we be in helmand province, a special report to see how the taliban treated women. and how a satellite that s just been launched will help map climate change. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in new york where a court has found the american singer r kelly guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in connection with the abuse of underage girls, boys and women. over the course of a five week trial, the prosecution laid out in lurid detail how r kelly ran a criminal enterprise that had recruited children and women for sex. he now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. the bbc s nada tawfik takes a look back at the trial. # i believe i can fly.# to the world, he was the king of r&b and one of the bestselling music artists of all time. to his victims, he was their worst nightmare. today, they finally gotjustice after he was found guilty on all racketeering and sex trafficking charges brought against him by the government. in rendering its verdict to
hello and welcome to our pbs viewers in america and around the globe. a court in new york has found the american singer r kelly guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in connection with the abuse of underage girls and women. over the course of a five week trial the prosecution laid out in lurid detail how r kelly ran a criminal enterprise that had recruited children and women for sex. recruited children and women forsex. he recruited children and women for sex. he now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. the bbc has the details. # i believe i can fly.# to the world, he was the king of r&b and one of the bestselling music artists of all time. to his victims, he was their worst nightmare. today, they finally gotjustice after he was found guilty on all racketeering and sex trafficking charges brought against him by the government. in rendering its verdict today, the jury delivered a powerful message to men like r kelly. no matter how long it takes, the long arm of the law
quite a lot of showers. this is lancashire at the moment, some rainbows around, through the rest of the day we will keep their changeable theme of showers, longer spells of rain. mothers. the rest of the week is looking pretty and settled down to the fact that low pressure is moving in from the atlantic, this frontal system is bringing fairly persistent rain to some across parts of england and wales. heavyweight sitting across parts of the south west of england, wales, towards northern england at the moment will slowly edge eastwards heavy rain setting. this will slowly ease. showers rolling into northwestern scotland and northern ireland. a little bit of sunshine in between the showers but a lot of blue on the map and temperatures round about 12 to 17 for most, 19 in norwich. then there s weather front sweeps eastwards this evening and overnight, gradually clearing away from the east coast, leaving us with clever sky such that it showers. it will be a colder night than re
what if they don t want to live in that way? and the new satellite about to be sent into space in the longest continuous record of the changing state of our planet. coming up on the bbc news channel? . coming up on the bbc news channel? what about team europe, after their miserable defeat to the usa in the ryder cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. this morning the government said it had no plans to to bring in the army to ease the queues at the petrol pumps. tonight the bbc understands they government is still seriously considering whether to use the army to drive tankers. while there are calls for essential workers to be given priority to buy fuel, some areas of the uk are experiencing no shortages. and according to the haulage industry, there are at least as many petrol tankers on the roads now as there were before this current crisis began. our business editor simonjack has the latest. monday morning rush hour was more stressful than normal after a weeken