a bribe, there is always someone ready to pay, we will make sure we deal with both of them. hello and welcome to world news today. the office of robert muller, the special counsel investigating russian interference in the us presidential election, has filed charges against 13 russian individuals and three companies. the charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. earlier rod rosenstein, the us deputy attorney general, made this statement to reporters. in the past hour, president trump has tweeted, the conspiracy was part of a larger organisation, which is part of using domestic audiences and also targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries will stop in the past hour, president trump has tweeted, again, that his campaign did nothing wrong and that there was no collusion. meanwhile the russian foreign ministry dismissed allegations of russian meddling as absurd. let's get more from our correspondent anthony zurcher in washington. when we talk about interference, what does that mean in practice? according to this indictment, it outlines an array of things that russian individuals do, they travelled to the united states posing as americans and spoke with political experts to gauge how best to target their interfering efforts, the focus on the key electoral states and they set up servers in the united states to direct their traffic so they could seem to be americans contacting social media sites through twitter and facebook and advertising campaigns, posing as americans on social media whether fa ke americans on social media whether fake aliases or actual people that they assumed the identity of but beyond the social media campaigns they were also organising rallies gci’oss they were also organising rallies across the united states some in favour of donald trump and some opposing hillary clinton, paying real americans for material to create these rallies, even paying a hillary clinton impersonator to dress as a prison guard and travel to several donald trump rallies, they were staging rallies to support donald trump and to protest his election so it was a con brands of effort not just election so it was a con brands of effort notjust online but also on the ground throughout the presidential campaign —— comprehensive effort. rod rosenstein said there is no allegation that american was knowingly involved in the us election meddling. so in that senseis the us election meddling. so in that sense is resident macro right that there was no collusion? —— president trump. it doesn't mean that they are continuing to investigate, and in the text of the indictment it said that the russians posing as americans had contacts with members of the trump campaign but they called them unwitting individuals and they did not know they were russians. in a sense this document does not prove collusion and knowledge on the part of the trump campaign of russia's efforts and while this case is not closed in this instance, it they can point to this instance, it they can point to this and said this is not proof of collusion. what are the democrats saying about this? they have said donald trump has got to take this seriously, he has been shrugging off the us intelligence agencies saying that russian tried to meddle with the election, calling it a hoax by his political enemies, but the special counsel robert mueller has laid out in exacting detail exactly what russia did and how much money they spent on it, millions of dollars each month in the run—up to the election, so democrats are saying donald trump as to take this seriously and acknowledge russian effo rts seriously and acknowledge russian efforts in the past and maybe impose sanctions that congress has ordered and also take active steps going forward to make sure that this doesn't happen again. anthony, thanks forjoining us. the fbi has said it was warned last month about the florida school shooter nikolas cruz — but failed to act on the information. in a statement, it admitted it was tipped by a person "close" to mr cruz, who spoke about his gun ownership, desire to kill people, and potential of him conducting a school shooting. meanwhile more funerals are taking place for the victims. president trump is heading to florida later on friday. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. they are coming to mourn a girl shot dead inside her school. one of the 17 victims of america's latest mass shooting. alyssa had been passionate about playing football and had been a popular and talented people. earlier, thousands had gathered to remember all of those who died, in many cases friends that only a few days ago they had shared classrooms with. they included 14—year—old jaime guttenberg, who family members say stood up for those who were bullied. her father spoke at the vigil. i sent her to school yesterday. she was supposed to be safe. among the others who died, meadow pollock, who was going to university next year. joachim oliver a basketball player who loved writing poetry. nicholas, a promising swimmer and academic, and 14—year—old cara, who her family says was a great student who loved being at the beach. all lives cut short by a former student at their own school who had returned there with a gun. this is where nikolas cruz bought his weapon. all he had to do was produce his driving licence, give the most basic of personal details and then answer a question to say that he was not mentally ill. he was 18 at the time, too young to buy alcohol here but old enough to walk out of this shop with an ar—15 rifle. young survivors are insisting on better gun control but feel many adults are letting them down. the fact that i have to say this is horrifying but i feel the need to because this is the blood of children that is on the floor of the school now. these are 17 children that are dead. those children are the future, the future of this country. and what are we telling our children and showing the future of our country when they have to come to school and worry about being shot? politicians again promised change. you call this a talking point, why would this be any different to all the atrocities that have gone before, what makes you feel this is different? i have never seen students speak out as boldly as they have. maybe this is the turning point. close to the school, students demonstrated to demand a solution to stop this type of tragedy happening again. in truth america remains a long way off finding a way to end its problems with guns. the bbc‘s neda tawfik is in parkland, florida. i asked her how the news that the fbi had a tip off about the alleged shooter, is being received. we have heard from authorities, if you see something, say something. well, somebody did, but the fbi never responded to the information. the fbi director said he called up the families of the victims to apologise and he said he can't imagine the added pain that this is causing them, and throughout the last day we have heard from officials saying it is important for anyone who sees something to say something, but in this case someone did say something, but 17 people have died. one of the victim's father said the agency had got to be blunt and said they had failed these families. we have seen discussion of gun control, is this announcement by the fbi going to crowd out those items? —— arguments. that is the fear, the talking point from storch conservative republicans who have defended deep second amendment —— storch. —— storch. they have two weight for the facts, they say, but for politicising the issue, and president trump said this was someone president trump said this was someone who was known to be mentally i —— unstable but he did not mention gun—control, and this is added ammunition to say, we could have prevented this is the fbi had stepped in on warnings that people had put forward. on the other side, i've never seen students come together so boldly to demand that the country changes its stance and pushes for safer gun laws. we saw stu d e nts pushes for safer gun laws. we saw students showing these videos and when i asked one of them why he did that he said it was specifically so he could record what was happening and change people's minds about this very issue. our correspondent in florida. the brazilian army is to take full control of security in rio dejaneiro state. president michel temer ordered the intervention, saying organised crime has virtually seized control there. in the city of rio — street crime is on the rise and criminal gangs have regained control of the shantytowns. the bbc‘s julia carneiro joined from there a little earlier. this has never happened in recent past, it is the first time, it is something that was established by the 1980 constitution, the prerogative of calling a constitution if there is a case where law and order needs to be restored but it has never happened. the president michael temer has said an extreme measure like this was necessary because criminal organisations were spreading like a cancer as he said in rio and it was necessary to take strong measures to show the state would be able to take control of the situation. this is a decree that is virtually transferring the power of how policing is organised in rio from the state of the federal government and the president has named a general who is to lead the police operation in rio from now on and will respond to him to the president. so we will see lots of changes in the coming months and we will have to see how this runs. the situation is deteriorating in rio and people are hoping for strong measures and for a response but there is also disbelief and politicians and also mistrust that they can really bring something off that will have an impact. we hear words like violence and lawlessness, but can you tell me what is actually like living day—to—day in rio in practice? what is it like? everyone here is trying to lead their normal lives, it is not like it is chaos on the streets and carnivaljust happened and it was a big celebration but there is a daily life more and more interrupted by violent events. it seems like things are drawing near to you or that the possibility of something dangerous happening is drawing near to you or to someone you love and so people start taking precautions and they are more afraid and you hear more and more of cases of things happening. you could be the next one in line, of course, so there is a sense of fear in the city, and this becomes even more evident when events become more extreme like we have seen over the past few weeks. let's see what will happen and if this will help improve the situation. our correspondent in rio. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. we look at the reasons why the number of orangutans in borneo has halved injust 16 years. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. the us special counsel investigating possible interference in the presidential elections, robert mueller, has brought charges against 13 russian suspects. the fbi has acknowledged that it mishandled a warning that it received last month about nikolas cruz, the man who killed 17 people at a school in florida. the new south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has delivered his first state of the nation address to parliament in cape town, a day after being sworn into office. he set out his plans for the economy and for ending the corruption scandals that forced his predecessor, jacob zuma, to resign. mr ramaphosa told the mps that this is the year that the tide will be turned on corruption in south africa's institutions. we must fight corruption, we must fight fraud and collusion, as well as in the private sector, with the same purpose and intensity that we want to fight it in the public sector. we must remember that every time someone receives a bribe, there is someone who is prepared to pay it. we will make sure that we deal with both of them. i spoke to richard dowden, a journalist in africa for 20 years and now director of the royal african society in london, about his opinion on mr ramaphosa's speech. there will be a huge change, cyril ramaphosa has a very very strong vision and he has a terrific track record. he started as a trade union leader and completely outfoxed in 1986 the mining companies. he then became the main negotiatorfor the new south africa and again the ruling apartheid took him and told him things like fly fishing witchy became very good at —— taught him things like fly fishing which he became very good at but when it came to the negotiations he outfoxed them, he's a very good communicator and a very good negotiator. you have met him, how does his temperament differ to his predecessor? he's a very calm person, when you meet him, when he talks to you he is totally focused on you, he doesn'tjust talk the sacred. very precise —— just doesn't talk for the sake of it. he comes a very small ethnic group in south africa in terms and he is not pa rt south africa in terms and he is not part of the big ethnic competition thatis part of the big ethnic competition that is going on, he is outside that. when he went around after mandela was released from prison, there were three people that went with him carrying his bag and one of those was the head of the military wing, he was murdered, the man who became husband and the third was cyril ramaphosa, —— who became president. mandela wanted cyril ramaphosa to become his predecessor, we know. and now the sport. it was more than just a quarterfinal at the rotterdam open for roger federer tonight. he's beaten robin haase by two sets to one, but more importantly by doing so, he's regained the world number one spot. and become the oldest man to hold that accolade. it was actually a double fault from haase that handed match point to the 36—year—old federer. but a very popular victory, the the crowd in rotterdam loved it — and he was presented with a special award to mark the occasion. four senior west bromwich albion players have apologised after breaking a curfew and allegedly stealing a taxi from outside a fast—food restaurant in barcelona. the team are bottom of the premier league and were on a mid season training break in spain. jonny evans, gareth barry, jake livermore and boaz myhill have released a statement apologising for the incident. catalonia police interviewed but didn't arrest the players in the early hours of thursday morning. the club say the players will be "subject to the full rigours of internal disciplinary procedures." it wasn't what we wanted. we've gone there to try and get ourselves up and ready for this run in and this is not ideal. they break the curfew and that is not acceptable and i feel let down by that. but we still got our training feel let down by that. but we still got ourtraining in feel let down by that. but we still got our training in and my focus is now on the game. india had completed a comprehensive one—day series victory over south africa after easily chasing down 205 for victory. virat kohli with his 35th one—day century. we are under three hours away from the action at the winter olympics, nine gold medals are up for grabs and that means more appearances for this little fella. the athletes are not being given flowers any more when they win medals. the white tiger is considered a godlike animal in korea. training for the olympics can be tough, years of practice being ready to peak at the vital moment. everything has to bejust right for the volunteer as he welcomes athletes and fans from all over the world to pyeongchang. inside is truly hot and very humid and you cannot breathe easily. more over you cannot see clearly. almost totally blocked inside, so very difficult to move because i cannot go straight or go anywhere. with south korea having won their second gold medal on friday the mood is buoyantin gold medal on friday the mood is buoyant in pyeongchang and the white tiger is in the mind for selfies just as much as the athletes. —— in demand. so many people are very happy because of me, it feels like it makes me dance. very thankful for having this chance to be part of it. he is so cute and details are great, so he is so cute and details are great, so funny. at the end of an exhausting day there is no gold—medalfor the exhausting day there is no gold—medal for the white tiger, just satisfaction that he is adding to the carnival atmosphere at the games. that is all the sport for now. there's been a massive fall in the number of orangutans on the island of borneo. a study has found that within 16 years, the population there has halved. the researchers said that while deforestation was partly to blame, a large number of the animals were being killed by hunters or as punishment for raiding crops. victoria gill reports. hanging onto survival. zoo programmes like this preserve small populations of bornean orangutans. but in the wild, they are being pushed rapidly towards extinction. their rainforest home continues to be cleared for agriculture and mining, but a 16—year—long study has now revealed that borneo's orangutans are disappearing from areas where the forest is untouched. they are being targeted by hunters. even in the areas where we think they're safe, we are losing them. and in some of the large populations where we have measured this loss, it's 50% over 16 years. it is an astonishing decline at the population level. even without animals being deliberately killed, scientists estimate that deforestation alone could wipe out another 115,000 orangutans here in the next three decades. but this bridge—building project is a much—needed sign of hope. where the forest is fragmented by agricultural drainage ditches, a team from chester zoo and the malaysian charity hutan is physically reconnecting it with tough polyester straps. this remarkable footage captured by a tourist is the project's first sign of success. when these animals use their arms, they move around, they move that height, they swing in the forest canopy and that's what they rely on in the wild. the zoo has learned from that to build bridges that will reconnect that habitat, just like the ones in the zoo enclosure. to actually see them using them and moving more freely across this habitat, that is so fragmented, is a really positive sign. this is very much a short—term solution. the long—term solution is to reforest the area. palm oil grown here makes its way into a huge variety of our food and other products, so conservationists are urging us consumers to check its sourced sustainably. our choices, scientists say, could decide whether there is a future for these critically endangered apes. victoria gill, bbc news. a reminder of our top story. the us special counsel investigating possible interference in the presidential elections, robert mueller, has brought charges against 13 russian suspects. president trump has tweeted again that his campaign did nothing wrong and that there was no collusion. that is the way it's looking. thanks forjoining us. that is the way it's looking. thanks for joining us. goodbye that is the way it's looking. thanks forjoining us. goodbye for now. a friday filled with plenty of sunshine across much of the uk, diminishing amounts of blue sky as the weekend continues. this is the view from eastern scotland, with rain to end the day, we will look at that in a moment but first the weekend had lied, tomorrow many places dry but sunshine but it is a cloudy and wet affair —— the weekend headlines. this front in the atla ntic headlines. this front in the atlantic has been producing the rain. this edges very slowly further south as the night goes on into north—west england and parts of north—west england and parts of north and west wales and parts of north—east england. some clear spells ahead of that, patchy frost, temperatures are not as low as they we re temperatures are not as low as they were last night, the weather system wea ke ns were last night, the weather system weakens through the day, nothing more than cloud and a few showers on saturday. ahead of that, behind it, broken cloud and sunny spells, quite a breezy day in scotland, with light winds, and feeling quite pleasant, 11 degrees in plymouth and london, for example. under clearing skies on saturday night temperature will fall for a frost, skies remain clear in eastern areas where the frost holds on. cloud increasing in the west. cold est on. cloud increasing in the west. coldest in eastern parts as sunday begins, we might have a few breaks in the cloud early on but it won't last. this is the weather system, a warm front with less cold air, but plenty of cloud and outbreaks of rain gradually spreading east and misty and murky extensive hill fog and the windproof not particularly strong. —— winds. temperatures could be slow to recover in eastern parts and maybe a bit down on saturday. 12 degrees in belfast on sunday afternoon. looking into next week, a mild start but it won't last. at ten o'clock we have a round—up of the day's news, but now it is time for this week's episode of inside out. the cause of all this misery? the humble pothole. here is martin friend. potholes on the bugbear of every road user. it seems there are more now than ever. they are the cause of a big spike in breaks pounds this time of year. it seems eve ryo ne pounds this time of year. it seems everyone who uses them has a story to tell. but how bad is it? i've come to northampton, i will meet someone who has made it his mission to allow roads of potholes. you can't make it out now, but at this very spot five years ago there was a massive pothole in the road. tell me what happened here. it was a dangerous pothole on that bend. people were trying to avoid it, because obviously they did not want to damage their vehicles, but we have very good vehicles coming along here. i reported it to the council and nothing happened. i reported it to the police and it was repaired within two hours. i needed to make sure i could do everything i could to make sure no one was injured. that's what started your passion to rid the roads of potholes?” that's what started your passion to rid the roads of potholes? i thought someone has to stand up. we spend an awful lot of money on our taxes and get a decreasing quality of roads, someone needed to make a stand so i started with a small social media campaign. mark has become an expert in road construction. he has been nicknamed mr pothole. mark reckons there are so many potholes close to where he lives, it's almost an epidemic. inside out has come up with a challenge. we will find out how many potholes there are within a 15 minute drive from his house. i will be timing him.

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