a bribe, there is always someone ready to pay, we will make sure we deal with both of them. hello and welcome to world news today. the office of robert muller, the special counsel investigating russian interference in the us presidential election, has filed charges against 13 russian individuals and three companies. the charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. earlier rod rosenstein, the us deputy attorney general, made this statement to reporters. in the past hour, president trump has tweeted, the conspiracy was part of a larger organisation, which is part of using domestic audiences and also targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries will stop in the past hour, president trump has tweeted, again, that his campaign did nothing wrong and that there was no collusion. meanwhile the russian foreign ministry dismissed allegations of russian meddling as absurd. let s get more from our correspondent anthony zurcher in washington. when we
warning last month about the florida gunmen after america s latest mass shooting. a special report from inside the democratic republic of congo where thousands are fleeing renewed violence. and team gb wins it s first medal at the winter olympics. a bronze, in the men s skeleton. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a spectacular goal inside two minutes from willian sets chelsea on course for the sixth round of the fa cup against championship strugglers hull city. good evening. senior us officials have charged 13 russians with interfering in the american presidential election in 2016. they re the first charges from the department ofjustice in a long running investigation alleging meddling in favour of donald trump. the indictment accuses the russians of setting up bogus social media profiles to spread fake news about mr trump s rivals of organising political rallies, and of trying to encourage minority groups not to vote. a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman called the a
at home to the south african side, the cheetahs. there were only four points in it at one stage, but after this try from george horne, the scottish side went on to win by 37 points to 23 they stay top of their group. meanwhile there was drama in the other group, conference b. ulster led 16 14 going into injury time but this drop goal from edinburgh s duncan weir handed victory to the scottish side. they move above ulster into third place. and ospreys beat southern kings 28 12. three tries in the last 15 minutes meant the welsh side picked up a bonus point against the south africans, who have lost all 15 games they ve played since joining the proili. warrington wolves gained theirfirst win of the new super league season beating local rivals widnes vikings. two tries from centre ryan atkins helped them to an 18 10 victory at the halton stadium. they had lost their opening two fixtures under new head coach steve price. play is well under way in the second round of the genesis
and britain s dom parsons claims britain s first medal of the winter olympics in the skeleton and the first by a male competitor for seventy yea rs. chelsea have eased into the sixth round of the fa cup with a comfortable a nil victory over championship strugglers hull city. there was no upset in tonight s other game either as leicester beat another championship side sheffield united. adam wild rounds up the action. even in this competition framed for u psets few even in this competition framed for upsets few expected one. whole city s real battle lies elsewhere. hull. city s real battle lies elsewhere. hull. what a start for chelsea! the only surprise about the second was it did not come sooner. pedro unchallenged and untroubled. now only trying to keep the score respectable. quite, quite brilliant. at least some fans could stay smiling even though more misery kept coming. chelsea unstoppable and 4 0 by half time. a second half penalty. chelsea marks through to the quar
investigation into alleged meddling in the 2016 poll. president trump has, again, insisted his campaign team did nothing wrong. our north america editor jon sopel reports. there s probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesn t know who won the 2016 presidential election. but how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. today, in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. they used stolen or fictitious american identities, fraudulent bank accounts and false identification documents. the indictment says they had a strategic goal to sow discord in the us political system, including the 2016 us presidential election. it says operations included supporting th