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sanctions for navalny s death. and his mother s direct plea to vladimir putin. also tonight, the landmark ruling. alabama s supreme court legally recognizing frozen embryos as children. what does that mean for the unused embryos created for ivf? and could it have a nationwide impact? the powerful storm slamming california. major flooding and landslides. boulders blocking the road and dramatic water rescues. the grim discovery in the search for an 11-year-old girl who never made it on to the school bus in texas. two new suspects and new murder charges in that deadly shooting at the kansas city chiefs super bowl parade. the suspect in a deadly double shooting at a colorado university making his first court appearance as police reveal he was the roommate of one of the victims. four days to the south carolina gop primary, nikki haley s defiant message as polls show her trailing donald trump nearly two to one. from the diamond to the lanes, the baseball superst ....
between the uk and the eu, as sara girvin reports. across northern ireland today people woke up news of a political breakthrough thats has been nearly two years in the making, the lack of a functioning executive for so long has caused many issues for the lives of people, public sector workers were out on strike earlier this month over pay. unions hope that increases will now be a priority. our members have a sense of hope but they are apprehensive. teachers haven t had a pay increase for three year, they really have waited long enough. they have watched teachers wages grow far ahead oaf wages in northern ireland. that is one priority. parents hope that financial hope with childcare available in other parts of the uk will now be signed off. families here have been watching developments elsewhere in the uk, in england we have seen record investment in childcare and the extension to 30 hour scheme, it is considerably more than families can access in northern ireland. the d ....
but it was her best selling books about love and loss following the death of her husband, the actorjohn thaw, that would endear her to millions. today, at 90, she is scarred by war, stirred by faith, and as energised by injustice as ever. i ve come to the harold pinter theatre in the heart of london to get the full story. hello. how are you? i m all right. we take you to all the nicest places, don t we? i know, i know. it is a lovely theatre, isn t it? sheila. sheila hancock. you look so scared. don t be scared! iam scared. i m terrified. why are you terrified? well, i don t know why i m here. i ll tell you why you re here. i thought it would be nice to interview some people who are seen as icons and pioneers, and i think you re one of them. oh, for heaven s sake. i mean, the other people that you ve done are really kind of important people. i nearly had a fit when i saw the other people! why are you so humble? i really think you re being honest. you do think you ve had ....
americans do? here is our international editor. one of the presidents international editor. one of the presidents officials - international editor. one of the presidents officials as l the presidents officials as actions speak louder than words. we can only speculate at this point. what tends to happen is the us militarily gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary ....
as the middle east braces for a us response, some members of congress have called for retaliation against not only iran s proxy forces, but iran itself. others have argued the president does not have the authority for such strikes unless authorised by congress. republican congressman mike turner, who chairs the house intelligence committee, told the bbc the us response was likely to be robust. as the administration is seen, this will not be a one off. it is not as if iran will have one response, it will be perhaps over a period of time where they will see that their activities will come at a cost. they would know that the us will be continually engaged, as iran has become a destabilising factor in the region. for more on all of this, i m joined by gerald feierstein, former us ambassador to yemen and distinguished senior fellow on us diplomacy at the middle east institute. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we knowjoe biden has now decided on taking action, we don t kn ....