this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 8pm: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc, which he claims breached his privacy in his case against the bbc. he is suing the corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years. she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a "staged event", carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. a think tank warns employers in england are falsely listing jobs as "apprenticeships" to get government subsidies. also ahead: the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital. he will continue to recover from surgery to his hip at windsor. dwayne the rockjohnson and naomie harris start in rampage, a us fantasy action film based on the cult 80s video game. find out what

jason sullivan's made of. that and the week's other top releases in the film review. good evening and welcome to bbc news. sir cliff richard has told a high courtjudge he felt "forever tainted" by the bbc‘s coverage of a police raid on his home in berkshire following a sex assault allegation. the 77—year—old singer is taking legal action against the broadcaster following the raid in 2014. in his evidence to the court, sir cliff said that after seeing the coverage on television, he collapsed in his kitchen sobbing, and that helicopter footage of the search of his flat had caused him profound and long lasting damage.

the bbc says its coverage was in the public interest. our special correspondent lucy manning's report contains some flash photography. sir cliff richard often performs in front of thousands, he came this afternoon to the high court in stepped into the witness box, telling thejudge of stepped into the witness box, telling the judge of the torture and hurt caused by the bbc when it broadcast pictures of the police searching his flat in 2014. south yorkshire police are searching a property in berkshire owned by sir cliff richard. "i could see the cameras zoom to show police rummaging through drawers," he said. "i felt disturbed and very upset, like watching burglars in my apartment going through my personal belongings." the singer was tearful at the beginning as he remembered seeing the bbc broadcast for the first time. he claims they portrayed him as a sex offender around the world

before he had even been questioned by police. normally an energetic performer, the singer said the allegation of a historical sex offence against him and the bbc coverage of it had changed him. he suffered physically and mentally, collapsing on his knees and sobbing the day after the broadcast. he was never charged or arrested and claims the bbc invaded his privacy. as sir cliff richard was finishing giving evidence he broke down in tears, saying, "i am not sure i can go on." he was listing the countries he claims where his reputation was ruined. he said, "everywhere i have ever been, i felt my name was smeared. the police did not do that. the bbc did." sitting listening were bbc news managers. the bbc says it was in the public interest to run a story about a serious police investigation

that was accurate and where information had been provided by police. the south yorkshire force who searched his flat has paid £400,000 to the singer in damages and more in legal costs, and apologised. but it says the bbc was more responsible for his distress and should pay a share. sir cliff richard was clear about the impact he claims this has had. "i felt forever tainted," he said. "i still do." the government's national security advisor says russian military intelligence had been spying on sergei skripal and his daughter yulia at least five years before they were poisoned in salisbury in march. sir mark sedwill, in a letter to nato, says there's evidence russia hacked ms skripal‘s email account in 2013. tonight, the russian embassy in london said britain's treatment of the skripals amounted to forcible detention or imprisonment. 0ur security correspondent,

gordon corera, has more details. nearly six weeks on, police cordons are still in place in salisbury, as the investigation continues. today, the government provided new details to press its case that russia was responsible. we already knew that the highest concentration of the nerve agent was found on the front door handle of sergei skripal‘s home, but today, in a letter to nato allies, britain's national—security adviser said that in the 2000s, russia began a programme to train special units, and this programme subsequently included investigation of ways of delivering nerve agents, including by application to door handles. he also claimed that yulia skripal had her e—mail hacked by russian military intelligence at least as far back as 2013. her father was seen as a traitor because he had spied for britain.

some of these details come from secret intelligence, collected in part by m16. there had been a debate amongst officials about how much could be released, but the view at the highest levels was that it is important to provide as much as possible to try and convince doubters at home and abroad. this afternoon, russia's ambassador in london was dismissive of the investigation. the investigation is conducted in the most non—transparent way. the british government refused to co—operate at all with the russian authorities. today's letter provides no smoking gun, but officials will hope it supports the case that russia had the means and the motive, even if it does not convince all of the doubters. we can speak to lord ricketts, who was chair of thejoint

intelligence committee and a former national security adviser. good evening. good evening. let's talk about the content of the letter first of all. what do you make of what's being said specifically here? first of all, i think it is very interesting contrast with the increasingly theatrical performance been put on the russian ambassador. it's careful, measured, balanced, whitehall pros which shows the work of the professionals, putting together intelligence but information from other sources and producing their best assessment, and i'm quite certain this is the work of professionals after our experiences a few years ago and it would have been no political story of all kind. it was a very compelling story, a pattern of russian behaviour going back a number of years. going back to your

point about no political input, does that mean no politician would have seen that before its release?” don't know about that but this would have been the professional account for together by the intelligence community purely on the basis of our fax, and that is clearly a distinction from what happened 15 yea rs distinction from what happened 15 years ago and this will be best assessment that the british authorities can produce the evidence. it is an antidote to this propaganda barrage that we are getting in all channels from the russians of the moment. and that presumably goes to the timing of this, does it? we have seen a lot of these kinds of press conferences hosted by them as we saw a clip of their committee russian ambassador to the uk. a letter like this comes back. it's a very striking contrast to that but it's part of a campaign to that but it's part of a campaign to show our international allies and also the british public that our case is built on very secure grounds, and i'm sure there will

have been debate about how much detail could be raised in the public eye. would have been very careful to not betray intelligent methods and sources of course, but without doing that, you can still give great detail and a very convincing picture to show why we believe that there is no plausible alternative to this being the russians. does it surprise you that, for example, the claim is made that yulia skripal‘s e—mails have been examined for the last four 01’ have been examined for the last four or five years? from everything well but the —— everything we know about the size and scale, no. i imagine they're watching the e—mails of all sorts of russian dissidents and emigres abroad. another important reminder of being careful about what everybody puts it online. how does this and all feed the decision—making process we are told going on at the moment within the corridors of power over a response to the alleged chemical attack in

syria? the two things are different of course, nobody is alleging that the russians were responsible for the russians were responsible for the chemical attack in syria, although from the extraordinary defence of russian response to it, you would think that is the allegation. i think there is a pattern now developing of the use of these chemical weapons, and they seem to be used... in syria, now in britain, andi seem to be used... in syria, now in britain, and i think he does make the point that you need to find a way of showing that you cannot do this with impunity, that we got to restore deterrence against the chemical weapons, for which there has been a taboo since the second world war. lord ricketts, thank you very much for coming on. the secretary general of the united nations says the cold war is back with a vengeance and warned of the dangers of a military escalation in syria.

his comments come as russia claims it has irrefutable evidence that an alleged chemical attack in syria was staged, as part of an anti—russia campaign. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. douma is firmly back under syrian government control. this is the ruined town where it is alleged president assad's forces used chemical weapons a week ago. rebel forces have now fled or been killed. russian troops are in douma, too, claiming they're part of victory, insisting they found no evidence of any poison attack, no victims either. western powers suspect there has been ample time to destroy evidence. the west is finalising plans for possible punitive strikes. at the united nations security council, the cockpit where opposing powers fight with words, the secretary—general warned that present military tensions between the west and russia could spiral out of control.

the cold war is back with a vengeance but with a difference. the mechanisms and safeguards to manage the risks of escalation that existed in the past no longer seem to be present. the united states says it has not yet decided on military action, but their estimates point to president assad using chemical weapons in this war at least 50 times. all nations and all people will be harmed if we allow assad to normalise the use of chemical weapons. russia's ambassador painted a different picture, of western powers fabricating a case in order to justify force and impose regime change. translation: we continue to observe dangerous military preparations to an illegal act of force against a sovereign state in what would constitute a breach of international law. the west rejects that, so what could its military response involved?

the americans have the uss donald cook in the mediterranean, and it can hit syrian targets with cruise missiles. they could be supported by british tornadoes based in cyprus. then the french have a frigate, as well as fighter jets based in jordan. us and uk submarines are in the region, too, armed with cruise missiles. no one is suggesting there has to be confrontation with the russians, but they already have anti—missile defence systems at two airbases in syria, with a range capable of reaching cyprus. they also have an unknown number of fighterjets in the region. russia is now accusing british spies or specialforces of fabricating the entire chemical weapons attack. translation: in fact, we have irrefutable data that this was another staged event which involved special services of one of the countries trying very hard to be at the forefront

of the anti—russian campaign. whatever precisely happened in douma, russia's defence ministry is now accusing britain directly of organising it. britain calls that a grotesque, blatant lie. the war of words is louder than ever. any military steps are still unknown. 0ne one or two lines coming out of washington. the state department says they have a very high level of confidence that the syrian government was behind the chemical weapons attack. a press conference being held at the white house by the president's spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders. i think we can show you a little bit of what she has been saying the last little while. the president and a number of individuals within is it ministration have thought into a number of our partners and allies at various levels across the world stop

with is he satisfied now that syria was responsible for the chemical weapons attack? yes, we are again confident that both syria had responsibility in this chemical weapons attack we also hold russia responsible for their failure to stop chemical weapons attacks are taking place. that's literally in the last few months. —— in the last few moments. staying with that the labour leader jeremy corbyn has called for an independent un inquiry into the suspected chemical attack, and accused theresa may of "waiting for instructions from donald trump" over possible action against syria. it comes amid growing calls for parliament to be given a vote, on any military response. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. they are not waiting. convinced that any action against syria will make matters worse. western bombs are no solution to the crisis in syria. it's a terrible idea to bomb syria.

we disagree with the way the tory government and theresa may and donald trump are going about it. and the labour leader, a lifelong anti—war campaigner, claims the uk is waiting for instructions from america. potential military action, jeremy corbyn suggests, will happen at the president's demand. she appears to be waiting for whatever donald trump decides to do, which is not a particularly positive message. the danger at the moment is, if we go in with targeted or massive bombardment, further civilians will die, further chaos will because and the war will escalate. but for a vocal minority in his party, there is no choice but to respond to this fast. what is said to be the aftermath of a chemical attack on civilians by syria's president assad, against all international rules, not for the first time. the strikes are important to show there will be a consequence every

time chemical weapons are used against civilians in the way that assad has been able to do without consequence for too many years now. and the government is resolved to act. what we saw in cabinet yesterday was detailed intelligence which i can't talk about, but you will also have seen that cabinet agreed that the use of chemical weapons is not acceptable, not something we will allow to continue. the cabinet formally signed up yesterday to taking action, although with no specifics. and if strikes on syria happen before monday, mps will not be formally asked. whether or not the opposition is on board, whether or not the public is convinced, the expectation here is that the uk will take a place alongside america and france and take action against president assad, maybe in the next 48 hours. the government has notably been quiet at putting forward any wider strategy, but strikes seem not a question of if but when, and exactly what?

ministers know that acting now will not stop arguments later. and we will find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm this evening in the papers. the guestsjoining me tonight are helen brand, who's chief executive of the association of chartered certified accountants, and jason beattie, head of politics at the daily mirror. the parents of alfie evans, the terminally ill boy at the centre of a right to life battle, will bring a new appeal to the high court on monday. hundreds protested outside alder hey hospital in liverpool last night, because judges had ruled his life support could be turned off today. but treatment will now continue until the outcome of the fresh appeal. the duke of edinburgh has left hospital after hip replacement surgery.

prince philip, who's 96, retired from royal duties last august, but his hip problem came to light following his absence at an easter service at windsor. he went into hospital 10 days ago. the headlines on bbc news: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc. he is suing the corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years. she and herfather were poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a "staged event," carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. sport now. and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris. good evening to you. liverpool have

avoided the holders real madrid after being drawn against rome and the semifinal of the champions league. it may well be the easiest tie on paper but roma of course did not at after dramatically overturning a 4—1 quarterfinal deficit. the first leg of liverpool— roma at anfield. it means real madrid will play the five—time european champions bayern munich instead in the second semifinal. a first for liverpool managerjurgen kl°pp, first for liverpool managerjurgen klopp, having neverfaced the italian side before. the only one of the three options we have never played before so that already exciting, and i think it's how it a lwa ys exciting, and i think it's how it always is and should be. it's a difficult, because if someone only saw these two games, they would

think they know everything about roma. arsenal faces favourite atletico madrid in the semifinals of the europa league. marseille will play the technology of video review has been used with varying success in the fa cup and league cup this season. keen to see how it fa res this season. keen to see how it fares at the world cup and potentially further being required. to the gold coast, and katerina johnson thompson has won her first major outdoor title at the commonwealth games. she followed up her indoor title last month with gold here, in two events. johnson thompson lucky to get through

unscathed from having been carrying an injury throughout. everyone is cast. i had a little injury going in today too, so i was talking about managing my heptathlon. got a little bit or 300 metres into the race but i'm so happy i finished. i need to learn... diverjack laugher clinched his third medal of the game... the pair, who are are the olympic champions in the event, defended the title the one four years ago in glasgow. a little earlier on, gold in the ten metre synchro event. this was their penultimate died, enough to clinch top spot on the podium. they had only practised together twice because of illness. —— the

ultimate try. there are 37 countries in the commonwealth that are competing that currently criminalize lg bt competing that currently criminalize lgbt people, competing that currently criminalize lg bt people, which competing that currently criminalize lgbt people, which i feel extremely lucky to be able to compete openly into truly who i am and not worry about ramifications. for lots of athletes and lots of people living in those countries, it's not the case, and we have to talk about these things and we have to shine a light on them in order to did change, and by birmingham next commonwealth i really hope that see a decrease in the number of those countries that are metallized lgbt issues. grade three became the first female scottish average to win a gold medal at the games. —— that criminalised lgbt gold medal at the games. —— that criminalised lg bt issues. gold medal at the games. —— that criminalised lgbt issues. at the end of day nine, australia lead the medals table with 65 golds. they are followed by england at some distance with a 31. scotland in seventh place. wales have seven. there are

two more days of events to go. that's all the support for now. just letting you know that in the championship match this evening from aston villa currently meeting leave —— currently leading leeds. that is important because aston villa are still trying to get automatic promotion to the premier league. much more coming up a little bit later on. many thanks for that. a 14—year—old girl whose body was found in a park in wolverhampton has been named by west midlands police as victoria sokolova. the lithuanian—born teenager was reported missing on wednesday. two boys, aged 16 and 17, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody. a man and a woman have been arrested in connection with terrorism in london. the 27—year—old man was arrested in east london on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of a terrorist act. the woman, who is 24, was arrested on suspicion of having information about acts of terrorism.

searches are being carried out at three addresses in the capital. jaguar land rover is to cut 1,000 jobs at plants in the west midlands. the company is blaming a fall in demand for new diesel vehicles, and a weakening of consumer confidence due to the uncertainty caused by brexit. peter plisner has the details. ten years ago, jaguar land rover almost went bust, but indian firm tata bought the company and since then it has gone from strength to strength. now with a workforce of more than 40,000. but in recent months, sales of its latest models have slumped along with the rest of the car industry. last month, new registrations in the uk went down almost 16%. march is traditionally one of the best months for car sales. earlier this year, jlr cut production at some of its plants, blaming the move on uncertainty of brexit and changes to taxes on diesel cars.

now it is being forced to makejob cuts, too. on monday, it is expected to confirm that more than 1000 agency workers will go at its solihull plant and some other workers will be redeployed there from a nearby site. it is all part of adjustments to production schedules at all of its uk plants, as the company admits that it is facing significant challenges. in the uk, one in eight of those who are middle aged could have a potentially serious form of liver disease because they're overweight. that's the finding of the largest—ever liver scanning project in the country. symptoms of fatty liver disease often don't emerge until permanent damage has been done. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has been talking to one woman who changed her lifestyle to beat the disease. this was me in 2011. frances carroll used to weigh 18 stone. then she was told she had fatty liver disease. and then, size?

22. and left unchecked, it could eventually have killed her. i was shocked. i had no idea. i really didn't have any symptoms that i knew about that, you know, i had a fatty liver. it was one of the things that really helped to motivate me, to make sure that i changed my health, really. she lost seven stone through a combination of a healthy diet and exercise and is now a fitness instructor. but what about her liver? using specially developed software, this mri scan at southampton general will tell doctors if her fatty liver disease is gone. so, frances, i'm really pleased to say that this is your liver here on the right... it's good news. it's a nice, green, non—inflamed, happy liver. now, look at a inflamed,

fatty liver in red. over time, this can lead to scarring and liver failure. being overweight increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, but people usually don't consider their liver. there is a growing epidemic of fatty liver disease, and that's especially worrying as symptoms often don't emerge until permanent damage has been done. and one in eight adults may have the condition, according to a new study. it is very, very alarming. many of those people will go on to develop cirrhosis. their livers will fail, they'll need liver transplants. many of them will die. it is very much a wake—up call. the new enhanced mri scan makes it easier for doctors to diagnose the problem. it gives us an overview, a map of the entire liver, as opposed to a needlecore biopsy, which is invasive and a rather unpleasant procedure, and allows us to follow patients over time and see if they improve. 90% of liver disease is reversible if, like frances,

people change their lifestyle. fergus walsh, bbc news. the vice—chancellor of the open university, peter horrocks, has resigned a week after its staff "overwhelmingly" backed a motion of no confidence in him. mr horrocks had angered some staff by saying academics "get away with not teaching." in a statement, he said the institution "faces a scale of challenge that is unprecedented". the open university has to save £100 million and student numbers have fallen. a businessman fighting for the "right to be forgotten" has won a high court action against google. the man — who has not been named — wanted search results about a past crime he had committed removed from the search engine. google says it's taken down 800,000 pages from its results under eu rules, although search engines can decline to remove pages if theyjudge them to remain in the public interest. let's check on the weather forecast.

hello there. the unrelenting gloom of this week is finally going to lift in many areas, something brighter on the way for the weekend. we've got some clearer spells spreading from the south at the moment. still a lot of cloud across the north of england and scotland, and even where the skies start to clear in southern areas, we might start to see some mist and fog and some low cloud developing. just patchy stuff here and there. temperatures around 5 to 7 degrees, not a cold night, and then into the weekend, something warmer, something brighter as well. but it will be increasingly breezy and there will still be some outbreaks of rain at times. during saturday then, a lot of cloud around to start off, some mist and fog, but a much better chance of that cloud breaking up to give some spells of sunshine. most places will stay dry, but a scattering of showers is possible out towards the south later in the day. those temperatures not doing badly at all, 14 degrees for edinburgh, 17 degrees in london. and then we look further ahead and we will see some rain at times on sunday,

particularly in the west, but through the week ahead, things will turn significantly warmer. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc. he is suing the corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years, she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a ‘staged event', carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. a think tank warns employers in england are falsely listing jobs as "apprenticeships" to get government subsidies. and the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital in london,

after his hip replacement operation. let's return to syria and those events at the un today, with the warning that the cold war is back with a vengeance. joining us via skype from milton keynes is shashankjoshi, senior research fellow at the royal united services institute for defense and security studies. good evening to you. give us a sense first of all of how serious the situation is with regards to those remarks of the un security, mr gutierrez at the un. how do you view his view of the state of play as we beat? is a confluence of two sets of events. beat? is a confluence of two sets of eve nts. n ot beat? is a confluence of two sets of events. not just the beat? is a confluence of two sets of events. notjust the chemical weapons attacking syria, but also the chemical weapons attacking salisbury and the extraordinary response that we saw. i think it is

worth reflecting on the fact that over half of the eu, over 15% of all united asian member states expelled russian diplomats in the aftermath of that incident. so russia feels cornered, it feels very defensive, it feels isolated. and of course justifiably so. following what it has done. that i think as to a sense of real frustration and a real sense of real frustration and a real sense of tension that now cast itself over the syria case. but what i would emphasise is that what we are seeing isa emphasise is that what we are seeing is a great deal of posturing by russia. the us, france and uk have no interest in killing russians on ground in syria. this strike has been delayed in part because the us and russia have been talking about how to spare russian assets on the ground, about how to focus on the american and european strike. i think to some extent we have to be careful not to buy too much into russia's own desire to raise the temperature as a way of deterring us from any kind of further action or

escalation. but in terms of that strike do you still think it is a case of when rather than give?” think the probability is more than 70% then it will occur, but that still means a substantial probability that it will not. there are many questions left to answer. notjust are many questions left to answer. not just the are many questions left to answer. notjust the details of are many questions left to answer. not just the details of the are many questions left to answer. notjust the details of the strike, not just the scope notjust the details of the strike, notjust the scope of notjust the details of the strike, not just the scope of the strike notjust the details of the strike, notjust the scope of the strike but also things like we have been focusing almost entirely on russia because russia is so aggressive that the united nations. but let us not forget there are lots of iranians on the ground, many of them were killed in an israeli strike just last week. what we understand, one of the issues dividing european and american snout is that the french and the british are far more resista nt to a ny and the british are far more resistant to any suggestion that air strikes also target iranian assets. work notably the new secretary of state and the nominated and the new national security adviserjohn

moulton are making clean on roping iran into this strike as well. those details have to be worked out before we see whether a strike will go ahead. what of the likely russian response? they have been very bullish as to what they might do if there is a strike. how credible is that? they threatened to shoot down missiles, to shoot down the source of the missiles. some of this is probable. they may well try and shoot down some missiles although even though their sophisticated defensive air systems that we cannot get them all. they perhaps may try and use russian proxies against some of the us proxies in other parts of syria, notably against kurdish groups. they did a few months ago causing an enormous fight back from americans. what they will not do i think is any serious action against the source of the attack. they are not going to bomb cyprus, they are not going to bomb cyprus, they are not going to sink american or bridges the submarines, they are not going to on european or american

basesin going to on european or american bases in the middle east. neither side, not the americans and not the russians, wants to see a hot war between the two. and i think that for all the difficulties of calibrating a strike, and there are many, i don't think there is a serious risk that the americans would be willing, or the europeans will be willing to hit russia so badly that it forces moscow into a major escalation. what we could see isa major escalation. what we could see is a hotting up of the proxy conflict, greater russian support for the mercenaries, for the syrian regime against american proxies on the ground, and of course more of the ground, and of course more of the covert action and more of the political warfare in places like europe that we have seen for years. russia would have done that anyway. we may see more of it in the aftermath of this. right. which probably takes us ever further away, does it not, from some sort of wider solution to be serious conflict? or indeed a wider solution to be west russia conflict. i think it has now dragged on for well over four years since the invasion of crimea. both of those things look very, very far

away. 0n syria, what i will say is that some of the actors were the most influence on the ground, the turks, the iranians, the russians in particular, those three have been convening more intensively and thinking about how they can be conflict and how they can achieve localised cease—fires and localised political settlements in particular areas. but the idea of a grand settle m e nt areas. but the idea of a grand settlement on a settlement in which bashar al—assad leads a power—sharing agreement, both things are now i think very distant prospect. we must leave you there. thank you very much indeed. shashank joshi there. protests are growing in india after the rape and murder of an eight—year old girl. the body of the girl, who cannot be named, was found injanuary in a forest in indian—administered kashmir. justin rowlatt reports from delhi. an eight—year—old muslim girl smiles in a photo taken just days before she was abducted and then gang—raped and murdered. she was allegedly held

in a hindu temple. the details of this crime are horrific enough, but what has made this into a huge national issue is the way some local hindus have reacted. in kashmir, the child's murder has become a rallying cry, not for justice of the dead girl but in defence of the man accused of raping and murdering her. their lawyers protest outside a police station in an attempt to stop charges being filed against the eight men arrested in connection with the crime. and there have been other demonstrations. 0ne attended by two senior figures from india's ruling bharatiya janata party. and now there are counterdemonstrations. the commissionerfor women in counterdemonstrations. the commissioner for women in the counterdemonstrations. the commissionerfor women in the indian capital delhi has begun a hunger strike demanding that the prime

minister speak out on behalf of the dead girland minister speak out on behalf of the dead girl and her family. minister speak out on behalf of the dead girl and herfamily. the way the authorities here in india deal with rape has been a very sensitive issue, ever since the young woman was raped and murdered on a bus here in delhi back in 2012. the so—called "nirbhaya" case caused huge national outrage. sexual offences laws were tightened up and new rules were brought in for police investigations. but many campaigners, including leading figures from the opposition congress party, are saying this latest case shows that the authorities still are not doing enough to protect women and girls from sexual violence in india. justin rowlatt, bbc news, new delhi. employers in england are falsely listing jobs in cafes and fast food outlets as apprenticeships, in order to benefit from government subsidies, according to the think tank reform. it's warning that up to 40% of new positions are mislabelled. the government insists that its policies are helping to turn more apprenticeships

into real, paid jobs which last for at least a year. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. these young people are at the most exciting times of their lives. the government says it is on target to have millions of high—quality apprenticeships by 22 to, but how many of those are genuine? by report by the think tank reforms as up to 40% of new apprenticeships are not what they seem. reforms as they are nearly rebadging existing virginia dogs as apprenticeships in order to use the government funding. it says that some fast food outlets or coffee shops are using the money for apprenticeships to train him or easter. most people come quite rightly expect in a position to be a high school training course, over young people that get them started in their career. what we found in our report today is actually many apprenticeships are simply low skill courses such as working in a delicatessen am a serving drinks and

a restaurant, working at a hotel reception desk that is not in any way represent a genuine apprenticeship. that is why we have called on the government to be much more robust about what is allowed to an apprenticeship and was not. since 2010 3.7 million people have started an apprenticeship in england. as bending on apprenticeships will reach to billion by next year. much of that will be covered by the new apprenticeship levy. some employers are rebranding ordinary training jobs as high—value apprenticeships. that is annoying trade unions. we are very keen on apprenticeships. they are a great idea but at the moment they are focusing on the wrong sort ofjobs. and they are also being set up by employee groups only. there is a real need for trade unions to get involved in designing the skills and also being involved that high levels, at the institute for apprenticeships and the other government bodies that are looking at this. in a statement the department for education said "our reforms are fundamentally change what traditions are, as we made it a

requirement that all apprenticeships must be real payjobs lasting for a minimum of 12 months, with at least a 20% of the job training." many hope that a well—trained british workforce will drive the economy forward after brexit. the government hopes that apprenticeships will form the backbone of that drive, provided of course they are really apprenticeships. and not just of course they are really apprenticeships. and notjust a rebranding exercise. july, bbc news. ——joe lynam. the headlines on bbc news: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc. he is suing the corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years, she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a ‘staged event', carried out with the help of a foreign secret service.

and the markets for you. this is how things then ended in london and frankfurt for the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now on bbc news it's time for the film review with jane hill and jason solomons. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, jason sullivans is with me. jason, what have you been watching this week? jane, this week we go to chicago, where an angry ape is on the rampage and the gorilla does not look too happy about it either. let's find out why the rampage? it's based on the rock, dwaynejohnson's star power. we buckle up for a french tension of the highest order, custody, it's

about a bitter divorce and a father and son are trying to reconnect, bu can they? and our thoughts turn skyward for the titan, a secret mission to populate one of saturn's moons with human life. quite a mixed bag. rampage, what do you make of that? this is a monster movie mashup of every monster movie you've ever seen before. think king kong gorilla, thinkjumanji because it's got the rock in it, or dwayne johnson as we must now call him. it got alligators, that are genetically mutated into something enormous. this is a monster movie, yes, but it's also a disaster movie because it's got all the world exploding and things going wrong. it's about a space experiment that's gone terribly wrong, as they tend to do, so don't do any experiments in space. don't try this at home. yes, genetically modified pathogens fall to earth in wyoming, and the everglades where one is swallowed by an alligator, and in the san diego zoo gorilla sanctuary where former

special ops secret servicemen dwaynejohnson is now working as a primatologist. is he now? yes. it all goes wrong and he has to end up running around with a scientist played by naomi harris who gets her gets her moneypenny on and starts bantering with him like she's in a bond movie. how the hell do we get off of this roof? maybe we don't have to get off the roof. what? we definitely do. come on, come on. david, there is no tail on this helicopter. that's right, we don't need one. you do if you want to fly. we're not going to fly, we're going to crash. what?! we just need to get enough lift to stay on top of