tonight at 10:00, the technology giants are warned of severe action unless they do more to combat child sex abuse online. the likes of google, facebook, microsoft and twitter, could face new laws, unless they step up action, to tackle abusive content. as officers of the national crime agency deal with a sharp rise in reports of abuse images online, the home secretary spelled out his demands. i'm notjust asking for change. i'm demanding it. and the people are demanding it too. we'll have details of the home secretary's warning, and we'll be asking if new legislation really is the answer to this rapidly—growing problem. also tonight... the growing brexit divide between boris johnson and theresa may, after he says her chequers plan would be a disasterfor britain. intense anger in myanmar, where two journalists are jailed for investigating violence against rohingya muslims. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters but also freedom of the press in myanmar. chris evans, one of

the bbc‘s biggest stars, is to leave radio 2 at the end of the year and return to virgin radio. and, alastair cook, england's record—breaking batsman and captain announces his retirement from international cricket. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, he's been racing since he was a kid, he's still only 18 and next season britain's lando norris will make his debut in formula one. good evening. the big technology companies have been warned that they face the prospect of new legislation if they don't do more to prevent child abuse online. the home secretary, sajid javid,

said some of the firms were refusing to take the issue seriously enough, whereas he'd been impressed by their work to tackle terrorism online. the national crime agency said it received more than 82,000 referrals of child sex abuse images last year, a sharp increase since 2012, as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. it's a final briefing, before we actually go and execute the warrant. officers from the national crime agency gearing up for a recent raid on a suspected paedophile. every month, the nca and police forces around the country arrest around 400 people for accessing child abuse images online. what was it i've done? earlier this year, matthew falder, a cambridge graduate, was sentenced after nearly a decade of offending. he tricked his victims into sending him naked images of themselves. he also encouraged acts of self degradation. one of his many victims described the long—term effects

i was ashamed of what i've done. all relationships broke down. you can't be friends with someone who doesn't trust you, and i didn't trust them. but why are child abuse images allowed to be posted in the first place, and then why are they permitted to remain online? for years, this is what the tech companies have been asked. today, the home secretary became the latest politician to talk tough to the tech giants. he issued an ultimatum. there are some companies out there that refuse to take this seriously. so let me say this: i'm not asking for change — i am demanding it. and the people are demanding it too. and if the web giants do not take more measures to remove this type of content from their platforms, i will not be afraid to take action. so, the threat of legislation. the home secretary said that google, facebook, microsoft,

twitter and apple have made good progress in taking down terrorist content and he wanted to see the same for child abuse. this is where many of the operations staff, in the operational area of the national crime agency. just to assure you , the national crime agency. just to assure you, there is no child abuse material on this computer. this is a representation of the threat. they say that it must be stopped at source. it is getting as close to them as possible, and preventing them as possible, and preventing them from uploading them to the internet. google declined an interview request. in a statement, it said it had a zero tolerance approach to child sexual abuse material, adding that we have invested in technology, teams and partnerships to tackle this issue. it went on, today we are making

available cutting edge artificial intelligence that can dramatically improve help companies review this content. this is high noon for the social networking sites. they haven't taken enough steps in the past and the government is now saying that they're going to legislate to force them, that's crucial to protect children online. legislation in this area is expected soon. so not much time for the companies to respond. 0ur correspondent angus crawford is with me. he has been looking at this. given the extent of the problem, the speed with which it is growing, is new legislation going to work in any way? these were strong words from sajid javid. in truth, we have been here before. in 2013, david cameron called for a war, as he tended, with silicon valley leaders. he demanded action. to be fair, he did get some, google announced algorithms to block

illegal content, microsoft gave away for free it's photo illegal content, microsoft gave away forfree it's photo id illegal content, microsoft gave away for free it's photo id system, illegal content, microsoft gave away forfree it's photo id system, that trawls the web. there was a database created to speed up investigations, all good progress. but the threat has outstripped the technology and resources , has outstripped the technology and resources, and creating legislation an effective legislation, will be very complex. it seems to me there are three capable areas. one, verification. it is still very poor. you or i, with an e—mail and mobile phone, could set up a bogus account right now and be completely anonymous online. anonymity breeds crime. encryption, there has been a huge increase in encrypted messaging, live streaming apps and the dark web, and the police simply cannot break in there. and jurisdiction, many tech companies are based abroad and british investigators claim are now trying to get vital information for investigations, it can take months to get it. it can cost a lot of money, and sometimes there is simply no cooperation at all. that leaves

victims at risk, and perpetrators at—large. victims at risk, and perpetrators at-large. angus, thanks very much. the former foreign secretary boris johnson has been accused by downing street of having no ideas of his own on the best way forward for brexit. number ten was responding to an outspoken attack on the prime minister's plans, agreed at chequers in the summer, which he said was an example of theresa may waving the white flag in her negotiations with the eu. this is his first intervention in the brexit debate since he resigned from the cabinet, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. did time stand still? westminster is back to work... ..and back to the same bitterness. theresa may is trying to stitch together a deal the most important any government has done for decades, based on what she believes is a cool—headed compromise — her chequers plan. the tory mps coming back from holiday are anything but calm. there was only calm at brexit‘s biggest cheerleader‘s country pad, but borisjohnson's criticism

of the government's plan screamed from the front pages. he claimed it would be a disaster, and britain is waving the white flag. not for the first time, his antics made the tory top brass sigh. this is a plan that's been put forward by the uk government, and it is still being considered by all the different bits that make up the eu, and let's see what they say. but that is the plan. number ten's adamant that brussels can work with their plan, claiming mrjohnson is not a serious politician. but being rude doesn't change the fact that mr barnier, as well as brexit backers, think chequers just can't work. we found that we are in a considerable degree of agreement that chequers is absolute rubbish, and that we should chuck it, and that what we should have is a canada—style free trade deal. add to that, many former remainers share that opinion. the biggest problem for me is how people see this. the chequers deal is now more unpopular with the british people

than the poll tax was. and that is why it is untenable to take forward. we are more than two years into this process, but it is far from over. activists pushing for another vote sense things may go their way, and for labour, the discontent in the tory party is more evidence of the government's struggle. there has to be a trade agreement with europe and a customs union with the european union to protect those jobs. nobody voted to lose theirjobs. if the government is incapable of negotiating with the eu, they should move over and let someone else do it seriously. despite the lack of love for the chequers plan in parliament, the prime minister has no intention of budging from her position. the view in number ten — compromise might not be popular, but they believe they have put forward a serious and viable basis for a brexit deal, and their many critics, in their view, do not have a workable alternative.

the brexit secretary, you can almost spot, as they try to make it work. moving forward when so many others are trying to apply the brakes. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. at a vital point in the brexit process, there's renewed speculation about the future of the governor of the bank of england, mark carney. mr carney‘s term is due to end next june, just three months after britain's planned departure from the eu. it's understood that the treasury is holding talks with the bank of england about extending mr carney‘s term. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed is at the bank of england. can you talk through some of the factors they are considering here, for his possible staying on? absolutely. this is not so much a problem of when mark carney leaves, but a problem of who replaces him here at the bank of england when he does. the problem with his departure

date is this. it means that the government would have to advertise the new role now. of course, as we have been hearing from laura, now is surrounded with a huge amount of brexit uncertainty. and the powers of the governor of the bank of england are really affected by the type of relationship britain has with the european union. if it is a deeper relationship, very much intertwined with the european union, that means certain things for the bank. if it is a distant relationship, very separate from the european union, the bank would have different types of powers. it is very ha rd different types of powers. it is very hard in that situation, according to my whitehall sources, to encourage the right type of candidate, with international experience to take over that role. so, the treasury wants to delay the process slightly. that means mark carney to stay on. there has been some criticism over how long he might stay, the former member of the monetary policy committee of the

bank of england says that this issue around the timetable for his departure is causing confusion in the market. we could at least see some clarity tomorrow. mark carney, his first appearance in public since the summer holiday, it will be in front of the treasury select committee. i am sure members of that committee will be asking him what his intentions are dumb and how long he might want to stay. -- what his intentions are, and how long he might want to stay. jeremy corbyn's leadership of the labour party has been bolstered after some of his strongest supporters were elected to the party's ruling body, the national executive committee. among them was peter willsman, who was re—elected despite suggesting that allegations of anti—semitism in the paty were being driven by "trump fa natics". he later said he deeply regretted his remarks. the group elected also includes jon lansman, a staunch corbyn supporter and founder of momentum. the comedian eddie izzard lost his place on the nec to mr willsman. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt

says he will raise the case of two journalists jailed today for seven years in myanmar while investigating violence against rohingya muslims. mr hunt is expected to visit the country in the coming months. the two journalists, who work for reuters news agency, are accused of violating state secrets. they claim they've been framed by those trying to cover up crimes by the military against the muslim minority in the country. 0ur correspondent nick beake reports from the court in yangon. in some countries, they would have been given a prize for their work. but not here. not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar. instead, forjournalists wa lone and kyaw soe 0o, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes in all the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have

killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists' supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could have helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters, but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgment today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many diplomats have been at the trial throughout, and we believe that the judge has ignored the evidence of the case, and has also actually ignored myanmar laws.

so extremely disappointed with that. we think it's a bad day for myanmar, and we would call on the journalists to be released as soon as possible. a crushing day, too, for the families of the jailed reporters, who endured eight months of court hearings. after the journalists' arrests, their employer, reuters, published the full story of the revenge massacre the pair had been working on, prompting a rare admission of guilt from the burmese army. that crime wouldn't have been known had it not been for the reporting of wa lone and kyaw soe 0o. so what happened today was an injustice, and it's an injustice that can't be allowed to stand. but so far, silence from aung san suu kyi's government. last week accused by the un of assisting genocide, this week condemned for an attack on a pillar of democracy. after free elections three years ago, there was great hope for myanmar. it's fading fast. nick beake, bbc news, yangon. the heatwave over the past few

months means that this summer was the hottest on record for england, with temperatures narrowly beating those seen in the famous heatwave of 1976. for the uk as a whole, 2018 proved to be the joint—hottest summer. and the met office said temperatures were consistent with the general picture of the climate warming globally. 0ur science editor david shukman assesses what this means for future summers in the uk. a warning, his report does contain flashing images. it was a summer of extreme heat that, for much of the country, rolled on for month after month. from fires raging on the hills of lancashire. .. ..to the stark image of a dried—out reservoir in the lake district... ..to the punishing temperatures of city streets, filmed by a thermal camera the pavements, depicted in yellow, are radiating heat. for anyone on holiday,

it was perfect summer weather. beaches were packed and seaside businesses have been booming. no need to fly to distant resorts for plenty of sunshine. but for many the heat was tough to endure. this field in hertfordshire was typical of many across britain, the only trace of green was the cricket pitch. and for farmers, the long, hot dry spell became a constant source of worry. for mark weeks in devon, the land now looks less parched, but the legacy of the heatwave continues. it increases our costs, which has an impact on the profitability of what we're doing. so... it increases the amount of work and worry and stress. we all knew the summer was hot, but what do the met office figures actually tell us? well, the summer had an average temperature of 15.8 celsius, and because that is within

a fraction of what was seen back in 1976, 2003 and 2006, they're calling it a joint record. at the same time, england set a new summer record with an average temperature of 17.1 celsius. the key thing was that so many nights were warmer. and another record is that this year has seen 80 days where summer in the uk was above 25 celsius. so does this mean every year will get hotter? well, no. but as the climate warms, that is set to become more likely. going forward into the future, it's expected that because of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming these kinds of heatwaves will occur more regularly, and when they occur, will have higher temperatures as a result. the summer ended with a spectacular bang, a barrage of thunderstorms... oh, my gosh! and a lot of questions about how soon it'll be before the next hot summer sets yet another record.

david shukman, bbc news. chris evans, one of britain's best—known entertainers and broadcasters, and one of the bbc‘s highest—paid stars, is to leave his radio 2 breakfast show at the end of the year. he'll return to virgin radio nearly 20 after he left the station. 0ur media editor amol rajan looks at the factors behind his decision to leave the bbc. britain's most popular radio presenter stepped away from the bbc today. it can do many great things, and i'm sure it will continue to do that. today he left listeners stunned. i'm going to leave radio 2. some of us are mountain climbers, and if you get to the top of your

favourite mountain, and you just stay there, then you become a mountain observer, and i need to keep climbing, i've got to keep climbing. casting himself as a human alarm clock, eva ns' climbing. casting himself as a human alarm clock, evans' rambunctious style a nd alarm clock, evans' rambunctious style and emotional openers have garnered him a big following over his long career. a year ago when top salaries were released, he came out top. he didn't enjoy the ensuing publicity scrum which had followed a difficult relaunch of top dear. his departure is difficult for the bbc, and departure is difficult for the bbc, a nd follows departure is difficult for the bbc, and follows the loss of eddie mair. this is an extraordinarily exciting time to radio as a whole. the fact that a dav only radio station is now going to be led by one of the great broadcasters of his generation shows that news corp are really interested in making a play in radio. evans

bought virgin in the late 1990s before selling it off at a profit. today he is part of news corp whose division in britain is led by rebekah brooks. some think of news radio television's poorer relation, but the war for radio television's poorer relation, but the warfor top radio television's poorer relation, but the war for top talent is reminiscent of nothing so much as the battle for star names that once characterised fleet street. three decades ago, rupert murdoch launched sky in order to break the bbc stranglehold on tv and to give audiences greater choice. now he's trying to repeat the trick, but on radio. and what's more, he is prepared to pay for it. the competition for the audiences ferocious, so what you've got to find is somebody who can build a relationship with the audience and widen that audience, and create an affinity, a loyalty. and chris evans is one of the very rare people who can do that. streaming is pulling

audiences away from schedule tv, but in radio, huge growth in pod casts has barely did the public‘s appetite. at 52, evans wants to feed it, just not at the bbc. somerset county council, which is run by the conservatives, has revealed tonight that it may have to make millions of pounds worth of cuts, this year in a radical scheme to balance its books. services for young people, and the disabled are among those that could be affected. as our political correspondent alex forsyth explains, see how many you can catch, ready? four—year—old lorcan starts school this week. he needs more support than some. he has achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. and his mum's worried the services he relies on may be cut back. i think we all have to be on guard. these cuts are happening nationwide and, unfortunately, they do seem to be hitting the most vulnerable. siobhan recently moved to dorset with herfamily.

she used to live here in somerset, where children's services are hugely stretched due to rising demand and cost. the county council has already substantially cut overall spending to keep things running, but there's still a shortfall and people have noticed. my grandad, who lives up at culmhead, couldn't get a bus service, where he used to be able to. they're cutting back all the time and i have a particular friend whose husband is very ill and she can't get the right care and attention for him. today, the conservative—run council unveiled almost £13 million of possible further cuts needed just to balance the books this year. as well as things like road maintenance, it could affect support for young carers and youth services. well, i think we're cutting back very badly. we have taken all the low— hanging fruit, there is nowhere else to go. we cannot increase council tax, we are capped by the government. we have made our case to government as much as we can. but we've seen nothing coming back and therefore we have to take these decisions.

somerset isn't the only council struggling with its finances. the government has said it has provided billions of pounds to local authorities and is working with them to develop a funding system based on local need. but some warn that's simply not enough. several other county councils are having to cut back just to stay afloat. well, there have been five or six named, or put in the frame, as struggling to balance their accounts this year and more particularly in the coming financial year, and that list is growing. back in somerset, some charities are plugging the gap. this drop—in cafe, backed by the council, offers advice to those who might have turned to social services. i think over time people have become dependent on statutory agencies, and we're finding now with all of the cuts that people are left floundering quite a bit. and so they are turning to organisations such as ourselves. the government said it has put extra money into social care,

but some think things are so stretched, more radical reform is needed. alex forsyth, bbc news in somerset. a british company has unveiled a new robotic surgery system which is expected to be used at several nhs hospitals from next year. the robotic arms, which carry out operations, are controlled by a surgeon using a console. it's one of a new generation of surgical robots being developed, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. imagine this operating on you. it's the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by a human hand at a console, with the aid of a 3d monitor. the aim is to make laparoscopic — or keyhole — surgery technically easier for surgeons, allowing greater precision, and so giving better outcomes for patients. it's considerably easier. all you can do with a conventional la pa roscopic instrument

is you can move it in and out, and you can rotate it. and so what the robot enables you to do is to play with this in a much more wide range of movement. the versius robot has been designed and built in cambridge. these robot arms have joints like a human's, at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. they're smaller and more flexible than current robotic systems, which makes them more versatile, so they should be able to do many more types of keyhole surgery. none of this would have been possible without da vinci, the first surgical robot, introduced to the uk in 2001. there are now more than 70 of them here, mostly doing prostate, bladder and gynaecological surgery. the british versius system is much smaller than this american rival and is aiming to do more. so we want to do operations in the upper abdomen,

such as gall bladder operations, operations in the stomach, certainly operations in the bowel for bowel cancer. we want to operate in the chest. so the aim is to replicate keyhole surgery, but with all the advantages of the small instruments, the wristed instruments, that will make it better and easier for the surgeon. the field of robot surgery is about to get crowded. there are several new systems being developed. the most eagerly awaited is verb, from tech giant google. it aims to connect all its robots to the internet, so they can learn from each other. so, when keyhole surgery came in, it really revolutionised surgery, because it was able to deliver a really complex procedures in a much less invasive way. this is where many surgeons learn how to do keyhole procedures, london's university college hospital. training to do this with the aid of robot will be increasingly common. and eventually machines may be programmed to do some parts of an operation independently.

as we develop that human—robot interface, there will be certain parts of an operation, simple parts, that may be able to be automated. if you think about stitching or closing a wound, these may be able to be done with a robot. the cost of the versius robot hasn't been revealed, but the company aims to make it cheaperfor the nhs to run than its american rival. the first operation on a patient will be early next year. fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. a devastating fire has torn through the national museum in brazil, destroying much of the largest anthropology and natural history collections in the americas. some museum staff in rio dejaneiro have blamed a lack of investment in the fabric of the building, as our correspondent katy watson reports from rio. a cherished institution up in flames, and the nation's history destroyed. this museum was home to 20 million artefacts,

but few are expected to have survived this intense blaze. with the fire now out, the extent of the devastation is becoming clear. experts say the loss of brazil's most important scientific institution is incalculable. a collection rich with extinct species from the americas, dinosaur skeletons and this, a 12,000—year—old human skull called luzia. most of that could have been lost. it is the patrimony of our country, but also the patrimony of the world. here we had some of the best specimens from south america. so we really need your help. throughout the day, firefighters, investigators and even some people who worked at the museum had been going into the building and every so often they come out with an artefact or anything they can salvage from the rubble. among the onlookers was livia, a museum in turn. she's devastated. translation: you'd never think of the louvre in paris catching fire. this sort of thing happens

in brazil, though. 200 years of historyjust gone in a matter of hours. for some, the sadness turned to anger. they say spending cuts led to the museum's neglect. this isn'tjust brazilian history that's gone up in flames. many see this as a metaphor for the country's recent economic and political crises. katy watson, bbc news in rio de janeiro. the record—breaking cricketer alistair cook, england's highest test match scorer, has announced he is to retire from international cricket after this week's final test against india. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson has the story. in a world of precious few certainties, there is alastair cook. whatever else came to pass, he'd open the batting for england. it's how it seemed, how it's been for a dozen years, but no more.