this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11.003m: the head of mi5 warns russia it's becoming an "isolated pariah", trying to undermine european democracies and breaching international rules. the first use of a nerve agent since the second world war, plus protecting the syrian regime's use of chemical weapons to kill and maim civilians are simply not acceptable. america opens its controversial new israeli embassy in jerusalem today — sparking protests from palestinians. former foreign secretary david miliband calls for mps to take back control of the brexit process. more than 60 people are killed in the dust storms sweeping across four indian states. also: wild flowers are being driven away from britain's roadsides. a conservation charity says nettles and brambles which thrive

on the nitrogen in vehicle fumes are squeezing them out. and the three and four—year—olds being weighed every year as part of a new scheme to help tackle obesity. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the head of mi5 has delivered a strongly worded rebuke to russia, in his first public comments since the nerve agent attack in salisbury. addressing an audience of european security chiefs in berlin, andrew parker accused the russian government of trying to undermine european democracies with what he described as "malign activities" and "flagrant breaches of international rules". mr parker also said that

europe faces an "intense and unrelenting terrorist threat", warning that brexit must not lead to the weakening of intelligence co—operation in europe. he said 12 terror attacks have been stopped in the uk since the westminster attack in 2017. we're living in a period where europe faces sustained threats and sustain hostile activity from certain states. let me be clear — by this, i don'tjust mean spies spying on other spies, spies following each other around in the dead of night. i mean deliberate, targeted malign activity intended to undermine our free, open and democratic societies. to destabilise the international rules—based system that underpins our stability, security and prosperity. the chief protagonist amongst these

hostile actors today is the russian government. notice, i don't say russia. the united kingdom has the utmost admiration and respect for the people of russia, for their proud culture and long history. i myself studied the russian language at school. we have no desire to escalate tensions or to go back to the tense and dangerous times that europe lived through during the cold war. berlin, more than most cities, knows what that felt like. one of the kremlin‘s central and entirely admirable aims is to build russia in greatness on the world stage. there are ways open for it to do that as part of the rules—based order, but its repeated choices have been to pursue that aim through aggressive and pernicious actions by its military and intelligence services. instead of becoming a respected great nation, it risks becoming

a more isolated pariah. we want cordial relations with the russian government, and for it to live up to its international obligations, taking its place on the world stage in the rules—based order. we look forward to that day, but our respect for russia's people and desire for a productive relationship cannot and must not stop us from calling out and pushing back on the kremlin‘s flagrant breaches of international rules. leaders across europe and the world have taken a stand. they've sent a strong message that the first use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war, and supporting and protecting the syrian regime's horrific use of chemical weapons to kill and maim civilians is simply not acceptable. but also the russian government's invasion of crimea,

the taking of territory from another sovereign european country by force, cannot be acceptable. seeking to interfere with legitimate democratic elections in the us and in france is not acceptable. attempting to mount a coup against the elected government of montenegro is not acceptable. we will have more on that shortly. the united states will begin moving its embassy to jerusalem today. president trump's decision to relocate it from tel aviv comes after he officially recognised jerusalem as the capital of israel, in a break with decades of international consensus. senior us officials will be attending the opening ceremony,

including ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner. palestinians bitterly oppose the move. from jerusalem, here's yolande knell. please is really bikers staged their own tribute to the new us embassy. riding in from the old site in tel aviv. soon after the modern state of israel was created, exactly 70 years ago, if major routes in its capital, but not even its closest ally recognised that until president trump's declaration last year. recognised that until president trump's declaration last yeahm recognised that until president trump's declaration last year. it is a great thing for israel that the president of the united states did what he promised and many presidents before him promised, to move to jerusalem. we want to shoot everybody, this is the place of our capital and all the embassies in the world needs to be there. this holy

and disputed city is at the very heart of the israel, palestinian conflict. both sides wanted as their capital. for decades, most of the world agreed its status should be divided between them in peace talks. the us is the first of its embassy, but already others say they will follow. for now, the new embassy will just be follow. for now, the new embassy willjust be a few rooms inside the consulate offices there were already here. it'll take years before a new building up, but it is the change: taking place right now but has huge symbolic significance. that is why is really as are delighted and are furious. this state is always a time of protest for palestinians. they remember how infighting in 1948, hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes in london became part of israel. this year's demonstrations are also in the washington.

translation: it will be for the embassy. gaza will rise up along with the west bank. everyone, the children, the boys, the women, no one will stay home. already president trump's daughter and son—in—law have arrived in israel for the opening of the embassy, but the white house's idea of a new peace plan looks more unrealistic than ever. palestinians say the us is not an honest broker in the peace process and have cut off official ties, along with the big celebration tea, there are rising tensions. meanwhile, the former foreign secretary david miliband hasjoined a cross—party intervention on the brexit negotiations. joined by lib dem nick clegg and conservative nicky morgan — he called on mps of all parties to use their voice in parliament

to maintain britain's close economic ties with the european union. my my own view is that the peers are ahead of the party leadership when it comes to this issue. thank you. it isa it comes to this issue. thank you. it is a question primarily for david miliband. you have been out of uk politics for five years, you didn't ta ke politics for five years, you didn't take part in the referendum campaign. you didn't cover my participation in the referendum campaign! you swoop in now from new york, why should the british people listen to you when you say you know what is the best next step to take on this difficult process? the best thing i can say that that is that they trust them to make up their own minds. i don't take the referendum result is the end of the story, the

death of democracy, the end of debate. democracy can't be allowed to end on the 23rd ofjune, 2016. debate can't be allowed to enter. those of us who were on the losing side of the boat should not therefore accept that the case for minimising the damage is somehow lost. this is a matterfor people minimising the damage is somehow lost. this is a matter for people to come to terms with the reality that confronts them because the truth about the referendum campaign is that a lot of issues raised in the last two years weren't evident in the course of the campaign, so what brexit means in terms of trade and customs was not evident. what it means in terms of the irish border was not evident and to state the blindingly obvious, the position of the united states at the time of the referendum campaign was very different as it is today. so the prospects that were dangled in front of people at the time of brexit i

think look very different today. that is why i think it is completely reasonable for people to assess the new facts present them. whether or not they listened to me is up to them, but i think it would be the worst of all outcomes that are referendum means the end of the kind of democratic debate that the country thrives on because they honestly believe that is the route to the worst of all backlash. question for morgan. some of your conservative cause colleagues have backed calls to keep britain in the eea. now that normally might be ok with the idea, would you suggest that? i think that norwegian intervention today was significant. the uk was founding member of temp

one. stephen hammond wrote a good column about it at the weekend. if we are going to be part of the customs union, services, regulatory standards come by being part of the eea and if we are not want to get the stephen comprehends a free—trade agreement that the prime minister has talked about, then the eea has to bea has talked about, then the eea has to be a sensible way to go forwards. the launcher are writer did back on the agenda. i will be looking at it and it is something i would be likely to support. it provides a big hand to put the city of london in terms of the worries. a question for david miliband. you have been largely absent from british politics since she lost the labour leadership. is this a single intervention or the start of

something bigger? is this the beginning of a comeback? it is not the beginning, middle or end of anything. it is a contribution on a debate which i think is really important. i'm a british citizen. i feel strongly about the fate of the country and i think whether or opportunities produced the —— opportunities produced the —— opportunities for you to use any experience you have, it is right to put that into the mix. sometimes distance lends perspective and the perspective that you have when you're standing outside the uk is a with extraordinary strengths come with extraordinary strengths come with an extraordinary reputation, with an extraordinary reputation, with real assets that are important in the modern world and you see this great tragedy that would unfold the shrunken britain retreating into itself, not just shrunken britain retreating into itself, notjust economically but politically. and doing so at a time of particular global peril. the

truth is that the fundamental building blocks of the international system, not just in building blocks of the international system, notjust in respect of trade but of politics, are being pulled away. that means that international institutions that do work become that much more important. to that extent i hope i will be able to use the perspective i have got of looking into the uk, combining it with the sense of passion that i have that as a british citizen i ca re have that as a british citizen i care about the fate of the country. that was david miliband speaking in essex, saying that he believed that it was important that britain did not become as shrunken country retreating from the international agenda. he was appearing alongside nick clegg, the former lib dem deputy prime minister, and nicky morgan, the former conservative

minister. already there has been criticism from eurosceptics jacob rees—mogg has said this is the last gasp of the remainers. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in downing street. we heard questions there saying to david miliband, you have been out of uk politics for five years, high significant as his appearance there are? it could be significant in the immediate parliamentary showdown which theresa may faces over key bits of brexit legislation, where she is facing possible defeat over the customs union. maybe debate over staying in the single market and maybe defeat overlap allowing mps sending her back to the negotiating table. they are appealing to mps to vote for their amendments. it is not, they say, part of the bigger move to overturn brexiter ought to

pave the way for another referendum. they are targeting this appeal very specifically on mps at westminster to, in their words, specifically on mps at westminster to, in theirwords, take specifically on mps at westminster to, in their words, take back control of the brexit process. it has to be says that mps may choose to do that anyway because the numbers facing the mae are so tied anyway. were to sway four, five mps, back to be enough to tilt the balance against theresa may in those critical votes. it has the potential in parliamentary terms to be very significant. even though david miliband is pretty much out of step with his own party, the labour party? he is i think in terms of the membership, but perhaps less so in terms of the mps and indeed here's where, to a large degree, it is jeremy corbyn who finds themselves in the minority. when many of his

mps to back remaining in the customs union and the single market, some also as we said like owen smith have got for a second referendum, then just the other day we saw senior labourfigures in just the other day we saw senior labour figures in the just the other day we saw senior labourfigures in the house of just the other day we saw senior labour figures in the house of lords like neil cammack suggesting that labour ought to rally behind the idea of staying in the european economic area and the single market. the issue which really is dividing the whole brexit debate. we saw more of that this morning on the conservative side with the public slap down for borisjohnson from the health secretary, jeremy hunt, who criticised his recent outburst when he condemned that proposal for a customs partnership is crazy. jeremy hunt centre that outburst only benefited the european negotiators. ido benefited the european negotiators. i do think it is important that we have these debates in private. in private. notjust because of

collective responsibility which democracy depends on, but also because this is a negotiation. so on the eu side of a c divisions in the open, then they will exploit that. you get a sense of the division is rippling through this senior tiers of this government because of this year yesterday we had michael gove publicly, again, challenging this idea of a customs partnership saying there were questions about it, then there were questions about it, then the previous weekend we had greg clarke doing pretty much the opposite. you get the sense there is still no agreement within cabinet about how to proceed on what should replace the customs union. theresa may this morning is meeting senior tory mps in downing street to brief them on the customs option. interesting, those mps coming in at the mps from both sides of the divide, so there have been prominent brexiteers like priti patel, bernard jenkin, then prominent remainers

like damian green. we are told theresa may is giving them a factual account of the two options, but i expect as well she is trying to gauge where her party is in this debate. extraordinary wrangling going on in private and public. the time to try to sort the site really is now beginning run pretty short. it is. one of the interesting ideas which is now being mooted is this idea of having a longer transition period. we know we already have the 21 months up to december 2020, but last night damian green floated the idea of bolting on ourfurther transition period to give the uk more time to sort out its customs arrangements and to try to get the sort of smart technology we are going to need if there is a border in northern ireland. that idea has

been rubbished a senior brexiteers jacob rees—mogg, michael gove saying yesterday, no, not having an extended transition period. but it is an idea doing the rounds an interesting but damian green last night seemed to give it his support. there has been more bloodshed in indonesia after attacks that left 13 people dead. the attacks were carried out by members of a single family. the latest bomb attack was on a police station. the family of five drove up onto motorbikes and set of the explosions close to the headquarters. an eight—year—old girl, believed to be one of the

attackers, is thought to have survived. translation: in order to prevent serious attacks after this incident we will intensify our investigation. we will also collaborate with experts from universities and psychologists and those of the victims so hopefully the survivors can resume their lives as soon as $0011 can resume their lives as soon as 50011 as can resume their lives as soon as soon as possible. monday's attackers the fourth such incident in this area. on sunday morning, worshippers at three charges were targeted and at three charges were targeted and at least 13 people died. later that day there was an explosion at an apartment block. all of these bombings were perpetrated by families. police say the father in the church attacks was a local leader in the extremist network, which supports so—called islamic state. this is worse than we have seen state. this is worse than we have seenin state. this is worse than we have seen in indonesia for more than a decade, in fact you have to go back to 2005. we are entering ramadan.

this is the first ramadan without a physical caliphate. a very worrying development for indonesia. indonesia has been struggling to cope with the sheer number of jihadists who has been struggling to cope with the sheer number ofjihadists who had been radicalised by groups affiliated to so—called islamic state. security forces have arrested hundreds of militants as part of a crackdown that smashed some networks, but this latest wave of attacks will prompt some soul—searching about whether new tactics are needed. a 26 year old british rugby player has died while touring with his club in the sri lankan capital, colombo, after complaining of breathing difficulties. another player is in a critical condition. let's get more from our correspondent jane frances—kelly, who's here with me now. what more do we know? this is an

amateur rugby club with members from the north—east. the foreign office are not releasing details of the clu b are not releasing details of the club or the individuals at the moment. they say they are trying to clarify issues. we know they went over to sri lanka for two friendly matches and on saturday they played one of the friendly matches. afterwards, some members of the team went after a nightclub in colombo, the capital of sri lanka. they came backin the capital of sri lanka. they came back in the early hours of the morning. about ten o'clock on sunday morning. about ten o'clock on sunday morning two of the men complained of breathing difficulties to the hotel. they were taken to hospital, but sadly at 26—year—old died. a postmortem will be carried out to try to ascertain what he died from later today. a 27—year—old is in a critical condition. as we say, the

names and is the name of the club is not being released at the moment, but we are open per some sort of statement from the rugby football union later. thank you. dust storms across four indian states have killed at least 61 people since sunday evening. high—speed winds and lightning devastated many villages, bringing down homes and leaving dozens of people injured. the storms have arrived in the heat of the pre—monsoon season. boys and girls of nursery age are having their weight measured to help families stop their children becoming overweight or obese. school pupils in england are already measured twice — at age four and again at 10. but in manchester, a city where 6,000 children are severely obese, they are experimenting with weighing children as young as three. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been given exclusive access to the scheme.

children in england are already weighed and measured in reception and in yearsix at the end of primary school, but for the first time, these 3— and 4—year—olds in nursery class are being assessed and will be every year, to help parents recognise if their children are putting on extra weight. as a society, you know, we're getting bigger on the whole so we don't see it and we don't see it in our own children. parents want to know that their children are healthy and they're doing the best for them. in manchester, where the trial is taking place, the number of overweight or obese children has risen dramatically. 25% of those starting preschool and reception — one in four — are overweight or obese. by the time they leave in year 6, that number has risen to a0%. in manchester alone, that's roughly 2,500 children who are severely obese. what the youngest children eat, how much they exercise, is shaped by their parents 01’ carers.

growing properly or whether our children are overweight or underweight. getting active and eating well helps children to stay a healthy weight, but that simple message alone isn't enough. this project in manchester aims to give parents the information they need to help their kids. dominic hughes, bbc news, north manchester. there has been a sharp rise in the number of children under 11 referred for mental health treatment by schools in the last four years. data obtained by children's charity the nspcc shows that schools in england have made over 120,000 referrals for specialist help between 2014 and 2015, with more than half of these from primary schools. the government says its reforms will transform services for children. a conservation group says wild flowers are being driven

from britain's roadsides because nettles and brambles are thriving on the nitrogen from car fumes. plantlife says wild flowers can't compete which has also led to a decline in the insects — particularly bees — that depend on them. the bbc‘s broadcast meteorologist matt taylor has more on the story from worcestershire. many argue of course driving to work won't have a passing glance to the roadside verges, you'll be concentrating on where you are going, but here are some of this species that are under threat from the plant charity plant life. to tell us more is there but botanical specialist, doctor trevor dynes. beautiful scenes this morning here, plenty of flora, but they are on the verge of disappearing, and they? this is what we won, surrounded by these wonderful orchids. flowers on

these wonderful orchids. flowers on the verges are facing a double whammy, firstly from the major gender comes out of the car exhausts, boast of that lands on the verges and encourages plants like cow verges and encourages plants like cow parsley, nettles and bramble to thrive on takeover. they are quite thuggish plans. they are crowding out those smaller flowers. on top of that we have the management, as well. it is about not cutting these verges early, leaving until later in the year, august or september, let the year, august or september, let the plants flower. basically it is about better management of loose to begin with. there is a good verge guide that we are open councils will follow. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. first we leave you with for a look at the weather...

we have some lovely sunshine at the moment across the uk. there has not been a great deal of change. this is the scene atjohn o'groats in the highlands. we don't have the blue skies everywhere. there is more cloud across northern ireland and the west of scotland. a bit of cloud affecting east anglia and the south—east of england. there is a small possibility of catching an isolated shower here. it will feel warm in the strong may sunshine, temperatures getting up to 17, 19, perhaps 20 celsius. fresher in the north and west. tonight, there will be missed around coastal areas that could move its way a little bit inland at times into tuesday morning. temperatures overnight between 4—8d in rural areas, a bit higher than that in the towns and

cities. for the week ahead it is looking mostly dry. lots of settled weather around with sunshine. it will turn colour midweek, but it will turn colour midweek, but it will be warmer by the weekend. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the head of m15 says that europe faces a continuing terrorist threat — as he revealed that 12 terror attacks have been stopped in the uk alone — since the westminster attack in 2017. europe faces an intense, unrelenting and multidimensional terrorist threat. daesh continues to pose the most acute threat, but al-qaeda and other islamist terrorist groups haven't gone away. violent scenes at the israeli—palestinian border as the us prepares to open its embassy injerusalem. former foreign secretary david miliband urges the uk to seek a "safe harbour" after brexit by staying in the european economic area. dust storms have devastated four indian states, causing

the deaths of over 60 people. a trial scheme will see three and four—year olds weighed every year to help tackle child obesity. we have some breaking news. theresa may's spokesman has said that the uk has no plans to move its embassy in israel from tel aviv. this is reiterating that the uk disagrees with the american decision to move its embassy to jerusalem, so with the american decision to move its embassy tojerusalem, so the prime minister's statement reiterating government policy, no plans to move the british embassy from tel aviv and disagreeing with the american decision to move its embassy to jerusalem. we the american decision to move its embassy tojerusalem. we will bring you more on that a little later. first let's catch up with all of the sport and join hugh at the bbc sport

centre. good morning. good morning. liverpool bossjurgen klopp says his talisman mohamed salah has room for improvement despite his record breaking season. salah's 32nd premier league goal against brighton yesterday was a new record for a 38—game season. the egyptian received the golden boot afterwards, having beaten tottenham's harry kane to the honour. what a season, what a player. scored goals from different angles, different situations. always in the game, and can improve so much. there was a record for manchester city too — they became the first side to reach 100 points in a premier league season. there were jubilant scenes for pep guardiola and his side at the end of their 1—0 win at southampton, with gabrieljesus's winner coming in the 94th minute. city toppled a multitude of records on their way to the 100—point mark. it was massive, you know, 100 points

in the premier league. so you cannot imagine, it is a lot of points. this record will be broken, but it will be difficult to break, because many of the teams, they have to do many many things. arsene wenger may have been under pressure to stand aside by some arsenal fans but he was given a really warm send—off at huddersfield yesterday. both sets of supporters rose in the 22nd minute of his final match in charge, to mark his 22 years with the club. he signed off with a 1—0 victory — but he says he won't be able to say goodbye to the sport. i will stay in football, you know. whether managing a team are not. i am addicted and i don't think that can be cured now. it's too late. celtic got their hands on the scottish premiership trophy yesterday — and they had a hand in the race for second place as well. it went to aberdeen, who won at celtic —

and that nudged rangers down to third. it didn't spoil the occasion for the champions, though — it's their seventh league title in a row. after his recall to the england rugby union squad last week, fly—half danny cipriani has signed to play for gloucester next season. his contract with wasps expires at the end of this term and he's decided to stay in england in a bid to establish himself as part of eddiejones's international side ahead of next year's world cup. and england flankerjames haskell is also leaving wasps — he's signed for northampton saints. like cipriani, haskell is hoping to play in next year's rugby world cup. it's a rest day in the giro d'italia today, so overall leader simon yates can take stock ofjust how well he's doing before a tilt on the title. the british rider increased his lead to more than half a minute after winning yesterday's ninth stage. chris froome is almost two and a half minutes behind. the race finishes in rome on the 27th of may. tiger woods may have fallen

short at the players' championship in florida — but he's proved he really is back this time. he had a great weekend, challenging the winner webb simpson on the final day. woods says he felt extremely positive — and many pundits believe he could yet win a 15th major title. before i go, a quick update onjohanna konta's first—round match at the italian open in rome — she's taken the first set against magdalena rybarikova. she has taken the first set. a break—up right now. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. came to get back to one of our main stories. —— time to get back.

this is the scene live on the gaza—israeli border. getting reports seven people have been killed, shot dead by israeli forces, seven palestinians. we will be bringing you more on that situation as it unfolds. two british tourists — who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo — have said they're "very relieved" to have been freed. bethan davies and robertjesty were ambushed by gunmen, and their guide was killed, while they were visiting a national park on friday. simon clemison reports. bethan davies and robertjesty had been exploring africa's oldest park, virunga. on friday, the vehicle they were travelling in was ambushed and they were abducted. the park ranger trying to protect them, rachel makissa baraka, was killed, and their driver

injured but freed. at the spot where it happened, the army was drafted in to keep watch while searches were carried out. virunga says it's home to about a quarter of the world's critically endangered mountain gorillas, but armed groups also hide in these forests, making money by kidnapping and then demanding a ransom. it is not clear if a ransom was paid in this case. in a statement, bethan and robert simply said they were relieved and were grateful for the support they'd been given. the bbc understands they've already left congo and are being reunited with theirfamilies. tourist visas to virunga national park are being suspended while the foreign office continues to warn of the dangers which bethan and robert have experienced first—hand. simon clemison, bbc news. more than half of uk police forces are reporting victims of crime to the home office for immigration enforcement. one woman beaten in the street by her partner ended up arrested herself. in another case a women who reported being raped to police was also arrested. the figures have been revealed through the freedom of information act. a former police officer said these victims are "low hanging fruit" to meet immigration targets and that forces have no clear policy on this.

campaigners say the government's "hostile environment" policies mean seriously vulnerable people are not reporting crime. i was treated like a slave. he told me, "that's why i brought you here. so you can cook and clean for me and get beaten by me." sara, whose name we've changed, was trafficked into the uk by her partner, a british citizen. she wanted to come legally with a valid visa and her trafficker made sure that he brought her in illegally so that she couldn't go to the police because she would get arrested, exactly what's happened in hercase. it was only when she tried to escape from her trafficker, when she ran out into the street, he chased after her and beat her up in front of a member of the public. he then called the police. they arrested the perpetrator. they took her to hospital because of the severity of her injuries. she had bruises and cuts all over her body. sara was then released from hospital and taken to a hostel. but once there, she was arrested too and taken to yarl‘s wood immigration detention centre to be deported. it's something that we are coming across routinely now and it's as a result of theresa may's hostile

environment policy that has been brought into effect by the immigration act. we did a freedom of information request to all uk police forces to find out which ones refer victims of crime like sara and witnesses to the home office for immigration enforcement. we found that 27 uk police forces do report people. three police forces said they do not do it including police scotland. the rest were unclear, didn't reply or said they had no data. it's a terrible term, but these are low—hanging fruit. these are vulnerable people. they are easy to tick off on your list if you've got a target to meet. it's much easier when a woman comes forward who has been raped to then say, "we are investigating this and then we will arrest you and you will be sent to a detention centre." when i've heard of people for example being the subject of rape, being afraid to come forward to report that rape, which means that the perpetrator of that rape is still at large, that is not in anybody's interest. it seems to me that we should have a firewall between the police operations and immigration officials. lawyer sulaiha ali stopped sara's deportation order. she has now applied for asylum in the uk. she says she fears she will be killed if she then returns

to her home country. he was going to kill me here, so what's going to stop him from doing it back home, where they kill you and nobody ever knows? now, the days of tuning your radio to find your favourite fm station could well be over, when we find out how many of us are now listening to digital devices. the government said it would look at the future of the analogue waveband once listening figures reach 50%. norway has already switched off its fm transmitters. david sillito went to see how it's been going. we are in norway, and when it comes to radio, it was suggested, we really ought to pay a visit to this barn. norway has already switched off its fm transmitters. how many radios?

about 3,000. jens loves radio, and he has built up quite a collection. you have got 18 of the same type of ancient radio. yes. have a look across there. they're all radios, as well. one question. yes? what does your wife think of all this? um... however, most are now useless. fm has been switched off. they're all gone, aren't they? this is a isa yes, almost all. it is the end of an era, isn't it? it is. i experienced the start of fm, and also experienced the end of it. do you feel sad? in a way, yes. yes. and there is another station here...

and the reason fm has gone is because of dab. this digital alternative has allowed 26 new national stations to be set up, but running both systems was felt to be too expensive. radio listening — has it gone up or down? i mean, i know you've got more stations... yes, so the listening figures have changed. now, we see a big increase in the usage of the new channels. actually... but overall? but let me say, one third of the new listing is now on the new stations. but overall, daily listening is down more or less ten percentage points. so a fairly sizeable drop. but the reception on the main road seems pretty good, even when you go underground. now, just let me turn that down for a second, because, yes, we're right in the middle of a tunnel. we've been driving for more than a kilometre, and we have perfect radio coverage. and most people haven't been too bothered by the turn—off. fm is, after all, a bit old—school for today's teenagers. can i ask you a very quick question?

yes. we are from bbc in london... but, for some, it has really been like losing an old friend. i love the radio. and now, losing fm? i don't listen anymore. i don't. there we go... and this might explain why. back atjens' barn, it can be a bit tricky getting a dab signal. and back again? you've got it! if we move it slightly... it's gone. just move it across... oh, it's staying with us there. oh, gone. put it back again. there you go. you've got it in this one place. it's not perfect, is it? no, no. however, jens does accept that in norway, dab is the future, and fm is history. and on, bbc news. -- david sillitoe,

bbc news. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the head of m15 warns russia it's becoming an ‘isolated pariah' — trying to undermine european democracies and breaching international rules. palestinian officials say seven palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers during the opening of america's new american embassy in jerusalem today. former foreign secretary, david miliband, calls for mps of all parties to use their voice in parliament to maintain britain's close economic ties with the european union. in the business news... british gas owner centrica lost 110,000 energy supply accounts in the first four months of the year. that is roughly equivalent to 70,000 customers as many households buy their gas and electricity from british gas, so will have two accounts.

last year the company lost 1.3 million energy lost 1.3 million energy accounts. centrica said there had been "high levels of competitive intensity", but said the rate at which it has been losing customers had been slowing.the company has almost 13 million energy supply accounts in the uk. poor weather and a squeeze on spending caused a slide in the number of people visiting shops last month. footfall fell by 3.3% last month according to the british retail consortium and springboard. the brc says changing shopping habits and tough trading were weighing on high streets. us president donald trump has said he wants to help save zte, one of china's biggest telecoms companies. the firm has suspended operations after the commerce department last month banned us companies from selling it components for seven years. zte pleaded guilty to making illegal shipments to iran and north korea. mr trump tweeted that he was working with president xi to ensure zte would get back into business fast, saying too many jobs in china were at risk. for more than 50 years club

18—30 has been a popular first holiday without the parents option for younger people. the crazy, hedonistic holiday to places like malia, ayia napa or magaluf usually involved lots of alcohol and interesting games. but could that kind of break be coming to an end? thomas cook is reportedly thinking of selling the brand, as the tastes of young millennials change. so why has thomas cook decided it may call time on 18—30? joining us now is travel expert simon calderjoins me now. firstly i have to as you, have you been on an 18—30 holiday? firstly i have to as you, have you been on an 18-30 holiday? no, and it isa been on an 18-30 holiday? no, and it is a pleasure say i no longer qualify. neither have i bit my

producer amanda had mean and showed mea producer amanda had mean and showed me a photograph earlier. very interesting. what it is about 18—30s that has beaten so enticing over the past years and why is it coming to an end? as you say, a great holiday for those going to take their first tentative steps to independent travel because you are in a relatively controlled environment, furthermore one with lots of wild parties and indeed some, how can i put it, short—term holiday romances, that take place. but increasingly it isa that take place. but increasingly it is a very tired brand. when 18—30 got going in the 1970s the people who went on those trips are now in their 70s! who knows what their holiday memories are alike. but it isa holiday memories are alike. but it is a little tired. to be fair, thomas cook says they remain committed to those holidays they have organised this summer, but say they are considering the future of they are considering the future of the brand which could include a

sale. basically it doesn't really fit in with wear thomas cook wants to be at the moment, which is increasingly moving upmarket, being more differentiated from the mass—market, and increasingly sophisticated. i think they believe wet t—shirt competitions are not really at the core of thomas cook's ideals. quite. isn't there a point that millennials these days want something a bit different in their holidays? thomas cook itself has talked about the eco—holiday, the instagram holiday, the social media holiday that millennial xuan, you know, they don't want their drunken escapades put all over social media. they want something a little more classy these days? laughter let's hope so. many still are putting their drunken escapades on social media but it is an increasingly competitive space amongst younger travellers, so how

much more important to be windsurfing, swimming with dolphins, mountain biking, rock climbing, all those sorts of things, rather than just sitting around the pool trying to get rid of last night's hangover? certainly i think it is the case that social media is a really important part of when people are choosing a holiday, and the same old clu b choosing a holiday, and the same old club 18—30, not sure that will do it in future, but obviously thomas cook hopes do sell the brand that somebody will believe it is worth preserving. absolutely, and i wanted to ask about that. they. they believe they could still sell it. do you think there is still life in the brand? it has been passed around from decade to deckard so certainly i'm sure somebody will pick it up because clearly there is still some sort of market for these kinds of holidays. of that type, club 18—30 is way ahead of any other brand in delivering that. but it is not a market i think that will be growing at any particular speed. indeed, quite possibly, the opposite, as people just wide quite possibly, the opposite, as peoplejust wide in quite possibly, the opposite, as people just wide in their holiday choices. simon, good to speak to

you, thank you very much, simon calder there. let's take a quick look at the markets. the london market is down. mothercare, share price down, nearly 10%. the retailer has said it will ask investors for more money as part of a major restructuring. it plans to announce on this this week. its shares fell by as much as 12% at one point of the london market that they have recovered some of those losses and crude oil have recovered some too. back to you, carol. many thanks. antibiotics are the main cause of potentially life—threatening allergic reactions for patients during surgery, according to a new report. the royal college of anaesthetists says better testing could save lives for those with unknown allergies. our health correspondent matthew hill reports: anaphylaxis in the operating theatre is a life—threatening drug reaction

that happens suddenly and without warning. in extreme cases, it rapidly progresses to cardiac arrest or even death. this four—year study explored allergic reactions during anaesthesia in more than three million operations. after several hundred life—threatening reactions, there were 30 cardiac arrests and ten deaths. once a patient is identified as allergic, an alternative anaesthetic must be found. but waiting lists for allergy clinics to find this out are, on average, more than three months, when they should be no more than six weeks. one in five people who are in hospital believe they're allergic to penicillin, but we also know that 90% of those patients aren't, in fact, allergic to penicillin. and what we did find was that a significant number of the severe reactions were caused by antibiotics that were given to avoid penicillin allergy — particularly a drug called teicoplanin. so if we could better identify those patients who genuinely are penicillin—allergic and particularly those that aren't, we could give penicillins, which are better drugs, to those patients, therefore preventing the risk of those serious, unpredictable reactions. the royal college of anaesthetists are calling for more allergy testing clinics for people thought to be

at highest risk if lives are to be saved. matthew hill, bbc news. stars of british television celebrated one of their biggest nights of the year at the bafta tv awards in london last night. there were prizes for gangster epic peaky blinders, hard—hitting drama three girls, and a surprise win for casualty, which scooped it's first bafta for 11 years. lizo mzimba was watching. some of the biggest names on the small screen were on the red carpet for the evening ceremony. it was a strong night for the bbc, which won around two thirds of the awards. you're going with him. three girls, the true story of the rochdale child sex abuse scandal, won best miniseries and best actress for its 20—year—old lead molly windsor. three girls was born out of the courage of the real three girls and the real holly,

amber and ruby that told the story over and over and over, and then they told it to us again, and i just want to say thank you. does he have a name, this stylist? best supporting actress vanessa kirby for her portrayal of princess margaret in the crown. and the bafta goes to... both: pea ky blinders! best drama series went to the crime saga set in the midlands in the 1920s. a mother is holding her newborn young. a mother whale grieving for her dead calf, possibly a victim of plastic contamination, on blue planet i! won the tv must—see moment. britain's got talent! britain's got talent won best entertainment show. dec was at the ceremony. co—star ant, recently convicted

of drink—driving, was absent. best soap or continuing drama went to... casualty! and there was a standing ovation for bbcjournalist kate adie, the recipient of bafta's highest honour, the fellowship. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather... hello, simon. plenty of weather watcher pictures being sent in, mainly of blue skies and sunshine. absolutely cracking pictures and this is one from derbyshire at this morning. this next one, in shropshire. lots of sunshine, barely a cloud in the sky for many of us, andi a cloud in the sky for many of us, and i see many because some of us have some cloud, across northern ireland, western scotland, as you can see here on the satellite orbit of cloud also affecting east anglia and the south—east of england but in

between, lots of sunshine. this is the forecast for the rest of the afternoon, not a great deal of change. continuing with cloudier skies towards the west, perhaps one or two isolated showers in the south—east but otherwise you continue with those sunny spells. temperatures, warmer than yesterday. lighter winds, temperaturess up to 20 celsius, fresher in the west. this could extend a little further inland. around the western coast of england and wales, west of scotland as well, this cloud. temperatures they are getting down to around 4 degrees, and could hold up to double figures in london and belfast. tuesday, any of that mist and fog will turn back to the cause, might bea will turn back to the cause, might be a bit ofa will turn back to the cause, might be a bit of a slow process in the far east. elsewhere, plenty of sunshine, cloud thickening for a time to give a few outbreaks of rain into scotland and northern ireland, but brightening up later. a little

fresher here, 16—19dc, but warmer tomorrow. temperatures up into the low 20s. the fresher conditions tomorrow will be coming in behind this cold front, moving south—eastward into wednesday, so for many of us on wednesday it will bea for many of us on wednesday it will be a fresher feeling. maybe a few spots of rain associated with that front but it will tend to clear away and there will be sunshine further north and west. turning that the chillier, 13, north and west. turning that the chillier,13,14,15 north and west. turning that the chillier, 13, 1a, 15 degrees. for the rest of the week, high pressure firmly in charge, and when you see a big high slap bang around the uk like this it means plenty of settled weather, dry conditions for many of us as weather, dry conditions for many of us as well, lots of warm sunshine, but it will be cooler as mentioned by midweek, warming up by the weekend. this is bbc news and these

are the top stories developing at midday: the head of m15 warns russia it's becoming an "isolated pariah" trying to undermine european democracies and breaching international rules. the first use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war and supporting and protecting the syrian regime's horrific use of chemical weapons to kill and maim civilians is simply not acceptable. palestinian officials say 12 protesters have been shot dead in gaza — hours before the us embassy opens in jerusalem former foreign secretary david miliband calls for mps to take back control of the brexit process. british gas owner centrica loses more than 100,000 accounts in the first four months of the year. also: wild flowers are being driven away from britain's roadsides. a conservation charity says nettles

and brambles, which thrive on the nitrogen in vehicle fumes, are squeezing them out. the three and four—year—olds being weighed every year as part of a new scheme to help tackle obesity. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the head of mi5 has delivered a strongly worded rebuke to russia in his first public comments since the nerve agent attack in salisbury. addressing an audience of european security chiefs in berlin, andrew parker accused the russian government of trying to undermine european democracies with what he described as "malign activities" and "flagrant breaches of international rules". mr parker also said that

europe faces an "intense and unrelenting terrorist threat", warning that brexit must not lead to the weakening of intelligence co—operation in europe. he said 12 terror attacks have been stopped in the uk since the westminster attack in 2017. we're living in a period where europe faces sustained threats and sustained hostile activity from certain states. let me be clear — by this, i don'tjust mean spies spying on other spies, spies following each other around in the dead of night. i mean deliberate, targeted malign activity intended to undermine our free, open and democratic societies. to destabilise the international rules—based system that underpins our stability, security and prosperity. the chief protagonist amongst

these hostile actors today is the russian government. notice, i don't say russia. the united kingdom has the utmost admiration and respect for the people of russia, for their proud culture and long history. i myself studied the russian language at school. we have no desire to escalate tensions or to go back to the tense and dangerous times that europe lived through during the cold war. berlin, more than most cities, knows what that felt like. one of the kremlin's central and entirely admirable aims is to build russian greatness on the world stage. there are ways open for it to do that as part of the rules—based order, but its repeated choices have been to pursue that aim through aggressive and pernicious actions by its military and intelligence services. instead of becoming a respected great nation, it risks becoming

a more isolated pariah. we want cordial relations with the russian government, and for it to live up to its international obligations, taking its place on the world stage in the rules—based order. we look forward to that day, but our respect for russia's people and desire for a productive relationship cannot and must not stop us from calling out and pushing back on the kremlin's flagrant breaches of international rules. leaders across europe and the world have taken a stand. they've sent a strong message that the first use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war, and supporting and protecting the syrian regime's horrific use of chemical weapons to kill and maim civilians is simply not acceptable. but also the russian government's invasion of crimea,

the taking of territory from another sovereign european country by force, cannot be acceptable. seeking to interfere with legitimate democratic elections in the us and in france is not acceptable. attempting to mount a coup against the elected government of montenegro is not acceptable. i am joined in the studio by raffaello pantucci, who is director of international security studies at the royal united services institute. thank you very much indeed for joining us. quite unusual to hear a spy joining us. quite unusual to hear a spy chief so openly criticising and condemning russia's activities.”

think some of the language that mr parker used in his speech was clearly very robust and strong. while it reflects what we have seen political figures in this country safer sometime, it is new for security chief like this to stay up. in many ways it reflects a desire to try to bolster the line that was created after the nerve agent affair in salisbury, where britain work closely with that european partners to make sure there was reaction from all european partners. and indeed amplifying those very direct warnings and the belief that russia was behind that attack on the skripals. there has been a fairly uniform response from officials that

the attack on the skripals was an attack by russia. a lot of very interesting areas he touched on, talking about the continuing islamic terror threat, but also talking about continuing european incorporation. what are the specific concerns are there about how brexit could undermine those efforts to work together? i think there is a number of different concerns. on the one hand, most people in the security world will say security cooperation will continue in much the way it has before, there will be a seamless transition because we all recognise that our common security is something that we have to work on together. i think that dilemma comes in the political conversation becomes so poisoned that it starts to cause congregations at the practical security level. on the

other side of the equation, the dilemma comes even if the security operators are happy to work together, there are agreements that have been signed between states and isa have been signed between states and is a question whether some of these legal agreements will need to be re—signed or re—negotiated or dealt with again. there is an important again to make sure that doesn't impede the ability to make sure the corporate together to counter the common threats of terrorism or russia. when it comes to brexit we are hearing a lot about what the customs arrangements will be, but this is crucial, because at the moment through our eu membership the uk is plugged in to a lot of those data—sharing arrangements. uk is plugged in to a lot of those data-sharing arrangements. that's the key. the uk once to remain having access to these. the uk put ina lot having access to these. the uk put in a lot of information that is useful for european partners, in a lot of information that is usefulfor european partners, so it there is a desire from their side to makejo there is a desire from their side to make jo black continues. there is a desire from their side to makejo black continues. you want to makejo black continues. you want to make sure that this cooperation can

continue practically, notwithstanding the tangent we see ata notwithstanding the tangent we see at a political level. and a warning about the continuing terror threat that we face. the important message there was this idea that recently if we look at the threat picture of the islamic state terrorism, it has been marked by lots of these random isolated attacks, like the incident we saw at paris at the weekend of an individual stabbing others. the scentin individual stabbing others. the scent in the public could be that thatis scent in the public could be that that is the only threat that we face, and maybe it is a threat that is disappearing. the group is losing territory overseas and that is all they can achieve here. the key thing is to group still aspires to do large—scale attacks of what we saw on november 2015 in paris. that is their aspiration, it isjust on november 2015 in paris. that is their aspiration, it is just a are unable to at the moment. this speech highlighted this point, that the threat has not gone away, it remains co nsta nt threat has not gone away, it remains constant and a major concern for the uk and its european partners.

we have some breaking news from the gaza israel border. this is the scene live on the gaza—israeli border, where tensions have been rising, ahead of the planned opening of the us embassy injerusalem later today. the bbc understands that 16 palestinians have been killed by israeli fire today with at least 720 injuries our middle east correspondent yolande knell is at a checkpoint near ramallah in the west bank. clearly now it does seem as though the violence is escalating on what isa the violence is escalating on what is a pretty significant day in the history of this region. that's right. it is so chaotic here at ram allah i have had to retreat into the bureau to speak to you effectively.

what we saw here is, as in the palestinian towns and cities across the west bank, big congregation of people in the centre of the city, and they marched down to a checkpoint manned by isreali soldiers. the isreali soldiers have been throwing tear gas. in gaza, 16 people killed, that is the latest from palestinian health officials. they include a 14—year—old boy. many hundreds of people have been wounded, many by light gunfire. there are two additional is ——... there are two additional is ——... the isreali people say they are expecting palestinians to try to infiltrate into isreali territory. they say they will detect the

isreali communities along the border. it is 70 years on from the creation of the state of israel, thatis creation of the state of israel, that is why the us embassy move is taking place today. it is a day of great symbolism, but for the palestinians this is the time of year when they remember their catastrophe, that is when more than 700,000 palestinians were forced to leave or fled from their homes in historic palestine in 19118 with the creation of the state of israel and all of the fighting that followed. all of the people in... most of the people in gaza descendants of those refugees. that is why this time of year is when the palestinians talk about their right to return to that ancestral land. it is an unresolved issue. the message that is coming through when i have been speaking to palestinians here to the morning, they feel that this us embassy move,

they feel that this us embassy move, the stasis ofjerusalem was meant to be decided in talks between israel and palestine. they both wanted to be the capital of their state. the palestinians want east jerusalem. be the capital of their state. the palestinians want eastjerusalem. it hasn't taken place. they are upset about that and are now worried that there are other countries that want to move their embassies to jerusalem. clearly, there have been clashes going on for weeks now, but this escalating scale and indeed the extent of the bloodshed are clear indications ofjust extent of the bloodshed are clear indications of just how extent of the bloodshed are clear indications ofjust how inflammatory that moved by the united states says. that's right. in gaza, they connect all of these things. they see it as an historic injustice with the modern—day situation, the difficult problems in gaza where they have chronic electricity shortages, were gaza is under our

blockade by israel and neighbouring egypt. this really limits economic opportunities. there is high unemployment, high poverty, so this is one of the reasons why people are generally very frustrated. they came out to protest this issue of the right to return home it is something that unites palestinians, people feel very strongly about it, and thatis feel very strongly about it, and that is what has brought these big numbers consistently over the six weeks of protest onto the border area in gaza to confront isreali soldiers. people are saying they just want to look across to the land that belong to their forefathers. it is something that is very emotional. this was always planned to be the culmination of the protests and the fa ct culmination of the protests and the fact that we not have the us embassy move happening right now is something that has added more fuel to the flames. many thanks for the latest on that. in the last few minutes we have had a tweet from

donald trump proclaiming the fact that the us embassy opening a jerusalem will be covered live on his favourite news channel and saying the event has already begun, i great day for israel. the former foreign secretary david miliband has joined a cross—party intervention on the brexit negotiations. joined by lib dem nick clegg and conservative nicky morgan, he called on mps of all parties to use their voice in parliament to maintain britain's close economic ties with the european union. speaking in rainsford in essex, mr miliband questioned whether people had the right information when they voted brexit. the truth about the referendum campaign is that a lot of the issues that have been raised in the last two years weren't evident in the course of the campaign, so what brexit means in terms of trade and customs wasn't evident. what brexit means in terms of the irish border wasn't evident, and to state the

blindingly obvious, the position of the united states at the time of the referendum campaign in global affairs was very different to what it is today. so the prospects that we re it is today. so the prospects that were dangled in front of people at the time of brexit i think look very different today and that is why i think it is completely reasonable for people to assess the new facts that present them. whether or not they listened to me is obviously up to them, but i think it would be the worst of all outcomes that a referendum means the end of the kind of democratic debate that a country thrives on because they honestly believe that is the route to the worst of all backlash. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in downing street. that intervention as the wrangling over britain's future relationship with the eu continuing in private and in public. you are right, carol, it is the defining issue in the

brexit debate that the moment. this morning, theresa may has been meeting a series of tory backbenchers from both wings of the brexit debate to outline the options that she is looking out on the table, the so—called customs partnership and the so—called customs arrangements. it is thought he could have up to five of these meetings, so probably half of tory backbenchers will get to see her. one of those there was another first meeting was grant shapps. give us a flavour of the meeting. pretty constructive. a genuine temp two share the complexities of what are difficult decisions to make about the way the customs arrangements might operate going forward. pretty well received by colleagues who appreciate getting to take part in that kind of detailed discussions. was there any temp two convince you of one option or the other question whether no sub interestingly, it was very much, here is one column, the

new customs partnership. here is the other one, the so—called maximum facilitation. these are the advantages and disadvantages. you can nicely see what we are having to deal with. you got the sense it was a genuine temp two take colleagues with them on a comedy the journey. some people might say that is worrying, coming up to a crucial eu summit, yet it is seeming that the prime minister does not have a view on what the best option is. you could look at it the other way round. you could say this is a difficult, complex subject. people did not describe on their ballot paper what type of brexit they wanted to take place. treating colleagues as partners in this and going into the detail i think was appreciated by everybody in the room. i was impressed by that process and i think it is a complicated situation. the more information people have,

particularly when we are going to have to vote on this, the better. it meant that we could be back to the prime minister and meant that we could be back to the prime ministerand her meant that we could be back to the prime minister and her team on what colleagues feel about the best ways forward. was there at you from those mps who were sitting in, about 20 or 30 or so of them, was there a view that the prepared this or that option? know, people are on different sides of that. the overwhelming feeling that i sensed was whether you wear our remainer or a brexiteer, people just want to get on with that and get it done and ideally done during this parliament. the prime minister agreed with that andl the prime minister agreed with that and i think that was welcomed. given the complexity, we know there are two working groups looking at the mess in the two options, did you get any sense that some sort of third way will be possible? this is only our side way will be possible? this is only ourside in way will be possible? this is only our side in the negotiations. either of the two columns presentable won't necessarily be the final outcome.

everyone expects there to be some kind of compromise. what today did worry is doing is enabling colleagues to understand the intricacies of each of these versions, come to their own views and feedback to downing street, the prime minister, on their views given all of that. pretty welcome stuff. in terms of taking the country with, the more open you are about these things the better and i thought in that context the prime minister in waiting yesterday in the weekend papers, saying, iwill find waiting yesterday in the weekend papers, saying, i will find a solution, this is detailed stuff. that is welcome. is your sense that it was an temp two bind to mps in to whatever theresa may eventually decides upon, essentially to say, try to trust me on this? exactly. if you are not in the detail of that, it is easy to say, why don't you just do this or that. once you see

the detail you start to have an understanding and appreciation and you can use that knowledge is to suggest ideas back, as well. it is a question of forming the parliamentary party, and its knowledge, to make sure everything has been picked up. no one should pretend this is simple or straightforward. it really isn't. i think this is an temp two have people on the inside track of it, rather than sitting on the outside and waiting foran rather than sitting on the outside and waiting for an announcement. grant shapps, thank you very much. there is a meeting of the brexit subcommittee tomorrow. they have been split into two working groups to try to work out this third way. all the indications are that tomorrow will not be a breakthrough moment, so the time when we get some resolution to our customs arrangements looks like it could be some way off yet. norman, many thanks. norman, many thanks. the private funeral of toddler alfie evans will take place later today in his home city of liverpool. the 23—month—old, who suffered from a degenerative brain condition, died in hospital last month

after doctors at alder hey children's hospital stopped providing life—support treatment. his case drew international attention when it became the centre of a high court legal battle over his care. figures show that british gas owner centrica lost more than 100,000 accounts in the first four months of 20 18. the company has almost 13 million energy supply accounts in the uk but lost 1.3 million last year — a trend now continuing into 2018. the large number of people leaving the company has been put down to increased competition between energy firms. the company had announced last month a 5.5% increase in both gas and electricity bills. my colleague jamie robertsonjoins me now. it seems customers are at deserting

the company in droves. you have to put it in context. last year they lost 1.3 million. in fact, they are describing this as an improvement and their profits are looking pretty well on target for the first three months of the year, four double year they are looking at an improvement on profits over last year. 1.3 million accounts equates to about this 70,000 households. many households have more than one account for electricity and gas. those losses are not too bad. you are right to say the competition is extremely keen. they put up their rates last year, their gas and electricity rates by 5.5% across—the—board, which electricity rates by 5.5% across—the—boa rd, which lost electricity rates by 5.5% across—the—board, which lost them a lot of customers. they are still very vulnerable to losing more. the whole switching habit amongst

consumers, just over a million people switched energy suppliers in the first three months of this year. centrica did lucite and is still losing night but not nearly as much as it was last year. this is in part because people are heeding those warnings to shop around and get the best deal. what has been the response from centrica? centrica has... at the moment it has had to cut this costs, it had to get rid of 4,000 jobs last year. that was a blow to its competence. on the other hand,it blow to its competence. on the other hand, it seems to be coming through with the right kind of profits and thatis with the right kind of profits and that is sent by the end of 2018 it will show an improvement. it is an international operation, it has a lot of business in the united states. it has been losing accounts there, but not nearly as bad as it was last year. looking at the share

price today, shares are down by about1.5 p, that price today, shares are down by about 1.5 p, that is not bad. it is about 1.5 p, that is not bad. it is a pretty good report for the first quarter of the year. the other thing to remember is the very cold weather we had at the beginning of the year. that was one of the reasons why it was selling more gas, selling more electricity, that is one of the reasons why its profits will not be too bad, it thinks, but the end of this year. there's been more bloodshed in indonesia after sunday's wave of attacks by a family of suicide bombers left thirteen people dead. the target this time was a police station, again the attack was carried out by members of a single family. four police officers were injured. the bbc‘s naomi grimley has more. the latest bomb attack in indonesia in the past 48 hours was on a police station. ourfamily in the past 48 hours was on a police station. our family of five were reportedly drove up onto motorbikes

and set off explosives at a checkpoint near the headquarters. an eight—year—old girl, thought to be one of the attackers, is believed to have survived. the authorities are now very have survived. the authorities are now very much on their guard. translation: in order to prevent further attacks after this incident we will intensify our investigation. we will also collaborate with experts from universities and psychologists and visit the homes of the victims, so hopefully the survivors can resume their lives as soon as possible. monday's attacks is the fourth such incident in the area surrounding surabay. incident in the area surrounding sura bay. on sunday incident in the area surrounding surabay. on sunday morning, worshippers at three churches were targeted and at least 13 people died. later that day there was an explosion at an apartment block. all of these bombings were perpetrated by families. police said the father in the church attacks was a local leader in the extremist networkjkd, which supports so—called islamic state. this is worse than we have

seen state. this is worse than we have seenin state. this is worse than we have seen in indonesia for more than a decade, in fact you have to go back to 2005 just find decade, in fact you have to go back to 2005just find this level of violence. it is just the to 2005just find this level of violence. it isjust the beginning of ramadan which seems to be an intentional cycle for islamic state. this is the first ramadan without the physical caliphate and one would expect they will go live in places like indonesia and around the world to show their potency. a very wording development for indonesia. indonesia has been struggling to cope with the sheer number of jihadist that have been radicalised by groups affiliated to so—called islamic state. security forces have arrested hundreds of militants as pa rt arrested hundreds of militants as part of a crackdown that smashed some networks, but this latest wave of attacks will prompt some soul—searching about whether new tactics were needed. dust storms across four indian states have killed at least 61 people since sunday evening. wind speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour and lightning strikes devastated many villages, bringing down homes and leaving dozens of people injured.

the storms have arrived in the heat of the pre—monsoon season. a conservation group says wildflowers are being driven from britain's roadsides because nettles and brambles are thriving on the nitrogen from car fumes. pla ntlife says wildflowers can't compete, which has also led to a decline in the insects, particularly bees, that depend on them. the bbc‘s broadcast meteorologist matt taylor has more on the story from worcestershire. for many of you, of course, on the drive to work you won't have a passing glance at the roadside verges, concentrating, of course, on where you're going, but here we are in amongstjust two of the over 700 species which thrive in our roadside verges, which are under threat, according to the plant charity plant life. to tell us a little bit more is the botanical specialist dr trevor dines from plant life. beautiful scenes here this morning,

blue skies overhead, plenty of flora, but they are on the verge of disappearing, aren't they? that's right. i mean, this is what we want. we are surrounded by these wonderful green—winged orchids, but flowers on the verges are facing a double whammy, basically. firstly, from the nitrogen that comes out of the vehicle exhausts. 90% of that lands on the verges and it encourages plants like cow parsley, nettles, brambles to thrive and take over. they are really quite thuggish platns and they take over. nothing wrong with them, they‘ re fa ntastic for wildlife, but it's about that balance. they are crowding out those smaller flowers. on top of that, we have the management, as well. so it's also about not cutting these verges early, wait until much later in the year, august, september, let these plants flower, let the wildlife thrive. there is very little we can do about vehicle emissions, but basically it is about better management, at least to begin with. yes, that's right. we've got a good verge guide that we are hoping councils will follow and that gives out the management about how to encourage these wonderful displays like this. (pres) adlib hand t0 balcony weather with xxxxxxxxxx the weather is looking great out

there. really we are quite lucky with the weather this week. it is going to stay fine for most of us. not completely dry, there will be a few spots of rain in the north—west of the uk, but broadly speaking it is looking bright with plenty of sunshine around and relatively warm in the sun. this is what we have a satellite image right now. you can see the gap between the clouds in the north sea and clouds approaching western areas of the uk. admittedly, across the west today it is on the cloud eased out. you can see the clouds in belfast, western parts of scotland. the clouds coming and going close to the north sea coast, particularly in east anglia, so cloudy at times in norwich. the central swathes of the uk in the

blue skies with temperatures in the high teens. i mentioned it could be some rain in the north—west, in belfast for example, tomorrow. but most of all, the weather is set fair. this is bbc newsroom live — our latest headlines: at least 18 palestinians have died in ongoing clashes at the israeli border, as the us prepares to open its embassy in jerusalem. the head of m15 reveals that 12 terror attacks have been stopped in the uk alone since the westminster attack in 2017, and says the threat is ongoing. indonesian police say a suicide bombing at a police headquarters was carried out by a family of five riding on two motorbikes. former foreign secretary david miliband has urged the uk to stay in the european economic area after brexit. a new initiative to combat obesity will see school children as young as three and four weighed every year. a new brain cancer research fund is to be created in the name

of the former cabinet minister, dame tessa jowell, who died from the disease this weekend. downing street announced it would double its investment and roll out a new gold standard of tests for the treatment of brain cancer to all nhs hospitals. we can speak now to sarah lindsell, who is chief executive of the brain tumour charity — she joins us from farnborough. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. what do you make of this announcement from the government? 0h, we are really pleased that the government has reaffirmed their pledge to invest far more heavily in brain tumour research, but also so wheezed for dame research, but also so wheezed for da m e tessa research, but also so wheezed for dame tessa jowell and her family that her campaigning has been recognised that the highest level —— so pleased. to think she gave up so

much time at the latter stages of her life to seek this kind of investment and pledge and for that voice to have been heard i think is a tremendous credit to her. brain cancer, still of course not one of those cancers which has a particularly good rate in terms of treatment. what are the specific treatments that this will go to help to further, in the research into them. the pledge that the government has reaffirmed today, and this came from the tessa jowell roundtable earlier in the year, is that people right across the uk will have access toa right across the uk will have access to a treatment that is a pink drink that people take just before surgery which makes their tumour glow in the dark under a special microscope so surgeons can really take out as much of it as they possibly can, because

the more they can take out the more likely people are to survive from this disease which is incredibly severe. the other thing the government has reaffirmed, it will help us accelerate adaptive clinical trials, something we have been campaigning on here at brain tumour charity and with tessa jowell for sometime now, and we are able to look at rolling that out, the tessa jowell adapted trial, in the autumn of this year. do you have any reservations at all about the fact that this announcement from the government has only come the day after tessa jowell‘s death? government has only come the day after tessa jowell's death?” government has only come the day after tessa jowell's death? i think with a community that is facing the end of their life far too regularly, here at the brain tumour charity we are pleased to see any investment, regardless of how and why it has come. the fact she has campaigned on the half of our community and that we have achieved this, i think, is good news for everybody. tessa

jowell clearly d id good news for everybody. tessa jowell clearly did a lot to raise the profile of the dangers of this disease. is this one of those cancers which you do need to try to catch as early as possible? early diagnosis is a critical path for many people. here at the brain tumour charity we have been running a campaign called which reduces the time it takes a child to be diagnosed in the uk from well over 13 weeks to down to six and a half weeks yellow make, because it doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out that when you catch a brain tumour the size of our pea rather than the size of an orange actually you will save lives and reduce long—term disability, so as we roll out our adult early data campaign later in the year which the government has agreed to back actually we can see a real change in outcomes for this really dreadful disease. 0k, sarah lindsell, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. thank you.

a 26—year—old british rugby player has died while touring with his club in the sri lankan capital, colombo, after complaining of breathing difficulties. another player is in a critical condition. let's get more from our correspondent jane frances—kelly, who's here with me now. what we know about what has happened here? the club has put on their website that the affiliated club was touring sri lanka and that very sadly during that the one member has died and one is in hospital. they have said in a statement on their website, whilst touring sri lanka, two members of the party suffered non—rugby related breathing problems and were admitted to hospital. subsequently one of the two has died and one remains in hospital. we asked the media to respect the privacy of the families at this very

difficult time and the chair and president of the club, richard wilkinson, has said that next of kin have been informed. some of the families of the two rugby players have just arrived in sri lanka and they are awaiting further information from them. he said they we re information from them. he said they were on tour playing two games and taking a lot of charitable rugby equipment out there as part of their ambassadorial role. they are a vetera n ambassadorial role. they are a vete ra n clu b ambassadorial role. they are a veteran club and to raise money for charity. he says sri lanka is one of the countries they chose to help develop its rugby scene and we have also heard from the foreign office which has confirmed they are assisting two families but they are not naming them at the moment. we know that on saturday they had their first game, and that some of the clu b first game, and that some of the club members went to a local nightclub and they came back early sunday morning at about ten o'clock local time on sunday morning, two of

the men complaining of breathing difficulties, they were taken to hospital, but very sadly one of them died, 26—year—old, and 27—year—old is in died, 26—year—old, and 27—year—old isina died, 26—year—old, and 27—year—old is in a critical condition. postmortem examination will be carried out on the 26—year—old man to find out the cause death. jane frances—kelly, thank you very much indeed for talking to us. the former foreign secretary david miliband has joined a cross—party intervention on the brexit negotiations. joined by lib dem nick clegg and conservative nicky morgan — he called on mps of all parties to use their voice in parliament to maintain britain's close economic ties with the european union. our correspondent jonathan blake is in rainham in essex. where that event was held. jonathan, tell us more about the significance of this. what we had was three parties with one message, two former big hitters in british politics, nick clegg, the former leader of the

liberal democrats and deputy premier strugglers, and david miliband, the former labour foreign secretary, alongside nicky morgan, the conservative remain supporting mp, the only one of the three still in parliament, but they will addition mac at this price factory in essex to come together to put forward what they believe is a strong case for maintaining close economic ties with the european union —— but they came together at this rice factory in essex. they talk about maintaining something of customs union with the eu and as david miliband the uk should stay with the safe harbour in terms of the european economic area, with others including switzerland. they were here to put forward that message directly to mps, to say they should vote in any possible opportunity to force the government to keep the united kingdom as close to keep the united kingdom as close to the eu as possible after brexit. i asked david miliband after the

news co nfe re nce i asked david miliband after the news conference here a little earlier on why he had chosen to make this intervention now having been absent from british politics for some time. i feel a very strong sense of alarm at the fact that the brexit negotiations are being held hostage by those who would want the hardest of possible separations between britain and the european union. we have come together on a cross—party basis today to say that membership of the customs union, the single market, those can be caused toa single market, those can be caused to a british package that gets us out of the european union in a way thatis out of the european union in a way that is pragmatic and doesjustice to the hopes and opportunities of the british people —— that can be core to a british package. david miliband, somebody we haven't heard from very much in british politics in the last couple of years. he lives and works in the united states now and was asked if this was part ofa now and was asked if this was part of a comeback for him, but was very clear it was not the beginning, middle or end of anything, so not

ruling out something along those lines but very keen to keep the message on brexit today, and in his words what is needed to avoid the chaos, the choice between a chaotic or hard brexit, it would be a calm and measured approach, and he says mps need to step up to the plate to fill the leadership void which the three politicians who are here today say has been left by the government. jonathan, many thanks for the latest from essex. boys and girls of nursery age are having their weight measured to help families stop their children becoming overweight or obese. school pupils in england are already measured twice — at age four and again at ten. but in manchester, a city where 6,000 children are severely obese, they are experimenting with weighing children as young as three. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been given exclusive access to the scheme. big smile. growing up fast. gorgeous! off you go! children in england are already weighed and measured in reception and in yearsix

at the end of primary school, but for the first time, these three and four—year—olds in nursery class are being assessed and will be every year, to help parents recognise if their children are putting on extra weight. as a society, you know, we're getting bigger on the whole, so we don't see it and we don't see it in our own children. parents want to know that their children are healthy and they're doing the best for them. in manchester, where the trial is taking place, the number of overweight or obese children has risen dramatically. 25% of those starting primary school and reception — one in four — are overweight or obese. by the time they leave in year 6, that number has risen to 40%. in manchester alone, that's roughly 2,500 children who are severely obese. what the youngest children eat, how much they exercise, is shaped by their parents or carers. the idea is to give them the best insight into how the kids are doing. it's good to know that she's, like, in the middle, on track, so she's not too heavy and she's not too light, she is getting the right food, it seems, and she's the right height and everything.

we're not gonna lose track, are we? we're gonna always know whether our children have been growing properly, whether our children are overweight or underweight. getting active and eating well helps children to stay a healthy weight, but that simple message alone isn't enough. this project in manchester aims to give parents the information they need to help their kids. dominic hughes, bbc news, north manchester. more than half of uk police forces are reporting victims of crime to the home office for immigration enforcement. one woman beaten in the street by her partner ended up being arrested herself. in another case a women who reported being raped to police was also arrested. the figures have been revealed through the freedom of information act. a former police officer said these victims are "low hanging fruit" to meet immigration targets and that forces have no clear policy on this. campaigners say the government's "hostile environment" policies mean seriously vulnerable people are not reporting crime. catrin nye reports. i was treated like a slave.

he told me, "that's why i brought you here. so you can cook and clean for me and get beaten by me." sara, whose name we've changed, was trafficked into the uk by her partner, a british citizen. she wanted to come legally with a valid visa and her trafficker made sure that he brought her in illegally so that she couldn't go to the police because she would get arrested, exactly what's happened in hercase. it was only when she tried to escape from her trafficker, when she ran out into the street, he chased after her and beat her up in front of a member of the public. who then called the police. they arrested the perpetrator. they took her to hospital because of the severity of her injuries. she had bruises and cuts all over her body. sara was then released from hospital and taken to a hostel. but once there, she was arrested too and taken to yarl‘s wood

immigration detention centre to be deported. it's something that we are coming across routinely now, and it's as a result of theresa may's hostile environment policy that has been brought into effect by the immigration act. we did a freedom of information request to all uk police forces to find out which ones refer victims of crime like sara and witnesses to the home office for immigration enforcement. we found that 27 uk police forces do report people. three police forces said they do not do it, including police scotland. the rest were unclear, didn't reply, or said they had no data. it's a terrible term, but these are low—hanging fruit. these are vulnerable people. they are easy to tick off on your list if you've got a target to meet. it's much easier when a woman comes forward who has been raped to then say, "we are investigating this and then we will arrest you and you will be sent to a detention centre." when i've heard of people

for example being the subject of rape, being afraid to come forward to report that rape, which means that the perpetrator of that rape is still at large, that is not in anybody's interest. it seems to me that we should have a firewall between the police operations and immigration officials. this lawyer sulaiha ali stopped sara's deportation order. she has now applied for asylum in the uk. she says she fears she will be killed if she then returns to her home country. he was going to kill me here, so what's going to stop him from doing it back home, where they kill you and nobody ever knows? the headlines on bbc newsroom live: at least 18 palestinians have died in clashes with with israeli forces in gaza, ahead of the inauguration of the us embassy in jerusalem. the head of m15 warns russia it's becoming an "isolated pariah" — trying to undermine european democracies and breaching international rules. former foreign secretary david miliband calls for mps to take back

control of the brexit process. two british tourists who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo have spoken of their relief at being freed. bethan davies and robertjesty were ambushed by gunmen, and their guide was killed, while they were visiting a national park on friday. simon clemison reports. bethan davies and robertjesty had been exploring africa's oldest park, virunga. on friday, the vehicle they were travelling in was ambushed and they were abducted. the park ranger trying to protect them, rachel makissa baraka, was killed, and their driver injured but freed. at the spot where it happened, the army was drafted in to keep watch while searches were carried out. virunga says it's home

to about a quarter of the world's critically endangered mountain gorillas, but armed groups also hide in these forests, making money by kidnapping and then demanding a ransom. it is not clear if a ransom was paid in this case. in a statement, bethan and robert simply said they were relieved and were grateful for the support they'd been given. the bbc understands they've already left congo and are being reunited with theirfamilies. tourist visas to virunga national park are being suspended while the foreign office continues to warn of the dangers which bethan and robert have experienced first—hand. simon clemison, bbc news. antibiotics are the main cause of potentially life—threatening allergic reactions for patients during surgery, according to a new report. the royal college of anaesthetists says better testing could save lives our health correspondent matthew hill reports: anaphylaxis in the operating theatre is a life—threatening drug reaction that happens suddenly and without warning. in extreme cases, it rapidly progresses to cardiac arrest or even death. this four—year study explored allergic reactions during anaesthesia in more than three million operations. after several hundred life—threatening reactions, there were 30 cardiac arrests and ten deaths. once a patient is identified

as allergic, an alternative anaesthetic must be found. but waiting lists for allergy clinics to find this out are, on average, more than three months, when they should be no more than six weeks. one in five people who are in hospital believe they're allergic to penicillin, but we also know that 90% of those patients aren't, in fact, allergic to penicillin. and what we did find was that a significant number of the severe reactions were caused by antibiotics that were given to avoid penicillin allergy — particularly a drug called teicoplanin. so if we could better identify those patients who genuinely are penicillin—allergic and particularly those that aren't, we could give penicillins, which are better drugs, to those patients, therefore preventing the risk of those serious, unpredictable reactions. the royal college of anaesthetists are calling for more allergy testing

clinics for people thought to be at highest risk if lives are to be saved. matthew hill, bbc news. now, the days of tuning your radio to find your favourite fm station could well be over, when we find out how many of us are now listening to digital devices. the government said it would look at the future of the analogue waveband once listening figures reach 50%. norway has already switched off its fm transmitters. david sillito went to see how it's been going. we are in norway, and when it comes to radio, it was suggested, we really ought to pay a visit to this barn. how many radios? about 3,000. jens loves radio, and he has built up quite a collection. you have got 18 of the same type of ancient radio. yes. have a look across there. they're all radios, as well. one question.

yes? what does your wife think of all this? um... however, most are now useless. fm has been switched off. they've all gone, haven't they? yes, almost all. it is the end of an era, isn't it? it is. i experienced the start of fm, and also experienced the end of it. do you feel sad? in a way, yes. yes. and there is another station here... and the reason fm has gone is because of dab. this digital alternative has allowed 26 new national stations to be set up, but running both systems was felt to be too expensive. radio listening — has it gone up or down? i mean, i know you've got more stations... yes, so the listening figures have changed. now, we see a big increase in the usage of the new channels. actually...

but overall? but let me say, one third of the new listing is now on the new stations. but overall, daily listening is down more or less ten percentage points. so a fairly sizeable drop. but the reception on the main road seems pretty good, even when you go underground. now, just let me turn that down for a second, because, yes, we're right in the middle of a tunnel. we've been driving for more than a kilometre, and we have perfect radio coverage. and most people haven't been too bothered by the turn—off. fm is, after all, a bit old—school for today's teenagers. can i ask you a very quick question? yes. we are from bbc in london... but, for some, it has really been like losing an old friend. i love the radio. and now, losing fm? i don't listen anymore. i don't. there we go...

and this might explain why. back atjens' barn, it can be a bit tricky getting a dab signal. and back again? you've got it! if we move it slightly... it's gone. just move it across... oh, it's staying with us there. oh, gone. put it back again. there you go. you've got it in this one place. it's not perfect, is it? no, no. however, jens does accept that in norway, dab is the future, and fm is history. david sillitoe, bbc news. stars of british television celebrated one of their biggest nights of the year at the bafta tv awards in london last night. there were prizes for gangster epic peaky blinders, hard—hitting drama three girls, and a surprise win for casualty, which scooped it's first bafta for 11 years. lizo mzimba was watching. some of the biggest names

on the small screen were on the red carpet for the evening ceremony. it was a strong night for the bbc, which won around two thirds of the awards. you're going with him. three girls, the true story of the rochdale child sex abuse scandal, won best miniseries and best actress for its 20—year—old lead molly windsor. three girls was born out of the courage of the real three girls and the real holly, amber and ruby that told the story over and over and over, and then they told it to us again, and i just want to say thank you. does he have a name, this stylist? best supporting actress vanessa kirby for her portrayal of princess margaret in the crown. and the bafta goes to... both: peaky blinders! best drama series went to the crime saga set in the midlands in the 1920s.

a mother is holding her newborn young. a mother whale grieving for her dead calf, possibly a victim of plastic contamination, on blue planet i! won the tv must—see moment. britain's got talent! britain's got talent won best entertainment show. dec was at the ceremony. co—star ant, recently convicted of drink—driving, was absent. best soap or continuing drama went to... casualty! and there was a standing ovation for bbcjournalist kate adie, the recipient of bafta's highest honour, the fellowship. lizo mzimba, bbc news. in a moment the news at one with kate silverton. first, the weather with tomasz schafernaker. ugo perez... the weather is looking

mostly fine this week. temperatures will go up and down this week —— here is the good news... for the week ahead, lots of dry weather, the main point. with warm spells the sunshine, then mid week a bit of a dip in the temperature but they should recover in time for the weekend. a window across the uk right now, the best of the sunshine across england and wales. a little more cloud has been moving into northern ireland. western areas, little more overcast through this afternoon, for example, in belfast, the western isles of scotland, but the western isles of scotland, but the bulk of the uk looking absolutely fine. we are also noticing the clouds increasing rate across east anglia and the south—east. norwich perhaps a bit fresher but london could get up to 20 degrees and even parts of eastern scotland, around 20 or so. not a novel lot of change through this evening but quite a lot of cloud

around these eastern counties and also in the west of the country there will be a fair bit of cloud, central areas probably staying clear and that is where we will probably see the lowest temperatures, newcastle this coming night probably dipping down to 4 degrees. that ta kes dipping down to 4 degrees. that takes us into tuesday. a bit more of a breeze and perhaps some spots of rain in western scotland, fresher aircoming in behind rain in western scotland, fresher air coming in behind a cool front which is dragging in some fresh air off the atlantic. here we are expecting temperatures to dip away, for example in belfast around 16 degrees, but ahead of the front with the sunshine in central and southern areas temperatures will be around 20 or so. areas temperatures will be around 20 or so. the cold front moving across the uk into wednesday, and you can see those blue colours, the fresher air, living into scotland, northern ireland and the north of england as well. this part of the country will be quite sunny on wednesday but it will feel quite a bit fresher, for example temperatures around the low teens in most major towns and cities, apart from perhaps eastern scotland, a little warmer. but in

the south we will still hang on to the south we will still hang on to the high teens, 17 on wednesday in london. thursday and friday looks like high pressure to establish itself across the uk which can only mean one thing. the weather settling down, looking bright and relatively warm. bye—bye. violence erupts in gaza with at least 25 people killed and almost 1,000 injured ahead of the opening of the new us embassy in jerusalem. israeli security forces are reported to have opened fire on palestinians protesting at president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. the embassy is due to open in an hour. here, downing street has reiterated britain's disagreement with the move. we'll have the latest live from both ramallah and jerusalem on this serious escalation of violence. also this lunchtime. the head of m15 accuses russia of "flagra nt breaches of international rules" over the nerve agent attack in salisbury

and of trying to undermine european democracies. high levels of cyber attacks, military force and criminal thuggery is what is meant these days by the term "hybrid threats".