a syrian rebel group that was linked to al-qaeda says it shot down a russian fighter plane in northern syria, killing the pilot. the militants said the attack was in retaliation for a russian bombing campaign. russia's defence ministry said the pilot ejected from the aircraft but was killed on the ground by the rebels in idlib province. sarah corker reports. the burning wreckage of what looks like a russian fighterjet, red stars clearly visible on the wing. this footage posted online appears to show the plane being hit and bursting into flames in a rebel—held area of north—west syria. jihadist group hayat tahrir al—sham, formally linked to al-qaeda, said it had shot the plane down with a surface—to—air missile. moscow said the pilot ejected and survived the crash but was killed by rebels on the ground. the sukhoi 25 fighter was shot down near the city of saraqeb, close to a major highway in idlib province. it was back in december when the syrian government, backed by russian air power, launched a major offensive against rebel groups in idlib, the last province under rebel control. but civilians are paying a heavy price. thousands have fled. on friday, rescuers said they pulled the bodies of at least seven civilians from cars hit by airstrikes south of aleppo. this incident is a rare loss for the russian air force. opposition groups have in the past shot down syrian planes but rarely those of the russian army, and there are reports that moscow has responded by firing cruise missiles from navy vessels in the mediterranean. sarah corker, bbc news. italy's prime minister has called for politicians to act responsibly after a mass shooting in the city of macerata. six migrants from africa were injured when an italian man fired at them from his car. james reynolds reports from rome. one man, a 28—year—old italian armed with a pistol, turned the italian city of macerata into a terrifying place. reports say that the gunman fired from his car at anyone who appeared to be a migrant from africa. there was no time for his targets to hide. i was passing by this morning to go and buy cigarettes when they shot me on my leg this morning, you know? so the person who was inside the car was shooting, you know? but i don't actually see his face, yeah. during the attack, the authorities posted warnings instructing the city's residents to stay inside. the gunman was arrested when he got out of his car. he's identified as 28—year—old luca traini. the italian media reports that he'd been a candidate forthe anti—immigrant northern league party in local elections held in 2017. this attack comes at a time of high anxiety in the city of macerata. earlier in the week, the dismembered body of a young italian woman was found. a nigerian migrant was arrested in connection with her death. now migrants have been injured in this drive—by shooting. the country now heads into next month's general election with all this on its mind. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the kremlin has condemned the pentagon's announcement that it's to modernise america's nuclear arsenal, including developing new cruise missiles that can be launched from ships and submarines. the us says the move is largely in response to russian actions in recent years. world leaders and international donors have vowed to ramp up education funding for developing countries. meeting in senegal, they pledged more than two billion dollars to help bring more children into school. developing countries themselves also promised to increase public spending palestinian officials say a teenager has been shot dead in clashes with the israeli army in the occupied west bank. israeli forces say they entered the village of burqin to find a man suspected of murdering an israeli rabbi last month. the israeli military says it's checking the report. thousands of corsicans have held a rally to push for more autonomy from france. the local authorities said about 6,000 demonstrators turned up — organisers put the figure as high as 25,000. corsica's governing coalition of nationalists has been buoyed by a resounding win in recent elections. the actress, uma thurman, has claimed that she was sexually assaulted by the film producer, harvey weinstein, in london in the 1990s. two other women have contacted british police to say they were also attacked by him. mr weinstein denies all the allegations of non—consensual sex. ben ando is at scotland yard in central london. these latest accusations were made late last year but have onlyjust come to light. in one, a woman alleges that she was attacked by harvey weinstein in the republic of ireland in 1991. in another, a different woman alleges that she was attacked in london in 2011 and in an unnamed foreign country in 2010. now, this all comes as the actress uma thurman has given an interview in the united states in which she says that after the release of the film pulp fiction, which was produced by harvey weinstein, she accuses him of trying to attack her in hotel rooms in london and paris. she said she managed to wriggle away. a spokesman for harvey weinstein said that any incident that happened was a result of him misreading her signals, and has also said that harvey weinstein unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual sex. president trump says a declassified memo vindicates him — and his campaign team — in the investigation into russian involvement in the us election. the republican—drafted memo alleges pro—democrat bias within the fbi. david willis reports from washington. (all) chant: usa, usa, usa! his supporters believe he struck a blow for justice. but by releasing a secret memo alleging bias on the part of officials who are currently investigating him, others believe the president is undermining a vital branch of government. "this memo totally vindicates trump in probe," he tweeted today, "but the russian witch—hunt goes on and on. there was no collusion and there was no obstruction." the memo, written by republicans, describes a politically biased justice department and fbi, which was determined to ensure donald trump lost the presidential election. they got a warrant on someone in the trump campaign using opposition research paid for by the democratic party and the hillary clinton campaign. the man the president appointed to lead the fbi was fiercely opposed to the memo‘s release, having questioned its accuracy. in an e—mail to his beleaguered staff, christopher wray wrote: democrats accused the president of recklessness in releasing the memo. it's appalling. it's a misrepresentation. it isn't even the release of intelligence material. it's a release of a distortion of it. what is its purpose? its purpose is, of course, to thwart the investigation, the mueller investigation. special counsel robert mueller is thought to be nearing the end of his investigation into allegations of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. and there have been reports here that he may soon be looking to interview the president himself. the white house, for its part, has consistently denied suggestions that the president may be about to sack robert mueller, but democrats have warned that such a move could prompt a constitutional crisis. david willis, bbc news, at the white house. north korea has defended plans for a large—scale military parade scheduled for the day before the winter olympics in south korea. pyongyang's annual military parade — to mark the founding of its armed forces — has taken place in aprilfor a0 years. this year it has been changed to the eighth of february — when athletes will gather in pyeongchang for the opening ceremony. north korea says no—one has the right to take issue with its plans. joining me now from austin, texas is rodger baker — vice president of strategic analysis at the geopolitical intelligence firm, stratfor. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what is the significance of this date, the eighth of february? if you look back at history, the eighth of february would be the day that the official armed forces of north korea was formed. the april date that has been celebrated more recently is really the day of the founding of the anti— guerrilla campaign several years before the formal foundation of the military. so, they have reasons to have parades on both dates but typically they have done it later in the year. why did think they are moving it this year, then? earlier in north korean history, they had parades on both dates. a few years ago, kim jong—un reestablished the february eight date as an important date. if you look at the pattern of north korean parades and things like that, they liked to have them on anniversary dates. use it and in five or as zero from the original day they are dealing with. this is the 70th anniversary of the founding and that puts the parade there. despite that piece of history, there are certainly some politics going on. what are those politics? what are they trying to show? there are a few things. one, north korea is trying to remind the world they are important as well. everyone is focused on south korea and the olympics and north korea wants to show it is just a sequel or important. number two, the north koreans are a member of —— reminding the americans and the south koreans of their military capability at a time when north korea suggested that the south koreans and the americans stopjoint military the south koreans and the americans stop joint military exercises if they want to north korea to sort of ease off on what it is doing. finally, i think part of it ties in to kim jong—un trained to recently d efy to kim jong—un trained to recently defy himself and reconnect himself a lot more with his grandfather and his father and doing this, pushing this back, helps with that. how much concern to you think this will be to the south or other quite used to these games and posturing now? the parade itself is really no big deal. it isa parade itself is really no big deal. it is a lot of people marching through the streets of pyongyang. lots of heavy equipment rolling through. they bring out a bunch of missiles, put them on the platforms and maybe give the people are good show. all of the claims that they are making and hope to launch in the future. in and of itself, the parade is no threat and maybe an indication of the lesser threat because they wa nt to of the lesser threat because they want to make sure the parade is safe. is there any room to be positive at the moment given they are having a united team at the olympics and there is a possibility of further talks? i would be extremely cautiously optimistic about what is going on. the reality is, the north koreans have not alleged that testing and they are likely to restart later this year. the us and the south koreans are not going to stop their military drills and they will probably restart shortly after the paralympic games. north korea will start their tests after that. they have marched jointly in the olympics before, north and south korea, and the last time they did, north korea tested their nuclear weapons soon after. thank you forjoining us from austin, texas. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: more secrets from the sands of egypt: we step into the tomb of a high priestess — 11,500 years after her death. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, after 27 years injail, is to be set free unconditionally. the aircraft was returning from belgrade, where manchester united had entered the semi—final of the european cup. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it a piece of cake. thousands of people have given the yachstwoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world non—stop. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — syrian rebels say they shot down a russian fighter jet in north—western idlib province. moscow says the pilot ejected, but was killed in a ground fight. italy's prime minister has urged the country to reject hatred and violence after african immigrants were injured in a drive—by shooting. archaeologists in egypt have unveiled the newly discovered tomb of an ancient priestess that dates back more than 4,000 years. the vast mausoleum, found near cairo, is adorned with colourful and well—preserved wall paintings. duncan kennedy reports. discovered near the pyramid of giza south of cairo, the tomb was found under 300 cubic metres of earth. archaeologists were astonished to see how well preserved the paintings on the wall of the l—shaped room were. they depict a high priestess, hetpet, in a variety of settings. she's seen in hunting and fishing scenes and receiving offerings from children. hetpet was known to be a priestess to the goddess of fertility, hathor, who assisted women in childbirth. finding hetpet‘s tomb is being seen as an important and rare addition to our understanding of the structure of egyptian royal life 4,000 years ago. we believe that she lived during the fifth dynasty, which means 21100 bc. she has — the tomb has preserved its colours. she was a high official and she had a strong link with the royal palace. the tomb contains scenes of music and dancing performances. going into the afterlife was a moment for celebration as well as sadness. archaeologists say they've only discovered about 40% of what lies beneath the surface of this site around giza. but this lavish burial chamber with its vivid artwork dedicated to the life of one woman is another revelation of this ancient civilisation. duncan kennedy, bbc news. on january 1a, 1963, france vetoed britain's entry into the european economic community, which would later become the european union. the eec, or common market, had been formed as a trading body by six european countries just a few years earlier and britain had been in talks to join for more than a year. juliet campbell was a british diplomat at the talks and she's been telling her story to witness. a staggering blow is dealt to western unity at this council hall in brussels when france black balls britain from the common market. # 0h, de gaulle maybe 10 feet tall and think he's napoleon. # but the french wash every three days # on b—days # so thank god we're englishmen! # and not common market — not common market — # not common market scum! the british people, who had only slowly come round to the idea that perhaps we were going into the eec, were really very shocked. with communication between countries half a world apart, nowadays 110 more than a matter of hours, the shrinking world makes nonsense of frontiers, forms ever—larger units, compels new thinking along the economic front. so 1961, the british government applied to join the european communities and edward heath was appointed. i have just come from making a full statement to the members of the european economic community. in that statement, i explained that the united kingdom government wished to take its full part in working today for a closer european unity. the negotiations then moved to brussels and this was the point at which i got added to the british negotiating delegation. the idealism that one found in brussels back then amongst the six was contagious, actually, and i think all of us who were there were convinced that for britain, it was very important that those negotiations should succeed. even back at the start, people realised that de gaulle, who had become president of france, had grave doubts about british entry. britain's trading patterns were very, very different from those of the six. the six on the whole were trading amongst themselves, whereas britain's pattern was much more outward looking, and in particular, we traded a lot with the commonwealth countries and, of course, they had become extremely dependent on this. i suppose the one one thinks of above all is new zealand sheep meat, because the new zealand market was always totally dependent on britain back then. when we came back to brussels injanuary after the christmas break, there was quite a lot of worry about where de gaulle's position had now reached, whether he was going to veto the british membership, and attention focused on a press conference that he was due to give in the middle ofjanuary. (speaks french) he was saying, "we must ask ourselves, is britain really ready?" i think we knew, in our heart of hearts, that he really was saying that he wasn't going to let us in. france's stated reason for denying britain membership in the european economic community is over differences in the agricultural policy. that final negotiation in that long room with the british delegation at the far end, the french delegation chatting amongst themselves and sort of giggling and not getting up and joining the others — it was very symbolic. you saw the french on one side and the fact that the five who supported british entry were very much on the other. a 500—year—old secret code used by one of spain's greatest kings has finally been cracked by the country's intelligence service. the code was used in letters between king ferdinand ii of aragon and one of his generals, who was fighting a military campaign in italy. the letters are on display at spain's army museum in toledo. lady gaga has cancelled the last 10 dates of her european tour due to what she described as "se the star has a condition called fibromyalgia, which can cause pain all over the body. just a warning — there is flash photography in richard forrest's report. last sunday, lady gaga was at the music industry's biggest night of the year, the grammys in los angeles, but since the middle ofjanuary, she's been in europe on the latest leg of herjoanne world tour. her last performance was in birmingham on thursday, and she was due to be on stage at london's 02 on sunday night. but then came the bombshell that the remaining european dates were being cancelled. in a statement, the tour organisers, live nation, in a statement, the tour organisers, live nation, said that: lady gaga's devoted fans, or little monsters, were devastated. i did the first tour that got cancelled and i have no idea, and booking flights and trains for hamburg and cologne and berlin and london and manchester. i saved money all the years for this. i don't blame her, but at the same way, it hurts so much. we're back home without seeing her again. it's been be five years. paparazzi: ask her to come down and do a solo! thejoanne tour had started in early august in canada, the first of a0 shows in north america. then in september, she cancelled shows in brazil and decided to postpone the european leg as she said she was in severe pain. those shows were re—scheduled to early this year, but now, more gigs are off. it clearly won't have been taken lightly and with any major tour like this, artists will have to obviously have tour insurance for cancellations. and health is one of those big issues, particularly when you are going on a tour that might stretch for 18 months. lady gaga, whose real name is stefani joanne angelina germanotta, rose to fame in 2008 with hook—laden songs and provocative fashion choices. she's still one of the biggest performers around. her shows in north america alone grossed nearly $86 million last year. forbes magazine estimated her net worth was $275 million in 2016. a documentary last year revealed she suffers from fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain accompanied by fatigue and cognitive difficulties. now, her army of fans will be hoping the star they call ‘mother monster‘ will soon be back on the world stage. richard forrest, bbc news. and finally, it's carnival time in the bolivian town of oruro. a band consisting of more than 6,000 musicians played to the crowds, as dancers in costumes of all shapes, sizes and colours paraded through the streets. the annual event apparently dates back to the 17th century, lasts up to 20 hours and stretches over 5 kilometres. that is bbc news for now. stay with us. you might be hoping for some sunshine on sunday after that grey, rainy saturday. if so, it's not looking bad at all, some sunshine on the way. certainly a brighter day compared to what we've just had and this is what we had — a weather front very slowly moving across the uk, grinding to a halt pretty much by the time we got to saturday night and then through the night, this weather front just sitting across the uk, raining itself out so it could rain no more and the skies in one or two areas starting to clear as well, so just little pockets of rain, but clear skies too. temperatures will be around 2 or 3 degrees in city centres very early on sunday morning. let's have a look at the forecast around 9am in scotland — it will be pretty chilly, only 3 degrees for glasgow, edinburgh, a couple of degrees there in aberdeen. a little bit less cold we think in belfast, maybe 5 with some sunshine and look at that, not looking bad at all for manchester, kendall, manchester, wales, the south—west, in fact, if you're lucky we could be waking up to blue skies in southampton. but notice in east anglia and the south—east, a bit more cloud there and that really will be the trend for the rest of the day. that wind you'll notice is strengthening across the south—east here, coming all the way from scandinavia. it's a cold wind. it'll drag in cloud off the north sea and also some showers, so it could be raining on and off at least from time to time in norwich and london. this is what it'll feel like with that wind, around zero degrees. how about the rest of europe? you know, i mentioned that wind coming from scandinavia, it's not stopping across the uk, look at that — it goes all the way down to the bay of biscay and then turns around and moves all the way to morocco, so they're feeling some cold there as well, it's not looking great across that part of europe. anyway, back to the wind — look what happens when it drags in those showers during the course of sunday night into monday — some snow showers get into kent, sussex, essex, norfolk, suffolk, possibly the london area, which means first thing monday morning, there could be a little bit of snow lying around across the south—east all the way up into lincolnshire, so don't be surprised, and just in time for the rush hour. this is what it looks like tuesday — a weather front this time moving across the north and west, and on this day, we could have some snow in north—western parts of the country down to wales and maybe the midlands, as well, and still cold, 2, 3 degrees at best. the summary for the week ahead — it's going to stay cold, cold enough for some snow, widespread frost. as i said, cold enough for some snow. this is bbc news — the headlines. a syrian rebel group says it shot down a russian fighterjet near the city of idlib. tahrir al—sham said the plane had been hit by a shoulder—launched anti—aircraft missile. moscow says the pilot ejected but was killed by rebels on the ground. italy's prime minister has urged the country to reject hatred and violence — after six african immigrants were injured in a drive by shooting. the suspected attacker — a former candidate for the far—right northern league party — has been arrested. the local mayor has described the attacks as racist. uma thurman has claimed that she was sexually assaulted by the film producer, harvey weinstein, in london in the 1990s. two other women have contacted british police to say they were also attacked by him. mr weinstein denies all the allegations of non—consensual sex. now on bbc news, click. this week: robo cops...

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