this is bbc news. i'm martine croxhall. the headlines at 8:00pm: a royal marine has pleaded guilty to terror charges after he made bombs and stored weapons for dissident northern irish republicans. the us has imposed new sanctions on iran as president trump warned it's ‘playing with fire‘ over its ballistic missile test launch. a french soldier guarding the louvre museum in paris has shot and wounded by an attacker armed with a machete. a former sheffield council boss who forced teenagers to engage in sex acts to get grant payments has been jailed for 16 years. and in the next hour: a vegetable crisis hits supermarkets — two major supermarkets are rationing iceberg lettuces and broccoli because of a shortage caused by bad weather in southern europe. and a town reunited — tadcaster‘s bridge reopens, more than a year after it collapsed in the floods of christmas 2015. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. a royal marine commando from northern ireland has pleaded guilty to hoarding explosives and making bombs. 31—year—old ciaran maxwell was arrested last year after police found two arms dumps in county antrim. unknown to the marines, while serving he had also been preparing for acts of terrorism, including compiling a list of targets, to be used by dissident republicans. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the story. he was a member of the uk's elite royal marines unit a0 commando, after passing the gruelling 32—week training course. but today, ciaran maxwell and admitted that for five years he was also helping dissident republicans in northern ireland to build up hidden stockpiles of explosives, weapons and ammunition. ciaran maxwell grew up in larne, some 20 miles north of belfast, a largely unionist town with some strong loyalist paramilitary links.

a bmx fan who came from a catholic family, as a teenager he was on the fringe of republican activity in the town. in the early 2000s, larne was seeing a lot of attacks by loyalists. in 2002, ciaran maxwell himself was badly beaten up and ended up in hospital in belfast with a fractured skull. but eight years later, despite his background, he joined the royal marines, posting this footage of his training on his facebook page, leaving some politicians to suggest there was a failure to adequately check his past, or to monitor who he was mixing with on his trips back home. once he was in the marines and had access to all of the training

and weaponry, there appears to have been no attempt to make sure that he wasn't using the opportunities that were available to him to help terrorists in northern ireland. last spring, police in northern ireland uncovered two arms dumps near larne in a country park and a remote forest. hidden in plastic barrels in the woods were, among other things, claymore mines, capable of killing several people, pipe bombs, ammunition and an armour—piercing mortar. it was the most significant arms cache found in northern ireland in recent years but it was the two claymore antipersonnel mines, clearly stolen from the british armed forces, that caused the greatest alarm. the claymore mines led the police back to ciaran maxwell's

barracks in somerset. further searches of his home and nearby woods uncovered electronic components and notes on making bombs. it was clear to detectives that they had found a serving royal marine who was actively helping republican dissidents, men who were targeting police and prison officers. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are katie martin from the financial times, and oliver wright, policy editor at the times. the trump administration has imposed sanctions on 13 people and a dozen companies in response to iran's recent ballistic missile test. earlier today president trump continued his criticism of iran, saying on twitter that the country was "playing with fire." mr trump said his predecessor barack 0bama had been "kind" in making a deal with tehran over its nuclear programme, but warned that he would be taking a very different approach. it comes after social media posts by the president yesterday, in which he warned iran had been "put on notice" after their test of the missile at the weekend. iran has insisted it would never use its weapons except in self defence, and said the sanctions violated us legal commitments.

donald trump's press secretary sean spicer has been giving his press briefing and was asked whether americans should expect the possibility of us military action against iran. look, i've said this before, and the president's been very clear — he doesn't take options off the table but he if understands the impact of something like that. the sanctions today, i think, are going to be very, very strong and impactful, and i hope that iran realises that after the provocative measures that they've taken, that they understand that this president and this administration is not going to sit back and take it lightly. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, david willis. barack 0bama ba rack 0bama imposed barack 0bama imposed sanctions for similar reasons on iran. how is this any different? it is different because what is happening here is the trump administration is tackling

the trump administration is tackling the behaviour, as it sees it, of a run in the region. it sees it as provocative and also destabilising, so provocative and also destabilising, so these sanctions today coming after mike flynn, the national security adviser, announced the other day was putting iran "0n notice." as he put it, because of its firing of a ballistic missile in the region. that, the united states says, is a breach of our security council resolution, and not a contravention of the iran nuclear deal, and the trump administration at the moment seems to be trying to walk the fine line separating those two things, the iran nuclear deal and iran's behaviour overall. the latter is something the 0bama administration did not seem particularly worried about. how focused, then, is the trump administration as a hall on iran? focused, then, is the trump administration as a hall on iran7m seems to be very occupied,

preoccupied, with iran. the nuclear deal was described by donald trump is the worst deal ever. he said he wa nted is the worst deal ever. he said he wanted to get out of it. they do not seem to be actually acting on that at the moment. the action today reinforcing that pledge by mike flynn to put iran on notice seemed to be to do with the behaviour of a run in the region, behaviour which the united states believes is provocative and potentially destabilising to stop while we still have you here, david, tell us about the visas and just how many people have been affected by that ban on seven countries? yes, some dispute about the figures, but they were saying earlier on, the government, a federal lawyer, actually saying in court, the figure, and the state department could sit at 60,000 visas denied, pending review, as it were,

which could of course take some while. the white house, after all the confusion of the last few days, finally came out and said that green ca rd finally came out and said that green card holders are exempt from this ban, but confusion continues, it would seem. david willis in washington, thank you very much. president trump has also been signing executive orders regarding the us financial industry. today we are signing core principles for regulating the united states financial system. his order takes the first step to try to scale back us financial services regulations and review the 2010 dodd—frank financial regulations, which some people on wall street say are overly—restrictive. the law was brought in after the 2008—09 financial crisis with the aim of avoiding another financial meltdown. a man armed with a machete has been shot and wounded after he attacked guards at the louvre museum in paris. hundreds of tourists

were in the building at the time. the attack is being treated as a terrorist incident after the man shouted ‘god is great‘ in arabic. from the french capital jonny dymond has more. and tonight it has been confirmed the attacker was egyptian. in the heart of paris, at the entrance to one of its cultural treasures, an attacker is brought down by the military. he was stopped as he tried to enter the shops beneath the louvre. he was told he couldn't take his bags in. he shouted allahu akbar — god is the greatest, in arabic. and then swung at a soldier with a machete. five shots were fired, all around, confusion and fear. translation: it happened very fast, really it all went quickly. everyone was panicking and we thought of our lives and we saw death coming for us, with everything's that's been

happening at the moment. we were very very scared. and later, this footage showed an injured soldier being wheeled away for treatment. the french president in malta at the eu summit said it was a terrorist attack. the situation, he said, was under control. translation: the threat is there. it remains, and we have to face it. we mobilise our resources and will continue to do so as long as it is needed. for the authorities, this was proof that the high—profile security presence in the capital and across france really does work. it was also a reminder of the attacks that took so many lives here, and of the threat that remains in paris and beyond. paris and france remain on alert. this attack was foiled, but few people think it will be the last. jonny diamond, bbc news, paris. a bbc news investigation has

revealed how sheffield city council failed to stop an employee, a predatory sex offender, from abusing his victims in council offices over two decades. roger dodds has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. the council was first told about the allegations against dodds back in 1981, but didn't inform the police. years later, following further allegations, they allowed him to take early retirement with an enhanced pension. michael buchanan has the story. 1980, olympic gold for seb coe. celebrating in the athlete's parents' front room, a sexual predator. at this very time, roger dodds was abusing young men at sheffield city council. today, the court heard, he used his friendship with seb coe to lure a boy to sheffield, and abuse him. after escaping justice for decades, the 81—year—old was this afternoon sentenced to 16 years in prison.

in the 1970s dodds used to work here, giving grants to sheffield students. he used thatjob to sexually assault some of those teenage applicants. decades later, his victims are speaking out. very gradually, his left hand started to feel its way towards my rightjeans pocket... this man was assaulted at his very first visit with dodds, and on several other visits too. dodds had a big bunch of keys with him. he opened the door to this type of classroom, for want of a better word. i went in, in front of him, and i remember turning around and looking at roger dodds with his big bunch of keys, locking the door. that was horrifying. in 1981, a raft of allegations were made against roger dodds. the council launched an inquiry. richard rowe, a colleague, gave evidence, telling officials he had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by his manager over 18 months.

the investigation led to sheffield city council simply moving dodds to another post. thisjob, whilst based in the department, it regularly took him to schools. once i found that out i was horrified. the newjob gave dodds unregulated and unsupervised access to schools. a decade later, in 1993, kenny dale, another council employee, was assaulted by roger dodds. kenny complained. the council acted. unbelievably, they gave dodds early retirement with an enhanced pension. the council are so responsible. they allowed it to happen. everyone knew. everyone in the council knew, but they chose to do nothing about it. in 2008, three victims told

police about dodds' abuse. the crown prosecution service chose not to charge him, but sheffield city council ordered an internal enquiry which we've learned concluded that the council were complicit in allowing dodds to abuse. despite the fact that this happened more than a quarter of a century ago, we have accepted responsibility, and do not seek to defend the indefensible. such a good friend... roger dodds' victims have become friends in adversity, but given the number of young men who passed through dodds' office, few believe that they are the only ones harmed by a sexual predator protected by his employer. the headlines on bbc news approaching 8:15pm: a royal marine has pleaded guilty to terror charges after he made bombs and stored weapons for dissident northern irish republicans. the us has imposed new sanctions on iran as president trump warned it‘s ‘playing with fire‘ over its ballistic missile test launch.

a french soldier guarding the louvre museum in paris has shot and wounded an attacker armed with a machete. the authorities in france have confirmed the attacker was egyptian. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here‘s lizzie greenwood—hughes. good evening. dan evans is on court in ottawa in the first match of britain‘s davis cup tie against canada. evans is playing denis shapovalov, the 17—year—old wimbledon junior champion. these are live pictures from the court... evansis evans is leading the way because the world number one andy murray is resting after the australian open, and he is doing well, already 2—0 up after the first set having broken the ca nadian‘s service. after the first set having broken the canadian‘s service. 2—0 up for eva ns. parliament will next week debate how

english football is governed as mp‘s english football is governed as mps try to improve the way the sport is run. the culture, media and sport committee will bring a motion of ‘no confidence‘ in the football association‘s ability to restructure itself. the fa have responded saying they‘re committed to working with the government. here‘s our sports news correspondent richard conway with more. this is the culture, media and sport select committee, cross body mps, who have frankly had their patients warned slightly thin by the football association in recent years. they have had two report into the governance of football, and as they see it the fa needs to reform, needs to look at how it governs itself, and needs to look at the make up of its board level. they think the power from the football league, the premier league, is too entrenched, that there is not enough diversity within that group of decision—makers, and also that throughout the organisation. the stoke city manager mark hughes

says he sees ‘no reason‘ to exclude new signing saido berahino for tomorrow‘s premier league meeting with the striker‘s old club — west brom. it‘s been confirmed berahino served an eight—week fa suspension last year. it follows newspaper reports today, that he failed an ‘out of competition drugs test‘ but it‘s unconfirmed by either club or the fa. he served a ban here at west brom andi he served a ban here at west brom and i don‘t really want to comment on the reason why, but i will go back to seeing what i said then, and i will see it again. saido never played for me or did not play regularly for me because he was not fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter, and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information, and thatis release any of that information, and that is an fa directive. newcastle united manager rafa benitez has said he won‘t quit despite reports this morning he could be considering his future on tyneside. the club, currently second in the championship, in the championship, failed to make a signing

in the january transfer window and reports suggested owner mike asshley had retaken control of transfers instead of benitez. i will not quit, i will not leave, because i am happy, so i am ready to fight, to try to get the three points in the next game and the promotion at the end of the season. that is so simple, so clear. rugby union‘s six nations gets underway this weekend. scotland and ireland get the men‘s tournament underway tomorrow at 2115. but the women are already underway. around two minutes left on the clock. at the moment it is a draw, but if they were to do this... scotla nd but if they were to do this... scotland have never won aid six nations match in six years, so they will be doing everything they can in

this opening match to try to win that match against ireland. just some cricket for you now. cricket captain alastair cook received his cbe from prince charles today for services to the sport. he received his medal at buckingham palace after a year in which he became the first english batsman to score 10,000 test runs. there is some uncertainty as to whether he will continue as captain after losing the test series to india.. that is all the sport for now. back to you. thank you. theresa may has used an eu summit to tell fellow nato leaders

first english batsman to score 10,000 test runs. —— theresa may has used an eu summit to tell fellow nato leaders they should spend more on defence. the prime minister said the commitment to nato by president trump would ensure greater security for both the uk and europe. mr trump has accused other nato members of not spending enough on their military. here‘s our deputy political editor, john pienaar. a stroll in the sun among europe‘s leaders, but soon theresa may will be walking alone after brexit. then she‘ll need all the friends she can get. friends she believes like donald trump, she took his hand last week and took home his promise of 100% commitment to the nato alliance. officials have their uses, one high—ranking civil servant was suddenly appointed bag carrier today. she had work to do. offering to help the eu in future just as she had helped the cause of nato. will that us relationship help in that? well, it is important that we got the 100% commitment to nato.

because nato has been so crucial in keeping the security, protecting the security, notjust of the uk, but also of europe, and will do so in the future. but as we look to our negotiations what i want to build with the eu is a strong partnership, we want a strong continuing eu and a strong partnership because we are not leaving europe. we are leaving the eu. the prime minister‘s flying visit here is just part of her mission to hold onto britain‘s global clout after brexit. theresa may‘s hope, by showing she can deal with donald trump and get results, she will get a better brexit deal from eu leaders who may look to her to help fight europe‘s corner with the new president. but like so much of theresa may‘s plan for brexit, it won‘t be easy. theresa may‘s welcome was warm enough at this informal summit, though she could be forgiven a few nerves. not everyone was interested in new ways to connect with president trump. "we‘ve got twitter for that", one leader said. and president hollande insisted it was france‘s job to develop the eu‘s special relationship with america after brexit, but the eu council president donald tusk saw a role for theresa may and britain. the uk, inside or outside europe, can develop helpful, and i have no doubt... i have no doubt after today‘s

discussions, what theresa may said, i have no doubt we can feel some kind of solidarity. but the summit host warned the eu would fight its own corner if necessary against president trump. we cannot stay silent where there are principles involved. and, as in any good relationship, we will have and we will speak very clearly where we think those principles are being trampled on. just now the mood‘s almost amicable. eu leaders took a boat ride together today, but hard negotiations to come will decide how far britain stays aboard with europe‘s future, or whether the uk will chart its own course alone. the energy firm npower is raising its electricity and gas prices by an average of 10% — one of the largest rises by a "big six" energy supplierfor years. the decision has been brought into question by the energy regulator 0fgem, which has called on npower to justify the price hike to its customers. npower has blamed a rise in wholesale costs. thousands of romanians have gathered

in the centre of the capital bucharest for the fourth night in a row to demonstrate against government plans to downgrade some corruption offences. these are the live pictures coming from the capital. the proposals means that public officials will be spared a jail sentence if they were involved in crimes amounting to less than £40,000. they‘re the biggest demonstrations in the country since the fall of communism. the defence secretary is warning that russia is using sustained cyber attacks to target democracy and infrastructure systems in the west. sir michael fallon says moscow is "weaponising misinformation" in an attempt to destabilise nato. 0ur correspondent daniel boettcher reports. attacks in cyberspace, a risk to personal data, to infrastructure, and there are increasing concerns about the dangers of what‘s being termed "cyber warfare" as a risk to national security. in a speech the defence secretary

sir michael fallon has accused russia of carrying out a sustained campaign of cyber attacks against the west. we find ourselves dealing with a country that is westernising —— weaponising information and has created what we now see to be the post—truth age. and finally there is the use of cyber weapon to disrupt our infrastructure and disable democratic machines. the russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the united states of america... russia stands accused of meddling in the american presidential election — us intelligence claiming that was sanctioned at the highest level, though that is denied by the kremlin. and germany believed hackers working for russia targeted its parliament in 2015. the defence secretary‘s warning about russia follows comments made by the nato secretary general last week. i trust the reports we have seen from many national intelligence services,

including from germany, the united states and others, that russia is behind many of the cyber attacks, and we have seen the same pattern against for instance nato‘s own cyber networks. meanwhile an influential group of mps has warned that the government needs to raise its game to counter cyber threats. the public accounts committee says ministers haven‘t consolidated what they call an alphabet soup of agencies, and they are struggling to find enough people with the right skills. if something goes wrong, it could close down hospitals, we could have a loss of important data, there are serious things which could happen now with the skills of some of the hackers out there. the cabinet office says the government has acted with pace and ambition, with a national strategy backed by £1.9 billion of investment, and the national cyber security centre, which has been running for four months, says it has transformed how the uk deals with cyber security. some supermarkets are running low on supplies of vegetables — asda, tesco and morrisons have even introduced rationing,

as heavy rain and snow in spain have decimated the harvest. lettuce is worst affected but there‘s also a shortage of courgettes, aubergines, peppers and broccoli, as emma simpson reports. there‘s plenty of lettuce here, but it will cost you. at fruity fresh, they sell produce to restaurants, cafes, small shops and the public. like elsewhere, they rely on spain to help keep the shelves full over winter, but it hasn‘t been easy. we‘ve never seen anything like this before. we haven‘t struggled to get these items at this time of the year from spain before, and it is a real problem. you‘ve got courgettes. yes, these are moroccan courgettes, and they are a much higher price than we are used to supplying that.

it used to be two for £1 but now the price is quadrupled. aubergines were at £1.30 per kilo, but now look at the cost. this wholesale business can get its hands on most things, at a price. this is the thing — some of the businesses it usually sells to have been turning to the supermarkets instead, in search of better deals. that might help explain this — social media awash with tales of shortages. morrisons, tesco and asda are all restricting sales of iceberg lettuce, to make sure there is enough to go round. some other veg is being rationed. one answer is making do with what you can get. the owner of this glasgow cafe is simply adapting his menu. it is fresh every day, and if we know there is not going to be any courgettes, we maybe substitute it with cucumber or something like that. we like to keep our prices manageable for everyone. first it was flooding and waterlogged fields, and then spain was hit by snow, which made things even worse.

experts warn that supplies may not get back to normal until at least the middle of next month. a bridge in the north yorkshire town of tadcaster, which collapsed at the height of the christmas floods in 2015, has been reopened. for the last year the town has been split the town in two, with residents forced to take a long detour, but today the town‘s schoolchildren marked its reopening by walking from one side to the other. police could scarcely believe their luck when they found a burglar dangling out of a bathroom window in radcliffe, near bury. sean crawshaw got stranded as he tried to break into the house. 0fficers cautioned him as he hung out the first floor window. it took fire crews 20 minutes to free crawshaw who has now been jailed for two years. former shadow chancellor and strictly star ed balls has been in his old seat of normanton

today giving children a gangnam style masterclass. he even persuaded his wife and local mp yvette cooper to join in. pupils at normanton common school were expecting a political talk when ed and his professional dance partner katya jones surprised them. he‘s in leeds tonight performing with the strictly tour. well, i hope all of those lifts go very well for him. let‘s take a look at the weather with helen. it will be wet and windy, like in weymouth and many southern counties.

these gusts of 50 or 60 mph, giving nasty conditions out on the road. that rain heading northwards through the night, adding a wintry mix to the night, adding a wintry mix to the weather is special in scotland. an icy start to saturday. but the sunshine will stuff that wintry mix with the wind, and the showers in the south—west litter. for many parts, not as mild as it has been this week but dry with good spells of sunshine. sunday will pick up with showers across central areas and an icy start and possibly some fog again. there will be some sunshine, some frost, but sunshine for most of us.