this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11:00 — the biggest ever mass expulsion of russian diplomats in history as britain's alliesjoin pressure on moscow over the salisbury nerve agent attack. together, we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's attem pts that we will not tolerate russia's atte m pts to that we will not tolerate russia's attempts to flout international law and undermine our values. rival demonstrations outside parliament as jeremy corbyn apologises for a second time about the pain caused by anti—semitism in the labour party. southern nhs trust is fined £2 million over the deaths of patients teresa colvin and connor sparrowhawk. the judge called each case an "unnecessary human tragedy". on newsnight, we speak to tony blair on brexit and a senior member to jeremy —— jeremy corbyn‘s team. good evening

and welcome to bbc news. it's the greatest collective expulsion of russian diplomats and intelligence officials in history. 23 countries, including america and 16 eu nations, have united in response to the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the united states is to expel 60 russian diplomats and 16 eu member states, including france and germany, are taking similar action. today's unprecedented move follows the poisoning of former russian agent sergei skripal and his daughter and the subsequent expulsion of 23 russian diplomats from the uk last week. moscow says the expulsions are a mistake and it will respond "symmetrically" to them in the coming days. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. sometimes, size really does matter.

this diplomatic action against russia by western democracies is unprecedented in its scale. on their own, the american expulsions are startling. —— remarkable. 60 russians being ordered out by the white house — a new record in the post—cold war world. more than half all eu states are expelling, backing britain with action, notjust words. nato ally canada is also clearing out some russians, as is one of president putin's largest victims, ukraine. the list may get longer. the prime minister could hardly have hoped for more. she told the commons it was the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from ourfriends and partners in the eu, north america, nato and beyond, over

the past three weeks, as we have confronted the aftermath of the salisbury incident. together, we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's continued attempts to flout international law and undermine our values. three weeks after the salisbury attack, as the investigation goes on, and warnings to those who were in the area at the time remain in place, the diplomatic heat on president putin is being turned up again. in brussels, the president of the european council, donald tusk, said today's eu could even be extended quite quickly. additional measures, including further expulsions within the common eu framework, are not to be excluded in the coming days and weeks. today's action has its roots in years of alleged russian misbehaviour. from president putin's annexation of crimea, judged illegal by most of the outside world, through armed intervention in eastern ukraine

to destabilise the country, to accusations of kremlin fingerprints on a catalogue of cyber attacks against the west, combined with abuse of social media to undermine elections and democracy in europe and the united states. russia's immediate reaction? translation: what the united states are doing is destroying what little remains in terms of russian—american relations. i would like to add that the entire responsibility for the consequences of that destruction lies on america. tonight, i asked the foreign secretary why so many we re the foreign secretary why so many were willing to act together. the reason you have seen this outpouring of revulsion at what the russians have done is because so many other countries in the last ten years are now experienced provocations of one

kind or another. they have had destruction of the elections, cyber warfare, all kinds of russian aggression and malign behaviour. are you braced for whatever retaliation russia chooses? they might go into cyber warfare. let's be very clear. it is not just cyber warfare. let's be very clear. it is notjust we who are obviously racing for every lovable precaution we have taken, but it is our friends and partners knowing that they've probably will face now some kind of retaliation from russia, and that is all the more impressive for me, is that they have chosen to do it nonetheless. moscow is sticking with denial. russian retaliation is inevitable. the crisis triggered by attempted murder in salisbury, continues to grow at a startling pace. james robbins, bbc news. there have been protests outside westminster this evening asjewish groups and labour mps demonstrated against what they say is rising anti—semitism in the labour party. jeremy corbyn apologised yesterday

and again today and has offered to meetjewish leaders to discuss their concerns. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. crowd: (chants) shame on you! shame on you! a struggle to be heard? those who fear bigotry againstjews in labour feel used to being shouted down. you're here to attack the labour party. but those who object to the criticism ofjeremy corbyn turned up too. you're not socialists! i am a socialist! tonight, mps said enough. denial is not an option. prevarication is not an option. being a bystander who turns their head the other way is not an option. the time for action is now. our commitment to you is to work with every ounce of strength to drain the cesspit of anti—semitism in the labour party, so you can come back and proudly call it your party again.

(cheering and applause) we're standing together to speak out against anti—semitism and to call on our leader to act to get rid of this scourge. frustration boiled over afterjeremy corbyn was forced to apologise over an image that you might find offensive. he questioned why this mural in london, depicting well—known stereotypes of jews, was being removed. morning, mr corbyn. but since he's been leader, there have been claims he's too soft on anti—semitism. he's always said he condemns all racism. but not until the last 2a hours has he shown such a specific level of regret, refusing interviews, but writing to jewish leaders: "i recognise that anti—semitism has surfaced within the labour party, and has too often been dismissed as simply a matter of a few bad apples. this has caused pain and hurt tojewish numbers of our party and the widerjewish community.

i am sincerely sorry for the pain which has been caused and pledged to redouble my efforts to bring this anxiety to an end. i am your ally and always will be." we treat this matter extraordinarily seriously. we know exactly what this means, and i want people to have no illusions whatsoever that the labour party will deal with this, and deal with this properly in the right way. but not all of mr corbyn's supporters seem to quite agree. he's pro—palestine, and there are certain people that don't like that. we believe that this campaign by the board of deputies and the jewish leadership council is aimed at corbyn because he's left wing. this is not a new problem. in 2016, an official report said the labour party was "occasionally toxic". and while one senior source said jeremy corbyn is not anti—semitic, the accusation is that, from time to time,

he has tolerated it. and for the labour party, that's notjust a distraction, but damaging to its relations. shame! you should be ashamed of yourselves! doubly ashamed if you're jewish. mr corbyn has formally asked for a meeting withjewish leaders. the problem in plain sight, the solution not yet in view. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the health trust southern health has been fined a record 2 million pounds after admitting failures that led to the entirely avoidable deaths of two patients. connor sparrowhawk, who was 18 and had epilepsy, drowned in a bath five years ago, in a unit run by southern health in oxford. teresa colvin, who was a5, died at a mental health hospital in hampshire, in 2012. michael buchanan has the story. he mattered. connor should still be here. it's as simple as that. once your child dies,

you develop a fearlessness that the worst thing that could ever happen has happened. and so it's sort of, like, bring it on, really, we'll get to the bottom of this and we will get answers. connor sparrowhawk had an epileptic seizure and drowned in a bath while under the care of the nhs. he had learning disabilities, autism and epilepsy. but the reason he is dead is because he was neglected by southern health. today, his family and supporters came to court to hear the trust be fined more than £1 million for allowing the 18—year—old to die. if connor was here now in the shadow of oxford crown court and the police station, he would say, "why, mum?" and i would have to say, "i don't know, but we've done you proud." the family's campaign shone a light on other preventable deaths at southern health, including that of tj colvin. she killed herself in 2012 in a hospital run by the trust,

leading to another prosecution by the health and safety executive. today, southern health was fined nearly £1 million over tj's death too. their deaths were preventable and entirely avoidable. and that is a matter of profound regret to me and the organisation, and i am truly sorry. today's fulsome apology came after years of lies and obfuscations from southern health, forcing connor's family to confront the trust's former board. this is the first time i felt like i'd been apologised to, and i've had to ask for it. and i'm 16, and this is a room full of adults, you know? his brother tom looks back on what they've been through with disbelief. kind of seemed like they all got carried away, in a way. and i kind ofjust couldn't quite understand, especially when i was 13. but even now, i can't quite understand what would bring them to do that. connor was affectionately known as ‘laughing boy'. as he aged, he developed a strong sense ofjustice, which his family felt compelled to respect. we've had our dark moments quite regularly.

and i think that we do have to hold onto what we've achieved and look at that and think, yeah, we did him proud. more than 60 people, many of them children, have died in a large fire at a busy shopping centre in siberia. emergency services in russia say they're struggling to recover bodies from inside the complex, in the industrial city of kemerovo. investigators say fire exits were blocked and the alarm system had been turned off, as sarah rainsford reports. it was a bit each play area on a sunday afternoon. and then this. a security camera saw the moment the fire tore through and smoke. there was no emergency alarm. on the floors below, confused crowds made for the exits. the woman filming

describes how she was up in the cinema when this to —— fire broke out. there was panic, she says. children screaming. it's a nightmare. rescuers battled the blaze for hours, but this fire was fierce and vast. and now, officials say, emergency exits inside were locked, trapping dozens. some fled to the roof mothers jumped for their lives through the choking smoke. there were queues to donate blood for the injured from locals who just wa nted for the injured from locals who just wanted to help. this girl says her friends were at them all and their children are still missing. people have been scouring lists that hospitals all day, looking for relatives. dimitri can't find his five—year—old daughter or his son. he should be turned in april, he says. tra ns—mac when

he should be turned in april, he says. trans—mac when my wife called, she said, help us, we are suffocating and i could hear the children cry. most of the victims there were children. as a city mourns, it also has many angry questions. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. a man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of two young brothers in a hit—and—run in coventry. casper and corey platt—may, who were six and two, were killed as they crossed the road with their mother last month. robert brown, who had been out of prison for less than a week, admitted causing the deaths by dangerous driving. he will be sentenced next month. police searching for missing airman corrie mckeague say their investigation has drawn to a conclusion and there is no evidence of foul play. the 23—year—old hasn't been sighted since september 2016. he was last seen walking through bury st edmunds on cctv. police think the most likely explanation is that he climbed into a waste bin and was accidentally crushed when the rubbish was collected.

ouraim, our aim, throughout this investigation, has to be to find him and find the answers to his family about what happened to him. and sadly, we are at the point now where we haven't been able to find him and we haven't been able to find him and we haven't been able to find him and we have reached a conclusion in the investigation and an understanding of what we think is most likely to have happened, and that is that he was in the bin that was collected from the horseshoe on the night he went missing and it has been taken into the waste process and probably on to landfill somewhere. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has announced plans to go to telford in the next few months, to hear evidence from victims and survivors in the area. the announcement comes after reports that vulnerable teenagers have been