a teenager is sentenced to 17 years for manslaughter in the first acid killing of its kind in the uk. 19—year—old xeneral webster was carrying acid which was knocked from his hand in a fight in high wycombe. it hitjoanne rand who was sitting nearby, she died days later. she was a mother of three children. i have to live the rest of my life with the fact that she will never be at my wedding or see me as i progress through life. this shouldn't have happened to her. the family have called for tougher sentences for acid attackers. also tonight... the opposition party in zimbabwe claims victory in the elections but tensions grow amid accusations from both sides. international aid agencies are accused by mps of being almost complicit in sexual abuse. after accusations of interference in the last us election, facebook finds new attempts to influence the coming midterm elections. and picture postcard britain — will brexit affect whether the tourists keep coming? and in sportsday on bbc news, england make a good start to their

play—off match against south korea at the hockey world cup as they bid to reach the quarterfinals. good evening. a teenager has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for manslaughter, in the first acid killing of its kind in the uk. 19—year—old xeneral webster was fighting with another man in high wycombe in buckinghamshire when the acid he was carrying was knocked from his hand. the acid hitjoanne rand — who happened to be sitting on a bench nearby and the nurse and mother of three, died days later. jo black reports. it's a busy saturday afternoon in high wycombe. jo rand is sitting on a bench in the town centre.

a few feet away from her, xeneral webster is threatening another man with a bottle of high—strength sulphuric acid whilst attempting to steal his bike. defending himself, the cyclist kicks the bottle away. it hitsjo‘s leg just as the birds fly away. she is sprayed with the acid and as it starts to burn, she runs away to get help. moments later, webster is seen putting on a balaclava, returning to the scene of the attack to retrieve the bottle of acid, before fleeing on the stolen bike. jo suffered 5% burns and although she was released from hospital, she developed sepsis and died 11 days later. lots of doctors just looking at us and they said, "i'm afraid we can't do any more forjoanne, we are going to have to turn all the machines off. come and say goodbye." we watched the life drain out of her.

it was the most horrendous day of my life. of all of our lives. sentencing webster for manslaughter, the judge told him thatjoanne rand had only being 47 when she died and that his actions must bear responsibility for her tragic demise. in response, webster started swearing and shouting in court and had to be led away by dock officers. after today's hearing, jo's family said no prison sentence would ever amount tojustice in their eyes. xeneral webster now has to face the consequences of his actions, but this will never bring back my mum. i have to live the rest of my life with the fact that she will never be at my wedding and see me as i progress through life. this should not have happened to her. this has left such a big impact on all of our lives that we are satisfied knowing that this killer will not leave his cell. during the police investigation, it transpired that just two months before

joanne rand's death, webster himself had been attacked by acid. it is important for people to understand that it is not acceptable to carry or use acid, there may have been a preconception that whilst it might injure, that is as far as it goes. that is not the case. thames valley police say they believe this is the first manslaughter conviction in relation to an acid attack. as jo's family try to move on without her, they are now calling for schools to teach young people the dangers and consequences that come with carrying acid. jo black, bbc news. aid agencies are accused of being "almost complict" in sexual abuse across the sector, in a damning report by mps. the international development committee says the delivery of aid has been subverted by sexual predators — and that there's been a "culture of denial" since revelations that workers for oxfam paid for sex while helping victims of the 2010 earthquake in haiti. charities have welcomed the report,

and oxfam concedes it has "further to go." here's our special correspondent, lucy manning. the charity workers were supposed to bring help, not abuse. they were supposed to bring aid, not exploitation. but when people were at their most vulnerable, they could not rely on their rescuers. haiti, the aftermath of the earthquake in 2010. an investigation by the times earlier this year discovered 0xfam had covered up its staff using sex workers, exploiting vulnerable women and girls. those who highlighted sexual abuse allegations were ignored. there just wasn't the internalised acknowledgement of quite how big an issue this was. i think it is also very hard for aid agencies that want to focus on doing good things to acknowledge there is this systemic issue. and the aid sector has had its me too moment. the mps‘ report finds many charities and aid agencies have failed to deal with abuse,

rape and their workers demanding sex in return for handing out food. we've reached the conclusion that in the aid sector there has been complacency verging, frankly, on complicity with what has happened. and that is because organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector, rather than protecting victims and survivors. of course, the charities have helped many, but the report found abuse was an open secret, that the response was patchy and sluggish. little has changed since the uncovering of a sex for food scandal in west africa 16 years ago. there has not been change because organisations have become complacent, they have been left to their own devices. there is no external scrutiny or pressure. this is only the second time in 16 years there has been global media attention to this. the international development committee recommends an independent

aid ombudsman to help victims, annual safeguarding reports and a register of aid workers to try to stop sexual predators working in the sector. sometimes people target our industry to get access to these people. what is welcome about the report is the recognition this needs to be treated as a large—scale criminal activity. 0xfam says it is incredibly painful to read the report and it is truly sorry that it failed to protect vulnerable women in haiti. it says improvements have been made, but it accepts all charities need to give the same priority to stopping sexual abuse as they do to saving lives when helping in disaster areas. the public gives money to help those in need, but charities, the un and governments all stand accused of failing to tackle a problem ignored for years. lucy manning, bbc news. there's growing tension in zimbabwe, with just a handful of results

released after yesterday's elections. the opposition movement for democratic change party has claimed victory — with a senior figure accusing the ruling zanu—pf party, which has been in power for nearly forty years, of interference with the people s will‘. the electoral commission — who have been accused of delaying the results — insist that there's been no cheating and say the results are still being counted. 0ur africa editor fergal keane reports. this was a day in which conflicting hopes would finally collide. a day that began with the first results being posted outside polling stations. in harare, in the second city bulawayo, in rural goromonzi. and a day of checking and listening. with this assurance to those who remembered rigged elections of the past. we are absolutely confident there was no rigging. we would like to assure the zimbabwean people that we,

the zimbabwe electoral commission, will not steal their choice of leader. we will not subvert their will. the opposition doesn't accept that. but its supporters still celebrated as if victory was already in the bag. it did feel premature. the results show beyond reasonable doubt that we have won this election. sources on both sides say they are confident. who to believe? the people spoke. president mnangagwa is unelectable. the people spoke. there is a battle here to shape local and international opinion ahead of an official announcement. but the government also escalated its rhetoric, warning the opposition leader he could face jailfor declaring victory early. i'm sure no one wants to provoke the wrath of the law and risk being sent to jail. the government of zimbabwe

is equally perturbed with a high level of incitement to violence being perpetrated by certain individuals and some political party leaders, who have declared themselves winners, even before the announcement of results. this afternoon we filmed police water cannon as they deployed near opposition headquarters. up to now, this election has proceeded with calm and tolerance. it will take cool heads to keep it that way. it looked promising with calm and orderly voting and it looks more precarious today. it does indeed, the political atmosphere has become noticeably more tense and it was striking to me as someone who has

reported on conflict in the past to see police water cannon deployed around the headquarters of the opposition. the big problem is there isa opposition. the big problem is there is a fundamental lack of trust and it goes back to history, to the long story of skulduggery in elections past. the zimbabwe electoral commission overseeing the election insists it is different this time. the opposition and many in civil society do not believe them and the problem is the longer it goes on without a declaration the greater the suspicion will be. i think you will see pressure from the international community, perhaps from the church, for a winner to be declared. that will not end the crisis and along with that you will see the international community pressing both sides to damp down rhetoric which is essential to stop the war of words between the two size so when a winner is declared there will be negotiation that might

see nelson chamisa of the mdc and president mnangagwa as he is now come together and agree to disagree on how they got to that point, and at least go forward in peace, so this country can have stability. thank you. there are calls for labour to suspend a member of its ruling body, after he was recorded calling some members of the jewish community "trump fa natics". peter willsman — an ally ofjeremy corbyn — claimed that accusations of anti—semitism in the party have been invented. he's since apologised and said not all his remarks were accurately reported — as our political correspondent vicki young reports. do you plan to withdraw as a candidate from the nec? peter willsman fending off questions today. the man at the centre of yet another anti—semitism row in the labour party. he is a long—standing ally ofjeremy corbyn and is up for re—election to the party's ruling body. but some are calling on him to stand down after a recording emerged of him denying that labour had a problem with anti—semitism. they can falsify social media very

easily and some of these people in thejewish community support trump. they are trump fanatics. and all the rest of it. so i am not going to be lectured to by trump fanatics making up information without any evidence at all. so i think we should ask the 70 rabbis, where is your evidence of severe and widespread anti—semitism in this party? mr willsman has apologised, saying he recognised the offensive nature of the comments and said he would be referring himself to receive equalities training. but the party's deputy leader tom watson tweeted, "peter willsman is and always has been a loudmouthed bully. he disgusts me." this jewish labour mp spoke out in the commons about the anti—semitic abuse she has received. the time for action is now. she wants tougher measures against mr willsman. i think it's only appropriate that he is suspended and investigated, and a formal

inquiry is opened into that conduct because it is totally unacceptable. has labour done enough on anti—semitism, mr corbyn? jeremy corbyn has repeatedly condemned all racism, butjewish leaders accuse him of being too soft on anti—semitic behaviour. in a statement today the labour party said: "we are committed to tackling and eradicating anti—semitism in all its forms in our party and our society. jeremy corbyn has asked labour's general secretary to make speeding up and strengthening our disciplinary procedures against anti—semitism a top priority." but in one north london council, labour activists are worried, saying they saw earlier this year how the anti—semitism row turned voters away. it made a big difference in the local elections. by all the evidence we are gathering, it seems to be the reason that barnet hasn't got a labour council, that could do a lot for the residents here. so it's already done damage, and until it is sorted out it will continue to do damage.

labour has held inquiries about anti—semitism and there have been dozens of suspensions but some see peter willsman‘s case as a test forjeremy corbyn. is he prepared to personally intervene against an ally or will he stay silent and let such behaviour go unpunished? vicki young, bbc news, westminster. interference by russia in the 2016 us election has been a controversial issue in the states — not least with the president himself. now facebook says it has evidence of a coordinated attempt to influence the forthcoming mid—term elections — some of which may also be linked to russia. let's talk to our north america editorjon sopel at the white house. this story has broken this evening, what more can you tell us? facebook have been conducting an investigation into what they call bad actors and they have been looking for something that they say is inauthentic behaviour and as a result they have suspended 32

facebook and instagram accounts that we re facebook and instagram accounts that were responsible for 9.5 thousand posts and were read by a quarter of a million people. this all leads into the political debate in the us as you suggested. donald trump came underfire after as you suggested. donald trump came under fire after his summit with vladimir putin in helsinki when he seemed to side vladimir putin that russia were not involved in election interference in 2016. it looks like it is still going on and today the head of the senate intelligence committee who has been briefed by facebook says that it looks like russia once a week america and the chairman has talked about russia, he has a high degree of confidence that russia was responsible and another senator said he would introduce a bill to throw everything but the kitchen sink at russia. 0ne bill to throw everything but the kitchen sink at russia. one other thing to consider is facebook itself. it has had a torrid few months under severe criticism for its colour blindness to some of the things it was facing. i think today

facebook has been keen to show it is not only reactive, but it can be proactive as well. jon sopel, thank you. let's take a brief look at some of today's other stories. british gas says it has lost more than 300,000 accounts in the first half of this year as increasing numbers of people switch to alternative energy providers. profits were also down by 20 per cent. the company says the rate at which it is losing customers has halved since last year. dixons carphone says data records from more than 10 million customers were hacked in a huge person data breach last year — much higher than their original estimate of 1.2 million. the company — which owns carphone warehouse and currys pc world — said names, addresses and email addresses may have been accessed in the incident, but not bank details. the court of appeal has accused the government of a "shocking denial of children's rights" over its handling of unaccompanied minors from the jungle migrant camp in calais. over a thousand children were denied entry to britain. judges say the home office should have given the children fuller reasons why.

every year up to 32 thousand women in america fall pregnant after being raped. and in four states in the country —?if they decide to keep the child born after the attack — their rapist is given automatic parental rights. this means the rapist is allowed access to the baby. or if the mother chooses to put the baby up for adoption, she may have to secure her rapists permission. frankie mccamley has been speaking to some of the women affected — and one of the men claiming his right to see his child. somebody can attack you and rape you, is the same as a father who is loving to his wife and his children. sometimes i wonder, is he going to try and see him? is he going to show up here, you know, show up at school? it was what it was at the end of the

day. it was rape. go. is that a good idea? tiffany lives in michigan. she became pregnant after being raped at the age of 12. for nearly ten years, she has been looking over her shoulder, worried her rapist may turn up to see her son. his niece had messaged me, saying that he wanted to see him and that they would come pick him up from my house and take him. i was scared, i did not know if i would have to actually let him see him. because at that time, thejudge had said that the parent, the legal parental rights were there, he had a piece of paper. the law in tiffany's state allows her to withdraw her rapist‘s parental rights. many women have to find thousands of dollars to do that, but she received legal aid for herfight. at first, when we found out, we were not sure how we would afford a lawyer. i mean, we were living pay cheque to pay cheque. more than 1000 miles away in florida, annalyn is another rape survivor who has been through the legal process.

she moved here after giving birth, but her rapist tracked her down, demanding to see her daughter. florida law had nothing in place to prevent this from happening. nothing. which is pretty horrifying. let that sink in. annalyn‘s case changed her state's law, which means women can now automatically have their attacker‘s parental rights withdrawn. in other states, where laws have been introduced, they still vary considerably. some need a rape conviction to withdraw parental rights. clear and convincing evidence of a sexual assault is enough in others, but in four states, rapists are still given automatic parental rights. maryland is one of the latest to change its laws. delegate kathleen dumais sponsored the bill here which was denied nine times as some feared the law would be abused. there were those on the committee, just truly i think genuinely were concerned that women would lie and the statue would be misused.

and there are a lot of grey areas. the law is not as clear—cut as it could be. when derwyn was in his 40s, he got a 15—year—old girl pregnant. unlike the uk, statutory rape does not exist in maryland, so derwyn was convicted of child abuse. despite his conviction, as the biological father, he still has parental rights. i was told i could go to court and force her to give me time with him when i wanted it. he believes if his rights were taken away, it would have a detrimental impact. do you think that is fair to the child? to systematically take that child's's rights away? and say you do not get to make this decision of wanting to see this parent? because we say so? his victim, whose identity we are protecting, was not aware of the new law, but is now thinking about going

to the courts to apply to withdraw derwyn‘s rights. in order to do that, though, she has obstacles to overcome. i would not be able to afford it, but i would definitely consider it. i would want what is best for my son. the agonising pain of wondering what if, what is going to happen? these are questions being asked by rape survivors in states where laws do not yet exist. for others, protection is now available, but often at a price. frankie mccamley, bbc news. it's emerged that the man who carried out the manchester arena bombing last year, in which 22 people died, was rescued from the civil war in libya by a royal navy ship in 2014. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz is at the manchester arena, what more can youtell us about this? we always knew that in 2014 hms

enterprise had been sent to libya to help evacuate british nationals who we re help evacuate british nationals who were caught up when fighting between rival factions there are worsened by what is new today is the information that on board that ship were salman abedi and his brother who was 19 at the time and became the man responsible for the attack here at manchester arena. the brothers were visiting their parents and salman abedi was on the radar of the security services, but m15 did not have enough evidence to continue treating him as the subject of interest and they close their file on him one month before he was evacuated. was it a missed opportunity? some but not all of the families bereaved and those injured by the bomb here have said it was, but the decision to close that file was considered sound by the intelligence review conducted into the manchester attack. judith moritz in manchester, thank you.

more than a quarter of children in england starting primary school lack basic communication and literacy skills, according to new research. the education secretary damian hinds says it's a "persistent scandal" and that children left behind early on rarely catch up as adults. he's called on parents to read and learn new words with their children. here's our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. in one of london's poorest boroughs, a council—backed summer learning scheme. language skills are an issue here, so the school is building a love of words. some of my favourite words are "like" and "that" and "and". lovable, valuable and empathy. when you read or write you get good gcses and then you get a good job. the school runs classes for parents. they welcome extra help. if children learn what language is, and the sort of foundation blocks of it before they go to school, it gives them a head start. reading to your child is one of the most important things that

you can do with them. some parents will really welcome extra tips and advice. language skills are a basic building block of learning. but in the most disadvantaged communities, ten years of austerity have really whittled away at services, leading some to question this government's commitment to social mobility. if parents are trying their best already, why does he think some should be doing more? that gap that you have early on, it widens as you go through school. do you agree with the chief inspector of schools that working—class communities often lack ambition? look, i think there is talent in every part of our community. we need to make sure that where people have talent, they have ability, they are also aware of the opportunities that are there.

parents play an important part in that, schools play an important part in that. in birkenhead today, an excuse to dress up. this community centre is now run by a charity. it used to be a government funded sure start centre. now, they are supporting lots of families in low paid work. it is patronising to be throwing it back that parents who are trying ha rd to back that parents who are trying hard to support their children to be the best they can be. it is difficult if you are trying to work ona difficult if you are trying to work on a zero—hours contract to get as many hours as you can. the parents here, all keen on reading at home, but they are realistic about the pressures on others. i think a lot of parents to do it, but some parents need a little bit of support and the support isn't always there.

i think it is important that some —— that they can help parents to develop their skills. the challenge is reaching families who do not use the help on offer. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. the sailor, tony bullimore, has died at the age of 79. he became famous in 1997 after surviving four days in the upturned hull of his boat during a round—the—world race. it was feared he had drowned when his boat capsized in the southern ocean— after four days he was spotted by an australian navy ship. he later met the queen and was praised for his ‘extraordinary feat of survival‘. summer‘s here and the tourist season is in full swing across the uk. the number of overseas visitors continues to grow, with the majority coming from the eu. last year was another record—brea ker with more than 39 million tourists to the uk — and they spent more than 24 and a half billion pounds while they‘re here. but how will the sector cope in post—brexit britain? with 8 months to go till brexit, emma simpson reports from stratford upon avon. shakespeare‘s country.

looking at its best. welcome to anne hathaway‘s cottage. there‘s always a queue of visitors here. and for foreign tourists it is now cheaper, thanks to the fall in the pound. the two pounds is certainly nice for us, more choice, to visit more places. and spend more. and spend more! tourism‘s been on a roll since the brexit vote, but what about the road ahead? i‘m going to be showing you some nice thatched properties. warwickshire‘s tourism boss says it‘s vital we continue to welcome eu visitors. people are worried that there could be a hardening of border controls, and we need it to be as easy as possible particularly for our european friends to know not only, they are used to travelling around europe easily, we want them to still know that they can come to the uk really easily. but it‘s the free flow of workers which poses a

far bigger worry. next stop, one of stratford—upon—avon‘s top hotels. around one—third of the workers here are from the eu. some left after the vote. now there are 11 vacancies to fill. housekeepers, spa therapists, receptionists. food and beverage waiting staff. all areas where we are currently trying to recruit. and we‘ve never seen such a broad issue inside our hotels. and that‘s before we leave the eu? absolutely, yes. which is, you know, even more worrying. he‘s not the only one looking for staff in a town which has next to no unemployment. they need two full—time scoopers here. 0h, lovely, thank you. as unemployment has fallen, tourism has been increasingly reliant on eu workers. they‘ve filled almost half of all vacancies over the last three years.

this industry reckons it‘s going to need a million new staff by 2024. the big question is, where are all these workers going to come from? the ambition is to provide training for chefs, and caterers. in this region they are hoping to fill the gaps with home—grown talent. this local landmark is being turned into one of the uk‘s first hotel training schools. what‘s at stake is the future of the industry. i think, if we don‘t start to train the future workforce, if we don‘t get more people involved in this industry, then there is a part of the economy that is at risk. alas, poor yorick!