i don't think it is affliction, steve rosenberg, it is affliction, steve rosenberg, it is affliction, jewish? of course saturday night? oh, is the chief rabbijewish? of course i will! saturday night? oh, is the chief rabbi jewish? of course i will! he isa man rabbi jewish? of course i will! he is a man after my own heart. the russian prime minister was meeting the secretary of state today, and he was playing the piano in the musical. i'm not sure who has the serious medical condition, you are sleeping. when you say you are not giving away any secrets, it was in 1974 and i was ten! the former us presidentjimmy carter broke his hip yesterday at his south georgia home, when he fell as he was about to set off turkey hunting. the 94—year—old former president is recovering. though it seems he is more concerned that he has not yet bagged his quota of wild turkeys. the season finishes tomorrow. the official statement says: "he hopes the state of georgia will allow him to roll over the unused quota to next year." i love ilovejimmy i love jimmy carter, i lovejimmy carter, such a great sense of

steve rosenberg was on red square watching the parade and has more. the victory day parade on red square is always a remarkable spectacle. earlier we saw 13,000 russian servicemen and women parading across the square. -- theycing foronths practicing for months. then came the military hardware, everything from russian tanks to ballistic missiles and toservicir missile launches, wca dramatic se of russia's military might. pass rusher there happens --tions marking the 74th tross russia there have been celebrations marki 74th anniversary of russia's victory over nazi germany. th victory was achieved with great sacrifice and enormou human cost, over 20 billion soviet citizens killed and that more.-- in that war. what is happening is not just about the past, it is very much about the present, because under vladimir putin, victory day, may 9 has been an opportunity to boost patriotism and national pride and urge people in russia to support the authorities. it is also abo sending a message to the outside world, to the west, that russiis once agai a superpower

the bbc‘s eurovision star, our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg.competition and every year performs requests of eurovision songs. in ten minutes he's going to play at the moscow international house of music, broadcasting live on the bbc news facebook page. but steve rosenberg joins us now. what is your hot tip for this year's competition? simon, i can play these songs but i can't predict the winner. i have never predicted a winner. i have never predicted a winner yet. i like the dutch song this year. arcade. i think it has got a good chance of winning. i like the uk song, but i don't think we are going to win. the uk has not won for so many years. but it is for taking part that matters and has been for more than 60 years now. give us a quick reminder of the british entry. the british entry this year is something like... something like that. it is a nice melody. britain is sending a strong song. we haven't discussed beforehand what you are going to play but you mentioned the dutch entry, what is so good about that? let's hear that one. which one? th

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. i've been speaking to aviation safety analyst todd curtis about what may have caused the plane to burst into flames. well, fortunately, in modern aviation there's quite a few services that provide data from active aircraft, so there's quite a bit of information out there. the aircraft did broadcast two different distress signals, one indicating they couldn't communicate by radio, and the other was a general distress emergency signal. and it circled a couple of times before coming in for landing, so the crew had some sort of control over the aircraft. but clearly the other videos from the ground show that the aircraft was not landing normally. it bounced at least twice, and on the last bounce, the aircraft apparently had a collapsed landing gear and burst into flames. so there were some very serious things wrong with this aircraft. you might have just heard in our correspondent‘s report there one person saying — a passenger saying that he saw a white flash, speculating that it might be

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news.rs to be a pause in hostilities between israeli forces and palestinian militants in the gaza strip. unconfirmed reports say a ceasefire has been agreed. four israelis and more than 20 palestinians have been killed since the violence erupted on friday. the united states is sending an aircraft carrier to the middle east as a warning to iran. the national security adviser, john bolton, says america is not seeking war, but that the move will send an "unmistakable message" that washington would respond to any attack by tehran. the sultan of brunei has said a recent islamic ruling introducing the death penalty for adultery, rape, and gay sex will be reversed. the country sparked an international outcry last month, when it introduced laws under which such acts would be punishable by death by stoning. sri lanka's president has told the bbc that the easter sunday bombings may have been an attempt by the islamic state group to send a statement that it "still exists". more than 250 people were ki

the bbc‘s steve rosenberg reports from moscow.aught on camera, the final dramatic moments of flight m92. the aeroflot jet exploded in a fireball, during an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport. by the time it had come to a standstill, the plane was engulfed in flames. onboard the burning aircraft, 78 passengers and crew. there was a desperate rush to escape from the inferno. at the front of the plane, the inflatable slide saved some. people leapt onto the chute and ran to safety. but not everyone got out of this alive. it's feared that more than a0 people may have been killed. dimitri survived the crash. asked whether he thought the plane had been hit by lightning, he replied, "yes, maybe, i saw a white flash." emergency teams fought the blaze and helped the injured. the plane, a sukhoi superjet, had taken off from moscow airport bound for murmansk, but very quickly, it developed technical problems. the crew had issued a distress signal. the pilots had decided they had no choice but to bring the aircraft down. presid

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. todd curtis is an aviation safety analyst and creator of the website airsafe.com. hejoins me live from boston. the indications we are getting so far, that there was a distress call, that the pilot returned to the airport, what do those few details tell us about what happened here? well, fortunately in modern aviation, there's quite a few services that provide data from active aircraft, so there's quite a bit of information out there. the aircraft did broadcast two different distress signals, one indicating they couldn't communicate by radio, and the other was a general distress emergency. and it circled a couple of times before coming in for landing, so the crew had some sort of control over the aircraft. but clearly the other videos from the ground so that the aircraft was not landing normally, it bounced at least twice, and on the last bounce, the aircraft apparently had a collapsed landing gear and burst into flames. so there were some very serious things wrong with this aircraft.

our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, reports.aught on camera, the final dramatic moments of flight m92. the aeroflot jet exploded in a fireball, during an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport. by the time it had come to a standstill, the plane was engulfed in flames. on board the burning aircraft, 78 passengers and crew. there was a desperate rush to escape from the inferno. at the front of the plane, the inflatable slide saved some. people leapt onto the chute and ran to safety. but not everyone got out of this alive. dimitri survived the crash. asked whether he thought the plane had been hit by lightning, he replied, "yes, maybe. "i saw a white flash." emergency teams fought the blaze and helped the injured. the plane, a sukhoi superjet, had taken off from moscow airport bound for murmansk, but very quickly, it developed technical problems. the crew had issued a distress signal. the pilots had decided they had no choice but to bring the aircraft down. president putin offered his condolences to the families of the

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.poke travel editor of the independent, simon calder, about the potential causes of the plane crash in moscow. whenever there is an accident, a whole range of possibilities will be being considered by the investigators. it's way too early to draw any conclusions, but what you can do is look more broadly at the aircraft itself, and i flew on this aircraft last year, the same airport, moscow sheremetyevo. it's actually the first kind of new generation russian built aircraft, which is considered up to western standards to the extent that it's actually being flown by interjet in mexico, it was flown for a while out of london city airport. and it feels just like, really, any other aircraft, and built to a very high standard. there has been a fatal accident before involving the aircraft. that was back in 2012, on a demonstration flight in indonesia, which was blamed on pilot error, in which 45 people died. and in terms of any other safety issues around air transport, in russia, i mean, i ment

semifinal is taking place in israel tonight, our moscow correspondent and eurovision superfan steve rosenberg will bring you some of the magic later in the programme. good evening and welcome to bbc news. millions of whatsapp users across the country are being urged to update their app after a security breach. the company, which is owned by facebook, says surveillance software was remotely installed on a select number of mobile phones. the breach is all the more surprising because one of whatsapp‘s main attractions is that messages are encrypted. so who are the hackers — and what are they after? here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. it promises total security. 1.5 billion whatsapp users have bought into the pledge that their calls and messages are private. now they're finding out that attackers could have used one missed call to plant spywa re on their phones to monitor their every move. this seems to be quite a sophisticated breach. it will make a voice call, which doesn't even need to be answered by the recipient, and then once you're inside the app, then it's possible to

our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg plays his way through some eurovision classics as the world'smonitor our gas and electric usage. now research by the bbc has discovered that more than two million of these devices are not working. that amounts to 1.7 billion pounds being spent on metres that are not doing the job they're supposed to. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has the story. i want to live in a world where we still have polar bears. we all want to make big changes to help our planet. that's what more than 14 million of us have tried to do by installing a smart metre. we are under pressure to get one. you might have seen the advert or been called or emailed by your energy company. but things aren't working out as perfectly as you might think. we've discovered that 2.3 million smart metres installed in homes across the uk are not working. that's 50% of all smart metres which have now turned dumb or not been connected. -- 1596. i will show you where the smart metre is which is a nice little box outside. andy's meter was only put in a couple of months ago but

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.e hunting a fugitive over the abduction and rapes of three women in and around london, have arrested a man after the abduction of two other women in cheshire. following a car chase and police searches overnight, it's believed thatjoseph mccann was arrested in the early hours of this morning. andy moore reports. in the early hours of this morning a man believed to bejoseph mccann was taken away man believed to bejoseph mccann was ta ken away undercover man believed to bejoseph mccann was taken away undercover in the back of this police car. the suspect is thought was spent several hours up a tree to trained police negotiators. earlier in the evening there was a police pursuit that lead to serious damage to this car. 2 women had been forced into a black car by a man believed to be mccann. police gave chase. after the collision the suspect escaped on foot. the women are said to be shaken but not injured. there had been a nationwide hunt for mccann after police in london offered £21,000 fo

the bbc‘s moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, is a eurovision super fan and every year he performsorming, to my colleague christian fraser. we have chosen our favourites. i like brotherhood of man, save all your kisses for me. can you play that one for me. winner in 1976 from the uk. (music playing). i cannot see you but i imagine you were standing in the dark. i watched a video this morning. imagine how much they put into the set design and dancing. for people back in 1976 doing a bit of this. katie says the first one she can remember and i am not giving any secrets away was 197a. she was ten yea rs secrets away was 197a. she was ten years old. do you know what it was? it was aber, waterloo. 0ne years old. do you know what it was? it was aber, waterloo. one of the classic eurovision wins. —— abba. (music playing) nothing at all surreal about that. if you are not careful we will get rico hizon to sink. keep an eye on the bottom right of the screen where a little girl in a red jacket is making an unexpected entrance. she is two years old. 0ne making an unexpected entrance. she is tw

the bbc‘s moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, is a eurovision super fan with an encyclopedic knowledgeernational house of music and broadcasting live on the bbc news facebook page. let's take a look. i can't play 1564 songs and if i could come that would be extremely worrying from a medical point of view. but i do my best. i hope that we have been joined view. but i do my best. i hope that we have beenjoined by the bbc news channel, and if so, i know that rebecca is the presenter, and rebecca is the presenter, and rebecca has requested the israel winnerfrom 1978, rebecca has requested the israel winnerfrom1978, the rebecca has requested the israel winner from 1978, the very first time that israel won the eurovision song contest, and that was something like this. i have to say, if you look at the 1978 eurovision, my favourite song was the one that came second. that was the one that came second. that was a belgian song. it went something like this. in case you're wondering, what steve rosenberg is actually doing, he is playing any eurovision entry that you care to ask into via the bbc fa