this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8pm... police have revealed that a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in an attempted murder using a nerve agent. this is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agent. a teenager has gone on trial accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train last september. the chancellor has said financial markets must be part of any future trade deal after brexit, but the eu isn't impressed. —— financial services must be. a trade deal will only happen if it is fair and balanced in the interests of both sides. a pick and mix trade deal for a non—member state is out of the question. a second lorry driver has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving following a crash on the m1 that killed eight people. also in the next hour... the saudi crown prince has been meeting the queen at the start of a three day visit.

mohammed bin salman also met the prime minister, where they discussed plans for £65 billion worth of mutual trade and investment opportunities. but there have been some street protests against the kingdom's human rights record. and britain is powering up for the winter paralympics on friday as it hopes for a record medal haul. good evening and welcome to bbc news. police say they believe a nerve agent was used to try to murder a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury, with hundreds of detectives and forensic officers now working on the investigation. these are the last pictures of sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, caught on cctv in the town centre on sunday afternoon.

anti—terror police believe they were targeted specifically. shortly afterwards, the pair were found unconscious on a bench outside the maltings shopping centre. they remain critically ill in hospital. a police officer who attended the scene is also in a serious condition. police have sealed off zizzi's italian restaurant, where the father and daughter are believed to have had their last meal before they collapsed. the authorities say there is no risk of a wider risk to public health. the government's emergency committee cobra has been meeting to discuss the situation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds sent us this report. sergei skripal is a man with a shadowy past. relatives said he feared it would catch up with him, but he was using his own name, living a normal life, popping into a corner shop last month for milk and bacon. tonight, he and his daughter are gravely ill and now, the police have revealed why.

in summary, this is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by the administration of a nerve agent. as you know, these two people remain critically ill in hospital. sadly, in addition, a police officer who was one of the first to attend the scene and respond to the incident, is now also in a serious condition in hospital. counter—terrorism officers are being advised by public health agencies, they say there is no obvious outstanding risk and they are trying to work out what the skripals were doing in salisbury after arriving on sunday. that was at 1:30pm. police are investigating reports that sergei skripal had lunch with a woman at this italian restaurant. they were behaving strangely, she had dark hair, resembled his daughter yulia in this picture. but police have already seized this cctv footage from just before lipm.

a man and a blonde haired woman heading to the area where the family were taken ill on a park bench. an eyewitness who saw that has told us... the girl was young, pretty, blonde hair, i couldn't see her face very well because she was leant on him. blonde hair, dark hair, detectives will need to sort through a mass of eyewitness reports and cctv, to establish the truth. the government was briefed on the inquiry today. we need to keep a cool head and make sure that we collect all the evidence we can, and we need to make sure that we respond not to rumour but to all the evidence that they collect. and then, we will need to decide what action to take. but life in central salisbury is now dominated by the response to the suspected poisoning. at lunchtime this, after a woman appeared to have been taken ill at the offices next to the restaurant. police would not discuss why there was such a huge emergency response.

but with two lives in jeopardy at the local hospital, it is clear why the risk has to be taken seriously. we were joined a little earlier by our security correspondent gordon corera. he said russia was seen as the most likely culprit for the poisoning. nerve agents are not easy to manufacture. they are dangerous to manufacture, complex to manufacture. this is not something that, for instance, a criminal or even an organised crime gang would use. nerve agents are typically, not always, but typically produced by a relatively small number of states. you can see that this narrows the focus of the inquiry. government officials are still being very cautious to not say it is definitely russia. you can see why they do not

wa nt to russia. you can see why they do not want to get out of the facts. they might know which nerve agent it wasn't that might help them to narrow it down for that and focus it, but they do not want to get ahead of what the facts are showing them in terms of who it was. because they want to be sure they have a significant budget the evidence improve when they say who it is. especially with a police officer also affected, the pressure will be on to take significant action. certainly this increases the likelihood it was a state, certainly russia remains the most likely culprit. gordon corera reporting. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are caroline wheeler, the deputy political editor at the sunday times, and jane merrick, political commentator. an 18—year—old asylum seeker from iraq has gone on trial accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train at parson's green in south—west london last september. the jury has been told that the device was designed to cause maximum harm and carnage.

30 people were injured were the bomb partially exploded. ahmed hassan denies attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is at the old bailey. ——june —— june kelly has ——june kelly has more. an autumn morning last year. and today the old bailey heard how an improvised explosive device partially detonated on an underground train just as it pulled into parsons green station. the partial explosion created a large fireball in a carriage carrying around 93 passengers. some were caught by the flames and sustained significant burns. 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. when he arrived in the uk he told immigration officials that he had been forcibly taken by the islamic state group and trained to kill by them.

he said he had got away from is and was in fear of them. today the court heard that hassan left his device in a bucket on the train. it was said to be loaded with shrapnel to cause maximum harm and damage. and he had used the volatile explosive tatp. the prosecutor, alison morgan, said of the passengers, many ran in fear and panic. ahmed hassan had fitted the device with a timer. he got off at the station before. he was arrested 2a hours later. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has told theresa may that there can be no pick and mix approach to brexit. he was responding to

the prime minister's mansion house speech last week. he said mrs may wanted to demonstrate at any price that brexit could be a success, but that was not the eu's objective. meanwhile the chancellor phillip hammond said any deal that didn't include britain's service sector — which includes banks — would not be a fair deal. —— any deal that didn't include britain's financial services sector. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. a different mansion house. this time, in a luxembourg garden. but this strife ahead, even this the most tranquil surroundings. the european union, revealed its response to theresa may's plans for brexit. it will make it more complicated and costly than today, 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 is simply not in our interest. unfortunately and we have to know,

there will be be no winners after the brexit. both sides will be losing. the eu has been united with that gloomy message but it was only on friday the prime minister said she wanted an ambitious trade partnership where the bloc but accepted compromises would be made. so how do the two sides compare? the eu guidelines of a possible deal say there will be negative economic consequences. and while the prime minister said all agreements mean picking and choosing, the eu insists the uk can't cherry pick the bits of the eu it likes. but the unions' accepted the goal of a trade deal where there are no tariff, but controversially, only if the eu keeps access to fish british waters. crucially there is space to budge. the document says if the uk positions were to evolves, the union will be prepared

to reconsider its off and there is the chance of brokering is a limited deal over services, including the giant money machine of the city of london. where the chancellor shrugged off the brussels position. they are very skilled and disciplined in the way they carry out negotiation. it doesn't surprise me remotely that what they have set out this morning is a very tough position. but labour claims the government's approach is all over the place. we can change the tone to one of mutual respect, we can get the deal that will protect the economy and jobs. there are big gaps between what the government wants and what the eu is willing to give. and it is clear, it is easier for brussels not westminster to call the shots, but in this long tortured process, today is not a moment of political panic,

it is clear from both sides and from these guidelines, there is a real conversation to be had. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent ben wright has the latest from westminster. theresa may's speech last week was given good marks, actually, by quite a few people on this side of the pond. brexit and remainer, saying it was a mullioned, realistic, made a lot of sense. the eu was clearly not impressed? you are right. that is exactly how it was seen here by a lot of people, she pulled off the feet of getting her entire cabinet, which is pretty divided on some of the fundamentals brexit and the future trade relationship we want, to sign up to this position, which as laura explained set out a plan for how britain would like some very close alignment with the eu's economic system after brexit but also the freedom to go our own way on other areas. i think that was

given the thumbs up by many within her own party in parliament, but the eu has completely rebuffed it and ignored large chunks of the compromises theresa may sketched out. and is sticking to the line we heard through the negotiation that essentially there can be no pick and mix, no cherry picking, fundamentally the uk has a choice, are we going down the norway route, remaining a member of the single market and the customs union, or if it sticks with the red lines it has set out, have a free—trade deal of the sword it is just about to sign with japan, that it out of canada. there is not really much room for anything beyond that. what we heard from donald tusk was a very firm rebuff of their creative ideas that we have had from the uk government. it is difficult to see at the moment is whether compromises will be. the two sides are very para part, this isa two sides are very para part, this is a starting position from the eu. —— mcgregor to represent a very thorough part. the draft is expected

to be agreed by eu leaders at the end of the month. is critical for our economy and financial services is part of any future trade deal, but the eu say that will not necessarily be the case? no explicit mention of financial services in this agreement. a vague reference to services more broadly. the eu sees this future relationship being a pretty old—fashioned free—trade agreement, perhaps with some extra things bolted on to reflect the fact that we are a departing member of the single market, but it is saying with complete clarity that there can be no bending of the single market rules to accommodate the uk. the political integrity of the eu has to be respected, the legal integrity of the single market cannot be adjusted to suit the uk's demands. that political position that the eu is taking on this has been consistent throughout, and the question is

whether in the next few months there will be the potential for compromise. clearly that is the uk government ‘s, and the british government today has said this is not a great surprise from the new and it is the basis for the start of and it is the basis for the start of a conversation. there must be those in whitehall who are pretty anxious that the eu does not seem to be making the same set of conciliatory noises that theresa may was straining to make on her big speech last week. thank you, ben wright at westminster. the headlines on bbc news... police have revealed that a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent, and a police officer who was first on the scene in salisbury is also seriously ill. a teenager has gone on trial accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train during rush hour last september. 30 people were hurt in the incident at parsons green station. the chancellor has urged the eu to include financial markets in any future trade deal after brexit — but the president of the european council, donald tusk, said the uk cannot have a pick and mix approach to negotiations.

now let's find out what is happening in the world of sport, with hugh woozencroft. good evening. a huge evening for two british clubs in the champions league is under way. let's start at wembley where tottenham are playing the italian giants ofjuventus. 2—2 after the first leg. it is the english side having the better of things so far. so newman had the third shot on target for spurs. they could count themselves lucky not to concede a penalty when jan vertonghen collided with a juventus player. the event as goalkeeper, gianluigi buffon, was tested again by son. you can follow the match on radio 5 live and bbc manchester city, meanwhile,

had a 4—0 lead after their first leg against basel. it only took them seven minutes to score at the etihad, gablerjese is making it 5—0 on aggregate. a complacent city work caught out, buzz ahn tapping one in with around half an hour gone. —— basel tapping one in. there's a big night ahead too for england's women who only need a point from their final match of the shebelieves cup against the usa to win the tournament. they've already beaten france and drawn with germany. the americans, though, are the highest ranked team in the world, so plenty at stake tonight. but how will they celebrate if they win? defender millie bright says the team can send a message to their rivals. we have never been in this position in this tournament before, so to be in that position already has sent a big message to everyone and shown our capability to be one of the top teams. to win it, it seals the deal and allows everyone to start

believing in us as much as we believe in ourselves. i think it will send a really big message. we know we are capable of doing it. uefa's investigation into claims of racism towards liverpool's england under 17 striker rhian brewster has failed to find conclusive evidence. brewster, who helped england lift the under 17 world cup last year, said he was racially abused by spartak moscow captain leonid mironov during a uefa youth league game