six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel. migrants paid thousands of pounds each to get to the uk. the gang were caught after one overcrowded boat carrying at least 18 people ran out of fuel. we'll be getting the latest from the old bailey. also this lunchtime... us president donald trump re—imposes sanctions on iran — president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes, on trial for affray, was not acting in self—defence — but with revenge, retaliation, or punishment in mind. a woman is pulled alive from a collapsed building on the indonesian island of lombok — two days after the earthquake which has left nearly a hundred people dead. fears of a hothouse earth as scientists warn we could be decades away from uncontrollable climate change — making parts of the planet uninhabitable and coming up on bbc news, the battle for control at arsenal and it looks like stan kroenke could be winning with the majority shareholder on the verge

of buying the whole club. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. six men have been found guilty of a people—smuggling operation that brought albanian migrants across the english channel to the uk. two other men have been found not guilty. jurors heard how 17 people arrived on a beach at dymchurch in kent during the night in may 2016. later, when one of their boats ran out of fuel, the gang decided to use jet skis to smuggle people across the world's busiest shipping lane. our correspondent frankie mccamley is at the old bailey. well, simon, this was a trial that

lasted nine weeks and took the jury of seven men and five women 29 hours to reach verdicts. they found six out of the eight defendants guilty of conspiracy to breach immigration laws. now, this was an operation operating mainly out of dymchurch in kent, where the men used speedboats, even a jet ski to try to transport albanian migrants 20 miles from france across the english channel. but the men were caught following a series of failures, leaving boats abandoned and is putting lives at risk. around a mile and a half off the coast of kent in the pitch black, a boat designed for six people, carrying 20 and taking on water quickly. 18 albanian migrants are on—board comic each had paid £5,500

to be there. now all desperate for help. the weather was deteriorating quite quickly, it was quite a strong wind from the north—east so it was very much quick action to get the migrants on board very quickly onto the valiant. they were unsuitably closed for the passage, no life jackets, very overcrowded and they all seemed in a great deal of distress. the only two on board with life jackets both pleaded guilty and convicted of people smuggling. that has two years ago. it was what officers found next to this slipway in dymchurch in kent is that launched the whole investigation. 0ne abandoned boat. and after making initial inquiries they realised that that was part of a much bigger operation. another gang member, albert latchford, is covertly filmed on a different boat with france's wade, who was found not guilty. they are

in ramsgate preparing another trip to france. but after nearly tipping the boat over, wade calls powell to tell him the water is too dangerous. they then struggle to get the gps system to work. we are both trying. francis wade sets of the following day that has to be rescued after he says he deliberately runs out of fuel after getting suspicious about the reason for the journey. fuel after getting suspicious about the reason for thejourney. he fuel after getting suspicious about the reason for the journey. he also nearly collided with a shipping container. yet another failed trip for the gang meant they had to be more creative. george and leonard powell meets sa bah more creative. george and leonard powell meets sabah dulaj to buy a jet ski to do the job instead. the vessel might have had to refuel at the other side before returning, but it is feasible and it is their intention to do that, which demonstrates how reckless the crime is. at the old bailey the verdicts

of all eight defendants were read out. those found guilty were father and son leonard and alfie powell, alongside gang members albert latchford and wayne bath. albanian nationals sa bah dulaj latchford and wayne bath. albanian nationals sabah dulaj and artur nutaj acted as the travel agents, finding people who wanted to get to the uk. they were also found guilty. france's wade and alan viles were found not guilty. alan viles said he did jobs and favours without asking questions at the time. those found guilty will be sentenced at a later date. asi as i mentioned, six out of eight defendants were found guilty of conspiring to breach immigration laws. that carries a maximum sentence of 1a years. the nca have since we acted to this announcement that those who have been found guilty, saying this is an excellent result. of course they'd hailed this group for result. of course they'd hailed this groupfora number of result. of course they'd hailed this group for a number of months. all of those men found guilty will be sentenced at a later date. frankie mccamley at the old bailey,

thank you. the united states has re—imposed tough trade and financial sanctions on iran. they've been brought in again because of president trump's decision to pull out of the international agreement curbing iran's nuclear programme. iran's president, hassan rouhani, says the white house will regret the move which he called psychological warfare. president trump says anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. president trump has always made it clear he absolutely hates the iran nuclear deal. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions. and it's a horrible agreement for the united states. we're not going to allow certain things to happen that are happening, and the iran deal is a disaster. and when he pulled out of it three months ago, he said iran would suffer. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. iran will no longer be able to buy american dollars.

it won't be able to trade in gold. aluminium and steel are also on the list, as is the country's currency, the rial. in three months' time there'll be more sanctions on iran's oil industry, shipping and insurance and the central bank. iranians are very frustrated and angry, there are protests morphing around the country. this has been ongoing since december and january. and the government has very limited tools to really protect itself. from the domestic instability, of course, they can always crack down. but they are in trouble, and this is going to be a tough period for them. this is precisely what mr trump wants. he says the nuclear deal did nothing to curb iran's behaviour around the middle east — its support for militant groups in lebanon and gaza, its involvement in the wars in syria and yemen. the nuclear deal‘s other partners — the europeans, russia and china — are desperate to keep the deal alive. they still think it's

the best way to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. the deal has two parts. iran gives up their nuclear programme and the international community opens up trade and economic relations with iran. this second pillar has to be maintained if we want the first pillar to be maintained. and, so far, iran has been compliant, fully, with their nuclear commitments. mrtrump thinks iran will ultimately come back to the negotiating table... and i have a feeling they'll be talking to us pretty soon. ..but so far all we've had is a lot of heated rhetoric on both sides. if donald trump is trying to change iranian behaviour, it's not happening yet. paul adams, there. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. anger in iran, president rousseff accusing president trump of psychological warfare, and very strong language from president trump? god he was awake at 5:31am

tweeting about this, saying anyone who wanted to do business with iran would not be doing business with united states, ending by saying i am asking for world peace, nothing less. that has been responded to by the european union policy chief federica mogherini, who says they will protect investments and keep channels open with iran, especially when it comes to oil and petrochemicals. at the moment sanctions on those not in place but they are due to commence in november and ata they are due to commence in november and at a time when the us and eu is trying to sort out other trade issues, it adds to a very, very complex and, frankly, antagonistic relationship between both sides of the atlantic. thank you very much, gary 0'donoghue washington. a court has heard claims that cctv footage shows the england cricketer ben stokes mimicking the mannerisms of a gay man shortly before he allegedly knocked out two other men in a fight near a nightclub. ben stokes and two other men deny a charge of affray in connection with the incident in bristol last september. 0ur correspondent phil mackie

is following the case. simon, again today the court has been going through the details of the evening plasma events after england beat the west indies in a one—day international in bristol, particularly in the early hours of september 25 outside the mbargo nightclub in the city centre where there was a fight involving all three defendants, including the england cricketer. arriving for the second day of his trial, the england starfaced arriving for the second day of his trial, the england star faced a phalanx of photographers. he denies a charge of affray alongside two other man films in a brawl outside the mbargo nightclub in the centre of bristol last september. the footage shows the england star throwing a number of punches. he knocked both of his co—defendants unconscious. ryan hale on the left,

and ryan ali on the right, were both treated in hospital. mr ali's eye socket was fractured. pc daniel evans socket was fractured. pc daniel eva ns told socket was fractured. pc daniel evans told the court that cctv footage showed the cricketer mocking a 93v footage showed the cricketer mocking a gay couple outside the club and later arguing with a doorman who would not let him back in. dahmen andrew cunningham said mr stokes became angry and abusive. when he was interviewed after his arrest he told detectives he had been defending the gay men and acted in self defence. prosecutors allege that ryan hale and ryan ali armed themselves with makeshift weapons during the fight. there is intense public interest in the case and judge peter blair qc warned it chooses to ignore what he described as biased and inaccurate comments on social media —— judge peter blake qc warned the jury to ignore. all three defendants will get to put their version of events later in the

trial, which is expected to last until later next week. phil mackie in bristol, thank you. a woman has been pulled alive from a collapsed building on the indonesian island of lombok, two days after the second powerful earthquake in a week left nearly 100 people dead. thousands of others have been left without shelter, and are having to camp out in the fields. matt cole reports. celebrating a survivor. these rescu e rs celebrating a survivor. these rescuers have just pulled a woman free from the mangled wreckage of a convenience store. she was taken away by ambulance, alive, after neighbours heard her cries for help two days on from the quake. footage has now emerged of an imam at pryer on the island of vardy at the very moment the ground began shaking. with the —— worshippers began to run but his calm response has been hailed. he later said his fate was in the hands of god. 0n lombok, this mosque fared far

worse. suffering total collapse. there are fears that many worshippers were still inside when its walls crumbled. across the island of lombok it is believed around 20,000 people have been displaced. this village are returned to what used to be his home. translation: we might be still in trauma after three to six months. i don't think it will be easy to return to normal life. we need to do it slowly, because the trauma was extraordinarily bad. since the initial violence quake ca ptu red since the initial violence quake captured on camera here at a bar, there have been more than 200 after—shocks. afraid there may be more, thousands of people are living out in the open. aid agencies say they have only managed to provide some shelter and water. for many of the temporary visitors, the tourists, the way to get home is long. but those who have made it to an airportare

long. but those who have made it to an airport are doing better than many still stranded. some are getting away, but rescue came slowly. we were on the beach, it was really strong, there are so many people injured but nobody came to the island. maybe we were therefore, like, 12 hours before a boat or anybody came. we have been here for two nightsjust anybody came. we have been here for two nights just waiting. anybody came. we have been here for two nightsjust waiting. the british foreign office has advised against travelling to the affected area and says it has been assisting british nationals who have been in touch by phone or social media, but the real concern remains for those, mostly local, who remain missing and for whom the search continues. a study of 20 countries has found the uk experienced one of the largest slowdowns in improvements to life expectancy between 2011 and 2016. the office for national statistics said the change was more pronounced for women than men. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. so this figure is stalling in this

country. why? it raises very big questions. the background is that life expectancy was rising quite rapidly until about 2011, in almost all the leading economies, because of advances in medical science, doctor is getting better at treating infections, fewer people dying from cardiac problems. that was across—the—board. what seems to have happened since 2011 is everyone's increase in life expectancy has slowed, the uk a lot more rapidly than most, more rapidly than anybody else apart amongst the leading economies. what is going on? some say it has something to do with government austerity policies, for example cuts in social care budgets in england. they want a fuller investigation, maybe mps on a select committee looking at this. 0thers including ministers say you can't say there is a causation because of government policy, it needs a much

wider piece of analysis to say whether there are other factors like obesity or dementia, whether the uk has simply fallen from the middle of the pack slightly lower down and there are factors affecting other countries as well. i think it is an increasing debate, we will hear a lot more. the mortality rate, the death rate, has gone up in the uk. earlier this year it was the highest in nine years. lots more questions and this data is a very interesting contribution. thank you. our top story this lunchtime... six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel. coming up... the results are in — thousands of students across scotland find out how they performed in their crucial exams. coming up on bbc news, we will have all the latest from the european championships where double reigning champion martyn rooney onlyjust made it out of the a00m opening heat. this summer won't be forgotten

easily for the heatwave across many parts of uk, and indeed, the world. but could this be a growing trend? scientists are warning today that the world could be decades away from uncontrollable climate change that would make parts of the planet uninhabitable. a new study suggests a hothouse earth could be triggered by a worldwide temperature rise ofjust two more degrees. here's our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath. the oceans, the land and the forest of the world have long played an important role in helping humanity avoid the worst of global warming. they have soaked up huge amounts of c02 over the past two centuries, limited the rise in temperature to 1 degrees. but scientists have now worried friendly natural systems will turn into enemies, and instead of soaking up c02, they may start

spewing out huge quantities of warming gases into the atmosphere. when we approach a two degree rise, we can no longer exclude crossing the tipping point, the biosphere shifts from being a self cooler to becoming a self and performing warming entity —— a warming entity. the widespread wildfires seen around the world this summer could also send a pulse of carbon into the air negatively with balancing the earth's system in the future. the extra sources of carbon quote cause a domino effect with permafrost thaw isa a domino effect with permafrost thaw is a forest dies back and ice sheets crumble, causing temperature rises on an unprecedented scale and seeing many on an unprecedented scale and seeing ma ny coasts on an unprecedented scale and seeing many coasts flooded and some parts of the world made uninhabitable. there are still many uncertainties say uk researchers. the problem is that if we are looking for evidence

ofa that if we are looking for evidence of a tipping point, that earth has tipped into a new state, we will see the full evidence when it has happened and it is too late. we are seeing tell—tale signs of it beginning to happen and we need to ta ke beginning to happen and we need to take those really seriously. in 2015, politicians find the paris climate agreement to limit global warming this century. —— politicians signed. the scientists say it will not be enough in itself to avoid hothouse earth. the world will need to plant huge amounts of forrester cut —— forests, cut emissions deeper than planned. we will need to become stewards, not exploiters, of the earth. the conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, has asked borisjohnson to apologise for comments he made about muslim women wearing the burqa. writing in the daily telegraph yesterday, the former foreign secretary said they "look like letter boxes". 0ur political correspondent, tom barton, is in westminster. how much trouble could borisjohnson

be in? this is a significant intervention from a very senior figure in the conservative party over the comments in the daily telegraph in which borisjohnson said women who wear the burqa look like letterboxes and bank robbers. the substance of his article was actually opposing a veil ban which has recently been announced in denmark, but the language he used has got criticism from muslim groups, one said it will whip up hatred of women wearing the niqab and the burqa. the muslim council of britain accused him of pandering to the far right. this morning the foreign office minister, boris johnson used to be his boss, he said the comments had caused a degree of offence and said that he would never make such a remark and just in the last half an hour, the conservative party chairman brandon lewis has

tweeted he agrees with alistair burt and said that borisjohnson should be apologising for the comments. we have not heard yet from boris johnson, whether he plans to take up the opportunity to apologise for what he said. tens of thousands of pupils in scotland have been receiving crucial exam results today. more than 135,000 pupils have been finding out how well they did in their national 4 and 5s, highers and advanced highers. across the country, the number of entries for highers — and the proportion of students who received a pass mark — has fallen slightly. here's our scotland correspondent, catriona renton. the anticipation and trepidation, that envelope under the headteacher‘s arm, as pupils wait nervously in the library for the moment of truth. the moment has arrived.

i got my five as, i am so... i cannot say how happy i am. what was it like waiting? i was all right until about 30 seconds before then it got a bit nervous. ijust ripped the envelope to shreds. how much have you put into this? so much. hardly left the house in study leave, so much work goes into it, really good to see. it was notjust the traditional envelopes, douglas got his results by text message. not bad at all. that is all right. the stu d e nts bad at all. that is all right. the students here have sat a range of exams including highers often used the university entry and national five communications usually sat the before but whatever the outcome, it is not just before but whatever the outcome, it is notjust the results that count —— qualifications. is notjust the results that count -- qualifications. the culture of schools has changed significantly in

recent yea rs schools has changed significantly in recent years and there is a huge focus now in terms of the soft skills young people possess before leaving school and moving into society and that is much more important to us than the grades that come on the certificate. yes, they are important but there are lots of other opportunities that matterjust as much. the pass rate in the school for highers is 83.8%, the national pass rate is 76.8%, down slightly on 7796 pass rate is 76.8%, down slightly on 77% last year. we all felt the tension in the room before the exam results were opened and now of course there is the relief. some will have done better than they thought, others maybe not quite so well, for those who need help, there is plenty. there will be young people who do not get the results they were hoping for and yesterday i visited the skills development scotla nd visited the skills development scotland exams helpline in glasgow, a service available to any young person orfamily

a service available to any young person or family for that matter who require assistance in advising the young person about what it is best to do. an emotional day for everyone here but now it is time to go home and look to the future. theresa may will hold talks on brexit with scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, in edinburgh this afternoon. the trip is the prime minister's first domestic appearance since she cut short her summer walking holiday for talks with french president emmanuel macron last week. the first minister has challenged mrs may to set out her plan b if she's unable to sell her preferred brexit — or chequers — plans to european leaders. 0ur scotland political correspondent, glenn campbell, is in edinburgh. this could be quite a difficult meeting? well, theresa may is having tojuggle harder than meeting? well, theresa may is having to juggle harder than a street performer at the edinburgh fringe to keep her brexit show going, the eu side has already criticised the proposals on customs contained within the checkers exit plan signed

off by the cabinet. there is no sign theresa may's efforts to make a case directly to eu leaders like president macron is resulting in a breakthrough and remember the international trade secretary, liam fox, has put the chances of no—deal brexit at because of what he calls intransigence on the eu side. in edinburgh, the prime minister will hear directly from scotland's first minister who was speaking to us at her official residence of short time ago. she wants theresa may to rule out a no—deal brexit to rule out what she calls a blind brexit, the idea of leaving with agreed terms of withdrawal but without naming down the broad outline of a future trading relationship. both those outcomes, nicola sturgeon thinks, would be economically damaging. i do not think the prime minister is in a position to offer guarantees. instead when they sign a joint

agreement to bring new investment to edinburgh, the prime minister i think will seek to present that as a commitment to sharing economic wealth across the uk as it leaves the eu. thank you. a disabled man has been stopped from boarding a flight because his wheelchair repair kit was deemed a security risk. steve smithers was turned away at security at belfast international airport and missed his flight to see his sick father. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, is in county down. what has happened here? he was travelling from belfast international to london on the weekend, he was travelling to visit his father who has been seriously ill and he says he has travelled with the wheelchair repair kit many times before, it contains a couple of spanners and a wheel nut and he said it was essential to have it because he was going to need to use it to adjust the wheelchair to fit a

hire carat it to adjust the wheelchair to fit a hire car at the other end. on this occasion, as he went through airport security, he was told by a member of staff there was no way he would be able to take it on the plane. so i asked if we could give them to cabin crew to hold and give them to me at the other end. that wasn't permitted either. he wasn't going to entertain that. he said, the only way you can do it is by checking your bag into checked luggage, but you now haven't got time to do that. i've realised that ijust can't get to gatwick, i'm stranded, there's no way i can carry on the journey, so i was gutted, frankly. i was really very upset. since then, belfast international airport has said it acknowledges the distress caused and it says it has reviewed? service distress caused and it says it has reviewed ? service procedures distress caused and it says it has reviewed? service procedures as a result and easyjet has refunded the full cost of the flight —— customer service. very recently the civil aviation authority reported some of

the biggest airports are failing disabled passengers and steve smithers said he wanted to highlight what happened to him to raise awareness of disabled people travelling in future. thank you very much. it's the premier league club where the moves off the pitch have got some fans fuming. arsenal's majority shareholder stan kroenke has made a £600 million offer to buy the whole of the club. the deal would value the premier league club at £1.8 billion. but the arsenal supporters' trust calls the news a dreadful day for the gunners. let's speak to our sport correspondent, david 0rnstein. david. this marks the end of the culmination of a decade—long battle between the american billionaire sta n between the american billionaire stan kroenke and alisher usmanov for control of one of world football's most famous clubs. stan kroenke offered alisher usmanov out on his 30% stake in october of last year, that offer was rejected, but he has upped the offer now and it has been accepted. alisher usmanov stands to

make £550 million with the remaining 396 make £550 million with the remaining 3% of shareholders, minor shareholders, receiving around £29,000 per share. stan kroenke saint he has an irrevocable undertaking from alisher usmanov that he will accept the offer as soon as possible. —— stan kroenke says he has. they have never been in private hands before, arsenal, but they will not be following the path of the likes as man united and chelsea. stan kroenke's company says they believe moving to private ownership will bring the benefits of a single owner, better able to move quickly in furtherance of the club's future. the arsenal supporters trust is concerned, they say it is a dreadful day for the club with franz forster sell shares. there is particular concern this deal is being financed by a loan but stan kroenke says it will not be serviced

against arsenal —— with fans forced to sell shares. many questions remain outstanding. time for a look at the weather. there is a change coming. there is a change coming. there is a change coming. there is a change coming, you stole my first line. change is afoot, a few different changes. this is the last day for quite a while where we will get temperatures in the 30s. by tomorrow those parts of east anglia more likely to see 20. further west, wondering what i am talking about, thatis wondering what i am talking about, that is more clarity, you have already had your change, lucky to get 23. you can see storm clouds gathering across parts