this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8. four men have been charged with terror offences after the attacks in spain. one of the suspects told a judge they were planning a bigger attack. a british tourist harry athwol, has been praised, after staying to help a child on las ramblas during last week's van attack, ignoring advice from a policeman, to move to safety. i could see the fear in him, i could see the fear in me. there could have been another car coming down but i said, iam been another car coming down but i said, i am not going to move. i am not going to leave this child. president trump changes policy and commits to sending more troops to afghanistan — the us secretary of state says washington will also focus on anti—corruption measures in the country. it is very difficult for our aid workers to operate in afghanistan. as the security situation improves

we expect to support the afghan government. the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator, following the collapse of the high street store. also on the programme: george osborne, has called on theresa may to commit to building a high speed rail line across the north of england. the former chancellor says "h53" would help the prime minister to "relaunch her premiership." and as the new bake off prepares for take—off on channel 4 — we look at tv‘s dramatically changing landscape. good evening and welcome to bbc news. four moroccan men have appeared in court in spain, accused of being part of a terror cell which planned and carried out

the attacks in and around barcelona last week. 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the violence. the four suspects are the only surviving members of a group of 12. in court one man admitted a bigger attack was being planned. the others denied any involvement in last week's attacks. there are reports tonight they've been charged with terror related murder. from spain, tom burridge reports. one by one, they were led into a high—security prison outside madrid. they are suspects in a plot, linked to attacks which killed 15 men, women and children. this morning, they were driven in for questioning in a closed session at madrid's high court. taken there in his hospital pyjamas, mohamed houli chemlal. the 22—year—old was badly injured when an alleged bomb factory blew up the day before the ramblas attack.

here, police found 120 gas canisters as well as explosives. investigators believe the terror cell was planning a more sophisticated attack. also in court this morning, mohammed aalla, said to be the owner of the audi a3 used in the attack in the coastal resort of cambrils. a speed camera clocked four of the attackers as they drove to paris in that very car, the week before the attacks. and this man's passport was found in the van, rented and used to kill. the driver of the van, younis abuyaqoob, was shot dead by police yesterday in countryside outside barcelona. he'd been on the run for four days. this new video shows police raids in ripoll on the night of the ramblas attack. the town is where the imam, abdelbaki es satty, is thought to have driven young men to carry out violentjihad. one of the suspects apparently told the court

that he and his accomplices were plotting a much bigger attack than the one here on las ramblas and they planned to use bombs. the buzz of everyday life in barcelona goes on, past the mountain of tributes for lives lost, young and old. tom burridge, bbc news, in barcelona. a british tourist harry athwol, has been widely praised, after staying to help an injured child on the las ramblas boulevard, during the van attack in barcelona, ignoring police who were shouting at him to move to safety. adina campbell has been to meet him. like thousands of other holiday—makers, harry athwal didn't expect to see the horror of last week's terror attack in barcelona. but he found himself rushing towards one of the victims. in the middle of las ramblas was the body of a child, and that automatically drew me to that child. at that point, i knew

what i had to do. ijust raced to that child. many of us have seen the picture of you crouching down beside the boy. what was going through your mind? i was afraid for the boy at that point. when i looked at his injuries, they were severe. i was actually quite emotional as well, because i knew straight away that this boy had to be seven or eight years old, the same age as my son. and like i said, due to the injuries, i was quite upset. but the first thing i tried to do was to check his pulse to see if he was alive, and because of the nature of the injuries, i didn't want to move him. his hairwas similar to my son's hair. it was a bit shorter than my son's now, but the hair was the same. it was brown hair, beautiful, thick brown hair. i stroked it, trying to talk to him. i said a little prayer as well, in punjabi. people have called you a hero. i'm not a hero. i'm just a common man, same as anybody else. these situations are occurring

more and more often. now we have to stand up and be counted. and how are you coping? i think i'm still in shock. it's difficult to digest what you've been through. i can't look at that picture. i look at that picture and it takes me straight back. harry athwal reliving the horror of last week's terror attack in barcelona. donald trump says he's sending more troops to afghanistan to fight the resurgent taliban. the announcement is major reversal for the president, who when running for the white house, called for a speedy withdrawal from a conflict he said was a "total disaster". an additional 4,000 us troops will head to afghanistan, joining around 8,000 already deployed. but together, that's still far fewer than in 2011 when 100,000 us troops were in the country. our north america editor jon sopel reports. donald trump loves being a crowd

pleaser and throughout the campaign he delighted audiences with the promise to pull us forces out of afghanistan — "a gigantic waste of money and american blood", he said. so this speech was going to take a bit of navigating, because above the sound of the band playing hail to the chief, was the screeching noise of a u—turn. my original instinct was to pull out, and historically, i like following my instincts. but all my life, i've heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. but what this flip—flop means in practical terms is hard to assess. the president wouldn't say how many additional troops he would send, nor commit to how long they would be there. the mission would bejudged by results, not timelines.

he called the policy "strategic realism", and it was summed up thus: we are not nation—building again. we are killing terrorists. some of his harshest words were aimed at the pakistani government, whom he accused of harbouring terrorists while taking billions of dollars in us aid. and although kabul may be a long way from charlottesville, recent events in virginia were clearly in his mind when he said this. loyalty to our nation demands loyalty to one another. love for america requires love for all of its people. when we open our hearts to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry and no tolerance for hate. more than 2,000 us troops have already lost their lives in afghanistan, and the president would have liked nothing more than to announce their withdrawal. but the strategic importance of not letting afghanistan fail as a state again,

means that donald trump have had to sign his name to a policy that means there is now an open—ended commitment to the us remaining. although donald trump has tried to dress this speech up as marking a significant shift in policy, the most striking thing about it, is the sense of continuity with the obama white house. and one other thing. now that this major policy announcement has come, this is donald trump's war in afghanistan. not barack obama's, not the generals‘. he now has ownership of something he never wanted to buy. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. in the past half an hour the us secretary of state rex tillerson said pakistan needs to adopt a

different approach. said pakistan needs to adopt a different approachlj said pakistan needs to adopt a different approach. i think the president was clear, this entire effort is intended that pressure on the taliban, to have the taliban understand you will not win a battlefield victory. we will not win one but neither will you. at some point we have to come to the negotiating table and find a way to bring this to an end. this is a regional approach, and part of why it took as long as it did is because we chose to notjust focus on afghanistan, but we took the contents afghanistan, but we took the co nte nts of afghanistan, but we took the contents of review of our relationships in pakistan, and our relationships in pakistan, and our relationship with india, and we see this approach as requiring an integration of all three of those strategies and use pakistan and india to also bring pressure to bear on the situation in afghanistan. pakistan in particular can play an important role here, certainly in delivering the taliban to the negotiating table. pakistan has offered acts of terrorism, the citizens have offered acts of

terrorism —— have suffered. we stand ready to help a guest on address terrorist organisations inside the country, but they must adopt a different approach themselves. pakistan and the us historically had very good relationships but in the past two years there has been an erosion in the confidence between the past two governments. there has been an erosion of trust because we have witnessed terrorist organisations being given safe haven inside i could stand which planned to carry out attacks on us servicemen, us officials and disrupting peace efforts inside afghanistan. pakistan must adopt a different approach and we will help protect themselves against terrorist organisations and also we need them to end their attacks which are disrupting our efforts at peace. we will be conditioning our support for pakistan and our relationship with them on them delivering results in

this area. we want to work with pakistan in a positive way, but they must change their approach. the us secretary of state there, rex tillerson. joining me now from washington dc is andrew wilder, from the asia centre at the us institute of peace. he has been in charge of the institute's afghanistan programme. good to see you. thank you for joining us. i am interested good to see you. thank you for joining us. iam interested in good to see you. thank you for joining us. i am interested in this focus that there seems to be on india and what india can do to try and help america deal with the afghanistan question. how much of a change do you believe this is, from past administrations, in bringing india into the fold in this area?|j think india into the fold in this area?” think there is continuity in terms of what the overall objective is in afghanistan, to prevent it from becoming a safe haven for

transnational terrorists. we have seen some transnational terrorists. we have seen some changes transnational terrorists. we have seen some changes of emphasis in the neutron policy, particularly in not stating the time frame on troops and focusing on troop numbers which i think is also positive, because i think is also positive, because i think in the past we have focused so much on troop numbers and that became the strategy rather than the tactic to support the overall objectives. the other area which is different is more focus on having a regional approach to resolving the conflict and i think that is positive. but i am personally puzzled little bit about the emphasis on india. on the one hand we wa nt emphasis on india. on the one hand we want pakistan to be more cooperative end yet the number one reason why pakistan is interfering in afghanistan and providing safe havens for the taliban is because they want to ensure that is an asset to guard their interests in afghanistan against what they perceive to be indian interference. if you are basically asking india to do more in afghanistan, if anything,

you risk furtherfuelling do more in afghanistan, if anything, you risk further fuelling the concerns of pakistan, the indian influence on the western border, the neighbour to the west, is going to grow and further threaten pakistan was not interested in afghanistan. trying to ask india to do more i think can be counter—productive. trying to ask india to do more i think can be counter-productive. you point to a more regional holistic approach, getting regional players more evolved and that obviously includes india, but if you get india and pakistan around the table, which seems to be what rex tillerson and president trump want to do, in trying to sort out what is going on in afghanistan, then perhaps washington can say to delhi, you stop meddling, pakistan stop meddling and everyone will be better off? i think we should be having more focus on the indo pakistan tension which i think is fuelling a lot of the conflict in the region

including afghanistan. i think that is where there has been some difference in emphasis between president trump's speech which focused a lot more on the military angle, we are there to kill terrorists, and i think it was very helpful for secretary tillerson to seo we need more of a diplomatic and political approach as well. —— secretary to listen to say we need this. simply killing bad guys does not win the war. where i think the real opportunity lies in afghanistan isiam real opportunity lies in afghanistan is i am encouraged that we are sending a modest increase in terms of military support. but clearly, that will not be sufficient to defeat the taliban. it could be part ofa defeat the taliban. it could be part of a stick to incentivise the taliban to come to the negotiating table, but then we need to have a much more robust political strategy, including this regional peace, to incentivise the taliban to come to the table, and get afghanistan's

neighbours to play ball with that. i think in particular, if we can be cleared to afg hanistan's think in particular, if we can be cleared to afghanistan's neighbours, that the us is interested in bringing peace and stability to afghanistan so that we can then withdraw our troops, i think we will get more cooperation in the region. lyndonjohnson get more cooperation in the region. lyndon johnson focused on the get more cooperation in the region. lyndonjohnson focused on the body count in vietnam, george w bush focused on the body count in iraq and we know what happened there, but given there seems to be conflict between what rex tillerson is saying and what president trump is saying, who do we believe? well, at this point i would like to think they are complementary. the speech president trump needed to give yesterday, including two appealing to his base already as your feature before this mentioned, it was a bit of a u—turn on what he campaigned on, to what he gave in his speech. i am certainly someone gave in his speech. i am certainly someone here who is happy he did not

follow his instincts of simply precipitously withdrawing from afghanistan, because we know that the result of that would be state colla pse the result of that would be state collapse and a return to anarchy which would be bad for afghanistan as well as the region, as well as the us. i am glad he actually listened to his advisers and changed his policy on that. then again, i am hoping he will follow the advice of secretary tillerson and give a lot more attention to the need for more ofa more attention to the need for more of a diplomatic and political strategy, to complement what will also be a military strategy. as there really elements within the taliban, who can be spoken to, negotiated with, as rex tillerson and by extension the president seemed to suggest?” and by extension the president seemed to suggest? i think there are. but i also think that is a proposition to be tested. up until now identifying frankly in the last 16 years, the us has ever seriously

suggested that we are interested in a peace deal. politically negotiated end to the conflict. sometimes we play lip service to it but it is our military policy which has dominated. and also when your policy says we wa nt to and also when your policy says we want to withdraw by 2016, if you are the taliban, why negotiate if you add rate is about to withdraw pretty much all foreign troops from afghanistan. wait until they are withdrawn and then try and win on the battlefield. the fact that the trump administration is signalling we're not going to withdraw, and along with our nato allies we are going to remaining gauged, that combined with a more robust regional strategy, and i think some incentives for those taliban who wa nt to incentives for those taliban who want to negotiate to come to the negotiating table, i would not rule it out as an impossibility. i think some of the taliban themselves are tired of fighting after so many yea rs, tired of fighting after so many years, and as much as afghan national security forces are taking

a heavy toll, the taliban as well. soido a heavy toll, the taliban as well. so i do think there are elements which would be interested in a politically negotiated end to the conflict. andrew wilder, thank you for joining conflict. andrew wilder, thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: four men have been charged with terror attacks in spain which killed 15 people. one of the suspects told thejudge they were 15 people. one of the suspects told the judge they were planning a bigger attack. a british tourist has been praised for helping a child on las ramblas after last week's advice, ignoring advice to move to safety. president trump has changed policy and committed to sending more troops to afghanistan. the us secretary of state says washington will also focus on anti—corruption measures in the country. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn.

thank you. they were world champions three years ago, now england's women are looking to book their place in a second consecutive rugby world cup final with victory over france tonight. their opponents offer the biggest test of their title credentials so far. emily scarratt has given the defending champions a small lead. new zealand await the winners in saturday's final after wing portia woodman ran in four tries as the black ferns beat the usa by 45 points to 12. the world's number one ranked team looked in great form, crossing over seven times in total. celtic have reached the champions league group stage. despite carrying a 5—0 lead into the second leg of tonight's qualifier. there were some nervy moments for the scottish champions, as they lost for the first time this season, but progress 8—11 on aggregate. adam wild reports. no letup in concentration. those who made the trip to kazakhstan may have

been forgiven for relaxing a little. for starters this was a footballing lost cause as the scoreline suggested, but then this may not have been as comfortable as celtic had hoped. a moment to be focused. scott sinclair's aim was perfect. for celtic, no panic, more i know this shuffle. but when it was four, the impossible was appearing a little less so. a deflected effort finally settled it. the relief was evident. in the second round of the efl cup.

mark sampson, the england women's head coach has the full backing of the fa, the bbc understands. it follows claims by the footballer eni aluko that she was subjected to bullying and discrimnatory behaviour by sampson. he was cleared in two investigations of any wrongdoing and denies the most recent accusations made by the chelsea forward. the anti—racism charity kick it out has called for an independent review. chris froome will have a second day in the leader's red jersey at the vuelta espana. the four—time tour de france champion is trying to become the third man to win the grand tours of france and spain in the same season.

he had no trouble preserving his two—second lead on a fairly flat stage 4. italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona. froome finished in the main bunch to keep the red jersey — although only 11 seconds separate the top six. england are into the semi—finals of the women's euro hockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to reach the last four. the defeat means scotland are out. we knew coming in they are very good in defence, they would probably drop deep so we knew would be a close game particularly in the first half. we knew if we continued to do the right things that opportunities would open. joe hunter got a fantastic first goal. and then the second. really happy with the win. meanwhile in the other game in pool b, with the win. germany beat ireland 5—1 to reach the last four with their third straight win of the competition. that is all this sport. i will haven't more later on bbc news. —— i will have more later. more than 70,000 people have signed a petition, calling for the government to spend more on transport outside of london

and the south east of england. it emerged earlier this year that more than half of england's annual £32 billion transport budget, is spent in london. the former chancellor, george osborne says a northern powerhouse rail network connecting liverpool to hull, must be established. our north of england correspondent fiona trott reports. life beyond westminster. leeds is the uk's largest legal and financial centre outside london. but could it be better connected to boost northern businesses? hi dan, are you all right? this online gambling company is one of leeds' biggest employers. 50% of the people we spoke to said the commute was just too difficult, even a0 or 50 miles away, so improving transport links, particularly rail, would really help our business. today the former chancellor says a high—speed link between liverpool and hull is the answer. well, if the government is serious about building a northern powerhouse, it needs to commit to high—speed links between the northern cities, so we bring those cities together and then the whole of the north will be stronger than

the individual parts. the government has recognised the problem. it launched the northern powerhouse project just three years ago and is determined to improve transport across the north, actually so we can see our economy grow as that northern powerhouse, that we know it can be. this is what the government is planning already. hs2 would connect london with birmingham and then crewe and manchester and leeds. an hs3 project would improvejourney times across the pennines, from liverpool to leeds and then possibly onto hull. it could cut the 40—mile journey from 48 minutes to 26 minutes and the 90—minute journey between liverpool and leeds could take an hour. george osborne believes the northern economy will be transformed by investing £7 billion in the rail infrastructure, but what do passengers themselves think? if you've got a good train service, with the potential of getting work elsewhere, but it's still in good travelling time, i think it's always going to be good. i'm not sure the powerhouse is a concept i really believe in,

in terms of it, but i think individually the cities in the north can do a lot more development. there's a lot of potential for them. i'm all for it, whatever. no good arguing about it and carrying on, get it done, i say. people here want all politicians to look beyond london. that's why any campaign for future investment in rail or road can't come soon enough for towns and cities across the north. fiona trott, bbc news, leeds. we are nowjoined by the leader of leeds city council, judith blake, who is attending a meeting of civic and business leaders in leeds tomorrow on this very subject. thank you forjoining us. it is good to see you. what are you hoping to get out of this meeting tomorrow? the meeting came out of a leak really to journalists from chris grayling at the end ofjuly, that he

was rethinking the electrification of the line between leeds and manchester. and this is in the middle of a period where the whole thing has been reviewed, no consultation with us. we had a telephone conference with leaders across the north and decided we have had enough. just complete frustration. the lack of certainty about the government's intentions is damaging to confidence and damaging to potential investment. so we decided to call a summit, bringing civic leaders from across the north with business leaders and that is happening in leeds tomorrow. i'm delighted with really short notice, just over 100 businesses will come. we have representatives to business organisations so they reach out to business will be significant. we wa nt to business will be significant. we want to have discussions about the proposals we have, that we are working through transport the north for northern powerhouse rail. for

example, as you heard on that piece, absolutely pivotal in unlocking the potential in economic terms of the great regions in the north. but how do you convince the likes of chris grayling and the government to invest, to find the money to improve the transport links from east to west, not just north the transport links from east to west, notjust north to south, across the north of england, and as across the north of england, and as a result, improve the economy for the millions of people living there? the first thing we did when we set up the first thing we did when we set up transport for the north was to commission an independent economic review. the evidence we have gathered through that work is so compelling. what we want to do is make sure we are speaking with one voice across the north, making it clear to government that they cannot afford not to invest in transport, because this is about uk plc. it is about the north really maximising its full potential to contribute to

the whole economy of the north. we know that investment in transport is one of the major keys to unlocking that potential. the other key is skills. we have companies in leeds and right across the region who are having difficulties attracting the skilled people that they need. if we increase the ability of people to move from where they live to work in another city, we massively increase the pool of skilled people who can move about. manchester to leeds is the same distance as the central line in london. you wouldn't think twice about living at one end of the central line in london and working at the other and going out for your social life in the other. we have a real ambition to bring the distances down, so that people can train in manchester, take up the job down, so that people can train in manchester, take up thejob in leeds may be, then move to newcastle or

sheffield, without having to disrupt theirfamilies. sheffield, without having to disrupt their families. has part of the problem being competition and rivalry between those two centres in the north, manchester vying with liverpool, leeds against sheffield than hull, that northerners have not been speaking with one unified voice on this, and as a result have not been able to bring the direct pressure which needs to be brought to bear on westminster? people struggle sometimes to explain what the dalton powerhouse is. over the last years we have worked closely and we meet regularly, transport for the north and the leaders of the five northern cities have been to china to talk about investment coming in and things are changing dramatically. we recognise how important it is to work together and really pool strengths, pull the talent we have in communities and

the opportunities. i think the summit tomorrow is an opportunity to demonstrate how much progress we are making and make sure when we are lobbying government we do it with one voice. all right. very good to see you, judith blake. at 9pm we will be heading to radio one live lounge for a special debate presented by tina daheley about whether or not cannabis should be legalised. because of that special programme, we will bring to you earlier than scheduled the international weather. i have news of a potential hurricane on the way to the us and mexico and a typhoon near hong kong. in eastern asia, we will head to northern china and this cloud has produced a potent storms. tornadoes, as well. some

footage from tv companies in china shows debris ripped up by some of the storms of that system is pushing east. it looks like it will clear beijing as we finish wednesday but into north korea and south korea, vicious storms here on wednesday and thursday which could push into japan by friday the south of hong kong. it will be weak as it makes landfall close to hong kong on wednesday. wind over 100 mph will cause damage. flooding is expected and it will push across northern vietnam. the brightest colours, where heaviest, hit potentially northern parts of bangladesh. this is crucial, all areas hit by severe flooding of late and these areas feed the river system in bangladesh which is already under stress with widespread

flooding. other areas are affected by flooding in equatorial africa. these clouds are pushing their way to atlantic. one system close to sierra leone. ithink to atlantic. one system close to sierra leone. i think didi to atlantic. one system close to sierra leone. ithink didi bis to atlantic. one system close to sierra leone. i think didi bis will bear the brunt and also the democratic republic of congo on thursday seeing storms develop. the storm systems are crucial because when they push out into the atlantic, they can develop into tropical storms and hurricanes. we have tropical storms in the bahamas. but it is this one in mexico. remnants of tropical storm harvey will push into the gulf of mexico and strengthened through the second half of the week reaching hurricane status but the big question is will it be north—east mexico or texas where it makes landfall? the storm will hang around for a few days and

will hang around for a few days and will affect miami. but conditions improving on the northern peninsula of mexico. hottest web and red colours are in europe. wildfires raging in portugal. cooler weather in scandinavia and down to romania. a storm system in western russia and across estonia and latvia on wednesday. ourselves, a change, with humidity swept away by something cooler. more details in half an hour. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. four men have been charged with terror offences, following the attacks in spain that killed 15 people. one of the suspects told the judge they were planning a bigger attack. a british tourist, harry athwol, has been praised, after staying

to help a child on las ramblas during last week's van attack, ignoring advice from a policeman, to move to safety. i could see the fear in him. i could see the fear in me. he was basically trying to say there could be another van coming down. but i said no, i'm not going to move. i'm not going to leave this child. president trump changes policy and commits to sending more troops to afghanistan — the us secretary of state says washington will also focus on anti corruption measures in the country. it is difficult for many of our aid workers to operate in afghanistan so as the security environment improves we expect to adopt a different approach as to how we deliver on the development and sisters that supports the afghan government. george osborne has called on theresa may to commit to building a high—speed rail line across the north of england. the former chancellor says hs3 would help the prime minister to relaunch her premiership.

the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator, following the collapse of the high street store. bhs went into administration with 11,000 people losing theirjobs and the company pension scheme, 571 million in the red. this saga is far from over. you join me at what used to be bhs's flagship store on oxford street. you just might be able to make out a huge curtain covering up the refurbishment work inside. dominic chappell has been summoned to appear before brighton magistrates' court next month forfailing to provide information and documents without a reasonable excuse. the pension regulator wants this material because it's still pursuing mr chappell

over whether he avoided his responsibilities to the bhs pension scheme. you may remember back in february, sir philip green finally stumped up £363 million to settle his case with the regulator. remember, he sold bhs to mr chappell. the enforcement action against mr chappell is still continuing and although he has previously maintained that this big black hole in the pension scheme wasn't his fault. so if he is convicted on these specific, quite technical charges, he will face an unlimited fine. so the tale of bhs, i think, has yet to run its full course. rescue workers on the italian island of ischia say they've pulled three children, including a seven—month—old baby, out of rubble alive after their home collapsed, following an earthquake. it hit the holiday island off the coast of naples, killing two people and injuring a0 others. richard lister reports.

minutes after the earthquake, dazed survivors escape their ruined homes. around them, in a blizzard of dust, buried cars and rubble—strewn streets. several buildings in casamicciola collapsed. rescuers worked frantically to get to those buried. here, the faint sounds of a baby crying and, after some careful digging, a small miracle. seven—month—old pascale was safe, his brothers though were still missing. the earthquake struck as people were sitting down for their evening meal. the homes of some 2,000 residents were damaged, some may have to be demolished. translation: the house is destroyed, we can't even get in. what should we do? falling masonry remained a threat as the emergency services brought in more resources. and then some good news,

both of little pascale's brothers were found alive, his family survived. applause. others, though, are counting the cost of a terrifying night. richard lister, bbc news. the liberal democrats' new leader, sir vince cable, says he still supports the legalisation of cannabis. his comments came in an interview for bbc radio one's newsbeat, which has been speaking to several politicians, about the laws relating to the drug. here's jim connolly. at the last election, the liberal democrats made headlines with one of their most eye—catching manifesto promises, to legalise cannabis. lib dem insiders tell us it wasn't that popular. so is it a policy the party continues to back? the evidence is clear that if you want to stop abuse and damage to young people, you've got to bring the trade into the open and out of the hands of the criminal underworld. attitudes to cannabis are changing across the world. take, for example, north america.

in the us, 21 states have decriminalised personal possession, and eight have legalised it. next year, canada is expected to go further and make the drug legal across the whole country. back in europe, portugal has some of the most liberal drug laws. all substances are decriminalised. we've come to meet the man often described as the architect of the portuguese system. we had one of the highest rates of problematic drug use in europe by the late ‘90s. 15, 16 years later we can look back and say that we were... of course, it's not a solved problem in our society, but we have a lot of improvement. cannabis is the most commonly used illegal drug in the uk. take, for example, england and wales — in the past year, more than 2 million people have admitted using it, and there's a growing campaign to change the law on the substance. united kingdom cannabis social clubs

is an umbrella group campaigning for the drug to be freely available. it went from no clubs back in 2011 to more than 100 this year. these brighton members get together to eat meals with cannabis cooked into them. take a look at spain, portugal, canada and america — they are all coming through with progressive, forward—thinking policies that are basically spreading more of a positive impact and utilising the cannabis culture for the positive it can do for local community, for the industry, for medical patients, for recreational users thatjust want to have a social experience but not be criminalised for it. the government says it's aware of different approaches being taken abroad, but won't be changing how things are done here, arguing it's overly simplistic to say that legalisation works. so, whilst there's no chance of a change of law any time soon, these users say they'lljust carry on regardless. jim connolly, bbc news. and at nine o'clock tonight here on bbc news, we'll be heading

to radio 1's live lounge for a special newsbeat debate presented by tina daheley about on whether or not cannabis should be legalised. ford has become the latest car company to launch a scrappage scheme for older cars. they say the move will help cut air pollution. customers with cars made before 2010 will be offered £2,000 off some new models. unlike schemes by bmw and mercedes, ford will accept petrol — as well as diesel cars. but with the scheme only running until december — some are questioning whether it's also about boosting sales. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. how do you get a grip on pollution? well, one way is to smash up millions of older, dirtier cars. ford's become the latest and biggest firm to offer a scrappage scheme, offering £2,000 to crush an old vehicle, if you buy a new one. some people will look at this cynically and say, well, sales are down, you're only offering

this forfour months, it's only £2,000 scrappage scheme, this is about selling more cars, isn't it? well, it really is anything but a cynical marketing ploy because i could spend my money on much more efficient things to drive sales. annabel‘s11—year—old car would qualify for the scheme and, like many others, she wants to upgrade to something greener, so is she tempted? i feel guilty every time i drive, really, knowing that, you know, how high the emissions are. it's just not enough, £2,000. it would have to be something like £10,000 to make me really go for it and it would have to be for an electric or a hybrid car. ford sells more cars than any other company in britain. the fiesta is the most popular model, so that's why it's significant that they have now come up with a scrappage scheme, but it's only going to last four months initially. the company's talking about perhaps

a few thousand dirty cars being scrapped and taken off the roads. there are 19 million in total, so can it really make a difference? critics say scrappage schemes aren't targeted enough on the most polluted areas. but sensing a bargain, showroom customers were more positive. i think it's a good deal. my daughter is thinking about changing her car and currently her car's not going to be worth the value that they're offering for the scrappage. i think it's a good contribution to getting the polluted cars off the road. i think some people may think it's not enough, but it's a good start. after months of speculation about a possible government scrappage scheme, it's now the car makers who are taking the initiative, but not yet on a scale to dent this huge problem. richard westcott, bbc news. the top stories. four men have been

charged with terror offences following attacks in spain that killed 15. one suspect told the judge they were planning a bigger attack. a british tourist harry athwol, has been praised, after staying to help an injured child on las ramblas during last week's van attack, ignoring advice from police, to move to safety. president trump has changed policy and committed to sending more troops to afghanistan. the us secretary of state says washington will also focus on anti corruption measures in the country. an update on the markets. look at that green, the ftse up. 15 minutes to go until the closing bell on the nasdaq. all very happy. exactly three months ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the end of an ariana grande concert in the manchester arena. 22 people were killed and more than 50 were injured. since then, the nhs has been offering therapy to those who have suffered mental and physical trauma.

one of those who died was 29—year—old martyn hett. his mother has been talking to graham satchell, about why she can never return to life as it was before the attack. the tears are never far away, really. suddenly you catch yourself thinking, oh my gosh, martyn would have loved this. or, it's a shame he isn't there. we are in st anne's square in the centre of manchester. it became the focus of remembrance where thousands of people left flowers. figan murray lost her son martyn hett in the manchester attack. she's been the therapist for more than 20 years, she's been a therapist for more than 20 years, but she has decided she can no longer do herjob. i don't think with what happened to me that i'll ever be in a position to offer psychological support to anybody else because i think i'm so damaged through this. figen is meeting 18—year—old caitlin. on the night of the attack, caitlin was knocked off her feet by the force of the blast but escaped without physical injury.

she became withdrawn and started having nightmares. she is now seeing a counsellor. it wasn't until a few weeks i would say after when it really hit me, where the guilt got me. guilt. tell me a bit more about that. that we managed to walk out without a mark on us. obviously, there's people who have lost their lives. you have nightmares ? yes, all the time. i have nightmares, violent nightmares. obviously about people trying to blow me up. she's obviously suffering from survivor's guilt. a lot of martyn's friends had that as well and with the help of therapy, obviously, it's helping her to kind of normalise that feeling. this is the manchester resilience hub, an nhs organisation

coordinating mental—health services specifically for people caught up in attack. it's about 12 weeks now since the attack. is that sort of the time we are talking about when people may need to access help? we view the 12 weeks period post—incident as a significant milestone. if you are still exhibiting symptoms at the 12—week point, they're probably not going to resolve without some form of help or intervention. the hub is helping more than 200 people access psychological support but wants everyone who needs help to come forward. figen hasn't had any counselling yet herself but has now decided she will get help. i will definitely access it. i know i need it because i am like so many other people, damaged to some extent. back in st anne's square , the sea of flowers left by well—wishers has all but gone.

the memories, the pain of what happened, will never go. but with the right help, the hope is life will become easier for those left behind. graham satchell, bbc news, manchester. it was a bbc hit for years, but next week the great british bake off will appear for the first time on channel 4. there was uproar when the broadcaster poached the show in a multi—million pound three—year deal. but as our media editor amol rajan reports, the television landscape is changing dramatically. and the bake off brouhaha may well just be the start of things to come this is channel 4's shiny new toy. nobody wants to be the first person to leave. great british bake off, poached from the bbc and due to air next week. the winner of the 2015 great british bake off is... this is what they want to recreate. ..nadiya. cheering and applause watched by 13 million

people on bbc one. channel 4 paid a reported £75 million for three years. according to the man who ran both channel 4 and the bbc, bake off is outside channel 4's remit. personally, i think channel 4 were out of their minds. buying a show like that, using a chequebook to buy a ready—made bbc show, the most popular show on british television, it's not what channel 4 is there to do at all. it's there to be a nursery for talent and ideas. so i was quite shocked. the islamic state is the state of the muslims and we are responsible for making it grow, flourish. but this is why it's happening. though a public broadcaster, channel 4 is commercially funded and believes only big audiences can generate the revenues necessary to fund shows that push boundaries. up you come. it's not going tojump, they can't jump. up you come. the competition for eyeballs has become ferocious. four of the five biggest companies in the world — google, apple, facebook and amazon — are moving dramatically into quality tv. queen elizabeth ii. meanwhile, streaming services,

like netflix and disney are investing billions in original programming to broadcast directly to hundreds of millions of customers. technological innovation is changing both the supply and the demand of tv. on the supply side, the choice for audiences is greater than ever. in terms of demand, many young viewers increasingly consume tv across multiple devices, ignore tv schedules and, in some cases, don't own a television at all. archive: finally, we called at the clarkes' and although it was saturday, we found them all at home. time was when families across the country would come together to watch a limited range of channels. that still happens, but on fewer occasions. archive: oh, yes, definitely. the bhatnagarfamily in kent illustrate the changing way parents and children watch programmes. so adjay, is this a normal family scene for how you guys watch tv together? it is, it is. as soon as i come home, it's the news that everybody watches and theyjoin in, you know, and then after that they watch whatever they want to watch.

so dhruv, tara, do you guys watch tv with your parents most of the time or not? i live away from home most of the time, so my access to the tv is very different, it's through my laptop and through netflix or bbc iplayer. i'm usually spending my time on nickelodeon or even watching food network, good food. to quote the late sir bruce forsyth, television is today a generation game. while broadcasters from the bbc to channel 4 compete ever harder for the flagship shows that can bring a nation together, technology is pulling audiences and families in different directions. amol rajan, bbc news. we have an update on the situation in spain following the court appearance today of the four suspects in relation to the terror attacks in and close to barcelona. we understand a spanishjudge has charged two of the suspects with membership of a terrorist

organisation. and also with murder and explosives possession, according toa and explosives possession, according to a document that the reuters news agency has seen. also, we understand two of the men have been charged and one is being held in custody and one of the suspect apparently has been set free. any more on that and we will bring it to you. health bosses have refused to accept a £2,500 donation for a community hospital, because they‘ re unhappy that the money was raised by men dressed as female nurses and health workers. it's the first time in nearly 30 years that shropshire community health nhs trust has turned down the cash, raised by what's become an annual event. joanne writtle reports it is a row which has become the talk of usually peaceful ludlow. a group of men dressed as female nurses raced around time nurses raced around town with buckets and raise £2500 for the community hospital. describe how you were dressed in what you did on that day? dressed?

a white smock to the knees, a big long pair of bloomers underneath, some balloons for a bust, plenty of make—up and really looking forward to it every year. but the local health trust has refused to accept the money. in a letter the trust boss says that men dressed as female nurses in a highly sexualised and demeaning way is wrong and outdated. i'm flabbergasted. i can't believe that anybody would send £2,500 back. his son, adam, took part too. do you think you could have toned it down a bit? i genuinely don't think so. i don't think any of us set out to cost any offence. you only have to walk around the town and see the individuals, the smiles on the faces of people.

alison's baby was delivered at home because of the temporary closure to the maternity unit. it is just a bit of fun. the general public seemed to roll along with the theme of the event. the chief executive of shropshire community health trust declined our request for an interview but in a statement she said it is not ok to portray health professionals in this way. we have previously asked that this did not happen and do not think it is right to accept money from this activity. the league of friends cannot spend £2500 they raised on an ecg machine. i have had three calls today from major hospitals, one of which is reasonably local to shropshire, and their reaction was if you want to find a home for the money we will take it because we don't care if they have got clothes on or not. the men who dressed up said he did not mean to cause offence and are now themselves offended.

the weather. hello, a bank holiday weekend just around the corner and i wish i could tell you it will be glorious, in fact we need to stay‘s weather because look at cornwall, a beautiful day, 25 degrees. not quite the case on tuesday in northern ireland. we had rain so intense here it was bouncing off the roofs of ca rs. it was bouncing off the roofs of cars. and the rain will be with us across the far north for much of wednesday, moving in from west to east with heavy bursts moving through scotland and across the far north of england. the cloud through the midlands and not really making much impression across the south—east corner. behind it fresher conditions with showers. we could see quite a humid feel in the

south—east. as we move out of wednesday it looks as though things will quieten down but the system gradually moves into the northern isles. scattering of showers to the north west but not as humid a night. on thursday, a quieter day for most. the exception still with an area of low pressure in the north—west, feeding in showers through northern ireland and western scotland highs 17-18. ireland and western scotland highs 17—18. sunshine in the south—east and 22 the high here. friday, we are still likely to see showers across northern ireland and maybe into western scotland, but decent sunshine elsewhere and temperatures again will respond, perhaps higher in the south—east on friday afternoon when we could see temperatures peaking at 2a degrees. showers into the far north—west, 17

degrees, and they could be a nuisance as we start the weekend. still a level of uncertainty as we move into the bank holiday weekend, but it looks as though there is a potential for the weather front to increase the risk of showers across the far south and east. why the uncertainty? the jet stream the far south and east. why the uncertainty? thejet stream has the far south and east. why the uncertainty? the jet stream has a significant kink down the west of the uk and when we see it in this position, computer models tend to struggle with getting the detail and on saturday, at the moment it looks like the potential for sharp showers in the south—east. drier in the north. but there could be showers heavy with the rumbles of thunder. the jet stream on saturday almost splits in two and we see no forming in the south, but it reinvigorates itself across the uk which means things could be more unsettled, particularly in the far north—west. as we move into sunday there is

potential for windy and wet weather in the extreme north—west and still the risk of showers further south, but a great deal of uncertainty about the detail of sunday's forecasts. if you have outdoor plans, do not make it the last forecast you will watch. that uncertainty continues into bank holiday monday. the driest weather in the south and the wettest in the north of this pattern sets is up to the longer term period with high pressure dominating in the south and low— pressure pressure dominating in the south and low—pressure to the north which means we could continue to see showers and strong winds at times. we'll be back at ten. we're heading to the radio1 live lounge for a special newsbeat debate on britain's drugs laws , and whether cannabis should be legalised. here's tina daheley. this his newsbeat debates. i am tina

daheley and we are live in radio one's live lounge tonight for a special debate about cannabis. tonight, we are asking the question should cannabis be legal in the uk? we will look at the arguments before and againstand we will look at the arguments before and against and we will also take a look at what britain can learn about the way the law works in other parts of europe. over the next 60 minutes we will hear from an audience of specialist guests. we have the crime artist. hello. doctor aisha and sharing.