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over one month to go until deal winter olympics in south korea, i will be checking out some of our biggest medal prospects. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. laura plummer, who s 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol were found in her suitcase. daniela relph reports. laura plummer‘s family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. but today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but ba ....
in a statement, the us treasury named the men, on the left, ri pyong chol, and on the right, kimjong sik. treasury secretary steve mnuchin added, treasury is targeting leaders of north korea s ballistic missile programmes, as part of our maximum pressure campaign to isolate north korea and achieve a fully denuclearised korean peninsula. pyong chol is believed to be one of the top people in charge of the controversial programme. kimjong sik is thought to be behind the work to switch from liquid to solid fuel. new united nations sanctions were introduced last friday in response to north korea s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test in november. earlier, i spoke with dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown university s centre for security studies. she explained what effect, if any, these sanctions are likely to have. well, we have to remember that there are un security council sanctions as well is unilateral sanctions and these latest sanctions levied ....
these photos posted on twitter by the syrian red crescent, an international committee of the red cross. a sign of hope forjust a few. four patients with critical medical conditions will now receive treatment in a hospital in damascus. in the rebel held suburb of eastern ghouta, the most vulnerable have little help. sick and malnourished, trapped under siege since 2013. on christmas day, the bbc aired a story ofa christmas day, the bbc aired a story of a young baby, two month old who lost a n of a young baby, two month old who lost an eye and suffered severe injuries ina lost an eye and suffered severe injuries in a suspected government attack. un efforts to arrange medical evacuations from ghouta have until now fallen on deaf ears. last month, nine people who needed urgent medical care died after a request to get them out were denied. now the attention turns to those who can still be saved. including seven children curable cancer. but without the medicine to treat them. ....
said the fire was the deadliest in the city for at least 25 years. apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting to deliberately slowing down some ageing iphone models. the company now says it will replace batteries for less money and will issue software in 2018 so customers can monitor their phone s battery health. a medical breakthrough as a bone is re grown in a lab, saving this dog s leg. scientists say the technique will work on humans. and the nhs is considering making mobile alcohol recovery centres known as drunk tanks a permanent feature across england, to ease pressure on accident and emergency units and ambulance services. i will be back at three o clock with all the latest news. now on bbc news, it s been another memorable year in sport, from the world athletics championships and lions tour of new zealand, to anthonyjoshua s rise to the top of world boxing. alex gulrajani and jessica creighton take us on a trip through the year s sporting hig ....
this sport for so long. the cameras trained on one man. a moment of history, they hope. one more time for mo farah. two of the sport s most iconic faces bid farewell this summer. britain s shining knight, sir mo farah, at it again in london. gold in the 10,000 metres, but his final outing delivered a surprise silver! but his status, secure. there s no place like home. i really enjoyed the journey, and it s this moment that makes it special and you won t forget. while farah will return in the marathon, usain bolt said goodbye for good. but a golden farewell it wasn t to be. commentator: and coleman s still got the lead, and gatlin wins it! london ready to create more superstars and stories that captured the nation. take isaac makwala, not allowed to compete due to illness. he found a way, out on his own against the clock, pressing his case but no fairytale ending. and what of russia? still banned as a whole, but eight neutral athletes were allowed to compete. maria las ....