this is bbc news. the headlines at 2:00pm. a move to secure the pensions of tens of thousands of tata steel workers has been approved by the regulator — but although the workforce voted to accept the deal, it's 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. donald trump has described the united states as "locked and loaded" when it comes to the north korea crisis. germany and russia urged both sides to dial down the rhetoric. of the £18 million donated since the grenfell tower fire only 2.5 million has reached the people who lost their homes and loved ones. a 21 year old man's been told he'll serve at least twenty years injail for murdering his brother—— and attempting to murder his

brother's girlfriend — by setting them on fire as they slept. also in the next hour... are your eggs safe to eat? the eu's food safety commissioner has called for an urgent meeting of ministers and regulators to discuss the scandal over contaminated eggs. and a friendship forged through football. one month after the death of bradley lowery, jermain defoe speaks for the first time about how they met. for me, there is no bigger motivation to think, if he can go through that and fight, then i can go through anything. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the pensions regulator has approved a plan by tata steel to give thousands of its workers in the uk less generous pensions but safeguard their jobs. the deal should secure the pensions of 130,000

steelworkers and stop the company becoming insolvent. finalising the pension arrangements is expected to clear the way for a possible merger with a rival german company. our correspondent, simon gompertz reports. it's the deal designed to keep port talbot steelworks running and salvage more from the pension scheme than the minimum amount guaranteed by the uk's pension lifeboat, pension protection fund — the uk's pension lifeboat. it depends on your attitude to risk, your personal circumstances. so tha's the first step to get the ball rolling before we transfer anything? workers have been going to meetings briefing them on their options, after tata steel pledged hundreds of millions of pounds and a share of the business to head off the worst damage to pensions. they see both the amount and when they can retire under threat. 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. they are very bitter about it. it looks like the choice facing current and former steelworkers is to opt in to a new pension scheme which may have lower annual increases, to escape to the pension protection fund which pays some 10% less, or to transfer the whole value as cash to a personal pension, giving up the promise of an income for life. the future of steelworkers' pensions is wrapped up with the future of steel in europe. this deal offloading pension promises and opening the way to a megamerger of tata steel in the uk with a bigger rival, thyssenkrupp, to try to achieve economies of scale. in the immediate future, the prospects for port talbot and all the satellite works in north wales and so on, they look very good, but in the long run a merger with thyssenkrupp is likely to lead to some rationalisation. there are still complaints that workers who have contributed to the company pension scheme

in good faith should not now be losing some of their retirement income. the pension protection fund is there to protect the members, not the companies themselves, so i think the issue everyone has is why should they be allowed tojoin the bbf, with tata steel worldwide having plenty of cash, as we know? plenty of questions as port talbot reaches a new future. will workers switch to the new scheme? will they still have support in future if needed? simon gompertz, bbc news. our wales correspondent tomos morgan is in port talbot for us now. still trying to work out whether this is good or not good news. we are still waiting for the reaction, really, aren't we? i havejust been speaking to the unions here earlier andi speaking to the unions here earlier and i think what they were saying, the phrase they used was this was

the phrase they used was this was the lesser of two evils. they have come to the realisation that this was the only choice they had, to accept some sort of repercussions on the pension deal they thought they we re the pension deal they thought they were getting when they signed up for it, the lucrative pension deal, they will take a cut from that, and i hope that jobs here will take a cut from that, and i hope thatjobs here in port talbot and across the rest of the uk will now be safeguarded as part of that. as simon mentioned in his piece, there will be a number of options, one of which is to move to a new pension scheme that will have reduced terms to the one they are currently in. or stay in the british pension scheme, that's going to be underwritten by the british protection fund. it depends on how old the worker is, what their situation is, their background and their level in the company depending on which scheme may now go for. but in reality it is the lesser of two evils from the unions' perspective and from the workers' perspective really. they knew it was the only option on the table and they had to

accept some compromise on their pensions to secure the future of jobs here in port talbot and other factories across the uk. which it does if it remains in the hands of tater steel, but what if the germany company tater steel, but what if the germany com pa ny ta kes tater steel, but what if the germany company takes over? what this potentially means is that it makes that deal slightly more likely. this deal has been rumoured since last year. the company was up for sale and then not up for sale. thyssenkrupp has always been the one in the background to make the megamerger happen. what might then happen is they might then look at some sort of restructure intense of how many steel—making opportunities they need across europe as a mega— european giant. the question may become, do they need the three large pla nts become, do they need the three large plants across europe, of which port talbot is one of them. some would say they do because a lot of the car manufacturing industries are based

in the uk, sheet steel is made in the uk, so it would make sense to keep port talbot here. port talbot‘s future does have some positive effects for keeping it here for the long—term and short—term. but with any huge multinational merger, there will be questions and there needs to be some reconciliation. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has said the rhetoric from washington and pyongyang has now gone over the top and he helps common sense will prevail. he says there is a russian and chinese plan to defuse the crisis. president trump has again stepped up the rhetoric against north korea — warning that us military options are "locked and loaded", should pyongyang act unwisely. the united states and north korea have been engaged in a war of words for days with pyongyang threatening to fire missiles towards the american island of guam in the pacific. tom burridge reports. as the war 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 ‘d‘ word. i didn't expect all of you to come out here! you can see the american effort is diplomatically—led, it has diplomatic traction and 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 was very different. his message to north korea's leader feels personal. he has said things that are horrific, and with me he's not getting away with it. he got away with it for a long time, between him and his family. he's not getting away with... this is a whole new ball game.

in a tweet this morning, president trump said military solutions were locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully, he said, kimjong—un will find another path. north korea has carried out missile test 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 sees pressure via sanctions as the answer. all options are on the table. we are currently trying to have as much and strongest possible pressure to the north koreans so that we will have a way out in a peaceful way. recent tests of american air defence systems in south korea. the island of guam, which pyongyang identified as a possible target, is also protected.

but for all the hot language, the atmosphere on this tropical us territory in the western pacific is cool. tom burridge, bbc news. let's talk to our correspondent yogita limaye in the south korean capital, seoul. that phrase, locked and loaded, it looks fairly iffy from london, it must look fairly scary from there. here in south korea, this is a country that's caught in a difficult position. as one analyst here told me, perhaps the government here would prefer for the me, perhaps the government here would preferfor the us to not use that type of language and for this situation to be diffused as quickly as possible. this country's national security adviser spoke to his counterpart in the us today, try to contain the threats from north korea and in that conversation we are also told the us did agree that if it

plans any kind of preventive strike against north korea, it will keep seoul informed. this is a country that has the most to lose if any war brea ks that has the most to lose if any war breaks out. on one hand it has been ramping up defensive capability. it has always made the offer of dialogue with north korea. it's an offer the president made injuly and it's an offer that was reiterated by the country this week ‘s. it's an offer that was reiterated by the country this week 's. sergei lavrov in moscow suggested there was a russian and chinese plan afoot, what do we know about that? we do not have any details about what that plan might mean so far. we know china has again made statements saying both sides need to calm them. today there was a statement from the chinese foreign ministry that said eve ryo ne chinese foreign ministry that said everyone involved in this situation should act very cautiously, should not use any word or words that could escalate tensions. they said it's a very complicated and sensitive

situation. i was asking analysts, how do you defuse this, how do you calm down the tensions? many feel that it's perhaps that the international community has to step in and intervene. one analyst said china could perhaps play that role. jane o'brien is in washington. that phrase, locked and loaded. it sounds intemperate but also rather unpresidential. or have i got that wrong costa one would be surprised if the military wasn't on readiness in this situation or any situation, because that's what the military does, it deals with international threats. the language is the real issue here. locked and loaded sounds very cowboy like, but it's how donald trump likes to portray himself and we are used to that now. the problem with this type of language is the room for miscalculation. i was speaking to a retired general last night who was

deputy commander of central command and also a senior ranking diplomat. he says he doesn't see any imminent threat of military action on either side because nobody is seeing any troop movements at the moment. this is all rhetoric. supporters of donald trump will say, about time, because diplomacy hasn't worked so far. kim jong—un has because diplomacy hasn't worked so far. kimjong—un has not listened to softer words. that's why i think again you heard donald trump doubling down and saying perhaps he hasn't been strong enough in his language. i went to how he would feel about a russian and chinese plan to ratchet down the crisis and then russia and china being seen as peacemakers in this.” then russia and china being seen as peacemakers in this. i think the us reaction to that is that there is already a diplomatic plan in place and diplomatic stringent sanctions passed just last week, which has not taken passed just last week, which has not ta ke n effect passed just last week, which has not ta ken effect yet. passed just last week, which has not taken effect yet. the chinese role in those sanctions is critical. china already has a role. the us is critical of china because it's not

stepping up to the plate so far and enforcing those sanctions. if it does so this time and china says it will come 100%, then i think the credibility of china in the us eyes will also rise, but that's something that also remains to be seen. so we know what's possible over the next 48 hours, donald trump is not in washington. we willjust be watching his twitter account, will we? he made several appearances, yesterday he spoke with military advisers and spoke with his vice president mike pence, which is when we heard him response to criticisms about his language saying he hasn't been strong enough. he has not been quite. there is always twitter, as we know. but who knows, his unpredictability in this situation he sees as an asset. he retweeted something yesterday saying it's one of his great strengths in the situation that nobody knows what he will do next. i suspect we will be

talking again soon. the eu's food safety commissioner has called for an end to countries blaming and shaming each other, after eggs were found to contain traces of an insecticide — fipronil — which can be dangerous to humans in high doses. the commissioner called for an urgent meeting of eu ministers and regulators. the contaminated eggs came from the netherlands. our correspondent anna holligan is at a poultry farm in dalfsen. i know it's very loud in there. what's gone wrong here, and what are the recriminations? there are 25,000 hens inside this poultry farm. it might sound like a lot, but this is just a tiny portion of what is a vast industry. that's part of the problem and part of the reason why the contaminated eggs have spread so farand the contaminated eggs have spread so far and fast. we are hearing some of them have reached hong kong. the eggs here have been exported to

germany in the past. we know more than 3 million eggs have been removed from shelves. farmers here are hugely concerned about the damage that has been done to their reputation. they are doing everything in their power to restore that, but a huge row has broken out, and it started as a crisis within the dutch poultry industry. now the argument is enveloping politicians with belgium and the netherlands where authorities are blaming each other and saying they should have alerted each other sooner to the problem. as far as the investigation goes, there were raids yesterday in i9 goes, there were raids yesterday in 19 properties of companies suspected of either importing, preparing, supplying or using this banned chemical. it's called fipronil, as eve ryo ne chemical. it's called fipronil, as everyone will be familiar with now. it's a dutch company that is under suspicion of using this banned chemical to kill lice in chickens,

in more than 180 dutch farms that we re in more than 180 dutch farms that were closed down. this one is contamination free. the chickens are all very curious and happy, as you can see. but two directors of this dutch company called chick friend have been arrested. chemicals have been seized. the question now for the eu, and they have agreed to hold a summit in september and the question for the authorities is how can this happen? it's a reflection of the vast might of this dutch poultry industry, that's only eggs have been withdrawn from the shelves. in the uk we are talking mostly about things like sandwiches and salads, the produce, rather than the actual eggs themselves. it is putting a lot of people off their eggs and here in the netherlands we have been in to the supermarkets and the shelves are virtually bare, just

organic eggs remain. consumers say that here at least they have faith in the industry. and that's something now that the eu commissioners are rushing to try to restore right across europe. was it youridea restore right across europe. was it your idea or the cameraman to have a chicken in your lap? the cameraman and the chicken? whose idea was it to have a chicken on your lap? that's one of the reasons they have allowed us they have been generous in allowing us to come down here to the farm to film. they are especially keen to show that the eggs are safe. the fipronil that has been detected in the dutch eggs, according to the uk's food standards agency, they say the amount of contamination is so low it's highly

unlikely to pose any risk at to our health. we need to thank the farmer here... i don't know if you would like to come in and say a quick hello. the farmer here, anya, she has been wonderfulfor the hello. the farmer here, anya, she has been wonderful for the last couple of days allowing the cameras in. they have fed us some eggs for lunch and they were wonderful. your biggest worry now is that customers will already have gone somewhere else to get their eggs. it's important for you, what kind of message would you like to send out to our friends message would you like to send out to ourfriends in message would you like to send out to our friends in the message would you like to send out to ourfriends in the uk? message would you like to send out to our friends in the uk? the eggs are ok, they are wonderful. and the farmers, we need compassion, especially the dutch ones, at this time. thank you. the dutch farmers and the dutch poultry industry is one of the biggest in the world. they are the biggest exporters of eggsin they are the biggest exporters of eggs in europe. that's why for people like anya and the 1000

poultry farms across the netherlands, it's crucial. the authorities act to reassure the public that the eggs are safe and people can have faith in the industry. a most unpredictable interview. thank you forjoining us. a move to secure the pensions of tens of thousands of tata steelworkers has been approved by the regulator — but although the workforce voted to accept the deal, its left many feeling cheated. donald trump has described the united states as "locked and loaded" when it comes to the north korea crisis. the president warns military solutions are now in place of the 18 million pounds donated since the grenfell tower fire only two and a half million has reached the people who lost their homes and loved ones. in sport, recovering from a broken foot just six

in sport, recovering from a broken footjust six months ago, dina asher—smith runs a personal best to make the final of the women's 200 metre final tonight. liverpool midfielder philippe coutinho has handed ina midfielder philippe coutinho has handed in a transfer request. the clu b handed in a transfer request. the club had earlier denied this, insisting the brazilian would not be sold. barcelona are already understood to have had a bit of £19 million —— £90 million rejected. and the premier league kicks off again this weekend, starting tonight with arsenal hosting leicester city. i will be back in about ten minutes with those stories. a man who murdered his brother by setting fire to him has been ordered to spend at least 20 years in prison. cameron logan, who was 23, died in a fire at the family home in milngavie in east dunbartonshire — his girlfriend rebecca williams was seriously injured. last month, 27—year—old blair logan admitted murdering his brother and attempting to murder ms williams. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports: blair logan, a young man who murdered his brother

in an horrific attack at the family home on new year's day. the 27—year—old had spent weeks planning his violent actions. he stored petrol in preparation, researched injuries from fire on the internet. what is very clear is that your stated intention, in your own words, was to maim him. your motivation was malice, and you planned this attack for a considerable time. i accept your violence here was out of character. this was nonetheless an exceptionally serious crime. in the early hours of january 1st, logan, wearing a mask, had entered the room where his brother cameron and girlfriend rebecca williams were sleeping. he poured petrol over his brother and then set fire to him. it took him 12 days to admit his crime. cameron died in the attack. rebecca williams, seen here to the right of her father, suffered devastating injuries for which she's undergone multiple surgeries. she also now has a tracheostomy, which may be permanent.

the horror of what happened in that room will haunt me forever. it was a calculated and intentional attack. cameron died in the most cruel way in front of my eyes. thejudge, lady scott, said she could not imagine the pain logan's parents would endure, losing in effect both of their sons. in sentencing the 27—year—old, she said that while she accepted he had a limited ability to appreciate the consequences of his actions, he acted with wicked recklessness and was fully criminally responsible for what he had done. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the high court in edinburgh. our correspondent lorna gordon has been following the case for us. an absolutely horrific case. what more do we know about the motive? horrific and distressing case. what

we do know is that the two brothers had what was described as a hostile relationship. blair logan said they hadn't spoken to each other since the death of their grandmother back in 2013. he said he hadn't intended to kill his brother, but thejudge today said he had deliberately set fire to him, an attack that had those devastating consequences resulting in the death of his brother, cameron, a young man who was described as happy and much loved and had hoped tojoin was described as happy and much loved and had hoped to join the police. and those terrible injuries to cameron's girlfriend rebecca williams. she had been working as a broadcaster for the commercial radio station here in scotland. as a result of the attack she has had several operations and it has had a significant effect on her voice. she has had a tracheostomy, and in the statement today outside the court in

edinburgh, it was given on her behalf by her father. in the statement she described cameron as her best friend and partner, a respectful and loving man. she said their future had now respectful and loving man. she said theirfuture had now been respectful and loving man. she said their future had now been stolen from them. she said the action of what she called an evil individual cannot be undone, and the length of the sentence imposed today was never going to be enough in her opinion for such a barbaric and ruthless murder. logan was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison. the judge saying she reduced his sentence in reflection of the fact he had pleaded guilty and shown remorse for his actions. 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 simon jones is in southwark what do the residents say about

this? for the residents, this is a very worrying and unsettling time. they had initially asked the council to look at these four blocks because large cracks had appeared. the council sent in structural engineers and they potentially found a much more serious problem. these four blocks were built between 1968 and 1970. the idea is at that time there should have been things put in place in the building to strengthen it to mitigate against the effect of a gas explosion. that's because in a tower block in 1968 in newham similar to these there was a gas explosion that caused part of a tower block to colla pse caused part of a tower block to collapse and killing four people. the council says having reviewed the work done back then and looking at the building today, they are not convinced the strengthening work was done at all, or if it was done, it may not have been done properly.

that's why they have taken the decision to cut off the gas supply immediately for all the residents here. it will effect 224 households in the four tower blocks. they say in the four tower blocks. they say in the coming weeks and months it's likely that the residents will have to move out temporarily from the four blocks while they do work to try to make the tower blocks safe again. 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 10 segments are still at sea. the agency said they pose no danger or risk of pollution. let's have a look at the weather

now. the weather is up to a bit of no good, cloud and some rain moving across the country. not as nice as it was yesterday. this is this seen around the middle of the afternoon with lines of rain across england, wales and the north. staying dry for a time across east anglia and the south—east before spots of rain reach you later today or into this evening. there will still be showers around into tonight, clear spells as well with temperatures not particularly low, 13—16, quite mild in the south. tomorrow starts quite cloudy and during the day, a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers but i think most of the time it will be dry and bright on saturday. overall a fine day and a brighter day on sunday with more sunshine around. temperatures up to 22 in

london, and fresher in the north with highs around 16 degrees in glasgow. have a great weekend. you are watching bbc news, the headlines at half 2: the pensions regulator‘s approved a plan by tata steel to safeguard thousands ofjobs but give workers less generous pensions. president trump has again stepped up his rhetoric stepped up his rhetoric against north korea, the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says they have a plan to defuse the crisis. of the 18 million pounds donated since the grenfell tower fire, only two and a half million has reached the people who lost their homes and loved ones. a man's been told he'll serve at least 20 years in jail for murdering his brother by setting him on fire as he slept. let's get some sport! good afternoon! a nightmare year of injuries for dina asher—smith but she has booked her place in the women's 200 metres final after

running a season 's best to finish second, among white british athletes who made sure they will get a shot at the medals, huge relief for the athlete who just six months ago broke her foot. i completely broke my foot which is not great, i had to had surgery to put two screws in their and then spend six weeks not doing anything, no weight on it and then gradually putting weight on it. i learned how to walk and here we are. wasn't that bad! i am joking, i would not recommended, it no fun. great britain's target 68 medals not looking on track, more disappointment for laura muir looking shattered as she collapsed on the ground after finishing seventh in her 5000 metres heat but she qualifies for the final as a fastest loser. better news for

katarina johnson—thompson and morgan la ke katarina johnson—thompson and morgan lake who are both through to their finals. and in the morning session robbie grabaz cleared 2.31 metres on his third attempt to equal his season 's best in the highjump qualifying round and automatically qualifying round and automatically qualifying for the final on sunday. for myself and everyone else, i was jumping off the floor well, so it's a nice place to be, to make the final. it's exciting to be here, the first time i have been nervous in my whole life so dealing with that, i am never going to jump whole life so dealing with that, i am never going tojump in london in am never going tojump in london in a major championships again so it's quite an exciting place to be. gay men thinking i could do this then leaving myself nowhere to go. philippe coutinho has handed in a tra nsfer philippe coutinho has handed in a transfer request. liverpool said

reports of that happening earlier we re reports of that happening earlier were not true and they rejected an bid of £90 million from barcelona this week and issued a statement today saying he was definitively not for sale. he signed a five—year deal in january. i cannot keep players happy, i cannot keep you happy, if you're happy you're happy, if you're not happy you will not be happy because i said be happy. that is how life is. he's not available for us at the moment and that for me is the bigger issue actually, that he's not able to play and all the rest again, it's not for you, it'sjust able to play and all the rest again, it's not for you, it's just between the and all the boys, notjust m. arsenal host leicester tonight, they have not had the title since 2004 and it has been three years since they won their opening match of the

season and issue arsene wenger knows must change. it's to transform the quality of the preparation into points and that is of course pragmatic but it's what matters, winning the next game and starting ina winning the next game and starting in a strong way which we did not do last year, it's what we want to achieve this year. we all see the money which is being spent, makes it harderand harder money which is being spent, makes it harder and harder every year but it's the best league in the world because of that. and we aim it to be as competitive as the next team. that's all for now but i'll be back in the next hour. nearly two months after the grenfell tower fire, there's concern public donations aren't reaching survivors quickly enough. figures from the charity commission show that less than 15% of the money raised has so far been distributed — although the commission says that the early difficulties in identifying and contacting people who need help, are now being overcome. frankie mccamley reports.

the response to the fire at grenfell tower was unprecedented. clothes, food and money was donated from all over the world, but with so many organisations collecting funds, the charity commission stepped in to help coordinate efforts with some of the biggest charities. but two months on, figures from the commission show only £2.5 million of the £18 million collected has been distributed to those affected. this whole country and beyond has donated a large amount of money to all the victims of grenfell tower, yet on the ground there is nothing, these people ain't getting the revenue. grants were announced for residents including £20,000 for people who lost their homes when moving into a new one. another £20,000 to the next of kin of those who died in the fire, and £10,000 to people who spent a week or more in hospital. with less than 15% of some of these

donations making it to those affected by the fire at grenfell tower, frustration is building and questions are being raised as to whether this system is actually working, and why it is taking so long for the money to make it to those who need it most. £2.6 million has flowed out of the funds so far, and also in the next phase charities wanted to engage with the survivors and the communities to understand their views and wishes for what they expected funds to be used for. it comes as residents of a nearby estate in south—east london have been told they'll have to move out. cracks in the walls have been found so if there was a gas explosion the building could collapse. we are shocked. we feel angry, we feel very upset. and quite confused as well because we are not getting any further answers at the moment.

i kind of expected it for a while, because we had doubts about the structural safety of the blocks, relating to gas as well, which was one of the issues apart from the fire, one of the safety issues. but i can't really take it in, really. i think we basically have to move. it is somewhere i have lived for 15 years. southwark council says it is doing all it can to help and is putting residents' safety first, but now there are concerns about the cost of fixing buildings here and across the country. many now questioning who is going to foot an ever—growing bill. frankie mccamley, bbc news. in the last few hours president trump has said on twitter that the us military is locked and loaded to deal with any threat from north korea. i'm joined by the executive

director of the instant national institute for strategic studies in america. that phrase locked and loaded, how did you respond to that? i think it's unnecessary, there is no doubt the united states military has contingency plans were any circumstances and the korean circumstances and the korean circumstances one they have been preparing for a long time. president trump does not need to remind north korea of that. it is unnecessary and will contribute to paranoia about potential pre—emptive moves. will contribute to paranoia about potential pre-emptive moves. the whole world is watching and feeling perhaps similarly uncomfortable. when all the talk is that it's a misunderstanding that could take us over the edge, it is language like this which leads to misunderstandings isn't it? yes, thatis

misunderstandings isn't it? yes, that is why other top members of the president's administration have issued statements which are far more considered and coordinated, rex tillerson in particular issuing state m e nts tillerson in particular issuing statements of calm. the secretary of defence james mattis has said the united states is fully prepared and so forth but he says it in a way that does not prick the centre concern in north korea. the danger here is that north korea may perceive itself to be under attack and that it would launch first because it has no second straight capability, if it thought it was under attack it would lose everything. there is a great danger of misperception. how important is what is going on in moscow? talks between russia and china they say is possibly the way forward, does that offer some hope of the calming down offer some hope of the calming down of this whole situation? russia and

china can play a key role, they have contributed greatly in agreeing to a security council resolution to put more pressure on north korea. cox in moscow that do not involve the united states or south korea are missing key players, there needs to be some dialogue between the united states but there is no dialogue at all between the united states and its partners and the party in pyongyang. thank you for your time. air passengers were most likely to be delayed over the last two summers if they flew from gatwick airport or with easyjet. data from the civil aviation authority for those periods have been analysed by the bbc, and show that among the ten biggest airlines, easyjet travellers suffered an average delay of 24 minutes. gatwick and easyjet say many of the delays were beyond their control as our business correspondent emma simpson reportd.

up, up and away, but how often do they take off on time? the bbc has been looking at the data. gatwick airport had the longest delays with an average of 27 minutes. luton was not far behind. doing much better, leeds bradford and belfast city airports, both with average delays of ten minutes. the summer season can be a pinch point. gatwick has the single busiest runway in the world with planes often taking off and landing every minute. things are going smoothly here today, but if this schedule slips it can have big knock—on effects. we absolutely recognise the inconvenience caused to our passengers, but most of the time our flights are ready to go, but they simply cannot depart because we are up against the challenge of congested airspace over our heads, bad weather across the whole european region and european

air traffic strikes. we fly to europe more than anyone else and, as a result, we are disproportionately more affected. as for the airlines, easyjet had the longest delays with an average of 24 minutes. it said having the biggest number of flights was a factor. thomas cook came next at 19. the shortest delays were at aer lingus, with 12 minutes. i think airports like gatwick need to think about building in a bit more resilience. i think airlines like easyjet should have, perhaps, more resources for the schedule they are hoping to deliver, but, ultimately, it's us passengers saying, "we want loads of cheap flights, please." how best to meet the growing demand? the government reckons 30 minute delays could be the norm unless the airspace above london and europe is redesigned to ease the congestion. there's been an explosion at a house in sunderland. emergency services have responded and the police have declared

a "major incident" but say there is nothing at this time to suggest the explosion is 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 have said that one person is in a "serious condition". a short time ago we caught up with our correspondent megan paterson who brought us up to date with the latest from the scene. as you can see the police cordon is still in place. emergency services we re still in place. emergency services were called this morning just before nine o'clock after people living nearby reported hearing a loud explosion, that explosion has destroyed completely one part of a semidetached property and its damaged badly the neighbouring property. there were no the talent is but one woman was seriously injured, she was rescued by the fire service this morning, pulled her out from the rubble and she is receiving

treatment. we understand that although the injuries are serious she is in a stable condition. at the moment the cause is not clear, investigations will continue this afternoon and possibly on into the weekend to establish that but the police are keen to reiterate that they do not expect this incident to be related in any way to terrorism. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: a move to secure the pensions of tens of thousands of tata steelworkers has been approved by the regulator — but although the workforce voted to accept the deal, its left many feeling cheated. donald trump has described the united states as "locked and loaded" when it comes to the north korea crisis. the president warns military solutions are now in place. of the £18 million donated since the grenfell tower fire only £2.5 million has reached the people who lost their homes and loved ones. steel company tata has formally announced it is to separate its uk

pension scheme from the business. it could mean a potential merger with the german steel producer thyssenkrupp is more likely to move forward. the british steel pension scheme has been a significant barrier to an agreement. energy companies say more than three million electricity customers have switched suppliers so far this year, to take advantage of cheaper deals — an increase of 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 policies 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. good afternoon, uber‘s typical 2017

continues, in june the good afternoon, uber‘s typical 2017 continues, injune the co—founder travis kalanick was ousted as chief executive after a series of scandals. he has now been sued for fraud by one of their biggest investors. we a re fraud by one of their biggest investors. we arejoined by fraud by one of their biggest investors. we are joined by our north american business correspondent, it's not been a great year, what else do we know? what is happening is that benchmark, one of the biggest investors in uber, is suing travis kalanick. at the heart of the issue is something which happened in june 2016, of the issue is something which happened injune 2016, travis changed the rules allowing him to appoint three people to the 8—member board of directors. what benchmark is saying is had they known about any of the issues happening at uber including sexual harassment they

would have never agreed to this. what this does is that although travis kalanick is no longer ceo it still gives them control of the board of directors and allows him to place people that are still on his team, in his favour. what does this mean for uber? we have had several obstacles, has tarnished the reputation? it's just obstacles, has tarnished the reputation? it'sjust challenging in terms of how they are operating, they are still working without a ceo and travis kalanick has tried to be involved in those discussions, there we re involved in those discussions, there were talks about having the head of ibm coming in as ceo of uber but travis kalanick was not part of those discussions. when it comes to the specific lawsuit, travis kalanick has absolutely denied the allegations but it signals it still

tough going for uber. it still needs tough going for uber. it still needs to fill some of these big positions and it's still trying to fix its reputation with regards to sexual harassment within the company. thanks, we'll be following this story on the bbc website. let's look at some other stories we are following today. heathrow said it recorded its best ever single month in its history injuly as the summer getaways said passenger numbers soaring. 7.53 million passengers went to the airport injuly, an increase of 1.2%. and if you rent a home from a private landlord are the chances are you will be suffering from homeowning hopelessness. this is from a report by the local government association which says nearly two thirds of private renters in england never expect to buy their own property and they say councils need powers and funding to create a

mix of affordable housing options. and nationwide has reported a sharp fall in mortgage lending mainly due to making fewer buy to let loans. it said that more people open the current account during that period than any other provider. let's look at the market before we go. getting news coming in from egypt that at least 20 people have been killed and dozens reported heart in a head—on collision between two passenger trains in northern egypt,

one website saying one train was coming from cairo the other was coming from cairo the other was coming from cairo the other was coming from port side when they collided in the northern coast and city of alexandria. 20 dead, 50 others reported injured. this is coming from agencies in the area and bbc monitoring getting news of that. a developing story and we will get more from egypt as it comes to us. it is just over more from egypt as it comes to us. it isjust over a more from egypt as it comes to us. it is just over a month since sexual bradley lowery did, he won a legion of supporters across the country including footballerjermain defoe. now in his first interview since the death of bradley lowry she has told us how he has been inspired by the little boy he called his best mate. it was in september last year when jermain first walked out

with bradley and from, that moment on, a friendship was made. that story of brad's is just special. i've got a nice picture in the house of me and brads at the england game. i walked him out and we sang the national anthem. but, yeah, it's a special story, you know? my best friend. it was genuine. i mean, he was a kid, all he knew is... i don't know, hejust loved his football. he loved me. i loved him. but i could see his eyes it was genuine because as a child, there was nothing i could give him, apart from just being a friend. they were best friends and it was a friendship that captured the hearts of everyone. it was an instant connection and one that continues with bradley's mum and dad. even towards the end when he was really struggling and he was in bed, he couldn't really move, i would walk into the room and he'd jump up and his mum is, like, "he hasn't moved all day!" so, yeah, for me every time i saw him it was a special feeling. the emotion is still raw, but the impact the little boy has had on defoe has been a positive one. the bournemouth striker calls it "a gift" and says he will both be forever grateful that bradley came into his life.

in a funny sort of way i wake up and i think, i don't know, if you've got a headache or you don't feel well or feel tired, "just snap out of it!" if i can see a little kid suffer like that and still fight, then... i mean, for me, there is no bigger motivation to think, "well, if he can go through that and fight, then i can go through anything." you walked out with him so many times, but was the england moment the best? yeah, that was the best. i remember being down the tunnel and he was looking for me, like he does, and i came down the tunnel and gave him a cuddle and joe hart said to me, "jermaine, will you walk the team out?" for him to do that, that was special. then we walked out and just standing there singing the national anthem with brads on mother's day and being back involved in the england squad and actually playing at wembley. and scoring. for me, yeah, it was one of the best moments of my career. you can see the full interview with

jermain defoe on football focus tomorrow. bbc one at midday. moeen ali is arguably one of england's finest cricketers, winning man of the series after the recent test match against south africa. his father, munir is himself a cricket coach — and has told the bbc that moeen's secret is a positive mental attitude. our correspondent sima kotecha reports. it's amazing, you know, listening about your son, who has been talked so highly of, it is a great feeling. a proud father. his son moeen is the man of the moment. his recent performance against south africa made headlines. munir says his success is down to a positive mental attitude that is unsha keable. his belief, self—confidence, you know. he is not afraid of anything. he just goes and plays his natural way. so his positive thinking, not being phased by who's bowling, he loves the challenge.

you know, they say when the going gets tough the tough get going, and that's moeen right. i remember when moeen was young, i said to him, you give me two years of your life, and i'll give you the rest. the two years that i wanted him just to concentrate and focus on his game and do nothing, he worked very very hard, and after two years he started to show signs and he got selected for england under—19s, that sort of stuff. the alis are from birmingham, a city fighting extremism. he believes cricket can help those at the cost of radicalisation. playing sport becomes physically healthy. you know, you need to look after the physical side of your body so, you know, it helps a lot being involved in sport, yes, and it also keeps your away from bad people. moeen ali is the only south asian cricketer in england's test team. he was recently named man of the series.

his nickname is the beard that's feared, something his father is very fond of. i will go to the matches and i will see people there with the artificial beards, so they love him for what he is, you know, and he is more famous for his beard, i think, than anything else. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the headlines coming up but first let's get a weather forecast. i think the weekend is looking fairly promising across most of the uk. this afternoon is a little different, extensive cloud, some rain around as well, nothing too heavy but it's not particularly pleasant. the south east you can see clearer whether, all of that is moving east and south so later the cloud will reach london and norwich.

this is a snapshot at around 4pm leading up to rush—hour, spots of rain england and wales quite bright cambridgeshire cloud over west of london cloud and rain this evening cloud and rain reaches southeast stuck underneath the cloud showers continue clear spells meatier shower clear spells shooting star is saturday another weather front across the north showers around it will be mostly dry implying a few

showers around and plenty of sunny spells. little blobs of blue showers a lot more dry and wet weather overall friday 22 in london fresher in scotland if you are out on saturday night more or less the same fewer showers clear skies better chance of the meatier shower. sunday fine fewer showers more sunshine feeling pleasant next week cloud and rain sweeping into the uk on monday to psy—tu rvy rain sweeping into the uk on monday topsy—turvy week on the way i'm afraid. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3:00pm. donald trump says the united states is "locked and loaded" when it comes to the north korea crisis. germany and russia urge both sides to dial down the rhetoric. regulators approve a move to secure

the pensions of tens of thousands of tata steelworkers — the workforce voted for the deal, but many say they feel 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. a man's been sentenced to life in prison for of his brother, and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend by setting them on fire as they slept. fifteen countries including the uk have imported eggs from the netherlands contaminated by a pesticide — the risk to health is said to be very low. the farmers