in the western alliance thought it would be?ould think so, we have to remember that back in october, why in the whole operation to start liberating mosul started, the iraqi forces said it would take roughly three months to the break the city. of course there was an understanding, and awareness, that liberating the eastern part of the city was going to be much easier, then liberating the western side of then liberating the western side of the city, even that first of all isis leaders, are concentrating on the western side of the city but also because of the concentration of civilians that are on that side of the city compared to the eastern. so there was an awareness that the battle was going to be much tougher in the west of mosul. but i don't think they were expecting that level of competition. and the convocations themselves, is it is fighters using civilians as human shields, is it the fortifications that the is fighters have? are they simply putting up much more stiffer resista nce putting up much more stiffer resistance in

western areas of scotland is looking wet. cumbria as well.n and off through the rest of the day. for the east, after a cloudy start, things will brighten up the sunshine coming in. for scotland, south—western areas the warmest. dumfrees and galloway. not too much rain towards the murray coastline. brighter spells. northern ireland, rain. there or therabouts for much of the day. some drier spells from time to time. western england and wales seeing some rain even into the afternoon. further east, warm sunshine. sunshine will be hazy. we could see temperatures pushing up to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. now, during the evening and overnight, there will be some more wet weather coming across western areas of the uk. the rain will turn more persistent and heavy. murky conditions developing over the hills as well mist and fog. but it wil be another mild night. temperatures 11—12 for many of us. friday's weather picture. low pressure is in charge. a band of rain moving north and east through the morning. then the weather will try to improve as we

there are an estimated 750,000 civilians trapped inside western mosul.ny as 250,000—300,000 of those are expected to come to these camps as the fighting intensifies and their areas are cleared. here, people are queueing for food and for water. the psychological impact of the war is almost unbelievable. these children have not been to school for two or three years, after islamic state took over their cities. they've seen some terrible things. they've seen people executed for trying to leave the city. indeed, some of the people i've spoken to here today say that other civilians have been forced by islamic state to go behind the frontlines and act as human shields. these people, in some ways, are the lucky ones. they've been able to escape the war, the brutality of the islamic state and the bombardment from government forces. but these camps, again, are going to fill up in the next few days. there is a humanitarian crisis. more help is needed as more people tried to escape from western mosul. also making news today: a un report has accused the syrian govern

western areas will have rain today. rain coming from the south and west.s of england, the air has been coming up from the near continent, and that is going to be bringing temperatures into the low 20s in the warmest spots. as i say, the warmest day of the year so far. a mild start to the day, then, for many of us with temperatures staying in double figures, ii to 12 degrees as we start off. always the risk of some pulses of rain affecting northern ireland. western areas of scotland looking pretty wet. and maybe for cumbria as well. and in fact there will be some further pulses of rain coming and going across these western areas through the day on and off really through the rest of the day. for the east, after a rather cloudy start to things, things will brighten up with some hazy sunshine coming through. now, in scotland, south—western areas the warmest. dumfrees and galloway. not too much rain towards the murray coastline. here there could be some brighter spells coming through. northern ireland, rain. there or therabouts for much of the day. but there wi

3333 not just over wintry showers, many northern and western 3333 notjust over higher western areas,t lower levels at times well. a cold start to wednesday, further flaring? ” " well. a cold start to wednesday, further seiner? showers dotted further wintry showers dotted around, and called again to start thursday. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: another warning over health service funding. a leading nhs executive says many trusts will struggle to meet targets. police arrest a man in east london over the murder of a one—year—old 152375523] 11535 5115321531 gut-15; , ,, , ,, a”, ,, ”7, a row over george osborne's latestjob as editor of the evening standard newspaper. it means the former chancellor has the suffering of the civilians survivors of islamic state now in desperate need of aid. and also in the next hour, the water main in derby that burst with such force it damaged houses and cars. residents said they thought a bomb had gone off as water crashed through their bedroom windows in the middle of the night.

scattered showers in the western side of scotland.ost in places. but it is a chilly start. chilly start for all and wet start to somebody clearly in the south—west of england. the rain into the sap of wales and getting into the isle of wight as well full but most of wales and the midlands start off on a promising note. eastern coastal counties still a bit grey and done, but the rain is light and patchy. bright start for the north—west of england, northern ireland and much of scotla nd england, northern ireland and much of scotland starts on a dry note and cloudy. wetter weather to be had in the north and west were it will be breezy through the morning. improvements in the south—west through the day. the rain will become fragmented, turned the showers before fading away pretty much completely into the afternoon. elsewhere, a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. most of the showers will be across central and eastern areas. wetter weather getting into northern ireland. scattering of showers on the western side of scotland. monday e

and western europe. the immediate issues, combating stance against the soviet union, which was seen to endanger, rearm and negotiate parallel. there is a significant domestic dynamic to this as well. that peace movement in germany included many members of schmidt's own party. the western europeans try to cooperate closely to mediate the american administration's. in 1989, writing to reagan that thatcher appears deeply concerned and would take an account the federal republic of germany. he almost pleaded in london not to isolate chancellor schmidt, who she described as a really good friend of the u.s. again we can see the philosophy. was that europeans are desperate to hold onto arms-control talks. both for domestic party politics. seem increasing the convinced it at out used its usefulness. note.re was next to the so it is scribbled in handwriting. he was probably -- you cares. faith is saving the european governments and the interview with the overriding concern u.s. policy. he said that makes it intens

and it will hurt the communities and the people of our western states. and i would ask that you don't just take my word for this. six counties from six different states have challenged this rule as impairing the informational and coordination rights of local governments. they believe that it violates flpma and that b.l.m. has failed to properly evaluate the impacts that it will have. i think they've got a very strong case. this is a fatally flawed rule. our best option is to overturn it while we have the ability to do so under the congressional review act. and to hold b.l.m. accountable to the underlying statute and its multiple-use mission. and if we can agree to do that, if we can agree to do that today, we can then work with our new secretary of the interior, secretary zinke, to make genuine improvements to the b.l.m. land management planning process. i know that secretary zinke cares about our public lands. he understands these issues. and i think he's dedicated to ensuring that we get this right. i'd like to close by thanking the rowflly 80 -- rough

in fact, they said western democracy and true shariah cannot coexist.ct over time. it chases you and changes you. the reason waterboarding was not done more than it was was because the interrogators did not want to do it. we agreed to do it to these people to stop catastrophic attacks. 0nce we had enough information that we did not need to use it, we were not interested in it any more. waterboarding is not the first or best choice. we went out of our way to avoid doing that. and so i think if you... you know? it is one thing to put people in cages and nail people to trees and crucify children and bury people and throw rocks at them. it is difficult to come back from that. was to four-year? i rely on legality. i am convinced that we did things in a way that did not produce permanent harm, mentally or physically. that is my obligation when i do get. i don't have any control over how people do it. you said you wondered about whether you should actually carry out these things that it would change your life as you knew it. do you regret going down that path?

orla guerin, bbc news, western mosul.arked sanctions from the west and a revival of cold war tensions. three years ago, russia sent special forces into crimea to annex the region. the take over was followed by a separatist conflict in eastern ukraine that has claimed tens of thousands of lives in nearly three years of fighting. steve rosenberg has been back to the region to find out how people are coping with life under russian rule. blessed by nature, beset with contention. this is crimea. it's three years since russia annexed the peninsula from ukraine. pushing east and west into a new cold war. today, moscow is cementing its presence. with a bridge that will bind crimea to the russian mainland. with its military, too, russia's moved its most powerful weapons here, and where ever you go in crimea you'e left in no doubt who's in charge. olga welcomes russian rule. crimea, she says, has returned home. she chides western leaders who disagree. we don't understand them because we are already for three years we're in russia.

western side of wales.hills and coasts. it may become drier in scotla nd coasts. it may become drier in scotland later tonight. the north of scotla nd scotland later tonight. the north of scotland sees the coldest weather overnight, a mild night overnight, otherwise a mild night on a this week in the overnight, otherwise a mild night on a - this week in the wind will a whole. this week in the wind will pick up, fee e5 5 sunday. ff a whole. this week in the wind will pick up, sunday. some pick up, particularly sunday. some wet weather around in the western side of the uk and drier and brighter in the east. some sunshine east of england and scotland on saturday but rain across wales, southwest for a while and turning wetter in northern ireland and then moving into northern england and east of scotland. a good chance of staying dry in eastern england. this mild air. pretty mild for the rugby six nations. . pretty cloudy skies, probably dry. when that will pick up later in the day in dublin. the wind strengthen

there are no good options for the people of western mosul.ee here the utter desperation in this area. have come here. they say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies. people in the queue are really afraid that the food is going to run out before they've been able to get some. barely able to walk, but with many mouths to feed, hamda mohamed, whose family is living on bread and water. gunfire. "i'm crying," she says, "because my children don't understand why we have no,food.".! "they don't accept my excuses." "is took our money to buy weapons." "i hope they will burn." another woman has suffered a double loss. "is killed two of my sons," she says. one had just got married. as the troops keep watch, there's tension in the crowd. with the frustration building, hatem ahmed compares the security forces to his former oppressors. what's the difference between the is police and these guys, he asks. "the is police beat us, and they beat us, just for asking forfood." "is this the liberation they've brought us? " nearby

the plight of the people of western mosul.rla guerin reports from the camps in iraq, struggling to feed up to 500,000 survivors of the so—called islamic state. they say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies, and people in the queue are really afraid that the food is going to run out before they have been able to get some. returning to crimea after three years after vladimir putin annexed the region. steve rosenberg finds out how people feel about russian rule and sanctions. moscow insists that most of the people who live here are happy to be in russia. but not everyone is. and from the greatest show on earth to a ghost town. six months after the rio 0lympics, the organisers tell wyre davies they were a missed opportunity. i feel that olympic games in brazil was not so successful, because legacy was not the number one. you might not think football was syria's biggest priority at the moment, but you would be surprised to hear the country still has a national football team, and it's competing f

equipment and technology for the construction of a natural gas pipeline from western siberia to western europe failed. these efforts failed because the soviets were able to acquire the equipment, technology, and credits a needed from western countries. i also argue the decisions by saudi arabia to increase oil production's in the fall of 1985 led to the oil price collapse, it was not to to u.s. persuasion, but because previous policy that saudi's have been following and cutting production to maintain prices was not working. it cost them billions of dollars in revenue. the resulting collapse in oil price had a devastating impact on the soviet economy and contributed significantly to the demise of the soviet system. but, this outcome stems from changes in global oil markets, and the soviet union's ongoing internal crisis, not from u.s. economic warfare. for a brief. in the 70's and early 80's, it looked like a rich oil and gas resources of the soviet union might enable them to modernize their economy. higher prices in the 70's allowed soviets to import large amounts of western grain and m

western areas of scotland is looking wet. cumbria as well.h the rest of the day. for the east, after a cloudy start, things will brighten up the sunshine coming in. for scotland, south—western areas the warmest. dumfrees and galloway. not too much rain towards the murray coastline. brighter spells. northern ireland, rain. there or therabouts for much of the day. some drier spells from time to time. western england and wales seeing some rain even into the afternoon. further east, warm sunshine. sunshine will be hazy. we could see temperatures pushing up to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. now, during the evening and overnight, there will be some more wet weather coming across western areas of the uk. the rain will turn more persistent and heavy. murky conditions developing over the hills as well with mist and fog. but it wil be another mild night. temperatures 11—12 for many of us. friday's weather picture. low pressure is in charge. a band of rain moving north and east through the morning. then the weather will try to improve as we head throu

fear and hunger in western mosul. 500,000 million people face an uncertain future after so—called weave a special report. querrey they say they have no running water, no electricity, no access to medical supplies and people in the queue a@ really people in the queue are really afraid the food is going to run out before they've been able to get some. no evidence of collusion between the trump election campaign and russia, but us officials say moscow did try to influence the result. brazil insists its meat is safe, but revelations about sales of rotten produce could hit its massive export market. and a class act. we meet the canadian who's scooped the $1 million global teacher prize. hello. good to have you with us. one month on from the renewed offensive to finally re—take iraq's report on the plight of the civilians of mosul. many thousands have fled the fighting, but the 500,000 people still there are facing a new battle to survive. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin has seen the desperation first hand from the edge of al mansur district of western mosul. in the clamour for h

the majority in the western side.ans in buildings if you get intelligence. the more civilians by more it helps isil. it is their centre of gravity. is it an error in terms of the intelligence on the park of the iraqis?” error in terms of the intelligence on the park of the iraqis? i do not think it was an error. they do not ca re if think it was an error. they do not care if there were civilian casualties. mosul is the first city with more than 50,000 civilians in it. this is the first time a military operation has gone in inner city with more than 50,000. they have done it before and they have demonstrated the same tactics but there are more people here so more casualties. it is a very strong statement that i worked with them a lot. i spent time in iraq, specifically to ascertain targets. security forces so this is not a surprise for those embedded in the predominantly shia army. and especially the federal police. in terms of the us led coalition and their relationship with people on their relationship with people on

he wanted it not to meddle in the western hemisphere.r on poverty", paving the way for a range of welfare programme is. and this administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in america. mr speaker, the president of the united states. one of the most memorable phrases ever uttered in the state of the union came in resident george w bush's 2002 address, which warned a run, iraq, and north korea threaten peace in the world. —— iran. it marked the launch of the "war on terror". states like these positive and axis of evil, threatening the peace of the world. can i's speech, a statement of purpose, is likely to echo donald trump's defiant and uncompromising inaugural address, a promised to put america first, and to tra nsfer promised to put america first, and to transfer power back to the people watching. —— a promise to. we'll have full coverage of that on the bbc.. you have been watching newsday. and one last story before we go, football is often known for its die—hard fans, who sometimes get a bit carried away a

the uk will lead the way by hosting the 2018 western balkans summit.e run—up to this year, we will enhance our security cooperation with our western balkans partners, including an serious and organised crime, anti—corruption and cyber security. finally, turning to brexit, our european partners have made clear to me that they want to get on with the negotiations, and so do why. it is time to get on with leaving the european union and building the independent, self—governing, global britain the british people have called for. and so, asi british people have called for. and so, as i have said, we will trigger article 50 by the end of this month. this will be a defining moment for the uk as we begin the process of forging a new role for ourselves in the world. as a strong country with control over our borders and over oui’ control over our borders and over our laws. and, as the chancellor made clear yesterday, we will use this moment of change to build a stronger economy and a there is society that works for ordinary working people by embracing genuine eco

to date has not been completely dry across south—western pa rt completely dry across south—western partthe uk, with some rain, but over the next 2a hours, the low pressure that has brought the rain for the last couple of days will finally start to pull away. so this is the rain bearing cloud we have today in the south—west. you can see it rotating, pushing out towards the south—west, but temporarily through this evening and overnight, this front coming out of france name it the south coast anywhere from, say, portsmouth westwards. the majority of the country will have a dry and cold night, with skies clearing, and in scotland and northern ireland, a good chance of frost. let's look at the forecast for eight a. m.. good chance of frost. let's look at the forecast for eight a.m.. a good chance of frost. let's look at the forecast for eight a. m.. a few spots of rain across cornwall, devon and somerset. further east and north, a bit more cloud, which will be thinning the further north you go. sunshine across north—western england, so a nice day there. a nice start of the day in manchester,

although western countries were not happy with that.rison he was advised to break ties with castro and with the plo. his response was very simple. to the western leaders, when we came to you for assistance, you condemned us as terrorists. it would be ungrateful and immoral of us now to turn our backs on those who supported us. is it solely because they supported you ? you will know that alan butler, whose son was injured, and he was injured, when a bus was bombed in jerusalem. he said the media had attempted to portray marwan barghouti as a kind of nelson mandela. the truth is quite the opposite. he has shown no remorse for his activities. mandela showed no remorse for what we had done. in fact we have been proud of what we have done. we can't prescribe to another country how they should run their struggle. my own view is that i continue to support the palestinian struggle, once the leaders have decided this is the road we will take. is their use of violence justified? if so, that is not for me to say. but if they in their wisdom resort

as the day wears on though, the cloud across western areas will slowly creep eastwards.d east anglia really until after dark. here you should see the sunshine. maybe a high of 13—14 degrees. further west though, it will be very mild but rather cloudy with some spots of light rain. so it means for the six nations rugby, wales v ireland, in cardiff, during the evening it looks like it will be a fairly mild one, rather cloudy and there could be the odd spit of rain in the air. now, as we head into the weekend, it's a tale of two halves. i think saturday looking dry into sunday looks like we'll see a weather front bringing some cooler and fresher air, mainly across northern and western areas. for saturday though, skies will be brightening up across northern ireland and scotland behind this weather front which will bring some dreary weather to central parts of the uk. sunday is a messier picture. we lose one weather front only to be replaced by another one. and there will be some dry interludes here and there. looks like there will be some rain about and feeling fresher. so t

a decision by our court binds courts and litigants and the whole western area.

you know, we're in a world where israel is one of a family in my view, a family of western democratic nations. we have common dlthreats. we have common interests, but particularly common threats. and i tell people what is the difference between our values and israel's, none. the only difference between the threats we face in canada, you face in the united states, our allies face in israel is that israel is much closer to those threats than we are. and so i believe as prime minister of canada we have a very simple choice, that we stand by israel and we stand against those threats or we watch those threats come daily to our own shores. that is why i believe so strongly that as canadians and americans, all western countries, it is in our absolute vital interest to stand by the state of israel. [ applause ] >> so as you look back on your tenure as prime minister, what do you know consider to be your top prierorities and achievemen in that bilateral things. i mean, one of the things i consider small in a way because it was more a personal honor, i was the first canadian prime minister ever

for scotland, south—western areas the warmest. dumfrees and galloway.ain. some drier spells from time to time. western england and wales seeing some rain. further east, warm sunshine. sunshine will be hazy. we could see temperatures pushing up to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. now, during the evening and overnight, there will be some more wet weather coming across western areas of the uk. the rain will turn persistent and heavy. murky conditions in the hills as well with mist and fog. but it wil be another mild night. temperatures 11—12 for many of us. friday's weather picture. low pressure is in charge. a band of rain moving north and east. then the weather will try to improve as we head through the afternoon. northern ireland brightening up. sunshine in england and wales. some areas of scotland as well. it will turn quite windy for northern scotland later on. warm in the far north. in the sunshine, temperatures pushing well into the teens. pretty mild for the time of year. the weekend, and unsettled start to things on saturday. a mixture of bright s

more help is needed as more people tried to escape from western mosul.s: i walk —— hayball crime has been pointed at by its syrian forces. they concluded the syrian forces. they concluded the syrian air force dropped weapons on the eastern part of a aleppo. the evacuation amounted to forced displacement. rebel groups are accused of crimes including shelling western aleppo, withholding aid and using civilians as human shields. they say there is no evidence linking russia to crimes involving chemical weapons despite being closely involved with bombing campaigns. another key finding concerns of this fatal attack on an aid convoy last september. after reviewing evidence including witness evidence and satellite images, it has been concluded the syrian government was responsible. what happened in aleppo shows how much the warring parties disregarded international law and our little they fear a counter the tip. we hope oui’ they fear a counter the tip. we hope our report not only documents the events in aleppo but also that it helps to show that those responsib

deepening concerns for civilians in western mosul.royal marine, convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, is told he'll be freed early.

that and see what is good morning in the western edition let's see - a mr. washington is there a what's zip code. >> 94115. >> 115. >> and 94117. >> i would assume the zip codes from where the business codes are coming from i saw this the south of market and north of maeshthd and dog patch was prominent with obviously areas where professional services will have their businesses and on the construction side it is seemed like bayview hunters point is a strong that means it is because it is cheaper to operate there with the construction companies they're great. >> i imagine storage space and that's good for the community having a lot of presence. >> can we get a map also (laughter) mr. lee. >> the report is getting longer and longer. >> make that smaller i had a question this is - yeah. i love all the numbers the only kind of bigger picture question i have i think was we talked about this before in terms of folks we think are available; right? we're drawing from the city lbe certified pool where i'm not talking about a available study but trying to understand o

for scotland, south—western areas the warmest. dumfrees and galloway. there will be some drier spells from time to time. western england and wales also prone to seeing some pulses of rain even into the afternoon. but further east, that's where we've got the warm sunshine. sunshine will be hazy. we could see temperatures pushing up to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. now, during the evening and overnight, there will be some more wet weather coming across western areas of the uk. the rain turning more persistent and heavier. there'll be some rather murky conditions developing over the hills as well with mist and fog patches. but it wil be another mild night. temperatures 11—12 degrees for many of us. let's take a look at friday's weather picture. low pressure is in charge. we're going to see a band of rain moving its way north and east through the morning. then the weather will try to improve as we head through the afternoon. northern ireland brightening up. there'll be some sunshine spreading across much of england and wales. southern areas of scotland t

a new area of low pressure flirts with the south—western quarter, before it d rifts south—western quarterg big gains in northern ireland's assembly elections. the dup is still the biggest party but with just one more seat than the republicans. the two parties now have three weeks to try to agree a new power—sharing coalition. president trump accuses the obama administration of tapping his phone during the presidential election campaign. the president tweeted "this is nixon/watergate". there are fears for the future of vauxhall plants in britain after a french car company — which produces peugeot vehicles — reportedly reaches a deal to buy general motors' european operations. britain is not be legally obliged to make a final budget payment to the eu after brexit, according to a house of lords committee. downing street has described the report as a "significant contribution". thousands of people are marching in london to demonstrate over nhs cuts. protestors have travelled from across the country and jeremy corbyn is expected to address the crowd. now on bbc news, we visit hull as britain's

further fronts push in off the atlantic, affecting north—western pa rt atlantic, affecting north—westernng in warm airfor a time on thursday, watch how the map turns orange across east anglia and the south—east. somebody somewhere here could be knocking on the door of 20 degrees. further north, more cloud and breeze, with rain around as well. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: police investigating wednesday's attack in westminster say they've found no evidence that khalid masood had any link with so—called islamic state. i would more describe him as someone who has been exploited, a man who is clearly a lone actor who has come up from the basement so to speak to commit a murderous and cowardly attack. with only two days to go before the brexit process is triggered, nicola sturgeon and theresa may hold their first face—to—face talks since the demand for a new independence referendum. political parties in northern ireland have been given more time to try to form a power—sharing government after failing to meet today's deadline. and on newsnight, we have the uk televi

but to actually hear about it in a western facility. ina zoo! hear about it in a western facility.v. obviously the rhino horns are shipped off to china or other far eastern countries, apparently they can make about 35 grand, which doesn't seem that much when you consider what they've actually done. used in traditional medicine. yes. it's really sad. british zoos, well probably zoos all over europe, are upping their security. whip nay, which has —— whipsneade is upping its security to make sure our rhinos are safe. we have run out of time. front page of the mail. mary berry. i mean, what's going on here. she's apparently stirred up a debate, what do you put in spag bol. this debate has been going on for more than 2a hours. she put white wine in her bolognese last night on tv. and cream! cream and white wine. i don't know, everyone has about in uproar on twitter and saying it should be red wine. you can't put cream in spaghetti bolognese. that's what clive puts in. red wine? at least three quarters, but you made it last night. i did. what was in it? it was very traditional. but the b

it looks lovely for northern ireland in the afternoon, western fringes of the uk.nd that means we will see some sunshine, but it will not feel as warm as it did during the day on saturday. temperatures only 12—14 degrees. and then through the night, as the skies clear further, we are in for a chillier night. we could have a frost, a light frost, as we head into monday morning. perhaps the far south and east still quite cloudy, so still escaping. but, with high pressure building in for the start of the week, it means that the weather is settling down. so monday looks like a decently dry day, with some springlike sunshine, just not the springlike temperatures we saw through the first half of the weekend. but still, 1a or 15 with sunshine is pleasant enough. but that weak weather front is starting to invade from the north—west. the breeze is increasing, so tuesday brings more cloud further south on that weather front, not much rain. it hangs around into wednesday before the pressure tries to build back in again, and the weather fronts mostly pester northern and wester

it is webby 21st-century western country. -- it won't be.g. sexual harassment is a huge problem in india. some surveys suggest more than 80% of women there have been harassed at some time in their lives. now india's most populous state, uttar pradesh, is taking action, sending out what it calls "anti—romeo squads". justin rowlatt, has been to see one of the police teams in action. this seems pretty random to me. they are just stopping guys, like this guy here. asking them what they're up to, checking their id. there is no evidence that this guy was harassing women at all. you can go to everyone and say, what are you doing? why are you doing that? what is this? this is not the way to correct your country. russia's opposition leader alexei navalny has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for organising the biggest anti—government protests in the country for several years. tens of thousands of people attended the anti—corru ption rallies in cities across russia. the kremlin said the demonstrations were illegal — describing them as ‘a provocation

western scotla nd a bit of a messy picture.s. this weather front will continue to bring some wet weather to england and wales. it become confined to the eastern will become confined to the eastern quadrant of england in the afternoon. some brightness to the north and west. some snow over higher ground. single figure values in this area. a cold showery feel to the weather, certainly cold on tuesday. there will be wintry showers in the north and west. 0vernight frosts will make a return as well. keep tuned to the weather forecast. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 5pm: police are hunting a man over the murder of a one—year—old boy in north london. the toddler's twin sister has been critically injured. i would like to urge the help of the general public in the search for the following man. he is bidhya sagar das, a 33—year—old male of asian heritage. another warning over health service funding — a leading nhs executive says many trusts will struggle us intelligence chiefs reject claims! that donald trump's presiden

western highland lens.cloud in the sky, showers for parts of wales and western england, they will be heading eastwards. in the dreck sure of scotland. scotland is going to have a cloudy day and in consequence i much cooler day, and though showery outbreaks, pushing into dumfries & galloway. turning out to northern ireland, one or two getting across the midlands and the east of england. not many but they will be quite happy and if it brightens up, mid—to high teens, some sunshine, south wales and south—west england to end the day but that will not last into the night. and this rather dreary night, will extend into many northern and western areas and by wednesday, some heavy bursts pushing into western parts. all the while, dryer on wednesday, dry but quite cloudy. despite that a mild day, the east coast of scotland. the breeze will keep it cool. further ahead, fronts of the atlantic, a real change in the weather. dry spells and wet weather. but for a time on thursday this warm front will introduce some warm

saturday night, the western areas.s two o'clock and that isa when it becomes two o'clock and that is a selection of sunrises and sunsets, with the sun setting at around eight o'clock there. on sunday, nothing changes, the high—pressure is still there, and the winds drop—off little bit in eastern areas and the temperatures could still reach around 15—16, maybe more cloud in eastern and central areas. beyond that, the high—pressure will give us great weather this weekend and then it will slip away to the continent and is low will be a player. during next week. that is a long way off and we will not look too far. settled weather through the weekend, warm in the sunshine and also a touch of frost on the way, as well. what ever you are up to this weekend, i hope it's a good one. the westminster attacker — two more arrests as police try to establish whether of not he was working alone. detectives have released this photograph of 52—year—old khalid massoud, who it is now known was born adrian elms. he went to school in tunbri

western areas of scotland is looking wet. cumbria as well.western areas through the day on and off through the rest of the day. for the east, after a cloudy start, things will brighten up the sunshine coming in. for scotland, south—western areas the warmest. dumfrees and galloway. not too much rain towards the murray coastline. brighter spells. northern ireland, rain. there or therabouts for much of the day. some drier spells from time to time. western england and wales seeing some rain even into the afternoon. further east, warm sunshine. sunshine will be hazy. we could see temperatures pushing up to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. now, during the evening and overnight, there will be some more wet weather coming across western areas of the uk. the rain will turn more persistent and heavy. murky conditions developing over the hills as well with mist and fog. but it wil be another mild night. temperatures 11—12 for many of us. friday's weather picture. low pressure is in charge. a band of rain moving north and east through the morning. then t

western areas will have rain today. rain coming from the south and west. will bring temperatures into the low 20s in the warm spots. the warmest day of the year so far. a mild start to the day with temperatures staying in double figures, 11—12 as we start off. the risk of rain affecting northern ireland. scotland is looking wet. cumbria as well. further polls as a rain across these western areas through the day on and off. over a cloudy start and after that, things will brighten up the sunshine coming in. scotland, south—western areas the warmest. not too much rain towards the coastline. brighter spells. northern ireland, rain. some dry spells from time to time is. western wales seeing some rain. further east, warm sunshine. sunshine will be a few. temperatures pushing up to 22 degrees in the warmest spots. during the evening and overnight, more wet weather coming in across western areas of the uk. the rain will turn persistent and heavy. murky conditions in the hills as well with mist and fog. a mild night. temperatures 11—12 bore many of us. friday's wea

it is this western area that sees the rain up this western area that sees the rain up through wales.. towards the east it will stay dry. if the cloud pops, we could be looking at 20 to 21 degrees. here we are again on friday. low pressure close by to the western side of scotland. and that rain will takea western side of scotland. and that rain will take a time before it d rifts rain will take a time before it drifts away. elsewhere, quite a bit of dry weather. a brighter prospect than will be the case today or parts of thursday. for saturday, a little ridge of high pressure comes in to kill off what will be a showery day. then it really establishes itself on sunday. a lot of fine, settled weather to come. saturday itself, a rash of showers across the british isles. no great organisation about them. at its best, a bit of brightness. then in comes the ridge of high—pressure, settling things nicely across many parts. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill in westminster, where, after more than four decades as a member of the european union, the united kingdom is officially setting off on its o

this is one of the problems that westerners criticise south korean companies for.. which means the big companies... the conglomerates. the family run. this is not what is expected in us or europe of these sorts of companies, these days. and this is part of the broader tide against corruption and creditors and within government. we see this all around the world. in south korea, as well, we had a keep this in perspective. these sorts of cabals of which samsung is the biggest, they have an enormous impact on the economy. samsun accounts for something like pretty % of gdp growth in south korea. in the relationship between countries like samsun and the government, is on another level to what we'd expect in the united states or the uk. —— samsun is now facing criminal charges. and yet business as usual. we are still going out there and byproducts, aren't we? many analyst don't think management that important in the running of the company. it is more the tier below and out the products are entered as a driving the share price. which prize you going to buy a? michelle 0bam

the next 35% of world military spending is in the western alliance system as well. all of our allies despite their underspending we have have so many of them because the western community of nations has become so strong and enduring. partly because we're sort of a la carte. if you fight with us, you don't, you sit it out. for all of our mistakes, i don't mean to do a poor imitation of bob kagan or anyone up here, but for all of our mistakes we have about 70% of world gdp and military spending loosely aligned under a western system. when you combine that with the advantage economically of maritime trade, where trade is still a lot better than rail lines through siberia with all due respect to our chinese and russian -- if i had to choose between putting them on ships or the rails in eurasian i'll take the former in a heart beat. we're well positioned for the globalizing economy and other reasons as well. so when president trump said he inherited a mess, in one sense you can have some sympathy because he hasn't done foreign policy and now he has to deal with 17,000 is