this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at three: it's "the right to be forgotten" , tougher government controls are proposed, making it easier for people to force social media companies to delete their information. north korea vows to retaliate and make "the us pay a price" for un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. 46—year—old eloise dixon from kent is recovering in hospital after being shot while on a family holiday to brazil. a british model who says she was kidnapped for six days in italy returns to the uk, saying she feared for her life "second by second." i've been through a terrifying experience, i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour — i am incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release. also in the next hour: new dr who jodie whittaker gives her first interview since being cast in the role. jodie whittaker says being a female time lord, is a proud honour... and she cannot wait to begin.

i hope my gender isn't a fearful thing for the fans, because in this world particularly, there aren't rules and that's a great thing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new laws are to be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers "the right to be forgotten," with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will also have to obtain "explicit" consent, rather than using pre—selected tick boxes, to gather details online. here's our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail.

but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom will retain its world—class regime of protecting personal data. now we will have more control, data protection laws are being strengthened. the government has confirmed a bill will be published in the autumn, bringing eu regulations due to come in next year onto the statute book. internet users will be given more powers to protect their data. it will be easier for people to find out what information organisations hold about them and allow them to ask for data to be deleted. firms will no longer be able to rely on pre—selected tick boxes. instead, explicit consent will be required to collect personal details. and the information watchdog will be given more powers to issue fines of up to £17 million for serious data breaches. i think there are a lot of pitfalls ahead if actually the benefit of this, which is people feeling far more

comfortable transacting online and their data is going to be protected, will work. i think it's a good first step to have the regulation in place. it's how it gets implemented that's the key thing. the new rules won't only apply to the big tech companies and social media giants. they will affect every organisation that processes information online. and the definition of personal data is being expanded, too, to include things like ip addresses to help safeguard identities. there is your photo going up online, your tweet, your search, the search results. but then there is a whole back office, which is the industry of data capture, data processing. that data is processed and it is then that the insights are shared with advertisers, principally. our digital footprints are growing ever larger. ministers say data protection laws must keep pace. leila nathoo, bbc news. some breaking news from south

africa, we are hearing that the speaker of parliament has announced a vote of no—confidence to behold on presidentjacob a vote of no—confidence to behold on president jacob zuma's government can be held in a secret ballot. this increases on jacob can be held in a secret ballot. this increases onjacob zuma, this could encourage enc lawmakers to pursue action to oust him, the vote has become a test of the unity of the party. senior party figures have become increasingly critical of their leader. suggestions that it was unlikely to succeed in toppling jacob zuma increases pressure on him considerably. he came to power in 2009 and has been implicated in multiple corruption scandals. the country's economy has fallen into recession and unemployment is at record lee high levels. he was

president before the general 2019 election, but with that secret ballot, it will increase pressure into his removal. a british woman has been shot and wounded in brazil, according to police there. eloise dixon from south east london was travelling with her partner and their three children, in angra dos reis, a popular coastal area, around 90 miles from rio de janeiro. officials say the family were attacked, after taking a wrong turning in their car. our correspondence richard galpin is a cross that story and we will talk to him shortly. north korea says it will make america "pay the price", for drafting tough new un sanctions, over its missile and nuclear weapons programme. the state news agency says the international community is infringing north korea's sovereignty. the un's unanimous vote on sanctions follows repeated missile tests by pyongyang, which have escalated tensions across east asia. yogita limaye reports from the south korean capital seoul — a warning that there is some flash photography. "we denounce and totally reject the un security council resolution on our country, which the us

and hostile forces have fabricated," says a presenter on north korea's official news agency, relaying the country's defiant response to fresh sanctions against it. it's not what these two men would have liked to hear. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, met chinese foreign minister wang yi in manila. both countries voted in the new resolution against north korea. china says that even with sanctions, it wants a diplomatic solution to the problem. but the us says it's only open to dialogue with pyongyang on one condition. the best signal that north korea can give us that they would be prepared to talk is to stop these missile launches. at the gathering of southeast asian nations in the philippines, secretary tillerson is on a mission to get more countries to isolate north korea. sanctions have not worked in the past, though, and with pyongyang's fierce response, they are unlikely to work now. we need to be creating conditions

where they are ready to come back to the table. and you are not going to create those conditions with unrelenting sanctions, with threats of war, preventive war, which is what we have heard from the tramp cabinet in this last week. south korea is open to talks with its neighbour. the country's foreign minister kang kyung—wha made that offer again to her north korean counterpart in manila. but he's reported to have called seoul's proposal insincere. this country, south korea, has dealt with the threat from across the border for a long time. but now that pyongyang has said it has developed missiles that are capable of hitting the us, it's made america nervous and has captured more global attention than ever before. the issue overshadowed this meeting in manila. and even though regional leaders came together to put up a united front, the tension and rhetoric is far from over. yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul. more on that story in brazil, the

british woman shot and wounded has been named as eloise dixon, from south—east london. she was travelling with her partner and their three children. richard galpin is our correspondent covering the story, what do we know, what happened here? they were driving in a rented car to the coastal area west of rio dejaneiro. we understand that they wanted to try and buy some bottled water. during their journey. they were and buy some bottled water. during theirjourney. they were given instructions, but did not understand, presumably they do not speak portuguese, and they took a wrong turning. instead of going to a shop where they would buy water, they ended up in a favela, a slum area, in this coastal area. this area, in this coastal area. this area has drugs traffickers in it, and people. as they went in, they we re and people. as they went in, they were approached by gunmen who a p pa re ntly were approached by gunmen who apparently told them to stop. again, they did not understand and carried on driving. the gunmen opened fire,

and there is video footage now. you can see bullet holes in the side of the car. in the passenger head rest, where eloise dixon was sat, so she must have ducked or moved, otherwise she would have been hit in the head. the husband carried on driving and got her to hospital. do we know how badly hurt she is? we do, two bullets hit her in the abdomen, in the stomach, around that area. the doctor in the area is saying that pretty much miraculously, neither bullet hit any vital organs or blood vessels. if that happened, she probably wouldn't still be alive. vessels. if that happened, she probably wouldn't still be alivem sounds like the husband, pretty quick thinking, in terms of getting her to a hospital or police station? it's less clear but it seems that way, that he got her to hospital. one of the tyres had been shot, so they had a flat tire, but they still

managed to get her to hospital. richard galpin, thank you. a 20—year—old british model, who was reportedly kidnapped and held for nearly a week in italy, has returned to the uk. chloe ayling says she feared for her life, after being stuffed in a suitcase and told she'd be ‘sold' online. italian police believe the model was attacked and drugged, before attempts were made to auction her on the ‘dark web.‘ a polish man, who lives in the uk, has been arrested. matt cole has more details. three weeks on from her release, so we returned to the uk this weekend to her home here in surrey. i have been through a terrifying experience, i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. i'm incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release. i had just arrived home after being in italy for four weeks and i've not had time to gather my thoughts so i'm not at liberty to the anything further until i have been debriefed by uk police. just 20 and still starting out in her glamour modelling career, chloe ayling landed a dream photo shoot in italy but when she arrived

at this disused shop in milan she says she was grabbed by someone while another person injected something into her forearm. she said she woke bound and gagged in the boot of a car. translation: the perpetrator is a dangerous person, he described himself as a paid killer and part of an organisation that carries out mercenary services, bomb attacks and kidnappings. stuffed into a back like this later demonstrated by italian police, chloe said she was taken 120 miles to this remote farmhouse near during and held for the next six days tied to a wooden chest of drawers. it is understood her captors demanded a £230,000 ransom but were also telling her she would be auctioned for sexual services on the dark web, part of a secretive part of the internet by a criminal group known to europol at the black death. but her captivity was suddenly

ended, taken to the british consulate in milan after revealing she had a child. this man, lukasz herba, who lives in the uk, is accused of the kidnapping and was arrested after freeing the young model and is now facing court in italy. while chloe is recovering here at home now it is understood investigations are continuing in italy but also here in britain and in poland as well. matt cole, bbc news, surrey. three young children are being cared for by relatives after their mother was found dead at the family home in the black country. detectives believe the 26—year—old was murdered by her husband who then killed himself at the house in oldbury. a neighbour called police after hearing the children crying inside. our reporter, nicola beckford sent us the latest from the scene. it's an incredibly tragic case indeed. i've spoken to some neighbours, and they told me they don't even get cases of anti—social behaviour around here, it's such a quiet little cul—de—sac. police were called to the house here behind me. you can see perhaps

that the curtains are still drawn, and the police are stationed outside. they came here at around two o'clock on saturday afternoon. the neighbours had heard crying. the cries of children inside, obviously, because they had seen those horrible scenes of their mother and their father dead inside the house. when police got here they found the bodies of a 26—year—old woman. she had fatal head injuries. her husband, a 30—year—old man, was found in a different part of the house. now, those three children, they are being looked after by members of their family and they are receiving specialist support. the police say that those children are all under the age of eight years old. one of them is in fact a baby. now, the police say because it is a suspected murder suicide, they're not looking for anybody else in connection with this tragic incident. a postmortem is expected to take place later today. nicola blackwood reporting there.

these are the headlines coming up to 3:15pm. tougher government controls are proposed making it easierfor people to for social media companies to delete their information. north korea vows to retaliate and make the usa pay a price for un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. 46—year—old eloise dixon from kent is recovering in hospital after being shot while on a family holiday in brazil. and it's day four of the final test at old trafford, south africa are currently 106—3. manu tuilagi and denny solomona have been sent home from the england training camp, it is understood they were sent home this morning having gone out on sunday evening and gone against the cultural standards of the team. great britain is going for gold in

the world athletics championships tonight, laura muir in the 1500 metres, and after winning bronze in rio, sophie hitchon is in action in the women's hammer final. rio, sophie hitchon is in action in the women's hammerfinal. i'm back with more on those stories at half past three. one of scotland yard's most senior officers, has defended the government's ‘prevent‘ programme, which is designed to stop people being drawn to terrorism. speaking to the bbc‘s asian network, commander dean haydon, said it had achieved fantastic results, and that critics either didn't want prevent to succeed, or were "ignorant" about how it worked. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. four terror attacks in three months. westminster, manchester arena, london bridge and finsbury park. 36 dead, more than 200 injured, the lives of many others devastated. the attacks raised questions about the strategy for tackling terrorism. one key part involves supporting people at risk ofjoining extremist groups and carrying out terrorist activities, known as prevent. it has proved to be highly controversial.

the muslim council of britian among others says young muslims are being targeted and communities don't trust it. but a senior police officer says prevent has delivered fantastic result and does not agree with what the critics have said. that is based on sometimes ignorance, that they don't understand properly how prevent works. some of the criticisms come from sections of the community that don't, for a variety of reasons political or otherwise, don't want it to work in the first place. the scheme was set up in 2003. it places a duty on faith leaders, teachers and social workers to refer people to prevent if they have concerns about them. in 2015—16 7500 cases were referred to the scheme and that year scotland yard says 50 people were stopped from going to syria where it was feared they would get involved in the fighting. but this man, who founded the national association of muslim police, says prevent has lots the confidence of muslim communities

and said the comments today by dean haydon condemning the critics are not helpful. it is unfortunate to use the word ignorance, the individuals are establishment figures who are in favour of an independent review, these are establishment figures and we need to listen to what people are saying, understand their concerns and look at how we can move forward to make sure prevent keeps all of us safe, or a version which have the confidence of the community. the government says it wants to learn the lessons from the attacks this year in london and manchester and has set up a review of its entire counterterrorism strategy including the prevent programme. it is likely to report back later this year. danny shaw, bbc news. and you can hear the full interview with commander dean haydon, speaking to nomia iqbal on the bbc‘s

asian network. that's in ‘the big debate, live at the met police.‘ tomorrow from 10am. police have named a one—year—old girl who died following an incident with a vehicle in merthyr tydfill. pearl melody black suffered fatal injuries yesterday after an unoccupied range rover rolled down a hill and struck a wall. the girl's younger brother suffered minor injuries. a short time ago, our correspondent tomos morgan gave us this update. we have been given a statement from south wales police. they say that they were called to the area, where poll melody black and her family live, near where merthyr tydfil is. the one—year—old was playing with her younger brother, and an unoccupied range rover, parked on a driveway, then rolled down a hill

and struck a wall which collapsed. pearl was airlifted to the prince charles hospital in merthyr tydfil, where she sadly died a little later. her younger brother sustained minor injuries. we have had a statement from the family, they have paid tribute. they are heartbroken, of course, but paid tribute to their dancing daughter. they said that pearl was every single star in every single skies. she was the rarest pearl in the ocean and the sweetest melody ever britain. an investigation is now underway into the circumstances surrounding the incident to find out exactly what happened, resulting in such tragic death. disruption expected from major upgrade works at the uk's busiest train station hasn't so far materialised, with many trains quieter

than expected, on the first working day since the upgrade began. more than half of platforms at london's waterloo station are closed, for extension work, to accommodate longer trains, and they'll remain shut til the end of august. adina campbell is at waterloo for us now. this is a major multi—million pound project here at waterloo station. it is affecting half the station here. platforms 1—10 behind me are com pletely platforms 1—10 behind me are completely shut to rail passengers at the moment. that side, those platforms are still open. work started on saturday but this has been the real test for commuters, who faced some disruption to their journey. as you said, many trains have been running to timetable. it comes as no surprise that work to upgrade the uk”s busiest train station has taken years of planning. the scale of the project is huge. it involves hundreds of network rail engineers, closing ten of the station's platforms, with disruption to thousands of commuters. i'm fed up, fed up.

considering how much you've got to pay, it's ridiculous. it's inconvenient, i guess, for tourists and people who have to work, but at the same time, what can they do? this was waterloo this morning. packed platforms with people scanning information boards. and the engineering work has had a knock—on effect at other stations. i can't believe there aren't any rail replacement buses. we've got to figure it out ourselves. and we pay all this money. i'm really angry about it, actually. i'm probably going to be very, very late, but i will deal with it. an average of 270,000 journeys are made to and from waterloo every day. in fact, it's the uk's busiest station. this is an £800 million improvement by network rail, which is responsible for track maintenance and some

of britain's biggest stations. 1,000 engineers and site workers will be working on the upgrade every day. and it will mean longer platforms and bigger trains, making room for more seats and creating extra space for passengers. i realise it's going to cause some disruption for people. and i apologise for that. but on the other hand, i think passengers understand that this sort of work is really necessary to transform their journeys for years ahead. but transport groups say rail passengers will feel the effects of such widespread work. these works are going to mean a month of real disruption and delay, notjust here at waterloo station but on other parts of the network which will be taking the strain as passengers plan alternative journeys. but hopefully it will be a case of short—term pain for long—term gain. the improvements are expected to provide 30% more capacity for passengers during peak hours from december next year. the work is set to last for the next

three weeks and is due to finish on the 20th of august, which is the bank holiday weekend. rail bosses are urging people, in spite of it being quieter than normal, to check before they travel to give themselves plenty of time. and, if possible, take on a day or work from home. network rail have told us they have half a million bottles of water lined up to give to commuters and 120,000 ice creams. that may help to ease some of the pain on commuters. sports direct has apologised for what is describes as any misunderstanding or upset caused by a notice apparently banning staff speaking any language but english in a store in bangor. in a statement the company said the notice was not intended to restrict the use of the welsh language, or prohibit staff from communicating

in their local language, outside these briefings or with customers — and that it was intended to ensure that all staff, who attended briefings on health and safety and other important issues, fully understood the content of these communications. jeremy clarkson has said he won't be back at work for quite some time after being diagnosed with pneumonia. the former top gear presenter was admitted to hospital in majorca, where he's on holiday with his family. he said it was the first time he'd been off sick since he started working in 1978, and thanked fans for all their good wishes. if you're squeamish, you might want to look away now. an australian teenager is recovering in hospital after being bitten by "mite—sized sea critters". 16—year—old sam kanizay found his feet and ankles covered in blood after soaking his legs in melbourne's brighton beach on saturday evening. the teenager had stood still waist—deep in dark cold water for about half an hour but says he didn't feel a thing. no hospital was able to identify what might have done this, so his father went back to the beach to catch some. these are believed to be the perpetrators — in these pictures

they are actually feeding on meat. marine biologists say they were likely to be sea fleas. sam spoke about the experience. i walked out of the water, and saw what i thought was sand covering my ankles, and lower car. ijust shook it off quite violently and it came off. by the time i walked across the sand, about 20 metres to put my thongs on, i looked down and noticed i had blood all over my ankles and feet. it must have been a bit frightening? yeah, i didn't really know what to think of it. it was a bit of a shop, a bit of a random thing to see. i wasn't expecting it at all. you walk home and by the time you get home you are bleeding more. talk us through what you did then. yeah, i didn't want to go inside of the house as there was blood all over my feet. i called mum and dad from the front door on my

phone, they came downstairs and my dad gave me this funny stare and i gave him a stare as we had no clue what was going on. we went inside to the bathroom, and rinsed it off in the bathroom, and rinsed it off in the shower. no one has seen anything like it or anything before. it's been interesting. he didn't want to get blood on the carpet, aah! twin panda cubs in austria have been celebrating their first birthday — by unwrapping presents, or trying to. the pair — fu feng and fu ban — were given pink and blue packets in their enclosure in vienna this morning. their mother showed them how to unwrap their gifts filled with sweet potatoes and carrots. the twins were born in the zoo in austria a year ago today. this is bbc news, coming up...

searching for answers, as the diversity row brews that google over top techjobs diversity row brews that google over top tech jobs between diversity row brews that google over top techjobs between men diversity row brews that google over top tech jobs between men and women. we will speak to a us oceanologist about how widespread the issue is. now, let's have a look at the weather. ben is on the other side of the newsroom with the latest weather forecast. thank you. a very good afternoon. if you were hoping for fine and settled weather through the week, this forecast may be destined to disappoint. things looked decidedly changeable and, in places, very 5°99y changeable and, in places, very soggy indeed. there is some rain and heavy showers from the south—west towards east anglia. this band of cloud and rain will continue to affect the same areas overnight. in the far south—east, largely dry, it will turn chilly here, and usually so foran will turn chilly here, and usually so for an august night, especially in the countryside. perhaps down to one or 2 degrees in some sheltered glens of scotland. this band of cloud and outbreaks of rain across

central areas of england, some really heavy showers working across east anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. they could cause disruption. bright skies in northern ireland and scotland, generally a cool feel to the weather. up to 20 degrees, some very heavy rain in the south—east on wednesday. not bad for the north and west. mostly dry on thursday, rain returning from the west on friday. ina word, returning from the west on friday. in a word, changeable. this is bbc news, the headlines: the government announces tighter legislation making it easier to force social media companies to delete information about their users. ministers say the data protection bill will give people greater control over their personal data. north korea vows to make "the us pay a price" for drafting fresh un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. the state news agency has accused the international community of infringing north korea's sovereignty. a british model who says she was kidnapped for a week

in italy, has returned to the uk. she told the italian media she feared for her life. a 46—year—old mother, named as eloise dixon from kent, is recovering in hospital after being shot while she was travelling with her family in a car while on holiday in brazil. now for a look at the sport with leah. a bit of cricket. yes, but a lot of rain. after some unsettled rain over manchester, a stop in place and then a late lunch break, the 11th and final test is well under way between england and south africa. and needing 269 runs to win, south africa are currently on 106—11. we're only four days in but so much has already happened at the world athletics championships in london. olly foster is at the london stadium. many thanks. no morning session, we

have all had a bit of a breather and time to take stock of what was a hectic opening weekend at the world athletics championships at the london stadium. the gates will be openin london stadium. the gates will be open in the next hour and a half and we will be looking ahead and wondering where the next british medal will be coming from after that gold medalfrom mo farah on the opening night. sophie hitchen in their women's hammer gets under way this evening in the final. a bronze or silver is pretty much the best that all the athletes can hope for except for the great polish hammer thrower. she has got the 13th longest throw, she is the world record—holder, the olympic champion, the world record—holder. she will get the gold medal you would think. sophie hitchen has got the bronze medalfrom rio sophie hitchen has got the bronze medal from rio and she

sophie hitchen has got the bronze medalfrom rio and she is on a par with the others in the field. she will be contesting for a place on the podium. she has been at the forefront of british hammer throwing and is the first female medallist in the event at the olympics last year. we spoke to the former coach of jessica ennis—hill who knows all about the throwing and he had this to say about her. the coach is a superb coach and she has great prospects. the way she qualified is superb. it is a tough competition, it is not a given that she will get a medal even though she got a bronze in rio, but she is amongst it. sophie will love the 60,000 crowd, she will love the noise and the support from this partisan british crowd. i think the crowd has a part to play. people who are coming, support sophie. what else can we look forward to this evening? we have got four gold medals this

evening, the final of the women's triplejump and evening, the final of the women's triple jump and the 110 metres final with no brits in that, but two brits in the final of the women's1500 metres, which will be the last event on the track. laura muir has an outside chance of a medal and laura weightman is also in there, but it will be so tough to get onto the podium because you have got the olympic champion, the world champion and the world leader. all have run considerably quicker than laura muir, who had a great breakthrough season in the indoor season. keep an eye out for caster semenya. 800 is heading, but she is doubling up in the 1500 and has looked very strong in the heats and the semifinal. lots to look forward to, thank you. football — and the manager of the england women's team, mark sampson, has been cleared of wrongdoing after eniola aluko made a complaint to the football association

about "bullying and ha rassment". she's won 102 caps and hasn't played for england since making the claims in may 2016. the chelsea player said she also felt "undermined and belittled" by england staff and claims their negative bias added to her not being picked. but the fa said an independent report found no evidence of wrongdoing by sampson or his staff. aluko and the fa agreed a settlement earlier this year, with one national newspaper claiming it included a £40,000 confidentiality agreement. bbc sport understands the figure was higher. that is all for now. jeremy corbyn has spoken about the situation in venezuela which fellow mp frank field described as desperate. jeremy corbyn said he was sad because of the loss of life, but

did not condemn president euro, despite pressure on him to do so.|j am despite pressure on him to do sol am very sad about lives lost in venezuela. people have died on the street and security forces have attacked people on the street and all of those loss of lives are terrible. there has to be a dialogue process that respects the independent judiciary and the process that respects the independentjudiciary and the human rights of all and there has to be dialogue and it should be regionally based to improve the situation there. there has to be respect for there. there has to be respect for the constitution and respect for the independence of the judiciary. do you condemn the president's actions? i condemn the violence that has been done by any side in this. violence will not decide the issue. the issues in venezuela are partly structural because nothing has been done to diversify the economy, that has to be acknowledged for the

future. we also have to recognise there have been effective in series attem pts there have been effective in series attempts at reducing poverty in venezuela, improving literacy and improving the lives of many poor people. do you regret giving him personal support when he came to power? i gave the support as did many of the people around the world for the principle of a government that was dedicated to improving the life chances of the poorest people. our political correspondent is in westminster. it has been long in coming, but not the condemnation that some of his critics would have wanted. jeremy corbyn was very diplomatic with his language. he has been on holiday in croatia as these tensions have mounted. there have been mounting calls for him to respond to this situation. he has had time to think it over. he was askedif had time to think it over. he was asked if he condemned it? he said he

condemned the violence and the violence would not solve the issue. butjeremy corbyn has in the past praise mr maduro's regime. he says his success in policy areas like improving health and education were a cause for celebration. but when he was asked to condemn him today, the diplomatic answer he gave was there has been widespread support for this socialist regime, that he also supported the improvements that have been made to health and social care, but he condemned the violence. he picked up on that point that when an economy is dependent on oil prices, it is too dependent on one particular source and this was the wea kness particular source and this was the weakness and this should have been addressed earlier. defenders of jeremy corbyn say this is the silly season, all these attacks on his views are politically motivated. but there are some in his own cabinet who are uneasy with all of theirs. that is right. there were people

uneasy with this during the general election campaign when he was asked repeatedly to clarify his stance on the ira. he was asked to clarify his sta nce the ira. he was asked to clarify his stance and his links with previous historical dealings with other sort of terrorist designated organisations. this goes to the heart of that and brings those arguments back. people asking jeremy corbyn, where do you stand on these issues? when you were a backbencher it was all very well to be aligned with the sort of protests that are going on in political spheres, but now that you are the leader of the party it is very different. that is why he is really being put on the spot to clarify his stance on this and other issues. spot to clarify his stance on this and other issues. executives at google have denounced an internal memo in which an employee criticised the company's policy on diversity. mail software engineer argued that the lack of

females in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between men and women. the article was posted on and women. the article was posted on an internal discussion board. whilst the author has been criticised, he has also said he has received of gratitude from fellow employees. has also said he has received of gratitude from fellow employees. joining me now from new york is professor jessie daniels from hunter college. is this an illustration of the sexism that exists in silicon valley? used to work in the tech industry and i am not surprised by this. a survey this morning from inside google shows around one third of employees say they support the ideas in the memo. what is surprising to many people is to realise how consistent these kind of ideas are with the so—called white nationalism and the views of people

posting things in the daily star. you talk about the ultra—right and that was a group hillary clinton accused donald trump of veering towards in the presidential campaign. but isn't that a slightly false argument? we are talking about something much more base than that and there is no scientific evidence for what they have written? my point is that they are consistent. people tend to regard the ultra—right as a fringe culture that has nothing to do with the mainstream and my argument is it is very mainstream. these are people in google and they are making the same argument. but there is no scientific basis about there is no scientific basis about the biology of women and making them inferior as programmers. the author is mistaken about the history of computer programming which owes its lineage to women. some of the founders of computer programming are people like ada lovelace and other

people like ada lovelace and other people who were founders in the field of computer programming and he seems completely unaware of that history and he needs to educate himself. if these views are not surprising as you say, isn't that a problem in itself? they should be surprising, we should not allow this sort of attitude? exactly, it is important that they get some attention, but critical attention, and like this discussion we are having right now, point out the fallacy of the arguments he makes. but it is important to recognise there are a lot of people working in there are a lot of people working in the tech industry and across the country who agree with his views. so my point is that these kinds of memos and this kind of articulation of these ideas is really rolling back the clock on advances around

gender and race that we thought were settled many decades ago, but clearly we need to keep having this conversation because these folks on the right are pushing this conversation again so we have to debate these issues all over again. gender inequality is not confined to silicon valley or the united states, there is a lot of it about, as we know, here. if he was watching you now, professor, the author of this memo, what with the message to him be? i message to him would be to read more widely. he really needs to go about the process of educating himself and he needs to read things like this wonderful book by marie hicks called programming inequality which is about programming in the uk and it talks about the exclusion of women in programming in the uk and how that really defeated the internet industry in the uk. there are internet industry in the uk. there a re lots of

internet industry in the uk. there are lots of titles i could suggest. i would welcome him to reach out to meet and we could have a dialogue about the source of things he needs to be reading beyond this evolutionary psychology which he references in his memo. if he agreed to do it, we would love to televise that conversation! thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. the police watchdog in scotland is investigating why it took over a month to find the body of a man in his own home. divers, sniffer dogs and a helicopter were used in a high profile search operation to find arnold mouat from bo'ness after his family reported him missing injuly. police scotland reported finding his body at home yesterday. we heard a short time ago from our correspondent lorna gordon in bo'ness, who said this isn't the first time police scotland have come under scrutiny. no information yet as to exactly what happened to him, but what we know is his family moved to bowness

about three years ago. he was last seen by his family at their house in the town just before midnight on the 6th ofjuly. the town just before midnight on the 6th of july. it the town just before midnight on the 6th ofjuly. it was thought that he left the property sometime during the night and his family reported him missing the day after. there was a number of high—profile searches for the 64—year—old, involving police divers, sniffer dogs, mountain rescue teams and dozens of volunteers. there were number of high—profile appeals and people living in this area were asked to search outbuildings and garages in their gardens. we know this weekend his body was discovered in his property and it was discovered in ha rd to property and it was discovered in hard to access plays and it was believed his body had been there for some time and require specialist teams to recover his remains. the police remain at this property, the garage to the rear of the house remains cordoned off. the police

themselves have referred the case to themselves have referred the case to the independent police watchdog here in scotland. at the moment it has 26 ongoing live investigations. the police in scotland are under a great deal of public scrutiny at the moment in part because of their handling of previous missing persons cases, the most well—known of which was a couple whose car left the m nine motorway in central scotland and who remained undiscovered for three days. of the investigation they say they will focus on the initial response from police scotland, including the search of an's home address here in bowness. in previous investigations they have called for the logs of the police, they can access cctv footage, they can also interview police officers and members of the public, but at the moment all they are saying is they were looked at the initial response from police scotland. a campaign group says a rising

number of groups commissioning nhs care in england are cutting back on ivf provision. fertility network uk is calling for three full cycles to be provided to women aged under 40, as recommended in official guidelines. our health correspondent jane dreaper explained that where people are in the country has long affected access to ivf. these guidelines were issued way backin these guidelines were issued way back in 2004, but virtually ever since then there has been almost like this lottery of you might not be entitled to free ivf in your area for various reasons, but somebody two miles away in a different part of the local nhs might be. this has been an ongoing situation but this group say it is getting worse. and it varies across the nation? it varies across england, within england, but we have almost four different health systems in the uk. in scotland the government has made

a deliberate decision to prioritise ivf and couples who need it are eligible for up to three full cycles on the nhs, so that is what nice recommends. in wales it is two and in northern ireland it is one. some leading doctors in this area say there should be one policy throughout the uk. nhs funding is under pressure and the argument is that ivf is not an illness. is it the sort of thing the nhs should be paying for? the doctors working in this area see the heartbreak and the suffering of the couples involved and this is listed by the world health organisation as a mental and physical need, an illness if you have problems with your fertility. they are saying this is absolutely something that needs to be there. but competing for those finite nhs resources , but competing for those finite nhs resources, with people making decisions at a local level thinking, shall we find ivf? but what do we

not find if we find ivf? in croydon it has become the first part of london to completely withdraw ivf funding on the nhs for at least a year. if clinical commissioning group is in financial special measures. they are doing it to save the money. they are doing it to save the money. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: tougher government controls are proposed making it easier to force social media companies to delete their information. north korea vows to retaliate and make the us pay a price for the un sanctions over its planned nuclear weapons programme. 46—year—old eloise dixon from kent is recovering in hospital after being shot while on a family holiday in brazil. in a moment the new doctor who gives her first interview on becoming the first female time lord. on becoming the first female time lord. hello, this is the business news.

we could get more control of our personal information under plans outlined by the government. people will be able to ask for personal data to be deleted and to ask firms to obtain "explicit" consent before they process sensitive personal data. about three million households are going to benefit from a tightening of the price cap on pre—payment energy meters, according to regulator ofgem. the regulator says the move will cut the average bill for pre—payment customers by up to £19 a year. house prices fell again for the 4th consecutive quarter. it's the first time that's happened since 2012. the halifax says property prices were 0.2% lower than the previous quarter. it blamed weak growth in wages, inflation and worries about mortgage affordability. this week we're looking

at the business of birth. and today we start in turkey. around the globe, caesarean section rates have increased dramatically, even as a large amount of them are not medically required. whilst the average rate is 28% amongst oecd countries, in turkey more than half of babies are born by c—section, the highest rate in the world. selin girit takes a look at why. at this hospital, eight babies are born today. five of them by caesarean sections. c—sections are rather popular in turkey. over 50% of babies are born not by natural birth, but by these operations. that rate is the highest amongst oecd countries. but why do so many expecting mothers go through these operations? is it by choice or necessity? the increase in c—sections are due to the rise in first births among older women and multiple births resulting from the ivf treatment, but are all of these caesarea ns medically justified ? five years ago, turkey adopted a law making it the first country to punish elective caesarean sections, but it has one of the highest rates of c—section

among developed economies. doctors say the reason for that are many, but that it is not about money. we don't earn more than when we do c—section as a clinician, as a doctor. the hospitals, yes maybe, of course, but they don't push the doctors. most turkish women these days hope to give birth naturally, but of course, things don't always go according to plan. in other news: staff at google have been caught up in a row about gender equality. it started when a male software engineer wrote that the firm needs to "stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism". he's been criticised by many colleagues but others have supported him. google says inclusion is very important to the company. the value of bitcoin has jumped to a record high,

following a month of turmoil. the virtual currency has reached the equivalent of 2000 600 the virtual currency has reached the equivalent of 2,604 per coin. the market value of all bitcoins in existence has now surpassed 42 billion pounds. one of the world's largest providers of shared working space, wework , says it will invest £384 million to expand into southeast asia. the new york based firm is one of a growing number that provide flexible working spaces for freelancers and startu ps. the amount we spend as consumers has fallen for the third month in a row. injuly we spent 0.8% less than we did in the same month last year according to visa. it's the longest downward streak in more than four years. the ftse has been boosted by mining

companies and she is going up. rio tinto was up by more than 1.5%. paddy power suffered falls after the news that its boss is resigning. that is the news from me. the actorjodie whittaker, who'll play the thirteenth doctor who, has been speaking of her excitement about the role. in her first broadcast interview since being announced in the part, she praised the "creative and enthusiastic" fans, who welcomed her appointment as a female time lord, and she's been given some advice by past dr who's. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been to meet her. on tv and online, more than 15 million people have now watched jodie whittaker‘s unveiling as the 13th actor and the first woman to play the lead character in doctor who. to the public the build—up only lasted about three days because the promo happened on the friday and then the reveal happened on the sunday.

but for me that had been months of secrecy and silent enjoyment, but not being able to share it with anyone. and then the relief of it being public knowledge, and knowing it had not been leaked and that kind of thing, it was amazing. since peter ca paldi announced he was leaving the show, there had been months of speculation about his replacement. forjodie whittaker, understandably a stressful time. you were sat on the secret for three months. ifound out i had got it around late march. it had been quite a long process previous to that. i had about four weeks left on shooting trust me as well, so your focus had to be on being the doctor i was currently playing. in trust me that doctor isn't a real one. she plays a nurse who ends up impersonating a doctor. are you sure about this? it's not too late to turn and run.

i won't say a word. it can't be that bad. she is well aware her casting in doctor who is likely to bring more viewers to medical drama trust me when it starts this week. if somebody is now watching something or a film i did ages ago because they'd not heard of me or they're curious to know who the actor is who is playing the doctor, that'sjust exciting. also, it shows how lucky i am in a sense of the roles i get to play because they are all so different. and particularly from cath in trust me to doctor who, they're literally worlds apart. literally worlds apart! that next role in doctor who has already inspired many fans, especially those delighted that a woman has been cast. we can celebrate the fact of differences and not be... i have said before that i hope my gender isn't a fearful thing for the fans. because in this world particularly there aren't rules, and that's a great thing.

she's proved she can keep secrets in real life. this week millions will see how she does it on screen before she finally becomes the doctor. lizo mzimba, bbc news. bearin bear in mind it is august. this doesn't look like a walk in the park. dog owners and their pets in california have hit the waves in the second annual world dog surfing championships. here are the pictures. there's also style, there's confidence, there's the size of the waves, some events have really big waves, some have small waves. there's a lot of style and techniques. the competitors' main challenge is to stay afloat on the board in pacifica near san francisco. but there are also prizes for the best dressed and tandem surfing. the winner is of course, crowned top dog. that's a shame, we have run out of

pictures. let's get the latest on the weather on the other side of the newsroom. you can get me out of this one! there might be some soggy dogs out and about over the country in the next few days but that is because of the rain. certainly a lot of cloud around at lowestoft in suffolk. during the week generally there will be the rain at times and generally it will be feeling cool, but if you are in the right place at the right time, you will see some sunshine. as well as the sunshine, though, there will be some showers and some of these on the heavy side. the showers started to turn quite heavily in places just at the moment. this started to turn quite heavily in placesjust at the moment. this is

the forecast for six o'clock to take us into the first part of the evening. still the potentialfor us into the first part of the evening. still the potential for a thundery shower in scotland. still a decent day for many. in northern ireland, a mixture of sunshine and showers. it should be drive from northern england down to manchester and wales as well. but in the southern coastal counties and up into east anglia there will be showers. there is quite a lot of rain and this band of cloud will sit injust about rain and this band of cloud will sit in just about the same place right through the evening and overnight. we could see thunderstorms potentially in parts of south east anglia later in the night. not cold in the south east, but in the west it is an unusually chilly night for august. some places could get to one or2 august. some places could get to one or 2 degrees. tomorrow looks like a bit of a mess. still some cloud and rain from bit of a mess. still some cloud and rainfrom a bit of a mess. still some cloud and rain from a weather front in central

areas. this is rolling in from the near continent. this means quite a cloudy and a wet day for many parts of england and wales, the wettest in east anglia and the south east later in the day. vicious thunderstorms could give a lot of rain in a short space of time. the brightest weather in the far north of england and scotland. the temperatures are nothing to write home about for this time of the year. on wednesday most of the wet weather will be in the south east. it could cause a few problems. most of us draw breath on thursday, largely dry, but by the end of the week we see spells of rain returning from the west with blustery wind as well. quite the changeable week ahead. get the details on our website. this is bbc news.

i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 4pm: "the right to be forgotten", proposals to make it easier for people to force social media companies to delete personal data. labour leaderjeremy corbyn condemns violence in venezuela but fails to criticise the country's president, despite mounting pressure. what i condemn it is the violence done by any side, all sides in this. violence will not solve the issue. north korea vows to retaliate and make "the us pay a price" for un sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. a british woman is shot while on a

family holiday in brazil. 46—year—old eloise dixon from south—east london is recovering in hospital. a british model who says she was kidnapped for six days