the grand slam in dublin against england on st patrick s day weekend. good morning, this weekend is shaping up to be a tale of two halves, today a case of sunny spells and scattered sharp showers but mild for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieterforjust that for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieter forjust that little bit cooler, all the details coming up shortly. it s saturday march 18th. our top story president biden has said vladimir putin has clearly committed war crimes after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president. the icc alleges he is responsible for criminal acts, and failing to use his presidential powers to stop children being deported from ukraine to russia. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. it helena wilkinson reports. is a war that he ordered that it is a war that he ordered, a war that brought death and devastation, a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it s one that has now le
there was about six, eight police officersl at the bottom of my bed. it has been very difficult. very, very difficult. barrow is a peninsula in south cumbria, a long way away from most other places. it is isolated, but because of that, it s a really strong and tight community. it did used to have a good name for itself with the shipbuilding, and then everything s disappearing in barrow. there s the bad areas, and there s good areas. it s a beautiful town. i ve made amazing mates here. i ve made an amazing life here. you will walk down the street, - and you will see someone you know. everyone knew each other, or if you didn t know each other, you d have heard of them. so when a story like this breaks, everybody s notjust got an opinion on it, everybody knows someone involved in it as well. in the spring of 2020, a 19 year old barrow girl called ellie williams published a harrowing facebook post that would send shockwaves through her community. they put lit petrol rags and thre
As a storm introduces heavy rain and severe gales in some parts of the country. Details later. President biden will visit israel tomorrow, in a show of support after more than moo people were killed by gunmen from hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. The trip was announced by the us secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, who also revealed that israel and the us had agreed to develop a plan to get aid to civilians in gaza. Un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the territory, where more than 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. But a world leader is heading this way. I wednesday, President Biden will visit israel. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel. For the region and for the world. Itruiith critical moment for israel. For the
Welcome to bbc news. President trump has announced a new travel ban to prevent citizens from a number of predominantly muslim countries entering the united states. Its a revised version of the ban which was blocked by the courts last month. This time iraq is not on the list, and the wording has been changed to try to avert any legal challenges. The us attorney generaljeff sessions claimed all six countries were connected directly or indirectly to terrorism. Our north america correspondent nick bryant has the latest. There was applause when President Trump signed the First Executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at americas airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to President Trump. So today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. The Washington Press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph taken
Welcome to bbc news. President trump has announced a new travel ban to prevent citizens from a number of predominantly muslim countries entering the united states. Its a revised version of the ban which was blocked by the courts last month. This time iraq is not on the list, and the wording has been changed to try to avert any legal challenges. The us attorney generaljeff sessions claimed all six countries were connected directly or indirectly to terrorism. Our north america correspondent nick bryant has the latest. There was applause when President Trump signed the First Executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at americas airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to President Trump. So today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. The Washington Press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph taken