And im Richelle Carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Or its of defiance from donald trump as the investigation into his ties to russia is a step closer to the oval office. Yemens former president calls for a cease fire in the countrys civil war. Alone and afraid there are hendra girls being sold as sex slaves after escaping violence and me and mark. And days after claiming he wasnt allowed to leave the u. A. E. A former egyptian Prime Minister was abruptly expelled from the country. There is nothing to hide in the words of the u. S. President just a day after his former National Security adviser admitted to lying about his contacts with russia. Michael flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the f. B. I. During his time on tunnel trumps Transition Team so that brings an investigation into russian interference and the two thousand and sixteen u. S. Election closer to the white house but shrub is adamant there was no wrongdoing what h
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
Back of our mind. We thought it would be more of a washout than it was. Havent seen a huge amount of rain in the time ive been at perth. The two guys at the crease spent a lot of time there in the first innings, slightly different conditions, we have do believe we can stay in the series and get over the line. Tomorrow it will be tough, im sure there will be good balls flying out there but these two showed in the first innings they can to buy the crease for a long time so hopefully get off to a good start in the morning. Its obviously a pretty special wicket and to get root back in the sheds is important for us. Four wickets, we would love to get out there for an extra half an hour and get the fifth wicket today but come back tomorrow for the next six. Everything pointing for an australian victory to get the urn. This is the outlook in perth for monday. It looks like it might clear up monday. It looks like it might clear up slightly later, but through the middle of the day it looks like
Welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, which is banned in egypt. A spokesman from the Foreign Office says they will continue to provide assistance to the family. Our correspondent hanan razek sent the latest from cairo. They found around 300 tramadol ta blets they found around 300 tramadol tablets in her suit gets. Laura said she put those tablets for her boyfriend as he is suffering from severe back pain and this is a painkiller that is prescribed and is absolutely fine to get in the uk. However it is a band here in egypt and you can only get it through medical prescriptions as it is popularly used among some young people as a sort of drug and it is a cheaper way to get drugs. Laura plummers sister Jayne Sinclair has been speaking to the bbc. This family, we are disgusted that he has been able to carr
Welcome to bbc news. Police in iran say one of their officers has been shot dead as Anti Government protests continue across the country. This is believed to be the first death of a Security Force member since the unrest began on thursday. Another ten people were killed overnight in the countrywide unrest which began as a protest against the falling standard of living, as Rana Rahimpour reports. The fifth day of protests in iran. Once again, thousands of people have taken to the streets. They are angry at unemployment, rising prices, and what many think is widespread corruption. Its the boldest challenge to the countrys leadership in nearly a decade. The demonstrations began in the North Western city of mashhad, a key base for president rouhanis most outspoken critics. And has quickly turned into a widespread antiestablishment movement. This is the biggest show of dissent in iran since the post election rallies of 2009. They were large in size but limited to urban areas of the country