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assault allegations. and a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been giving distressing details of the five years they spent in captivity. joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity one of whom he said, a baby girl, had been murdered. john mcmanus reports. afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. it was here that canadian joshua boyle and his wife caitlin coleman, travelled, he says, to carry out aid work. but instead, the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network, linked to the taliban. over five years their captors released a series of vi ....
and a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been speaking about the five years they spent in captivity. joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity, and one had been murdered. john mcmanus reports. afghanistan. outside the capital many parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. it was to hear that canadianjoshua boyle and his heavily pregnant wife caitlin coleman travelled, he says to carry out aid work. but instead the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network linked to the taliban. over five years their captors attempted to use them as bargaining chips, rel ....
the california wildfires. at least 36 people have now been killed and hundreds more are missing as whole neighbourhoods are reduced to ash. it looks like a bomb was dropped an entire neighbourhoods have gone. thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community. a brexit warning from hillary clinton. she questions britain s ability to do a trade deal with president trump. in sport, two old foes reunited on the pitch this lunchtime. liverpool host manchester united at anfield as the premier league returns after the international break. and darren has the weather. good morning. there s a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. this weekend and into monday some warm conditions for many of us and by the beginning of the week we ve got the arrival of ophelia and some damaging winds. join me laterfor all of the details. thank you. first, our main story. tougher prison sentences for people repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. the g ....
and entirely roads are gone, thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community are gone. hollywood grapples with the harvey weinstein scandal as the organisers of the baftas meet to discuss their response. in sport two old foes reunited on the pitch this lunchtime. liverpool host manchester united at anfield as the premier league returns after the international break. it is the largest infrastructure project outside of london in england and with a £600 million price tag we will find out more about the mercy gateway bridge in cheshire. and darren has the weather. hello, good morning, there is a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. this weekend, even into monday, some warm conditions for many of us and then by the beginning of the week, we ve got the arrival of 0phelia and some damaging winds. join me laterfor all the details. good morning. first, our main story. tougher prison sentences are being planned for people who are repeatedly caught c ....
harvey s not in the academy because everyone thought he was a nice guy or even played fair, it s because he has been a genius at picking and promoting films and so in that way, he s helped a lot of filmmakers. now he s also proved that he had another life as a sexual predator. and that hurts so many people. harvey weinstein‘s brother, bob, has today called him sick and a predator. he says they have barely spoken in five years and that he was heartbroken for the women his brother had harmed and hopes he gets the justice he deserves. british actress alice evans is the latest star to claim weinstein propositioned her. they met at the cannes film festival in 2002. she says she asked her to go to a bathroom with him because he wanted to feel her breasts. she said no. she said that: the next time they met she says weinstein ignored her and that she was never considered for one of his films ever again, nor was her husband, the actor ioan gruffudd. harvey weinstein‘s downfa ....