Allegations of abuse by the parents of 13 children rescued by police from their home in california. David and Louise Turpin have pleaded not guilty to torture, child abuse and false imprisonment. A District Attorney said the children, aged between 2 and 29, were found severely malnourished with brain and nerve damage, some of them chained to their beds. They were rescued after one escaped through a window of the house, east of los angeles. The bbcs james cook in los angeles says the girls escape had been planned for a long time. According to the prosecutor who has been giving a lot more harrowing detail about this case, the 17 Year Old Girl who got out of the house and plotted with her siblings to escape for the last two years, and when she did get out, having taken a deactivated mobile phone she used to make an emergency phone call. She left with a sibling. The prosecutor did not say which one. They said it was a girl who got out with her sibling. Her sister became frightened and went
Russia is calling on the eu to stump up billions of dollars to help rebuild syria. I am in brussels to speak to russias representative to the eu, vladimir chizhov. He said that if the eu doesnt pay, then they will bear the responsibility for that. But russian planes are still destroying parts of syria and rather than support the peace talks at the United Nations, russia has set up their own parallel talks. So what responsibility does it have to end the war in syria . Vladimir chizhov, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. What do you mean when you say that if the eu dont pay for the reconstruction of syria or contribute to it, they will bear the responsibility for that . Well, the reconstruction of syria, after the extensive damage that has been inflicted on that country during over six years of war, is, in my view, the responsibility of the whole international community, including, of course, the European Union. Now, the European Union has been declaring a number of times its willingness to
False imprisonment. Scientists in america say theyre a step closer to one of the holy grails of medicine a universal blood test for cancer. The new zealand Prime Minister says shes not the first woman to multi task after announcing that she is pregnant. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. England on top down under. 7 certainly yes, kyle edmund is into the last 16. There has been another win for englands cricketers. Thank you olly. Sarah has the weather, how is it looking . We have web triweather at the moment. Things will turn milder through the weekend, but an amber warning out for the met office for disruptive weather in scotland in particular, i will have all the details throughout the afternoon. Also coming up a bridge too far for borisjohnson perhaps number ten knocks down the foreign secretarys idea for a fixed link between the uk and france. Intry w et er at the moment. Things will turn milder through the weekend, but an amber warning out for the met office for disruptive
Allegations of abuse by the parents of 13 children rescued by police from their home in california. David and Louise Turpin have pleaded not guilty to torture, child abuse and false imprisonment. A District Attorney said the children, aged between 2 and 29, were found severely malnourished with brain and nerve damage, some of them chained to their beds. They were rescued after one escaped through a window of the house, east of los angeles. The bbcs james cook in los angeles says the girls escape had been planned for a long time. According to the prosecutor who has been giving a lot more harrowing detail about this case, the 17 Year Old Girl who got out of the house and plotted with her siblings to escape for the last two years, and when she did get out, having taken a deactivated mobile phone she used to make an emergency phone call. She left with a sibling. The prosecutor did not say which one. They said it was a girl who got out with her sibling. Her sister became frightened and went
At the pyeongchang games. A jury has found the former football coach Barry Bennell guilty of multiple counts of sexual abuse. His victims were young footballers, boys aged between eight and 15, groomed by bennell, who claimed he could fulfil their dreams of becoming professional footballers. During the trial, he was described as a child molester on an industrial scale. In total, the jury at Liverpool Crown court returned guilty verdicts on 36 counts. They are yet to reach a verdict on seven further counts. Joining me from Liverpool Crown court is our correspondent, ben ando. What happened in court this afternoon . This has been a four week trial, the jury this has been a four week trial, the jury has been directing for three days. They have reached verdicts on some of the towns facing Barry Bennell, who was a very highly respected football coach with clubs like stoke city, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s. Up until 1990. Thats what we heard. In total, bennell faced 48 c