A bribe, there is always someone ready to pay, we will make sure we deal with both of them. Hello and welcome to world news today. The office of robert muller, the special counsel investigating russian interference in the us president ial election, has filed charges against 13 russian individuals and three companies. The charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Earlier rod rosenstein, the us Deputy Attorney general, made this statement to reporters. In the past hour, President Trump has tweeted, the conspiracy was part of a larger organisation, which is part of using domestic audiences and also targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries will stop in the past hour, President Trump has tweeted, again, that his campaign did nothing wrong and that there was no collusion. Meanwhile the Russian Foreign ministry dismissed allegations of russian meddling as absurd. Lets get more from our correspondent Anthony Zurcher in washington. When we talk abou
That within 16 years the population has plummeted by half. Deforestation is one of the reasons, but a large number of the animals are also being killed by hunters orfor raiding crops. Victoria gill reports. Hanging onto survival. Zoo programmes like this preserve small populations of bornean orangutans. But in the wild, they are being pushed rapidly towards extinction. Their rainforest home continues to be cleared for agriculture and mining, but a 16 year long study has now revealed that borneos orangutans are disappearing from areas where the forest is untouched. They are being targeted by hunters. Even in the areas where we think theyre safe, we are losing them. And in some of the large populations where we have measured this loss, its 50 over 16 years. It is an astonishing decline at the population level. Even without animals being deliberately killed, scientists estimate that deforestation alone could wipe out another 115,000 orangutans here in the next three decades. But this brid
That the shooting will be a turning point in the us National Debate on guns. The white house says President Trump will hold a listening session on wednesday with a group of High School Students and teachers. Simon clemison reports. The rally before the rally protesters are already taking to the streets. In fort lauderdale, close to the biggest Us School Shooting for some years, many spoke. But three words rang out. Chanting shame on you to every politician who is taking donations from the nra, shame on you. Next month they plan to march on washington calling for tighter gun control, they hope there will be protests in other cities on the same day. Students organising the demonstration say they want the latest attack to be a turning point. What i am looking for is reasonable change within the United States congress and bills that are passed before i get back to school because this is not the time for inaction and debate, this is the time for discussion and for all people that are americ
Killed of this endangered species since 1999. This creature is intelligent and capable of understanding emotions. In the film review we have a look at the shape of water in which Sally Hawkins falls in love with an unusual creature. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. 13 russians and three russian organisations have been charged with interfering in the american president ial election in 2016. Three of those named have been accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five have been accused of aggravated identity theft. The indictment says the russians set up fake social media profiles to spread disinformation about Donald Trumps rivals, organised political rallies, and tried to encourage minority groups not to vote. A Russian Foreign minister has said the accusations are observed. Absurd. In the last hour Deputy Attorney general of the United States, rod rosenstein, has been outlining the allegations. In order to hide the russian origins and their activities, the defendants alleged
Here at the birmingham literature festival. Today it is celebrating its 20th birthday. This festival brings together writers, poets, speakers and thinkers across the whole of the city centre. Today i am talking to preeti shenoy, who began her career writing a blog that has gone on to become one of indias top selling writers and an influential celebrity. You are the only woman, preeti shenoy, on the list of indias top selling writers. Why . Shenoy, on the list of indias topselling writers. Why . laughs . People like my writing. But is there something you are doing that perhaps others are not . I think my books do have an emotional connection, and one thing i am not afraid to do is go out there and market my books, i think it is important to, if you have written a book, you have to have written a book, you have to have the courage to stand up and say, hey, this is my book, this is what i have written about. Because u nless what i have written about. Because unless you talk about your boo