anthony gill may not have a name to rival russell westbrook but this shot certainly did the american lebanese own buzzer beater from the half court at the three quarter mark of khimki the euro league game with paraffin like us and that's all the sport will have another update for you again later. from a laura call for this these are all about their just a moment with more of the day's news. organization. the street is quiet the signal is given. out so it's safe to walk to school last year the more than thirty meters in this community in one month the police say this area is a red zone one of several in some townships and children sometimes if caught in the crossfire when rival gangs fight so parents and grandparents have started what they call a walking bust to try to take the violence. go i also. there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for. teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards . to navigating dangerous rapids from the time we depart through the time we finished scared to the fisherman. i'm afraid of fall

anthony gill may not have a name to rival russell westbrook but this shot certainly did the american landed a zone buzzer beater from the half court at the three quarter mark of kincaid's a euro league game with paraffin like us and that's all the sport will have another update for you again later great thanks peter you can find much more on our website which has updated twenty four hours a day at al jazeera dot com that's it from me around the place that brought the day's. gift in the heart of the amazon bolivian family as quicksand lions in peril to harvest brazil nuts the fans can sing the congo to the capital is an even more dangerous challenge. risking it to. the full. at this time on al-jazeera. march on al-jazeera. with all potential challengers out of the way egypt's president abdullah fattah el-sisi is poised for a second term in power. a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds as president putin dominates the russian political scene and his reelection becomes more apparent we assess what direction russia might take . with media tre

may not have a name to rival russell westbrook but this shot certainly did the american lebanese own buzzer beater from the half a quarter to three quarter mark of the euro league game with paraffin like us and that's all the sport expect to marry him in london thank you peter so from the war in syria to the mass exodus arriving and muslims from myanmar the past year seems to have been dominated by news of refugees but what's it like for those on the other side of the stories that's a concept being explored at this year's ballon film festival where directors are exposing how hopes of a new life can quickly turn into something else john mccain has more. in recent years this has become a recurring image the human cost of the refugee crisis. in the film eldorado we see the desperate journeys being undertaken for a better life. from the moment of rescue for those adrift. to the start of the process that will bring them ashore in a country where some people do not want them. and which puts them to work in jobs which pay little certainly that is the view the film's director wants the viewe

the clock take down the kings had come back to level the measured one hundred seventy each but then westbrook schooled verse three pointer to beat the buzzer and save face for the fund for the one hundred ten one hundred seven when he puts oklahoma city in the west. italian sprinter vivian he continues to lead into saturday's penultimate stage of cycling's. for the army holds a three second advantage over alexander christophe and stage three winner phil bauhaus who took friday's stage in a first of finish from fellow german marcel kittel. that's all the sport more later marion. great thanks very much. for the news hour but i will be back in a moment with much more of the day's news a full but this and coming your way k.t. of course around up of all of the day's top stories i'll see you very shortly stay with us. what makes this moment this era we're living through so unique this is really an attack on its truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion of what free speech is supposed to be about the context it's hugely important level right to publish it would have a duty to be offensi

clippers on saturday oklahoma as a russell westbrook was pretty fired up for this one but he ended up playing a supporting role for his teammate paul george who got thirty three points from the fourth time in seven games he scored over thirty and westbrook set this one up for seven adams on the tenth as the founder took it one hundred and ten to one hundred for. the orlando magic had been kind enough to sacrifice home advantage to play a couple of regular season games in mexico city and they were awarded for their generosity as they came from behind to beat the jazz even fornia they scored twenty four as the match one ninety six to eighty nine. australia's cricketers have built a solid lead on day three of the second test against india and perth nathan lyon took five wickets as india were dismissed forty three runs short of australia's first innings score. remains unbeaten on forty one with australia having built a lead of one hundred and seventy five runs at stumps although they have lost four second wickets already. the news good class ball in texas will soon as we can expect nothin

do whatever i want to do well fans have been having that say on twitter many of whom are criticizing westbrook's reaction this tweet saying russell westberg your press conference just showed why your trash while the crowd was mean to you you just played in utah bramshaw king james or jordan never had anything as bad as you did that was also those out there in support of him this person tweeted this loved the post-game press conference he said all the right thing you can share your thoughts with us using the hash tag eight a news group or tweet me directly on it i am tatiana i'll have more sport with the in the eighteen hundred g.m.t. news hour the finale fully it's up to you tatiana thank you very much for that that will do it for today's show remember to keep in touch with us on social media at all times the hash tag as ever a.j. news great round twitter and facebook as well as what's up and telegram plus line seven four five zero one trouble one for light is our number from me fully back to bill and the whole news great team thank you very much for watching we'll see you back here in studio fo

clippers on saturday oklahoma's russell westbrook was pretty fired up for this one but he ended up playing a supporting role for his teammate paul george who got thirty three points that's the fourth time in seven games he scored over thirty at westbrook so this one up for stephen adams on the ten as undertow kits one hundred and ten to one hundred four. all the alarms on magic have been kind enough to sacrifice home advantage to play a couple of regular season games in mexico city and they were rewarded for their generosity as they came from behind to beat you todd jazz even fornia score twenty four is the magic one nine hundred sixty eighty nine. a last play touchdown secured victory for the dolphins against new england patriots last week in the n.f.l. regular season the move has come to be known as the miami miracle but their coach adam gay's says they have to move on quickly when they play the minnesota vikings later if they are to remain in the playoff contention. i see you guys ready to get to this one understand that we better be prepared we know what we're going against we know tha

oklahoma city thunder got their first win of the season over the phoenix suns paul george and russell westbrook each school twenty three points in the one hundred seventy one hundred ten when the new the coach's cavs are now the only women's team in the lead this campaign and that's all the sport more coming up again later has a great stuff thanks peter that is it for this news album will have lots more coming up in two minutes stay with us for that. when on line when you're looking at wildlife and how the solutions come together to benefit all parties involved that's where we're going to have long term success or if you join us on sand if you could take me around the content what would you tell me you don't have the set up your experiment for your experiment in the universe this is a dialogue everyone has a voice you actually raise several interesting point there that some of our community members are going to join the global conversation. in the united states the religious right is on the we were always hunting for the guy who would take our script and read it there just take control of one o

one point put on the twenty second to go le bron delivered to eighth assist of the night for ross and westbrook to increase the lead by three. teams deafened could have levelled it but blew the chance lebron side winning it one forty eight to one forty five with james bagging the m.v.p. award sometimes you have to improvise you know when to break down i was able to do that and that's to me that's the beauty of being on the floor bunch all stars it doesn't always work that way but when you have all stars were guys a high i.q. and guys that want to play the game and play the game why wouldn't it works out for the best now that the fun is over it's back to the race to the playoffs with the n.b.a.'s best al-jazeera. i think it'll be there was. feelin. a court of arbitration for sport is open to doping case against a russian brawn bronze medalist suspected of failing a drugs test at the winter games alexander crucial netsky won bronze with his wife in mixed doubles curling he said to have tested positive for a banned substance that increases blood flow and improves exercise capacity in athletes is a

by just one point with on the twenty second to go le bron delivered to desist overnight for ross and westbrook to increase the lead by three. teams deafened could have levelled it but blew the chance lebron fired winning it one forty eight to one forty five with james bagging the m.v.p. award sometimes you have to improvise you know when it breaks down i was able to do that and that's that i mean that's the beauty of being on the floor were a bunch all stars it doesn't always work that way but when you have all stars were guys a high i.q. and guys that want to play the game and play the game the right weight and it works out for the best now that the fund is over it's back to the race to the playoffs for the n.b.a.'s best al-jazeera. ok high school is looking. people in greece have been pelting each other before or at the end of carnival season this is the so-called flower war in the town of election day marks the start of the christian holiday of lent it's the show carries up next matheson thanks for being with me live now. in the final. and monday put it well on the. u.s. and british compani

russell westbrook posted the one hundred seventh triple double of his career as he led the oklahoma city thunder to a one hundred eighty three win over the cleveland cavaliers it also moved him into a tie for third on the n.b.a.'s list the triple doubles over in texas it was nineteen year old ricky luca don't cheat to help the dallas mavericks to win over the houston rockets don church in devin harris post-school twenty points as dallas speak to one hundred seventeen to ninety five despite a true triple double from rockets star james. madison minnesota timberwolves well to the san antonio spurs one hundred twenty eight eighty nine it was the third biggest green in minnesota franchise history it was also the symbol almost all straight when after twelve draws in a series of rapid fire type breaks we have a winner magnus carlsen of norway has beaten challenger fabiano caruana of the united states to retain his world chess championship title carlsen who has won the championship three times before this was looked at a record breaking streak of twelve drawn games with carolina that hope to bec

russell westbrook claimed his nineteenth a triple double of the season on saturday leading the oklahoma city thunder to one hundred fourteen ninety four when over the san antonio spurs are in california the l.a. clippers boosted the chances of making the postseason the williams scored twenty five points as they beat the orlando magic one hundred thirteen to one hundred five that means the clippers all keep by the eighth and final playoff spots in the western conference. with ball back team watching as hanna thank you very much indeed that's all for me for a little while at least we don't going anywhere because laura carl be in the seats in just a minute. the new poll ranks mexico city as the pool with worst in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend you're very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened you think about how to react what do i do if this gets worse now mahdi army uses a new service it's called loyal droid it's for

russell westbrook posted the one hundred and seven triple double of his career as the lead the oklahoma city thunder two one hundred eighty three win over the cleveland cavaliers it also moved him into a tie for third on the n.b.a.'s list for triple that was over in texas that was nineteen year old rookie who could don it she would help the dallas mavericks to win over the houston rockets and devin harris both scored twenty points in dallas and houston one hundred seventeen to ninety five spot a triple double from lockett star james harden. on the minnesota timberwolves thrashed the san antonio spurs one hundred twenty eight eighty nine in what was the third biggest win and minnesota franchise history it was also the timberwolves fourth straight victory and that's all you sport for for now more for me later but now it's back from our thank you very much thank you for joining me for the news hour to keep it here we have much more news on the other side of the break. december on al-jazeera. from hospitality to hostility toward hotels tells dramatic stories about high cons a complex and la

just one point with on the twenty second to go le bron delivered to the fist of the night for ross and westbrook to increase the lead by three. teams deafened could have levelled it but blew the chance le bron side winning it one forty eight to one forty five with james bagging the m.v.p. award sometimes you have to improvise you know when to break down i was able to do that and that's to me that's the beauty of being on the floor bunch all stars it doesn't always work that way but when you have all stars were guys a high i.q. and guys that want to play the game and play the game the right way didn't it works out for the best now that the fun is over it's back to the race to the playoffs for the n.b.a.'s best al-jazeera. ok looking. now finding love is no was easy for a single woman in syria the war is making it even more difficult millions of men have left the country is already on has the story ali's wedding shop has plenty of dresses but not enough brides syria's war has led to less romance and fewer potential grooms. has it all the men are leaving the country there's integration and the mili

clippers on saturday oklahoma's russell westbrook played a supporting role for his teammate paul george got thirty three points for the fourth time in seven games he scored over thirty and west for except this one up for stephen adams as under took it one hundred ten to one hundred four. mexico's canelo alvarez has won a world title belt in a third different weight class after stepping up a division to beat british fighter rocky fielding in new york the twenty eight year old from one of the hard draw fielding four times before the ref stopped the fight just over eight minutes on the clock at that point as had already unified the middleweight division before challenging fielding for the w.b. a super middleweight belt but the brit was never expected to be any kind of match for the mexican. and so it proves to me. i'm happy to be here and i hope it's not the last time i'm here i hope is the first of many and i'm thankful to all of the people who came to see me it's hard to describe this feeling but it's an honor to be here and shared with all of the people here in new york. we. met some gr

thunder with a ninety six to ninety one victory donovan mitchell scored thirty eight points while russell westbrook season comes to an end despite a forty six point hole for the thunder he was involved in a heated exchange with a supporter after that game. confront fans from his crew for me here you talk. disrespectful things are said to the players here and it with these fans a man is truly disrespectful talk about your family's uki its ministers disrespect to the game and i think it's something that needs to be brought out some time just going out and play and then face it would how they want to say well the toronto raptors have joined utah in the second round of the playoffs they closed out their series with the washington wizards cosi of a one thousand two to ninety two victory game seven between the milwaukee bucks and boston celtics is coming up later while defending champions the golden state warriors start their second round against the new orleans pelicans. the winnipeg jets have appeared in the second round of hockey stanley cup playoffs the first time in their history they were facing th

defs until russell westbrook stored this three pointer to the buzzer that was enough to secure one hundred ten to one hundred seven point when i actually found the fish that you know west. and that is least for now more with pizza later elizabeth thank you very much joe now that does the turf of us al jazeera news hour but i will be back in just a couple of minutes with another full news fathers and back you very much for watching. the sky what they should be no borders up here was only horizons when as an airline we don't believe in boundaries we believe in bringing people together the world's better that way. it is a right for all of us to go where we need to go to feel the things we want to feel . to see the people we want to see. that's why we'll continue to fly the skies providing you with everything we can and treating everyone how they deserve to be treated we do this because we know the trouble goes beyond borders and prejudice. the travel teaches compassion the travel is a necessity. the travel is a right for all remember that this world is full of ours to explore. and it's a stra

russell westbrook posted the one hundred and seven triple double of his career as he led the oklahoma city thunder to a hundred eighty three win over the cleveland cavaliers that also moved him into a tie for third on the n.b.a.'s list for triple doubles over in texas is it was nineteen year old rookie luke adamic to help the dallas mavericks to a win over the houston rockets and devon harris both scored twenty points dallas houston one hundred seventy to ninety five by the triple double from rockets star james harden. the minnesota timberwolves russia san antonio spurs one hundred twenty eight to eighty nine in what was the third biggest win in a soda franchise history it was also the timberwolves fourth straight victory. and that's all your support for now more later many thanks indeed the latest of a sob story straight ahead i'll see you again in just about. china could be facing a debt that's according to s. and p. global the trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and. that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that

lead and as the clock ticked down they were level on one hundred seven points apiece until russell westbrook schooled this three pointer to beat the boss that now that was enough to secure one hundred ten to one hundred some point when i put this fun with him in the trash. and now i have more feeling a bit later as i very much joe now finally this bulletin the lebanese capital beirut is hosting an exhibition highlighting the plight of syrian children it aims to show the challenges and trauma suffered by millions of displaced children stephanie deck of a pool. this sculpture of a young boy and girl represents the childhood of millions of syrian children killed injured orphaned or displaced their young thoughts displayed here in beirut through art inspired by their poems insulation if you want to do anything with the aid agencies they don't call you by your name or your family name they call you by your number this is very upsetting i want to be called by my name. yeah wrote a poem called a wish this is the artist's interpretation of her dreams to have the best song this is my go i have a wish

scored sixteen of game high twenty four points in the final five minutes of the second quarter russell westbrook added thirteen point six three rebounds and eleven steals for his one hundred and the career triple double. australia's cricketers have won their first test match since a ball tampering scandal in march they beat india by one hundred forty six runs in perth to level the series that won all india who won the first test in adelaide were chasing two hundred eighty seven for victory they began the final day on one hundred twelve a five but were all out for one hundred forty four match series continues in melbourne on the twenty sixth of december. the world of surfing has a new champion gabrielle medina won the title in hawaii on monday the brazilian clinched the second move crown for the semifinal victory of the judy smith at the bonzai pipeline in hawaii even aged out of straight is julian wilson in the final round to win the pipe most of the competition and medina is planning on adding a gold medal to be struck the cabinet to. take on title fuse amazing it's hard to say because they jus

oklahoma city thunder went up against the phoenix suns hoping to avoid a fourth straight defeat russell westbrook turned around the thunderous fortunes the reigning m.v.p. school. forty three points you also had fourteen rebounds and eight assists the thunder winning this one hundred twenty four to one hundred sixty. it was a glorious night for the ivory coast at the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham friday as they won gold and silver in the women's sixty meters hurry crossed the line first in a world leading time six point nine seven seconds to win a first ever gold medal for the ivory coast as well in goals and patrick mary jo say to lose secured the landmark one two. home fans also had plenty to cheer about as great britain's katrina johnson thomson won gold in the women's pentathlon the twenty five year old finished the competition in style crossing the line first in the eight hundred meters this is johnson thompson's first global title. in men's long jump was won by cuban teenager when we go. the nineteen year old let the world leading eight point four six meters to take fir

russell westbrook posted the one hundred and seven triple double of his career as he led the oklahoma city thunder to a hundred eighty three went over the cleveland cavaliers it also moves him into a tie for third on the n.b.a.'s list for triple doubles over in tax that is it was nineteen year old rookie luke adamic to help the dallas mavericks to a win over the houston rockets donna and devon harris both scored twenty points dallas houston one hundred seventy to ninety five by the triple double from rockets star james harden. and the minnesota timberwolves thrushes san antonio spurs one hundred twenty eight to eighty nine in what was the third biggest win and minnesota franchise history it was also the timberwolves fourth straight victory and that's all useful for now it's now back to marion and london thank you for. well that wraps up the news hour but there is a full bulletin coming up very shortly around up of all the day's top stories in just a couple of minutes for you and then of course there's also a web site for everything that we're covering but also analysis that takes you

just one point with on the twenty second to go le bron delivered to a persist overnight for ross and westbrook to increase the lead by three. teams deafened could have levelled it but blew the chance le bron side winning it one forty eight to one forty five with james bagging the m.v.p. award sometimes you have to improvise you know when it breaks down i was able to do that and. i mean that's the beauty of being on the floor were a bunch of stars it doesn't always work that way but when you have all the stars were queuing guys that want to play the game and play the game. it works out for the best now that the fun is over it's back to the race to the playoffs with the n.b.a.'s best. roger federer has won his ninety seventh career title he lost just four games in a straight sets win over grigor dimitrov at the old woman in rotterdam federer has also returned to number one in the world rankings and at thirty six she's the oldest player to any time winning final and less than an hour or. so ago. news now and bubba watson has won the genius open in a for his tenth p.g.a. tour title the american ho

one point with on the twenty second to go le bron delivered to the sister of the night for ross and westbrook to increase the lead by three. teams deafened could have levelled it but blew the chance in the brawn side winning it one forty eight to one forty five with james bagging the m.v.p. award sometimes you have to improvise you know when to break down and was able to do that and that's the i mean that's the beauty of being on the floor were a bunch of stars it doesn't always work that way but when you have all stars were guys a high i.q. and guys that want to play the game and play the game the right way then it works out for the best now that the fun is over it's back to the race to the playoffs for the n.b.a.'s best al-jazeera. ok that's the sport let's get back to julie and london. and the thank you that's like warnings have been raised to the highest levels around indonesia in the bunker the volcano has been releasing ash clouds to reach more than five thousand meters in the air hundreds of nearby houses were left covered in debris the volcano has been rumbling since twenty ten but ac

by just one point with on the twenty second to go brown delivered to desist overnight for ross and westbrook to increase the lead by three. teams deafened could have levelled it but blew the chance le bron side winning it one forty eight to one forty five with james bagging be m.v.p. award sometimes you have to improvise you know want to break down and was able to do that and that's the i mean that's the beauty of being on the floor were a bunch of stars it doesn't always work that way but when you have all stars were guys a high i.q. and guys that want to play the game and play the game the right way then it works out for the best now that the fun is over it's back to the race to the playoffs for the n.b.a.'s best al-jazeera. get back to lauren. and you thank you so much and that's it for me. but. thanks for watching. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that there to choose and between buying medication and e

history scored a career high eighteen points for the thunder russell westbrook have a game high forty leading the oklahoma city to one hundred eighteen to one hundred eighty victory the win moves them up to the second in the western conference. and anthony davis scored eight season high forty eight points and seventy three rounds to lead the new orleans pelicans to a win over to dallas mavericks the game went down to the final four seconds the pelicans were leaving dennis smith jr though missed the shot for the bab's one and took the game one hundred fourteen to one hundred and twelve and now to five davis and streak. english premier league leaders liverpool face arsenal in the english premier league on saturday reds manager you're going klopp says he's feeling the pressure a former dortmund coach has guided liverpool to the top of the table at the halfway point in the season the club haven't won the league title since one nine hundred ninety. it's more intensive it's one thing and it's more important for the people if your team is winning or not. i think people bet much more so. i do

oklahoma city thunder went up against the phoenix suns hoping to avoid a fourth straight defeat russell westbrook turned around the dundas fortunes the reigning m.v.p.'s scored forty three points he also had fourteen rebounds and eight assists that the thunder winning this one hundred twenty four to one hundred and sixteen. german cyclist christina vogel has won a record equalling eleventh women's well title at the world track championships in the netherlands she beat australia's stephanie morton to win gold in the women's sprint on friday this is vogels fourth gold medal in five years in the event and second in a row against the australian having won the team sprint on wednesday she's now level with anime is the most women's title to hit on by her home crowd as dutch rider kirsten vale also won a second gold on friday the thirty five year old added the only in title to the swatch title she won on wednesday. it was a glorious night for the ivory coast at the world indoor athletics championships in birmingham friday as they wanted gold and silver in the women's sixty meters muriel her crossed the

reports —— in arthouse movies, as laura westbrook reports. alfonso cuaron‘s roma is a deeply personal black—and—white memoir. it was inspired by his childhood in the roma district of mexico city, and the film seems to have inspired thejudges, too... alfonso cuaron for roma! ..taking the top prize at the venice film festival. it was a decision that was reached entirely unanimous by the entire jury, so 9—0. applause. i am the queen. but you are mad. the favourite which, like roma, focuses predominantly on female characters, took the grand jury prize. its star, olivia colman, received the best actress award for her portrayal of queen anne. best actor went to willem dafoe, who played vincent van gogh in the biopic at eternity‘s gate. despite stories about women dominating the festival, only one of the films was directed by a woman. jennifer kent took the specialjury prize for the nightingale, a revenge thriller set in 19th century tasmania, and she made a plea in her acceptance speech. i'd just also like to say to all those women out th

laura westbrook reports. they are mobilised and organised, and they are demanding lawmakers in their state of florida take action on gun control. 3000 kids in one school? that's a big family enough. and having a lot of the nation coming and supporting us, too, that's what is changing. like we're able to have that voice, and we're able to be heard. the president says he is listening. i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine—guns. i expect that these critical regulations will be finalised very soon. so—called "bump stocks" allow semiautomatic guns to be modified to fire hundreds of rounds every minute. the devices were used by the man who killed 58 people in las vegas last september. —— 0ctober. chanting: enough is enough! it's a sign that the president is feeling the pressure from these young voices. here he is, a year ago, at a rally hosted by the national rifle association. they gave millions of dollars towards

laura westbrook, bbc news. a university lecturer described by us officials as the worst child exploitation offender they'd ever found on the internet has been jailed for 32 years. matthew falder from birmingham in the uk had admitted 137 offences, including sharing extreme child pornography and encouraging the rape of a child. sima kotecha reports. so, what, what — what was it i've done? what is it i'm supposed to have...? dr matthew falder being arrested at his workplace last year. the 29—year—old spent years posing as a female artist online to trick his victims into sending him naked pictures of themselves. it sounds like the rap sheet from hell. distributing indecent images of children. he then researched their profiles on social media and used that information to blackmail them into sending him more obscene images. he even installed secret cameras in people's homes to film them in the shower and using the toilet. falder contacted more than 300 people worldwide. one of his victims told us she can no lo

laura westbrook reports. eight—year—old jack and six—year—old alice have been at the centre of a long international custody battle. their british father, michael, seen here with them, was stabbed to death in his apartment in shanghai by his estranged chinese wife last year. weiwei fu is now serving a life sentence for murder. since their dad's death, jack and alice have been living with their chinese grandparents. they haven't been told what has happened to their parents. happy birthday, grandpa! their english grandparents want to raise them in the uk. but in a heartbreaking decision, they had to agree to a custody deal to bring just their granddaughter alice back, leaving jack with his chinese family back in china. they will also have to pay them £10,000. ian simpson says bringing both of the children to the uk is what his son would have wanted. michael raised them very much in a western style. they spent a lot of time — they spent two visits a year over here. they speak english, and when... they

laura westbrook, bbc news. there's more on this on our website, including detailed analysis of that attack and the impact it's likely to have on tourism in egypt. just go to bbc.com/news. or you can always download the bbc news app. let's get some of the day's other news now. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has called for sunday's presidential election in the democratic republic of congo to be free of violence, so voters can peacefully cast their ballots. on friday, protesters blocked roads in a number of eastern cities, as unrest continued over the postponement of the election in three areas. the us environmental protection agency has said it will look at relaxing the limits on dangerous emissions from coal and oil—burning power plants, saying the costs to the industry are too high. environmentalists fear looser rules will favour the coal industry at the expense of public health. the italian government is expected to call a confidence vote later, in a bid to approve its controversial 2019 budge

laura westbrook, bbc news. syrian state media is reporting that pro—government forces are going to enter afrin, in the north of the country, to support kurds fighting turkish forces. there's no sign yet they've been deployed. the turkish government regards the kurdish fighters, just across its border, as terrorists and launched a big offensive last month. a bbc arabic crew are the only international broadcasters to reach the area. rami ruhayem reports. inside afrin, the newest front line in syria's civil war. the city is the focus of an attack by the turkish army. as they vent their anger, protesters carry pictures of abullah ocalan, he's jail leader of the pkk, the kurdish group which has waged a decades—long war inside turkey. the syrian kurds have been pushing for autonomy and turkey has grown increasingly nervous — invading northern syria was their response. a bbc arabic crew travelled through territory controlled by the syrian army, before arriving here. there was no attempt to stop them. despite its

laura westbrook, bbc news. it could be the red light for diesel cars in germany — a court rules that cities can ban them to protect people from harmful emissions. will other countries follow? prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruelest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of these swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of th

laura westbrook, bbc news. in the last hour, president trump issued a tweet on the fbi and its investigation into the school shooting. he's suggested that the fbi missed the signals that the florida gunman, nikolas cruz, was planning a massacre at his school because he said the agency is spending too much time investigating his ties to russia. he's tweeted that this was not acceptable and the fbi needed to get back to basics. president trump's national security adviser has called on world leaders to hold the syrian government to account for its continued use of chemical weapons. speaking at the munich security conference, hr mcmaster says it is clear that such weapons are still being deployed. tensions between moscow and washington have also been evident at the conference. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in munich. it is not the first time that senior us officials have accused president assad's government and its main ally, russia, are being behind the use of chemical weapons in this area

laura westbrook, bbc news. now the weather with ben rich. hello. the first half of the weekend has brought some fairly mixed weather and i can't see the second half being particularly different. sunday will bring rain at times. breezy weather, even windy weather across the north. but amidst all of that, there will still be some spells of sunshine. the pressure pattern is a fairly complicated one. low pressure up to the north—west. a few different frontal systems here crossing the country, bringing outbreaks of rain. this front in the west will bring some outbreaks of patchy rain across the south—west of england, wales, north—west england, northern ireland for a time through the first part of the morning. tending to fizzle as they drift eastwards. some heavier rain, though, moving northwards across scotland. by the afternoon, many places should be fine and dry, if rather breezy. there will be some spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud as well, but a warmer day across the south—eastern corner. 23 degrees in london. there could be some sho

laura westbrook, bbc news. the education secretary says he wants to see more variety in university tuition fees in england, rather than what he says is almost all institutions charging "exactly the same price". his comments come as a committee of mps have called for the scrapping of punitive interest rate on student loa ns. many of today's students were not born when university tuition fees were first introduced. but 20 years on, the link between getting a degree and paying towards the cost of it remains, and that has meant big sacrifices for some. and my parents sold their house so i could come to uni — i'm the first one in my family. looking into it, there were lots of, like, different aspects of the debt and how much you're paying back, obviously, in the long run, and it's a really scary prospect. the government still backs the idea that students should contribute towards the cost of their higher education, and that's one of the areas that will covered by its major review of student finance. it comes as a

laura westbrook, bbc news. there's more reaction to the florida school shooting on our website from survivors of the attack, politicians and the national rifle association, as well as a report on why the gun lobby is so powerful. that's at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. a report from the united nations' children's fund says the world's poorest countries have not made much progress in ending deaths among new born infants. unicef said sub—saharan africa remained the most dangerous place to be born. a court in peru has ruled the former president, alberto fujimori, must face trial for allegedly ordering right—wing paramilitaries to kill six farmers in 1992. judges ruled that mr fujimori's recent pardon on health grounds did not apply in the case. new zealand's military has been deployed to areas expected to be hard hit by the remnants of a major cyclone. air new zealand has cancelled all flights in and out of the capital, wellington. cycl

laura westbrook has more from the court in west london. mrjitsukawa appeared via video link in court today and did not speak when a sentence of ten months was read out loud. last month, he had been due to co—pilot a flight from heathrow to tokyo, when a security manager thought he smelled alcohol on his breath. mrjitsukawa made it into the cockpit before he was removed, and police said that he appeared nervous and his eyes were glazed. he failed a breathalyser test, and later a blood test showed that he was more than nine times over the legal limit for a pilot. when judge mathews read out his sentence, he said it was this kind of case that undermined the public‘s confidence. laura bessbrook there reporting from outside the court in west london. -- laura —— laura westbrook. also making news today: an imprisoned murderer is being investigated after confessing to 90 killings across four decades in the us. samuel little is currently serving life in prison after being sentenced in 2014 for the murders of three women. the fbi believe the

laura westbrook, bbc news. an army officer has become the first briton to trek unaided across antarctica. it took captain lou rudd 56 days to cover the 925 miles. he was inspired to attempt the adventure after the death of his friend and colleague, henry worsely, along the same route. the father—of—three from hereford said it was tough — but he was in good health. captain rudd spoke to my colleague shaun ley and said he was surpried how quickly he completed the challenge. i've actually managed to complete it quite a bit faster than i expected. i set off with 75 days of food and equipment for the crossing, but managed to make it across in 56, so i'm elated. what was the hardest part? the early phase, actually. the beginning of thejourney. i was dragging my sledge behind me and it had everything i needed in it to survive for the two—month crossing. it was about 140 kilograms. i experienced really soft, deep snow at the beginning and progress was really slow and it was at that time i was thinking that, act

laura westbrook, bbc news. it's 3.15. the headlines on bbc news — brendan cox, the widower of the murdered mp, jo cox, has resigned from two organisations set up in her memory after claims of sexual misconduct in the past. jo cox's family have pledged to support him. ministers reject pleas to issue a medical cannabis license to a six—year—old boy whose rare form of epilepsy improves after taking the drug. the education secretary says university tuition fees should reflect the economic benefit graduates will have to the country, ahead of a wide—ranging review of higher education funding in england. no medals for great britain today at the winter 0rbix. james would just missed out, had been lying in the response down to fourth. —— james woods. great britain's women lost their final match woods. great britain's women lost theirfinal match in woods. great britain's women lost their final match in the scaling there curling after the final stone was disallowed. a 2—1 victory for england against new zealand, but no