welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states, where oj simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76. his career as an american football star and actor were spectacularly overshadowed by events surrounding a brutal double murder. in 1995, he was controversially acquitted of the murder of his ex wife nicole brown and herfriend ron goldman the acquittal came after a slow speed car chase by police when simpson fled on the day he was due to turn himself in. both the car chase and the murder trial were watched by millions around the world at a time when rolling news was in its infancy. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy reports. this is one of those scenes that would only happen honestly here in southern california. tonight, oj simpson is a fugitive. watched by millions, oj simpson famously led police on a car chase through los angeles, after becoming the main suspect in the murder of his ex wife and her friend.
job sikhala, in a location that we have agreed not to reveal, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, steve, for your invitation to this important interview. well, it s important to have you on this show. you emerged from more than a year and a half of pre trial detention in zimbabwe earlier this year. we saw photographs of you last year, shackled, as you were given health care while still in detention. i just wonder what impact that experience has had on you physically and mentally. it really affected me to the most difficult depth. i have been maltreated as if i m a terrorist. i was not given the basic standards that are granted to prisoners, in terms of both international law and in terms of domestic law. the way i was maltreated is that they never wanted me to get peace. and also they never wanted me to get on with my proper mental strength. so that s why they have been shackling me at every turn. there is not any moment when i was visited at chikurubi maximum security
in the same tournament and it s one from the breakaway series that s made a lot of the headlines on day one of the masters at augusta. after a two and a half hour weather delay, bryson dechambeau was one of the first to get going. and three straight birdies to open his round set the foundation for a seven under par 65. scottie scheffler got close to that mark. a bogey free 66 took him to 6 under, two years on from his first green jacket. it s a lot longer since danny willett was the champion at augusta. but the 2016 winner is four under after a 68 in his first tournament since shoulder surgery in september. rory mcilroy had an up and down round, four birdies, three bogies, but in contention at one under par. and for a full leaderboard from the opening days play at augusta, head over to our website, bbc.com/sport a night of europa laegue football was marked by an extraordinary result at anfield. liverpool were beaten 3 0 by atalanta in the first leg of their quarterfinal. it s
it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states, where oj simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76. his career as an american football star and actor were spectacularly overshadowed by events surrounding a brutal double murder. in 1995, he was controversially acquitted of the murder of his ex wife nicole brown and herfriend ron goldman the acquittal came after a slow speed car chase by police when simpson fled on the day he was due to turn himself in. both the car chase and the murder trial were watched by millions around the world at a time when rolling news was in its infancy. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy reports. this is one of those scenes that would only happen honestly here in southern california. tonight, oj simpson is a fugitive. watched by millions, oj simpson famously led police on a car chase through los angeles, after becoming the main suspect in the murder of his ex wife an