are recommending he be charged with corruption offences. poloice say there's evidence benjamin netanyahu gave bribes to get positive media coverage, and helped rich friends after receiving lavish gifts. in an address on israeli television, mr netanyahu insisted nothing would come of the cases against him, and that he will remain in office. the bbc‘s james reynolds reports from jerusalem. the police leibler benjamin netanyahu the police leibler benjamin neta nyahu received lavish the police leibler benjamin netanyahu received lavish presence of champagne, cigars and jewellery. the second is about manipulation of the media. officers say that mr netanyahu the media. officers say that mr neta nyahu negotiated favourable coverage from one major newspaper in exchange for curtailing the circulation of one of its rivals. israel's leader has dismissed police recommendations. translation: over the years, there have been pressures to open no fewer than 15 investigations would be aim of toppling me from power. all began with explosive headlines, live broadcast and thunderous police recommendations. all these results endedin recommendations. all these results ended in nothing. this time as well they will result in nothing. the opposition calls on mr netanyahu to step aside. it's a sad day for israeli democracy when the prime minister is suspected in bribery. this is why we believe really should remove himself, even until this whole thing is sorted out legally. but there is no legal reason the mr netanyahu but there is no legal reason the mr neta nyahu to stand but there is no legal reason the mr netanyahu to stand down and he remains at least now the most dominant figure in israeli politics. the police recommendations against him will now be handed over to israel's attorney general. it's up to this official to decide whether oi’ to this official to decide whether or not to indict the prime minister ought to do nothing. the attorney general‘s decision is expected to ta ke general‘s decision is expected to take at least several months. the leaders of us intelligence agencies have been updating senators on the threats facing the country. they spoke of military and nuclear challenges around the world, and warned of more election interference at home. but domestic politics also featured, with the head of the fbi contradicting the white house version of events over the departure of senior aide rob porter. jane o'brien has more on the day's testimony. part of the job of america's intelligence chiefs is to sound the alarm and dan coats rang it loud and clear. the united states is under attack. under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that takes place in the united states. and while iran, north korea and china were all named, russia was emphasised. we expect russia to continue using propaganda, social media, personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means to influence to try to build on its wide range of operations and exacerbate social and political fissures in the united states. us intelligence agencies all agree that moscow meddled with the presidential election and will try to mess with november's mid—terms. it is an assessment apparently at odds with the president's view. we can't confront this threat which is a serious one with the whole of government response when the leader of the government continues to deny that it exists. this was the first major appearance for the newly appointed fbi director christopher wray. his predecessor james comey was fired after coming into conflict with president trump over russia. today, the fbi contradicted the white house over rob porter, a senior aide, who left after allegations of assaulting his two ex—wives. the administration has been vague about what it knew and when, but mr wray gave a clear timeline of information gathered during border security clearance. the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march and then we administratively closed the file in january and then earlier this month we received some additional information and passed that on as well. the white house had said the fbi checks were ongoing. it will adjourn until the close of session at 2:30pm. the rest of the hearing took place behind closed doors, but the public statements imply that america's domestic divisions are becoming a threat, even as its foreign enemies circle. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. there's been a shooting in utah. details are still coming in. multiple people are reported to have been wounded. the incident took place in west valley city, just outside salt lake city. police are securing the scene. the american ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, has called on the security council to put pressure on the burmese leader, aung san suu kyi, to acknowledge that horrific acts are taking place against rohingya muslims in myanmar. she said the burmese military must be held accountable and that there must be no more excuses. ajudge in london has rejected a second attempt by the wikileaks founder, julian assange, to have an arrest warrant against him lifted. he warrant was issued more than five years ago when mr assange broke his bail conditions during a battle against extradition to sweden, and took refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london. britain's prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle have made theirfirst official joint visit to scotland. the trip began with a walkabout at edinburgh castle, where the couple had a close encounter with the mascot of the royal regiment of scotland — a shetland pony — before visiting a cafe in the city which helps the homeless. in south africa, the ruling african national congress has asked presidentjacob zuma to resign. the anc says he's agreed to stand down, but only after a transition period of three to six months which the party rejected. mr zuma has come under mounting pressure to leave his post, following a series of corruption scandals. our africa editor fergal keane reports from johannesburg. not quite the night of the long knives, but still the party moving definitively to be rid of a defiant president. late last night the convoy of the anc leader cyril ramaphosa coming to tell his executive that after a short meeting jacob zuma was refusing to resign voluntarily. with the media kept at bay, the party debated what to do next. it's half—past midnight and they're still talking in there, more than ten hours after they started. there's a sense that the whole future of the anc, and indeed of this country, hinges on what happens now. this afternoon in johannesburg, after a meeting that eventually ran for 13 hours, the anc revealed that its patience was exhausted. in its wisdom, the nec decided as follows — one, to recalljacob zuma. recall, in other words they were ordering jacob zuma to resign. and if he doesn't it's likely they'll force him out through a motion of no confidence in parliament. but it's potentially risky. the president still has many supporters in the party. do you worry that this is going to split the anc, divide the movement irreparably? i don't know whether the anc will split. but we are leaders, we belong to branches and we are appealing to our structures to understand that the national executive committee has taken decisions. so, as the anc officials leave, they've now thrown down a gauntlet to president jacob zuma. they've given him time, lots of time, they say, to respond to their demand that he step down. it's now up to him. nobody could accuse the anc of rushing to remove jacob zuma. the leadership did nothing while corruption scandals multiplied during nine years of his rule. an indian immigrant family, the guptas, was allowed to purchase vital national enterprises, employing the president's son in what became known as ‘state ca pture'. now the opposition believes president zuma no longer cares about dividing his party or country. now he's just defiant. you know, these are the last kicks of a dying horse. but it becomes dangerous. he doesn't care. he's not even scared of impeachment. so, he is prepared to lose everything. jacob zuma has lived and ruled in the shadow of greatness. however it comes about, he will leave office a humiliated figure. a group of 15 latin american nations have criticised the decision of venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro to call a presidential election. foreign ministers of the ‘lima group' — which includes canada — released a statement saying that as long as there were political prisoners in the country, elections cannot be free nor fair. in venezuela's capital, caracas, hundreds queue outside the peruvian embassy seeking an escape from the crippling economic crisis. with food unable to get in, they are desperately trying to get out. critical shortages have seen a number of mass anti—government protests in recent years. some of which have turned violent. on monday, students marched in memory of those who have died in demonstrations. their march to the capital ‘s cemetery where they placed flags and flowers on the gravesites of those killed. 70 protesters died last summer alone. translation: today we are demonstrating as venezuelan youth and venezuelan young people. we want and venezuelan young people. we want and we are going to continue wanting and we are going to continue wanting a change. today is not a celebration but take a narration of all our fallen. president nicolas maduro has called european sanctions against members of his government into realistic. he has promised fresh elections by the end of april, telling supporters that he is ready to seek another 6— year term. on tuesday, foreign ministers of 15 south american countries met in peru's capital, lima, looking to decide whether these elections can be deemed democratic. translation: the elections that president nicolas maduro's government unilaterally called do not meet the conditions of a free and transparent election nor do they have the guarantees that have one knows exists in a democratic election. venezuelans are requesting more help from the international community. translation: i asked the foreign ministers to have consideration with venezuela, to help us to they are not simply words about actions. we a lwa ys not simply words about actions. we always hear the same. we are going to help venezuela, we are going to help them but we haven't gotten anything. reports suggests 1.2 million venezuelans have left the country in the past two years alone. but crippling food, electricity and medicines shortages, this number looks only set to rise. much more to come to you on bbc news, including this. lung cancer patients, including many who have never spoke to, say it is time to devote never spoke to, say it is time to d evote ma ny never spoke to, say it is time to devote many more resources to research. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has confirmed that police are recommending he be charged with corruption offences. mr netanyahu denies any wrongdoing. american intelligence chiefs insist russia's election meddling isn't over. and the head of the fbi contradicts the white house. two months ago, our legal correspondent, clive coleman, lost his sister, sarah, to lung cancer. she was one of a growing number of healthy, non—smokers to contract the disease. lung cancer is one of the most deadly cancers, and yet it receives far less funding for research. the consequences for non—smoking victims can be devastating, as clive has been finding out. when you're first diagnosed with cancer, it's really scary and i was very scared. i was diagnosed with non—small cell lung cancer in august 2015. this is my younger sister, sarah, she died of lung cancer in december, two years after being diagnosed. in the months before her death, she made this film about her condition. before she got the illness, i knew relatively little about it. i suppose i shared the common view that it was a smoker‘s disease. i had no idea how many healthy, non—smokers got it or that in the uk it kills more than breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer put together. keep into the sides, that's it. safely. like my sister, joanne marshall has never smoked, but has stage 4 lung cancer because of a non—inherited fault in her genes. she's being treated with targeted drug therapies. they provide a very effective stay of execution. so for me, for example, i've been on a targeted therapy for about a year, which meant that i could live, essentially, a normal life. i was very active, i could breathe properly. but they don't last forever, that's the problem, cancer tends to be one step ahead. the children help just by being here. i mean, they're really doing everything they can. my husband... his life has completely changed and it's not what i wanted for him. but, you know... if we get through this, we'll be so strong. scientists don't know why seemingly more and more healthy non—smokers are getting lung cancer, but visiting joanna and her family, i had learned that the disease kills 98 people each day in the uk. 14% of those who get it have never smoked and yet, in terms of research funding, it receives a small fraction of the money spent on breast or testicular cancer or leukaemia. it's a massive problem because these people who are diagnosed with lung cancer, who've never smoked, are really quite angry that it's assumed that they have smoked and that they have self—inflicted this cancer upon them, when clearly they haven't. because of the way that the disease behaves and that these people are not expected to be diagnosed with cancer, they're not high risk, they're usually diagnosed at a later stage and therefore treatment can often not be curative, which is a complete and utter disaster for them. lung cancer remains the ugly, poor relation of the cancer family, it doesn't discriminate between smokers and non—smokers and there'll be many more cases, like my sister's, before a long—term treatment‘s found. clive coleman, bbc news. guyana in south america is one of the smallest countries in the world with a population of less than 800,000, and yet it has the highest suicide rate among women, some five times higher than the uk, according to the world health organization. tiffany sweeney reports from the capital, georgetown, on the scale of the problem and the latest initiatives to tackle it. from the lush greenery of its countryside, to its vibrant capital georgetown, it's a place of beauty and colour. but below the surface, there's a darker under current. underlying all of this is a cultural acceptance that suicide is part of guyana. it's notjust one thing that makes someone think that, you know what, i'm going to end my life. every day my parents would have money and many of those things are contributed to it. and it was seeing her parents find it difficult to feed her family that led to lisa's depression and trying to take her own life, at the age of 14. yeah, ifelt as though, you know, they were struggling a lot and i wanted to do more and to help them. i felt like if i was out of the equation, then things would be much better. good morning. but lisa is here today because one teacher encouraged her to talk. she won miss guyana and used her platform to set up pora, prevention of teenage suicide. # i would take back everything back #. lisa shares her story of how she became a singer and a model, it's her way of inspiring young people. after the discussion, five school children wanted to talk. about things that happen. i'm always in school. i never, never like to let people know my feelings, i always smile. they all shared similar stories, of family members dying, absent parents and bullying at school. some were so overwhelming, it was clear they needed support. support that this school gives through its teachers, but here they're still waiting for a counsellor, something the government has pledged. if you're so young and vulnerable at that age and no—one's telling you that you can be something or you can make something of your life, i believe in you, then you feel worthless, and that's essentially what these kids are feeling. so what's the best theme? mine one is, say it... beverley cyrus is the head teacher at this school, she believes tackling issues at home are just as important as education. some of them are living, like, in different homes at different periods of time. so most of them are not in a stable home. so you find various behaviours are coming out because what mum would encourage, grandmum wouldn't. she, like lisa, believes by nurturing the children to focus positively on the skills they do have, it will help to improve their mental health. the government is opening several specialist centres this year to address the fact the suicide rate among women is the highest in the world and for men the second highest. suriname is two hours from the capital and is the region most affected. the hospital here says one of their main issues is the negative way in which suicide is commonly discussed. you hear it sitting in a car. it's discussed, it's laughed at. it's like an every day conversation. she called for other governmental bodies to play their part. as i've said, we can't stand alone, we're a house, so we need all the pillars to ensure our people stand. the authorities are trying to find a way out, but it will take a cultural shift to change the conversation surrounding mental health to one that will change the tide in a positive direction. tiffany sweeney, bbc news, guyana. there have been colourful scenes around the world as people celebrate mardi gras, the annual parade with dazzling costumes and floats. it is the beginning of lent. christians are supposed to fast or do penance for a0 days before easter. it's that time of the year when thoughts turn to love and romance as people celebrate valentine's day. but not everyone has that certain special someone in their lives. in the philippines, if you're looking for companionship, there is an unusual place you can go, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. the philippine animal welfare society, the appropriately titled paws, is offering people the chance to enjoy a doggy date. and they called it puppy love. for a small donation, you can spend some quality time with one of the 17th canine casanovas at the shelter in the villa. they want to promote pet adoption and love for animals. some things some of these animals have had precious little of. even among stray dogs and stray animals, with enough love and care, they can be rehabilitated into loving homes. that certainly seems to be the case for some of these riding romances. —— budding. translation: for some of these riding romances. —— budding. translationzlj for some of these riding romances. -- budding. translation: i do not have a date for valentine's day, so icame have a date for valentine's day, so i came here. my love for dogs will never go away. no one knows exactly how many stray animals there are in a city the size of manila. many of these dogs were likely pets abandoned when their owners could no longer afford to feed them. some will find new homes, showing that a little bit of puppy love can go a long way. this is puppy love. tim allman, bbc news. just briefly. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has confirmed that police are recommending he be charged with corruption offences. mr netanyahu denies any wrongdoing. they say he gave treatment to wealthy friends after receiving lavish gifts. much more for you anytime on the bbc news website. thank you very much for watching. hello once again, thanks very much indeed forjoining me. it's time we updated you on the weather prospects for the whole of the british isles and this will take us right through the next few days, on into the weekend. hmm, tuesday, a bit of a mixed bag to say the least. wet in the south, snow further north but once the snow cleared it ended up being a really glorious afternoon and a spectacular one across the isle of lewis. if you thought that's a bit ancient history, that's the band of weather that brought us the rain on tuesday, here's the next great event looming with intent in the western side of the british isles. ahead of it it's quite important to tell you with these clear skies the temperatures will have dipped away. once we start bringing the weather elements together, we've got the cold weather in place, in comes the moisture from the atlantic so no great surprise if i tell you that after a bright enough start for central and eastern parts, in comes this weather front from the atlantic and because we're pushing all that moisture into that cold air, anywhere really from the north midlands and north of wales northwards, that's where we're going to see significant snowfall, especially but not exclusively on the higher ground. you'll see here, north—west highlands, 7—12 centimetres, even on the southern uplands, getting over beattock summit perhaps on the m7a, you could be looking at several centimetres of snow. top end of the pennines as well and even a wee bit further south there's just the chance that as that weather front keeps journeying ever further eastwards and it comes up over salisbury plain, the chilterns, i wouldn't be surprised if you told me you saw something just a wee bit wintry about proceedeings there. i don't think it's going to amount to a whole can of beans in the south but they will be significant depths further north. 5—8 will cover it for many, a wee bit milder out to the west, ten or 11 here perhaps. that weather system eventually pushes through. low pressure still dominating the scene in many parts of the british isles for thursday. quite a few isobars on that chart so the wind will be a noticeable feature of the day on thursday. but having said that, you know what, in many areas it's going to be a decent day. in eastern scotland and much of england and wales, dry, fine and sunny and temperatures in double figures across the south. there will be more showers in western scotland and northern ireland as well. as we go from thursday pushing towards the end of the week, see this ridge of high pressure just beginning to build in here, trying to dominate the scene, at least across the southern half of the british isles. but for northern ireland, for the north and west of scotland, there's still the chance of some showers but in the south there's dry weather and a bit of warmth. this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli police say they will recommend to the attorney general that the country's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, should be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. he insists that nothing would come of the cases against him, and that he will remain in office. leaders of american intelligence agencies have been updating senators on the threats facing the country. they warned of election interference from russia in the mid—terms. and they contradicted the white house over the departure of senior aide rob porter, who's accused of domestic abuse. south africa's ruling african national congress has asked presidentjacob zuma to resign. the anc says he's agreed to stand down, but only after a transition period which the party rejected. mr zuma is under pressure following a series of corruption scandals. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.

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