and our approach to south security, and our approach to south asia and specifically afghanistan means building upon our relationships with india and pakistan to stamp out terrorism and support the afghan government in providing security for their own people. and ices's fraudulent caliphate in iraq and syria is on the brink of being completely extinguished —— isis are on the bridge of being extinguished thanks toa bridge of being extinguished thanks to a strategy from the president. what we have accomplished, we have done as a team. similarly, we have levied economic sections on north korea and related entities. countries must increasingly decide whether they will do business with north korea or with the community of peace—loving nations. ambassador hayley has spearheaded and achieved enormous success passing hayley has spearheaded and achieved enormous success passing the toughest un sanctions to date on north korea. general mattis and i communicate virtually every day and we agree that there must be the highest level of coordination between our diplomatic efforts and oui’ between our diplomatic efforts and our military efforts. this isjust the beginning of the

list of partners and friends across the government who are all working for the american people. there is much to be done and we're just getting started. to address a few specifics that have been erroneously reported this morning. the vice—president has never had to persuade me to remain as secretary of state because i have never considered leaving this post. i value the friendship and the counsel of the vice—president and i admire his leadership within president trump's administration to address the many important agendas of president trump, both from a foreign policy prospective and a domestic objective. let me tell you what i've

learned about this president whom i did not know before taking this office. he loves his country. he puts americans and america first. he's smart. he demands results wherever he goes and he holds those around him accountable for whether they have done the job he has asked them to do. accountability is one of them to do. accountability is one of the bedrock values the president and ishare. the bedrock values the president and i share. while i'm new to washington. i have learned that there are some who try to sow disentation by tearing others part in an effort to undermine president trump's own agenda. i do not and i will not operate that way. and the same applies to everyone on my team here at the state department. when i wa ke here at the state department. when i wake up in the morning, my first thoughts are about the safety of our citizens at home and abroad. there is no more important responsibility i carry with me than ensuring that

americans are safe, providing for the security of the united states must be the number one goal of our american foreign policy. president trump and his administration will keep moving forward as one team, with one mission, doing great things for the united states of america, to make america great again. thank you. reporter: is that the only thing you consider to be erroneous in that article? i this is the most important element of the article is to reconfirm my commitment to this role that president trump asked me to serve and dispel of the notion that i have ever considered. i have answered that question repeatedly and for some reason it continues to be misreported. i serve at the pointment of the president and i'm here for as long as the president think i could be useful to achieving his objectives. reporter: do you agree with secretary map tis... reporter: do you agree with secretary map tis. .. we will have a recommendation for the president. we

are going to give him a couple of options of how to move forward to advance the foreign policy trards iran as you have heard us say so many times. it represents only a small part of the many issues that we need to deal with when it comes to the iranian relationship. so it is an important part of that, but it is an important part of that, but it is not the only part and i have said many times, we cannot let the iranian relationship be defined solely by that nuclear agreement. i'm not going to deal with petty stuff. this is what i don't understand about washington. i'm not from this place, but the places i come from, we don't deal with that petty nonsense. i'm not going to be pa rt of petty nonsense. i'm not going to be part of this effort to divide this administration. reporter: did the president ask you

to make a statement?|j reporter: did the president ask you to make a statement? i have not spoken to the president this morning. i think he is on his way to las vegas. it is my understanding. inaudible yes, i believe we do. i think the pakistan, the pack stn relationship and the us relationship is extraordinary airline important regionally and as we rolled out the south asia strategy we spoke about it in south asia strategy we spoke about itina south asia strategy we spoke about it in a regional context. it is not just about afghanistan. this is about the importance of pakistan, and pakistan's long—term stability as well. we have concerns about the future of pakistan's government too. in terms of them, we want their government to be stable. we want to be peaceful and many of the same issues they are struggling with inside pakistan are our issues. so we think there is opportunity for us to strengthen that relationship, we're going to be working very hard at all levels from the state

department, to the defence department, to our intelligence communities as well as economic commerce opportunities as well. so, it really is a reunderal approach and pakistan is critical to the long—term stability. studio: that's rex tillerson, there was speculation he might be going to announce his resignation. he is not. he's staying. he said there has never been any consideration in his mind to leave. he said his commitment to president trump is still strong. there is much to be done. we are getting started, he said, and he denied reports in the american media that the vice—president had had to persuade him to stay in office. he said that wasn't true. he described all those reports as petty nonsense. he said he never considered leaving his post at all and that he was there to serve president trump as long as was required. he said, "i'm there for as long as the president feels i can be

useful to securing his objectives." there were reports on nbc television news in america that mr tillerson had had a row during a pentagon meeting and called president trump a moran and president trump has replied to those reports saying so many fake news stories today. a tweet from donald trump saying that was fake news. but at the end of it all, after speculation the us secretary of state might be about to resign, it isn't. he says he has no intention of leaving office. 0k, it's ii.07pm. theresa may got a standing ovation from tory activists after struggling through her speech to conservative party conference, in which she vowed to "renew the british dream". the prime minister suffered coughing fits throughout the speech, repeatedly struggling with her voice. it was not the only difficulty for mrs may who was interrupted by a well—known prankster who handed her a piece

of paper marked p45. well, the conservative party and police are now reviewing security arrangements after it emerged that he had been accredited to attend the conference. in her speech, the prime minister apologised for her party's performance in this year's general election, saying the campaign had been "too scripted, too presidential." she promised to build a new generation of council houses by investing £2 billion in affordable housing as well as imposing a price cap on the domestic energy market. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. some thought she might not make it to this point. after a tough election, this was a tricky conference. reporter: is this a make or break speech, prime minister? and on the day she hoped to prove her authority, this proved to be a tricky speech. the prime minister's address wasn't a victory cry, but a recognition of the challenge the conservatives face and the choices she has made and for the election result, an apology.

we did not get the victory we wanted because our national campaign fell short. it was too scripted. too presidential and it allowed the labour party to paint us as the voice of continuity when the public wanted to hear a message of change. i hold my hands up for that. i take responsibility. i led the campaign and i am sorry. applause. mrs may defended her party's record in government, but said they must set ideas for the next generation. she suggested a change in approach to organ donation, a review of mental health policy and said labourdidn't have a monopoly on compassion. and the agenda that i laid out on day one as prime minister still holds. it burns inside me just the same because at its core it's about sweeping away injustice. the barriers that mean for some, the british dream

is increasingly out of reach. about saying what matters is not where you are from or who your parents are, the colour of your skin, whether you are a man or a woman, rich or poor, from the inner city or an affluent suburb, how far you go in life should depend on you and your hard work. applause. then, an interruption from a prankster. he was bundled out of conference, leaving the prime minister to try to pick up. i was about to talk about somebody i'd like to give a pas to and that'sjeremy corby! next, she was plagued by a persistent cough prompting

i hope you noticed that, leaning, the chancellor giving something away for free. while the audience watched her struggle on addressing brexit next. i believe it is profoundly in all our interests for the negotiations to succeed, but i know that some are worried whether we are prepared in the evvent that they do not. it is our responsibility as a government to prepare for every eventualality and let me reassure everyone in this hall that's exactly what we are doing. battling problems with her voice, the prime minister made a personal promise to help communities that feel left behind. there will be draft legislation to cap energy prices and on housing, an extra £2 billion for affordable homes to help fix what she called a broken market. getting government back into the business of building houses, a new generation of council houses to help fix our broken housing market. so whether you're trying to buy your own home,

renting privately and looking for more security or have been waiting for years on a council list, help is on the way. despite losing a letter from the slogan, mrs may eventually made it to the end, fittingly with a pledge not to give up when things get tough and a plea to the party to ditch infighting and division and shape up. let us fulfil our duty to the british people. let us fulfil our duty to our country. duty to britain and let us renew the british dream. thank you. her cabinet was supportive. what did you think of the speech? forward looking. important proposals on housing and student debt. exactly what we need. but it hadn't gone how she hoped. a brave face, but the prime minister's vision for the country again

overshadowed by unplanned events. vicki young is in manchester for us. everything that could go wrong, did go whereining in that speech, but somehow she managed to get through it? most people saying she managed to get through to the end. that's not what she would have wanted out of today. on the most serious problem was a security breach, a prankster getting that close to the prime minister and cabinet ministers saying to me afterwards, they couldn't believe how long he was able to stand there, that close to the prime minister, so that's a very serious issue which they are looking into. then there is the issue of her struggling to get through the speech at all. that can happen to anyone and herfriends at all. that can happen to anyone and her friends say look, at all. that can happen to anyone and herfriends say look, it is going to make people feel sympathetic. it shows humanity and

frailty, but she carried on and made quips about it as she went through, and that showed her to be a bit more fleet of foot than people might have imagined and there is the substance of the speech that you get to eventually and there will be some saying this is showing a new vision, a new path, a new direction for the conservative party, that some are pleased about. some kind of response tojeremy corbyn, to the people during the general election, who clearly were u nha ppy during the general election, who clearly were unhappy with the direction the government was going in. so policies on housing and on that energy cap which her supporters at least say that shows that they are moving in the right direction. i suppose, politics is quite cruel, isn't it, those visual images we have seen them before with party leaders, neil kin ok, falling over on the beach, ed miliband with his bacon sandwich, theresa may coughing and with that p45, it's difficult isn't it? these things can become a metaphorfor your isn't it? these things can become a metaphor for your leadership? yeah, that's what obviously the critics

would say, that someone even before today had said to me this conference feels like it was when iain duncan smith was leader, they were giving him endless standing ovation, but they knew he was finish. we are not at that stage yet, but it is interesting that one tory mp has tweeted to say there are a small number of mps texting others asking what we thought of the prime minister's speech or circling above. one message, there is no vacancy at number ten. so, discussions one message, there is no vacancy at numberten. so, discussions will one message, there is no vacancy at number ten. so, discussions will be going on after today about whether she should be allowed to carry on and whether there is anyone willing to make a move against her. that's been the problem for them this week and today, of course, hasn't made it any easier. vicki young there. what would you say to the critics

who say this is a met far for for the problems in her leadership?|j the problems in her leadership?” would be one of the critics. to quote another columnist from the guardian earlier, remembered that famous napoleon line, "bring me generals who are lucky. i only want to have lucky generals." there are in politics and leadership, you make your own luck. the speech was obviously very difficult for theresa may. no one expects to lose their voice. it can happen to everybody. certainly no one expected the intervention, i wouldn't call him a prankster, that's too gentle a word. it is not funny when someone leaps atan it is not funny when someone leaps at an isolated figure on stage and there is a security panic. those things can happen to anyone, but how you handle them is a mark of who you are, whether you make your own luck

and whether you reverse the situation and theresa may is not someone situation and theresa may is not someone who knows how to go off script. there wasn't a flair or a joke. it was painful to watch. well, there was the odd joke. she made a joke about the chancellor giving her a cough sweet for free and some of her supporters would say hang on a minute, she battle through it, she got to then of a very long speech and that those endurance if nothing else and that's a metaphor? the speech will go down well with the party with and with the tory faithful who was in the hall. everyone was willing her to get through it. everyone felt sympathy and having been at the tory conference for the last few days, the tories are desperate for theresa may to pull through. there is no other strong candidate at the moment. that's not to say that there isn't speculation and jockeying from other members of the cabinet. boris is still on manoeuvres and there are high level talks between amber rudd

and philip hammond and other people who might strike deals, but when it comes to the membership, they know thatjeremy corbyn is a real threat if there is an election any time soon. if there is an election any time soon. they know they need stable leadership. and i think that they will be sympathetic. they wanted this speech to go well. they are less likely to respond less well to the proposals in the speech particularly the energy cap. you will remember that this was actually a policy first proposed by ed miliband or something very similar was proposed by ed miliband, the tory party painted this as social ych, responding negatively. there will be some this the tory party who pick that up in the speech and feel that theresa may is actually giving too much ground on policy to the left. but on delivery, i think in the room, she will have a lot of support. there will be people watching her who will feel sympathy for her, but in the country at large, it will be unfortunate for theresa may, the headlines tonight are going to watch her struggling to cope with a heckler. thank you very

much for your thoughts. let's explore some of the issues. mark easton is with us now. mark, tell us more about what she was promising on housing? the promise we re promising on housing? the promise were big. if you could build house on rhetoric then this morning, blimey, we could have built a terrace. you may have read in the papers we were going to have the rebirth of social housing. it got a massive build up and when we got the announcement, to be honest i think many people thought it was rather over sold because what we got was an additional 2 billion bds for affordable housing and affordable housing as many people will know is not the same as social housing. sews rents, typically about 60% or less of market rents whereas affordable housing can be up to 80% of market rates and can include houses for sale. there was emphasis on social

housing and clearly there has been a change in tone. afterwards, people we re change in tone. afterwards, people were briefing that this additional £2 billion for affordable housing would translate into about 25,000 new homes. it is over a five year period so that's 5,000 homes a year. you could argue it is over two, it is 125 huven, either way when you realise that actually in england we need somewhere between probably 275,000 and 300,000 new homes every year, you can see it is not the deal breaker that some people had been suggesting. we were talking to the chief executive of shelter saying they are promising £2 billion, we need about £60 billion to be spent? there were things that people hoped would be in the speech that could have broken the log jam. all the rhetoric was there about wanting councils to build more homes. the department for communities has been

talking about social housing. we have got a green paper now on social housing. they are thinking of transforming a top to bottom review of that. it is very much on their minds, but they could have done for insta nce minds, but they could have done for instance and indeed some of the papers seem to be suggesting they we re papers seem to be suggesting they were going to announce that councils would be allowed to borrow against the value of the property that they have and that's something that local authorities in england have been arguing forfor a long time. people have suggested it might have been the day when that was going to happen. well, it didn't happen. we are ina happen. well, it didn't happen. we are in a different place. we are in are in a different place. we are in a place where the affordability of homes for rent, from a conservative government is full square now. housing is a key issue. it is key for all the political parties. is this a shift in a way from the days of margaret thatcher when we heard about the dream of the right to buy, home ownership, that was the central concern. is this a movement away from that? since theresa may became prime minister, i think we have seen a move away from that complete focus

on home ownership that was under cameron and george osborne. inn their regime. they regarded social housing, one was quoted as saying why would you want to build social homes? itjust why would you want to build social homes? it just breeds why would you want to build social homes? itjust breeds labour voters. very few social homes were completed under the cameron government. we have seen a recognition when gavin bawwell was housing minister. housing of all tenures would be wanted. but yes, i think we are seeing a shift and that shift, i think, has been further emphasised by grenfell. i think that both sajid javid and alex sharma, and the prime minister herself, were deeply, deeply affected by having been to g re nfell tower deeply affected by having been to grenfell tower and in her speech today the prime minister again referred to the need you know to think about how we can give a voice to people who are in social housing and to reflect the demands and the needs of those people in that sector. so, yes, ithink as

needs of those people in that sector. so, yes, i think as i said at the beginning, if houses could be built with rhetoric, if social houses could be built with rhetoric, there is plenty flying around now. difficulty is going to be turning the rhetoric into reality. into bricks and mortar. mark easton, thank you. rex tillerson has just given his strong backing to president trump's agenda following reports that he wa nted agenda following reports that he wanted to resign. speaking in the last 30 minutes, mr tillerson said he had never considered leaving office. to address a few specifics that have been erroneously reported this morning. the vice—president has never had to persuade me to remain as secretary of state because i have never considered leaving this post. he value the friendship and the counsel of the vice—president and i admire his leadership within president trump's administration to address the many important agendas of president trump, both from a

foreign policy prospective and a diplomatic, sorry domestic objective. rex tillerson there. still the us secretary of state after reports he might resign. he's not. our north america correspondent has been watching it for us in washington. we we re watching it for us in washington. we were not sure what to expect when he came to the podium, was he going to quit, was he not? but he says he is staying and he is full square behind the president. you usually don't see surprise conferences like this to —— conferences like this. there was a news story that pointed out there will there were conflicts between tillerson and trump. tillerson reportedly called trump a moran action tillerson was asked about that and he said he wasn't going to

get into that petty nonsense, he didn't deny calling the president a moran, it was a distraction for president trump who is on a jet plain to console the victims of the las vegas shootings. it didn't create new news, but people will be speculating about what tillerson means now. on north korea, rex tillerson talked about talking to north korea through back channels whereas from the president, you get a lot of fiery rhetoric? right. we got several tweets from donald trump on sunday after the reports came out that tillerson was opening back channels to north korea. that he was wasting his time trying to negotiate with, "little rocket man." he tweeted at rex tillerson saying save your energy, we will do what has to be done. a lot of people looked at that as the president directly and publicly under cutting the secretary

of state and we see that time and time again as i mentioned on afghanistan policy, on the iran nuclear deal, on how to respond to the crisis between katar and saudi arabia, there is grounds for speculation that rex tillerson has been alienated. he does one thing and the president goes off and does another thing. a lot of foreign policy seems to be dictated from the white house and not the state department all coming to a head with this nbc story this morning which created speculation that tillerson was on the way out. we get the surprise conference which he says everything is great. trump is doing a greatjob and everything in the nbc tory will me considering resignation was wrong. donald trump picked up on that with a tweet minutes ago calling for nbc to apoll yis to america saying the story had been refuted by mike pence, the

vice—president, now will be a it waing game to see if any new stories emerge out of this. never any shortage of political drama in washington these days. thank you very much indeed for bringing us the latest episode. police in las vegas say they're no nearer to finding a motive for the attack on a concert on sunday which left 58 dead and hundreds injured. overnight the girlfriend of the gunman returned to the us. media reports say marilou danley, who was in the philippines at the time of the shootings, is being questioned by the fbi as a "person of interest". bodycam footage from officers who were among the first on the scene has been released. our north america correspondent laura bicker reports from las vegas. go that way! get out of here, there's gunshots coming from over there. go that way. gunshots. amid the chaos and confusion,

the officer keeps his instructions clear. this way, this way. go, go, go. that way, that way. he ushers others to safety as he runs towards a hail of bullets. everybody stay down, stay down. police desperately try to find out where the shots are coming from as the barrage of gunfire rains down on concert crowds for over nine minutes. the mandalay bay, it's coming out of the window. among those trying to stay alive was trainee paramedic kaitlyn rogers. first she ran to the medical tent to help. then she called her dad. i don't remember saying it, but supposedly i said, "daddy, they're shooting at us". the emergency crews already present were employed by kaitlyn's dad brian. now his staff and his daughter were being shot at and he had to help. he rushed to the scene. i cannot describe it as anything but carnage. yesterday... i don't think any hour went by that i was awake that i didn't cry.

i've been doing this a long time and thought i'd seen everything. but i have to say, i'm one of the lucky dads. because there was 59 other people and then multiple people in the hospital that their lives are changed forever and my heart goes out to all of them. all of them. because i do know i'm one of the lucky ones. i really do. it could have very well been her in a heartbeat. in such a tragic situation you see people come together. and if that's what we did on a day—to—day basis, our world would be different. so far police have failed to find a motive for the massacre. bearing in mind that the investigation is dynamic, ongoing, continuing, i don't have a lot of answers for you yet. and clearly understanding that nobody wants answers to why more than the police and the victims' families. but we have a responsibility to get

it right and so that's why it's going to take time and that's why we're going to take that time. america is once again grieving the victims of another mass shooting. president donald trump will visit the city later today amid calls for stricter gun laws. he says now is not the time for that discussion. but others here ask if not now, then when? let's go live to rajini vaidyanathan in las vegas. the fbi were interviewing the girlfriend of the gunmen who is now back in the united states as they try to work out what could be the motivation for this horrendous attack. yes, police say there are still more questions than a nswe rs. there are still more questions than answers. as you say, they are still trying to search for a motive, what motivated stephen paddock to carry out his murderous attack from the

hotel behind me? they have searched the hotel room and properties that he had in mesquite and in reno, nevada and in his car, where they recovered ammonium nitrate which could have been turned into explosives. the focus is now on his girlfriend. as you say, she has arrived in the united states. she arrived in the united states. she arrived in the united states. she arrived in los angeles overnight. she is now with the fbi. there are a number of areas of questioning they will want to focus on. one would be, why did stephen paddock check into the hotel using some of her identification? also, why did he wire a vast amount of money in her name to an account in her name? it could have been as much as $100,000. and why did she leave the country before the attack? she travelled somewhere in the far east and it is understood that she flew back from the philippines to be in the united states. so lots of questions to be a nswered states. so lots of questions to be answered as police continue their investigations. i am answered as police continue their investigations. lam not answered as police continue their investigations. i am not far from

the las vegas strip, where tributes continue to pour into the victims. police say their original count of 59 dead include stephen paddock, so 59 dead include stephen paddock, so 59 victims and stephen paddock as well in the death count. president trump is on his way to las vegas. there are questions about gun control. might gun control be brought in after this horrendous killing? but then there are always those questions after all these mass shootings in the united states. president trump himself has been a long—time opponent of any restrictions on gun ownership. that's right and that a candidate a year ago, he was certainly campaigning to relax gun laws. if we look at how he has responded to other mass shootings are not of course while he was president, but the orlando attack or they attack in paris overseas, in both of those situations, he said that more guns would have protected people. he took

the view that many in america have which is that if you have a gun, you are ina which is that if you have a gun, you are in a safer position in this kind of situation. but of course, there are many gun—control advocates who will say maybe this is the time where politicians can come together and bring in some sort of restrictions. i have been speaking to people who travelled to las vegas from all over the country. they come here for holidays and i have spoken to several people from different states who voted for donald trump who own guns and have a nuanced view in many ways. some of them have said to me that they believe there should be greater restrictions on people with mental health illnesses in terms of having access to guns. but i should point out that earlier this year, president trump rollback something that president obama brought in to increase those restrictions. so whether or not president trump will make any changes, i president trump will make any changes, lam not president trump will make any changes, i am not sure whether we will see anything any time soon. now the weather. somewhat and windy

conditions for a large swathe of the country this evening and overnight. we are seeing the rain piling into northern ireland and scotland down into wales and northern ireland. that continues this evening. the heaviest rain will be across northern ireland, but then our eyes are drawn to the strength of the wind, which could touch gale force. we could see travel disruption through the early hours of the morning, but it will be a milder night than the one just gone. a blustery stuck to the day across central and southern england. that band of rain is slipping southwards, taking the strongest winds with it. a lot of sunshine for much of the country, but a few showers will rumble through. the strength of the wind will make it feel chilly. a chilly night to come as those winds eased down. friday looks to be

largely dry, with some sunshine. a bit more clout from the west later in the afternoon and maybe some rain in north—west scotland by the end of the day. you're watching bbc news. these are the headlines: theresa may has permitted to fix britain's housing crisis in her closing speech at the conservative party conference. the prime minister promised to invest an extra £2 billion to fund new council houses and announced plans to cap energy prices. police in las vegas say they are no closer to finding a motive behind sunday night's attack on a concert which left 58 people dead and hundreds more injured. the girlfriend of the gunmen, marilou danley, has returned to the us and is being questioned by the fbi. the european commissioner in charge of the rule of law has urged

politicians in spain and catalonia to move from confrontation to dialogue to find a constitutional solution to the crisis as the battle of the region's disputed independence referendum heats up. a homeless man who murdered a mother and son who had tried to help him has been jailed for at least 30 yea rs. has been jailed for at least 30 years. 24—year—old aaron barley pleaded guilty to stabbing tracy wilkinson and her teenage son pierce at their home in stourbridge in march. ina at their home in stourbridge in march. in a moment, we will hear more about global plans to tackle cholera as health officials from around the world are meeting in france to commit to preventing 90% of cholera deaths by 2030. now the latest sports news. premier league clubs have been meeting to discuss how to share out money from future

international broadcasting rights. no agreement has been reached despite pressure from the leading teams. the league's executive chairman richard scudamore has proposed ending the 25 years of the equal sharing of that income. the so—called big six want their greater global appeal to be reflected in the division and have more money awarded for higher placed finishes in the table. a great source of strength from the premier league is its collective strength, the fact that that money works its way down to the bottom. on any saturday, any team could beat any saturday, any team could beat any other team. that is a key source of strength for the premier league and a key source of competitive advantage versus spain or italy or other leagues. and it is the reason why the premier league has risen to be the world's most popular league. harry kane says captaining england won't affect his performance on the pitch. the tottenham striker will lead the team out in the world cup qualifier against slovenia tomorrow night at wembley. england manager gareth southgate has yet to appoint a permanent captain since the international retirement of wayne rooney.

i don't think having an armband on your arm makes a difference to how you play or if you score goals or not. we have plenty of leaders in the team. whoever wears that armband, there are plenty of us who will speak up and try and help each other on the pitch. and when things get tough, we are there for each other. so for me, it is another game to try and score my goals and hopefully qualify for the world cup. leicester city's appeal to register sporting lisbon midfielder adrien silva has been rejected by fifa. the foxes and the football association had asked fifa to ratify the midfielder‘s transfer after the paperwork for the £22 million deadline day move was submitted 1a seconds late. but it's been denied and silva, who helped portugal win euro 2016, will not be registered to play

for leicester until january. in boxing, tyson fury has announced he will not be applying for a fresh boxing licence. he has not fought sincejuly 2015, boxing licence. he has not fought since july 2015, when boxing licence. he has not fought sincejuly 2015, when he beat wladimir klitschko in dusseldorf. this time last year, he appeared to announce his retirement before backtracking several hours later. and also in boxing, former world champion carl frampton has named the opponent for his homecoming about next month. he will face a mexican opponent in belfast. it will be his first contest since moving away from long—time manager barry mcguigan to joint promoter frank warren and his first since losing his world featherweight title in january. durham batsmanjack burnham has been banned for a year after a positive drugs test.

the 20 year—old — who'd been likely to feature in the england development squad this coming winter — failed the test after providing a hair sample in september. durham say burnham will receive their support in tandem with the professional cricketers' association and ecb. great britain's women have given strong performances to leave them well—placed to secure finals spots at the world gymnastics championships in montreal. olympic floor bronze medallist amy tinkler only recently returned to training after injury, but the 17—year—old looks likely to make the all—around final. claudia fragapane scored well on the floor, while georgia—mae fenton performed well on uneven bars. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. let's talk more now about the prime minister's new pledge on housing that she laid out in her conference speech in manchester this morning. she's announced a plan for a major programme of council house building. with me isjon sparkes the chief executive

of the homeless charity, crisis. what did you make of that promise? an undertaking to build more houses for the most vulnerable people in society is clearly welcome. it is not a moment too soon. there are currently 160,000 households experiencing the most acute forms of homelessness in this country. she said for those in need, help is on its way. do you believe her?” said for those in need, help is on its way. do you believe her? i hope so. it is crucial that they are social rented houses and that they are available to those who really need them. she said they would be built where they are most needed. we we re built where they are most needed. we were talking to the chief executive from shelter earlier, who said this is £2 billion, but we probably need around 60 billion for housing. is

this just around 60 billion for housing. is thisjust a drop in around 60 billion for housing. is this just a drop in the ocean around 60 billion for housing. is thisjust a drop in the ocean in your view? we do need to get on with it. we also need to remember it is not just about supply. for example, the cuts to benefits, the local housing allowance freeze and so on, these things are stopping people getting into affordable housing. so we do need to build more, but we have to make them available and affordable. there has been talk about whether all of this represents an ideological shift for the conservative party from margaret thatcher's dream of home ownership and the right to buy your own home and the right to buy your own home and so on towards social housing again. is that how you see it? positive moves have been made by the government on homelessness. the homelessness reduction act, for example, and this announcement today and the manifesto pledged to cut rough sleeping by half. so they are serious about tackling the issue, but they need to tackle it properly. the number of social houses in this

country has halved in the last a0 yea rs. country has halved in the last a0 years. so they need to get going and deal with issues of affordability and poverty. thisjust a question of political will? are there other stopping the building of housing like planning permission and so on? political will goes a long way, because you can tackle those issues if you have the political will. it needs to go further than building houses by making them affordable at levels that real people can afford. thank you for coming. a homeless man has beenjailed for life for a minimum of 30 years for murdering a mother and son who had helped him. 2a—year—old aaron barley admitted murdering tracey wilkinson and her 13—year—old son pierce. ben ando reports. flowers outside the home of a woman murdered by the homeless man she had tried to help. tracey wilkinson, aged 50,

and her 13—year—old son pierce were knifed to death in march. the killer, aaron barley, who she had seen sleeping in a cardboard box in stourbridge. with the help of home—cooked meals, cash and kindness, he got back on his feet, but earlier this year, things went wrong. he'd lost his job and been thrown out of his flat, we believe. he might have been back on the streets and he decided to come and take his misfortune out on the people who tried to give him a lift in life. cctv at the family home showed barley in dark clothing and a balaclava lurking in the garden. when mr wilkinson left to walk the dog, he went inside. afterwards, he stole the family car in an attempt to get away. their daughter lydia was away at college. they were such givers in life, they were helping people, they loved people. the fact that they've now gone and at the age of 19, i'll never get to see my mum or my little brother again, is heartbreaking, it's indescribable pain. aaron barley has a borderline

personality disorder and his parents, who died when he was very young, were related to each other as uncle and niece. but the judge was told there were no grounds for a plea of diminished responsibility. only aaron barley knows why he launched such a ruthless attack. he was sent to prison for at least 30 years and after that time if still considered a risk to the public, he may never be freed. a comfort, perhaps, to those who feel they've lost everything at the hands of a man they tried to help when he had nothing. the 13 british aid agencies of the disasters emergency committee have launched a major appeal to help the rohingya muslims fleeing violence in myanmar. many of the refugees have fled to neighbouring bangladesh. the appeal is being broadcast across the uk today and the government will double all donations from the public up to £3 million.

since the violence against the rohingya in myanmar began in august, over 500,000 people have fled the country. the rohingya are a mostly muslim ethnic minority who have no state of their own. many of those who have fled describe troops and rakhine buddhist mobs razing their villages and killing civilians in a campaign to drive them out. i'm joined by saleh saeed, the chief executive of the disasters emergency committee. i know when you have these appeals, the british public are always generous. why is it so important now that they dig into their pockets and give for this cause? as you mention, this is one of the largest mass movements of people in the region for decades. people have fled myanmar with nothing, barely the clothes on their backs. they are now having to live on the sides of the

road with no shelter, no food and no water, atrocious conditions. the dec charities such as the red cross and save the children are already working in those camps to provide food, medicine and water, but we need to raise more funds to save more people. we have heard some of the desperate stories of these people, how their villages have been burnt to the ground. they have had to flee and have been terrified. and they are in safety on the border, but as you say, they are facing desperate humanitarian conditions now with lack of food and water was back these people have gone through a very traumatic situation. thankfully, they have reached safety in bangladesh, but with no shelter, food or water. it is essential that we reach them. that is now why we have launched this dec appeal. £30 will provide a temporary shelter for a family. so we would call on the

very generous british public who have supported us so much over the last year with other crises around the world. we know we have gone to them too often these days, but this isa them too often these days, but this is a world crisis that needs their help. you say the aid agencies have got people out there now, but you wa nt to got people out there now, but you want to do more. the bangladeshi government and the un are now building one of the largest refugee camps in the area. without the support of the uk public and others, we will not be able to provide the basic essentials for those people. for the bangladeshi authorities, this has come out of the blue. it was very this has come out of the blue. it was very difficult to anticipate a mass influx of a million people. it will be hard for any country to cope with that. well, bangladesh in itself is also going through a desperate situation with one of the worst floods in decades. the people in that area are already suffering from severe floods. so on top of

that, we have refugees coming in from myanmar, which means it is a desperate situation that the world needs to address rapidly. thank you very much and good luck with your appeal. in a moment, a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: theresa may has battled through a sore throat and an interruption from a prankster in her keynote speech at the conservative conference. she apologised to the party for not winning an outright majority in the general election. us secretary of state rex tillerson says there has never been a consideration in his mind to quit president trump's administration, following reports he wanted to resign. and the eu calls for dialogue between the spanish government after the catalan president said he would make a declaration of independence in coming days. here is the business news.

an update on the market numbers for you. the markets have not had the best of days. profits at tesco soared in the first half of the year. that figure came in at £760 million pounds, a rise of more than 20% and yet its shares actually went down. the european commision has ordered amazon to pay about 250 million euros in back—taxes to luxembourg. the eu says luxembourg gave amazon a sweetheart deal which meant it

didn't pay tax on three quarters of its profits. shares in energy companies took a beating after theresa may promised a cap on energy prices. mrs may said the energy market was "broken". richard dunbar from aberdeen asset management joins me now. let's look at those energy prices. what impact will this energy cap or proposed cap have on the company ‘s? it is hard to say. it is not going to be positive in the market has taken a cautious view, with centrica shares down 6% and scottish shares down 3%. the companies are obviously keen to get clarity. that is what centrica is saying, and they want something that is time—limited. it is unhelpful for profits and competition. price capping is not a strategy to normally encourage competition. we still have to find

out the details of this cap, but which consumers will benefit most? ofgem are already looking at this market. the surprise today is perhaps that the government have pre—empted the ofgem report. they have looked at the bottom end of the market, the poorest customers, the metered area. the expectations are that that would broaden out beyond them. let's move onto amazon and the builder has been presented to them, courtesy of the european commission. what do we think the company will do? will it appeal? it is a peculiar position for both luxembourg and ireland, who are having the same discussions with other companies. these countries do not wish to receive the tax bills that the commission say they are due. they wa nt commission say they are due. they want these companies to be able to

operate at a low tax rates within their jurisdictions. operate at a low tax rates within theirjurisdictions. sol operate at a low tax rates within theirjurisdictions. so i suspect theirjurisdictions. so i suspect the court will ask them to do that and the bills will have to be paid, but i also suspect it is a difference in philosophy. luxembourg and ireland have gone out of their way to create the tax environments to attract companies and employment, and that has been deemed unfair both relative to other companies within these countries and relative to other countries. and the mysteries of the market. tesco, great profits, but shares take a dive. what is going on there? as ever, it is better to travel than to arrive. these are good results. they are growing the profits they make on their sales. they are tightening up their sales. they are tightening up their expenditure and their cost base and they are making their business more streamlined, selling the restaurants and the garden centre business. so it is a more tightly run business that is producing sales and still a very

competitive market. but tesco are gradually getting out of the hole they dug themselves into a few years ago. richard, thanks very much. that's all from me. from today, people in scotland receiving universal credit will be offered new ways to help manage the money they receive. the scottish government has called on the uk government to halt the full roll out of universal credit. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. east lothian was the first area in scotla nd east lothian was the first area in scotland to see universal credit rolled out to all new benefit claimants. the welfare system combines the likes of housing benefit, child tax credits and job—seeker‘s allowance into one single monthly payment. but the scottish government claims universal credit is fundamentally flawed, that it is failing the people it is designed to support and driving more into poverty. new powers devolved to

the scottish parliament mean that from today, people making new claims in what are known as full—service universal credit areas can request that the housing element of the payment goes directly to their landlord. they will also be offered the choice of changing the frequency of their payments from one star twice a month. the improvements we are introducing today are the ones we are allowed to introduce. universal credit remains a uk benefit. i wish it was one that the scottish government was in charge of, because we would not make people wait six weeks at least before they receive their first payment. the westminster government says benefit claimants struggling to pay their bills will be able to get cash advances upfront, but that the process of introducing universal credit across the uk will continue. a scottish scientist has won the nobel prize for chemistry. the method developed by richard henderson alongside swiss scientist jacques dubochet and the german americanjoachim frank involves freezing biomolecules to reveal processes

never previously seen. the nobel prize committee said their work had moved biochemistry into a new era. time for a look at the weather. something of a north—south split across the country this afternoon. for some southern counties who have held onto the best of the sunshine, it has been a pleasant afternoon across dorset, devon and cornwall. further north, it is different because the has been piling in across northern ireland, western scotla nd across northern ireland, western scotland and down into northern england and now affecting northern parts of wales. that rain will keep falling this evening, particularly heavy across northern ireland. we could see local gales through the bristol channel, wales and east anglia in the early hours. so it is a blustery night, but a milder night

than the one just gone. the strength of the wind gives us some cause for concern. it could be strongest through wales, the midlands and east anglia, perhaps bringing branches down of trees and causing travel disruption in the early hours. so it isa disruption in the early hours. so it is a blustery start to the day. behind the wind, there will be a rash of showers and still some strong winds, but also a good deal of sunshine. still keeping those strong winds in northern ireland and northern england, but a lot of dry weather tomorrow morning, with plenty of sparkling sunshine. a cloudier story from the midlands southwards and still strong winds for a time. but the band of rain will quickly pall southwards, with strong winds for the channel islands through the first bit of tomorrow morning. as the rain pulls away southwards, much of the country will enjoy a dry day. but the showers will see dean on that brisk

south—westerly wind, quite blustery in places. so it may feel cooler than these temperatures, given the strength of the wind. the winds start to ease down overnight and it will turn quite chilly, maybe a touch of frost in rural spots on friday morning. certainly a chill in the hour wherever you are on friday morning. it looks to be mainly dry, with lighter winds. this weather front will then topple its way across the country as we go through saturday. that will strengthen the winds and bring outbreaks of chiefly light rain. we may manage a bit of brightness, but overall, a lot of cloud and patchy rain on saturday. sunday looks to be the better day of the weekend. still a lot of cloud around, but many places will be dry. and they will not be feeling so chilly. today at 5pm, the prime minister pledges to fix britain's energy

and housing markets but struggles through her speech to the conservative conference. while... while we would never... excuse me. mrs may suffered from a persistent coughing fit as she tried to calm tory nerves. at one stage a senior cabinet minister came to the rescue with a cough sweet. i hope you noticed that, ladies and gentlemen, the chancellor giving something away free! but she also had to deal with a prankster, who handed her a pa5. she joked the only person she'd like to see out of a job isjeremy corbyn. she announced a cap on energy prices and a boost on affordable housing and a boost on affordable housing and apologised for the election campaign. i hold my hands up for that.