That, fine and dry, cooler than it has been recently but with quite a bit of sunshine to compensate. Heading into the overnight period, here is our band of rain which is on the move, which will be working south and east, accompanied by some strong winds. It may turn wintry over the hills of scotland, spilling into parts of cumbria and north wales. Ahead of that, fine and dry with any early fat patches of rust giving way to rising temperatures as the night progresses and increasing amounts of cloud. This is how we start saturday. A mild day but when the across the board. We are tapping into this milderair board. We are tapping into this milder air feeding board. We are tapping into this milderairfeeding in on south westerly winds, wrapped around this area of low pressure, which will be driving a better heading into the start of the weekend. Draped around it we have this trailing weather front which means this rain will outstay its welcome for parts of scotland in particular, and it will sink a bit further south and it will sink a bit further south and swiss as we head through the day. The winds, particularly strong for scotland, north wales and northern england. Ahead of it, are largely dry story, and behind it, it will start to freshen up with some sunshine and one or two showers. It is all about the temperatures. Double digits for many places on saturday, that is, away from the far north of scotland where we are back down in single figures. Heading into saturday night, that band of rain works is way further south and east, the winds, starting to ease a little bit but quite a contrast in temperatures to start much sunday morning. Those temperatures holding up morning. Those temperatures holding up in double figures once again where we have cloud. More sunday, a wet and windy start to the south and east. That gradually clears, then we are east. That gradually clears, then we a re left east. That gradually clears, then we are left with sunny spells and showers. It will be a blustery day across the board, some of those shoppers wintry across the scottish hills. Temperatures back down in single figures. Next week, it will remain mild but unsettled with further spells of wet and windy weather at times and some of that wet and windy weather could be disruptive. A reminder of our top story. Iran strongly denies it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. Thats all from the bbc news at one, so its goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Good afternoon. Youre watching bbc news. Im ben croucher with an update from the bbc sport centre. Were waiting to hear from tottenham Managerjose Mourinho to see how he plans to deal with the absence of his leading striker. England captain harry kane will be absent until april as he undergoes surgery to repair an injured hamstring. Hes their leading scorer with 27 goals in all competitions but ruptured a tendon in his leg during their new years day defeat at southampton. Hes not expected to return to training until april and will miss spurs Champions League last 16 tie against leipzig and englands friendlies against italy and denmark in march. Liverpool have picked up the double in the decembers premier league awards. Trent Alexander Arnold won player of the month with managerjurgen klopp picking up the managers award for the fourth time in five months. No premier League Manager has ever won five in a single season. Former premier League Referee bobby madley has been speaking to the bbc about his fall from grace. He was sacked for filming a video in which he appeared to mock a disabled person. He said it destroyed his reputation and his family life. Madley is now based in norway and trying to rebuild his career. Im embarrassed in myself now, and embarrassed. It isnt an embarrassment because i got caught, now, look and think, 0k, embarrassment because i got caught, now, look and think, ok, i didnt have social media then, we were not allowed social media accounts. I have one now, and i am very conscious of everything that i put on there, every word i put on there, everything i like on there because i now know that anything taken out of context now know that anything taken out of co ntext ca n now know that anything taken out of context can reflect on me as a person. As i said, i let myself down. You can watch the full interview with bobby madley interview with bobby madley on football focus tomorrow at 12 noon on bbc one. Brighton goalkeeper maty ryan is the latest sportsman to pledge his support to help the australian bushfire relief efforts. The australia number one is from plumpton near sydney and hes promised to donate around 260 pounds for every registered save by a premier League Keeper this weekend. Shane warne says hes been blown away by the generosity that saw his baggy green australia cap raise more than half a Million Pounds for the bushfire appeal. The cap was bought by a bidder from sydney, with the winning bid ofi million australian dollars coming in the final minute of the auction. Warne wore it throughout his career, in which he became test crickets second most successful bowler. Several warm up tournaments for the Australian Open have been affected by the bushfires, including an event the british number six katie swan played in. It was due to be held in the Capital Canberra but the players werent able to train there due to the air quality and it had to be moved to melbourne. We were advised not even to go outside. They told us to try and buy masks, so that whenever we were outside, we could breathe, basically, not on hell all the smoke. They were able to move the tournament to a different city, so we ended up staying in canberra for three days without being able to practice or merely use the gym, because the smoke was inside as well as outside. World number two Novak Djokovic has led serbia to the semi finals of the atp cup. He did it the hard way, coming from a set down to beat ca nadas Denis Shapovalov in their singles tie winning the match in a third set tie break. Serbia won the doubles too for a 3 0 overall win. Theyll meet russia in tomorrows semi final. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Jane dougall will have more througout the afternoon. Ill have more for you in the next hour. More now on our top story and iran has strongly denied claims we have more news now on a woman who posed as a teenage boy to assort up to 50 girls has been sentenced to eight years in prison. This was 21 year old gemma watts who created an online persona as a 16 year old boy to strike up social media relationships with girls. We can hear from Hampshire Police relationships with girls. We can hearfrom Hampshire Police in a moment, we will be able to hear from Hampshire Police in the shape of dci Nicholas Plummer, who we gather is going to be talking about this case. Just to remind you, this was a woman who posed as a teenage boy to sexually assault up to 50 girls, some as young as 14, lets listen and. This is a truly shocking case, and. This is a truly shocking case, and we are pleased with the sentence that thejudge has passed and we are pleased with the sentence that the judge has passed today, and we are pleased with the sentence that thejudge has passed today, it serves as a reminder the lengths that a perpetrator will go to to exploit children or other vulnerable people, parents and carers should have confidence to speak to their children about their online profile and their online activity. Through that confidence, understand who that are engaging with. It should serve asa are engaging with. It should serve as a warning as well for those perpetrators, victims will stand up against you and we will seek to support them in providing justice through the courts. Thank you. A very short statement, as you sow, from Hampshire Police, dci Nicholas Plummer saying they are very pleased with the eight year sentence, that it should serve as a warning to perpetrators who want to exploit young children, just to remind you that was gemma watts, 21 year old, who has been sentenced to eight yea rs who has been sentenced to eight years in prison, after posing as a teenage boy to sexually assault as many as 50 girls, some of them as young as 14. We will have more on that throughout the afternoon. More now on our top story and iran has strongly denied claims it accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane this week, killing all 176 people on board. The us, british and canadian governments now believe the jet was brought down by an iranian anti Aircraft Missile shortly after taking off from tehran airport. There are suggestions it could have been a catastrophic mistake, coming at a time of heightened tension between iran and the United States. Earlier, Annita Mcveigh spoke to michael stephens, middle east fellow at the defence and security think tank the Royal United Services institute. He began by giving his thoughts from the latest intelligence on what might have happened. I have spent a lot of time talking to my contact in canada and the United States and some in britain. What appeared to be happening yesterday and the course of yesterdays events was that it became more clear that this was not what it seemed to be, and that this looked to me like a shoot down of the plane, although, it was, and i think everybody is stressing that if that is 100 confirmed that it was accidental. One of the things that has happened is the initial leaks of information coming out from the department of defence in the usa have been very clear to say it is accidental, we are not going to escalate it as a result of this, the same is being said in canada and i thinkjustin trudeau made it very clear that if this was the case, as it looks increasingly likely, that that was not something they would use against iran, they would not use it to escalate tensions and create further problems in a scenario which is already looking quite unstable. Yet, we are hearing the head of the Civil Aviation authority say it was scientifically impossible for a missile to hit the ukrainian plane. Why do you think the iranians are insisting on this stance, rather than presenting a more open minded stance at this stage . It can be scientifically impossible, that can be true, given the technology which exists today, how you are able to identify civilian versus military aircraft, but it is humanly possible. Human error creeps in, that is the problem. And if the iranians are going to admit guilt, they will have to admit there was human error in the process and then we have to look at chains of command and i dont think the iranians are in a place right now where they would want to do that. Lets see what happens, there is an investigation taking place but im afraid to say that the weight of evidence seems that the iranian version of events does not seem to be true. The fact is this, western states are not putting the iranians on the blog here. Not putting them on the block here. They want to cooperate and they want cooperation from the iranians. It looks like they might get it, and in that respect, i dont think the iranians will be backed into a corner, so it would be betterfor then, if they come out and say the truth. You think in their own time, they will do that . I have no idea. We are dealing with the middle east and sometimes, these things take a bit of time, if at all. If we look at the last time a plane was brought down over ukraine, i feel very sorry for the ukrainians, this is the second incident in five years, this information as part of the game, it is what happens, and we will have to accept that. Is this why the international investigators, both of those who are in the country and those who have not arrived yet, have not been allowed the sort of access to the crash site that they want to get . Yes, and they need full access to the crash site and there needs to be no evidence of tampering or anything of that nature. Lets hope the iranians are more cooperative, they said they will cooperate now. That is a positive step, and we will then wait down the line to see what the reports reveal. Im afraid to say that the initial reports coming from the americans, and the americans are the only country on earth who would have the signals and satellite capability to work this out, dont look very good. Michael stephens of the Royal United Services institute. Lets bring you more on the news that has broken this hour, the bbc presenter samira ahmed has one mike her six discrimination equal pay claim against the bbc. She took the corporation to the London Central employment tribunal, she was asking why she was paid £465 an episode of news watch, while herfellow presenter, jeremy vine, was paid up to £3000 an episode of points of view. She said the work was comparable, opposing the claim, the bbc argue that the two presenters we re bbc argue that the two presenters were not doing similar work, but in a40 were not doing similar work, but in a 40 page judgment, were not doing similar work, but in a 40 pagejudgment, now, they tribunal has said the bbc failed to show there was a difference between the two programmes. We havejust heard from samira ahmed, the bbc presenter, with her reaction to that, and she says, quote, no woman wa nts to that, and she says, quote, no woman wants to have to take action against their own employer, but i did, i am 110w their own employer, but i did, i am now looking forward to continuing to do myjob to report on stories and not being one. That is samira ahmed with her reaction to that tribunal ruling, and there is a bbc statement, i think, ruling, and there is a bbc statement, ithink, which ruling, and there is a bbc statement, i think, which i canjust bring you as well, saying, samira ahmed is an excellentjournalist and presenter, and we regret that this case ever had to go to tribunal. We are committed to the quality and equal pay. Where we found equal pay cases in the past, we have put them right. However, for us, this case was never about one person, but the way different types of programmes across the Media Industry attract Different Levels of pay. The statement also says, we have always believed that the pay of samir and jeremy vine was not determined by their gender, females and males have a lwa ys their gender, females and males have always been paid more on points of view than on news watch. The bbc statement continues, we are sorry that the tribunal did not think that the bbc provided enough evidence about decisions, we were not able to call people who make decisions as far back as 2008, and have long since left the bbc. We will need to consider thejudgment since left the bbc. We will need to consider the judgment carefully, we know tribunal is are never a pleasa nt know tribunal is are never a pleasant experience for anyone involved, and we want to Work Together with samira ahmed to move on in together with samira ahmed to move onina together with samira ahmed to move on in a positive way. That is the bbc statement on that case, samira ahmed saying, no woman wants to have to ta ke ahmed saying, no woman wants to have to take action against their own employer. She wants to continue to do herjob and to report on stories, not be the story. The headlines on bbc news. Iran denies a missile was responsible for this weeks plane crash in tehran western leaders believe the ukranian passengerjet may have been shot down by accident. The duchess of sussex returns to canada, a day after she and prince harry revealed they will step back from their roles as senior royals. An assault on prison staff by two inmates wearing fake suicide belts is being treated as a terrorist attack. Firefighters in australia are trying to get in places which are threatening to advance again as hot weather returns after a five day cool spell. As night falls, they are now strong winds have been gusting up to 60 kilometres per hour with gusts of up to 90 kilometres forecast, along with temperatures in the 40 celsius region. More than 100 bushfires are still burning in the south of the country. In victoria, authorities had almost 250,000 people to leave their homes, although, many are now staying to protect their properties. The state prime minister, daniel andrews, says not even better weather, which can arrive in the next ten days or so, will forestall the risk of fires. With so much fire on the landscape, we are going to continue to see fires getting a run on, fires flaring up for weeks to come. Even with rain in melbourne, even with forecast better conditions next week, there is a long way to go in what has been an unprecedented fire event and certainly so early on in the fire season. And, of course, we know that we have many weeks of the fire season to run. Earlier, i spoke to our correspondentjonathan head. He gave us the latest on the situation from eden, a coastal town in New South Wales. Well, the wind has changed about four hours ago, it was quite dramatic, it had been a clear day up until that point. Suddenly we could smell smoke. The view from this town was completely shrouded, it is night time now, but we could smell the smoke, it was coming from fires that are inland, some not that far away, about 20 kilometres away, that are being fuelled by the strong winds coming from the south west. That is the real problem. Even in this town, where the have been evacuated in the last weekend, people are bracing themselves for the possibility that they may well wake up tomorrow morning to find themselves surrounded by fire. Further inland, along the New South Wales victoria border, the situation is even more critical. There are towns there which have been ordered to be evacuated over the last 24 hours who are now being given the message that it is too late. That the roads out are completely covered in flames and they must make themselves as safe as possible. Many people turned down the offer of evacuation because they wanted to stay and defend their homes. And even here where there are a lot of people staying whose homes in outlying villages have been completely destroyed in the recent fires, there is a sense of real concern about how long this will go on. We have had five days of coolish weather, now we have these very strong winds whipping up the fires, filling the air with smoke, and the worry that people here may have to move again. How many more times will they have to do this before the hot season ends in about two or three months time . They all say these are unprecedented conditions that they are enduring. Down in this area, they simply have not experienced fires like this in living memory. Jonathan head, reporting in New South Wales. Parts of northern india have been witnessing an unusually severe cold wave, this year. The capital delhi recently recorded its chilliest day, in more than a century and the thousands of Homeless People on the streets are suffering the effects. Pratiksha ghildial reports. Desperate to keep warm. These kids in delhi are trying to survive one of the coldest winters that north india has seen in decades. Recently, delhi recorded its lowest temperature in a century, with a low of less than three celsius. Indias Homeless People are the most vulnerable, including large families with children. Ruqsana begums family of seven is one of them. Translation we sleep under a plastic sheet. We have one mattress and one blanket to share amongst us. And my little one keeps getting sick because of the cold. We are poor people. Where can we go . It is not easy for homeless families to find a warm spot to sleep. Every winter, it is a battle for survival for the tens of thousands of People Living on the streets. But this year has been particularly brutal, with an unprecedented cold wave. And the options for them are rather limited. Hundreds of them come to government run shelters like these. But the space in them is just not enough for the citys 50,000 to 60,000 Homeless People. Unlike western countries, buildings here dont have central heating and people here dont usually wear thick winter coats. Translation i have never felt so cold ever before. I have been getting cough, cold and fever. Translation i have asthma, so i am really suffering and not able to work properly. I feel if i sleep on the streets, i will die. Thats why i have come to the shelter. India has already seen extreme weather in all seasons. This was also indias hottest decade on record, according to a government report. It is clear that india stands to be one of the countries most affected by climate change, given its Huge Population and poverty levels. Which means cities like delhi will need to urgently find sustainable ways to protect its people from harsh weather conditions. Pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, delhi. Authorities in malaysia say there wont be an inquest into the death of nora quoirin, the teenager who was found dead after ten days missing in the jungle. Was found dead after ten days missing in thejungle. Noras pa rents a re missing in thejungle. Noras parents are demanding answers from the officials after they said no further action will be taken after her death. Earlier, Annita Mcveigh spoke to noras mother, who told her what she would like the malaysian authorities to do now. We want them to keep the case open and to keep an open mind. Frankly, there are so many questions that we have that remain unanswered. There has been, only the very initial findings from the pathologists on the cause of noras death. We have yet to see a full postmortem report, which could unveil full postmortem report, which could u nveil lots full postmortem report, which could unveil lots of different details. Perhaps at least, may be even more importantly, there are all the questions surrounding how nora got to where she was found. We dont believe our daughter was physically or mentally capable, in any respect, of getting to where the body was discovered. We think that there are a number of questions regarding the search, regarding what happened on the premises and so on that need to be fully explored. We also need the police to look into in more detail what happened, where we were. There isa what happened, where we were. There is a matter of an open window, for example, that has not yet been fully explained. So there is an awful lot to uncover still, with regard to noras case, and we are shocked, upset, frankly flabbergasted at the idea that no further action will be taken at this time. What has the malaysian Attorney Generals Office are said to you as the reason for them saying that no further action be taken in the case as far as they are concerned . We have been absolutely no detail, other than a press article that was published in malaysia, which refers to their decision being taken on the basis of the initial findings of the postmortem. That really only pointed to the cause of death. That is obviously very premature conclusion to be taking. We havent had any other information or communication from malaysia, at any level, since we left the country, be that from the police, from diplomacy, from legal courtiers, it is quite extraordinary. The Lucie Blackman trust, which is supporting it through this process, has accused in relation authorities of effectively closing down the case. Given that this statement from the Attorney Generals Offices, what redress do you now have . What path do you have to follow to get the answers youre looking for a . I guess our main path is one of diplomacy, which frankly, we employed from the beginning. We have had a huge amount of support, both here in britain and obviously from france and ireland also. While we we re from france and ireland also. While we were in malaysia, those three governments spoke to each other on a daily basis and a huge amount of diplomatic effort was put in place in our regard. We have been given assurances by our governments that they will continue to support our demands forjustice they will continue to support our demands for justice and they will continue to support our demands forjustice and our fight for the truth, and so we need those diplomatic efforts to escalate now and to really discuss matters fully and to really discuss matters fully and frankly with the malaysian government. Some of him that we had the opportunity to meet while we we re the opportunity to meet while we were there, and so we do expect those conversations to accelerate at this time. That is nora quoirins mother. Martin will be here to guide you through the news in the afternoon. But now, its time for the weather. Good afternoon. There was a bit of a lull in proceedings through the day today after all the wet and windy weather we have seen recently. It is a quieter story, there is a lot of sunshine around, too, but the next weather system is waiting in the wings and it will start to show its hand over Northern Ireland and western scotland a little later on, accompanied by strengthening winds. The Western Isles can expect gales as we head towards this evening. Away from that, there is a good deal of fine and dry weather to be had. Yes, it is cooler than it has been recently, but there is more in the way of sunshine to compensate. Now, into this evening and the winds will continue to strengthen as this area of rain works its way a little south and eastwards. It may turn wintry over the hills of scotland for a time. Some heavy pulses of rain spilling into parts of cumbria and perhaps north wales as the night progresses. Elsewhere, clear skies tending to give way to increasing amounts of cloud, and actually, as the night goes on, we will start to see those temperatures left, and thats because we are starting to draw and milder air on south westerly winds, thanks to this area of low pressure, which is going to be driving our weather as we head into the start of the weekend. Draped around that, we have this trailing weather front, though the rain will begin to outstay its welcome as we head through saturday some heavy downpours. Across the board, its going to be a windy day, but particularly so for parts of scotland and northern england. Some of this rain will be quite heavy. Behind the band of rain, it starts to brighten up, but a few showers which could be wintry. Ahead of it, largely dry. Quite a lot of cloud around, but it will be mild. Most places through saturday will see temperatures into double digits once again. So, as we head into saturday night, our band of rain continues to work its way a little further south and eastwards. Behind it, the winds start to ease a little. It is quite a contrast in the temperatures to start sunday. Where we keep the cloud, temperatures remain in double figures, but much cooler the further north that you go. So, the rain and winds gradually start to clear down towards the south and east. Sunday will be another blustery day. While there will be some sunshine around, there will be some showers, which through the hills of scotland could be a little bit wintry at times. And you will notice that the temperatures are down a notch or two on saturday. Bye for now. Hello, youre watching afternoon live im martine croxall. Today at 2. 00 iran strongly denies it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane in tehran killing all 176 people on board. Including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth the Iranian Regime must open up to the international community, including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth as quickly as possible, to give the families of the victims an understanding of what happened to their loved ones. Bbc presenters samir ahmed wins an employment tribunal. The duchess of sussex goes back to canada amid talks to try and find new roles for her and prince harry. An assault on prison staff by two inmates wearing fake suicide belts is being treated as a terrorist attack
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