to me, it'sjust punishing tunisia.as young tunisians continued to join the islamic state every day. thamer‘s brother was recruited last year. he showed me the mosque in the back streets of sousse where he believes it all started. this is the mosque where my brother used to pray. i'm100% sure someone had brainwashed him. talking about the dream to have islamic state and to follow the religion. within weeks, thamer‘s brother mohammed had left for libya without saying goodbye. what he's doing is not right, it's not right, no one wants that. it's not right, because killing people in the name of god is, for me, you're out of the religion. and of course there is a big problem here in tunisia because there are so many young men like your brother, who have gone to jihad and if they came back up would be a real danger in this country? to tourists, westerners, to everyone. to tourists, even to us, even for me, even for my family and the next generation, that's for sure, it will be a big problem. whether he comes back or not, tha

to me, it'sjust punishing tunisia.ns continued to join the islamic state every day. thamer‘s brother was recruited last year. he showed me the mosque in the back streets of sousse where he believes it all started. this is the mosque where my brother used to pray. i'm100% sure someone had brainwashed him. talking about the dream to have islamic state and to follow the religion. within weeks, thamer‘s brother mohammed had left the libya without saying goodbye. —— left for libya. what he's doing is not right, it's not right, no one wants that. it's not right, because killing people in the name of god is, for me, you're out of the religion. and of course there is a big problem here in tunisia because there are so many young men like your brother, who have gone to jihad and if they came back up would be a real danger in this country? to tourists, westerners on everyone. to tourists, even to us, even for me, even for my family and the next generation, that's for sure, it will be a big problem. whether he comes back or not, t

senegal had already won it at any one of tunisia, zimbabwe or algeria could have gone through. the task, though, was easiest for tunisia, the only one of the challenge is to have actually won again. if they beat the zimbabweans in this stadium behind me they would book a place in the quarterfinals against burkina faso on saturday. and they swiftly did that, racing into a first half lead at half time, they led by three goals. in the day's began, senegal, who had looked that place against cameroon, they rested ten players for the match against algeria. 2—2 it ended in france will, mane scoring twice for

senegal had already won it, but any one of tunisia, zimbabwe or algeria could have gone through. task, though, was easiest for tunisia, the only one of the challengers to have actually won a game. if they beat the zimbabweans in this stadium behind me, they would book a place in the quarterfinals against burkina faso on saturday. and they swiftly did that, racing into a first—half lead. at half—time, they led by three goals. in the day's big game, senegal, who had booked their place against cameroon, they rested ten players for the match against algeria. 2—2 it ended in franceville, slimani scoring twice for the algerians. not long ago, algeria were the highest—ranked african team, and they arrived at these finals with many tipping them to win theirfirst finals since 1990. instead, the desert foxes, as they are known, bowed out of this competition without winning a game,

tunisia book their place in the knock out stages of afcon, but algeria are heading home.nd nicola adams throws the towel in on her olympic career, and turns pro. hello and welcome along to sport today, on bbc world news. play is under way on quarter—finals day at the australian open, with venus williams in action, as she and roger federer hope to prove that age is just a number, with the veterans both in action, in one of two quarter—finals in the men's and women's draw being played on tuesday. venus is up first, in her match with russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova, hoping to reach a 20th grand slam semi—final at the age of 36. venus took the early advantage, taking the first set. 4—1; in the second. the 35—year—old roger federer is in action against mischa zverev, who beat the world number one, andy murray, later. bernie ecclestone‘s face is one familiar to us all. but, after a four—decade reign as the ruler of formula 1, the sport is now in the hands of new owners, the american company liberty media, and chairman chase carey. their $8 billion takeover of the sport is com

after beating tunisia 2—0. with more from the libreville, here's ed harry.iyad mahrez produced at the best all—round performance of the opening weekend here. how many times have we seen him cut inside from the right and curla seen him cut inside from the right and curl a left footed shot into goal pretty one of those gave algeria the early left dell might lead against zimbabwe but when they slipped to—9 behind against the south african nation then an upset threaten and mahrez dragged his team back into it, inspired the fight back into it, inspired the fight back and scored his second of the match late on to salvage a share of the points. in the late game any senegalese nerves were settled by an early sadio mane penalty but after that their opponents tunisia could never really get back into the swing of the game. bbc african footballer of the game. bbc african footballer of the game. bbc african footballer of the year mahrez, mane and the hosts' aubameyang often in recent yea rs hosts' aubameyang often in recent years linked with a move to the premier league,

impact that would have in tunisia.ourt today would have an impact on the economy, and that in time and have impact on thejune in government, and tunisia is the one surviving member of the arab spring, in the sense that it led to change from a dictatorship to a democratic government, whereas as we know, in other counties, it has led to either absolutely hours on the of dictatorships. they are worried that democratic on decent democratic government in tunisia might be decent and i by undermining the tourist industry. the search for a malaysian airliner that vanished three years ago with 239 people on board has been called off. an underwater search for debris from flight mh370 has failed to discover a significant amount of wreckage. the families of those on board say the decision to stop searching is "irresponsible". the plane disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing, after turning off course. one of the unions behind the southern rail strikes has agreed to suspend three days of industrial action next week, whi

, despite their having been the horrific attack in tunisia in the capitaljuniors horrific attack in tunisiack in tunisia in the capitaljuniors in march, 2015, targeting a museum in which 22, mostly foreign, tourists were killed. this came just three months before the attack ensues, the subject of this inquest. there has been a lot of focus on that and whether the foreign office should indeed have changed its advice or not. what this foreign office officials said is they believe they took a decision in march 2015 across whitehall that they would not do so because the threat was not sufficient enough, despite the previous attack, they thought the threat was not sufficient enough to go to the highest level. that raises questions, one of which is whether the foreign office was concerned about the impact of pulling all british tourists from tunisia. 400,000 went there in 2014, what impact that would have on tunisia. it would have a massive impact on the tourist industry which is very important, which then would have had an impact on the economy and that in turn could have had an impact on the tu

in the encounter between the great rivals tunisia took a second—half lead, courtesy of an on goal.m the penalty spot and a late reply from algeria in stoppage time just wasn't enough. in spain, atletico madrid and barcelona are both on course to reach the semi finals of the spanish cup after impressive wins in the opening legs of their quarter final ties. antoine griezman was on the scoresheet in the first half for atletico, one of his side's three goals against eibar at the vicente calderon. neymar scored a penalty, midway through the first half, and that proved to be enough as barcelona won 1—0 away at real sociedad, and take a slim led into the second leg. elsewhere, the belgian radja nainggolan scored twice for roma as they beat sampdoria 4—0. just the one leg in italy, so, with that win, they are into the quarter finals where they'll be at home to the second division side cesena. so roma you would fancy will reach the semi finals against the only non serie a side left in the draw. india have won the one day series with england, following victory in the second odi in cuttack. i

an inquest into the deaths of 30 britons who were shot dead at a hotel in tunisia in 2015 hears that security in the resort was criticised six months earlier. the libyan man who claims that british agents took part in his kidnap in 2004 is given permission to take legal action. and, alun wynjones becomes the new wales captain for the six nations, replacing sam warburton after six years in charge. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain will be leaving the eu single market. that was the clear—cut message from theresa may as she set out her red lines for the brexit negotiations that are now just weeks away. her core demands are that: britain must be able to control the number of people who come here from the eu. british courts must have the final say in interpreting british laws. and parliament will get the chance to vote on whatever deal is negotiated. the prime minister is aiming for what she called a global britain that has the best possible trade deal with the eu while opening up to the rest of the world. and there was a warning too for her eu counterparts — she will walk awa

now, almost two years later, tunisia remains on high alert.ces struggling to deal with the growth of islamic state. it's estimated 5,000 tunisians have fought for islamic state in iraq, syria and libya. and many have returned home in recent years. the blind disabled woman has told the court how she was left appalled and degraded after being indecently assaulted by rolf harris. mr harris denies seven charges of indecent assault and one of sexual assault. let's cross to southwark crown court and talk to our correspondent, sangita myska. we've heard evidence from this woman all day. she claims that the indecent assault happened in 1977 at moorfields eye hospital in london. she told the jury she was 27 at the time, she was blind and uses a wheelchair. she said she met rolf harris in a small room at the hospital, and in order to greet him she decided to put her hand out. she said, instead, he decided to tell her she was very beautiful and a handshake wouldn't do, and he wanted a cuddle. she said because he was blind she couldn't see he had come dow

could more have been done to warn them of the risks of travelling to tunisia injune 2015, just months capital? this video played in the courtroom yesterday shows the gunman, seifeddine rezgui, arriving in the resort near sousse at the start of his attack, proof that he had accomplices who were probably linked to the earlier atrocity in the capital. and the way rescue was able to systematically shoot dead so many tourists has shown how little security there was at the resort, even though the tunisians had said security had been improved. today a senior foreign office official admitted they had not been formally monitoring the security arrangements in tunisia, but said their chocolate by stress the high risk of terrorist attacks, including in areas visited by foreigners. next in lime to give evidence here will be tui, the parent company of thomson which sold all the package holidays to those who were killed. it is also likely to face some tough questions. richard galpin, bbc news at the high court in london. an 18—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenage gi

now, almost two years later, tunisia remains on high alert.security forces struggling to deal with the growth of islamic state. it's estimated 5,000 tunisians have fought for islamic state in iraq, syria and libya. and many have returned home in recent years. we can get an update from richard who is at the court. there has been some very graphic cctv video shown, and also amateur video showing of the attack as it unfolded. it has been very, very distressing for the families of those killed, some of whom broke down in tears inside the court. one person walked out. they have been warned there would be graphic footage, and one person walked out because they couldn't bear the thought of seeing that kind of video, given the trauma they had been pro—following the death of their loved ones. it's been quite a traumatic day so far. one of the most significant lines so far is that of a witness quoted by the legal counsel to the inquest, in which she said a witness had said that the tourist police, very close to the hotels in sousse, had the ability to s

now, almost two years later, tunisia remains on high alert.e security forces struggling to deal with the growth of islamic state. it's estimated 5,000 tunisians have fought for islamic state in iraq, syria and libya. and many have returned home in recent years. well, in the last hour or so, in the final stages of the hearing today, we have been hearing from a very senior official, a counterterrorism official, from the foreign office and of course there are some questions facing the foreign office in terms of the kind of travel advice they gave at this time and certainly there have been allegations or accusations from some otherfamilies allegations or accusations from some other families that they should have changed their advice from initially it was all but essential travel, and they say it should have been changed to absolutely no travel to tunisia. the foreign office official was insisting the security of british tourist was always their priority, but then went on to say between 2013 and 2014, there had been eight terrorist attacks in tunis

the deaths of 30 british tourists in the tunisia terror attack.e mystery surrounding sherlock, who leaked last night's episode online before it hit our screens? coming up in sportsday on bbc news. big boots to fill, valtteri bottas is announced as nico rosberg's replacement at mercedes where he will partner lewis hamilton next season. some patients face "dangerous" delays getting specialist treatment, due to referral management centres used by some gps in england. the centres were designed to reduce nhs spending, by limiting unnecessary referrals to hospital. but the british medical association says they create barriers and take decisions away from doctors. and the bbc has found many referrals were refused due to administration errors, rather than clinical reasons. our health editor hugh pym has more. if a gp refers you for a hospital checkup or treatment, you might think it would happen automatically, but in some areas, the decision has to be vetted by another organisation, sometimes a private company. and that's the subject of a growing controve

the perpetrator was a rejected asylum seeker from tunisia.lassified by authorities as a potential terrorist, he was allowed to w walk around freely. now the interior minister wants to -- german chancellor angela merkel as announced the government will be strengthening its efforts regarding repatriations. >> that is the same expectation citizens have. the majority's eight we want to meet our humanitarian obligations but it is also necessary that those who do not have protective status leave our country. reporter: but anis amri was not reported because necessary papers were missing. tunisia is not the only company -- country that is not cooperating with germany. politicians are threatening to cut back on development aid. >> i also think the pressure that we exert on these countries must be increased. if cooperation does not work, then we have to consider changing sanctions for countries that do not take back terrorists. reporter: on sunday, demonstrators in tunisia demonstrated repatriation. they do not want their country to be the final destin

we are very positive on tunisia. we are looking at its.iously, as you mentioned in the beginning, yousef, it is a reduced size market. the definitely a country that investors should be watching in the region. i, always a pleasure to have you on the program. io ofis hedi:, ceo and c the duet group. nintendo's latest game console under loans investors. will it be game over for the device before it has even begun? that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back. you are watching bloomberg markets: middle east. i am yousef gamal el-din. nintendo had a wobbly start. it is more expensive than sony playstation 4 and microsoft exports one -- microsoft xbox one. reporter: nintendo's unveiling of the switch. we finally got our hands on experience. im playing zelda, the biggest lost title. the system launches march 3. this is probably the most important title. i have the joycom. youryou have the game on tv, it does not feel that different from, let's say, sony playstation. i think the controller is a little bit smaller, but it is quite similar. this

on tunisia or north africa, but i think what has happened there generally speaking is positive, but when we look at the success stories you have to place them in the context of the region, so one of the reasons that tunisia i think has been more successful in terms of the role of the islamic movement and egypt is that they compromised with the government, so they knew when to participate-- purchased in politics owing not to. it was not on all are nothing proposition. that was not the case in egypt. of the government decided, i think, incorrectly that they were going to oust a democratically elected government, which was the muslim brotherhood and create a military dictatorship, so i don't think that gives us hope for a success story in egypt compared to tunisia when there was more of a democratic process. host: because of the transition that happened, but how much did the education program that the tunisian government invested in the country also help in this? guest: well, the education system as far as i know has always been much more, i guess, shall we say less polarizing than the

now, almost two years later, tunisia remains on high alert.struggling to deal with the growth of islamic state. it's estimated 5,000 tunisians have fought for islamic state in iraq, syria and libya. and many have returned home in recent years. the coroner has made clear this morning that they will be looking at theissue morning that they will be looking at the issue of security at the hotel in sousse where the attack took place. it is also said that they will be looking at what they called the adequacy of the travel advice given by the foreign office and the travel company involved in booking a holiday. already, the councilfor the inquest has said that there is a lot of concern about the booking process. a 35—year—old man is in a stable condition in hospital after being injured in a shooting near a primary school in glasgow. police scotland said no one else was hurt in the incident, which happened close to st george's primary school. detectives say it appears to have been a targeted attack, but don't believe there is an ongoing threat to any o

an inquest into the deaths of 30 britons in a terror attack on a beach in tunisia in 2015, has heardurity forces deliberately responded slowly to the the shootings. also coming up: our nhs patients facing undue delays in getting specialist treatments? our new referral centres in england helping people get to hospitals or blocking them? and here's one for sherlock — how did last night's finale get leaked online before it was broadcast? hello, iam hello, i am annita mcveigh, a very good evening to you from stormont, home of the northern ireland executive which today effectively collapsed. it was deadline day, but that 5pm deadline to try to salvage that 5pm deadline to try to salvage that power—sharing arrangement came and went and it forced the secretary of state for northern ireland james brokenshire to announce that on the 26th of january, the assembly here would formally be dissolved and on the 2nd of march, there will be elections to the assembly in an effort to try to get this power—sharing arrangement back together again. and it was interesting, james brokenshire said not once b

the inquest opens into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed on a tunisia beach in june 2015. northern ireland's devolved government is on the verge of collapse. annita mcveigh, live at stormont, home of northern ireland's power—sharing executive for nearly 20 years. not much longer, it seems, as the clock ticks towards the point when it is thought the secretary of state will call elections. and we will be taking a health check of the state of the nhs in england. good morning. it is monday the 16th of january. i am joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. donald trump has promised that a trade deal between britain and the united states will be a priority when he takes office on friday. he was speaking to the former justice secretary and prominent brexit campaigner michael gove for the times newspaper in his first british interview since becoming us president—elect. here's our political correspondent vicky young. theresa may is about to tell us more about how she thinks the uk can prosper outside of the european union. her critics say the economy will suffer if britain lea

now, almost two years later, tunisia remains on high alert.y forces struggling to deal with the growth of islamic state. it's estimated 5,000 tunisians have fought for islamic state in iraq, syria and libya. and many have returned home in recent years. the coroner has made clear this morning they will be looking at the issue of the security at the hotel, the imperial hotel where the attack took place, he has also said there will be looking at what they call the adequacy of the travel advice given the foreign office and a travel company involved in booking the holiday. and already, the counsel for the inquest said there isa counsel for the inquest said there is a lot of concern about the booking pross. thank you. the former football coach, barry bennell, has pleaded not guilty to eight charges of child sex offences. the former crewe alexandra coach appeared via videolink at chester crown court. let's speak to our sports correspondent who's in chester andy swiss. in chester, andy swiss. yes, as you say, barry bennell didn't appear here in person

the inquest into the killing of 30 british tourists in tunisia hears that the security forces delayedheir response to the attack. in northern ireland, the power—sharing executive has collapsed. there'll be new elections to the assembly on march the 2nd. no one should underestimate the challenge faced to the political institutions here in northern ireland, and what is at stake. rolls—royce will pay nearly £700 million to settle allegations of bribery and corruption. they‘ re quite naughty, rebellious books, i suppose. there are a lot of naughty, rebellious children around. and tributes to the children's author and illustrator babette cole, who's died at the age of 67. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: andy murray gets off to a winning start in melbourne as the world number one sets his sights on the first tennis major of the year, the australian open. good evening. theresa may has been finalising her long—awaited statement on the government's ambitions for the forthcoming talks on leaving the european union. in tomorrow's speech the prime minister's expected to spell out what kin

did they provide sufficient information to be bob planning to go to tunisia? according tojim when gas. he was asked by the lawyer representing the families, did anyone mention to you from amongst the thomson staff at the store in hull, which is where they live, did they mention anything to you about the security threat, and he said absolutely they did not. did they provide you did they mention the availability of the foreign office travel advisories which are on the foreign office website? again, he said, no, they did not. and he said that, having heard what the travel advice was, that was also read out by mr ritchie, he said if he had heard that at the time, he would never have gone to tunisia. so a very strong statement from him. and he also talked about the moment when his wife was killed. they had been on the beach where many of the holiday—makers were killed, the gunman was rampaging through the area at the time, and obviously like many others they tried to run away, and as they tried to move away from the sunbeds, his wife claire was hit bya the sunbeds,

tunisia took the lead in the second half after this deflect into his own net.enalty on 66 minutes. algeria grabbed a consolation goal in overtime but could not prevent the defeat. here is a reminder of the top stories we are following for you. gambia has a new president, a domino -- adama barrow. longtime gambian leader yahya jammeh is still refusing to step down. reports say that the senegalese army has now entered the gambia to force yahya jammeh from power. three bodies have been recovered after an avalanche buried a hotel in central italy. many are missing, feared dead. the disaster comes after the region was shaken by a series of earthquakes on wednesday. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] brent: you can always get dw news on the go, just download our app. that will give your access to the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news. you can use the dw app to send us photos and videos when you see this happening. aft

the inquest into the killing of 30 british tourists in tunisia hears that the security forces delayednd, the power—sharing executive has collapsed. there'll be new elections to the assembly on march the 2nd.

she said at the time of the killings, tunisia was ranked at high—risk with attacks possible.re not advised to avoid the country altogether. daniela relph, bbc news, at the high court. it had been a difficult day for the families as they don't have their loved ones came to die in such a horrifying way. daniela relph, bbc news, at the high court. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we look at barack obama's legacy on race, and how the first african—american president will be remembered. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south af

, despite their having been the horrific attack in tunisia in the capital in march 2015, in which 22ists were killed. this camejust mostly foreign tourists were killed. this came just three months before the attack which is the subject of this inquest. so there has been a lot of focus on that and whether the foreign office should indeed have changed its advice or not. this is outside live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. the british prime minister, theresa may, has ruled out membership of the eu single market when britain leaves the european union. she said staying in would mean accepting the eu's rules without having any say in making them. an air strike by the nigerian military has accidentally killed at least 50 civilians at a camp for displaced people in the north—east of the country. aid workers are among the casualties. the pilot apparently thought he was attacking boko haram insurgents. bbc hausa has more on that. the first ever video footage showing snow leopards and common leopards sharing the same habitat will be discussed at an international meeting starting in nepal

the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed in tunisia injune 2015 opens today. full weather forecast. that‘s in around ten minutes. it was not the most straightforward match. andy murray has won his first round match at the austrlalian 0pen this morning, beating ukraine‘s illya marchenko in straight sets. this is murray‘s first grand slam campaign as a world number one and top seed but he didn‘t have it all his own way against his opponent ranked 94 places lower. the first set took almost one hour. murray took it 7—5. the second set went to a tie break but once murray had won that he raced through the final set 6—2 to book his place in the second round. dan da n eva ns dan evans is in action. he has never made it in the second round in melbourne. he is now involved in a tie—break. fellow briton aljaz bedene lost his first round match while british number three dan evans is in action now against facundo bagnis of argentina. the game between manchester untied and liverpool may have ended in a 1—1 draw but it was a fascinating premir legaue encounter. united‘s worl

a man who was on holiday with his wife in tunisia has said the thomson staff he booked the holiday withany potential security risks, just a month before terrorists attacked them on the beach. jim windass, whose wife claire was killed in the sousse attack in may 2015, also told the inquest that thomson staff didn't mention the foreign office travel advice available online. our correspondent, richard galpin, was at the royal courts ofjustice. this is a really important piece of evidence in this inquest. of course, the role of the holiday companies is key. it's been discussed already a lot during this inquest, did they provide enough information to the holidaymakers, many of them who booked through thomson, did they provide sufficient information to the people planning to go to tunisia at that time? this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: president trump has signed executive orders to relaunch two controversial oil pipelines in the us. the projects were rejected by barack obama following years of campaigning by environmentalists. the gambian parliament has sk

panorama's jane corbin has been back to tunisia and sent this report.o it was packed with british tourists. when a gunman opened fire, killing 30 of them. they had come despite a terrorist attack at the bardo museum in the capital, tunis, three month earlier. some say they were misled about the risks. nikki and andy duffield booked with tour operator thomson. i was constantly asking the question, are we going to be safe? can you guarantee we will be safe? what did they say? that we would. we were told there would be increased security. but british holiday—makers say security wasn't increased. alyson kane and her husband also booked to go to the imperial with thompson. we called them on the 23rd of march after bardo to make sure it was still safe to travel. what did they say? everything was fine, it was safe to travel. they were not doing any refunds or transfers. so again, we were reassured. so if you had tried to cancel, you wouldn't have got your money back. no. the giant travel company tui, which owns thomson, told us it is cooperating to make sure t

an inquest into the deaths of 30 britons in a terror attack on a beach in tunisia in 2015, has heardecurity forces deliberately responded slowly to the the shootings. also coming up: at least 37 people have been killed in a plane crash in kyrgyzstan. drone images show large chunks of debris litter and here's one for sherlock — how did last night's finale get leaked online before it was broadcast? good evening. the political crisis in northern ireland has come to a head with fresh elections called for six weeks‘ time march the 2nd. fresh elections called for six weeks' time march the 2nd.m follows the collapse of the power—sharing executive and a direct refusal by sinn fein to nominate a replacement for martin mcguinness to step down last week. his resignation was the culmination of a bitter dispute with the democratic unionists. the party that shares power in northern ireland with sinn fein. anita mcveigh is at stormont for us. it was deadline day, but that 5pm deadline to try and salvage that power—sharing arrangement came and went and it forced the secretary of state for northern i

questions into how each of the 30 british holiday—makers were killed in the attack in tunisia in 2015d at. there was a portrait of her life from the family, heartfelt portraits. devastating for them, describing her as someone who put the happiness everybody else about her own. someone who had a massive impact to people's lives. a care worker, 51 yea rs old people's lives. a care worker, 51 years old when killed. the other crucial evidence has come from another british holiday—maker, former member of the military he said that when they booked a holiday with thompson travel agent, he said they did not give them any warning about the terrorist risk at that time in tunisia. which is obviously very crucial. he also said they were not aware of the travel advice being put up by the foreign office on its website. he went on to say there was absolutely no security at the front of the hotel, and very poor security in the immediate surrounding areas. that is also very important. that was richard galpin, our correspondent at the courts of justice. just about 5:30 p.m., we will have a headlines in

there's an inquest about the attack in tunisia. difficult to hear, some of the testaments?y in this resort, like many others and he was with his wife. he brought to light the fact that they had booked their holiday at a local thomson travel agency, last minute, recommended by friends, and he said very explicitly that the travel agent had not given them any warning about the terrorist threat in the country at the time. that is very significant, one of the keyissues that is very significant, one of the key issues of this inquest. he also said that he did not check the advice is put online by the foreign office, the travel advice, which said there should only be essential travel, at the time in most of the country. he said he was not aware of that advice and the fact there was a website where you can get that information which is also very important. he went on to talk about, when they arrived at the hotel, as a former member of the armed forces, he said, he said he saw no security at all at the front of the hotel and he described it as being very different from other holidays

a man, who was on holiday with his wife in tunisia, has said the thompson staff he booked the holidayst a month before terrorists attacked them on the beach. jim windass, whose wife claire was killed in the sousse attack in may 2015, also told the inquest that thomson staff didn't mention the foreign office travel advice available online. our correspondent richard galpin was at the royal courts ofjustice. this is a really important piece of evidence in this inquest, of course the role of the holiday companies is absolutely key. it's been discussed already a lot during this inquest — did they provide enough information to the holidaymakers, many of them who booked through thomson, did they provide sufficient information to the people planning to go to tunisia at that time, before they booked their holidays? certainly, as you we re their holidays? certainly, as you were saying from jim windass, it appears, as faras were saying from jim windass, it appears, as far as he's concerned, that they did not. he was asked by the lawyer representing the families specifically, "did anyone mention

and here's the confirmation of the quarter—final line—up — starting with burkina faso versus tunisiaunday, it's ghana versus dr congo and egypt against morocco. southampton have reached the final of the efl cup in england... beating liverpool in the semi final by two goals to nil over two legs liverpool trailed by a goal going into wednesday's second leg at anfield... and had their chances to level the tie... daniel sturridge volleying over from close range.// daniel sturridge volleying over from close range. but in injury time southampton got the crucial goal on the break through shane long to win the second leg 1—0 and reach their first league cup final since 1979. real madrid have been knocked out of spain's copa del rey, beaten by celta vigo 11—3 on aggregate in the quarter finals. celta were never behind on the night with cristiano ronaldo and lucas vazquez‘s goals not enoug for real madrid who after wednesday's 2—all draw have now only won one of their last three games. daniel wass got what proved to be the winner. earlier atletico madrid had no such problems. ending a—bar‘s re

france, tunisia, lebanon, saudi arabia. real international tragedy. of newspapers, such as the times, looking at the daily telegraph at the moment, trying to look at who or what was responsible, but not many guesses are needed. well, at the moment the times is speculating that he could be isis, but we don't have a firm conclusion and that something that needs to be worked out. interesting in the times also is the british security minister ben wallace says they are on the lookout at the moment for the enemy within, which is a famous phrase, but especially quoting there are traitors. that's something that will be scaring every government around the world at the moment. it reminds us the world at the moment. it reminds us of the geopolitical risk that remains. it is very prevalent across europe. 0ne remains. it is very prevalent across europe. one of the other big issues for europe this year is lots of key elections in key countries, france, germany, holland. the financial times looks at marine le pen and the funding she is getting, from her dad. it has

tunisia book their place in the knock out stages of afcon, but algeria are heading home. her olympic career, and turns pro. hello and welcome along to sport today, on bbc world news. play is under way on quarter—finals day at the australian open, with venus williams in action, as she and roger federer hope to prove that age is just a number, with the veterans both in action, in one of two quarter—finals in the men's and women's draw

deaths of thirty british holiday makers, who were murdered by a gunman in an attack on a beach in tunisiaach of the victims of the attack. a short time ago our correspondent richard galpin brought us up to date with the latest events at the royal court ofjustice today we have had some very important evidence again this afternoon in the last few hours. in particular, from a man calledjim last few hours. in particular, from a man called jim windass from hull. he was on holiday with his wife claire who was killed in the attack and he described the moment when she was killed, it was in the chaos on the beach as the gunman was running amok opening fire with an automatic weapon on the holiday—makers on the beach. he said that they were trying to escape and his wife was hit by a bullet. she collapsed. he went down on the ground with her and, as he looked up, he saw the gunman approaching, firing on other tourists and then, looking at him, you could see him turn and look at him, but for some reason the gunman did not open fire on him as well. what mr windass had to say was about the process of bo

they were both really smitten with each other and again they went to tunisia to celebrate them gettingy had just got. so that was sort of a celebration of what they were doing. another victim, 59—year—old stephen mellor, a witty and funny man, the inquest was told, who idolised his children and grandchildren. his mother, seen here in pink, read out the family's tributes to her son. his wife cheryl, visibly upset in court, had to listen as her statement was read out. the couple had been doing crosswords on the beach when the attack began. they were on some mantras and saw the suspect was that she said, they were on sun lounges. we were clutching each other in fear. steve and i said, if one of us survives, tell the children we love them. mrs mellor‘s statement went on to describe how the gunman approached them. she saw him looking at a blonde lady nearby. the lady had said, please, no, i have got family. he paused for a moment, and shot. another witness statement described him as smiling as he shot from side to side. cheryl was shot first but survived. stephen died on the beach. i'm only

officials say 15 foreigners were killed, including citizens from israel, france, belgium, tunisia, india, jordan and saudi arabia. at least 23 people have been killed and 17 more are missing after a ferry caught fire off the coast of indonesia. the vessel was en route to a resort island around 50 kilometres from the capital, jakarta. here in the uk, the queen is said to be feeling "better" despite missing a new year's day church service as she recovers from a heavy cold. other members of the royal family attended the service at sandringham, the queen's norfolk estate. now on bbc news. the syrian national orchestra for arabic music was founded in damascus in 2003. but, after the outbreak of war in 2011, many of its members were forced to flee the country. our world follows four musicians — as they prepare for a ground—breaking series of concerts, reuniting orchestra members in exile, and those in syria, in the hope of changing perceptions of their war—torn nation. over ten years ago, a remarkable orchestra played in damascus. performing arabic music at the highest level. but when war brok

gabon are only the fourth africa cup of nations post to go out in the group stage and not think tunisiaut for gabon it was all nearly so different. after four minutes their captain and star player missed a glorious opportunity and then in stoppage time the post was hit. an agonising finish as gabon crashed out. meanwhile, cameroon go through as group runners—up and will play senegal in an enticing quarter—final. in another game, the keener faso advance as group a winners. —— burkina faso. after recent presidential elections, the opposition spoke of a boycott on the africa cup of nations. that will now come evermore into focus now that the people here don't have to get behind their team. so, confirmation of those results — an early exit from the tournament for gabon. all eyes on the usa on sunday as the championship games of the nfl take place. atlanta are through to their second ever superbowl, after thrashing green bay 44—21 in the nfc matchup. quaterback matt ryan was outstanding from the very start and he threw for four touchdowns and even ran one in himself. it was a big team effort

surprised if the flake low elevations near the beaches of the mediterranean, would you believe it, and tunisiaeet and snow for a time. over here we have a lot of cloud overnight tonight, that will keep up to bridges for most areas, but the odd pocket of frost for eastern scotland and south—east england. yes, a sharp frost is setting in, and by the end of the night temperatures getting to six, -7 in night temperatures getting to six, —7 in the coldest spots. high pressure might be in charge of the weather, but for most it will be a cloudy day. and particularly around but we have this weather front lurking across wales, into the north midlands and northern england, that front just midlands and northern england, that frontjust bringing little more in the way of cloud, so some spots of drizzle, mist and fog patch is associated with that. some ice for northern scotland, but breaks in the cloud for eastern areas of scotland. now, through the rest of the day, the rule of thumb is the closer you are to the front, the less likely you are to get cloud breaks. staying over craft in this area. south—east

the inquest hearing into the tunisia terror attack has been hearing more evidence about how the victimsd — including from a woman who survived by playing dead — after she was shot five times. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7 o'clock we'll have our new series 100 days — which is focussing on events following the brexit vote and trump's presidency in the united states. later, we'll have more on president trump's push to boost the us car industry and restart two controversial pipeline projects. and at quarter to nine, i'll discuss this year's oscar nominations with film critic chris hewitt from empire magazine. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello i'm olly foster — these are our sportsday headlines tonight. sir alex ferguson calls rooney a true great and can't see anyone beating his club record. what now for formula one? no bernie, we hearfrom brawn and his plans for the sport. and federer is still a force to be reckoned with. he's one match away from the final in mel