this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8:00pm. the grenfell fire inquiry has heard that a catalogue of problems led to the tower being engulfed in flames. the blaze started in flat 16 on the 4th floor near a fridge. the 999 call made by the man who lived there was played at the hearing. can you quick, please? yes, ijust have to get the address, 0k? flat 16, grenfell tower, wii itq. the fire brigade are on their way. the blaze claimed 72 lives and the inquiry was told that the fire brigade‘s advice to residents to stay in their flats as it spread was wrong. a teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london with her mother and sister, as part of britain's first all—female cell pledging allegiance to islamic state. there's been more misery for rail passengers in the north and south east of england, as an inquiry is ordered into the chaos caused by new timetables. also coming up, at least 33 people

have died in guatemala, as a volcano erupts. dozens more are missing and hundreds have been injured. rock, ash and mud continues to flow. and serena williams says she's beyond disappointed after being forced to withdraw from the french open. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the catalogue of problems which led to grenfell tower being engulfed in flames has been revealed at the official start of the public inquiry into the disaster. the hearing was presented with a series of expert reports. one of them said that the fire brigade‘s policy of telling people to stay in their homes had effectively failed.

another said the tower‘s cladding system didn't meet building regulations and was incorrectly installed. 72 people died as a result of the blaze in west london, nearly a year ago. lucy manning's report contains images from the night which were shown at the inquiry today. you may find some of them distressing. asleep in the safety of their homes, but this building was a death trap, a majorfire hazard. devastating details revealed to the inquiry, how grenfell tower was covered in material that would burn easily, that was not properly tested and how, once covered in flames, the fire brigade‘s strategy, telling residents to stay in theirflats, failed. the burnt—out kitchen of flat 16 on the fourth floor where the fire started and then spread, the 999 call from the resident who escaped from here, heard for the first time. fire brigade.

there's a fire in a flat 16 in grenfell tower. sorry, where? flat 16 in grenfell tower. how many floors have you got? it's fourth floor. quick, quick. they're on their way. it's burning. i know it's burning but they're on their way. videos played to the inquiry show just how quickly the fire spread up and across. at first it was just on the fourth floor. 20 minutes after the 999 call, it was at the side of the building. half an hour later, it reached the top of the tower. qhen the inquiry experts said the fire brigade‘s stayed put advice failed. the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how, in london, in 2017, a domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically

that an entire high—rise block was engulfed. the inquiry‘s experts found the main cause of the fire spreading was the cladding, which was flammable and had not been properly tested. new windows had been installed, made of material that material burnt easily and new fire doors were put in that were not fire compliant. the bereaved have told the inquiry many more would have survived if the fire brigade had not told families to stay in their flats for so long. the reports said this stayed put advice effectively failed at 1:26 but it continued, even though a major incident was declared at 2:06. the stay put advice was eventually dropped nearly two hours into the fire. it's clear to see that at 1:14am that the building was done, it was spreading fast, the fire was uncontrollable and people need to get out.

we have to ask the tough question, why was it that the stay put policy was not changed? 71 people did not make it out and the inquiry says it would need to examine whether the failure to not change that advice made all the difference between life and death. london fire brigade‘s commissioner, dany cotton, told the inquiry she'd never witnessed anything like the grenfell tower fire, that it was alien to anything she'd ever seen. the block itself had only been refurbished a year before. daniela relph looks at why and how the fire spread so quickly. the concrete grenfell tower, as it was built in the early 1970s. after a refurbishment, finished in 2016, the building was wrapped in cladding. an expert report presented to the inquiry today said the cladding did not comply with building orfire regulations. tests showed just how quickly it caught fire.

the cladding was insulation covered by an exterior rain shield. the makers of that shield say those doing the refurbishment should have known it was not fire resistant. they accept that this product was not limited combustibility for the purposes of the building regulations and their position was that this should have been obvious to any construction professional. but the report author said no one noticed the dangers also doctor barbara lane wrote... as part of the refurbishment, all of the windows were also replaced. the refurbishment effectively moved the new window frames outwards so that they sat no longer flush with the concrete as they had been, but flush within the new cladding system.

it was a fatal decision. the new windows did not fit properly. there was a gap around the outside. it was covered by combustible upvc. it helped the fire spread more quickly. these were the new fire doors put onto the flats during the refurbishment. except none of them were installed correctly and contributed to the spread of smoke and fire. in addition, the doors to the stairwell had never been updated. they'd been there since 1972. communications were also found to have failed. when the decision was finally made to evacuate, there was no way of alerting everyone to the all—out message. doctor barbara lane noted on the issue of evacuation... it is a list of failings that this inquiry will now examine.

they lie at the heart of the grenfell tragedy. sam webb, a retired architect and fire safety expert who investigated the lakanal house fire which killed six people in july 2009, joins me now from cambridge. good evening. i drove past the shell of g re nfell tower, good evening. i drove past the shell of grenfell tower, part of it is covered but you can still see the top third of it, black and charge, but it's standing. what's interesting is that it seems to have been the additions during the refurbishment, the cladding, the dodgy windows, the doors, all the additions to the building that seem to have contributed to this appalling fire. yes, that's correct. when that building was built in

1974, it had to comply with section 20 of the london building act. they we re 20 of the london building act. they were repealed in 1986. the last bit, which the fire brigade was in charge of, and enforced, was repealed five days before the lakanal inquest. like grenfell, at lakanal the firefighters' lift didn't work. no evidence was taken on that in the lakanalfire. evidence was taken on that in the lakanal fire. 0k, evidence was taken on that in the lakanal fire. ok, so evidence was taken on that in the lakanalfire. ok, so why evidence was taken on that in the lakanal fire. ok, so why were those fire regulations rescinded in 1986? that was because the glc was abolished and closed by mrs

thatcher. right, 0k. abolished and closed by mrs thatcher. right, ok. so no other regulations were put in place to replace them? well, the building regulations were, but the regulations were, but the regulations were, but the regulations were enforced not by the separate district of ayers system syste m — — system —— surveyors system, which can be traced back to the great fire of london, but the local authority was responsible in london for enforcing regulations on its own buildings, and it often didn't do that. so does that explain, then, why you can have fire doors put in that aren't fire worthy? why you can have cladding put onto the building that isn't fire worthy? that you can have windows that don't fit? yes.

that's basically it? look, ultimately the government sets the regulations. we had a government, before grenfell, which declared war on health and safety and getting rid of red tape. now, those regulations are there for the safety of everybody in every single building you go in. you should expect to be safe. exactly, and the point is that the fire brigade believed that the building was safe, which is precisely why they would argue that their response was that people should stay in their apartments. would they have made that recommendation if all of the other

stuff which we know was a complete failure in terms of the contractors doing whatever it they were doing, would the fire brigade have made the recommendation if they believe the building was unsafe? no, i feelthat blaming the fire brigade, although it's easy because we know now what happened, or we're beginning to discover what happened, i mean, blaming the fire brigade is like blaming the fire brigade is like blaming the fire brigade is like blaming the infantry for the death toll on the first day of the somme. they go into buildings in 1000 celsius temperatures. it's not pleasant. they're celsius temperatures. it's not pleasant. they‘ re incredibly celsius temperatures. it's not pleasant. they're incredibly brave. and it's very simple to sit back now and save, oh, if they'd done this or

that. if everyone had tried to evacuate that building, simultaneously, and somebody had tripped on the stairs, you could have had 50, 60 people dying in a few minutes, as happened at ibrox park in 1971 after a football match. all right, we're going to leave if there. thanks for joining all right, we're going to leave if there. thanks forjoining us. thanks. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — and our guests joining me tonight are laura hughes, the political correspondent at the financial times and henry zeffman, the political correspondent at the times. a teenagerfrom london has become the youngest woman in the uk to be convicted of planning an islamic state group terror attack.

safaa boular — who was 17 when she was arrested — was part of britain's first all—woman cell, along with her sister and mother. they were planning two separate attacks. from the old bailey, here'sjune kelly reports. this was when armed officers moved in on the uk's first all—female terror cell, firing cs gas canisters into a flat in north—west london. in the mayhem, one of the women, rizlaine boular, was shot by police. she had been hours away from causing carnage on the streets of london. also detained was her mother, mina dich. her younger sister safaa had already been arrested for planning her own separate attack. we believe they were going to attack members of the public at random, using knives with a view to inflicting injury or certainly killing individuals. so we intervened at an early stage with a view to frustrating that terrorist plot.

mina dich with her daughters when they were growing up. rizlaine at the back, safaa at the front. all three went on to embrace violent extremism and, by the age of 16, safaa boular was trying to marry an is fighter in syria. she had never met naweed hussain. theirs was an online relationship. when he was killed, she was distraught. the couple had talked about how safaa boular could carry out an attack here in the area around the british museum in central london. they discussed an ambush involving guns or grenades and using a car and a knife. safaa boular was arrested but she then encouraged her sister to carry out her own attack. in court, safaa boular wore western clothing and during the trial she said she now rejected islamist extremism. the jury heard a recording of a phone call she made from prison to her sister who was on the outside.

during that conversation, her sister rizlaine spoke of her plans to hold a mad hatter‘s tea party, which the prosecution said was code for a terror attack. it's going to be on thursday. we're going to have the party. this thursday? yeah. you serious? yeah. mate! there's a party without me?! safaa boular disappointed that she couldn'tjoin in. the following evening, rizlaine was being driven around westminster by their mother, scouting targets. mother and daughter then went on a shopping trip to sainsbury‘s to buy knives for the attack. they paid for them with the rest of their shopping. it was the daughter, rizlaine, who was going to be the killer. the women were arrested the next day. zac tye was at school with rizlaine boular.

rizlaine was a very outgoing person. she was lovely to talk to all the time, always smiling. very, very intelligent, i would say, an all round just a regular teenager. it is strange to hear that in her adulthood she became such a monster, i guess. she and her mother, mina dich, had already pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. today her sister safaa, the youngest member of this family terror cell, was convicted by a jury. all three women will be sentenced later. the home secretary sajid javid says the security services must change their approach to fighting terrorism, and learn the lessons of last year's attacks in london and manchester, in which 36 people died. in a speech in london, he said there were more than 500 investigations involving 3,000 potential suspects. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. britain, we are told, faces at least two more years of a severe terrorist threat from both jihadis and right—wing extremists.

in response, the government is announcing today a revised counterterrorism strategy. we know that the way that terrorists' attacks are now planned and conducted has changed. people are increasingly being radicalised via their computers and smartphones. they're using everyday objects, such as knives and cars, as weapons. and the length of time between radicalisation and the attack is getting shorter. the threats are evolving — we must evolve too. the security service, m15, is to declassify its secret intelligence on some of the 20,000 suspects on its database, then share this more widely with police forces and even local government. last year's manchester bombing that killed 22 people was an intelligence failure. the bomber, salman abedi, was one of 20,000 people listed on mis‘s database as a former subject of interest. if more people knew about such potential terrorists,

the theory goes, the better the chances of stopping them. but this strategy carries its own risks. there is a concern that some innocent people end up getting caught up in it, but the bigger concern is more around information leaking out, information leaking out from security services identifying an individual as a potential concern, that information being shared with the local council, then getting into the public domain. the westminster bridge attacker, who drove a hired van last year into pedestrians, was another name on mis‘s database. now greater efforts are to be made to quickly detect and act on any suspicious transactions by suspects, including right—wing extremists. but there is an underlying problem — police officers say that budget cuts have left them under—resourced at a community level. you are pouring money into counterterrorism policing and intelligence, but at the same time community policing is being starved of funds. isn't there a risk that we end up

being like brussels, where community policing simply doesn't have the on—the—street intelligence to inform about terrorist attacks? since 2015, we have protected police funding over what we might call communities policing, and in fact, in the last year, in this particular financial year, we have increased the total amount of cash available by some £460 million, one of the biggest increases that we have seen. so we do recognise that there is a need for more resources. starting this summer, counterterrorism officers will be deployed to multi—agency centres in london, manchester and the west midlands, to put the new strategy into action. the aim is to deny terrorists any safe space and avoid a repeat of the terrible attacks of 2017. frank gardner, bbc news. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre,

here's hugh ferris. doctors in the united states have revealed that liverpool keeper loris karius sustained a concussion during the champions league final, in which he made two crucial errors. karius was at fault for two of real madrid's goals in kiev and has since gone on holiday to the united states where he had scans at massachusetts general hospital. a statement sez the tests show karius had visual spatial dysfunction, and that it ‘could be possible that such deficits would affect performance'. pep guardiola has been banned for two champions league matches by uefa, with the second suspended for a year, after he was sent off during the second leg of manchester city's quarter—final against liverpool in april. meanwhile liverpool have been fined a total of 29,000 euros for a number of offenses, including 20,000 for disturbances at the first leg against city,

when the visiting team's bus was attacked on the way into anfield. the 32 teams going to the world cup in russia have named their 23 man squads for the tournament. the biggest surprise, manchester city's leroy sane not being picked by germany. sane helped city to the premier league title and was rewarded with the pfa young player of the season award, but was left out in favour of bayer leverkusen‘sjulian brandt, in what coachjochim loew called a very close decision. meanwhile despite only playing once since september, keeper manuel neuer is included and as captain. england leave for the world cup in eight days' time. today gareth southgate gave his biggest indication yet that goalkeeperjordan pickford will be his first choice in in russia, handing the everton keeper has been given the number one jersey. you can see the full 1—23 on the bbc sport website. the team's final warm—up friendly is against costa rica on thursday. england women will be captained by lucy bronze for their world cup qualifier with russia on friday. she takes the place of regular captain steph houghton, who will miss the match whilst she has surgery on a knee injury. it's the second time this year that the lyon defender, who won the bbc‘s women's footballer

of the year award, has captained the lionesses. players look up to her, she's a champions league winner, a multiple winner in france and she is well respected. lucy will captain the side on friday. it's up to the likes ofjordan nobbs and others, they are leaders in the dressing room as well. it's something that i've seen a long time in lucy, something she thrives on, more responsibility and hopefully will see that on friday. now we were all set for one of the most anticipated meetings between serena williams and maria sharapova, their first since the american became a mother, sharapova returned from a doping ban, and some notable comments in the russian‘s autobiograpy about williams. but moments before their fourth round match at the french open today,

serena withdrew. she picked up a pectoral injury in her third round match, and despite playnig in the doubles with her sister venus yesterday, seemed to be struggling. serena would have been attempting to beat sharapova for the 19th straight time. beyond disappointed. i gave up so much time with my daughter and my family. i put everything on the court, all for this moment. and so it's really difficult to be in this situation but i always, for now in my like, try and think positive and think of the bigger picture and hopefully the next events and the rest of the year. so sharapova is through to the quarter finals, where she'lljoin world number one simona halep. in the men's draw, rafael nadal is comfortably through to the last eight. the ten—times champion made light work of germany's maxilmilian marterer, winning in straight sets. nadal will play 11th seed diego schwartzman next. that's all the sport for now.

i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. it's been another difficult day for thousands of rail passengers in the north and south east of england. there've been yet more delays and cancellations after the major disruption caused by new timetables introduced last month. the transport secretary, chris grayling, says the widespread disruption is unacceptable, and he has announced an independent inquiry into what's gone wrong. labour called on him to resign. 0ur transport correspondent victoria fritz reports now from manchester. it's the most basic promise to passengers, but three weeks on, delivering a functioning timetable remains a commitment that the industry cannot keep. the new schedule has now been scrapped and replaced by emergency measures. it is a structured reduction in capacity to give us the scope to train more drivers, but also, most importantly, give our customers more certainty about which trains will be cancelled. scary, isn't it?

little certainty for rebecca, recently diagnosed with breast cancer and trying to carry on as normal. she started a course of radiotherapy three weeks ago. it's just been an incredibly stressful time, so i decided now, because of this, to take some time off work. i'm supposed to be recovering every day from the radiotherapy, and ifeel like this has had an impact on my health and i need to make sure i get better. the problems in the north actually started with the tracks. network rail failed to upgrade them before the new timetables came in. it meant they were published very late, drivers didn't have enough time to learn the new routes and the new trains that were due to start running couldn'tjoin the service. industrial relations have made things worse. and the situation in the south is even more complex. the government signed off on a new franchise that the track operator warned was completely unworkable. it turns out they were right. govia thameslink has had to remove

another 230 trains from operation. vikki 0rvice uses the thameslink service from harpenden. it sounds laughable, but it was actually more relaxing to sit in a chemotherapy chair, being looked after by lovely nhs staff in a quiet corner of the hospital and read a book. that was peaceful compared to a three—hourjourney. today, meetings with mps about the cancellations were themselves cancelled at late notice. the transport secretary faced hostile questions from mps. does he accept that his unwillingness to accept any responsibility for this actually undermines efforts for him to put it right? hear, hear. mr speaker, it's simply about everyone in the industry and in my department working to make sure we have a stable timetable for passengers. that, right now, is the most important priority. it should have been a moment of celebration, but the most ambitious upgrade in decades is lost in what will be remembered as the biggest failure for rail in a generation.

we can now speak to the former liberal democrats leader, tim farron, who's one of the northern mps, calling for an urgent improvement to rail services. he's due to see the transport secretary in the next few minutes, and make that point in person. good to see you. you're going to be seeing mr grayling in a few minutes. what will you say? firstly it's important that the statement today is seen for what it was, a bit of a whitewash. incredibly underwhelming and i'll say that to chris grayling. he had another duty to do what he did to stagecoach for the east coast main linea did to stagecoach for the east coast main line a couple of weeks ago and actually remove a franchise from an operator who is failing. a reader northern have completely failed to deliver on their contract. —— arriva

northern. the lakes line from 0xenholme to windermere has had permission to suspend all services for eight fortnight, which i raised with him in the commons earlier. this is the result of the department for transport cancelling and shelving electrification and the other things you mentioned in your package. it's unacceptable. i'll tell chris grayling that and he needs to act on that by removing the franchise from northern. will you tell him he should resign?” franchise from northern. will you tell him he should resign? i don't see the point, he made the point himself, he made the point about network rail, you shouldn't sack people whose job it is to sort it out. people will try and play politics and there are people who have resigned for less than chris grayling is under scrutiny for now. personally i just want the trains to

work and he has the power as secretary of state to withdraw the franchise from a failing operation ina franchise from a failing operation in a reader northern and present it to someone else who can do the job properly. —— failing operation in arriva northern. transpennine express doing a good job on the line, it was inextricably given to northern and the system has been shocking since. it is nonsense to say this is down to the timetable. the reliability and cancellations are ata the reliability and cancellations are at a record high before the new timetable came in. if he has given franchises to companies that shouldn't get them, you talked about that, your collea g u es you talked about that, your colleagues are suggesting that they will be telling him to resign when they meet this evening, but you are saying he is fine? my job is not to defend him. myjob is to make sure we get some outcomes, rather than

play politics. people have called for his resignation. i can see why. but the more important thing to me is that the gcse students and a—level students who are potentially missing their exams because of these cancellations... millions of tourists who come to the lake district every year, we're briton‘s second busiest tourist destination. 0ur second busiest tourist destination. our main public transport link is 110w our main public transport link is now effectively closed for at least a fortnight. that bothers me. and the future of those people, our tourism industry, local students, other rail users, i more bothered about their future than chris grayling's. more and more people in the country suggesting the railway should get back into government hands, it should be nationalised. this kind of mess that we are seeing, does that give substance to that question and it certainly shows that question and it certainly shows that if you have too little regulation, if you have a department for transport that treats this

situation as though it was nothing to do with them until this last few days, then it makes the stronger case for more intervention and stronger regulation. both this government and previous government intervened on the east coast mainline to take a franchise off a failing private operator. and they ran it directly from government for a period of time untilfinding another operator. i would argue that in the case of the two railways that run my constituency, i would be all for the department for transport at least temporarily taking over from them and being responsible for them. you cannot have a train franchise when no trains run. thank you and good luck with the meeting. thank you. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. it has been a cloudy day for many. even where there have been sunny spells, there have been a few showers, some of them thundery. fading this evening. we are left

with a mainly dry night. there could be drizzled from what will be extensive cloud just the further west you are, holding onto clear spells. some of us will go down to single figures, especially over eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. the highest will be 14 celsius as tuesday begins. cloud, drizzle, but it will brighten up cloud, drizzle, but it will brighten up over much of scotland and northern england going into the afternoon across the east midlands, south—east england, sunny spells slowly coming through. for north wales, as well. but for south england and south wales, stay cloudy. maybe a shower in the west. most cloudy. maybe a shower in the west. m ost pla ces cloudy. maybe a shower in the west. most places will be dry. but there will be some rain lingering over north sea coasts. pleasant when the sun comes out. good evening. the grenfell fire inquiry has

heard that a catalogue of problems led to the tower being engulfed in flames. the blaze claimed 72 lives and the inquiry was told that the fire brigade's advice to residents to stay in their flats as it spread, was wrong. a teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london with her mother and sister, as part of britain's first all—female cell pledging allegiance to islamic state. there's been more misery for rail passengers in the north and south east of england, as an inquiry is ordered into the chaos caused by new timetables. rescue workers in guatemala are trying to reach some of the villages caught in the path of a huge volcanic eruption. more than 30 people have died and hundreds have been injured, after one of the most active volcanoes in latin america — came to life suddenly yesterday in what was the most powerful eruption in decades. 0ne village, a short distance from guatemala city, has been buried in ash and lava spewed out by the fuego volcano. three days of national mourning have been declared. james landale reports.

the volcano is called the fuego or "fire", and it's well named. rivers of molten rock and mud rushed down its southern slopes burning everything in their path. for 16 long hours the eruption sent plumes of hot ash soaring thousands of metres into the darkened skies. such was the speed of the flow of hot ash and mud, the people living nearby had to flee for their lives. others were not so lucky. translation: not everyone escaped. i think they were buried. we saw the lava pouring through the cornfields and we ran towards the hill. and this is what was left — a blanket of hot ash that buried several towns nearby, killing some of those caught in its deadly shadow. further afield the ash caused havoc — closing schools, hospitals, and briefly the main airport 25 miles away in the capital,

guatemala city. as rescue workers poured into the region to look for survivors, a state of emergency was declared along with three days of national mourning. and as if all this was not enough, guatemala's pacific coast today was reportedly hit by an earthquake measuring 5.2 in magnitude. james landale — bbc news. joining me now is zoe mildon — a geo—scientist from the university of plymouth. thank you forjoining us. it seems that it thank you forjoining us. it seems thatitis thank you forjoining us. it seems that it is the speed and velocity with which fuego erupted in recent days that just caught with which fuego erupted in recent days thatjust caught everybody by surprise. in relation to the pyroclastic flows. a pyroclastic flow is a cloud of very hot ash,

volcanic gases, and rocks, which travel up to speeds of several kilometres per hour. that speed is what makes pyroclastic flows quite so what makes pyroclastic flows quite so dangerous. it has actually been erupting regularly on and off the last five years, hasn't it? that's my understanding. is there any kind of warning that one gets before you getan of warning that one gets before you get an eruption? with volcanoes we sometimes get precursors. warning signs that the volcano might erupt. sometimes you will see changes in the amount of volcanic gases like carbon dioxide over solver being omitted. —— carbon dioxide or sulphur. or we might get small earthquakes which are detected before a major eruption. but every

volcano was different. every volcano has a different set of precursors. and they may change with different earthquakes. it's only really by monitoring volcanoes more widely that we'll be able to understand more about them. and this is what is called a stratovolcano. how does that affect lava flow and so on?l stratovolca no that affect lava flow and so on?l stratovolcano forms what most people think of as a volcano, cone shaped. it is normally built up from layers of ash. we get stratovolcanos forming when we get very explosive activity. the larva is very sticky. it isa activity. the larva is very sticky. it is a bit like treacle. the lava can get stuck in a volcano, allowing pressure to build behind it, which then generates explosive eruptions,

which we have been seeing. sorry to interrupter. is it possible, because we have had such a violent eruption, to predict what might be happening in the next few days, or is that impossible? it incredibly difficult to say. scientists both locally and around the world will be keeping an eye on the volcano and trying to understand. but it is difficult to say. thanks forjoining us. the legislation necessary to leave the european union in the eu withdrawal bill will continue to the house of commons on the 12th of june. —— the legislation necessary to leave the european union, the eu withdrawal bill, will return to the house of commons onjune the 12th. the bill suffered a series of defeats in the house of lords — and tory mps have been urged to make sure they're in westminster on the day and available to vote.

mps are to hold a three—hour emergency debate tomorrow on relaxing the law on abortion in northern ireland. the call for the debate came from the labour mp, stella creasy, with backing from mps on all sides. ministers on the government front bench joined backbench mps by standing up in support of the change to tomorrow's business. however, the debate itself will not make any change to the law. the government is to consider direct investment to build a new nuclear power station at wylfa on anglesey. the announcement came from business secretary greg clark who told mps the investment may be alongside hitachi and the japanese government agencies and other partners. i'm pleased to confirm that today, hitachi and the uk government have decided to enter into negotiations in relation to the proposed wylfa project. this is an important next step for the project, although no decision has yet been taken to proceed and the successful conclusion of these negotiations will of course be subject to full government, regulatory and other approvals, including but not limited to value for money, due diligence and state aid requirements. let's go back to the story

of the teenager from london who has been found guilty today of plotting a terror attack, as part of britain's first all female cell pledging allegiance to the islamic state group. safaa boular was 16 when she was first investigated by the police. her sister and mother have already pleaded guilty to terror offences. although this was the first recorded all female cell in the uk, as drjoana cook from the international centre for the study of radicalisation explained, there have been other examples of women radicalised and prepared to carry out attacks in europe. in 2016 for example we saw... there was one in paris in notre dame — a car bomb plot. and there was also a pair of women that were implicated in another plot in 2016 as well. so whilst this was the first one in the uk, that i'm aware of, particularly in relation to islamic state, this is not the first in relation to is more broadly.

and is it more likely than not that in this particular case it was the mother who was influencing the two younger kids, and not any other way round? i mean was that probably what happened in your opinion? i think the radicalisation of women is generally viewed... women are generally viewed as being influenced, or sometimes manipulated into participating in these kind of groups. and in some cases this is certainly true. however we have to be very cautious with how we generally view these kind of stereotypes because a lot of the time, and in many cases women, in fact, are independent agents they make these decisions. they want to participate in and of their own choice. so we have to look at these things with a little bit of nuance and caution. absolutely, because, i mean, you know we know the cliches of why perhaps men might be attracted to islamic state, as it was. the idea of heaven, and 70 virgins or whatever all that kind of stuff.

but what is the attraction for women? what is the attraction of being involved in a terror plot that would mean they would argue their own martyrdom and going on to heaven? well if we compare isis to our previous terrorist organisations orjihadist organisations like al-qaeda for example, al-qaeda really restricted the roles that women could take in the organisation. but if we look at islamic state for the first time in a jihadist group, they called for women to come be a part of the organisation called for them to come to syria, to come to iraq, to be part of the state building project that they had over there. for the first time we saw them really being offered a type of membership in the organisation. the roles that they have taken in is have been quite restricted. up until 2017. they were not supposed to take up any kind of violent role. we saw different plots occur. but this was not sanctioned by the group itself. however this kind of narrative started shifting in 2017, where this call for women to participate in different acts of violence started to shift. so that's the attraction on earth, as it were, for them to sort of get involved

in and be more participatory. unlike al-anda. but very very quickly what do they get in the afterlife? i wouldn't look at it in terms of what they get in the afterlife but more... the question of why we would view women as perhaps being different than men in these kind of situations. i know... we've seen women participate in violent terrorist groups throughout history. we've seen them from everything from the tamil tigers to the italian red brigade. the german red army faction. women have been violent perpetrators. but they also... these organisations have a different view of women. my point is about islamic state and al-anda. what is it? what is the attraction? this is the first time they've been offered some kind of active role in any organisation and i think that some women have independently chosen to perhaps take this a bit further than the group has sanctioned for them to do. we are getting an update following

the fuego eruption in guatemala. we we re the fuego eruption in guatemala. we were told it was in the early 30s, 110w were told it was in the early 30s, now it has practically doubled, 62 people now reported dead as a result of that volcanic eruption in guatemala. any more on that and we will get it to you. the headlines on bbc news: the grenfell fire inquiry has heard that a catalogue of problems led to the tower being engulfed in flames. a teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london with her mother and sister, as part of britain's first all—female cell pledging allegiance to islamic state. there's been more misery for rail passengers in the north and south east of england, as an inquiry is ordered into the chaos caused by new timetables. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. lots of green.

and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. both looking healthy, too. there'll be a new addition to the traffic on motorways from today — vehicles with l plates. learner drivers in england, scotland and wales will be given lessons in driving at speed if their instructor thinks they're ready. they can only take lessons with approved instructors, and in cars fitted with dual controls. but some say the way we learn to drive needs a full overhaul, as graham satchell reports. five o'clock this morning, and jonathan davies is heading onto the motorway. a slightly nerve—racking experience and a small piece of history. it's the first time learner drivers have been allowed on the motorway. i think it's brilliant, long overdue. i think once you have passed your test, before this, you were going on the motorway on your own for the first time, which would be daunting in any situation, so now having the chance to have a lesson or three or however many you want

on the motorways will be great. jonathan's instructor is teaching him how to get on and off the motorway and lane management, giving him the confidence to drive safely. things can always go wrong on the motorways. i've had a pupil phone me up three weeks after passing her test, they were on the motorway, made a mistake, they got scared, they were in tears. that's because she didn't phone back and have some motorway lessons. these days, i would give a lesson beforehand, and she wouldn't have that fear or panic. motorways are the safest roads in the country, but a fifth of all fatalities on the roads in 2016 involved crashes with drivers under the age of 25. the hope is today's changes will improve safety. but there are a couple of caveats. only qualified driving instructors with dual control cars can take learners onto the motorway. you can't go on with your mum and dad. and the lessons will be voluntary. driving on the motorway will not become part of the test. do the changes go far enough? the road charity brake wants to see much more action.

this is a step in the right direction, but sadly it is just a small step. young people are disproportionately at risk on our roads, and we need a system to address this. that's why we are calling for graduated driver licensing. a system like that would ensure that when somebody passes the test they are competent and experienced in all road environments, and that's for the safety of all road users. at highways england headquarters in birmingham, they monitor 4,000 miles of road. here, they have welcomed today's changes. they say experienced drivers will have to get used to l plates on the motorway. we've all been learner drivers, and when we do learn, we have to respect learner drivers, be a little bit more patient, give them a little bit more space, recognise that they are learning. but when they're on the motorways, they will be test ready, confident and experienced. we've got to work with them. back on the road, jonathan is finishing his lesson. with expert advice, driving on the motorway shouldn't be a daunting or scary experience for him when he has passed his test. graham satchell, bbc news, birmingham.

the prime minister has told president trump — in a phone call — that american tariffs imposed on eu steel and aluminium are "unjustified and deeply disappointing". the prime minister's official spokesman said they agreed to discuss the issue at the g7 summit in canada this week. the government is planning to sell more than £2.5 billion worth of its shares in the royal bank of scotland. the sale will reduce the taxpayer's stake in rbs from 70% to just over 62%. the government's been the majority shareholder since the height of the financial crisis a decade ago. jordan's prime minister hani mulki has resigned, after four nights of protests against austerity measures. the demonstrations are the biggest in recent years. protesters say a new tax bill backed by the international monetary fund will hurt the poor and middle class. king abdullah has the asked the education minister, omar al—razzaz, to form a new government. god's own country —

that's how many refer to the yorkshire countryside. lancashire is known as the red rose county, kent is the garden of england. but which county in england has the strongest identity? and what about england's towns and cities — and the rivalries that go with them? for the first time, bbc news has attempted to map the local and regional loyalties in england. our home editor mark easton has been investigating why people love the places they do. beneath the veneer of national identity, england is a rich tapestry of ancient allegiances and rivalries. support your county! in yorkshire, the medieval emblem of the white rose is still glorified as a symbol of county pride. as the tour de yorkshire cycle race speeds across the east riding, local schoolchildren are taught what it means to hail from yorkshire. there are lessons in welly wanging, pudding races and tug—of—war. the amount of children that have

said "what's welly wanging?, what's the tug—of—war?" well, acctually, it's tradition in yorkshire, so it's just to show them that and have a fantastic day. yorkshire, with its own unofficial anthem, has the strongest county identity in england. locals refer to yorkshireness — straight—talking, ha rd—working, friendly and supportive. the yorkshire identity is rich with the values of resilience and community. we all stick together and have each other‘s back. we're nice, kind people. we get on with anybody. good sense of humour. good sense of humour, that's a big part of it. are you proud to be a yorkshireman? yeah. i'd sooner be yorkshire than english. england's urban identities, forged in the industrial revolution, are felt equally strongly,

none more so than in newcastle. iron bridges and brown ale, industry and solidarity. i'm proud to be a geordie. it means so much to me. i bask in wor uniqueness. here's a grand old place to be. we are a separate entity, neither englishman nor scot. there is no place i'd rather be. newcastle has the lot. we were invaded by the vikings... the strongest identities tend to be those laced with struggle and grievance. we're bonded by hard work and humour in hard times, and i think that brings the community together. identity has been created by hardship, absolute hardship. the newcastle identity‘s not just about who you are, it's about who you're not. nowhere in england feels a rival more intensely than newcastle, and the place that comes second — well, that's a cityjust ten mile south down the coast... sunderland.

i think it's always been there, even more so at the minute, in a funny kind of way, because they've obviously just been relegated! not that anyone's taking any pleasure from that! no, not at all! in parts of england, the roots of identity drink from the waters of the ancient. in somerset, the mendip morris men dance on the land of the summer people... a dominion of apple blossom that predates england itself, where cider and cheese, dragons and the magical orchard wassail are all part of the story. you bless the trees by making a lot of noise to scare the evil spirits away, and then you sing a chant. of course you do. and that will ensure a good crop for next year. and it works? yes, so far, so good!

with the rebirth of the wassails, to some extent, people are kicking back against globalisation and want to be seen as part of something that's important to them that they can identify with. england is crisscrossed by invisible ley lines of belonging, identities knitted from strands of history and mystery, timeless, yet fundamental still. mark easton, bbc news, england. and this week we'll be looking at identity across the uk. and to see more on the english question in mark's report go to bbc.co.uk/englishquestion and type in your postcode. a comedian who has cerebral palsy and uses a voice synthesiser to speak won last night's final of the itv show britain's got talent. lee ridley — who's known as lost voice guy — will receive a £250,000 prize and a spot at the royal variety performance.

he said that — when performing — he felt as if he'd finally found his voice. lizo mzimba reports. i started off in a disabled steps tribute band. ramps. just one of the jokes that helped lost voice guy win britain's got talent. the comedian who has cerebral palsy and speaks with a voice synthesizer has been talked about more and more over the past few years since he began his stand—up career in 2012. i really am disabled and i'm not just in it for the parking space. how important is it to see people on big shows like britain's got talent being portrayed in this particular way? if anything it encourages disabled

people to get their voices out there. it's a bonus. lost voice guy will now get to play the royal variety performance. he'll also be preparing to return to the edinburgh fringe where he's regularly performed in recent years. raise your hand if you can tell that i have a slight disability. it's the hair isn't it? with so few people with disabilities being portrayed positively on tv lost voice guy's success is being seen as a significant step forward. congratulations to him. let's take

another look at the weather. an east—west split today. west is best for sunny spells. a little more sun and cloud building at times here is and cloud building at times here is an example from scotland today, but the cloud did not deliver much in the cloud did not deliver much in the way of showers. but some would have caught a few of those. the weather pattern through this week is pretty stark. high pressure is most influential for the pretty stark. high pressure is most influentialfor the uk, pretty stark. high pressure is most influential for the uk, bringing pretty stark. high pressure is most influentialfor the uk, bringing a north, north—easterly flow. lots of low cloud has come in today across eastern part on that flow and become more extensive as we go through the night. the western fringes with clear spells. temperatures in some areas dipping down to single figures, parts of eastern scotland and north—east england. most of us around ten to 14 degrees. and rather grey, misty and murky note for many tuesday morning. but bear with it, sunshine should appear in scotland by late morning, then across

northern england into the afternoon, and some sunny spells for the victims east anglia and south—east. it leaves much of south—west england and wales rather cloudy. northern ireland seeing a fair amount of cloud. andy kit kat some showers here and over the channel islands. —— and you could see some showers here. through tuesday night and into wednesday morning, there may still be some low cloud around north sea coasts. they may filter further inland. for many of us it is looking clear and cooler. more away from the large town and city centres we will be getting into single figures as wednesday begins. it'll be feeling different heading out wednesday morning. high pressure to the north, low pressure to the south. the pressure in the south will mean some showers later in the week. the channel islands seeing some of them again on wednesday. the vast majority on wednesday will be dry. some cloud hanging on over north—eastern parts of england and the midlands. but for many a fair

amount of some on wednesday and temperatures adopt a couple of degrees. we are talking high teens and low 20s. —— temperatures go up a copy of degrees. we are expecting some thundery showers on thursday. but for many it will remain dry, variable cloud, sunny spells, high teens, low 20s, and loan winds with the breeze coming from the sea. —— low winds. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the death toll from the volcano in guatemala has gone up to 62. many others are missing. israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahu is in europe to try to persuade germany, britain and france that they must abandon the iran nuclear deal. the united states has left the deal and i think the real question we have to confront today is what do we do about iran's aggression? a change at the top

of north korea's military. it's emerged that kim jong—un replaced three of his top officials ahead of his summit next week with president trump. the liverpool goalkeeper loris karius was concussed during the champions league final. that's the