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Was a very manipulative, conniving and ruthless individual. Detectives say harris was driven by greed and lust but thankfully failed three times to kill the woman he had spent his life with. Duncan kennedy, bbc news. Tributes have been paid by members of all parties to the former labour first minister of wales, Rhodri Morgan, whos died at the age of 77. He was widely credited with bringing stability to the National Assembly after it was created in 1999 and colleagues have singled out his ability...

Sex abuse ring. It was a harrowing, hard watch and has been praised for how close to the truth it was. There is no such thing as a child prostitute. What there is is a child who was being abused. By two . By men who was being abused. By two . By men who pick on vulnerable girls. Well, a little later well be talking to sarah rowbotham, the Sexual Health worker who blew the lid on the scandal. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Lots coming up today, that Special Repo...

Successful sailor in olympic history. But since the first race in 1851, no british team has ever won the americas cup. Personally, i think everyone in this team it would be the biggest achievement if we could pull this off and win the americas cup for britain. It is 166 yea rs americas cup for britain. It is 166 years to pursue a trophy that we made. We challenged the world to it. And we have never won it. Sometimes in life, there is a right time. This is the right time. This is the best Chance ...

Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing sou...

Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing sou...

Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing sou...

Arrived on the scene right at the start. And the heroes are those in the hospital now, suffering with injuries, some of them life threatening. Nine years after the financial crisis, Barclays Bank and four former executives are charged with fraud. Britain is facing its longest heatwave since 1995, and if it lasts until friday, the longest since 1976. He does it with an ace and at queens, a shock defeat in the first round for andy murray, losing in straight sets. And coming up in sportsday on bbc ...

We wont be seeing families split apart. This is a fair and serious offer. Gary haggarty a former loyalist paramilitary Turned Supergrass pleads guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. After the attack outside Finsbury Park mosque, Police Charge a man with terrorism related murder. After their last victory 46 years ago, could a win once more finally be in the lions grasp . And coming up in the sport on bbc news the dutch teenager Max Verstappen is quickest in first practice for the azerbai...

Defeating a Labour Amendment to the queens speech. It should also win the final vote on that queens speech tomorrow. So it will then have shown it can survive. But thrive . Not so clear. In the last 2a hours or so, weve seen raggedness of thought and ill discipline of purpose. We thought the goals for this government were to deliver brexit and reduce the deficit, but unity on both those looks to be disintegrating. Chancellor Philip Hammond made a thinly veiled joke at the expense of borisjohnson...

Life will never be the same. Coming up in sport later in the hour on bbc. The king of centre court, Roger Federer, has rolled back the years in 2017. Hes chasing an eighth wimbledon crown. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. North korea says it has successfully tested a long range intercontinental ballistic missile, which, if true, could potentially have the range to reach the us mainland. An announcement on north Korean State Television said the missile had flown nearly 600 miles...