28/01/2017 BBC Weekend News

Stars from around the world have been paying tribute

to the actor Sir John Hurt, who has died at the age of 77.

He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

The Hollywood actor and director Mel Brooks said he was a "truly

magnificent talent", and the author JK Rowling

called him "immensely talented and deeply beloved."

His career spanned over six decades and more than 120 films -

including the Elephant Man, Alien, and Harry Potter.

Nick Higham, looks back at his life.

John Hurt, as the deranged Roman Emperor Caligula

Well, of course I ordered no triumphs.

Do you think I'd order triumph for myself?

Yes, and you took me at my word, didn't you?

I wear rouge, I wear mascara on my eyelashes, I dye my hair,

I wear flamboyant clothes, far more outre than

He was an unusual actor, instantly recognisable,

Here, he played the notorious and flamboyant Quentin Crisp.

People said tt was a brave part to take on.

Many people said "Don't do that, you'll never work again", and so on.

And I said "But it's not about homosexuality,

it's about the tenderness of the individual,

as opposed to the cruelty of the crowd, really".

His breakthrough had come in A Man For All Seasons

in 1966, a small part in an Oscar-winning film.

He earned an Oscar nomination himself for Midnight Express,

in which he played a heroin addict in a Turkish prison.

I'm very pleased to meet you, Mr Merrick.

And another for his performance as the hideously disfigured

Like Quentin Crisp, Merrick was an outsider

Late in his career, he reached new audiences in Harry Potter.

And in a guest appearance in Doctor Who.

Why are you pointing your screwdrivers like that?

In one of his last performances, he played a dying screenwriter,

quoting lines from a famous Dylan Thomas poem.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Old age should burn and rave at close of day.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

"The most sublime of actors and the most gentlemanly

of gentlemen, who touched all our lives with joy and magic".

The United Nations has urged the United States to continue

protecting refugees - regardless of their

It follows President Trump's latest executive order,

which suspends all refugee arrivals for four months and imposes tough

controls on travellers from seven Muslim countries.

Mr Trump says the order will protect the country from Islamic terrorism.

From Beirut, Alex Forsyth sent this report.

Protection of the nation from foreign terrorists' entry...

With a flourish of his pen, another sweeping change, a halt on visas

from seven mainly Muslim countries, entering the US, to stop, says

I'm establishing new measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out

On social media, reports of people being stopped at airports.

In Doha, claims Iranians with immigrant visas were

In Qatar, the father of a former LA Times

employee in Iraq reportedly turned back by US officials, what it means

But for the Syrian refugees who fled war,

They are now indefinitely banned

refugees are suspended for four months.

Like Navine, not her real name, a transgender woman who fled Iraq,

persecuted for her sexuality, now living in Lebanon.

Sh was accepted for resettlement in America.

TRANSLATION: The moment I heard the news, my dreams were shattered.

My parents want to kill me, I'm terrified they'll find out where I

I hoped I would feel safe in the US, that I'd

finally be able to sleep in a country where I have rights,

This order will not just affect tens of thousands of refugees,

but many across the Middle East who travel to the US

Google has recalled its staff, saying it's worried

For some, rather than improve security, this will

only leave Muslim communities more isolated.

Theresa May has arrived in Ankara, where she is holding talks on trade

with Turkey wants Britain leaves the EU. They are expected to hold a news

conference within the hour. Our correspondent Mark

Lowen is in Istanbul. What are they hoping to achieve from

this visit? Top of the agenda is trade, as you say. Post-Brexit

Britain keen to strike up a strong bilateral trade agreement with

another country on the cusp of the EU. They also want closer

co-operation on security. Both countries are involved in the

coalition against so-called Islamic date. Both are Nato members and

Turkey is of course Europe's eastern flank, so Britain is keen to have a

strong European border in Turkey to keep terror threats out of Europe.

But Theresa May will also be keen to try to tame Turkey somewhat. This is

a country that has moved rather away from Europe in recent years, more

towards Russia. She will have been keen to raise human rights issues,

facing pressure to raise those issues, like the fact that 140,000

people have been arrested, dismissed or suspended here since the failed

coup last year. Turkey is the world's biggest jailer of

journalists. As for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, despite the bluster against

Western governments that he frequently comes out with, he is

keen to keep up relations with Europe even though the hopes of

Turkey joining the EU look slimmer than ever. So two controversial

presidents, Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Theresa May will

emerge from these two days better versed in delicate diplomacy than

ever. Mark, thank you. Diesel drivers in parts of central

London will be charged an extra 50% to park from the

beginning of April. Westminster City Council will trial

the price rise as part of a pilot project aimed at cutting high levels

of air pollution. Poor air quality is linked

to the early deaths of around 40,000 With all the sport,

here's Mike Bushell Good afternoon - now, we're

about to tell you about the women's If you're waiting for the highlights

which follow this bulletin at 1.15, please look away, close your ears,

leave the room. Right, Serena Williams has broken

the record for Grand Slam victories in the modern era after winning

the Australian Open It was the first final

between her and her sister Venus and Serena Williams, bringing

true meaning to the term sibling rivalry for 20 years. This was a

throwback final between two women who know each other inside out. That

was clearly the case in the first set, with five breaks of serve. And

while Venus, in her first Grand Slam final for eight years, was always

chasing her little sister, she gave as good as she got. Her problem was

that Serena, despite the odd mishap, found that bit extra when it

mattered most. The fifth of those five breaks going her way, once

overhead, and the second was equally close, venous edging ahead on serve

this time, only for Serena to match her with some brawn and brilliance,

both of those evident for the crucial break. What a window that

was. It allowed Serena to serve for the match, which she achieved. And

with it, and open era record, 23 grand slams now, surpassing Steffi

Graf, a seventh Australian title, the world number one spot and all

against her sister. Sibling rivalry? Most definitely. Sibling love, even

more so. Tim Hague, BBC News. It's a great number. I know she would like

to have a little more. It was a great moment. I am very happy that

she has been able to get to number 23, because there are 22 ahead of

that that she also earned, and she earned it.

The day's FA Cup action is under way.

Liverpool are taking on Wolves in the fourth

It was an incredible start for the Championship side,

Richard Stearman scoring after just 51 seconds.

And it was very nearly 2-0 not long afterwards,

Liverpool have won only one of seven matches so far in 2017.

Wolves have already knocked out Premier League

The biggest giant killers from the last round,

non-league Lincoln City, are hoping home advantage will help

them cause another big upset this afternoon.

Their manager Danny Cowley says beating Ipswich

off the Championship in round three was like climbing

a mountain, and so thinks today's match against the leaders

of the Championship, Brighton, is like trying to get to the moon.

Rangers can go back to second in the Scottish Premiership this

afternoon - a win at Motherwell will take them above Aberdeen again

- but they're down to 10 men after Michael O'Halloran was sent

But now there has been a red card for Motherwell as well.

Whatever happens in this game, leaders Celtic won't be troubled -

That is the second sending-off. A feisty match so far.

Tiger Woods told reporters he was "rusty" after missing

the cut in his first competitive tournament for 18 months.

He managed a par round, but he was always in peril

He said he needed to get more rounds under his belt -

England's Olympic champion Justin Rose still leads -

he's a shot clear of the field on eight-under-par.

And I can tell you that upset at Anfield could well and truly be on

now, because it is Liverpool zero, Wolves two. That is the sport.

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

We are seeing quite a change in our weather patterns. It has been a

week, of course, where the UK has been stuck in the deep freeze. We

have had some sharp frosts and disruptive for, but the weather is

changing now.