this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at four. agrochemicals giant bayer monsanto, insists that its weedkillers are safe to use, after an american jury ruled that they caused a man's cancer. an airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport is thought to have died after crashing on a nearby island. a 29—year—old man is killed and another man is seriously injured after an explosion at a military hardware factory in wiltshire. a warning the australian army could be deployed in new south wales — to help farmers deal with the worst drought in living memory and mission to the sun on hold: nasa is forced to postpone one of its most daring ventures until tomorrow because of technical problems. and in dateline london, shaun ley and the panel discuss washington's imposition of sanctions on russia and the row between donald trump and turkey. the manufacturers of britain's most

widely—used weed killer — round—up — are insisting that it's safe, after a court in the united states awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to a man with terminal cancer, who says it caused his illness. the jury in california decided that the us agro—chemical company monsanto knew the herbicide spray was dangerous, but failed to warn consumers. the company insists the product does not pose a risk to health. from california, james cook reports. dewayne 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 prayer, 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, but the cause is way bigger than me. his lawyer said the company had acted with reckless disregard for human life. this case was historic. every major known human carcinogen had a moment like this, a moment when the science finally caught up, when they could no longer bury it, where people had to actually look at it and say, "we have a problem". but monsanto, which is owned

by the german conglomerate bayer, says it will appeal, insisting its products are vital, effective and safe tools forfarmers worldwide. the science is not certain. in 2015, the world health organization classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic, but both the us and the eu, supported by the uk, have since reapproved its usage. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. our correspondent richard listerjoins me now. let's delve into the scientific debate first of all. glyphosate has been deeply controversial for many yea rs. been deeply controversial for many years. in this sense, what has happened with this case in the us is that this jury of 12 has looked at the scientific arguments for and against on they've come down on the side that actually there is a case for saying that glyphosate did cause cancer in this case. the science

really has not changed. in 2015, there was this startling announcement by the international agency for research on cancer which is part of the who that glyphosate was a probable human carcinogen. a year later, a joint report by the who and the un said while some studies do so some link between the two, the biggest study of its kind does not show a causal link. —— while some studies do show some link. they agreed it was unlikely to pose a risk. the food authority agrees, and the eu bowed to renew the licence for monsanto for a five—year lease to continue selling glyphosate —based products. that was a very controversial decision and saw a petition of 1.2 million people from the eu calling for it to be banned. monsanto had wanted a 15 year lease, they only got five. what then of concerns here way from california? there's no doubt it's

the most widely used herbicide in the most widely used herbicide in the uk. latest figures show something like five and million acres of uk farmlands are treated with glyphosate. the government says glyphosate meets our high standards for the protection of health and the environment. the nfu says it's essential to modern farming that you could cut yield by something like 10% if you didn't have it but the soil association says it's want —— says it wants farms not to use it near harvest time and that park keepers and gardeners should not use it. it is still deeply controversial and this case has not changed that. thank you. the united states scrambled fighter jets and declared a security alert after a man stole a passenger plane from seattle airport, and performed aerobatic manoeuvres, before crashing on a nearby island. the airline worker, who was alone on the aircraft, is thought to have died in the fireball. the police say it was not linked to terrorism. andy moore reports. what the hell? the stolen plane was filmed by shocked witnesses flying low over the islands of puget sound.

what is happening right now? ok, but why has it gotjets? it was pursued by at least two f—15 military jets. the authorities said those aircraft escorted the plane out of harm's way but were not instrumental in bringing it down. what the hell is this guy doing? whilst he was performing aerobatic manoeuvres, the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. we're just trying to find a place for you to land safely. yeah, i'm not quite ready to bring it down just yet but holy smoke, i got to stop looking at the fuel because it's going down quick! 0k, rich, if you could start a left—hand turn and we'll take you down to the south east, please. this is probably jail time for life, huh? i would hope it is for a guy like me. well, rich, we're not going to worry or think about that, could you just start a left—hand turn, please?

the man piloting the plane said he would perform a last barrel roll and then call it a night. he crashed into a sparsely populated island, causing this fire. there was the loud boom and i looked at her and said, "what, did they drop a bomb over there?" and that really must have been it. our information now is that there was only one person on the plane and that was the person flying the plane. there is no indication that this person who was flying the plane was trying to damage anything or attack anything. that man said himself he was not a qualified pilot, but he had enough knowledge to take a plane and fly it for some time before bringing his journey to an end. andy moore, bbc news. a man who died in an explosion at a military factory in wiltshire was a 29—year—old man from southampton. kem—ring counter measures — which is based near salisbury — makes products to protect ships and aircraft from attack. another man was injured and is being treated in hospital. 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. caroline lumley works for tamworth regional council in new south wales, who have been running forums to help farmers. i asked her what are the most pressing needs for farmers at the moment. look, i think at the moment, feed is a really big one. the most urgent thing is water. we are at that point now where farmers are having to make that decision, do i continue to use the stocks that i have now, what's going to happen next season? and am i actually going to be able to plant now so that i can survive another season? so, waterand rain is the number one thing. but for them otherwise, it's getting access to feed,

to financial advice and access to mental health services. and it's about knowing i guess that the community and all three levels of government are working with them to get them through this crisis. i was about to ask about that. how coordinated is all of this? you're talking about the needs in your particular area but how joined up is it all? look, i think that's just starting to happen now. and that's probably one of the frustrations that some of our farming community have that we're hearing about, that, of course, many farmers are drought prepared and have been dealing with these drought conditions for sometime. of course, now the government is acknowledging that we are in a crisis and so it is really now that that coordination aware of what's available to them and they will automatically tell you, i don't qualify for assistance, i don't qualify for funding,

or i don't need help. that's probably the biggest message that any level of government is trying to get out there, which is just don't self assess. before things get really too critical for you, ask somebody, speak to somebody and find out what help and assistance there is. because at this stage if we don't get the rain soon, it's not going to be about this season, it's going to be about crops and livestock for next season as well, and this could take us forward a number of years. on a personal note, you're there at the heart of this, what is it like to be living through a situation like this? it's heartbreaking. we're still a very prosperous town in terms of our business community but to watch the farming community, to speak to men who have traditionally worked the land every day, i met a farmer the other day, he's a sheep farmer, he had to sell all of his stock and he said, i don't have anything to do and i don't know what to do with myself. we got talking about the fact

that he still had working dogs and they were, as he said, probably his mental health lifeline, because at least he had to run his dogs every day when he had nothing else to do. we're hearing these terrible stories, mums coming to the salvation army because they are unable to send their kids on school excursions. kids have formals coming up and they don't have the money for those sorts of things. they're really heart—wrenching stories but it's just that decision around, what's the right choice for me? do i continue to try and hand feed my animals? do i sell my stock now and know i'm going to sell at a loss? it's the tension and pressure of making those decisions which is really starting to see people at breaking point. 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 ten thousand acres through the mountains of southern california. peter bowes reports... another inferno. a rapidly moving wildfire fuelled by high temperatures, gusty winds, and tinder dry brush. named after a local hiking trail, the holy fire broke out on monday, about 70 miles south—east of los angeles. dangerously close to homes, the flames leave residents with no choice. the police told us just a few minutes ago that it's time to leave. yesterday was mandatory evacuations. i left for the night and came back up. in the matter of about an hour they were driving around with their sirens on and forcing residents to leave, so all of us are down at the park. steep, inaccessible terrain has hampered firefighters and the blaze is still out of control. officials are warning that worsening weather conditions with thunderstorms in the forecast

will lead to extreme fire behaviour over the next few days. there are a lot of resources available nationwide, but we are in competition with a number of fires up and down the state and also nationally. as those fires wind down and they release firefighting resources, we're able to get them here. the authorities say it was started deliberately by this man, 51—year—old forrest clark has appeared in court charged with arson. he could face life in prison if convicted. at least a dozen wildfires are burning across california. 111,000 firefighters, including crews from overseas, are battling the flames from the ground and the air. so we've got a really good relationship between america and new zealand and we've had the american usar taskforce teams and come out and help with the kaikoura and christchurch earthquakes in 2010, 2011, so we were really grateful to provide that reciprocal help. the national weather service says

smoke from california and other fires burning in western states appears to have drifted as far as new york, 3000 miles away. some of the fires are expected to burn for several weeks. the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has called for the united states to reverse what he calls a trend of "unilateralism and disrespect" , after president trump doubled tariffs on turkish steel and aluminium imports. president erdogan was addressing a rally in northern turkey, earlier he told the new york times that he would look for new allies if washington did not change its position.. mr erdogan said turkey will remain defiant against what he called ‘threats.’ translation: in respect of the pastor here, it is wrong to try to bring turkey to its knees using threats. let me address those in the us

again — what a shame. what a shame. you are trading a strategic partner in nato for a pastor. there are 81 million people in this country, the position of those 81 million people in this strategic partnership can't be traded for anything. whatever our stance was to this day, it will remain our stance in the future. we will comply with the law, we never compromised on law and justice to this day and we never will. with me is our europe regional editor, mike sanders. the us and turkey are supposed to be nato allies. they are not behaving like that at the moment. you would not think so. the pastor he is referring to is andrew brunson, a presbyterian minister who has been running a church in turkey for the past 20 years who is on trial in turkey for alleged terrorist

offences, supposedly supporting the banned kurdish militia, and also for supporting the turkish cleric who lives in america who mr erdogan blames for the failed coup in 2016. that is the immediate bone of contention here. this story is moving extremely fast. mr erdogan has been doing a tour of supporters rallies in the north of the country, the latest one recently, and he has upped the ante a bit by saying if the united states carries on the way it is going, denigrating the turkish currency and attacking the turkish currency, then we are preparing to do deals in the national currencies of other countries including china, russia, iran and ukraine. which is exactly what the americans do not wa nt to exactly what the americans do not want to hear, clearly. and the

economic impact? how does that look? very bad at the moment, the turkish lira is really plummeting on friday, at last one point up to 20% of its value, it would now cost you six in iraq to two by one dollar. one year ago, you would have got change from lira. very bad for the cosmopolitan people who want foreign travel, bad for firms obviously buying in foreign currencies, turkish firms also borrowing in foreign currencies, it makes it harderfor them to repay their debts. mr erdogan is not ready so concerned about that because he realises his main support base in the rural area does not really care about foreign travel for a start, what they are interested in is keeping down the cost of living and he sees interest rates primarily as the main evil in that rise in the cost of living. again, in this rally he called them a tool of exploitation that makes

the poor poorer and the rich richer. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... agrichemicals giant bayer monsanto, insists that its weedkillers are safe to use, despite the verdict of an american court that they caused a man's cancer. an airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport is thought to have died after crashing on a nearby island. a 29—year—old man has been killed and another man is seriously injured after an explosion at a military hardware factory in wiltshire. in sport, on the penultimate day of the european championships, a british gold and silver in the men's bmx. kyle evans and kai whyte. a surprise ahead of the world french champion. centuries forjonny ba i rstow champion. centuries forjonny bairstow and chris woakes at lord's, pushing england's lead past 100 on the second day of the test against

india. tottenham beat newcastle in the early kick—off of the premier league, dele alli with the spurs winger. four other premier league matches under way. bournemouth, crystal palace, watford and chelsea all winning at the moment. earlier in scotland, celtic lost to hearts. the un security council has called for a "credible" investigation into an air strike on a bus in yemen that killed at least 29 schoolchildren. earlier, the saudi—led coalition — which carried out the attack on thursday — said it would investigate what it called "collateral damage". donna larsen reports — you may find some of the images in her report distressing. preparing to bury the dead. nearly 10,000 people have died in more than three years of war in yemen, but thursday's attack stands out. children, apparently on their way back from a picnic, hit by an air strike. it happened near a market in the rebel—held province of saada.

un officials called it "a new low" in the conflict. what happened will change the lives of these children forever. they're now receiving what help is available in yemen's overstretched hospitals. translation: the blood bank here does not have enough blood. thank god we're doing what we can. there are multiple injuries to the brain, to the bones. at first, saudi arabia, which leads the international coalition fighting the houthi rebels in yemen, said the attack was legitimate, targeting militants launching rockets. yet as outcry grew around the world, the saudi military promised an investigation and, after a closed—door meeting, the un security council said it will review what the saudis come up with. the important thing is the word "credible". if there is an acceptable, credible investigation, then the council will want to consider next steps in the light of that. if any investigation held is not credible, the council will obviously

want to review that, and want to review if more is necessary. for many, though, that's not enough. human rights watch say we've been here before. the saudis have been given a chance to investigate themselves and the results are laughable, they say. britain, the us and france all sit on the un security council and all support the saudi coalition to restore yemen's internationally recognized government. but their concern at this attack and yemen's worsening humanitarian crises is growing. they've not called for an independent investigation, willing for now, it seems, to wait and see. as the children are treated and the war rages on, the world is looking for answers. who asks the questions will be crucial. donna larssen, bbc news. seven marks and spencer stores are shutting today as part of the company's

major restructuring plan. m&s announced in may that 100 stores will shut by 2022, after profits fell by two—thirds last year. it comes a day after house of fraser was bought out of administration, and as high street stores face growing pressure from online retailers. 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 us space agency nasa has delayed the launch of its mission to send a satellite closer to the sun than ever before. the parker solar probe was due to have launched from cape canaveral in florida this morning but the lift—off was postponed when an alarm went off. it has been rescheduled for tomorrow. scientists working to stop

the spread of malaria have developed a new net which could save more than a million lives. the teams from? durham, liverpool, switzerland and burkino faso have created a new bed net treated with insecticides which reduce the life span and reproduction of mosquitoes carrying the disease. a trial of the nets has already reduced the number of children catching malaria in west africa. megan paterson reports: after two decades of decline, malaria rates are rising. mosquitoes have become resistant to insecticides, where this new nets treated with different chemicals will help. it looks just like an ordinary net but it contains insecticide inside the fibres. you can watch this net 20 times, but it still has the insecticide and is still has the insecticide and is still protected. this is a very

sophisticated piece of equipment, it does not look it but it is. for you that will cost about $2 per net so it's really cheap. the mets have already been tested in burkina faso where they reduced clinical malaria cases by 12% in a group of 2000 children. we are comparing the old net with a new one with two active ingredients. we see the new networks better than the old one. we have something which is a potential game changer, that at least gives us a step forward for malaria control. the latest figures from the world health organization found 200 people were infected with malaria. the biggest number of victims, children under five. scientists hope these new nets. the increase of the disease and help in its eradication. a care home for people living with dementia has been inundated with holiday postcards following an appeal. staff at cedar court in derbyshire asked for holiday stories from the public last month.

they've now received about 1,000 to share with residents. caroline moses reports. more holiday reading for cedar court. hello. but these aren't books. 0h, postcards, thank you. in an age of online posts, these are the old way of recording travel memories. it followed an internet appeal from the care home last month for people to send in traditional postcards from their holidays in the hope that among other things, it would help residents here recall their own family breaks. what they didn't expect was that around 1000 would arrive in the post. # sending a postcard, i don't care who sees what i've said...# the response has been phenomenal to the postcard appeal. we're just overwhelmed by it, it really has touched all our hearts, we've had them from hawaii, new zealand, china, loads of different places, america and all around the uk as well. they really mean something more to the residents, i suppose, because a lot of their holidays when they were children were in the uk, so places like brighton and skegness, they really invoke

the memories of the residents. there's no place like blackpool. i was about 14 when i went with mum and dad, you know. and my dad used to hold my hand. does it make you want to be there? yes, it does! he's more responsive, it brings them out of their selves, if you like, it's a talking point. he loves them. we've seen a difference in the fact that the residents are a lot more alert because it's a daily thing that we're doing and reading the postcards and they never get fed up with actually getting the cards, looking at where they're from and what people are doing, the adventures that people are having. now, the idea is being sent to other care homes to encourage them and their supporters to do the same. it takes a few minutes out of your day to write a card, but it brings so much enjoyment to the residents that receive them. we have somebody that's proposed

and sent us a card about that, so, all of these single acts of kindness mean so much to us, it really does. caroline moses, bbc east midlands today, bretby in derbyshire. one of france's most popular theme parks has got some new recruits in the fight against litter, six trained crows. the new workers are rooks, members of the crow family. the species has shown an ability to solve problems and fashion tools in lab tests. six birds have been trained to pick—up cigarette butts and other small pieces of rubbish, each time they place the litter in a box at the puy de fou park in the vendee, they will be rewarded with a morsel of bird food. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. for many of us it's been a fine afternoon with some sunshine but showers elsewhere.

particularly across the south west and wales. into this evening, that rain will shift further northwards and east. some rain through tonight across much of northern england, northern ireland into southern scotland, some heavy showers into the south—east. temperatures overnight much milder than last night, for most of us things will hold up in the mid teens, fresher for northern scotland but a more humid feel to the weather as we start the day tomorrow morning. sunday, outbreaks of rain of southern and south—east england, and patchy rain lingering for central scotland. rain followed by more sunshine from the west but a fuse get showers and for wales and the south—west of england, some could be heavy and thuggery. —— heavy and thundery. most of us 18 to 22 degrees. cooler in the far north, still unsettled in the north for monday and tuesday but drying up and warming up further south. hello, this is bbc news

with julian worricker. the headlines. agrochemicals giant bayer monsanto insists that its weedkillers are safe to use, despite the verdict of an american court that they caused a man's cancer. an airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport is thought to have died after crashing on a nearby island. a 29—year—old man is killed and another man is seriously injured after an explosion at a military hardware factory in wiltshire. officials in australia's most populous state, new south wales, say the army could be deployed to help farmers as the worst drought in living memory continues to take its toll.