this is bbc news, the headlines: the manufacturer of one of britain's most popular weedkillers insists it is safe after a us court awards huge damages to a man who says it caused his 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 bbc investigation finds police overtime spending has reached its highest level since 2013 as the number of officers continues to fall. the president of turkey insists his country is not going bankrupt, despite what he calls its economic war with the united states. also coming up: extreme weather calls for extreme measures. a warning the australian army could be deployed in new south wales to help farmers deal with the worst drought in living memory. and britain secure gold and silver in the men's bmx final at the european championships. with that and more on the day's sport, we'll have

sportsday after 6:30. the manufacturers of britain's most widely—used weed killer — roundup — are insisting that it is safe after an american court awarded damages to a man who says it gave him terminal cancer. the jury in california decided that the us agro—chemical company monsanto knew the herbicide gly—phosate was dangerous, but failed to warn consumers. the man was awarded a quarter of a billion dollars‘ worth of damages but the company insists the product does not pose a risk to health. from california, james cook reports. for dewaynejohnson, the verdict

was bittersweet, to say the least. at 46 years old, he is dying of cancer, caused, the jury found, by monsa nto‘s weedkillers. thousands more americans claimed they, too, were sickened by the herbicides and their key ingredient, glyphosate. since the beginning of this case, i've received a lot of support and a lot of thank you, and a lot of prayer and a lot of everything, just getting energy from a lot of people that i don't even know, you know? 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 with a cause that's way bigger than me. the jury found that roundup presented a substantial danger to users, monsanto had acted with malice or opporession, and the company had been negligent in failing to put a cancer warning on the label. that is a choice that reflects reckless disregard for human health. it is a choice that monsanto made, and today is their day of reckoning.

every single cancer risk that has been found had this moment. every single one. where the science finally caught up, where they couldn't bury it anymore. the agricultural giant strongly disagrees. monsanto says farmers around the world rely on glyphosate. it says it will appeal and insists its products are vital, effective and safe. it is the most widely used herbicide in the world, it's the most widely studied herbicide in the world. there are over 800 scientific, medical peer—reviewed, published studies that demonstrate glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer. and yet world health organisation scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history.

earlier i spoke to our correspondent, richard lister who told me why opinion is divided on whether glyphosate poses a health risk. it has been deeply controversial for many years, and what has happened with this case is that the jury of 12 has looked at the ahki mince foreign against and 12 has looked at the ahki mince foreign against and come 12 has looked at the ahki mince foreign against and come down 12 has looked at the ahki mince foreign against and come down on 12 has looked at the ahki mince foreign against and come down on the site that actually there is a case for saying that glyphosate did cause cancer in this case. but really the science has not changed. in 2015 there was this startling announcement from the agency for research on cancer, part of the who, that glyphosate was a probable human carcinogen. but a year later, a joint report by the who and the un said that while some studies to show some link between the two, the biggest study of its kind does not

show a and they said it was unlikely to pose a risk. the uk food authority says it does not cause a risk and last year the eu voted to renew the licence for months five—year lease to continue selling glyphosate based products. but that was controversial and saw a petition of 1.3 million people from the eu calling for it to be banned. also, monsanto had wanted a15 be banned. also, monsanto had wanted a 15 year lease, the only got five. and what of concerns here? a 15 year lease, the only got five. and what of concerns here ?m a 15 year lease, the only got five. and what of concerns here? it is the most widely used herbicide in the uk. something like 5.5 million acres of uk farmland are treated with glyphosate. the government says" glyphosate. the government says" glyphosate meet our standards for protection of life and the environment." it is thought that yields could be cut by ten percentage feed not have it. the soil association says they do not

wa nt soil association says they do not want farmers 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. police investigating the death of seven—year—old joel urhie in deptford, south east london, have arrested two men on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, and arson with intent to endanger life. joel urhie was found after a "very severe fire" at his home in adolphus street, in the early hours of tuesday morning. joel's mother sophie and sister sarah escaped. the united states scrambled fighter jets and declared a security alert after a man stole a large 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. 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. 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. 0ur 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. a bbc investigation has found the metropolitan police has spent almost half a billion pounds on overtime in the last five years, the highest amount in the country. on average, officers in the uk worked nearly 100 hours overtime each in one year. the home office says forces can apply for additional funding when their staffing is stretched. emma north reports. from terror attacks

to the visit by donald trump. from protests to processions, the metropolitan police deal with events faced by few other forces. the frequency and type of challenges have not dropped, but police numbers have. two years ago there were a little over 32,000 metropolitan police officers. a year later that number had dropped by about 600. the current figure now stands at less than 30,000 police officers. but while staffing levels fall, the overtime bill has gone up. in 2016 the bill was £92.5 million. in april this year the overtime cost was a. the total paid out in overtime in the last five years is almost half £1 billion. it seems like a lot, but the met police commissioner claims it makes financial sense. policing has always relied quite a lot on people

working overtime. it is by definition a very flexible way of working. it's often, actually, overall a cheaper way of providing a service because it is so flexible compared so flexible compared with having to recruit a whole new person, for example, and pay all the other costs you get with that. but while some may see that as lucrative, that as lucrative, others climb there is a big price to pay. the amount of hours they are working, it adds to your family life, the pressures there, it adds to you mentally because you're having to concentrate in different areas you didn't have to before, and just the sheer strain of the volume of work you're doing is added upon you. the met say they are actively recruiting, and hope to have more than 30,000 officers in the force next year and the home office says forces can ask for more money if they are stretched. for those young officers passing out yesterday, there is the prospect of long hours of work, but at least

they may earn enough to save for a rainy day. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has called on opponents of brexit to work together to push for a second eu referendum. he told a rally in bristol that the "centre of gravity" as he called it was now shifting in favour of a referendum on a final deal. laura jones reports. they are determined to have their say. following months of debate about begins in doubt and complexities of wrecks it, supporters of the people's vote had one clear message this afternoon, but we should all be able to vote on whatever the government's final brexit plan is before it is a done deal. it's not a second referendum because the facts have changed. they we re because the facts have changed. they were things we were told at the time that were relatively simple, and we now discover problems like the irish border. there is roughly two to one

public support of a vote in these circumstances, even people who supported brexit bill that in the circumstances we need to have a fresh look at it. the campaign is supported by politicians from many different backgrounds and political parties but also by many individuals who just feel it makes sense. this is such a big issue, will affect my history and every other industry in the negative capacity. and i think we must campaign on this for the future of our country. but plenty of others of course disagree. many of those who voted for brexit say they did know what they were voting for, and this is just did know what they were voting for, and this isjust an did know what they were voting for, and this is just an excuse for a second referendum put forward by those who did not like the results of the first one. today the mp for north east somerset jacob of the first one. today the mp for north east somersetjacob rees of the first one. today the mp for north east somerset jacob rees mogg told points west... 0ptimism from those gathered here in

bristol this afternoon, but the argument about brexit are unlikely to go away any time soon. president erdogan of turkey insists his country is not going bankrupt, despite what he calls its economic war with the united states. the turkish lira has hit record lows against the dollar after president trump doubled tariffs on imports of turkish steel and aluminium. relations between the two nato allies are at a new low over a string of issues, including the detention of an american pastor on terror charges. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. crowds were out in force in northern turkey today in support of their president in this escalating and very public row between two nato allies. this dispute could destabilise the middle east and global markets. and today, president erdogan did nothing to calm the situation. he told supporters that the economy

was not in a crisis nor going bankrupt and the fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate were "missiles in an economic war waged against turkey". although president erdogan may be standing firm, his currency, the turkish lira, was collapsing. it's down 40% so far this year against the us dollar. yesterday alone it fell by 14%. that could push up prices rapidly for turkish consumers, interest rates might soar and restrictions could be placed on turks withdrawing their own money. this row seems to have come out of nowhere. turkey has held an american pastor andrew brunson for two years over suspected but unproven links to the failed coup in 2016. america applied sanctions on senior turkish ministers last week and when turkey refused to release the pastor, president trump doubled us tariffs on turkish steel and aluminium yesterday, in a tweet. while the collapse of the lira

spells danger for the turkish economy, british tourists could see the cost of their holiday plunge. turkey has become a popular location since the pound weakened in 2016. joe lynam, bbc news. 0ur europe regional editor mike sanders told me more about the escalating tensions between the us and turkey. this story is moving fast. president erdogan has been doing a tour of different regions, and he has upped the ante by saying that if the us carries on the way it is going, denigrating 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 want to hear. and the economic impact on kurtic was mike had us that look? very bad. the turkish lira is plummeting. 0n very bad. the turkish lira is plummeting. on friday at one point it had lost up to 20% of its value. it would now cost you six lira to buy $1. a year ago you would have got to change from four lira, so it is very bad certainly for cosmopolitan people who want foreign travel, bad for forms cosmopolitan people who want foreign travel, bad forforms buying in foreign currencies, turkish firms also borrowing in foreign currencies, makes it harderfor them to be tailored debt. the president erdogan is not so concerned about that because he realises that his main support this in the rural area does not really care about in foreign travel for a start. they are interested in 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 she has cold

them a tool of exploitation that makes the poor poorer and the rich richer. the headlines on bbc news: the manufacturer of one of britain's most popular it is safe after a us court awards huge damages to a man who says it caused his cancer an airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport is thought to have died after crashing on a nearby island. and a bbc investigation finds police overtime spending has reached its highest level since 2013, as the number of officers continues to fall. a sussex farmer has died after apparently being trampled to death by his own cattle. stephen sands' body was found last night at his farm in the village of groombridge. amanda akass reports. this herd of cattle were a farmer's

livelihood, but when he went out to feed them, he did not come back. it is thought the 64—year—old was trampled to death. stephen's partner was too upset to speak on camera but told me she had gone looking for him after he did not turn up to collect from the station last night as planned. she found his body in the field line surrounded by cows and a manual pool. she called the police, they had to shoot the bill in order to retrieve his body. stephen inherited the farm from his father several years ago. inherited the farm from his father severalyears ago. he inherited the farm from his father several years ago. he was a super quy- several years ago. he was a super guy. he looks after his cattle as though they were his children. and never had a bad word to say for anybody. it is a great loss. the national farmers union said it is unusualfor a farmer to national farmers union said it is unusual for a farmer to be national farmers union said it is unusualfor a farmer to be killed in this way. this breed of cattle are

normally quite docile and easy to handle. the only thing is, i understand this is a bill that could have been the problem. it may be that there was a cow in season and a farmer caught between the capital and that the. sussex police say the investigation has been passed to the coroner. 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 about the most pressing needs for farmers at the moment. feed is a big one.

the most pressing need is water. we are at that point where he farmers are having to make that decision around do i continue to use the stocks that i have now, what is going to happen next season, and am i going to be ever to be able to plant now so i can survive another season? rain is the number one thing, but for them otherwise it is getting access to feed, getting access to financial advice, access to mental health services. it's about knowing that the community all three levels of government are working with them to get them through the crisis. 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. burned nearly 10,000 acres through the mountains of southern california.

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 afghan government has said it's in control of the eastern city of ghazni, following a major offensive by taliban fighters. there have been reports that heavy fighting is continuing in the provincial capital. seven marks and spencer stores are shutting today as part of the company's major restructuring plan. the retailer 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. the us space agency nasa has delayed the launch of a satellite, which will head closer to the sun than ever before. with two minutes to go, the parker solar probe's lift off from cape canaveral in florida was put on hold, when

an alarm was triggered. it's 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 in some parts of sub—saharan africa are rising. mosquitoes have become resistant to existing insecticides and that is where this new net, treated with different chemicals, will help. it looks like an ordinary net but it's robust, and most importantly contains insecticide inside the fibres. it leeches it out slowly over time, so you can wash this net 20 times, but it still has insecticide on it,

it still will protect people against mosquitoes. so this is a very sophisticated piece of equipment. it doesn't look it, but it is, and for you that would cost about $2 a net, so it is very cheap. the nets have already been tested in burkina faso where they reduced clinical malaria cases by 12% in a group of 2,000 children. we are comparing the old net with the new net, the two active ingredients, and what we show is that the new net works better than the old net. we've got something which is a potential game changer. it at least gives us a step forward for malaria control. the latest figures from the world health organisation found 216 million people were infected with malaria. the biggest number of victims were children under five. the scientists hope these new nets will stop 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 1,000 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. for many of us a fine afternoon, but outbreaks of rain for other areas, and as we hadn't to the evening that rain will shift further north and east. rain through the course of the night for northern england, northern ireland, pushing into scotland. heavy showers into the south—east as well. temperatures overnight much milder than last night. in the mid teens for most, fresher in the north of scotland. and more humid as we

start tomorrow. still some outbreaks of rain tomorrow for part of southern and south—east england. patchy rain lingering for central scotland. rain will be followed by more sunshine from the west, also scattered showers. for wales in the south—west of england some showers and some could be heavy and thundery. most of us 18—22. it will field leali'ifano. still unsettled in the north for monday and tuesday, drier and warmerfor the in the north for monday and tuesday, drier and warmer for the site. in the north for monday and tuesday, drier and warmerfor the site. —— further south. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the manufacturer of one of britain's most popular weedkillers round—up is insisting that it is safe after a court in the united states awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to a man who says it caused his 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 bbc investigation finds police

overtime spending has reached its highest level since 2013 as the number of officers continues to fall. the turkish president insists his country is not going bankrupt. the lira hit record lows against the dollar after president trump doubled tariffs on imports of turkish