this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am... 300 extra police will be on patrol in areas of london — after six people were killed in shootings or stabbings in the last seven days. there are a number of things the police have to do to keep us safe. some of it is covert work the police will do. other is relying on the public to give information to the police. they need us to be the eyes and ears. russia warns president trump there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen and officials close to president putin. 1a people have been killed in a crash between a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team and a lorry in western canada. an absolutely massive collision. a 25% increase in holiday makers losing their money to fraudsters — for airline tickets or accommodation that didn't exist. also in the next hour... medals are pouring in for team england at the commonwealth games. cheering and applause

there's gold for nile wilson in gymnastics and there has been double gold in the men's and women's pa ra—triathlon. can pep guardiola's manchester city win the premier league today? his team just have to beat manchester united. and the dateline london panel examine the diplomatic fallout of the russia nerve agent attack in salisbury. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. 300 extra police officers are being deployed in areas of london worst affected by a recent increase in violent crime among young people. six people have been killed in the last week alone, and more than 50 have died since the start of the year. the move comes as the chair

of the national police chiefs‘ council says officers are reluctant to use their powers to stop and search suspects. andy moore reports. with more than 50 murders in london so far this year, questions are being asked about why violence has increased so rapidly. 0ne claim is that officers are reluctant to use their powers of stop and search. the number has fallen by about three quarters in the last six years. sara thornton, chair of the national police chiefs‘ council, said such searches were not a silver bullet, but they were an important tool in helping to protect the public from violent crime. writing in the daily telegraph, she said... london's police chief, cressida dick, claimed she was a complete supporter to stop and search, but said it needed to be done in a way that was targeted and intelligence—led. you will see that we are seizing more weapons through stop and search

and we are continuously doing more stop and searches for weapons, so although the overall number has come down, the weapon searches are going up and they are continuing to go up and the public should expect us to do that. london's mayor sadiq khan said he was doing everything in his power to tackle the scourge of violent crime in the capital. we have got to realise that there are a number of things the police have to do to keep us safe. some of it is covert work the police will do. other is relying on the public to give information to the police. they need us to be the eyes and ears. but also stop and search is a valuable tool the police use. the home office says stop and search is a vital policing tool and reforms are working, with the highest ever stop to arrest rate on record. joining me now is tom gash, former downing street official who advises police forces on strategy and author of criminal: the truth about why people do bad things. ina

in a sense the inevitable cry goes up in a sense the inevitable cry goes up when you look at the numbers of people who have been killed in recent months, something must be done and then the problem becomes one for policymakers, to do what? we need to get this in perspective because this is a real tragedy for the individuals concerned, but the people who have been victimised and theirfamilies but people who have been victimised and their families but also the perpetrators would do very well out of this, most will be caught, was to be sent to prison for a very long time, sentences with these sort of crimes have gone up considerably over the last 15 years. it is a tragedy and waste. in perspective we need to recognise the blunden is not going to hell in a handcart. this is not as dangerous as any big city in the us. we are not at that level of crime and even the us has increased dramatic crime drop. we don't want to stoke fear and concern

particularly when communities are in some cases dealing very afraid and one of the things we know that happens when people are afraid if they take action to defend themselves including carrying knives, it is the main people —— young people. —— the main reason they say they carry weapons. it creates a vicious circle so we need to be very careful and we need to be cautious about the knee jerk response. i'm slightly worried about the extra 300 officers. 0n the one hand that would be a great thing if they are in the communities for a long time and understanding neighbourhoods and intelligence and being able to target their stop and searches appropriately and also not been people as to do extra shifts because they haven't suddenly recruited and trained 300 officers in 48 hours. and that is not sustainable. you might do that for a short time but you can't maintain it evenif short time but you can't maintain it even if you think it is effective. they are caught in a situation where you build you have to do something

because the media have suddenly focused their attention on something that has long been quite a serious issue and a waste and you drop of a particular response and it is in relation to how the issue has been framed. if you look to murders over the last year only a quarter of them we re the last year only a quarter of them were actually used crimes, under 18 victims. you still have a problem with youth crime but that is not the whole thing, we are focused on that particular issue and now we will do a response that we think might work. i think there are other things we could be doing. there is lots of evidence —based practice developing that we could draw on, so people who have already elated as the story has run the case of glasgow really took a more public health oriented approach to crime and pulling young people at the criminality, that seem to have results there are, would it work in london? could reach invest in really testing whether that worked? in in really testing whether that worked ? in boston in really testing whether that worked? in boston and other major cities in the us targeting very different types of gangs and dynamics, they have been very

successful in really speaking to gangs as i collected and do a combination of the threat and support, saying we know who you are, we know exactly what you might be involved in and what might be happening and if you don't change that will be consequences, but we also have all the support services and opportunities it is one—to—one communication. it is not what we tend to do, which is say, there has been a big crime spike so we will make sentences topper for everybody. no one is listening to that message and nobody believes that message so we need to be more targeted and tailored in our communication. we can do that and we have mechanisms via social media and routes into communities, excellent charities like catch—22 where i work with, we know how to make these connections and change behaviour but we need to do that and notjust and change behaviour but we need to do that and not just the and change behaviour but we need to do that and notjust the crude response. tom gash, thank you. russia's foreign ministry has warned there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen, companies and government officials close to president putin. the white house has imposed sanctions on seven russian oligarchs and 17 senior government officials, accusing them of "malign activity around the globe".

0ur correspondent chris buckler reports. the wealth of russian oligarchs does lie in business. 0leg deripaska became a billionaire from his dealings in aluminium, but like many of russia's super rich, he's benefited from a relationship with the kremlin. he's just one of a long list of individuals close to vladimir putin targeted by these us sanctions, actions intended to financially punish them and intended to send a message to moscow. in a statement, mr deripaska said... but the white house insists russia has been abusing its power internationally, as well as meddling inside america. as the president has said, he wants to have a good relationship with russia, but that's going to depend on some of the actions by the russians. however, at the same time, the president is going to continue to be tough until we see

that change take place. the sanctions are in response to claims that russia interfered in america's presidential election, and in retaliation for the way the country has used its influence in syria and ukraine. but despite the tough actions, some observers believe donald trump has been relatively quiet, perhaps protecting his own relationship with the russian president. these sanctions were used by america to deliberately target vladimir putin's inner circle. after days of tit—for—tat expulsions and diplomatic disputes, the kremlin will once again be considering its response. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. police in canada have confirmed that 14 people were killed when a lorry and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided on friday evening. the humboldt broncos were travelling on a highway in the province of saskatchewan.

police said 28 people were on the bus, 14 of whom were killed, including the driver. the other 14 aboard the bus have been taken to hospital. three are in critical condition. the team tweeted this image of the players and staff after a recent victory. i spoke to rob vanstone, a sports writer with a local paper from the area called the regina leader—post, who explained how the community is responding. often times, in this area of the country, it seems road conditions are a factor. it doesn't seem like that was an issue, this time. whether it was a semitrailer truck colliding directly with a bus, and an absolutely massive collision and obviously catastrophic outcome. the team were a very well—known youth team in the area? yeah, i mean, it's... there are, sort of, two tiers of... well, there are several tiers of junior hockey.

the humboldt broncos were, i guess, the second tier in the provincial junior hockey league. they were off to play a play—off game. there's not a lot of teams that are synonymous with the community... when you think of humboldt, saskatchewan, you think there are about 6,000 people living in the community of humboldt and i doubt there is one of them who doesn't have... doesn't know somebody on the team. that community just embraces their team so passionately. i can't imagine the pain that is going on there, right now. what age would these boys have been? without taking a close look at the roster, generally the core players of the team are 19 and 20. there will have been some who had

just turned 21 and some of the younger players would be 16 or 17, but the core would be late teens. so these are young men not far off going off to college and, kind of, expanding their horizons beyond the community. but, as you say, proportionately, a lot of families will be very directly affected by this terrible accident. not just the families of the players, but in a community like this a lot of the players are from out of town and they will live with families in the community. they often become surrogate parents of the players. and that is also an example of the pain being felt in humboldt. because the players are just taken in, they are adopted, they become like one of the families' own children. it is so unspeakably tragic. thousands of prisoners are being rated according to their chances of being involved in violence — in an attempt to tackle safety in jails.

staff can then use the data to inform decisions — such as which wing an individual is placed in. the system is being piloted at 16 prisons in england and wales. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. the new system has beenjokingly nicknamed "i predict a riot" by data experts. each time an incident like this happens, it's logged by prison staff. the number—crunching software produces a score of each inmate's likelihood of becoming violent. as well as informing prison governors under pressure to maintain order, it can also be linked to the system of privileges which reward prisoners for good behaviour. the data can map gang affiliations and it can also spot those at risk of self—harm. violence in prison is growing. there were 28,000 assaults in the year to last september, that's up 12%. self—harm is up also 12% to nearly 43,000 incidents. the ministry ofjustice said it

will do whatever it can to help hard—pressed governors. it's not collecting more data than before, just using it in clever ways, and the government says monitoring prisoners is vital to protecting them. the plan is to roll out the system across england and wales after talks with prison unions. tom symonds, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... 300 extra police will be on patrol in areas of london — after six people were killed in shootings or stabbings in the last seven days. russia warns president trump there will be a "tough response" to new us sanctions on businessmen and officials close to president putin. there's been a 25% increase in holiday makers losing their money to fraudsters — for airline tickets or accommodation that don't exist. holidaymakers are being warned about fraudsters who place false

adverts on accommodation websites, conning them out of £1,500 each on average. last year, there was a 25% increase in the scams, which included fake airline tickets. our business correspondent nina warhurst reports. when georgia was looking to take her boyfriend to amsterdam, she thought she'd seemed the perfect apartment online. after transferring more than £900, she realised there was no record of payment and no apartment. your heartjust drops and it's like this panicjust comes over you, it completely takes over your body. it's, like, "what have i done?" iran out from my desk and i called my mum and i was, like, "what do i do, what do i do? i've made this payment, it's all my fault." she's not the only one. last year, georgia was one of 4,700 holiday—makers who reported fraud, losing an average of £1500. fake flights are the most common trick with fraudsters targeting peak periods when travellers are trying to see friends and family. a lot of the statistics

from the report shows a big spike around september, and what does that say to you? it's people going home for christmas. that's certainly our experience from people phoning us saying just that. something they've been looking forward to for quite some time just isn't going to happen. it can be extremely, extremely disappointing. losing a holiday hurts. more than a tenth of those who made complaints said the impact was so severe they'd had to receive medical treatment or were at risk of bankruptcy. the advice for holiday—makers is to thoroughly research websites before booking and check they're part of a recognised trading body. nina warhurst, bbc news. emma brennan from abta is with me now, the uk's largest travel association. what in essence can people do to protect themselves? it is important to make sure they are booking with a reputable travel company, you can book with an abta member, 1200

travel companies, you can go online and check they are an abta member before booking but also do your research, look into the companies that you look to book with, or they did itare? that you look to book with, or they did it are? if they are our website of the tab all of the right information? for a sample at the 02 website and it is normally .com, but it says .org, that could raise alarm bells and you're not reading the work. i suppose people think they recognise the name... travel companies and other businesses use similar names and their different online versions of the same thing and it is having that confidence that it and it is having that confidence thatitis and it is having that confidence that it is what it says it is. what about how you pay? is an important? it can be a factor but a lot of companies are asking people to pay by bank transfer and if you use a reputable company that can be fine and you can always call them up if you're not sure and look at the official documents and check but we would always recommend that anyone particularly booking through accommodation websites check the

payment terms, what does it tell you you should be doing? what we are seeing some cases we are piloting the is people are paying a private individual rather than a paying system or a business. so they think they are putting with the business and it is actually nothing to do with the business potentially? this is more of a specific case for accommodation booking website where they might have seen a villa and they might have seen a villa and they contact the owner and the owner is who they say they are. the other thing i suppose not everyone has a credit card, but at least you have a bit more security in terms of getting money back. if you can pay by credit card that is one option but bank transfer might be offered to you as part of the payment methods and you can speak to your travel company to see about something that works for them in the mixture you have all the correct details but it is worth remembering this isn't just details but it is worth remembering this isn'tjust a problem for accommodation, it is also a problem with lights, 47% of the cases reported last year were airline tickets and these people are going on holidays and people wanting to travel home to visit their friends

and family, so it is notjust the financial impact, it can be absolutely devastating if you find that the place you're going to you can't get there in the end. thank you very much. emma brennan from abta the travel association and she says if you have any doubt with the travel company check whether they are an abta member, there is a tool that allows you to do that. sport now and we have a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello, adam. that start on australia's gold coast where the medals keep coming for our home teams on day three of competition at the commonwealth games. there was an english 1—2 in the men's's gymnastics and has been a golden day in the men's and women's para—triathlon. let's in the men's and women's pa ra—triathlon. let's get in the men's and women's para—triathlon. let's get a round—up of the action and from alex goode journey. the gold rush on the gold coast continues. in the gymnastics hall nile wilson's funds were out in

force and their man delivered. the all—round title, six apparatus to contentment. and he worked his way to the top of the leaderboard on the final one. nile wilson, you might as well smile! the gold medal and a proud moment for his family. the emotion of he was the competition and the start and middle, versus where he finished was just awesome. it was incredible. cheering gate—crashing the interview! cheering gate-crashing the interview! the reason i'm doing what i do is my family and! reason i'm doing what i do is my family and i want to thank everyone at home, supporters who stayed up to watch. have a drink from me. he will be straightening —— so brooding alongsidejames be straightening —— so brooding alongside james holt, just be straightening —— so brooding alongsidejames holt, just that by wilson into second. the medals didn't stop coming. former royal marinejoe didn't stop coming. former royal marine joe townsend didn't stop coming. former royal marinejoe townsend lost both his

legs in afghanistan ten years ago. today he won be para—triathlon. a golden double for england. now could be mixed relay team complete the full set? all four had to compete their own mini triathlons. vicky holland lead england into the blade. australia were the rivals for the top spot as the lead switched between the two nations. but by the time alistair brownlee was in action the gap was just too big to close. australia too strong this time. but not in the weight lifting. jack 0liver finished just outside the medals four years ago. he would go better down under. flexing his way toa better down under. flexing his way to a silver medal. just like team—mates zoe smith having lost her funding after injury, she has been working full—time in a coffee shop to fund her athletic ambitions. not even a back injury could stand in her way. it is a huge day in the

premier league today. manchester city know that a win will be good enough to secure the title but they will have debates across city rivals united to do it. pep guardiola's side are 16 points clear at the top of the table and with six months is that that to today it would be the earliest tea m that that to today it would be the earliest team has won the competition but he says winning it against united isn't a top priority. when it happens at the end it is what we have done and the way you we have played this season and the people have enjoyed the way we play if mourinho, that is not the end of the book, it is the end of this season and we were the better team. you can listen to all the action on bbc five live. that game gets under way at 5:30pm. before that the merseyside derby at goodison park in

a very busy afternoon in the premier league. we are at the halfway stage in the masters golf. tiger woods made the cut but perhaps not surprisingly defending champion sergio garcia missed it. rory mcilroy are still in contention as he chases the only major title he is yet to win. he is five shots behind leader patrick reed of the united states, who shot under par, 66, to go to the top of the leaderboard. mcilroy picked up just one shot, that some birdie chances slipped by but he was happy to have gone round under par. i am right there. i have given myself a chance. it is a 36 hole golf tournament. i don't know where i will be at the end of the day. i might be a couple back going to the weekend but i am in a good position. that is all yours but for now. i will be back with more in the next hour. it will certainly feel like spring throughout this weekend, some pretty mild conditions.

and at times, it will look like spring as well, with a little bit of sunshine. certainly some sunshine to greet this weather watcher in redcar, earlier on. but it wasn't like that everywhere. the skies across wales were significantly cloudier. that has been feeding some outbreaks of rain. this is what is on the menu for the rest of the weekend. yes, it will be mild with some sunshine, but generally quite a lot of cloud and some rain at times. this is the view from space, the satellite picture from a little bit earlier on. you can see this wriggling ribbon of cloud, which is actually plaguing us throughout today and into tomorrow. that ribbon of cloud bringing outbreaks of rain northwards, so some wet weather across wales, the midlands and northern england through the afternoon. that will drift into northern ireland and southern scotland. to the north of thataceabllain bad across the northern half of scotland.

particularly across parts of east anglia. as we go through this evening and tonight, the rain in northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland will gradually drift its way northwards, tending to peter out, as it goes. behind it, largely dry conditions, with patchy cloud and clear spells. some mist and fog patches, too. and temperatures no lower than 5—10. but a few showers clipping into the south east. that will be because of this weather front. remember that ribbon of cloud i showed you at the start? that will still be sitting in place, down towards the south east during tomorrow. bringing some outbreaks of patchy showery rain at times across south—east england and east anglia. elsewhere, though, a lot of dry weather. any early mist and fog showed clear. there will still be quite a lot of cloud, but for northern ireland and scotland particularly, some sunny spells. equally, one or too hefty showers kicking off here as tomorrow afternoon goes on. temperatures, once again,

into double digits. we stick with that generally mild theme as we go into the start of the new working week. perhaps a little bit cooler, close to the east coast. there will be some sunny spells at times, but also some outbreaks of rain. programme that debates the big stories of the moment. this week things get murky and not clearer on the poisoning in salisbury. 15 into with h,, — .—: all to discuss all that, ifii eiiiiifii ii’éiiiiiai'il— 2 f fr", abdel barri atwan is in and out of the middle east, as a commentator on arab affairs. steve richards is a long—standing commentator on british politics. stephanie baker is an american, and writes from london for bloomberg news. and stefanie bolzen is a journalist for germany's die welt. is

welcome. is it'sjust over a month since sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, fell victims to a nerve agent attack on the streets of one of britain's quieter cities, salisbury. this week, the propaganda war began in earnest. first, the man who runs britain's military science laboratories confirmed the substance was novichok, developed by the russians. when he couldn't confirm the source, moscow accused the british government of exaggerating the evidence. then a phone conversation, purporting to involve yulia was played on russian television, in which she said of her father, in exile after spying for the west, "he is resting now, sleeping. everyone's health is ok". on friday, it was announced that sergei skripal, who for weeks the british had described as in a critical condition, was "improving rapidly". steve, britain has assembled a formidable coalition of allies to support its position that the russian state was responsibleji- intervention. this nerve agent this intervention. this nerve agent attack. this week, the propaganda war seems to have pushed the british

onto the back foot, what has gone wrong? remember tweeting on the day of theresa may's first or second statement on when everyone was saying what a remarkable consensus, parliament at its best, onlyjeremy corbyn outrageously raising questions. this is providing theresa may's reputation, this is providing boris johnson's may's reputation, this is providing borisjohnson's reputation. i remember tweeting i am conditioned to see trouble ahead when consensus forms over any british foreign policy. you never know what form of trouble it will take but you know those cheering for theresa may say this will make her premiership will turn on her at some point if it sta rts turn on her at some point if it starts to go wrong. it is only starting to go wrong in the sense as you say is that it has become murkier. it is not quite so clear cut because of this issue of the source. because the victims are recovering. but even so, it seems to

me the hysteria that greets every british foreign policy initiative in the context in inverted commas of war, this one metaphorically speaking, is deeply dangerous. that's not to say that theresa may was not right at first but it needs to be scrutinised more carefully and