correspondent sima kotecha. samantha eastwood a friend, a sister, a much loved daughter. today this man, 32 year old michael stirling, pleaded guilty to murdering her after a row that quickly escalated. the court was told the two were having a long standing affair, and that stirling is the brother in law of her ex fiance. samantha eastwood lived in this house in stoke on trent, and it was here where stirling killed her after a bout of intense rage. she was reported missing in late july. eight days passed before the police found her body. she s my best friend and partner in crime. at the time, her sister made an emotional plea. this afternoon, her family watched him via video link from the public gallery. they have been through hell. he s lied to them, he s lied to the police. they haven t known what to think, who s telling the truth. it s been a roller coaster, an emotional roller coaster for them. i think that s why today is such a significant moment for them. samantha, on
the opening of the invictus games. the prince set up the games for injured military personnel in 2014. he praised the dedication of those taking part describing them as ‘a symbol of honour and optimism for a new generation . 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond reports from sydney. in sydney s olympic park, the scars of war. the wounded of 18 nations‘ militaries have come together for this year s invictus games. after losing all feeling in his feet on a military exercise, andy white s road to recovery was a long one. invictus gave him a goal to ride for. the invictus games, for me, is about wearing the unionjack on my chest again. and being around like minded people. we re all here for a reason and we ve all got that common goal of getting better and getting on our road to recovery, whether this is the start or the finish of our recovery. the duke and duchess of sussex. in the shadow of sydney opera house with the eyes of australia on him, the duke of sussex came to open t
sport centre. lewis hamilton could wrap up his fifth world title at the us grand prix in texas today. he only needs eight points more than sebastian vettel to win the title and he has the advantage of starting from pole position. i spoke to formula 1 driverjohn watson earlier and asked him how hamilton ranks when compared to the all time greats. him how hamilton ranks when compared to the all-time greats. he is continuing to break records. he is clearly the most successful grand prix driver in history, with former world championships and a fifth almost in his hands this afternoon. he can look forward to may be trying to challenge the seven world championships that michael schumacher achieved in his career. he will equal, i believe, ds schumacher achieved in his career. he will equal, i believe, 05 world championships of my idol. we have already had one motorsport world champion crowned this morning, marc marquez in moto gp. dog eared so slid off his bike withjust marquez in m
wind. a monstera. more cloud. moisture in the air. more drive further east you are. the best of the sunshine further south and east. temperatures up to 16 or 17 celsius. as we pick up that moisture air on wednesday, more cloud down england and wales. while most of the uk dry, there will be more cloud around. still feeling mild. 1a to 16 celsius. by the end of the week, we lose those mild autumn conditions and replace it with something much colder. those blue collar ‘s start to develop. a cold snap by the end of the week. those blue collar ‘s. even some snow on northern hills. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk, france and germany have issued a joint statement condemning the death of the journalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in the strongest possible terms . the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about three months, but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern i
on the upper east side. greg: still morning and celebrating the life of prince. all right. the primary. named after that. featuring good it is kind of expensive. june. rosanna: completely ripped up this time around. rosanna: oh, my goodness. we did that already, two. saying it right to his face. greg: at least on the phone. mike: getting a little taste on thunderstorms out there. hang onto that. keep the opera was around. this was round one that we dealt with this morning. you can see it clearing long island. still some patches showers. as we expand to up to the north starting to come through. this is just like road one. 52 degrees out at central park right now. 48 degrees in poughkeepsie. wind is generally coming in around three-14 miles per hour. here is round one. there is round two. right now, it does not look exactly impressive. it does have a little more put his feet to it. as it comes through here, i am thinking we will have a risk of showers and storms to come through