Let me see the face. Laughter. The interview was recorded as part of the today programmes guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A British Embassy worker has been killed in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. Our correspondentjon donnison has been following developments. Our middle east correspondent martin patience joins us from beirut. What is the latest you can tell us . Well, this is a piece of news that has stunned the diplomatic communities. It is believed that rebecca dykes was attending a Going Away Party on friday night in a popular area of the city. After she left the bar, it is understood she was then abducted and her body was found dumped close to a motorway sometime on saturday. Police sources we have spoken to say that they believe she was strangled. Her family have been notified of her death. As i said before, this has stunned the British Community in beirut. In gover
Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 6. 30am in myanmar where the countrys leaders could face charges of genocide over the persecution of the rohingya ethnic group. Thats the warning from uns high commissionerfor human rights. Its estimated that more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from myanmar to neighbouring bangladesh since august, when attacks on police posts prompted a military crackdown. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports. This boy is 11 years old. He draws pictures of the horrors he has witnessed. Translation older women were stamped on, and then the military grabbed them by the hair and slaughtered them. Because i saw that, i am drawing this. He is one of 650,000 Rohingya Refugees who fled myanmar after a military assault that began in late august. They are coming to kill us, says the man, they are coming to kill us. The widespread and systematic nature of the violence has persuaded the un chief to say that it could am
Iam sure i am sure you have and that union on that one. With me isjeremy cook whos chief economist of the Payments Company world first. This front page story on the telegraph, saudis must stop starving germans. A very strong headline. It is an absolutely horrendous situation and it is becoming very critical. Syria is in everyones mind but yemen has largely in forgotten in the west and as Boris Johnson said last month, probably the biggest humanitarian crisis ongoing in the world at the moment. This new secretary of state, penny morduant and, said the saudis placating yemeni port is keeping our ships laden only with food and medicine represents a real difficulty for the uk government and they say it has to stop. It is an interesting scenario because of cause saudi arabia have been involved in this situation, arguing the busy rebels are armed. Houthi. In the meantime, everybody wa nts houthi. In the meantime, everybody wants the nice lucrative deals from saudi arabia and that is certainl
Becomes the most senior woman in the church of england appointed bishop of london. And a dark day down under for englands cricketers as australia take an unassailable 3 0 lead in the ashes. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A review of fire and building regulations, following the Grenfell Tower fire, says the Current System isnt fit for purpose, and a culture change is required to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. Damejudith hackitt, in her interim review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. She says shes been shocked by some of the practices shes heard about. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds. G re nfell tower Grenfell Tower and that horrifying loss of life demonstrated for all to see, that something had gone badly wrong with fire safety. But the scale of that only became clear in the weeks that followed. Confidence in the safety of Public Housing was left in pieces,
Hands on the award. I didnt imagine i was ever going to win this. Come so close in 2012, but i guess anything can happen. Also in sport rain delays australias hopes of regaining the ashes, but bairstow has gone this morning, and the aussies now need just five more england wickets to reclaim the urn. Good morning from this cream cracker factory in liverpool. Uk shoppers are predicted to spend over £4 billion on groceries this week, so it is the start of the busiest week of the year for Food Retailers and manufacturers. Im live at this cracker factory in liverpool to find out how they cope. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Well, it is a frosty start to the new working week but mostly dry and sunny day to day. On the move, for that could be a big problem. I will tell you why in 15 minutes. Detectives in lebanon are examining the possibility that a British Embassy worker whose body was found bya Embassy Worker whose body was found by a motorway was sexually assaulted. It is underst