one of america's biggest tv stars, bill cosby, is found guilty of sexual assault. he was convicted on three counts, each could mean ten years in prison. bill cosby, three words for you. guilty, guilty, guilty! once affectionately known as america's dad, he was famed for his own hit show in the 1980's in which his victim appeared. some 60 woman have accused bill cosby of similar sexual offences going back decades. his lawyer says he'll appeal. also tonight.... the home secretary is to scrap immigration removal targets, the targets she claimed yesterday didn't exist. knife and gun attacks on the rise with violent crime in england and wales up by 21%. the white house has announced donald trump will visit britain for the first time since becoming president injuly on friday the 13th.

and wembley for sale? why the home of english football could be bought by a pakistani—american billionaire. and in sport, the europa league is arsene wenger‘s last chat to go out with a bang. find out how they got on against atletico madrid. good evening. one of american television's biggest stars, the comedian bill cosby, has been convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. the 80—year—old star is best known for starring in the 1980s tv series the cosby show. he was the first major black actor on primetime and was held in huge affection by audiences. his conviction today follows allegations against him of similar sexual offences by some 60 women stretching back decades.

his trial is the first following the establishment of the metoo movement which arose from the harvey weinstein scandal. aleem maqbool reports. he was an icon. one of the most watched men on television. he came to court today defant. confident he would walk free. he was wrong. outside the courtroom moments after bill cosby was convicted, some of those who had accused him of a sexual assault found it hard to contain their emotions and their relief he will now go to prison for his crimes. i thank the jury. i thank the prosecution. when i look at thatjury, there is that one young black man, who i looked upon as my son, and i know the disappointment that he felt in looking at a beloved black male iconic father figure and being able to yet render a guilty verdict. ithank him.

lili bernard looked up to bill cosby when she appeared on his show and there is no doubt in his heyday that when he was an african, american hero, he was sometimes referred to as america's dad. but there were a lwa ys as america's dad. but there were always rumours that he used his position to abuse women. finally in the past three years, around 60 came forward to say he assaulted them. in only one incident, involving andrea constand, it happened recent enough for the case to go to trial. the first time it came to court the jury could not agree on a verdict. this time at the retrial it was a unanimous decision to convict him. what changed this time around? the judge allowed more women to testify and it proved a pattern of cosby drugging and assaulting women and it had the meat to movement as its backdrop. we are so happy that

finally we can say women are believed and not only on #metoo, but ina court believed and not only on #metoo, but in a court of law where they were under oath, where they testified truthfully, where they were attacked, where they were smeared, where they were denigrated. this fallen star now faces a lengthyjail term and it is clear he is not prepared to go quietly. we are very disappointed by the verdict. we do not think mr cosby is guilty of anything and the fight is not over. but a conviction of a previously untouchable celebrity on charges like these is a huge moment for america and for all those here fighting for justice for women america and for all those here fighting forjustice for women who have been sexually assaulted. we can talk to nedda taofique outside the court in pennsylvania where the trial took place. this is the second time bill cosby stood trial for this particular offence, last time the jury couldn't agree. what was different this time?

well, certainly since the last trial we have had this shift in society and culture from doubting to believing victims and the key question here was whether that would affect the justice system. the judge allowed five additional women to speak and they shared their powerful stories of how they were also drugged and sexually assaulted by bill cosby. bill cosby‘s lawyer aggressively went after them, saying that one was promiscuous, another after the spotlight, another after his money. but thejury after the spotlight, another after his money. but the jury decided that the women were more believable and that before was unthinkable. there have been accusations against bill cosby have been accusations against bill cos by for have been accusations against bill cosby for such a long time, over 50 women, but americans had trouble reconciling that and those accusations with his whole sum,

lova ble accusations with his whole sum, lovable image. for you as he was the most watched man on television and there was not a stronger figure than bill cosby. for these allegations to be true it was shaking america to its core. now that image has just been shattered by this trial. now that image has just been shattered by this trial. the bbc has learnt the home office is to scrap immigration removal targets a day after the home secretary said they didn't exist. amber rudd admitted in the commons earlier that there had been local targets for measuring performance. downing street insists it has full confidence in the home secretary, despite more calls for her to resign in the wake of the windrush controversy. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. cameras at the front door — rarely a good sign for a cabinet minister. the home secretary said her department did not have targets for getting people who live here illegally to leave. she was wrong. good morning. meaning the government apologised for the seventh time since this mess emerged. secretary amber rudd. the immigration arm

of the home office has been using local targets for internal performance management. these were not published targets against which performance was assessed. but if they were used inappropriately, then i am clear that this will have to change. but labour says the home secretary's performance as past performance has passed the point of no return. when lord carrington resigned over the falklands, he said it was a matter of honour. isn't it time that the home secretary considered her honour and resigned? i say with all conscience is she really the right person to lead this office of state? but the government side is still on her side. she has the total support of this side of the house. the total support of this side of the house in trying

to resolve a very difficult, very difficult legacy issue. most people in the real world outside of the labour party, the snp and the metropolitan london elite in the media believe that the government don't do enough to remove illegal immigrants from this country, not that they're doing too much. this was the root of her embarrassment. being quizzed over the windrush fiasco yesterday, she appeared not in control of the facts. targets for removals — when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. except that wasn't quite true. documents like this passed to the bbc show that, week after week after week, numbers were collected and compared to those targets, so by morning the home secretary had no choice but to admit that that was the case. but at lunchtime, government sources told me the targets would be scrapped.

so in just a day, they didn't exist, then they did, and now they are to disappear. it's common for government departments to have targets but for families like the williams there is unease about how the system works. mum nelly is from indonesia. after being questioned at the airport over her immigration status, she is now desperately worried about being deported. we are told we can't remain in the country as a family and the consequences are of course that then we get split up as a family. it impacts my daughter, who's in a local school getting an education that is important for her. and i'm just astounded. i want to have the family together. not split, one in indonesia and one in the uk. that's not right. do you have confidence in your home secretary, prime minister? not happy families in government right now. amber rudd's boss knows a thing or two about managing home office crises, but while ms rudd is in place, it keeps the mess at some distance from theresa may's door. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the number of knife and gun crimes recorded by police in england

and wales last year has gone up. figures from the office for national statistics reveal violent crime has risen by 21% compared to last year. there have been rises in burglary and car crime too. our home affairs correspondent leila nathoo reports. i was told i'd been stabbed 12 times and i had nearly died. it was the dawn of 2017 and will flint was out celebrating the new year when he was stabbed while trying to stop an assault on a girl in the street. i had a punctured lung, the knife went into my left side, it narrowly missed my heart. physically, i'm starting to recover, but there was a lot of mental issues that were going on that i had to deal with in order to overcome what i went through. willis now rebuilding his life, but in the year that followed his attack, hundreds of thousands of others became victims of violence. overall, violent crimes recorded by police in england and wales increased by 31% last year compared with 2016.

increased by 21% last year compared with 2016. knife crime stands out with an increase of 22%. gun crime was also up 11%. some of the rises we're seeing in violent crime, including the most extreme such as homicide, are changes in the drug activity we are seeing taking place across the country. so the links of violence to drug—taking and drug—dealing are well—known and we are seeing, for example, from hospital admissions, rises in the drug activity. across the country, police also recovered a sharp rise in vehicle recorded a sharp rise in vehicle thefts and burglaries too, like this one captured recently on cctv in the west midlands. there are two sets of crime figures out today. a survey of people's experiences which captures crimes not reported to police showed a more stable picture and, over the longer term, crime has fallen. but the police data reveals what is happening at the serious end of the scale where there has been a surge in violence, largely here in london, and in other cities. and already this year the trend

looks to be continuing. in the capital there has been a spate of killings. the government recently launched a new strategy to try to stop scenes like this happening time and again. ministers want to focus on prevention as well as policing and tightening up legislation around weapons. is there any thoughts as to why we're seeing a rise in knife crime? these young people in south—east london have their own ideas. even if one person gets stabbed in london, that's one person too much. after yet another stabbing in their area they have come together to discuss solutions. think about the background of people and what their support is, with their family, with their friends, the area they live in. put pressure on government to actually increase funding for youth engagement opportunities. police ain't listening, the police are against us. provide young people with a safe place. youth clubs traditionally, always safe, they are always secure. everyone is searching for answers. how to stop violence devastating lives and devastating communities. leila nathoo, bbc news.

the boss of tsb has told the bbc the bank is on its knees after six days of computer chaos. paul pester said he'd been forced to call in experts from ibm to help to fix the problems caused when the bank began a major it upgrade last weekend. around half of tsb‘s customers have been affected. donald trump is making his first official visit to the uk since he was sworn in as president. he will arrive here on friday the 13th july. the trip will be a working rather than a state visit and the president will hold talks with theresa may. our north america editor, jon sopel is in washington. there will be a lot riding on this visit though the choice of date may not be the most be auspicious. yes. the strains in the special relationship, friday the 13th, what could possibly go wrong? there have been bombs in that relationship since donald trump recreated those

anti—muslim videos, since he made comments about the national health service and attacked the mayor of london. but there is still a close partnership between britain and the us over defence, intelligence, national security, and we saw that coming together in the raids that took place on syria with the french. he also has the french, who have put themselves in pole position with their president. emmanuel macron flew at last night talking about the very special relationship he had with donald trump and in the past hour they have been taking down the french flags and they will be replacing them with the german flags because angela merkel arrives a little bit later on. but there is real business to talk about in this meeting. i understand donald trump will meet the queen in buckingham palace or windsor castle on his trip. the question is will he meet jeremy corbyn? that would be a meeting to be a fly on the wall at. but at the moment real concern is

with the french and the germans making headway with donald trump, we are in danger of being left behind. 1953 — the end of the korean war — was the last time a north korean leader crossed into south korean territory. tonight, kim jong—un will do just that. at half past midnight, british time, he crosses the military demarcation line into south korea to meet their president, moonjae—in, and hold talks in panmunjom, known as the truce village. nuclear demilitarisation will be for many the ultimate goal, but for the peoples of the two respective countries, the significance of this historic summit goes beyond that. laura bicker has been talking to the fishermen of one south korean island to understand the importance of this moment. the fishermen of baengnyeong island are living on a forgotten front line. across this body of water just the few miles away is the north korean mainland. in between is an invisible scar of division.

this man farms his seaweed on the northern limit line separating the two countries. translation: they draw lines on this ocean and tell us not to go over them. it's like being in a prison without bars. the hazards of fishing in these waters have less to do with the weather and more to do with the political climate. even when things are good, such as now, between north and south korea, there's a bit of tension. a deadly attack this morning set homes and buildings... eight years ago this region bore the brunt of north korean aggression. they fired 170 shells at nearby yeonpyong island. four people were killed. the harbour may look tranquil but military personnel outnumber civilians here. fishermen cannot go out at night and risk abduction if they drift into north korean waters.

dozens have never returned but this man is one of only a few who have made it back after being dragged by a strong tide. translation: i was lucky because the very first inter—korean summit was happening in pyongyang at the time, so the north korean soldiers were worried about the image of having me here, so they told me to hurry and go back before anyone heard about it. he believes he's got nothing to fear from the north koreans. he was born there. it remains his homeland. if good times come and unification happens, i will go right away back to my home. of course i want to go, because it's my home town. the fishermen fly the flag of a unified korea. they hope their plea will be heard by the leaders of both countries as they prepare to meet. we have been worried about bombs and missiles flying over us and another war starting. all that could be gone all at once.

my heart would be at peace and our lives would be at peace. for many, the dream of sharing these waters has been held for 65 years. this is their best chance at peace in decades. and they can only place their hope in those who will negotiate their future. history will be made on this peninsula injust a history will be made on this peninsula in just a few hours when kim jong—un steps over the border into south korea, the first north korean leader to do so and for its pa rt korean leader to do so and for its part south korea says it will be strong and stubborn on the issue of denuclearisation. mr kim has said he's only bahebeck to stop testing his weapons and not give them away and he might see the summit as a way to cement his place on the world stage as a nuclear power. it is the job of seoul, and indeed washington when it becomes president trump's

turn, to persuade him that his state's future is more secure without those weapons than with them. thank you. two men have been arrested in coordinated raids this morning in connection with a high number of drug related deaths in barrow—in—furness in cumbria. police say the arrests — in manchester and preston — were targeted at disrupting the supply of heroin and crack cocaine by gangs in major english cities. last week, we revealed there have been 12 drug related deaths in barrow since december, a number far higher than the average. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, was with the police as they made the arrests. early this morning in east manchester... police! simultaneously in preston city centre... you're being arrested on suspicion of supplying class a controlled drugs. this information suggests that you and others were involved in moving people

to barrow—in—furness, cumbria, for the purpose of selling crack cocaine and heroin. do you understand that? co—ordinated raids to arrest two men allegedly involved in county lines, accused of arranging drug sales in barrow despite living miles from cumbria. this teenage student was taken from his halls of residence at the university of central lancashire. inside his dorm room, officers found heavy weapons, a sword in a student housing block. there were also parcels of heroin and crack cocaine as well as hundreds of pounds. that's crack, isn't it? blocks of crack. in manchester, as the suspect‘s father and little sister sat downstairs, officers found more drug dealing equipment. you've got the baking soda and that and you could actually be making crack cocaine here. police believe this morning's operation went quite well. they have seized a number of phones

and found a quantity of drugs, drugs they believe may well have been intended for barrow—in—furness. the words getting out that barrow seems to be like a cash cow, so to speak, a good place to make money. there have been 12 drug—related deaths in barrow since december and bobby strike knew many of them. a user of heroin and crack cocaine, he is bombarded daily by drug gangs in liverpool, manchester, even london. i mean, how often are you contacted? i've had four text messages, about five phone calls. it's every day, from seven o'clock in the morning until one o'clock in the morning. it's quite a busy working day for them, a long working day. the competition is intense. offers from dealers are always available. but the demand makes barrow an appealing marketplace. last month one dealer pleaded guilty to selling drugs here. he had actually done the same crime previously in barrow.

he got an eight—year prison sentence in 2013 but was released last spring. carl griffiths from liverpool will be sentenced next month. for the police, such cases illustrate how hard it is to reduce barrow‘s drug problem. we have been really successful around the enforcement side of things. we've been tackling organised crime groups for a number of years. but sadly we take one group out and the next day there is another group here. ingrained poverty and lack of hope are as much to blame for barrow‘s drug deaths as big—city gangs. much more than arrests and convictions are urgently needed. michael buchanan, bbc news. facebook has admitted it didn't read the terms and conditions of a personality test app that it allowed on its site. the app was used to harvest the data of 87 million people by cambridge analytica, a firm accused of using it to influence political campaigns.

the admission came as the company's chief technical officer gave evidence to mps today. our media editor, amol rajan, reports. they wanted mark zuckerberg, in the event masked protesters was the best they got. instead of the facebook founder mps geared themselves up this morning to interrogate the company's chief technical officer. mark schropfer is the most senior facebook executive to appear before mps. the questioning was persistent and at times positively hostile, particularly over facebook‘s threat of legal action over stories linking them to the british firm cambridge analytica. i'm going to ask you again, will you apologise for this bullying behaviour? i am sorry that journalists feel that we are trying to prevent them from getting the truth out because that is not the intent, so i am sorry. i put it to you today, sir, that facebook is a morality free zone, destructive to a fundamental right of privacy, you are not an innocent party wronged by the likes of cambridge analytica,

but you are the problem. your company is the problem. what do you say to that? i respectfully disagree with that assessment. schropfer accepted the company didn't read the terms and conditions of a personality test app on facebook which harvested the data of 87 million users. he said the company was rolling out new technology to identify political ads on its news. you are players. we... you are notjust a neutral platform, you are players. look, i think i believe in strong, open political discourse and what we are trying to do is make sure that people can get their messages across. i don't think it is for us to decide who the right candidate is, it is for the people to do that. in washington a fortnight ago zuckerberg was in apology mode. this scandal has led to an explosion in public awareness of how personal data is exploited online. schropfer recognised that. we have made mistakes. i think other companies have done bad things,

but the root of the issue, of the idea that consumers don't have control over their data, is a big problem and something i care a lot about. thank you. with nearly $5 billion in profits already this year this data scandal hasn't hurt facebook financially yet. but trust in their brand has been damaged and change is in the air. the public are wising up to the value of their own personal data and lawmakers are jostling to prove that they have the power and the mandate to clip this compa ny‘s wings. tonight the committee reissued their invitation to zuckerberg, but this is one friend request he is unlikely to accept. amol rajan, bbc news. ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservative party, has announced she is pregnant. ms davidson said she's excited to be expecting herfirst child — due in the autumn — with her partner, jen wilson. our scotland editor, sarah smith, is in glasgow. seeing ms davidson talking about this today, she is clearly delighted. she can barely contain her

excitement. she was absolutely beaming with pride today when she announced that she and her fiance are going to become parents in the autumn buzz and she conceived using ivf treatment and said there had been some ups and downs along the way. and she told brian taylor how she was feeling now. just really relieved actually because it's quite a lot of stress and pressure and you're just hoping so hard and you're trying to not allow yourself to hope in case it's bad news. i mean, it'sjust, genuinely... look, i can't keep the smile off my face! you're famous for smiling but you're adding a few inches to the smile today. also i really struggled keeping it quiet because i'm the sort of person who wears my heart on my sleeve anyway. because she is the first uk political party leader to give birth in office, this is obviously

sparking political as well as personal speculation. after recent electoral successes in scotland ruth davidson is often tipped as a potential future leader for the uk conservative party and she wanted to make clear today that having a baby is not going to derail her political career, saying she is to absolutely committed to politics and that, like thousands of women across the country, after cheers at the baby she will take a few months off work but will be back full—time and fully committed in the spring of next year. thank you. they were only supposed to install some new electricity cables. but engineers in the west midlands instead caused a majorflood. they damaged a water pipe causing the main to burst in tipton. the water — three metres deep in places — left cars submerged and four houses had to be evacuated. arsenal have been held to a 1—1 draw at home by atletico madrid in the first leg of their europa league semi—final. despite atletico being down to ten men for most of the game,

they now have a crucial away goal ahead of the second leg in spain on tuesday. joe wilson reports. the waves we know our goodbye but will it be a good one? the europa league is all arsene wenger has left for the atletico madrid's magic only had ten players left after ten minutes, sending off for him and fury for minutes, sending off for him and furyfor him. minutes, sending off for him and fury for him. diego simeone the boss, and if that is your attitude, you can go as well. arsenal spent much of the rest of the first half looking like they had to score but failing to do so. we have seen that before. whilst simeone prowled. it took arsenal an hour but they found a way to goal, the leap from la cazette. just a way to goal, the leap from lacazette. just when the night seemed settled, arsenal contract to let atletico madrid back in and the second leg will start with the score

1-1. in 22 second leg will start with the score 1—1. in 22 years arsene wenger has never won a european trophy. it could all still end well. maybe, but they are making it hard for him. jo wilson, bbc news, arsenal. the home of english football, wembley stadium, could be sold. the football association has confirmed that it has received an offer of more than £900 million from a pakistani—american billionaire who wants to buy the ground. shahid khan already owns fulham football club and the american nfl team the jacksonville jaguars. richard conway's report contains some flashing images it is known as the home of english football and a venue for some of the sport's most memorable moments. some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over. it is now! redeveloped by the football association and reopened in 2007, wembley could now be sold to this man, the us billionaire shahid khan after his bid with a total of £900

million. he already owns fulham football clu b million. he already owns fulham football club and, more significantly for this deal, american football team the jacksonville jaguars. his offer for wembley is a sign that the jaguars, who played several times in london, could eventually moved to wembley on a permanent basis. the fa board must now decide whether or not to accept the bid but there are already questioned over the public money used to build the project. is it a good dealfor the used to build the project. is it a good deal for the nation? used to build the project. is it a good dealfor the nation? it is not just the fa's position to sell wembley. it is the national stadium for our national sport of which the government put well in excess of £100 million. shahid khan said wembley will still be the national team's home but the deal will likely see more england games played outside of the capital in future. see more england games played outside of the capital in futurelj