You re watching bbc newsroom live. Its 11. 003m, and these are the main stories this morning. A british teenager is given a four month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying about gang rape in cyprus. Her lawyer says shell appeal the conviction. An 18 year old man admits killing pc Andrew Harper, who was dragged along the road by a van in berkshire last year, but denies murder. Dozens of people are killed in a stampede in the huge crowd attending the funeral of Iranian Military Commander Qasem Soleimani. The shadow business secretary, rebecca long bailey, and joker leads the pack with 11
bafta film nominations. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. The british teenager who was convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli men in cyprus has been given a four month suspended sentence. It means shes now free to return to the uk. Her lawyer told the bbc there was huge relief that she was being allowed to go home but confirmed that she wou
Australian Airline Qantas is the latest to issue a warning about the impact of the coronavirus on its business. And well hearfrom india where the dreaded r word is causing a huge controversy. Is the country heading into recession . Cashing in on instagram. How companies are working to influence you through your social media feeds. And a new book coming out gives us insight into how Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg apparently copes with nerves so we want to know how you calm down before a big work meeting or presentation. Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello, and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to the programme. The worlds biggest gambling hub starts a fightback against the new coronavirus today. Macau reopens its casinos after closing them for more than two weeks, because of the outbreak. Its a vitally important sector for the chinese territory, which last year brought in almost 36. 5 billion. It comes as Many Companies around the globe struggle to cope with the impact of t
Test. South korean Officials Say it came from the region. Janice joins us now from beijing. Janice, what are sources saying about this . Yes, we are talking about this weekly, at the very same time. Reporter this missile is believed to be medium range according to u. S. Specific command. U. S. Officials, along with those in south korea are analyzing the data to identify the type. No the pace at whichorth korea is launching these miiles a testing them suggests they are really in a push to try to reach that goal of developing and testing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for reaching the coast of the United States. Experts say the launch last weekend showed tremendous progress in north koreas program. Perhaps surpassing pyongyangs expectations if the number of photos and videos the regime released is any indication. The sight that was used for todays launch was used for a launch last month. That launch failed. If we are looking at the same type of missile, it was a solid fuel mission
Then, a poisoning in britain sets on a Major International incident with russia. The United Kingdom will now expel 23 Russian Diplomats. Where does the former spy go from here . Its also election day in russia. But that really begs the question, will putin be president for life . Ill ask one of his opponents, but first, heres my take. If confirmed as secretary of state, mike pompeo will arrive at a department that has been battered by proposed budget cuts, hollowed out by resignations and vacancies and neutered by President Trumps impulsive and personal decisionmaking style. But pompeos most immediate challenge wont be rebuilding the department or restoring morale. It will be dealing with an acute Foreign Policy crisis of the president s own making, regarding the iran nuclear deal. Pompeo will have to take on a challenge soon. President trump has agreed to meet with kim young un before the end of may, but before he even sits down with him to discuss a nuclear deal, they have to discuss
After Stormy Daniels said she was physically threatened to keep silent about her affair with donald trump. Ander it is reported that ruk is threatening comfortable moscow turn the lights out with the flip of a switch . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. White house is staffers are on pins and needles. But john kelly has been told hes safe while telling sboo subordinates are safe. The white house says it takes the security of any person seriously. Ill speak with congressman john guard mendi. The white house staffers are breathing sighs of relief for the time being. No firings today . Well, not yet. Everyone loves a season finale. If thats what were watching, today was only the first part of a twopart cliffhanger. As of now the staff shakeups have not happened. At least be yet. Tonight the white house staffers are beinged to ignore the rampan rumors of a personnel overhaul. John kelly specifically telling his team, no changes are imminent. We dont have any changes at this time