he was greatly, greatly loved in geneva. particularly because of his dedication to peace promotion, to humanitarian issues. that's what most people in geneva, an international aid agencies, work in. they liked someone who would raise the things that they were working on, the work they are trying to do and speak for the voices of people, millions of them, affected by war or by famine or by environmental disaster. the work that the un often relatively quietly does. what we see on the news often is the fights at the general assembly with the security council. but kofi annan raised the profile of the humanitarian work that the un does. and for that, he was greatly, greatly loved in geneva. he continued in geneva, after ending his post as un secretary general. he continued in peace promotion. and i think, notjust in geneva, but around the world, he's going to be greatly, greatly missed. one of the priorities he established, in his first term, with the fight against hiv. and the associated illnesses that come from... that can affe

that's something we will be discussing in geneva. myjob is to provide the opportunity for the people of yemen to sit down and talk peace. that is what we are here for. we're here to do that in a way that is consistent with security council resolutions, which include the requirement for disarmament and withdrawal of forces. that's the best answer, in my view, to the question about armaments on both sides. houthi rebels armed and trained by iran are still fighting too. both sides say they're ready to attend talks in geneva next month. the first in two years after two failed rounds. if they keep failing, yemen itself will fail. lyse doucet, bbc news. the us vice president has laid out plans to create a sixth branch of the military, a so—called space force. mike pence suggested russian and chinese threats justify the military expansion and he promised a space force department will be ready by 2020. there's already a logo and he'll be asking congress for about $8 billion to fund it. now the time has come to write the next great chapter

that's something we will be discussing in geneva. myjob is to provide the opportunity for the people of yemen to sit down and talk peace. that's what we're here for, and we're here to do that in a way that's consistent with security council resolutions, which include the requirement for disarmament and withdrawal of forces. and that's the best answer, in my view, to the question about armaments on either side. houthi rebels trained and armed by iran are still fighting, too. both sides say they're ready to attend talks in geneva next month, the first in two years, after two failed rounds. if they keep failing, yemen itself will fail. lyse doucet, bbc news. and there is more background and analysis about the conflict in yemen on our website, including this short video explaining why the conflict began. all that on bbc.com/news. let's get some of the day's other main news. the zimbabwean opposition politician tendai biti has been released by a court in harare, he'd been facing charges of inciting violence and falsely declaring that the

he lived in geneva, even after he had left the position of un secretary general. he lived there, we saw him regularly. he took part in debates. his kofi annan foundation was very active. he never seemed to retire. he remained dedicated to the cause of promoting the interests of the world's most vulnerable, until the very end. yes, there was a reflection a moment ago, for example, about his work in syria, which has brought us up much more to the present time and some of the most serious difficulties still going on in the world. that's right. he was the first un special envoy for syria. i remember well, he worked tirelessly at it. he had some very creative thinking about how that conflict could be solved. he talked about local ceasefires. we remember he tried to get them going. very sadly, obviously, he was not successful. neither have been the two successive special envoys for syria and that is one of the world's most intractable conflicts. kofi annan brought all his diplomacy and all his enthusiasm for finding a way to peace, rather than continuing the conflict to

as spoken about the numerous allegations i have received, it here and in geneva. they included numerous indications from the philippines itself. i have not demonstrated any vices for. responded to my mandate, to call on the government in terms of how they respond to the allegations. demonstrated professionalism. —— any biases. they have admitted about 4000 killings. i've still not received any information the kind of investigation they have undertaken. all my questions to them have been based on international standards. they are not about any biases, but asking the government to provide me with information that i, as a special investigator, and entitled to ask them. if you are not allowed to ask them. if you are not allowed to go in in your official capacity, where does that leave the investigation? what can you do if you are not authorised to go? beside me, there are a number of other mechanisms. first and foremost, we need to highlight the fact that the international criminal court, two weeks ago, has announced that it will undertake a preliminary investigat

so, what were your constant references to the geneva processes were? you yourselves using your own actions are destroying that process. we call on the united states and its allies to immediately end the aggressive action against syria and to refrain from them in the future. we are putting forward for your attention a draft resolution which we will demand a vote on at the end of this meeting. we would like to address the members of the security council. today is not the time to shirk responsibilities. the whole world is looking at you. take a principled stand. thank you. world is looking at you. take a principled stand. thank youlj world is looking at you. take a principled stand. thank you. i thank the representative of the russian federation for his statement and i now give the floor to the representative of the united states. thank you, mr president and secretary general for your briefing today. this is ourfifth secretary general for your briefing today. this is our fifth security council meeting in the past week to address the situation in syria. a

out taking oui’ countermeasures and rule out taking our dispute of the world trade organisation in geneva. we have the united states will think again about this. —— hope the united states will think again about this. is the us — north korea summit be back on? following high level talks today the us secretary of state says he is confident things are moving in the right direction. scientists discover evidence there are miles of frozen methane dunes on the surface of pluto. and on newsnight tonight, he promised it would be america first, why is anyone surprised the president is provoking a trade war with europe? we speak with one of america's top trade negotiator ‘s live. good evening and welcome to bbc news. us tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium are set to come into force tonight — drawing international condemnation from the countries it affects, in europe and in north america. britain has called the decision deeply disappointing, france says its illegal, and canada has announced it will impose its own taxes on american products. the us says it's made the decision for reaso

imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva. more than 170,000 people are expected to visit this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. the tech companies' latest developments include driverless taxis and new advances in artificial intelligence, including some uncannily human robots. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is there. a powerful and largely invisible technology is on the march. it's learning how to drive. it can recognise individualfaces, and it knows an awful lot about our personal preferences. that technology is artificial intelligence and, in las vegas this week, tech firms are showing off how hey, sophia, can we shake hands? in a las vegas university lab, i'm meeting sophia, a humanoid robot. how sophisticated do you think you are as a robot? i want people to perceive me as the robot i am. however, i wouldn't want to trick people into thinking i'm a human. i just want to communicate with humans in the best possible ways, which includes looking like one. sophia, who's had advance notice of my q

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. hawaii's emergency management agency has been forced to send out a tweet reassuring citizens there is no missile threat to hawaii. it comes after residents allegedly received emergency alert warning of an incoming ballistic missile. it was later revealed to be a false alarm. david willis is in washington. this mu

at the recent geneva conference, the international community enhanced that commitment. i think these are different missions with different requirements. we are in the back of a british army vehicle, known as a foxhound, a heavily armoured vehicle. we're travelling from the green zone, where the government departments, nato headquarters, a lot of embassies are. until last night, the city was on black, which meant there was a risk of threat and vehicles like this couldn't go out. but that has been lifted, so we can travel through the streets now. the british forces here in afghanistan were increased this year by 440. but it is afghan forces who actually fight the taliban. nearly 30,000 have been killed since 2015. those are big numbers and the question of whether that is sustainable is a question we ask ourselves regularly. on the other hand, that is why peace is important. i think afghans are much more committed to this idea than once before. it gives everybody hope. there may be some optimism about the current peace talks but this is certainly a volatile time in afghani

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. meanwhile, a speech this morning by the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has been disrupted by protesters shouting support for brexit and president trump. mr khan's address to the fabian society in london was suspended for several minutes while the demonstrators were taken out of the building by police. yesterday, mr

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? the president left without responding. he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. dentists have accused the government of not doing enough to tackle tooth decay in england. new figures indicate there were nearly 43,000 operations to remove children's teeth last year — a i7% increase on four years ago. the british dental association says england now provides a second—class service compared

from the united nation, in geneva, came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i am sorry but there is no other word one can use but racist. you can not dismiss entire countries and continents as "shitholes". across africa there has been a furious response. the botswana government called donald trump's comments "reprehensible and racist". it may be just words, maybe in another part of the world, but on this continent, that word is an insult. chant: build the wall, build the wall. "build the wall" was the cry of voters who loved donald trump's hardline stance on immigration during the election. we are going to build the wall, folks, don't worry about it. and he was said to be doing a victory lap at the white house last night, believing this row will rev up his base. donald trump launched his campaign for the white house with an attack on mexican immigrants and rose to political prominence by claiming, falsely, that barack obama was not an american. this latest racial controversy wil

remember that in september there we re remember that in september there were peace talks planned in geneva, and they collapsed when the houthi delegation did not turn up and made last—minute demands. what martin griffiths said to the security council is that the increased international concern about what is happening in yemen led the parties to recommit to these talks. it was not long ago when the united states and britain and other western powers said they wanted a ceasefire and political talks to get under way. martin griffiths said he will be travelling to yemen next week to finalise logistics. he said he would even escort the houthi delegation to sweden himself to make sure the talks take place. he also said there was a lot of progress made on other issues including the exchange of prisoners and also the critical issue of the hodeida port which is responsible for 80% of yemen's imports, until a deal is reached. what would be some of the potential problems that would have to be thrashed out between the two side? when you look at the humanitarian situation there are so many concerns th

we support our diplomats, who are working to set the conditions for the united nations backed geneva process to succeed. and we look forward to working with the united nations envoy to syria in an effort to maintain transparency, joel mckenzie will provide a detailed overview of the operations. general mackenzie? good morning. iwill spend the operations. general mackenzie? good morning. i will spend a couple of minutes talking about military details of the strikes were executed la st details of the strikes were executed last night and could have the first graphic? as you heard from the president and directly from secretary mattis. the us, the uk and france, three of the five permanent members of the security council, conducted a coordinated, precision strike in response to the syrian regime's use of chemical weapons. this combined military strike was directed against three distinct syrian chemical weapons programmes targets and i will show you to them oi'i targets and i will show you to them on the monitor behind me and you have access to this information. the three facilities, or th

geneva feeling the strain of another ten centimetres on friday, on top of the 15 which blanketed the city the previous day. almost 350 flights were cancelled on friday from dublin airport, which will remain closed into saturday. not quite sure how i am going to feed these two. irish racing stable owners battled to feed their horses. tens of thousands of people in ireland are without electricity, with a red alert snow and ice warning extended for eastern parts of the country into the weekend. as always, there are those making best use of the conditions, and capturing the magic of the late winter idyll. theresa may has outlined her vision of britain's future relationship with the european union. she warned that both sides would have to accept ‘hard facts' and that no one would get everything they wanted. she said the uk would have to pay money into some eu agencies to maintain access to them. and she repeated her commitment that that the britain's would not be part of the eu's single market or customs union. rob watson has more. applause. what a challenge she faced. to set out britai

ending the syrian civil war by supporting the syrian civil war by supporting the united nations backed geneva peace process. in according with the chemical weapons convention prohibiting the use of such weapons, we urge responsible nations to condemn the assad regime and to join us condemn the assad regime and to join us in ourfirm resolve condemn the assad regime and to join us in our firm resolve to prevent chemical weapons from being used against white the retired lieutenant—general daniel against white the retired lieutena nt—general daniel davidsson of the defence priorities... joins us of the defence priorities... joins us again tonight. we have this attack, this strike, but the end of the person who is the leader of syria and who is committing these alleged atrocities is bashar al—assad and he is still in office. it's like there is almost no point? i can't say that i disagree to strongly because again, you say you want a message to be sent, but he is still in charge so what secretary mattis just said about the intent, well, certainly russia doesn't angry that is the case because

geneva feeling the strain and another ten centimetres on friday, on top of the 15 which blanketed the city the previous day. almost 350 flights we re previous day. almost 350 flights were cancelled on friday from dublin airport, which will remain closed into saturday. not quite sure i am going to feed these two. irish racing stable owners struggled to feed their horses. tens of thousands of people in ireland are without electricity, whether red alert snow and ice warning extended for eastern parts of the country into the weekend. as always, there are those making the most of the conditions, and capturing the magic of the late winter. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: more than 2,000 people pay their respects to the world—famous evangelist billy graham, who died last week at the age of 99. first the plate slipped gently off the restaurant tables, then suddenly... it went downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched on her side. the hydrogen bomb, one of... the americans have successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force walked that of the bomb

geneva feeling the strain and another ten centimetres on friday, on top of the 15 which blanketed the city the previous day. almost 350 flights were cancelled on friday from dublin airport, which will remain closed into saturday. not quite sure i am going to feed these two. irish racing stable owners struggled to feed their horses. tens of thousands of people in ireland are without electricity, whether red alert snow and ice warning extended for eastern parts of the country into the weekend. as always, there are those making the most of the conditions, and capturing the magic of the late winter. a 21—year—old man who tried to kill a woman because she was wearing a hijab has been found guilty of attempted murder. paul moore, from leicester, chose zaynab hussein at random and ran her over with his car. he later told his half—brother he‘d "done it for britain." moore was also convicted of using his car to seriously injure a 12—year—old muslim schoolgirl. he‘ll be sentenced later this month. prince harry and meghan markle are inviting more than two and half thousand members

an extremely rare blue diamond has sold at auction in geneva for $6.7 million after spending the last 300 years in european royal houses. the 6.1—carat diamond, mined from india's famous golconda mine, was given as a wedding present to elizabeth farnese, the daughter of the duke of parma, when she married king philip of spain in 1715. it passed its estimate by more than a million dollars. managed to remain in the hands of the ruling family of spain, france, italy and austria until today. so we have 300 years of history completely mapped for the diamond and what is even more exciting is that apart from the family, and obviously the jewellers who looked after the family's possession, nobody knew about it, so it's not one of those diamonds that's been recorded in the list of the very special, very historical diamonds. historical diamond and prove interesting royal wedding is goes back and awful long way! —— interest don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello again, good morning. nearly all of us still look

one can hope it encourages the russians to get assad to be negotiating table in geneva to get a political process properly going, but that is, as it were, an extra. the primary purpose is to say no to the use of barbaric chemical weapons. he is to say no to the use of barbaric chemicalweapons. he was is to say no to the use of barbaric chemical weapons. he was talking about conversations that took place before the air strikes so that nothing was escalated on that point. communications with the russians is not good, especially over the chemical poisoning of these skripals in salisbury. the russians are still denied any involvement. you did get the sense he was holding it back. labour have been talking about this, particularlyjeremy corbyn, the leader. what has he said? he was asked a lot about the strikes, but one interesting line that came out from a question from andrew mark, if you bear in mind he was chairman of stop the warfor a you bear in mind he was chairman of stop the war for a long time and he is seen as a pacifist, he was asked directly if he would never say never on military a

it was bought by the american luxury jeweller harry winston at auction in geneva after only five minutes of bidding. the new owners have rechristened it the winston pink legacy. time now for a check coach which has been run on something unusual. it is powered by grape juice. been run on something unusual. it is powered by grapejuice. in france, a bus has been running on grape marc after eight years of research. this is possible thanks to recycling find waste which is found in abundance in this region. it is transformed into raw alcohol and then distilled and dehydrated to obtain a fuel that is less polluting than other fuels. much more on all the news at any time on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello. after the heavy, blustery showers many of us saw to start the new week, tuesday delivered us something much drier, with a good deal of sunshine. this was the scene on the north yorkshire coast during tuesday afternoon, and a very similar picture in perth and kinross. but we already have changes afoot to the western side of the uk. outbreaks of rain will continue to work their wa

an extremely rare blue diamond has sold at auction in geneva for $6.7 million after spending the last 300 years in european royal houses. the 6.1 carat diamond, mined from india's famous golconda mine, was given as a wedding present to elisabeth farnese, the daughter of the duke of parma, when she married king philip of spain in 1715. it passed its estimate by more than a million dollars. it managed to remain in the hands of the ruling family of spain, france, italy and austria until today. so we have 300 years of history completely mapped for the diamond and what is even more exciting is that apart from the family, and obviously the jewellers who looked after the family's possession, nobody knew about it, so it's not one of those diamonds that's been recorded in the list of the very special, very historical diamonds. the american author, tom wolfe, best known as the chronicler of the united states under president reagan, has died at the age of 88. he began his career as a reporter, becoming one of the leading figures of newjournalism, which mixed literary techniques with a more subje

technically, as boris johnson argued before he was the foreign secretary, going off to meetings like this in geneva today, payments to the eu will stop. but look carefully, as he maybe didn't. official forecasts suggest after brexit and there will be less cash to go around. do you accept it is at best highly uncertain, and at worst misleading, to suggest that money will come back from the european union? that money will be coming back, and we will be spending it on our priorities, and the nhs is our number one priority. let's see. expect, alongside, national insurance to go up perhaps, or tax thresholds to freeze. these new plans for the nhs will be funded by increases in borrowing, the tories putting up borrowing and increases in taxation. now, whatjeremy hunt and theresa may have to do is level with the british people and tell us which taxes are going up. will patients and members of the public be willing to stump up? yes and no, depending whether it goes to the nhs. i think the fear is you pay it and then it will go somewhere else instead. if you ask that question to an able—bodied person, and

but today, china arrived at its human rights hearing in geneva insisting it has nothing to hide. the camps, it says, are just schools. translation: we will not accept the politically driven accusations from a few countries which are fraught with biases and are seriously far away from facts. the facts, we are told, can be found in footage broadcast by state run media, showing uighurs, xinjiang‘s main muslim minority happily undergoing anti—extremism training. from the outside, though, they don‘t look like schools. our own investigation found this giant facility with 16 watchtowers. at the un today, western countries, one by one, expressed deep unease. we are very concerned about the treatment of ethnic minorities, including uighurs. we recommend that all re—education centres be closed. cannot recommend that china release uighurs who have been detained without due process. allow independent observers unhindered access to all regions. i thank you, mr president. the authorities here do not like the criticisms of course, but they are unlikely to be overly concerned. despite th

from the united nations in geneva came the stiffest of rebukes. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. i'm sorry but there's no other word one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents. the allegation has gone unanswered by the president. he had an opportunity at this ceremony in celebration of martin luther king. but it was awkward. after signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, mr trump dodged the most uncomfortable of questions. mr president, are you a racist? he earlier tweeted that he'd used tough language in a meeting with senators but not the derogatory language attributed to him. peter bowes, bbc news. despite the furore over the president's comments, the political analyst eric ham says mr trump's words will resonate with his republican base. we know how the president feels about courting his base and making sure they stay in the fold. in fact coulter, a very conservative provocateur has said upon hearing these comments that she feels validated and

unfortunately, over the last 2—macro three years in syria, hospitals have been a target under the geneva convention, hospitals, and medics, are supposed to be protected, but they have almost been used as a key target, and it really does break the will of the people when you see the hospitals destroyed. ghouta has the last conclave that the syrians and the russians have not defeated, and it appears that they are having a final push. we are all hopeful that these talks will start again. i think a lot of us very closely involved had been devastated by the silence of ireland politicians and western politicians are really calling on president trump, who we just heard, prime minister may, president macron, and others to get behind a ceasefire. we feel if a season that can be imposed, this humanitarian aid that is stacked up on the borders of syria can get in and said those people, and the un peace process will develop to allow free and fair elections in some time. but at the moment, things are absolutely desperate. we have been in direct contact with the russians, with president putin and in d

we went —— we met with over a dozen countries in geneva. last september in president trump's speech to the un general assembly he called on the member states to support council reform. last year, we led a session on human rights council reform cohosted by the british and dutch foreign ministers and more than a0 other countries. our efforts continued all through this year in new york. when my team met with more than 125 member states and circulated draft texts. almost every country we met with agrees with us in principle and behind closed doors that the human rights council needs major dramatic systemic changes. yet no other country has had the courage to join oui’ country has had the courage to join ourfight. the un human rights chief zeid ra'ad al hussein has responded on twitter. president trump has defended his government's policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the country's border with mexico. he said on social media that illegal immigrants should not be allowed to "pour into and infest" the united states. the pr

one can hope that it encourages the russians to get assad to the negotiating table in geneva, to get a political process properly going. but that is, as it were, and extra. the primary purpose is to say no to the use of barbaric chemical weapons. you heard it there, treading a fine line with the russians. he was talking about conversations that did take place before the air strike so that nothing was escalated on that front. but he did say at one point contacts with the russians have not been good. still very frustrated that they won't. .. he called it the extraordinary weight of evidence in the skripal case, the chemical poisoning in salisbury, that the russians are still denying involvement in that. so, kind of frustration. it you got a sense he was having to hold it back. now, labour had been talking about this as well, particularlyjeremy corbyn, the labour party leader. what has he had to say? that's right. jeremy corbyn was asked a lot about these strikes. one interesting line that came out of a question on andrew marr, that we will listen to a second, if you bear in mind that h

from geneva, our correspondent, imogen foulkes. a systematic campaign of murder, torture, rape and against myanmar‘s rohingya muslims, extermination. patterns of violence which have been going on in myanmarfor decades and for which the un investigators say the country's top military leaders bear clear responsibility. this report contains details of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. now, it's highly unusualfor un investigators to publicly name those they believe responsible. this time, they say the evidence is overwhelming. six generals are named in the report. a longer list of names has been stored at the un for further investigation. the team interviewed over 800 victims and witnesses and heard accounts of gang rape, of children killed in front of their parents, and of entire villages burned to the ground. they showed me their scars. they showed me where it happened to them. i could just see from their bodies and others, these people were deeply, deeply wounded. you know, it's not only about justice for victims.

the geneva convention is pretty clear that we have to grant access. so the foreign office will be very cautious about not finally going along with that, because they know very well, and we all do, that the russians operate on a basis of strict reciprocity. if we interpret it strictly, they will do the same in a future case, and some unfortunate briton in trouble in russia will have trouble getting consular access himself. and this issue about a russian plane, which is a side bar story, but a aeroflot flight that was searched, russians are raising questions about that. as an experienced diplomat, what is your view on these searches, and given what we've said about reciprocity? that is the point. i don't know the story about the search. we are saying it was a perfectly routine operation, and i'm sure that is the case. however, the russians, in the present state, would interpret what happened as affected by the state of our relations. they will certainly want to act on the basis of reciprocity, and there is a danger they will start inconveniencing britis

it is clearly targeted, it is very clearly about the west taking action over a clear breach of the geneva —— convention. there are a loss of diplomatic effo rts there are a loss of diplomatic efforts to allow the west to strike against syria for using chemical weapons, while at the same time not wanting to escalate tensions with russia, which of course no one wa nts. russia, which of course no one wants. at the un meeting last night there was very clear tension with antonio guterres warning about the creation of a new cold war. it is quite clear, particularly from what president trump said in his address, that he wants russia to think about where it is positioning its l. is it a country that wants to be seen as a friend to regimes like that of the chara lazard or is it a country that wa nts to chara lazard or is it a country that wants to move orjoin in the civilised countries of the world —— bashar al—assad. it is significant, theresa may's statement. many politicians in the uk would feel that we need to learn the lessons of possibly ill—fated interventions abroad, particular

geneva feeling the strain of another ten centimetres on friday, on top of the 15 which blanketed the city the previous day. almost 350 flights were cancelled on friday from dublin airport, which will remain closed into saturday. not quite sure how i am going to feed these two. irish racing stable owners battled to feed their horses. tens of thousands of people in ireland are without electricity, with a red alert snow and ice warning extended for eastern parts of the country into the weekend. as always, there are those making best use of the conditions, and capturing the magic of the late winter idyll. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: as hollywood prepares for the oscars this weekend, one of its top stars on sexism in the movie business. first the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables, then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed. sideways add downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched on her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans have successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the

the geneva talks seem to have stalled. diplomacy works where both sides have an interest in and negotiation or solution. from the point of view of the assad regime, it is winning this war. it is taking back territory from various rebel groups around the country. it is in no mood to negotiate unless it is in a surrender or ceasefire. on the other side, the rebels have nothing to stand on and therefore, they can't negotiate other than from a position of extreme weakness. president obama used to talk about resident assad not being the leader ofa resident assad not being the leader of a unified, undivided syria. he used words along those lines. do you think that is still the scenario or is that that the assad regime being soaked dominant recently that they could take all syrian territory back? —— being so. could take all syrian territory back? -- being so. president obama said was rhetoric. in reality, the obama administration did nothing to operationalise that aspiration. number two, there is no going back to the old syri

geneva feeling the strain of another ten centimetres on friday, on top of the 15 which blanketed the city the previous day. almost 350 flights were cancelled on friday from dublin airport, which will remain closed into saturday. not quite sure how i am going to feed these two. irish racing stable owners battled to feed their horses. tens of thousands of people in ireland are without electricity, with a red alert snow and ice warning extended for eastern parts of the country into the weekend. as always, there are those making best use of the conditions, and capturing the magic of the late winter idyll. the world's biggest investment company, blackrock in the united states says it's stepping up pressure on companies that make and sell guns in response to the florida school shooting. it's considering excluding them from some of its portfolios — and is also questioning them about how they monitor the safe use of their weapons. earlier this week the retail giant walmart and the chain dick's sporting goods announced restrictions on gun sales. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: resc

we are at the table in geneva for the last four years, can you tell me what did we achieve? we're not the ones who don't want to negotiate. in the last round his tea m negotiate. in the last round his team didn't even show up for the negotiations, even after communication with russia that forced them to come to the table, his team did not negotiate on anything. of course now he has been given a certificate to kill when you are telling him over and overfrom all capitals in the world that this is only to remove the chemical weapons. we did not talk about anything else. more than half a million syrian dead were telling assad basically that you are free to kill as long as you don't use chemical weapons. how is there going to be peace and how can we force them to negotiate? thank you very much, doctor zaki lababidi, them to negotiate? thank you very much, doctorzaki lababidi, from florida. more than 100,000 people have attended demonstrations in the hungarian capital, budapest, against the right—wing government of prime minister viktor orban, who was recently returned to power.

it was bought by the american brand harry winston at an auction in geneva after only five minutes of bidding. the new owners have rechristened it the winston pink legacy. just briefly, van may news again. the british prime minister theresa may has been meeting her ministers individually, trying to secure their support for a draft agreement with the european union and the terms of britain's exit to an a half years after the referendum. we use, we understand, and draft brexit agreement finalised. there is little more than that two months before the uk is due to leave the european union. there will be a cabinet meeting in downing street and thursday. that is it for now, thank you very much for watching. hello. after the heavy, blustery showers many of us saw to start the new week, tuesday delivered us something much drier, with a good deal of sunshine. this was the scene on the north yorkshire coast during tuesday afternoon, and a very similar picture in perth and kinross. but we already have changes afoot to the western side of the uk. outbreaks of rain will continue to work their way