this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11.003m: the us defence secretary insists america is seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis with north korea, but donald trump ramps up the rhetoric after threats to the american territory of guam. the tragedy of war is well enough known. it doesn't need another characterisation beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. if he does something in guam it'll be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before, what will happen in korea. police investigating the european air contamination scandal arrest to company directors after raids in the netherlands. company directors after raids in the netherlands. a problem for a generation — a warning that the uk could face islamist terrorism for at least 20 more years. donations made to the victims of the

g re nfell tower donations made to the victims of the grenfell tower fire are not reaching survivors quickly enough, according to campaigners in west london. also: holiday hold—ups — where in the uk sees the longest delays? passengers heading off from gatwick are worst affected, as research reveals how long travellers spend twiddling their thumbs at airports. ready for the end of an era? usain bolt will run his final competitive race this weekend at the world athletics championships. good morning. it's friday, 11th august. i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the us defence secretary, james mattis, says america is still trying to use diplomacy to resolve the growing tension with north korea and that war would be catastrophic. his remarks contrasted

with those of president trump, who said his threat to unleash "fire and fury" against north korea might not have been tough enough, but secretary mattis insisted diplomatic efforts were yielding results, though military options were ready if needed. my my portfolio, my responsibility is to have military options should they be needed. however, right now, secretary henderson, ambassador haley, you can see the american effort is diplomatically led, it has diplomatic traction as is gaining diplomatic traction as is gaining diplomatic results. the tragedy of war is well enough known, it doesn't need another characterisation beyond the fact that it would be

catastrophic. let's talk to our correspondent robin brant in the south korean capital, seoul. clearly this war of words continuing, this rhetoric on both sides. how worried are people where you are? we hear this all the time and this is a city with a population of 10 million that is 35 miles from the border with north korea and they face the potential of a military conflict with their military neighbours fought decades. life goes on here, there isn't much change. there hasn't been an escalation of the alert status here. combat readiness exercises will come later in the month between us and south korean in the month between us and south korea n forces in the month between us and south korean forces and that could lead to even further rhetoric certainly coming from the north. what is interesting in the last hour or so we have heard that you might class of some kind of official reaction from north korea and that comes in a statement in a newspaper in which

they say that the us and its allies will dearly pay for what they described as reckless military provocations. that kind of language is nothing new but it does continue. from the chinese government today, and they are crucial from the view of washington and from anyone informed on this crisis, the chinese and the role they have to play will be crucial in trying to de—escalation what is going on. the chinese government this morning said that the things both the north koreans and the united states should stop taking turns in shows of strength. the north koreans have said that they are working on these plans could possibly send missiles towards guam and they will, but those plans in the next few days. what is behind this heightened rhetoric from the north koreans? this is a country with the leader

who has spoken very openly about his willingness to take his people to the brink perhaps of their destruction and on the other end we not have a president in the white house who sometimes seems willing to give the north korean regime exactly that. what is most unsettling at the moment, and of course this confrontation both diplomatic and the times military has been going on between the north and south than others in this region for decades, what is most unsettling is we have a president in the united states to speaking in different terms from some of his predecessors. the north koreans think the only way that they can get what they might want strategically in the long—term, and thatis strategically in the long—term, and that is probably just strategically in the long—term, and that is probablyjust to stay in control of their country, is to develop its nuclear capability and join that exclusive club and they think that will be able to change the whole dynamic of the relationship with the allied forces

ofjapan, relationship with the allied forces of japan, korea and relationship with the allied forces ofjapan, korea and the united states. there is no doubt, despite what donald trump has said, that he would never allowed north korea to have a nuclear capability able to reach the united states. this country is now seen as one that has a nuclear weapons capability that would give it back capability. police investigating the european egg contamination scandal have arrested two company directors following raids in the netherlands. here, the food standards agency has revealed that 700,000 contaminated eggs have been imported from dutch farms, but it insists it is "highly unlikely" they pose any risk to human health. sandwiches and salads are among the foods that have now been removed from uk supermarket shelves, as natasha emerson reports. millions of eggs destroyed, supermarkets scrambling to clear their shelves. and now, police raids and arrests. two men have been held by dutch police over batches of poisonous

eggs sold across europe. fipronil, a pesticide commonly used to kill lice and fleas on pets, has made its way into the food chain. earlier this week, the food standards agency said 21,000 contaminated eggs had been imported to the uk. now, it thinks it could be as many as 700,000. but that's still only a fraction of the 3a million we eat each day. and the agency said you would have to eat 10,000 contaminated eggs to see any effect. so far, some salads and sandwiches sold by these four supermarkets have been withdrawn from sale, but whole eggs are safe. despite those reassurances, the scandal continues to spread through europe, with 11 countries now thought to be affected. millions of eggs will be destroyed, as will hundreds of thousands of hens. four years ago, horsemeat was found in burgers and ready—meals.

once again, questions are being raised about what goes into our processed foods and where it comes from. officials hope the contaminated eggs will be out of the food chain soon, but the investigation into europe's latest food scandal is likely to go on for some time. natasha emerson, bbc news. let's talk to our correspondent in brussels adam fleming about this developing story. various european countries seem to be blaming each other about who exactly is responsible for this whole contamination scare. there is a very big blame game going on gci’oss a very big blame game going on across europe at the moment about the scare. it seems that this product originated in belgium, so the german authorities who took millions of eggs off the supermarket shelves last week, their actions could be criminal, according to one

politician. they then said that they had requested information from the dutch authorities undertook them a month to respond at the start of this crisis. the european commission was asked why they haven't issued a warning to other european countries are earlier than that and the commission said they had warned people as soon as they had been told by the belgian authorities and initially it had been about natural thing between belgium and the netherlands, so that is why they didn't alert people earlier. the european commissioner for food and safety has given an interview today saying that he wants the blame and shame to end and he will call for a meeting of politicians from across the eu and nationalfood meeting of politicians from across the eu and national food safety regulators here in brussels before the end of september. he said he wa nts to the end of september. he said he wants to call that meeting once the fa cts wants to call that meeting once the facts have been established about all of —— about all of this actually happened. what can eu officials do to try to knock heads together on

this and resolve this crisis? it is not clear at the moment what more they could do. i don't think there was much appetite for more legislation on food safety across the eu. the european commission has been saying throughout this that their systems are in place and that they work but that the only work when the national authorities do theirjob of looking at products and flagging up warnings the other countries. it is worth remembering that this is more of a diplomatic, economic and legal problems more thanit economic and legal problems more than it is a human health problem. all the regulators and the 11 countries affected by this are saying that you would have to eat a lot of eggs to get ill from this pesticide, but it is not really a serious risk to human health and all of this is being done as a precaution because they say this pesticide can only be in food products in minute quantities and it has gone beyond that threshold. in the uk, we heard from the food

standards agency that the number of 999 standards agency that the number of egg products, like sandwich fillings and salads, is a tiny, tiny fraction of the 12 billion next consumed in the uk every year. the worst air travel delays at airports across the uk were at gatwick the bbc has found, in an analysis of data from the civil aviation authority. it's been looking at figures from the last two summers. they also reveal that the airline with the longest delays was easyjet. 0ur correspondent emma simpson is at gatwick airport for us. talk us through the figures, emma. it is the time of year when the holidays are in full swing so how many flights take off on time? the bbc team has been crunching the numbers from the civil aviation authority over the last two summers. you mention some of the headlines

there. easyjet have the longest delays by on average 27 minutes. thomas cook at 19, british airways at 18. easyjet reckon that his partly reflected in the fact that they have more flights than anyone else. they have the biggest number of slots here at gatwick airport. it was wick which topped the list for the longest delays among airports at 27 minutes. that was followed by luton, jersey and that the other end leads in belfast had the shortest delays. i have spent the morning here at gatwick and that has gone very smoothly here today, but this airport has the busiest single ru nway airport has the busiest single runway in the world, so if the schedule slips it can have big knock—on effects. i have been talking to the head of their side operations here, he basically said a lot of things are simply outside the airport's control.

we recognise the inconvenience caused to our we recognise the inconvenience caused to oui’ passengers. we recognise the inconvenience caused to our passengers. we are up against the challenge of limited airspace over our heads, bad weather and european strikes. of course i'm here at gatwick and other places there are more slots in the summer because that is when the airports make most of their money. you might ask why it don't a pitch is building more resilience, but there is increasing demand. consumers want more flights as cheaply as possible. the government weren't just a few days cheaply as possible. the government weren'tjust a few days ago that average delays of 30 minutes could be the norm unless error spaces redesigned not just about above london but across europe. you can see how long your summer holiday flight could be delayed by.

just go to our website, bbc.co.uk/news, enter the airport you're flight from and your destination, and our online calculator will show you individual airlines' average delays at both airports in the last two years. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: us defence secretary james mattis has said america still hopes to solve the north korea crisis using diplomacy — saying a war would be catastrophic. police investigating the european egg contamination scandal have arrested two company directors following raids in the netherlands. the uk may continue to face the threat of islamist terrorism for another "20 to 30 years", the former head of m15 has said. in sport: after a frantic few days, isaac makwala can only finish sixth in the 200—metres at the world athletics championships, with ramil guliyev taking gold ahead of a00m champion and favourite wayde van niekerk.

great britain are well short of their medal target of 6—8, but dina asher smith is through to the final of tonight's women's 200—metres, just six months after breaking her foot. and rory mcilroy said "the course played tricky", after his opening round at the us pga championship in north carolina. he dropped three shots in two holes to finish the day five off the pace. i will have more on those stories for you just after 11:30 a:m.. at 27—year—old man has been told he will spend at least 20 years in prison after killing his brother by

setting him on fire. thejudge said this was an exceptionally serious crime and the parents will forever endure the pain. let's go to correspond and who has been following this case for us. a harrowing case. give us more on the background to it. it was a family feud that had terrible consequences and ended up with one brother of losing his life and his girlfriend being seriously injured in the process. the two brothers, camera and logan and blair logan, haven't spoken for several years, it is believed since the death of her grandmother in 2013, but in the early hours of new year's day, when the three of them were at the logan family home, in the early hours of the morning, blair logan entered the living room of the family home where cameron was asleep on an inflatable mattress with his girlfriend lying beside him, he entered the room with

a mask on, stood over the couple, then poured petrol on them, directly onto the inflatable mattress, onto the couple and set fire to them. the fire took hold individually with devastating effect. cameron, a man described as happy and much loved who had hoped tojoin the police force, died immediately and his girlfriend, rebecca williams, sustained very serious injuries. the judge in sentencing blair logan this morning said that it was clear that well he did not intend to kill his brother it was clear he had deliberately set fire to him and acted with wicked recklessness, in his own words intending to me and his own words intending to me and his brother. he said his motivation was malice, he planned the attack for a considerable amount of time, stored petrol ahead of time and searched injuries through fire on

the internet. she accepted that he had shown remorse for his actions and had pleaded guilty to his crime, so and had pleaded guilty to his crime, so she did reduce his sentence slightly, but she did sentence him to 20 years in prison. after the sentencing we heard from rebecca williams‘s father, speaking on her behalf, she was very seriously injured in this fire, she has had several surgeries and faces several more. she has a track your tummy so would struggle to speak, so he was speaking on behalf of his daughter. she said she found it almost impossible to put into words the devastating impact this cowardly act has had on her and herfamily. she described cameron as her best friend and partner, caring, respectable and loving man and she said that their future had been stolen from them. she said the actions of one need look —— actions of one evil

individual cannot be undone and the length of the sentence would never be enough for this barbaric murder. she said the horror of what happened in that room with hunter forever. thank you, lorna. cctv cameras will be compulsory in all abattoirs in england under new plans announced by the environment secretary, michael gove. vets working for the food standards agency will be given unrestricted access to footage from all areas containing livestock. abattoirs with failing standards of care could face a criminal investigation or lose staff licences. tom burridge reports. we like to think that the food we eat is produced in an ethical and safe way. now britain is on its way out of the european union, the government is reviewing standards. one idea, make it compulsory for abattoirs in england to have cctv. i think this is a very important animal welfare measure, and i think it gives even greater confidence to the consumer both at home and abroad that british produce,

british meat is achieved at the highest possible standards during their life and at the time of the animal's death. it's hoped cameras will reduce abuse suffered by animals before they are killed. this video was filmed in an abattoir as part of an investigation into abuse by animal aid. into abuse by animal aid. much of the charity's of the footage is too graphic to show. it's a really vital tool for helping to stop the kind of appalling gratuitous violence and abuse that we filmed repeatedly in slaughterhouses during our undercover investigations. and it's notjust the mandatory cctv itself that's so important, but also the independent monitoring of the footage. we're really urging the government to introduce that in order to ensure that slaughterhouses are properly spot checked. the government has faced questions over what future trade deals post brexit would mean for our food. by enforcing cameras

in slaughterhouses, ministers hope to reassure us that they are committed to the highest standards and animal welfare. scientists in the united states say they have made an important step towards producing safe transplant organs for humans from pigs. the work, carried out by an american biotechnology company egenesis, could mean that people no longer die waiting for a donated organ. they've used dna editing to remove so—called porcine endogenous retroviruses, or pervs, from the pig genome. it's thought tata steel, which employs around 8,500 people across the uk, could announce a move today that will allow a possible merger with a rival german firm. tata could be about to detach itself from the £15 billion british steel pension scheme. the move would secure the pensions of tens of thousands of steelworkers. nearly three—quarters of union members backed the new deal earlier this year.

donations made to the victims of the grenfell tower fire are not reaching survivors quickly enough, according to campaigners in west london. figures from the charity commission show that less than 15% of the £18.9 million raised has been given to people affected almost two months after the tragedy, but it says that early difficulties in identifying and contacting those who need help are being overcome. an explosion has taken place at a house in sunderland. the police have declared a major incident and said there is nothing at this time to suggest the explosion was connected to terrorism. the house was destroyed in the explosion with reports on social media suggesting that its roof was blown off. the north—east ambulance service has said that one person is in a serious condition.

the gas supplied to hundreds of homes importer or blocks in london has been cut due to safety fears. the issue with the gas supply was discovered during an investigation into fire safety prompted by the grenfell fire. 0ur correspondent simonjones is in southwark and can tell us more. in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy, extra checks were ordered on high—rise buildings like these ones. residents were initially concerned about cracks that had appeared in the building, so structural engineers were sent in by southwark council, but then they discovered potentially another big problem. gas was supplied to these buildings when they were constructed in 1968. buildings when they were constructed in1968. in buildings when they were constructed in 1968. in 1968 in newham there had beenin in 1968. in 1968 in newham there had been in nearby tower block weather had been a gas explosion and that caused part of the building to

colla pse caused part of the building to collapse on top of each other and that led to four deaths. in the wake of that it was said when gas was fitted to buildings like these ones there had to be improvements to the structure of the building. southwark council believed that had happened but now they have done further checks and now they are not convinced that this building was strengthened as it was supposed to be, so potentially if there were a gas explosion it could be very serious. that is where they have decided to turn off the gas supplies to these for building straightaway. residents have been sent a letter to say that in the coming weeks that will have to be evacuated from these buildings as the work is due to be carried out. the council recognises that this is going to cause a big problem for a lot of people but they say safety has to be the number one priority. so at the moment the residents don't know when they will be moved out? what has been their reaction? the council is working on

a timescale. they are saying it will start in the coming weeks and could potentially last four months. i have been speaking to some of the residents and some are very upset that they have potentially been living in these buildings for years when they have not been safe. 0thers said they are glad that the council is getting a grip on this problem, but the issue is uncertainty because they want to know where they will be moved to, when they will have to move. in the meantime, the council is giving people an electrical hot plates so they can carry on cooking, but that they want a hot shower there will have to go to a nearby leisure centre. some are very concerned about the inconvenience, but the council is stressing it has to put safety first. four people were taken to hospital this morning after smoke filled a train carriage on the london underground.

this happened on the bakerloo line and the train was evacuated at oxford circus station, which is now closed. the cause of the fire isn't known, but it's not currently being treated as suspicious. there has been a sharp fall in the value of shares in the social media company that owns snapchat. they fell by nearly 17% after the owners of the photo messaging app reported more than £300 million in quarterly losses. the number of users was lower than expected and market analysts say the company has been struggling with fierce competition from rivals such as facebook‘s instagram. american singer taylor swift has told a us court that she was sexually assaulted by a radio dj four years ago during a photo shoot. yesterday, the singer took the stand in the trial, which began in denver earlier this week. the 27—year—old, who is suing dj david mueller over the incident, told the court he had grabbed her as she met fans ahead of a concert in the city. mr mueller denies the claims. let's now check out the weather

prospects. we have a decent weekend ahead. for many of us it will be dry with sunny spells. this morning we have sunshine over eastern parts of england. this was the scene a while ago in cambridgeshire. with those clear blue skies. it is not the case for all of us. while there is tension in the south—east, elsewhere there is a lot of cloud around and some outbreaks of rain. in bristol, for example, you can see the clouds gathering and the rear and not too far away. that rain, as it moves its way eastwards, will give us a short speu way eastwards, will give us a short spell of rain in anyone place. patchy rain in northern and western areas, more drizzle in the north—west through the afternoon. in the south—east, the cloud does not

get there until later on in the afternoon. so, at four o'clock, still applied in scotland, potentially some breaks in the cloud here. for most of scotland, northern ireland, northern parts of england and wales and the south—west, grey skies and some patchy rain and drizzle. more in the way of rain in central and southern areas. for east anglia and the south—east, staying dry and sunny. that will not last because the cloud will spread its way in and overnight tonight there will be lots of clothes for many of us. will be lots of clothes for many of us. with that, some drizzle from time to time. it will not be as cold as it has been over the last few nights with temperatures staying up to about 16 celsius. into the weekend, any weather systems will be slow to clear away then a ridge of high pressure starting to move in. high pressure in the summer means that

for the weekend for most of us it should be mainly dry with sunny spells. it could be a slow start on saturday morning, habit of cloud here and there, one to showers dotted around, but by the afternoon the cloud breaking up nicely, given the cloud breaking up nicely, given the sunny spells. if not feel too bad ina the sunny spells. if not feel too bad in a prolonged sunshine. for sunday, it could be a better day. more in the of sunshine, it will be drier, but later in the day cloud increasing in the west with some rain moving in. for next week, it will be changeable weather atlantic weather system does —— atlantic weather system does —— atlantic weather systems moving in. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 11:30pm: the us defence secretary james mattis insists diplomacy is the driving force in american

efforts to deal with north korea, after more tough rhetoric from president trump. two company directors are arrested by police investigating the european egg contamination scandal, following raids in the netherlands. 20 years of terror — the former head of m15 warns the uk could face decades of threats from islamist extremists. campaigners say donations given in the wake of the grenfell tower fire are not reaching survivors fast enough. those are the headlines, now let's get the latest sports news, including what is happening in the athletics. here is leah. thank you. we're starting this hour with news from the morning session at the world athletics championships. it's been a busy few days on and off the track and jessica creighton is at the london stadium for us — so how's the morning session gone for the british team ? good morning, leah, as you say is

been a busy morning session. let me update you on one of the hurdlers from the women's 100 update you on one of the hurdlers from the women's100 metre heat, the trinidad and tobago athlete was u nfortu nately clattered trinidad and tobago athlete was unfortunately clattered into one of the hurdles in the race and had to come off on a stretcherjust behind me. hopefully nothing too serious but a busy morning on day eight of the world athletics championships. not the best of the mornings for the british team,j not the best of the mornings for the british team, j dallaglio not the best of the mornings for the british team,j dallaglio has gone out, she did not make the final of the discus, she did not manage to qualify. i spoke to her and she said she was not too disappointed given all of the injuries she has had in the run—up to the event. also, tiffa ny the run—up to the event. also, tiffany porter has been in action in the women's100 metre heats. she obviously won the world bronze medal back four years ago but was unable to make the finals here. not the best performances from her, and

after the race, porter was clearly disappointed. i have been struggling this year. i've had many setbacks, i'mjust this year. i've had many setbacks, i'm just not this year. i've had many setbacks, i'mjust not in this year. i've had many setbacks, i'm just not in the form i've been in. it was massively disappointing but what can i say? just here and there, with some of what i have been dealing with as well, ijust did not wa nt dealing with as well, ijust did not want to miss out on this opportunity, i wanted that my best foot forward. it isjust so embarrassing to come here and to like that. hopefully robbie grabarz can fare like that. hopefully robbie grabarz canfarea like that. hopefully robbie grabarz can fare a little better. he is stripping off and about to get underway in the qualification for highjump, he will be happy after his bronze medal in london 2012. also, the minster calphalon is underway. ashley bryant of great britain is competing in that, that's the heat of the 100 metres, ashley

brya nt the heat of the 100 metres, ashley bryant goes into the second event of the day —— the men's decathlon. with ashton eaton retired, there is an opportunity for someone to go and dominate the sport, which could be the german, who is currently in second place but ashton eaton currently in 22nd. and jess, there is no realistic chance of great britain getting the medal target of six, two, eight, but we could expect one more maybe later this evening? yes, british fans will have their fingers crossed. 0ne yes, british fans will have their fingers crossed. one of the athletes who has caught everyone's i is dean asher—smith, here five years ago at the london 2012 olympics. she was here as a kid carrier but she was so inspired she took up athletics more

seriously. —— a kit carrier. she broke her foot only in seriously. —— a kit carrier. she broke herfoot only in february seriously. —— a kit carrier. she broke her foot only in february and in the last six months she has worked really ha rd in the last six months she has worked really hard to get back on the track and has impressed everyone in these world championships, she will race for gold tonight in the 200 metre final. in terms of the field events, britain will be going for gold in the women's long jump, lorraine ugen has high hopes going into this event as the british indoor record—holder, she has a point to prove as she missed her home 0lympics five years ago here as she had an injury and will want to put ina she had an injury and will want to put in a good showing in this competition. thank you, jess, for that update. liverpool say their brazilian midfielder philippe coutinho is "definitively" not for sale. they rejected a bid of 90—million pounds from barcelona this week and they've issued a statement saying "no offers will be considered", coutinho signed

a new five—year deal with liverpool injanuary. the new premier league season begins tonight, with arsenal hosting leicester, the 2016 champions. arsenal haven't taken the title since 2004 and it's been three years since they won their opening match of the season — something manager arsene wenger knows must change. the preparation of the squad looks good, the aim is to transform the quality of the preparation into points. of course, it's a pragmatic view but what matters is viewing the next game and starting in a strong way, what we did not do last year. that is what you want to achieve. that's all of the sport for now, ben, back to you. studio: leah, thank you. the electoral commission in kenya has called claims by the opposition — that their candidate won the presidential election —

as unconstitutional. the opposition published its own results which gave raila odinga a quarter of a million more votes than the incumbent uhuru kenyatta. they also demanded that the electoral commission's chairman declare mr odinga president. the independent electorate boundaries concession is the only one allowed to run elections. that means, from the process of voting to counting votes, to making the announcement. it is our duty to count the votes and announce the results so we do not expect a candidate to use our staff member and collect the purported results and collect the purported results and tell them to us to announce. it is completely illegal and not procedure. a coach has crashed into the wall of a tunnel... in northern china, killing at least 36 people. 13 others were hurt.

officials said the coach was travelling from chengdu in the south west to the central city of luoyang. venezuela's president says he wants a face—to—face meeting with donald trump. nicolas maduro was addressing venezuela's newly—elected constituent assembly, dominated by his supporters. he said he'd ordered officials to try to arrange a meeting at next month's un general assembly, and accused his critics, particularly in the us, of imperialism and interference. the former head of m15 lord evans has warned that britain could face a terrorism threat for another 20 or 30 years. in an interview with the bbc, jonathan evans also said that russia was likely to be trying to interfere

in the uk's democracy. and he warned that the ‘internet of things', in which vehicles and domestic devices are all connected to the internet‘ will need to be made more secure to reduce emerging cyber threats. our home affairs correspondent daniel sanford is here. a lot said by lloyd evans, what is the most significant statement there today? what is telling if he was talking about when he retired from running m15 in 2013, it seemed the terror threat from al-qaeda was almost over. it had been 20 or so years, and it seemed that it was fading. but, in the last four years it has become apparent to him that we are facing another 20 or 30 more years as this, and this is because the offshoot of al-anda, so—called islamic state, has really let the fire, as it were. it's a warning that this is a big effort to come. following that interview this morning, mark rowley, the assistant commissioner in terms of counterterror policing across the uk, said that now we need the public‘s help. it's no longer a job

for police and security services to tackle this. there is a widening cohort, he described it, people threatening the uk. it isn't so much a small terror movement any more but a small terror movement any more but a cult—like movement. numbers are so great he needs members of the public to help and public services to help. businesses to help. he has talked about a whole system, in effect, which is now required to tackle this problem. he was pointing out over the last four years, up until february, there have been about 13 plots the security services foiled. in the four months from february, there were four successful plots and six foiled plots. so, ten in only four months after 13 in four years. and there was worried from lord eva ns, and there was worried from lord evans, the westminster bridge attack may be inspired other attacks, that successful plots beget other plots? that is exactly the fear, once this

thing gets momentum, and others see people doing things off their own bat, it triggers more of those similar, lone act kind of attacks. one of the things mark rowley was talking about this morning is that it isn't only lone actor attacks, it isn't only islamic state organised attacks from syria, it isn'tjust al-anda, they are facing all three. it is that kind of wide problem, there are the lone actors, organised from syria islamic state attacks, and the old school, as it were, al-qaeda attacks. they face all of those, and that's why they say now, although they are reviewing systems and what went wrong this year, what he is absolutely sure of is that he really needs the public‘s help. islamist terrorists are clearly a priority but we have had warnings today about russia. we've heard a lot in the us about alleged russian

interference in american democracy and more interference here as well? jonathan evans made it clear that although he is no longer involved in m15 or seeing the latest intelligence committee said it is impossible that there is an attempt by russia to subvert american democracy and french democracy and other democracies in western europe, and not to have tried to do the same thing here. he will be very surprised if there had not been, or would not be, it tends to do that. he is particularly concerned about the cyber field. he is particularly concerned about the cyberfield. interestingly, he was not against encryption, he thinks it's a necessary part of the future in terms of keeping us safe, it might give problems to security services that it is needed to keep us services that it is needed to keep us safe. he warned that as we go towards this internet of things, where you have vehicles, planes, cars, domestic appliances, all being communicated with remotely across the internet, we need to be absolutely sure that that network is

secure, otherwise you have hackers basically able to break in and drive vehicles like planes for their own ends and not the good of society. and lloyd evans talking about this generational struggle, this terror threat could be around for 20 or 30 yea rs, threat could be around for 20 or 30 years, does that sound right to you? i think it does, that is where everybody has now got to. there was a feeling, in the 2010, 2011, even up a feeling, in the 2010, 2011, even up until lloyd evans stood down in 2013, that the al-qaeda threat had maybe been lanced, that the boil was losing its, kind of, poison. clearly, the arab spring, and particularly what happened in syria has read the fires, —— relit the

fires and as it is burning as brightly as they are, it will be decades, rather than years, brightly as they are, it will be decades, ratherthan years, before it peters out again. daniel sandford, our home affairs correspondent, thank you. it's just over a month since six—year—old bradley lowery died after battling a rare form of cancer. the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including footballerjermain defoe. now, in his first interview since bradley's death, jermain told the bbc how he's been inspired by the little boy he called his "best mate". they were best friends and it was a friendship which captured the hearts of everyone. i have a nice picture in the house of me and bradley at the england game. i walked him out, we sang the national anthem. it's a special story. my best friend, it was genuine. he was a kid who knew... he just loved his football. he loved me, i loved him

and seeing in his eyes, it was genuine because he was a child. there was nothing i could give him apart from just being a friend. it was an instant connection. even towards the end, when he was really struggling and he couldn't really move, i would walk into the room and he would just jump up and his mum said, "he hasn't moved all day," so yeah, it was a special feeling. every time i saw him. the emotion is still raw but the impact the little boy has had on defoe has been profound. the bournemouth striker says it is a gift and he will be forever grateful. i always wake up thinking, you know, if you don't feel well, you feel tired, snap out of it. because i can see little kids suffer like that and still fight, to me, there is no bigger motivation. i could go through anything. if he can fight like that, i can go

through anything. you walked out with him so many times. was that the best england moment? it was the best. he was looking down the tunnel. i came down the tunnel, gave him a cuddle. joe hart said, to walk the team out. for him to do that, that was special. and we walked out, standing there, singing the national anthem. to be there on mother's day. being involved in the squad and actually playing, and scoring... for me, it's one of the best moments of my career. you can see the whole of that interview with jermain defoe on ‘football focus‘, tomorrow at 12 o'clock on bbc one. sinews coming into us —— some news

coming into us about that murder in thornton heath in south london, from scotla nd thornton heath in south london, from scotland yard, the 15—year—old aspiring architect who was fatally wounded on tuesday night. we are hearing a 16—year—old boy and an 18—year—old woman have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 15—year—old jermaine goupail in thornton heath on tuesday night. that's coming in from scotland yard. also, more on the x contamination story we have been reporting throughout the morning. we are hearing from the european commission in brussels that 15 countries receive eggs potentially contaminated with insecticide. the european commission said that the 15 countries which imported the expert that may have been contaminated are sweden, france, the uk, austria, ireland, italy, poland, romania, slovakia, slovenia, denmark, and

hong kong as well. that's all on top of the four countries where the farms were suspected of using the insecticide, belgium, the netherlands, germany, and france. according to the european commission, 15 countries receiving those potentially contaminated eggs. more on that as it comes into us. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first... the headlines on bbc newsroom live: us defence secretary james mattis has said america still hopes to solve the north korea crisis using diplomacy — saying a war would be catastrophic. 15 countries, including the uk, have received eggs contaminated with insecticide. the risk to health is said to be very low. the uk may continue to face the threat of islamist terrorism for another "20 to 30 years", the former head of m15 has said. good morning, i'm jeremy

good morning, i'mjeremy robinson. the business news now... shares in the company that owns the snapchat photo messaging app fell nearly 17 per—cent after the social media firm reported a quarterly loss of more than 400 million dollars. the company is facing fierce competition from other apps, such as instagram. more on this shortly. energy companies say more than three million electricity customers have switched suppliers so far this year, to take advantage of cheaper deals, an increase 01:14 % over the same period last year. however, those taking action are still in a minority despite rising bills. google's parent company alphabet has cancelled a company wide meeting to discuss the company's policy's on diversity. earlier this week a male software engineer was sacked for arguing in a memo the lack of women in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between men and women. the meeting was cancelled because of safety concerns when right—wing commentators published the names of certain employees. shares in the social

media company snap — the owner of the snapchat photo messaging app dropped 14% yesterday when it reported over £310 million — a00m dollars — of quarterly losses and said that it had fewer than expected users. it's the second set of quarterly results they've reported — after they floated earlier this year. simon collister specialises in communication. a lot of focus has been on daily active users, the number of people engaging and using the platform on a daily basis. while there has been some great, year—on—year, snap would say that growth is good, it clearly isn't good enough in terms of investors. the co—founder and ceo of the platform is keen to point investors away from daily active users and has almost complained in the earnings, saying there is too much focus on

users and we should look at engagement race on the platform. what are they doing? the engagement rates look impressive. an engagement rates look impressive. an engagement rate is how long people spend on a platform daily. those are one of the beacons of light in terms of results. numbers are up, up to a0 minutes per day people spend using snapchat. and that's important to him, the longer they spend on it that more attention they paid to advertising? that's a key point, facebook, from the figures i saw, have an average engagement rate of 20 minutes a day. is double facebook and a much younger demographic. there is the idea that they have a lwa ys there is the idea that they have always believed that they can grow revenue from those existing users. let's have a look at some of the other stories we are looking at today. heathrow has said that it recorded its best ever single month,

in its entire history, this isjuly, passenger numbers soared to record highs, 7.53 million passengers went through the airport in that single month. an increase ofjust over 1% on lastjuly. if you rent a home from a private landlord, the chances are you will suffer from ‘home—owning hopelessness'. this from a report by the local government association. it says nearly two thirds of private renters in england now never expect to buy their own property and they say councils need powers and funding to create a mix of affordable housing options. nationwide has reported a sharp fall in mortgage lending, mainly due to making fewer buy—to—let loans. between april to june it lent £2.a billion in mortgages. in the same period last year it lent £3.5 billion. it did say though that more people opened a current account with it during that period than with any other provider. let's have a look at the markets now. . . let's have a look at the markets

now... we've had about three days of falling now, largely to do with geopolitical tensions. north korea, the us, a big fall of 200 points on the us, a big fall of 200 points on the dow yesterday. the pound against the dow yesterday. the pound against the euro is very low, not an all—time low, the lowest since 2009, when it went down to 1.0 seven. now, it is very close to the level where it is very close to the level where it could break below 1.1 zero. dixons carphone shares have limited this morning. theirfigures are not looking good today. those are the business headlines today. we will have more later. thank you. this weekend the world's fastest man — usain bolt — will take part in his final competitive race at the world athletics championships in london, before retiring. during his career, the sprinter has won eight olympic gold medals and holds the 100 and 200 meter world records.

a little earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to the telegraph's athletics correspondent ben bloom, 13—year—old vera who is a fan of usain bolt — along with her dad ifeanyi umelue, and also to the three—time olympic medallist sprinter kris akabusi who explained what kind of legacy bolt will leave. clearly, he is an icon of the sport. he is ranked, along with the guys like edwin moses, lord coe, daley thompson, michaeljohnson, these quys thompson, michaeljohnson, these guys are thompson, michaeljohnson, these guys are icons of the sport. usain bolt is the icon of his day. he actually surpassed some of those quys actually surpassed some of those guys inasmuch as he managed to win three olympic gold medals, in track and field events, that is phenomenal. and you have been inspired by usain bolt, what was it that made that happen? when i first saw him, beating the world record in

2008. i could see that it was through hard work and determination that he put in to get where he is today to be the fastest man. what impact did it have on you? it taught me to work harder, even if i did not win this race, i can always come back stronger if i work harder for the next race. what are you doing in athletics? the 200 metres. and how are you getting on? it is going well so far, yeah. and it's always nice when a child has a role model that they can look up to, that can help to propel them forward? they can look up to, that can help to propelthem forward? yes, of course. in my family, they have a lot of interest in sports. might duty —— my duty, as a dad, lot of interest in sports. might duty " my duty, as a dad, is lot of interest in sports. might duty —— my duty, as a dad, is an obligation to support them and inform them, but taking them from one place to another financially or otherwise. ben, he is an athlete who

hasn't put a foot wrong, people love him and he has performed amazingly. people do, i would take it a step further than what kriss has said, he named some figures in the sport, they are big and transcend the sport, athletics has never had someone like usain bolt before he is bigger than the sport. you can save the name, bold, anywhere in the world and they will know who this man is. then boom from the telegraph there. now, the headlines coming up on the bbc news channel but first we will leave you with a look at the latest weather prospects with simon king. hello. some sunshine across the south and east of england. but, elsewhere, it's cloudy at the moment. this is the scene a short while ago in east sussex. there it is. blue skies, a lovely day to head

to the beach. it isn't like that everywhere. there is sunshine in the south—east but cloudy skies elsewhere, and beneath that, our brea ks elsewhere, and beneath that, our breaks of rain and drizzle. these are the scenes in argyll and bute. while the swans may be enjoying it, a lot of cloud shrouding the hills and mountains. this afternoon we have cloud, there will be rain at times and that will gradually move further eastwards. towards east anglia and the south—east, but in a holding in the afternoon but elsewhere, outbreaks of rain and drizzle. while heavy rain made clear from scotland and northern ireland, it will stay drizzle the in places. bright skies across north—east scotland, it could reach 19 or 20 degrees but elsewhere, in northern ireland and northern england, in wales and the south—west of england, temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees, breezy conditions, you would notice, but the rain edging towards the midlands. eventually that will push into central and southern england as

well. in the south—east, staying sunny, cloud will move in, overnight tonight, it a lot of cloud around. some drizzle on and off, continuing into saturday morning. temperatures of 13 or 1a degrees, not as cold as it has been in recent nights. this weekend, the weather system bringing rain in today clears, high—pressure moves in from the west. where we have high pressure in august and the summer months, it's largely dry weather and sunny spells as well. a more promising look for the weekend. quite a slow start on saturday. a bit of cloud, some spots of rain, a couple of showers in the afternoon, particularly in north—east england by the afternoon but, for most on saturday, a dry day and some sunshine developing. maximum temperatures of 17—20, even in south—east england. sunday looks better for many, with south—east england. sunday looks betterfor many, with more in the way of sunshine. a couple of showers

dotted around but later in the day, the cloud gathers in the west. eventually, some rain spreads in but that will take us into next week where it stays changeable. more atla ntic where it stays changeable. more atlantic weather systems come in at times, giving outbreaks of rain as well. goodbye. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. the us defence secretary insists diplomatic efforts are making progress in the crisis with north korea, but donald trump ramps up the rhetoric after threats to the american territory of guam. the tragedy of war is well enough known. it doesn't need another characterisation beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. if he does something in guam it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before, what will happen in korea. 15 countries, including the uk, have received eggs contaminated by a pesticide — the risk to health is

said to be very low. a problem for a generation — a warning today that the uk could face islamist terrorism for at least 20 more years. donations made to the grenfell tower fire victims aren't reaching families quickly enough, according to campaigners. also: holiday hold—ups — where are the longest delays in the uk? find out which airport is worst affected, as research reveals how long travellers spend waiting to fly. ready for the end of an era — usain bolt, the world's fastest man, will run his final competitive race this weekend at the world athletic championships. good afternoon.

it's friday, 11th august. i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the us defence secretary, james mattis, says america is still trying to use diplomacy to resolve the growing tension with north korea and that war would be catastrophic. his remarks contrasted with those of president trump, who said his threat to unleash "fire and fury" against north korea might not have been tough enough, but secretary mattis insisted diplomatic efforts were yielding results, though military options were ready if needed. of words between america and north korea continues, the us defence secretary this week with his vietnamese counterpart at a time when security in asia feels more fragile. the man in charge at the

pentagon is emphasising the key word. i didn't expect all of you to come out here. you can see the american effort is diplomatically lead, it has diplomatic traction and is gaining diplomatic results and i wa nt to is gaining diplomatic results and i want to stay right there right now. the tragedy of war is well enough known. it doesn't need another characterisation beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. but the tone from the president very different. his message to north korea's leader feels personal. he has said things that are horrific and with me he is not getting away with that. he got away with it for a long time between him and his family. this is a whole new. he does something in qualm it'll be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before what will happen in north korea. this is where your site and

north korea meet, where south korean tourists and said their reclusive neighbour. north korea has carried out missile tests after missile test this year. the latest type could possibly hit alaska. each an act of defiance towards america and its allies. japan's missile defence system is more relevant now. the japanese government is urging restraint. what president trump says is his mind and it is based on what we understand that we have also quoted publicly the president's words that all options are on the table. we are currently trying to have as much and the strongest possible pressure so that we will have a way out in a peaceful way. protests in recent years suggest american territories like hawaii are well protected from attacks from the

air. there are similar systems on guam, which appear on you and identified as a possible target. but for all the hot language, the atmosphere on this tropical american territory in the western pacific is cool air passengers leaving gatwick have suffered the longest average delays during summer getaways. the airline with the longest delays was easyjet. flyers using easyjet had an average delay of 2a minutes, and those leaving from gatwick waited 27 minutes. earlier today we heard from our correspondent emma simpson, who is at gatwick. she broke down the figures for us. yes, i mean it is the time of year isn't it when the holidays are in full swing? so how many flights take off on time? the bbc data team having been crunching the numbers from the civil aviation authority over the last two summers. you

mention some of the headlines there. easyjet have the longest delays by on average 2a minutes, that was followed by thomas cook at 19, british airways said the team. easyjet reckon that that result is partly reflected in the fact that they have more flights than anyone else. they certainly have the biggest number of slots here at gatwick airport and it was wick which topped the list for the longest delays among airports at 27 minutes. that was followed by luton and jersey and that the other end leeds and belfast have the shortest delays. i have spent the morning here at gatwick. it has gone very smoothly here today with no delays reported, but this airport has the busiest single runway in the world so busiest single runway in the world so if the schedule slips it can have big knock—on effect. i had been talking to the head of a side operations here who basically says a lot of things are simply outside the

airport's control. you need we recognise the inconvenience caused to our passengers. we are up against the challenge of busy airspace over our heads, bad weather over europe and european air traffic strikes. the flight to europe more than anyone else would disproportionately we are more affected. of course, here at gatwick and in lots of other places there are more slots in the summer because that is when airports make most of their money. you might ask why they do than just money. you might ask why they do thanjust building money. you might ask why they do than just building more money. you might ask why they do thanjust building more resilience that there is increasing demands. consumers want more flights as cheaply as possible, so what to do about it? the government warned to few days ago that average delays of 30 minutes could be the norm unless airspace is redesigned notjust above london but across europe. the european commission has said that 15 countries have imported eggs

that may have been contaminated with fipronil, in addition to the four countries where farms are suspected of using the insecticide. the european commission will hold a meeting of ministers and national regulators on 26th september to discuss food safety in the wake of the egg contamination scare. the food standards agency has revealed that 700,000 contaminated eggs have been imported to the uk from dutch farms, but it insists it is "highly unlikely" they pose any risk to human health. sandwiches and salads are among the foods that have now been removed from some supermarket shelves, as natasha emerson reports. millions of eggs destroyed, supermarkets scrambling to clear their shelves. and now, police raids and arrests. two men have been held by dutch police over batches of poisonous eggs sold across europe. fipronil, a pesticide commonly used to kill lice and fleas on pets, has made its way into the food chain. earlier this week, the food standards agency said 21,000 contaminated eggs had been imported to the uk. now, it thinks it could be as many as 700,000. but that's still only a fraction of the 3a million we eat each day. and the agency said you would have to eat 10,000 contaminated eggs to see any effect.

there is no reason why people should avoid eating out —— eggs. we think people deserve that they can trust and that means not having that that has a substance inadvertently shouldn't be there. so far, some salads and sandwiches sold by these four supermarkets have been withdrawn from sale, but whole eggs are safe. despite those reassurances, the scandal continues to spread through europe, with 11 countries now thought to be affected. millions of eggs will be destroyed, as will hundreds of thousands of hens. four years ago, horsemeat was found in burgers and ready—meals. once again, questions are being raised about what goes into our processed foods and where it comes from. officials hope the contaminated eggs will be out of the food chain soon, but the investigation into europe's latest food scandal is likely to go on for some time. natasha emerson, bbc news. let's talk to our correspondent in brussels adam fleming

about this developing story. the european union saying that 15 countries could have imported eggs that were contaminated. we have just had the lunchtime press briefing here and they read the list of countries that have imported eggs. freedom —— sweden, france, austria, the uk, ireland, poland, slovakia, slovenia, denmark, and also hong kong. a slight bit of confusion about the total number of countries affected. those are the countries that have imported eggs from other infected countries, and that includes france. we are trying to work out the total number that have been affected, including importing countries and source countries. it is clear that more and more countries are being affected by this care. countries are being affected by this ca re. every countries are being affected by this care. every couple of hours another

country says that they believe that they have egg products on the shelves that had been contaminated by this pesticide temp two. it is not just eggs we by this pesticide temp two. it is notjust eggs we are talking about here, in the uk it mainly affects 999 here, in the uk it mainly affects egg —based products, so salads and sandwich fillings as well. the european commission said they will host the meeting here in brussels of agriculture minister is and national food safety regulators on 26 september. they say it is not a crisis meeting, but it is about learning the lessons once the facts have been established. there is a blame game going on about european countries over who is responsible. yes, the food safety commissioner has called for countries to stop what he is calling the blaming and shaming because there has been a lot of finger—pointing. germany has said that the handling of this has been potentially criminal, but belgian

politicians say that they requested information from the dutch that took a month for them to provide. the european commission itself is having to defend its role saying they alerted the eu rapid alert system on the 21st ofjuly, which was the first point at which belgium had told them that had been a problem, though it turns out that belgium and the netherlands have been talking to each other much earlier than that. there is a diplomatic outcome, and economic outcome, but there doesn't seem to be a big health problem here. regulators saying again and again it is very unlikely that anyone will get ill from eating these contaminated eggs. back to our top story, that secretary mattis is saying that the

us is still using diplomacy to try to move ahead with north korea. let's talk to our correspondent yogita limaye in the south korean capital, seoul. how worried are people in south korea? life goes on as usual in south korea. it is a country that has dealt with threats from its northern neighbourfor a has dealt with threats from its northern neighbour for a long has dealt with threats from its northern neighbourfor a long time. whilst there are obviously concerned because this rhetoric doesn't seem to stop, they are a bit worried about this heated exchange between the us and north korea, but at the moment they don't believe there is any reason to panic. analysts i have been speaking to say that in august the result is heightened rhetoric coming from north korea because that is the month in which the us and south korea conductjoint military

exercises. what has happened this time is that you also have a us president he is making very aggressive remarks. that is making things more tents here. the government is concerned. the top security adviser here spoke to his american counterpart today. the us agreed that it would not launch any preventive strikes on north korea without informing south korea. we heard from john you that they have said that the north korean military is working on plans to fire for ballistic missiles towards qualm. what is there thinking, what is there a game here? there is fierce reaction even coming in today from newspapers, one of them controlled by the ruling party saying that the us mainland will be reduced to ashes, but nothing as specific i

came out a couple of days ago that they are planning to hit the waters near qualm with four missiles. one reason is to make a direct threat to the us, they have made threats to south korea in the past, but they are now directly threatening the us because of the aggressive remarks and they say that this is in response to the aggressive remarks that are coming from president donald trump. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: james mattis has said that america still hopes to solve the north korean crisis using diplomacy. he said a war would be catastrophic. he said a war would be catastrophic. 15 countries including the uk have imported eggs contaminated by a pesticide — the risk to health is said to be very low. the uk may continue to face the threat of islamist terrorism for another "20 to 30 years", the former head of m15 has said. now the sport with leah boleto.

let's get straight to the world athletics championships, where a busy morning session is still underway. jessica creighton is at the london stadium for us — how's it going for the british team so far? add very, very busy morning for the british athletes. unfortunately, cheered could not make it through to the bible of the discus. she managed to best throw of 57 metres 71 centimetres. tiffany porter could not make it through to the final of the 100 metres hurdles. she did have a lot of injuries leading up to this but she said she was embarrassed by her performance 13.18. robbie

grabarz will be hoping to fair bit better, he is in the qualifying in the high jump. he better, he is in the qualifying in the highjump. he has managed the bestjump the highjump. he has managed the best jump of 2.26 the highjump. he has managed the bestjump of 2.26 metres at his first attempt. he has happy memories from the stadium after his bronze medal in london 2012. also in action in the decathlon is ashley bryant for great britain. the first event has been and gone, the 100 metre heats. he went into the second event of the day, the long jump, in 20 second place. he has managed a jump of 7.26 metres, which is way off the topjump of 7.65 of 7.26 metres, which is way off the top jump of 7.65 metres. of 7.26 metres, which is way off the topjump of 7.65 metres. tonight british fans will hopefully get to have with the medal tally with dina asher—smith going for gold in the 200 metres and lorraine going for gold in the long jump. liverpool say their brazilian

midfielder philippe coutinho is "definitively" not for sale. they rejected a bid of £90 million from barcelona this week and they've issued a statement saying "no offers will be considered", coutinho signed a new five—year deal with liverpool injanuary. the new premier league season begins tonight, with arsenal hosting leicester, the 2016 champions. arsenal haven't taken the title since 200a and it's been three years since they won their opening match of the season — something manager arsene wenger knows must change. it is to transform the quality of the preparation into points and that is of course a pragmatic view, but thatis is of course a pragmatic view, but that is what matters is that you win the next game and starred in a strong way, that we did not do last year we re

strong way, that we did not do last year were dashed last year. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. the gas supply to hundreds of homes in four tower block in south london has been cut due to safety fears. residents are being told they may be evacuated to temporary accommodation over the next few weeks. the issue with the gas supply was discovered during an investigation into fire safety prompted by the grenfell fire. our correspondent simonjones gave us this update. initially there was concern from residents about cracks in the building, so structural engineers we re building, so structural engineers were sent in to look at the da blocks behind me, but then further concern was raised about what might happen if there was a gas explosion. let's talk to the deputy leader of the council. tell me first of all, what are the concerns? that concerns are that if there was to be a gas explosion whether the building could

withstand that and where there is even a slight risk of that i think we have to turn the gas off because we have to turn the gas off because we don't want any of our residents to be at risk. why do you think these tower blocks are not fit for purpose? they were built in the late 60s, early 70s. they were built after ronan point, which suggested to us that the structure was in there to withstand any blast. that was the blast in 1968 were four people died. that's right. these we re people died. that's right. these were builtjust after people died. that's right. these were built just after with strengthening involved. we felt it was really important to find out for sure, which is why we instructed the survey and this is what has come back and it is the right thing to do to turn the gas off. you are not convinced about strengthening work backin convinced about strengthening work back in 1968 took place. we don't know one way or the other. that

could be strengthening measures in their but the traditional strengthening measures have not been found. it doesn't mean to say that there isn't, but while there is uncertainty we can take that risk. it seems drastic to say to people they are going to have to leave their homes. we are not making the believe their homes today other people do we will support them to do that. there will be a major works programme on the flats, also to look at the cracks and do the works. at that time we will need to move people out, but we will do that in a measured way. turning the gas off is making it safer for people, however i totally understand that if anybody does want to move and does feel safe, we did that after the cracks we re safe, we did that after the cracks were first found, we said to anybody that they could move and is we will help them move. residents have potentially been living in a dangerous tower block, four of them

for maybe 40 plus years. we now know that potentially there could be a risk and my view is that i want bad risk to be minimised today. we can't change what happened in the past but we can make sure as of today that everyone is safe. do you have any idea of the timescale? at the moment, no. the most important thing at the moment is to get the gas off and get their electricity in there, then we will look at how we can address the properties. we want to make sure it is done right, so we don't want to rush it and make sure that the job is fit for purpose and people can continue living here because it is a community and the one to retain the community. could they potentially be out for months? today i think we need to evaluate what is happening. over the coming weeks we will have a

clearer picture. some of the tests are still being carried out on the structure of the building. once we have all of that sum we will have a way forward. thank you forjoining us. way forward. thank you forjoining us. the council recognises that this will be inconvenient and perhaps stressful a nd will be inconvenient and perhaps stressful and worrying for the residents, but safety has to be the number one priority. donations made to the victims of the grenfell tower fire are not reaching survivors quickly enough, according to campaigners in west london. figures from the charity commission show that less than 15% of the £18.9 million raised has been given to people affected almost two months after the tragedy, but it says that early difficulties in identifying and contacting those who need help are being overcome. the electoral commission in kenya has called claims by the opposition that their candidate won the presidential election —

unconstitutional. the opposition published its own results which gave raila odinga a quarter of a million more votes than the incumbent uhuru kenyatta. they also demanded that the electoral commission's chairman declare mr odinga president. the electoral commission chairman wafula che—bukati said they were the only body that could call a result. running elections means from the process of voting to counting of votes until the announcement of the results. it is our duty to count votes a nd results. it is our duty to count votes and the night results so we don't expect that candidate to use our staff members, bring it to us and tell us to announce results. that is totally illegal and not procedural. let's speak to our

correspondence who can join us from the kenyan capital, nairobi. what is the kenyan capital, nairobi. what is the latest? i am at the venue were the latest? i am at the venue were the final announcement to declare the final announcement to declare the winner of the presidential election will be made and all signs here are that the announcement is imminent. i have seen leaders from both sides arriving here. we have opposition leaders, including the running mate of the opposition candidate, raila odinga, is here. the fact that they are here should tell us something. if they were not here, it would tell something else. we are expecting that announcement very shortly. there is a heavy security presence. this afternoon kenyan is well known he is the next president. thank you very much indeed. scientists in the united states say they have made an important step

towards producing safe transplant organs for humans from pigs. the work, carried out by an american biotechnology company egenesis, could mean that people no longer die waiting for a donated organ. they have used dna editing to remove retroviruses from the pig genome. it's thought tata steel, which employs around 8,500 people across the uk, could announce a move today that will allow a possible merger with a rival german firm. tata could be about to detach itself from the £15 billion british steel pension scheme. the move would secure the pensions of tens of thousands of steelworkers. nearly three—quarters of union members backed the new deal earlier this year. four people have been treated for smoke inhalation following a fire on a bakerloo line train on the london underground. the train was evacuated at oxford circus and the station was closed for a time. it has since reopened. transport for london say they believe the fire was caused by an electrical fault and say

a "comprehensive investigation" is underway. there has been a sharp fall in the value of shares in the social media company that owns snapchat. they fell by nearly 17% after the owners of the photo messaging app reported more than £300 million in quarterly losses. the number of users was lower than expected and market analysts say the company has been struggling with fierce competition from rivals such as facebook‘s instagram. american singer taylor swift has told a us court that she was sexually assaulted by a radio dj four years ago during a photo shoot. yesterday, the singer took the stand in the trial, which began in denver earlier this week. the 27—year—old, who is suing dj david mueller over the incident, told the court he had grabbed her as she met fans ahead of a concert in the city. mr mueller denies the claims. let's have a look at the weekend

weather prospects. the weekend is looking very promising across most of the uk. a bit of a blip today because it is a lot more cloudy compared to yesterday. there is some rain around, too. not such a pretty sky for most of us today with the cloud rolling in the atlantic. there is one area, the south—east and east anglia, where we have had some shine —— sunshine and some nice temperatures there, too. tonight, a fair bit of cloud, spots of rain on and off. there will be clear spells around, as well. there is the meteor shower tonight as well, so hopefully you will get a glimpse of that. tomorrow, it is a mixture of lots of sunny spells, a few scattered

showers. a piece and an update, 22 degrees in london, 17 northern areas. on sunday, fewer showers and lots of sunshine from the word go. saturday night into sunday is when will get even more skies to catch a glimpse of them shooting stars. that's it from me. goodbye. this is bbc newsroom live with me, ben bland. the headlines: the us defence secretary, james mattis says the north korea crisis is being led by diplomacy — while president trump warned he may not have been tough enough. it's revealed 15 countries including the uk have imported eggs contaminated by a pesticide — the risk to health is said to be very low. the former head of m15, lord evans, has warned that the islamist terror threat facing britain could persist for another 20 or 30 years. the gas supply to hundreds of homes in four tower blocks in south london has been cut due to safety fears,

following an investigation prompted by the grenfell fire. a 27—year—old man has been told he will serve at least 20 years in prison for murdering his brother, by dousing him in petrol and setting him on fire at his home near glasgow. blair logan also tried to kill his brother's girlfriend on new year's day. thejudge, lady scott, said this was an exceptionally serious crime and their parents will forever endure the pain. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon was inside the court and explained thejudge's ruling. this was a family feud which had terrible consequences, and ended with one brother losing his life. and, his girlfriend being seriously injured in the process. the two brothers, cameron logan and blair

logan, had not spoken for several yea rs. logan, had not spoken for several years. it is believed since the death of their grandmother in 2013, but in the early hours of new year's day, while but three of them were at the logan family home, in the early hours of the morning, the logan entered the living room of the family home, where cameron was sleeping on an inflatable mattress with his girlfriend lying beside him. he entered the room with a mask on and stood over the couple, and poured petrol on them and directly onto the inflatable mattress, and onto the inflatable mattress, and onto the inflatable mattress, and onto the couple themselves and set fire to them. the fire took hold immediately, with devastating effect. cameron, a man described as happy and much loved, who hoped to join the police force, died immediately and his girlfriend rebecca williams sustained very serious injuries. thejudge, in sentencing this morning, said that it was clear while he did not intend

to kill his brother, it was clear he had deliberately set fire to him and acted with wicked recklessness, in his own words, intending to main him —— to maim his brother. his motivation was malice, he planned the attack for a considerable amount of time, he stored petrol and researched injuries through fire on the internet. she accepted he had shown considerable remorse for his actions, and pleaded guilty to his crime, so she did reduce his sentence slightly. but, she did sentence slightly. but, she did sentence him to 20 years in prison. after sentencing we heard from rebecca williams‘s father, speaking on her behalf. she was very seriously injured in this fire. she has had several surgeries and faces several more. she has a track he asked me, so would struggle to speak. he was speaking on his

daughter ‘s behalf, she said she found it near impossible to put into words this devastating impact this cowardly act has had upon her and herfamily. she cowardly act has had upon her and her family. she described cowardly act has had upon her and herfamily. she described cameron as herfamily. she described cameron as her best friend and partner, a caring and respectful and loving man. she said that future had been stolen from them. she said the actions of one evil individual cannot be undone, and the length of the sentenced opposed to date was never going to be enough for such a barbaric and ruthless murder. she said the horror of what had happened in that room would want her forever. lorna gordon reporting. some breaking news, potentially important in terms of possibly securing the pensions of tens of thousands of steelworkers, this is a proposal to restructure tata steel's pension scheme, we are hearing the pensions regulator has given initial approval

toa regulator has given initial approval to a proposalfrom regulator has given initial approval to a proposal from tata steel to restructure the british steel pension scheme, and prevent the company from becoming insolvent. this would, they say, bring greater certainty for about 130,000 pension scheme members. this restructuring would be done through a regulated arrangement, they are saying. this is really to try and remove doubt about future pension payments, and workers had earlier voted to accept lower benefits in return for investment which would secure them jobs. possibly finalising pension arrangements, that may clear the way for tata steel to merge. so, that is what we are hearing. the pensions regulator has given initial approval to this proposal from tata steel to restructure their pension scheme. hopefully securing the pensions of

round about 130,000 hopefully securing the pensions of round about 130 , 000 steelworkers. hopefully securing the pensions of round about 130,000 steelworkers. we will speak to our correspondent thomas morgan, at port talbot, with more on that in the next few minutes. air passengers leaving gatwick have suffered the longest average delays during summer getaways. and the airline with the longest delays was easyjet. flyers using easyjet had an average delay of 2a minutes, and those leaving from gatwick waited 27 minutes. let's get more on this story with lisa minot travel editor for the sun. shejoins us from south london. give us a rundown on these figures. 2a minutes, 27 minutes, what do you think passengers will make of that? i think they will be disappointed, they cannot rely on getting away on time that we had an exceptional summer. there have been strikes in

many different european resorts and low—cost airlines like easyjet, the turnaround from landing to taking off again is 20 minutes and it does not take a lot for delays to come into force. in some ways, it is not surprising that you get an average delay of about 20 minutes? that's right, and ifi delay of about 20 minutes? that's right, and if i was only delayed by 20 minutes every time i took a flight, i 20 minutes every time i took a flight, i would 20 minutes every time i took a flight, iwould be 20 minutes every time i took a flight, i would be quite happy! it will be one of those things, it is the busiest time of year and gatwick is the biggest airport for european flights. for brits flying to europe. it is understandable there will be some sort of delay. it is how the airline scope and how they deal with passengers once we have a delay that is the important thing —— help the airlines cope. and passengers would say, surely gatwick could do better? that's right, you would expect them to but it has been a summer where a lot of things have been out of control. i have had many stories

from journalists and friends and may have been very disappointed with the kind of level of service they have reported once there has been a problem. and in some ways, as passengers, if they want it, they wa nt low—cost passengers, if they want it, they want low—cost airlines, and very cheap flights indeed. a lot of regular flights cheap flights indeed. a lot of regularflights in cheap flights indeed. a lot of regular flights in a cheap flights indeed. a lot of regularflights in a day, and at the same time they do not want delays? that is right, you cannot have everything. we pay exceptionally low fa res everything. we pay exceptionally low fares and historically, fares have never been lower. with that will come a certain level of discomfort and delay because we are trying to make our airports do so much more than they used to. do you think in some ways we are too demanding as passengers? i think there is a right to expect to be treated fairly and a right to be told what is going on. every time there is a big delay, the biggest complaint people have is that they do not know what is happening. nobody explains anything to them gives them information. i

think that airlines and airports need to get much better at doing that, telling people what is going on. people accept a delay if they know what is happening and if someone is talking to them, it is when they are not spoken to that anger rises up and you get big situations at airports. thank you very much forjoining us, thank you. thank you. ijust very much forjoining us, thank you. thank you. i just want to let you know that donald trump has been tweeting again... about the north korea situation, the crisis and war of words that has been continuing. donald trump says... there you go. he talked earlier, of course, about "fire and fury" earlier, if north korea should carry out any sort of

attack, the north koreans have, of course, been talking about drawing up course, been talking about drawing up plans in the next few days to launch four ballistic missiles, potentially at the american territory of guam, or towards the pacific territory of guam, and that is donald trump's latest response. military solutions are fully in place, talking about defence solutions. we have heard a lot in the last few days about how america has anti—missile missiles, the sad missile system which could potentially bring down any missiles targeted towards guam —— thad. they talk of diplomacy being at the fore, and diplomacy, he hopes, will work in de—escalating

tensions between north korea and the united states. now, more details on what is going on with tata steel and the pensions. and, new proposals we we re the pensions. and, new proposals we were out —— new proposals that came out moments ago. tomos, this is important, is the future and security of tens of thousands of steelworkers and their pensions? that's right, the pensions regulator has given approval to the proposal by tata steel to restructure the british steel pension scheme. the workers will now have two choices, whether to transfer into a modified scheme, underpinned by tata steel, or remain in the british steel pension scheme, and receive pension protection fund compensation. the deal was done because tata steel said it had to be done to secure the

future forjobs in said it had to be done to secure the future for jobs in factories said it had to be done to secure the future forjobs in factories like this one behind me. the largest in the uk in port talbot. the decision was, essentially, sign up to a new deal or there will be newjobs at risk. that is what has happened. the unions have decided this is the only wait to secure any sort of future for workers in the uk and to go along with this. it's an issue for a large company to underlie financial responsibilities. moving it to somewhere else. but, in this case, tata steel said it was the only option to secure workers futures. they may be disappointed, they may lose out on a more lucrative pension they signed up for, starting in the company. and there are wider implications to this deal. there was talk of a merger between tata steel and the german steel giant, and one of the obstacles in the way of the

merger was this huge financial pension deficit that tata steel had. now the issue is resolved, and there could be an issue for the long—term future of port talbot as some steel experts say that if there was a european steel giant, there could be some rationalisation in the steel—making process for the european giant which could have implications on the long—term future of specifically port talbot because it is such a large steel—making operation for tata steel. so, tomos, what are unions and thinkers thinking about that proposed merger, do they think it would be good for them in the long run?|j do they think it would be good for them in the long run? i think many people are happy there has been a decision, it has been a year and a half of complete uncertainty, at one point it looked like the whole thing

would come crashing down and jobs would come crashing down and jobs would be lost for thousands of people. this has brought some certainty and brought some short to medium—term job security for the people who work across the uk for tata steel. they now know that their jobs are safe, they have signed up to this deal and that is exactly what the unions want. we have a joint statement from the unions, they say they are happy this deal has gone through. they welcomed the announcement because, for a year, they said that their members feared for the insecurity, for a year and a half, it is bringing an end to uncertainty and jobs secured for the sake of their pensions at some degree. tomos, thank you for the latest from port talbot, our wales correspondent there, tomos morgan. the latest headlines: us defence secretary james mattis

has said america still hopes to solve the north korea crisis using diplomacy — saying a war would be catastrophic. 15 countries including the uk have imported eggs contaminated by a pesticide — the risk to health is said to be very low. the uk may continue to face the threat of islamist terrorism for another "20 to 30 years", the former head of m15 has said. lets get more on that news, the warming from the former head of m15, lloyd evans, who says that britain could face a terror threat for another two or three decades. in an interview with the bbc, jonathan evans also said that russia was likely to be trying to interfere in the uk's democracy. and he warned that the ‘internet of things', in which vehicles and domestic devices are all connected to the internet‘ will need to be made more secure to reduce emerging cyber threats. our home affairs correspondent

daniel sandford has given me more details... the most telling thing was that he was talking about when he retired from running m15 in 2013, it seemed as though the terror threat from al-qaeda was almost over. it had been 20 or so years, and it seemed it was fading. but, in the last four years, it's become apparent to him that we are now facing another 20 or 30 more years of this because the offshoot of al-qaeda, so—called islamic state, has really at the fires, as it were. it's a warning that this was a big effort to come. following that interview this morning, the commission mark rowley, in charge of counterterror policing across the uk, said that now we need the public‘s help. he says it's no longer have a job for police and security services to tackle this. there is a widening cohort, he

described it, people bringing the uk. it isn't so much a small terror movement any more, but a coltish movement, with the numbers so great he needs members of the public to help, public services to help, public businesses to help, and he has talked about a whole system effect which is now required to tackle this problem. he was pointing out that over the last four years, up out that over the last four years, up until february, there has been about 13 plots security services had foiled and, in the four months from february, there were four successful plots and six foiled plots. ten in four months after 13 years. and there were worries from lord evans that the westminster attack perhaps inspired other attacks? that is exactly the fear, once this gets momentum, they see people doing things off their own bat, you get

triggers, more of those similar loan actor kind of attacks. but one of the things mark rowley was talking of this morning. it isn'tjust loan actor attacks, orjust of this morning. it isn'tjust loan actor attacks, or just islamic of this morning. it isn'tjust loan actor attacks, orjust islamic state organised attacks, organised from syria. it isn't just organised attacks, organised from syria. it isn'tjust al-qaeda, because al-qaeda are still around. they face all three. it is a wide problem. they have loan actors, organised from syria islamic state attacks and the old school, al-qaeda attacks. they face all of those and thatis attacks. they face all of those and that is why they say now, although they are reviewing systems and looking at what may have gone wrong this year, one thing he is absolutely sure of is that he really needs help from the public. daniel sandford, our home affairs correspondent. the former pop star turned church of england priest the reverend richard coles has been confirmed as the fifth contestant to sign up for this year's strictly come dancing. the latest announcement comes after actress gemma atkinson, tv presenter ruth langsford, eastenders star davood ghadami,

and singer mollie king — were also confirmed to be taking part. i'm pleased to say the reverend richard coles is here with me in the studio. i have been overlooked once again! but, let's talk to the reverend richard coles. when did you first know that you would be in it? about march, actually. i desperately been trying not to let slip the news for six months! people say, would you like to do strictly? and i don't give anything away! how excited are you? tremendously, you see there is a major paradigms dance talent waiting to emerge. you are a great decision, you must have music in your bones? someone rather unkindly dubbed out a video of me dancing from 1987, you can see a vicar struggling to get out, i'm not sure it will be as good! ed balls was

taken into the heart of the nation, and you had been talking to him a bit about advice? i had an off the record briefing from a former senior government minister! it was helpful. i got government minister! it was helpful. igota government minister! it was helpful. i got a very thorough, helpful prep sheet, most of which i have failed to do! there he is... he was amazing, wasn't he? but, you know, it is so loved by the nation. it gets a staggering audience. millions of people watch it, do you think it will be daunting although you go out there and enjoy yourself? vicars have always been doing knobbly knees competitions, taking on a role in the panto, competitions, taking on a role in the pa nto, it's competitions, taking on a role in the panto, it's nothing new but for the panto, it's nothing new but for the number of people, it is quite new but i will brace myself and rely on the goodwill of the british public! it is difficult, you have to doa public! it is difficult, you have to do a lot of rehearsing? yes, i had a

physicalfor it a do a lot of rehearsing? yes, i had a physical for it a couple of weeks ago and the doctor said that i was not .a off obes, you have arthritis in both knees! and you've made such a transition from a pop star to the reverend richard coles, and now distribute come dancing star, do you like to shift paradigms, if you like? i think so, like to shift paradigms, if you like? ithink so, ithinkijust like to shift paradigms, if you like? i think so, i think i just got to the different way of doing things a bit earlier but they do connect. there is quite a lot of showbiz about being a vicar, and quite a lot of blame. do you use show business in the pulpit? it is performance, there are elements of performance in all of those things. there is lake claire —— less fake tan in the pulpit! do you think you could win? we've run through your rivals, could you win it? i am in it to wing it.

the bookies are offering odds of 100-1. but the british public love someone who struggles...|j 100-1. but the british public love someone who struggles... i will meet their expectations, i will struggle from the start! congratulations on being in the line—up. from the start! congratulations on being in the line-up. thank you. you are watching bbc news. it's just over a month since six—year—old bradley lowery died after battling a rare form of cancer. the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including footballerjermain defoe. now, in his first interview since bradley's death, jermain told the bbc how he's been inspired by the little boy he called his "best mate". they were best friends and it was a friendship which captured the hearts of everyone. i have a nice picture in the house of me and bradley at the england game. i walked him out, we sang the national anthem. it's a special story. my best friend, it was genuine. he was a kid who knew...

he just loved his football. he loved me, i loved him and seeing in his eyes, it was genuine because he was a child. there was nothing i could give him apart from just being a friend. it was an instant connection. even towards the end, when he was really struggling and he couldn't really move, i would walk into the room and he would just jump up and his mum said, "he hasn't moved all day," so yeah, it was a special feeling. every time i saw him. the emotion is still raw but the impact the little boy has had on defoe has been profound. the bournemouth striker says it is a gift and he will be forever grateful. i always wake up thinking, you know, if you don't feel well, you feel tired, snap out of it. because i can see little kids suffer

like that and still fight, to me, there is no bigger motivation. i could go through anything. if he can fight like that, i can go through anything. you walked out with him so many times. was that the best england moment? it was the best. he was looking down the tunnel. i came down the tunnel, gave him a cuddle. joe hart said, to walk the team out. for him to do that, that was special. and we walked out, standing there, singing the national anthem. to be there on mother's day. being involved in the squad and actually playing, and scoring... for me, it's one of the best moments of my career. you can see the whole of that interview with jermain defoe on ‘football focus‘, tomorrow at 12 o'clock on bbc one it‘s not unusual to find some flotsam orjetsam washed up

on a beach in british summertime — but the coast of norfolk has seen some unusually large debris make itself at home on the shore. the maritime and coastguard agency confirmed two large plastic pipes measuring eight—feet in diameter have washed up on beaches at winterton and sea pallling — with the largest segment reaching more than 1500—feet. the pipes came loose while being towed to north africa and another ten segments are still at sea. the agency said they pose no danger or risk of pollution. ina in a moment, the news at one o‘clock coming up with jane hill but now the weather prospects with tomasz schafernaker. i weather prospects with tomasz schaferna ker. i think weather prospects with tomasz schafernaker. i think the weekend is looking fairly promising, across most of the uk. this afternoon is a

little different... extensive cloud across the uk and we have some rain around too. nothing too heavy but it isn‘t especially pleasant in many northern and western areas. in the south—east, clear whether with sunshine so far today but all of that cloud is moving east and south, so eventually, later today, the cloud will reach london and norwich as well. this snapshot around apm, leading up to the rush hour, you can see spots of rain almost anywhere across scotland, northern ireland, england and wales here too, and at four o‘clock it is quite bright across cambridgeshire, norfolk, suffolk, essex and kent, beginning to cloud over into western london and we have cloud and rain nudging into central and southern england as well. this evening, the cloud and patches of rain will reach the south—east, all of us stuck under a cloud and bits of light showers will continue overnight. clear spells

around, we have the meteor shower up there so there could be clear spells long enough to catch a glimpse of the shooting stars. the outlook on saturday... this weather front has cleared the uk but there is a smaller one across the north. there will be showers around, the main message is this weekend, mostly dry, implying there will be showers around and plenty of sunny spells. here it is. saturday morning onwards, blobs of blue, showers with a lot more dry than wet weather for sure, and overall a fine day. 22 degrees in london, fresh in scotland and in newcastle, 17 degrees. on saturday night, if you are out, fewer showers on saturday night. clear skies across the uk, you will get a better chance of getting those —— glimpsing those meteor showers. on sunday, fewer showers, more sunshine and feeling very pleasant

indeed. a quick outlook into next week, this blog are blue, this rain will sweep into the uk on monday, a bit of a topsy—turvy week on the way i‘m afraid. goodbye. tata steel has announced a deal that would secure thousands ofjobs but make big cuts to pensions. although the workforce voted to accept the deal, it has left many feeling cheated. all of a sudden, you‘re coming to the end of your working life. you‘ve got two years left and you‘ve got to work another seven years in order to get what you‘ve worked at your entire life without any penalties, and they feel cheated. we‘ll have the latest from port talbot. also this lunchtime: donald trump escalates his threat towards north korea as he warns military solutions to the stand off are "locked and loaded" unless the regime backs down. of the £18 miilion donated

since the grenfell tower fire only £2.5 million has reached the people who lost their homes and loved ones. air passengers using easyjet and gatwick airport suffered