:00:00. > :00:00.Britain condemns the death sentence passed on a woman in Sudan for
:00:07. > :00:23.And Edinburgh trams are finally up and running three years late
:00:24. > :00:51.called on the government of Sudan to overturn the death sentence given to
:00:52. > :00:58.Meriam Ibrahim, who's 27, was found guilty by a Sharia court
:00:59. > :01:02.of abandoning her faith and committing adultery because the
:01:03. > :01:16.judges said marriage to a non-Muslim was not valid under Islamic law.
:01:17. > :01:23.In a Sudanese prison a father visit his newborn daughter. Her mother has
:01:24. > :01:27.been sentenced to 100 lashes and to death. Meriam Ibrahim's
:01:28. > :01:35.been sentenced to 100 lashes and to renounce Islam and then to marry a
:01:36. > :01:39.Christian, an American citizen. In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, he
:01:40. > :01:46.described his prison visit. His wife, no longer in chains.
:01:47. > :01:50.TRANSLATION: Are psychological condition seems to be slightly
:01:51. > :01:55.TRANSLATION: Are psychological better and the girl, of course, she
:01:56. > :01:58.is still small but in good health. The case of
:01:59. > :02:01.is still small but in good health. divided Sudan, a huge, turbulent
:02:02. > :02:06.nation. The forces of tolerant wrestling with the equally
:02:07. > :02:11.conservative elite. International outrage is also growing. Today, the
:02:12. > :02:15.Prime Minister David Cameron said the way she has been treated is
:02:16. > :02:19.barbaric and has no place in today's world. He urged the
:02:20. > :02:24.government of Sudan to overturn the sentence and provide medical care
:02:25. > :02:28.for her and her children. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said, this
:02:29. > :02:33.case is a grave violation of the basic rights and freedom to practice
:02:34. > :02:38.on's on religion. And Labour's Ed Miliband called the conviction and
:02:39. > :02:42.incarceration of Meriam Ibrahim truly appalling and I'm a borrowed
:02:43. > :02:47.abuse of human rights. It is very challenging when you are a minority,
:02:48. > :02:51.especially if you are seen to be belonging to a faith considered
:02:52. > :02:57.foreign. That is often how Christians and others are
:02:58. > :03:00.characterised. And so, they face a double bind. They are accused of
:03:01. > :03:05.being disloyal citizens, not loyal to the country, but also perceived
:03:06. > :03:10.as an undermining threat to national identity as well. And there is
:03:11. > :03:15.another child held in prison, the couple's 20-month-old son, Martin
:03:16. > :03:22.young to understand, but old enough to be distressed. -- Martin, who is
:03:23. > :03:26.too young to understand. The world is watching closely.
:03:27. > :03:28.Police in Dorset who have been investigating the disappearance
:03:29. > :03:34.It is believed to be that of Rui Li who was last seen shortly
:03:35. > :03:36.after finishing work at Poole Hospital, more than a week ago.
:03:37. > :03:47.This street in Bournemouth where officers made the grim discovery has
:03:48. > :03:52.been cordoned off while forensic teams examine the area. The body of
:03:53. > :03:58.a woman, believed to be that of Rui Li who was 44, was found in the boot
:03:59. > :04:02.of a silver fiat punto last night. It is thought she will be formally
:04:03. > :04:06.identified later today. Rui Li, who was described as a conscientious and
:04:07. > :04:11.caring nurse by her family, has been missing for over a week. Officers
:04:12. > :04:14.say she moved to the UK from China over a decade ago and has been
:04:15. > :04:18.working at Poole Hospital since 2009. They have released CCTV
:04:19. > :04:23.footage showing her leaving work in her Porsche last Friday and are
:04:24. > :04:27.appealing for any information for her movements after this time. Her
:04:28. > :04:30.house is now being searched by forensic experts along with a number
:04:31. > :04:36.of properties in the Bournemouth area. Several vehicles have also
:04:37. > :04:40.been seized. Detectives are appealing for information about the
:04:41. > :04:45.movements of a large white Ford transit van. Detectives are
:04:46. > :04:47.questioning two men aged 26 and 60 who knew Rui Li, on suspicion of her
:04:48. > :04:50.murder. The family of a man who has gone
:04:51. > :04:53.missing on an island in Malaysia have called for the authorities
:04:54. > :04:57.there to do more to search for him. Gareth Huntley,
:04:58. > :04:59.who's 34 and from London, He was working with a conservation
:05:00. > :05:13.group on Tioman, a small Island Gareth Huntley was working for a
:05:14. > :05:22.turtle project on the delicate tropical island of Tioman. He went
:05:23. > :05:27.off a work -- went off alone for a walk and when he did not come back,
:05:28. > :05:30.they started searching for him. Friends and family have launched a
:05:31. > :05:35.Facebook campaign to put pressure on the authorities in Malaysia. Gareth
:05:36. > :05:39.'s mother hopes to arrive on Tioman island on Monday. He makes friends
:05:40. > :05:45.easily. I think anybody who speaks to him who knows Gareth will no he
:05:46. > :05:51.has got a way about him. He is very thoughtful and understanding. He had
:05:52. > :05:56.been travelling in Asia for about six months. He was due to start a
:05:57. > :06:00.new job soon in Singapore. His family said the British government
:06:01. > :06:04.needs to do more. My mother and father have spoken to the Foreign
:06:05. > :06:08.Office and they have got bits of information, but it does not seem to
:06:09. > :06:12.be correct. We were told one day that there were search dogs and
:06:13. > :06:19.police looking but they actually went, so that is very concerning for
:06:20. > :06:24.us. -- but they actually were not. We need to find him. This police
:06:25. > :06:26.boat tied up at the pier on Tioman is evidence the Malaysians
:06:27. > :06:32.authorities are searching for Gareth. A police team of about 20
:06:33. > :06:34.with a dog is said to be on the island. Family and friends say more
:06:35. > :06:38.needs to be done and more quickly. Police in India have arrested
:06:39. > :06:40.a third suspect and are still hunting for two others
:06:41. > :06:43.in connection with the gang rape The deaths of the two girls,
:06:44. > :06:47.found hanging from a tree in a remote village,
:06:48. > :06:50.has caused national outrage with So far five men have been
:06:51. > :06:53.arrested including two policemen. The US Defense Secretary has accused
:06:54. > :06:55.China of "destabilising" the South China Sea,
:06:56. > :06:58.saying its action is threatening Chuck Hagel said the US would "not
:06:59. > :07:19.look the other way" when nations These are increasingly choppy
:07:20. > :07:24.waters. A crunching contact between a Chinese Coastguard ship and a
:07:25. > :07:28.Vietnamese vessel, just one of the latest flare-ups in the multiple
:07:29. > :07:33.maritime disputes involving what looks like an increasingly assertive
:07:34. > :07:37.Beijing and its neighbours in the South and East China Seas. So at the
:07:38. > :07:42.region's Premier Security Forum, some tough new words from the US
:07:43. > :07:48.Defense Secretary. In recent months China has undertaken destabilising
:07:49. > :07:52.unilateral actions, asserting its claims in the South China Sea. The
:07:53. > :07:55.United States will not look the other way when fundamental printable
:07:56. > :08:02.is of the international border are been challenged. We will post those
:08:03. > :08:07.principles. China's maritime military power and its international
:08:08. > :08:11.ambitions are on the rise, clearly unsettling the neighbourhood. A
:08:12. > :08:17.Chinese official has already angrily objected Chuck Hagel's message.
:08:18. > :08:21.TRANSLATION: First, I think the speech is full of hedgerows and also
:08:22. > :08:27.threat and intimidation. Third, the speech is inciting instability in
:08:28. > :08:32.the Asia-Pacific region. The U.S. Navy, on exercise recently with
:08:33. > :08:35.Japan's maritime forces. But these are complex manoeuvres for all
:08:36. > :08:42.concerned as they grapple with China's rise. Is what is at stake
:08:43. > :08:45.worth the risk of further confrontation as America tries to
:08:46. > :08:51.assert its own interests and reassure its allies, deter China,
:08:52. > :08:52.but also try to reach an end, -- and accommodation with its increasingly
:08:53. > :08:55.powerful rival? Members
:08:56. > :08:57.of the public have been travelling on Edinburgh's long-awaited tram
:08:58. > :09:06.system for the first time today. At one stage there were calls for a
:09:07. > :09:16.the whole thing to be scrapped as costs spiral to ?770 million.
:09:17. > :09:20.The first tram was crowned, filled with the curious and those eager to
:09:21. > :09:27.see if the project has been worth its price tag. Work ground to a halt
:09:28. > :09:31.just weeks after it began in 2007. There was a bitter dispute between
:09:32. > :09:35.the company in charge and the contractor. Six years of disruption
:09:36. > :09:39.followed and businesses complained that they had lost trade. The City
:09:40. > :09:45.Council says it will all be worth it. Princes Street has been one of
:09:46. > :09:47.the streets of high pollution for air quality and that is something we
:09:48. > :09:52.have to tackle air quality and that is something we
:09:53. > :09:58.tram is just part of that story. This is a site this city thought it
:09:59. > :10:02.would never see, but now that it is here and after all the controversy
:10:03. > :10:07.for today, at least, it seems quite popular. I think there are a waste
:10:08. > :10:14.of money. But you got on one today? Yes, because it was the first day
:10:15. > :10:21.and I wanted to go on it. A lot of people seem to be excited, it is
:10:22. > :10:25.good. The boss is quicker. If the trams are a success there will be
:10:26. > :10:28.discussions to extend the line, which is bound to be controversial.
:10:29. > :10:33.Much depends on how popular they become and if they manage to ease
:10:34. > :10:40.congestion in one of the UK's busiest city centres.
:10:41. > :10:43.The main news... Britain has condemned as barbaric
:10:44. > :10:48.the death sentence passed on a woman in Sudan for marrying a Christian.
:10:49. > :10:51.More on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is at 6:40pm.
:10:52. > :11:05.Goodbye for Good afternoon. This weekend, I
:11:06. > :11:08.think Good afternoon. This weekend, I
:11:09. > :11:13.home. It is not looking Good afternoon. This weekend, I
:11:14. > :11:16.lot of us have woken up Good afternoon. This weekend, I
:11:17. > :11:22.sunshine. Today the sun has lasted through until lunchtime. Through the
:11:23. > :11:25.weekend it will stay at least try. The sun is going to come and go a