this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: breast surgeon ian paterson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out unnecessary operations, after falsely telling patients they had breast cancer. he took everything away from me and i'm still... up until today, this has been going on now since the 90s, and only today i've gotjustice. he took away my youth. 80 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the afghan capital, kabul, after a massive car bomb near the german embassy. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he will take part in a televised bbc debate this evening and challenges the prime minister, theresa may, to do the same. i invite her to go to cambridge and debate her policies, debate to record, debate their plans, debate their proposals, and let... and let the public make up their mind. well, i'm interested, you know, in the fact jeremy corbyn seems to be paying far more attention to how many appearances on telly he's doing. i think it ought to be paying

a little more attention to thinking about brexit negotiations, that's what i'm doing. i'm clive myrie live in cambridge for tonight's debate which promises fireworks and passion as representatives of all the seven major parties in the election go head—to—head, live on stage. also in the next hour... police investigating the manchester attack are searching a house in the south of the city. a police cordon is in place around a street in rusholme — they're asking the public to avoid the area. arsene wenger signs on the dotted line and says he wants to win next season's premier league title. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a breast surgeon, who carried out

a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the west midlands, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. ian paterson was found guilty last month of wounding with intent, and unlawful wounding — in a case involving 10 private patients. our health editor hugh pym sent this report from nottingham crown court. ian paterson, once a higher earning and highly regarded surgeon, now a convicted criminal about to begin a 15 year jail sentence. some of the patients that he harmed arrived at court in nottingham this morning to hear the sentencing. the judge, mrjustice jeremy baker, said paterson carried out unnecessary breast surgery which had a profound physical and psychological effect, and left his patients feeling violated and vulnerable. i just want to say thank you to the judge, at last today we have got justice. we waited for years for this and finally mr paterson has been stopped. over four years of trauma and stress.

in trying to bring this man to account. no amount of prison sentence will ever compensate what myself and other people affected have gone through. the number of victims who were harmed is said by their lawyers to run into the hundreds, possibly even thousands, but paterson's motives still remain a mystery... perhaps he likes the adoration of the patient. if you tell someone they are going to die of breast cancer but if you let me operate on you, you're not, and then tell them afterwards that the pathology shows that yes, if i hadn't operated, you were going to get breast cancer, even though it's untrue, that patient is grateful and likes you, and indeed all the patients, before they found out that he had actually misled them, thought he was a wonderful doctor. a high court action for damages against nhs trust and private hospitals where he worked, and paterson himself, is set to begin in the autumn. well, a few minutes ago our correspondent phil mackie gave us this update.

there were no tears, there was nothing really, he just generally sat looking down and occasionally shook his head. i think what they have always wanted from him was some kind of apology and also an explanation, why did he do what he did? we have never really got to the bottom of that. the police suggested that it was maybe purely forfinancial gain. he was able to charge for the surgery he carried out, and in some cases there was evidence that he charged more than he should have done. and also this idea that he had a god complex, and he was playing with their lives and he got a kick out of carrying out the surgery, telling people that their lives were at risk and that he'd managed to save their lives, we just will never know. now he's going to serve 15 years in prison, he could be eligible for parole much earlier than that, of course. ithink... the feeling i get, speaking to many of the victims who have been outside court here for the last couple of hours, is that is at the lower end of their expectations.

most of them hoped he would be sent to prison for longer than 15 years. but, of course, today and the sentencing isn't the end of the search for justice, is it, phil? no, there are lots of other angles, there is a compensation claim, a civil action, we understand there are 650 patients involved in that. that has gone up considerably since the conviction and is likely to go up again as a result of sentencing today, and that is a case that will last for around a month and be heard at the crown court at the end of october. there are also calls from the patients and their lawyers and representatives and other patients' groups for a public inquiry in to what went wrong in this case. all of the parties, there's an election campaign that is underway, they have all indicated they would support an inquiry, whether it is a public inquiry or something slightly different, we'll have to wait to see whoever wins the election to decide what they decide to do later on. but there are serious questions to be answered

about the way the nhs is run, because he had nhs patients, but also private hospital are run as well. they don't appear to be subject to the same regulations as doctors working in the nhs, and also there is a sense that people knew and had suspicions about the kind of surgery he was carrying out and the kind of man he was, a man prepared to mutilate patients for his own gain and yet they weren't listened to or were brushed under the carpet. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has made a surprise entry into tonight's bbc election debate and has challenged theresa may to join bbc election debate and has challenged theresa may tojoin him on the other leaders in cambridge. but the prime minister is refusing to ta ke but the prime minister is refusing to take part in any debate so home secretary amber rudd will be representing the tories. clive myrie is in cambridge, where that debate will be held. clive? good afternoon simon and anita. the sun has gone in a bit here, it has become a bit overcast but still a wonderful setting for a debate, i think you will agree. behind me the imposing neoclassical

facade of senate house at cambridge university, usually use the graduation ceremonies. the question is, will be top of the class tonight after that seven way debate here taking place this evening? as you say, jeremy corbyn has now decided he will throw his hat in the ring and turn up here. i think that is a reflection of the confidence that seems to be coursing through the veins of labour party activists at the moment. they are seeing their success s0 the moment. they are seeing their success so far replicated in the polls, they are seeing their campaign seems to be gaining traction with voters out there and jeremy corbyn has now decided, despite saying a few weeks ago that he wouldn't turn up here unless theresa may turned up, he has now decided he is going to turn up here. in fact, over the last couple of hours or so he has been taunting theresa may for her no—show. it's very odd that you have an election campaign where we go out and talk to people, all the time, and the prime minister seems to have difficulty in meeting

anyone or having a debate. and so, there is a debate in cambridge tonight. i don't know what she's doing this evening, but it isn't farfrom london. i invite her to go to cambridge and debate her policies, debate her record, debate their plans, debate their proposals, and let the public make up their mind. cheering and applause no, no, no says theresa may, the prime minister. she has made it clear this campaign she won at debate live face—to—face with jeremy corbyn and she is sticking to that. public scrutiny is a very important part of any election campaign. he is now up for a head—to—head debate, doesn't suggest that you're frightened of taking him on directly, if you don't go too? as you know laura, first of all i've been taking jeremy corbyn on direct week in and week out in prime minister's questions. secondly, actually, yes, public scrutineers for an election

campaign, but that's why taking questions from members of the public, who are going to be voting on the 8th ofjune, is so important. that's what i enjoy doing during the campaigns, and i think that's really important. that's why i've been doing that up and around the country. but i think the other important question is, i feel sorry for itv, why didn't he do their debate? so 50 it will be the home secretary amber so it will be the home secretary amber rudd standing in for prime minister tonight. this is the only seven way debate during the whole campaign. that means all the main parties will be represented here. the only occasion that will happen. tim farron will be here for the lib dems, jeremy corbyn, as we've been talking about, caroline lucas, co—leader of the greens, leanne wood, of plaid cymru, paul nuttall and angus robertson, as well as amber rudd. the audience will be

around 130—135 people, picked to represent a ci’oss around 130—135 people, picked to represent a cross section of society across the uk. equally split between remain as magath and brexiteers following the referendum. and they have been drawing lots among the panellists as to who will be giving the opening remarks and closing remarks. that is all they know at the moment. they have no idea what the moment. they have no idea what the questions will be that we'll be coming from the audience. it should be an interesting and lively affair and perhaps given an added bit of spice with the addition ofjeremy corbyn. with that, back to you. studio: thank you, clive. and you can watch the bbc election debate 2017 here on the bbc news channel. we'll have live coverage with clive myrie from 7pm this evening. hamerton zoo, where a keeper was killed after a tiger entered the enclosure she was in, will "remain closed", a spokesperson has said. an investigation has now been launched by huntingdonshire district council following the death of rosa king on monday.

live now to our correspondent, ben ando, who is at hamerton zoo in cambridgeshire for us now. what more is being said about this investigation? well, what i can tell you is the investigation at the moment is kind of going along two parallel lines. the police are investigating on behalf of the coroner, huntington district council, the licensing authority are investigating any potential breaches of health and safety regulations. they are both sharing information with each other, both working together. you can see behind me a white police van. officers had just arrived with and have been wheeling equipment out of the back, presumably some kind of friend of equipment. we have seen police officers coming and going with members of the zoo staff taking them off to be interviewed, to give statements. they have also been talking to members of the public who saw what happened, to

build upa public who saw what happened, to build up a complete picture of how it was that rosa king came to be in the enclosure at the same time as the enclosure at the same time as the tiger that mauled her to death. one thing people here have been saying, one man who says he visits the zoo often with his wife and is often seeing the zookeepers feeding the tigers, he said he has never, ever seen a zoo keeper the tigers, he said he has never, ever seen a zoo keeper into a pen at the same time as the tiger. how she came to be in the pen at the same time as the tiger is right at the heart, i think, time as the tiger is right at the heart, ithink, of time as the tiger is right at the heart, i think, of this investigation. thank you for that update. a car bomb has exploded in the diplomatic quarter of the afghan capital, kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 300. the country's president has called it was a cowardly attack on innocent civilians. just a warning — tom burridge's report contains some distressing images from the start. makeshift ambulances brought them in this morning, as kabul‘s hospitals were overwhelmed. at least 80 people killed when a huge truck bomb

exploded during rush hour. several hundred people were injured. it is one of the worst bomb attacks in afghanistan in years. translation: i heard a terrible sound and became unconscious. i opened my eyes and found myself under the desk. blood was coming out of my shoulder. it was a dreadful explosion. this video taken miles from the blast shows how powerful it was. the bbc‘s reporter has been at the scene. it was a water tanker or a lorry full of explosives that hit this strategic location right in the heart of kabul. it is very close to the german embassy, indian embassy, french and british embassies. the explosion only a short distance from afg hanistan's presidential palace. this is the german embassy today, badly damaged. germany's foreign minister said

the unimaginable death toll was proof that terror continues to target western institutions, but also local people. a bbc team were in the area and hit by the blast, killing driver mohammed nazir. the bbc described him as a popular colleague, with a young family. nato and some british troops are still based in afghanistan, but the fact that militants were able to get such a large bomb into the city's heavily guarded political zone shows how fragile afg hanistan's security picture has become. so far, neither the taliban nor the so—called islamic state in afghanistan have claimed responsibility. attacks in kabul are not unusual. but this was a bombing on another scale and among the dead, women and children. tom burridge, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news:

it is almost 3:15pm. breast surgeon ian paterson is sentenced to 15 yea rs ian paterson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out unnecessary operations after falsely telling patients they have breast cancer. jeremy corbyn will appear in tonight's tv debate with representatives of six other major parties. the afghan president describes the car bomb in kabul‘s diplomatic quarter — which killed at least 80 people — as an inhuman act. arsenal have described him as the best person to help them win the premier league again. arsene wenger signed a new two—year contract with the club as he admits his decision to stay was not straightforward. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova has been knocked out. she had only returned from a five—month break had only returned from a five—month brea k after had only returned from a five—month break after she was stabbed in the hand by a burglar. and england captain eoin morgan has been talking ahead of tomorrow's champions trophy opener against bangladesh. he says

ben stokes is set to bowl, despite suffering from a knee problem. i will be back with more on those stories after 3:30pm. police investigating the manchester arena attack are searching a house in rusholme in the south of the city. greater manchester police say a cordon is in place at the address in banff road. 1a men are currently being held in custody in connection with the attack. our home affairs correspondentjune kelly is in rusholme in south manchester for us now. what is happening right now? what is the latest on the investigation? simon, a large number of police arrived at this address this morning and then the bomb squad arrived. they were here for some time. they have now left. interestingly, this address is close to wilmslow road and last night the police said they we re and last night the police said they were focusing on wilms rob wrote because they have now established in the days before the attack salman abedi kept coming back here with his blue suitcase. that is a suitcase

police released an image of a couple of days ago. they are trying to establish what he was doing down here, who potentially he might have been seeing. what the police have also said in relation to the investigation if they have established in the days before the attack, salman abedi came back to the uk on the 18th of may, they have established in the following days up to the bombing he seemed to be largely alone, and that included when he was assembling his bomb components and amassing what he was going to use in that deadly bomb. this is all new lines of inquiry emerging. also what's interesting is, in terms of who was he potentially working with, last week the police were saying he was part of the network. now the language has changed somewhat. they are saying, obviously acknowledging he was alone a lot in those final days, saying the network theory, saying it something they can't pull out. 0bviously still a very sensitive

time there. manchester city council, they have had something to say about what will happen to his remains? that's right, obviously now this is a question about what happens to his remains. what they have said in a statement this morning is under no circumstances would we allow the body of the perpetrator of the hedonists attack, just arena to be buried or cremated in manchester. an unequivocal statement from the council. finally on the investigation, we still have 11 people in custody. three men were released last night and they include two cousins of salman abedi and another man who rented a flat to him. june kelly, thank you. meanwhile, preparations are underway for the one love manchester concert on sunday. american singer ariana grande will return to the city for the first time since the bombing. old trafford cricket ground is being prepared for the concert, which will also feature coldplay, justin bieber, katy perry and take that. and last night, liam gallagher gave an emotional performance in manchester, his home city, telling the crowd

that "normal service has resumed". 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson was there. # and there's no easy way out... liam gallagher, back in manchester, back on stage, and looking back to last week's events. 22 candles were lined up in front of the drum kit, one for each person killed in the terrorist attack. and it didn't take him long to issue a defiant statement. normal business has resumed! cheering what made this gig different was the singing between the songs. the audience on numerous occasions spontaneously bursting into chants of "stand up for the 22". stand up for the 22! stand up for the 22...! this was one of manchester's biggest music stars returning home to deliver a set including 0asis classics like live forever, rock and roll star.

0ne song noticeable by its absence, the one which has become an anthem to unity here over the last week, don't look back in anger. but then, it was noel who sang that one. liam didn't sing it, but his fans did. staying behind inside the venue long after the show ended. # but don't look back in anger, i heard you say. it's amazing. you could feel the hearts of the people for the 22, you know. it was dead good. the atmosphere inside was emotional. i honestly felt that this was exactly what manchester needed this week. an 0asis reunion was always highly unlikely. but it has surprised many that noel gallagher is not in the line—up for ariana grande's all—star fundraising show in manchester this sunday. could he be a surprise on the day?

or perhaps join coldplay for a version of the song which has become a soundtrack to a city trying to move on? colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. a 30—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a woman and two children were found dead in a flat in liverpool. police were called to the address near toxteth yesterday evening — they say they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. police hunting for a prisoner who escaped from a hospital in salisbury in wiltshire, say the escape may have been pre—planned and he may have received help. michal kisier, who's thought to be armed with a razor blade, overpowered his guards at the hospital last night. police say he is dangerous, and that members of the public should not approach him; they're urging anyone who sees a man matching his description to contact police immediately. 0ur correspondentjon kay is at salisbury hospital for us now. a massive search underway right now?

there is. wiltshire police seem to be using all the toys they have in their box to try and find this man. the force helicopter has been up. they've been using drones in the immediate area around this hospital site and police search dogs to see if they can pick up some kind of scent. they are doing everything they can to find this man, michal kisiel, last seen here at the hospital at around seven o'clock last night. we are beginning to build upa last night. we are beginning to build up a picture of what happened. it seems he was being held as an inmate at erlestoke prison here in wildschut and suffered some kind of head wound in his cell when he was found dead yesterday afternoon. he was brought here to salisbury hospital to receive treatment. he was handcuffed and had gods with him, but somehow, with not being told how, somehow he gave those guards the slip. he said to have overwhelmed them and he escaped from

this site apparently in possession ofa this site apparently in possession of a razor blade. for that reason police say he is a dangerous man in possession of a dangerous weapon and thatis possession of a dangerous weapon and that is why they are so keen to try and find him as soon as they possibly can. what's in their favour is they don't think he's got any money 01’ a is they don't think he's got any money or a mobile phone. he's used a couple of other names in the past, hasn't he? he's known as michal kisiel but also by the surname michael. i think the tone from wiltshire police has changed a bit in the last few hours. this morning when they put out their first appeals they were very much so, this quy appeals they were very much so, this guy hasn't got a phone or any money, we are assuming that he was in the vicinity and on foot. this afternoon they have put out a follow—up statement saying they are now investigating the possibility this might have been preplanned in some way and he could have had assistance for this escape, which obviously suggests they are considering he might have gone further afield. it is understood he is from bedfordshire, luton. i imagine they are looking there as well. wrote in and out of salisbury, and we are a

couple of miles outside the city centre, they are looking there but you get the impression they are widening their search as time goes on. it is almost 2a hours since he was last seen at this hospital. thank you very much. the democratic unionist party has launched its election manifesto, saying that maintaining the union is by far the most important issue in next week's vote. the dup leader arlene foster said returning a majority of unionist mps would keep the idea of a vote about a united ireland off the agenda for generations. speaking at the launch in antrim she outlined the party's key commitments. 0njune the 8th, i'm asking people to get northern ireland back on the right track. to vote to get the best deal for northern ireland. to strengthen our hand in the upcoming negotiations. to get the assembly back up and running. to protect our place within the united kingdom. and to unite behind one strong unionist voice. for the first time, a british police

force is to recruit people directly to become detectives, without making them first work in uniform on the beat. the metropolitan police hopes the move will fill some of its 600 detective vacancies. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. for decades there has only been one way to become a detective. start as an officer in uniform, and then join cid. it was seen as the pinnacle of policing, everyone wanted to crack crimes. but not any longer. detective work is not thejob it used to be. there are more cases to handle, there is more pressure to get results. the independent inspectorate has described it as a national crisis because there are so many unfilled vacancies. now the metropolitan police is trying to do something about it. something that has never been done before. they're starting a recruitment campaign for people with no experience of policing. unlike other recruits, they will not have to spend time in uniform, doing

street patrol and response work. this is about offering people a direct pathway into a different type of career in policing. and we know from research we did last year, quite extensively in london, this was really appealing. because actually the uniform attraction is attractive to some and a barrier to others. to join the metropolitan police as a detective, recruits must have a degree level qualification. they will be given 18 weeks training and have to pass an exam after 12 months. the trainees will investigate crimes like burglary, robbery and car theft, before moving on to more serious offences after two years. but former detective barry phillips has doubts about the idea. he started out in uniform over a0 years ago. you cannot bring people in who cannot walk the walk, talk the talk. that is what is required. a cid officer needs a good grounding in police work, that is gained through coming through the normal channels. but scotland yard is likely to extend its recruitment drive, it is initially taking 80 detectives and other forces may follow suit. danny shaw, bbc news.

bullying in the online gaming world isa bullying in the online gaming world is a growing problem according to new research. half the gamers questioned said they had been harassed or received threats. more details from our technology correspondent. for 16—year—old bailey, video games have been a big part of his life. and were once an escape when he was getting a hard time at school. he enjoys pitting his skills against other players online. but what he doesn't like is the abuse he sometimes gets while playing. he first experienced bullying in games when he was ten. and it is not getting any better. if i'm playing a game and i score a goal, i have literally been told to kill myself. if you are being bullied at school, you come home and you play computer and you're just getting more abuse thrown at you. it is just going to put you off doing anything social. the charity ditch the label surveyed 2500 young gamers. 57% said they had been subjected to hate speech in an online game.

47% had received threats and 40% had had unwanted sexual contact. what has changed over the last decade is that more and more games are played online. and that means young gamers are encountering anonymous people from around the world. and chatting with them. that can of course be very positive but it also lays them open to the kind of dangers we have seen elsewhere in the online world. the anti—bullying charity worked with the online game habbo hotel to research young gamers‘ experiences and was disturbed by what it found. i think first and foremost it shows the true extent of the problem. when we talk about bullying, we usually talk about cyber bullying on social media or traditional bullying off—line. and we very seldom talk about it in game environments. and as a result of this research we have found that the majority of gamers have at some point experienced bullying. and i think what is so shocking is the fact that it is normalised behaviour. we had gamers telling us that this was just part

of playing games online, which is incredibly shocking because it can have very real and devastating impacts upon those who are subjected to it. bailey says he has now learned not to let abuse get to him. he wants the games companies to do more to watch over what happens online and to act to stop the bullies. rory cellanjones, bbc news. let's go to someone else who spends a lot of time in front of a screen, in fact he is right now! that's right, and it's a big one. the weather is pretty good out there for most of us. the sun is coming and going across southern areas of the uk. a little bit of light rain in parts of wales, but overall this afternoon, for most of us, it's fine. the best of the sunshine across northern parts of england, the midlands and northern ireland. this is the thicker cloud across the south west and wales. still one or

two showers and bits of rain but on balance, looking at the country, it isa balance, looking at the country, it is a very pleasant afternoon indeed. it will stay like it until the end of the day. a nice afternoon and evening. there is a change on the way this coming night, by the end of the night a few spots of rain could get into the west of northern ireland and western scotland but for most of us is mild, misty and murky and places. this is weatherfrom bringing fresh weather to the north—west. belfast, the north—west, freshening winds and spots of rain, around 16 degrees. ahead of this weather front, with the winds coming from the south, those temperatures are rising up—to—the—minute 20s in the south—east. that's it. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: a breast surgeon — who carried out a series of needless operations — is jailed for 15 years. ian paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding.

the afghan president has described a car bomb, which killed at least 80 people in kabul, as an inhuman act. more than 300 people were wounded, and several embassies were damaged, in the attack on the city's diplomatic quarter. in the last short whilejeremy corbyn has announced he will appear in tonight's tv debate on bbc one with representatives of the six other major parties. the labour leader has repeatedly challenged theresa may to a debate but she has ruled out taking part. as preparations for saturday's benefit concert in manchester get underway, police investigating last week's attack now believe the suicide bomber bought most of the components for the bomb himself, but haven't ruled out a wider network. police hunting for a prisoner on the run say his escape from a hospital in salisbury could have been "pre—planned". michal kisier, who's thought to be armed with a razor blade, overpowered his guards at the hospital last night. and now the sport.

we have news of arsene wenger and all the rest. that is right, it has now been confirmed. arsenal's majority shareholder stan kroenke says arsene wenger is "the best person" to help the club win the premier league again. wenger‘s two year contract extension was confirmed today. he'll remain with arsenal until 2019 — the club has released a statement in which wenger says he's committed to mounting a sustained league challenge. while chief executive ivan gazeedis says the club will be working hard this summer to improve and make a strong challenge next season. wolves have appointed the former porto coach nuno espirito santo as their new manager. he replaces paul lambert who was sacked yesterday. the portuguese is wolves‘ fourth manager in the last ten months. elsewhere wigan have named paul cook as manager on a three year deal. eoin morgan says there's a ‘good chance' ben stokes will not be able

to bowl in tomorrow's champions trophy opener against bangladesh at the oval. stokes has been struggling with a knee injury, england's one day captain does remain confident about his side's chances over the coming weeks. we've huge amount of talent and we have put ourselves in pressure situations before and the consistency we have showed has been very impressive in the last two yea rs. very impressive in the last two years. when we change the method, we knew there would be ups and downs, but there hasn't been anywhere as as i thought. we are well ahead of our progression. coming into the tournament as one of the favourites is pretty flattering, to be honest. the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of new zealand will be tough. the lions flew into auckland overnight just three days before their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. i mentioned about how difficult

the schedule is for 12 months. for people to talk about this now it seems a bit ironic, because we have been well aware of it and how tough it is, and you can't change it. so if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those things worry you, it will influence the team. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitiva's comeback has been cut short. she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands. kvitiva had been out for five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar. the czech lost in straight sets with her ninth double fault of the second round match. and there's been a shock in the men's singles at the french open — with home favourite jo—wilfried tsonga knocked out in the first round by argentina's renso 0leevo, ranked 91 in the world. 0livo was leading two sets to one when the match was halted last night but he came back this morning to break the tsonga serve — knocking out the 12th seed and earning himself a second

round match against britain's kyle edmund tomorrow. former grand slam champion margaret court has escalated the row over her comments on homosexuality — accusing gay tennis players of influencing others. the 74—year—old earlier said she refused to fly with qwantas in protest at its support of same—sex marriage. today — she told an australian radio station she felt tennis was full of lesbians — and transgender children were the work of the devil. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. and now more on the election campaign. 0ur correspondent has interviewed the prime minister theresa may. it is in your decision to not take part in the debate tonight a metaphor for your campaign, you are very happy to

repeatedly criticised the labour party but for your home plan during london to give us very much detail, whether that is on brexit or immigration or the winter fuel allowa nce immigration or the winter fuel allowance — — immigration or the winter fuel allowance —— your spam campaign. i've been open with the british people about the challenges we face the next two years and beyond and how we will address those challenges. you talk about the brexit negotiations, i've set out clearly the 12 objectives for those negotiations and i believe that is the right thing to do, but as we go into those negotiations which dart shortly after election day, the question people must ask, who do they want to see fighting for britain in those negotiations. taking his country forward, building a more prosperous britain for the future. the questions people have about the practical things you would actually do if you are re—elected.

how would the immigration system work after brexit? who will lose theirwinter work after brexit? who will lose their winter fuel allowance and where will you set the social care cap? there is a sense that you are using these slogans again and again. talking about principles but you are trying to hide behind that anyway tell people what you would actually do. we have been very clear. looking at the winter fuel payments on the issue around social care, we have been very clear with people and open, yes, we face the pressures of an ageing society, in ten years' time there will be 2 million more people over 75 and if we don't do something about the social care system this system will simply collapse. what we are proposing is a system where people can protect more savings to pass onto their children where they won't have to sell their home in their to pay for their care bills and that worry will be taken away from them. there will be a cap on the absolute levy of funding they have to pay. if you keep repeating

broad principles but don't give the detail, people will worry that millions of people might lose their winter fuel allowance or the cap on social care allowance might be set ata social care allowance might be set at a very high level. people want more from you because you are basically saying that on many of these big issues, i'll get back to you. what i'm saying, i will listen to you and i think that is important. you can approach this in several ways, i've set out the broad principles of our policy and i've shown how we will provide a sustainable long—term sustainable social care system for this country which we need because the system will collapse unless we do something and do it now. but what i'm also saying to people, i want to listen to them about where the cap should be and where we should means test winter payments, listen to voters and organisations and charities, and consult with them, and i think that is the open thing for a government to do. don't you think though, when

it comes to the decision that you are asking voters to make, that you owe it to them as a politician who wants people to take her at her word, to give more precise details ofa word, to give more precise details of a range of things about when you will bring immigration down and when you would keep that promise and where these caps will be on social policy. don't you think people deserve more? what we owe to people is to be open about the challenges we face as a society and a country, to be open with them about the challenge of the brexit negotiations and the challenge of our ageing society and securing our economy for the future, and we have been. and be open about the solutions we are offering, and then i think i owe it to people to say, and some of these, we will listen to you, we will work with you, and we will make sure that the details of what we are doing and we will announce after we had consulted with people. we are the party that is showing that we have the willingness to be open with people, that there are challenges

ahead, hard choices, but what we can grasp the opportunities that are ahead for us as well and i'm optimistic about the opportunities that this country can have for a better future because i that this country can have for a betterfuture because i believe in britain and! betterfuture because i believe in britain and i believe that the british people —— i believe in the british people —— i believe in the british people —— i believe in the british people thought of you say no deal is better than a bad deal but you save is deal is better than a bad deal but you save is wrong “— deal is better than a bad deal but you save is wrong —— but you also say if brexit is a bad deal, the consequences would be dire? that is right, and if you look at what a bad deal might be, there are people in europe to talk about punishing the uk, which could lead to a bad deal, and other parties in the uk seem to wa nt to and other parties in the uk seem to want to accept a deal whatever it is. the labour party would look at taking any deal at the highest price and they would end up with the worst deal at the highest price and that is not good for our future and that is not good for our future and that is not good for our future and that is not good for negotiating brexit. it stung and stable leadership is

about getting the right deal for britain and the right deal that could make sure that we have a strong and prosperous future —— strong and prosperous future —— strong and prosperous future —— strong and stable leadership. several us media are reporting that president donald trump's administration is poised to announce its withdrawal from the paris climate agreement. according to some reports quoting senior officials, president trump has reached a decision to pull out of the landmark climate deal, and he is expected to announce the decision once the details have been worked out. in the past hour, the us president has confirmed on his twitter account that he will announce his decision over the next few days. i spoke to our correspondent earlier and he gave us more on the decision. he said he would withdraw from paris climate accord, and he said over the weekend while he was in europe that he would make this announcement in the coming days. it is fairly typical of him to do this in this kind of game show style, you know, watch this space, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming.

but most people assume that he's going to make an announcement, which on the face of it will withdraw the united states from that accord. i noticed one agency said in the last few minutes there may be caveats to his announcement and it will be important to see the wording of this. is he just withdrawing from the paris climate change accord? a big deal, which would take many, many years. or is he withdrawing from the entire un framework on climate change, which would be something that could be done more quickly but would be a much, much bigger and more serious gesture to the international community. it will be interesting to see exactly what he is going to withdraw from. clearly this is going to increase the rift with some us allies abroad. how is this move playing at home in the us? to his base it's very popular. there are many people who are delighted that he is taking off what they see as the shackles imposed by the 0bama administration

on the pursuit of a carbon economy, of coal in particular. he has plenty of supporters on his side but he also has some important people urging him to be very careful. his daughter is thought to be one of those saying, "be careful". rex tillerson, secretary of state, said during his confirmation hearings that he thought it was important for the united states to maintain a seat at the table. i think that is the area, in a way, that is the most important here. the united states in all sorts of ways can meet its obligations. cities and states have said they will continue to pursue lower emissions. but diplomats and many officials from the previous administration, the 0bama administration, are very worried that the united states will simply abandon any sense of leadership on this, leaving it to others, notably china, to make the running.

that was paul adams, talking to us earlier. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc news: a breast surgeon ian paterson who carried out a series of needless operations is jailed for 15 years. he was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding. jeremy corbyn announces that he will appear on tonight's tv debate on bbc one with the representatives of the six other major parties. the afghan president describes the car bomb in kabul‘s diplomatic quarter, which killed at least 80 people as an inhuman act. in the business news: the price of paying a mortgage may have fallen to new lows, but mortgage approvals have also fallen to their lowest level since september. there were 64,645 mortgage approvals for house purchases in april, the bank of england said, a 2% fall on the previous month. despite the low rates on offer. sales at aldi and lidl have grown

at their fastest rate in more than two years as the discounters opened new stores and passed on price rises to consumers. research from ka ntar world panel shows the two retailers‘ combined sales rose almost 20% in the 12 weeks to 21 may, compared with the same period last year, as 1.1 million more households shopped at either store and inflation pushed up prices. and staying with supermarkets as food prices are rising at the fastest rate for more than three years, according to the british retail consortium. at the same time, the uk exported a record amount of food and drink. those exports rose by 8.3% over the year to £4.9 billion — the largest first quarter figure on record. that's down to better overseas promotion and the weaker pound. and we'll stay with that food and drink story because after years of price wars between our largest supermarkets, all vying for our custom, prices are starting to rise. the british retail consortium measured the prices of 500 everyday goods and found food inflation

was 1.4% during the month, up from 0.9% in april. but it said overall inflation including non—food items had fallen. so what does it mean for our household incomes? rachel lund, head of retail insight & analytics at the british retail consortium explains more. what we are seeing, food prices have gone up1.4% what we are seeing, food prices have gone up 1.4% compared to last year. at the same time non—food prices still firmly in deflationary territory. there are two big factors, feeding into food prices, commodity prices, according to the united nations world food prices are up united nations world food prices are up 15% united nations world food prices are up15% on united nations world food prices are up 15% on the same time last year and we also have the impact of the pound devaluation which has fallen some 13% since june last pound devaluation which has fallen some 13% sincejune last year, and both of those things make the cost of the underlying goods more expensive. the retailers are having

to, only to a small extent, but to pass them on to consumers, and there is also very strong competition in the non—food sectors and you have retailers implementing lots of promotions in order to sell to customers, and the fact is those prices are beginning to head upwards but because we have had four use of shop deflation, those prices are still down on last year —— four yea rs. still down on last year —— four years. and now to other business news. staying with food — surging sales of salmon helped the uk to export a record amount of food and drink in the first quarter of 2017, the food and drink federation has said. the industry group said sales of the fish leapt

more than 50% by value — to £1867 million — and 13% by volume. shares in online retail giant amazon have risen above the $1,000 mark for the first time. back in 1997, the firm listed its shares forjust $18 each. the rise in share price now values amazon at $478bn, more than twice the value of wal—mart. amazon is now the fourth—largest us company, behind apple, google and microsoft. uber has fired the engineer accused of stealing secrets from google's parent company alphabet after he failed to assist with an investigation. anthony levandowski, previously worked on self—driving car technology at waymo, owned by alphabet. he is accused of downloading 111,000 confidential files before leaving the company in 2016. uber denies it is using stolen technology. and manchester united is the most valuable football club in europe, valued at $3.3 billion. according to figures from kpmg it puts it ahead of spanish giants real madrid and barcelona. the study looked at broadcasting rights, profitability, popularity, sporting potential and stadium ownership. in the study of 32 teams, english clubs dominate, filling six of the top 10 places. let's take a quick look at the markets. and it's been another busy day for the pound — this morning it fell 0.5% to a six

week low of $1.27 after a projection suggesting the conservatives could fail to win a majority in the general election and the uk could end up with a hung parliament. that is out of step with many other polls, but that did have a clear effect on sterling. sterling has since recovered and is now down 0.1%. the oil price is also down. i will be back with more on the markets later. their story had already captured hearts across the world — the marathon runner and the stray dog that stuck by his side through a gruelling desert race in china. dion leonard and gobi became inseparable during the 250 kilometre marathon — prompting the athlete to adopt him. but before he could bring the dog home to edinburgh — the dog disappeared. after a global online campaign — and days of searching — the pair were reunited in august last year. a little earlier they visited us in

the studio and i began by asking how he first came across gobi. i was running a race across the gobi desert, and she joined me on stage two. these are self—sufficiency races and you have to carry all the food and survive the week. gobi decided to start running with me, and that day we ran 25 miles over the mountain range and into the gobi desert and she stayed with me for the whole journey and a couple of days afterwards as well. so by the third day you had started to think that this dog is becoming a fixture, i guess? 0n the third day i had to make a decision to go back and pick her up and take her over a huge river crossing and the bond was formed then. i'm there to compete in races and not pick up a little dog, but i realised she meant much more to me.

so you thought you had to bring her back to edinburgh then? it started then. there was a lot of my past childhood, i had a difficult childhood and i could see that gobi needed my help and i could see similarities in my own youth and i thought i needed to change her life and that is when i started to have these thoughts. you have so much time to think about things out there, and i started to think about getting her back to the uk. you have written a book about your experience, did you feel that you had a kindred spirit in gobi? you recognised another soul who had a tough beginning. yes. after the race i flew back to the uk and set up after the race i flew back to the uk and set up a crowdfunding page and tried work to out how i would get her back. and then she went missing in a city of 3 million people, she was missing for more than ten days and i set up a huge search team and i went back and put together

a big team to find her. we have the whole city searching for her and it was a roller—coaster ride. when we found her, it was obviously meant to happen, we were always meant to be together. she is adorable. she has been ever so good. getting used to these media appearances? yes. what has life been like back in edinburgh? is she a star locally? we can't go out with someone recognising her, she's unique. everyone is amazed at the sacrifices and dedication, that i've put into this little dog. you can see that we have this bond which has been unbreakable and she is very important. i love having her back with me in edinburgh. not sure about her breed? we think she is a mix

between a pug and one other. which is quite usual for that part of china. she was very fit, to run that part of the race, that was incredible. she chose the right person. we have been on a phenomenaljourney and for her to be back in the uk, is great. had you owned a dog before? i had a st bernard, when i was in my early 20s. a bit different in size! i only have a small space in edinburgh, and so i was thinking of getting a small dog, and gobi has made the decision for us. the level of interest is amazing. there is a film in the offing, as well. what is it about this relationship and story that has so captured people's‘s imaginations and hearts? over the last year, and recent incidents, such bad news and such sad news, people have been looking for a lovely story and they have

been able to see this. people have supported us and followed us and that has brought people together and showing the lovely human nature and side of people which is beautiful. we definitely need a heart—warming story. are you sure it is the right dog?! absolutely. when we walked into the same room shejumped into my arms and she was so excited and i was in tears. i knew immediately it was her. we had a few false alarms before that, but it was great that it was her. it has been a pleasure to meet you and of course the lovely gobi, who has been ever so well behaved. thanks very much. we live gobi, don't we? yes, we do. —— we love gobi. amazing story. time for a look at the weather. the weather is looking nice across

most of the uk, certainly not raining cats and dogs. this is a beautiful sky across cumbria and another lovely picture in cheshire. lush green across the countryside. this evening, mild and misty on the way. that is the forecast, cloudy in some areas in the south and south western areas of the uk. you can clearly see where the clear skies are across northern parts of england and scotland, and tonight turns misty, some light rain, but on balance it is a quiet and very mild night. look at these temperatures, even 16, maybe a bit fresher in the east where the skies are clear. the wind is spiralling around here like a style, it is scooping up the

warmth across france, the winds are blowing in and they have got to come from france, bringing the warmth, and also pushing in a weather front into the north west. we have the warm weather across the south and those temperatures could reach 25, possibly even 26 in the south—east. this is a conservative estimate. but for many, into the low 20s, coventry, sheffield, sunderland. the atla ntic coventry, sheffield, sunderland. the atlantic air is a bit fresher for belfast and scotland. that is where the weather front is in the north—western areas. behind it, it might not be cold, but it will be fresher compared to the rest of the country. it is still sluggishly moving across the uk, the weather front, bringing some rain into the south west. eventually ahead of that, warm and humid, maybe high 20s

and the risk of thunderstorms, and they will be rambling away into saturday. the thinking is the warm and humid weather will stay around the near constant on saturday, but for us it is the atlantic winds which will spread across the country —— the near continent. much cooler in the south—east and in the north. this is the summary for the weekend. sunny spells and scattered showers, a fresher feel, but on balance, sunny spells and scattered showers, a fresherfeel, but on balance, if you don't mind a few sprinkles, it is looking pretty good. this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at apm: breast surgeon ian paterson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out unnecessary operations, after falsely telling patients they had breast cancer. he took everything away from me and i'm still... up until today, this has been going on now since the 90s, and only today i've gotjustice.

he took away my youth. 80 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the afghan capital, kabul, after a massive car bomb near the german embassy. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he will take part in a televised bbc debate this evening and challenges the prime minister, theresa may, to do the same. i invite her to go to cambridge and debate her policies, debate her record, debate their plans, debate their proposals, and let... and let the public make up their mind.