this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at three: new laws are being threatened by the health secretary, jeremy hunt, in an attempt to persuade social media companies to do more to protect children online. police and mi5 could get extra powers to intervene earlier to stop terror attacks, according to a leaked government document. in the hottest london marathon on record, sir mo farah finishes third. mo farah were also collect a british record as he crosses the line. sir mo's time of two hours, six minutes and 21 seconds is a new british record — this year's race was was started by the queen. 41,000 runners are thought to have taken part in the 26—mile race. i'm not sure they can catch him, and

weir will we once again england. and david weir won the men's elite wheelchair race for the eighth time. verne troyer, who is best known for playing mini—me in the austin powers films, has died at the age of 49. and click asks, can drones deliver for the global economy? that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, is threatening social media companies with new legislation unless they voluntarily come forward with safeguards to protect children's mental health. he's written to platforms such as facebook and google accusing them of "turning a blind eye" to the problems arising from social media use. our business correspondent, joe lynam reports.

it's the new worry of the digital age. how can parents better control what their kids are viewing online? studies for childwise found that children between five and 16 were spending six hours a day in front of screens, more than twice the time spent 20 years ago. now the health secretary wants the social media giants to do a lot more or face sanctions. writing to facebook, google and twitter, jeremy hunt said that they were collectively turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to harmful material. he said it was unfair to parents and morally wrong. yes, the government are appearing to do something, but they're not actually doing anything. this is about bullying, cyber bullying. we have no control over anything, and to say to google and facebook, it's your responsibility, it isn't, it is our responsibility, it is our

government. if we are going to do something about it, then we've got to do something about it. ok, this is how this app works. google, which owns youtube, said it understood the concerns of parents and had introduced a family link to set the ground rules for children, including screen time limits. and when you see this, it's time to go out and play. we allow them to have 30 minutes, in the evening, like at six, after dinner. probably everyone, to be honest, is using the internet too much. that includes parents. it is not so much pressure, but we do not have an outlet any more. we rely too much on the internet. it is having a lot of an effect on our communication skills. every generation of parents has faced its own challenges, be that alcohol, drugs or video games, but never before have so few companies, facebook and google, for example, had so much of an influence on what our children watch or consume. so the challenge for government is to curb excess, reassure parents, but not stifle technological change. the government is to increase

the powers available to police and the security services to try and stop terror attacks at an early stage of planning. a document leaked to the sunday times suggests counter—terrorism officers will target up to 20,000 lower priority suspects. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the murderers behind last year's atrocities in britain. men who planned to kill innocent people. yet only three were on mis‘s radar in any way before striking, and only one of those was being actively investigated. better intelligence at an earlier stage might have stopped some of this happening. today's leaked report suggests that counter—terrorism investigators could more widely share information on up to 20,000 lower priority suspects with various authorities in the hope of receiving earlier

intelligence of risky behaviour, such as planning an attack. the government has already promised more staff for security agencies like mi5 — crucial if they are to target a greater number of suspects. and new powers have been promised — again, these are expected to focus on allowing police to move in at an earlier stage when attack planning is less well advanced. already announced are higher sentences for viewing terrorism content online or publishing information about the police or the military for use in targeting attacks. the home office would not comment on these leaked reports, but said the coming strategy would be a comprehensive response to the evolving threat from domestic and international terrorism. tom symonds, bbc news. labour has condemned the government's handling of the windrush scandal — where some people who came to the uk from the commonwealth decades ago have been threatened with deportation or refused

jobs or healthcare. the party's leader, jeremy corbyn, who's been speaking at the welsh labour conference, said that lives had been "ripped apart because of the personal decisions and actions of theresa may and her government." these are people that came, mainly from the caribbean, all those years ago to work in our health service, transport, schools and do a great job and be part of our community. and then to reach sixties, seventies, even eighties and be told you've got to go, you've got to be deported because you no longer belong here, they've lived here, they've worked here, they have families here, they've voted here. it's just inhuman, the way they've been treated. the origins of it is the 2014 immigration act, which removed the simpler system that was there in the past, where if somebody‘s papers weren't available, you could check back and use the landing cards as a means of proving that they arrived in southampton or cardiff or wherever they arrived.

and the borders agency took a decision that they wanted to destroy all the old landing cards in 2009, and that was done under theresa may when she was home secretary in 2010. i think she not only needs to apologise for this, but also to take the necessary measures, legislative if necessary, to guarantee the rights of permanent residence for the entire windrush generation. should there be resignations within the government? well, if theresa may cannot make sure that amber rudd carries out this decision, then i do think that she should move on and let somebody else do it. sir mo farah has broken the british men's record at the hottest london marathon in history. kenyan runners won both races, with eliud kipchoge taking first place in the men's race and vivian cheruiyot finishing first

in the women's elite race to become the fourth fastest woman in history. more than 40,000 runners have been taking part in today's race. our sports correspondent, joe wilson has this report. this london marathon began with history. the queen was the official starter. in 1908, the olympic marathon began in windsor, finished in london. 0n today's start line at blackheath, more registered runners than ever before. in the heat, the advice was to think carefully before wearing fancy dress. that was the advice. for some, whatever the weather, a marathon isjust a stage. mo farah is learning this race. look for his fluorescent sleeves at the back here, trying to find his own bottle at the feeding station. "where's my drink?" in the early stages, the refuelling problem seemed to overtake mo farah. the crowd willed farah on and he fough hard, but he was not in the lead.

commentator: eliud kipchoge is the champion in 2018! eliud kipchoge of kenya, as expected, was the winner. back in third, digging deeper than ever before, came the king of the track, mo farah exhausted, but he'd just run the marathon faster than any british man before him. kenya's vivian cheruiyot won the women's race in a personal best for her, but paula radcliffe's world record remained safely intact. madi de rozario of australia won the women's wheelchair race. look, as he puts down the power... but look at the blistering finish in the men's event. the black helmet belongs to david weir, 38 years old, doing it again, london marathon champion for the eighth time. kate grey is at the finish line on the mall for us now. hello spiderman, and kate! is that the last of the runners to come

through now? yes, they are slowly cooking in behind me. ithink through now? yes, they are slowly cooking in behind me. i think the spiderman is trying to get in short, and fair play to him for completing the 26.2 miles in a spiderman suit. it seems like some are handling of their heat better than others. it has been the warmest london marathon today. but with the heat coming off the ground, it feels warmer. but today, it was all about mo farah for the home crowd. he was doing his second full london marathon and he did do very well, finishing in third place in a new british record. that was quite a feat considering the heat and the pace set, mother when i caught up with him after the race committee seemed pleased with his performance. oh, i'm pleased with that with that in terms of third. today was a big, big, big marathon. as you know, the london marathon doesn'tjust have local guys, it has everyone in it like eliud kipchoge, kenenisa bekele, myself, daniel wanjiru. there's so many guys in that field and to come away with third, i'm pleased.

it would have been nice to have, you know, run an even pace, but i had no choice. the guys were going for world record pace. whether you let them go and try and close the gap at the end, and i knew that wasn't going to work, or you go with them and see how long you can hang in there, and that's what i did today. so you felt you kept to your game plan and did everything you could have done to finish as you did? definitely. i did my best. it would have been nice to have run a little bit quicker, but at the same time, that kind of pace, when you set off at that pace... it's really hard to run a lot quicker than that. you are all about the road now, this is where your focus is. sammut could definitely. if i can finish third in a major race like this, i will see what i can do in 2019. soa so a great result for so mo farah, but the london marathon is all about the spirit of london. 0ne story i wa nt to the spirit of london. 0ne story i want to highlight, you may remember the scenes from last year when david y was carried across the line by a

com plete y was carried across the line by a complete stranger who was also running the marathon, matthew rees. they both decided to run the marathon again this year and they completed it in a much better fashion than they did last year, funnily enough, at exactly the same time. we caught up with them at the end of the race. it's been so much fun out there, but hard work, i can tell you that. was it anything like last year when it came to the fatigue and were you expecting something similar? no, i wasn't expecting anything similar, but the conditions will have caused havoc today for people. i felt i'd gone out and kept the first half quite easy and just tried to press on. but it wasn't that kind of day for pressing. it was good to enjoy the crowds as much as i could and then try and knuckle down for the tough bit. matthew, did you have to keep your eye on him this time round, make sure he was keeping himself well hydrated? no, we've been training together this week and i've seen his training, he's in such good shape. i knew even with the heat, he's a sensible guy and he was going to run it well. it was amazing out

there, incredible. i had so much fun. it's so tough, but the crowds just kept you going. when i came across the line, i turned round and david was right there. the first person i got to hug. so it was really nice. was it the plan to stay together? no, it wasjust natural and he stuck on me, didn't he? i didn't see him at all on the course. that is amazing, over 26 miles, 41,000 people out there and you managed to stay together. what a brilliant way, you must be sort of in tune with each other, i guess. in terms of the heat, how much did that affect, because that's been the story, it has been confirmed to be the hottest london marathon to date? that's what i meant as well with it being tough out there, the course is great, the crowds are great, the fellow runners were brilliant. the amount of people i got to chat with and shake hands with around the course, they were such brilliant guys, brilliant girls. the heat, it wasjust unbearable, really. we all had to rein it in. finally, matthew, what a year

it's been for you. strange to think last year you were just sort of the average marathon runner and then with the spirit of london award, it's amazing that people really do like to see that human power taking over and giving back to each other? yeah, it's been an incredible year, such an honour to get the spirit of london award and it's been great to run this year with david. so it was great to catch up with those gentlemen at the end of the race, looking in much betterform than last year. there were plenty of celebrities also involved in the marathon. it is worth mentioning are bbc news colleague sophie raworth. she has had quite a mission on her hands this week. she has already run six marathons in five days in the sahara, so you would imagine she would be able to cope with temperatures in london. but when she finished that race, she spoke to my colleague joe wilson and finished that race, she spoke to my colleaguejoe wilson and admitted that it was another hot one for her to deal with. very, very hot. i've run seven marathons here now, and that was by far the toughest. it's really difficult conditions out there. you've run before and weren't very well, but this was even more difficult?

the first one i ran was in 2011 and it was about 21 degrees and i didn't drink enough water and i blacked out at 24 miles. today, it was hotter than that but i was much more careful with my water and i ended up running off my heart monitor. i didn't pace myself, ijust ran and i could see how fast my heart was going and ijust kept that steady. for me, that was the safest thing. you've been doing a lot of running this week and it's been much hotter than this. how has that been? i have just come back from the sahara and we were running the marathon des sables, which is six marathons in five days. i have to say, that almost felt harder. i was thinking i was going along, this is hotter than the sahara! i think it's because it's humid as well. different kind of atmosphere. were a lot of people cheering for you? i have never seen such enormous crowds. the sun has brought them all out onto the street today. they're everywhere. they were standing 10, 15, 20 deep. it was incredible. the support was unbelievable. are you going to do it next year? am i going to do it next year?

i am sure i'll do it next year. i'm addicted. i like medals. i don't know what's wrong with me, but i really like a good medal and the london marathon gives you a good medal, so probably. yes, ido yes, i do think the crowd played a huge part in getting many of these 40,000 runners across the finish line. they will continue to flood in behind me, but they will receive their medal and hopefully the realisation of what they have achieved on what has been one of the toughest london marathons to date with this heat. it was surely live with this heat. it was surely live with them and their memories for yea rs with them and their memories for years to come. iam i am still reeling. six marathons in five days in the sahara! sophie raworth, well done, and everybody at the london marathon. the headlines on bbc news: the health secretary, jeremy hunt, is threatening social media companies with new laws if they don't do more to protect children online. the powers available to police and the security services to try and stop terror attacks at an early stage of planning may be increased by the government, according to a leaked document. sir mo farah finishes third in the men's london marathon

in a british record time. runners endured some of the hottest conditions for years. in other sport, the second fa cup semifinal is under way at wembley. chelsea are facing southampton. 15 minutes have been played. it is goalless. manchester united are waiting for the winners of that one. for the first time since he announced that he was living at the end of the season, arsene wenger‘s arsenal are in action, winning 3—1 against west ham. great britain have lost their third cup play—off tie againstjapan. it went to a deciding doubles rubber, butjohanna konta and heather watson lost in three sets. i will be back in the next hour with a full update. in afghanistan, at least 57 people have been killed and more

than a hundred injured in a suicide bomb—attack in kabul. the islamic state group says it was behind the blast, which targeted a crowd waiting outside a voter registration centre. zia shahreyar sent this report from kabul. the people who were killed and injured here had been waiting in line at this voter registration centre for identity cards that would have allowed them to vote in elections due to take place in october. the suicide bomber walked up to the building's entrance and detonated his bomb. translation: this kid was innocent. what was she guilty of? she was killed today in this attack. these people call themselves muslims. curse on such muslims. look at this. this is a voting card which is drowned in blood. who will come to vote when the government asks us to? the government hopes to register up to 14 million people in the coming months at thousands of centres across the country, but afg hanistan‘s independent election commission

is concerned about security. zia shahreyar, bbc, kabul. two weeks after the suspected chemical attack in syria, international experts have finally carried out an inspection in the former rebel—held town of douma. the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons said its inspectors had gathered samples, which would be examined in specially—designated laboratories. andrew plant reports. it's now two weeks since these scenes played out on screens around the world. released by the syrian opposition, a video appearing to show the aftermath of a chemical attack. the allegation that chlorine had been used met with international condemnation. a team of experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons arrived in damascus earlier this week, but their attempts to reach the site in douma were thwarted when their security team came under fire, leading to a three—day delay.

experts say if chlorine was used, that timescale could now make it hard to detect. if it was a chlorine bomb attack, it is much harder to have any evidence at this point in time, two weeks afterwards. chlorine evaporates very quickly. it does not remain in the bodies. it does not remain in the soil, so it will be difficult to find conclusive proof that it was a chlorine attack. america's defence secretary has accused the syrian government of orchestrating the delays while it cleaned up the area. it's now a week since the us, uk and france launched air strikes in syria against, they said, chemical weapons depots and production facilities. syria and its ally russia have denied that any chemical weapons attack took place. the team of experts will now send their samples for analysis to see what, if anything, can still be detected on the ground. the foreign office has confirmed

that it the foreign office has confirmed thatitis the foreign office has confirmed that it is whether british nationals have been killed in a road accident in saudi arabia. up to four people may have died and a number of others injured. it is understood they were travelling by to mecca. verne troyer, who is best known for playing mini—me in the austin powers films, has died at the age of 49. the actor had been ill recently and had a history of problems with depression and alcohol. simon clemison reports. he is exactly like you in every way... ..except one—eighth your size. but that never held back mini—me... i shall call him... ..0r verne troyer. ..mini—me. screams. the role of dr evil‘s smaller clone in the austin powers comedies brought him worldwide recognition. but his credits also include

harry potter and men in black. hi! i'm verne troyer! more recently, verne troyer has been over here, entering the celebrity big brother house in 2009. i'm gonna play the nice guy but, you know, deep down, i'm going to be evil! he cackles. earlier this month, the actor was again admitted to hospital in los angeles as he battled with alcohol addiction. statements on his social media accounts highlight his struggles and also the issue of depression, but it is not clear exactly what has led to his death. # it's a hard knock life for us. yeah! verne troyer said his part in austin powers grew as they saw what he could do. tributes have been led by its co—creator and the man he starred alongside. mike myers said troyer was the consummate professional

and a beacon of positivity. simon clemison, bbc news. tributes have been coming in to the late actor from stars of the screen and the sporting world. his beloved american football club, the pittsburgh steelers tweeted: our thoughts and prayers are with the family of verne troyer. meanwhile, the oscar—winning west wing actress marlee matlin said: so sad to read of the passing of verne troyer. a lovely smile with a caring and big heart, he helped raise money for free hearing aids for deaf and ha rd—of—hearing people. rest in peace. and the world of wrestling is mourning one of its most high—profile fans, tweeting: wwe is saddened to learn that actor and guest #raw general manager verne troyer has passed away at age 49. crowds have been gathering to catch a glimpse of a pod of killer whales which have been spotted swimming in west of scotland. it's the first time they've been seen in the upper part of the river clyde for many years. i've been speaking to david nairn, from the clyde porpoise marine

mammal project and asked him why he thought they were there. they're looking for food. i would imagine the clyde is bountiful, full of porpoises and items for these animals. how unusual is it to see them there? this is a transient group, more commonly seen up in shetland, 0rkney and up towards norway. we have a group of resident killer whales, usually living in the west coast of scotland. there might be one or two sightings of them a year, but it's quite rare that we've got this transient group in the upper reaches of the clyde. just tell us a bit about them. they're extraordinary creatures, we're seeing pictures of them now in the clyde, wonderful creatures. they're super intelligent animals, the top predators

around the west coast of scotland. we think we've got about four or five females, a bull male and a definite sighting of one calf so far. we were saying they were not normally in the clyde, where would they normally be seen? these transient groups, they kind of roam large areas offshore, but normally over towards shetland, iceland and norway. it's quite bizarre that they're all the way here. bizarre but wonderful, lovely to see them there in rather blue looking waters. absolutely fantastic. the clyde is a recovering environment and it's great news for the whole area and the people that live around the place. the queen celebrated her 92nd birthday with a concert at the albert hall last night with performances from sting and kylie minogue. there was a broad range of music from across the decades and and across the world, organised by the royal commonwealth society.

andy moore reports. # ..unusual to go out at any time sir tom jones kicked off the show, backed by the sound of traditional indian drummers. # if you should ever want to be loved by anyone # it's not unusual, it happens every day. zoe ball presented a night she described as the biggest party of the year. like any one of us on our birthday, the queen has booked her local hall. it is, of course, the stunning and historic royal albert hall. the performers came from across the commonwealth — kylie minogue from australia, shawn mendes from canada and from jamaica, shaggy. # mr bombastic, say me fantastic # touch me in me back she says i'm mr ro... it's been a broad range of music at tonight's concert.

not everything may have been to her majesty's taste, but there have been some of her favourites. # it's an interesting job. the queen is said to know the lyrics of all the george formby songs — a ukulele orchestra supported by some celebrity players paid tribute to him. # you should see them bill ‘n coo # you'd be surprised at things they do # when i'm cleanin‘ windows prince harry was there with meghan markle. the wedding is just over a month away. he spoke briefly. your majesty, if you do not mind me saying, you are not someone who it's easy to buy gifts for. many members of the royal family were at the event, along with the prime minister and commonwealth heads of government. surrounded by performers, the queen came on stage at the end to a short, rousing tribute from prince charles. would you all give her majesty three unbelievably rousing cheers on her birthday?

hip, hip, hip... audience: hooray! the queen is spending the day after her 92nd birthday at windsor castle. andy moore, bbc news. and we have confirmation from the met office concerning the weather at the london marathon. during the warmest london marathon ever, temperatures have now reached 24.1 degrees. that was in st james' temperatures have now reached 24.1 degrees. that was in stjames' park. the previous record was 22.7 in 1996, followed by the did in 2007. how is whether looking for the rest of today? we are seeing cooler and fresh air coming in from the west and overnight, we will have clear skies. we will also have a few showers, mostly across the northern half of the uk.

temperatures will be lower tonight. and with no thunderstorms this time, a good night's sleep should be had by all. tomorrow starts bright, with sunshine in most areas. while looking into the atlantic to see whether weather is coming from, and that will bring with increasing cloud and patchy rain in northern ireland to the south—west of scotla nd ireland to the south—west of scotland and the western fringes of england and wales later. the best of the sunshine is probably still in the sunshine is probably still in the south—east. a day here. temperatures elsewhere are closer to average for the time of year. after some unusually warm weather, we are back to normal over the week ahead. so it will be cooler and fresher. there will be sunshine at times, but stronger winds will blow into blustery and heavy showers. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: social media companies are threatened with new laws by the health secretary,

if they don't do more to protect children online. he's accused them of "turning a blind eye" to the problems arising