to leave their homes. thank you forjoining us. we will start in america. two men convicted of the murder of the american civil rights leader, malcolm x, are set to be exonerated. he was shot dead in new york in 1965 as he prepared to give a speech. the manhattan district attorney said muhammad al—aziz and khalil islam did not get the justice they deserved. the conviction of a third man, thomas hagan, has not been overturned. earlier, i spoke to phil bertelsen. he is series producer and director of the netflix documentary series who killed malcolm x? his documentary was the reason this issue was brought to light. i asked him how it felt to change history. it is often that we do this job of ours in reporting whether it's news or stories of historical meaning and our only hope is that they have impact, and in this case, it did. so we're eternally grateful, and happy for the families. yeah, it certainly did. well, have you heard from the families, friends or even lawyers of muhammad aziz and khalil islam? yes, we've been in contact with the lawyers for the families, and they've communicated their gratitude to us as well for, you know, inspiring this reinvestigation, which the manhattan da took on right about the time our series began airing on netflix. and there were doubts, weren't there, right from the beginning from the lack of evidence, we had thomas hagan, who was convicted of the murder, testifying the other two were not involved, muhammad aziz had an alibi. how was all that ignored and how easy was it to find those inconsistencies? well, you know, it might surprise your listeners and viewers to know that this evidence was hiding in plain sight all these years, for decades. much of what we revealed in the documentary was known. much of it was published in biographies, written about malcolm, particularly the manning marable biography, life of reinvention, even the autobiography of malcolm x had kernels of evidence, and the fbi had a treasure trove of documents that we were able to uncover through the freedom of information act that led us down this path. and it was — it'sjust, you know, the fact that we were able to assemble it all and connect the dots, i think, that made it kind of inarguable, and the innocence project and the shanies law firm took it from there. and this injustice that black muslim men were hastily arrested and tried on shaky evidence i guess is something that malcolm x himself would have rallied against? no question. i mean, malcolm stood firmly against this kind of abuse on the part of law enforcement, he was no friend to local law enforcement, made that known, and in fact, that antipathy between malcolm and the new york police department in particular may have been a part of the complicity in this crime, that is to say they didn't offer him the protection he deserved. poland's border force say around 1,000 migrants are still gathered at the frontier with belarus as the european union stepped up its efforts to resolve the crisis. tensions increased yesterday after polish forces used tear gas and water cannon to stop migrants trying to enter the country. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, sent his report from the polish side of the border. and a warning — it does contain flashing images. fury, frustration at the gateway to europe. polish border guards released this footage. night after night, they say, belarusian troops force migrants to try and breach the border. that's what sagvan told us too. and say, "go, go, go. every people must go." he tell you, "if you come back, i'll shoot you, i'll kill you." sagvan and his family are now recovering in a polish hospital. they paid more than $10,000 to get to the border, spent more than two weeks trapped there, in the cold, with almost no food or water. you don't know what's happening there. it's so difficult. you see a child asking you for bread. the polish government would prefer you not to see the human tragedy unfolding in what is one of the most beautiful parts of this country. this is tourist terrain. but visitors, journalists, aid workers are now banned from the forests which line the border. this is a special place, yes. slawek�*s bike hire business is in the exclusion zone. like others here, he tells us it's commonplace to see migrants hiding in the woods, afraid polish guards will push them back. translation: we're not going to change it by building fences. - it's up to us to manage it so tourism can go on. but it should happen in a humanitarian way. it's unacceptable that someone freezes to death 100 metres my house. at least eight people have died on the polish side. in six weeks, at this small local hospital, they've treated nearly 200 migrants. translation: it's| extremely difficult, when we are faced with this suffering, when you have to tell a husband that his wife isn't going to survive or when we see a family being separated because the father is taken away by the border guard and the mother and child stay at the hospital. it's starting to get dark now and the temperature is beginning to drop. tonight, as they do every night, people will try to get across the border, make it to these forests. this is testing the fundamental values of this community, this country, the eu itself. but for the people who end up in this woodland, this is simply about survival. jenny hill, bbc news, bialowieza forest. let's get some of the day's other news. a court in the us has sentenced a man, who became known as the qanon shaman, to 41 months in prison for his role in the storming of congress by trump supporters in january. prosecutors described jacob chansley as the "flagbearer of the capitol riot events" who was pictured during the violent protests wearing a horned headdress. the american rapper young dolph has been shot and killed in tennessee. he was in a cookie shop in memphis when the shooting happened. in 2017, he survived after being shot three times in los angeles. last year, his album topped the billboard 200 charts. police say so far no—one has been arrested. the head of the women's tennis association has cast doubt on an email released by chinese state media attributed to tennis player peng shuai. the chairman of the wta said he had a hard time believing the email was written by ms peng or on her behalf. ms peng has not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against zhang gaolia, a former vice premier of china. actor alec baldwin and other producers on the film rust are facing a new lawsuit over the fatal shooting of the cinematographer halyna hutchins. the film's supervisor, mamie mitchell, alleges that the script didn't call for a gun to be fired. her lawyer accused alec baldwin of "playing russian roulette" when he fired the gun without checking it. mr baldwin and the film's producers have not yet commented. i never want what happened on our set to ever happen to anyone else. in our opinion, mr baldwin chose to play russian roulette when he fired a gun without checking it and without having the armourer do so in his presence. his behaviour and that of the producers on rust was reckless. 0ur correspondent in los angeles, david willis, gave us more information about this latest suit. well, mamie mitchell was the script supervisor on the film rust, and she was only a few feet away from halyna hutchins when she was shot and killed on that set. ms mitchell was the person who rang 911, the emergency services, to call for some sort of medical assistance. now, she is suing the producers of the film, including alec baldwin, for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and deliberate infliction of harm, and she is seeking undisclosed damages. now, at a press conference today, she relived some of the final moments of halyna hutchins�*s life, and she said, "i heard someone moaning, i turned around, "the director was falling upwards and holding his upper "body and then i turned around towards alec and i thought —— saw "halyna hutchins going down to the left of me." it was a very emotional press conference as far as mamie mitchell was concerned, and crucially, she claimed in her lawsuit that the script that they were actually filming or about to film in this particular moment didn't actually call for alec baldwin to fire a gun at all. david, have we still not heard back from alec baldwin about this? and also, how are the other lawsuits progressing, and what kind of time frame are we looking at? well, there was another lawsuit filed just last week from the chief lighting technician on the set. he also is suing for negligence. but i think it's fair to say that these two lawsuits will be probably just the first of many. there's been no official response from alec baldwin or the producers, but alec baldwin has previously responded to this, and he said in a statement that he was "heartbroken over the incident "and was cooperating with the police investigation." he also said that an incident like this on the set of a film was a one—in—a—trillion episode. crucial to all this, though, of course, and we still don't know what is the state of enquiry in this regard, was what a live round of ammunition was doing in a gun on that film set. david willis there. a state of emergency has been declared in the canadian western province of british columbia after a major storm caused flooding and landslides. one woman was killed when a road washed away and two others remain missing. thousands have been forced to leave their homes and access has been blocked to canada's biggest port, vancouver. henry braun is mayor of the abbotsford, one of the worst affected cities in the fraser valley in british columbia. hejoins me from there now. what is the latest where you are? ~ . ., . are? well, we are in a much better place _ are? well, we are in a much better place than _ are? well, we are in a much better place than we - are? well, we are in a much better place than we were . are? well, we are in a much - better place than we were three nights ago. i haven't slept much, but right now, i think we have stabilised the situation and our community has risen to the challenge under some very trying conditions. it the challenge under some very trying conditions.— trying conditions. it has been incredibly _ trying conditions. it has been incredibly trying, _ trying conditions. it has been incredibly trying, hasn't - trying conditions. it has been incredibly trying, hasn't it? l incredibly trying, hasn't it? there are mandatory evacuation orders in place. are they still in place?— in place? they are with the exception _ in place? they are with the exception of _ in place? they are with the exception of one _ in place? they are with the exception of one area, - exception of one area, huntington village, and a commercial area. we lifted that evacuation order this morning. at times it got very desperate, including an attempt to protect pumping stations.— pumping stations. yes, it is a lot of pumping _ pumping stations. yes, it is a lot of pumping station - pumping stations. yes, it is a lot of pumping station in - lot of pumping station in western canada and it was about to breach and we had 300 volunteers that went out there and build two new dams to protect that infrastructure. the canadian armed forces are being asked to help. in which areas are you hoping for their help? areas are you hoping for their hel ? �* ., . areas are you hoping for their hel? �* ., ., ., areas are you hoping for their hel ? 1, ., ., ., ., help? both marine and aerial. richt, help? both marine and aerial. right. and _ help? both marine and aerial. right, and what _ help? both marine and aerial. right, and what you _ help? both marine and aerial. right, and what you expect i right, and what you expect them to do when they arrive?— to do when they arrive? well, we are the — to do when they arrive? well, we are the largest _ to do when they arrive? well, we are the largest ad - to do when they arrive? well, i we are the largest ad producing jurisdiction in all of canada, we have about 20,000 cows that are in that area that is flooded and about 1.9 million chickens, so we have a lot of work. we have been focusing primarily on life safety, not exclusively, on life safety, and we are now turning our minds to the recovery, and that will be a while.— will be a while. and how certain can _ will be a while. and how certain can you - will be a while. and how certain can you be - will be a while. and how certain can you be that i will be a while. and how. certain can you be that the threat to life, human life has passed? what kind of warnings were you given before and how much faith you have in the systems around you? indie much faith you have in the systems around you? we have fared very _ systems around you? we have fared very well. _ systems around you? we have fared very well. we _ systems around you? we have fared very well. we have - fared very well. we have evacuated all of the people with the exception of maybe 20 or 30 people, going house to house with boats and hovercraft and you name it, large tractors, we have had no fatalities that we are aware of, human, and no reports of people missing, so we have a great emergency operations team here, fire, police, and from the surrounding communities that have joined in to help us, so i am really impressed. talking about those communities, this is your town, you grew up there, these are your people and you are the mayor. 0ur your people and you are the mayor. our people pulled together and what have been the most difficult times for you? just the amount of information that comes at you and you have to make this critical decision, so that has been probably the most difficult part, the stress of not making the wrong decisions. but we have a great team here, this is a great community and it is a most giving community on a per capita basis in all of canada, and it is a caring community and it is a caring community and we are seeing that demonstrated by this community coming together, especially the farmers, and i am very proud of the city and how it has handled this crisis. the city and how it has handled this crisis-_ the city and how it has handled this crisis-— this crisis. henry braun, the ma or this crisis. henry braun, the mayor of — this crisis. henry braun, the mayor of abbotsford, - this crisis. henry braun, the mayor of abbotsford, thank | this crisis. henry braun, the - mayor of abbotsford, thank you forjoining us at this time. thank you for the invite. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as pop star britney spears thanks fans for all their support, we hear from one of the people who led the free britney movement. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest i demonstration so far of the fast—growing _ european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, - one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. - 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, - which has caused millions. of pounds worth of damage. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: two men convicted of the murder of the us civil rights leader, malcolm x, more than 50 years ago, are set to be exonerated. as poland says a thousand migrants are still gathered at the frontier with belarus — we look at the human cost of the border crisis. india's authorities have announced a series of emergency measures to tackle the extreme levels of pollution in the capital, delhi. schools and colleges have been shut indefinitely. most construction work has been banned till next week. 0nly five of the coal—fired power stations in the city, are being allowed to operate. a toxic haze has smothered delhi in recent days, with a number of long term factors contributing to the hazardous smog. azadeh moshiri has more. a toxic haze so thick that some of india's timeless landmarks are hidden from view. when winter approaches, smog becomes a regular occurrence in india, and this one has smothered delhi for weeks. and that has serious health implications. translation: when i air quality deteriorates, some people suffer chest infections or breathing problems. sometimes it gets so bad, we have to admit them. pm2.5 are tiny particles in the air that can clog people's lungs. levels between zero and 50 are considered good, and between 51 and 100, satisfactory. but parts of delhi are recording figures closer to 400 or above, which is categorised as severe. so hospitals have been facing a surge in patients, with residents wheezing and finding it harder to breathe. but what's causing it? several factors are at play, like car and factory emissions and burning crop stubble. the real question is — what will the state and local governments do about it? translation: we have to come with our stalls in any weather - because it's our livelihood. the pollution is unbearable. the government must take some steps. we are forced to work because we can't stay indoors forever. india's supreme court is directing authorities to take imminent and emergency measures. the response — schools and colleges have been shut indefinitely, construction work has been banned until next week and several coal—fired power stations in the city have been temporarily shut. but experts warn, until drastic measures are taken, india's winter smog is here to stay. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. pop star britney spears has given a sneak—peek into how she plans to use her new—found freedom, after gaining control of her personal life and estate earlier this month. the singer posted a video on her twitter and instagram handles in which she talked about her wanting to be and her hopes that her story will create impact and "make changes in the corrupt system". she also reached out to herfans — thanking them for their support. the free britney movement, you guys rock, honestly, my voice was muted and threatened for so long, and i wasn't able to speak up and saying anything. and because of you guys, awareness, and knowing what was going on and delivering that used to the public for so long, you gave an awareness to all of them, and because of you i have honestly have you guys to thank for my saving my life. well one of those who's been leading the charge to free britney is caleb marshall, whojoins me now. caleb, thanks so much forjoining me. why forjoining me. did you become a fan in the first why did you become a fan in the first place? when i saw her first video when i was about five years old, i was just enthralled by her and her stage presence, and the way she carried herself, and that inspired me to start my entire career. eversince inspired me to start my entire career. ever since i was a child i have looked up to her, notjust because she is an incredible performer but because she is so strong and has been so vocal about her opinion, who she is, and she is so unapologetically herself. and it gave me the confidence to then be myself and pursue a career in the performing arts. and that's why it has been so sad to see these past 13 years, not hearing her voice, not really knowing where britney went, is she 0k? really knowing where britney went, is she ok? so i am really excited now that we are hearing that the britney we all fell in love with. you say work in the performing arts commercially have a quick look at your reaction to the news? 0h, news? oh, my god! let's take a look. upbeat pop music. jamie's gone?! sorry. music stops. out of the conservatorship? he's suspended as her conservator now. cheers. oh, this is a good day. we're gonna sweat booties, free britney! pop music restarts. in, in, out, throw. you just gave me a reason. why is this such an important issue for you? my issue for you? my god, like i said, this has been 13 years. i have been following this every single day on the site run byjordan miller, and it is so exciting because everyone thought that britney fans were conspiracy theorists and that we didn't know what we were talking about, and that we were reading between the lines, so to finally have this moment to be validated and to know that we were right and there were things going on, and then to know that her dad was removed, i mean, i was know that her dad was removed, i mean, iwas in know that her dad was removed, i mean, i was in the middle of a lifestream that day. my booty army members were messaging me because they know i am such a fan and advocate, but i can watch it as i was performing. they told me as i was doing this live stream that britney was off of this conservative ship, and britney was free of her father, ship, and britney was free of herfather, and it was ship, and britney was free of her father, and it was the ship, and britney was free of herfather, and it was the most genuine exciting reaction because it has been something we genuinely thought would never happen. presumably it got a bit more excitingly because britney knew about the free britney movement and thanked you personally, didn't she? yes, she spoke about free britney and thanked everyone who has fought so long and so hard to give her a voice, and for that, hard to give her a voice, and forthat, i hard to give her a voice, and for that, i was listening to the clip as it was playing and it was making my heart so happy because i never thought we were get to hear britney speak the truth or even acknowledge the movement and thinker fans because remember last year her father said that the free britney movement was a conspiracy. we now know this isn't true and it is amazing talk about it. britney is now returning to a new chapter in her life, what would you like to see in the chapter? i wanted to be happy. she owes nobody anything. she does not ever have to be on stage again, she does not have to perform again, ijust wanted to live her best life. like she said in her best life. like she said in her instagram, shejust her best life. like she said in her instagram, she just got an atm card, shejust got her car keys. she is a0 years old and onlyjust now keys. she is a0 years old and only just now starting keys. she is a0 years old and onlyjust now starting to have autonomy and get to live her life, so i hope she has the chance to do whatever she wants. if that is to do an 0prah interview, i would love that, that would be amazing. but if it is to move to hawaii and make instrument videos everyday, hope she does that because she has given us enough. we are also available if she wants to do an interview with us. thank you forjoining us. thanks for having me. the queen has held herfirst official engagement at windsor castle since she missed sunday's remembrance service at the cenotaph. her majesty met the outgoing chief of the defence staff, general sir nick carter, days after she cancelled her attendance at the cenotaph for the remembrance service on sunday. the queen was said to have sprained her back. the prince of wales, during his trip tojordan, was asked how about her majesty's condition. she's all right, thank you very much, thank you. is she 0k? would you send our best wishes? once you get to 95, you know, it's not quite as easy as it used to be. bad enough at 73! we will have more news at the top of the hour. until then, goodbye. hello there. the weather isn't changing in too much of a hurry over the next few days, because high pressure keeping things dry, settled, and very mild still for this time of year. so another mild and quite breezy day to come on thursday. dry weather for most of us, but not everywhere. we have got this weather front sitting close to the north of scotland, so that'll produce outbreaks of rain mainly for northern and western scotland, but high pressure to the south dominating the weather for most places. and, with that high pressure, we're drawing in winds in a south—westerly direction, so bringing the mild air and the orange colours really right across the uk. might be a bit of a chilly start for some southern and eastern parts of england first thing, the odd misty patch around. generally, the cloud will increase from the west through the day, but there will be some spells of sunshine for east anglia and the southeast, up towards eastern scotland, as well. still a bit of rain to come for the northwest of scotland, but the breeze blowing over the mountains is likely to create something called a foehn effect, lifting temperatures to around 17 celsius for aberdeenshire. widely 1a—15 the top temperature — and compare that to the average temperature this time of year of only about nine celsius, so well above average. it'll be windy again particularly in the northwest, with gusts of wind about a0 mph, but lighter winds further south. so through thursday evening now and heading overnight into friday, it'll be a pretty cloudy picture. a bit of low cloud and hill fog likely, some drizzle around some coastal hills in the west once again. but it will be a very mild and certainly frost—free start to friday morning, but we've still got that rain continuing across the western isles and northern highland, as well. into friday, no great changes — there's that weather front across the north of scotland, there's the high pressure in charge for most places. so quite a cloudy picture, i think, but predominantly dry through the day on friday, away from the north and northwest of scotland where we've got that weather front continuing to bring outbreaks of rain. temperatures again getting up to 1a—15, even 16 celsius through the foehn effect once again through the east of scotland. it won't last forever, this mild weather, though — into the weekend, saturday, we'll see a cold front moving south across the northern half of the uk. into sunday, that slips its way further south, and it'll introduce the blue colours, the colder air mass with these northerly winds moving across all areas. so gradually through the weekend, things will be turning colder. we'll still look at temperatures in double figures through the day on saturday but, by the time we get to sunday, things will be noticeably cooler — maybe time to dig out the winter coat. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: two men convicted of the murder of the us civil rights leader, malcolm x, more than 50 years ago in new york, are set to be exonerated. the manhattan district attorney said muhammad al aziz and khalil islam did not get the justice they deserved. poland says a thousand migrants are still gathered at the frontier with belarus, as the european union steps up its efforts to resolve the border crisis. the human cost of the situation is growing, with many families stuck out in the cold with no food or water. a new lawsuit has alleged the hollywood actor, alec baldwin, "chose to play russian roulette" with safety on a film set, where the cinematographer was shot dead. script supervisor mamie mitchell claims there was no reason for the star to fire a gun on the set of rust. now on bbc news, it's time for click.