this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at ten. security alert at seattle airport after an airline employee steals an empty plane and crashes on a nearby island. mission to the sun on hold — nasa is forced to postpone its historic space probe launch until tomorrow. chemical giant monsanto is ordered to pay nearly $300 million in damages to an american man who said its weedkiller made him terminally ill with cancer. and dad to be here to help with this situation after i learned about round—up and glyphosate, i'm glad to be here to help but the causes way bigger than me. ministers reject calls to allow boxing and martial arts lessons in prisons despite recommendations that the move would improve discipline and boost education. also coming up this hour. a man appeared in court in charged with starting the california wild —fires. the holy fire — as it has become known—

led to 21,000 people being evacauted from their homes in in the south of the state. and the travel show team explore the bosnian capital sarajevo as it rebuilds itself after the devastating civil war. hello, good morning, welcome to bbc news. a passenger plane has crashed after being stolen from seattle airport in the united states. the aircraft was operated by horizon air — a sister company of alaska air. the airline said a mechanic had taken the plane. n0 passengers oi’ crew were on board at the time. andy moore reports. what the hell? the plane was filmed by shocked witnesses flying low over

the islands of puget sound. 0k, why does it have jets? it was pursued by two at 15 militaryjets, the planes escorted the pain out of harm way but will not instrumental in bringing it down. while he was performing acrobatic manoeuvres the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. we are trying to find a place you to land safety. i'm not ready to bring it down just yet, i've got to look out for the fuel because it is going down quick. if you could just do a left—hand down quick. if you could just do a left— hand turn and down quick. if you could just do a left—hand turn and will take you down to the south—east, please. left—hand turn and will take you down to the south—east, pleaselj hope it is, for a guy like me. we're not going to think about that, rich, just do a left turn please. the man piloting the plane said he would do

one last barrel roll and then call ita one last barrel roll and then call it a night. he crashed into a sparsely populated island, causing there's fire. apparently the plane was taken from seattle to, airport. 0ur information was that there was only one person on the plane, the person flying it. the person may have been doing some air manoeuvres, i know that some person was scrambled from the air force base. there was no indication that this person flying the plane was trying to damage or attack anything. the full circumstances are still being investigated. police said it involved only one local man who wa nted involved only one local man who wanted to take his own life. that man himself said he was not a qualified pilot that he had enough knowledge to take a plane and fly and for some time before bringing his journey and for some time before bringing hisjourney an and for some time before bringing his journey an end. andy moore, bbc news. the governor of washington state, jay inslee, sent this

tweet about the incident. he said responsible fighters flew alongside the craft and were ready to do whatever was responsible to protect it, yet the man flying the plane crashed. it's a mission 60 years in the making — but nasa's solar probe launch will have to wait one more day, after its scheduled ta ke—off was cancelled. we have expanded our window for the launch tonight. we are going for a 24 launch tonight. we are going for a 2a hour turnaround time. it's one of the space agency's most ambitious missions and will send a probe into the sun's atmosphere for the first time. the rocket carrying the parker solar probe was scheduled to blast off from cape canaveral, in florida, around 8.30am this morning — but after an hour of delays the launch was rescheduled for tomorrow. scientists hope the seven—year mission will gather data to help understand the solar storms which can disrupt satellite communications. we're joined now by professor tim horbury,

professor of physics at imperial college london and a member of the parker solar probe science team. tim, thank you forjoining us, disappointing, yet hopefully only differed the 2a hours, how long before it will make its first pass at the sun? disappointing that it is better to be on the ground fixing the problem instead of flying with one. when the mission goes the craft will go very quickly from the beginning. we will fly past venus in september and get our first pass close to the sun in november. so although space is big it does take a long time to get places, so we will get some of the first data very rapidly. it is exciting. it sounds flippant to say it almost sounds like a

flippant to say it almost sounds likea pr flippant to say it almost sounds like a pr exercise but actually in this case and is not an exaggeration to say it has been in the planning for 60 years. no, that's quite right, from the beginning it was clear that one of the first things to be done was to explore what the sun is really like. remember the sun lets us live on this planet, we are dependent on it so it is important that we understand how it works. and there are lots of things we don't understand because we haven't been able to get close enough to examine it in detail. think about birth, the opposite is true on the sun, the atmosphere is still i opposite is true on the sun, the atmosphere is stilli million degrees, and we don't know how. when

it arrives on earth it interacts with the magnetic field of the earth, space weather can knock out satellites and even do damage to the service of the earth as well. we need to be able to make better predictions about one and wouldn't something to affect us. this is what the lunches are about. you are putting your faith in a piece of equipment just putting your faith in a piece of equipmentjust four and putting your faith in a piece of equipment just four and a putting your faith in a piece of equipmentjust four and a half inches thick which will somehow protect this probe from the power of the sun? that sounds almost unimaginable! it really does. the reason we have waited so long that the mission is that we didn't have the mission is that we didn't have the technology before. so you all right, there's a really high technology item as well and the front of it will reach about 1300 celsius. so the spacecraft sort of hides behind that and the craft

itself is really small. it weighs about 600 kilograms, about half of the normalfamily about 600 kilograms, about half of the normal family car. about 600 kilograms, about half of the normalfamily car. it's about 600 kilograms, about half of the normal family car. it's a tiny little craft we are sending into the atmosphere of the sun. the technology is really important. it's really important they get it right. will we be around to learn the results of will this be such a long mission that the next generation will benefit? i think benefits will 90, will benefit? i think benefits will go, the first orbit is not how it is going to get, it will fly past venus and get into the solar radar, gradually more and more webers of venus will be used to tweak the orbit and drop closer and closer,

just one 20th of the distance we are from the sun, that his own rule get the most exciting data when it will be barrelling along as it plunges through the atmosphere of the sun. so it will take a few years to get the best results but we can be fairly patient. professor tim horbury, part of the parker launch team, thank you for talking about your passion for it, it is good to hear. an explosion at a military factory in wiltshire has killed one person and left another in a critical condition. chemring countermeasures — which is based near salisbury — makes products to protect military ships and aircraft from attack. the police said the incident was under control and there was no risk to the public. the maker of roundup weedkiller is insisting british consumers are safe to use the product — after a court in the united states ordered them to pay the equivalent of £196 million to a man who became terminally ill after using

the firm's weedkillers. in a landmark case, a californian jury found that monsanto knew its weedkillers were dangerous and failed to warn consumers. james cook reports. dwayne johnson applied monsanto's roundup and ranger pro herbicides up to 30 times a year. now 46 years old, and dying of non—hodgkin's lymphoma, he held his head in his hands after the judge related the jury's verdict. glyphosate did present a substantial danger. monsanto had been negligent in failing to warn users and had acted with malice or oppression. mrjohnson said he hoped the verdict would bolster thousands of similar cases. since the beginning of this case i have received a lot of support, a lot of thank yous and and a lot of fear, a lot of everything. just getting energy from a lot of people that i don't even know, you know. and i'm glad to be here to help with this situation after i learned about roundup and glyphosate

and everything, i'm glad to be here to be able to help. the cause is way bigger than me so hopefully this thing will start to get the attention that it needs, so folks can make a good choice. and finally i just want to thank my wife, my three sons, and my entire family and friends that have been here for me. thank you. his lawyer said the company had acted with reckless disregard for human life. but monsanto, owned by the german conglomerate bayer, says it will appeal and insists its products are vital, effective and safe tools forfarmers worldwide. the science is not certain. in 2015 world health organization classified glyphosate is probably carcinogenic but both the us and the eu, supported by the uk, have since approved its usage. the conservative mpjacob rees—mogg has claimed an investigation into borisjohnson is a "show trial" to stop him becoming leader. writing in the daily telegraph, the tory backbencher blamed theresa may's "personal rivalry"

with mrjohnson for "taking the heat off labour", and said that some senior conservatives are envious of the former foreign secretary's popularity. mrjohnson is under investigation for a newspaper article in which he compared muslim women in full face veils to letter boxes and bank robbers. a man's appeared in court in calfornia charged with starting a wild—fire that led to more than 20,000 people having to leave their homes. the holy fire — as it has become known— burned nearly 10 thousand acres through the mountains of southern california. prosecutors say forrest clark had a grudge against a neighbour. he could face life in prison if convicted. officials in new south wales in australia say the army could be deployed to help farmers as the worst drought in living memory continues to take its toll the state government says the miltary could be called in to help transport animal feed and water to badly hit communities in the outback. a warm, dry winter has left many

farmers struggling to survive and little rain is expected in the months ahead. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer is in sydney where it is early evening. evening to you phil. we havejust where it is early evening. evening to you phil. we have just spent time in the drought zone of tamworth in new south wales, extraordinary to see prime agricultural land laid to waste. many farmers have not seen decent rain for the best part of two yea rs. we decent rain for the best part of two years. we went to one small community where we met kate james, she's a beef farmer struggling to stay on the land, determined to beat the drought. she says the daily grind of life on the farm is a challenge. you wake up and think, 0k, we've got to do this all again. there's no room for a break. there's no room to be sick.

there's no room to not feel like doing it today. because the cows need to be fed. it's a gorgeous day, it's a sunny winter's day but we are having quite warm days in the middle of winter and this is not normal. this is quite exceptional. the land is brown, the land is cracked. it is barren in that part of new south wales. it is notjust farmers who are being affected, theirfamilies, their farmers who are being affected, their families, their children are also being psychologically as well as financially affected by the big dry. we went to the town of manila in new south wales, the woman we spoke to is called rachel ferguson, she said the drug was likely to force students from farming families of the land. if you are born on the land it's a very hard thing to walk away from. but i think increasingly, when you look at what our fodder

costs have been, the costs of carting water, the actual time and emotional and psychological cost of the rural industry, you know, it is tempting for those students to go away. and i can certainly understand why because i think for most of them, that ideal secure employment, secure financial stability is obviously very appealing against sort of playing the numbers on the farm. we have a one of the driest ever autumns here in southern australia, and a very dry winter has followed. the forecast is not good. the outlook for new south wales in the next three months is for more drier than normal conditions, so it is clear that in this part of australia the big dry will continue to tighten its grip. phil mercer in sydney, thank you. the headlines on bbc news...

it is 16 minutes past ten. a passenger plane has crashed after an employee carried out "an unauthorised take off" from the seattle tacoma international airport. the us space agency,nasa is forced to delay the launch of a space probe to study the sun's outer atmosphere. chemical giant monsanto is ordered to pay nearly 300 million dollars in damages to an american man who said its weedkiller made him terminally ill with cancer sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjon acres.... the third day of the test between england and india starts later today and england are well on top thanks partly to the weather and some inspired bowling from jimmy anderson. the rain washed out day one and a large part of day two but it didn't put the england bowlers

off, anderson took five wickets, chris works marked his return to international cricket with two wickets for 19 ones including the wickets for 19 ones including the wicket of virat kohli. they were all out for 107. when chris woakes claiming it was the most seamless transition. i thought, claiming it was the most seamless transition. ithought, all credit claiming it was the most seamless transition. i thought, all credit to him, he hasn't played for a while because of injury but then he came on he carried on westwood left off and the same with sam karen. i thought it was a really good growth performance. —— group performance. it kicks off at old trafford where manchester united beat leicester 2-1. nick manchester united beat leicester 2—1. nick parrott watched the action. given the preseason team tonight you would've thoughtjose mourinho might have smiled after seeing his side had leicester, leicester were one of six clubs to spend more than manchester united on the transfer window. without the personnel they wanted they needed all the help they could get and it took less than two minutes to

arrive. there was one man determined to ta ke arrive. there was one man determined to take advantage, paul pogba. the world cup winner had wanted to move away from old trafford, rumour had it, instead he got the captain ‘s armband and lead by example. he's been criticised by marina recently, as has luke shaw and if it was reverse psychology and had desired effect. the left back finished like a seasoned striker declaimed the first goal of his career and the man of the match award. a late scare whenjamie of the match award. a late scare when jamie vardy showed of the match award. a late scare whenjamie vardy showed quicker reactions than de gea but it did not ta ke reactions than de gea but it did not take the gloss of the evening. reactions than de gea but it did not take the gloss of the eveningm was more important to win today than against bayern munich in a friendly. important to start the maxtor three points, a couple of hours ago we had zero points and now we have three points, the situation is better.l good start to the season at old trafford but how long it will last is anyone's guess. today's premier league fixtures. spurs play

newcastle in the early kick—off, new boyce fulham have a london derby, hosting crystal palace and another side back to the top flight, wolves play everton in the late kick—off. to the european championships in berlin, matt hudson smith of britain lived up to his billing as favourite in the 400 metres as he kept a massive lead coming into the home straight to take the gold for britain. their third of the championships. you be going for gold again this evening as part of the four by 400 metres relay team. silverfor katarina four by 400 metres relay team. silver for katarina johnson—thompson as she was beaten by the belgian 0lympic as she was beaten by the belgian olympic champion. katarina johnson—thompson said a new personal best on her way to silver and said the championships were real turning point in her career. the european championships, against the very best in the world, against the world and 0lympic champions, the silver and bronze medallists from last year, one of the all—time greats in my

opinion so i'm glad i could hold my own. i'm happy with my performance. a surprise muddle the meghan beesley in the women's 400 metres hurdles, she ran very well from lane one to get the bronze, her bust of individual performance at a senior championships. glasgow is the other venue for these european championships and more success in the pool the great britain. jack laughter laughter and his partner taking medals, it is his third of the games after two goals earlier this week. in the last major fear gary woodland set a new lowest 36 holes score at the us pga championship to lead before a thunderstorm interrupted play. the american shot a four under 66. with a shot like this, he is one shot clear of kevin kisner who had a 6- shot clear of kevin kisner who had a 6— under 64. justin rose of england is six shots off the lead, tiger

rose further back. wigan warriors beat castleford tigers to close the gap on st helens, the super league leaders. an early try from lee marshall said wigan on their way to leading 20—0 at half—time. castlewood looked to have no way back but they did rally in the second half, they got four tries of their own including one from paul mcshane. could they get past wigan? not in the end, so wigan held on to win, 24—22. that's all the sport for now. more sport for you later. jon acres, thank you. calls to allow boxing and martial arts lessons in prisons and young offenders institutions have been rejected by the government. the proposal was part of a review into how sport and a healthy diet could be used to help rehabilitate inmates and reduce re—offending. but the ministry ofjustice said it was concerned the classes would amount to combat

training for inmates. the author of the reccommendation — is professor rosie meeks — shejoins us now from southampton. alsojoining us isjohn mcavoy who turned his life around through exercise and sport in prison , and is now a world record breaking indoor rower. john, we will talk to you in a moment, first, to professor meek in southampton. why did you make a recommendation for boxing and martial arts and what is your view of the government ‘s explanation for why it is not prepared to adopt it? this is one of 12 recommendations are made from the review. i'm delighted that the ministry of justice have broadly accepted by recommendations and look forward to holding them to account in seeing through some of those responses. the boxing related recommendation suggested that we should reconsider what is currently a blanket ban on anything related to martial arts in prisons. that can be interpreted as

a boxer size class or a non—contact boxing related activity. my suggestion is that governors and pe staff in our prisons should be given autonomy to make their own decisions about when boxing related activities are appropriate. we know from community findings that boxing programmes can be an incredibly powerful way of reaching some of our most disengaged young men and women in our immunities. i think it is a shame if we are missing out on delivering these programmes in our prisons, we could argue that we need them the most when we have violent prisons and we need some new ways to tackle the problems we find in prisons today. and ultimately deter

people from reoffending. john, exercise became your way out, explain how. i went to prison when i was 18, got sentenced to five years. it did not change me. i didn't want to be rehabilitated. i came out worse than when i went in. carried on committing offences. when i was 204i on committing offences. when i was 204! got two life sentences. the conspiracy to commit robbery. and while i was serving the sentence a friend of mine passed away and i realised in prison how short my life was and how hadn't achieved anything. i was fortunate to have access to the gym. there was an amazing officer called darren davis and he spotted that i was better than average on the indoor rowing machine. he came back a couple of days after you saw this and he gave me all these papers with records on. the prison facilitated me trying to be able to break some world and

british rowing records on a machine. so it wasn'tjust british rowing records on a machine. so it wasn't just you british rowing records on a machine. so it wasn'tjust you having the desire, you needed that to be facilitated by someone else? 10096. it would not have mattered what progress i had, i needed someone to help me, the prison governor at the time, gareth sands, facilitated me doing those records. i realised i could use my body as a vehicle as a way of doing that. i had the dream of becoming an athlete, i was serving life but i believed i could do it. this is so important, from this report today, there are 85,000 men, women and children in prison in this country now. if i have turned my life around, i was one of the most hard—core criminals you could ever have met, everything was about money, and if! ever have met, everything was about money, and if i have turned my life around anyone can do it with their lives. professor meek, jon said that

people either throw themselves into education, drugs or the gym when they are in prison. your emphasis is on healthy eating and body awareness. do you think this exercise aspect of prison life has a wider use beyond getting the prisoners fitter? absolutely, it's not just a public—health prisoners fitter? absolutely, it's notjust a public—health element. of course health is critical that we have evidence that sport can promote learning about education, provide ex—prisoners with a route into meaningful employment, for instance in the sport and fitness sectors. we have evidence of sport being used as a way of dealing with people who are working with substance misuse issues and a range of other psychological as well as physical health issues. how patchy this provision at the moment? around the institutions you have visited? pagett is the word,

i've included a set of good practice examples, i use these examples to demonstrate that they are possible. u nfortu nately demonstrate that they are possible. unfortunately they are few and far between. one of the purposes of this review is to highlight how sport is used and demonstrate to the rest of the system that we should be making better use of these sporting programmes. after let's depends on senior management, how much they support a programmer but it often comes down to resources when we are facing staff shortages and longer times that prisoners are kept locked in cells, it is more difficult to engage them in any meaningful activity, whether physical education or other forms of education or therapy. jon if you were talking to a prison official or a civil servant and said, we understand it which we

are but we are worried that if we gave the option of boxing and martial arts, but it just gave the option of boxing and martial arts, but itjust becomes a way of encouraging aggression rather than channelling it, what would you say in response? now you are a sportsman as well as having a bad experience? from going back to the prison system and giving talks to inmates, you tend to find they are a bit more open with what they say to me. ithink bit more open with what they say to me. i think that sport is a tremendous hook to engage with the most disenfranchised people. it's costing the system so much, it does ta ke costing the system so much, it does take a bold move and it needs someone to be brave to make the decision to enact the recommendations in this report. so, think again? thank you both for

being with us. real food for thought there. thank you. thank you. seven marks and spencer stores will shut today as part of a major restructuring plan. it comes a day after house of fraser was bought out of administration, and as more and more high street stores face pressure from rising costs and online retailers. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. this store in northampton will close its doors for the last time today. it's been trading for almost a century. yet another victim of intense condition from retailers. in 2006, m&s announced a restructuring plan to cut costs to include the closure, shrinking or relocation of more than 100 stores by 2022. by the end of today, they will have closed down 28 stores. today, it shops in these areas will trade for the last time. these closures join an ever growing list of retailers facing existential threats from the internet, including mothercare, toys ‘r' us, and most recently, house of fraser. 2018 has been a tough year for retailers. we have seen quite a few retailers go into administration or announce they are closing a significant number of stores. this is in reaction to consumer spends both shifting online and being held back where consumer confidence is low. house of fraser was bought out

of administration yesterday by mike ashley, the owner of sports direct, but it is unlikely he will keep all of the 59 stores open. so the attrition on the high street is set to continue. joe lynam, bbc news. a rhino calf — one of only 650 in the world — has been playing outside for the first time, just over a week after being born at chester zoo.