this is bbc news. the headlines at two: communities secretary sajid javid says the government should do more to boost house building we can sensibly borrow more to invest in infrastructure and take advantage of the low interest rates that we have. the zimbabwean president, robert mugabe, is removed as a goodwill ambassador for the world health organisation, two days after his controversial appointment. international trade secretary, liam fox says the government won't decide how much money it will pay the eu after brexit, until the trade deal becomes clear. also in the next hour: counting the votes injapan‘s snap general election — exit polls suggest the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has won a resounding victory. and at 2:30: the week in parliament will look at the pressure the government is under over

the roll—out of the welfare benefit universal credit. a senior cabinet minister has told the bbc that the government should consider borrowing more money to invest in building hundreds of thousands of new homes. speaking on the andrew marr show, the communities secretary sajid javid said up to three hundred thousand new homes a year are needed — a level of construction not seen since the 1960s. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. what are the government may be

prepared to borrow money to pay fred. we are looking at new investments. what i want to do is make sure that we are using everything we have available to deal with this housing crisis. where that means, for example, that we can sensibly borrow more to invest in infrastructure that leads to more housing, and take advantage of the record low interest rates that we have, we should absolutely be considering. as the how many, and he said that up to 300,000 new homes are needed annually. that is double the number bought in england last year. labour welcomed the announcement, but said they would go further. it it is a move in the right direction, but it needs to be the right time for —— type of

housing. this man has been taking a tight grip on government spending. but it is philip hammond may be ready to listen the reins and borrow to make them act yet more new homes built. the premise that will help to demonstrate to voters that they are serious about solving the housing crisis. jonathan is here now with the envy studio. have the treasury agreed to... jaidee that is not clear at the moment. but it was insisting to hear him see that we would have to wait and see what happens in the budget, but getting a little bit further than that, suggesting that there would be concrete proposals. the idea of borrowing money to fund new house—building is not new, and even for this government,... but,

house—building is not new, and even forthis government,... but, it house—building is not new, and even for this government,... but, it is in testing to see the government is talking about him, talking about borrowing large numbers of money, to invest in future product that could solve the housing crisis. and we have heard so many ministers talk about the housing crisis, how you tackle it, how you get those really huge numbers of part time houses built. 300,000 a year, it's not good to be easy. della mac no, it's not. it is double the number currently being built in england alone. the western government has —— westminster government has responded with the... there are several logistical hurdles that have to be overcome. the construction industry would not simply being to step up and double its capacity of the night, never mind the fact that there are planning considerations to ta ke there are planning considerations to take into account. also, the fact

that large under the european workers may not be so readily available after brexit as they are now. so, it's a big aspiration, we'll have to wait to the budget, to see how they are going to achieve it. not something that this conservative government has been keen to do, what an answer to that? asi keen to do, what an answer to that? as i say, it is implied within the approach to housing that there will have to be some sort of relaxation of the planning laws as they currently are. building on the green belt is currently subbing that is not necessarily particular popular with voters at large, so that will bea with voters at large, so that will be a very delicate political decision. look ahead to the budget, dilip hammond will have a novel of people saying that they money for this. labour will simply say, borrowing to invest, that sounds a millionaire, if you are a labour politician. it does, and we have

heard from labour in the... recent months that the matter of not boring to spend, but borrowing to invest in future projects make sense as far as they are concerned. it is interesting to see the conservatives shifting fade towards that start taking that on as their own policy. 20 much for that. joining me now via webcam is kate webb who was head of policy at shelter. you have been critical of the government's position on help to buy. what you think of this? i think this is beginning to go in the right direction. 0ur criticism of help to buy is that it is putting money into the housing system without doing anything about supply. the upshot of thatis anything about supply. the upshot of that is that it increases prices the lucky few who are able to take advantage of schemes such as help to

buy. wedge. what they are doing now, is what they should have done all along, which is how the government can intervene to make sure that homes ajax rebuild, and when you're in the current environment, and interest rates are still very low, the key test for us, is what is actually built at the end of this, we have seen a preoccupation in government of supporting homeownership, which is completely understandable one hand, because we know that is what people aspire to, but when you actually look at the incomes of people who are stuck renting, there is a big gap at the moment between what people can afford and warehouse prizes are. so, if the government is seriously try to help people, they need to make sure that what is being built is a good range of houses, including homes that are available and affordable if you are doing a job like a teaching assistant, or working in a shop. and when it comes

to social housing, of course, you're making the point that these kind of houses have to be the right kind of houses, there have been problems in the past with property developers may be not building the kind of affordable housing that lots of people, including shelter would need. what we have seen of velocity yea rs need. what we have seen of velocity years is that things have been left for property developers to pick up the slack. what you have seen is the obligations that local authorities are posting on them, such as when local authorities say, winning 30% affordable housing, because of the way that the laws are written, it has been far too easy for property developers to turn around and get out of building the hope that are desperately needed. so, i think part of what we're seeing from the government has to be a whole new approach, where actually, central government, local government and business are working together, to

ensure that we are not having loopholes which are easy to exploit, and that everybody is working together to get the genuinely affordable homes. that is going to mean that one of the things that we wa nt to mean that one of the things that we want to see in the budget is a tightening up of the rules. section 106 arrangements, so that the developers have two actually build the affordable homes that people need. who is it is a local government national government to make this happen? we have had so many governments talking about the need for more housing. but it does not always happen. can the government force people to take the land, forced property developers to develop in the correct way, forced construction companies, after all, they got be ready to do this work, haven't they? it has to be everyone working together. and there is a lot more that the government could do. at the moment, when the rules around

section 106 were open, it is far too easy for developers to get out of their obligations. and there's far more that the government could do to change the set tips around... —— 20 incentives... there is more the government could do to make sure that that land is available, at a cheaper price and could be developed by people who actually have an interest in developing for the community, the local authority are visiting to have to play their part, as well. they do need to make sure that they are identifying local people who can bring forward the development is that people desperately need. what we do know is that a lot of local authorities do wa nt to that a lot of local authorities do want to do more, a lot of them are desperate to buy themselves to invest in new housing, particularly new council housing, because they know that is what is desperately needed. said that is what we would like to see the government do, is

listen to those local authorities, and getting tough on those incentives. but also, giving people the tools that they need to those who want to build. thank you for joining us this afternoon. the zimbabwean president, robert mugabe, has been removed as a goodwill ambassador for the world health organisation — two days after his controversial appointment. mr mugabe, who has led his country for 37 years — has been condemned over his human rights record. britain and the united states had warned the decision could overshadow the work of the global agency. the new head of the who said he'd listened carefully to all who'd expressed their concerns and rescinded the appointment. japanese prime minister shinzo abe's ruling coalition is on course for a resounding victory in sunday's general election, according to exit polls. his party is set to win two thirds of the seats in the japanese parliament. mr abe called the snap election

to strengthen his position in the face of the growing threat from north korea. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is in tokyo. this will be his fourth term as by minister. his third consecutive term, and it will be almost certainly his last term as by minister, so he is very likely to use it to try and pursue his lifelong dream of reforming japan's post—war constitution. he is a right—wing nationalist, and he and his supporters see the pacifist constitution opposed onjapan by the united states as a deep humiliation. they want to get rid of that element, or at least change the pacifist element so that japan can

become what he calls a normal country, with a normal military. it will be difficult. you need to get a two thirds vote in both houses of parliament, and he needs to win a referendum of the japanese people. but it does look like this is the best last chance to do this. this is quite a turnaround for the president. he was suffering from pretty low pollington ratings on popularity not so long ago. what is behind the researchers? that's right. if you go back to the beginning of the summer, his personal popularity ratings had dipped below 30%. he was caught up ina dipped below 30%. he was caught up in a couple of political scandals involving close friend of him, and it looked like he could have been ousted as the party leader. but then, the first thing that happened is the north korean leaderfiled then, the first thing that happened is the north korean leader filed two missiles across japan. in the aftermath of that, part because of

his tough rhetoric, his popularity is to turn the corner, and he decided to take the opportunity to call this snap election more than a year early. he did not need to go to the polls now. it was a risk, like the polls now. it was a risk, like the one taken by theresa may last spring, and there is a risk that he could have been punished by voters here for it. but, as you say, the gamble has paid off. and, north korea, the biggest issue probably facing the president now, how was he can to deal with that? there is not a great deal that he can actually do to stop north korea developing their nuclear weapon and firing his missiles towards japan, and even, indeed over the top ofjapan. he says he wants to invest in more technology, more missile defence, to be closer to the americans. quite a lot of people here injapan wants him to start talking to the koreans,

but he has ruled that out. this does help his agenda of wanting to end the pacifist constitution, because he is able to go in front of the japanese public and say, look, we face a real threat here, we have to do something, we cannot be pacifist any more, and quite a lot of japanese people are starting to agree with him. thank you very much joining us. international trade secretary, liam fox says the government won't decide how much money it will pay the eu after brexit, until the trade deal becomes clear. mr fox says he is just trying to... discussions we have had with ministers across the european union, we have made our position very clear. mummy of that are then, would you give a number this fall we know

the outcome is good to be, and if they know will stop so why should we? but the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry says she thinks the uk is "heading for no deal". and despite talk of progress at the recent eu summit, the reality is that negotiations on the divorce remain deadlocked. theresa may does not have the strength or the authority to control her backbenchers let alone had cabinet, and i think that we are heading to new deal. and that —— no deal, and that is a serious threat to britain. the headlines on bbc news: a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a baby fell from a sixth—floor international trade secretary liam

fox says the government will not decide how much money they will pay the eu, until the trade deal becomes clear. the spanish foreign minister has urged the catalans to disregard any instructions from the regional government in barcelona, if the government suspends the region's autonomy. earlier this month catalans voted for independence in a disputed referendum which spain's highest court said was unconstitutional. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is in barcelona. she explained that yesterday's announcement by the spanish prime minister was unprecedented. the spanish prime minister has said that he wants to remove the regional government, the regional leadership, you want to suspend its parliament, he wants to initiate direct rule from madrid, and he wants to new elections. this is really an unprecedented move. it would mean the first time that madrid has acted

to strip one of its region of its autonomy, and it really deepens the political crisis here. what would have to happen next, is that the upper house of the senate, would have to vote on these measures, which is expected to do at the end of this week. speaking to the andrew marr show today, the spanish foreign minister dismissed the suggestion that a coup was taking place. if there is a coup, it is the one... what we are doing is following strictly our constitutional obligations, they are a carbon copy of the german position, and it is the kind of position that you can see in many western constitutions. regulators have told several hundred online gambling operators to remove

casino games which may appeal to children. the move follows claims that operators are using cartoons and characters to encourage children to play. last year, the industry regulator found 450—thousand children in england and wales were gambling every week. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a baby fell from a sixth—floor window in bradford. west yorkshire police say the 23—year—old woman is undergoing a medical assessment in custody. officers have described the death of the 18—month—old child as "extremely traumatic" and say specially—trained officers are working to support his family. prison officers in fourjails are to trial the use of parva spray — which is similar to pepper spray — to defend themselves against aggressive inmates. the ministry ofjustice will also issue more than 5,000 body—cameras to officers in england and wales, as well as handcuffs.

violence in prisons rose significantly last year with assaults on staff reaching record levels. a eurosceptic billionaire businessman in the czech republic has won the general election. andre babish, the country's second richest man, won 30% of the vote . it's not enough to govern alone, but it puts him far ahead of his rivals. rob cameron has more from prague. this is what success looks like for a man who's already tasted so much of it. his business empire controls much of czech agriculture, chemicals and the media. but now he's set his sights much higher. after almost four years at the finance ministry, the slovak—born business tycoon is on the brink of becoming prime minister. translation: i've already congratulated all the chairman who got into parliament, they we hope they will be willing to deal with us.

i think it would be good to have a stable government for our country, which will fight for our interests. it was a result few had predicted. andrej babis' prospects had dimmed in recent months after a string of scandals. two separate criminal investigations into claims he fraudulently obtained eu funds for a luxury resort. he said all of that was a campaign against him, a political witch hunt by an establishment terrified of his pledge to clean up corruption. trust me, he said — and the voters believes him. populist, mildly eurosceptic and hostile to immigration, despite his non—czech origins, he's left the established centre—left and centre—right parties in tatters. instead, a host of new protest parties, including the far right spd. they want to ban islam in the czech republic, and also hold a referendum on leaving the european union.

they're unlikely to get one, but attitudes are hardening here to the eu and to migrants. and andrej babis has tapped into them. donald trump's indicated that he will allow the release of secret files relating to the assassination of former us presidentjohn f kennedy. the final batch of government documents are scheduled to be made public on thursday 25 years after congress classified them in a bid to quash conspiracies, only the president is entitled to extend their secret status. so what are we likely to find out? author and broadcaster michael goldfarb is with me. it sounds intriguing, what do we know about these files? what we know is very vague. it is about 3100

files. it is a lot of files. they seem files. it is a lot of files. they seem to be focused mostly on... a trip that lee harvey oswald took before he shot the president. this has always been something that historians of the assassinations who books about it, want to know more about. he was under surveillance by the fbi, and the cia, while he was on the mac in mexico city. these files contains the details about this, which may fill in our knowledge about what he was doing just in the weeks before he actually committed the deed. so, the idea that he didn't work alone, even though that is what he said, how much do we know about that? well, it is endlessly fascinating, and frankly, this is what happens if you are not completely open and transparent, from the get go, because you just read conspiracy

theory. we will find out more. there will be who will never be unconvinced that it was just him shooting on his own. we may find out something that back them up. perhaps, the cia knew and with him through, some conspiracy theorists say that the cia knew it was happening, and they just say that the cia knew it was happening, and theyjust waved him through. just before i came down here to do this interview, i look on youtube and so once again, that state, just after he was arrested in dallas, where he said, i'm just a patsy. those words will always go down through history, for those who wa nt to down through history, for those who want to find conspiracy. is there anybody who would not want these files to be released. there is some suggestion that the cia might not be happy about it? it is possible that they don't want them to be released. initially some of them once released, because there were still agents active, and they thought they we re

agents active, and they thought they were good to wait until these men had been active within to pass away. i think what we're concerned about, is that we will find out lot about the way that they were investigating cuba and russia. i did think the cia was that revealed. i think we will learn about their trade craft. they don't want people to know how they go about finding information. donald trump says he is going to be releasing it unless it is something very serious. i think you will not this is much as he can before thursday. thank you forjoining us. america's five living former presidents have gathered in texas, for a benefit concert to help the victims of the hurricanes which have hit the united states this year. barack 0bama, george w bush, his father george hw bush, bill clinton, and jimmy carter came together to support the one america appeal, following the hurricanes harvey, irma and maria.

the appeal has so far raised more than 30 million dollars. bill clinton had this message for americans. there is still work to be done in texas and florida, and ourfriends in puerto rico and the us virgin islands have only begun to dig their way out of what could be still a calamitous disaster but can be a new beginning — if we just do what we ought to do and prove that the heart of america, without regard to race or religion or political party, is greater than our problems. at the age of 21, alex tew had a brainwave. aiming to become a millionaire, he set up a website and sold the pixels it contained to advertisers for a dollar each. by 2005, he'd achieved his dream.

but what came next for the young entrepreneur? 0ur correspondent robert hall has been to meet him. 0n the streets of san francisco, this man has travelled a long way from the day he made a million. every computer image is made up of tiny dots or pixels. alex sold a million of them, in dots at a dollar each. just enough to assure advertisers... i'm each. just enough to assure i'm sitting here right now, and i've probably made a fume all dollars since i woke up. —— if you more dollars. the true value with the million—dollar home page, was not

the money that i was making, but it was the... 12 years on, with a string of successful projects behind him, he has embarked on another. but this time, the high fliers 20 persuade the rest of us to slow down. i was actually working on something to do with meditation and the internet combined, even when i was about 16, and it was or was in the back of my mind, to combine those two. well over 8 million people are now using the website,... we are on track to develop... what is more important is the valley it is more important is the valley it is creating. a trip back home to gloucestershire, offers a chance to draw up breath and reflect on the past. easily been an idea sort of guy even from the age of seven or eight. all of these exploiters, it

opened doors that you'd never imagine. ithink opened doors that you'd never imagine. i think what he has also shown, is that he is really committed to continuing these ideas. alex may have found a new direction of travel, but what advice would he have for today's entrepreneurs. on today, where editing is instant, and people expect things to happen, and capacity for them, that is not the where it goes. be doggedly persistent, and have if you have your goals, be relentless in your drive. he may be a little bit more thoughtful, but alex tew is not showing down. —— slowing down. he has other things around the corner. time foran time for an update to the weather.

we are saying farewell to brian now. beautiful rainbow in devon. and, as you go through the rest of the afternoon, the trend is to see fewer showers, more in the way of dry weather. some spells of sunshine, temperatures of 11 to 1a degrees. it will feel chilly overnight, for eastern areas. a touch of frost. at worst, not so. the mild weather in. some outbreaks of rain to. this wet weather will smash its weight used to it as we go on through tomorrow. the rain will tend to fizzle away oui’ the rain will tend to fizzle away our visitors. after that, as england and wales should see some sunshine. temperatures nudging up to 1a