end of all military operations. a prominent critic of the president we ll be speaking to the human rights advocate, bianca jagger. a show of solidarity for salman rushdie authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group, has been sentenced to life in prison, by a court in virginia. el shafee el sheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members, who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria, and became known as the beatles, a name given to them by their captives. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. el shafee elsheikh had always described himself as a simple iis is but that wasn t true. a trial lasting two weeks here a part of a cell of the nicest beetles due to their english accents. isis beatles the group rain of terror left the world reeling in nara. he was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot
we ll be speaking to a nuclear expert. ongoing rail strikes affect train services in england, scotland and wales with more disruption expected in the coming days. the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. welcome to abc news. the uk is facing a public health emergency, because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. that s according to the nhs confederation, which represents employers in the health service. ministers say millions of the most vulnerable households are being given £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. for category two reponse times for emergency calls in england which includes strokes and heart attacks there s been a sharp increaase this year to nearly one hour on average last month. the target, as you can see here, is 18 minutes. the nhs confedera
sir bobby charlton. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s will perry. it evening. thousands of people have lined the streets of manchester to honour one of england football s greatest players. a member of the i966 greatest players. a member of the 1966 world cup winning squad with manchester united, the funeral cortege of sir bobby passed by old trafford to applause manchester united, bobby passed by old trafford to applause from the thousands gathered. the united legend died last month at the age of 86. he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton growing - he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton growing up. - talked about charlton growing up. the world cup winner, how much he meant. my dad supported livable and he said what a great player he was quitting then s greatest ever. the quitting then s greatest ever. the createst quitting then s greatest ever. t
the russian opposition figure alexei navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning. the anti corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight. kamala harris is formally nominated as joe biden‘s running mate in the us election. if the democrats win she would be the first woman vice president in american history. good morning and welcome to bbc news. just hours before they were expected to get their exam results, hundreds of thousands of btec students have been told they ll have to wait and their marks will be reassessed. it comes after an intense row over how results were calculated for this year s a level and gcse students, which will now be awarded using teacher assessments rather than a controversial computer algorithm. dan johnson reports. just hours before results, we broke the news to isabel that there s more delay and disruption. i know that the btec results are going to get delayed. i feel kind of angry about it, because. and you don t know what s happeni
One of my most memorable encounters as a former jailbird was with Ali , a notorious gangster whom I met days after he was released from a high security prison.