let's get the details with tom wright, who made the podcast fat leonard.ou on the programme. first, if you can, give us a brief overview of what fat leonard is accused of? fat leonard, leonard glenn francis, was accused of bilking the us navy for least $135 million over decades. he was a contractor, the people food, fuel and security into ships, and after september 11, he made huge amounts of money by overcharging the navy. he would put defensive rings around, stop al-qaeda attacks, steel drums and charge millions of dollars for it. the reason he got away with it is he was also helping out senior navy officers, he was giving them crystal champagne, rolex watches, he was hosting parties for them, watches, he was hosting parties forthem, involving for them, involving prostitutes, and forthem, involving prostitutes, and so this whole scheme went on for years and years because navy officers would sign off on these bills that leonard would pass through which were basically inflated. leonard was brought down in 2013 when a navy wife whose husband had been corrup

tom wright made a podcast about him.eonard was furious because he thought he had pleaded guilty to what i have just described. he got cancer and was allowed out ofjail in venezuela. he was wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet and he watched and i agree with him as admiral after admiral who were involved with him were not taken to court. if you look at who was taken to court in the us it was more lower—level officers. 30 or so people were charged. a bunch did jail time. the recent court cases where number of other officers have collapsed. leonard escaped. he tried to board, he went into mexican and then venezuela and he almost got to russia. he was trying to board a plane to russia when he was arrested by venezuelan authorities and now he has been brought back to the us for sentencing. he has already pleaded guilty. how long is expected to be sentenced for? he could get decades injail. i mean, the fact he broke out of home detention and escaped is terrible for him. he was a cooperating witness for many, many years and the

tom wright made a podcast about him. he told me the remarkable story. he told me the remarkable sto .to. , story. he was furious because what he thought _ story. he was furious because what he thought was - story. he was furious because what he thought was he - story. he was furious because | what he thought was he would plead guilty to all of this that i have just described and then he got cancer, he was allowed out ofjail in san diego and put into home detention. he was wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet and he watched — and i agree with him — as admiral after admiral who were involved with him were not taken to court criminally. if you look at who was taken to court in the us, it was more lower—level officers. i think 30 or so people were charged. a bunch did jail time. the recent court cases of a number of other officers have collapsed. so leonard then escaped. he tried to board — he went into mexican and then venezuela and he almost got to russia. he was trying to board a plane to russia when he was arrested by the venezuelan authorities and now he has been brought back to the

this is tom wrights invited to your ranks and fellows. it is with immense honor and pride that i stand before you today to celebrate the official launch of the flooding. recruiting international sovereignty prize. this event marks the start of a unique initiative to recognize an honor, the exceptional efforts made by individuals, organizations, and entire nations to preserve and strengthen their sovereignty. comrade activist the name of vladimir putin, has been associated with strong leadership, resolute defense of national sovereignty and promotion. of balance cooperation between nations, by establishing this award, we seek to highlight the crucial importance of sovereignty in a complex and constantly changing world. sovereignty is not simply a matter of geographical boundaries, but an expression of national identity. we got an invitation and it's really an honor to come here to this ceremony. pan african ism is really achieving success. are countries are engaged in this process with a win win partnership of i see this prize as a very go

and tom wright took this very clear picture of a meteor above holy island's lindisfarne castle.s a lot of cloud round at the moment but there are a few breaks in the cloud, right now across parts of southern and eastern england you have a chance of catch, a sight. lovely end to the day across north east england, few breaks in the cloud there to allow the final rays of the setting sun through. it was across eastern england scotland that had low temperatures today but it will be turning milder as we head on into the weekend. 0vernight we do have extensive cloud. there are a few breaks at the moment in southern and eastern england. damp weather in scotland, patches of drizzle for northern ireland, and for western coasts and hills of wales around western england as well, but it is a relatively mild night. on into the weekend we get this weather front stuck across the north—west of scotland. this could bring pretty large rainfall totals into the highlands, some where between 75 and maybe 200m l of rain. that would bring the threat of flooding and landslip. there is an amber weather w