hello. you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: a new relationship with africa after brexit — theresa may announces plans to be the g7‘s leading investor by 2022 and a change in the way uk aid money is spent. i want the uk to be the g7‘s number one investor in africa, with britain's private sector companies taking the lead in investing the billions that will see african economies growing by trillions. it's a diplomatic mission where she can ill afford to put a foot wrong, but is she out of step too with her chancellor, after warnings from phillip hammond about the economic damage a no—deal brexit could cause? police appeal to the public for help in finding a 21—year—old man, janbaz tarin, over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother. paying their respect. crowds gather as aretha franklin's casket goes on public view before her funeral on friday. tributes continue to the queen of soul.

# the moment i wake up. # before i put on my makeup. # i say a little prayer for you. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. damian johnson has that. you are at the press conference with jose i was. more on that later. jamie vardy is retiring from international football. he jamie vardy is retiring from internationalfootball. he has agreed with gareth southgate that he will only be called up if there is an injury crisis. thanks, damien. and ben has all the weather. quite a lot of cloud around. all the weather details coming up, also we will look at sunrise in canada. thanks, ben. also coming up: you may have just seen her doing her dayjob, but i will be asking our very

own kate silverton why she said yes to strictly. i'll be talking to her at 20 past. hello. this is afternoon live. theresa may has called for a new partnership with africa after brexit, based on shared security, prosperity, and job creation. in a speech in cape town, the prime minister announced a change in the way uk aid money will be spent in africa. it will be used not only to combat poverty, but also to tackle extremism and migration. she also said she wanted britain to be the g7‘s leading investor in the african continent by 2022. our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister and has sent this report. bringing a new rhythm to an old relationship. the uk and south africa go back a long way, and theresa may began her trip to cape town at a school symbolising, she said, the youth dynamism of many african nations. this is a trade mission

underpinned by a promise, a new partnership between the uk and africa. the prime minister pledged £4 billion to support african economies, and she wants that to be matched by the private sector. mrs may said it was essential to create jobs for africa's young. i want to see strong african economies that british businesses can do business with in a free and fair fashion, whether through creating new customers for british exporters or opportunities for british investors. our integrated global economy means healthy african economies are good news for british people as well as for african people. theresa may said the government was changing the way it spends aid money towards long—term economic development and supporting private enterprise. what we can offer is long—term investment of the very highest quality and breadth. something that will deliver more for africans for longer, and which can only be achieved when the government and private sector work together.

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa was the first of three african leaders theresa may will meet on this whistle—stop tour of sub—saharan africa, her first visit to the continent as prime minister. china is africa's big outside investor and countries like france and germany are alljockeying for opportunities too. for the uk, of course, brexit is a spur to expand trade beyond the european union, which is by far britain's biggest market. theresa may hopes to get a new deal with the eu hammered out over the autumn. but on the way down to cape town, said again that she was prepared to walk away rather than accept a bad deal. the tone here in south africa is far more friendly, symbolised by the return of a maritime relic, and the hope of closer ties in the future. ben wright, bbc news, cape town.

our political correspondent susana mendon a is in westminster. it isa it is a big ask, isn't it? it is. theresa may has to wait until we leave the european union until we formally make trade deals. building inroads into future relationships will lead to a better relationship with countries outside of the eu post brexit. at the issue at hand is much more pressing, around whether oi’ much more pressing, around whether or not we are going to get a deal with the european union. the issue about no deal, she was asked about it today and she said no deal is better than a bad deal. her usual mantra. but she also criticised what we have heard from the chancellor

last week. he was casting doubt on whether or not no deal would have a damaging impact on the economy. she was basically saying today that his figures where i work in progress. so casting doubt on the figures he was referring to. and saying that whatever happens we will make the best of it. so still some divisions between the prime minister and the chancellor on the issue of the economy. mps have been calling for an economic impact assessment. they wa nt an economic impact assessment. they want that information before they decide whether or not to support any deal she comes up with. there was an assertion that mps would get some kind of appropriate analysis, that was the phrase they used, before they will decide on whether or not to back a deal. but at the moment

theresa may is trying to focus on if we don't get a deal, what else is out there? with africa, she wants to build on the relationship we have there. but the issue around the aid budget being used in order to smooth over a future brexit deal, labour have said that as an inappropriate use of the aid programme. thank you. joining me now from ourjohannesburg studio is william gumede, professor of public management at the university of the witwatersrand. its ambitious claire lilley. i'm just wondering if the perspective there is perhaps it is a little overambitious? from where i am sitting, it is overly ambitious. africa has changed quite dramatically. in the past couple of yea rs, dramatically. in the past couple of years, as china has become advocaat‘s biggest partner by overtaking the —— overtaking the us.

the eu as well. the us is still there. africa has changed. i think there. africa has changed. i think the uk will have to look at africa differently because it's not the same africa as of the past. when you look at the colonial history between the two, is that i help or hindrance in the long run? possibly to the advantage of britain is the commonwealth tradition. that is still there. from a strategic point of view, i think the uk will have to identify very clearly what africa wa nts identify very clearly what africa wants because to debate the last couple of years in africa is to move away from what the continent once and how they could partner others outside the continent. can the uk

shift its position from the relationship of the past to a new kind of relationship with africa, a partnership? africa needs all the money and investment it can get, so it's never too late to partner with africa. if you stop someone on the streets of johannesburg, africa. if you stop someone on the streets ofjohannesburg, would they know that the uk is about to leave the eu? now, ithink know that the uk is about to leave the eu? now, i think not necessarily. unfortunately because the uk has sort of receded from site here in africa in the last couple of yea rs. here in africa in the last couple of years. and it really has been overta ken years. and it really has been ove rta ke n by years. and it really has been overtaken by china. so there is going to be quite a bit of an engagement strategy with africa. what we need from the uk is a re—entry strategy. speaking again to

africa, telling africa it's notjust opportunistic because the uk is being pushed out or moving out of the eu, but there is a new genuine partnership on new terms. that's quite a promise, isn't it? to become the g7‘s biggest investor in africa by 2022. there is a lot of competition. yes, the competition is tough. even if the targets are not met, africa would welcome the kind of aggressive investment back into africa. the first thing is across the continent there is an infrastructure deficit. we just don't have the infrastructure. the

yea rs don't have the infrastructure. the years belt is essentially bad. they are unemployed and often we don't have the skills. the uk can partner on reducing the skills deficit and thirdly bromey, really big is how to be part of the formal sector of business with the uk? more than 60% of almost every african countries, small businesses and family businesses, how can the uk partner with them? those three for me, and perhaps lastly technology. technology must develop further. so what we need from the uk is a new strategy to be competitive against china and against france and the us. at the moment, and it's a brief a nswer at the moment, and it's a brief answer because it's probably one

word, if china is ten in terms of finance and influence at the moment, where would you put the uk in the next year? i mean, it is all going to depend on the kind of political will. a promise has been made. the prime minister is illegal to make that promise work otherwise there will be a big disappointment across the continent. very good to talk to. thank you for your time. west midlands police say they are making a huge effort to trace a man they want to question about the murders of his former partner and her mother in solihull. officers are urging anyone sheltering janbaz tarin, who is 21, to call them immediately. our correspondent danjohnson is in solihull. is the feeling that he is still somewhere in the area? yes, i think thatis somewhere in the area? yes, i think that is the sense. the manhunt is

focused on this area, but they are urgently searching for him and don't seem to know where he is. a number of raids have been carried out in birmingham which is where we believe janbaz tarin was living. a number of properties are being searched by police. and here at the murder scene outside the family home. there are still crime scene investigation work as the police try to put together a picture of exactly what happened here in the early hours of yesterday morning. we've learned more about the family and the two woman who died. at 22—year—old woman was the former girlfriend of janbaz tarin. she had two children but not with him. her mother had five other children. we know they have lived here for quite some time. perhaps as many as ten years they had lived in this quiet residential close. what happened here really has shocked people. we know the family originally came from syria. will

also told that janbaz tarin is an afg ha n also told that janbaz tarin is an afghan national who was here legally. police are urgently trying find out rich years and they have appealed directly to him and said he should hand himself in. there must be concerned he is going to try and get out of the country? yes, i suppose that will be a concern. you would presume that officials have been alerted at borders. at ports and really stations. i'm sure west midlands police will have spread this appeal throughout the police forces across the country. the focus of their activity so far has been the birmingham and west midlands area, but of course it's possible he has travelled and is effectively on the run. so that's why police took the run. so that's why police took the decision yesterday to publicise his name, his picture, the description of him to try and find him as quickly as possible. he is 21

yea rs him as quickly as possible. he is 21 years old. it look like during the day yesterday police thought they had elite. beating of much detail about who he was. be quickly they had got a main suspect he was somebody who was known to the family. but it was just before 6pm yesterday that the actually gave the name of janbaz tarin yesterday that the actually gave the name ofjanbaz tarin and a picture of him. so the public can hopefully help trace him as quickly as possible. thank you. a coroner has apologised after he became visibly angry with the legal team of the family of a windrush migrant who died earlier this year. this morning, the coroner, dr william dolman, ruled that the home office did not directly contribute to the death of 57—year—old dexter bristol. mr bristol s family argue tougher immigration laws caused mr bristol significant stress. tom burridge is at london's st pancras coroner's court. things are getting very emotional? it was. i think it's pretty unusual

that a court official, a judge or coroner could get this direct. doctor william dolman did get very angry at one point during proceedings. the point of contention is whether or not the home office should be involved in the inquest here into the death of bristol dexter —— dexter bristol, sorry. he died of acute heart failure. his family say the home office should be involved because they say tougher immigration laws and uncertainty over his immigration status and stress was a contributing factor to his death, they say. the coroner ruled against them and said there wasn't enough evidence to suggest the home office was directly involved in their death. and when the family's barrister tried to argue politely to the coroner, i think it's fair to say the coroner

lost his cool. he got very angry with the barrister and accused her of trying to tell him how to use his court. essentially, it was suspended. when he came back in the court sat again, he apologised and his demeanour completely change. he was very pleasant to the barrister and apologised to the family he was representing. he did not change his mind. the family essentially walked out of proceedings and his mother gave her reaction to the conduct of the coroner as she left the court. i think he was very rude. although he wasn't speaking directly to me, he is very rude. no sympathy for anyone, just says his own thing, that's all. how has all of this made you feel now? hmm? how has all of this made you feel now? it makes me feel disappointed and i feel the same, just like i lost my son. the same month my son died.

the feelings i had then at that time, i have it now. so the family got an apology but they did not get the coroner to change his mind about whether tougher immigration laws contributed tougher immigration laws contributed to the death of dexter bristol. the home office has said previously that they received no application from dexter bristol to confirm his british nationality. he arrived in the 1960s at the age of eight back and lost his job last year because he didn't have a passport. the family say they were still trying to collate documents to prove his nationality. the issue is really was wider immigration policy in the home office, per se. thank you. you're watching afternoon live. these are our headlines:

the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk. police in the midlands continue their search for a 21—year—old man — wanted over the double murder of a mother and daughter in solihull. jamie vardy has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 31, to concentrate on his club career at leicester. jose mourinho says he deserves more respect. he walked out ofa deserves more respect. he walked out of a news conference after the 3—0 defeat to tottenham. i will be back with more on those stories at half past. join me then. the flag at the top of the white house has been lowered for a second time following strong criticism that it was raised to full mast too soon after veteran senator john mccain's death at the weekend. the republican senator and president trump had clashed on many occasions with mr mccain requesting donald trump not

to attend his funeral. the president has now said he respects the senator's service to his country and has signed a proclamation to fly the us flag at half—mast until his burial. jon donnison reports. thank you very much. mr president, do you have any thoughts on john mccain? do you have any thoughts at all about mccain? at times over the weekend, getting president trump to say something nice about his long—time criticjohn mccain was painfully awkward. you don't need to be a body language expert to get the message. but the former vietnam vet and prisoner of war has survived and prisoner of war who survived torture is regarded by many americans as a hero. as criticism of the president's obvious reluctance to praise him intensified, mr trump stopped stonewalling. when it finally came, the tribute was brief. we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country, so thank you very much. as we gather here today...

it was left to others to fill in the gaps. ..extend my deepest sympathies to the family of senatorjohn mccain, an american patriot who served our country with distinction for more than six decades. the nation is united in its grief, and the world mourns the loss of a true hero and a great statesman. the president ordered the flag on the white house to be returned to half—mast, bringing it in line with other landmarks in washington. but in an interviewjohn mccain's brother said mr trump hadn't done enough. this trump not even addressing whenjohn was sick and dying, and his refusal to call him a hero, just, i mean, it sounds petulant, it sounds childish. that's as close as i'll ever be to a presidency, but anyway...

before he died the former arizona senator pointedly made it clear that he didn't want the president at his funeral. john mccain believed donald trump was pulling his party and his country in the wrong direction. millions of americans would disagree, but in death as in life he's proving to be a thorn in the side of the country's commander—in—chief. jon donnison, bbc news. a majorfire has broken out at primark‘s flagship store in belfast. shoppers and staff have been evacuated from the building. thick smoke and flames could be seen billowing from the top floor of the store, which was recently refurbished. more than 10 fire engines are at the scene. residents are being advised to stay away from the area. it is that time of year again. strictly come dancing will be back on air in september, and last night the participants gathered outside broadcasting house to celebrate the launch of the 16th series. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson went down to catch up with the contestants. strictly come dancing,

back for a 16th series. i hope 2018 brings about fine and fabulous, gorgeous dancing. very keen. i hear we have got a very good bunch. they are fresh and keen. i love that. keen. 15 new contestants ready to compete for the glitterball trophy. howjealous were the rest of steps that you were the one that got the call? well, i think they are really proud of me. i've had lots of encouraging text messages and hopefully, we will have them in the audience. i don't want to show my chest. it's hairy, i don't want to shave it. but i think they are going to get it out. i think there is waxing being talked of and i am so frightened of that. how much does being an athlete and so competitive help with something like this? definitely, because unless something is perfect, i keep doing it until it is perfect, so i think there's a bit of hunger in there, determination in there. you're starting to scare me a bit, lauren! yeah. it has been pointed out, though, that some contestants have more of a dance background than others.

dannyjohn—jules once strutted his stuff in a wham! video. i've never done any of the genres of dance that they do on this show. what is the most complicated dance routine blue did? a lean. like that, like that, like that... and like that. that was it?! that's it! and one person taking part might look rather familiar. are you reading the news tomorrow? iam. i am on the one o'clock news tomorrow. iam. if this reports on the one o'clock news... 0h. ..what shall we do for the cue? kate silverton favourite to win strictly... who knows? but i will be trying. while last year's winner was on hand to give some advice. i know exactly how they are feeling and they are going to be really nervous, thinking, "what have i done? why did i agree to do this?!" but they will soon realise it will be the best and most intense experience of their lives. the contestants have still to find out who their dance partner will be. the pairings will be

revealed in two weeks' time. colin paterson, bbc news. if anybody knows how trying you can be, it's me because we worked together for years! why did you say yes to this? i have been several times. i was reporting from iraq, afghanistan or was raising my young family. but i am two years off 50. my family. but i am two years off 50. my children are older. i thought why not? clemency is just getting her head around it. she said, money when you win the glitterball, can i have it? quite a long shot on both counts. wilber, who is four, thinks of everything to do with bottoms. so i told him i would wiggle my bottom

and he thinks that is hilarious. you we re and he thinks that is hilarious. you were here last night. the first real moment of that strictly magic. what was it like? it was a real. part of me was petrified, thinking what am i doing? the rest was thinking it was one big party. your pampered and preened and looked after in no other way. it feels very nice to be part of, very special. what sort of dance would you describe that as? man dancing. that is literally my limit. dancing in the kitchen with my kids. ben brown told me you were a good at dancing on children in need. little bit of rhythm, but i need a lot of refinement. any favourites for partner? all i want is someone a bit taller and slightly wider will stop there are only two who are slightly taller. both good bets and

i would be very happy with either, put it that way! who do you want? well, ali as skynet is known to many people. a mixture of being fun and serious would suit me. —— aljaz. and the other chap is the italian. he is new. there you go! that is graziano di prima. i've had a few hours practising with him. he lifted me. dt! i'm sorry, i mean, did he? he was saying, i am sorry, i am sorry! i saw you last night and you said was, what have done? are you beginning to think this is a daunting thing? it is. for anybody,

male orfemale, getting up in very little clothing, i've not want a skirt that shot since netball at high school. it taps into everything. equally, it's a fun programme. i watched the greatest showman with my daughter recently. there is a quote from bar none. it is about making others happy. that's fine, but you don't want them to laugh. arab mind, we laughing. i'm going to take it seriously, but not myself seriously, if you see that i mean. how are you feeling about the judges? they will critique as the need to. i just judges? they will critique as the need to. ijust now and hope i stay in long enough to progress. in all seriousness, i really want to learn to dance properly. what sort of dance would you like? the wall as?”

have no idea what sort of dancer i am! slope would be good. my only sort of category at the moment is mum dancing. sogeti back in after words and you tell me. how will this work with your day job? my day job is1pm on work with your day job? my day job is 1pm on friday and then a saturday. so i think it is safer for everybody that i'm not going to be on. so i am doing some mental health work with the bbc, which is what i wa nt to work with the bbc, which is what i want to do next year, so i'm training asa want to do next year, so i'm training as a children's counsellor, so i'm doing a lot of that in the week and then i will return to the news after i come off strictly. of what advice have you had in terms of the strictly regime?” what advice have you had in terms of the strictly regime? i was initially told it was 12 hours a week. then susanna, katie derham, all those who have done it before said it's more like ten hours a day. so i'm going

to commit to this, get involved in everything. get me support and everything. get me support and everything. it will be work. but you are fit? i loved the way you said that. there were two ways that could have gone and it went the wrong way. susannah constantine and myself are at the back holding hands. but i like my fitness and i'm really looking forward to that aspect. everyone speaks of the weight dropping. put it this way, i would like to be back in my wedding dress by the end of it. i think i am very low down with the bookies. slow and steady. my colleague from radio four thinks you are going to win and so that i. i love you. thank you. anyway, that is kate silverton, the

next winner of strictly come dancing. if you are afraid of heights, look away now. paragliders, basejumpers and pilots in switzerland competed at the back row world tour finals in switzerland. 29,000 spectators gathered to watch competitors hurtle through the skies above lake geneva. we have still got kate silverton here. she is having to go like this to get out of the cameras. let's have a look at the weather. i was going to talk to you about sunsets. i normally have to deal with one of you. two of you is terrifying. we have had some

impressive sunrises and sunsets across the uk lately. you may have seen some across the uk lately. you may have seen some of these. is it because of the smoke from the canadian wildfires? you have just ruined the whole segment now. i will go. this isa whole segment now. i will go. this is a picture from canada and my colleague matt taylor. that is your trip. that is canada and he took this picture from british columbia and it was a clear day, but not much blue sky to be seen. a lot of the wildfires were kicked off by thunderstorms are couple of weeks ago. this is a nasa satellite image and you can almost see the particles on it. the jet stream drives the weather system around the world and that was picked up and also these smoke particles have been moving in our direction. so they have just

repositioned themselves. it has been bringing those smoke particles in our direction and that is why we see the red sunsets, the particles are diffused in the light and we get more red colours. you can watch it at half past four and i will do it ain! at half past four and i will do it again! you are a bit discombobulated. we have not done this for awhile. i stay? me and you on the dance floor. they will be in a rush to get out. can i carry on? 0h, a rush to get out. can i carry on? oh, you are still on. we have been lucky to see sunrises and sunsets over the last few days. lots of cloud this afternoon. that is how it looked for a weather watcher in yorkshire. you can see extensive

cloud across the map, some breaks in north—east england and scotland. this is the weather front bringing outbreaks of rain. throughout the western side of scotland we see rain this afternoon. eastern scotland holding onto sunshine and 18 degrees. for northern ireland it is clouding over. for england and wales there is quite a lot of cloud on the map. the green indicates where we are expecting sunshine. some sunshine in the far south of england later on this afternoon. but in these southern areas which are likely to see showers in the channel islands and southern england overnight, this band of cloud bringing rain into north—west england and wales. behind it is cooler and fresher weather. head of it, it is relatively warm and humid. tomorrow this band of cloud and rain moves out of northern ireland and scotla nd moves out of northern ireland and scotland and down across england.

outbreaks of showery rain in the far south east of the country. but for many of us we are looking at sunshine. temperatures between 17—22 and a humid feel in the south—east. those various frontal systems move away to the east and as we go into thursday's high pressure builds and in the latter part of the week there will be a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine, but the knights will be chilly. we start thursday morning on a chilly note and you can see the blue shades on our chart. towns and cities will be six, seven and eight and in the countryside it could be lower than that. through the day it is looking fine, spells of sunshine and cloud developing in the afternoon. not a bad looking day. light winds, 17—20. as we head towards the end of the

week western areas are prone to see more in the wake of cloud. further east we are looking at plenty of dry weather, some spells of sunshine and in the south—east it will warm up again through the weekend. lead team or whether in the rest of the afternoon. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, and calls for a new partnership between the continent and the uk based on shared prosperity and security. mrs may delivered her message in a speech in cape town in south africa. i want the uk to be the g7‘s number one investor in africa. with britain's private sector companies taking the lead in investing the billions that was the african economy is growing by trillions. police in the west midlands are continuing their search for 21—year—old janbaz tarin who's wanted in connection with the murder of a woman and her daughter in solihull yesterday. fans of aretha franklin arrive

to pay their respects to the american soul singer in her hometown of detroit. her body will lie in state for two days at an african american museum before herfuneral there on friday. sport now on afternoon live with damian johnson. breaking news about jamie vardy. does that mean he will never play international football again?l does that mean he will never play international football again? a bit ofa international football again? a bit of a caveat to that. still got plenty to offer, 26 caps and 37 goals. perhaps his family influencing his decision. no guarantee of playing time. he has agreed with gareth southgate that he will only be called up in an emergency. he has got a bond with england fans. it is a boy ‘s own story from non—league football to premier league winner with leicester and on to england and playing in the

world cup. this decision means his international career is effectively over. gary cahill announced his decision on chelsea tv earlier today. sorry, i thought i was decision on chelsea tv earlier today. sorry, ithought i was going today. sorry, ithought i was going to hear something. in terms of football, jose mourinho, not the best of starts to the season. you we re best of starts to the season. you were at the game yesterday. yes, i was, beaten by spurs again, two defeat in three. crisis at manchester united. jose mourinho has demanded respect as pressure mounts on his position following manchester united's humbling 3—0 home defeat by spurs. mourinho made a point of applauding united's remaining fans inside old trafford for longer than you'd expect after a big defeat. plenty of immediate speculation as to what he was doing but he says he was just showing his appreciation, something he felt was lacking in his news conference after the game. no, just to finish, do you know what was the result? 3-0. reporter: you lost 3—0. do you know what this means?

3-0! but also mean three premierships, and i won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers together. three for me and two for them. respect... respect, respect, respect. it's expected that arsenal will become a private company today. the majority shareholder stan kroenke will own all the club's shares through a complusary purchase if the remaining small shareholders haven't already sold them to him. kroneke recently bought out billionaire alisher usmanov to take his total shareholding to 97%. jonny bairstow says he hasn't given up hope of batting and keeping wicket against india when the fourth test begins on thursday. he fractured his finger during the defeat in the third test at trent bridge and had to give up his place behind the stumps to joss buttler. bairstow will test the injury at southampton this afternoon where england are practicing.

former northampton and england fly—half paul grayson is to return to the saints in a coaching capacity. grayson won 32 caps for his country and scored more than 2,700 points for the saints. he willjoin as a consultant kicking coach. grayson had been a player and then coach at the club for nineteen years, leaving in 2012. the eight—times olympic gold medallist usain bolt continues to train with his new football team, australian a league club central coast mariners, as he prepares for his first trial match on friday. bolt holds the world record in the 100 and 200 meters and is attempting to make the switch to professional football. and the world's fastest runner is having to get used to slowing down in football as well as sprinting and he is still working out which position he will play. for me it is a stop in goal, a tick

tack, because i am not used to picking up speed and going up and down and back and forth and that is the most challenging. it is all about practice and going through the rounds and pushing myself and trying to get used to the system. i have time and! to get used to the system. i have time and i am going to take my time and get used to their ways and continue pushing. and get used to their ways and continue pushing. that's all the sport for now. rallies are to be held in northern ireland later today, to demand the restoration of devolved government at stormont. there has been no assembly in place since the power—sharing arrangement between the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january last year. today the dup accused sinn fein of blocking a new deal. protests against the lack of governance began on social media, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy has been finding out. we have no clue what is going to happen. it started with a facebook rant. you know, enough is enough and we deserve better. after dylan quinn vented his frustration at northern ireland's lack of government. he began to get thousands of responses. so "we deserve better" really grew out of a video that i did outside my house in fermanagh

and it was a call really for people to join me in some sort of campaign event to mark the fact that we were going to end up without a government for 589 days and to say this is ludicrous. i asked people tojoin me. he is hoping this will be the wake—up call northern ireland's politicians need. it's about saying we need something different here and they need to resolve that. northern ireland's devolved government at stormont collapsed in january last year after a bust up over a disastrous green energy scheme. since then, talks between the dup and sinn fein to try to restore power—sharing have come to nothing. with no resolution between the main parties there is currently little expectation of the government returning here any time soon. for some within the civil service that is leading to frustration because when it comes to big decisions their hands are tied. there is £1 billion to £2 billion worth of projects that have now been put on hold.

a major new transport hub for belfast, a new cruise ship terminalfor the harbour and the rebuilding of the city's biggest gaelic football stadium are some of the developments that are all being left in limbo. the economic growth in northern ireland is tracking half a percent below the uk as a whole and we are tracking about 3% below the republic of ireland and something similar across other european member states. if northern ireland is going to succeed as a region, we have to get our economy growing at 2—3% a year, so that is quite a step change from where we are today. public services are suffering. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting lists in the uk, with no politicians in place to help tackle the problem. the waiting lists really extend across every part of the health care system. there are a significant number of projects that probably need to be acted on that need a politician in place to sign off those agreements. today at stormont the dup

accused sinn fein of prolonging the deadlock. there is only one problem party and let's call it out, it's sinn fein. they need to end their boycott and allow government to happen here in northern ireland. sinn fein insists it is up for a deal and says the dup won't compromise. northern ireland has now surpassed belgium's world record for the longest period without a government in peace time. today rallies sparked by dylan's campaign will be held to urge politicians to resolve their differences. marine conservationists in scotland have created an interactive map to try to combat plastic pollution washing up on the coast. it's hoped it will help guide those of us who want to roll up our sleeves and clean our beaches, as well as scientists and experts who want to work out where the rubbish is coming from. lorna gordon has been finding out more. taking to the skies in the war against litter. i am going on a flight with the

volunteers pinpointing hotspots where plastic rubbish is washing in from the sea. this is a typical, sort of, patrol height and patrol speed. as you can see, things are moving past reasonably quickly. you can see in some of these inlets there are bits and pieces. there is a fishing net or something. absolutely, you can see it there. have you found it quite an eye opener? absolutely. from the east coast, the north, the south, the west, the volunteer crews have been methodically crisscrossing scotland's coastline. from the air, flying at heights ofjust a few hundred feet, you get a unique perspective of the plastic rubbish blighting our shores. from beautiful sandy beaches like this one, to more remote rocky inlets hard to reach by foot, thousands of miles of scotland's coastline are being photographed and surveyed. every photo, every bit of footage, shedding more light on the challenges faced.

i feel pretty passionate about this problem. the trouble is i think that people just don't realise that the problem exists because nobody has found the stuff before. the reason they haven't found it is because it is almost impossible to see from the sea and it's almost the land, because many of these sites are so isolated. light aircraft are the only real way of finding this stuff. so we have got everything here. we have plastic fish boxes boxes, footballs... boxes, footballs... from the air, it looks shocking. but on the ground, it is even worse. this is where the photos are going to have so many different uses, aren't they? we can see where there's litter, but then we are also going to work with universities, with scientists to figure out where is it coming from? can we stop it at source? is it coming from certain places, is to coming form certain outlets, or do we need to go right up to the top, to government, and say we need some law changes to actually stop this entering the oceans in the first place. the hope is highlighting where the worst of the waste

is washing up will prompt more action to stem the tide of marine litter scarring some parts of scotland's beautiful coastline. lorna gordon, bbc news. ben is here and we will bring you the business headlines in a moment. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk. police in the midlands continue their search for a 21—year—old man wanted over the double murder of a mother and daughter in solihull. fans of aretha franklin arrive to pay their respects to the american soul singer in her hometown of detroit. here's your business headlines on afternoon live a surge in compensation claims has left wonga, britain's biggest payday lender, on the brink of collapse, according to reports. the firm says it's considering all options

just weeks after shareholders pumped in £10 million to keep it afloat. house of fraser has criticised "greedy landlords" that are resisting the new owner's attempts to cut rents on the store chain's 59 outlets. earlier this month mike ashely, the sports direct owner, bought the retailer for £90m after it collapsed into administration. it has been seeking to cut rents in an attempt to prevent stores from closing. japanese carmaker toyota is to invest £387m in uber and expand a partnership to develop self—driving cars. the firm said this would involve the "mass—production" of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on uber‘s ride sharing network. lots of criticism of a trade chair between us and mexico. yes, a deal

worth $1 trillion each year in trade and president trump has said what they have agreed is a really good dealfor both they have agreed is a really good deal for both countries. of course nafta includes canada, it is one of the three that is part of it, and it is yet to agree to the new terms. there will be more discussions held later today. donald trump had threatened to pull out of nafta altogether and he demanded a renegotiation of that deal because he blames it for a decline in us manufacturing jobs, especially in carmaking. news of this preliminary agreement between the us and mexico us shares rose and the mexican peso strengthened. what has president trump said? he said the deal between the us and mexico would be much more fair. he said, we will see whether we decide to put up with canada or doa we decide to put up with canada or do a separate deal with canada. he has threatened canada with a tariff on cars and he wanted to get rid of

the name nafta because he said it had bad connotations. how has canada reacted ? had bad connotations. how has canada reacted? the canadian prime minister has had a constructive conversation with president trump since it was announced. the canadian foreign minister will go to washington for talks later today. a spokesman said the country was encouraged by the progress made between the us and mexico, and said we will only sign and nafta that is good for canada. canada's signature is required, so it is not all a done deal. we are talking about loyalty. loyalty is not rewarded and is not a lesson for life, but for insurance as well. there is some bitterness in there. less to correct the home insurance angle. yes, indeed. if you are not switching your home insurance provider, you could be paying significantly more than a new

customer signing up for the same plan. the consumer group which did some research and found 270 is the annual rate paid on average for combined buildings and contents insurance if you have been with the same providerfor a insurance if you have been with the same provider for a year. insurance if you have been with the same providerfor a year. if you are a new customer, you would pay £195. so it is a difference of £75. that is how much extra you will be paying. you cannot cancel your policy and rejoin it again? gareth shaw might be able to answer that. could you not do that? can you not cancel your policy and sign up as a new customer. that is one of the tactics you can employ to get around this loyalty penalty. it is a hugely competitive market. if you are a new customer, the market is geared up for you. insurers price their policies so they can sit at the top

of online price comparison tables. they are selling those policies at a loss. in order to recoup the money they spend in getting new customers, they spend in getting new customers, they piled the cost onto existing customers. the longer you stay with your insurer, the more you pay over the odds. if you are a loyal customer with 20 years of customer with one insurer, you could be paying double on average that the new customer is for their home insurance policy. that is extraordinary is the difference. were you surprised as i was, given how often we are told to shop around for a deal when it is any kind of financial product. why are people not taking that advice? and number of reasons really. some people will see it as a hassle. insurers employ something like auto renewal which means if you do not do anything about it, your insurance policy carries on until the next year. that

can be handy sometimes particularly with car insurance where you have a legal obligation to have cover. but some people are not aware that their policy is being jacked up by so much every single year. they trust their insurer. perhaps they like the policy and they liked the experience and they trust the more loyal they are, the better the deal they will get. they might be surprised to find the more loyal you are the worst deal you get from that insurer. gareth, thank you very much. and he agrees with me. the money advice service from simon mccoy. and the markets. the ftse100 is up after the three—day weekend and it is catching up with a rally on other global markets after the trade deal between the us and mexico. the gains are in financial, mining and consumer staples. the pound is quite

low against the euro after theresa may said not getting a trade deal with the eu would not be the worst thing in the world. we will talk about it again in an hour. a week of events have been planned in the us city of detroit to remember and celebrate the life of the queen of soul aretha franklin before herfuneral there later this week. stevie wonder, chaka khan and jennifer hudson are all expected to perform at an outdoor tribute concert on thursday. rajini vaidyanathan is in detroit. there is one word everybody uses and it is respect. a lot of people are singing that today. you can see the queue behind me, speaking around the museum, as fans line up to pay their final respects to aretha franklin as she lies in state at the city's african— american museum. i am joined by entertainer sir diego brazil who has come all the way from

florida. all the way from florida, it was a must. and you have already been in. what was it like? it was very spiritual. when i walked in there was amazing grace being played, it was awesome. she has a smile on her face, read palms and she is on her way to heaven. are you glad that you waited and lined up?” am grateful. this is more a celebratory mood than sombre. it sounds like you have a singing voice. every 30 seconds of your favourite aretha franklin song. # i knew you would be a vision in white. # how did you get your pants so tight? # i don't know what you are doing, but you must be living right. #we but you must be living right. # we are going down the freeway. # we are going down the freeway. # freeway. thank you. simon, ithink

it is your turn to sing a song before you close the programme out. really joyous mood here before you close the programme out. reallyjoyous mood here is people celebrate the queen of soul who has a very special place in this city's heart. thank you very much, much more from you later on. let's catch up more from you later on. let's catch up with the weather and the forecast. for many of us it has not turned into the brightest of days. many areas are quite cloudy and will remain so through the rest of the afternoon. as we head on into the evening, a couple of changes. in the channel islands and southern parts of england there is a chance of showers. rain will cross northern ireland and scotland and eventually down into england and wales. behind that there is cooler and fresher

weather and ahead of its temperatures holding up to 1a degrees. tomorrow we could well see some showers in the far south—east and in east anglia. the weather front makes progress southeast, but it fizzles out. further north and west some sunny skies and a feel. a slightly humid feel in the south—east. towards the end of the week there will be a lot of dry weather, a small chance of rain in the west. buda hello. you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3pm: a new relationship with africa after brexit — theresa may announces plans to be the g7‘s leading investor by 2022, and a change in the way uk aid money is spent. i want the uk to be the g7‘s number one investor in africa, with britain's private sector companies taking the lead in investing the billions that will see african economies growing by trillions. it's a diplomatic mission where she can ill afford

to put a foot wrong, but is she out of step too with her chancellor, after warnings from phillip hammond about the economic damage a no—deal brexit could cause? police appeal to the public for help infinding a 21—year—old man, janbaz tarin, over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother. paying their respect. crowds gather as aretha franklin's casket goes on public view before her funeral on friday. tributes continue to the queen of soul. # the moment i wake up. # before i put on my makeup. # i say a little prayer for you. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. jamie vardy aren't gary cahill of announced her retirement from international football. thanks. and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. ben has all the weather. not a lot of rain but not a lot of

sunshine either. either brighter prospects ahead? will have the details later. thanks, ben. also coming up — the bell from the ss mendi handed back to south africa by the british government. we'll be talking to the great grandchild of one of the men who went down with the ship off the isle of wight during world war one. hello. this is afternoon live. theresa may has called for a new partnership with africa after brexit, based on shared security, prosperity, and job creation. in a speech in cape town, the prime minister announced a change in the way uk aid money will be spent in africa. it will be used not only to combat poverty, but also to tackle extremism and migration. she also said she wanted britain to be the g7‘s leading investor in the african continent by 2022. our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister and has

sent this report. bringing a new rhythm to an old relationship. the uk and south africa go back a long way, and theresa may began her trip to cape town at a school symbolising, she said, the youth dynamism of many african nations. this is a trade mission underpinned by a promise, a new partnership between the uk and africa. the prime minister pledged £4 billion to support african economies, and she wants that to be matched by the private sector. mrs may said it was essential to create jobs for africa's young. i want to see strong african economies that british businesses can do business with in a free and fair fashion, whether through creating new customers for british exporters or opportunities for british investors. our integrated global economy means healthy african economies are good news for british people as well as for african people. theresa may said the government

was changing the way it spends aid money towards long—term economic development and supporting private enterprise. what we can offer is long—term investment of the very highest quality and breadth. something that will deliver more for africans for longer, and which can only be achieved when the government and private sector work together. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa was the first of three african leaders theresa may will meet on this whistle—stop tour of sub—saharan africa, her first visit to the continent as prime minister. china is africa's big outside investor and countries like france and germany are alljockeying for opportunities too. for the uk, of course, brexit is a spur to expand trade beyond the european union, which is by far britain's biggest market.

theresa may hopes to get a new deal with the eu hammered out over the autumn. but on the way down to cape town, said again that she was prepared to walk away rather than accept a bad deal. the tone here in south africa is far more friendly, symbolised by the return of a maritime relic, and the hope of closer ties in the future. i've been speaking to our political correspondent susana mendon a, who is in westminster, about what the prime minister hopes to achieve from her visit to africa. theresa may, she's out there in africa, she's very much focusing upon looking at the future and upon building future trade deals potentially, of course she has to wait until we leave the european union to formally do that, but i suppose making those inroads into building those future relationships that will lead to a better trade relationship with countries outside the european union post brexit. but well she's looking to the future, the issue at hand is much more pressing. —— while.

it's about whether or not we are going to get a deal with the european union and that isn't going away, the issue around no deal. she was asked about it today and she went back to her usual mantra, no deal is better than a bad deal. but she also, in a sense, criticised what we'd heard from the chancellor last week. the chancellor was casting doubt on whether or not a no deal would have a particularly damaging impact on the economy. she was basically saying today his figures were a work in progress, so casting doubt on the figures he was referring to an basically saying whatever happens, we are going to make the best of it. so still some division certainly it seems between the chancellor and the prime minister on the issue of what happens with the economy. and also the question around economic impact assessments. mps have been calling for that, they want to have the information before they make a decision on whether or not to support whatever deal she does or does not come

back from the eu with. what we got from the prime minister's chief spokesperson today was an assertion that certainly mps would get some information. they would get some kind of appropriate analysis, was the phrase they used before they will decide on whether or not to back a deal. at the moment, theresa may trying to focus very much upon, you know, if we don't get a deal, what else is there out there? and certainly with africa, she wants to build on the relationship we have there. but the issue around the aid budget being used in order to smooth over a future brexit deal, that is something labour has criticised and said it is an inappropriate use of the aid programme. i'm nowjoined by dr vincent magombe an african affairs analyst and director of africa inform international which is a global network of african journalists and media practitioners. i'm just wondering how ambitious do you think theresa may has been with this statement? she hasn't been

ambitious at all, for me the whole vision is a bit shambolic. because british people, including the prime minister, only talk about africa when you're having problems here. and britain has helped with poverty. what is the priority for africa today? young people especially. good governance and democracy. the leaders in power are stealing the money. so is she doing business with those leaders or is she doing business with african people? what do you think her motivation is? it's a british thought about going in to make big money, competing with china and russia. for me, iwould be more

reassured if i had had in a statement her mention that we will not do business with anyone. i come from uganda. dictator killing his people. banishing, torturing a musician. having his testicles crossed by the military. in his music, he is trying to criticise the government. she has avoided going to uganda, she is in kenya. but even there, there were rigged elections. so what political terrain is this business is going to happen in? the prime minister of this country is trying to reposition our influence, for want of a better word, in africa, in the entire continent. is

that any such thing as british influence in africa any more? that any such thing as british influence in africa any more7m that any such thing as british influence in africa any more? it has a lwa ys influence in africa any more? it has always been. unfortunately in negative terms, for example colloquialism. that will always be seen as a colloquialism. that will always be seen as a problem? it seems that along the way as we tried to forge new relations, there is not enough done to try to counter those approaches. china is there, everybody is there. it's like going back to using this colonial thing. let's go and exploit again. africans cannot devolve when you have corrupt governments. millions of pounds in aid go to africa. in various ways. is that wasted? ask yourself, a lot

of money has gone to africa which i acknowledge. billions since independence. so why haven't we seen the results? why isn't africa today is shining example of a devolved continent? it's because you're pouring all this money down the sinkhole. apparently the united states government under donald trump called it some terrible hold. but seriously can we now think about doing business in a way which is ethical but also reaches the people of africa, not the governments. what should britain's will be? is there a possibility britain could try and aim foran possibility britain could try and aim for an ethical high ground?m

they were to gain credibility, to have their credentials raised above everybody, start by for example criticising the ugandan government about torturing a young musician. sta rt by about torturing a young musician. start by criticising african leaders who are stealing the money. when you do good business, it's there are companies that are partnering with you. she needs to take practical steps and start by saying those things. we want to do those things. mac whatever you say britain must also be true about the united states and china are pouring much more money into the continent? that's very true. the chinese keep bringing hundreds of their own people to do work. but at least with the chinese they keep away from the politics. to

me, that is not helpful. but they don't give weapons to these dictators. they don't endorse dictators. they don't endorse dictators. they don't endorse dictators. the president of my country is the defence partner of britain and america. can she be a partner with us to create new government that will do good business, not steal that money, but looked after building the infrastructure and educating the young people, looking after health and so on? thank you for coming in. good to talk to you. thanks a lot. west midlands police say they are making a huge effort to trace a man they want to question about the murders of his former partner and her mother in solihull. officers are urging anyone sheltering janbaz tarin, who's 21, to call them immediately. our correspondent danjohnson is in solihull. that manhunt is intensifying. raids

have been carried out by police officers on our dresses around birmingham which is where janbaz tarin is believed to have been living. and the crime scene investigation work goes on here in solihull where he is believed to have stabbed to death his former girlfriend and her mother in the early hours of yesterday morning. when little bit more about janbaz tarin. the fact that he is an afghan national who was said to be living in the uk legally but police are now urgently trying to find out exactly where she is. and may have appealed to the public to get in touch. if anybody sees recognises. and they have appealed to him directly to do the right thing. they say he should make contact and hand himself in. will have learned about more the family who were living here. we know the family had lived here for perhaps ten years but was originally

from syria. you learn more about the two women, raneem oudeh was janbaz tarin's former girlfriend. she has a two—year—old son although the police say that boy is not the son of janbaz tarin. her mother, khaola saleem, was 49. she has five other children. there is a big family here that has been traumatised by what has happened. a family that is grieving. lots of people have been coming and going to the house today, some of them bringing food to support the family. and also bringing their best wishes. a couple here have brought some flowers. they look like they are going to leave those. a lot of activity on this quiet residential close in solihull and a lot of activity right across the west midlands as they try to track down whereverjanbaz tarin is.

thank you. the family of a windrush migrant who was trying to prove his british citizenship when he died have walked out of his inquest. relatives of dexter bristol, who collapsed in the street and died while caught up in the immigration scandal, had wanted to make submissions to the court about the role home office policy might have played in his death. but coroner dr william dolman ruled that the home office should not be an interested party in the inquest because its policy was not relevant to the immediate circumstances of the 57—year—old's death. mr bristol's mother, sentina bristol, said the family was "disappointed" and fighting for justice. i think he was very rude. although he wasn't speaking direct to me, he's very rude. no sympathy for anyone, just says his own thing, that's all. how has all of this made you feel now? makes me feel disappointed and i feel the same, just like i lost my son. the same month my son died, the feelings i had at that time, i have it now. you're watching afternoon live.

these are our headlines: the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk. police in the midlands continue their search for a 21—year—old man wanted over the double murder of a mother and daughter in solihull. fans of aretha franklin arrive to pay their respects to the american soul singer in her hometown of detroit. in sport, two of gareth southgate's england world cup stars, jamie vardy and gary cahill, announced the retirement from international football. jose mourinho demands more respect, after storming out of a news co nfe re nce respect, after storming out of a news conference following a 3—0 defeat to top. and serena williams is through to the next round at

flushing meadows. more on all those stories at half past. join me then. the flag at the top of the white house has been lowered for a second time following strong criticism that it was raised to full mast too soon after veteran senator john mccain's death at the weekend. the republican senator and president trump had clashed on many occasions with mr mccain requesting donald trump not to attend his funeral. the president has now said he respects the senator's service to his country and has signed a proclamation to fly the us flag at half—mast until his burial. jon donnison reports. thank you very much. mr president, do you have any thoughts on john mccain? do you have any thoughts at all about mccain? at times over the weekend, getting president trump to say something nice about his long—time criticjohn mccain was painfully awkward. you don't need to be a body language expert to get the message. but the former vietnam vet and prisoner of war who survived torture is regarded by many americans as a hero. as criticism of the president's obvious reluctance to praise him intensified,

mr trump stopped stonewalling. when it finally came, the tribute was brief. we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for our country, so thank you very much. as we gather here today... it was left to others to fill in the gaps. ..extend my deepest sympathies to the family of senatorjohn mccain, an american patriot who served our country with distinction for more than six decades. the nation is united in its grief, and the world mourns the loss of a true hero and a great statesman. the president ordered the flag on the white house to be returned to half—mast, bringing it in line with other landmarks in washington. but in an interviewjohn mccain's brother said mr trump hadn't done enough. this trump not even addressing whenjohn was sick and dying, and his refusal to call him

a hero, just, i mean, it sounds petulant, it sounds childish. that's as close as i'll ever be to a presidency, but anyway... before he died the former arizona senator pointedly made it clear that he didn't want the president at his funeral. john mccain believed donald trump was pulling his party and his country in the wrong direction. millions of americans would disagree, but in death as in life he's proving to be a thorn in the side of the country's commander—in—chief. a majorfire has broken out at primark‘s flagship store in belfast. shoppers and staff have been evacuated from the building. thick smoke and flames could be seen billowing from the top floor of the store, which was recently refurbished. more than ten fire engines are at the scene. resident are being advised to stay away from the area. the japanese carmaker toyota is to invest several hundred million

pounds in the "car—hailing service" uber. they intend to expand a partnership tojointly develop self—driving cars. the firms said this would involve the "mass—production" of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on uber‘s ride sharing network. this is a moment in the first world warand many in this is a moment in the first world war and many in this country not aware of and wonder how your great grandfather happened to be off the isle of wight on the ship then? there was a recruitment that took place during the war. shipped to the front of the war. my great—grandfather was approached by a chief who spoke very persuasively

and all of them... the fact they we re and all of them... the fact they were going to be paid £3 on return after the war. that could also have been an attractive point. when he left, my father was still in my great—grandmother's womb. so my grandfather could never meet his own father. so i think that is why during the second world war he volunteered to come over because it would have given him a contact. he would have given him a contact. he would have given him a contact. he would have been able to see the grave of his own father. it is a remarkable moment in the war and many people are not aware of it because 616 south african soldiers lost their lives in that moment? yes, this country has not put this in the correct place in history.

some others have been able to come share experiences. recognition wasn't given to our ancestors. the way they were recruited was humiliating. they were trapped from williamstown to cape town and given numbers and made to bow for the protection of the queen. why would they be involved in a war that has nothing to do with them. so being an international labourer at and so being an international labourer atand a so being an international labourer at and a fighter in a world war is an unending wound. maybe this bell and our governments could take certain initiatives. would it be something that you

yourself would want to see and if it did, what would be going through your mind? it would be restoring to me and my family are past that we need so much. you should understand that we are unable, there is a gap between the past and now and it places you in an awkward position. never to understand yourself now, never to be empowered to know how your future was. but if certain aspect of your life are brought to you and you are able to visit your a ncestors you and you are able to visit your ancestors wherever they are laid, because some of these people are right to ask in dreams, then it would answer so much the emptiness that some of us are living with. would answer so much the emptiness that some of us are living withm isa that some of us are living withm is a great pleasure to talk to you. thank you so much for your time. thank you so much for your time. thank you. let's catch up with the

weather. good afternoon. for many of us it has not turned into the brightest of days, the favoured few getting some sunshine, but for many more it has remained cloudy. the best chance of sunny spells this afternoon in the south—east of england. in eastern scotla nd south—east of england. in eastern scotland some sunshine in aberdeen, but for northern and western scotla nd but for northern and western scotland are strengthening breeze and a weather front coming in with outbreaks of rain. a similar story for northern ireland. in england and wales, big areas of cloud, some sunny spells and temperatures on the south coast around 19 or 20. as we move into the evening, southern areas and the channel islands and the south—east of england will see some isolated showers developing. at the same time this weather front moves rain out of northern ireland

and scotland and down into england and scotland and down into england and wales. that front makes progress southwards and eastwards tomorrow, so southwards and eastwards tomorrow, soa southwards and eastwards tomorrow, so a lot of the rain will fizzle out. some of these showers may well come in two parts of kent and coastal parts of east anglia. for many of us tomorrow is another dry day. a little bit more in the wake of sunshine in the south—west. cool and fresh for many, humid in the south—east. on thursday there is high pressure building its way in across the british isles. as we head towards the end of the week it is looking mostly dry with a little bit of sunshine, although the knights for a time at least will be quite chilly. this is the first part of thursday and you can even see some green colours, the towns and cities into single digits. in the countryside it will be a chilly start to the day and there could be the odd mr patch around. but once we

clear that, it is a fine day. a small chance of a shower and temperatures between 16—20. western areas could season cloud and the odd spot of rain at times. further east a bit more in the way of sunshine and in the south—east particularly it will start to warm up. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the prime minister has begun a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk based on shared prosperity and security. mrs may delivered her message in a speech in cape town in south africa. i want the uk to be the g7‘s number one investor in africa, with britain's private sector companies taking the lead in investing the billions that will see african economies growing by trillions. police in the west midlands are continuing their search for 21—year—old janbaz tarin, who's wanted in connection with the murder of a woman and her daughter in solihull yesterday. thousands of people are expected to turn out this afternoon

to pay their respects to the legendary soul singer, aretha franklin, who died just over a week ago. the star will lie in an open coffin for two days at detroit's african—american history museum. sport now on afternoon live with damian johnson, and a couple of premier league stars deciding to take a step back from england duty? leicester strikerjamie vardy and chelsea's gary cahill both announced their retirement from international football today. we'll be tallking about vardy in a moment but cahill made his england debut in 2010 and captained the side on several occasions winning 61 caps and scoring five goals. he was part of gareth southgate's squad for the world cup this summer, but only played once — in the group match against belgium. speaking to chelsea tv, cahill said: let's talk more about jamie vardy

with ian stringer who commentates on leicester city for bbc radio leicester. why has he decided now is the time to ta ke why has he decided now is the time to take himself out of the international picture? he claims he wa nts to international picture? he claims he wants to focus on his club football, which is understandable. jamie vardy is getting into his 30s and whilst he doesn't look he's getting any slower, he probably wants to preserve what he has still got that. he has scored seven international goals and it is not bad scoring in the semifinal of the world cup. he was part of the team that we thought would bring it home with harry kane.

but will he be as quick and prolific as he is for the foxes? 20 goals a season in the premier league for the last two campaigns, he wants to focus on his time at leicester city. it isa focus on his time at leicester city. it is a shame because there is an international game in two weeks and leicester city will be hosting england and jamie vardy will not be playing. outstanding record for leicester in the last three seasons, integral to their winning the premier league a couple of beers ago. white isn't he able to break through at international level? he has a lot of competition, i guess? harry kane is a half decent striker and anybody struggle to unseat him, you have ratchford. jamie vardy likes to break away from defences, but in international football but doesn't seem to have been utilised

by gareth southgate. my understanding is jamie vardy is ok with that and understands the direction gareth southgate is going in and appreciate that. he hasn't retired as yet, as gary cahill said. ifjamie retired as yet, as gary cahill said. if jamie vardy was needed with an injury crisis, he would be available and he isn't a bad option to have, is he? he still has plenty to offer leicester and they have started pretty reasonably this new season?” certainly hope he has got plenty to offer, he has just certainly hope he has got plenty to offer, he hasjust signed a lucrative, long—term deal and the confetti, if you look in some dark and dusty corners from the premier league when, there is still a bit about. he is a hero and he will be leicester city's greater striker of all time, sorry gary lineker, if you are watching, but he will be. he is are watching, but he will be. he is a hero around these parts and if retiring from england gives jamie vardy another year in fox's shirts,

scoring goals the way he does, i think they will take that. i think england fans are disappointed they have on see more of him in an england shirt but in 2010, he was making carbon fibre splints for prosthetics and now he is a professional footballer and retiring from england, it has been an incredible career. thank you rejoining us. that's all the sport for now. this friday marks 21 years since the death of princess diana and this week we're hearing from the winners of the diana award, an award established in the princess's memory to celebrate young people who have gone above and beyond to change the world for the better. sarah mahmood is one of the diana award winners, she's won the award for her work helping the young people of rochdale as their youth member of parliament and is in our salford studio, along with her youth worker heather mellaloo who nominated herfor the award. welcome to you both. sarah, what

does it feel like to be nominated for something quite prestigious as this? it is a great honour to be nominated for such a prestigious award. when i first found out i can be nominated, not by one person, but by two, i was over the moon and i cannot wait to receive the reward —— award in september. heather, why bigi wini? she has raised funding and worked with the youth, which is what princess diana was about. she chairs the youth cabinet. it was her that i nominated. the work they have doneis that i nominated. the work they have done is fantastic. sarah, just

explain as rochdale's youth member of parliament, what sort of things where you doing? chairing youth cabinet meetings to public speaking a different charity event that i held. working with young people regarding mental health awareness and all sorts. that is something you are passionate about, this issue about mental health awareness for young people? yes, i feel mental health is important, the most important element of your life is hell. if you don't have good help you cannot do many things. in my opinion i don't think mental health is treated with the same reverence asa is treated with the same reverence as a physical health issue, despite it having the same debilitating effects, which if you think about, it is very shocking. it is shocking, but what change do you want to make, sitting in parliament is one thing, but what sense did you have about making people change their minds?” wa nt making people change their minds?” want young people to be very open

about mental health and share their experiences and if they need help, not be afraid to ask for help. heather, you nominated saru for their board and she has done rather well. i suspect you are not that surprised? i was, if well. i suspect you are not that surprised? iwas, if you look well. i suspect you are not that surprised? i was, if you look at the things that have gone on throughout the country, what young people achieve on a daily basis. some young people achieve some massive things. i was surprised, but i wanted to give her the chance, obviously by nominating her, butjust to raise the profile of the things they have done, herand the profile of the things they have done, her and the cabinet. they have worked really hard and they deserve it. i know your family are very proud, what was your proudest moment as an mp? my pride this moment was when i won the elections because i had worked so hard to get to that point so it was a really big achievement for me. i know lots of

people watching will be saying, my word, she should go into politics but they will be disappointed?m word, she should go into politics but they will be disappointed? in my opinion i've always had an interest in politics, but i like to do it as a hobby and the charity events are organised. i love doing that and i wa nt to organised. i love doing that and i want to keep working with the rochdale youth service and i look forward to working with heather in the long term. heather, she would be a loss if she didn't go into politics? i don't know, i know her aspirations lie elsewhere, she wants to bea aspirations lie elsewhere, she wants to be a heart surgeon, i think. so i know her aspirations lie elsewhere but she would be an excellent politician if she did decide to go down that route. you didn't tell me that earlier! you want to go to university first? yes, either cambridge or oxford university to do cause i am particularly passionate about. i am cause i am particularly passionate about. iam hoping cause i am particularly passionate about. i am hoping to do the best. it is not on the list of questions

we about earlier, but do you think older people, people my age, do you think we get your generation or is there a bit of a gap developing?” feel young people are neglected and not had their voices heard, compared to adults. i think it is unfair and young people should have their voices heard also. anybody watching you will suspect that will change. heather, in terms of the young lady sitting next to you, heart surgeon, whatever she does, what is it about heard the thing that makes her stand out? heady termination. she is very demure, very shy when you first meet her. but she has this steely determination in head to get things done and to make things different and to make things better for certainly while she was a member of the youth parliament, she definitely wanted to make things better for rochdale and young people that live there. did you ever get frustrated

and angry with some of the responses you got? no, i am always determined andi you got? no, i am always determined and i love working with different types of people and i get on with everyone. many congratulations to both of you. good to talk to you both. rallies are to be held in northern ireland later today, to demand the restoration of devolved government at stormont. there has been no assembly in place since the power—sharing arrangement between the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january last year. today the dup accused sinn fein of blocking a new deal. protests against the lack of governance began on social media as our ireland correspondent emma vardy has been finding out. ..that we have no clue what's going to happen, and nobody properly speaking upfor us... it started with a facebook rant. so i suppose i want to try and do something about it — i want to say to the politicians, "you know something, enough is enogh and we deserve better," and... after dylan quinn vented his frustration at northern ireland's lack of government, he began to get thousands of responses. so, wedeservebetter really grew out of a video that i did, outside my house in fermanagh

and it was a call for people to join me in some sort of campaign event to mark the fact that we were going to end up without a government for 589 days and to say this is ludicrous and i asked people tojoin me. he is hoping this will be the wa ke—up call that northern ireland's politicians need. it's about saying, "we need something different here," and they need to resolve that. northern ireland's devolved government in stormont collapsed in january last year, after a bust up over a disastrous green energy scheme. since then, talks between the dup and sinn fein to try and restore power—sharing have come to nothing. with no resolution between the main parties, there is currently little expectation of a government returning here any time soon. and for some within the civil service that's leading to frustration, because when it comes to big decisions, their hands are tied. with no ministers to sign things off, there is £1—2 billion worth of projects that have been now put on hold. a major new transport hub

for belfast, a new cruise ship quay for the harbour, and the refurbishment of northern ireland's decaying gaelic football stadium are some of the developments that are left in limbo. the economic growth in northern ireland is tracking 0.5% below the rest of the uk as a whole, and we are tracking 3% below the republic of ireland, and something similar across other eu member states. if northern ireland is going to succeed as a region, we have to get our economy growing to 2—3% per year, so that's quite a step change from where we are today. and public services are suffering, northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting lists in the uk, with no politicians in place to help them tackle the problem. the waiting lists really extend across every part of the health—care system. there are a significant number of projects that probably need to be acted on, but need a politician in place to sign off on those agreements. today at stormont, the dup accused

sinn fein of boycotting the deadlock. they need to end the boycott a nd deadlock. they need to end the boycott and allow government in northern ireland. northern ireland has now surpassed belgium's world record for being a democratic nation without its own government for the longest. later today, rallies sparked by dylan's campaign will be held across the country to urge politicians to resolve their differences. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. marine conservationists in scotland have created an interactive map to try to combat plastic pollution washing up on the coast. its hoped it will help guide those of us who want to roll up our sleeves and clean our beaches, as well as scientists and experts who want to work out where the rubbish is coming from. lorna gordon has been finding out more. taking to the skies in the war against litter.

i am going on a flight with the volunteers pinpointing hotspots where plastic rubbish is washing in from the sea. this is a typical, sort of, patrol height and patrol speed. as you can see, things are moving past reasonably quickly. you can see in some of these inlets there are bits and pieces. there is a fishing net or something. absolutely, you can see it there. have you found it quite an eye opener? absolutely. from the east coast, the north, the south, the west, the volunteer crews have been methodically crisscrossing scotland's coastline. from the air, flying at heights ofjust a few hundred feet, you get a unique perspective of the plastic rubbish blighting our shores. from beautiful sandy beaches like this one, to more remote rocky inlets hard to reach by foot, thousands of miles of scotland's coastline are being photographed and surveyed. every photo, every bit of footage, shedding more light on the challenges faced. i feel pretty passionate about this problem.

the trouble is i think that people just don't realise that the problem exists because nobody has found the stuff before. the reason they haven't found it is because it is almost impossible to see from the sea and it's almost the land, because many of these sites are so isolated. light aircraft are the only real way of finding this stuff. so we have got everything here. we have plastic fish boxes boxes, footballs... boxes, footballs... from the air, it looks shocking. but on the ground, it is even worse. this is where the photos are going to have so many different uses, aren't they? we can see where there's litter, but then we are also going to work with universities, with scientists to figure out where is it coming from? can we stop it at source? is it coming from certain places, is to coming form certain outlets, or do we need to go right up to the top, to government, and say we need some law changes to actually stop this entering the oceans in the first place. the hope is highlighting where the worst of the waste is washing up will prompt more

action to stem the tide of marine litter scarring some parts of scotland's beautiful coastline. lorna gordon, bbc news. the former chief rabbi for the uk has said thatjeremy corbyn's remarks about zionists are the most offensive made by a senior british politician since enoch powell's rivers of blood speech . lord sacks accused the labour leader of being an anti—semite who has, he says given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate", in an interview with the new statesman magazine. sacks was the most senior rabbi in the uk from 1991 until 2013 — and is still a crossbencher in the house of lords. mr corbyn has insisted his remarks were taken out of context. ben bland is here — in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. the prime minister begins

a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk police in the midlands continue their search for a 21—year—old man — wanted over the double murder of a mother and daughter in solihull. fans of aretha franklin arrive to pay their respects to the american soul singer in her hometown of detroit. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. a surge in compensation claims has left wonga, britain's biggest payday lender, on the brink of collapse, according to reports. the firm says it's "considering all options" — just weeks after shareholders pumped in £10 million to keep it afloat. countrywide gets a lifeline — investors tin he uk's largest estate agents, have approved a plan to issue new shares and raise £1a0million in emergency funding. the company owns 50 brands including bairstow eves and hamptons international and employs 8,000 people. large debts and a slower housing market have caused problems for the firm and its share price has plummeted in recent months.

if you need a job, you may want to consider training as an airline pilot and moving to china. boeing forecasts that the asia pacific will need the greatest number of pilots, technicians and cabin crew over the next two decades. the region's economic growth will lead to rising wealth and increased travel, spurring a need for 240,000 more pilots and 317,000 cabin crew by 2037. what's gone wrong with payday lender wonga? put simply, a potential lack of wonga. just six years ago the founder described the payday lender as a "platform for the future of financial services". the financial conduct authority ruled four years ago that wonga's debt collection practices

were unfair and ordered it to pay £2.6 million in compensation to 115,000 customers. there's been a deluge of compensation claims for loans taken out before 2014. since then tougher rules and price caps have hit profits for payday lenders and dealt a seemingly fatal blow to their business model. this week, the company is considering "all options" after reports suggested it was close to collapse. but things were starting to go wrong even before the change in rules weren't they? wonga was founded in 2007 to offer loans for less than 30 days to consumers without the need to go through a lengthy application process. but the catch was astronomical interest rates of more than 4,000%, which could soon substantially increase the cost of even a small loan taken out for a few days. one wonga customer told the bbc

about the sleepless nights caused by her £300 loan soon mushrooming into a £2,000 debt. it started to attract criticism in 2012 after running adverts encouraging students with jobs to borrow money for activities such as foreign holidays. shortly afterwards fans of some football clubs called for its ads to be removed from their clu bs' websites. the following year, prominent figures took aim at payday lenders, with the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, saying he wanted to put firms like wonga "out of business". wonga claimed its business practices were being misrepresented. kate was on earlier talking about strictly —

you've got some news about the great british bake off? besic, amazon has paid £5 million. it is on channel 4, starts tonight. amazon is the big sponsor. that means that bake off is now as valuable as written's got talent. we have to see what they do with the adverts and what they promote... amazon, i would adverts and what they promote... amazon, iwould have adverts and what they promote... amazon, i would have thought. adverts and what they promote... amazon, iwould have thought. it adverts and what they promote... amazon, i would have thought. it has a whole range of products. you have got, the thinking is it would push the smart assistant alexa and the eco home devices. that is what they

expect to see between the biscuits and cakes and other things. tech company and a baking show doesn't strike one immediately as a match made in baking haven't? it is a fair point but bake off has a varied audience and amazon wants to move into the grocery business. it bought whole foods last year and it wants to ta ke whole foods last year and it wants to take more of a slice of that market. very good. that wasjust off—the—cuff. joining us now is ben leet, chief customer officer at the consumer insights agency delineate. it does seem an interesting partnership, do we take it to mean amazon will be increasingly looking to ta ke amazon will be increasingly looking to take a bigger piece of the grocery market in the uk? the short a nswer grocery market in the uk? the short answer is yes. they have been trying and now they have launched amazon

pa ntry and now they have launched amazon pantry in 2015, to do just that. it has struggled. the way amazon succeeds as a business model is when people change how they shop. they started it with books and products and video content. what they are trying to do is change how we shop for groceries. that is the link to echo and alexa and they have a significant market share in that product. our research shows that around 10% of people in the uk have now got these voice assisted speakers. and around 50% of those have bought products, including groceries through them. what amazon is trying to do, i suspect this shift our mentality of notjust where we shop for groceries, but how we go about that. the numbers you mentioned, 10% is not a huge proportion of people with these home assistance devices. do you think

they will actually achieve that in changing our mindset? it is one thing to buy a pair ofjeans or shoes online but to get your fresh groceries, that is an mindset change? absolutely, but if amazon can do it, they can, they are known for cause and effect. if they can cause behaviour change in consumer simply with the uptake of eco products, and they can move the u pta ke to products, and they can move the uptake to 20% and research showed 2596 uptake to 20% and research showed 25% of the population are considering buying these products and then that becomes a considerable market and then an uplift is a growth in grocery sales. they are approaching a cause and effect strategy here. i should clarify, i know i said mindset, i know people buy groceries online, but i meant to these home assistance devices. just to clarify. now we are all much

clearer. the markets are up? yes, in london it was closed for the long weekend. it is mining, financial and consumer staples helping it up. countrywide got a lifeline from investors. it is not on the ftse100 but it got a lifeline from investors and they agreed the issuance of new shares raising £140 million. it has beenin shares raising £140 million. it has been in trouble recently. but the share price is down. the pound against the euro has fallen even further this afternoon after theresa may said not getting a deal with the eu wouldn't be the first worst thing in the world. we'll see you later on. a week of events have been planned in the us city of detroit — to remember and celebrate the life of the queen of soul — aretha franklin — before herfuneral there later this week. stevie wonder, chaka khan and jennifer hudson are all expected to perform at an outdoor tribute concert on thursday. aretha franklin's body will lie in

state the two days in her hometown with thousands of fans expected to pay their respects. our correspondent is with the crowds in detroit. the queue that you can see behind me sneaking around this museum, as fans line up to pay their final respects to aretha franklin, the queen of soul, as she lies in state here at the city's african—american museum. i am joined by entertainer diego marino so. you have come here all the way from florida. all the way from florida. it was a must. you have already been meant to pay your last respects. what was it like in there? it's very spiritual. when i walked in, one of her gospel songs from amazing grace was playing. she has a smile on her face. her legs are crossed, she is on the freeway to heaven in the pink cadillac. you are glad you waited in line for this? # i am grateful. this is actually more

of a celebratory mood than sombre. sounds like you have a singing voice. maybe 30 seconds of your favourite aretha franklin song. # knew you would be a vision and white. # how did you get your pants so tight? # i don't know what you're doing, but you must be living right. # we are going riding on the freeway of love. # freeway. thank you. simon, i think it's your turn to sing and aretha franklin song before you close the programme out. a realjoyous mood here, as people celebrate the queen of soul who has a special place in this city's heart. if i sing, everybody will be seeing a little prayer this evening. thank you very much. much more from you later on, as detroit pays its respects. thank you very much. we will have full coverage of that

service on friday. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good afternoon, for many it hasn't turned into the brightest of days. a little bit of sunshine but many areas are cloudy and will remain so through the rest of this afternoon. as we head into the evening, a couple of changes. down towards the south and the channel islands there is the chance of one or two showers and a weather front will bring rain across northern ireland and scotland and eventually into northern ireland and eventually into northern ireland and wales as we get to the end of the night. ahead of it we keep a fairamount of the night. ahead of it we keep a fair amount of cloud as the temperatures holding up around 13, 14, 15 degrees. tomorrow, we could see showers in the far south—east and coastal parts of east anglia. a weather front begins to make progress but if are not much more than a band of cloud. further north and west, cloudy skies and a cooler

feel and humid feel across the south—east. towards the end of the week there will be dry weather but the small chance of rain in the west. hello, you're watching afternoon live. the headlines at four. a new relationship with africa after brexit: theresa may announces plans to be the g7‘s leading investor by 2022 and a change in the way uk aid money is spent. i want the uk to be the g7‘s number one investor in africa, with britain's private sector companies taking the lead in investing the billions that will see african economies growing by trillions. it's a diplomatic mission where she can ill afford to put a foot wrong, but is she out of step too with her chancellor after warnings from phillip hammond about the economic damage a no—deal brexit could cause? police appeal to the public for help in finding a 21—year—old man, janbaz tarin, over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother. the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, lashes out atjeremy corbyn describing him as an anti—semite who had given support to "racists,

terrorists and dealers of hate". coming up on afternoon live all the sport. two of gareth southgate's world cup squad called bedtime. jamie vardy and gary cahill close the door on international duty, but leave it openin international duty, but leave it open in the case there have been some pretty fantastic sunsets recently. in half an hour! fantastic sunsets recently. in half an hour i will tell you why. in half an hour i will tell you why. thanks ben also coming up — paying their ‘respect‘: crowds gather as aretha franklin's casket goes on public view before herfuneral on friday. tributes continue to the queen of soul. hello, everyone, this

is afternoon live. theresa may has called for a new partnership with africa after brexit based on shared security, prosperity, and job creation. in a speech in cape town, the prime minister announced a change in the way uk aid money will be spent in africa. it'll be used not only to combat poverty, but also to tackle extremism and migration. she also said she wanted britain to be the g7‘s leading investor in the african continent by 2022. our political correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister and has sent this report. bringing a new rhythm to an old relationship. the uk and south africa go back a long way, and theresa may began her trip to cape town at a school symbolising, she said, the youth dynamism of many african nations. this is a trade mission underpinned by a promise, a new partnership

between the uk and africa. the prime minister pledged £4 billion to support african economies, and she wants that to be matched by the private sector. mrs may said it was essential to create jobs for africa's young. i want to see strong african economies that british businesses can do business with in a free and fair fashion, whether through creating new customers for british exporters or opportunities for british investors. our integrated global economy means healthy african economies are good news for british people as well as for african people. theresa may said the government was changing the way it spends aid money towards long—term economic development and supporting private enterprise. what we can offer is long—term investment of the very highest quality and breadth. something that will deliver more for africans for longer, and which can only be achieved when the government and private sector work together. south africa's president cyril

ramaphosa was the first of three african leaders theresa may will meet on this whistle—stop tour of sub—saharan africa, her first visit to the continent as prime minister. china is africa's big outside investor and countries like france and germany are alljockeying for opportunities too. for the uk, of course, brexit is a spur to expand trade beyond the european union, which is by far britain's biggest market. theresa may hopes to get a new deal with the eu hammered out over the autumn. but on the way down to cape town, said again that she was prepared to walk away rather than accept a bad deal. the tone here in south africa is far more friendly, symbolised by the return of a maritime relic, and the hope of closer ties in the future. ben wright, bbc news, cape town. i've been speaking to our political correspondent susana mendon a in westminster, about what the prime minister hopes

to achieve from her visit to africa. theresa may, she's out there in africa, she's very much focusing upon looking at the future and upon building future trade deals potentially. of course she has to wait until we leave the european union to formally do that, but i suppose making those inroads into building those future relationships that will lead to a better trade relationship with countries outside the european union post brexit. but while she's looking to the future, the issue at hand is much more pressing. it's about whether or not we are going to get a deal with the european union and that isn't going away, the issue around no deal. she was asked about it today and she went back to her usual mantra, no deal is better than a bad deal. but she also, in a sense, criticised what we'd heard from the chancellor last week. the chancellor was casting doubt on whether or not a no deal would have a particularly damaging impact on the economy.

she was basically saying today his figures were a work in progress, so casting doubt on the figures he was referring to an basically he was referring to and basically saying whatever happens, we are going to make the best of it. so still some division certainly it seems between the chancellor and the prime minister on the issue of what happens with the economy. and also the question around economic impact assessments. mps have been calling for that, they want to have the information before they make a decision on whether or not to support whatever deal she does or does not come back from the eu with. what we got from the prime minister's chief spokesperson today was an assertion that certainly mps would get some information. they would get some kind of appropriate analysis, was the phrase they used before they will decide on whether or not to back a deal. at the moment, theresa may trying to focus very much upon, you know, if we don't get a deal, what else is there out there? and certainly with africa, she wants to build on the relationship we have there. but the issue around the aid budget

being used in order to smooth over a future brexit deal, that is something labour has criticised and said it is an inappropriate use of the aid programme. let's talk to emmanuel finndoro—obasi, head of trade and investment at africa house london, an agency that promotes trade between the uk and africa. do you welcome what the prime minister has said this morning? yes, it is long overdue. absolutely correct, yes. why long overdue? when should the statement have been made? it should have been made a long time ago by previous governments over the past 20 years. the uk has been a bit behind in catching up with the rest of the world in looking into african markets. is that because the uk is pa rt markets. is that because the uk is part of the eu, or is this a

specifically accusation against the uk government? well, africa house's main objective is to promote trade between the uk and sub saharan africa. we have been looking at ways of doing this for quite a long time. just five years ago africa house was created and they decided it was time to ta ke created and they decided it was time to take the bull by the horn and promote uk businesses and find the best way of doing it and they have been making tremendous progress. will the uk outside of the eu be easier to deal with from your point of view? from my point of view this is something we will have to study and look at very closely. it is a lwa ys and look at very closely. it is always easier to deal directly with countries than having to go through the eu. the criticism of theresa may

seems to be that he or she is under some pressure here, so seems to be that he or she is under some pressure here, so she makes this rather grand announcement over there. how ambitious is she being? when you talk of ambition i think she is literally saying what she is supposed to say as the pm. that is what the african countries would be expecting as well. it is quite a good move. is it realistic to say that by 2020 to the uk will be the largest contributor in the g7 in terms of money into african? we will see. nothing is impossible, but again it all depends on how we drive it. up against china and the united states, the uk could still overtake them? again i cannot answer that question precisely. it all depends on all the efforts they make.

nothing is impossible when it comes to trade and the uk offers the best when it comes to services and quality and that is what africa is looking for. on the basis that money talks, which is what basically you are saying, china and the united states are forging ahead. china in particular is pouring a lot of money into africa. there is no question about that, china is investing heavily in africa. a few years back they did invest heavily, but now they did invest heavily, but now they are slowing down. also the african government is realising there is a lot more that can come from the uk particularly. what does the uk uniquely have to offer? is it skills? does the colonial history help or is it a hindrance? africa house is about promoting the two trades. the colonial issues are not something we are talking about

today, this is a new era and we have today, this is a new era and we have to look at it with a new outlook. businesses today are different from the businesses in the colonial times and uk businesses are clearly understanding that and we have a lot to offer in terms of expertise. and with your specific hat on in terms of uk and africa trade, opposed brexit uk is something you have been preparing forfor some brexit uk is something you have been preparing for for some time? yes, it is something that has been going on. however, on our trade missions to africa, every african country we have been to all came to understand what the uk has to offer, especially with brexit looming. all the talk is about how can we trade with the united kingdom? it is good of you to

come in. thank you very much. west midlands police say they're making a "huge effort" to trace a man they want to question about the murders of his former partner and her mother in solihull. officers are urging anyone sheltering janbaz tarin, who's 21, to call them immediately. our news correspondent in solihull, danjohnson, says the search for the suspect is intensifying. there have been raids carried out by police officers on addresses around birmingham, which is where janbaz tarin is believed to have been living. and the crime scene investigation work goes on here in solihull, where he is believed to have stabbed to death his former girlfriend and her mother in the early hours of yesterday morning. we know a little bit more about janbaz tarin. the fact he is an afghan national who is said to be living in the uk legally, but police are now urgently trying to find out exactly where he is. they've appealed to the public to get in touch if anybody sees him, if anybody recognises him, and they've appealed to him directly

to do the right thing. they say he should make contact and hand himself in. we've also learned a little bit more about the family who was living here and the people who lost their lives. we know the family had lived here for perhaps ten years but was originally from syria. we have learned more about the two women. raneem oudeh was janbaz tarin's former girlfriend. she was 22 years old. she has a two—year—old son. although the police said that boy is not the sun ofjanbaz tarin. her mother khaola saleem, was 49. she has five other children. so there is a big family here that has been traumatised by what has happened. a family that is grieving and there have been lots of people coming and going to the house today. some of them bringing food to support the family and also bringing their best wishes. a couple here just now brought some flowers. they look like they are just

going to lay those. lot of activity here on this quiet, residential close in solihull and a lot of police activity right across the west midlands as they try and track down whereeverjanbaz tarin is. the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, has said remarks byjeremy corbyn about zionists are the most offensive made by a senior british politician since enoch powell's ‘rivers of blood' speech. in an interview with the new statesman magazine, lord sacks accuses the labour leader of being an anti—semite who, he says, has "given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". sacks was the most senior rabbi in the uk from 1991 until 2013 — and is a crossbencher in the house of lords. mr corbyn has insisted his remarks were taken out of context. let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young, she's at westminster for us. on the face of it this is very

damaging. incredibly strong words, these comments byjeremy corbyn made before he was the labour leader in 2013 came to light last week. just to remind people, jeremy corbyn at a meeting topped about british zionists and said they had a problem because even though they had lived in this country all their lives some of them did not understand english irony. at the time last week there was lots of condemnation of those words. but jonathan was lots of condemnation of those words. butjonathan sacks coming out in the strongest possible language, explaining why he thinks these words are so explaining why he thinks these words are so offensive. he actually says they are the most offensive remarks made by a senior british politician says enoch powell's speech, the rivers of blood speech. he said it was divisive, hateful, and it undermines the existence of an entire group of british citizens by depicting them as essentially alien. he goes onto say thatjeremy corbyn

has supported racist, terrorists and dealers of hate who wanted to kill dues. there has been no reaction from the labour party today, but last weekjeremy corbyn said his words had been taken out of context and he said, i am words had been taken out of context and he said, iam now words had been taken out of context and he said, i am now more careful about how i might use the term zionist because has been increasingly hijacked by anti—semites. this follows months of criticism ofjeremy corbyn, of his previous actions, of the stages and conferences he has shared platforms with various people on, and his own mps are in open revolt over all of this and wanting him to do more to put the record straight. vicki, thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk. police in the west midlands continue their search for a 21—year—old man wanted over the double murder of a mother and daughter in solihull.

the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, lashes out atjeremy corbyn describing him as an anti—semite who had given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". two of gareth southgate's england world cup stars, jamie vardy and gary cahill, announced their retirement from international football. jose mourinho demands more respect as he stormed out of a news conference after manchester united's defeat to tottenham. and paul grayson is returning to his clu b and paul grayson is returning to his club on the eve of the new season as kicking coach. i will be back with more on those stories at half past. rallies are to be held in northern ireland this evening, to demand the restoration of devolved government at stormont. there has been no assembly in place since the power—sharing arrangement between the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january last year. ?today the dup accused sinn fein of blocking a new deal. protests against the lack

of governance began on social media, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy has been finding out. we have no clue what is going to happen. it started with a facebook rant. you know, enough is enough and we deserve better. after dylan quinn vented his frustration at northern ireland's lack of government. he began to get thousands of responses. so "we deserve better" really grew out of a video that i did outside my house in fermanagh and it was a call really for people to join me in some sort of campaign event to mark the fact that we were going to end up without a government for 589 days and to say this is ludicrous. i asked people tojoin me. he is hoping this will be the wake—up call northern ireland's politicians need. it's about saying we need something different here and they need to resolve that. northern ireland's devolved government at stormont collapsed in january last year after a bust up over a disastrous green energy scheme. since then, talks between the dup and sinn fein to try to restore power—sharing have come to nothing.

with no resolution between the main parties there is currently little expectation of the government returning here any time soon. for some within the civil service that is leading to frustration because when it comes to big decisions their hands are tied. there is £1 billion to £2 billion worth of projects that have now been put on hold. a major new transport hub for belfast, a new cruise ship terminalfor the harbour and the rebuilding of the city's biggest gaelic football stadium are some of the developments that are all being left in limbo. the economic growth in northern ireland is tracking half a percent below the uk as a whole and we are tracking about 3% below the republic of ireland and something similar across other european member states. if northern ireland is going to succeed as a region, we have to get our economy growing at 2—3% a year, so that is quite a step change from where we are today. public services are suffering. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting lists in the uk, with no politicians in place to help

tackle the problem. the waiting lists really extend across every part of the health care system. there are a significant number of projects that probably need to be acted on that need a politician in place to sign off those agreements. today at stormont the dup accused sinn fein of prolonging the deadlock. there is only one problem party and let's call it out, it's sinn fein. they need to end their boycott and allow government to happen here in northern ireland. sinn fein insists it is up for a deal and says the dup won't compromise. northern ireland has now surpassed belgium's world record for the longest period without a government in peace time. today rallies sparked by dylan's campaign will be held to urge politicians to resolve their differences. the family of a man from the windrush generation,

who was trying to prove his british citizenship when he died, have walked out of his inquest. relatives of dexter bristol, who collapsed outside his home in march, argue that home office immigration policy and the stress it caused mr bristol, who'd lived in britain since 1968, did contribute to his death. but the coroner, dr william dolman, ruled that the actions of the home office were not relevant to the immediate circumstances of mr bristol's death. a majorfire has broken out at primark‘s flagship store in belfast. shoppers and staff have been evacuated from the building. more than ten fire engines are at the scene. parts of the roof collapsed as fla mes parts of the roof collapsed as fla m es to re parts of the roof collapsed as flames tore through the story which had flames tore through the story which ha d rece ntly flames tore through the story which had recently been refurbished. residents are being advised to stay away from the area. the japanese carmaker toyota is to invest several hundred million pounds in the "car—hailing service" uber. they intend to expand

a partnership tojointly develop self—driving cars. the firms said this would involve the "mass—production" of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on uber‘s ride sharing network. the move is being viewed as a way for both firms to catch up with rivals in the competitive driverless car market. it's that time of year again — strictly come dancing will be back on air in september and last night the participants gathered outside broadcasting house to celebrate the launch of the 16th series. earlier i spoke to my colleague kate silverton who will be representing the newsroom on the dance floor this year. she began by telling me how her children have reacted to her taking part in the show. my oldest said to me, she's just getting her head around it, so she can understand it. so she said, mummy, when you win the glitterball, can i have it? so it's quite a long shot on both counts. and then wilbert, who is fourjust thinks anything to do with bottoms so ijust said money was going tojig her bottom a little bit. so he thinks it's all hilarious. that's the only thing i can do.

he's got a point. now, in terms of, well you were here last night, the first real moment of that strictly moment, what was it like? you know, it's surreal. half of me was absolutely petrified just thinking, what on earth am i doing and the other half was, this is one great big party and you are pampered and preened and looked after in no other way and it just feels, it feels very nice to be part of actually. very special. what sort of dance would you describe that as? mum dancing. mum dancing? just mum dancing. that's literally my limit, i dance in the kitchen in front of my kids and that's it. you've never danced before? no! apart from children in need, obviously. i was told you were quite good at that. were you, who told you that? i've just been chatting to ben brown, actually. he said she's got the moves. little bit of rhythm but needs a lot of refinement. you don't yet have a partner? no. so any favourites for that? all i want is someone who is taller, a little bit wider, just so i'm in proportion. and there's only two really who are taller, both good bets. i'd be very happy with either, put it that way.

would you? yes. who do you want? do you know, aliaz is very well—known to a lot of people, he's a gentleman, brilliant choreographer and he's fun. you know how much i enjoy my fun and i think a mixture of being serious and fun would suit me very well. i told you you are fun. do you want to come on with me? no, i don't. and the other chap is the italian. he is new. the new one. there you go, that's graziano. i've had a little dance with him already, we had a few hours ofjust practising. he lifted me. did he?! i'm sorry, did he? laughter. you know, he was twirling round and i was in his here, round and i was in his ear, i was going, i'm sorry, i'm so sorry. i saw you briefly last night and all you said to me was, what have i done? yeah. are you beginning to think this is quite a daunting thing? it is and you know, for anybody, i think male orfemale,

getting up there in very little clothing — i've not worn a skirt that short since i was playing netball at high school. i don't get my legs out and here i am being forced to do it. so it taps into everything and you feel very exposed, but equally, as i say it is a fun programme. i watched the greatest showman with my daughter recently and that quote from barman, "there no nobler art than making others happy" and that's what strictly does for me. that's fine but you don't want them to laugh? i don't mind if they laugh! i'll be laughing. if i don't laugh, you know, nobody else will. i'm going to take it seriously, but not myself seriously, if you know what i mean. what about the judges, how are we feeling about them? they will critique as they need to critique and ijust know and hope, i know i will be rubbish to begin with, but ijust hope i stay in long enough to progress. that was the winner of this year's strictly come dancing. i speak in hope rather than in real expectation. i now supposed to talk

about the weather. just let me show you the screen. we have a slight problem. talk us through this. the computer is loading all the information i will be talking about in the moment and we will be talking about why we have seen some impressive sunrises and sunsets. and this is quite a good exercise in... in bluffing. we talk about sunrises and sunsets and the computer is looking at it all. just explain because we do not need the pictures. what we know is canadian fires, which we might have a picture in a moment of. a picture will appear in a moment. will it? a lot of the wildfires were sparked a few weeks ago by thunderstorms and lightning ignited some wildfires in colombia on the western side of canada. that

has produced a lot of smoke and particulates that end up in the atmosphere. but what does that have to do with our weather here? as we know, a lot of the weather they get in north america finds its way across the atlantic towards us and caught up in all of that are all those smoke particles and you may have seen some those smoke particles and you may have seen some orange sunsets over the last few days. i was hoping we would have some pictures by now. this is a real test. you are on air andi this is a real test. you are on air and i have got nothing else to do except listen. what else can we talk about? give us the forecast without about? give us the forecast without a map. there is something.” about? give us the forecast without a map. there is something. i can draw some pictures. you drew some pictures before and that didn't help. what will the weather be like without pictures? which camera shall i look at? i can stand in front of the text. what we have got over the next couple of days is we had a lot

of cloud around today and that broke up of cloud around today and that broke up to give spells of sunshine, but equally rein in scotland and northern ireland. in scotland and northern ireland. in scotland and northern ireland. in scotland and northern ireland there will be rain this evening and that should clear overnight. tomorrow is a brighter day spells of sunshine. some fairly large areas of cloud this evening and some late sunshine to catch some of those sunsets that i cannot show you. as we go through tonight a few showers creep into the south—east and many places will be dry. tomorrow a bit of patchy rain moves across england and wales throughout the day. the odd shower in the south east. for scotland and northern ireland it is a day of sunny spells. a cooler and fresher feel across the country. as we head towards the end of the week, things looked largely dry. who needs graphics? the weather story pretty much dry as we go

through the next few days. brilliant, well done. thank you, simon. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the prime minister has begun a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk based on shared prosperity and security. mrs may delivered her message in a speech in cape town in south africa. police in the west midlands are continuing their search for 21—year—old janbaz tarin, who's wanted in connection with the murder of a woman and her daughter in solihull yesterday. the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, lashes out atjeremy corbyn describing him as an anti—semite who had given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". a majorfire has destroyed much of primark‘s flagship store in belfast. our correspondent chris page is in belfast with the latest on this. this fire broke out in a few hours

ago now. this is a very well—known building on royal avenue, which has been closed all day. prime mark are in it, the clothes retailer. it's not clear how the fire started, but it began on the roof of the building. the roof has since collapsed and firefighters, as you can see have been winched up to try and put the fire out on the upper levels of the building, but it did spread down to the ground floor and bits of debris was falling of the building to the street below. it is known as being a building that has housed a variety of different retailers over the years before primark took over in the late 1970s. three bombs have exploded outside it in 1975 three bombs have exploded outside it in1975 and it

three bombs have exploded outside it in 1975 and it was badly damaged. but when primark took it over they refurbished the whole building and have just embarked on another round of major renovation work in recent months. they will be extremely disappointed. it is the worst fire we have seen in belfast city centre for a number of years. but the good news is all staff and shoppers were evacuated from the building so were no one, as it has been injured. chris, thank you very much. sport now on afternoon live with damian johnson, and a couple of premier league stars deciding to take a step back from england duty? not altogether a huge surprise. leicester strikerjamie vardy and chelsea's gary cahill both announced their retirement from international football today. we'll be tallking about vardy in a moment but cahill made his england debut in 2010 and captained the side on several occasions winning 61 caps and scoring five goals. he was part of gareth southgate's

squad for the world cup this summer, but only played once, in the group match against belgium. speaking to chelsea tv, cahill said: let's talk more about jamie vardy. ian stringer commentates on leicester city for bbc radio leicester, he says that vardy‘s decided that his priority is prolonging his club career. jamie vardy is getting into his 30s and while steve doesn't look to be he is getting any slower, he probably wants to preserve what he's still got left. he scored seven international goals, not bad retiring after semifinal in the world cup. he was part of the squad we thought would be bringing it home

over the course of the summer with harry kane. jamie vardy has looked at it, in the euros in a couple of yea rs, at it, in the euros in a couple of years, will he still be as quick and prolific as he is for the foxes. 20 goals a season in the premier league, he probably wants to focus on leicester city. he likes to play on leicester city. he likes to play on the shoulder of his opponents and tried to break away from defences, but in international football but doesn't seem to have been utilised by gareth southgate. my understanding is jamie vardy is ok with that, he understands that and knows the direction gareth southgate is going in so he has stepped aside. he has said if he is needed because ofa he has said if he is needed because of a real injury crisis thenjamie vardy would be available and he's not a bad option to have, is he? staying with football, and jose mourinho just isn't a happy man at the moment? doing his best as mr grumpy, the

season. mourinho has demanded respect as pressure mounts on his position following manchester united's 3—0 home defeat by spurs. mourinho made a point of applauding united's remaining fans inside old trafford for longer than you'd expect after a big defeat. plenty of immediate speculation as to what he was doing but he says he was just showing his appreciation, something he felt was lacking in his news conference after the game. no, just to finish, do you know what was the result? 3-0. do you know what this means? 3—0. reporter: you lost 3—0. do you know what this means? 3-0! but also mean three premierships, and i won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers together. three for me and two for them. respect... respect, respect, respect. jonny bairstow says he hasn't given up hope of batting and keeping wicket against india when the fourth test begins on thursday. he broke his finger during the defeat in the third test at trent bridge and had to give up his place behind the stumps to joss buttler.

bairstow will test the injury at southampton this afternoon where england are practicing. former northampton and england fly—half paul grayson is to return to the saints in a coaching capacity. grayson won 32 caps for his country and scored more than 2,700 points for the saints. he willjoin as a consultant kicking coach. grayson had been a player and then coach at the club for 19 years, leaving in 2012. that's all the sport for now. chris mitchell will have more for you in the next hour. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to lorna gordon in glasgow, with news of an interactive map to try and combat plastic pollution washing up on the coast around scotland. be with you in just a moment, lorna.

and in nottingham is mel coles, who'll be telling us about the new battle of bosworth field, as campaigners fight plans to partially build over part of the historic battlefield. lorna, you know about this project because you have been up in the skies? yes, i spent a day with the chaps from the uk civil air patrol. it is interesting what they are doing. in the past they have been involved in searches for missing people and now they are involved in the search for later. they are getting a unique perspective on the problem because they are getting to areas which are often quite hard to reach by foot. you cannot see these areas often by satellite. because of cloud cover and you cannot see them using drones, because with the drones you have to have line of sight to operate them. they get into some remote parts of scotland and they are passionate about what they are doing. they say what they have

seen are doing. they say what they have seen has been shocking. scotland's beautiful coastline, in some areas, having these little hotspots of rubbish. in some areas it is piling up rubbish. in some areas it is piling up to what they call industrial levels. it was a real eye—opener for me, as well as the guys flying the plane. it is all good binding it, but what do they hope to achieve? what they hope to achieve is multilayered. there has been a lot of interest from people who have heard about this interactive map. people calling a phone in on the radio saying they can see pictures like this in far—flung places of tonnes of rubbish washing up on beaches. but they were surprised to see it in scotland, a country renowned for its absolutely stunning coastline. what they are hoping to do with this information is motivate people to go out and get involved in letter and rubbish clean—ups. some

of these areas are not access the ball for individuals, so in those insta nces, ball for individuals, so in those instances, they are hoping industry, councils or government will get involved. there is another layer which they hope will feed into researchers who can try and work out where this rubbish is coming from and they say scotland is acting like and they say scotland is acting like a big net going out into the atla ntic a big net going out into the atlantic and picking up the rubbish as it is washing by. the prevailing winds are westerlies, but researchers will be interested in looking at these hot spots and how the tide, the winds and the geology are combining together to push the rubbish unsure. it is about working out where it is coming from and ultimately, trying to stop it at source. lorna, this is your first timea source. lorna, this is your first time a nationwide? it is. welcome. you are talking about driverless

cars? there are plans with the battle of boswell. the company which is based near hinckley says this new track will overlap a small area on the west wide aside of the battle site. it will be next to its existing vehicle testing centre and will feature a testing facility for d riverless will feature a testing facility for driverless vehicles. the company said it could create more than 1800 jobs. another battle later, not so bloody rehab, but what do we is going to happen at the council meeting? we could not get any comment today from either the council of the company. but in its

application it argues this development would generate a series of economic benefits. notjust a creation of the jobs, but the track will be the first testing facility for driverless vehicles within the uk and it will increase the company's uk and it will increase the compa ny‘s profile uk and it will increase the company's profile in this area of development. but, as you might expect, historians are opposing the plans. the battlefield trust says the battle of bosworth is a crucial pa rt the battle of bosworth is a crucial part of england's history and this development would be on a critical pa rt development would be on a critical part of the battlefield. it is the area from where henry advanced. historic england hasn't objected to the application but has concluded there would be some harm caused to there would be some harm caused to the site but has recognised the scheme could bring public benefit. so weighing up the potential harm against public benefit will fall to the council, which will make its final decision tonight. we will bring you that answer on east midlands today later. mel, your first time as well? it is. how lucky

i. thank you both very much. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them via the bbc iplayer. we go nationwide at 4:30pm every afternoon here on nationwide live. a week of events have been planned in the us city of detroit, to remember and celebrate the life of the queen of soul, aretha franklin, before herfuneral there later this week. stevie wonder, chaka khan and jennifer hudson are all expected to perform at an outdoor tribute concert on friday. franklin's body will lie in state for two days at an african american museum in her home town, with thousands of fans expected to pay their respects. our north america correspondent rajini vaidya nathan is with the crowds in detroit. the queue that you can see behind me snaking around this museum, as fans line up to pay their final respects to aretha franklin, the queen of soul, as she lies

in state here at the city's african—american museum. i am joined by entertainer sir diego brazil?. you have come here all the way from florida. all the way from florida. it was a must. you have already been meant to pay your last respects. what was it like in there? it's very spiritual. when i walked in, one of her gospel songs from amazing grace was playing. she has a smile on her face. red pumps, her legs are crossed, she is on the freeway to heaven in the pink cadillac. you are glad you waited in line for this? # i am grateful, yeah. this is actually more of a celebratory mood than sombre. sounds like you have a singing voice. maybe 30 seconds of your favourite aretha franklin song. # knew you would be a vision and white. # how did you get your pants so tight? # i don't know what you're doing, but you must be living right. # we are going riding

on the freeway of love. # freeway. thank you. simon, i think it's your turn to sing and aretha franklin song before you close the programme out. a realjoyous mood here, as people celebrate the queen of soul who has a special place in this city's heart. if i sing, everybody will be saying a little prayer this evening. thank you very much. much more from you later on, as detroit pays its respects. thank you very much. we will have coverage of that service on friday. you were enjoying that as well. ben bland is here, in a moment he will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live: the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership

between the continent and the uk. the former chief rabbi, jonathan sacks, lashes out atjeremy corbyn describing him as an anti—semite who had given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". the primark store in belfast is "at risk of imminent collapse," after a fire broke out in the five—storey listed bank buildings this morning. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. countrywide gets a lifeline — investors tin he uk's investors in he uk's largest estate agents, have approved a plan to issue new shares and raise £140 million in emergency funding. the company owns 50 brands including bairstow eves and hamptons international and employs 8,000 people. large debts and a slower housing market have caused problems for the firm and its share price has plummeted in recent months. the evening standard is reporting that mark carney has been asked to stay on for another year. the paper claims, "the treasury is keen for him to stay on until 2020 so he can provide continuity during the turbulence of brexit." but a treasury spokeswoman denied the story. she told reuters, "we don't recognise their reporting at all." if you need a job, you may want

to consider training as an airline pilot and moving to china. boeing forecasts that the asia pacific will need the greatest number of pilots, technicians and cabin crew over the next two decades. the region's economic growth will lead to rising wealth and increased travel, spurring a need for 240,000 more pilots and 317,000 cabin crew by 2037. on the mark carney story, it is george osborne who is the editor of the evening standard, who may know a thing or two. all we can go on is what the treasury have told us. the treasury said they will advertise in due course so if an airline pilot doesn't take your fancy, governor of

the bank of england will be available. there will be problems, either way. problems for payday lender wonga? put simply, a potential lack of wonga. just six years ago the founder described the payday lender as a "platform for the future of financial services". the financial conduct authority ruled four years ago that wonga's debt collection practices were unfair and ordered it to pay £2.6 million in compensation to 45,000 customers. there's been a deluge of compensation claims for loans taken out before 2014. since then tougher rules and price caps have hit profits for payday lenders and dealt a seemingly fatal blow to their business model. and another company having problems — countrywide, the estate agents? yes, though investors in countrywide have thrown it a life line. this is the uk's largest estate agency owner. investors have approved new shares being issued to raise £140 million in emergency funding.

the company owns 50 brands including bairstow eves and hamptons international and employs 8,000 people. a £200 million debt pile and difficult trading conditions have forced countrywide to raise funds to stay afloat. if you want an indication of a slowing housing market, this is the story that illustrates it? president trump seems happy with the deal the us has struck with mexico? yes, the us and mexico have agreed to revamp nafta, the north american free trade agreement. nafta covers more than $1 trillion in annual trade. the other member is yet to finalise

its part in all of this. talks will be going on later today with the canadian representatives to try and get canada on board. there is optimism that this happened because we have seen the canadian dollar strengthening as a result. let's get the view from the sitting out of james huge ‘s —— hughes. this story about countrywide, gives us an indication of the housing market and how it is slowing down? yes, countrywide has been slowing down for a long time, we have seen several profit warnings. it is not a surprise they are asking for more money but the situation, when you look at the issues in the uk, brexit handling over everyone's heads. no

one knows what it means and it is having a far—reaching effect in terms of people selling houses and people buying houses. the unknown area of where interest rates are going to be in the short and long—term is having an impact when it comes to mortgage approvals. mortgage approvals haven't been ramping as high as we expected. it is another indication the housing market in the uk is struggling and looks like it will continue to struggle and with no real certainty coming from anywhere, especially within rates and brexit. the feeling is this could continue for a long time at the moment and recent data is showing that houses and properties that go on the market are staying on the market for one of the longest periods we've seen in a long time now. itjust shows you this housing market is struggling and it is this uncertainty hovering over the uk at the moment which is causing the issue. james, this one the situation, given the new rules

that came in from the financial conduct authority, is it the beginning of the end for these payday loan companies. —— wonga. beginning of the end for these payday loan companies. -- wonga. the business model is an issue because it was built on the fact they charge these huge interest payments to people but borrowed money off them and then it was the short term loan market. of course they would charge huge numbers on that and any late payments would be hit with massive charges. there is the issues they are no longer allowed to do that from regulatory reasons, but they've also had to pay out a lot of money when it comes to claims that they we re when it comes to claims that they were hit with before 2014, any loans they gave before then, a huge number of claims in there. you cannot rule out the reputational damage it causes. payday loans in general get bad press for the huge amounts of interests they can charge even though they are capped, there is huge reputational damage for the

whole industry. it doesn't look like that will change. the issue being, when wonga needs more customers at this time, it's not forthcoming. and when they are paying out so much in terms of fines and the regulation is changing, it is a difficult time. positive sentiment around off the back of the us—mexico arrangement. even though canada hasn't put its signature or any commitment to what has been agreed, the canadian dollar is rising? yes, the canadian dollar has been incredibly strong. over the weekend we had a meeting of all the central bankers and the governor of the bank of canada, he was very upbeat about the economy. he was very upbeat about the interest rate. when you look at the nafta agreement and mexico agreeing, the expectations are that canada will agree on this very soon as well. from the perspective of canada, is

good, interest rates are moving in the right direction and they are about to get a new trade agreement with the us. everything is pointing toa with the us. everything is pointing to a particularly strong canadian dollar and the nafta deal can only increase that. james, good to talk to you. shall we have a look at the market? british shares rose on tuesday morning after a public holiday, catching up with a rally that lifted global markets after the united states and mexico struck a trade agreement. the pound is down against the euro after comments made by theresa may. the prime minister saint... 1.1? 1.10, idon't the prime minister saint... 1.1? 1.10, i don't know why the zero is missing. that is a look at the ftse 100 towards the end of the day and the picture for the afternoon. i was going to say, i will see you

tomorrow, but i won't. thank you very much. let's go back to belfast and the fire that has destroyed the huge primark store. in the last few minutes, parts of the roof have collapsed as thick, black smoke ripped through the rest of this flagship store. you can see that moment captured. this is a building that survived bombs and fires throughout its long history in the city. it was part of a refurbishment project which had hoped would create hundreds morejobs. - was hundreds morejobs. primark was undergoing these renovations and it would be a bigger store by the end of the year. this will have an impact on hundreds ofjobs at the largest primark store. i want to give credit to the press

association, talking about the clock on the listed facade. he has written, counting the minutes for more than 200 years from the roof of the primark store, its time ran out on tuesday. a lot of people from belfast upset to see what is a huge landmark being destroyed. we will have the latest of course in the news at five hour on that. can animals really bring us art? well, if you're yang yang the panda, you have put up a pretty good case. tim allman explains. meet the artist in residence. 18 years old, with the deftest of brushstrokes. yang yang is a mistress of the canvas. just as long as she's not feeling too peckish. translation: well, at first, she found paint brush very exciting. she pulled it towards her, sniffed it and took a bite, tasted it. it's important that only natural materials were used. the paintbrushes are made from bamboo. then she learned what the paintbrush

is full, that pictures can be made with it. and it works really well. clearly, her work is a little on the abstract side, impressionistic, you may say. but there does seem to be some emotional connection to her work. translation: we decided to have the picture is painted in black because pandas are black and white, so she paints black on white. the paintings vary a lot. if she feels that more expressive, then her paintings are a bit wilder. sometimes they have relatively little paint on the canvas, it all depends on the mood of the day. her paintings are now on sale, 100 of them up for grabs, each one selling for more than $500. the zoo says it will use the money to raise awareness about pandas. and each picture will come with a certificate of authenticity, although this artist never signs her work. if you're afraid of heights you might want to look away now.

thanks to the bad weather during the bank holiday weekend, it seems unlikely that many of us would have had our eyes to the skies. but it was a different story for extreme sports enthusiasts in switzerland as paragliders, base jumpers and pilots competed at the acro world tour finals in switzerland. 29,000 spectators gathered to watch competitors hurtle through the skies above lake geneva. that's it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at 5:00. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. it hasn't turned into the brightest of days. the favoured few getting a few glimmers of sunshine but for many more it has remained cloudy. the best chance of

sunny spells this afternoon close to the south coast of england and perhaps north—east england and eastern scotland. here, a little bit of sunshine for the likes of aberdeen. for north and west scotland, strengthening breeze and a weather from beginning to sliding with outbreaks of rain. a similar story for northern ireland and across england and wales, big areas of cloud, some sunny spells perhaps for east wales, the west midlands and close to the south coast and temperatures are pumped in, 19 or 20 degrees. as we move deeper into the evening, southern areas, the channel islands but the south and south—east of england are likely to see some isolated showers developing. at the same time, this weather front moves rain out of northern ireland and scotla nd rain out of northern ireland and scotland and down into northern egeland and wales. that continues to make progress south eastwards during tomorrow but a lot of the rain will fizzle so not much more than a band of cloud. some of the showers may clip into parts of kent but coastal parts of east anglia and for many it isa dry

parts of east anglia and for many it is a dry day. we should see more in the way of sunshine i suspect, spreading down from the north—west. cool and fresh for many and a bit humid in the south—east. remove those various weather fronts to the east as we get into thursday and that allows high pressure to build its way in across the british isles. as we head towards the end of the week it is looking mostly dry with a little bit of sunshine although the nights, for a time at least will be quite chilly. this is the first part of thursday. you can see the green and blue colours on the chart, towns and blue colours on the chart, towns and cities down into single figures but in the countryside it will be a chilly start to the day. there could be the odd missed patch around as well but once weekly any early mist it is looking like a fine day. large bells of sunshine and cloud to develop and a small chance of a shower with temperatures 16 to 20 degrees. western areas could see extra cloud and the odd spot of rain on friday and into the weekend. further east, more in the way of

sunshine and towards the south—east particularly, it will start to warm up. today at five — theresa may announces plans to boost britain's investment in africa after brexit. on her first visit to africa as prime minister — she says she wants britain to be the g7‘s leading investor there by 2022. the driving focus of our development programme will be to ensure that governments in africa have the environment, knowledge, institutions and support to attract sustainable long—term investments in the future of africa and africans. we'll be looking at

the potential for increasing british trade with africa. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. police appeal to the public to help them find janbaz tarin — a 21 year old man wanted for questioning over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother. the former chief rabbi describes says jeremy corbyn's recently reported remarks about zionists are the most