a bbc investigation reveals how children in their own homes are being groomed by abusers online. children as young as nine are being drawn into sexual conversations on the periscope app owned by twitter. the nspcc expresses its concern. well it is very disturbing isn't it? to see children as young as nine, so vulnerable, and being so clearly groomed for sexual purposes. we'll be looking at why such abuse isn't being stopped. also tonight: panic as an earthquake hits the holiday island of kos. two people have been killed. there's been a lot of talk in the media about holding trump accountable, i'm here to tell you it goes two ways we're going to hold the press accountable as well. donald trump's press secretary, controversial and much lampooned, decides to quit. farmers are told they will get eu subsidies post brexit — but only if they earn them. and in the golf, rory mcilroy moves up the leaderboard at the open championship. and coming up on bbc news, chris

froome closes in on an historic fourth tour de france title as he holds onto the leader ‘s yellow jersey with two stages to go. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a bbc investigation has found evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live streaming app periscope. launched just two years ago it allows its millions of users to broadcast live from their phones — and can reveal their location. but our team found children streaming video live from their classrooms and even their bedrooms — and clearly being groomed for sexual abuse. despite this, twitter — which owns the app — claims it has "zero tolerance" for this kind of conduct.

our correspondent angus crawford investigates. not learning, but broadcasting, live from the back of a lesson. viewers sent her direct messages. another school, another class. more questions from total strangers. but this isn'tjust an innocent chat. are you in high school? yes, we are. we found pupils live streaming across the country. and they've all been using this — periscope, an app owned by twitter, which allows users to broadcast live from anywhere. and our investigation found children using it in their own bedrooms and being groomed in front of our eyes. this child is still in her school uniform, probably 12, no more than that. talking straight into the camera and there is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven requests already.

one of them is asking the size of her bra. another one has justjoined. someone hasjust asked her to unbutton her shirt. the age limit is meant to be 13, but we easily find children younger than that. this little girl is really young. hi. so right now it's my first time playing this app. i don't even know what to do. i'm nine. i actually look seven. "up top, please." what do you mean by, "up top, please? " we passed the details of all these children to the police, and showed what we found to the nspcc‘s head of online safety. hi. oh, my gosh. well, it's very disturbing, isn't it? to see children as young as nine when they're so vulnerable and being so clearly groomed for sexual purposes by a pack of people online.

it's really shocking. what's really worrying about periscope is the way it uses maps. if i go live from here on a street corner in west london, then anyone can zoom in and find out exactly where i am. twitter refused an interview request, but said in a statement, "periscope has a strong content moderation policy and encourages viewers to report comments they feel are abusive. we have zero tolerance for any form of child sexual exploitation." but our investigation showed children openly being groomed. the question for periscope — can young people really broadcast to the world and stay safe? pa rents

parents will be horrified by your investigation, twitter claim they have zero tolerance of this kind of content, how much meaning in that statement have? when you found so much of it. the first problem you see here is a lack of accountability. we have asked twitter several times to come on the programme and explain the situation, explain why that can happen. they refuse to put someone up for interview. it leads three really central issues we all need to be aware of. age verification permit clear if you can count and have access to a phone you can get a periscope account whatever your age. then there is moderation, we've shown their live content moderation system simply isn't working as it should. finally, a job for all of us, education. as parents, knowing social media now as we do, we have to educate our children that they think they are streaming live from the privy seal their own bedroom, but they're actually broadcasting to a world full of people they simply don't know. angus, thanks very much. british holidaymakers have been describing scenes of panic as a powerful earthquake struck the greek island of kos. two people have been killed and at least 100 people

injured. the quake, with a magnitude of 6 point 7, also caused floods in the streets of the turkish resort of bodrum. our correspondent mark lowen reports from the aegean coast. 1:30am in the turkish resort of bodrum. a night out turns to panic as the ground shakes. footage from nearby shops showed the impact as the earthquake struck, measuring 6.7. the epicentre, the aegean sea between bodrum and the greek island of kos. as streets in bodrum were flooded, residents ran, fearing for their lives, and for the after—shocks. but kos felt the worst of it. a turkish and a swedish tourist were killed as the roof of a bar collapsed and scores were injured, some jumping from buildings to escape. 200,000 holiday—makers were said to be on the island, 10,000 of them from britain.

we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably, the room shook from side to side. the noise was terrible. i actually thought that was it. i really did. at first light, the damage in kos was clear. parts of the cathedral were turned to rubble. it was rebuilt 80 years ago after the one that stood here was destroyed by an earthquake. nature is striking again, crushing what lay in its path. the ground was unsteady. you could feel it. he could feel it moving, yeah. it was quite scary. we heard glasses coming off our shelves. we heard all the bathroom glass smash from the living room, so we got up and you were swaying from side to side, literally. in bodrum, fishing boats were upturned by the tremor. power went out in both resorts. 200 turkish nationals were evacuated from kos, including some of the injured, taken by ferry to bodrum and stretchered to hospital. the earthquake was shallow, but was lessened by the sea,

although it did cause high waves. greece and turkey are seismically active — both are on significant fault lines, and have suffered huge earthquakes in recent years. this could have been a lot worse. with the ferry port in kos damaged, the airport was under pressure. some taking refuge from the heat as flights were delayed. a holiday idyll turned to terror as dozens recovered in hospital and greece takes stock of a traumatic night. mark lowen, bbc news, on the greek coast. a man has admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting fire to their family home near glasgow on new year's day. glasgow high court heard that blair logan, who's 27, had a "hostile relationship" with his younger brother cameron. suffolk police say an extensive search of a landfill site has failed to find the remains of a missing raf airman. corrie mckeague disappeared last september after a night out with friends in bury st edmunds. cctv cameras showed him going into a bin loading bay.

ben ando reports. after 20 weeks and having sifted through thousands of tonnes of rubbish at this landfill site in cambridge, the police have turned up nothing. it's tough, it's dirty, it's expensive, but now, says the officer in charge, it has to stop. we searched over six and a half thousand tonnes of waste, excavating a huge area. without anything further to tell us where he might be on such a vast site, the search cannot continue. 22-year-old corey micki disappeared during a night out in bury st edmunds. he told friends he would walk home but never made it to the raf base nearby. months of searching led nowhere though police knew his phone seem to track the path of a bin lorry and that took them to the landfill site. his disappearance prompted a huge social media campaign. his family crowd

thundered their own investigation. six weeks ago his girlfriend april, who was pregnant at the time he went missing, revealed she'd had his daughter. for his mum, nicola, herself a police officer in scotland, stopping the search is ha rd to scotland, stopping the search is hard to accept. i do believe they should search the area and be able to come back and say that either he is in theiror to come back and say that either he is in their or he's not. how can they just leave him in is in their or he's not. how can theyjust leave him in there? if... how can theyjust theyjust leave him in there? if... how can they just leave theyjust leave him in there? if... how can theyjust leave him in there? his family said they would be happy to use the fund to pay for more searching and say they are urging the police not to close this investigation because a breakthrough could be just inches away. donald trump's press secretary sean spicer has resigned. it follows the us president's appointment of a former wall street banker as his new head of communications. mr spicer has been much lampooned in the past as he found himself trying to defend the president against a sceptical press. one of hollywood's biggest stars appeared regularly on us television impersonating him.

0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt has more. a dramatic day at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the faces of the trump administration, has resigned. spicer has been involved ina number of resigned. spicer has been involved in a number of high profile controversies. early on he found himself having to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, compared to that of barack 0bama. this was the largest audience to ever witnessed an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe. the pictures clearly suggested otherwise. then there were sean spicer‘s about comments hitler and the use of chemical weapons that drew international criticism. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii, you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler, who didn't even think to the, to the using chemical weapons.

sean spicer found himself under close scrutiny from donald trump, who prices good on camera performances. in particular president trump began looking for a strong defender as his problems mounted, in particular with the investigation into whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia during last year's election. so today the president appointed anthony scaramucci. a wall street financier, as his communications director. shortly after sean spicer abruptly resigned, suggesting some turmoil inside the white house. in recent times there we re white house. in recent times there were indications sean spicer was being sidelined. he was giving fewer and fewer on camera briefings. but his allies say there was a deeper problem. he was out there defending white house policy only for the president himself to issue a treat later that seemed to change the plans. today's moves indicate that

donald trump, under pressure, sees the need to have an able communicator who will both defend and fight for his presidency. gavin hewitt, bbc news, washington. it's coming up to quarter past six. a bbc investigation reveals how children in their own homes are being abused online. also coming up, i'm here at royal birkdale where rory mcilroy has been battling back on day two of the open championship. coming up in the sports a bbc news: coming up in sportsday on bbc news: after hannah cockcroft‘s world para athletics triumph in london last night, can great britain's kadeena cox and her teammates guarantee more success in london? an ongoing cholera epidemic which is sweeping war—ravaged yemen is believed to be the "largest ever recorded" in a single year. injust three months since the outbreak started, there have been more

than 360,000 suspected cases. yemen has become a breeding ground for the disease after two years of a devastating civil war that has split the country between a saudi—led government coalition and iran—backed houthi rebels. few communities have been left untouched by the disease, but the worst hit areas are controlled by houthi rebels and suffer the most from a blockade of food and aid. nawal al—maghafi has been to the area in and around hajah province where the outbreak started. another crisis has hit yemen. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but may be fortunate to make it in time. aid agencies are doing

what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading. and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing that people here keep telling me, and it's that they feel completely forgotten by the world. people face the biggest threat in rural areas. in this one village alone, 20 people have died in the space of three months. hours from the nearest town, it was impossible for people

without money to get help. abdullah has recently become sick. together with his sister hind, they can't afford the medicine for the illness. the truth is that for many in this country there is no escaping cholera. here on the edge of the village is the only source of water. the people know it is infected, but with no other options, they continue to rely on it. the environment secretary michael gove has promised to deliver a green brexit, as he told environmental and countryside groups that leaving the european union offers "once—in—a—lifetime opportunity" to reform britain's farming and fisheries policies. mr gove also said future farming subsidies must be earned

rather than simply handed out. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. in a cloud of dust, the harvest begins this evening in hertfordshire. a key moment in the farming calendar. along with another important event, the arrival of the annual eu subsidies. the payments are based on how much land farmers own. so the richest benefit most. and the environment secretary wants brexit to change that. leaving the eu gives us a once in a lifetime opportunity to reform how we manage agriculture and fisheries. and, therefore, how we care for ourland, our rivers and our seas. and we can recast our ambition for our country's environment and for the planet. in short, leaving the european union should mean a green brexit. at the moment, eu farming subsidies are worth some £3 billion a year. it amounts to about 50% of the total farmers incomes. because 70% of uk land is farmed, any change in policy will have a big impact.

the idea proposed by michael gove is to link future payments to farmers to better care of the soil, the water and the wildlife. 0ne farmer, robert law, he says he's worried the bureaucracy around this just be too complicated. how we're actually going to have the time to get out and do our core activity of farming and growing crops, you know, we're told we are going to receive probably less payment in the future. there's got to be a balance. what michael gove is suggesting is pretty radical by any standards. shifting the emphasis of agricultural policy from food production to encouraging wildlife. none of this is going to happen quickly. the government has promised that the current system of farm payments will continue until 2022. but some environmental changes may happen more quickly. mr gove promised a new law banning microbeads. tiny plastic particles used in facial scrubs and toothpaste.

that can end up polluting the oceans. he wants the new move to save stocks of fish. mr gove says the eu allows overfishing, and he believes britain acting alone could be more sustainable. and he described climate change as a threat. and criticised donald trump for pulling out of the paris agreement on global warming. ultimately, any minister isjudged by their actions. and although mr gove's pledges seem much greener than many expected, what counts is the hard detail on everything from what's grown in the field to how farmers are after brexit. david shukman, bbc news, hertfordshire. michael gove also said the whole cabinet is in agreement that there should be a period of adjustment after brexit so that businesses have access to the migrant workers they need, but our deputy political editor is in westminster for us this evening. does make the government's

position clearer? there has been a lot of squabbling in the cabinet lately but there has been more agreement over the shape of brexit. for now, brexit is still a work in progress. there is broad agreement now on the importance of keeping trade moving freely as now between britain and europe during a transitional period of perhaps two years. the chancellor and a lot of civil servants would like that period to be a lot longer. business will need that time to adjust to a new custom system and there is a worry that a sudden lurch into a new system could hit investment. ultimately, it will be about the negotiations in brussels. as far as freedom of movement of people is concerned, there has been no real discussion. not in cabinet, not in cabinet committee. that still has to be worked out but it is a political quagmire which raises questions of the rights of eu citizens and also british citizens. it could upset tory mps who do not

wa nt it could upset tory mps who do not want freedom of movement to go on for one minute longer. this is a political quagmire on the road to brexit which will have to be resolved. as david davis said the other day, the clock is ticking. he is right about that. so much still to do and now so little time. thank you. tolls on the severn bridges between wales and england will be scrapped by the end of next year, the uk government has announced. the cost of the crossing ranges from £6.70 to £20 per vehicle. according to one study, the decision could boost the welsh economy by a £100 million a year. here's our wales correspondent sian lloyd. the gateways to south wales, carrying 25 million vehicles across the severn estuary every year. but the tolls are described as a tax on welsh business. when the crossings return to public ownership next year, the charges will be scrapped. this haulage company based in newport says it will make a difference, but it also wants to see other improvements being made. more specifically, it would be a cost saving to us.

we use the bridge probably ten, 12, 15 times a day. so that'll be a benefit to us. but we have to make sure that the infrastructure to support the increase in traffic that we're likely to see it in place to support it. just six months ago, the secretary of state for wales had planned to simply reduce the tolls, retaining a fee to fund the cost of maintaining the crossings. so who will pay for that now? ultimately, this is the uk taxpayer that's looking after an important part of infrastructure. it's a strategic piece of infrastructure that binds wales and england together. the clients in bristol have sold a small apartment for around £320,000. they are buying this property which is twice the size... it's making moving to live in wales a more attractive option to some. but at this estate agent's, just a few miles away,

they recognise it could have an impcat on schools and other public services. what we're finding is a lot of the people who are now looking over here have been searching in bristol where the house prices are a lot more expensive, so the news about the severn bridge has suddenly brought chepstow into their four process. ifeel that, yes, it's great to have this increase in housing activity, but we do need support in terms of infrastructure improvement at the same time. congestion and slow—moving traffic costs business dear. infrastructure in south wales is currently under review. the uk government has accused ministers in cardiff of dragging theirfeet over plans for a new motorway. but it was only yesterday the uk transport secretary announced that rail electrification plans from cardiff to swansea have been shelved. removing these barriers is designed to keep the welsh economy moving forwards. but there's concern that without further infrastructure changes there could be gridlock to come. sian lloyd, bbc news, on the severn crossing. it's day two of the open golf and northern ireland's rory mcilroy has found some form at last, moving up the leader board with a string of birdies.

0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is at royal birkdale for us. a big change from yesterday. fiona. welcome to royal birkdale, where the golfers have been battling the elements. we have had wind and rain and some grim conditions out there. as you say, it has been a good day for rory mcilroy. after a terrible start yesterday, he is back in contention. it was ‘bring a brolly day‘ at birkdale, as fans arrived braced for the worst. grey skies and blustery winds — tough for watching, just imagine playing. the man at the top didn't seem to mind, didn't seem to mind, as america's matt kuchar set the early target. 0h, kuch! but soon, the story was rory. yesterday, rory mcilroy had one of the worst starts he will ever see. today, one of the best. a trio of early birdies as he continued on to an impressive revival.

a man who seemed down and out, back in with a fighting chance. i continued where i left off last night and made some birdies. i did exactly what i wanted to do, get in and finish the tournament under par for the first two days, and we'll watch to see what the guys do this afternoon. well, as the winds strengthened, they struggled. charl schwartzel‘s ball actually being blown away. but ian poulter held firm. one of the home favourites firing up the fans. and he wasn't the only englishman on the leaderboard. richard bland, playing his first open for 19 years. they say the best things come to those who wait. as things turned soggy, though, jordan spieth‘s golf at least was as crisp as ever. the american in ominous form. but the day's most magical moment belonged to chris wood. just when he needed it, this on the very last hole. surely the definition of a grandstand finish. and the latest is thatjordan spieth

leads the way. as for rory mcilroy, he is now five off the pace, but his hopes are still very much alive. thank you very much. royal visits can be tiring for even experienced members of the family, but for princess charlotte it all proved a bit too much. as they prepare to leave hamburg this afternoon, there we re leave hamburg this afternoon, there were a few tears on the tarmac and some finger wagging, but her mother offered some comforting words to bring the tantrum to a happy end. time for a look at the weather. here's thomaz schafernaker. best behaviour, please. the weather is not behaving itself, though. this is not behaving itself, though. this isa is not behaving itself, though. this is a small tree that came down on a

road there and it has really been very windy today and also with some heavy rain. this picture came in from devon, where it has been very blustery. this is the reason for it. this low pressure. and it will remain unsettled through the weekend. it will be very unsettled with frequent showers and some of us will miss them but some will get a downpour. let's have a look at the picture for now. here is the rainfall. the wind is not so strong inland. it is around the coastal areas where we have had the blustery wind. there will be some clear spells overnight, so not that bad. 13-14dc. no spells overnight, so not that bad. 13—14dc. no pressure will be with us through the weekend. this is a snapshot of saturday. the main area of brain that we had today may have gone by then, but this area of low pressure will be producing further showers during the day. this is a

snapshot of the morning. it is clear in places. this is what is left over the weather front, so the morning in places. this is what is left over the weatherfront, so the morning is looking mixed. 15—16dc. into the afternoon, we can see lots of showers developing across parts of wales and central england. so many of us tomorrow will get a downpour or two. in the north of scotland, the weather is not looking bad. northern ireland also looking decent. here is the for sunday. some areas of rain. take a number like if you are heading outjust in case you need to run for cover. goodbye. a reminder of our main story: a bbc investigation has revealed how young children are being groomed by users of a twitter owned live streaming application. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6.30: a bbc investigation finds evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live streaming app periscope. the white house press secretary sean spicer has resigned after objecting to the appointment of a new communications director. a lawyer representing great 0rmond street hospital has told the high court that a new scan on the terminally ill baby, charlie gard, makes for "sad reading". police who've been searching a landfill site in cambridgeshire for the missing airman, corrie mckeague, say no trace of him has been found. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in the wake of donald trump's press secretary sean spicer‘s resignation, we'll bring you the white house news conference live in around half an hour. the most severe outbreak of a deadly yet treatable disease in modern times is spreading, we'll be looking at

the cholera crisis in yemen. children as young as nine being groomed on the live streaming app periscope, we talk to a tech journalist about the findings of a bbc investigation.