this is bbc news, i'm chris rogers. the headlines at 7. 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 — the art of stone stacking. but does piling stones on our beaches spoil the environment, or is it harmless artistic expression? 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 at 7:30. 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 glyphosate 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 round—up 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 any more. 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 organization 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. police investigating the death of a seven—year—old boy

in 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 deptford 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. 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. 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 a hundred 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 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, others climb as lucrative, others claim 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 came determined to have their say. following months of debate about the complexities of brexit, supporters of the people's vote had one clear message this afternoon, that 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 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 feel 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, it will affect my industry and every other industry in a 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 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 rees mogg told points west... optimism from those gathered

here in bristol this afternoon, but the arguments about brexit are unlikely to go away any time soon. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson political editor of the sunday mirror and people. 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. india's state of kerala is on high alert after 3a people died in flooding. torrential rains during

the monsoon season have destroyed farmland and led to mass evacuations in the southern state. 31,000 people have had to take shelter in rescue camps while millions of pounds‘ worth of crops have been damaged. 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. 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 aberdeen angus cattle were farmer stephen sand‘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 her from the station last night as planned. she found his body in the field surrounded by cows and the farm‘s bull. she called the police, who had to shoot the bull in order to retrieve his body. stephen inherited the farm from his father several years ago. he was a super guy. he looked 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 unusual for 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 bull that could

have been the problem. it may be that there was a cow in season and the farmer got between the cow and that bull. sussex police say the investigation has been passed to the coroner. the headlines on bbc news: 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. and a bbc investigation finds police overtime spending has reached its highest level since 2013, as the number of officers continues to fall. 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 the increase of the disease and help in its eradication. 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. a man has appeared at a court in california charged with starting a wildfire

that caused more than 20,000 people to leave their homes. prosecutors allege that forrest clark was involved in a dispute with a neighbour. the blaze, which has been dubbed the holy fire, has burned nearly 10,000 acres through the mountains of southern california. israeli arabs have been holding a protest in tel aviv against the country‘s new nation state law. it defines israel as a principally jewish state, and removes arabic as an official language. last week, thousands of israelis from the druze minority also protested, saying the new law will legalise discrimination. nawal assad reports from the rally. thousands of israeli arabs came to demonstrate in a big rally with thousands anticipating, demanding to abolish this controversial law. the

law does not make them equal to otherjewish citizens in the state of israel. they are carrying banners demanding justice, and they are also calling for otherjewish people to support them in their quest. in fact there are somejewish leftists who are participating in this demonstration, but not as many as it was hoped for. the reason, some people are carrying palestinian flags. there was also an israeli flags. there was also an israeli flag flying next to the palestinian flag. manyjewish people believe there is nothing wrong with carrying there is nothing wrong with carrying the palestinian flag, as it reflects the palestinian flag, as it reflects the nationality of these israeli arabs. i want to remind our viewers, that these arabs are actually forming 20% of the israeli population, which the new israeli state law says they are not equal with the otherjewish citizens of

the state of israel. 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. making a pretty pile of rocks on the beach has become a popular past time in britain — especially during the recent heat wave. but what may seem like a harmless hobby has suffered a backlash. critics say the art of stone—stacking could be a threat to wildlife. with me to discuss this are the founder of the blue planet society, john hourston, who is in bournemouth. and stone—stacking artist james craig page who is in dunbar.

tell us a bit more about stone stacking, what is it harder to get started ? stacking, what is it harder to get started? it is one of the most ancient art forms there is, and is really have all had the election is working with stone in some form or another for many generations. in more recent times, it has become in meditation and an artform for many artists to get into nature and to work in the environment and to look after nature through this process. you say it is an ancient form of art, but it has become very popular in recent years. in america i have seen a lot of this around the lakes and beaches there. it seems to have really ta ke n and beaches there. it seems to have really ta ken off. and beaches there. it seems to have really taken off. barack artists like starring gregory and others who

have promoted this artform over the last ten years, and we ran the european stone stacking championships in dunbartonshire, which is the birthplace ofjohn, —— john mear, the father of conservation, and we are aware of that and promote that. there are also championships in texas, we work with them to promote this artform run the world, and to bring artists and creative people together to celebrate nature and to work together towards a happier future. john, you are one of many critics of this form of art because you‘re worried about the environmental impact it has, tell us about that. for a start, impact it has, tell us about that. fora start, i impact it has, tell us about that. for a start, i am impact it has, tell us about that. fora start, lam not impact it has, tell us about that. for a start, i am not against art and i'm not against going out to the environment. there has been a

perfect storm i think of globalised tourism combining with the growth in social media, and what that has done is cause it to move from being a completely valid artform, which i think probably came about in the 19805, think probably came about in the 1980s, to an epidemic or a play, you might want to call it, where you cannot go to the beach that is not destined with these things. what's your reaction to that, james? he‘s basically saying it is ruining the look and disturbing the natural environment. i would say it is becoming more popular because in this day and age where people very rarely have time to stop and think and go into nature, because of social media and television, and all the distractions that we have, to find some peace of mind on a beach, to be ina

find some peace of mind on a beach, to be in a consciously aware state is something that is very much needed and valued in society. traps thatis needed and valued in society. traps that is why so many people are doing it. i was reading a report today about fu kushima still leaking it. i was reading a report today about fukushima still leaking lethal amounts of radioactive waste into the environment, and these are things that are not being talked about. and i think myself and john both have a lot in common that we wa nt to both have a lot in common that we want to look after nature. john has something to say. we do have a lot in common, and this is not a battle of two ideas. i fully appreciated. but my concern would be what about the meditation and mental health of the meditation and mental health of the people who go to the wild place and expected to see it and touched by human hands and find it completely covered, almost land lies, it's a strong word, by people, and their peace in meditation is completely ruined by walking 20 miles to what they thought was a secluded spot and find it completely cove red

secluded spot and find it completely covered by people making not art, in the case i'm talking about, this is not art, it is personal statements given by things like instagram, where people want to get a photo for social media to show where they've been and show they have left their mark on it, and that is an increasing problem across all aspects of society, in my opinion. yes, of course. i agree in this society i guess the eagle was pushed forward and people want to leave their mark. anybody who wants to leave their mark is ego based, and the good thing about stone stacking is, if you do it long enough, it does teach you to let go of your ego, andi does teach you to let go of your ego, and i think we can work together to help teach people that together to help teach people that to look after and respect the landscape, and we always encourage a policy of leave no trace at our workshops and when we do creative classes. but james, the ones i have

seen classes. but james, the ones i have seen have literally taken over some areas of the lakes in northern america. it is bizarre, it is like a city of stones all piled on top of each other, completely changes the landscape, and nobody, evenjohn are saying, we get it, do it, but the scale has become quite damaging. today we have had this debate on social media, seaman from australia, japan, you've got miles of beach on the ocean highway, you've got them in orkney, shetland you've got them in the arctic. will we have done in antarctica? there is a massive boom in tourism going down there. james, final word from you as a stone stacking artists. ayew appealing to artist to do is to calm it down? ticks and i go to the beach instead? don't do that either! we are really all about teaching the public are

beginning to look after nature and to ta ke beginning to look after nature and to take the stones down after they have created their peace. because there is something in learning to let go of it is very important part of this process. can i add one important point? when you're moving the stones, you are moving a habitat for wildlife, and you might possibly the internecine bird nesting area, so the internecine bird nesting area, sojust the internecine bird nesting area, so just loving them and take the internecine bird nesting area, sojust loving them and take them down could also create a problem. i fully understand your point of view, andl fully understand your point of view, and i think we can work together and maybe get something in the future, get some education and awareness out there so we can stop this happening ina damaging there so we can stop this happening in a damaging way. we have delivered there. i think we‘re still friends. tight is looking much milder than last night, we have some cloud, i brea ks last night, we have some cloud, i breaks available work its way north eastern night. not reaching the far

north of scotland. clearer skies for the end shetland, not much rain for east anglia and south—east england. a difference in temperature, 12—17. tomorrow the rain continuing to work eastwards the potential for some sharp thundery showers behind it. in northern ireland once the rain has cleared, some bright and sunny spells, but the rain will move slowly northwards across scotland are drier laterfor slowly northwards across scotland are drier later for southern part of scotland. a noticeable win for the far south—west of england. elsewhere gentle and moderate breezes. temperature is more like 14—16 across scotland were rekeyed cloud and rain. next week, showers and longer spells of rain for scotland and northern ireland, but drier and warmerfor england and northern ireland, but drier and warmer for england and wales. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the manufacturer of one of britain‘s most popular weedkillers, roundup, 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