an american court awards hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to a man who says he got cancer from one of the world's best—selling weedkillers. roundup is used in gardens and on farms including here in the uk, but monsanto — the company that makes it — insists it's perfectly safe. there are over 800 scientific medical peer review published studies that demonstrate glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer. turkey's president denies his country is bankrupt, despite its currency plunging, in a stand—off with the united states. us fighterjets are scrambled after a man steals a passenger plane and performs aerobatics. commentator: schippers chasing down dina asher—smith but making no ground, and dina asher—smith

takes the title! and dina does it again — gold. this time in the 200m final at the european championships good evening. the makers of britain's most widely—used weedkiller, roundup, are insisting that it is safe, after?a court in california awarded damages to a man who says it gave him terminal cancer. monsanto says it will appeal the?verdict of the jury, ?which?found the company knew the? herbicide glyphosate was dangerous, but failed to warn consumers. 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 — thejury found — by monsa nto‘s weedkillers. thousands more americans claim 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, thank you, and a lot of prayers and 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 to help but the cause is way bigger than me. thejury the jury ruled that roundup not only causes cancer but that monsanto knew and didn't put a 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 the 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. but among farmers and scientists, there is disagreement. monsanto and its german owners say it's vital for agriculture. the us firm denies bullying researchers and insists the chemical is 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 review 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 the eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history.

james cook, bbc news, los angeles. with me now is our correspondent, richard lister. richard, what are the concerns here in the uk about glyphosate? well, in the us there are about 5000 people pursuing claims against m o nsa nto people pursuing claims against monsanto against life phosphate. it is the most popular herbicide in the uk that there are no significant group of people claiming this particular weedkiller has given them cancer. we have been able to find no single example of a case going through the courts here. it is a controversial product, partly because there has never been a definitive single study setting out exactly how safe it is or isn't and cancer research uk sums up the research like this. it says, there is limited evidence that exposure through occupational use, such as in agriculture for example, to large amounts of glyphosate might increase the risk of cancer. but it says there is no evidence of a risk of

using it in domestic gardening. the government's advice hasn't changed. it says glyphosate meet our high standards for the protection of health and environment. the major retailers that sell these weedkillers are taking this case in the united states erik cikos homebase said it is reviewing its range of products that contain glyphosate that the bbc understands there is no timetable for that review, the products will stay on the shelves in the meantime they won't put any new warning labels on them. thank you very much indeed. 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. the row between the two nato allies is over the detention by turkey 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 is down 40% so far this year against the us dollar — yesterday alone and 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. 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 city, which is a provincial capital. us fighterjets have been scrambled to intercept a passenger plane after a man stole it and then took off from seattle airport. the man — an employee with the ground staff — performed aerobatic manoevres before crashing on a nearby island. it's thought he was killed instantly, and that no one else was on board. 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. 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. andy moore, bbc news. police investigating the death of a seven—year—old boy in a fire in south london have arrested two men. the body ofjoel urhie was found at his home in deptford on tuesday. his mother and sister managed to escape from the house. live now to our correspondent, simonjones, who's outside new scotland yard. what is the latest? the police have described the fire as horrific, saying it has shattered the lives of the family. seven—year—old joel was found dead by firefighters in the early hours of tuesday morning. he had dreamt of becoming a firefighter himself when he became older. his sister and his mother were in the house at the time the fire broke out. they managed to escape by jumping from a first—floor window. we understand his mother is still

being treated in hospital. police have been examining cctv and going through the house and today they have arrested two men aged 21 and 29 on suspicion of murder and suspicion of attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life. they are being questioned in south london. joel urhie's sister pay tribute to him on social media, saying she simply cannot understand what happened. thank you very much indeed. simonjones happened. thank you very much indeed. simon jones reporting. the advertising regulator says amazon has been misleading consumers with a promise of one day delivery on its prime service. the advertising standards authority says 270 people reported that they had not got their deliveries within 2a hours. amazon has been told it must clarify that some items are not available for next day delivery. the company insists the overwhelming majority of one—day delivery orders do arrive when promised. 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. with all the sport now, here's 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. good evening. great britain have won 11 more medals on the penultimate day of the multi—sport european championships. dina asher—smith won her second gold medal, completing the sprint double. ade adedoyin reports from berlin. europe was watching. after all the hype, now time for one of the most anticipated head—to—heads thorsten dina asher—smith, the constant‘s number one, against the two—time world champion, dafne schippers. dina asher—smith takes the title, 21.8 nine. she has done it again. two gold medals, two british records

and make history in the process, becoming the first briton to win the 100 and 200 metres at the european athletics championships. 100 and 200 metres at the european athletics championshipsm 100 and 200 metres at the european athletics championships. it does give mea athletics championships. it does give me a bit of confidence. it's not the olympics or world champs, i don't know how it would place near those competitions but i am definitely proud of myself tonight. j°y definitely proud of myself tonight. joy for dina asher—smith but agony for proctor, who missed out on gold in longjump by for proctor, who missed out on gold in long jump by five centimetres, settling for bronze. britain got silver in the four by 400 metres thanks to rooney and the women won the bronze. the relay quartet rounded off a successful evening for the british athletes in the german capital and equally impressive in glasgow, where the team won seven more medals. evans led from start to finish in the bmx. his team—mate got silver. while in the diving, there was another from the springboard. a second medal of the games, taking

gold with alysia blackjust behind. the defining images that of dina doing the double, doing what no britain has done before other european athletics championships. it's the first premier league weekend of the season, all today's goals are coming up on match of the day after the news, but i've got the scores for you now... if you want them.... chelsea had the biggest win of the day. 3—0 at huddersfield in new manager maurizio sarri's first competitive match in charge. new signing jorginho scored on his debut and there were also goals for n'golo kante and pedro. there were also 2—0 wins for bournemouth and crystal palace against newly promoted cardiff and fulham. spurs won 2—1 at newcastle, watford beat brighton 2—0, and last season's championship winners wolves came from behind twice against 10—man everton to draw 2—2. the scottish premiership champions celtic were beaten 1—0 away at hearts. it was a brilliant winner from kyle lafferty, a volley from outside the box. they are now top of the table with two wins out of two. aberdeen and hamilton also won today.

england's cricketer‘s have a 250—run first innings lead against india in the second test. that's thanks in part to a maiden test century from chris woakes. patrick gearey watched the third day's play at lord's. 0n on its day, this could be one of the final walks in london. with india buzz matt scott a shop doorway lord is an oil painting but one that shows up false strokes. under sunny skies england's batsmen walked into storms. four wickets before lunch, england still behind. there had been more rain than runs in this u nsettled more rain than runs in this unsettled test, so in that context jonny bairstow‘s 50 was worth a fortune. he was about to get gazumped. chris woa kes fortune. he was about to get gazumped. chris woakes flew past him as india started to flag. with old father time looming over, england had to get a move on. this brought chris woakes his first test century, scored on his return to the team to replace ben stokes. england can't

have asked for more. now for ba i rstow‘s have asked for more. now for bairstow‘s moment. he was denied his century by the athletic partick. bad light stopped play. the conditions keep curtailing the cricket, but with 120 runs to his name, chris woa kes will with 120 runs to his name, chris woakes will never have enjoyed a more satisfying stroll. and the third round at the uspga championship in missouri is under way. justin rose is the closest british challenger. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. many thanks indeed. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. 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 a 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 haven't 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 the staffing levels fall, the overtime bill has gone up. in 2016, the bill was £92.5 million. in april this year, the overtime cost £107 million. the total paid out in overtime in the last five years,

almost £0.5 billion. it seems like a lot but the met police commissioner claims it makes financial sense. policing has always actually 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 on—costs you get with that. but while some may see this as lucrative, others say it comes at a price. if you are working tirelessly the amount of hours that they're working, it adds to your family life, the pressures there that you're not seeing your family enough, it adds to you mentally because you are having to concentrate in different areas that 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're actively recruiting and hope to have more

than 30,000 officers in the force next year, and the home office says forces can always ask for more money if they're stretched. so, for those young officers passing out yesterday, there's a prospect of long hours of work, but at least they may earn enough to save for a rainy day. emma north, bbc london news. let's get more on our top story. the manufacturers of britain's most widely—used weed killer, roundup, 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. joining me now is the author and consumer activist jeffrey smith. hello. thank you forjoining us.

what do you make of all of this? you have a court in america saying the company lied and they owe this man damages, and you've got standards in the european union, various authorities saying it's ok, it's fine, don't worry. what are we meant to think? it turns out the court case forced monsanto to reveal millions of pages of formerly secret documents and there it is in black and white, how they had evidence of cancer going back decades, how they manipulated the opinions and votes and policies of the us environmental protection agency, how they ghost wrote studies, wrote a study is not putting their name on it, and then referred to them, cited them as if they were independent and even paid scientists who claimed they were independent and had no contact with monsanto. this came out in the trial, in addition to a very, very

strong weight of evidence showing that glyphosate and roundup does in fa ct that glyphosate and roundup does in fact cause cancer, which is what the world health organization's top cancer committee determined two yea rs cancer committee determined two years ago. but the world health organization also carried out their own studies, various authorities have carried out independent studies and they say it is safe and the company, in spite of what you said, say it is safe for the public to use. say it is safe for the public to use. interesting that this came out in an eight—week trial. there were toxicologists and epidemiologists talking about the mechanism. the weight of the evidence was clear, a unanimous vote by the jury. i was there for the closing arguments and there for the closing arguments and the plaintiff pointed out the details of the science water when the monsanto tony came up he tried to undermine each of the base points —— attorney came up. then the plaintiff had another opportunity and he took the short versions of

the quotes that the monsanto lawyer presented and entry read the entire quote and it turned out it reversed the opinion, showing how monsanto had cherry picked information to give the impression it was safe but if ulloa and the full quotation, the full evidence, there was no... it took thejuryjust full evidence, there was no... it took the jury just two full evidence, there was no... it took the juryjust two deigns to —— days to make the award. the question eve ryo ne days to make the award. the question everyone is asking is whether they can use roundup or any other weedkiller on their drive tomorrow. is this more about being exposed to the weedkiller in large quantities over long periods of time, perhaps more of a problem for gardeners than people who use it in their drives question mark freight it's not safe for anyone according to the i spoke to. ijust completed an online educational experts and it was clear

from the evidence that even small amounts caused problems. for example, in one ppb, a fraction of what is allowed in the drinking water in europe, when that was fed to rats they developed liver disease. i'm talking about tiny parts per trillion. it turns out they don't test these low—dose effects in the european food safety authority and the epa in america. they ignore a lot of evidence. some of the evidence they rely on turns out to be written by monsanto, and others simply signed their names and this is what was bragged about by m o nsa nto this is what was bragged about by monsanto executives in their internal memos, which became public in the lawsuit. thank you for joining us. a story that is far from over, i can tell you. and so is the weather, changing all the time! the weather forecast stays very

changeable and as a general rule of thumb if you have had sunshine today the chances are tomorrow you will see outbreaks of rain and the reverse is true for further south and west. where it has been cloudy with outbreaks of rain today, tomorrow there will be spells of sunshine and also sharp and thundery showers. tonight, a band of rain across northern ireland and wales and south—west england into the midlands will work its way north and east, maybe not reaching the far north of scotland, equally east anglia and the south—east england not seeing much rain overnight and it will be a mild night, 12—17. parts of northern ireland and scotland were close to freezing last night. the area of low pressure to the west of the uk, the fronts working east. ot should be out of the way of northern ireland fairly soon in the morning, so brighter skies and mainly dry through the day. the band of rain out of wales and into england and the band of rain slowly working its way north through scotland.

behind that rain spells of sunshine but also spells of heavy and maybe thundery showers and quite windy for the western isles of scotland and also south—west england with fairly brisk breezes. elsewhere a gentle to moderate wind. highs, 19—22 but more like 14—16 in scotland where the rain will be slow to clear. something brighter arriving in dumfries and galloway through the evening. watch out for heavy thundery showers working their way east behind the rain across england and wales and we still have the area of low pressure close by as we go into the new working week. further showers, longer spells of rain, especially for eastern counties of england, and also outbreaks of rain for scotland which will ease through the day, but elsewhere mainly dry. spells of sunshine and feeling warmer again but watch out for sharp showers across the north—east of england and southern parts of scotland into the late afternoon. highs on monday 19—23 in england and wales and northern ireland,

but a bit cooler in scotland. scotland and northern ireland will keep the chance of further rain through tuesday and wednesday. drier further south across much of england and wales with spells of sunshine and feeling warmer. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first 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. 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 steel and aluminium. an airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport is thought to have died after crashing on a nearby island.