Role as Winston Churchill in darkest hour. I think without his wife, we could have had a different Winston Churchill and a different outcome. Also the highlights from todays winter olympics. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The family of the murdered labourmp,jo cox, have pledged to support her husband after he resigned from charity roles following allegations of sexual misconduct. Brendan cox denies assaulting a woman in the United States in 2015, but admits to inappropriate behaviour while working for save the children. The charity has confirmed that he was suspended from his role there, and says he resigned before a disciplinary process was completed. Robert hall reports. Jo cox, labourmp jo cox, labour mp and mother of two, was murdered in her constituency during the run up to the 2016 eu referendum. Shot and stabbed by a far right extremist. In the months after her death, the public rallied in support of her family and her husband, brendan, who set up two charities. Today he
Is jailed for 31 years for abusing Young Players. After protests over the Florida School shooting, President Trump signals hell support improved background checks for people who buy guns. The bafta goes to. Three billboards. And triumph at the baftas for three billboards. The film brought to the screen by a british born writer and director and with british funding. Its five oclock. Our main story is that a University Lecturer, described by us officials as the worst Child Exploitation offender theyd ever found on the internet, has been jailed for 32 years. Matthew falder, whos 29 and worked at birmingham university, had admitted 137 offences including sharing extreme child pornography and encouraging the rape of a child. The operation to catch falder included Law Enforcement agencies across the world. Our correspondent sima kotecha reports from Birmingham Crown court. What is it i have done . What is it i am supposed to have done . Matthew falder being arrested at his workplace last yea
And tomasz has the weather. We have been forecasting some rain for today. It is on its way but some of us actually may end up with a pretty bright day. Good morning. First, our main story. North korea appears to have carried out another nuclear test. China and the United States say they have detected tremors consistent with an underground explosion. Hours earlier, north koreas state news agency said the country had built its own Hydrogen Bomb, capable of being mounted on an inter continental Ballistic Missile. There is no independent verification of the claim. Our correstpondent Yogita Limaye is in the south korean capital, seoul. An Emergency National Security Council meeting is under way here in south korea. It is chaired by president moonjae in. Were detected seemed to have been caused by an explosion and that they are man made. That is also what the Chinese Earthquake Administration has said. The United States Geological Survey has also said these tremors have been triggered by an
In south london on friday have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying a firearm. President trump nominates the conservative judge, Amy Coney Barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us Supreme Court. And in half an hour here on bbc news, the settlers billionaire backer an investigation into Russian Oligarch roman abramovich, who controls companies that have donated tens of millions of pounds to a settler organisation operating in occupied eastjerusalem. Good afternoon. The government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students to return to university. Thats despite several outbreaks of coronavirus which have seen many students confined to their rooms on campuses. The culture secretary Oliver Dowden said today its important that students didnt give up a year of their lives by not returning to their studies. But a member of the governments advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic says the consequences of allowing students back have been entirely predic
Briefed the media against them secretary. This, along with many other claims, is completely false. A historic moment for afghanistan the us and the taliban sign a deal that will see the withdrawal of thousands of american troops. Including a much needed victory for west ham against southhampton. Its been revealed by the department of health that three more people in england have tested positive for coronavirus. They had all recently returned from abroad two from italy, and one from asia. That means that the total number of cases in the uk has risen to 23. Public Health Officials are trying to establish how a man from surrey become the first and so far only known person to contract coronavirus within the uk. That patient is being treated at a specialist nhs infection centre in london. A pub in haslemere, in surrey, has closed as a precaution against the virus and is undergoing a deep clea n. And this afternoon following talks with the heath secretary and the chief medical officer, boris