this is bbc news. the headlines at 7.00pm: four serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. they are alleged to be members of national action — a banned neo—nazi group. ayeeshia—jayne smith, who was 21—months—old, was murdered by her mother three years ago. now a serious case review says social workers failed to spot the toddler was being abused by her mother. south korea puts on a show of strength after pyongyang's latest missile test. russia's president putin says the west's military stand—off threatens a global catastrophe. hurricane irma is reclassified as ‘extremely dangerous‘, a category five storm, as it heads towards the caribbean and the southern united states. in the next hour: danish toymaker lego announces it's to cut 1,400 jobs worldwide. 900 of the jobs to go will be in the uk — the company blames falling sales and profits. kate and william win their privacy battle over topless photos — a french celebrity magazine

is ordered to pay damages. good evening and welcome to bbc news. four serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of being members of national action — a banned neo—nazi group. they are being held under terror laws, although police say the public was never in danger. three were arrested here in britain and a fourth in cyprus. a fifth person, a civilian, is also being detained. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the bbc‘s been told three of the men are members of the royal anglian regiment which recruits in norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridge. four were arrested in the uk, one in cyprus. an army spokesman said: that

group is national action, that group is national action, which described itself last year in the language of hitler's fascism, as "a national socialist youth movement". its members marched the streets. the focus was as much on spreading neo—nazi ideas online, but experts say the far right is not well supported. i think extreme right groups in britain, and others like britain first might be an example here, are very good these days about creating a sense of greater scale using social media than is actually the case. probably with national action, we are looking at people in the tens to perhaps low hundreds at very best. but when the labour mpjo cox was murdered by a loner influenced by similar propaganda the government

acted, prescribing, or banning, national action. despite their name, national action‘s core seeks to divide communities and stir up hatred and are entirely contrary to the interests of our nation. prescribing this neo—nazi group will prevent its membership growing, prevent them spreading propaganda which allows a culture of hatred and division to thrive. legally, the group should not now exist, but police in birmingham are questioning five suspected members under counter—terrorism laws while searches of properties are carried out. so who are national action? let's talk to dr pauljackson who joins us by webcam. he's a senior lecturer in history at the university of northampton and is a researcher into the british extreme right. thanks forjoining us on the

programme. just explain what the aims are of this band organisation. well, temp were founded in 2013, they wanted to develop themselves as quite a dynamic and stylised very openly neo—nazi organisation, to specifically target young people and develop a new kind of extreme activism in the uk. what kind of membership are we talking in terms of numbers? i don't know. it is very difficult to get precise numbers because it is a semi—clandestine group and the membership is fluid. we are talking something that might have been south of 100, i would have thought. so less than 100. it is to pricing that they were banned then? i don't think so. it is an unusual step, the first far right group to

have this happen. they were excellent political violence, terrorism. the glorified elements of the pulse nightclub bombing. was there a sense, do you think from what you have gleaned into all of this, that they didn't think they could ever be banned or what they we re could ever be banned or what they were saying was within the realms of free speech? i think there has been a long tradition of british extreme right cultures to try to push up against the limits of what is legal and allowed and to develop evocative politics that way. 0bviously, they don't want to be banned because they wa nt to don't want to be banned because they want to create an impact. theyjust

got that wrong, then. how big is the far right in terms of groups perhaps less obviously vocal in their desire to ape adolf hitler or whatever, which is the suggestion as far as this particular national socialist organisation is concerned? how big ofan organisation is concerned? how big of an issue is this for the police and the authorities?” of an issue is this for the police and the authorities? i think it is a significant issue. groups like this... people on the fringes, they might have things: on their lives, they are swept along by the ideology and then they commit violent acts. it is part of the government's prevent agenda, tackling groups that

promote ideologies that are linked. it isa promote ideologies that are linked. it is a significant issue. the extreme right is something that is taken seriously. do they use the internet as a way of trying to get more followers and to get their message out? is that part of the phenomenon? absolutely. the internet has been very, very important in changing the nature of the extreme right. for example, ithink changing the nature of the extreme right. for example, i think it is less easy to talk about discrete organisations than perhaps it was a generation ago. things are much more developed through online networks and activism. national action were talking about ways that they could develop their agendas in different groups and so on. generally speaking, the internet has allowed for a much more dynamic, fluid and international form of far right politics and groups to develop.

national action, the first far right group to be banned as such. do you expect more of that kind of thing? society intervening in this particular kind of way?” society intervening in this particular kind of way? i could see it being another tool to be used to try to curtail such organisations. as this story is showing, the ban has not had the desired effect of simply removing the group from existence. it's activism has continued. it has had the effect of stymieing the activism, fostering dissent among people connected with the group. fascinating stuff. doctor pauljackson, thanks for joining the group. fascinating stuff. doctor pauljackson, thanks forjoining us. doctor pauljackson, thanks forjoining us. three years ago, toddler ayeeshia—jayne smith was murdered by her own mother at the family home in burton—on—trent. today, a review into her case has found that care workers let their concern for the mother overshadow the needs of the child.

the report found that ayeeshia's death could not have been predicted, but criticised social workers for taking what the mother said at face value. kathryn smith is serving a 19—yearjail sentence. sima kotecha reports. ayeeshia—jayne smith, known as aj to her family. a toddler with a thin frame and described as a happy and smiley child. at 21 months old, her life was brutally cut short by her mother. kathryn smith, a former drug addict with a history of aggression and self—harm, stamped her daughter to death. today, the serious case review said social workers and medical staff should have asked more questions. the report says... derbyshire county council

has said sorry. how can you assure people at home that this won't happen again? can you? can you actually provide that assurance? we work with hundreds of children every single day and we work hard to keep them safe and the majority of times, we are successful at doing so, but one death is one death too many. and a death in such tragic circumstances, of course we are all impacted by it and i am determined to make our services as strong as they can be to minimise the risk of this happening again. aj was at home in the ground—floor flat behind me when she was murdered. medical experts believe her heart was torn by one forceful stamp. pathologists also found 16 other injuries on her body including an historical bleed to the brain and a damaged spine. she was taken to hospital on more than one occasion

in the year she died, including four cuts on her lip and chin and after collapsing. again, warning signs were missed. the trust agree with the report's findings. we had two instances where we definitely didn't show enough professional curiosity around ayeeshia—jayne's attendance. the febrile convulsion wasn't as it turned out a febrile convulsion. we didn't go into ayeeshia—jayne's social situation, herfamily situation as much as we should have, we didn't ask enough questions. concerns raised by aj's biological father, ricky booth, were also ignored. the aim of this review is to learn lessons. but for aj's family, today's report will bring little comfort after the ordeal they have been through. joining me now is alan wood, a former president of the association of directors of children's services.

he led a government review into local safeguarding children boards last year. thanks for coming in. a lack of professional curiosity is the upshot pretty much of this serious case review into this terrible death. effectively, the care workers, and other agencies, failing to look into the interests of the child and taking at face value of the mother was saying. i think this lack of authoritative curiosity is common feature in serious case review reports. in this case, it is not just in the social work profession, it is across health and other agencies. it is an issue that is of significant concern. it has been pointed out in a number of reviews and we don't seem yet to have been able to establish a way of assuring that her social workers have the authority and ability to look beyond

the parental information and to challenge and ask questions of pa rents, challenge and ask questions of parents, but also make sure that they can find what the thinks, even very young children like ayeeshia—jayne. 0ur very young children like ayeeshia—jayne. our best police officers and social workers do that. it is something that if you do have an intellectually, professionally curious social worker, they do have the free rein, as it were, to be able to say, let's think about what in this case ayeeshia—jayne's thoughts are on this. there is nothing legally stopping a social worker from nothing legally stopping a social workerfrom doing that? nothing legally stopping a social worker from doing that? know, on the contrary, all the guidance is that they should do more. they should be more curious and challenging. one wonders then if these people don't have the kind of curiosity to ask the right questions, they shouldn't

be in thejob in the the right questions, they shouldn't be in the job in the first place, should they? the complexity of these cases means that people have to take the time, take the approach that allows them to seek reviews. an interesting characteristics in this case is not just interesting characteristics in this case is notjust about the lack of curious inquiry, but how the views of the men were not fully considered. that is a characteristics were sometimes the men are violent and are accepted, and another times the men are trying to make the case that there is a problem. he said this is a serious problem. he said this is a serious problem in case reviews, so this must happen a lot. there are six or seven key themes which seem to appear in most serious case reviews. what my report sought to do is to improve the way in which we learn from these cases. the way we set up serious case reviews and the quality of people carrying them out and the

learning we get from them needs great support and development. so, the point of the serious case review is to learn lessons. you are saying that the way the case reviews are often done in the lessons learned? the lessons i learned at local level but there is very little national spreading of that. there were 350 serious case reviews in the last two yea rs serious case reviews in the last two years and i don't think there any longerfor persons years and i don't think there any longer for persons —— years and i don't think there any longerfor persons —— no longerfit for purpose. that will have a much sharper focus on these issues, ensuring the quality of our staff in hospitals, schools, in social work, that it hospitals, schools, in social work, thatitis hospitals, schools, in social work, that it is focused more on the curious issues that children sometimes present. they must be able to ask the challenging questions what is going on in the life of the child. when is that new way of

working coming in? the government is consulting at the moment on the new frameworks, hope the new body will be set up and we are hoping that it will be in place by early next year. so, in five years' time, one sincerely hope so would not be having this conversation. if you look at the number of deaths of children from tragic incidents like this it has been consistent over the last 30 or a0 years, it is about 50 or 60 cases a year. anyone who says to use this will not happen again, one should not take too much notice. allen, thanks for joining one should not take too much notice. allen, thanks forjoining us. we will find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.a0pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the political commentator lance price and liam halligan, chief economics commentator at the daily telegraph. the headlines on bbc news:

four serving members of the british army, alleged members of a banned far—right group, have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. social services has apologised to spot that a little girl who was killed by her mother was being abused. president putin warns of a "global catastrophe" if military tensions continue to increase around north korea. hurricane irma has been reclassified as an "extremely dangerous" category five storm. it is heading towards the caribbean and the southern united states. with sustained winds of 175mph, irma is due to move over part of the leeward islands tonight around antigua 0ur weather presenter louise lear is here. that looks absolutely appalling. it

is one of the worst storms ever in the atlantic basin. it looks as though it will be catastrophic. i have been a member of the bbc weather team for 20 years and we dry to stick to subjective language, dry to stick to subjective language, dry to stick to the facts. to stand here and say it is a catastrophic storm is really unusual. in the last 30 minutes is not being classifies with sustained winds of hundred and 85 miles an hour. the strongest ever hurricane recorded had 190 mile an hour winds so it really is a monster of the storm and it has continued to intensify and continued to track towards the leeward islands. you can

see it looks likely to make landfall across the island of antigua in particular during the early hours of their time, local time. devastating winds, gusts over 220 miles an hour. but it is the storm surge as well, up but it is the storm surge as well, up to 11 feet, three metres potentially of significant rainfall across the silence. that storm surge is going to cause devastating flooding. it will continue to track ina flooding. it will continue to track in a westerly direction for the next few days. we have just had her cane harvey cause a lot of problems, but the problems from back came when it became storm harvey and dumped a lot of rainfall. with irma, we are talking about heavy winds that harvey did not have, and rain as well. the interesting thing with irma is that for a hurricane to

continue to get its fuel, its energy, it needs warmer waters. it tends to make landfall, if we can send them to enter into a tropical storm and there is just significant rain. with irma, it will continue to track across the leeward isles, then it looks likely to move towards st kitts and nevis, then towards the us and british virgin islands, puerto rico and then towards florida potentially by the weekend, all the time with an overall warm water. so with will not lose any energy. it has the potential to hang around for four or five days and it could cause catastrophic damage, and notjust for one island then move away, it could continue on into parts of southern florida. we are keeping a close eye on this. there is another tropical storm almost in the same track of irma, jose, and it looks

likely to follow a similar track. 0n top of that, in the gulf of mexico, we have a 70% chance of a tropical storm developing there. it is a very active season. this is only the first week of september, we have a long way to go. thank you. 0ur correspondent will grant is in the cuban capital, havana good to see you. one suspects they are bracing themselves for a big one. it certainly looks that way on the satellite pictures. it certainly does. cubans are reduced to these events and know how to prepare for them, but we are beginning to see them, but we are beginning to see the first signs. it is not due to make landfall in cuba until perhaps friday, but nevertheless we are seeing people start to go out and find sufficient fuel, canned goods, water, maybe even board up their

homes and so one on the eastern side of the island where it is likely to hit hardest. most of the story of the stages outside of cuba. those smaller islands of we have been hearing about in the past. they stand to receive a lot of disruption because it is such powerful storm. thank you. keep safe. russian president vladimir putin says further sanctions against north korea are useless and that ramping up military preparations could lead to global catastrophe. it comes after the us said it would table a new un resolution on tougher sanctions in the wake of the latest test of a hydrogen bomb by the north. from seoul, yogita limaye reports. off the eastern coast of south korea, today it was the navy‘s turn to show its strength. the commander of this fleet said they were training to bury the enemy at sea. south korea has held military drills for two days now in response to the north's nuclear test.

pyongyang claims it successfully made a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted on to missiles capable of reaching america. at a un conference in geneva, north korea's ambassador was defiant. the recent self defence images by my country dprk, are a gift package addressed to the us. the us will receive more gift packages from my country as long as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the dprk. those attempts include further squeezing of north korea's economy. but some don't think that's a good idea. translation: the use of sanctions of any kind in this case is already useless and inefficient. as i told my colleagues yesterday, they will leave grass they will eat grass

but they will not give up this programme if they do not feel safe. south korea doesn't feel safe either and so it's setting up this american anti—missile defence system, designed to shoot down enemy rockets. and now, president trump has said he is allowing japan and south korea to buy more sophisticated military equipment from the us. he's also agreed to remove limits on these south korean missiles, lifting restrictions on the weight of the they can carry. it's this country, south korea, which has the most to lose if things go wrong. some people here might even still have family living up in the north. but they have heard these threats for so long now that they've almost become part of normal life here. and yet, things are a bit different now. translation: the experiment north korea did this time was much larger in scale and so it makes me nervous. this woman says she is worried but she doesn't believe war is going to break out.

barely 50 kilometres from the border with north korea, people here live each day with the knowledge that they are vulnerable. but with a strong belief that the peace that has held for more than 60 years is not about to be broken. we're joined now by veteran china watcher, editor and ceo of china dialogue, isabel hilton. ijust wonder if i just wonder if the chinese are trying to have their cake and eat it here. they are trying to say publicly, we have to be careful, you need to have dialogue with north korea, it makes sense. it might also make sense for you, america if you we re make sense for you, america if you were to decide not to continue your

military exercises with the south. were to decide not to continue your military exercises with the southlj don't see what they would gain by that. if you look at the history of china, north korea relations, they haven't been going very well for about 50 years. the recent demonstrations of north korea's programme, the bomb exploded at the weekend and the previous missile both coincided with high—profile chinese events and they were very much thumbing their nose, spoiling the party, trying to appear like a global statesman, the president of china was, then north korea does something not very obliging. it is also true that the chinese say quite reasonably argue absolutely sure you wa nt reasonably argue absolutely sure you want north korea to collapse? we know enough about what happens when dictatorships to collapse not to give yourself the luxury of imagining that this would be peaceful. do they once are

protracted war in north korea, nye and new killer state? doesn't sound like a good idea to beijing. so the leadership in beijing are ok with the nuclear armed north korea? they are unhappy with it and have opposed it for ten years, since this programme has been going on. washington continues to utter threats that would be catastrophic if they were carried through. it is quite unlikely there will be carried through, you would hope. that makes the united states seem weaker rather than stronger and that sort of gives permission. north korea is winning the pr war, if you like. on the face of it, it seems obvious what north korea wants, maintenance of the regime, kimjong—un

korea wants, maintenance of the regime, kim jong—un staying korea wants, maintenance of the regime, kimjong—un staying in power, and the threat of the us invasion, however high they think thatis, invasion, however high they think that is, diminishing. 0nce invasion, however high they think that is, diminishing. once that is sorted, if they do have a bomb and bid to end up talking to america, what are they expecting to get out of those talks? they want the dignity and respect, which is accorded to nuclear states, they wa nt to accorded to nuclear states, they want to be able to talk to the united states like a global player rather than their forgotten rogue state in north asia. in the end they probably want more domestic prosperity. they have been going there economy, they have been moving slightly down the china path. essentially, this is about if you build your regime on the mythology of the kim family and the perpetual threats from the united states, the more america threatens the better it serves your purpose. but if they do

get the bomb, and they seemed close to it —— seem close to it, then that threat will go away, wanted? yes, but they will have that accolade of making it go away, which is a useful accolade. we will have to live with this. there is no way they will give it up. the questions that you are asking the questions we should be trying to explore. what is the next deal? what guarantees that these weapons will be used? we have seen how the iran nuclear deal seems to have dealt with the potential of our nuclear armed iran and somehow put that on the back burner. is it too late with north korea to have some deal along those lines that will make them decide not to go any further? i think it is unlikely that

they would not complete the programme. they are very close to it now. i think the reassurances that there is no need to use these... i mean, the dangers right now that we get have a series of mistakes that led them to think they were under attack, and that would be extraordinarily dangerous. 0nce attack, and that would be extraordinarily dangerous. once they have completed their testing programme, i think that what we need to be looking at is trying gradually to be looking at is trying gradually to normalise north korea and normalise relations with them. unlikely and unpalatable though it is. indeed. isabel hilton, thank you for joining is. indeed. isabel hilton, thank you forjoining us. downing street has issued a reader of the conversation that theresa may has had with president from discussing north korea. it says here that the prime minister stressed that the regime poses a threat not to be too is region but global peace and security

and was important for the international community to send out a clear message that such and provocative actions must end. the prime ministers said she would also work with eu leaders on future measures of the european union that they could take the pressure of the north korean regime. the chinese, as we have just been discussing, does have a role to play, an important role to play and they need to use all of the leveraged they can to ensure north korea stops conducting these illegal acts so we can ensure these illegal acts so we can ensure the security and safety of nations in the region. so, that is a taste of the conversation theresa may had in the last few minutes of donald trump. time for a look at the weather. louise lear has the weather. it looks like hurricane irma will ta ke ce ntre it looks like hurricane irma will take centre stage in terms of weather headlines in the next few

days, a category five hurricane, the strongest you can get, will make la ndfall over strongest you can get, will make landfall over the leeward isles over wednesday morning local time. we will keep you updated. rain easing away from the south—east corner, it is going to be a breezy and fresh night with a chilly start to our wednesday morning. single figures in rural areas. with that breeze, it will drive in more cloud and scattered showers in the north and west. further inland, there will be some sunshine and temperatures are likely to be 1a—20d. 0ut some sunshine and temperatures are likely to be 1a—20d. out of wednesday and into thursday it looks likely that the more significant area of low pressure will move in from the atlantic. you can see it here quite clearly. there will be strengthening winds and rains in scotla nd strengthening winds and rains in scotland and northern ireland. dryer further south. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: four serving members

of the british army, have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. the men who are all aged between 22 and 32, are alleged to belong to the banned neo—nazi group, national action. a serious case review into the death of 21 month—old ayeeshia jane smith, murdered by her mother three years ago, has found social workers missed signs of danger, and showed a lack of professional curiosity. south korea puts on a show of strength, after pyongyang's latest missile test. however, russia's president putin says a military stand off threatens a global catastrophe. us weather forecasters urge caribbean islands to finish their preparations as hurricane irma is uprated to an "extremely dangerous" category five storm, as it heads towards antigua. the trump administration is scrapping a policy that protects

young undocumented migrants in the united states from deportation. the deferred action for childhood arrivals programme was introduced five years ago. it protects some 800,000 people, known as "dreamers", from deportation by giving them work and study permits. this was how the announcement was made by attorney general jeff sessions earlier today. if we we re jeff sessions earlier today. if we were to keep the 0bama administration's executive administration policy, the most likely outcome is that it would too be enjoined, and the department of justice has advised the president and department of homeland security that the department of homeland security should begin an ordinary lawful rundown including the cancellation of the memo that authorised this programme. acting secretary duke has chosen appropriately to initiate a wind down process, which will enable the

department of homeland security to conduct an orderly change and fulfil the desire of this administration to create a timed period for congress to act, should it choose. we firmly believe that this is the responsible path. simply to put, if we are to further our goal of strengthening the constitutional order and rule of law in america, the department of justice cannot defend this overreach. let's cross over to washington and speak to our correspondent, richard lister. the president and attorney general, jeff sessions, are being true to the campaign promises that the president made on the campaign trail and he would get tough on immigration. it's interesting, that two president bushs, and barack 0bama, they backed the direction of travel of this legislation. actually, congress has been trying to push some sort of

normalisation of the status of these people, who were basically brought in by their parents when they were, in many cases, babes in arms. people talking about, for the most part, never knowing life outside the us and really since 2001, congress has been working on legislation that would give them some rights to stay in the us long—term and the vast majority of the american public in opinion polls say that they believe they should be given the chance to stay because to all intents and purposes they were americans and it was not their choice to enter the us legally in the first place. there are conservative republicans who believe that is the thin end of the wedge, if you make that concession it encourages more to come in a across—the—board illegally it encourages more to come in a across—the—boa rd illegally and it encourages more to come in a across—the—board illegally and you have an immigration crisis. what president trump has done by delaying as long as he has in making this

decision, he is reflecting on the fa ct decision, he is reflecting on the fact the american people believe one thing, he campaigned on something else and he is saying, why don't congress make the decision and i give them six months to do it? are we in give them six months to do it? are weina give them six months to do it? are we in a position where these young people, who will not get work and study permits, are they going to be deported back to wherever their pa rents deported back to wherever their parents may have come from? is that genuinely what will happen now?” think that is very much a worst—case scenario. how things have been set out at the moment is that those 800,000 who are already in the machine and have been given permits eitherfor machine and have been given permits either for work machine and have been given permits eitherfor work and machine and have been given permits either for work and study which are valid for two years, if they are due to expire within the next six months, they can actually apply now to renew them, and they did that before october. that would give them until sometime in 2019 to remain in the us. those briefings that we are getting is that they would be

considered, although at risk of deportation, fairly low risk while the trump administration focuses on criminals, gang members and others. it would put them into legal limbo, but it is unlikely whether they are going to be rounded up with any great haste by the administration. so on the face of it, it sounds like he is simply playing to the base but it isn't really as draconian as some people would think? and in some ways he isn't really playing to the base, he isn't really playing to the base, he is, after all, making the decision in the end. it was a statement president trump made in the end, he hasn't been on camera today and i was telling. he left it today and i was telling. he left it to jeff today and i was telling. he left it tojeff sessions, who was firmly behind it. he said, i do not favour punishing children for the action of their parents. he seems to be leaving the door open to some sort of reprieve for individuals but it would be extraordinary if congress rallied around that idea and said

these 800,000 should be allowed to stay. that is the legislation we put on your desk, even though you campaigned against it. we know what the headlines will say, and that is the headlines will say, and that is the point. richard lister there, thank you. today was the first chance after the summer recess for mps to look at the brexit negotiations. the brexit secretary, david davis, has said there are what he called "significa nt differences" with the european commission over the so—called divorce bill britain will have to pay when it leaves the european union. here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar. jeremy corbyn's team look out for it, labour's eu policy is not clear, the deputy talks of staying inside

of the eu system on trade and customs. his brexit spokesman does not go that far but labour has pledged to challenge ministers. 0n parliament's well, judging brexit, that bold roll and assembly ‘s role and work's rights. the secretary of state for exiting the eu. the first day of term meant time to answer questions and face sceptics... time negotiations have been tough but we made concrete on many important issues. britain was nowhere near agreeing a brexit divorce bill, or as he put it... significant differences to be bridged in this sector. not easy but not britain's fault. the approach is substantially more pragmatic than the eu, avoiding unnecessary disruption for british business and consumers. labour was not buying it. no deal, which i hope died a death since the election, could yet rise from the ashes. his

message was to get real. the truth is too many promises have been made about brexit which cannot be kept. labour decided to vote against the bill, turning all legislation into british law. if they lose that photo will be the start of parliamentary siege warfare, while labour looks to win over the handful of tory rebels, and in short, with brexit, it is just the start. the two big parties are in tune in respecting the referendum. now, nothing else. how do you feel about progress on brexit? there is progress on brexit? they will argue like health and set is impossible. in the end they've got to agree and it will be done. this demo wanted brexit stopped, and many don't. but while uk and eu negotiators play a game of who links

first, with economic uncertainty and storms ahead. scotland's first minister has set out her party's programme for government for the coming year. nicola sturgeon placed education and health reform at the top of the agenda, and says she'll lift the 1% cap on public sector pay rises. ms sturgeon called the plans "fresh, bold and ambitious" — but was accused by conservative leader ruth davidson of "over—promising and under—delivering". 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. nicola sturgeon has got her hands full and she wants all of us to know it. she promised to refresh her policies after a disappointing general election result and now she wants to seize back the political initiative with what she calls a bold and ambitious programme for government. at it heart is this ambition — to make our country the best place in the world to grow up and be educated. the best place to live, work, visit and do business. the best place to be cared for in times of sickness, need or vulnerability and the best

place to grow old. the first minister announced significant government investment in high—tech manufacturing and financial technology, and she was getting her own lesson today in digital skills. but its education that will be the biggest test for the snp. faced with falling standards in scottish schools, they plan to give headteachers more powers and responsibilities. teachers, along with nurses and police officers, will be among thousands of workers getting a higher pay rise next year as scotland is scrapping the 1% public sector pay cap. no details on how that might be paid for yet, but a strong hint — higher income taxes may follow. the opposition say the snp have to earn back the trust of the scottish electorate. they must be frank about the huge challenges that scotland faces and not seek as its first response to bury bad news and pretend it doesn't exist. given what we know of this government, we will wait to see whether today's warm words are backed up by action. but the government should know

this — after this last year, it is on probation with the people of scotland. it is time to change tack and it is time to deliver. the scottish parliament will certainly be busy, with 16 new bills announced today, including the creation of a national investment bank for scotland, free personal care for under—65s suffering from dementia, a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and pardons for men convicted of same—sex offences which are now legal. the scottish government also want to go further, faster with electric cars, promising a huge expansion of car charging facilities and plans to phase out new petrol vehicles by 2032, eight years ahead of the uk target. but remember, as a minority government, the snp need the support of other parties if they are to drive ahead these plans for the next year. the united nations is tonight

warning of a risk of ethnic cleansing in myanmar — after a dramatic increase in the number of rohinghya muslims fleeing into neighbouring bangladesh. the rohingya muslims are a minority group in the buddhist—dominated country. fighting in the state of rakhine has left hundreds dead. the un says 35,000 people have crossed the border into bangladesh in the last day alone. that brings the total seeking refuge to more than 123,000 in the last 11 days. 0ur correspondent, sanjoy majumder, has just sent this report from cox's bazaar. desperation is what is driving the rohingya refugees. and bangladesh, which has taken them in, is being overwhelmed by the numbers that are surging in. a truck has backed up to take all these refugees to the nearest relief camp. you can just see the chaos as they are all desperate to get on board. it is a chance for them to get somewhere where they will be safe and where they can rest.

they are getting a sense now that things are slowly spinning out of control. soldiers try to bring in a sense of order. but the refugees are weak, dehydrated and disorientated after days on the road. the rohingyas group are described as the worst persecuted minority — the buddhist majority myanmar has denied them citizenship despite living there for centuries. now they have been driven out, their villages burned, hundreds killed, in a wave of religious violence. people are either being shot or burnt alive in their homes. we had to flee for our lives. they are making sure that no muslims are left there. so they fled, carrying with them whatever they could salvage from their wrecked homes. local volunteers meet them as they arrive,

handing out packets of cooked rice and meat. their first proper meal in days. but with so many refugees coming here, space is running out. existing camps are stretched beyond capacity. new ones are being built by the hour — open fields and hilltops have now become huge settlements. and the conditions are basic. this pit filled with rainwater is serving as the water supply. these new arrivals are scattered in different locations, different villages, makeshift sites and the two existing refugees sites is where the un works. those camps are reaching saturation point and in one of them the population has more than doubled. bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated nations and now it has to somehow find space for all the rohingyas who are pouring in. the headlines now... four serving

members of the army have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences, and belonging to a band neo—nazi group. a serious case review into the murder of 21—month—old ayeeshia—jayne smith in staffordshi re 21—month—old ayeeshia—jayne smith in staffordshire three years ago said that social workers missed several danger signs. president putin has warned of a global catastrophe if military tensions continue on the korean peninsular. and a look at the markets... an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow a french magazine has been ordered to pay £90,000 in damages

to the duke and duchess of cambridge after it published topless photos of kate while on holiday in provence five years ago. the couple filed a criminal complaint against ‘closer‘ magazine for invasion of privacy. lucy williamson reports from paris. on one side of the channel today, there was barely a front—page without her — the duchess of cambridge, expecting her third child. her private life a cause for media interest, national comment, public celebration. but when does interest become intrusion? in the paris suburbs today, judges ruled that french celebrity magazine closer did invade her privacy by publishing topless photos of the duchess on holiday. the magazine editor and chief executive were each fined a5,000 euros — the maximum penalty, said the royals‘ lawyer. c‘est le montant maximum prevu par la loi. is that unusual? yes, absolutely. the royal couple were also awarded 100,000 euros in damages. a high figure for france,

but far smaller than the 1.5 million euros requested by the couple. the lawyer for closer described the amount requested as ‘extravagant‘ and said the private lives of the royal family were a matter of public interest. translation: the photos showed a couple in love. and i'll remind you that in the case of the duke's parents, we were led to believe that they adored each other by being given official photographs and it wasn't the reality. here, at least, the photos aren't offensive and show that they love each other. it's in the public interest to know that. the duke of cambridge said the clandestine way the photographs were taken had been particularly shocking and all the more painful given the way his mother diana, had died here in paris, pursued by paparazzi. in a statement after today‘s ruling, kensington palace described photographs as "a serious breach of privacy" and said the couple "wished to make the point strongly that this kind of unjustified intrusion should not happen".

last week, william went to view tributes laid to princess diana on the twentieth anniversary of her death. having watched the media make both hero and hostage of his mother, the duke of cambridge seems determined to stop the same thing happening to his wife. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the toymaker, lego, is cutting 1a00 jobs worldwide in the face of falling sales and profits. the danish company employs around 18,000 people, including 900 in the uk. it‘s not clear where thejobs will go. they say the business has become too complex and needs a reset. companies have grown bigger than we ever have but i do think that yes, we grew very fast and we did not do it in the most appropriate way, and we

find ourselves today with a bit much bureaucracy, too many layers in the organisation and we are losing touch on the market side, and i think there is opportunity for us to strengthen and launch our products, and be more successful with that. it is important because we have grown a lot, penetrating markets a lot and so to continue to grow we need to sharpen our game. princes william and harry have visited a new centre that is offering advice and counselling to families affected by the grenfell disaster. they met members of the community and volunteers in north kensington at the support—a—grenfell community hub. at least 80 people are thought to have died in the fire at grenfell tower back injune. the charity ‘s clinical director told us about the services they would provide. we work in schools, with children and young people in ourfamilies, it

with children and young people in our families, it is with children and young people in ourfamilies, it is one—to—one counselling and support, a place to talk about their experience and we do group work, and we will also be supplying trauma focused cbt for children who are more affected by the tragedy. and we will be working with other charities here to see how we can reach out to the community. last year 29 sperm whales became stranded on beaches in the uk and elsewhere in europe. and it puzzled scientists because the mammals were all young and healthy. now they think the whales may have been victims of large solar storms — which played havoc with their navigational abilities , as our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, explains. crowds gathered at hunstanton, on the coast of norfolk, in february 2016, to see this ocean giant washed up on a popular tourist beach. all around the north sea, more than two dozen other sperm whales were found stranded in the first two months of last year. scientists were extremely puzzled — the creatures were young, healthy and generally disease—free.

now it‘s thought the northern lights may have played a role in the losses. the aurora are the visible evidence of large solar storms, which distort the earth‘s magnetic field. this can cause species that rely on that field for navigation, like sperm whales, to lose their way. after big solar storms in december 2015, scientists say the confused creatures swam into the shallow north sea and beached themselves, trying to find a way out. researchers at london zoo autopsied a number of the whales stranded on british shores. we know that sperm whales are stranded around the north sea for many, many years historically and it‘s certainly a possible factor in this instance that we have these whales that got into the north sea for an unknown reason and then once they are in there, they cannot find their way out and they become so disorientated, dehydrated and then strand. so that‘s what happened in last year‘s events. why did they end up there in the first place? to be honest, i think we will never know. there is too much uncertainty

around the events in this instance in terms of where, where they came from, and so on. and so i think we will really never know what really caused last year‘s events. proving the impact of geomagnetic storms on the strandings of sperm whales may well be impossible, however researchers here at london zoo and a team at nasa are actively investigating the impact of solar activities on the strandings of species around the world. the results in that study are due in the next month or so. that might shed some definitive light on the role of solar storms on species. matt mcgrath, bbc news. and our news is coming up now but first it‘s time to look at all of the weather news and louise lear has the details. good evening, hurricane irma looks to take centre stage with the weather headlines over the next few days. it‘s now a category five hurricane, the most powerful that we can see. you can see the ir bit in the satellite picture as it continues to strengthen and move towards the

leeward isles, making landfall directly across antigua in the early hours of wednesday morning local time. we will see potentially gusts of wind is in excess of 220 mph. excessive volumes of rain and a high storm surge as high as 11 feet which could cause devastating flooding for residents across those islands. closer to home we have seen rain, rain localised flooding. through the day it is easing in its intensity and turning wet as well. you can see from this picture from one of our weather watchers there was lying surface water, localised flooding in cumbria for a time. 0vernight, the weather front continues to weaken and it will push steadily south and east. behind it, breezy conditions, scattered showers in the north and west, but it will introduce fresh airfrom the west, but it will introduce fresh air from the west and not quite as sultry a start to our war wednesday morning. in fact,

sultry a start to our war wednesday morning. infact, in ruralareas temperatures of single figures. it will be a relatively quiet one with sunny spells coming through. a strong breeze further west, and scattered showers in north—west scotla nd scattered showers in north—west scotland in particular. top temperatures down on what we have seen so far this week. likely to see highs of 1a—20d. 0ut seen so far this week. likely to see highs of 1a—20d. out of wednesday and into thursday, more significant things developing in the north and west, rain pushes into scotland and northern ireland. some of it tends heavy. further south, fine and quiet with more cloud around, highs of up to 20 degrees. in the north—west, this area of low pressure sweeps across the country as we move from thursday into friday. some potential for rainfall of us at some point, that lingers across southern england on friday, leaving blustery showers in its wake but at the start of the weekend, at the moment, things are looking quite a highs of 19 degrees.

take care. hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the headlines at eight o‘clock. for serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of repairing acts of terrorism. they are alleged to be members of thistle and national action. . are alleged to be members of thistle and nationalaction. . this are alleged to be members of thistle and national action. . this toddler was murdered by her mother of three yea rs was murdered by her mother of three years ago. now a serious case review says that social workers builders but that the toddler was being abused by her mother. byeong hun an cross latest missile... kate and william bennett their privacy battle over topless photos. a french celebrity magazine has been ordered to pay damages. coming up, there are huge concerns about the