this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11: tsb chief paul pester steps down after seven years in charge, in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. labour are set for crunch talks, to discuss whether to adopt in full an international definition of anti—semitism following months of acrimony in the party. police are increasingly using powerful artificial intelligence tools in order to solve complex crimes. also this hour — a year on from a government pledge to give 30 hours of free childcare to working parents of three and four—year olds. but according to a charity, the money provided doesn't adequately cover the cost of the sessions. and step on it — cycle enthusiasts ditch their bikes for a different sort of foot—powered vehicle. good morning.

it's the 4th of september. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has stepped down with immediate effect after a botched computer upgrade five months ago led to catastrophic problems with its online banking. the bank admitted there was still more to do to put the situation right. injune, mps on the treasury select committee said they had lost confidence in the chief executive, and today they said it was right he was stepping down. so where did it go wrong with tsb? paul pesterjoined lloyds banking group in 2010 and was appointed to lead the launch of tsb and its separation from lloyds in 2011. tsb was launched in 2013 and was floated off in 2014 before being bought by spanish bank sabadell in 2015. part of the transfer involved

migrating customer records. that proved a disaster with many customers being locked out of their accounts and some customers being given access to the confidential records of others. mps on the treasury committee called on mr pester to resign. but he remained in his post, and said:. "i'm focused 100% on putting things right for our customers." in june, the financial conduct authority launched a formal investigation into the meltdown. injuly, tsb said the it meltdown had cost £176.4m and pushed it to a half—year loss. i'm joined by our business correspondent, ben thompson. does that basically tell the story? some would say it has taken too long for him to go. as you said, april was when they'll all this began.

thousands of customers locked out of accou nts thousands of customers locked out of accounts and worryingly able to see the details of other customer accou nts the details of other customer accounts and they said it simply took too long to put right. there are still ongoing problems and people are still struggling to get access to some accounts at the moment. tsb it says it is a small number but nonetheless, these problems still ongoing. you touched on some of the reasons why it has been such a fiasco and particularly because you will remember tsb was pa rt because you will remember tsb was part of lloyds, it was split up in 2013. tsb was created in 2014, floated on the stock market but then in 2015, was bought by a spanish bank and they said, we don't want all these accounts to be on the old lloyds servers, we want them on our spanish system. this is part of a migration that was supposed to be much more simple than it turned out to be and this is where all the problems have crept in. paul pester was asked to go and see mps on the treasury committee and they weren't

very impressed. we havejust treasury committee and they weren't very impressed. we have just had based —— statement through from nicky morgan, the chair of the committee. paul pester set the tone for misleading and... the committee had lost confidence in his position as chief executive. they called for him to stand down at the time. now we are in september. all that happened earlier this year. he has finally gone. they say they welcome this decision that he is leaving and the process to appoint his replacement begins. the buck stops with the chief executive but what difference will it make? psychologically it is important they say this is a period in our past we are not proud of and we are moving beyond that and trying to put things right. in their statement they make it clear that the systems are much improved but there is still work to do to achieve. ability for customers. by no means and they say this problem is over but they are

quite happy that things are moving in the right direction. as you said, it has cost them a lot of money as well. £176 million is the price they put on this it failure. thousands of people close their accounts. more customers are opened accounts. but nonetheless, they lost a lot of customers. they lost a lot of money. but nonetheless, i think really tsb 110w but nonetheless, i think really tsb now are desperately trying to put all of this behind them and say, we area bank all of this behind them and say, we are a bank you can trust, we are a place where you should come and invest your money. and by having a new chief executive, maybe they can send a message this is a new start. even though as we have said, some of those problems are still ongoing. joining me now is aida haughton, former tsb customer who left the bank after a summer of banking problems with tsb. tell us what happened. thank you.

well, my mother passed away in early may and obviously i had to go home to bosnia overnight and i forgot to inform my bank i was going abroad, which was fine. so when i try to use the atm in bosnia and when i couldn't, i presumed it was that. not informing the banking time. i called them. and i was obviously 45 minutes on the line. only to be told, yeah, that is fine, you can use your told, yeah, that is fine, you can use your bank card now. a few hours later, i tried and i could not. use your bank card now. a few hours later, itried and i could not. in the end, i spent two hours on the phone with them and for different people. and nobody could help me. they kept saying it was fine but i could not use my card. they said it wasjust a could not use my card. they said it was just a damaged could not use my card. they said it wasjust a damaged card. you were in an awful situation, your mother had died and you are trying to sort out

the costs of the funeral. what impact did this have on you at how much did the whole thing under costing you? well, first of all it was emotionally... i was not ready to deal with anything like that on the worst possible day of my life. and i knew i had enough funds, we always had funds for emergencies like that. and i wasjust very had funds for emergencies like that. and i was just very fortunate. i was in bosnia where some of my family and friends were there who could help me out. if i was not, then i would be completely left on my own. and that is why i wanted to raise awareness of this and make sure that nobody else goes to the same thing. obviously, i had additional costs of my employer wiring the additional funds and phone calls but the worst thing was, that my emotional state because i was not ready to deal with something and that on a day like that. sorry, i do not know if that is at

your end. hopefully that'll pass. you left the bank and close down your account. today we know that the chief executive has gone as a result of all those problems that you and others experienced. what do you think about paul pester going? well, definitely, the responsibility has to be taken for all this mix—up. but i think it needs to be watered down to the lower levels because of the customer service, for different people have told me, everything is 0k, people have told me, everything is ok, and they have no sympathy in an institution like that to act, you would think, what can we do? can we do anything? i think there are deeper problems than just having the main guy go. when you say no sympathy, what reaction did you get when you were calling? they did say, we are sorry for your loss. but then

they did not help me. i kept telling them, idid they did not help me. i kept telling them, i did not have access to my funds. my comment would be, how can we help you, how can we get an emergency money to you? but they did not even have a notes on my case after two hours of being on the phone and being passed to four different people. the woman said, you canjust different people. the woman said, you can just go different people. the woman said, you canjust go to different people. the woman said, you can just go to your branch tomorrow and sorted out. there is no tsb in bosnia. oh, you are abroad? that is what i am trying to tell you. if you had kept note, you would have known. thank you very much for joining us. after months of arguments over antisemitism, labour's ruling body will meet today to try to put the issue to rest. they'll vote on adopting the full international definition of antisemitism, which was partially incorporated into the party's code of conduct injuly. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. jewish groups were appalled and loud in their protests, as were many labour mps and peers. injuly, labour's ruling body, the nec, decided not to reproduce all 11 examples of anti—semitism,

as defined by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. following the outcry, the party decided to consult further on its code of conduct over the summer. which was dominated by the toxic row over anti—semitism within the labour party. and the leadership's inability to deal with it decisively. in recent weeks, trade unions and leading labourfigures have urged the party to act. on sunday, the former labour leader gordon brown added his voice, saying the ihra definition should be adopted unanimously, unequivocally and immediately. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said the full definition and its examples should be accepted. but indicated the party may also spell out that criticism of israel and its policies would still be legitimate. mps from all parties return to westminster today, with brexit set to dominate the agenda. theresa may's plan for trading with the eu after brexit is under assault from many in her party and the eu has severe doubts about it, too.

with little time left to negotiate our exit from the eu, politics is set for a very turbulent autumn. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith joins us good morning. all the signs are that the nec today will not succeed in finally putting the row over anti—semitism to bed because the indications are that while they will vogt to accept the international code and all the examples, they will also attach their own caveats, their own to enshrine the right people to freely criticise the israeli government and policies. 0n

criticise the israeli government and policies. on one level, you might think that would be enough to end this controversy. however, it has escalated really into something that goes way beyond a mere wrangle over the words in any definition into a symbolic moment, a symbolic clash between jeremy corbyn symbolic moment, a symbolic clash betweenjeremy corbyn and large sections of the jewish betweenjeremy corbyn and large sections of thejewish community, who want him to accept the definition with no ifs or buts, no question marks or caveats and that looks like what they are not going to get today and that i think probably means that the tensions and disagreements with thejewish community and many of his own labour mps will continue and certainly this morning as he left his house, jeremy corbyn really did not seem in any mood to offer any thing more, just have a watch, as we see him leave his house. what is your message to the jewish community this his house. what is your message to thejewish community this morning? what is your message, what is your

message? nice to see you here. good morning. so no sign of anything more going to be on offerfrom so no sign of anything more going to be on offer from jeremy corbyn there. that however all comes before labour mps tomorrow are expected to accept the international definition and examples without any qualifications. so we could end up in the extraordinary situation where labour mps at westminster have one set of rules for defining anti—semitism, while the labour party nationally outside parliament has a different set of rules. and there are indications that for some labour mps this may now be reaching a trigger moment where they feel they have to make some sort of protest, some sort of further revolt, if you like, againstjeremy corbyn because they feel so strongly over this issue and what they see as

his lack of leadership to resolve it. thank you very much. gillian merron is the chief executive of the board of directors for british jews. we were hearing it is highly unlikely the international definition will be accepted in full without caveats, what do you think? i feel that the national executive of the labour party in that case will be missing an opportunity to end an impasse. we have had the situation where across the some the labour party has allowed itself to just be completely taken over whether an unnecessary provocation of the jewish community, whether an unnecessary provocation of thejewish community, which has been both distressing and unnecessary, when really all they need to do is do the right thing, which is to accept an international definition of anti—semitism, which is good enough for countries, governments and analytical parties

and councils all across the world and councils all across the world and the uk —— and political parties. and make that the first step. there is still much action that needs to be taken to put this right. jewish voice for labour says the nec should resist those calls for labour to adopt the international definition. they say it would restrict freedom to criticise israel's actions against palestinians. that is not true at all. it would be helpful if critics were to actually read what the definition says and i actually think that the examples in the definition very helpful, on that very point what it says is that it is not anti—semitic to have criticism of israel, if the standards being applied are the same as to any other country. it is only about doing things in a common—sense fashion. i'm afraid that is not the

case at all. jeremy corbyn has said there is no place for any prejudice within labour and he's committed to protecting jewish members from abuse while allowing vigorous debate about the role of israel in the middle east peace process and justice for the palestinians. that is pretty clear, isn't it? it is, but these are words not actions. and we set out many months ago tojeremy corbyn ina out many months ago tojeremy corbyn in a meeting what is needed, not just the full and complete a cce pta nce just the full and complete acceptance of the international definition of anti—semitism, which to date has absolutely not happened, but also that more needs to happen, including he needs to be looking at himself to disavow those that he has previously allied himself with. and also the anti—semitism and the anti—sea nights with which u nfortu nately anti—sea nights with which unfortunately he has aligned himself with in the past. we also need to

see education and training within the labour party and we do need to see the disciplinary cases dealt with promptly with seriousness and transparency and to date, we are still waiting. so if the nec goes ahead today and does not deliver on the full adoption of the international definition, what will happen after that? i feel that is really something the labour party is going to have to deal with but this is not going to go away. for a very long time now, we have been in this impasse. i wrote to the general secretary of the labour partyjust last week, setting out what the issues are, what needs to happen and to ask that the labour party does what is necessary to stop the impasse. we don't go looking for a fight, we would like a constructive relationship with the opposition, but the labour party has to give us the conditions in which that is

possible to do. they are meeting at 1:30pm. it will all unfold throughout the day. thank you very much forjoining us. wejust have some breaking news to bring you. not confirmed but we understand that the manchester united manager has reached a deal with spain in a tax fraud case to accept a year in prison. it is understood that is a suspended sentence but these details arejust going suspended sentence but these details are just going through and we have no information beyond that. he has been under pressure over the performance of the team this season and we're now getting this news about events in spain in a tax fraud case. we will keep you updated and check out those reports and have much more in the sport coming up in just a few moments. the headlines on bbc news: the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has stepped down in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. labour's ruling body meet shortly

to decide whether to adopt in full the internationally—recognised definition of anti—semitism , to try to stem the row which has engulfed the party. the government's pledge to give 30 hours of free childcare to working parents of three and four—year—olds is forcing some nurseries and childminders to close , according to a charity. and in sport... roger federer is out of the us open. the five—time champion was defeated by the unseeded australianjohn millman at flushing meadows. england head coach trevor bayliss says it's "almost impossible" to replace "one of the game's greatest players" as alastair cook gets set for his final test outing against india at the oval later this week. and lando norris says he's happy with comparisons to lewis hamilton as he's set to become the youngest formula one driver in british history. i'll be back with more on those stories after half past. nearly half of nursery

providers in england say the government's scheme to provide 30 hours of free childcare has had a negative financial impact on their business. the free care for three and four—year—olds, introduced this time last year, has proved popular with 95% of eligible parents using the scheme. the government say they're researching the cost of childcare but that the majority of providers have been happy to take part in the scheme. we can speak tojonathan broadbery, head of policy and external relations at national day nurseries association, a charity representing uk nurseries. he joins us from huddersfield. thank you very much forjoining us. this is an issue that has been discussed a lot actually over the past year. what is your view on how nurseries and childcare providers are coping? we are coming to the one—year anniversary of the 30 hours

policy and as the figures out today show and as our research with our members show, the sector is struggling with the costs, with the level of funding that the government are prepared to provide. we are seeing a situation where we have rising costs on the one hand against stagnating funding on the other hand. those costs come from staffing, with rises to minimum wage and pension costs, there is also mandatory training our providers have to give to their staff but business rate as well have been crippling nurseries. we end up in the situation where around 90% of our members are saying that on the 30 policy, they are making a loss. what is the answer? obviously, it would require more investment from the government but the government has so far not been saying that is going to be forthcoming. and

actually saying that childcare providers seem to be happy with it. the government needs to be reviewing this policy quite urgently and looking at the extra costs that it is placing on childcare providers. obviously, our members and childcare providers across the country, they get into it because they are passionate about delivering really good quality childcare to those families that they work with but there are restrictions and implications on that. there are space requirements, staffing ratios, and these are all set by central government. and the government needs to ta ke government. and the government needs to take account of the impact that those costs have when they are deciding on the rate of funding. where nurseries are losing out by a roundabout £1.90 per hour, per child they are delivering this policy, thatis they are delivering this policy, that is over £2000 a year loss, trying to deliver the government ‘s

free hours. it is clear these are not free to providers and with the research that is out today, the pa rents a re research that is out today, the parents are saying that they are increasingly being asked to cover extra costs. it is not free for providers and it is not free for pa rents. providers and it is not free for parents. how are most businesses responding to this? obviously, those figures make it sound like it would bea figures make it sound like it would be a completely unviable business. but there are other ways potentially that they can cover costs by charging more in other areas and most businesses are doing that or are some going out of business?” think a lot of businesses are struggling and they are trying to cut their cloth accordingly and trying to make mac ends meet. they are having to add those extra costs on for some things they may have done forfree on for some things they may have done for free otherwise to help make up done for free otherwise to help make up that loss. the government is saying that this funding is only for the childcare but if you consider

you will have got to light, heat, cover business rate and other costs, that has got to be covered elsewhere. sadly, we are seeing businesses close. 0ur elsewhere. sadly, we are seeing businesses close. our members are very passionate and they want to provide the best service. if they feel they cannot do that, they will sadly close. we conducted research with our members earlier this year and we found that nine months on from the third yellow policy the closure rate had actuallyjumped by 43% compared with the year be for. it is having an impact on the nurseries that are able to survive and those that are surviving are having to pull together wherever they can to make savings and add those extra fees on to parents and it is unfortunate but that is what is having to happen. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. it may sound like something out of a science fiction film but police are now increasingly using powerful artificial intelligence tools to

solve complex crimes. the techniques include cctv facial recognition and programmes that can scan hundreds of thousands of documents for incriminating information. our home affairs corresponspondent danny shaw was given exclusive access to the serious fraud office to see how it works. this is the computer software helping fraud investigators join the dots. it trawls through e—mails and electronic documents to identify patterns in communications. working fast — faster than a human. i don't have to think a lot, i don't have to actually work out who is involved or why they are involved, i click a couple of buttons and it takes me directly into what i would be interested to see. the serious fraud office hardly ever allows cameras in here. the crimes it investigates are sensitive and complex. there are tens of millions of documents to read in each case. some material has to be screened out by barristers. they work through 300 documents a day. so how many can the computer do?

the computer was going through 600,000 a day. you can find the hot documents faster, and the system, because of the machine learning and ai capabilities of it, can learn from that. so you tell what is relevant and not and it will help you find things on the same lines. in the same way that amazon might suggest something you might like to buy based on what other people have bought who have similar tastes to you. the serious fraud office is one of the first law enforcement agencies to use artificial intelligence to examine computer files and documents. but ai is being used in other ways as well to help solve crimes. among the cases was that of corrie mckeague, an airmen who went missing on a night out. police asked a technology company to trawl through hours of cctv footage. i can take a specific image, for example when this crime occurs. in a separate case analysts use a separate attack in sweden to show how the system works. it is able to match faces

and movements from one camera to another to track suspects more easily. using the person detection tool we can get to the relevant pieces of footage much quicker than looking in all the wrong places. but there are concerns the new technology may be unreliable. is there any fear that al is going to lead to terrible miscarriages ofjustice and mistakes being made there? i am a lawyer, lawyers are inherently conservative sort of people, we are going to test and retest and make sure this is an appropriate use of technology before we let it out anywhere near a criminal court. it's early days, but artificial intelligence seems to be the only realistic solution to sorting through the vast amounts of data in crime investigations. danny shaw, bbc news. a large fire at a school in east london, which was due to re—open this week, has been brought under control.

the blaze at roding primary school in dagenham started just before five o'clock this morning. the london fire brigade say it's too soon to say what might have caused it. there are no reports of injuries. japan is being battered by the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in a quarter of a century. typhoon jebi has forced thousands of people from their homes, and led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. winds of more than 150 miles an hour are sweeping across the country, with cities like kobe, osaka and tokyo all bracing themselves for the worst. this extraordinary weather is causing some extraordinary sights. typhoonjebi, the strongest in 25

yea rs, typhoonjebi, the strongest in 25 years, is causing widespread disruption. winds have reached up to 135 kilometres per hour. transport is badly hit. this is the runway at an international airport. it is built on a man—made island about five kilometres off the coast of 0saka in western japan. hundreds of flights have been cancelled. this bridge leading to the airport is also closed, strong winds blew a tanker into it. the storms have led to power cuts, with 350,000 buildings reported to be without electricity. so far though, typhoon jebi, which means swallowing korean, doesn't seem to be as deadly as the severe weather injuly. landslides and floods killed 200 people then. many have stayed put and paraded

around —— out about a million people have been advised to evacuate. some have been advised to evacuate. some have opted for the calm of the shelter. 0thers have opted for the calm of the shelter. others are recording the images of this devastating weather from their homes. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. it is very much quieter back home and a lot of dry weather around today. we are still under the front we had yesterday. it is a lot weaker now. still generating a lot of cloud. just bringing the odd spot of light rain and drizzle. to the north and west, scotland and northern ireland, a good deal of sunshine today. brighter spells further south. generally more clout than we saw yesterday. temperatures between 15 and 22 celsius. some showers later on in the day. they should fade overnight. mainly dry night

elsewhere. clear spells and variable cloud. quite cold across the lens of scotland. tomorrow, most places will be mainly dry. the chance of a few showers on the eastern coast and more persistent rain arriving into the western isles of scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon. some spells of sunshine. highs between 14 and 21 celsius. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... tsb's chief executive paul pester has resigned with immediate effect after a botched computer upgrade five months ago led to online banking chaos. decision day for labour as the party's ruling body is set to meet at lunchtime to decide whether to adopt in full the internationanal definition of anti—semitism. police are increasingly using powerful artificial intelligence to solve complex crimes, including cctv facial recognition and programmes that scan documents for incriminating evidence. and nearly half of nursery providers

in england say the government's scheme to provide 30 hours of free childcare has hurt their business financially. sport now. here's sarah mulkerrins. thanks. let's start with those reports in spain. that the manchester united manager jose mourinho has accepted a one year prison sentence over a tax fraud case. mourinho is highly unlikely to spend any time injailthough, as first time offenders in spain with sentences less than two years don't normally serve time. normally they can be served with probation. normally they can be served with probation. he'd been accused of owing nearly £3million in undeclared image rights revenue. grand slam number 21 will not happen in new york this yearfor roger federer, he's out of the us open. the five—time champion was out of form — he made 77 unforced errors on his way to the four set loss.

we were expecting a federer/djokovic quarter—final — but now it's millman who will take on the serb. but have a look at this guy — a massive federerfan — i think if you support any team or player, we all might have been there before. the emotional roller—coaster of sport. england head coach trevor bayliss has told the bbc that it's "almost impossible" to replace "one of the game's greatest players". alaistair cook is geting set for his final test for england against india at the end of the week. and that will be his 161st test. after 12 years with the team. he made his debut back in 2006 when he scored a century in nagpur after a late call up. the opener has scored more than 12,000 runs and made 32 centuries in tests — all england records. it's a big couple of days for golfers in europe and america as both captains make their wildcard picks for this month's ryder cup. us captainjim furyk makes his picks first — we'll know 3 of the 4 later tonight.

and as our golf correspondent iain carter explains, furyk‘s decision will be relatively straight forward. let's do what the us because their picks are going to come out later today. who is in contention there? well, i think this is going to be very straightforward for the cast didn't furyk. every pundit is saying that it didn't furyk. every pundit is saying thatitis didn't furyk. every pundit is saying that it is going to be tiger woods, it is going to be phil mickelson and it is going to be phil mickelson and it is going to be bracing days on vo. and really there is a compelling argument for two of those three. tiger woods played himself into contention with a very aggressive return, five top tens after all the injury problems he has had. had he had a full qualifying., the trend of his performance would have taken him into the team automatically. this

man is on the back of two consecutive victories. and phil mickelson has played in every ryder cup since the mid—19 90s. he has been the architect of the task force, the new outlook to the ryder cup that the americans have. and although his form has not been great of late, just one top ten since march, i think he is the one that will get the nod at this stage leaving one more wild card pick for next week. for your's captain, perhaps a little bit trickier. a lot will come down to this question was whether you go forformer will come down to this question was whether you go for former or for class. given the fact of the eight qualifiers, the automatic qualifiers on the european team, five of them are first timers, they are rookies. i think on that basis, he will be looking for experienced when he goes for his four wild card picks which will be announced tomorrow. i'm expecting ian poulter to get the nod. provided there are no fitness concerns, i think this man will also

get the nod. and this final one is very difficult tojudge. get the nod. and this final one is very difficult to judge. matt wallace was absolutely brilliant in winning in denmark at the weekend. is that enough for him to force his way in at the very last moment? sergio garcia has been short on form, has asked mac but has plenty of pedigree. and there are two more who showed up well in the united states last night. i think it is meant to be a difficult choice for the european captain. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much, see related. —— see you later. —— see you later. president trump's nominee for the us supreme court is expected to face hostile questions from democrat politicians in washington today. brett kavanaugh is a controversial figure due to his perceived views on abortion and lgbt rights. if he passes his confirmation hearing it's expected he would make the supreme court more socially conservative for years to come. president trump has issued a warning that an assault on the syrian

rebel—held region of idlib could lead to the deaths of thousands of civilians. with rebels defeated in most of syria, the northern province of idlib remains the key territory of the rebel groups that could prove to be the last major battle of the syrian civil war. it's also the place to which many thousands of people have been evacuated from other rebel—held cities, when they were over—run by government forces. david campa nale reports. home to around 300 civilians, many of whom fled there to escape ——3 —— 3 million civilians. fighting in other parts of syria, the province of it lived idlib is the last major stronghold of the rebels fighting the government of the government of bashar al—assad. for the syrian army and its allies on the ground, russia and iran, capturing idlib has become a major priority and thousands of troops have already been deployed to the area with the aim of driving out the 30,000 or so rebel fighters who

are thought to be holed up there. the united nations envoy to syria has called for humanitarian corridors to be set up to allow civilians to be evacuated temporarily. the un fears that an assault on idlib could spark a humanitarian crisis, the likes of which even syria has yet to see. president trump is now backing the assessment, warning russia and iran in a tweet against taking part in the sort of reckless attack, as he put it, in which hundreds of thousands of people could lose their lives. nato ally turkey shares that view. idlib and an attack by the regime would be disastrous for syria and the region. it would be a disaster from all sides. from a humanitarian point of view and from a security point of view. president al—assad has full support of russia, whose foreign minister has said what he called terrorists must

be wiped out in idlib, accusing them of using civilians as human shields. with russian and iranian leaders due to meet to discuss the situation in idlib, few believe the consternation expressed by western leaders will cause serious and its allies to curb their military ambitions. let's get more from our correspondent in beirut, tom bateman. we were hearing about the concerns over what happens if an offensive is launched in idlib. what are the latest indications of whether that is likely to get under way? well, certainly this morning there has been a series of air strikes in western idlib province. it is said that they were russian warplanes carrying out the strikes. they appeared to be in the countryside

not in built—up areas. it so far appears to be fairly limited in nature. that would mark a resumption of such. this is some activity on the ground that something is in the offing. could that be in the coming days or weeks? for a member there is a key diplomatic track here. apart from the fact there are 3 million people there, many of them who have already been displaced at least once from elsewhere in syria, but these people have nowhere else to go. they have escaped rebel held areas when they were recaptured by the syrian government. now if this final offensive takes place, they can go near to the turkish border, but the chances of them being added to the three and a half million or for chances of them being added to the three and a half million orfor an million already in turkey seem minimal. —— 4 million. there is a diplomatic track taking place. there

isa summit diplomatic track taking place. there is a summit over the weekend that will involve turkey, iran and russia. if there is some kind of turkish support, we may see things getting under way. what turkey does will be crucial. it has troops inside idlib. they are at observation points that surround the province, but certainly the mood at least in the syrians and the russians has been that they are going to carry out an offensive. it seems to me, as far as they are concerned, it is a question of when and not if. there's presumably nothing the international community can do watch. well do un special envoy can do watch. well do un special e nvoy was can do watch. well do un special envoy was speaking about this at the end of last week. his position was although the un accepts the group there that was linked to al-qaeda,

there that was linked to al-qaeda, there around 10,000 fighters, he accepts that they are regarded by the un as a terrorist organisation and that they should be dealt with and that they should be dealt with and syria has the right to do that, the tone from the diplomatic community is they want to delay any offensive taking place and they want it to be measured and only attacking what may be strategic targets and only to be against those groups. they say there should not be a mass offensive inside built—up areas that hit civilians as has been seen in other parts of syria when the regime sought to recapture those areas. i think we will hear continuing m essa 9 es think we will hear continuing messages like that. donald trump has added to that and said don't let it happen. it is unclear who he means when he says that. we think probably he is pointing the finger at the russians and the iranians. thank you very much, tom. only a generation ago, measles was killing up to two

and a half million people a year worldwide. vaccinations brought that figure down into the tens of thousands as vaccination programmes wiped it out in some countries. but now there is a resurgence, particularly in europe. romania and italy each reported more than 5,000 cases in the last year. but a vote last week by italy's upper house has reversed a law making vaccinations compulsory. this report from james reynolds contains pictures of people being given injections, so if you don't want to see those, look away now. manuela has brought her eight—month—old son samuel for his compulsory jabs. he can't start in nursery without his official certificates, but his mother is here very reluctantly. translation: i am only doing this because they are mandatory. i am worried about what is in them. this fear, not backed by scientific findings, stops some parents from getting their kids inoculated. it has caused measles to rise. the previous government reacted

by making jabs mandatory. translation: it is a small percentage of people who don't want to get vaccines. our objective is to reach 95% of the population, and in this sense the current law is helping. but the new populist government may get rid of compulsory vaccinations. the interior minister matteo salvini told a crowd in tuscany that children can't be left out of schools simply because they haven't been vaccinated. ariana, a teacher, told me she decided not to give her five—year—old daughter the measles jab. translation: i am for free choice and against mandatory, mass, indiscriminate vaccinations. i think evaluation should be done case—by—case. every child is different. italy's new populist mood is based on the assumption that individuals know better than governments,

doctors and experts, but scientists warned that this belief puts the country's health at risk. it causes diseases like measles to spread. italy's most senior paediatrician now has to persuade families to ignore their am founded fears about vaccines. —— unfounded fears. when you give this kind of information, it is very hard to change the mind of the people. we are trying to do our best but probably what we need is really education, also in the school, but it is not only an italian problem, it is a worldwide problem. the rejection of accepted science means the return of a disease which can be fought with a proven vaccine. in the end, though, the politics is much more complicated than that medicine. ames reynolds, bbc news, rome. the head of scotland yard, cressida dick, has called for technology and social media

firms to make ‘vital evidence' available to police in minutes. the metropolitan police commissioner was commenting after it emerged that detectives in hampshire were unable to access the facebook account of a man suspected of murdering a thirteen—year—old girl. she made the comments this morning on nick ferrari's lbc radio show. what i see across terrorism, across child sexual exportation which the home secretary was talking about yesterday, filed a crime, they are trying to help us more and more and more. i absolutely think that in certain instances, and it sounds to me like this is one, law enforcement in the uk ought to be able to have vital evidence which might bring somebody to justice. within minutes? absolutely. there are practical things and legal things for them which i do respect. it is not as

straightforward as it sounds. i think that is where we should be. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has stepped down in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. labour's ruling body meet shortly to decide whether to adopt in full the internationally—recognised definition of anti—semitism, to try to stem the row which has engulfed the party. the government's pledge to give thirty hours of free childcare to working parents of 3 and 4 year olds is forcing some nurseries and childminders to close, according to a charity. hello. i am hello. iam ben hello. i am ben thompson. these are the top business stories... tsb chief paul pester is to step down after seven years in charge, in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. the bank is still struggling to get its it systems to work properly. thousands of customers were locked

out of their accounts. the governor of the bank of england will be quizzed over his future when he appears before a parliamentary committee today. mark carney is reportedly in talks with the treasury about extending his term at the central bank. but a spokesman for the prime minister said the governor was still due to depart in june next year. dutch bank ing has agreed to pay fines and other payments of £698 million after admitting errors in its policies to stop financial crime. the bank said it regretted that its mistakes had let some customers use their accounts for money laundering between 2010 and 2016. good morning to you. let's get more on the news you been talking about this morning. tsb's chief executive paul pester is to step down after seven years in charge of the bank — following a major it failure that left customers locked out of accounts for — in some cases, several weeks. tsb was formed in 2013 after it was hived off from lloyds. it was later bought by spanish

banking giant sabadell. but the it problems began when staff tried to move accounts from lloyds computers, to the spanish firm's sytems earlier this year. the bank is still struggling to get the system working properly and some customers are still experiencing problems. is the departure of the boss good news? is the departure of the boss good news? joining us now is peter hahn, professor of banking, at the london institute of banking & finance. nice to see you as always. explain this because so many things went wrong here. now the boss is going and the bank is saying, look, the worst is over, we need a clean sweep. can we get —— can they get that? no. the boss going is after—the—fact. what we have to remember is why this is really important. when tsb was set up, it was supposed to be one of the lead challengers to the big banks. and after the last year, it is hard to imagine them being led by anyone.

that is really an omission that i think that tsb is not going to be much of a challenger bank a wide. what mac —— much of a challenger bank a wide. what mac -- we talk about this pushing the company into a loss for the year. 26,000 customers close their accounts, but 20,000 signed up. it hasn't done them that much damage has that? no, it is more reputational damage. it is a strong bank, andi reputational damage. it is a strong bank, and i don't want to scare anybody is from taking the money out. this is about governance about how the decisions were made at tsb and probably more portly how they we re and probably more portly how they were approved in spain. and how little those people knew who are on the board making these decisions. also the regulator, is going to have quite a number of questions, how it

was approved and involved in these it decisions. youth such on the key players in this. where do you think the fault really lies? ultimately the fault really lies? ultimately the fault really lies? ultimately the fault lies and the real cost of this is actually at the parents in spain. it is their money, the hundred and 76 million and you quoted. that will not come back to the spanish company that owns this bank. how did they make this decision? how did they approve it? did they let a group of people in the uk who are capable to do that? did they push them to do that? we need a lot more information. there is an investigation going on. we have to wait and see. it looks like this is a top—heavy answer and responsibility point rather than at the bottom. tsb compensated people who lost out financially. i have made goodwill gestures. is that

enough to get people back through the doors? and as you talked about, to give us an alternative to the big banks. is this really enough? no. in the banking world today, it is trying to keep your existing customers happy more than attracting new ones. tsb has about 2 million customers. it is a substantial entity, but this will have hurt their momentum, but again, it is sound. it is hard to see it as leading and being of visionary. it started out as having no history, no past problems. now it has created its own problems. so the way it was set up has been defeated in some ways. thank you very much for explaining that to us. so yes, the hunt is now on for the replacement.

let me show you what is happening on the market. the market was close in the us for the labour day holiday. it is still close. we're at this point where everything is back to normal. liquidity is back at normal. things will start to happen in the us. keep an eye on that because what happens there affects us here. we came in close on the currency. a lot of concern about global trade wars between the us and china and japan, is affecting the currency. particularly when we talk about emerging markets like indonesia and turkey. a real weakness in their currencies. keep an eye on that because that is what we will be talking about over the next few weeks. now you are up to date. an american football player who protested against racial injustice by kneeling during the us national anthem has been revealed as the face of nike's new advertising campaign.

colin kaepernick (pron: first protested in august 2016. other players followed his lead by kneeling during the anthem, leading to criticism from president trump. kaepernick hasn't played since 2017 and is currently suing the nfl claiming he is being kept out of the league because of his part in the protests. cycling enthusiasts have ditched their bikes for a different sort of foot powered vehicle at one championship in the south of england. they've been competing at the fifth round of the british pedal car championships. 13 teams made up of men, women and even a group of teenage scouts battled it out in a 100—mile endurance race over a 525—metre go—kart track. tim allman reports. this isn't lamont or indianapolis. this is blackbush near camberley. the british pedal car

championship a race where engines are not allowed. 13 teams competing against each other going as fast as their legs can carry them. people get really into it. a bit like f1 in a way. so if, like, the other cars are two laps ahead, you are like, right fastest guy in. and you sort of work it out. but it is really good fun. really good banter as well, which is always good. it is a test of speed and endurance. more than 300 laps round this go cart track, adding up to a distance of 160 km. completing 15—20 minutes. apollo took the honours which means they are now only ten points behind championship leaders wind racers.

it's amazing really because we started the season and this is the closest we have been all season. the title decider takes place next month, about 200 km further north. they will be allowed to drive a normal car to the venue. a pair of identical twins in the united states have been celebrating their 102nd birthday together. ann and gussie crumby are from hancock county in georgia. the sisters turned 102 in may, but have just got round to throwing a party with family and friends. the two went their separate ways for a while, to have their own families. but they reunited in the late 90s and have been inseparable since, even wearing matching clothing, as you can see. they‘ re taking their advanced years in their stride. let's catch up with the weather.

hello there. it was a very chilly day. many places below freezing, but a good deal of sunshine. we will keep that as we go into the afternoon, but further south, we have got more clouds and mist and fog over the yorkshire area. that is because underneath his frontal system. it is much weaker than yesterday, but it is still generating a lot of cloud. it is bringing some patchy light rain and drizzle. i had of it, a bit more cloud developing. some bright or sunny spells. a fair amount of sunshine behind it. war cloud later across western parts of scotland and northern ireland. highs today, 15 to 17 celsius. 18 to 22 for england and

wales. it will be a quiet night. we could see a few sharp showers developing across southeast england and east anglia are. clear skies for parts of northern england. these are the temperatures in the centre of towns and cities. holding up around 12 to 14 degrees. tomorrow, most places will be dry for most of the day. there could be a few surge showers. you will see that cloud increasing. that will brings a more persistent rain to the east. highs of 14 or 17 degrees. as we go into wednesday, we see this area of high pressure just retreating slightly towards the west. a few more fronts are developing. it is getting a bit more settled into thursday and friday. showers, maybe some longer spells of rain across scotland and northern ireland. the further south

and east you are, you will probably be dry and with some sunshine. temperatures just getting to 19 or 20 celsius. there'll be a brisk northeasterly breeze which we will keep until friday. it is getting very messy and the end of the week. are sums uncertainties —— there are some uncertainties for the end of the week. the rain will be heaviest on friday across scotland and northern england. a cool feel for all of us at the end of the week temperatures not much higher than 15 to 19 celsius. goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories

developing at midday. tsb chief executive paul pester resigns after seven years in charge, in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. labour hold crunch talks this lunchtime to discuss whether to adopt in full an international definition of anti—semitism following months of acrimony in the party. police are increasingly using powerful artificial intelligence tools, in order to solve complex crimes. bbc news gets rare access to see the latest ai techniques. also this hour — the strongest typhoon to hitjapan in 25 years makes landfall. more than a million people are urged to evacuate to escape violent winds and heavy rainfall. the manchester united manager, jose mourinho reaches a deal

with the spanish tax authorities for a one yearjail term for tax evasion, although it's unlikely he'll serve any time in prison. good morning. it's tuesday the 4th of september. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has stepped down with immediate effect after a botched computer upgrade five months ago led to catastrophic problems with its online banking. the bank admitted there was still more to do to put the situation right. injune, mps on the treasury select committee said they had lost confidence in the chief executive, and today they said it was right he was stepping down. so where did it go wrong with tsb? tsb was launched in 2013 and bought by spanish bank sabadell in 2015. part of the transfer involved migrating customer records. that proved a disaster with many customers being locked out of their accounts and some customers being given access to the confidential records of others. mps on the treasury committee called

on mr pester to resign earlier this year but he remained in his post, and said: "i'm focused 100% on putting things right for our customers." i'm joined by our business correspondent, ben thompson. there has been a catalogue of disasters after this new it scheme was put in place. is he now paying the ultimate price for that? yes, but many will question why it has taken him so long to leave. earlier in the yearmps taken him so long to leave. earlier in the year mps called for him to stand down because of what they called a total failure and arrogance and complacency on his part in dealing with the problems. they say that in this light, it is right that he is now stepping down. but he oversaw a huge problem for the bank, that transfer of customer accounts from one banking system to another.

many criticising the fact that the new system was not tested enough before being implemented. it meant thousands of customers were locked out in some cases for weeks at a time. 0verall, out in some cases for weeks at a time. overall, it cost the bank £176 million to put right. thousands of customers close their account. for tsb, they are really trying to put this behind them and they say the worst is now over and we are getting back to normal but today, still ongoing problems. the it system is still not working properly. even though the chief executive is going, many of the problems still exist. how are the markets reacting? tsb is owned by a spanish parent company and what they will be looking for now is some sort of continuity, some sort of stability to be brought back to the bank and it is interesting if

used in —— if you look at the statement, interestingly, we should point out nicky morgan is chair of the treasury committee and they have written to her to apologise for some of these problems and say we are putting things right and to announce the resignation of paul pester but in the letter, it is actually addressed to morgan. nonetheless, they say they are trying to put these robbers behind them —— problems. it was split off into a separate bank from roy dantz bloated on the stock market and snapped up by this spanish firm. —— from roy eads and floated. —— from lloyds bank and floated. there will be a lot of investigation into how it was allowed to happen at the bank is very keen now to say we

are moving on and heading in the right direction. aida haughton, a former tsb customer told me about her experinces with the bank and why she left them this summer. my mother passed away in early may and obviously, i had to go home to bosnia overnight and i forgot to call my bag and say i am going abroad, which was fine. that was the usual procedure. when i tried to use the atm in bosnia and i couldn't, i presumed it was that. not informing the banking time. i tried presumed it was that. not informing the banking time. itried ringing them. andl the banking time. itried ringing them. and i was obviously 45 minutes on the line. only to be told, that is fine, you can use your bank card now. a few hours later, i tried and could not. in the end, i ended up spending about two hours on the phone with them with four different people and nobody could help me. they kept saying, it is fine but i could not use my card and i kept

saying —— could not use my card and i kept saying — — they could not use my card and i kept saying —— they kept saying it is properlyjust a damaged card. you we re properlyjust a damaged card. you were actually trying to sort out the costs of your mother ‘s funeral. you needed money for that. what impact did this have on you at how much did the whole thing and are costing you? first of all it was emotionally, i was not ready to do anything like that. it was the worst possible day of my life. and i knew i had enough funds, we always have emergency funds. and i wasjust very fortunate. i was in bosnia, where i was with some of my family and friends and they could help me out. but if i was not, then i would be completely left on my own. and that is where i wanted them to —— i want to raise awareness of this and make sure nobody else goes through the same thing. obviously, i had additional costs of my employer wiring the additional funds and phone calls. but the worst thing was

my emotional state. because i was not ready to deal with something like that. after months of arguments over anti—semitism, labour's ruling body will meet today to try to put the issue to rest. they'll vote on adopting the full international definition of antisemitism, which was partially incorporated into the party's code of conduct injuly. here's our political correspondent ben wright. jewish groups were appalled and loud in their protests, as were many labour mps and peers. injuly, labour's ruling body, the nec, decided not to reproduce all 11 examples of anti—semitism, as defined by the international holocaust remembrance alliance. following the outcry, the party decided to consult further on its code of conduct over the summer. which was dominated by the toxic row over anti—semitism within the labour party. and the leadership's inability to deal with it decisively. in recent weeks, trade unions and leading labourfigures have urged the party to act. on sunday, the former labour leader gordon brown added his voice, saying the ihra definition should be adopted unanimously,

unequivocally and immediately. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said the full definition and its examples should be accepted. but indicated the party may also spell out that criticism of israel and its policies would still be legitimate. mps from all parties return to westminster today, with brexit set to dominate the agenda. theresa may's plan for trading with the eu after brexit is under assault from many in her party and the eu has severe doubts about it, too. with little time left to negotiate our exit from the eu, politics is set for a very turbulent autumn. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. richard burden, labour mp for birmingham, says it's ok that the labour party has clarified the ihra definition of anti—semitism. he believes caveats are needed so as not to prevent criticism of israel.

i have not seen what the national executive committee is going to decide on today. but as far as i am aware, the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition is likely to be adopted in full, without modification but there may be some caveats added to it. well, thatis be some caveats added to it. well, that is called modification. be some caveats added to it. well, that is called modificationm isn't modification. in 2016, the home affairs select committee, a cross— party home affairs select committee, a cross—party committee in the house of commons, looked in detail at this issue about how you tackle anti—semitism most effectively. its report was welcomed across the piece, including by thejewish community and what it said is that the uk government and other organisations should adopt the definition but that they also suggested to more caveats to ensure that freedom of speech and the right to criticise israel was protected because sadly, there had been

attempt to stifle freedom of speech. jeremy corbyn didn't have much to say this morning. what is your message to the community this morning? what is your message? nice to see you here. nice to see you here. thank you. the meeting starts after one o'clock and we will of course have full coverage on what unfolds. it may sound like something out of a science fiction film but police are now increasingly using powerful artificial intelligence tools to solve complex crimes. the techniques include cctv facial recognition and programmes that can scan hundreds of thousands of documents for incriminating information. our home affairs corresponspondent danny shaw was given exclusive access to the serious fraud office to see how it works. this is the computer software helping fraud investigators join the dots. it trawls through e—mails and electronic documents to identify

patterns in communications. working fast — faster than a human. i don't have to think a lot, i don't have to actually work out who is involved or why they are involved, i click a couple of buttons and it takes me directly into what i would be interested to see. the serious fraud office hardly ever allows cameras in here. the crimes it investigates are sensitive and complex. there are tens of millions of documents to read in each case. some material has to be screened out by barristers. they work through 300 documents a day. so how many can the computer do? the computer was going through 600,000 a day. you can find the hot documents faster, and the system, because of the machine learning and ai capabilities of it, can learn from that. so you tell what is relevant and not and it will help you find things on the same lines. in the same way that amazon might suggest something you might like to buy based on what other people have bought who have similar tastes to you.

the serious fraud office is one of the first law enforcement agencies to use artificial intelligence to examine computer files and documents. but ai is being used in other ways as well to help solve crimes. among the cases was that of corrie mckeague, an airman who went missing on a night out. police asked a technology company to trawl through hours of cctv footage. i can take a specific image, for example when this crime occurs. in a separate case analysts use a separate attack in sweden to show how the system works. it is able to match faces and movements from one camera to another to track suspects more easily. using the person detection tool we can get to the relevant pieces of footage much quicker than looking in all the wrong places. but there are concerns the new technology may be unreliable. is there any fear that al is going to lead to terrible miscarriages ofjustice and mistakes being made there?

i am a lawyer, lawyers are inherently conservative sort of people, we are going to test and retest and make sure this is an appropriate use of technology before we let it out anywhere near a criminal court. it's early days, but artificial intelligence seems to be the only realistic solution to sorting through the vast amounts of data in crime investigations. danny shaw, bbc news. nicola sturgeon will set out her plans for the coming year at the scottish parliament later today. the first minister is expected to announce a dozen new pieces of legislation, with focus expected to be on mental health, the environment and sustainable growth in the economy. the snp's opponents have dismissed her plans as "pie in the sky" and say the party is "running out of ideas". more on today s main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two.

the headlines on bbc news: the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has stepped down in the wake of a major it failure at the bank. labour's ruling body meet shortly to decide whether to adopt in full the internationally—recognised definition of anti—semitism to try to stem the row which has engulfed the party. the government's pledge to give 30 hours of free childcare to working parents of 3 and 4 year olds is forcing some nurseries and childminders to close, according to a charity. now time for the sports update. reports in spain suggest that the manchester united manager jose mourinho has accepted a one year prison sentence over a tax fraud case.

mourinho is highly unlikely to spend any time injailthough, as first time offenders in spain with sentences less than two years can be served on probation. he'd been accused of owing nearly £3 million in undeclared image rights revenue. grand slam number 21 will not happen in new york this yearfor roger federer, he's out of the us open. the five—time champion was out of form — he made 77 unforced errors on his way to the four set loss to john millman. we were expecting a federer djokovic quarterfinal, but now it's millman who will take on the serb. but have a look at this guy, a massive federer fan. i think if you support any team or player, we all might have been there before. the emotional rollercoaster. andy murray says he didn't want to "let his country down" after deciding not to play in great britain's davis cup tie in glasgow next week. here he is hitting the winning shot for great britain in the final

of the davis cup three years ago. murray says he needs to continue his rehabilitation from hip surgery. with the davis cup format changing, it realistically would have been his last chance of playing competitively in scotland. keatonjennings has retained his place in the england squad for the fifth and final test against india at the oval — despite coming under pressure for his performances so far. he's been named alongside alastair cook, who plays his final international match. it will be his 161st test, having made his debut back in 2006 when he scored a century in nagpur after a late call up. he's england's all time leading runs scorerd, and head coach trevor bayliss says whoever replaces cook will have enormous boots to fill. replacing greats of the game straightaway is almost impossible. you hope that someone comes in and

does themselves proud and goes some way to nearing his record. in years to come, we may be speaking about who replaces him in the same breath. formula 0ne's new golden boy — lando norris — says he has no problem with being compared with lewis hamilton. he's been promoted by mclaren and will become britain's youngest driver in f1 next season, as he follows a similar path to the reigning f1 world champion. he said his main aim at his new team in the short term will simply be to help them improve. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. nearly half of nursery providers in england say the government's scheme to provide 30 hours of free childcare has had a negative financial impact on their business. however, the free provision for three and four—year—olds, introduced this time last year, has proved highly popular with parents, as 0livia richwald reports. it was a vote—winning offer — 30 hours a week of free childcare for working parents of three

and four—year—olds in england, and it saved families thousands of pounds a year. i don't pay a penny now, because of the 30 free hours, so it's, like, nearly £300 a month in money that i've saved. but the government has been accused of not funding it properly. 8,000 members of the preschool learning alliance were sent a survey. 1,300 replied, and of them, 843 said the fees paid by the government were less than their hourly rate, and more than 400 said the scheme was putting a strain on theirfinances. we are seeing closures almost on a daily basis, settings that have been around for 20, 25 years, that frankly have just said that the new offer, the 30—hour funded places offer, is just the final nail in the coffin. like many involved in the scheme, this bradford nursery is now asking parents for top—up fees. here, it's £3 a day. but elsewhere, it can be up to £10 a day. if we're not viable,

then we disappear, and lots of providers, nationally, have disappeared. my parents have been very, very understanding. they're willing to pay, because they love our nursery. the department for education says the rates it pays are for childcare only, and not for additional services and meals. it says it's commissioned new research, looking into the costs of childcare, and adds that 80% of providers around the country have been willing to take part in this scheme. 0livia richwald, bbc news. bbc radio 5 live presenter rachael bland, who has terminal cancer, has revealed on social media that she has "only got days" to live. she was diagnosed with breast cancer in november 2016 and had documented her journey throughout her illness on the podcast you, me and the big c. last night she tweeted:. "suddenly i'm told i've only got days. it's very surreal. thank you so much for all the support i've received." universities are urging the government to introduce

new rules allowing international students to work in the uk for up to two years after graduation. under the proposal, the universities would sponsor their graduates to look for work without any restriction on the type ofjob they can apply for. the government says it already has variety of routes to allow international graduates to stay in the uk. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, is here. why are they wanting to get involved? what why are they wanting to get involved ? what is why are they wanting to get involved? what is the picture here? universities in the uk basically fear they are losing out in the global race to attract international students. at the moment, we are the second most popular country in the world to study after the usa. but the usa, canada, australia, new zealand, these countries have all seen very zealand, these countries have all seen very rapid growth in the number of international students they are getting, whereas here it is pretty

much flat—lining. in 2012, a visa scream aloud graduates to stay on was scrapped. the universities want people... to get that crucial work experience in the uk and to perhaps then add that to their portfolio of skills to take home. the government says there are already various routes that would allow international graduates to stay in the uk. what are they? at the moment if you come to the uk and you do a masters degree or a first degree here, you need to stay on and get a employer to sponsor you. . the employer to sponsor you. . the employer has to to apply to the government for a licence. it is argued smaller companies are under

—— to into this talent. next year, there is going to be a start—up visa. as it implies, it is for intricate and is who want to bash entrepreneurs who want to set up a company here. the government says that wants to be another route. there is no doubt that we are the very least stagnating in international race and they are quite crucial in terms of money for universities. international students pay very universities. international students pay very hefty fees. we hear a lot about the costs of going to university for our own students but international students pay much higherfees international students pay much higher fees and that helped subsidise universities here. higher fees and that helped subsidise universities harem higher fees and that helped subsidise universities here. if the government likely to heed what the universities are saying about wanting this, these new rules that would allow international students to stay? we know that theresa may has been very wedded to the migration target that the government has of not allowing too many more

people in, compared to the number of people in, compared to the number of people going out but there is a sense there is a bit of a shift going on behind the scenes and university certainly feel that some cabinet members, some conservative backbenchers, are beginning to shift their thinking on this because in a post—brexit world, if we want to do trade deals with countries around the world, countries like india for example, they may be asking in return for more visa options for their very skilled people to come here. recruitment from india to uk universities has halved in the last five years. when theresa may went to india ona five years. when theresa may went to india on a visit, it was an issue raised with her as one of crucial importance in terms of future relationships. we arejust relationships. we are just getting some news through from our correspondent saying that ed sheeran ‘s promoter is to be sued for multi—million pound fraud by viagogo. no more

details at the moment. we will be speaking to simon jack details at the moment. we will be speaking to simonjack has or as we can to get the very latest from him on that. doctors are being urged to write letters in clear, simple english that's easier for patients to understand. new guidance has been issued by the academy of medical royal colleges, encouraging consultants to stop using latin phrases and medicaljargon. it comes after gps reported that some patients were having to book appointments just to have technical terms explained. an american football player who protested against racial injustice by kneeling during the us national anthem has been revealed as the face of nike's new advertising campaign. colin kaepernick first protested in august 2016. other players followed his lead by kneeling during the anthem, leading to criticism from president trump. caroline rigby reports. "believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything" — the words of former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick, part of an advertising campaign for the sports brand nike. kaepernick was at the san francisco 49ers when he began kneeling during the national anthem

in the 2016 nfl season, a protest against racial injustice and police brutality — what he saw as state oppression against african—americans and people of colour. his actions sparked a wider movement and national debate, criticised by some, including president trump, for being disrespectful to both the american flag and the military. now a free agent, kaepernick is suing the nfl, alleging team owners colluded to prevent him from signing with another team. being chosen as the face of nike's latest advertising venture is likely to be welcomed by many, but raise eyebrows too. in a statement, the company said... news of kaepernick‘s involvement comes just days before the first

game of the new nfl season, where protests could once again flare up. this advert yet more proof that sports continues to be a front line in the american political and racial divide. caroline rigby, bbc news. japan is being battered by one of the most powerful typhoons to hit the country in a quarter of a century. typhoon jebi has forced thousands of people from their homes, and led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. winds of up to 107 miles an hour are sweeping across the country, with cities like kobe, osaka and tokyo all bracing themselves for the worst. jenny kumah has the latest. this extraordinary weather is causing some extraordinary sights.

typhoonjebi, one of the most powerful in 25 years, is causing widespread disruption. winds have reached up to 172 kilometres per hour. transport is badly hit. this is the runway at an international airport. it is built on a man—made island about five kilometres off the coast of osaka in western japan. hundreds of flights have been cancelled. this bridge, leading to the airport is also closed, strong winds blew a tanker into it. the storms have led to power cuts, with 350,000 buildings reported to be without electricity. debris from buildings and trees made it dangerous out on the streets.

so far though, typhoon jebi, which means ‘swallow‘ korean, doesn't seem to be as deadly as the severe weather injuly. landslides and floods killed 200 people then. many have stayed put and braved it out, but around a million people have been advised to evacuate. some have opted for the calm of the shelter. others are recording the images of this devastating weather from their homes. now it's time for a look at the weather. for the last few weeks, we have been seeing multiple storms heading towards japan. they have had it really rough this season. incidentally, we could see a

hurricane landing in the gulf coast. we will keep you updated on that. a dry day for most of us. this is what it looks like through today. notice that just that south—eastern portion, london, a warm spot often but not the case for the rest of us. crowds across northern and central parts of england. maybe even a shower or a thunderstorm in east anglia and the south—east. 0nce again, a dry night for most of us. tomorrow, it a lot of dry weather across the bulk of the uk. the temperatures, high is tomorrow, 21 in london. 14 in stornoway. hello. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... tsb's chief executive paul pester has resigned after a botched computer upgrade gave hundreds of thousands of customers problems

accessing online banking. decision day for labour as the party's ruling body is set to meet this lunchtime to decide whether to adopt in full the internationanal definition of anti—semitism. police are increasingly using powerful artificial intelligence to solve complex crimes, including cctv facial recognition and programmes that scan documents for incriminating evidence. japan is facing its strongest typhoon in a quarter of a century as more than a million people are urged to evacuate their homes. also coming up — our technology correspondent hears what facebook has to say after it emerged that police were unable to access the account of a man suspected of murdering a 13—year—old girl. public health england is urging over 30s to take an online test to discover their heart age to see if they're at increased risk of suffering a heart attack or a stroke.

they predict about 80% of them could be prevented if heart health were improved. the health body says as many as four out of five people have hearts more damaged than they should be given their age. professorjamie waterall from public health england is here. wow that sounds like a lot of people with heart older than their age. why is that? we know that too many people are dying unnecessarily or developing things like heart attacks and strokes and you have already mentioned, these are largely preve nta ble. mentioned, these are largely preventable. about 80% of these heart attacks and strokes could be avoided. giving that heart attack instructs other leading cause of death in women, we have got to get more focused on prevention. the aim of this hard age test is to find out what their actual risk is and what they can do to reduce that risk. what are the worst things for your

heart? we know that the main cause is high blood pressure and we have got about 5.6 million people living in the with undiagnosed high blood pressure. things like smoking increase your risk, obesity. physical inactivity, jerking too much alcohol, for example. but the accumulation of these risk factors over yea rs increases accumulation of these risk factors over years increases our chances of having a heart attack or stroke. and thatis having a heart attack or stroke. and that is why we are encouraging people to take the test and find out what the risk is and try to lower it. i had a look at it earlier, and you need to have a certain amount of things that you need to know around her own health to get an accurate picture. your cholesterol level, your blood pressure. they are important, but it is not crucial that you don't have it. if you do not have it, you could just set the national average, but at the end of the test, it will prompt you to go

and get to it and then put it in and you can get a more accurate reading. iam 47, you can get a more accurate reading. i am 47, but my age was 50 on it. i know that i have lobe blood pressure, but i didn't know the stats. how accurate is it? if you've got the correct figures? this is a very accurate test. we have been using it for many years. i started my career career in nursing and we still today do this in a clinical setting. the differences we are now letting people do this themselves. the vast majority of people what they need to do to lower the risk is ta ke they need to do to lower the risk is take control of some of those lifestyle factors. for a small number of people it will be things like blood pressure and cholesterol. for the vast majority it will be about for the vast majority it will be a bout lifestyle for the vast majority it will be about lifestyle changes that they can manage. what should be be aiming for in terms of our hard age. ideally the same age. some people can actually have it lower if they

have got a really good management of those risk factors. as you have said, we know that about four out of five people have a hard age older than what they are. but really important, we can prevent this. 80% of these heart attacks and strokes are happening prematurely and could be avoided if people took more action on stopping them happening in the first place. when you say happening prematurely, what sort of age? the way we look at this is under 75 is what we look at. and we know that a good proportion of those heart attacks and strokes are occurring under the age of 75. it is never too late nor is it too early. what we encourage is people should ta ke what we encourage is people should take the test, find out what their specific risk is. the great thing is it will give you the specific information that is important to you and prompts you through to advice and prompts you through to advice and information on how to manage that. there's another bit of the tool that will allow you to press a button that says if i were to stop

smoking what would that do or lower my blood pressure what would that do for my heart? specific information important to you. if you want to do the test, one way of accessing is by the test, one way of accessing is by the bbc news page. the social media networking giant — facebook — has responded to calls for it to hand over information on a suspect in the murder of 13—year—old lucy mchugh. it emerged that hampshire police were unable to access the facebook account of the suspect who refused to reveal his password. this comes after the met police commissioner — cressida dick — said detectives should have access to material from social media companies within minutes. she made the comments this morning on nick ferrari's lbc radio show. what i see across terrorism, across child sexual exploitation, which the home secretary was talking about yesterday, violent crime, they are trying to help us more and more and more. i absolutely think that in certain instances, and it sounds to me like this is one, law enforcement in the uk ought to be able to have vital evidence

which might bring somebody to justice. within minutes? absolutely. there are practical things and legal things for them, which i do respect. it is not as straightforward as it sounds, but i think that is where we should be. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones can tell us what facebook have said on the matter. she says it is not straightforward, but obviously would ideally like to have access to accounts when needed. what are the sort of issues around this? facebook has said very little. 0n the record, they said this is a terrible case our hearts go out to the family. we are working closely with the law enforcement. i've been speaking to sources within facebook who say there is a legal process, it is known as m lat. it is called this

the mutual legal assistance treaty. they liken it to getting a warrant, but a digital version. they say they have no control over that. that is the process. they are as frustrated as anybody else by the time it takes to do this and apparently there are discussions going on within the uk government and the us government about a new process, which would make it faster. obviously it is taking too much time from the view of both the family and the police. they are also stressing that they have a team which cooperates on these matters and is working with these matters and is working with the police, the hampshire police, and the police have confirmed that the accounts and questions have been frozen. so nothing can be deleted. the evidence will be there once they get the key to unlock it. they will

get the key to unlock it. they will get it isjust get the key to unlock it. they will get it is just the case of how long it will take. yes. obviously a lot of criticism of facebook saying they should circumvent the legal process. they are saying, and you sort of heard in the previous segment that we can't just heard in the previous segment that we can'tjust go around the process. thank you very much. the man chosen by president trump for the vacant seat on the us supreme court, brett kavanaugh, is expected to face hostile questioning today at the start of his confirmation hearing. democrat senators are furious that more than 100,000 pages of documents from mr kavanaugh's time as a white house adviser have not been released. he is regarded as a conservative on many social issues, however, he's pledged to uphold the landmark ruling in 1973 that gave women the right to abortions. to be appointed to the supreme court, brett kavanaugh must be endorsed by a majority in the senate. 0ur washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue is on capitol hilljoins us now from new york. why has trump nominated kavanaugh?

why is this so important it is such a different system from here. yes it is. and the reason for that is the supreme court in this country adjudicates on issues surrounding the constitution and they can be very far—reaching. if you think back to recent issues such as gay marriage, the legalization of gay marriage, the legalization of gay marriage nationwide. that was a decision made by the supreme court. when you think about the early days of president 0bama's health—care reforms. they could have been told off by the supreme court if a decision had gone against him when he was in power. the right to carry arms, or handguns, all these things ended up being decided by the supreme court. so it matters who is on that court. there are nine judges. as things stand, there is a split between four liberals and four conservatives. the man whojust retired with the swing vote on that. sometimes he sided with liberals

especially with gay rights. the man that president shrub has nominated is definitely conservative and that is definitely conservative and that is why the democrats are so upset about this because brett kavanaugh is 53. it is a lifetime appointment. if he is confirmed, as we expect he will be later this month, then that will be later this month, then that will set the direction, the ideological direction of the us supreme court for decades to come. what is likely to happen? there will be four days of questioning of brett kavanaugh. there will be a vote in the senate leader in the month. they need a simple majority to get him through, the republicans have that. 51 votes to 49. there are a couple of republican senators who have not absolutely declared which way they will go. they are are particularly two senators. they are pro—choice, if you like. they are in favour of abortion rights. they will be an easy about brett kavanaugh's

approach to the abortion issue. on the other side of that, you have got democrats that are running for election, or reelection in the midterms and they —— in very republican state and they will be very wary about voting against president trump's pic. that would do them significant damage in those elections. you've got a bit of math on this side and a bit on the other. they will probably get their way and they will probably get confirmed, as i say, later this month. thank you very much, gary. let's get more now on one of our main stories. labour's ruling body meet this lunchtime to vote on adopting the full international definition of anti—semitism, which was partially incorporated into the party's code of conduct injuly. jeremy corbyn has repeatedly promised to fight anti—semitism within the labour party, but continues to face accusations that the issue isn't being taken seriously. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo explores how the issue has come to trouble the party and why labour's anti—semitism problem isn't going away. ed sheeran's promoter,

stuart galbraith is being sued by ticker reseller viagogo for an alleged multi—million—pound fraud. our business editor simon jack is here. tell us more. what they are alleging is that customers who bought their tickets via viagogo would turn up to venues where ensuring's promoter —— ed's or motor would set up fake stalls saying customers of viagogo comes this way. their tickets would be voided and then said if you will buy another one you can get into the gig- buy another one you can get into the gig. and if you bought tickets for an viagogo, you can get a refund. what it means effectively, it is being alleged that customers were being alleged that customers were being charged twice for the same ticket being told they could get a refu nd ticket being told they could get a refund of one of them and they are

alleging that stewart pocketed that money knowing that viagogo would not be able to give the refund. customers are being charged twice and stuart is pocketing up to millions of ponds, allegedly. there has been a long—running feud. millions of ponds, allegedly. there has been a long-running feud. there certainly has. viagogo have been criticised and others for inflating the face value of tickets. they got into trouble with authorities for not putting all the fees on the website including vat. i think the timing of this is interesting. because viagogo is due in select committee to look at some of this. the advertising standards authority has had a go at viagogo for not advertising their prices correctly. although the complaint has been dropped against him, nevertheless

the competition, the markets authority is still looking into this. i say a long—running feud between artist and the promoters and the ticket resellers. this is a pretty unexpected twist to file this motion in a german court. it related toa motion in a german court. it related to a european tour. i've tried to make contact but as of yet i have not heard back from him. thank you very much. president trump has issued a warning that an assault on the syrian rebel—held region of idlib could lead to the deaths of thousands of civilians. with rebels defeated in most of syria, the northern province of idlib remains the key territory of the rebel groups that could prove to be the last major battle of the syrian civil war. it's also the place to which many thousands of people have been evacuated from other rebel—held cities, when they were over—run by government forces. david campa nale reports. home to around three million civilians, many of whom fled there to escape fighting in other parts of syria, the province of idlib is the last major stronghold of the rebels fighting the government of bashar al—assad.

for the syrian army and its allies on the ground, russia and iran, capturing idlib has become a major priority and thousands of troops have already been deployed to the area with the aim of driving out the 30,000 or so rebel fighters who are thought to be holed up there. the united nations envoy to syria has called for humanitarian corridors to be set up to allow civilians to be evacuated temporarily. the un fears that an assault on idlib could spark a humanitarian crisis, the likes of which even syria has yet to see. president trump is now backing the assessment, warning russia and iran in a tweet against taking part in the sort of reckless attack, as he put it, in which hundreds of thousands of people could lose their lives. nato ally turkey shares that view. translation: a breakdown in the cease—fire in idlib and an attack by the regime would be

disastrous for syria and the region. it would be a disaster from all sides from a humanitarian point of view and from a security point of view. president al—assad has full support of russia, whose foreign minister has said what he called terrorists must be wiped out in idlib, accusing them of using civilians as human shields. with russian and iranian leaders due to meet later this week in tehran to discuss the situation in idlib, few believe the consternation expressed by western leaders will cause serious and its allies to curb their military ambitions. a large fire at a school in east london, which was due to re—open this week, has been brought under control. the blaze at roding primary school in dagenham started just before 5 o'clock this morning. the london fire brigade say it's too soon to say what might have caused it.

there are no reports of injuries. only a generation ago, measles was killing up to two and a half million people a year worldwide. vaccinations brought that figure down into the tens of thousands as vaccination programmes wiped it out in some countries. but now there is a resurgence, particularly in europe. romania and italy each reported more than 5,000 cases in the last year. but a vote by italy's upper house has reversed a law making vaccinations compulsory. this report from james reynolds contains pictures of people being given injections, so if you don't want to see those, look away now. manuela has brought her eight—month—old son samuel for his compulsory jabs. he can't start in nursery without his official certificates, but his mother is here very reluctantly. translation: i am only doing this because they are mandatory. i am worried about what is in them. this fear, not backed by scientific findings, stops some parents

from getting their kids inoculated. it has caused measles to rise. the previous government reacted by making jabs mandatory. translation: it is a small percentage of people who don't want to get vaccines. our objective is to reach 95% of the population, and in this sense the current law is helping. but the new populist government may get rid of compulsory vaccinations. the interior minister matteo salvini told a crowd in tuscany that children can't be left out of schools simply because they haven't been vaccinated. ariana, a teacher, told me she decided not to give her five—year—old daughter the measles jab. translation: i am for free choice and against mandatory, mass, indiscriminate vaccinations. i think evaluation should be done case—by—case. every child is different.

italy's new populist mood is based on the assumption that individuals know better than governments, doctors and experts, but scientists warned that this belief puts the country's health at risk. it causes diseases like measles to spread. italy's most senior paediatrician now has to persuade families to ignore their unfounded fears about vaccines. when you give this kind of information, it is very hard to change the mind of the people. we are trying to do our best but probably what we need is really education, also in the school, but it is not only an italian problem, it is a worldwide problem. the rejection of accepted science means the return of a disease which can be fought with a proven vaccine. in the end, though, the politics is much more complicated than that medicine.

james reynolds, bbc news, rome. a pair of identical twins in the united states have been celebrating their 102nd birthday together. ann and gussie crumby are from hancock county in georgia. the sisters turned 102 in may, but have just got round to throwing a party with family and friends. the two went their seperate ways for a while, to have their own families the twins. but they reunited in the late 90s and have been inseparable since — even wearing matching clothing, as you can see. they‘ re taking their advanced years in their stride. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news but first a time for a look at the weather. it is looking a little bit cooler for most of us today. there is quite a lot of cloud around and this is

the trend really. there's going to be more cloud in a greater chance of catching some rain. it went to get cooler and cooler. there is a lot of cloud out there in the atlantic. we we re cloud out there in the atlantic. we were looking at this yesterday. the weather systems are pushing through. no real rain cloud today. just an area cloud stretching from eastern parts of scotland to newcastle are down into birmingham. generally speaking it is a dry day. the south seas, there is still some warmth there. 23 in london. here, it is going to be a little bit fresher this afternoon. you can see behind me, there is an area of low pressure. and the weather front is approaching the time being most of us looking drive. apart from that extreme southeastern part of the country, into east anglia. there could even be a rumble of thunder. tomorrow, again a generally dry day across the uk. notice that the weather front, this weather fronts is starting to move in and bringing

outbreaks of rain. parts of northern ireland and still across yorkshire and northern ireland, the weather is looking fine. 0n and northern ireland, the weather is looking fine. on thursday, we start to see a change. a lot of cloud is coming. some rain showers feeding in there on the north westerly winds. you can get the sense it is going to feel quite fresher. actually for some of us there could be quite a bit of heavy rain around. pretty silly from the showers across northern areas. making 20 in the southeast, but it is really cooling off after that. on friday, low pressure is in charge of the weather across many parts of the northern areas. we could get it way with —— we could get away with some sunshine in the south. by the time we get to friday afternoon, it is looking more u nsettled. friday afternoon, it is looking more unsettled. just a quick outlook into

the weekend. temperatures around the teens for the most of us. going up a little bit in the southeast, but generally speaking it is looking pretty unsettled for many of us. paying the price for the computer fiasco that locked customers out of their bank accounts — the boss of tsb stands down. paul pester will still receive a pay—off worth more than £1.5 million. tsb customers say it's right that he should go. computers were haywire. and i think it was time. we'll be analysing what's gone wrong at tsb and who's to blame. also this lunchtime... protests at labour's hq as the party's national executive decides whether to accept an international definition of anti—semitism. the murder of a 13—year—old girl. demands that facebook hand over the password of her suspected killer. how old is your heart? an online test to determine your

risk of a heart attack or a stroke.