today at five. police are set to reveal more about the substance used in the suspected poisoning of a former russian agent and his daughter. there are new images of sergei skripal, who remains critically ill in hospital with daughter yulia, as the police investigation gathers pace. as officers search various properties and escort one woman by ambulance — ministers say they're relying on evidence, not rumour. we need to make sure that the police and the other services, have the space to continue that investigation. we need to keep a cool head and collect all the evidence we can, and we need to make sure that we respond not to rumour, but to all the evidence they collect. we'll have more details — and we'll be talking to professor alastair hay — an expert in exposure to chemical warfare agents. the other main stories on bbc news at five. the chancellor urges the eu to include financial markets in any future trade deal after brexit. a trade deal will only happen if it is fair and balances the interests of both sides.

a pix and mix trade deal for a non member state is out of the question. a teenager goes on trial accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train last september. the m1 crash that killed eight people — a second lorry driver is cleared of causing death by dangerous driving. and the saudi crown prince meets the queen — starting a three—day visit — amid protests at his country's record on human rights. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is the home secretary's disclosure that more is now known about the substance used in the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter.

it's 5 o'clock. amber rudd says the police will reveal more details today and she insists the investigation must respond to ‘evidence not rumour.‘ sergei skripal and his daughter yulia remain critically ill in hospital in salisbury in wiltshire after collapsing on sunday. the government's emergency committee — cobra — has been meeting to discuss the situation, as our correspondent richard galpin reports. this is sergei skripal buying groceries at a shop in salisbury last week. he looks relaxed and jovial as he chats with the shopkeeper. but just jovial as he chats with the shopkeeper. butjust days later he and his daughter would fall critically ill in the city centre. both now fighting for their lives in hospital. and today emergency vehicles were back in the city centre in large numbers. theirfocus this time of building adjacent to the restaurant where mr skripal and

his daughter had lunch on the day they apparently ingested some form of poison. an ambulance drove away from here this afternoon with a woman inside. it is not clear if this was connected to the apparent poisoning. in another sign of the seriousness of the situation cabinet ministers and security officials held a meeting of the government emergency response committee cobra this morning. scientist at the government research laboratories in porton down near salisbury have been ha rd porton down near salisbury have been hard at work examining samples taken from mr skripal and his daughter. but despite suspicions, russia might be behind what has happened, there warning against jumping to conclusions. we need to bear in mind that the police need to look at all evidence not just that the police need to look at all evidence notjust a case of deciding that this is a russian state incident. this could be someone else and it is quite possible that someone and it is quite possible that someone else has done this. so it is

important to keep an open mind. and in moscow there growing anger at the way that the british media has been reporting the incident. these people have been used by the foreign media foran have been used by the foreign media for an anti—russian campaign. it is a traditional campaign bush did dash the tradition is to make things up. we can only see it as provocation. it is clear that the police investigation is making steady progress. but it could be some time before all the key questions are answered. in a moment — the latest on the police investigation with our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford at new scotland yard. but first to salisbury and olga ivshina from the bbc russian service. let's get a quick update from salisbury on how you see things going and what has been said locally

about the investigation today. today there was one more incident in salisbury, a few hours ago an ambulance rushed to the building next to the restaurant where sergei skripal had that meal on sunday and also the fire brigade. they left pretty quickly but we are now getting reports of at least two more people in hospital now. it is not known whether this incident is connected to that of sergei skripal but of course it adds to the concerns especially for local people put up we have been told that many people are worried about their children in the schools nearby. some of them say they feel sick, will be just connected to the weather but pa rents a re just connected to the weather but parents are concerned and hospitals are getting more requests from people. many thanks. let's speak to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. an update from you on the state of

the investigation because we are expecting a statement shortly. we are hoping in about 15 minutes we will hear from the assistant commissioner, the most senior counterterrorism police officer in the uk for that and of course countered terrorism policies have taken over the countered terrorism policies have ta ken over the investigation. countered terrorism policies have taken over the investigation. it will be the first time that we will hear from will be the first time that we will hearfrom one such will be the first time that we will hear from one such officer and we are looking forward to the details coming out of that. one thing that we know we'll be in that if the more information about the substance believed to have been used on sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal. the home secretary made clear this morning that she hoped there would be some detail given. i'm not convinced it is going to be an exact chemical name or chemical formula. i think we may get the general area on which the suspicion falls, the kind of substance that is believed to have been used. whether

thatis believed to have been used. whether that is because the police are being cautious about releasing the full details or whether they still do not really know exactly what it was at this stage was up that is not clear to me. just a thought about the kind of character of this investigation now because clearly it has been handled by counterterrorism officers. the scale of the operation and the kind of questions the investigation is now raising. clearly when counterterrorism police involved they operate as a very high degree of detail. they have a reputation for being much more detailed and thorough and frankly just having many more resources than other detectives in the uk. so it is likely that this will now become a highly detailed operation, a lot more evidence is going to be gathered than might otherwise have happened. and i think we have seen some impact of that in salisbury today, the kind of response to

incidents will be much higher, the amount of equipment likely to be now in salisbury in terms of vehicles that can respond to any war findings. i think there will be a great deal more work going on than perhaps there had been up until now. because inevitably investigations like this to start off slowly because it takes some time for people to realise the import of what has happened. for people to realise who it is that is in e and mm is that that mi . ht be why it is that that might be significant. i'm not convinced that people feel that they've lost too much time over the day and a half or so that it took to fully dearer. but the key to this is what we were talking about in the first place, what the substances, can they get to the bottom of that and then coming work out how to help the people that are critically ill in hospital and of course coming work out who it was that administered the substance. many thanks. and we will be back as

soon as many thanks. and we will be back as soon as that statement takes place. a teenager has gone on trial accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train last september. 30 people were hurt in the incident during rush hour at parson's green station. 18—year—old ahmed hassan from sunbury in surrey denies attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is following the trial at the old bailey. an autumn morning in the rush—hour and there's an emergency on an underground train in west london. today the old bailey heard how last september an improvised explosive device partially detonated on a district line train. it had just pulled into parsons green station. this partial explosion created a large fireball in the carriage. there were around 93 passengers in the carriage, the court was told, some were caught by the flames and sustained significant burns. today the teenager on trial for the attack was brought to court to face charges of attempted murder and causing an explosion

likely to endanger life. 18—year—old ahmed hassan, an asylum seeker from iraq, is pleading not guilty. at the time of his arrest he had been living with foster parents. opening the case, the prosecutor alison morgan said of the passengers, many ran in fear and panic. they were fortunate. had the device fully detonated it is inevitable that serious injury and significant damage would have been caused within the carriage. those in close proximity to the device may well have been killed. the jury heard that ahmed hassan had left the device in a bucket. it was said to be loaded with shrapnel to cause maximum harm and carnage. and he had used the explosive tatp. the device was fitted with a timer. ahmed hassan had got off the train one station before. he was arrested 2a hours later. the european council has said

the stated position of the uk government on brexit will ‘limit the depth of a future partnership‘ with the eu — and have ‘negative economic consequences‘. the warning is included in the council‘s draft guidelines for the next phase of brexit talks — in which it offers the prospect of a limited free—trade deal. the chancellor philip hammond is making the case for financial services to be included in any such agreement. donald tusk, president of the european council, had this to say on future trade relations. our agreement will not make trade between the uk and the eu frictionless or smoother. it will make it more complicated and costly for all of us. this is the essence of brexit. a pick and mix approach for a non member state is out of the question. we are not going to sacrifice these principles, it‘s simply

not in our interest. the chancellor philip hammond, speaking earlier, said that excluding london‘s role as a global financial centre from the overall trade deal would be unfair and self—defeating for the european union. the pm was clear on friday that we‘ve decided to leave the eu and we accept that there will be consequences. we do not expect the same relationship we have today across all area of activity in financial services. trade—offs should be expected and the industry will change. but we should ensure that the future partnership strengthens european stability and prosperity rather than weakening it. simonjack is our business editor. a couple of answers to be reflected

uponin a couple of answers to be reflected upon in some detail. well the chancellor first, i spoke to some city folk and they broadly welcomed it and city folk and they broadly welcomed itand said city folk and they broadly welcomed it and said with more detail about how we could possibly achieve what we have been told is not achievable, putting the all—importa nt we have been told is not achievable, putting the all—important financial services inside this agreement which we had been told could not happen. the chancellor said it is necessary, possible and desirable to keep them in. necessary that the uk taxpayer cannot be a rule take because the uk taxpayer is on the hook for this financial centre in the uk as we found out painfully in the financial crisis. it is possible to put it in because you tried to include financial services in the deal but it was trying to do with america so they tried to do it and why not do it again. it is desirable because if you fragment the skills, the capital and money that is in london all

around europe, then you add cost to european businesses and european customers. he also said that london, its loss would not be to the gain of europe but singapore and hong kong. so he tried to put out a vision of how to include that today. but they welcomed it to a point but they did say that this is the end of the uk negotiating with itself. although we learn today was a fleshing out of our own position. the negotiation that we have had the match our own cabinet. that is very different from getting some kind of solution with the other side. donald tusk made that statement today and do they ta ke that statement today and do they take that at surface level but there can be no cherry picking, that it is just not possible. he seems to suggest there is no flexibility there. well the uk was getting excited saying with that speech by

two is a may and philip hammond, that a pathway was being laid out to sorting this out. a bit of cold water for dinner today. some people say it is negotiating strategy for the not underestimate how important the not underestimate how important the integrity of the single market is to the european. sometimes we misunderstand that. for many people the single market and the eu is a triumph over fascism and war and has been very carefully constructed so they will not start to pull it apart just from the uk. but many people i speak to just from the uk. but many people i speakto in just from the uk. but many people i speak to in europe think this plan on financial services makes economic sense. so politicians are saying one thing, and if you left it to the two sets of regulators it would be over in five minutes but of course it is not like that. thank you very much. with me now from the houses of parliament is the former conservative cabinet minister nicky morgan — chair of the treasury select committee. thank you forjoining us. what do

you make of the exchange between philip hammond and donald tusk? what it shows is that we are at the start ofa it shows is that we are at the start of a set of negotiations and there is a difference of opinion, not very surprising. and of course we had not seen surprising. and of course we had not seen financial services as part of a major free trade agreement butjust because we have not so far does not mean it cannot be done. we are in a different position because the uk and eu rules on financial services are currently aligned. so there been pulled apart but i hear what donald tuskis pulled apart but i hear what donald tusk is saying about whether it is in the interests of the eu. and also i think london provides a huge amount of money for the rest of europe. we have very deep liquid capital markets and that provides great and if it to many european companies. so i suspect there is a deal to be done. let‘s see where we get to. but the kind of shape of deal that philip hammond seemed to

hint that is that something you think is basically on the right track but what i think what phillips said today and what the prime minister said last week was the phrase mutual recognition. minister said last week was the phrase mutual recognitionm minister said last week was the phrase mutual recognition. it is less tha n phrase mutual recognition. it is less than what we have at the moment in terms of access but i think it is where a deal can be done. it is supported by many institutions in the financial services sector but also it has come out of work being done, led by the city of london, working with other companies and regulators around europe and so i think if you took the government out of the equation, politics, i think the companies and regulators could get a mutual recognition deal ready quickly for the broader issue is about the lack of detail but many business leaders say is bothering them. we're now is a pretty advanced stage in negotiations as the uk tries to present its case. what is your thought on the way that

ministers are providing clarity or trying to stop i think the speech by the prime minister last week and today from the chancellor had been a welcome but of course it wouldn‘t good if we had had more of this probably a good few months ago or even a year. but i think it all had to be worked out with up we have taken evidence this afternoon in the treasury select committee from logistics companies thinking about customs and border is and they say just over 30 months to go and it does not leave them much time to start preparing and train people. so time really is ticking on both in terms of negotiations at also in terms of negotiations at also in terms of negotiations at also in terms of businesses, companies, individuals, people who rely on eu rules to know where they stand after we leave. so that is why negotiating a transition period as we hope will be announced at the eu council this month is so important because it gives people another year and a half, almost two years to start to

plan how they will deal with the changes. what is your sense of the atmosphere on the conservative benches in the commons given that the government is clearly in a difficult position with its lack of majority in the prime minister trying tojuggle majority in the prime minister trying to juggle lots of things. what is your sense of the mood now given we‘ve reached a very sensitive stage in negotiations. given we‘ve reached a very sensitive stage in negotiationslj given we‘ve reached a very sensitive stage in negotiations. i think there is huge support for the prime minister and recognition that she has an enormously difficult task on hand. a huge challenge for top i think there is a mood of appreciation for the speech she gave last week which did provide more detailed and actually most important the telnet set. no hard border in northern ireland, we will not walk away from negotiations, we will bring people together. so i think on all sides the mood in the party is giving the prime minister time and space to respond to what the eu was saying, to go to the eu council and hopefully get that transition deal sorted. but of course passions run

high about europe in the party and i suspect that will continue to be the case. thank you. let's take a look at what is going on in new scotland ya rd at what is going on in new scotland yard and we are expecting the assista nt yard and we are expecting the assistant commissioner and head of counterterrorism mark rowley to emerge any minute to give us an update on the police investigation into the suspected poisoning of the former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal. both critically ill in hospital. they collapsed in salisbury at the weekend. we expect a news conference, they may have more details on the substance that was suspect it had been used in the incident over the weekend that caused the illness of these people. but as we heard earlierfrom home affairs correspondent we may not get affairs correspondent we may not get a slice details about the substance but just a slice details about the substance

butjust some information about its general character. we expect mark rowley to emerge any moment and we will come back to that straightaway when that happens. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: new images of sergei skripal who remains critically ill in hospital. police are about to reveal more about the substance used in the suspected poisoning of the former russian agent. the chancellor urges the eu to include financial markets in any future trade deal after brexit — but the president of the european council, donald tusk, says the uk cannot have a ‘pix and mix approach‘ to negotiations. a teenager goes on trial — accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train during rush hour last september. 30 people were hurt in the incident near parsons green station. in sport with your budgeting says his players need to bring a brave and positive attitude to wembley later if they are to get past

juventus and into the champions league quarterfinals. that pretty budgeting. ross taylor was the hero for the black caps in australia with 181. and blair kinghorn will make his first start for scotland against ireland in the six nations in dublin on saturday. replacing the injured tommy seymour on the wing. more on those stories in a few minutes. a second lorry driver involved in a collision on the m1 last august has been cleared of eight charges of causing death by dangerous driving. 5a year—old david wagstaff from stoke—on trent was on a hands—free call at the time of the collision — and had already admitted to careless driving. yesterday 31 year—old rysza rd masierak — who was driving the other lorry involved — was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving,

as our correspondent helena lee reports. the sheer force of the impact of the crash is clear to see. a crash that was entirely avoidable, the trial heard, with the most catastrophic and tragic consequences. ryszard masierak stopped his lorry in the slow lane of the m1 for 12 minutes. the jury was shown this dash cam footage from another lorry driver on the road before the collision. he passed ryszard masierak‘s lorry here on the left, stationary in the slow lane. the court heard ryszard masierak was twice over the legal limit. and he had been driving erratically in the hours before. soon after, syriacjoseph, the minibus driver, tried to go around ryszard masierak‘s lorry. he missed his chance, stopped behind it, and put his hazard lights on. moments later, david wagstaff‘s glory ploughed lorry ploughed into the back of the minibus.

during the trial the court heard how david wagstaff had been on a hands—free call for nearly an hour at the time of the crash and his lorry on cruise control. syriac joseph and seven of his passengers died in the crash. he had been taking them to london where they were going on to disneyland in paris. four others in the minibus were seriously injured. six months on from the crash, and mrjoseph‘s family feel his loss deeply. i miss him a lot. my life is completely changed. like completely changed so much. and it is hard and i‘m trying to get through it. we all are. the crown prosecution service says this case serves as a stark warning to other drivers. it is a clear reminder to all drivers holding a drivers license brings with it a high degree of responsibility. it should be at the forefront of every driver‘s mind. for the families the end of this trial may bring some closure. after one of the worst motorway

crashes in recent years. helena lee, bbc news reading crown court. a leaked report suggests save the children‘s chairman sir alan parker was too close to the charity‘s ceo justin forsyth to deal adequately with complaints about his inappropriate behaviour three women employees accused mr forsyth of inappropriate behaviour, for which he said he had apologised. a leaked email from the time suggested mr forsyth should not be alone with female employees. protesters interrupted a board meeting this week to call for sir alan parker to resign. the retailer new look is to close 60 of its 593 branches expecting to result in 980 job losses. the company says it is having to take tough but necessary action to reduce

costs a nd tough but necessary action to reduce costs and restore long—term affordability. president tom, his main economic adviser gary cohn has resigned in the latest high—profile departure from the trump white house. his decision to leave comes just after the president said he could provoke a trade war by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium tariffs. another day, another high—profile departure from the trump white house. gary cohn had been there from the start. seen as a moderate with experience in business at the highest level, the former president of goldman sachs bank helped mr trump push through his sweeping tax reforms. therefore we are going to return the top capital gains tax rate and dividend rate to 20%... a democrat and a supporter of free trade, he is believed to have been angered and taken by surprise when the president announced his plan to impose tariffs on aluminium and steel imports. and we‘re going to be instituting tariffs... the move has been widely criticised as a precursor to a damaging trade war which could result in usjob losses.

gary cohn will leave the white house in the next few weeks. shortly before his resignation was announced, the president said he enjoyed conflict and people around him with different points of view. and he wasn‘t concerned about filling top jobs. the white house has tremendous energy, it has tremendous spirit. it is a great place to be working. many, many people want every singlejob. you know, i read "oh, gee, maybe people don‘t want to work for trump." and believe me, everybody wants to work in the white house. they all want a piece of that oval office. they want a piece of the west wing. chaos prevails at the white house. apparently with the full support of the president. peter bose, bbc news. when we get that statement from new scotla nd when we get that statement from new scotland yard on the latest on the investigation into the suspected poisoning of the former russian

agent who will bring that to you straightaway. it is running a bit late but we will go there straightaway as soon as we get that. in the it was a glorious day for many today, quite mild in the sunshine, almost springlike for some. there we re almost springlike for some. there were a few showers in the forecast and some likely overnight. some rain and some likely overnight. some rain and snow pushing in in any areas of low pressure. this feature moves into the south—west of england and wales and then into the midlands. certainly some snow over the higher ground in wales. cold further north with some ice which could be a problem on thursday morning. further south we have rain, sleet and snow spreading across wales and in towards the humber estuary. then improving considerably into the

afternoon with sunshine. some showers in the north and the west. dreyer further east and then a notch down on temperatures today. friday not looking too bad, set to turn milder heading into the weekend. the headlines at 530. new images over sergei skripal who remains critically ill in hospital as police reveal more about the substance used in the suspected poisoning of the former russian agent. scotland yard say there will be a statement very soon say there will be a statement very soon about the substance that was found in salisbury and that statement is coming up within the next few minutes. it is 531, we have been following

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