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
Market. Good morning. The english Wine Industry has grown by nearly 20 in the last year so im at this vineyard in kent looking at whats been behind that sparkling performance. Millions of us already know how beautiful the Lake District is, now the rest of the world does too. We are live there this morning as the United Nations gives it World Heritage data is. Im at wimbledon where a place in the quarter finals is on offer for britains best. Andy murray and Johanna Konta are both in action today and both looking to get into the last eight here at the all england club. Weather wise, were looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, a 30 chance of showers through the afternoon. For the uk as a whole, sunshine and showers but some of the showers will be heavy and thundery in east anglia and the south east. More later in the programme. Good morning. First, our main story. The case of the terminally ill 11 month old boy, charlie gard, returns to the High Court Today, as judges consider new
And a romcom with a diference boy meets girl, and girl falls into a coma in the big sick. Well get film critic james kings thoughts on this and the other releases in the film review. Good evening. In the past few minutes, the government has announced that an independent review will be carried out into Building Regulations and fire safety, because of the Grenfell Tower fire. The fire in west london, which killed 80 people, raised serious questions about about the fire safety of high rise buildings and led to the widespread testing of cladding, like that used on Grenfell Tower, on other buildings across the country. Also in the past few minutes it has been confirmed that 82 buildings have failed those new fire tests for cladding. That includes these in salford. 47 of them are in local Authority Control run by housing associations. All the details of the findings of those particular tests have only just been released, just in the last few minutes. So our correspondents arejust reading few