this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11: donald trump's former campaign chief, paul manafort, is found guilty of eight criminal charges, including bank and tax fraud. it's the first trial stemming from the inquiry into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. paul manafort is a good man there. he was with ronald reagan, he was with lot of different people over the years and i am very sad about that. because it involved me, but i still feel it is a very sad thing that happened. it has nothing to do with russian pollution. —— collusion. in a separate case, president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, has pleaded guilty in a manhattan court to violating campaign finance laws. we'll have the latest from washington. in other news, sir norman bettison, the former police chief accused

of trying to blame liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster, sees all charges against him dropped. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt calls on the european union to stand shoulder to shoulder with the us in taking a tougher stance with russia. also coming up: can one of the greatest athletes of all time make it as a professional footballer? eight—time olympic champion usain bolt swaps his running spikes for football boots, as he starts training with a team in australia. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers, the political strategist jo tanner and jess brammar from huffpost uk. stay with us for that. us president donald trump has suffered a double blow tonight, with former key advisers paying the price for illegal activities.

michael cohen, who was his personal lawyer, has surrendered to the fbi and pleaded guilty to fraud and campaign finance charges. and paul manafort, the president's former campaign manager, has been found guilty of tax fraud. we look first at his conviction with our washington correspondent chris buckler. paul manafort was during a crucial period, the man behind donald trump's campaign to become president. but he was forced to resign amid questions of his links to foreign governments and the huge sums he was paid by oligarchs and pro— russian politicians in ukraine. the trial was told he had tens of millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts, —— doctored his financial

records. it packs return. spending money on expensive property, cars and clothing. endlessly including this, eight $15,000 jacket made of ostrich. the prosecution's star witness was rick gates, his former right—hand man. having already pleaded guilty to charges, he agreed to testify against his business associate as part of the plea deal. in court he said he helped him commit banking and tax fraud, he also admitted stealing from his former mentor or also admitted stealing from his former mentor 01’ as also admitted stealing from his former mentor or as a too stared at him intently across the courtroom. —— as paul manafort. 0utside him intently across the courtroom. —— as paul manafort. outside the court that had been protests by ca nty trump court that had been protests by canty trump campaigners, this case has brought a lot of attention. robert mu is investigating allegations of russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the charges were not put ——

connected to those charges of collusion or the trump campaign. the present has made no secret of the fa ct present has made no secret of the fact that he has people in proceedings at the white house and he continues to dismiss robert mu's investigation as a witch—hunt. he continues to dismiss robert mu's investigation as a witch-hunt. a lot of it is unfair. a look at some of those which go back 12 years. paul ma nafort those which go back 12 years. paul manafort has nothing to do with our campaign buti manafort has nothing to do with our campaign but i feel badly about it, called yea rs, campaign but i feel badly about it, called years, things that he did 12 yea rs called years, things that he did 12 years ago? in one tweet, he even suggested that paul manafort was being treated worse than the legendary mob boss al capone. certainly the president has been clear and he thinks paul manafort is being treated unfairly. he was one of the members of the trump campaign who attended a controversial meeting with russians two years ago. group which also included donald trump junior had apparently been promised copper mining information about the then presidential opponent hillary clinton. it is a meeting the special

counsel is very interested in. however, paul manafort‘s lawyers a lwa ys however, paul manafort‘s lawyers always deny that he was prepared to make a plea deal in return for information. any chance he might co—operate? merchants. but the pressure will remain. paul manafort faces another trial next month, accused of and illegal lobbying and once again, although the charges had nothing to do with him, the president will be watching closely. well, in the last few minutes, president trump has given his reaction to the manafort case. he told reporters that he feels bad for his former campaign chairman. i must tell you that paul manafort‘s isa i must tell you that paul manafort‘s is a good man. he was with ronald reagan there. he was with a lot of different people over the years and i feel very sad about that, because it involved me, but i still feel it isa it involved me, but i still feel it is a very sad thing that happened.

this has nothing to do with russian collusion the. it started as a russian collusion, this has absolutely nothing to do, it is a witch—hunt and it is a disgrace. this has nothing to do what they started out, looking for russians involved in our campaign, there were none the. i feel very badly for paul manafort. he worked for goal, he worked for ronald reagan, he worked for many people. this is the way it ends up and it was not the original mission, believe me. —— bob dole. it was something very much different. it had nothing to do with russian collusion, we continue to witch—hunt. thank you very much. speaking outside of the court after the verdict, we heard from paul ma nafort‘s the verdict, we heard from paul manafort‘s lawyer, who told reporters the 69—year—old is disappointed and is evaluating his options at. you may have heard the jury reached

a verdict on only eight of the 18 cou nts a verdict on only eight of the 18 counts of. ten of those counts did not reach a verdict. paul manafort is disappointed not getting adequate tools all the way through, or a com plete tools all the way through, or a complete hung jury on all counts. however he would like to thankjudge ellis for granting him a fair trial, thank thejury ellis for granting him a fair trial, thank the jury for their very long and ha rdfought deliberations. thank the jury for their very long and hardfought deliberations. he is evaluating all of his options at this point. thank you everyone. for the latest on these developing stories, let's cross live to anthony zurcher in washington. antennae, first of all, let's talk about paul manafort, what is the significance of this conviction?” think the major significance of this is that this is the very first trial, the first case that robert mueller brought to trial. he preached plea agreements with other people he was investigating but this is the first time that robert

mueller and his team had to make their case to a jury. it would have been highly embarrassing if they presented their arguments and either ended up with a hung jury or an acquittal, what they got was eight out of 18 guilty charges. paul ma nafort out of 18 guilty charges. paul manafort will be facing a lengthy prison sentence and they have that to hang their hat on, that they have actually gotten results from their investigation and conceivably, this could put more pressure on paul ma nafort to could put more pressure on paul manafort to co—operate with the investigation is as donald trump pointed out, this prosecution didn't have anything to do with paul ma nafort‘s have anything to do with paul manafort‘s role as donald trump's campaign chair, it predated it. but paul manafort was within the trent —— was within the trump campaign for a number of months, the middle of 2016 he was involved in thejune 2016 he was involved in thejune 2016 meeting at trump tower with russian nationals, with donald trump junior and jarrod kushner, his son—in—law. he could have more information if he decides to work

with robert mueller‘s investigation to help lessen his. how worried you think donald trump will be? how dangerous it a moment is this for his presidency? he has to be concerned about it, although if you listen to his rhetoric that paul ma nafort listen to his rhetoric that paul manafort was a good man, that this was an investigation, a prosecution that was politically motivated, that it shouldn't have happened at all. those are the kinds of things on the trump has said about other individuals right before he pardoned them. conceivably, donald trump does have a way out of this if he wanted to, he could use his pardon power, he has used it in the past and that could be something that paul ma nafort could be something that paul manafort is hoping for at this point. his legal journey manafort is hoping for at this point. his legaljourney however, is not over. the prosecution has to decide whether they want to retrain him on those ten charges that resulted in a hung jury. in addition, there is another trial with paul manafort happening in washington, dc in september on additional tax fraud charges and

being an unregistered foreign lobbyist. he has got a lot of legal vulnerability and his time in court is really just vulnerability and his time in court is reallyjust beginning. in a sense, it is double trouble for donald trump, with his former lawyer, michael cohen, as well pleading guilty to fraud and campaignfinance pleading guilty to fraud and campaign finance charges. again, what is the significance of that? that could actually end up being more significant than this paul ma nafort more significant than this paul manafort conviction. michael cohen appeared ina manafort conviction. michael cohen appeared in a manhattan court today and he played guilty to eight counts of criminal violations. —— pleaded. that to you mention, campaign violations, those are the most noteworthy because he is actually said that he made payments to women, alleging they had affairs with donald trump, in the run—up to the 2016 presidential election at the behest of the candidate, that is at the behest of donald trump himself.

he was pleading guilty, saying goes we re he was pleading guilty, saying goes were undisclosed campaign contributions, you have to disclose those things if they are done in order to help a candidate win an election, he says that is what happened and he said donald trump told him to do it. that is that donald trump has denied in the past. here we have something that donald trump back in july here we have something that donald trump back injuly said that the investigation michael cohen was unrelated to himself or his actions, well michael cohen stood in a courtroom today and said on at least two of the charges it was directly related to donald trump. this is all quite complicated stuff, will the voters out there in the united states and trump supporters, would they care about any of this, do you think‘s they care about any of this, do you thinks that is a very good question. we have written donald trump's little epitaph time and time again, in the run—up to the campaign, while president and nothing seems to chip away at his base and because of the groundwork

he has laid about all of these seditions being a witch—hunt, politically motivated lot of the supporters continue to believe that andi supporters continue to believe that and i think what will happen to date probably won't change that. although ina probably won't change that. although in a couple of years when donald trump is running for re—election, campaign ads by the democrats listing all the people around donald trump who have been investigated or either plead guilty or being convicted of crimes, it will make for a very long list. good to talk to you, thank you so much for your analysis. a former chief constable of merseyside police and west yorkhire police, who was accused of trying to blame liverpool fans for the 1989 hillsborough disaster has had all charges against him dropped. sir norman bettison was facing four counts of misconduct in a public office. judith moritz has more. sir norman bettison says he's been the whipping boy for revenge, his name long linked with hillsborough, accused of lying and blaming the fans. he was facing prosecution, but,

today, the announcement that he won't stand trial. my involvement in the events around hillsborough has often been misrepresented, even in parliament. since then, i've been forced to deny strenuously that i have done anything wrong in the aftermath of the disaster. and today's outcome vindicates that position. there may be no criminal case, but did you always behave properly, sir norman? have you a clear conscience, sir norman? did you say anything directly to the families? you say you're vindicated. it's been you against them for a long time. 96 liverpool fans died when the terraces at hillsborough became overcrowded in 1989. in the wake of the tragedy, sir norman, then a chief inspector, was part of the team that gathered

evidence about the police for the taylor public inquiry. in 1998, he was appointed chief constable of merseyside, home to many of the bereaved families. his appointment was deeply unpopular and, touring tv studios, 0ne one of the recent charges goes back to his appointment in the merseyside. he was also facing he was accused of lying about his role in the wake of hillsborough. sir norman was also facing prosecution for his behaviour when he was chief constable of west yorkshire in 2012. he was accused of issuing untrue press releases which said he'd never blamed fans for the disaster. you have just had a meeting with the cps? in court today, the bereaved families heard there is no longer enough evidence to prosecute sir norman. afterwards, some of them met with the team who'd investigated him. it got very angry and i can assure you we put a lot of people in their place in that room today.

you asked questions of them? we asked them whether they had done theirjob right. the money, the millions of pounds that this investigation has cost — and i'm talking about millions, now. they've had the evidence there and what happened today, for it basically to fall, is down to a lot of people. sir norman left court without further comment. some hillsborough families say they believe the wrong charge was brought and they want a review of today's decision. the headlines on bbc news: president trump's former campaign chief paul manafort is found guilty of eight charges, including bank and tax fraud. in a separate case, the president's former lawyer michael cohen has pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws. both men face years in prison. in others news, sir norman bettison, the former police chief accused of trying to blame liverpool fans for the hillsborough disaster, sees all charges against him dropped. the brexit secretary, dominic raab,

has told the bbc that in the event of a "no deal" on brexit, he will move swiftly to secure the rights of european union citizens in the uk. mr raab said there was absolutely no question of eu citizens being tu rfed out. he was speaking after talks with the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, who said overrall discussions, are now entering their final stage, but some fundamental disagreements remain. from brussels, ben wright reports. many of the continent—hopping train travellers at the eurostar this morning probably didn't notice the man who now leads the uk's brexit negotiating team. dominic raab landed the job last month after david davis quit the cabinet in frustration at the government's own brexit plan. so it is mr raab who is now trying to get a deal with the eu over the line by end of march next year.

but what if there is no agreement? some of theresa may's ministers have ramped up warnings there could be no deal at all. but what would that mean for the many eu citizens who live in the uk? we value their contribution, we want them to stay. it's inconceivable we would do anything other than make sure they're legally in a position where they are secure to stay. but we need to set out the details of that, in due course, to do it in a responsible way. i see — so it's working out the structure, but legally they will be able to stay. they shouldn't worry, if there is a no—deal, about being turfed out of the uk? absolutely, there is absolutely no question you will see eu citizens turfed out. we've made that clear in the past, i've made it clear in the past and i'm happy to give that reassurance again today. the uk's latest plan for a new trading relationship

with the eu has been dismissed by brexiteers as a betrayal and criticised by the eu. translation: i do understand this kind of lame game. isn't it true that when we leave the eu it is a lea p that when we leave the eu it is a leap into the dark) could take yea rs leap into the dark) could take years to negotiate this stuff. no, that's role. certainly we want to make

sure we hammer down, hammer out as much of the detail as possible. it's really important to make sure, for people at home, but also for the eu, that we choose a clear model for our relationship and we're both committed to doing that. ministers and officials are clocking up the miles. brexit talks are now intense, the clock is against them, and the final destination remains farfrom certain. ben wright, bbc news, brussels. the treasury received £2 billion more in tax than it spent injuly, the biggest surplus for the month in 18 years. self—employed tax receipts helped boost the figures. as the chancellor comes under pressure to spend more on public services, our economics editor kamal ahmed looks at how november's budget could be affected. the requests for more money are already rolling in from a prison service under pressure, for more police officers to fight crime, for higher spending on defence, and a multibillion pound commit to hospitals. yes, better borrowing figures mean the treasury has more wiggle room on spending. but caution is still the order of the day. we

had great figures today for the public finances, but at the same time, the government has already committed to quite a lot of additional spending on the nhs, which means that overall the chancellor is more or less where he started, and there is not a lot of extra span that he could use in the autumn budget. the story of government borrowing over the last 18 years is a story about our economy. if we go back to 2000, the government was actually raising more in taxes than it was spending on public services. that is what is called a surplus, down here on the graph. then the financial crisis hit, followed by recession, and borrowing ballooned as the amount of tax paid fell and government costs rose. then came austerity and a slow economic recovery, leading to this borrowing fall, to the lowest level for 11 years. but why was the chancellor, philip hammond's, reaction to these

better figures this — "we must not be complacent"? because the overall debt of the government, that's the total amount it has borrowed over years and years, is this — £1.8 trillion. that is £1.8 million million. the government is committed to bringing that figure down. it still leaves the chancellor with a big choice to make. he could decide to spend more. we can borrow pretty cheaply. but if he does decide to spend more, then it's going to look very unlikely he'll meet his own target, which is to get us to budget balance in a few years' time. the health service, prisons, police, all jostling for resources after a long period of austerity. yes, the treasury will have more to spend in the autumn budget, but the risks around the economy still remain. kamal ahmed, bbc news. jeremy hunt is urging the european union to follow america's lead in standing up to russia following the salisbury nerve agent attack.

he has been giving his first speech in the united states as foreign secretary, and said unity among allies was crucial. today, the united kingdom asks its allies to go further. by calling on the european union to ensure its sanctions against russia are comprehensive, and that we truly stand shoulder—to—shoulder with the us. that means calling out and responding to transgressions with one voice, wherever and whenever they occur, from streets of salisbury to the heart of crimea. the home secretary has apologised to 18 members of the so—called windrush generation, after a review found that they may have been wrongfully removed from the uk or detained. the windrush generation refers to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants, who moved to the uk from the caribbean and other commonwealth states, between 19118 and 1971, but they were never given proper documentation. almost 12,000 cases have been re—examined. sajid javid says he's committed to "righting the wrongs of the past." chi chi izundu reports.

they were invited to come and help rebuild britain after the second world war, but questions over proper documentation, proving their indefinite right to remain, have left thousands with problems accessing things like healthcare, getting a job, or even remaining in the country. but today, the home secretary offered a formal apology to 18 people. the home office found they were unable to demonstrate their continuous residence, which led to them being removed or detained. ina led to them being removed or detained. in a statement, sajid javid said... but, for some, sorry isjust not

good enough. it questions the value and the validity of an apology. what is the value and merit in an apology when in actualfact is the value and merit in an apology when in actual fact you've got thousands of people up and down the country in britain, british citizens of caribbean heritage, who have not been given any compensation. the government have refused to even consider interim payments. the treatment of the windrush generation caused furious backlash against the government since its was highlighted earlier this year, but today, some have welcomed this symbolic first step. i think when you are issuing personal apologies that you have to bearin personal apologies that you have to bear in mind that that carry some weight in terms of accepting liability. so it is progress. the home office also confirmed that the 18 will be put in contact with a special task force set up in response to the crisis. but, for the thousands waiting, like glenda, life

is still on hold. we are still going through difficulty, it is like we said before. in the beginning, if we we re said before. in the beginning, if we were allowed to work, if we were allowed to get in touch with the benefits that we paid into, taxes that we paid into, then perhaps, you know, we would have felt, you know, some kind of way to save, thank you very much. but we are still going through difficulties. scientists say they have discovered definitive evidence of water—ice on the surface of the moon. it follows the analysis of data from an indian spacecraft which explored the moon more than a decade ago. the ice deposits, which are likely to be ancient, were found at the north and south poles, in places untouched by the scorching sunlight. the british director danny boyle will no longer direct the newjames bond film. its producers say he is stepping aside due to what they have described as creative differences. filming is due to begin on the 25th bond later this year. it is expected to be the last time daniel craig will play 007. and we will be taking

an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, political strategist jo tanner and jess brammarfrom huffpost uk. that is coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it is time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. you might already be wondering what the weather is going to be like at the weekend, because for many of us, of course, it is a bank holiday weekend. well, you are in luck because this is our long—range weather forecasts, and certainly as we had in that direction things are going to turn much cooler, with some rain at times. quite a lot of rain, actually, through the early part of wednesday across scotland and northern ireland, courtesy of this frontal system, and as the front continues to make progress southwards and eastwards through the

day ahead, more and more of us are going to start to get into that cooler, fresh air. so here is our france on wednesday morning moving out of scotland and northern ireland, down into northern england and wales. ahead of that, a fair amount of cloud but some sunny spells, and well and truly, still, in the humid air. whereas further north and west you can see the lighter colours on the chart. temperatures well down. 17, 18 degrees the aberdeen and the belfast. still, though, the mid— 20s across the south—east. now, this first weather front will bring a bit of rain across the south—east as we go into the first part of the state. there is another front following into parts of western scotland and northern ireland. that will sink into western scotland and wales. behind that, a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. quite breezy, but by this stage more and more robust feeling the effects of that cooler air. so temperatures continuing to away. 15 degrees across parts of scotland. still perhaps scraping into the mid— 20s across the south—east. but by friday that will

be just south—east. but by friday that will bejust a memory. look south—east. but by friday that will be just a memory. look at where the white lines are coming from. that shows where our air is coming from and by ride our air will be coming from a long way north, basically coming down from the arctic. and evenin coming down from the arctic. and even in some of that is not going to bea even in some of that is not going to be a warm wind direction. so friday will bring some spells of sunshine. it will also bring some showers, some heavy and thundery, especially across northern areas. thicker cloud bringing more persistent rain in the northern ireland later in the day but look at these temperatures. 15 to 20 degrees at best. now, as we start the weekend this does not look particularly optimistic if you are looking for dry weather. a little area of low pressure likely to develop across the southern half of the uk as we head into the first pa rt the uk as we head into the first part of saturday. that will bring some heavy bursts of showery rain moving south eastwards as we go on through the day. behind that, things should right now. some sunshine, still some showers, and the temperatures of 1a to 17 degrees are below par for the time of year.

sunday at this stage looks like the driest day of the weekend. we should see some sunshine after a chilly start. could get a touch of frost in the countryside in some spots, those temperatures eventually recovering. 14 to 20 temperatures eventually recovering. 1a to 20 degrees. but by monday we are likely to see another frontal system pushing in. some patchy rain, afairamount of system pushing in. some patchy rain, a fair amount of cloud ripening the skies across the north—west as we head towards the end of the day, and those temperatures still no great shakes, 17 to 21 degrees. as we look beyond the weekend into the following week looks like we will see another area of low pressure bringing a little rain in the northern areas a time, and another burst of cooler air. as we get deeper into the week it looks like things will start to warm up again from the south—west, especially across the southern half of the country. as we go on into next week, cool at first, warming up in the south with a lot of dry weather, a little bit of rain at times in the north. in a word, mixed. that's all for now.