correspondent frank gardner. homs is roughly halfway up the country, it is under government control, it is a fairly major city. this is a military academy near the centre of town were officer cadets were graduating. theirfamilies had come to watch them. it was supposed to be a proud moment. the syrian defence minister was attending the ceremony, but when it entered he left ten minutes later this multiple drone attack came out of nowhere. it was clearly at carefully planned and precisely targeted attack which is making a lot of people rather curious as to how this could have happened because there is no precedent for this amongstjihadist precedent for this amongst jihadist groups, well, precedent for this amongstjihadist groups, well, a small precedent, in 2017, but it has been a very long time since anyone done anything like this. these are multiple drones, believed to be iranian made. the iranians are the allies of the syrian government regime. nevertheless, the syrian government has retaliated quickly, hating rebel held areas in the north of the country. this is probably the biggest death toll for many, many months in a single attack in syria pass back —— in syria's rumbling civil war. pass back -- in syria's rumbling civil war. ~ . ., h, , civilwar. we are hearing reports that turkey _ civilwar. we are hearing reports that turkey has _ civilwar. we are hearing reports that turkey has been _ civilwar. we are hearing reports that turkey has been carrying i civil war. we are hearing reports| that turkey has been carrying out strikes as well against kurdish groups in syria. strikes as well against kurdish grouns in syria-— strikes as well against kurdish groups in syria. this is a separate issue. groups in syria. this is a separate issue- turkey _ groups in syria. this is a separate issue. turkey is _ groups in syria. this is a separate issue. turkey is engaged - groups in syria. this is a separate issue. turkey is engaged in - groups in syria. this is a separate issue. turkey is engaged in an - issue. turkey is engaged in an ongoing struggle with the pkk, which it considers to be a terrorist organisation, many consider to be a terrorist organisation. it is a kurdish independence movement. the pkk is a light to some of the syrian kurdish groups that america uses as its allies in the north of syria to hold back isis. that makes things very complicated. you have essentially got turkish warplanes attack on kurdish basis. some of those kurdish bases over time have been america's allies. it is an immensely complicated picture in syria and it is very sad because it is a fantastic, delightful country with amazing people, food and culture, but it has been ripped apart by the civil war that has been going on since 2011. we don't see much of it in the news these days because it has died down. in russia came eight years ago to syria's defence, to prop up the regime, both russia and iran came to prop up that regime, turned back the tide of the rebels. since then, we don't see that much of it, but it goes on. even america has a stake in this. they have special forces bases in these difficult tree and from time to time to carry out their own drone strikes and air strikes on isis and al-qaeda positions in the north—west of the country. thank you. we will take you now live to spain, european leaders, there is the prime minister of italy, attending a summit where lots of issues have been on the table. there issues have been on the table. there is emmanuel macron, as well. they have been talking about migration is one of the most pressing issues facing the continent. also funding for the war in ukraine. a huge amount of concern that america might be wrong back on some of its commitments, particularly as the presidential election heats up in america. donald trump is known to want to withdraw some of the funding to ukraine. other issues such as climate change on the table, too. this is a final photo opportunity for the european leaders that have gathered in spain to tackle some of those pressing issues. the uk labour leader, sir keir starmer, described his party's win in a by—election in scotland as a "seismic result". labour received more than twice the number of votes than those of the scottish national party, which had held the seat of rutherglen and hamilton west. labour candidate michael shanks won just under 18,000 votes. the snp�*s katy loudon came in second. the labour share of the vote is up 2a points, almost as high as it was in 2010, before the snp virtually wiped them out in scotland. that's a swing from snp to labour of slightly more than 20%. the scottish labour leader, anas sarwar, said he believes the result shows that scottish politics has "fundamentally changed". live now to katrine bussey, the scottish political editor at the press association. were you surprised by the size of the labour victory? i were you surprised by the size of the labour victory?— the labour victory? i think everybody. _ the labour victory? i think everybody, labour - the labour victory? i think. everybody, labour included, the labour victory? i think- everybody, labour included, were surprised by the size of their victory. this has been a real two horse race between labour and the snp, but as sirjohn curtis said this morning, this may have been a two horse race but there was one clear winner, and that was scottish labour. ~ ., ., ,, , ., labour. what do you put it down to? it has to come _ labour. what do you put it down to? it has to come down _ labour. what do you put it down to? it has to come down to _ labour. what do you put it down to? it has to come down to lots - labour. what do you put it down to? it has to come down to lots of - it has to come down to lots of things. this was a by—election fort in particular circumstances after the ousting of margaret ferrier, the mp who won the seat for the snp, then had the party whip removed from her after she broke covid rules in 2020. she sat on as an independent mp despite lots of people in her constituency say she should have stepped down. she was eventually removed after being suspended from the house of commons. and sure those circumstances will have played into it. there will also be some dissatisfaction with the snp, who have been in powerfor 16 years, and we are seeing the same issues that we are seeing the same issues that we are seeing in england, problems with the health service, problems in schools, problems with policing and justice. we are seeing these issues. there will also be some dissatisfaction with the snp. hamza yusuf has had a really difficult start to his time as leader. he took overin start to his time as leader. he took over in march after nicola sturgeon stood down really suddenly after a bitter, divisive leadership campaign for the party. since then we have seen the drama of the police investigation into the party's finances, which resulted in nicola sturgeon�*s being searched. all these things will have played into last night's results.— things will have played into last night's results. what do you read into what was _ night's results. what do you read into what was quite _ night's results. what do you read into what was quite a _ night's results. what do you read into what was quite a low - night's results. what do you read | into what was quite a low turnout, only 37%, and will the snp be hoping that that possibly means things are not as bad for them as the headline results suggest? i not as bad for them as the headline results suggest?— results suggest? i think, yes, the snp will seek _ results suggest? i think, yes, the snp will seek to _ results suggest? i think, yes, the snp will seek to take _ results suggest? i think, yes, the snp will seek to take some - snp will seek to take some consolation from the fact that there has been a low turnout, but i think the scale of the victory for labour shows that there are problems with the party. during the campaign, hamza yusuf, who campaigned really heavily in this constituency, was out several times without the camp —— with the candidate, saying that if the snp did not win the seat the buck. with him. there are questions around his leadership now. it's often referred to as �*the innocence tax" — the huge legal defence fees paid by thousands of people accused of a crime, even if they're found not guilty. in england and wales, legal aid is only available to those who have a household disposable income of less than £37,000. nick garnett met brian buckle in pembrokeshire, who spent six years and hundreds of thousands of pounds clearing his name. when i was put in the cell, i just sat there all night and just cried and cried. sentanced to 15 years after being wrongfully convicted. at that point, you realise you're a convicted sex offender. yes. yeah. it would take brian buckle six years to clear his name and it had a huge emotional and financial impact on him and his family. we've spent over half—a—million pounds, that's what its cost us. all our savings gone, every single penny. brian is a victim of what some people call the �*innocence tax�*. each year, thousands of people go to court and are found not guilty of the crimes that they're charged with. many of those aren't eligible for help with their legal costs. if you earn very modest amounts, you don't get legal aid, so you then have to fund yourself. you are innocent and you're taxed by the state. you have to pay for your defence when you shouldn't have, i would say. we started straight away getting the appeal. brian's auntie, mum and wife united to prove his innocence. we didn't know where to start. not a clue. hours, days, weeks of painstaking work to build a case. we could only work, first of all, on the statements that we already had. elaine felt the weight of justice was on their shoulders. you're guilty until you prove yourself innocent and it's i you who has to do the work. one of britain's most senior legal figures has written a report on false allegations and believes there's a weakness in the system. police officers, as soon as they find some evidence that tends to support an allegation, a charge follows and the investigative process ceases. that is wrong. and it's also weaknesses in the legal system can also affect victims of crime. support groups say that the number of allegations that make it to court is tiny compared to the number that actually get made to the police. convicted of 16 charges against a child, brian spent over five years in prison. he felt totally isolated. it was hard. you're sitting in there with real sex offenders and you hear some horrendous stories and you hear people gloating and itjust makes your blood boil. the family used loans, savings and inheritance to pay for a specialist legal and forensics team. they uncovered new dna evidence. i said, i don't care what we do, how much it costs, we have got to prove his innocence. brian was finally granted a court of appeal hearing. he watched on a video link from prison as the judges made their decision. clerk of the courts came out. he said to me, "mr buckle, do you know what's happening here now?" and i said, "no, not really". "you're instant release.", he said, "you're going home". i was like. .."what?" all 16 verdicts were quashed that day. i know that you never did it. and eight months later, when the case went to a retrial, brian was found not guilty of all charges. georgia and your mum and your auntie, they came then and we went big hugging all each other. the courts granted lifetime anonymity to his accuser because they were sex abuse charges. it's been an emotional roller coaster. diagnosed with ptsd, brian was left facing damage to his mental health. i'm not the old brian buckle. i know i need help and i need counseling, but it's trying to find... there's no help out there for you. nor has brian received any compensation or help with his legal fees. the government says that it is going to lift the cap on legal aid, but it might take up to two years and that's too late for brian. let me ask you what the cost of your innocence has been? time with each other, life. i missed my daughter's 18th birthday. 21st. her dad taking herfor her first driving lesson. i've missed that. it's been a lot. beautiful day. brian now makes every day count. with elaine and georgia. if i can help other people that are going through this, that's what i want to do. if i didn't have the family support me, i'd be still in prison an innocent man. i wouldn't be here now. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing stories from across the uk. a stunning backdrop to the war memorial abertillery. the cenotaph stood here for decades but now a new mural has got everyone talking. it was painted by the artist tee2sugars. the response i have had off this has just been astronomical, it's been crazy. i think it is because of what it symbolises, people giving their lives for what we have today. the man who came up with the idea was a local businessman bob smith when he was at the town's remembrance day service two years ago, with the old wall looking tired. the render was cracked, black patches all over it. quite depressing. and itjust struck me to make an ugly thing suitable mural on the. the mural is now complete and will be the focal point for remembrance event next month. the community now hope it will be a place to gather for generations to come. for more stories across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. when a tropical turtle was found washed up malnourished and dehydrated on a beach in scotland in january 2022, nobody expected her to survive. now, after being nursed back to health, "iona" has been released into the atlantic. graham satchell tells her story. iona the turtle — these her final moments in captivity before being released into the wild. she is alive today because of the kindness of strangers and has come on a remarkable journey to get to this point. the loggerhead turtle was found in january last year. covered in sand, she was dehydrated, malnourished, barely alive. jane, who found her, gave her the name iona. it's the island off the west coast of scotland where she'd landed. iona was taken to the sea life centre in loch lomond, where a team of experts started her recovery. she was then moved to scarborough, where she made gradual and steady progress, putting on more than ten times the weight she had when she was found. most loggerhead turtles start their life in the gulf of mexico. it's thought iona may have been carried on the gulf stream to the inner hebrides. after spending time at sealife centres in scotland and then in scarborough, this week she was flown to the azores in the atlantic to be released into the wild. on the quayside, time for one last quick clean before being taken on to a small boat and fitted with a tracking device. when everybody�*s ready... and then, finally, the moment of freedom. it was a really lovely feeling to see her kind ofjust go off into the big blue. and i think the biggest thing, that apprehension really of kind of what's going to happen to her — where's she going to go now. but i know that the part that we've all played has given her the best chances that we can do in the wild. iona was the smallest turtle to be found alive in the uk. today, thanks to a small army of helpers, she is fully grown and back in the wild. graham satchell, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now hip hop is one of the culture defining music genres of the past 50 years. but the role of women, is often overlooked. well, not any more. the bbc has a new three part documentary series which shines a light on the influence women have had. the series producer of �*first ladies of hip hop', karen gabayjoins me now. why this subject for you? because of why this sub'ect for you? because of all the why this subject for you? because of all the genres _ why this subject for you? because of all the genres of— why this subject for you? because of all the genres of music, _ why this subject for you? because of all the genres of music, the - why this subject for you? because of all the genres of music, the woman l all the genres of music, the woman in hip—hop were overlooked, whether they were at the engineering desk, signing the artists are actually performing. women were key in formulating and creating this genre of music that was created out of nothing, no money, and led to a billion—dollar industry. as 50 years of hip—hop is celebrated, ifelt billion—dollar industry. as 50 years of hip—hop is celebrated, i felt it was time that women should be acknowledged, and the women felt that, and team also felt it is time for the woman to be acknowledged at this special anniversary. let's have a look at some of the women's stories. i used to see it on record at the videos and i used to play them back and i used to dance and watch these videos and study them. and then i would push the dining table to the side and break dance on the floor in front of the video and break dance at the same time. they came now when my brothers came home and caught me and i said, what you do and do that again. and i said, yo, brian, come here, come here. goes against this. do it again, do it again. so i did the footstep step and theyjust loved it. i was going, oh my god, sis, you've got to come to the club bubbles. i mean, she wasjust simply dope, right? i the only girl that was throwing it down, like the guys back- in the day. and we just loved hanging out with those guys, being invited up to wolverhampton, doing shows together, staying at her house. bubble, she was, she was amazing. why do you think the role of women in hip—hop has been overlooked for so long? in hip-hop has been overlooked for so lona ? ~ ., . ., so long? women were later “oined in championships. * so long? women were later “oined in championships. often _ so long? women were later “oined in championships. often they _ so long? women were laterjoined in championships. often they were - so long? women were laterjoined inj championships. often they were part of the queue and the men just felt they were going to acknowledge the woman in the crew beside them. that has gone on through the years and decades. they oftenjust has gone on through the years and decades. they often just weren't mentioned. a lot of women just left the industry because they got tired of it, so there voices were quietened because they were fed up of not being acknowledged in history and for their role in building the foundations of this music. what and for their role in building the foundations of this music. what was their reaction _ foundations of this music. what was their reaction when _ foundations of this music. what was their reaction when you _ foundations of this music. what was their reaction when you approach i their reaction when you approach these women and said you were doing this documentary series. maw; these women and said you were doing this documentary series.— this documentary series. many said, es, it is this documentary series. many said, yes. it is not — this documentary series. many said, yes. it is not our _ this documentary series. many said, yes, it is not our time, _ this documentary series. many said, yes, it is not our time, thank - this documentary series. many said, yes, it is not our time, thank you . yes, it is not our time, thank you for reaching out to us. even people who said i have left behind were willing to come back. there was still this friendship that they had built years and years ago and they wanted to rekindle the friendship and shared their stories. they were really positive and wanting to come together and tell the real story behind their music and how they had been involved in hip—hop. what behind their music and how they had been involved in hip-hop. what about eo - le been involved in hip-hop. what about --eole who been involved in hip-hop. what about people who have _ been involved in hip-hop. what about people who have listened _ been involved in hip-hop. what about people who have listened to - been involved in hip-hop. what about people who have listened to hip-hopl people who have listened to hip—hop over the years? have we been able to categorise them in any way? there are generalisations we can make, but did you find there was an array of people who talked about their love of hip—hop? this people who talked about their love of hip-hop?— people who talked about their love ofhi--ho? a . ., , ., of hip-hop? as generations evolve, there are divisions, _ of hip-hop? as generations evolve, there are divisions, but _ of hip-hop? as generations evolve, there are divisions, but many - of hip-hop? as generations evolve, l there are divisions, but many people to themselves as being into the early hip—hop, or people who love the golden age of hip—hop, like the queen latifah of this world. then people categorise themselves as lovers of 90s hip—hop, like missy elliott or lauren hill. that is how people associate themselves with the music, because this is all about not just the voices, but the fashion, the style, the dance, the movement, the style, the dance, the movement, the graffiti. i’m the style, the dance, the movement, the araffiti. �* ., . ., the graffiti. i'm looking forward to the graffiti. i'm looking forward to the series- _ the graffiti. i'm looking forward to the series. thanks _ the graffiti. i'm looking forward to the series. thanks so _ the graffiti. i'm looking forward to the series. thanks so much. - the graffiti. i'm looking forward to| the series. thanks so much. great that you finally made it. this week martin scorsese — widely regarded as one of america's greatest living film—makers — is in london for a gala screening of his latest picture — �*killers of the flower moon�*. it stars — you may have guessed — leonardo dicaprio and robert de niro — in an epic western lasting three and a half hours. tom brook went to meet the 80—year—old in his home city of new york. good to see you. i�*ve met you on, like, red carpets and junkets over the years. yes, i�*ve seen you over the years too. yes, yes. martin scorsese has made some of american cinema�*s most memorable films, from taxi driver... you talkin' to me? ..to goodfellas. .. never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. ..to the departed... as your were then. she's on her way out. we all are, act accordingly. ..to the irishman, to mention just a few. what do you want? you want to know if i did it or not? no. his latest epic, killers of the flower moon, an adaptation of a book, stars scorsese acting stalwarts robert de niro and leonardo dicaprio. i don't know what you said, but it must have been indian for handsome devil. it tells of the orchestrated so—called reign of terror of the 1920s in oklahoma, in which more than 60 native americans were killed by white interlopers wanting to get their hands on the oil that lay on their land. this wealth should come to us. oil had made the osage nation extremely wealthy. scorsese believes his new york upbringing helped him understand the story. i grew up in an area that was kind of, you know, there was a great deal of street crime, organized crime, etc.. and i found it was the same thinking in this story. now, you could take it from robbing somebody�*s store, mugging somebody, let�*s say, or take it to the point of wiping out a nation, an indigenous nation. tell me, i mean, it is a period film in that it was set in oklahoma in the 1920s, but in many ways, it�*s about greedy white men doing terrible things to another race. do you think that has contemporary relevance in america today? that hasn�*t changed in america. it hasn�*t changed around the world. i mean, you�*re saying white, but there are others who do that too, in different parts of the world. when this money started coming... we should have known it came with something else. gunfire. what martin scorsese really values are films in which a single film—maker has artistic control. you get the sense that with killers of the flower moon, which was bankrolled by apple films to the tune of $200 million, scorsese got his way. i never felt that there were people looking over my shoulder. you could say, "well, it�*s because you, you know. who you are." yeah, but i�*m 80 years old now. all right. so now i was able to make a picture with nobody looking over my shoulder, in a sense. if they were, they were very quiet. let me ask you, you mentioned getting older. i mean, actually, i�*m only ten years behind you. i'm 70. oh, my... i mean, i remember you when you had no white in the mustache. ok, well, yeah, that�*s true. look at this! no, you look pretty good, let me let me tell you. but how does getting older affect the kinds of storytelling that you want to do as a film—maker? are there films that you feel you�*ve got to do before it�*s too late? i know, and the funny thing is, i have a few i really want to do. i hope i can make it. it comes down to where to spend... whatever time is left to your life telling a story. is it worth it to you? evil surrounds my heart. one respected critic has called killers of the flower moon a landmark motion picture achievement, and that�*s a verdict upon which many would agree. tom brook, bbc news, new york. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. some very different weather conditions expected across different parts of the uk for the next few days. we�*re expecting temperatures well above average across much of england, wales, northern ireland shown by the orange and reds here. in fact, ten degrees above average in places, but colder than average conditions likely across much of scotland. with the cooler air, quite a lot of rain, as well. we�*ve got a slow moving front which could bring up to about 150, perhaps even 180 millimetres of rain over this area in particular over the next few days, so the met office have issued an amber heavy rain warning for this area from fort william towards perth, as well. there could be some flooding and some disruption to travel and power, as well. that rain is all down to this frontal system that we�*ve got here. it�*s going to be quite slow moving through the course of the weekend. we�*ve already got a bit of rain out there today for northern ireland, central and southern scotland. a few splashes of rain too across parts of northern england. to the south of that it�*s largely dry and pretty warm, 22 degrees or so towards the south—east, but to the north of it we�*re typically looking at temperatures in the mid—teens. through this evening and overnight that rain becomes heavy and persistent for northern ireland, parts of scotland. also north—west england, cumbria, lancashire seeing quite a bit of rain. to the south of that some clear spells, a bit of low cloud, mist and murk drifting in around some of these irish sea coasts. a mild night wherever you are, particularly in the south, with those temperatures sitting in the mid—teens from the word go. colder conditions up towards the northern isles in the colder air here. through the day tomorrow you can see this rain just continuing across much of scotland. it is going to be heavy and persistent, particularly over the hills in the west. further south, the sunshine a little bit hazy — we�*ve got quite a lot of saharan dust in the air. but look at those temperatures, 2a to 25 possible down towards the south—east, widely in the high teens or low 20s, but for scotland, where we�*ve got the cloud and the persistent rain and some breezy conditions, only nine degrees there in aberdeen. that contrast continues into sunday, but the frontal system will slowly lift its way further north, so an improving picture through the central belt, for instance. areas of cloud further south drifting around, but in the sunshine, again, it�*s really going to feel very warm for the time of year, 23 degrees or so, possiblyjust a degree down on saturday, but only about 12 across parts of scotland. the warmth in the south holds on into the middle part of next week, but then things turn more unsettled and widely cooler later in the week. bye— bye. today at one: a huge win for labour over the snp in the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election. michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,800... cheering and applause. a swing of more than 20% was larger than had been predicted. this is a first step on a very, very importantjourney for all of us in scotland, for all of us across the whole of the united kingdom. we�*ll be live in the constituency and ask what the result means. also on the programme... a man is due in court, charged in connection with a suspected plot to kidnap the itv presenter holly willoughby. afterfive years in prison, we hear from the man whose family spent hundreds of thousands of pounds clearing his name. and a remarkable story of survival — we hear about the tropical turtle washed up on a beach off the island of iona. and coming up on bbc news: it�*s day two of the cricket world cup, with both netherlands and pakistan struggling to really take control of their match in hyderabad. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. labour has emphatically won the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election — in what�*s being seen as a key test