this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: four serving members of the british army have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. they're alleged to be members of national action, a banned neo—nazi group. the little girl murdered by her mother: a serious case review says that social workers failed to spot signs she was being abused. south korea puts on a show of strength, after pyongyang's latest missile test. but russia's president putin mocks america's call for more sanctions against north korea. and on newsnight: is the fight against female genital mutilation being handled the wrong way? families are left devastated by false claims. 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're being held under terror laws, though the police say the public was never in danger. three of the men were arrested here in britain, and a fourth in cyprus. another man, who's not a soldier, is also being detained. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. three of the men arrested are said to be recruiting norfolk, suffolk, essex and cambridgeshire. four were arrested in the uk and the fifth in cyprus. an army spokesman said: we can confirm that a number of serving members of the army have been arrested under the terrorist act for being associated with a prescribed far right group. these arrests are the consequence of a police led

administration supported by the army. 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. but the focus was as much on spreading neo—nazi ideas online. experts say the group was not large but whenjo experts say the group was not large but when jo cox was experts say the group was not large but whenjo cox was murdered by a loner, influenced by similar propaganda, the government banned or prescribed national action. national action is a vile group that promotes homophobia, violence and terrorism and they have no place in this country. legally the group should not now exist by the police in birmingham are questioning five suspected members under counterterrorism laws, while searches of properties are carried out. three years ago, ayeeshia jayne smith, who was 21 months—old,

was murdered by her own mother at the family home in burton on trent. well, today a review into her case says care workers let their concern for the mother, overshadow the needs of the child. the report found that ayeeshia's death couldn't have been predicted, but criticised social workers for taking what the mother said at face value. the mother, kathryn smith is serving a nineteen yearjail sentence. sima kotecha reports. ayeeshia—jayne smith, known as aj to herfamily. a 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 —month—old her life was brutally cut short by mother. kathryn smith, a former drug addict with a history of aggression and self harm, stamped her daughter to death. today, serious case review says social workers and medical staff should have asked more questions. the report says: derbyshire county council have said

sorry. how can you derbyshire county council have said sorry. how can you assure derbyshire county council have said sorry. how can you assure people at home that this won't happen again? can you actually provide that assurance? with work -- we work with hundreds of children every day and we we re hundreds of children every day and we were card to keep them safe and the vast majority of times we are successful at doing so, but one death is a death too many and death in such tragic circumstances of course we are all impacted i and i'm determined to make ourselves as strong as i can be moving forward to minimise this happening again.- was at home in the ground floor flat behind me when she was murdered. they could —— medical experts

believe her heart was torn by one forceful sta m p. 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 damaged spine. she was taken to hospital on more than one occasion in the year she died, including four cuts on her lips and cheered and after collapsing. again, warning signs were missed. the trust agrees with the report's findings. we had two instances where are we definitely didn't exhibit enough professional career at city around her attendance —— curiosity around. the convulsion wasn't as it turned out. we didn't go into her social situation, herfamily out. we didn't go into her social situation, her family situation, out. we didn't go into her social situation, herfamily situation, as much as we should have done and we didn't ask enough questions. concerns raised by her biological father were also ignored. the aim of this review is to learn lessons, but for aj's family today's report will bring little of comfort after the

ordeal they've been through. 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 that baby's turned show its strength. the command 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 and clear test. pyongyang claims it successfully made a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted onto missiles capable of reaching america. at a onto missiles capable of reaching america. ata un onto missiles capable of reaching america. at a un conference in geneva, north korea's ambassador was defiant. the recent self-defence measures by my country, dprk, are...

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 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. asi is already useless and inefficient. as i told my colleagues yesterday, they will not give up this programme if they do not feel safe. south korea doesn't feel safe either and so korea doesn't feel safe either and so is 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 has also agreed to remove limits on the south korean missiles, lifting restrictions on the weight of the warheads they can carry. it is this country, south korea, which has the most to lose if things go wrong. some people here even have family still living up in the north. but they've heard these threats. law now that they've almost become a part of normal life here, and it thinks are a bit different now. 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 piece that has held for more than 60 years is not about to

be broken. the umbrella group universities uk is calling for a government rethink on the cost of degrees for poorer students. it says with the interest rate for student loans now at 6.1%, ministers need to listen more to graduates financial concerns. the government says tuition fees provide sustainable funding for universities and reflect graduates higher earnings. hurricane irma has been reclassified as an extremely dangerous category five storm, which is heading towards the caribbean and the southern united states. louise learfrom the bbc weather centre is here to tell us more. yes, hot on the heels of hurricane harvey we have another major hurricane which is bearing down on the caribbean. irma, scene from the cock pit of a play over the caribbean, has been moving west over the atlantic and has intensified to a category five storm today. sustained winds are already reaching 185 mph, with higher gusts. to put

this into context, when it made la ndfall last this into context, when it made landfall last month in texas the winds were about 130 mph so we are dealing with a potentially catastrophic storm. irma is expected to make landfall during the early hours of wednesday morning, uk time, in places like antigua in the firing line. if the devastating winds weren't enough we are also expecting a storm surge. this is where the low pressure under the storm could lift the surface of the ocean of 11 feet, over three metres. while the storm's track may change it looks to be heading toward puerto rican, cuba and potentially by the weekend the florida keys. it is another life—threatening storm, with huge impacts for this part of the world. the people in the america have been heeding official warnings and taking precautions. —— in the area. 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. what did you do this summer? david davis tried to get brexit talks into high gear, but it's been tough and colleagues like foreign secretary boris johnson are demanding hardball with brussels. pity officials — so much to do, so little time. jeremy corbyn‘s team look up for it. labour's eu policy is not all clear. his deputy talks of maybe staying inside the eu system on trade and customs. his brexit spokesman doesn't go that far, but labour is pledged to challenge ministers on pa rliament‘s role, judging brexit, the devolved assemblies' role too, on workers' rates. statement, the secretary of state for exiting the european union. first day of term meant time to answer questions and face the sceptics. while at times negotiations have been tough, it's clear that we made concrete progress on some

really important issues. laughter britain was nowhere near agreeing the brexit divorce bill or, as he put it... there are significant differences to be bridged in this sector. so, not easy, but not britain's fault. the uk's approach is substantially more flexible and pragmatic... jeering than that of the eu, as it avoids unnecessary disruption for british business and consumers. labour, of course, wasn't buying it. no deal, which i had hoped had died a death since the election, could yet rise from the ashes. his message — get real. the truth is that too many promises have been made about brexit which can't be kept. today, labour's decided to vote against the bill turning all eu legislation into british law, ready to be kept in and weeded out later. if and when they lose that vote, it willjust be the start of something like parliamentary siege warfare, while labour looks to win over the handful of tory

rebels they need to pull ministers up short. impatient with brexit? it's just the start. the two big parties are in tune on respecting the referendum. now, nothing else. how are you feeling about progress on brexit? there is progress on brexit?! they will argue like hell, they will say, oh, it's impossible, and in the end they will agree that they've got to agree and it will be done. this demo wants brexit stopped. many, many don't. but while the uk and eu negotiators play a game of who blinks first, a vision of economic uncertainty and political storms ahead now seems plain to see. nicola sturgeon has confirmed that the scottish government will lift the one per cent cap on public sector pay increases next year. 0utlining what she called bold and ambitious legislative plans, the first minister told the holyrood parliament that improving her education policies, which have been much—criticised, would be her number one priority. she also promised to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2032,

eight years earlier than the target set by westminster. now it's time for newsnight, with emily maitlis. we look at suspected cases of female genital mutilation and we will ask one campaigner, a survivor, why the weight could be so long and what can be done to improve the system. and we will meet helen and her daughter who escaped the inferno on the g re nfell tower, who escaped the inferno on the grenfell tower, speaking for the first time about the night and the search for new accommodation. we

came from the 21st floor all the way day. my daughter was in a coma for ten days. we nearly lost our lives. how come i not a priority? a long summer how come i not a priority? a long summer away from parliament and now all the talk is about brexit. no one is pretending this will be easy. i have always said that these negotiations will be tough, complex and at times confrontational. we will get the latest and our first sight of a dramatic new report in which the likes of the archbishop of canterbury and heavy thinkers say the model is broken. hot on the heels on hurricane harvey, another