president obama has described his successor donald trump as unconventional and warned that he shouldn t be underestimated. on friday mr trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. now on bbc news, the story of yulia stepanova, the russian athlete who exposed the state sponsored doping scandal, in life on the run. yulia stepanova, russian champion, world class athlete turned whistle blower. her contribution to sport and the fight against doping is beyond comparison. nobody has done more for the anti doping movement. branded a traitor in her motherland. she and her husband exposed cheating in russia on a colossal scale. now they live in secret, fearing for their lives. unlikely to ever return home. yulia stepanova. .. the young family seem completely at home in this average american town. nobody gives them a second glance. this is yulia stepanova and vitaly stepanov, an elite athlete and an anti doping officer. their shocking revelations exposed the dir
to take meat off the menu. the actor sirjohn hurt has died. he appeared in more than 120 films and was best known for his roles in the naked civil servant, alien and the naked civil servant, alien and the elephant man. he was nominated for two academy awards and won four bafta awards. everything seemed to come to a head today. john hurt, as the political diarist alan clark. both my back wisdom teeth have disintegrated into blackened stumps, or stalagmites. not a nice man, but an expectedly sympathetic one, the sort of complex characterjohn hurt played with such ease and subtlety. his talent was spotted early in a succession of leading stage and television roles. his first big breakthrough came in 1966, in a man for all seasons. a small part, but in a high profile, 0scar winning film. a few years later, he was starring opposite richard attenborough in 10 rillington place. he played the illiterate timothy evans, wrongly hanged for a murder he didn t commit. 0n television, he wa
dateline london we ve looked at the president in the white house. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. one of britain s most respected actors, sirjohn hurt, has died at the age of 77. john hurt appeared in more than 120 films, as well as numerous stage and television productions, and was best known for his roles in the naked civil servant, alien and the elephant man. he was nominated for two academy awards and won four bafta awards, including a prize for his outstanding contribution to british cinema. our correspondent nick higham reports. everything seemed to come to a head today. john hurt, as the political diarist alan clark. both my back wisdom teeth have disintegrated into blackened stumps, or stalagmites. not a nice man, but an expectedly sympathetic one, the sort of complex characterjohn hurt played with such ease and subtlety. his talent was spotted early in a succession of leading stage and television roles. his first big breakthrough came in 1966, in a man for all
and a dozen entities . iran s foreign minister responded, also on twitter, saying iran unmoved by threats as we derive security from our people. we will never initiate war, but we can only reply on our own means of defence. so how serious a moment is this? i m joined by our diplomatic editor. is this a harbinger of much worse to come like a handbrake turn on iran policy? in a sense it is unfinished business from the last months of the obama administration, these missiles, over 1000 mile range, not very accurate, the general view of intelligence experts is that they are being tested as nuclear delivery systems, that is counter to united nations agreements. another problem is that some people connected with these, the firing of warships by rebels in recent months, another issue is that basically apart from one counterstrike against those batteries president obama kicked the can down the road. so emphasis tonight from us officials is that this doesn t mean the end of the nucl
spots this morning with patchy fog around. although we expecting more cloud today than yesterday, still some dry weather to come. i have the full details in the next half hour. good morning. first, our main story. train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. the commons transport committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get and yet they are paying more for it. they re calling on the department for transport to give up some of its powers. rob young reports. dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. they say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to train companies. the commons committee says competition is meant to drive improvements but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. national express used to be the biggest train compa