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And gusts of up to 80mph. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man, kidnapped and held for nearly five years in afghanistan along with his pregnant wife, says she was raped and their baby daughter murdered. Joshua boyle and Caitlin Coleman were freed earlier this week, along with three children, all born in captivity. As john mcmanus reports, mr boyle revealed the details after returning home to canada. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. Canadianjoshua boyle and his wife Caitlin Coleman, came here, he says, to carry out aid work. But inste...

This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines a canadian kidnapped with his wife and held for nearly five years by the taliban has been talking of their ordeal, including the murder of their baby daughter. Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein could be thrown out of the academy that awards the oscars after multiple accusations of Sexual Assault the board is holding crisis talks this evening. Tougher sentences for attackers who maim their victims with acid, including prison sentences of at least six months for repeat offenders, under new government proposals. And batten down the hatches say the forecas...

Lets speak to matt taylor. Hello there, lukwesa. It is 18 degrees at the moment in london, sheffield and hull, and the wind generally coming from a sunny direction. Outbreaks of rain, wind touching gale force later on. Elsewhere temperatures stay in the teens as we start sunday morning. A fair bit of cloud around, particularly in the north and the west. Wet and windy across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland. Much of england and wales will be dry, but if you see breaks in the clouds, could see 23 or even 2a across some parts. It is the republic of ireland who will bear the worst of this st...

Or while on a mobile phone are among those who may be handed life sentences under government proposals. Austrians head to the polls for a snap general election the 31 year Old Conservative Party leader Sebastian Kurz is tipped to become europes youngest leader and form an alliance with the far right. A0 people have died and hundreds are still missing following six days of wildfires in california. Its the most lethal outbreak in the States History with more than 100 thousand people have been displaced and whole neighbourhoods reduced to ash. Coming up in a few minutes, our sunday morning editio...

With european leaders tonight, well be live in brussesls with the latest on the eu summit. And to the words ofjean Claude Juncker and donald tusk, who are due to give a News Conference shortly. And we will go to leicester, where diwali celebrations are already underway. I must not show any bias thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh ferris. The headlines tonight. The mark sampson sacking has turned into whats been described today as a sorry saga enveloping the fa. But will the fallout lead to high profile firings . The organ...