There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
Good afternoon. Israeli troops have launched another Military Operation on the biggest hospital in gaza, al shifa. Its full of patients and people who have been displaced by recent fighting, but israel claims hamas fighters were using the hospital here in gaza city as a command centre, and that 80 suspects have been arrested. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says israel has committed a war crime. Heres anna foster. Gunfire rings out in a street near gazas biggest hospital. Inside it, medics are still working and patients are still being treated. For months, hundreds of displaced palestinians have used the compound for shelter. Palestinians have used the compound forshelter. Israel palestinians have used the compound for shelter. Israel called its operation targeted mission, saying it used caution and care. Hamas accused israel of acting against all international laws. The accused israel of acting against all international laws. International laws. The idf is conducting High Intern
Duped by dishonest recruitment agents into going to oman. Georgina was promised a lucrativejob in dubai, but instead she found herself in the omani capital, muscat. Translation i was not allowed to rest. I was waking up at 3am and going to bed at 1am. The most difficult thing that made me desperate to escape was the boss forcing me to have sex with him. It was so painful because i had no way to say no. He threatened me and said if i shouted he would shoot me. I got badly injured because it wasnt only him. He would bring friends and they would pay him after. In oman alone, there are an estimated 300,000 Domestic Workers, most of them from africa or asia. Ekaterina runs an ngo which supports Migrant Workers in the gulf. We identify them as victims of trafficking or forced labour or other forms of exploitation. So we negotiate with their employer for them to be released. The laws that are in place prohibit a Domestic Worker to leave the employer. She cannot change jobs and she cannot leav
Of the israel gaza war. Iam in i am in North Yorkshire, where police say they were staggered to find an 11 year old boy behind the wheel of a car towing a suspected stolen caravan. And get me to the train on time one couples rather unusual wedding day. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. It could be a championship Winning Weekend for unbeaten ireland. We will be at twickenham ahead of their six nations match against england. Good evening. His actions cost more lives than they saved thats the conclusion of a report into a british spy who operated at the highest levels of the ira during Northern Irelands troubles. Violent conflict lasted for 30 years between loyalists, who wanted to remain part of the uk, and republicans, who wanted a united ireland. The ira killed people suspected of Leaking Secrets to the security forces. The troubles ended with the good friday agreement in 1998. Todays report is about Freddie Scappaticci codenamed Stakeknife Who worked inside an
And its notjust my industry and the Entertainment Industry, this is the world at large. But in the Entertainment Industry and your industry, you know, as a senior director, there are very few black women in that position. Yes. And what do you put that down to . What i put it down to, i put it down to hollywood being a part of the world. There are very few women, there are very few black people and very few black women in positions of power and status in the world, specifically in the western world. And so its not only the Entertainment Industry. But do you think the Subject Matter of this film was a problem for hollywood . Oh, yes. No, i mean, hollywood is definitely caste ist for sure. Thank you very much indeed, ava. Thank you very much, i appreciate it. Thank you. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. We are looking at the daily mail and it continues with its boost defence spending campaign. Forformer spending campaign. For former defence spending campaign. Forformer Defen