legend kobe bryant says she was left devastated by first responders photographs of her dead husband and daughter after a fatal helicopter crash. and home invasion why this seal caused something of a stir for one family and their cat in new zealand. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. we begin in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. 34 year old el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of the islamic state group which terrorised large swathes of iraq and syria between 2014 and 2017. beatings, electrocutions and mock executions were carried out by the jihadists on western hostages, wh
rain. this is what happened through the small hours, these thunderstorms developed to the south, pushed northwards. we ve seen around 5000 lightning strikes so far today and a lot of rain as you can see from the radar picture. in some places but not in all places. however, where it has been wet, take this figure, bury saint edmonds, above 70 millimetres of rain so far, that is more than that place would normally expect in the whole month of august, so it has been an exceptionally wet day so far but this rain is now starting to clear eastwards, taking a while to do so i have to say but generally improving through the midlands and eastern england this afternoon. sunny spells elsewhere although cloud bringing showers for northern ireland and western scotland and asked that rain clears through a fresh feel than we have had of late and certainly cooler and fresher overnight. with all the moisture on the ground, could see some fog patches developing across parts of the midlands and
of information that we have received so far. this level of engagement, this level of cooperation and this level of working together simply must continue. a jury has ordered los angeles county to pay damages of $16 million to vanessa bryant, the widow of the basketball star kobe bryant over graphic photos taken by first responders to the helicopter crash that killed him in 2020. sheriff s deputies and firefighters on the scene had taken pictures of the wreckage, including the remains of the los angeles lakers player and their thirteen year old daughter. with more, here s gareth barlow. as she left court in los angeles on wednesday, vanessa bryant, seen here in white, cut a silent and sombre figure. inside court last week,
she sobbed as she recalled reading an la times article that claimed images had been taken of the remains of her husband and 13 year old daughter. mrs bryant told jurors she was blindsided, devastated, hurt and betrayed, and that she lived in fear of having the images appear on social media. kobe bryant and his daughter gianna, and six family friends, died when their helicopter crashed in california in january 2020. among them were sarah chester and her 13 year old daughter peyton, whose father christopher was a co plaintiff in the case and was awarded $15 million. the court heard how as distraught fans express their love for the basketball superstar, sheriffs deputies and firefighters took gruesome photos of the accident site, later showing them in a bar and gala event. a lawyer for the county tried to argue that such photography is essential, and that the photos hadn t been posted anywhere publicly. butjurors disagreed and said the county must pay vanessa bryant
legend kobe bryant says she was left devastated by first responders photographs of her dead husband and daughter after a fatal helicopter crash. and home invasion why this seal caused something of a stir for one family and their cat in new zealand. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. we begin in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. 34 year old el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to.