the war of words sparked by the salisbury poisoning intensifies — russia's ambassador to the uk accuses boris johnson of insulting the russian people. he says the comparison of his country to nazi germany is "unacceptable" and "irresponsible". nobody has the right to insult the russian people, who defeated nazism and lost more than 25 million people, by comparing our country to nazi germany. this afternoon the prime minister will call for unity at an eu summit in the wake of the salisbury attack. also this lunchtime... on the first anniversary of the westminster bridge attack, a memorial in lights to all those killed through terrorism in the capital last year. if we allow our communities to fragment and be scared, then the terrorist succeeds. we need to be emboldened, we need to be empowered, we need to be stronger to say actually we're not going the founder of facebook says he's

sorry the british firm cambridge analytica was allowed to use of the data of 50 million members. there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nation states like russia to do election interference, to make it so that trolls and other folks can't spread fake news. an investigation finds police failing to respond promptly to 999 calls means some victims aren't being seen for hours or even days. and — why, after brexit, the new blue british passport, is going to be made by a french company. and coming up on bbc news, england cricket head coach, trevor bayliss, describes his players as deer in headlights as they collapsed to 58 all out in the first test against new zealand. good afternoon and welcome

to the bbc news at one. russia's ambassador to london has condemned remarks made by the foreign secretary, comparing russia's hosting of the world cup to adolf hitler's 1936 olympics. alexander ya kovenko called boris johnson's comments totally irresponsible, and added that the british government hasn't provided any evidence that his country was behind the poisoning of a double agent and his daughter. the prime minister, theresa may, at an eu summit later will urge european unity against russia, in the wake of the salisbury attack. our correspondent naomi grimley reports. theresa may is off on a diplomatic mission to get eu countries to back

her tough stance on russia. at a summit in brussels, this is watching will tell her european counterparts. —— what she will tell her european counterparts. ever since the nerve agent attack in salisbury at the start of this month, relations with russia seem to have worsened by the day. yesterday they took another dip after the foreign secretary agreed there was a parallel between president putin hosting the world cup and hitler hosting the 1936 olympics. yes, i think the comparison with 1936 is certainly right. this morning the russian ambassador speaking to the british media said that had been irresponsible. the british government is free to make a decision about its participation in the world cup, but nobody has the

right to insult the russian people, who defeated nazism and lost more than 25 million people, by comparing oui’ than 25 million people, by comparing our country to nazi germany. that goes beyond common sense, and we do not think british war veterans, including those of the arctic convoys , including those of the arctic convoys, would share this opinion. and he questioned the uk's version of events in salisbury. britain has, without any evidence, blamed russia of poisoning three people and continues to refuse to cooperate. we cannot accept that. meanwhile jeremy corbyn was urging the government here to concentrate on serious dialogue. i'm not sure the language used by some of our ministers is particularly helpful or sensible. i don't have any problem with the

people of russia, or the people of any country. do we have problems with people who abuse human rights? sure we do, and you have to draw that distinction. with three people still in hospital in salisbury, britain wants to seek unequivocal support from its european allies, and with britain heading out of the eu ina and with britain heading out of the eu in a year's time, today will be a particular test of theresa may's clout on the world stage. in a moment we'll speak to our europe correspondent damian grammaticas in brussels but first our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. exceptionally strong language from the russian ambassador, just listening to him in the last few minutes really. we seem to be locked into an increasingly charged confrontation, not just into an increasingly charged confrontation, notjust the comments made by the russian ambassador or borisjohnson, but made by the russian ambassador or boris johnson, but the made by the russian ambassador or borisjohnson, but the prime minister tonight will tell eu leaders britain and the european

union are facing a threat from russia for years to come and that russia for years to come and that russia is now our strategic enemy, citing the salisbury attack as the latest in a series of aggressive moves by russia and crimea, ukraine, shooting down of the malaysian airline, cyber warfare, interference in western elections, almost in the hope she can almostjolt the eu into accepting the scale of the challenge we now face from russia at a time when many eu countries seem to have a somewhat ambivalent attitude towards president putin. then we have the russian ambassador here, not just have the russian ambassador here, notjust condemning boris have the russian ambassador here, not just condemning boris johnson's comparison of the world cup to the pearl in olympics, but also saying the british case against russia is based on pure assumption, no proof, accusing britain of being in breach of the vienna convention by not

allowing consular access to surrogate script file and his daughter yulia, surrogate script file and his daughteryulia, defending surrogate script file and his daughter yulia, defending the light—hearted tweets by the russian embassy about the salisbury attack as examples of british humour and attacking britain for failing to provide any evidence. no wonder in that sort of climate some mps here are openly talking about a new cold war. norman, thank you. let's head to brussels. is theresa may going to get the support, the back—up she's looking for at the summit?” get the support, the back—up she's looking for at the summit? i think the clear answer is yes and we know that because eu leaders have already given fairly strong statements of support for the uk. in the build—up to this summit this morning, several of them saying do they support the uk position, yes they do. we know some eu countries view themselves, baltic countries who share borders with russia, as on the front line

and believe they faced threats from russia for a long time. others have closer political and business ties with russia who want to see the burden of proof but they will agree a statement this evening which will say they have taken extremely seriously the uk government position and the eu countries will talk about coordinating their own preparations in case of nerve agents or similar threats in europe but the uk government is not asking eu countries to go further than that and bring in their own sanctions. so we will see a strong statement of support for now in the uk approach to this. thank you. the inquest into the death of the russian businessman nikolai glushkov has opened and adjourned in west london. mr glushkov, who was 68, was found apparently strangled at his home in new malden. police have begun a murder inquiry and are appealing for anyone with possible images of the area to come forward. a two minute's silence has been held

to mark one year since the westminster terrorist attack. five people were killed as khalid masood drove into pedestrians on westminster bridge, before stabbing pc keith palmer outside the houses of parliament. the prime minister has laid a wreath in parliament square and a memorial has been created to remember all the victims of the three terrorist attacks in the capital last year. helena lee reports. a year ago today, terror came to the heart of british democracy. the everyday routine of westminster shattered. an islamic extremist drove onto the pavement on westminster bridge and mowed down pedestrians before stabbing to death pc keith palmer at the gates of parliament. he was then killed by armed police. colleagues, she will

110w “— armed police. colleagues, she will 110w —— we armed police. colleagues, she will now —— we shall now observe a one—minute's silence in respectful memory of those who died a year ago today. this morning, mps paid their respects. and this lunchtime, a service of prayer and reflection was held in westminster hall. goodness is stronger than evil, love is stronger than hate, light is stronger than hate, light is stronger than hate, light is stronger than darkness, life is stronger than darkness, life is stronger than darkness, life is stronger than death. victory is ours through him who loves us. stories of remarkable selflessness emerged from the day, the mp who rushed to save the day, the mp who rushed to save the stabbed policeman said it was important never to give in to

terrorism. we mustn't let the terrorist win. if we allow ourselves to be tortured in this way, they succeed. if we allow our communities to fragment, the terrorist succeeds. we need to be emboldened, empowered, to be stronger to say actually we are not going to be affected by this. we are going to stand up to it and endure. a friend and colleague of the fallen policeman described the scene. we didn't know at the time whether it was described as a lone wolf attack or multi marauding attack with loads of people coming in through parliament. mass confusion really. eventually one of my came over and said, who was it? who is the officer on the floor? he said it is your friend who is the officer on the floor? he said it is yourfriend keith. terrible. it is great that he's been honoured in the last few months for

the bravery awards and the things he has done, i would sooner still have him here beside me. people deserve them awards and merits and things when they are alive. people on westminster bridge were also killed, andrea christia from romania was one of them. her sister has spoken of her loss. there are moments when we ta ke her loss. there are moments when we take the phone to call her or to write on the messenger. we spend our whole time together, and now all of this doesn't make any sense. it is not the same thing and it won't be the same. westminster bridge marks the same. westminster bridge marks the first of a wave of terrorist attacks last year. britain will mark more anniversaries like today for all of those who lost their lives and were injured, and with the

current threat level at severe, they may not be the last. our political correspondent vicki young is in westminster. and it's a day of reflection. yes, a very sombre day and there are people with personal stories, whether it's thejunior doctors who with personal stories, whether it's the junior doctors who came from the hospital to the bridge to help people, or staff from westminster abbey who offered refuge to those fleeing the attack, then to the hundreds of parliamentary staff here hiding in central lobby having heard gunshots, simply afraid and not knowing what was coming their way. a lot of attention has fallen on to pc keith palmer of course and the idea ofa keith palmer of course and the idea of a sense of duty i think. people talking about the emergency services, people whosejob it talking about the emergency services, people whose job it is everyday to run towards danger and protect people, there's been an awful lot of protection on that as well. theresa may, the prime

minister, laid flowers in parliament square. her message on there was of course to those who are lost but also in defiance of those seeking to silence our democracy. that is what todayis silence our democracy. that is what today is about, about uniting around those values, standing up to terrorism and making sure people come together rather than being split apart. thank you. the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has apologised after data from 50 million users was exploited by the british company cambridge analytica. speaking publicly for the first time since allegations surfaced that data was misused during the us presidential election, he acknowledged there has been a major breach of trust. from washington, chris buckler reports. facebook contains a world of personal information. more than two billion users have entrusted it with details including their age, whether they are in a relationship, and, perhaps crucially, their political leanings. cambridge analytica, and potentially other firms, are accused of exploiting that data

in an attempt to influence, among other things, the us presidential election. and ultimately for that breach in trust, facebook and its founder are having to take responsibility. if you'd told me in 2004 when i was getting started with facebook that a big part of my responsibility today would be to help protect the integrity of elections against interference by other governments, you know, i wouldn't have really believed that that was going to be something i would have to work on. for days, mark zuckerberg was silent while damaging allegations were broadcast around the world of how cambridge analytica took advantage of information from facebook users. now he is promising a full forensic audit, and he says that anyone whose data may have been compromised will be told. but mr zuckerberg knows his social network will continue to be tested by those looking to exploit it.

there's a lot of hard work that we need to do to make it harder for nation states like russia to do election interference, to make it so that trolls and other folks can't spread fake news, but we can get in front of this and we have a responsibility to do this. not only for the 2018 midterms in the us, which are going to be a huge deal this year and that's just a huge focus of us, but there's a big election in india this year, there's a big election in brazil, there are big elections around the world. politicians in both the uk and the us also have questions for mark zuckerberg. he said he would appear before congress in america if it was the right thing to do, and with talk of greater regulation and new rules, the face of facebook may find he has little choice. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones joins us. has mark zuckerberg done enough,

said enough? i'm not sure he has and not enough time. there is a sign that used to be on the wall at facebook saying move fast and break things and that was the philosophy of the company. they didn't seem to worry too much if things went wrong along the way for their users, that could be fixed eventually. they've waited a very long time, not a few days since the scandal broke, but they knew about this back in 2015 they knew about this back in 2015 they knew about this back in 2015 they knew that this data had been taken from their customers and shared illegally, from their point of view, with a commercial company, cambridge analytic. they didn't do much back then, they didn't tell the 50 million customers until last week they were actually sending lawyers' letters to the journalists pursuing this story on the guardian and the observer, warning them. so they didn't seem too concerned until it blew up in their faces. we are seeing a continual pattern of things going wrong, them apologising, saying things will get better and then the next incident comes along.

whether that will have any impact on users is another matter. obviously some people saying where giving it up. ithink some people saying where giving it up. i think an awful lot of them will still see it as quite an important part of their lives. rory cellan—jones, thank you. our top story this lunchtime: the war of words sparked by the salisbury poisoning intensifies. russia's ambassador to the uk accuses boris johnson of insulting the russian people. and coming up — with a third baby due, the duchess of cambridge carries out her final public engagement before maternity leave. coming up in sports, history is made by gareth bale as wales take on china in ryan giggs' first game in charge of the national team. some victims of crime aren't being seen by police officers for hours, or even days, after phoning for help, because of a failure to respond promptly to 999 calls. the inspectorate of constabulary

says a quarter of forces in england and wales are struggling to respond to emergency calls, and are often overwhelmed by the demand. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw's report contains some flash photography. police call: hello, police, what's your emergency? has the thin blue line become too thin? the body that monitors the police says the service is under significant stress, with vulnerable victims often not getting a prompt response to emergency calls. it found that thousands of 999 calls, which needed officers to attend within 60 minutes, weren't dealt with for hours, or in some cases several days. we have raised this as a serious concern. it's a sign of stress within the system, but it's a fundamental thing that the police are there to do, is turn up when the public most need them. one woman who needed the police was luisa mendes, from leamington spa in warwickshire. she dialled 999 to report an assault. that was at 8:30pm,

but officers didn't arrive until the next morning. she was later found dead. every victim of domestic abuse needs to get the right response to the police the first time that she reaches out. it's very concerning to hear about 999 calls not being responded to promptly and in an appropriate way. it can leave victims of domestic abuse alone and in dangerous situations. examples where police have been slow to respond are highlighted on twitter. this man said he reported a drunken hit and run driver to leicestershire police but says "they asked me to bring my documents in before they would do anything". another tweeted that her son was threatened with a knife, but it took the police three hours to turn up. she says the perpetrator was still walking round with the knife for the entire time. the inspectorate says delays are caused when police don't have the resources available to respond, though police and crime commissioners have now been allowed to increase funding through the council tax.

we need more of that money to go into local policing. we've got a number of police forces who will be increasing their number of police officers next year in order to improve those response times, but what we also need to address is the demand on policing which is coming from other areas which aren't necessarily crimes, such as mental health, which is accounting for well over a third of police time in some areas. inspectors say most police forces are managing to keep the public safe despite the pressures they face, but the cracks in the service are clearly beginning to show. danny shaw, bbc news. a father has be found not guilty of forcing his eldest daughter to undergo fgm — female genital mutalation — which has been illegal in the uk since 1985. let's speak to adina campbell, who's at the old bailey. the verdict only coming through in the last little while. bring us

right up to date. in the last few minutes, as you say, a 50—year—old solicitor has been cleared of all charges regarding his nine—year—old daughter. he was accused of organising female genital mutilation when she was just nine years old but he's been cleared of all the charges against him. now the case itself centred on his nine—year—old daughter. she told the court here that she had been cut on two separate occasions between 2009 and 2013. she said that it happened as she lay on a mat in a hallway at home, without any pain relief, but she was unable to identify the person who carried out the abuse. herfather person who carried out the abuse. her father gave evidence in court today and he had always maintained that he had no involvement and today, the jury of eight women and four men have cleared him of all charges. adina campbell at the old bailey, thank you. jeremy corbyn has told voters in england they should use the local elections to tell the government "enough is enough".

the labour leader was speaking at the launch of his party's campaign for the may elections. he highlighted the recent increase in council tax bills and said the conservatives were asking people to pay more for less. on may the 3rd people have the chance to send an unmistakable message to this government — that enough is enough. enough of cuts to vital services that hurt local communities. enough of cuts to schools, hospitals and local policing. enough of library and youth centres closures. enough of leaving elderly and disabled people without essential care. jeremy corbyn at his party's election launch. the duchess of cambridge is carrying out her final official engagement today, before going on maternity leave. the new baby will be fifth in line to the throne — a brother or sister to four—year—old george and his two—year—old sister, charlotte. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is with me. quite a busy pregnancy, it seems, to

the onlooker. exactly, we've seen her out and about more in this pregnancy than the previous two. these pictures were taken today, earlier today. she and the duke of two engagements on today, celebrating the commonwealth. she was wearing skinnyjeans and high heels as eight months pregnant. her pregnancy was announced months earlier because she suffered extreme morning sickness. she was back on show last october after being out of the public eye. if we get our pregnancy calculator out, she has both times gone off on maternity leave almost exactly five weeks before the due date so if we say this might be the same, that would be about the 26th of april so we'd expect the picture is similar to the one we have the previous two pregnancies, we are expecting her to go to st mary's in paddington, there

she is with charlotte in 2015, so the lindo wing, will become very familiar to viewers again. finally, as i'm sure you are aware betting already high on names. alice if it's already high on names. alice if it's a girland already high on names. alice if it's a girl and albert if it's a boy. thank you very much, sarah campbell. england's cricketers have left the field humiliated after the opening day of the first test in auckland. they were bowled out for 58. andy swiss reports. never in their darkest cricketing nightmares could they have envisaged this. england have seen a few collapses over the years. it's been taken. but once alastair cook went early their batting plunged almost uncharted depths. captainjoe root uprooted, the first of five players to go without scoring, as new zealand's bowlers ran amok. as ruthless with the ball as england were toothless with the bat. enter ben stokes, his first test since an incident outside a nightclub six months ago, but the comeback didn't last long. 0h!

it almost beggared belief, as one after another they came, they saw, and they crumbled. blink and you missed them, a conveyor belt of calamity the like of which cricket has rarely seen. by the time stuart broad was brilliantly caught, england were 27—9 and on the brink of their lowest score in test history. they did avoid that, but not by much. all out for 58 injust an hour and a half. even for seasoned observers — about as bad as it gets. england just batted terribly. and to prove a point new zealand's batsmen promptly made it all looks so easy. 175—3 at the close. after their ashes defeat a match which was supposed to help england rebuild has instead produced the ultimate demolition job. andy swiss, bbc news. wales have won a friendly match against china, in ryan giggs' first game in charge. gareth bale scored a hat—trick in

the game. it was ryan giggs' first game in charge of the team. now, once we leave the eu, the burgundy passport will be phased out. british passports will revert to blue and gold from october 2019. but they're going to be made by a french firm. simonjones has the details. the british passport is changing — a powerful symbol, brexiteers say, that britain is back, as it goes from burgundy to blue. but the boss of the british firm that has been making them in gateshead for the last eight years says he has been told by the home office that they have lost the contract, and instead they will be manufactured by a french—dutch firm, gemalto, which undercut it. i would actually quite like to invite theresa may to come to gateshead, to come to visit our production facility, come and talk to our staff and explain to them why she feels it is not right for them to be producing the british passport. the decision to favour gemalto should be reversed, according to prominent brexiteers.

i think it's both incongruous and symbolically extremely bad. what i'm really saying is this, what was the tendering process? were de la rue actually undercut? outside this passport office, there's mixed views. absolute stupidity! i mean, we need the british people to have the work. as long as it does the same thing, it's fine with me. i can travel with it, so that's no problem, yeah. british passports are set to change from burgundy to blue from next year. the home office says it has been carrying out a fair and open competition to ensure value for money for customers. it says there's no actual requirement for british passports to be manufactured here, but it says the process of personalising them, by adding the holder's data, will still happen in the uk. the home office says the new contract represents a saving of £120 million, and 70 jobs will be created. though ministers suggest that procurement process is ongoing.

there is a set of rules that apply to government procurement, to make sure we get good value for money, and of course, we have got to abide by those rules. and when we leave the european union, we will have more control over the rules that we have for government procurement. the old colour passports were phased out in the 1980s, even though the eu didn't insist on it, much to the the horror of some. i think it is one of the most revolting, insignificant, tiny minded, small pieces of paper i have ever had the misfortune to witness. it's not really a british passport, is it? de la rue says it will appeal. simon jones, bbc news. more now on our lead story and the war of words between russia and the uk. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins was at the press conference given by russia's ambassador and where do his words leave relations do you think? i think relations are

frankly so bad now that it's difficult to see how they could get significantly worse, but the ambassador did respond directly to borisjohnson when he drew parallels between what he expects to be the propaganda value that the damir buric and will try to extract —— that vladimir putin will try to extract from the world cup later this summer with adolf hitler's exploitation of the berlin olympics. the ambassador said he'd been authorised by moscow to call boris johnson's he'd been authorised by moscow to call borisjohnson's remarks unacceptable and irresponsible. he said nobody has the right to insult the russian people who defeated nazism and lost more than 25 million people by comparing our country to nazi germany. so you can see it's gone deep and i think we can predict this crisis is rumbling on for a