james short in glasgow, thank you. -- james _ coronavirus. james short in glasgow, thank you. -- james shaw. _ the number of people who would test positive in the uk for coronavirus remains above 1 million for a third consecutive week. estimates from the 0ns survey suggest that, in england, one in 60 people are estimated to have the virus. the numbers are stable in wales and northern ireland, and have decreased in scotland. the american actorjussie smollett has been found guilty of disorderly conduct after faking a hate crime against himself. known for his role in the tv series empire, smollett claimed he'd been attacked by two men in an assault that was both racist and homophobic. but a jury found he had lied to the police — prosecutors say he'd staged the incident in order to raise his profile. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. he was once a rising star. but for the last three years jussie smollett has been fighting for his reputation and career. the 39—year—old has always maintained he was the victim of a racist a

a lot of my heroes — you know, if you think about the black civil rights movement in america, with james brown, or if you think about south africa in relation to people like abdullah ibrahim, or a lot of great south african musicians who had strong opinions during the time of apartheid — i think there is something to be said, you know, bob dylan more overtly, but there's something to be said about the idea that musicians can challenge the times that we live in, and can do so very effectively. as you're speaking, i'm wondering about some of the young people you grew up with in rochester, in kent — do you think your music has reached ears that aren't necessarily used to hearing, and perhaps has made some people who might have had prejudices and preconceived ideas about the other change? well, people have actually expressed that to me, in terms of — people sometimes who've come with friends, for example, to concerts we've done, or who have listened to albums, and they've actually written to me on social media to say that they feel very differently as a result of hearing the albums. al

james clayton reports from silicon valley on the dawning reality that al researchers say we need to start thinking about today. the nuclear bomb totally transformed warfare. there are those who now say we are on the cusp of something similar. it is a fast track to — i think "dystopia" is the right word for it. the nation is still recovering from the incident yesterday which officials are saying is some kind of automated attack which killed 11 us senators at the capitol building. autonomous weapons combine a confluence of different technologies: drones, facial recognition, artificial intelligence and big data to create a sort of super—weapon that not only detects and destroys, but can make that decision itself, and can be owned not just by states, but potentially by organisations, terrorist groups, anyone. this is the kind of dystopian reality that has been painted by critics — assassinations, private armies of bots, computers deciding whether humans live or die. these types of weapons that could be easily deployed and moved throughout different environments, like a swarm, embodiment

james and jennifer crumbley have also been charged with manslaughter. theirson, ethan, carried out the mass shooting with a semiautomatic pistol bought by his father. the first data on the omicron variant of covid suggests vaccines are less effective at stopping it spreading. scientists in south africa have reported a huge surge in the number of people being infected. it's the first real—world evidence indicating the new variant may evade immune defences. a team of british scientists have used gene editing technology to create female—only and male—only litters of mice. the technique could prevent the destruction of hundreds of thousands of unwanted mammals used in research and millions of male chickens, culled because they don't lay eggs. coming up in around 10 minutes�* time, we'll have newswatch. but first, here's click. noisy, isn't it? pardon? i said, it's noisy. it's been the bane of our lives for as long as i can remember, trying to film next to busy roads and having to fight the noise of the traffic! but in a few years�* time, it will b

here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this was kabul airport last summer, as thousands sought to flee the advancing taliban. amid chaotic scenes, britain and other western powers tried to evacuate those it could but according to a whistle—blower, there was chaos in london too. the foreign office crisis centre was handling requests from afghans who were at risk because of their links to the uk. raphael marshall was a young official working there and he says the process of choosing who could be evacuated was arbitrary and dysfunctional. he said up to 150,000 people applied for evacuation under the scheme but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assistance. it is clear that some of those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. one weekend in august, when these afghans were trying to get out, mr marshall said in london there were not enough staff, with too few working overtime and on the saturday he was the only person monitoring and processing e—mails in the afghan special cases inbox

that was james clayton. and i've been speaking to professor stuart russell, whose bbc reith lecture this week warned about the dangers of ai—controlled weaponry. the letter raised the possibility of children playing with toy guns being accidentally targeted by the killer robots. he was involved in the original slaughterbots short film from 2017, which in itself was shockingly realistic. drones whirr applause did you see that? before it was premiered publicly, i showed it to some of my ai colleagues, right. when they were watching the ceo of the arms company demonstrating the capabilities of this new technology and the kind of uses that you could put it to, they thought this was a documentary. they didn't think this was fictional at all. your kids probably have one of these, right? when it premiered in geneva, actually, _ at the negotiations on autonomous weapons, the russian ambassador sort of sneered at this and said, "well, why are we even discussing this? "this is science—fiction. "it won't be even po

the james webb space telescope, will take off from french guyana. you're watching bbc news. in bbc news it is the travel show. they're exploring japan to find out how exhibition delete my accessibility has improved in the wake of this year's paralympics in tokyo. oh, wow. look at the size of this place. this is tokyo stadium and it was home to the football, the rugby, and the pentathlon during the olympics. and i'm glad to finally be here. japan's delayed summer of sport finally got under way in 2021. my name's steve brown and i was supposed to come over the paralympic coverage. not being able to make it out was a huge blow. the whole thing about sport, it's not just about watching it, it's about feeling it, that immersive experience. before i was a presenter, i was captain of the london 2012 rugby wheelchair team. and when i was in hospital sport was what got me out. it was definitely the building blocks to the person that i have become. tokyo holds a special place in paralympic history. it was all the way back at the 1964 games that the term paralympic was first used. but

this report from scotland correspondent james cook contains flash photography. as budget day dawned, and era ended. this was scotland's last coal fired power station, the largest in europe. it crashed to the ground as the snp and the greens outlined how they would bring down both emissions and poverty. they would bring down both emissions and ove . ., , , they would bring down both emissions and ove . ., , and poverty. today's budget is a buduet and poverty. today's budget is a bud . et of and poverty. today's budget is a budget of choices, _ and poverty. today's budget is a budget of choices, and - and poverty. today's budget is a budget of choices, and we - and poverty. today's budget is a budget of choices, and we have | budget of choices, and we have chosen to tackle child poverty, to invest in the transition to net to zero, and to boost economic prosperity. it delivers on our manifesto promises. more teachers, more funding for police and record investment in our health and social care service. as we stand united against the impact of covid—19. health and

days after launching into orbit — it's the "make or break" moment for the james webb space telescope — as it starts to unfold its tennis court—sized sunshield. my my name is andy. it's a journey that did not start when i found out what the word transgender was. honestly it started when i was born. coming to terms with my identity felt like trying to deny a part of myself that i thought would never be reality. i kind of felt like if someone put a cap on a volcano and i was just sitting on top of that volcano not trying to let that l. but in the end the volcano exploded. i want to be referred to as mike weir one from now on. —— as andi from now on. i was mostly scared of all of the people around me. what they would think. i'm so happy! after the volcano exploded, all of these flowers and trees and life flourished because the ground was nourished. but it's not all peaches and cream, sunshine and lollipops. things didn't go as planned. i can't live like this any more. fear really does do something to a person. this is my story. this is who i am. i actually was born in queens new

james crumbley bought a gun and made it available to his sun. at school the teachers spotted ethan searching online for ammunition and alerted his mother. prosecution says she later sent text messages to her son saying, i am not mad at you, you have to learn not to get caught. then on the morning of the killings, teachers contacted the parents over a note ethan had drawn. the note contains the following... a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing out the words, the thoughts won't stop, help me. in another section of the note was the drawing of a bullet with the following words above the bullet, quote... lot everywhere. above the bullet, quote... lot everywhere-— above the bullet, quote... lot everywhere. but some question whether the _ everywhere. but some question whether the parents _ everywhere. but some question whether the parents really - everywhere. but some question whether the parents really can l everywhere. but some question i whether the parents really can be held responsible for the actions of their teenage son. i held respon

the james webb space telescope is due to blast off on christmas day. now on bbc news: becoming andi. transgender teen andi bernabe documented his life for a yearfor the bbc. falling over myself. that's all right. my name is andi bernabe. this journey didn't start when i found out what the word transgender that was. honestly, it started when i was born. coming to terms with my identity felt like trying to deny a part of myself that i thought would never be reality. i kind of felt like a someone put a cap on a volcano and i wasjust sitting on top of that volcano, not trying to let that cap go. but in the end the volcano exploded. i want to be referred to as andi from now on. i was just mostly scared of the people around me, what they would think. i'm so happy! after the volcano exploded, all these flowers and trees and life flourished because the ground was, like, re—nourished. but, you know, it's not all peaches and cream, sunshine and lollipops. things didn't go as planned. i can't live like this any more. fear really does do something to a person. t

hubble's successor is nasa's james webb telescope. unlike hubble, the £7.5 billion spacecraft will go beyond earth's orbit — 930,000 miles into deep space. once in space, it unfurls its sunshield and deploys its giant mirror and instruments. the space telescope is much more powerful than hubble. it'll be able to analyse the atmospheres of worlds orbiting distant stars to see if there are signs of life. it'll also be able to witness the birth of the very first stars. this is a simulation of that critical moment. the purple areas are clouds of hydrogen gas becoming ever denser until they form stars, blazing like fireworks. james webb is expected to capture images of this really happening. i'm so excited! why are you so excited? isn't that just fantastic that as humanity, a tiny little civilisation on planet earth, that we can create a telescope that we can send up into space and peer back to the universe as it was just a couple of hundred million years after the big bang? and some incredible views from space were obtained from these

james landale, news, liverpool. now on bbc news, it is time for the travel show with christa larwood. this week on the travel show: heading back for the first time in over two years. let's go to gate! this aussie girl is finally going home. laying on a special treat as a thank you to thailand's monkeys. and how the aftermath of the second world war helped to create one of berlin's most famous takeaway snacks. but first, with the christmas holiday season beginning, many will be crossing theirfingers for a return to something more like normality when compared to this time last year. particularly those expats heading home to family. and for australians who have been abroad during the pandemic, which includes myself, reuniting with the family back home this year will be especially significant. there are few things you have to do to go to australia. first of all you need to be eligible to go to australia, it is not completely open, you have to be double vaccinated and be able to prove it, and then you get proof of that,

here comes james anderson. england quickly dismissed australia's most esteemed spatters. hey, we are in this, maybe. marcus harris persevered for australia. not always pretty. and that feeling of optimism was sneaking away from england. as so often they needed anderson. harris was gone. elite florist helped australia build their lead when they're in insanity and did and they were 82 runs i and in the last hour the true context of the last hour the true context of the d. england batting again. the very next ball, david malan. he was gone. so leach was sent in to defend and defy. 31—4. australia will be back for more. joe wilson bbc news. that batting collapse took the shine away from what was an impressive england performance with the ball. james anderson, their saviour on so many occasions, produced another masterclass of swing and seam — but ultimately it may not matter after a nightmare final hour in melbourne: since 2010 it's definitely the best i have bold. ifelt in good since 2010 it's definitely the best i have bold. i felt in good with them. they feel great yes

james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. inside this rocket is the biggest telescope ever sent into space. punching a hole through the clouds. 20 seconds into the flight... this is the james webb space telescope. it's a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making, and a cost of $10 billion, it's finally on its way. we've never attempted anything like that in space before. we're going to be entering a whole new regime of astrophysics. a new frontier. and that is what gets so many of us excited about james webb space telescope. this space telescope is a feat of engineering. at its heart is a 6.5 metre—wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments, each coated in a layer of gold. its size means it can detect the incredibly faint light coming from the most distant stars. it also has a huge sun shield, about the size of a tennis court. it's made up of five layers, each as thin as a human hair, and this protects the telescope from the heat and light of the sun. sitting a million miles away

the poll was caused by the death from cancer of the former cabinet minister james brokenshire. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. if money is power, then one of the world's most powerful institutions is probably one you've never heard of. located in oslo and worth more than a trillion dollars, norway's sovereign wealth fund owes its existence to the country's vast reserves of oil and gas. it claims to be an ethical investor, so there was some consternation when it appointed my guest today, nicolai tangen, as its new boss. is a risk—taking, flamboyant hedge fund manager the right man to steer the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund? nicolai tangen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you currently manage a sovereign wealth fund which is worth roughly $1.1; trillion — an unimaginable sum of money which is not your money — it is actually the people of norway's money. why should they trust you to manage it for them? well, in a way, you should ask the people that hired me. but i think the reason why i think i got thejob was because

james, you're a scotsman and ou cross hotel. james, you're a scotsman and you cross the — hotel. james, you're a scotsman and you cross the border _ hotel. james, you're a scotsman and you cross the border every _ hotel. james, you're a scotsman and you cross the border every day - hotel. james, you're a scotsman and you cross the border every day to - you cross the border every day to come and work here. how many scottish people do you think are in carlisle tonight? i scottish people do you think are in carlisle tonight?— carlisle tonight? i mean, we've noticed it _ carlisle tonight? i mean, we've noticed it over _ carlisle tonight? i mean, we've noticed it over the _ carlisle tonight? i mean, we've noticed it over the last - carlisle tonight? i mean, we've noticed it over the last couple i carlisle tonight? i mean, we'vel noticed it over the last couple of weeks. — noticed it over the last couple of weeks, since the regulations came in. just— weeks, since the regulations came in. just today i've had quite a few of my— in. just today i've had quite a few of my friends co

the judge basically heard the charges againstjennifer and james crumbley. she also set a cash bond of 500,000 combined for the couple. thejudge also read of 500,000 combined for the couple. the judge also read the of 500,000 combined for the couple. thejudge also read the names of 500,000 combined for the couple. the judge also read the names of the dead children, madison baldwin, tietmeyer, harrisonjulia, justin schilling. those are the young people that the people have charges levelled against them for. if they have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in these teens' deaths. another detail, detroit police chief james white said the couple had assistance in getting inside the detroit basements where they were hiding before they were captured. what more do we know on this? we don't what more do we know on this? - don't know how lots, i'm sure that is to come out when they have their next court appearance on december 1a and december 20 seconds, and under a december 22 court appearance is for a preliminary examination, which is what we sometimes call a

our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. her remarks are just the latest stage of western leaders and ministers trying to put a little bit more pressure on iran just to say, look, the situation as it is currently cannot continue forever. there are talks taking place in vienna with negotiators on both sides still talking, still holding lots of meetings but they are not negotiating over detailed texts yet and that is because there is a disagreement over where they should start. essentially, the west, britain, france, germany, the other signatories to the initial agreement, china and russia, are all saying these negotiations should pick up where they left off injune where they were suspended after elections were held, and the new government said it wanted time to be assessed. iran says it is serious about having a deal and negotiating a deal but iranian negotiators have come back saying we are happy to talk about the june text but we want to make our own additions to them. they say it is impossible because if you're going to ma

ok, james landale, thank you for— military action. 0k, james landale, thank you for that _ military action. 0k, james landale, thank you for that lesson. - england's cricketers have slumped to a nine—wicket defeat in the first ashes test in brisbane. after fighting back on the third day, they lost their last eight wickets for 77 runs and were bowled out for 297, leaving australia to score just 20 runs for victory. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with owain wyn evans. hello, hello, everyone, i hope you're doing all right. now, most of us will notice temperatures rising across the uk today, but those rising temperatures will come courtesy of a weather front which, in turn, will also bring some rain, so there is your headline for the weekend. yes, turning milder, but rain at times. let's have a look at the air mass. you can see the blue colours being replaced by the warmer tones, the yellows, the oranges. this triangle here is called the warm sector. you can see it drawing up the milder air from the south. where you see the line, that is the boundary, that

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later on saturday. it's the successor to the hubble space telescope. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. stephen sackur looks back at some of the biggest and most memorable interviews of the year. welcome to a special year—ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you're a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you're missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re—election, but he didn't slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation th

james ward prowse tends to get his goals from set pieces but this one came in open play to give southampton the lead. harry kane equalised with a penalty awarded for a foul by mohamed salisu who was sent off. spurs dominated the second half and had two goals disallowed, so it finished all square. it is not easy to play after only 1m hours. for sure, we fely a bit of fatigue and may be our decision wasn't so right. but i think that at the end of the game, we could win, we didn't do this, and we are to be disappointed. crystal palace's second win in four games has taken them into the top ten, a place the team they beat can only dream of. odsonne edouard had given palace the lead against norwich from a penalty, before two further goals before half time from jean—philippe mateta and jeffrey schlupp gave them a comfortable win. 3—nil it finished, leaving norwich bottom of the league. and there has been even more disruption to the festive football schedule everton's home premier league game with newcastle has been postponed because of coronavirus cases and injuries in the visiting side's camp

piece of work, your latest book, notes on grief, which looks at the grief the passing of your father, james. and also the passing of your mother, grace, as well. you talk about still processing the grief, not knowing what you are learning, what your understanding. so ijust wanted to ask you how are you doing right now? how is this process going for you? i don't know. there are good days and bad days. and the days ofjust utter disbelief. i just really cannot believe what happened to us, you know. he felt a bit unwell. had been sleeping poorly. but we were not to worry. on the 8th ofjune oki went to see him and said he looked tired. on the 9th ofjune i kept our chat brief so that he could rest. he laughed when i did my playful imitation of a relative. he said goodnight. his last words to me. on the 10th ofjune he was gone. my brother called to tell me and i came undone. earlier today i just felt very light and i don't mean that in a good way. i felt that i could very easily be blown away. i was very close to my parents. i wouldn't be who i am without them. they were remarkable people. even sa

james crumbley bought a gun and made it available to his son. at school, a teacher spotted ethan searching online for ammunition and alerted his mother. prosecutors say she later sent text messages to her son saying, "lol, i'm not mad at you. you have to learn not to get caught." then, on the morning of the killings, teachers contacted the parents over a note ethan had drawn. the note contained the following — a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun pointing at the words, "the thoughts won't stop, help me." in another section of the note was a drawing of a bullet with the following words above that bullet, "blood everywhere." but some question whether the parents really can be held responsible for the actions of their teenage son. i think it's actually highly unusual. it's opening the door for a very large, slippery slope. and so that is kind of where i'm having trouble saying that the parents committed manslaughter, meaning they were aware that this was going to happen. bell chimes. at a candlelit vigil in oxford last night, the community came t

now, whether that's, like, "assassination ofjesse james" and the outlaws bypassed by the world moving on, or whatever, but i feel like that, yeah. you know, i'm a creature of the time i grew up in, and the films i loved as a teenager, you know, and i don't see many of them now. i don't see a progression. you know, it's wonderful, in britain, i grew up watching ken loach movies. ken loach is still making those films. but where are the other people? where... you know, it's not, that progression has been with technology and, you know, digital technology and effects and superheroes and it's wonderful, i'm not decrying that, but where's the other side of it? you know, i guess, in your film—making life, the genres have shifted and evolved, but also the technology has really shifted and evolved... yeah. ..and you just alluded to it, with much more computer—generated imagery... yeah. ..and virtual reality, and now they're building these extraordinary, i think, called led walls. yeah, yeah. you can do more and more shooting, not on location, which you're famous for — scouting your locati

and after the launch — it's the "make or break" moment, for the james webb space telescope — as it starts to unfold its super—sized sunshield. hello and welcome. us presidentjoe biden has again told russia's president vladamir putin that the us and its allies will "respond decisively" if russia further invades ukraine. this — during the second call between the two leaders in less than a month amid concerns over russian troops massing at the ukrainian border. a kremlin spokesperson said that putin had made it clear that any new large scale sanctions — would be a "colossal mista ke". the us released this picture of president biden on the call from his home in delaware — with the white house saying he laid out two paths — one of diplomacy and one of deterrence. both sides said the call had been constructive — further talks are set for the new year. for more on this i'm joined now by our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. i chat between these two world leaders. what do we think that president biden is keen to emphasise on this call? well, this is the _ emphasise on this cal

i'm james crumbley. ethan crumbley�*s parents, james and jennifer, were found in a warehouse in detroit hours after going on the run. a reward of $10,000 had been offered for information leading to their arrests. their lawyer says they fled for their own safety. the pair, seen here earlier following their son's arrest, face charges of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say they ignored warning signs before their 15—year—old son, ethan crumbley, allegedly used his father's gun to shoot classmates in oxford, michigan — killing four and wounding seven. james crumbley bought a gun and made it available to his son. at school, a teacher spotted ethan searching online for ammunition and alerted his mother. prosecutors say she later sent text messages to her son saying, "lol, i'm not mad at you. you have to learn not to get caught." then, on the morning of the killings, teachers contacted the parents over a note ethan had drawn. the note contained the following — a drawing of a semiautomatic handgun

and james— stars. they needed something better. and james webb will do that. and i talk about— and james webb will do that. and i talk about the first starts. james webb _ talk about the first starts. james webb will look at these planets now that are _ webb will look at these planets now that are being found around stars beyond _ that are being found around stars beyond our on, beyond the song, which _ beyond our on, beyond the song, which is _ beyond our on, beyond the song, which is in — beyond our on, beyond the song, which is in the sky. and the idea that you — which is in the sky. and the idea that you could look at the add on issues _ that you could look at the add on issues of— that you could look at the add on issues of those planets, look at the suite _ issues of those planets, look at the suite of _ issues of those planets, look at the suite of gases in those atmospheres and say, _ suite of gases in those atmospheres and say, is — suite of gases in those atmospheres and say, is that world habitable? is that the _ and say, is that world hab

the day of lunch is not as critical with james webb as a planetary mission.— critical with james webb as a planetary mission. when you come back and talk— planetary mission. when you come back and talk to _ planetary mission. when you come back and talk to us _ planetary mission. when you come back and talk to us about _ planetary mission. when you come back and talk to us about it - planetary mission. when you come back and talk to us about it when l back and talk to us about it when it's up there? i back and talk to us about it when it's up there?— back and talk to us about it when it's up there? i would love to and i ho -e it's up there? i would love to and i hope that means _ it's up there? i would love to and i hope that means i'm coming - hope that means i'm coming back because if i come back that means it's doing it's thing and we have something. it's doing it's thing and we have something-— the newest member of the biden family has made his first public appearance. this is commander, a four—month old german shepherd whose arrival at the white house was announced via th

it wait from them for the james webb telesco e? , ., , wait from them for the james webb telesco e? , . , ., , telescope? it is really the earliest calaxies. telescope? it is really the earliest galaxies- when — telescope? it is really the earliest galaxies. when hubble _ telescope? it is really the earliest galaxies. when hubble revealed l telescope? it is really the earliest i galaxies. when hubble revealed the universe was just filled with these faint little dots of galaxies when the first deep images were taken in the first deep images were taken in the mid—19 90s, a long time ago. and so it then became very clear that to explore these and go back right in time to the very beginning of galaxies wejust had time to the very beginning of galaxies we just had to have a big telescope like web. so it is to everyone's credit that the resources were put there, the amazing engineering teams were assembled and that people were just focus and worked on this to make this a reality. as we saw in the launch today. and absolutely amazing launch. , ., today. and absolutely amazing launch. .

the images that eventually come back from james webb will be even more spectacular than these, taken by hubble. but there's still work to do. the sun shield will take several days to open, and that's just the start of this complex unfolding process. with so much at stake, it's a tense time for the team. rebecca morelle bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. you're taking us to the seaside? why not go it is almost that sort of weather. it is exceptionally mild. it may be the mildest ever new year's eve and new year's day across the uk. we are keeping this very mild air. blustery wind, but it is where the wind is coming from that is important, coming all the way from sirs, from madeira, from the south, bringing the warmth northwards into the uk, bringing a lot of cloud. the cloud has been dinner across eastern parts of the uk, so there has been weak winter sunshine around. much more cloudy out to the west, where we have seen some rain. this rain is really gathering pace across wales, heading to the north west of england. that could push into parts of northern ire

it's james. it's really nice to meet you, sir. how's it going? nice to meet you, nice to meet you. 0ur biological mother was... ..a little demented and rather evil, to be nice about it. and shejust... ..didn't take very good care of us and... ..i was the one that took — you know, was the target of everything until the incident that got us taken away from her. and that was way above and beyond everything else. she poured lighterfluid on shawna and threw a match at her. i'm sorry... it's ok. that... and that was... after that, i only saw shawna twice, maybe three times after that. completely lost her. she was the biggest part of my life, you know? there was part of me that's been missing since then. shawna was never given a funeral. instead, her remains lay in storage for years, in the hope the case would one day be solved. to put it bluntly, my sister has been sitting in a box on a shelf for 30 years. she won't be any more. advocates of this technology say that could be used to solve tens of thousands of murderers in the us alone, but there's a

james langdale at the g7 meeting in the report there. now the weather prospects in a couple of moments, but before that, let's talk about robotic surgery which you might�*ve heard of where procedures are carried out remotely and the technology is improving all the time. now guy's and st thomas hospital in london has a new robotic device for operations which aims to up device for operations which aims to up recovery times and help patients spend less time in hospital. 0ur correspondent frankie macaulay explains. i got most of my family's hit picture here and this is my dad. diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year. i diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year.— diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year. i wanted to get rid of it and _ earlier this year. i wanted to get rid of it and that _ earlier this year. i wanted to get rid of it and that is _ earlier this year. i wanted to get rid of it and that is the _ earlier this year. i wanted to get rid of it and that is the basis i earlier this year. i wanted to get ri

james celebrates with the goal swing. having scored with a perfect wedge. before half—time, things would bend back the other way. young men son followed spurious penalty, mohammed had already been booked, the red card a formality as with harry came taking was the penalty. now the game was there for tottenham to win, and on demand to south hampton forgot about terry kane at their peril, but all goals are now provisional. this one was outside. marginally. the keepers seems now is to protect the goal, but what happened here? according to the vector become a forest that had been filed. according to spurious, he had been lucky. they struggled to fashion their own chances, brian hill had the last of them in their chase for the top four, this was a mess. they will end the year with regrets. patrick geary, bbc news. it is not easy to play after only 44 hours. forsure, we it is not easy to play after only 44 hours. for sure, we have had a bit of fatigue and may be our decision wasn't so right. but i think that at the end of the game, we could win, and we are to be

well, here comes james anderson. he's got him, bowled him. england quickly dismissed australia's most esteemed batters. hey, we're in this! maybe? marcus harris persevered for australia. not always pretty, but past 50. and that feeling of optimism, it was sneaking away from england. as so often, they needed anderson. captain's grateful hands and harris was gone. but a late flourish helped australia build their lead. when their innings finally ended, they were 82 runs ahead. and in the last hour, the true context of the day's play — england batting again, zak crawley out for five. the very next ball — dawid malan — lbw. haseeb hameed couldn't last. faint edge, he was gone. so jack leach was sent in to defend and defy. hm, 31 for4. and australia will be back for more. joe wilson, bbc news. despite some postponments because of covid, there were six premier league boxing day matches yesterday. six goals from manchester city in their game against leicester, which has taken them six points clear at the top of the premier league. city were 4â€

ethan's parents, james and jennifer, were found in detroit. they apparently submitted to police and came into custody. they had been... they had fled the scene after the killings because according to their lawyer, they felt they needed to for their own security because there are high feelings running in the area obviously, in this area of oxford in the state of michigan. the authorities in the united states had offered a reward of $10,000 for information leading to their request. the pairfaced charges of involuntary manslaughter. they face four counts each. that is because it is felt that they committed egregious acts in allowing the situation to arise whereby ethan had access to a gun, his father apparently bought it for him as a christmas present, and then there were warnings from the school about ethan's behaviour, text messages from the school warning the parents about his behaviour but these were not taken account of. also, on the day of the shootings, apparently the school had been concerned and had contacted the parents to say that etha

james webb telescope _ mission, what will it tell us? james webb telescope will _ mission, what will it tell us? james webb telescope will be _ mission, what will it tell us? james webb telescope will be able - mission, what will it tell us? james webb telescope will be able to - mission, what will it tell us? james webb telescope will be able to see j webb telescope will be able to see unprecedented images of the universe, from galaxies to early universe, from galaxies to early universe, exoplanets, planets of her own solar system as well, infrared sensitivity is unprecedented, this will help astronomers to compare the faintest and earliest galaxies of the universe to today's galaxies, and this will hopefully ring us to understand how galaxies assemble and evolve over billions of years. also it will create better grass, helping us to take images of planets, like we imagine in science fiction. but to these images we can learn so much, we can learn how how the seasons, the rotation, weather, then we have to use that to idolise the atmosph

and that is what gets so many of us excited about james webb space telescope. this space telescope is a feat of engineering. at its heart is a 6.5m—wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments, each coated in a layer of gold. its size means it can detect the incredibly faint light coming from the most distant stars. it also has a huge sunshield — about the size of a tennis court. it's made up of five layers, each as thin as a human hair. and this protects the telescope from the heat and light of the sun. sitting a million miles away from the earth, the telescope will give us our deepest ever view of the cosmos, from seeing the birth of the very first stars and galaxies to revealing new planets in far—flung solar systems. what excites me is making discoveries, things we haven't thought about, and there's a whole history of astronomy that shows how, when we've looked at the new universe in a new way, we discover things we hadn't thought about, and there's something really exciting about doing that. so the light from the telescope - comes in down at the bot

james reynolds reports. this amazon warehouse in edwardsville in the state of illinois was ripped apart by the storm. up to 100 people may have been inside the building. they were working on the night shift in the run up to christmas. their family members have gathered. he was on the phone with me while it was happening. the tornado was hitting the back of the building. the trucks was coming in. i told him tojump out the truck and duck. i decided to come down here to see what was going on. i had no idea the building looked that bad and i'm worried sick. ijust want to know if he's 0k. in kentucky, tornadoes tore a path through 200 miles, hitting this, the town of mayfield. the governor fears dozens may have been killed at a candle factory. it has been one of the toughest- nights in kentucky history and some areas have been hit in ways that are hard to put into words. - in arkansas, the storm hit a nursing home, killing at least one person and trapping more than a dozen others. one official called it heartbrea

james clayton looks at recent breakthroughs in dna technology which help to solve murders. this film contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. human remains, possibly a female, found lying near an unoccupied house.

the james webb telesc0pe _ from the hubble telescope? the james webb telescope is _ from the hubble telescope? the james webb telescope is different _ from the hubble telescope? the james webb telescope is different in - from the hubble telescope? the james webb telescope is different in so - webb telescope is different in so many ways, it is 6.5 metres wide compared to hubbell�*s two metres. it is looking at the infrared. unlike the mirrors which you have in your bathroom, which are silvery and shiny, the james webb telescope are plated in a very thin layer of gold, allowing it to reflect more heat, this infrared light, so we can see better in the infrared. it has also got much longer wavelength coverage so we can see a much longer spectrum of the stars and it is more sensitive. these two telescopes, the hubble telescope and the james webb telescope, they will be working together. i telescope, they will be working to t ether. ., . telescope, they will be working totether. ., . , ., , together. i mentioned excel planets, what will it b

we are an hour and a half away from the launch of the james webb telescope. that is what we are seeing live where the launch will take place. our science correspondentjonathan amos joins me now. looks like you had a wallpaper stripper out. that's a very barren room. very festive and thank you for going to the trouble. i room. very festive and thank you for going to the trouble.— going to the trouble. i have cleared m mind going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as — going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as well, _ going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as well, martin,. - going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as well, martin,. my - going to the trouble. i have cleared | my mind as well, martin,. my palms are sweating, my palms are sweating. they have waited 30 years for this thing and that's how long they have been designing and building this. $10 billion. that is the price ticket on this mission and in under two hours, they are going to put it on top as a controlled explosion and you and i are going to watch it and i will probabl

and a make or break moment for the new james webb telescope, on its thrilling mission to capture the light from the first ever stars. good afternoon. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late american financierjeffrey epstein. the 60—year—old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced — including the most serious charge, that of sex trafficking a minor. maxwell faces spending the rest of her life in prison after she was found guilty by a jury in new york, but her lawyers say they are already preparing to appeal against the conviction. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. court sketches show the moment ghislaine maxwell's victims have waited decades for. after five days of deliberation, jurors decided she was guilty on five counts linked to the sexual abuse of teenagers. and it was four of her victims who helped put her behind bars. the court heard how ghislaine maxwell gained their trust. during their emotional testimony, they told the jury how she instruc

the church basically heard the charges againstjennifer and james crumbley. she also said —— set a cash bond of 500,000, a million combined for the couple. so, if they want to get out, they have to post $1 million bond. thejudge also read the names of the dead children. those were the young people that the couple have charges levelled against them for, they have been charged with voluntary —— in voluntary manslaughter in these teens death. detroit's police chief james white said the couple had assistance in getting inside the detroit basement where they were hiding before they were captured, what more do we know on this? we were captured, what more do we know on this? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., ., ., on this? we don't know a whole lot et, i am on this? we don't know a whole lot yet. i am sure _ on this? we don't know a whole lot yet, i am sure that _ on this? we don't know a whole lot yet, i am sure that is _ on this? we don't know a whole lot yet, i am sure that is going - on this? we don't know a whole lot yet, i am sure that is going to - on this? we don't