a shopping mall fire in siberia that left school. protesters are demanding answers amid rumors of a cover up. it's good to have you with us tonight there is more fallout from the nerve agent poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. london accusing the russian government of masterminding the attack which has left sergei in your script all fighting for their lives twenty seven countries including britain the us germany many other e.u. members and australia have since said that they are expelling more than one hundred russian diplomats in response nato joined the mass expulsions today announcing that it is sending home seven russian diplomats and denying accreditation to three more . with nato joining the expulsions of russian diplomats the alliance's secretary general said moscow had it coming. this sounds a clear message to russia that there are costs and consequences for it's unacceptable and dangerous part than all behavior. the crisis started on british soil with accusations that moscow was b

are indeed looking towards the atlantic rather than towards the continent, towards scandinavia and siberiaere all of that cold weather came from which has effect of so many so very badly in recent days. —— has affected. and the first signs of something a little milder is already there to be head across parts of the far south. not that much further north, though. many of

that deadly incident in camera but siberia. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades two scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but at the price of being destroyed itself . putin said well these weapons will overcome u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. how does it feel to be a sheriff the greatest job in the world it's as close to being a king as any job there is one business model helps to run a prison now we just do or don't like us here nobody over the case and i don't no one comes in anymore we don't have to serve them anymore there's a cult effect if that's what they want to do that at the moment they don't give a damn if you need to charge or not they're actually paying us to put it back into the louisiana incarceration rate is twice as high as the us sam bridge what she could is behind such success. when lawmakers manufacture consent to step into public wealt

violent protests also in the program the death toll from a massive fire at the shopping center in siberia stands at sixty four several children are reportedly among the dead. and polls open in egypt as a three day presidential vote gets underway with president el-sisi all but certain to win but how big a prone election many do you as a shadow. hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us. spain's most wanted fugitive is expected to appear in a german court today the catalan separatist leader collis pushed a mall was apprehended sunday while traveling through germany on route to belgium the rest could and pushed months five months of self-imposed exile he's being sought by spanish authorities for his role in catalonia as an authorized independence but the rest has angered many catalonians in barcelona street protests erupted and some ninety people have been injured in clashes between protesters and security forces and. police on one side demonstrators on the other they faced off long into the night in boston. outright surged into violence. thousands of catalans took to the streets to pr

and another nation in mourning rochelle few routes on the way for victims of the deadly more fine siberia sixty four people were killed in the blaze most of them children. and children against north korea's kim jong un a lavish welcome on his secretive trip to beijing the reclusive leader reportedly tells president xi he's committed to do the if your eyes they should. play. on and welcome. we begin in france where a similar ceremony has been has to honor the policeman who gave his life to save hostages score top in a terrorist attack left in and colonel are no beltran was killed on friday after he exchanged himself for a woman being held by the attacker french president in one in mccraw is leading the memorial he described the slain officer as a symbol of the french spirit of resistance his mall. sick in misrata more often now we need to show him that his sacrifice was not in vain. don't look different he will forever be in the hearts of the french people so i mean why are we need to show him that his memory lives on so his example lives on the move i will make sure of it schieffer you're

also coming up the final death toll from a massive fire at a shopping mall in siberia stands at sixty four russian authorities say that several children are among the dead and our moscow correspondent has the latest plus polls open in egypt as a three day presidential vote gets under way with president to us you see expected to cruise to victory but how big will the turnout being for an election many of you as a sham. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us spain's most wanted fugitive is expected to appear in court today but it will be in front of a judge in germany that's where cattle and separatist leader carlos pushed along was picked up on sunday they arrested and pushed months five months of self-imposed exile sought by spanish authorities for his role in catalonia vote for independence meanwhile some ninety people have been injured as clashes broke out between separatists and police on the streets of barcelona. my police on one side demonstrators on the other they faced off long into the night in barcelona outright surged into violence. thousands of catalan

siberia. stay with russia moscow was to respond harshly to the mass expulsion of russian diplomats by the u.s. and other western allies in a coordinated action washington and many e.u. member states including germany announced they would kick out close to one hundred forty russian diplomatic staff on monday the move is a show of solidarity with the u.k. after the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil but the kremlin insists there's been a rush to judgment. behind the closed curtains for diplomats are clearing their desks but out in front of the russian embassy in berlin remained defiant. we still haven't heard any evidence we keep hearing the words great probability which of course does not convince us that all. we are of course very disappointed by this decision and we obviously not happy that our partners the taking part in this provocation by the english authorities. and. lynn says it's responding not just to the attack on former russian double agents saikai script out in the u.

. in siberia. it is only a question of when russia will respond. when russia will respond. tom burridge, bbc news. in moscow, paul adams. a question of when and what, what do you think might happen? you think might happen? are inevitably in for another round of tit—for—tat. of tit—for—tat. officials here have spoken of reciprocal moves. spoken of reciprocal moves. diplomats will be told to pack their bags, probably in the coming days. bags, probably in the coming days. with the appalling outcome of the fire inside the area —— russia. fire inside the area —— russia. expulsions, given the number of countries involved. countries involved. it could take a few days. few days. the americans being told to go first. first. hear lots of people talking about the west ganging up on russia. the west ganging up on russia. and somehow the west wants to keep it down. it down. we will see any softening of russia's position. russia's position. a new cold war, a phrase we are hearing a lot of in moscow today? hearin

evening, a silent vigil for the victims, the people here promising not to forget what happened in siberia now has the potential to turn into a national scandal. fires like this are not uncommon in russia, and behind them there's often a story of corruption, fast money and lax oversight. this disaster raises a host difficult questions. pauladams, bbc news, moscow. sergei goryashko from the bbc russian service told me that a number of people are still unaccounted for following the fire. still some people who were at the shopping centre are among the list of missing. and not all the bodies of those who died in this awful inferno are identified. so they are still in hospital. the identification and will require genetic expertise. yesterday was a big rally in keremovo. it lasted for 11 hours, and there were people who were against the local government, who, in their opinion, were responsible for the tragedy. well, and that is exactly what we have for now. united nations officials are saying they are very concerned about up to 80,000 people still believed trapped in the syrian town of douma in

declared a national day of mourning for the 64 people who died in a fire at a shopping centre in siberiapeople in the city of kemerovo have been protesting as mr putin blamed what he called "criminal negligence" and suggested safety certificates had been obtained with bribes. paul adams reports. grief turning to fury on the streets of the siberian mining town. two days after the fire, people are angry. "resign, resign," they shout. local officials are bombarded with questions — how many people really died, were children locked inside, why were the fire alarms not working? the crowd smells corruption. the sign above the mayor's assistant reads, "how much are your closed eyes worth?" translation: i've got nothing more to lose, my whole family has died, my younger sister, my wife and my three children. my wife rang me quite late, shejust wanted to say goodbye to me. inside what's left of the shopping complex, a scene of utter devastation. this place was packed on sunday. when the fire broke out, it swept through the building with appalling speed. on one of the upper floors, the cinema, wher

in russia funerals for the victims of last week's deadly shopping now five in siberia africa the country holds a day of mourning for the sixty four victims most of the. time so go welcome to the program now after days of rumors this is brink of north korea's leader kim joan did visit china it's hoped that this is the preview to opening talks on the nuclear disarmament meeting with president is using peng was kept under wraps until after he left u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he had received a message from china's president saying that the meeting went well and that the korean leader was looking forward to meeting him mr trump went on to say that until that u.s. sanctions would stay in place and the pressure must be maintained to talk costs on kim jong un's first foreign trip since he came to power. heavy security for an unnamed visitor making their way through beijing. then pomp and ceremony as the mysterious individual is confirmed as no other the north korean leader kim jong un it's a historic moment as cames first diplomatic trip outside of the rogue nation since he took pow

coming up russia prepares for a national day of mourning after sunday's fatal fire at a moment in siberia dozens died in the blaze most of them children and locals demand answers to the tragedy and catalonia is leading voice for independence a bounce to never surrender promise pushed him on his in a german jail awaiting a decision on his extradition and separatist protests break out across the capital and region we'll go live to barcelona plus germany have suffered a blow in their world cup preparations four years after famously defeating brazil seventy one you walk in low side claim to a friendly defeat against their south american opponent. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program china has officially confirms that north korean leader kim jong un has met with chinese president. paying in beijing his first foreign visit since he assumed power back in twenty eleven can reportedly told shave that he was committed to denuclearization and resolving conflicts on the border the meeting is seen as a crucial preparatory step in the lead up to two landmark summits in may both between north korea and

russia hold a national day of mourning after sunday's fatal fire at a mall in siberia accusations fly over failures that led to the tragedy sixty four people died in the blaze most of them children and catalonia is leading voice for independence valve's never to surrender part was pushed him on awaits a decision on this extradition in a german jail and his detention triggers protest across the catalan region we'll go live to barcelona. plus germany has suffered a blow in their world cup preparations four years after famously defeating brazil seven one you off the low side live to a friendly defeat against their south american opponents. i'm sorry kelly walking to the program china has officially confirmed that north korean leader kim jong un has met with chinese president xi jinping in beijing his first for. one visit since he assumed power back in twenty eleven can reportedly told shave that he was committed to denuclearization and resolving the conflict on the border the meeting is seen as a crucial preparatory step in the lead up to two landmark summits in may both between north ko

attack and russia prepares for a national day of mourning after sunday's fatal fire at a mall in siberia dozens died in the blaze most of them children locals demand answers to the tragedy. plus germany have suffered a blow in their world cup preparations for years after famously defeating brazil seventy one you walk the low side live to a friendly defeat against their south american opponent. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program russia is holding a national day of mourning for dozens of people killed in a shopping mall fire in siberia over the weekend most of the sixty four people who died were children but families of the victims believed that that number could be much higher anger is spreading across the country many believing authorities are trying to cover up a lax safety standards that may have prevented the blaze. thousands of kilometers apart but hugh knighted in grief people in moscow mourn the dozens of five victims in siberia as camera of this tragedy has gripped russia and caused anger many believe officials are hiding the true extent of what happened on sunday . what is kno

siberia and russia.s going to tell us now what we end up with. simon, thank you very much. helen, bring us up—to—date. still treacherous out and about. the met office warnings are still in place. you can see what we have had already, so it's been a considerable amount of snow for this part of the world and there was more to come. it is falling quite steadily across wales in particular. reports coming in of seven or eight centimetres. it's heading westwards. these showers are following behind. not that many coming into the ease south is region, but there has been a fair amount of snow there already. this amber warning is what concerns us. you saw how active it was on the weather system. it will bring snow in across wales. treacherous conditions and rose will become impassable would imagine. only that, but the wind is near gale force. it's blowing the snow around and visibility is poor. fewer showers following a cross is anger and the south—east, some across northern england are making their way across the

the people of kuwait although in siberia begin burying their dead after sunday's shopping center fire that killed sixty four people forty one of them children and were in indonesia where the appetite for things shark is as big as ever and it's still legal to fish them a little cup why. north korea's leader has pledged his commitment to denuclearization and says he will go ahead and meet u.s. officials that's according to china which has just hosted the reclusive leader after days of speculation beijing revealed that kim jong un was its guest from sunday to wednesday and what it called an unofficial visit but kim jong un received almost all the trappings of a state visit including an all regard and a banquet in the capitals great hall of the people from beijing our china correspondent adrian brown reports for xi jinping this reports for xi jinping this was a diplomatic triumph he not a u.s. president donald trump now the first world leader to meet kim jong il a chinese state controlled media waited until kim was back home before confirming what officials to try so hard to deny just tod

you'll meet him next. >>> by 1944, the alaska siberia route was in full swing. betty and steve alison were among the hundreds of pilots delivering thousands of air cobras to the russians. betty almost paid the ultimate price. in a p-39 over montana. >> i was about 20 minutes from great falls and it could going. i was trying to get it started. and it just wouldn't do it. weren't you afraid someone said. the answer to that is, no. and i actually waited a little too long to get out of the airplane. i bailed out to count to three and pull your rip cord. and so i swung once and came down outside of hobson, montana. i got out pretty late but safely. >> betty showed "war stories" what was left of her p-39. >> this is part of my airplane. it usually has montana dirt around it. i saved some of the dirt. >> to this day, betty believes there was a reason her plane's enjoy failed. >> i think it was sabotaged. and the sign of safety said that it had impurities in the gasoline from niagara falls. >> meanwhile, steve alison was still flying dozens of p-39s to america's last fr

people many of them children have been killed in the far of a shopping center in the russian region a siberia sixty nine others are reported to be missing in the blaze which happened in the city of kemah over three thousand kilometers east of moscow from where rory chalons reports. well from what we understand so far the fire started on the top floor the fourth floor of this shopping mall complex and quickly ripped through an area of about one thousand six hundred square meters the building the mall is called it is in the shia shopping mall and it's in central camera footage taken by locals are on mobile phones or outside the building show think smoke pouring from the upper floors some of the footage also shows firefighters using lattice trying to get access to the windows now you know much of the services we understand managed to evacuate about a hundred people from the building and then they also managed to rescue another twenty it's a pretty new complex this it was only opened in two thousand and thirteen but it's got movie theaters inside it's got restaurants or so on or a bowling alley i

early fifty three people are dead and dozens are missing after a fire in a shopping center in siberia it happened in the city of commander of all three thousand kilometers east of the russian capital moscow that many of the victims of children firefighters say the blaze started on the top floor of the four story building also polls opened in egypt these are live pictures of the election is expected to deliver a huge win for president of the fact that al sisi the former military general is running virtually unchallenged after opponents withdrew saying they faced intimidation critics say the vote is a sure rod and have called for a boycott. of the foreman council and president carlos is expected to appear in a court in germany more words arrested on sunday and is in custody waiting to hear if he'll be extradited to spain he faces charges of rebellion it's addition which stem from last year's secession vote angry protesters in barcelona called for the release of treatable please said three demonstrators were arrested and fifty people were injured in the scuffles. the emir of qatar is in

died were children putin visited the site of the fire in the eastern city of committee of zero in siberia on tuesday people there are angry and calling for justice for the victims investigators say a smoke alarm system in the mail wasn't working and exit doors were blocked four people have been detained including the head of the company operating the shopping center. produce what happening here is not a military action it's not an unexpected release of missing at a mine people and the children came here to get some rest we're talking about demographic decline and losing so many people to what do to criminal negligence due to carelessness or rule chalons our correspondent more from moscow. but ima putin often stays away from domestic tragedies like this but clearly the kremlin has spotted that this is a delicate and sensitive situation this week there are two crises unfolding in russia this one fire and also the expulsion of so many russian diplomats from embassies around the world it's interesting the volume of putin has decided that it's the fire that needs immediate presidential attenti

. >> it was named alison, the secret alaska siberia route.lled for american pilots to ferry planes from factories throughout the u.s. to great falls, montana. from there, the planes headed north across canada to ladd field in fairbanks, alaska. the pilots transferred to the soviets stationed right there at ladd field. >> da da and nyet was about the extent of our communicating. >> steve alison grew up on a ranch in southern california and joined the army right after pearl harbor and found himself in the cockpit. >> you got a taste of it. this is great. >> alaska, steve and other pie lots worked closely with the russians. >> they were fine follows. one thing we had in common, we both regularly take those aircraft up and down. >> also, ferrying planes for the russians were american women pilots. >> i had wanted to fly ever since i was a little girl. >> betty shay hailed from buffalo, new york, and started flying when he was 19 and loved flying over niagara falls. >> you could see a little bit of heaven, that was it. i loved it. >> betty was one