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. the emulator for all of the details. thank you. first, our main story. tougher prison sentences for people repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. there are also proposals to make it a crime for shopkeepers in england, wales and scotland to sell acid to anyone under the age of 18. here s our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. convicted this week, two robbers who sprayed chemical on their victims. joshua jordan and the other man were pa rt joshua jordan and the other man were part of the gang that attacked a shop assistant in east london. woman in her 50s was squirted with ammonia at least three times. her face burning, she bravely fought back. later, the two
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, releasing
in the past ten days, after numerous sexual assault allegations, including rape harvey weinstein has been fired by his company, denounced by many of the celebrities he launched to stardom, and called a depraved predator by his own brother. tonight, hollywood s elite, the board of actors, directors and executives behind the oscars have voted, overwhelmingly, to expel him saying the era of wilful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behaviour in their industry is over. laura bicker is in la where the meeting is taking place. a powerful statement from leading figures in the industry. the likes of tom hanks, steven spielberg and whoopi goldberg. when it comes to this statement, they are trying to send a message that the casting couch culture which has so long been talked about in this industry, is over. let me read you some of the statement. they said: they are voting not just to statement. they said: they are voting notjust to expel him, but to simply se
of the kind of relaxation that ministers are considering. in germany, it s a different story. shops are to re open, football can restart and schools will gradually open in the summer term. and as we approach the 75th anniversary of ve day, a permanent memorial to the caribbean nations who fought with british forces in the second world war. and coming up in sport on bbc news. the german bundesliga is set to become the first major european league to restart the football season. will the premier league be following suit? good evening. the uk has now become the first country in europe to record more than 30,000 deaths linked to coronavirus. the prime minister said that as part of the government s approach, there would be 200,000 tests a day by the end of this month. he was challenged in the commons by the new labour leader, sir keir starmer, who said that the uk s high death rate was the result of being too slow on the lockdown, testing and the provision of protective equipment.