finland s conservative leader petteri orpo wins a nail biting three way election race, defeating prime minister sanna marin. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. russia s investigators have detained a 26 year old woman, darya trepova, in connection with the murder of the pro war blogger vladen tatarsky, who was killed by a bomb in st petersburg on sunday. media reports said the explosion occurred shortly after he had been given a statuette by a woman at an event in a cafe. russia s security service has accused ukraine of being behind the blast, but ukrainian officials have denied this. a short time ago russia s anti terrorism committee said it believes the attack was planned by ukrainian secret services, jointly with people cooperating with jailed opposition leader alexei navalny s anti corru ption foundation. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i m just seeing a short statement that has come in from the russian investigative committee, which is russia s versi
australia s prime minister leads tributes to one of the country s most influential aboriginal leaders, yunu pingu, who has died at the age of 7a. hello and welcome. the killing of the russian military blogger is being investigated as a high profile murder , authorities have said. the blogger vladlen tatarsky was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. he was killed in an explosion at a cafe in saint petersburg. it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. in the last hour, russia has detained a woman named darya trepova in connection to the killing. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i m just seeing a short statement that has coming from the russian investigative committee, which is russia s version of the fbi who have been investigating the blasts last night in st petersburg. a short statement saying that in connection with the explosion in the cafe in st petersburg, employees of the. i m just translating this, sorry. employees of t
Explore australias Northern Territory, hearing what the future holds for tourism at one of the country s famous attractions. We find out what it takes to work as a cioc find out what it takes to work as a croc wrangler in a stunning Australian National park. Also, we scoui Australian National park. Also, we scour the globe to meet people skilled in a rare art. We discovered ta cos skilled in a rare art. We discovered tacos with a twist in mexico city. And ade is back with the latest in what is trending in trouble. Travel. First this week, ive come to australias Northern Territory and one of the most iconic sites in the world a problem. All roof. Uluru. The giant monolith attracts more than one quarter of a million visitors each year. For many of them, climbing to the top is something of a rite of passage. But for the Indigenous People of central australia, the rock means much more. As well as being an important place a tourist, uluru is a sacred site. At the moment, tourist are allowed
Of england and wales, save for the very far south west, leaden skies, its on the cool side and theres bits and pieces of rain and drizzle around. Its quite windy across that south west quarter. Cramming in a lot of weather today. We simplify it for a time overnight because the rain quits the scene. Things turn chilly yet again, quite a widespread frost across northern and eastern areas. But back towards the south west, a new set of weather fronts bring in cloud and wind and rain and through sunday, this is a more meaningful conversion of rain into snow. You can see the extent of it, there. Notjust to high ground either, that can be disruptive to travel plans across the northern half of the British Isles but its much milder in the south, so no problems here with snow or ice. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines the Us Government grinds to a halt on the First Anniversary of president trumps inauguration as the senate fails to agree on a budget to fund many public services. British tour
Theres been a surge in gang related violence in the area. Every year, around 200 thousand britons visit the popular holiday destination as nick davis reports. For a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaicas biggest resort, isnt ideal, but the government says its something that needs to be done. The Security Forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect, and protect the dignity and safety of all. Most of the tourists who visit montego bay and much of the north coast stay in gated and guarded all Inclusive Hotels where security isnt an issue. But the growing reality for people who live in the city is that crime has spiked. Last year saw over 1,600 people murdered in jamaica, 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. Most of the crime is gang related and focused in a small number of communities. The Foreign Office has advised holidaymakers that they should only travel to and from the airport to