r kelly, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has faced decades of claims that he abused women and teenagers, but the accusations gained renewed prominence after a documentary called surviving r kelly aired on us networks, which led to boycotts of mr kelly's music, with activists using the hashtag #muterkelly. and now, these charges, which some have said should have come years ago. kim gittleson, bbc news. in a chicago court room, prosecutors laid out the accusations against the r&b singer r kelly, who turned himself in on friday. they painted a dark portrait of a superstar who manipulated young women into sexual relationships, enabled by a coterie of accomplices. in 2001, a witness had conversations with robert kelly and robert kelly's associates, where the witness was asked to retrieve video tapes showing robert kelly having sexual intercourse with the victim in this case when she was only 14 years old. r kelly, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has faced decades of claims that he abused women and teenagers, but the accusations gained renewed prominence after a docum

year old artist whose real name is robert sylvester kelly has faced accusations of child pornography sex with minors operating a sex coach and sexual battery he denies the accusations. the german state generated a record annual surplus of fifty eight billion euros in twenty eighteen it's in a row and despite a slowdown in the last quarter of these year the treasury benefited from the oil and job market and low interest rates. supporters of humanitarian aid relief for venezuela say they've made preparations for a showdown at the border with colombia on saturday self-proclaimed interim president one guy joe has called on supporters to flock to a key border crossing between the two countries their goal is to help humanitarian aid truck trucks pass a military blockade that has been in place for weeks incumbent president nicolas maduro denies the need for aid on friday two people died in clashes with the military at the brazilian border. to delay a correspondent and out of there this is following the story for us and kuta city at the colombian venezuelan border. the surprise appearance of

year old artist whose real name is robert sylvester kelly has faced accusations of child pornography sex with minors operating a sex cult and sexual battery he denies the accusations. supporters of humanitarian aid relief for venezuela say they've made preparations for a showdown at the border with colombia on saturday self-proclaimed interim president has called on supporters to flock to achieve border crossing between the two countries their goal is to help humanitarian aid trucks bypass a military blockade that has been in place for weeks incumbent president nicolas maduro denies the need for aides and financial people died in conscious but the military at the brazilian border. to delay a correspondent is following the story for us and the city at the colombian venezuelan border the surprise appearance of one by doing colombian territory changes things a lot here at the border between colombia and venezuela where do is take mclean not allowed to leave his country and it's hard to imagine how he will get back in that means that according to the plan two elements will have to enter

robert sylvester kelly must be held accountable for the many lives he has ruined. i stand with the victim. >> as part of kelly's condition for release, he is ordered not to contact any underage girl as he awaits trial. if convicted on all the charges, kelly could face up to 70 years in prison. >>> new england patriots owner robert craft was formally charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution at a florida day spa. the charges are based on video surveillance from inside the spa. police were investigating the massage parlor as part of a larger human trafficking ring. 277-year-old billionaire could face a possible sentence of up to one year in jail if convicted. >>> reaction still coming in on the death of jeff. san francisco's long time public defender died friday night at the age of 59. kpix 5's political reporter melissa at the public defender's office for us tonight. melissa. >> yeah, still so much shock and heartbreak over the loss of public defender jeff here at the public defender's office. we are learning today that the details of his death are under in

kelly, robert sylvester kelly, in the bond hearing, which means there should be or there is likely conversations going back and forth between him or him and his attorney and somebody from the state's attorney's officers as they are trying to figure out whether or not he will turn himself in or whether or not he will be arrested. i want to read a little bit of what we have gotten from the state's attorney's office here. just to be able to digest all that we have learned. if you don't mind. so she talked about the first victim, she gave the initials of the first victim. and what's interesting here are the dates. so this she says occurred between 1998 and 1999, and that was a year that she has listed there, may '98 to may '99. she talked about a sexual abuse victim under the age of 17 and that robert kelly was more than five years older than the victim. that could, we do not know, that could well be referring to the girl that we saw on the videotape that was handed over to the prosecution a week ago. i will also read you the next one which was from september 1998 to 2001. think about the length of

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges. one of britain's most wanted men has been extradited from switzerland to the uk, after spending years on the run. mark acklom, who disappeared in 2012, allegedly posed as an mi6 agent to con a gloucestershire woman out of her £850,000 life savings. he's currently in police custody and will appear at bristol magistrates court today. venezuela has shut part of the border with colombia after the government complained of serious threats against its sovereignty and security. tensions have been rising over a row about the delivery of humanitarian aid. two people have been killed by venezuelan security forces near the border with brazil. the luxury apartment block that belonged to colombia's infamous drug lord pablo escobar at the height of his power and fame has been demolished in the city of medellin. it had become a popular tourist attraction, which many local residents found offensive and disrespectful. a ceremony was held outside the building to honour the victims of the criminal organ

the 52-year-old, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has faced accusations of child pornography, operating a sex cold, and -- cult and sexual battery. he denies the charges. english club chelsea have been banned from signing players until 2020. fifa founded from you like -- premier league side guilty of signing players under the age of 18. they will also find the english -- fine the english fa. chelsea plans to appeal the decision. we have more on this from rob harris. he is a football writer with the associated press. he joins us from london. what if chelsesea said to have done wrong echoo-- wrong? rob: it all relates to the prohibition o on signing international plplayers under te age of 18. what t they are accused of doing is h having players s under thae of 18 at t their academy, when they shouldndn't be. in some cases, , it seems thatt some players m might have bebeen trialsls and not necessarily permanenently, but enough to cae concern at fifa. the need to actually impose a ban, as they have done. phil: chelsea have said that they will appeal. if t the band stands, , how b

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges. one of britain's most wanted men has been extradited from switzerland to the uk, after spending years on the run. mark acklom, who disappeared in 2012, allegedly posed as an mi6 agent to con a gloucestershire woman out of her £850,000 life savings. he's currently in police custody and will appear at bristol magistrates court today. the luxury apartment block that belonged to colombia's infamous drug lord pablo escobar at the height of his power and fame has been demolished in the city of medellin. it had become a popular tourist attraction, which many local residents found offensive and disrespectful. a ceremony was held outside the building to honour the victims of the criminal organisation led by escobar. they are some pictures! many of us love chocolate, but how many people would you want to wear it as a dress? no! that's what models on a belgium catwalk did yesterday. all the outfits on display at the annual chocolate festival in brussels were tailored by fashion designers and pa

real name is robert sylvester kelly is face claims of sexual abuse against women for decades on thursday two women came forward alleging the singer assaulted them at a party in baltimore in the one nine hundred ninety s. he's never been convicted and denies all the allegations u.s. media reports say the fifty two year old will face court on march the eighth. and the u.s. actor has been cut from the t.v. show empire after allegedly staging a hoax a crime against himself police say smollett paid two brothers to beat him up in a staged racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy with his salary they've charged him with filing a false police report small letters been released on bail four hundred thousand dollars and had his passport taken away. on the program control the. show must go on. and find out who's facing who in the europa league last sixteen. not only. folderol all. business updates. business updates. cricket board are calling for the games governing body to ban pakistan from the world. that's taken place in england in june the move comes a week after an attack killed fort

r kelly, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has faced decades of claims that he abused women and teenagers, but the accusations gained renewed prominence after a documentary called surviving r kelly aired on us networks, which led to boycotts of mr kelly's music, with activists using the hashtag #muterkelly. and now, these charges, which some have said should have come years ago. kim gittleson, bbc news. british prime minister theresa may travels to the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh today foran eu summit with the arab league. brexit is expected to be discussed on the sidelines, but downing street downplayed the chances of a deal being agreed. the summit is the first to take place between leaders of the eu and the arab league. almost half of police forces in england are increasing the number of staff trained to use a taser, a bbc investigation has found. tasers use electricity to stun a person's muscles and prevent them from moving during dangerous situations. police chiefs say the move comes as attacks on officers have increased by 10% over the last year. jo taylor repor

the r&b star whose real name is robert sylvester kelly has faced decades of allegations of sexual abuse against women and girls underage. he has ever been convicted and priestley denied other allegations. the arrest warrant was issued for the 52—year—old and his lawyer says he is shellshocked and he had expect to turn himself in on friday —— expected. we believe those pictures of him actually doing that, more on that story on our website. construction workers doing dredging work on a dam in estonia saved what they believed was a dog trapped on the ice. they pulled the animal, stiff from the cold and with ice in its fur, out of the water, wrapped it in a towel and took it to warm up in their car. it was only when they were driving to an animal rescue centre that they began to think the creature they saved was not a dog, but a wolf. a local hunter confirmed it was a young male wolf, about a—year—old. estonia is home to hundreds of wolves. i believe it did not actually bite them, they are probably quite grateful for. a reminder of our top story: venezuela's opposition leader an

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. at one point he was the biggest name in r&b, but here r kelly is being is escorted by security as he handed himself into chicago police. # i believe i can fly... he has had massive crossover hits globally, through it all allegations and rumours of sexual abuse against underage girls were never far away. and in 2008 he went to trial on charges of child pornography, after a tape surfaced allegedly showed him having sex with a 13—year—old. but he was acquitted when the jury decided the tape wasn't clear enough. some women were paid not to talk and others started to come forward to say what had gone on. i did realise that he had a problem and i couldn't fix it. now prosecutors feel they have enough evidence to press charges relating to four victims. earlier today, robert kelly was indicted before a cook county grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. it appears a recent tv series speaking to alleged victims gave others the confidence to

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. in 2008, r kelly went on trial as of child pornography after a tape allegedly showed him having sex with allegedly showed him having sex with a 13—year—old but he was acquitted when thejury decided a 13—year—old but he was acquitted when the jury decided the tape was not clear enough. some women decided to talk. i did realise that he had a problem and i couldn't fix it. now prosecutors feel they have enough evidence to press charges relating to four victims. earlier today, robert kelly was indicted before a grandjury on robert kelly was indicted before a grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abusem appears a recent tv series speaking to alleged victims gave others the confidence to come forward to. to try and get justice confidence to come forward to. to try and getjustice against one of the biggest selling us stars for abuse allegations going back more than two decades. t

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. i'm joined now via webcam by documentary ben zand. he has made a documentary on bbc three about r kelly called "r kelly: sex, girls, and video tapes". thank you for being with us, this has been a story long in the development. can you give us the background to this, where have the claims first surfaced ? background to this, where have the claims first surfaced? it has been decades of claims. it started really when he was thought to have married a 15—year—old singer when he was 27. there have been numerous allegations around him but he is only been charged once before and this is significant. he has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, not be based around for allegedly picked, three who i thought to be between 13 to 16. 13 a lot of who i thought to be between 13 to 16.13 a lot of rumours and allegations for a time and this is the second time he has been taken to court and could actually face jail time so it is a big moment. fo

kelly has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse the singer whose real name is robert sylvester kelly has faced accusations of sexual misconduct against a woman for decades on thursday two women came forward alleging the singer assaulted them at a party in baltimore in the one nine hundred ninety s. he's never been convicted and he denies all of the allegations a public hearings began in bangladesh over the disputed december election the opposition says prime minister has seen his landslide win was rigged it's calling for the new vote under a neutral government that would charge reports from dhaka. several hundred people gathered here at the bangladesh supreme court auditorium for a public hearing on the controversial december thirty election this was called opposition l.-i the national unity front the candidate shared their experience what they face before during and on the day off the election i spoke to an independent analysts as to what they want to achieve through this kind of public airing this is what professor there are children had to say. to all the information togethe

the 52-year-old singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has been in police custody since turning himself in late last night. prosecutors say kelly abused four victims, three of whom were minors. the incidents allegedly took place between 1998 and 2010. kelly's lawyer is accusing the women of lying and trying to exploit the singer's fame. right now, you see there on the screen, the cook county state attorney speaking now. let's a take a listen. >> the victim in this case, the third victim, l.c., was involved in an incident which occurred on february 18th, 2003. a grand jury returned an indictment on one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, based on the transmission of sesemen by robert kelly, fore purpose of sexual gratification during the course of the underlying forcible felony of aggravated criminal sexual assault attempt. on february 18th, 2003, at 8:55 north laramy street in cloudchicago, while the victim s waiting alone in a room robert kelly to come in so she could braid his hair, he entered, saying he didn't want his hair braided that day. he wanted his head massaged

kelly's guilt. >> reporter: later, one of kelly's alleged victims speaking out in los angeles. >> robert sylvester kelly must be held accountable for the many lives he has ruined. >> reporter: the 52-year-old was booked in jail and couldn't come up with 10% of his bond until monday afternoon. >> he really doesn't have any money at this point. i don't think he owns the rights to "i believe i could fly." >> reporter: now, r. kelly's brother weighing in on the charges. >> robert is like the devil. he's sick. almost like a person that's on drugs that has an addiction. >> reporter: kelly continues to maintain his complete innocence. >> no one wants to be in jail. so, but he's strong and he knows, he knows what's there and he knows what kind of a fight he's going to be involved in. >> reporter: meanwhile, on social media, the singer continues to be the member of the mute r. kelly movement and calling on streaming services to ban his music. >> thank you very much, natalie. >>> it's called an atmospheric river is hitting parts of the west coast with heavy snow. you can see it on radar. >> people

kelly, his name is robert sylvester kelly. that is r. kelly, the r&b singer that everyone around the world knows of. she is going to be having a press conference later this afternoon. we are still waiting to find out exactly what those charges are. wean that they have something to do with the grand jury that had been convened. we learned and reported that that grand jury had been convened last week. and it has been going on since then. there have been days of this. there have been people, according to our sources, who have been coming in and out of the grand jury, witnesses have been coming in and out of that grand jury. we know that one of the witnesses we believe is someone who has been called a whistleblower who has information on r. kelly and the workings of the group around r. kelly. there are accusations about a new tape that we learned of and reported on last week. that new tape handed over by attorney michael avenatti who says on that tape there is indeed a 14-year-old girl or a minor who is involved in sex acts with r

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. monika plaha reports. at one point he was the biggest name in r&b, but here r kelly is being is courted by security as he had himself into chicago police. # i believe i can fly... he has had massive crossover hits globally, through it all allegations and rumours of sexual abuse against underage girls were never far away. and in 2008 he went to trial on charges of child pornography, after a tape surfaced allegedly showed him having sex with a 13—year—old. but he was acquitted when the jury decided the tape wasn't clear enough. some women were paid not to talk and others started to come forward to say what had gone on. talk and others started to come forward to say what had gone onlj did realise that he had a problem andi did realise that he had a problem and i couldn't fix it. now prosecutors feel they have enough evidence to press charges relating to four victims. earlier today robert kelly was indicted before ray cook county grand jury on ten counts of

r kelly, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, has faced decades of claims that he abused women and teenagers, but the accusations gained renewed prominence after a documentary called surviving r kelly aired on us networks, which led to boycotts of mr kelly's music, with activists using the hashtag #muterkelly. and now, these charges, which some have said should have come years ago. kim gittleson, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in morocco for a three day tour. it is the couple's first official visit to north africa. they were greeted at casablanca airport by soldiers, and were offered the traditional welcome of dates and milk. gender equality, which is promoted by the duchess, will be a focus during the royal couple's trip. the oscars is being held in hollywood this evening. the favourite — starring olivia colman — is up for ten awards, jointly leading the nominations with roma, a mexican film produced by netflix. there's hope for greater diversity among the winners this year after a shakeup in membership of the academy, following criticism that hollyw

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly, denies all the charges. the duke and duchess of sussex are to visit a school for girls in the atlas mountains on the first full day of their trip to morocco. they were greeted at casablanca airport by soldiers, and were offered the traditional welcome of dates and milk. kensington palace says the couple are pleased to be meeting so many young moroccans while they are in the country. prince harry they're possibly escaping the rugby results. what a result. as a rugby fan he would have appreciated that focus by wales. so interesting, the reaction on social media, either as interesting, the reaction on social media, eitherasa interesting, the reaction on social media, eitheras a neutral or some england fans saying it was a sensational performance. on such a run, 12 test wins on the bounce. you said they don't know how to lose anymore which is great considering it as anymore which is great considering itasa anymore which is great considering it as a world cup year, for wealth, maybe not so for england. england ha

his real name is robert sylvester kelly pete has been in police custody since turning himself in last night. prosecutors say that kelly abused four women. three of whom were minors between 1998 and 2010. kelly 's lawyer accuses the women of lying. >> right now he is presumed innocent. we have not seen anything, any reason to believe that these allegations are credible. arthel: matt finn is following this live from the courthouse in chicago. reporter: r. kelly needs to post just 10 percent of the million dollar bond but his attorney says, the singer is so broken he does not have $100,000 to get himself out of jail. so right now, we are having a standby to see if he can find himself out of jail. as part of the bond he must also submit his passport, stay away from witnesses in the case and also anyone under the age of 18. celebrity attorney michael avenatti who represent the stormy daniels claims, his rep sending at least one of the girls in the case. he says that he submitted the video to prosecutor that depicts robert kelly engage in a sexual act with a 14-year-old girl. today the stat

for far too long robert sylvester kelly must be held accountable for the many lives he h ruined. to mr. greenberg, it is so irresponsible to sta all the women are liars. the only person lying is your client. >> reporter: kelly, who has long maintained his innocee, was acquitted on child pornography charges in 2008. as a conditionf his release, r. kelly was ordered to surrender his passport, have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, nor contact with any alleged victimsn this case. our station here in chicago caught up with r. kelly's mana he said the singer plans to speak out soon. he's due back in court on march 2nd, craig. >> ron mott in chicago, thank du. >>> a wtory unfolding the oregon. nearly 200 people stranded on an amtrak train for more than a day after the train hit debris on the tracks. nbc national corresponde miguel almaguer is following this one for nius. good m. >> good morning. crews say they'll be able to reach that train this morning. after they do, it will head back to eugene and portland eventuly, but not before passengers recover from this agonizing exp

year old artist whose real name is robert sylvester kelley has faced accusations of child turn on her face sex with minors operating a sex calls and sexual battery denies the accusations. and then as well a self-proclaimed interim president has called on supporters to help trucks loaded with humanitarian aid crossed the border from colombia incumbent president nicolas maduro has ordered soldiers to stop the deliveries on friday two people died in clashes with the military at the brazilian border our reports starts with a charity concert to raise money for venezuela. the concert may have been held on colombian soil but it was all about venezuela. these are known for you. to perform with. the venezuelan migrant who sang his signature song many spanish for i left it's become the unofficial anthem for the several million venezuelans who fled their country's economic crisis some of those migrants attended the concert the emotions of what they've lost still roll oh you know. the concert is backed by british billionaire richard branson. he's hoping to raise one hundred million dollars to eig

real name is robert sylvester kelley turned himself into police on friday he's faced accusations of sexual misconduct against women for decades kelly has never been convicted and denies the accusations. as the ninety first academy awards ceremony on sunday and this year's foreign language films are getting a lot of attention one of them roma is also nominated in the best picture in the main best picture category and considered a front runner digital streaming platforms are giving them a bigger potential audience around the world rob reynolds has a preview. in capernaum lebanese director needs focus is on twelve year old zane who stands as a representative for the hundreds of millions of children worldwide war neglected abused and exploited zayn is a tough foul mouthed beirut kid played by zane all rafidah he flees his uncaring family to wander through the slums you finds a makeshift family with an undocumented ethiopian immigrant and her baby the film is a harrowing journey into the depths and yet at the very end like some impossible flower blooming amid the filth there is a brillia

kelly has been arrested on multiple charges of sexual abuse the fifty two year old is real name robert sylvester kelley turn himself into police on friday he's faced accusations of sexual misconduct against women for decades on thursday two women alleged your sort of them at a party in baltimore in the one nine hundred ninety s. he's never been convicted and denies the accusations. now the ninety first academy award ceremony will be held on sunday often overlooked in the glamour of the hollywood spectacle of the foreign language film category but once i mean sought out by fans in big cities it's now with digital streaming that can be seen in millions of homes around the world to see as lineup of best foreign language nominees has been called movie making at its best is rob reynolds. in capernaum lebanese director he's focus is on twelve year old zane who stands as a representative for the hundreds of millions of children worldwide war neglected abused and exploited zane is a tough foul mouth beirut kid played by seen all rafidah he flees his uncaring family to wander through the slums

old whose real name is robert sylvester kelley has faced accusations of child pornography sex with minors operating a sex coltan sexual battery he denies over charges. a powerhouse english football club chelsea have been banned from signing new place until the twenty twenty summit transfer window after breaching rules about signing minors fever found the premier league side guilty of twenty nine incidences related to the transfer of players under the age of eighteen the game's world governing body also fine the english football association the club released a statement refuting the charges insisting they have complied with the for the rules regulations and chelsea plans to appeal the decision more on this from rob harris he's a football writer with the associated press news agency joins us from london welcome rob what are chelsea said to have done wrong. well this all relates to the prohibition of signing international players under the age of eighteen so what shells you do today is having players under the age of eighteen and it's academy when they should all be registered in some cases

real name is robert sylvester kelley has faced claims of sexual abuse against women for decades on thursday two women came forward alleging the singer assaulted them at a party in baltimore in the one nine hundred ninety s. he's never been convicted and denies all the allegations u.s. media reports say the fifty two year old will face court on march the eighth. u.s. actor has been cut from the t.v. show empire after allegedly staging a hoax hate crime against himself. paid two brothers to beat him up in a staged racist and homophobic attack because he was unhappy with his salary they've charged him with filing a false police report smell it has been released on bail for one hundred thousand dollars and has had his passport taken away all the oscars are just days away and the biggest event in to town has already been shrouded in control a-c. again industry pressure is force the academy to reverse its decision to award some prizes during the commercial breaks and this year's show will go on without a host of to the original choice pulled out last month from brunell's has more from hollywood.

the singer, whose real name is robert sylvester kelly denies all of the charges and is due to appear in court in chicago today. at one point he was the biggest name in r&b, but here r kelly