0:00:06 > 0:00:08Police launch a murder inquiry after another Russian exile
0:00:08 > 0:00:12is targeted in London.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman, was found dead
0:00:14 > 0:00:17in his home on Monday, it appears he was strangled.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The police are keeping guard outside his house tonight,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23they say there is nothing yet to link his death to
0:00:23 > 0:00:25the attack on Sergei Skripal.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28With Mr Skripal and his daughter still critical in hospital,
0:00:28 > 0:00:29the Foreign Secretary blames Vladimir Putin for
0:00:29 > 0:00:32the nerve agent attack.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Our quarrel is with Putin's Kremlin, and with his decision -
0:00:37 > 0:00:41and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43The Kremlin retaliates by calling Mr Johnson's comments
0:00:43 > 0:00:46shocking and unforgivable.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Also tonight...
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0:01:48 > 0:01:49Good evening.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Detectives from Scotland Yard are treating as murder the death
0:01:52 > 0:01:55in London of a Russian exile and businessman.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Nikolai Glushkov, who was 68, was found dead at his home on Monday.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00A postmortem concluded he'd suffered compression of the neck,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03suggesting he'd been strangled.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05His death, just a week after the poisoning of a former
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury, is being investigated
0:02:08 > 0:02:10by counter-terrorism police.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13They say there's no evidence at the moment to link the two cases.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds has more.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23It was an ominous development, given what has happened elsewhere.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Monday night, a 68-year-old man found dead, his body taken
0:02:25 > 0:02:31for a postmortem examination.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Ominous because Nikolai Glushkov was Russian, a political exile,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37number one on that country's list of people it would like
0:02:37 > 0:02:39sent back to Russia.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Not that his neighbours had much idea of his background.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46I think he presented as a normal Englishman.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49I didn't know he was Russian.
0:02:49 > 0:02:57It's horrible to be on your doorstep, for one thing,
0:02:57 > 0:03:02About to happen to him, it must be a horrible thing to have happened. The
0:03:02 > 0:03:04daughter must be terribly upset.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07All week, his house has been the subject of a detailed search.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09The tents were for protecting items of interest.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11The pathologist has concluded that Nikolai Glushkov died as a result
0:03:11 > 0:03:15of compression of the neck, suggesting strangulation,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19but detectives are clear they are keeping an open mind.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22They'll be looking at all aspects of his life, and of course his past.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25But the stakes for them are high, not least because of the possible
0:03:25 > 0:03:31consequences for Britain's relationship with Russia.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34In the 1990s, Glushkov was director of Russia's state airline, Aeroflot,
0:03:34 > 0:03:40but in 1999 he was charged with fraud and money-laundering.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43After five years in prison, he fled to the UK and was
0:03:43 > 0:03:46given political asylum.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Among his friends here was the Russian billionaire
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Boris Berezovsky, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin, found dead
0:03:51 > 0:03:55in 2013 at his former wife's Berkshire home.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00The coroner recorded an open verdict, but Nikolai Glushkov
0:04:00 > 0:04:02was convinced that Berezovsky and other Russian exiles
0:04:02 > 0:04:04had been murdered.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08This week, Glushkov was due to appear in court in London.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10The Russian authorities were continuing to pursue him
0:04:10 > 0:04:14for more than £100 million of Aeroflot's money.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Did his past make him a target?
0:04:17 > 0:04:23Russia's sternest critics have no problem believing that.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Mr Glushkov's death fits into a wider pattern of the last 12
0:04:26 > 0:04:33years or so of Kremlin opponents dropping dead across Europe.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36The consequences for the Kremlin of this were limited for far too long.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39The UK response has recently been much stronger but there's
0:04:40 > 0:04:42still an awful lot more that we could do.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45But it's clear to take the strongest possible action Britain will have
0:04:45 > 0:04:48to rely on the gathering of solid evidence.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51So the world watches another complex investigation unfolds.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Tonight, we have spoken to Lord Bell, the former advertising
0:05:03 > 0:05:09executive and PR executive. He has told us he is a friend of Mr
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Glushkov, and he says he is concerned that his friend's passed
0:05:12 > 0:05:15might have put him on the list of people that Russia might suspect of
0:05:15 > 0:05:20working against his country. In fact, we have got to the point where
0:05:20 > 0:05:22the police and security services are reassessing their previous view that
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Russian exiles were at a low risk. So much so, that the police are
0:05:27 > 0:05:31starting to contact some of those Russian exiles to discuss their
0:05:31 > 0:05:33safety.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Tom Symons, in south-west London. Thank you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40A direct attack by the the Foreign Secretary on the Russian President
0:05:40 > 0:05:42has triggered a swift and angry response in return.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Boris Johnson says he believes it's "overwhelmingly likely" that
0:05:44 > 0:05:46President Putin was personally responsible for directing
0:05:46 > 0:05:49the use of a nerve agent on the former spy Sergei Skripal
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and his daughter in Salisbury.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55The Kremlin has called his comments shocking and unforgivable.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale's report contains
0:05:56 > 0:05:59some flashing images.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Boris Johnson brought the Polish Foreign Minister
0:06:03 > 0:06:05to a Battle of Britain Museum today, a memorial to a war
0:06:05 > 0:06:10fought in the air.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Every single plane that Britain had, was up in the sky.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18And the Foreign Secretary used the opportunity to push forward
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Britain's current battle with Russia - fought this time over
0:06:21 > 0:06:26the airwaves, blaming Vladimir Putin personally for the nerve agent
0:06:26 > 0:06:28attack in Salisbury.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Our quarrel is with Putin's Kremlin, and with his decision
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- and we think is overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision -
0:06:37 > 0:06:41to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the UK,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43on the streets of Europe, for the first time since
0:06:43 > 0:06:44the Second World War.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47That is why we are at odds with Russia.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Today, President Putin visited a medical centre in St Petersburg
0:06:50 > 0:06:54ahead of Sunday's elections.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57His spokesman issued an angry statement, accusing Mr Johnson
0:06:57 > 0:07:02of a shocking and unpardonable breach of diplomatic etiquette.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03The Kremlin confirmed that some British diplomats,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06based here at the embassy in Moscow, would be expelled,
0:07:06 > 0:07:11an announcement officials said could come at any moment.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15A response to the UK's decision to expel 23 Russian intelligence
0:07:15 > 0:07:20officers who will leave London next Tuesday.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Once again, Russia's Foreign Minister denied any involvement
0:07:22 > 0:07:25in the Salisbury attack.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27TRANSLATION:I don't really want to comment
0:07:27 > 0:07:29on the current situation any more.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Let it stay on the conscience of those who have started this
0:07:32 > 0:07:36shameless, groundless, Russophobic game.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And as for the undiplomatic language or the Defence Secretary,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Gavin Williamson?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44TRANSLATION:He says Russia should go away and shut up.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Well, maybe he lacks education? I don't know.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Officials here at the Foreign Office believe that the robustness
0:07:51 > 0:07:54of Britain's response and the unity of the Western allies
0:07:54 > 0:07:58has surprised Russia, and they say they are ready for any
0:07:58 > 0:08:01form of retaliation coming from Moscow.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06As one source said, "We've got more stuff in the locker."
0:08:06 > 0:08:08It's now almost two weeks since the former Russian
0:08:08 > 0:08:11intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia,
0:08:11 > 0:08:15were poisoned with something London's Russian ambassador named
0:08:15 > 0:08:22today as Novichok A234, a delayed casualty nerve agent.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Downing Street said officials from the chemical weapons watchdog
0:08:26 > 0:08:29would come to Britain imminently to start verifying the nerve agent.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31The investigation in Salisbury focused on Mr Skripal's car,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33potentially containing clues about how he and his
0:08:33 > 0:08:36daughter were poisoned.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38The police here were still in their protective gear,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41still investigating, still making the streets safe.
0:08:41 > 0:08:47James Landale, BBC News.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50An Iraqi teenager who smuggled himself into Britain
0:08:50 > 0:08:53on a lorry to seek asylum has been found guilty of the London
0:08:53 > 0:08:54tube bombing at Parson's Green.
0:08:54 > 0:08:5718-year-old Ahmed Hassan left his bomb on a packed
0:08:57 > 0:08:59underground train during rush hour.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02The device only partially detonated, but injured 50 people.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04It's emerged that Hassan was on the government's
0:09:04 > 0:09:05de-radicalisation programme "Prevent" while he was
0:09:05 > 0:09:08plotting the attack.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10The Government says there are lessons to be
0:09:10 > 0:09:11learned from the case.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14June Kelly reports.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Ahmed Hassan, buying batteries and screwdrivers in Asda.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Everyday items, but for a violent extremist,
0:09:19 > 0:09:24part of his bomb-making kit.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25He's asked for ID.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28He may have looked young but Hassan is said to be mature,
0:09:28 > 0:09:33highly intelligent and calculating.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35CCTV cameras captured his journey, as the following morning he left
0:09:35 > 0:09:40home early with his bomb in a bag and a murderous plan in his head.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45He was setting off to cause carnage on the London Underground system.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48He made for a train and then, a few stops down the District Line,
0:09:48 > 0:09:55he got off, empty-handed, his bomb on a timer left behind.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Just after the train pulled into Parsons Green station,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00the bomb detonated, creating a massive fireball which rolled
0:10:00 > 0:10:03down the carriage.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Passengers were left burning and screaming in pain.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14A gassy flare ran up above my head, singed my hair.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16There was panic all around me on the train.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17People were diving off the train.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Fortunately the doors were open so I managed to get off the train.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24My initial reaction was that there was a fault on the train
0:10:24 > 0:10:25rather than a device.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Hassan had strapped shrapnel to the device -
0:10:27 > 0:10:34nuts, bolts, screws and knives - to cause maximum death and injury.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38It was said to be pure luck that his bomb only partially exploded.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40This computer-generated graphic shows the scene
0:10:40 > 0:10:45in the carriage after the attack.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50He had used the explosive TATP, known as Mother of Satan.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53At Parsons Green, a major emergency operation got under way.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Terrified passengers were taken off the train,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59injured commuters carried out of the station.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Meanwhile, the teenage bomber left London and went on the run.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07The year before, he declared it was his duty to hate Britain
0:11:07 > 0:11:14because his father had been killed by coalition forces in Iraq.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17At the time of his attack he was on the Government's
0:11:17 > 0:11:18de-radicalisation programme, Prevent, aimed at turning people
0:11:18 > 0:11:21away from terrorism.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24He was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, Hassan
0:11:24 > 0:11:27was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious
0:11:27 > 0:11:30nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32what he was planning, and nobody around him actually
0:11:32 > 0:11:38knew what his plot was.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Armed police!
0:11:40 > 0:11:4224 hours on from the attack, firearms officers were surrounding
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Hassan's house in Sunbury in Surrey.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Inside were his petrified elderly foster parents,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Penny and Ron Jones.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52This was a couple who had received MBEs from the Queen for fostering
0:11:52 > 0:11:55hundreds of children.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Ahmed Hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly
0:11:58 > 0:12:01building a bomb in their kitchen.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03And it came out in court that the teenager staying
0:12:03 > 0:12:06in their spare bedroom had told immigration officials he had been
0:12:06 > 0:12:11kidnapped and trained to kill by the Islamic State group.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15It is understood the Joneses were not given his full story.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19After the bombing, Hassan headed for Dover.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22He was arrested as he tried to flee the country which had given him
0:12:22 > 0:12:25a home and an education, but for which he felt only hatred.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28He will be sentenced next week.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37People are going to be wondering how a young man who was on a programme
0:12:37 > 0:12:40designed to prevent getting involved in terrorist activity was making a
0:12:40 > 0:12:46bomb while on the programme?It is an astonishing story. It was with an
0:12:46 > 0:12:48elite immigration official interview when he said he had been kidnapped
0:12:48 > 0:12:52and trained to kill by the Islamic State group. A charity worker from
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Barnardos was sitting on that interview and raise the alarm, not
0:12:54 > 0:12:59immigration officials. That was a failing. When orders were told by
0:12:59 > 0:13:02somebody from the Prevent deradicalisation programme that
0:13:02 > 0:13:05there was no cause for concern and they should look out for signs of
0:13:05 > 0:13:09strange behaviour, such as him hanging black flags in his room. At
0:13:09 > 0:13:14that stage, he was living in a Barnardos home. It was decided he
0:13:14 > 0:13:19should go on the Prevent programme. Surrey County Council, responsible
0:13:19 > 0:13:24for his welfare at that point, we are told that they did not involve a
0:13:24 > 0:13:30specialist Home Office mentor to oversee him on that programme. While
0:13:30 > 0:13:34he was on that programme, he was actually building his bomb. Surrey
0:13:34 > 0:13:37County Council said they apologise, they realise that there were
0:13:37 > 0:13:40failings in the case and that lessons have been learned. They also
0:13:40 > 0:13:43apologised to his foster parents.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45The father of a female engineering student allegedly attacked
0:13:45 > 0:13:48by a group of women in Nottingham has called for justice
0:13:48 > 0:13:49for his daughter.
0:13:49 > 0:13:5118-year-old Mariam Moustafa died on Wednesday, nearly a month
0:13:51 > 0:13:55after she was assaulted on a bus in the city centre.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The case has caused outrage in Egypt where Mariam's family are from.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Nottinghamshire Police says there is nothing to suggest
0:14:00 > 0:14:04it was a hate crime, though they are
0:14:04 > 0:14:05keeping an open mind.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Sima Kotecha reports from Nottingham.
0:14:08 > 0:14:1218-year-old Mariam Moustafa, an engineering student in Nottingham.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17Her family are from Egypt and came here for a better life.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Her sister and father described her as loving,
0:14:19 > 0:14:24cheerful and intelligent.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Mariam was always looking at, looking forward
0:14:26 > 0:14:28to being in engineering.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30She was a hard worker.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35She always put all her effort into being in engineering.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38In February, as the teenager was making her way to see her mother
0:14:38 > 0:14:41and sister, she was attacked.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44She caught a bus on this street to try and get away from the girls.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45However, they followed her.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Police say she was punched several times.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51She died on Wednesday.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56This footage on social media shows what happened on the bus.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00You, move out my way. You, move out of my way.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Yesterday, police said there was no information to suggest
0:15:03 > 0:15:05it was a hate crime, but that they were
0:15:05 > 0:15:07keeping an open mind.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10However, today, they acknowledged there had been a previous incident
0:15:10 > 0:15:15involving Mariam and that the family had expressed concern about it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Officers said they were reviewing that case.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Mariam was discharged from hospital after the attack,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24but then she fell ill and was readmitted.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27That's when she went into a coma.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31The family gave us these pictures.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34For me, I still can't believe that she's gone.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I still feel like she's around me, I feel like she's going to come
0:15:37 > 0:15:39knocking on the door saying, "Mallak, I'm here."
0:15:39 > 0:15:44But that's not happening.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46The Egyptian government, as well as her family,
0:15:46 > 0:15:51have called on the UK authorities to bring those who did
0:15:51 > 0:15:52this to justice quickly.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54A 17-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of assault,
0:15:54 > 0:15:59but has been released on conditional bail.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01In a tweet this afternoon, the Foreign Secretary,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Boris Johnson, assured the Egyptian authorities that Nottinghamshire
0:16:04 > 0:16:09Police was investigating the case.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15Sima Kotecha, BBC News, Nottingham.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17As we heard earlier, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin
0:16:17 > 0:16:20was out on the campaign trail today, ahead of the country's Presidential
0:16:20 > 0:16:21election, on Sunday.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Mr Putin is hoping to win his fourth term in office -
0:16:24 > 0:16:26he's the clear favourite in the opinion polls which show him
0:16:26 > 0:16:32on nearly 70% of the vote - his next nearest rival is on 7%.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33So why is Mr Putin so popular?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Our Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg travelled
0:16:36 > 0:16:43to Karabash in the Russian rust belt to find out.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46The West fears the Kremlin is spreading disorder,
0:16:46 > 0:16:54but at home many see Vladimir Putin as a cog that keeps Russia moving.
0:16:54 > 0:17:02This is Carol Karabash, rust belt Russia.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03This is Karabash, rust belt Russia.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Karabash overwhelms the senses, from the smoke of copper
0:17:07 > 0:17:08works to the biting cold.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Outside, it's 20 below.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Inside, the heat hits you.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16This is Russian fire and fury.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Many here support Vladimir Putin, not because he's forged a great
0:17:19 > 0:17:24country, but at least one that feels more stable than 1990s Russia
0:17:24 > 0:17:30after the fall of communism.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35"Stability will continue under Putin", Sergei says.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39"There is no one else worth voting for".
0:17:39 > 0:17:41And yet real incomes in Russia are falling,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45the economy stagnating.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48So the government appeals to patriotism.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54It tells the people, "We are a player on the world stageW.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It tells the people, "We are a player on the world stage.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58That's little comfort to Nina.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Her biggest concern is making it home, because no one clears the ice
0:18:01 > 0:18:04outside her apartment block.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Nina complains her heating bills are getting bigger,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10but she doesn't blame the Kremlin and she doesn't want
0:18:10 > 0:18:12a new president.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15For the retired maths teacher, it's a simple equation.
0:18:15 > 0:18:21No change equals no risk.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26"I'll vote for Putin", Nina says, "so that life doesn't get any worse.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30"As long as we have no war here, that's what matters".
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Under Vladimir Putin, you see two very different Russias.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37There is Russia, the military and cyber superpower,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40flexing its muscles on the international stage.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43And there is another Russia, where more than 20 million people
0:18:43 > 0:18:49live below the poverty line, and where life is a daily struggle.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55Tatiana can afford the basics, like milk, but not much else.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Her pension is barely enough to live on.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02She has to borrow to get by.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07When I visit Tatiana at home, I meet her daughter, Natalia.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10She has been unemployed for four years, but she still has
0:19:10 > 0:19:14faith in the Kremlin.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16"I'm for Putin", Natalia says.
0:19:16 > 0:19:24"At least Putin tries his best".
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Many Russians fear change.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30They worry that change can bring greater instability.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33And those in power exploit that fear.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37That benefits Vladimir Putin.
0:19:37 > 0:19:44It allows the Kremlin to argue it's safer to stick to the same path.
0:19:44 > 0:19:52Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Karabash.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57As many as 70,000 people have fled two separate offensives
0:19:57 > 0:19:59in Syria in recent days.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01The UN estimates almost 50,000 people have left the northern town
0:20:01 > 0:20:05of Afrin in the last few days, while activists say 20,000
0:20:05 > 0:20:11have escaped rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Police in Miami are continuimg to search under a collapsed
0:20:14 > 0:20:16footbridge, 24 hours after it fell onto an eight-lane motorway near
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Florida International University.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21At least six people were killed, and nine injured.
0:20:21 > 0:20:29The bridge was only completed last Saturday.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Police in East Sussex are responding to a report of a shooting at a
0:20:37 > 0:20:42property in Saint Leonards. People are advised to stay away and remain
0:20:42 > 0:20:46indoors but the incident is not thought to be terror related.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48The former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma,
0:20:48 > 0:20:49will face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Mr Zuma denies the charges, which relate to a multi-billion-pound arms
0:20:52 > 0:20:54deal before he took office and include counts of fraud
0:20:54 > 0:20:56and money laundering.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Three African countries that are home to the majority
0:20:58 > 0:21:00of the continent's elephants have signed a petition asking Britain
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and the rest of the EU to ban the legal trade in antique ivory.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07At a wildlife summit in Botswana, the country's president said
0:21:07 > 0:21:10a complete trade ban would help protect the remaining elephants.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13He criticised Donald Trump for lifting a ban on hunting trophies,
0:21:13 > 0:21:17saying he was "encouraging poaching".
0:21:17 > 0:21:24Our Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead reports from Botswana.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Botswana is the last sanctuary for Africa's elephants.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Half of the animals left on the continent live
0:21:31 > 0:21:34here and on its borders.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37But conservationists say the continuing trade in tusks,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40be it legal or illegal, to feed the market for ivory
0:21:40 > 0:21:45in China, means the elephants are still seriously endangered.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Thousands of elephants are still being killed
0:21:47 > 0:21:49for their ivory across Africa every year, leaving orphans,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52like these guys.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Although the scale of the poaching is down from what it was a few years
0:21:55 > 0:22:00ago, more elephants are being killed every year than are being born.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It's still a big crisis for Africa's elephants.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05We haven't passed the worst of the poaching crisis.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09I fear the worst is yet to come.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12The political will to address these issues, unfortunately is not there.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15It has been in Botswana, and if our neighbours can learn
0:22:15 > 0:22:17from Botswana's example, I feel that we can address
0:22:17 > 0:22:24this poaching crisis.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26This is one way to address it, cracking down hard
0:22:26 > 0:22:28on the poachers and traffickers.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31A demonstration at the Giants Club Summit shows how lessons learned
0:22:31 > 0:22:35in counterterrorism are now being used for anti-poaching.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Making sure animals are worth more alive is important,
0:22:37 > 0:22:43but many here think ending trade is key.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46This ivory ornament was bought at auction in the UK as an antique,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and therefore legal to sell.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51But radiocarbon dating proved it was from an elephant
0:22:51 > 0:22:53killed 13 years ago.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56If the experts can't tell, then how on earth
0:22:56 > 0:22:57are the public supposed to know?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00And I think the default setting when you have that level
0:23:00 > 0:23:05of uncertainty simply has to be, "We can't afford to sell ivory".
0:23:05 > 0:23:08That's why a global petition is pushing for an EU and UK ban
0:23:08 > 0:23:10of antique ivory sales, now signed by three
0:23:10 > 0:23:14African presidents.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Well, I think the way we are moving now, when you look at the other
0:23:17 > 0:23:19countries coming on board, for example, like China.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I think they are setting a wonderful example for others to follow,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25whether it is the UK, the European Union or anyone else
0:23:25 > 0:23:28involved in the trade.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Banning the legal ivory trade won't stop the illegal killing
0:23:31 > 0:23:33and orphaning of elephants, but it's another step towards making
0:23:33 > 0:23:37ivory a less acceptable ornament.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Alistair Leithead, BBC News, Botswana.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The first polar bear cub born in Britain for a quarter
0:23:44 > 0:23:46of a century has been filmed for the first time
0:23:46 > 0:23:47in the Scottish Highlands.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50As you can see, mum and cub, born in December, are doing well.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53The footage was captured by remote cameras for a Channel 4 documentary.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Highland Wildlife Park is yet to find out if the cub is a boy
0:23:56 > 0:23:59or a girl, but it's already proving to be
0:23:59 > 0:24:07a confident little character, and very cute.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09In a thrilling two-horse race duel, Native River ridden by champion
0:24:09 > 0:24:12jockey Richard Johnson has beaten the favourite Might Bite to win
0:24:12 > 0:24:16the Gold Cup at Cheltenham.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18It's Johnson's second Gold Cup win,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20and comes nearly two decades after his first.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Andy Swiss was there to see all the action.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29# Life could be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.#
0:24:29 > 0:24:32In racing you need that bit of optimism and with what seemed
0:24:32 > 0:24:33like the most open of Gold Cups...
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Any more bets?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Punters certainly required it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40So many factors, not least the soggy,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42stamina-sapping conditions.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44But while there were 15 runners, this proved
0:24:44 > 0:24:47the ultimate two-horse race.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50In the white nose band Native River, and next to him Might Bite.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54The rest mere observers as fence after fence,
0:24:54 > 0:24:55furlong after furlong, they slugged it out.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00Going into the last, they were seemingly inseparable...
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Who will prevail up the Cheltenham Hill?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Native River and Might Bite...
0:25:04 > 0:25:07But on that final, gruelling gradient it was Native River
0:25:07 > 0:25:11who edged ahead, a remarkable duel and a remarkable victory.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15He wins the Gold Cup!
0:25:15 > 0:25:17For jockey Richard Johnson, a second Gold Cup win,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19some 18 years after his first.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22This was even sweeter.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I'm still a bit speechless now.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28The first time I don't think I realised how amazing
0:25:28 > 0:25:30it was and how hard it is.
0:25:30 > 0:25:3318 years later, you realise just to get one of these horses to ride,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37let alone to win the race, is very difficult.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39And delight too for Dorset trainer Colin Tizzard -
0:25:39 > 0:25:43once a dairy farmer and now part of a Gold Cup-winning team thanks
0:25:43 > 0:25:49to a horse seemingly enjoying his big moment.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Well, the Gold Cup has seen some dramatic duels over the years,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and this was right up there, on a day when leading
0:25:55 > 0:25:58from the start produced the perfect finish.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Andy Swiss, BBC News, Cheltenham.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04That's it.
0:26:04 > 0:26:25Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.