this is bbc news. i'm vicki young. the headlines at six. police are searching a house in stanwell — near heathrow airport — after arresting a man in connection with the attack. the terror threat level has been lowered to ‘severe‘ from critical — where it was placed after friday's bomb attack on a london tube. the home secretary has accused boris johnson of being a ‘backseat driver', following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. i don't want him managing the brexit process. what we have got is theresa may managing that process, she is driving the car and i will make sure that as far as i am concerned and the rest of the cabinet are concerned, we will help her to do that. also in the next hour... the un warns myanmar‘s leaders to end the offensive against the rohingya muslims. the campaign has forced four hundred thousand people to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. the futuristic thriller westworld is up for twenty two nominations in this year's emmy awards, held later this evening.

lewis hamilton's wins the singapore grand prix — and boosts his hopes of winning this year's formula one championship. and manchester united have beaten everton by four goals to zero. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary amber rudd has announced that the terror threat in the uk has been lowered from critical to severe. that means an attack is highly likely rather than imminent. the decision has been taken after detectives investigating the bombing on a london train on friday have made a second arrest. the 21 year old man was detained at hounslow in west london late last night.

detectives are continuing to question a teenager who was arrested in dover in kent. 30 people were injured when the device detonated at parsons green station. jane frances kelly reports. the investigation has widened. police are searching an address in surrey close to heathrow airport. following the terror attack at parsons green tube station where 30 people were injured due to the detonation of an improvised explosive device on friday. it comes after a second arrest in which a 21—year—old man was detained on saturday night in hounslow in west london. he is being questioned. the home secretary said given the progress in the investigation the national terror threat level has been lowered from critical to severe. the joint terrorist analysis centre which reviews the threat level that the uk is under has decided to lower that level from critical to severe. severe still means that an attack

is highly likely so i would urge everyone to continue to be vigilant but not alarmed. as the prime minister said last friday, the military were called to support the police, so that armed police officers could have a greater presence on transport networks and on our streets. there is still intense police activity at the terraced house in sunbury where an 18—year—old arrested on saturday morning is believed to have lived with an elderly couple known for fostering children including refugees. penny and ronjones were recognised for their services by the queen when they were made mbes in 2010. their house is a little over 11 miles from the attack. it appears that the improvised explosive device at parsons green station which was placed in a bucket produced a sheet of flames but failed to go off properly. had it done so, hundreds of people packed into the train could have been killed or seriously injured. several victims were treated at hospital but none suffered

life—threatening injuries. army officers patrolling stations and busy venues while the investigation seeks to establish who was behind the attack on friday and whether more are planned in the coming days. jane francis kelly, bbc news. jane is that new scotland yard. the reduction in that terror threat level would suggest that police believe they have made progress in this investigation. yes, the home secretary and the police have said just that, that they have made progress and that is why the threat level has been reduced from critical to severe. but clearly, we do not know if there will be further developments in the coming days. what does this all mean for the public? those people who will be travelling tomorrow, who will be

going too busy areas? they will still see in hands patrols but they will be stepped down during the coming week, which has happened during previous terrorist attacks. another second development that we know is that the police are searching a residential property in sta nwell near heathrow searching a residential property in stanwell near heathrow airport. this followed the arrest of a second man, 21—year—old man west london late last night. thank you, jane. we can speak now to our correspondent in sunbury, were all day there has been police activity there. tell us what is happening? there is no sign of that police activity is stopping any time soon. 16 hours now and counting that detectives have been here on cavendish rode in sunbury, now that's search going on in stanwell

following the arrest of a 22—year—old man last night looks a little bit different really from this one. we understand there is just a police cordoned in place around 20 metres from the front door of the property that they are looking up but as you can see, it is a different story here. we have the semipermanent barriers that have been erected on the street. they ta ke been erected on the street. they take in around seven houses on each side including the property that police are very much concentrating on. we know that there are forensic tents in the front and rear of the house and it looks like police have been working there throughout today and there is also a frantic tents set up outside on the street which may be where they are bringing items to have a look at. residents also say there have been dogs, appeared to be sniffer dogs, the type and breed of dogs are generally search for explosives have been here throughout the day and they are not sure how long this operation is

going to continue. we know it is believed that the 18—year—old arrested yesterday morning in dover was living at the property in question, it is the property of ron and pennyjones, who have been foster carers for a0 years, very well—known the local area. it is also reported that they have taken in several refugees, maybe up to eight refugees in recent years, including refugees from syria and also that they have had an 18—year—old and a 22—year—old living with them very recently. this street was fully evacuated, most people are now back and people who are within this in accordance, some of them have been allowed back to their homes tonight but some of them are being told that they are allowed to get possessions but they are not allowed to stay there. that is mainly the houses next to the

property in question and it does not look like this operation is winding up look like this operation is winding up any time soon. thank you. the home secretary, amber rudd, has accused borisjohnson of "backseat driving", by writing a newspaper article setting out his vision for brexit just days before theresa may is due to deliver a major speech on the subject. mrjohnson was also criticised for restating a referendum pledge that up to three—hundred—and—fifty million pounds a week extra could be spent on the nhs after brexit. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. not since here injanuary has the prime minister given a big set—piece speech on brexit. but on friday she will, in florence. that's why borisjohnson‘s intervention matters, notjust because of his own ambitions, but because it highlights the rows within government about the flavour of brexit the country signs up to. i don't want him managing the brexit process. what we've got is theresa may managing that process. she's driving the car, to continue the allegory, and i'm going to make sure that, as far as i'm concerned and the rest of the cabinet are concerned, we help her do that. this is a difficult moment. so this is back—seat driving? yes, you could call it back—seat driving, absolutely.

boris johnson, seen here campaigning earlier this year, said in his article that the uk had a glorious future and should not pay for access to european markets after brexit. he also offered views on the education system, funding for the health service and tax. it's led political opponents to say he should be sacked. it's a terrible situation, and it puts theresa may in an impossible position. ijust don't understand why she hasn't fired him. it's like a school that is completely out of control, and the headteacher‘s sitting in her office paralysed and impotent. the prime minister's deputy agreed with the home secretary that mrjohnson‘s timing could have been better, given friday's terrorist attack, but when asked if he's going to lose hisjob, said... no, he isn't, and the reason is that he, like the rest of the cabinet, like the prime minister, is all about wanting to get the best dealfor the british people. and that is a long and difficult

process that will take us the next 18 months or so. is it not time we took back control? the foreign secretary's spokesman said the prime minister is leading the brexit negotiations, and borisjohnson is fully behind her in getting the best deal. chris mason, bbc news. mrjohnson has also been criticised by the uk statistics authority for a "clear misuse" of official figures after he restated a referendum pledge that up to three—hundred—and—fifty million pounds a week extra could be spent on the nhs after brexit. the head of the statistics watchdog wrote to the foreign secretary saying he was disappointed at the claims. mrjohnson has now responded and chris mason is here now. it is extraordinary. this is all about a single sentence or two sentences in

this a000 word article that boris johnson wrote for the telegraph. he said once we have settled our accou nts said once we have settled our accounts with the eu we will take back control of £350 million a week. many of us have pointed out that it should go back into the nhs. 2a hours on, this letter from the chair of the uk statistics authority, the most senior civil servant in government responsible for official statistics saying, i am surprised and disappointed that you have repeated that figure. this confuses gross and net contributions and he concludes, it is a clear misuse of official statistics. borisjohnson‘s spokesperson ben textured journalists saying that he took issue with the letter and that mr johnson and sir david had spoken on the phone and it was mrjohnson is understanding that his primary concern was with headlines and how the story was interpreted rather than the actual language and that the language was utterly fine. then

another statement from the uk statistics authority saying that he was not as concerned about headlines and he stood by his conclusion in the original letter. fast forward a couple of hours until about half an hour ago and another letter, this one from boris johnson hour ago and another letter, this one from borisjohnson to sir david saying, i was surprised and disappointed by your letter today since it was based on what appeared to bea since it was based on what appeared to be a wilful distortion of the text of my article. this is a senior cabinet minister writing publicly to the chair of the uk statistics authority. he said when we spoke you we re authority. he said when we spoke you were more concerned about the bbc coverage and the headline and you accept that i was not responsible for those and i suggested that the if the coverage of leisure, you write to them. you claim that i said 350 many fans might be available, this is a complete misrepresentation of what i said and i would like to withdraw. the letter goes on for at least another 100 or 200 words. he

says, if you seriously disagree with any of the above, i look forward to hearing your reasoning. you may not have heard the last of this, there is yet to be another response from sir david. i think you're right, i don't think we have heard the last of this. thank you very much. the palestinian group, fatah, has welcomed an announcement by the rival hamas faction that it will dissolve its administrative committee in gaza, hold elections and enter talks. a leading fatah official, nabil shaath, said hamas had taken an important first step to end its ten—year rift with president mahmoud abbas‘s government. let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell injerusalem. could this be a rare moment of reconciliation, do you think? that is certainly the hope and in the past few minutes we have also had a positive response from the palestinian president, speaking in new york because he is there at the

moment ahead of the un general assembly. what hamas has basically said is that it will get rid of this administrative committee that it set up administrative committee that it set up in march, very controversial move, because it was seen very much asa move, because it was seen very much as a rival government to the palestinian authority, which is dominated by the fatah faction and based on the west bank and what we saw over the last few months is a real deepening of the feud between these two main political factions and president abbas took many steps, including cutting the money for electricity payments to gaza which has reduced dramatically the amount of electricity that is received their two four hours a day, followed by 20 hours of michael and that has led to a worsening humanitarian situation in gaza as well. palestinian people are broadly welcoming news that there is this

new reconciliation effort now, it has also been welcomed by others including the un special envoy here who said all parties must seize this opportunity to restore unity and open a new page for the palestinian people. the fatah delegation in egypt which has been doing all of the shuttle diplomacy here it says that he thinks there will now be face—to—face talks between hamas and fatah, there have not been up until now, egypt has been doing all of the leg work and he says there should be tangible practical steps towards setting up a unity government in the coming days but we have to be cautious, because there had been agreements like this that have fallen apart in the past, things that could be ruled stumbling blocks, who controls the different ministries, what happens to the hamas security forces in gaza because it ousted the previous community forces when it took over

by force one year after it won legislative elections and hamas is seen by the united states and european union and of course by israel as a terrorist group and that is what led to its international isolation when it previously won in elections and that is what led to the first unity government attempt failing then. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: the terror threat level has been lowered to severe from critical world was placed after the bomb attack on a london tube train on friday. police are searching a house in is down well near heathrow airport after arresting a man in connection with the attack. the home secretary has accused borisjohnson of being a back—seat driver following his newspaper piece setting out his views on brexit. aid agencies working with rohingya muslim refugees in bangladesh say they've identified almost one—thousand—three—hundred children who've arrived from myanmar

without parents or relatives. some are as young as three years old. the bangladeshi government is planning to build a camp to accommodate the a00—thousand rohingya who have fled the military crackdown in myanmar. the un secretary general antonio guterres has urged myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, to contain the country's military. in an interview with the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, he said she had a final chance to change the situation when she addresses the un on tuesday. it is clear for me that we have two dimensions here, one dimension is that this is not a perfect democracy. this is a situation in which the military still have the upper hand. you're blaming the military? could you clarify that? it is a complex situation. it is clear for me that there is pressure from the military side to do what is being done on the ground. of course, i would expect that the leader of

the country would be able to contain it and be able to reverse the situation. she has the last chance in my opinion to do so, because she will be addressing the country and i hope, that it corresponds exactly to the beginning of our high—level session in the general assembly. she will have a chance to reverse the situation but if she does not do that, then i think the tragedy will be absolutely horrible and unfortunately, i do not see how this can be reversed in the future. you do not see how can be reversed? it can still be reversed and she has an opportunity next tuesday. can she tell the military to stop what is going on on the ground, you blame the military and not her? i think it is important that countries have links with the military and i think that all forms of pressure are necessary at the moment to make sure

that the carnage stops. with me aung san suu kyi's biographerjustin wintle... thank you for coming in and joining us. what kind of position is she in and what can she do realistically to rein in the military? she is between a rock and a hard place, the rock being the army and the hard place being the army and the hard place being the army and the hard place being the international censure she is having to take at the moment. constitutionally, it is difficult for her because the army does have certain ministries like defence, internal security etc, and all the stuff that is going on, in the state is there a corner, as it were, where the disappointment or she has not stood up on human rights platform to

defend the awful things, described the awful things that have been going on. she has a problem and i think the real problem for her is that she has a huge following still inside myanmar and that following is i think quite racist and away, the rohingya are regarded as people who should not be there, they were brought in by the british finally, to do the work on the plantations, etc, and they have never been very welcome there and ever since independence, they have had a rough time andi independence, they have had a rough time and i think now the term ethnic cleansing is absolutely spot on. she should be protesting against that, but there is a danger... i gather that the army is getting a bit fed up that the army is getting a bit fed up with her because she will not defend what they are doing. she is doing neither? that is right. we don't really know what is going

through her mind. we will know more on tuesday. she is not going to the united nations, she is going to give a speech inside myanmar to an international audience and she will be speaking in english. i don't think she will be taking any questions. privately, she must be appalled at the situation, and what is going on, that the violence we have seen and the international criticism that she is now facing. have seen and the international criticism that she is now facinglj would think so but you have to remember about her, she has her father's daughter, her father was the founder of modern burma and created the union of burma as it was called and it was all the different ethnic groups but he never had any time for muslims and he did not try and bring these people into the union and as far as she has always reflected her father's values, union and as far as she has always reflected herfather‘s values, she —— he was killed when she was two yea rs old —— he was killed when she was two years old but her mother brought up with his values. she represented but he believed in, but it does not

particularly surprised me she has not been outspoken about this. wish you be taking advice from others in her close circle? good question. i am not sure she takes very much advice. how do you think this will end? i think there is a real risk that the army will invoke emergency powers, suspend all the introduced —— institutions of democracy and that will probably incurred may be sanctions again and we will be right back where we were ten years ago and it is desperately sad. thank you very much for coming in again today. the liberal democrat leader sir vince cable has said it's ‘perfectly plausible' he could be the next prime minister. he was speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr as party members meet for their annual conference in bournemouth. the lib dems are calling for what they call an ‘exit from brexit‘. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, eleanor garnier who is at the party conference. the party won just over a 7% of the vote at the last general election just a few months ago yet here we have the new leader of the liberal democrats saying at the next election,

he could plausibly be prime minister, but that would need the party to gain a considerable number of votes. it is true, the party has picked up lots of new members after that eu referendum and since the general election this year as well, but i think lots of people have been raising their eyebrows at that being a realistic prospect. as new leader, he does have an almighty challenge on his hands. you would think with the liberal democrats, the most pro—eu party out there, they would have their pick of the a8% of people who voted remain in the general election but it did not give them the result they were hoping for, they had just 12 mps, up from eight, but their vote share did drop. vince cable's comments on becoming a future prime minister are clearly setting out an ambitious challenge, but he thinks it could happen. it is possible...

we could break through. if british party politics starts to break up, it could well happen. we are extremely well positioned with sensible policies, a good track record of government, we have government experience, good experience and local government level, i think what you might find is there is a big shift of opinion in our direction and i am confident, talking about being an alternative prime minister. one of the things vince cable and the party are hoping is that their message on brexit, and future referendum on deal the government gets in those negotiations with brussels will cut through to voters and that is where they where they hope they can pick up some ground. they believe with labour under jeremy corbyn being taken further to the left there is a big gaping hole in british politics which is theirs for the taking and their new deputy leader was talking in the main auditorium this afternoon and she has been telling the members that she thinks it is right that they press for the government to give voters and others say on whatever deal

theresa may gets from brussels. politics feels broken. to me, too many in this room and to so many far beyond this conference hall. we are absolutely right to fight for an exit from brexit. applause. brexit will make it harder to follow our values, to protect human rights, to tackle climate change, to solve global problems. an exit from brexit is necessary, but it is not sufficient. because this culture clash continues. and the populists stoke this tension. they do it deliberately. they talk in simple sound bite that scapegoat different groups, it is all someone else's fault. as liberals, we know this is nonsense. the likes of nigel farage and donald trump and the slogans are not a solution to anything.

the liberal democrats are pretty positive and i find that adds these conferences, they managed to put a positive spin on things, but i do think the shine of that positivity has gone a little bit compared to this time last year. that is a demonstration ofjust how big the challenge for the new leader is. he is 7a years old just a few months ago and he thought his political career was over, he was writing novels and dancing, we saw him doing some ballroom dancing competitions, but now his life is very different and he carries a big challenge that liberal democrats face. police are continuing ——

police are continuing their investigation into a crash on the m5 in south gloucestershire yesterday in which four people died. a lorry crashed through the central reservation and collided with two vehicles. a woman and two children are critically ill and remain in hospital. a paraglider is in hospital with serious injuries after colliding with a hotel in cromer on the norfolk coast. the incident happened around lunchtime today when the paraglide hit the wellington hotel. the man was taken away by air ambulance with injuries to his head and arm, but they're not thought to be life threatening. the united states' secretary of state, rex tillerson, has said president trump is open to keeping the country in the paris accord on climate change. in a television interview, mr tillerson said the president would work with partners if it could construct fair and balanced terms for americans. he said emissions reduction targets in the accord were out of balance for the two largest economies, the us and china. the position is being led and

developed by the leader of the national economic council and the few recall, the president also said, we are willing to work with partners of the accord if we can construct a set of terms that we believe is fair and balanced the american people and recognises our economy and economic interest, relative to others, in particular the second largest economy in the world, china. particular the second largest economy in the world, chinam particular the second largest economy in the world, china. if you look at those targets in terms of the accord, they were out of balance for the two largest economies. i think the plan is for director: to consider other ways in which we can work with partners in the accord and we wa nt work with partners in the accord and we want to be productive and helpful, the us has a tremendous track record on reducing our own greenhouse gas emissions. so there isa greenhouse gas emissions. so there is a chance that if things get worked out both on the voluntary side for the us, the voluntary restrictions for the us that it could change and is a chance the us could change and is a chance the us could stay in the accord? under the

right conditions, the president said he is open to finding the conditions we re we he is open to finding the conditions were we can engage with others on what we all agree is still a issue. now where does your rubbish end up going? the answer — if you're in many western countries —— is china, where recycling is big business. but now china is sending hundreds of tonnes of solid waste back to the united states as it begins to enforce a new ban on rubbish imports. beijing says the environmental cost is getting too high. rylee carlson reports. china's ports move billions of dollars worth of goods in and out every year. and some of those imports include foreign garbage. china brought in 7.3 million tonnes of solid waste in 2016 — 56% of the world's imports. it has been buying it for years to make up for a domestic shortage of certain materials, but not any more. the country issued a strict ban on foreign garbage injuly and now has sent nearly 320 tonnes of waste back to the united states. translation: we required

the countries to ship the trash back as soon as we found it to prevent any environmental pollution it might bring us. officials say it's even being illegally smuggled in, sometimes with hazardous waste, damaging the environment and public health. customs inspectors will look for 2a types of solid waste now being banned, including plastics, unsorted scrap paper and manufacturing by—products. translation: prohibited solid waste has a hazardous impact on people's lives. it affects drinking water, ground water and air. china's industrial boom has also left its struggling to dispose of all the waste, adding to environmental concerns. the garbage that is being phased out will be replaced by domestic resources. rylee carlson, bbc news. ‘s in a few minutes viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a full round up