this is bbc news. the headlines at four: 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. commentator: mo farah will 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 started by the queen. 41,000 runners are thought to have taken part in the 26—mile race. commentator: i'm not sure they can catch him, and weir will win once again in london.

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 what happens when you lose your hair early. that's in newsbeat documentaries 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's 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 foreign office has confirmed

that it's aware that british nationals have been killed in a road accident in saudi arabia. it's being reported that up to four people may have died and a number of others injured. it's understood they were travelling by coach to mecca. 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 mi5‘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. 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 1a 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. 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. 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. what a busy day it has been in the sporting world. let's cross over to the bbc sport centre. really busy. there are into the second half at wembley in the fa cup semifinal between chelsea and southampton. chelsea have the lead. willian had the blues' best chance of the first half. he rattled the bar. goalless at half—time. manchester united are waiting for the winners of this one after they beat spurs yesterday. 0livier giroud got the nod ahead of morata in the chelsea team and wants eden hazard had picked him out, look at that brilliant composure to dribble through the saints' defence and round the keeper to put chelsea in front. they lead 1—0.

there are three premier league matches today. arsenal beat west ham 4-1 at matches today. arsenal beat west ham 4—1 at the emirates. this was arsene wenger‘s first match since announcing last week that he's going to leave the gunners at the end of the season after 22 years in charge. they took the lead, but west ham's marko arnautovic scored a great equaliser with 25 minutes to play. the gunners left it late. hammers failed to deal with that from aaron ramsey. his cross went straight in. alexandre lacazette scored two more before the final whistle. wenger still has two more home matches to enjoy his sendoff, but after finally making that decision to leave the club, he enjoyed today. making that decision to leave the club, he enjoyed todaylj making that decision to leave the club, he enjoyed today. i would like to thank everybody. everybody has been very nice and very kind and praised me more than i deserve it, so praised me more than i deserve it, soi praised me more than i deserve it, so i would like to thank everybody.

it has been a great period for me andi it has been a great period for me and i am gratefulfor that in england. two other games in the premier league today. stoke, who desperately need points, could only draw. it was 1—1 at home to burnley. west brom could go down today if swa nsea west brom could go down today if swansea beat manchester city, which isa swansea beat manchester city, which is a big if. they kick off at the etihad stadium in the next 15 minutes. rangers are back up to second place in the scottish premiership. they w011 in the scottish premiership. they won 2—1 against hearts. goals from jason cummings and a great header saw them win the match. hearts got one back, but didn't threaten enough to get a point. manchester city women drew 0—0 in the first leg of their champions league semifinal against the holders

leon. melissa lawley produced city's best effort. the city keeper kept that all—importa nt clean best effort. the city keeper kept that all—important clean sheet to stop the french getting a valuable away goal. 32nd sides met at this stage of the competition last season, with city winning in lyon by going out on aggregate. sorry hugely encouraging first leg result ahead of that second leg. great britain has failed to qualify for the world group two in tennis's fekir. they were beaten byjapan. johanna konta beat her opponent in straight sets and the reverse singles to give great britain a 2—1 lead overjapan, but heather watson lost to her opponent, so it went to a deciding double. the british players took the first set, but lost to the other pair. that means britain remain in the europe africa zone. they have played at the top level for 25 years. —— they have not

played at the top level for 25 yea rs. at the snooker championship in sheffield, ronnie 0'sullivan came through a tough first—round match to beat stephen maguire. he is into the second round. he resumed 6—3 down, 0'sullivan, but raced out of the blocks. i won 0'sullivan, but raced out of the blfiiiier won last 0'sullivan, but raced out of the blf; he? won last ta ke take live take - live to the take is i live to the take is one e to the take is one of o the take is one of the e take is one of the two tables now. this is one of the two tables in action at the moment. that is ali carter, playing graeme dott. 6—6 as it stands. 0n the other table, sean murphy is to have one up against jamiejones. murphy is to have one up against jamie jones. that is murphy is to have one up against jamiejones. that is on bbc two at the moment. also full coverage on the moment. also full coverage on the bbc sport website. there are six games under way in by there are six games under way in rugby league's challenge cup. these

are fifth round matches. we had some very big one—sided results yesterday. that is all the sport for now. a quick update from wembley. chelsea are still leading southampton 1—0 in the fa cup semifinal. 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 fought 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. and they are still coming in? yes, it's just over six hours since many of the runners behind me started and they now look very relieved to see that they have finished what has been one of the hottest london marathons to date, around 24 degrees in the height of the sunshine. it has now cooled, thankfully, but the highlight today has to be mo farah winning the bronze medal in a

british record time. he was cheered on by the home crowd all the way around and when i caught up with him at the end of the race, he seemed happy 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.

definitely. if i can finish third in a major race like this, i will see what i can do in 2019. and the rest of the masses follow that elite men's race. there have been plenty of inspirational stories, not least from david wyeth and matthew rees. last year, when david was struggling to cross the finish line, matthew picked him up and carried him across in a very london spirited way. they ran again this time around, supporting each other all the way. this was what they had to say 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. deserving winners of that spirit of london award, and brilliant to see them crossing the line together. there have been plenty of other memorable stories but we can't go without mentioning sophie raworth. she has done six marathons in the past five days and here in london, she completed her seventh. she had been out in the sahara, so you would

think she would cope with the won here, but he admits that it has been a surprise for you in london when she spoke to my colleague at the end of the race. 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 as 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. congratulations to sophie, an amazing achievement, along with the over 40,000 runners who have been competing here today. it is definitely thinning out, not as many finishing in the latter stages. am sure most of them will be feeling emotional, excited, but more anything relieved that they made it to the end of what has been another very hot london marathon. kate, thank you very much. 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. time for the weather with darren bett. hello there. 23, 24 degrees today across the south—east of the uk,

but we are seeing cooler and fresher air coming in from the west. and overnight we'll have some clearer skies and we'll also have a few showers, mostly across the northern half of the uk. those should become fewer as the night goes on. westerly breezes drawing in some cooler and fresher air and temperatures will be lower tonight, five to seven degrees and with no thunderstorms this time, a good night's sleep should be had by all. tomorrow starts bright with some sunshine in most areas but we are looking to the atlantic to see where our weather is coming from and that will bring with it increasing cloud and patchy rain coming in to northern ireland, to the south—west of scotland, western fringes of england and wales later on. best of the sunshine, probably still in the south—east. nice day here. 17 or 18 degrees. 13 to 15 elsewhere and that's near average for this time of the year. after some unusually warm weather, we're back to normal over