31/05/2014 BBC Weekend News

Britain condemns the death sentence passed on a woman in Sudan for

And Edinburgh trams are finally up and running three years late

called on the government of Sudan to overturn the death sentence given to

Meriam Ibrahim, who's 27, was found guilty by a Sharia court

of abandoning her faith and committing adultery because the

judges said marriage to a non-Muslim was not valid under Islamic law.

In a Sudanese prison a father visit his newborn daughter. Her mother has

been sentenced to 100 lashes and to death. Meriam Ibrahim's

been sentenced to 100 lashes and to renounce Islam and then to marry a

Christian, an American citizen. In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, he

described his prison visit. His wife, no longer in chains.

TRANSLATION: Are psychological condition seems to be slightly

TRANSLATION: Are psychological better and the girl, of course, she

is still small but in good health. The case of

is still small but in good health. divided Sudan, a huge, turbulent

nation. The forces of tolerant wrestling with the equally

conservative elite. International outrage is also growing. Today, the

Prime Minister David Cameron said the way she has been treated is

barbaric and has no place in today's world. He urged the

government of Sudan to overturn the sentence and provide medical care

for her and her children. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said, this

case is a grave violation of the basic rights and freedom to practice

on's on religion. And Labour's Ed Miliband called the conviction and

incarceration of Meriam Ibrahim truly appalling and I'm a borrowed

abuse of human rights. It is very challenging when you are a minority,

especially if you are seen to be belonging to a faith considered

foreign. That is often how Christians and others are

characterised. And so, they face a double bind. They are accused of

being disloyal citizens, not loyal to the country, but also perceived

as an undermining threat to national identity as well. And there is

another child held in prison, the couple's 20-month-old son, Martin

young to understand, but old enough to be distressed. -- Martin, who is

too young to understand. The world is watching closely.

Police in Dorset who have been investigating the disappearance

It is believed to be that of Rui Li who was last seen shortly

after finishing work at Poole Hospital, more than a week ago.

This street in Bournemouth where officers made the grim discovery has

been cordoned off while forensic teams examine the area. The body of

a woman, believed to be that of Rui Li who was 44, was found in the boot

of a silver fiat punto last night. It is thought she will be formally

identified later today. Rui Li, who was described as a conscientious and

caring nurse by her family, has been missing for over a week. Officers

say she moved to the UK from China over a decade ago and has been

working at Poole Hospital since 2009. They have released CCTV

footage showing her leaving work in her Porsche last Friday and are

appealing for any information for her movements after this time. Her

house is now being searched by forensic experts along with a number

of properties in the Bournemouth area. Several vehicles have also

been seized. Detectives are appealing for information about the

movements of a large white Ford transit van. Detectives are

questioning two men aged 26 and 60 who knew Rui Li, on suspicion of her

murder. The family of a man who has gone

missing on an island in Malaysia have called for the authorities

there to do more to search for him. Gareth Huntley,

who's 34 and from London, He was working with a conservation

group on Tioman, a small Island Gareth Huntley was working for a

turtle project on the delicate tropical island of Tioman. He went

off a work -- went off alone for a walk and when he did not come back,

they started searching for him. Friends and family have launched a

Facebook campaign to put pressure on the authorities in Malaysia. Gareth

's mother hopes to arrive on Tioman island on Monday. He makes friends

easily. I think anybody who speaks to him who knows Gareth will no he

has got a way about him. He is very thoughtful and understanding. He had

been travelling in Asia for about six months. He was due to start a

new job soon in Singapore. His family said the British government

needs to do more. My mother and father have spoken to the Foreign

Office and they have got bits of information, but it does not seem to

be correct. We were told one day that there were search dogs and

police looking but they actually went, so that is very concerning for

us. -- but they actually were not. We need to find him. This police

boat tied up at the pier on Tioman is evidence the Malaysians

authorities are searching for Gareth. A police team of about 20

with a dog is said to be on the island. Family and friends say more

needs to be done and more quickly. Police in India have arrested

a third suspect and are still hunting for two others

in connection with the gang rape The deaths of the two girls,

found hanging from a tree in a remote village,

has caused national outrage with So far five men have been

arrested including two policemen. The US Defense Secretary has accused

China of "destabilising" the South China Sea,

saying its action is threatening Chuck Hagel said the US would "not

look the other way" when nations These are increasingly choppy

waters. A crunching contact between a Chinese Coastguard ship and a

Vietnamese vessel, just one of the latest flare-ups in the multiple

maritime disputes involving what looks like an increasingly assertive

Beijing and its neighbours in the South and East China Seas. So at the

region's Premier Security Forum, some tough new words from the US

Defense Secretary. In recent months China has undertaken destabilising

unilateral actions, asserting its claims in the South China Sea. The

United States will not look the other way when fundamental printable

is of the international border are been challenged. We will post those

principles. China's maritime military power and its international

ambitions are on the rise, clearly unsettling the neighbourhood. A

Chinese official has already angrily objected Chuck Hagel's message.

TRANSLATION: First, I think the speech is full of hedgerows and also

threat and intimidation. Third, the speech is inciting instability in

the Asia-Pacific region. The U.S. Navy, on exercise recently with

Japan's maritime forces. But these are complex manoeuvres for all

concerned as they grapple with China's rise. Is what is at stake

worth the risk of further confrontation as America tries to

assert its own interests and reassure its allies, deter China,

but also try to reach an end, -- and accommodation with its increasingly

powerful rival? Members

of the public have been travelling on Edinburgh's long-awaited tram

system for the first time today. At one stage there were calls for a

the whole thing to be scrapped as costs spiral to ?770 million.

The first tram was crowned, filled with the curious and those eager to

see if the project has been worth its price tag. Work ground to a halt

just weeks after it began in 2007. There was a bitter dispute between

the company in charge and the contractor. Six years of disruption

followed and businesses complained that they had lost trade. The City

Council says it will all be worth it. Princes Street has been one of

the streets of high pollution for air quality and that is something we

have to tackle air quality and that is something we

tram is just part of that story. This is a site this city thought it

would never see, but now that it is here and after all the controversy

for today, at least, it seems quite popular. I think there are a waste

of money. But you got on one today? Yes, because it was the first day

and I wanted to go on it. A lot of people seem to be excited, it is

good. The boss is quicker. If the trams are a success there will be

discussions to extend the line, which is bound to be controversial.

Much depends on how popular they become and if they manage to ease

congestion in one of the UK's busiest city centres.

The main news... Britain has condemned as barbaric

the death sentence passed on a woman in Sudan for marrying a Christian.

More on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is at 6:40pm.

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