And. Click goes inside the Fukushima Nuclear power plant, where robots are helping to clear after at the nuclear disaster. Thats in half on hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man, kidnapped and held for five years in afghanistan, along with his pregnant wife, says she was raped and her baby daughter murdered. Joshua boyle and Caitlin Coleman were freed earlier this week along with three children born in captivity. As john mcmanus reports, mr boyle revealed the details after returning home to canada. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. Canadianjoshua boyle and his wife Caitlin Coleman, came here, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead the couple were kidnapped by members of a Haqqani Network linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors released a series of videos. One of them showed their children born in captivity. On wednesday, the family were finally freed by pakistani forces. They arrived in
Pictures, which hands out the oscars, is meeting to decide whether to expel Harvey Weinstein after a string of allegations against him. Weather forecasters warn that hurricane ophelia is approaching the uk and may bring heavy rain and gusts of up to 80mph. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man, kidnapped and held for nearly five years in afghanistan along with his pregnant wife, says she was raped and their baby daughter murdered. Joshua boyle and Caitlin Coleman were freed earlier this week, after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the caliban. The caliban. He said his wife had given birth to four children, all in captivity, one of them, a baby girl, killed. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. Caitlin coleman, travelled, he says, it was here that Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlin Coleman, travelled, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network, li
Assault allegations. And a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been giving distressing details of the five years they spent in captivity. Joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. Mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity one of whom he said, a baby girl, had been murdered. John mcmanus reports. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. It was here that Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife caitlin coleman, travelled, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead, the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network, linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors released a series of videos. One of them
And a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been speaking about the five years they spent in captivity. Joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. Mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity, and one had been murdered. John mcmanus reports. Afghanistan. Outside the capital many parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. It was to hear that Canadianjoshua Boyle and his heavily pregnant wife Caitlin Coleman travelled, he says to carry out aid work. But instead the couple were kidnapped by members of the Haqqani Network linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors attempted to use them as bargaining chips, releasing a number
The california wildfires. At least 36 people have now been killed and hundreds more are missing as whole neighbourhoods are reduced to ash. It looks like a bomb was dropped an entire neighbourhoods have gone. Thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community. A brexit warning from Hillary Clinton. She questions britains ability to do a trade deal with president trump. In sport, two old foes reunited on the pitch this lunchtime. Liverpool host Manchester United at anfield as the premier League Returns after the international break. And darren has the weather. Good morning. Theres a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. This weekend and into monday some warm conditions for many of us and by the beginning of the week weve got the arrival of ophelia and some damaging winds. Join me laterfor all of the details. Thank you. First, our main story. Tougher prison sentences for people repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. The government wants to