this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11pm: one of the most turbulent days of donald trump's presidency — the pressure intensifies as two former members of his inner circle face jail over fraud. the president reacts defiantly after his former lawyer michael cohen claimed he'd told him to break us campaign laws during the 2016 election. there weren't taken out of campaign finance. that is a big thing. that isa finance. that is a big thing. that is a much bigger thing. did they come out of the campaign? they did not come out of the campaign. they came from me. over 1,000 children born in the uk to eu nationals have been told they can't renew their passports because of a home office error. an illegal gun factory is uncovered by crime investigators on an industrial estate in east sussex. in desperate need of more radiologists: a warning that a shortage of doctors to interpret medical scans means the vital service could collapse. american actress chloe moretz talks about her experiences growing up with gay conversion therapy — the subject of her new film.

i dealt with a lot of self hate when they came out. —— they dealt with. that is very common within the community we grow up in, to breivik —— to pray the gay away. and at ii.30pm we'll take an in—depth look at tomorrow's papers with our reviewers katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator, and the political commentatorjane merrick — stay with us for that. hello and a very good evening to you. welcome to bbc news. president trump has hit back at claims that he ordered his former personal laywer micheal cohen to break us campaign laws during the 2016 election. michael cohen pleaded guilty yesterday to charges which include paying hush money to women who claim they had affairs with mr trump saying it was trump who directed him to pay them. but donald trump has

accused his former lawyer of making up stories to get a more lenient sentence and he insisted that campaign finance rules had not been broken. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. like an episode of 2a, a blockbuster drama played out in a most momentous five minutes that could shake this tumultuous presidency. at a courthouse in new york, donald trump's long—term lawyer and mr fixit, michael cohen, pleads guilty to a series of crimes and implicates the president. 200 miles south in another federal courtroom, his one—time campaign manager, paul manafort, is found guilty of a series of tax fraud charges. in washington itself, the president is being swept out of the white house to fly to west virginia, rocked by the unfolding events. paul manafort, who ran the campaign in the run—up to the election faced —— election, faces a lengthy jail sentence.

but no doubt the bigger deal is michael cohen because of what he said in court. under oath he said, in effect, the president instructed him to breakfederal law in buying the silence of a porn star and playboy model. what he did was he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign and the candidate and the campaign. and mr cohen's lawyer is making clear he has more to say on other issues. he had matters that would be of interest to the special council relating to pre—knowledge of computer hacking by donald trump. which, if true, if true, would constitute knowledge of a crime committed by a foreign government in hacking our computers, which was part of the indictment of 12 russians that the special council has already published. when donald trump arrived in west virginia he did not talk about michael cohen, only his former campaign manager. i feel very badly for paul manafort,

he worked for bob dole and ronald reagan, he worked for many people. this is the way it ends up. at the rally, there were familiar chants which seemed a little ironic given the circumstances. "drain the swamp," they chanted. and this from the president. fake news and the russian witch—hunt, we've got a whole big combination. where is the collusion? they are still looking for a collusion, where is the collusion? find some collusion. this morning he took to twitter, taking aim at michael cohen and defending paul manafort. do you know about the payments? later on, do you know about the payments? lateron, i do you know about the payments? later on, i knew. later on. but what he did — and they weren't taken out of campaign finance. that is a much bigger thing. but that is the

reversion to what he told reporters ona reversion to what he told reporters on a false one unable. —— in april. and at the white house briefing, a weary looking sarah sanders was left to repeat the same line again and again. as the president said to me he did nothing wrong. the president has done nothing wrong. there are no charges against them. the president did nothing wrong. there are no charges against him. there is no pollution. this has been donald trump's darkest 2a hours. the most serious accusations have been made and his legal difficulties have multiplied. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. as the pressure intensifies on donald trump and the white house, what impact are these allegations having on his core supporters?

0ur correspondent nick bryant has been to the republican stronghold of staten island in new york to assess the impact of these latest allegations. across the waters from lower manhattan, the trump stronghold of staten island. the only borough of new york to vote for the hometown presidential candidate. from here you can almost see the court complex where michael cohen made the explosive claim that donald trump directed him to commit a crime. but do people here care? you know, he is what this country needed at this time. local businessmen steve believes donald trump is making america great again, and yesterday's bombshell allegations don't trouble him. so yesterday, donald trump's personal lawyer stood up in court and implicated the president and said, "he told me to break the law." that doesn't worry you? no. the people that hate him are going to use it and that's all you're going to hear for the next six months and through the elections. that's all you're going to hear. the people that like what he's doing, whether or not they like him as a human being, going to care less.

0n the beaches of staten island, what is widely viewed by donald trump's critics as the darkest day of his presidency casts few shadows. i think he's great. he's doing wonderful for the country. and for the world. and i can't find anything wrong with him. yesterday his lawyer has said he told him to break the law, does that worry you? no, not really. they all break the law, you know? millions of people break the law here. but he's the president of the united states. well, he's human too. but in these affluent suburbs, we also found lifelong republicans that field donald trump is bringing shame on their party and shame on their country. donald trump is a con artist. he is running the country for himself. he doesn't understand that he is there to serve the people, to serve the american people. you are republican? yes. but

he rejected an? of course i reject him. —— but you reject him? donald trump once claimed he could shoot somebody on 5th ave and his supporters would still vote for him. an extravagant boast maybe, but one that speaks of his unshakeable belief in the unwavering devotion of his loyalists. nick bryant, bbc news, staten island. earlier i spoke to alberto gonzales, a former us attorney general — under president george w bush. i asked him what he made of this situation and what advice he might have given where he and the white house today. it is distracting for the president himself, but also distracting for the staff. having worked in the white house for four yea rs, worked in the white house for four years, i know how bad news, particularly about the president, and personal actions by the president, can be very demoralising and distracting to the staff. chief of staffjohn kelly has a special burden to try to maintain the morale

of the staff, to make sure the staff understands that the best way to serve the president is to continue to serve the people of the united states. but nonetheless, it is externally distracting for the president, and for the white house, 110w. president, and for the white house, now. the question about that. we we re now. the question about that. we were speaking to david rivkin, who is worked under president reagan, and then under president bush senior. but he said the report would come soon, 01’ senior. but he said the report would come soon, or salim khan soon — what would then be the role of the justice department and handling that? as you said, the attorney general is accused himself from it. he said it would have to make decision about the report by the special prosecutor, and whether or not that report is made public. special prosecutor, and whether or not that report is made publiclj can't imagine the report or a summary can't imagine the report or a summary of the findings all clues and said a special council would not be made public. there is such tremendous interest in the public and the media but the work of the

special counsel. so it is very likely that the deputy attorney general will provide the full report to the congress, and there may be some kind of arrangement made that in order to protect either sources 01’ in order to protect either sources or methods, or because of law—enforcement sensitivity, but there will be an arrangement made whereupon they will release only selected portions or summaries. so that'll remains to be seen. but clearly there is such great interest in what bob muller isn't it concluded in his findings that great -- is concluded in his findings that great —— is going to include. concluded in his findings that great -- is going to include. do you think all of this is demeaning to the president in a personal sense?|j think president in a personal sense?” think it has the president, i do. and it hurts me to even say that, but the notion that the president may have engaged in some sort of criminal wrongdoing, at least for

any other american citizen, or if the president may have lied to the american public— while that may not bea crime, american public— while that may not be a crime, it does undercut the credibility of the president. and i think that is harmful to the president to see when negotiating with other world leaders, for example. so i regret that this is happening, i don't think it is good for the presidency, and i certainly do not think it is good for donald trump. alberto gonzales, who was attorney general under george w bush. dou btless general under george w bush. doubtless donald trump will feature in the paper review at 11.30pm. the home office has apologised tonight to the children of eu nationals who were born in the uk and have lived here all their lives after they were suddenly told they could not renew their passports. more than 1000 have been affected. their parents were told that their children who were born between 2008 and 2014 didn't have the right paper work to prove

they could legally live here. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has this exclusive report. 0livier was born in britain eight years ago to polish parents. from the age of three, he had a british passport. but when his father applied to renew that passport injanuary, he was told there was a problem. and for seven months, he's been waiting. the passport still hasn't been renewed. for now at least, he appears to have lost his british citizenship. in letters sent to his father, the problem seems to be that the passport 0ffice made an error and didn't ask for the right paperwork the first time round. for 0livier to qualify for a passport, his father needed to have been on something called the worker registration scheme, which was set up in 2004 for people from eastern european countries joining the eu. in fact, his father was on the scheme and says he has sent in the paperwork. but still, 0livier is waiting for his passport. they want to make us not

welcome here anymore. and a very sad thing is i do not feel that from english people, the neighbours and the community where we live — i feel that message from the government. and that is very sad. since 1983, children born in britain haven't automatically qualified for uk citizenship. they need to have a british parent, or parents with an unrestricted right to live in britain. for eastern europeans, that meant for a while that they had to be on the worker registration scheme. i'm just walking down the beach because i'm going home. they are not the only family caught in this bureaucratic nightmare. six—year—old susannah is currently on holiday in poland on a polish passort. she used to have a british one, now expired. her brothers still have theirs, but when her mother tried to renew her passport last year, she was told there was a gap in the paperwork and it couldn't be renewed. it looks like they took my daughter's british nationality. it looks like she is...

i don't know, a terrorist or someone, because they took her british nationality. the home office said it was trying to help the more than 1,000 children caught up in the problem. a spokesman said... but susannah's mother anja has given up on britain and is packing up — she has decided to take her family back to poland. a suspected illegal gun factory has been uncovered the headlines on bbc news: president trump says he's done nothing wrong, as his former lawyer pleads guilty in court to breaking the law on election finance. michael cohen claims mr trump ordered him to pay hush money to two alleged former mistresses.

0ver1,000 children born in the uk to eu nationals have been told they can't renew their passports because of a home office error. an illegal gun factory is uncovered by crime investigators on an industrial estate in east sussex. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator, and the political commentator, jane merrick. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. a strong earthquake has struck the northern coast of venezuela, the latin american country that is already reeling under the effects of an unfolding economic crisis. the introduction of a new currency two days ago has failed to curb massive inflation caused by years of financial mismanagement. venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, but that hasn't stopped more than 2 million venezualans fleeing to neighbouring countries since 2015. that's 7% of the population. many have crossed into colombia over

the simon bolivar international bridge which straddles the border in the eastern andes. from there, our correspondent katy watson reports. this hasn't yet risen but rush—hour has begun. this bridge has become a lifeline to buy food, get medical treatment or to escape once and for all. this woman says the economic crisis has taken its toll. she and herfamily are crisis has taken its toll. she and her family are heading crisis has taken its toll. she and herfamily are heading to crisis has taken its toll. she and her family are heading to columbia's capital bogota to find work. translation: we are leaving lots of things behind. everything you ever worked for. we have to start from scratch. for many venezuela has become unliveable. erica is 17 and a single mother of three. translation: when my baby was born, the hospital had no needles, nothing. hospitals

are contaminated too. when i gave birth i wanted to leave so badly because all i saw was children and adults dying. it was terrible. amid severe food shortages, long queues like this have become the norm in venezuela, but even then people are going hungry. businesses have shut, the economy is in crisis, so this week president maduro announced sweeping changes to the currency in a bid to turn things around. mr maduro talks about having come up with the magical formula, maduro talks about having come up with the magicalformula, knocking five maduro off the currency and increasing the minimum wage by 3000%, but people herejust increasing the minimum wage by 3000%, but people here just don't buy it and they are worried that their lives at us going to get far more difficult. an estimated 1 million children are not vaccinated. columbia set up a health centre at the other side of the bridge to offer jabs to those the other side of the bridge to offerjabs to those who need them. this woman travelled from caracas to get here. 12 hours by bus with five months old one —— carlos.

translation: it is so hard, there is no medicine, nothing. i have to suffer to get the things i need. for cecilia, escaping venezuelan means leaving everything behind, including her locks. the hare that in trade is doing well from cash—strapped venezuelans. the doing well from cash—strapped venezuela ns. the £13 doing well from cash—strapped venezuelans. the £13 you make will pay for the bus fare to the other side. translation: the government says everything is fine, but it isn't. even with this new currency it is the same old thing. the president renewed dell might remove a few zeros and that's it. today, like every other day, thousands more venezuelans like every other day, thousands more venezuela ns start like every other day, thousands more venezuelans start their journey across south america. they have a long way to go to find a better future. many look exhausted already. they suspected gun factory has been

found on an industrial estate in east sussex. three men have been charged with firearms offences. it doesn't look like much but the national crime agency says this was a highly sophisticated illegal gun making factory. officers say they found machines, ammunition and enough components to make at least 30 handguns. it also appears the weapons were made from blueprints, something unusual in operations like this. the national crime agency said it was carrying out an ongoing operation when loud bangs were heard inside the unit, what sounded like gunfire. armed officers were sent in and encountered three men who were all arrested. not before one was targeted with a taser. it is claimed the three men had between them two handguns and some ammunition. all three have now been charged with firearms offences. three days of forensic examinations have now taken place here and other properties had

been searched too. the national crime agency believes what he discovered here is significant. our investigation into what was happening here continues. what i will say is that we believe we have disrupted a group involved in the criminal production of firearms and, asa criminal production of firearms and, as a result, we have prevented a potentially large quantity of weapons from getting into the hands of criminals and being used in violence on our streets. the men who have been arrested, two, aged 29 and 63, have been charged with possessing a firearm, the third man, who is 30, is accused of the same offence and is charged additionally with possessing ammunition. diane stewart died in 2010. at the time epilepsy was given as the cause of death. jim stewart was jailed for the murder of author helen bailey. if more doctors aren't trained as radiologists,

the experts who use medical imaging to diagnose and sometimes treat diseases within the body, then the whole service could collapse. that's the warning from the royal college of radiologists, which says a shortage of staff has led to growing delays for patients across the uk. and they say it could mean late hospital diagnoses and delayed scan results for some patients. our health editor hugh pym reports. it's a vital part of the work of the nhs — scans to diagnose and check for a range of different conditions. but now there are warnings there are not enough experts to analyse them and patient care is being affected because of delays. carol is worried about her mother maria, who is in constant pain because of swollen feet and ankles. over six months, there have been a series of delays with scans and follow—up appointments, and it's still not clear what's causing the problem. you just can't get through to people. it's answer phones. you're just banging your head against a brick wall most of the time.

i just want to see some light at the end of the tunnel, really, get her some treatment, and hopefully give her a bit more quality of life. last week, some patients in the north of scotland like louise were told they might have to travel further for specialist radiology because of the shortage of experienced staff. she has cancer and is at risk of infections and sepsis. she is worried that urgent care may be harder to get. it's terrifying. it's terrifying as a patient to think that on the occasion where there'll be another infection, i don't know where to go. it estimated the workload reading scans has gone up 30% over five years, but the number of consultants in england is only up 15%. in scotland, wales and northern ireland, there's been no increase at all. the nhs around the uk now has to spend £116 million a year on overtime or outsourcing of the work — double what it was five years before. leading members of the medical

profession now say that a shortage of senior radiologists capable of interpreting the most complex scans and carrying out important procedures is causing delays for patients. delays, which they say, are unacceptable. i can't overestimate how worrying it is, in that i do really feel that the entire service will collapse if something isn't done about training more radiologists in the uk to fill the vacant consultant posts. both the scottish government and the department of health and social care covering england said more specialist radiology training places were being created. leaders in the field are yet to be convinced enough has been done. hugh pym, bbc news. a coroner has concluded that a hospital in cornwall contributed to the death of a disabled woman after failing to carry out basic medical checks. katy lowry died of a heart attack two years ago, shortly after being admitted to the royal cornwall hospital in truro. the hospital apologised to katy‘s family and said the circumstances which led to her death

should not have happened. ryanair has apologised after some passengers were unable to cash cheques received for cancelled and delayed flights. nearly 200 passengers were sent cheques that hadn't been signed. some customers said they had been charged extra banking fees after the cheques bounced. ryanair blamed the problem on an administrative error. the controversial issue of gay conversion therapy is the subject of a new film that's already receiving critical acclaim. it's called the miseducation of cameron post, and stars chloe grace moretz. she plays a gay teenager sent away to a christian camp that uses prayer and therapy to try to change her sexuality. it's a subject that hit home for the actress herself. her two brothers went through a similar experience. she's been speaking to our correspondent chi chi izundu. rick is such an inspiration.

you know, he used to struggle with same—sex attractions. really? yeah. legal in 41 states, conversion therapy is the practice of trying to change someone's sexual orientation from homo or bisexual to heterosexual, using psychological and often spiritual interventions. and being brought up in a strict baptist town with two gay brothers, the making of the miseducation of cameron post was very personal for chloe grace moretz. they dealt with a lot of self hate when they came out and they tried to — which is very common within the community that we grew up in — pray the gay away. and in the town that you grew up in you actually knew of people that went through gay conversion therapy? yeah. so there's. .. well, there's people in our town that had come out and gone to the church and found... you know, they've consulted with the church. and that's the thing

with conversion therapy — it takes on many different iterations and a lot of different labels and it can be as simple as therapy. it's as simple as consulting with your church. i know we're throwing a lot at you. how are you feeling? chloe has been acting in hollywood since she was five. she starred in big blockbusters like kick ass, but took some time—out recently to reasses her priorities. try and reconfigure and kind of realise who i am as a young woman and what i want to do with my platform. and the content i'm putting out isn'tjust entertainment but is also some form of activism and social justice. so this film was really the one that ticked all the boxes. but for now, chloe's hoping her award—winning film does more than just tick the box for those going through conversion therapy. chi chi izundu, bbc news. now it's time for the weather with darren bett. the next few days will bring

significant change in the way the weather feels and some of you may be wondering whether some has gone for good. we are going to find lower temperatures by day and by night and the chance of patchy rain at times as well. the cooler air is coming behind not one but two weather fronts and it is the second one that we get the cold air, but ahead of the first one, this is where we have the first one, this is where we have the warmth and the humidity, that will be pushed to the near continent. on the southerly weather front in the south—east and east anglia we have cloud at outbreaks of rain on thursday morning. behind that we have sunshine, a second or front brings ragged rain, increasingly likely in england and wales and behind that we have the chilly emily chebet is 15— 17, 22 in the south —— chilly temperatures,

15- 17. it the south —— chilly temperatures, 15— 17. it doesn't bring any rain south eastwards, but as it moves through wii and up in the same boat on friday morning. —— we all end up. it will be a more comfortable night for sleeping. no heat or humidity like we have had for the last few days. a lot of showers to come, feeding in on the north—westerly breeze, which is not only bringing ina lot breeze, which is not only bringing in a lot of showers, it is bringing in cool and fresh air, so we might not even get 20 degrees on friday. fewer showers across southern parts of england and wales. then as we head to the bank holiday weekend, as it is for some of us, high pressure trying to build in from the atlantic. what that does is pushes away the heaviest showers to the north sea and the cool wind as well. so light wind, more sunshine, fewer showers, but still no better than 20 degrees, perhaps 17 through the central belt of scotland. as the

high pressure builds in overnight, it squashes the showers, really drops temperatures in the chilly air, two or three degrees across some parts of scotland before the next weather system comes in from the atlantic. so some early sunshine but it will cloud over slowly but surely and for western parts of the uk we will see outbreaks of rain late in the day. temperatures will be about 16— 19 under the cloud. still cloudy start on monday. a weak weather front in the uk still cloudy start on monday. a weak weatherfront in the uk might bring some rented the south—east. the cloud will break up in the afternoon and we will have more of a south—westerly breeze rather than a north—westerly so we will see temperatures rising a little —— some rain in the south—east. tuesday and other rain and comes in here, and another one is weakening in the north—west, but there is uncertainty about the rain and its position on tuesday, and that continues later into next week. the main computer model shows low pressure coming from the atlantic. this is quite a big

area of low pressure pushing away the high across most of the uk. that looks quite extreme. it could be that we still have high pressure across the azores, pushing across the southern half of the uk, and it might bring warmth as well. remember, further north later next week, we still have lower pressure, so week, we still have lower pressure, so it'll be cooler with some showers or some long spells of rain, but further south it doesn't look quite as bad, but of course the story could change over the next few days.