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

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

urfan sharif, his wife beinash batool and macro's brother faisal malik all deny murder and causing orr homebase has been sold, in a rescue deal securing up to 1,600 jobs and 70 stores, but leaving the future of its remaining 2,000 workers and 49 shops unclear. 0ur correspondent colletta smith is in altrincham. so who has bought it? if you have not heard of— so who has bought it? if you have not heard of the _ so who has bought it? if you have not heard of the company - so who has bought it? if you have not heard of the company cts, i so who has bought it? if you have | not heard of the company cts, you are much more likely to have heard of their named brands, which is the range. that particular store that has been expanding so rapidly over recent years has been one of the main headaches for homebase. with other rivals like b and time, they have been eating into the homebase market at the lower end, at the same time as homebase has really struggled with the competition from the big diy giants b&q and screw fix and successive owners of homebase over the last decade or more have struggle

urfan sharif gave evidence for the third day.ointed to the dock and he said that poor girl, referring to his daughter, sara, always being accused by that psycho. he pointed to his wife, beinash batool, who was sitting in the dock sitting there. that psycho, sitting there, she always accused my daughter. oh urfan sharif also went on to say, i should never have believed her, i never knew i was living with evil and psycho. he also said he was at work a lot of the time and he told the jury that nothing happened when i was home. she always, referring to his wife beinash batool, accused her, sara, of everything thing that happened. the earth and sharif denied beating his daughter, sara, but he did say he slapped her not once, not twice, but multiple times, and it's only because i was made to. thejury but multiple times, and it's only because i was made to. the jury has also heard sara had multiple injuries on her, including bite marks. urfan sharif in the dock told thejury he didn't marks. urfan sharif in the dock told the jury he didn

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and urfan's brother, faisal malik, all deny murder.n monday. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. there's been more flooding in spain, this time in the north—eastern region of girona. cars were washed away by a torrent of water gushing down a street in the town of cadaques, causing them to pile up and block a bridge. it comes just over a week since more than 200 people died, mostly in the valencia region, in the worst floods in decades. charlotte gallagher has the latest. a road becomes a river as dozens of cars are swept away in surging floodwater. there left crumpled and twisted, their path blocked by a bridge. luckily no—one was injured. now the clean—up begins. forecasters had warned of heavy rain in the town and say the area is facing more extreme weather tonight and tomorrow. more than 300 miles away in the valencia area, another community in spain counts the cost of flooding. mud and debris still lies in the streets here. last week, more than 200 people were killed. in the country's worst natural disaster in living memo

"i started giving cpr," urfan sharif replied. "i was numb, i was shocked." he said when he stopped cpr ten minutes later, he realised the ambulance had not been called. he said his wife, beinash batool, told him that one of sara's siblings had been responsible for her death during playing or a fight, and he needed to think of his other children, who could all get taken into care. the next day, the family flew to pakistan, leaving sara in a bunk bed. urfan sharif said his wife told him to write the letter in which he said he killed his daughter. urfan sharif, beinash batool, and his brother, faisal malik, all deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. daniel sandford reporting. the family of a nurse, who died after taking the weight—loss aid, tirzepatide, is calling for greater awareness of drug risks, after the government announced plans to roll it out to some unemployed people to help them back to work. susan mcgowan is believed to be the first person in the uk whose death has been officially linked to the drug — also known as mawnjaro. our r

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and urfan�*s brother, faisal malik, all deny murder.k smog has been engulfing pakistan's second biggest city, lahore, for a week. schools are closed and people are being urged to work from home, because the smog contains pollution levels which are hazardous to health. many hundreds of people have been admitted to hospital with pollution—related conditions. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, reports from the capital islamabad. the bitter haze of thick pollution — cloaking the buildings... ..choking the roads... ..hanging over homes. smog is inescapable in lahore. for over a week, the air quality index here has been registered at record highs — over 1,000, when anything above 300 is considered hazardous. translation: if you use your bike in the afternoon, - your eyes start to burn and you have difficulty breathing. translation: smog hurts the throat, causes cough and flu. _ we get sick and can't breathe properly. masks are mandatory. schools in some districts have been told to close and give lessons online. parks and other publi

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and urfan's brother, faisal malik, all deny murder.t of extra weight and she just wanted to do something a bit different this time to try to lose weight may be a bit quicker. there were never any health concerns. she wasn't on any other medication. with a holiday coming up, susan visited an online pharmacy and was prescribed tirzepatide under the brand name mounjaro. initially, she experienced minor side effects. but after two weeks on the lowest dose, she became very ill. so when she had the severe sickness and went to a&e just a couple of days after the stomach pain started. it was two days after she was in accident and emergency that she basically went into a coma. and didn't wake up from it. and as she was in the coma, every organ started to fail. susan died in early september at the age of 58. her death certificate lists the cause of death as multiple organ failure, septic shock, pancreatitis, and use of prescribed tirzepadide was approved for use as a weight loss aid in the uk in 2023 by the medicines regulator the mhra. mhra run

faisal malika also denies murder as well as beinash batool and sara. —— urfan sharif.roll—out of a new nhs screening programme. the initiative saw mobile trucks target football grounds, supermarkets and town centres in communities with a high prevalence of the disease. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. you had your operation, how long ago was that now? yeah, it was, uh, nearly two and a half years ago. good. everything been 0k since then? yeah. — everything's fine. phil is one of the lucky ones. an invite to one of the nhs mobile screening clinics led to the discovery he had lung cancer. but crucially, it was detected early. something that made a huge difference to his chances of beating the disease. just go and have it done for peace of mind. or, if you need treatment, it'll be sorted straightaway. don't ignore it. i was very lucky. it's more spacious when you're in there than you think it is. i it's not an mri, it's not a tunnel, and it only takes two minutes, i so you're in and out very, very quickly. since the introduction of mobile lung screening cl

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

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

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

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

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

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

urfan sharif said his wife told him to write the letter in which he said he killed his daughter.rder. our top story this afternoon: parents are told they're paying over the odds for baby formula as a government watchdog criticises a lack of market competition, and warns price caps might be needed. saved from closure — we'll hear from the under—threat children's hospice which has reached its fundraising target at the 11th hour. coming up on bbc news: things hotting up in golf�*s race to dubai, with england's paul waring setting the pace with an 11 under par second round in abu dhabi. the family of a nurse who died after taking the weight—loss aid tirzepatide is calling for greater awareness of drug risks, after the government announced plans to roll it out to some unemployed people to help them back to work. susan mcgowan is believed to be the first person in the uk whose death has been officially linked to the drug, also known as mounjaro. our reporter catriona macphee has more. # i see you! susan was such a bubbly person. she was really generous. she was really kind and she was

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