i'm looking forward to working with the team here, to continue building a safer, more secure and more prosperous world for us all, really giving the british public pride in what we do. but with the government still under pressure on multiple fronts, tories are hoping theresa may can get her ministers back on track. another challenge for theresa may — crunch talks on brexit are under way... also tonight... preventing extremism — more than 2000 children under 15 have been referred to the official anti—terror scheme. "i acted by the book" — the welsh first minister defends his sacking of a politician who was later found dead. the director's cut — kevin spacey will be edited out of his latest film after the allegations of predatory sexual behaviour. who in their right mind would take on a massive wave like this? 0ne surfer did — and onlyjust survived to tell the tale... and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... we'll have the latest from a huge night at windsor park where northern ireland take on switzerland in the first leg

of their world cup play off. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. for the second time in a week, theresa may has been forced into a mini—reshuffle of her cabinet. penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new international development secretary — replacing priti patel who resigned last night, admitting she had not been transparent enough about high level meetings with israeli politicians. like her predecessor, ms mourdaunt backed the leave campaign in the eu referendum. with brexit talks at a crucial stage mrs may will be hoping that's the end of her cabinet woes.

here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. 0ne one for sorrow, two for joy. one for sorrow, two forjoy. 0ne brexit minister departs through the back door and another is about to arrive. even the driver of the shiny ministerial car was expecting penny mordaunt as the favourite but neither he all we knew for sure, until gates opened up. so a little bit before half past two, the carefully choreographed arrival of the newest recruit to theresa may's cabinet. a promotion for penny mordaunt, another brexiteer around the cabinet table. her appointment was not a surprise. her wikipedia page was changed before the official announcement. unusually she arrives at her new department with experience. congratulations. thank you so much. notjust as a junior minister in government, but having been an aid worker in eastern europe. it is my first day here and

i'm delighted to be here. i've already met some of the staff and they are doing a terrificjob building a safer, more secure and more prosperous world for us all and i want to continue to do that and give the british public confidence and pride in what we are doing. you might recognise her from a rather unlikely tv diving competition, she was also a magician‘s assistant in a former life. as well as working for charities and being a navy reservist, she ran for parliament for the first time in 2005, elected in 2010. what do we want? she backs andrea leadsom, not theresa may, for prime minister. but crucially, she campaigned to leave the eu. 0n the stump alongside the woman she replaced. in terms of brexit, whilst i assume replaced. in terms of brexit, whilst i assume everyone replaced. in terms of brexit, whilst i assume everyone is united behind the prime minister's approach, it's also helpful to have another person who was an enthusiastic campaigner for brexit during the referendum.

how damaging is this for the government? with brexit secretary heading to brussels for the sixth round of troubled talks, number 10's decision preserves the almost 50—50 balance at the top table between those who backed remain and those who backed brexit. welcomed by all sorts at her new department further up sorts at her new department further up whitehall, a move that theresa may hopes will keep political peace, at least for now... laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. while westminster has been preoccupied by the multiple challenges facing the government the brexit talks have reached a crucial stage. 0ur europe editor, katya adler, is in brussels. katya — what's the reaction there to what's been happening here? well, george, there's a real sense of incredulity here in brussels among those watching events unfold at westminster and eurocrats are watching, listening and reading every twist and turn they think is releva nt to every twist and turn they think is relevant to brexit. basically ever

since the general election there have been thoughts in brussels that theresa may's days at number 10 could be numbered. what they really wa nted could be numbered. what they really wanted was a leader in london who could do a deal, in brussels, and then sell it back home. they now worry that there is no uk politician who has the power to manoeuvre and what they want will be a hard sell backin what they want will be a hard sell back in the uk. that is more money. a written promise by the uk that it will honour specific financial commitments it made while an eu member and the eu want that because if the uk does not pay, the eu will lose out. when david davis comes to the european commission here tomorrow, he will be put under pressure tomorrow and old, make a big move over money by the end of the month or risk the eu not talking about the relationship trade, and a transition deal, until at least february of next year. that is why now in brussels there is talk of a brexit crisis brewing to match the upheaval right now in westminster. katya adler, thank you.

it's called prevent, the government's programme to deal with the spread of extremist views. well, for the first time official figures have been published and they give a startling insight into just who's been flagged up for inclusion in the scheme. just under 8,000 people were referred to prevent programme in the year 2015 to 16. of those, almost a quarter — more than 2000 — were children under the age of 15. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha has been looking at the impact of the prevent strategy. five terror attacks in britain, just this year alone. preventing any further attacks is a top priority for the government. that is why it has something called channel, a programme designed to stop people from being drawn into violent or extremist behaviour. this man was radicalised in prison, by the time he was released just months ago, he was ready to go to syria to become a suicide bomber. his words are voiced by an actor to protect his identity.

i was told i would have all of my sins washed away. the only way to do it is to become a martyr and everything will be forgiven and you will go to heaven. for me, it was the easiest way out. to kill myself and blow someone else up. if you believe in something you will do anything. he has changed his views now but he is the kind of person the government would like to help. figures today show that over the last year, out of nearly 8000 people referred to the government's counterterror strategy, more than 300 went on to receive specialist support including therapy. four out of five were judged to have their vulnerability to terrorism reduced but one in six withdrew from the bottom voluntary process, despite concerns about their ideology. a lot of youngsters as well. thousands of children have been referred to the programme... we are so sorry, we've had a problem with that report. carwynjones, the first minister of wales, has defended his decision to sack carl sargeant, the government minister,

facing misconduct allegations, who was found dead on tuesday. it's believed he took his own life. mr sargeant‘s family say he'd been denied naturaljustice because he wasn't given details of the allegations against him. in the last hour, carwynjones insisted he'd acted "by the book" — our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. anything to say about carl sargeant, first minster? carwyn jones was not giving any one thing away leaving home this morning, he was going to face fellow labour assembly members for the first time since the death of their collie, carl sargeant, who he sacked and suspended from the labour party on friday, amid claims of harassment. facing criticism from mr sargeant‘s family and from within his own party, there were questions over ca rwyn his own party, there were questions over carwyn jones's his own party, there were questions over carwynjones's position. he promised a statement but it wasn't the time for him to resign. we were

all very shocked by what happened last week. there is great hurt, angen last week. there is great hurt, anger, and bewilderment. carl was my friend, in all of the years that i knew him, i never had a crossword with him. but he defended his conduct in how he responded to the allegations against carl sargeant. there is a legal process to go through. i am obviously acting within that, but i welcome the scrutiny of my actions in the future, and it is appropriate for that to be done independently. carl sa rg ea nt‘s that to be done independently. carl sargeant‘s body was found at his home on deeside on tuesday. today, a family friend gave an insight into what mr sargeant and his family had been going through. messages were put out to the media, interviews we re put out to the media, interviews were given, where he did not know they were about to happen. the additional details will be placed

into the public domain. it is, umm... it broke him. and carwyn jones's statement tonight is unlikely to appease carl sargeant‘s family. that was sian lloyd reporting there. the father of a man who died after his ex girlfriend allegedly threw acid over him has wept in court as he described the injuries his son suffered. cornelius van dongen said his son mark felt he had no reason to live after being paralysed from the neck down and blinded in one eye. the 29—year—old later took his own life at a euthanasia clinic in belgium. berlinah wallace denies murder and claims she thought the liquid she threw at him at their home in bristol was water. the trial continues. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect and fraud by detectives investigating the deaths of 12 care home residents. at least nine homes run by a private company called sussex health care are under investigation.

0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt is here. just give us the background, i know that you have some details? yes, we had a brief statement from sussex police, they say the woman, who lives in west sussex, is in custody and being questioned about fraud and neglect. this is part of an ongoing investigation which first started with the police in may this year. they are looking into nine care homes run by a private company, sussex health care. sussex health ca re sussex health care. sussex health care provide support for older people, some with dementia, but also young adults with severe physical and learning disabilities. at home is mainly in the horsham area of west sussex. the investigation is focusing on allegations of a lack of ca re focusing on allegations of a lack of care and safeguarding of 43 residents since april 2015 and 12 of those people have since died. the company sussex health care has itself put out a short statement, saying they continue to cooperate

fully with police and the county council to support the current investigation. it also says on its website that it has long history as a respected care provider in the area. alison, thank you very much. our top story this evening... penny mordaunt is the new international development secretary — theresa may's second reshuffle in as many weeks. and still to come: they're calling it a superpower love—in — how donald trump has changed his tune on china. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... we'll have the action from sydney where england failed to capitalise we'll have the action from sydney where england failed to capitalise on a good start with the bat on day one of their women's ashes test against australia. now, do you feel like your part of the uk is a green and pleasant land or a concrete jungle? it obviously depends

on where you live, and what you see around you. but how many of us have an accurate picture of how much of the uk is actually developed? using the most detailed satellite and mapping data, the bbc has produced a land—use map for every local authority — and the results may surprise you. here's our home editor, mark easton. the concrete jungle. roads, buildings, stone and tarmac with barely a blade of grass. in geographyjargon, this is called continuous urban fabric, where more than 80% of the ground is covered by artificial surfaces. but how much of the uk do you think is classified as continuous urban fabric? have a guess. the answer is on the other side of this card. i will reveal all in a minute. using satellite images and details local maps, the land use of every corner of the uk is revealed. the city of london, for example, is 98% continuous urban fabric, and perhaps that comes

as no surprise. nearly all the land around here is covered in roads and buildings, but this is actually quite unusual in the uk, and i think people might be surprised just how little of the land in the country is actually covered with buildings and roads. so, the official answer to the question, "how much of the uk is continuous urban fabric" is... 0.1%. looking at the whole of the country, more than half of it is farmland. most of it pastures. forests, woodland and natural landscape account for a third of all the land. urban green space — parks and gardens — make up 2.5%, with the area actually built on — roads, buildings, ports and airports — accounting for just 5.9%. take a council like bradford in west yorkshire. your mental picture is probably of a bustling urban centre, but the aerial mapping reveals that continuous urban fabric accounts for just 0.3% of the local authority. 0verall, just a quarter of the land surface is artificial.

indeed 10% is this. i'm standing in a peat bog. surprisingly perhaps, about 10% of the uk landscape is covered in ground like this. in fact there is almost twice as much peat bog in the uk as the land that we built on. the top area for peat bog is the outer hebrides, where it covers 61% of the land. number one for pastures is armagh city in northern ireland, covering 85% of the local authority. the area with the highest proportion of natural grasslands is blaenau gwent, in industrial south wales. so, how much space is given over to buildings, offices, factories and homes? we have been crunching the numbers and our best estimate for the whole of the uk is that 1.4% of the country is covered in buildings. that equates to about 2% for england, just less than 1% for wales, and less than half of 1%

for scotland and northern ireland. a tiny proportion of the uk is the concrete jungle of our imagination. indeed, the entire area covered by buildings is smaller than the land revealed when the tide goes out. most of us, it seems, have a very confused idea of what our country actually looks like. mark easton, bbc news. if you want to find out how much of your area is concrete jungle or green space, you can use the bbc land use calculator at bbc.co.uk/news. exactly one year ago, donald trump was elected us president. one of his persistent targets on the campaign trail was china. he accused the country of stealing us manufacturing jobs and even, in his words, of "raping the united states". what a difference a year makes. president trump is in china on a state visit and, as our china editor carrie gracie reports, he's been been striking a very different tone.

the real estate billionaire and the career communist, making an odd couple. but both see themselves as men of destiny, with a mission to make their nation great again. president trump once raged that china was a jobs thief. but in beijing, he was all smiles and gratitude. president xi, now a very special man who makes his people proud. i just want to thank you for the very warm welcome. my feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one... they did eventually talk about the hard things. the north korean nuclear crisis and a massive us trade deficit in china's favour. but donald trump blamed that on previous american presidents, not on his host. i don't blame china. who can blame the country

for being able to take advantage of another country, for the benefit of its citizens? i give china great credit. and america's deal—maker in chief got some big sales in return. china needs to keep stable access to us markets. translation: the common interests of our two countries are far greater than the differences. with constructive attitudes, we can look for common ground. this is not a real news conference. there are no questions from the media, either on north korea, nor on whether the business deals are worth celebrating in the absence of a major move to open chinese markets. instead, the us president is starring in a show put on by his host to give the impression of openness while maintaining an iron grip on the message. charm and disarm — but when the toasts

are over, the trade deficit will still be big and north korea still a crisis. president xi hopes this personal bond will convince americans that china's rise does not mean us decline. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. now we are going to go back to a story we tried to bring you earlier. it's called prevent, the government's programme to deal with the spread of extremist views. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha has been looking at the impact of the prevent strategy. five terror attacks in britain, just this year alone. preventing any further attacks is a top priority for the government.

that is why it has something called channel, a programme designed to stop people from being drawn into violent or extremist behaviour. this man was radicalised in prison, by the time he was released just months ago, he was ready to go to syria to become a suicide bomber. his words are voiced by an actor to protect his identity. i was told i would have all of my sins washed away. the only way to do it is to become a martyr and everything will be forgiven and you will go to heaven. to me, it was the easiest way out. to kill myself and blow someone else up. if you believe in something you will do anything. he has changed his views now but he is the kind of person the government would like to help. figures today show that over the last year, out of nearly 8000 people referred to the government's counterterror strategy, more than 300 went on to receive specialist support including therapy. four out of five were judged to have their vulnerability to terrorism reduced but one in six withdrew from the bottom voluntary process, despite concerns about their ideology. thousands of children have been referred to the programme... that's likely to be down to more

pressure on teachers and doctors to identify vulnerable individuals. a charity partly funded by the home 0ffice reaches out to men outside mosques. we are hoping to attract people to come here and talk about vulnerabilities they might have and that might be radicalisation or homelessness, or drug dependency. that is something we are trying to reach out to them so they can get help. channel hasn't been without its critics. some argue it targets specific communities and create suspicions about them. there's also concern about how effective it really is and how those put through the programme later monitored. participation is voluntary, raising concerns about what happens to those who refuse help. one of the big challenges is for people who already have really violent extreme views but who might not be committing crime, how do we engage them. it's

highly unlikely someone in that state of mind will willingly engage with programmes because it goes exactly against what their ideology may be. it is stopping hundreds of people from violence, diverting them away, and teachers and professionals are engaging in the policy and we are engaging in the policy and we are managing to help keep the country safe. the uk threat level remains severe and that means the effectiveness of the government's strategy is crucial. the actor kevin spacey is to be edited out of a completed hollywood film, six weeks before its release, following allegations of sexual assault. he'll be replaced in the thriller "all the money in the world" by the canadian actor, christopher plummer. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. for an almost unrecognisable kevin spacey, it was meant to be a potential academy awards contender. how much would you pay to release your grandson if not $70 million? nothing. now, christopher plummer is to replace him in an intense few weeks.

of reshoots following sexual assault allegations against spacey. it's a huge undertaking, but helped by the fact that kevin spacey only appears in a relatively small number of scenes and other performers are thought to be willing to return to reshoot their roles in scenes that originally featured them alongside the now sidelined actor. the film's director, sir ridley scott, may also take advantage of techniques he used when 0liver reed died during the the making of gladiator more than 15 yea rs the making of gladiator more than 15 years ago. they allowed him to still feature the actor in scenes filmed after his death. an actor who appears in the movie says the decision to reshoot must have been a complex, difficult one.|j decision to reshoot must have been a complex, difficult one. ithink everything is going a little bit crazy right now so probably if they took this decision, it is good for the movie. it all underlies the

determination of the studio to protect a piece of work potentially worth a significant amount. studios are so intent on their calendar and finding their huge product, which are worth millions of dollars, so to remove them would have cost so much money that it would have been a financial disaster to the studio. rather than be associated with the name of kevin spacey, they will do anything to get something over the line. it's being seen in hollywood as ridley scott ‘s earning what would have been damaging publicity for the film into a welcome and positive move. now, it's a surfer‘s paradise, an area off portugal's coastline known for waves as high as an eye—watering hundred foot. and one british surfer has had a very lucky, if very painful, escape trying to ride one of these mammoth waves at nazare. andrew cotton from braunton in devon suffered a total wipe—out. jon kay picks up the story. it was all going so well. andrew cotton had been waiting for this moment, and here it came.

the perfect wave, all 60 feet of it, and... wipeout. andrew was thrown off his board and crushed by the water. this footage captured by a documentary team. the 38—year—old from devon was treated by portuguese rescue teams and found to have a broken spine. it was a storm from a long way away and the waves were really... this afternoon he spoke to us from his hospital bed and described what had happened. it was a different sort of wave, really. it was a lot heavier and i... i sort ofjust faded a bit deep and sort of mistimed it, really. yeah, it was just one of those things. it could have been like the best wave of my life or the worst wipeout and, unfortunately, it was the worst wipeout. this latest wipeout comes three years after andrew was hit by another massive wave off the coast of portugal. he says he's not been put off and wants to be back in the water

as soon as possible, but will his wife and children back in devon let him? yeah! no. no, obviously they're concerned and, you know, the kids make a joke about it, really, like i've managed to make a career out of surfing, like falling off. so they think it's hilarious. andrew might owe his life to a special vest he was wearing over his wetsuit to protect him from impact. as a former plumber, he's used to being up to his neck in it, but he hopes he'll never get a soaking like this again. jon kay, bbc news. incredible. time for a look at the weather now. some of us got to 16 degrees today, don't be expecting that as we head towards the weekend. there's a change on the way. this cold air will sink southwards, reaching just about all parts of the british isles

by the end of the weekend. it's already beginning to make its presence felt across scotland, this from a weather watcher on the isle of lewis. further south it has been my older. we see this band of cloud with outbreaks of rain sinking southwards and eastwards through the night. clear skies behind it, showers in the north, wintry showers over high ground in scotland where there could also be some icy stretches to take us into tomorrow morning. a cloudy start in the south with outbreaks of patchy rain but things should perk up here and generally speaking it will be a day of sunny spells. showers blowing into sports exposed to this north—westerly breeze, and quite a range of temperatures. that is your afternoon hike. things will cloud over with rain later in the day in northern ireland, this weather system will clear away during saturday and behind it we get into the cold air coming from the arctic.

it will be a struggle to clear things across the south and particularly the south—west. wet weather through armistice day here. further more, some showers into the west, and on remembrance sunday it switches to a more northerly wind which will bring showers not only in the north—west but also down the east coast with temperatures 10 degrees at best. so something called on the way. thanks very much. that's all from the bbc news at six so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. you are watching bbc news. our latest headlines. penny mordaunt has been named as the new international development secretary, replacing priti patel who resigned last night over undeclared meetings with israeli officials. welsh first minister carwynjones defends his handling of misconduct allegations against carl sargeant, saying he had no choice but to sack him. mr sargeant is believed to have killed himself just days after his dismissal.

i properly did all i could to make sure everything was being done by the book. i had no alternative but to ta ke the book. i had no alternative but to take the action i did, and i hope people will understand that. figures from the home office reveal children as young as nine are among the thousands being referred to the government's anti—radicalisation programme. the actor kevin spacey is being edited out of a completed film after a string of sexual harassment allegations against him. his scenes in "all the money in the world" will be re—shot with another actor. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... at seven o'clock, beyond 100 days has the latest from china as president trump discusses trade with president xijinping. a large—scale anti—corruption drive continues in saudi arabia —