today at five. more details emerge about the second russian suspect involved in the salisbury chemical attack. investigators say he's a military doctor called alexander mishkin and a decorated hero of the russian federation who works for the intelligence agency the gru. they are a military outfit that is very aggressive and ambitious in doing things and they do not necessarily care as much about the consequences as your more traditional secret agencies. we'll be talking to a former british intelligence officer about the latest on that story. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. a waste disposal company is stripped of its nhs contracts in england — after hundreds of tonnes of medical waste from hospitals were allowed to pile up. in brussels talking brexit — the leader of the democratic unionists arlene foster insists again that she won't accept any customs barriers within the uk. we could not support any arrangement which would give rise to either customs or regulatory barriers within the uk internal market. the us ambassador to

the united nations, nikki haley, appears alongside president trump to announce that she will stand down at the end of the year. and — is it a case of the strictly curse? seann walsh's now former girlfriend hits back — saying she's not a victim. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is the revelation that the second suspect in the salisbury poisoning case was a doctor — and a highly decorated russian military intelligence officer — according to an investigative website. bellingcat said it used a combination of online material and leaked documents to identify alexander mishkin as someone linked to the attack in march.

it said president vladimir putin had presented him with the hero of the russian federation award. when asked about the naming of mrmishkin, the kremlin would not comment. last month — bellingcat named the first suspect as anatoliy chepiga — a claim also rejected by russia. the bbc understands british officials are not disputing the identification, as our correspondent naomi grimley reports. until now, this man has been known to the world as alexander petrov. he is a suspect in the salisbury poisoning case which started as an attempted assassination of a former russian spy and his daughter, and then, three months later, led to the death of a british woman, dawn sturgess, after she accidentally handled the deadly nerve agent. the website bellingcat, run by investigative journalists, has revealed the man's real identity is alexander mishkin. it even obtained images

of his passport. so what do we know about him so far? well, he was born on the 13th ofjuly 1979 in northern russia. his rank is unknown, but he is believed to be a military doctor. he was recruited by russia's military intelligence agency, the gru, as a student. he was made a hero of the russian federation in 2014 for actions in ukraine. unlike the other suspect in this case, who's already been named, mishkin has less of an online presence. so it's taken longer to establish his true identity down to his hometown. the journalists who did this work found themselves heckled at westminster by protestors who think they are stooges for western intelligence services. the man who founded bellingcat said that a lot of their material

comes from open sources. there's an awful lot of information that's become available, partly from the rise of the use of smartphones and apps and social media sharing. we have had the availability of satellite imagery becoming more common, thanks to google earth and other platforms and websites. google street view as well. all kinds of information being shared online. you can piece that together to gain a greater understanding of different situations. that is something people are coming round to recognising on a larger scale. only last week, we learned how the gru had sent a team of spies to the hague to try and hack the computer systems of the opcw, the body responsible for testing samples of the nerve agent. the dutch authorities laid out in embarrassing detail the workings of a spy mission gone wrong, which should have been top—secret. they are a military outfit that is very aggressive and ambitious in doing things, and they don't necessarily care

as much about consequences as your more traditional secret agencies. all the investigative digging of the intelligence agencies and journalists means the story the two salisbury suspects told about visiting the city's famous cathedral spire is now looking ever more threadbare. philip ingram is with me — a former senior intelligence officer in the british army. what has been raised as a principal question or set of questions by this revelation today? well you have a in assassination attempts so his professional reputation is now ripped to shreds but it is further evidence that russian intelligence services need to look at their

operational security. for investigative journalism site to get this level of detail on any intelligence agency is significant. we tend to associate this kind of level of activity if it goes on out of moscow as being something vigorously controlled but you are saying in this incident was not? the controls for the operations and operationally it went quite well, they made a mistake in dropping the novichok bottle. the russian team did not make a mistake, it was intelligence that led to their arrest, it was a low risk operation for them but not real mistakes by the fact that operatives have been compromised by registering their home address as gru headquarters, very basic personal security things that should not happen. what will be going on do you think within this organisation, the gru, there's no

real equivalent in the uk? we do not have the equivalent, it is one of the three russian intelligence agencies. but the equivalent to the gru. and to controls the gru? well the head is a general that is close to president putin but i understand and this is unconfirmed, i read it in one report last night, that he had been called in for a dressing down by president putin and since then has gone on sick leave. so we're likely to see some power moves inside the jail you. and we're looking at the way that are training the operatives. but they have around 300 operatives now in the world that they, use. a massive set back for them but the speed with which much of this information came out and identifications were made. what kind of impact will let us have? they

will have been surprised at the speed of information coming out and they will be bowled over by the way telling cat has managed to do this. and probably will try to work out how they will fix this. but this is only affecting one service, the gru. theirforeign intelligence only affecting one service, the gru. their foreign intelligence service, they said that salisbury was unprofessionally done, having a little internal swipe i think at the gru. looking at what happened in salisbury, at the loss of life there and this identification taking place now, do you think british intelligence will be satisfied that they have their identities of all those involved, or not? what has been released, i would assess is not the identity of everyone involved. this was much more complex than two people being there. they would have had to study the life pattern of

sergei and yulia skripal. that they used the door handle, that there was no party organised that might with all the neighbours and things like that so i believe another team will have been doing a pattern of life study beforehand. british intelligence services may know who they are but that has not come out. you think it could? it definitely could come out, we certainly have not seen everything to do with the police investigation. the would—be assassins would have been way protective equipment applying anotherjock protective equipment applying another jock and we protective equipment applying anotherjock and we had no statement as yet as to what happened to that. so more detailed to come out. thank you very much. a company has been stripped of contracts to dispose of clinical waste from nhs hospitals in england and wales fter it fell behind in incinerating the material and allowed it pile up at its sites. healthcare environmental services — which retains its contracts

in scotland — was responsible for disposing of waste including body parts. a new contract has now been signed with another company to provide the service. the health minister has been speaking in the comments in the past half—hour and insisted there was no risk to public health. the primary was concerned was too much waste was being held by the contractor, health care environmental services this included waste collected from hospitals and other public services. this waste was stored securely but not being disposed of within the correct regulatory timescales. the department of health and social care, the nhs, environment agency and cabinet office have worked together to resolve these issues with our priority has to be ensured proper measures are put in place to enable trusts to continue operating

as normal. our health correspondent dominic hughes is in our salford studio. what you make of the statement, just put that in context for us customer win over 15 of these nhs contracts that health care environmental services held have now been terminated. that was done on sunday afternoon at four o'clock. we know that before that nhs improvement, one of the bodies that oversees standards in the health service, they went to health care environmental services and gave them 48 hours to prove that they could actually fulfil the contract in the light of this environment agency criminal investigation into the way that materials were stored on sites around england. after 48 hours it was concluded they could not fulfil the contract and so those 15 contracts were terminated. we know there are another 35 so nhs

organisations who still have outstanding contracts and it is likely that once alternative providers can be found for those contracts as well, that they will also be terminated. thank you very much. the leader of the democratic unionists — arlene foster — has been holding talks in brussels with the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier ahead of next week's crucial eu summit. the irish border remains the key outstanding issue. earlier the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, failed to give explicit backing to theresa may's chequers plan for brexit but says the prime minister can count on her support. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. will you get a brexit deal next week, minister? back to work in westminster this morning and they know it is crunch time for the brexit talks. the prime minister hopes her top team will stay backing her approach...

are you facing brexit mutiny? ..to face down discontent within her party. after a speech in london this morning, one of the cabinet's leading brexit supporters for the first time publicly gave her view on the government's plans. the prime minister can count on my support but what i would say is that we don't know where this is going to end up. we are at a critical moment now. the issue currently is that the ball is firmly back in the eu's court. we are waiting for them to respond. brussels has dismissed as unworkable the government's offer of what has become the chequers plan for a future relationship, and how to prevent checks returning to the irish border is holding up the negotiations. this morning in brussels, for talks with the eu's chief negotiator were northern ireland parties, including the dup, making clear their red lines. there cannot be barriers to trade in the uk internal market which would damage the economic

well—being of northern ireland and therefore we can not support any arrangements which would give rise to either customs or regulatory barriers within the uk internal market. even if a brexit deal is agreed in the coming weeks, it must then be approved by parliament. never mind the opposition parties, it's conservative mps — the brexit secretary is just making a state meant in the commons. we made progress on issues such as data and information and police and judicial corporation and administrative procedures after the date of exit. we've also been discussing our proposals on the linkage needed between the withdrawal agreement and future relationship and the eu is engaging constructively. on the water on it

protocol we remain committed to the undertakings we made in the joint report in december to agree a backstop in case there is a delay between the end of implementation period and the entry into force of the treaty on future elation ship pulled up that was agreed to avoid any risk of a return for hard border in the intervening period. we will not accept anything that threatens the constitutional or economic integrity of the uk. creating any form of customs border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk which is what you proposed would put that at risk and that is not acceptable. as my right honourable friend the prime minister said it is not something that she or any british by minister could conceivably agreed to. we are engaging with you on or off to london proposals that preserve the integrity of the uk and they will be in line with the commitments made in december including the commitment that no new regulatory barriers

should be created between northern ireland and the rest of uk less than northern ireland executive and assembly agree. on the future relationship we continue to make progress for example on both the internal and external security arrangements forfuture internal and external security arrangements for future cooperation although there's still some to go. and the prime minister presented proposals on the economic partnership to eu leaders at the informal summit in salzburg. we understand the eu by some concerned especially around the distinction between goods and services under the common rule book and with respect to the facilitated customs arrangement, we continue to engage constructively with the eu and continue to press our case. the uk white paper proposals are the best way of ensuring there is continued frictionless trade in goods after the uk gives the eu was fulfilling the uk gives the eu was fulfilling thejoint commitment the uk gives the eu was fulfilling the joint commitment to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland and respecting the referendum. these negotiations are a lwa ys referendum. these negotiations are always bound to be tough in the final stretch and that is all the

more reason why final stretch and that is all the more reason why we final stretch and that is all the more reason why we should hold our nerve and stay resolute unfocused andi nerve and stay resolute unfocused and i remain confident we will reach and i remain confident we will reach a deal this autumn. because it is still in the best interests of uk and the eu. it is the best way of protecting trade between the uk and the eu, trade which underpinsjobs across the continent, the best way of making sure we continue to cooperate seamlessly on security matters and tackle crime and terrorism and keep uk and european citizens say. it is the best way to avoid a hard border in northern ireland and that would adversely affect communities living there or indeed separating northern ireland from great written which we will not countenance. to achieve these aims the uk has brought forward serious and credible proposals and we continue to engage with the eu to press our case and better understand the nature of some of their concerns for the equally it is time for the eu to match the ambition and pragmatism that we have shown. while

we intensify our negotiations to secure the deal that we want, the deal that we expect, were also expediting preparations for no deal. in case you do not match the ambition and pragmatism that we have shown. as the prime minister stated on the 21st of september after the salzburg summit, the government has made clear we will unilaterally protect the rights of you citizens in the uk in the event of no deal. to the three men we say you are our friends, our neighbours, our colleagues, we want you to stay and we will be setting up the details as soon as is practicable. we also now urged the eu and all its member states to step up and give uk citizens on the continent the same reassurances. it is time on both sides to provide all citizens that comfort and with that confidence. since i last updated the house in

september we published 52 more technical notices and to further batches, inform people, businesses and other keys stakeholders of the steps they need to take if we do not reach a deal with the eu. the cover a wide range of sectors, overblown other work taking place across government over the past two years. they cover and enable us to prepare the uk for brexit irrespective of the uk for brexit irrespective of the outcome of the negotiations. they acknowledged that there are risks to know your scenario and also demonstrates the steps that we will ta ke to demonstrates the steps that we will take to avoid, mitigate and manage any potential short—term risks and disruption. overall now we have published 77 technical notices which form part of the proportionate measures that we are taking to prepare the country for every eventuality. most recent batch of technical notices were published on the 24th of september set out in a written ministerial statement today, there are 24 which range from aviation and advice for airlines on the impact of no deal and actions

for them to consider to maintain services on the day we leave the eu, through to car insurance and the arrangements to ensure green cars will be available free of charge from insurance companies to enable uk drivers to continue to drive on the confident. the publication of the confident. the publication of the technical notices enable further engagement as part of or no deal planning so for example, our earlier technical note is on beauty that up the vat changes companies will need to prepare for when importing or exporting goods from the eu and supplying services to the eu or interacting with eu vat systems. that was welcomed by the uk chamber of commerce and we are grateful to them and all stakeholders for their construct them and all stakeholders for their co nstru ct of them and all stakeholders for their construct of ongoing engagement on that necessary plan. more broadly i met with the british chambers, race, the cbi, the institute of direct risk and federation of small businesses as part of the government and business advisory group on the 17th of september to make sure that we are explaining or negotiating

proposals and no deal planning and listening to uk businesses of all sizes and across all sectors. we will keep providing people and businesses with the advice that they need as we negotiate our exit from the eu. we also keep working with the eu. we also keep working with the devolved administrations on all aspects of planning for an exit. i intended thejoint aspects of planning for an exit. i intended the joint ministerial committee in september and it is now much 12 times and our last meeting was a valuable opportunity to give the devolved administrations of all update on the negotiations as well as discuss the necessary no deal planning. we continue to listen carefully to all of their views. that is the way that we have put herself in the best position to make the very best of brexit and i commend this statement to the house. sarah keirstarmer. i commend this statement to the house. sarah keir starmer. i would thank the secretary of state for advanced fight of his statement and it is always good to see him in his place. cani

always good to see him in his place. can i politely point out that it would've been much better if this statement had come the prime minister. it is no good hiding behind the salzburg summit by calling it informal, it was the prime minister who pushed for the brexit issue to be on the agenda and the prime minister has failed to secure a breakthrough. so it should be the prime minister and not the secretary of state in parliament this afternoon explaining what went wrong. after all, whilst the prime minister was negotiating involved broke, the state was busy writing gimmicky letters to me about labour policy. i have to save the image of

the secular state writing gimmicky letters to me on the day of the salzburg negotiation speaks absolutely for itself. it would also have been better if the statement today contain details of substantive progress but instead it is like groundhog day, we get the same old story. the secular state against that everything is going according to plan, it isjust a question of crossing the tees and everything will be all right in the end. if it isn't, we just crash out with no deal and declare it to be a great success. deal and declare it to be a great success. i note the brexit secretary will be tempted in reply to me to do what he usually does, read out his preprepared lines about me and the labour party. can i urge him... can iurge him... labour party. can i urge him... can i urge him... can i urge him to

resist that temptation and to respond to the very serious questions that this house and the country deserve answers to. firstly, this secretary of state repeatedly assured parliament including from that dispatch box themselves, but a deal would be reached by the october council, his words. that is next week. the statement contains no such statement today. so could he firstly update the house on when he now expects the deal to be put before parliament. secondly it is all very well the secretary of state saying we're closing in on a workable solutions. and listing the areas of agreement reached months ago. but we have been here before. many times. and that overlooks the fact that the remaining bit is the hard bit of agreeing the backstop in northern ireland. a solemn commitment was made to a legally binding backstop in northern ireland in all

circumstances last december. ten months later, ten months later come up months later, ten months later come up orwe months later, ten months later come up or we are months later, ten months later come up or we are hearing is that the government will publish updated proposals on the backstop at some unspecified date. with nine days to go, when will that be? there is no answer in the statement today and we need an answer. and count the secretary of state take the opportunity now to scotch rumours that the government is not even intending to publish a backstop proposal by next week? i'm repeatedly asked what i would do, i would happily... iwould happily swa p would happily... iwould happily swap sides. and there would be a lot more progress in the negotiations.

i have reason to say to you before mr spencer, i have reason to say to you before mrspencer, i'm quite i have reason to say to you before mr spencer, i'm quite worried about you, i always will guide you as a rather laid—back gentlemanly farmer. you seem to have mutated into something altogether more vociferous and aggressive. i cannot believe it is what you're eating full stop it is what you're eating full stop it is being reported on the backstop that the government are now willing to accept an indefinite uk wide customs union as part of the northern ireland backstop offer. customs union as part of the northern ireland backstop offenm course not using the actual words customs union, so can the secular state said the record straight, is a customs union now government policy at least for the northern ireland backstop, yes or no? thirdly the secular state repeatedly told parliament that the final deal but this house votes on would include a

clear blueprint for the future relationship with the eu. in recent days the government has been emphasising just how precise this will be. yet it is nowhere to be seen, chequers proposals have been widely rejected by the eu and by mps across this house. and there is growing concern out that the government is heading for known deal. as recent warnings from businesses including toyota and bmw underlined. if it is not no deal thena underlined. if it is not no deal then a vague real, asking us tojump and fold into the unknown. labour will not support that. so can the secretary of state take this opportunity to rule out a vague or blind brexit? for all the warm words, the reality is that the government has had 18 months and have not even concluded the terms of

the withdrawal agreement and barely started negotiating the details of the future relationship with the eu. responsible government would realise the fix is in, instead this government simply repeats the mantra, it is the chequers plan or no deal. it is not so much nothing has changed as nothing can change. this is not a necessity, this is a political choice and it is deeply irresponsible. no government, no government has the right to plunge the country into chaos as a result of its own failure. time is running out, but there still time to change course and i urge the secretary of state to do so. sarah keir starmer responding to the statement by the brexit secretary dominic raab in the house of commons, the statement after the salzburg stomach —— salzburg summit described officially

as an informal summit and that a p pa re ntly as an informal summit and that apparently is the reason that the prime minister is not there. so let's pick up on that statement, we ran through quite a few elements of that including preparations for no deal. quite a few questions from keir starmer on some of the technicalities. was there anything new in that statement by the brexit secretary? i think that is what is interesting, it is if we are in a holding pattern ahead of the stomach next week and then a possible emergency summit in november. —— the summit. the government is managing expectations about some big breakthrough next week, they do not wa nt to breakthrough next week, they do not want to be forced into that corner. interesting that keir starmer called for a change of tack from the prime minister, that call coming also from the former brexit secretary david davis who has written to all his conservative colleagues laying out again why he and dozens of other

conservatives just do not go along with the track that too is a once too. he feels the uk would end up far too close to the eu even after we leave and he is warning of dire electoral consequences if that were to happen but he thinks that voters would see through that and would not be happy, and there would be none of the benefits of brexit as he sees it and he says that we must reset negotiating strategy immediately. but coming from other conservatives as well. davis is suggesting is not talking about no deal as the alternative, he is now pushing for this idea of a much looser, free trade arrangement. that is really where many are now saying that the prime minister has to go. there are no signs though that she is going to do that. we are still waiting, we are waiting for many things, we are waiting for the government to come forward with this new tweak, this new proposal for this so—called

backstop, a fallback position to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. we are waiting too to see whether labour may swing behind the idea of another referendum. all of that could change everything. as we look ahead to a vote, possibly sometime before christmas on any deal, there are still so many permutations in all of this, it is incredibly difficult to predict and also mps say they can't say yet how they would vote. they are saying things now that would all change, depending on what happens in the next couple of weeks. thank you very much. we are going to stay on brexit because we mentioned there one of the key elements which is the issue of the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. we are going to talk to the ulster unionist leader who earlier was in the meeting in brussels attended by michel barnier. thanks harry much for wasting nations league to talk to us. i'm hoping you

heard it, did that statement makes sense to you in terms of whether government stands now and would you ta ke government stands now and would you take any issue with anything dominic raab said? i don't think there is anything new in what he said than what we have been hearing in the past two days. today we met michel barnier, yesterday we met with the uk ambassador to the eu and the irish ambassador to the eu and the number of political delegations in the european parliament. what worries me is this call for a change ta ct worries me is this call for a change tact in the negotiating form. what we are getting clearly here is not the timeframe for a change of tack. they are looking for a draft agreement in the next 5—7 days that needs to be taken back to the member states. i don't think there is a dramatic change of direction in how asians go on. there seems to be a willingness to engage. that is going

by. it is how about actually plays out over the next 5—7 days that will actually be crucial. i suppose one of the things that the backstop in its current format is not acceptable because, similar to the dup, we don't think that is worth breaking up don't think that is worth breaking up the integrity of the united kingdom and giving away the sovereignty of northern ireland. we need to see some sort of change in the current backstop proposal. tell us the current backstop proposal. tell usa the current backstop proposal. tell us a little more about that because this is clearly a fascinating aspect of the way that you view the negotiation as well. on that backstop, can you detect any kind of movement here which might allow you to move closer to where theresa may is today? or indeed, the stuff you have been told by michel barnier and his team. give our viewers some guidance as to where we are. when we are in the backstop in its current format, we see it as something that brea ks format, we see it as something that

breaks up the integrity of the united kingdom and removes northern ireland also should it be through customs or the regulations. it is not something, as unionists, but we would accept or condone in any form. the message coming very clearly from the current prime minister, we believe the best opportunity for a deal is actually with theresa may at this moment in time in the eu. where that stands and where that leaves northern ireland is something to be seen. there is talk out here at this moment about a hybrid backstop and where that takes us to and how that may be different to what is currently on the table at the moment. being realistic about the negotiations as a whole, we would like to see a point where the backstop isn't necessary and we would get a good deal between the united kingdom and the eu. i think thatis united kingdom and the eu. i think that is where the concentration should be over the next 5—7 days, rather than talking about changes in direction of the negotiations. michel barnier has a very firm hand

on the 27 and how they are coming forward on a joint platform. it is how the uk actually takes that relationship forward to make sure we get a good deal that benefits the uk, benefits the eu and especially doesn't leave northern ireland outside the united kingdom. do you accept that theresa may has a very difficult political balancing act and she is doing what she can with different constituencies? you are a very important constituency and are pa rt very important constituency and are part of that. do you think room for manoeuvre is so limited that she is unlikely to be able to offer something that you can agree with?|j think theresa may's problem at this moment in time is actually back in westminster and how she brings mps and even members of her own party onside. something that we have a lwa ys onside. something that we have always warned about since this became apparent. we believe as unionists that there would be a small lump of conservative mps who

would gladly sacrifice northern ireland for their pure brexit and i think that is something that gives the prime minister and most difficult task to convince that there is more to the integrity of there is more to the integrity of the united kingdom than obtaining a pure brexit that some of our backbenchers actually want. good to talk to you, thank you very much for giving us your views this afternoon. that is the leader of the ulster unionists. our banks to him for joining us today. the first most of scotla nd joining us today. the first most of scotland has told her party conference that scottish independence is clearly in sight. she accused the westminster government of stumbling from disaster to disaster while the scottish government, she said, was living up to its responsibility. she said it was up to the scottish people to choose their own future. it seems to me that one of the lasting casualties of brexit is the notion that the uk is in any sense a

partnership of equals. i will vote to remain in the eu ignored, the scottish government's, my plan to stay in the single market, dismissed. in request for a role in the negotiations cast aside. a raid on our parliament's powers. and when the scottish parliament said no to that raid, the uk government could and should have respected that decision. instead, they took us to court. that is not partnership, that is westminster control, scotland deserves better. nicola sturgeon speaking to the party conference earlier today. the time is 5:37pm here on the bbc. a convicted british paedophile is being sued for damages by five young people who claim they were sexually exploited by him while he was living in the philippines. douglas slade was jailed for 24 years in 2016 for abusing five boys here in the uk. our correspondent angus crawford reports. a dangerous and manipulative paedophile.

briton douglas slade now behind bars in the uk. but for 30 years, he lived here, angeles city in the philippines. it's claimed he would entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it is thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those who, in the west in particular, who think that they can go to far—away places such as the philippines and sexually abuse children and young people,

that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. prison officers in england and wales are to be issued with canisters of synthetic pepper spray to help deal with violence and disorder. the spray will be carried by officers in all publicly run prisons for men from 2019. the announcement comes as the prison governors' association accused the government of failing to react quickly enough to a ‘crisis' injails. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has the story. it's been used by police for years, and now prison officers will be carrying one, too. pava is the latest piece of equipment to help staff deal with violence behind bars. and this is how the pepper—like spray works. stop what you're doing! we were given a demonstration at hull prison, one of fourjails

where pava has been trialled. it's an exceptional measure, and we would only use it if we felt that there was harm likely to be caused to a person, a third party or ourselves, or to prevent violence or prevent that harm from taking place. so what is pava? it's a chemical called pelargonic acid vanillylamide. it causes eye irritation and coughing when sprayed from a short distance, but there are no long—lasting health effects. the symptoms usually wear off after half an hour. the government minister responsible for prisons told me pava spray acts as a deterrent, and could even save lives. if a prisoner were in a horrible situation, to be stamping on another prisoner's head, for example, that might be a situation in which instead of reaching for a baton, instead of waiting for back—up to turn up in 20 minutes' time, you may well want to say, "stop doing that, i have some pepper "spray, i have some pava spray."

prison officers in all adult male prisons will now be equipped with pava, at a cost of £2 million. but some say the relationship between prisoners and staff is the key to good order, and that needs far greater investment. it's ok having pava, it's ok having body worn cameras. you know, we've got lots of things in place now. but we need more people in our prisons to build those relationships to make our prisoners safe. pava will be widely available from next year, but it'll be assessed before a decision is made about allowing staff to use it in women's prisons and youth custody centres. danny shaw, bbc news. the us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, is to resign. she announced her resignation at the white house alongside president trump, who praised her for doing an ‘incredible job'. the president said he was told of her intention to stand down six months ago. nikki haley praised the president for his leadership and told

reporters that the international community now respects the united states, even if it may not like it. look at what has happened in two years with the united states on foreign policy. now the united states is respected, countries may not like what we do but they respect what we do. they know that if we say we are going to do something, we follow it through and the president proved that. whether it was with the chemical weapons in syria, whether it was with nato, saying that other countries have to pay their share. whether it is the trade deals which have been amazing. they get that the president means business and they follow through with that. but then if you look at, just these two years at the un, we have cut $1.3 billion in the un's budget, we have made it stronger, we have made it more efficient. rebecca humphries said she had

suspected something was going on but that her boyfriend at that time has denied vehemently. our entertainment correspondent has more details. seann walsh and his partner katya jones wowing the audience and the judges on saturday night's strictly. applause. watched by millions at home and cheered on by walsh's girlfriend, rebecca humphries. but soon afterwards, a newspaper revealed that after a day of rehearsal, seann walsh had kissed katya jones after a night out. they both apologised, walsh saying, "this is no excuse, "but it was a one—off drunken mistake which i am truly sorry for." walsh's girlfriend, rebecca humphries, responded on social media, saying she was ending the relationship. she said that earlier

on the night in question, which was also her birthday, she voiced her suspicions about walsh and his dance partner. humphries wrote: "we spoke, and i told him, not for the first "time, that his actions over the past three weeks have led me "to believe that something inappropriate was going on. there's a lot of pressure on people to look good, isn't there? go on these extreme diets. even i'vejuiced. over the past few years, walsh has become increasingly popular as a stand—up comedian, performing around the uk and on tv. no solid food, just guinness... because of the allegations made against him by his now former girlfriend, if he does appear on strictly this weekend, it's uncertain what kind of reception he'll receive. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the time is exactly 5:45pm. let's

have a look at the headlines. the second suspect in the salisbury nerve agent attack is identified as a military doctor, working for the russian intelligence service — the gru. a waste disposal company is stripped of its nhs contracts in england after hundreds of tonnes of medical waste from hospitals were allowed to pile up. the us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, appears alongside president trump to announce that she will stand down at the end of the year. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced tomorrow night.

the nominations to become britain's best new building include a student housing development, a cemetery, and a nursery school. we've been looking at each building in the shortlist over the past few days, and today it's the turn of... storey‘s field centre and eddington nursery in cambridge by muma — which was commissioned by the university, for the new community of north—west cambridge. inspired by the college cloisters and courts of the city, this project has a sustainability agenda at its core. with this building, the client wished to create a new focus at the heart of a new community in eddington, cambridge. the building comprises a community centre and nursery. and those two parts of the building are rather different. the community centre is outward—engaging,

something of the community. the nursery is for children's education, a secure place for play for kids. with the building of two parts, we have worked carefully to balance the nature of the architecture. with the nursery we have created moon gates, portal windows and a sunburst grill. all of these are highly crafted elements made from brick, made from metal, made from timber. as we move through the building into the main hall of the community centre, there is more of a sense of gravitas. we see this as a room that might suit a wedding or a memorial service. so we are balancing the different uses through the articulation of the architecture. the spaces that we see around us are, for the most part, very elegant and refined. and what i really enjoy are the occasional moments where that is interrupted and there is delight. when you walk into a nursery classroom and you see a triangle, square and a circle on the wall,

or a constellation of windows, or a very elegant staircase in the main hall, but actually create wonder and excitement while you're in those spaces. it is amazing. we feel really lucky to be able to live in this place and have such an amazing community centre. we feel like it is our own place. we are really happy about that, aren't we? yes, we are. eddington nursery in cambridge. welcome to you both. sarah, how impressed were you with that? i'm really impressed by this building. this year's shortlist has been

subtle. i think this building really demonstrates the vital role architecture can play in building communities. it is a fantastic shared space, it brings together different generations. i think what is special about it is that the committee were really involved in the building from the very outset so it really meets their needs and desires. to what extent? that can mean speaking to a few people or it can bea mean speaking to a few people or it can be a sirius attempt to reach out so what did they do? the master plan for east cambridge is an entirely new plan for the city so they four months speaking to people who live there, current residents, speaking and asking what they wanted from the shared space. what came out of that was they wanted a place where their kids could go to nursery but a shared space also for concerts, exercise spaces, really somewhere to bea exercise spaces, really somewhere to be a focal point for the community. william, do you think this is a good example of what a building of this sort can do to generate, notjust activity, but an element of cohesion ina activity, but an element of cohesion in a community? it is an interesting

building president looks back to an older tradition of architecture to ideas that were developed 100 years ago of the neighbourhood unit and writing in the 1920s, you find people saying, "how do we create community out of these atomised, modern societies?" community out of these atomised, modern societies? " the community out of these atomised, modern societies?" the answer is to build a school in the middle of a community and that will create community, that is the idea. that influences all the new towns built after the second world war. milton keynes, crawley, hemel hempstead town all of these places tried to do that. what is striking about it is the way the unit quickly goes out of fashion, this model of trying to create community to architecture goes out of fashion because actually communities also squabble over buildings. the neighbourhood unit can create an neighbourliness as well as neighbourliness. that is a fascinating point, isn't it? iam wondering on that point you made there, what would be a good example, let's put the shortlist to one side.

people watching are familiar with buildings in the uk. what is a good example of a building going up since the second world war which has done rather special in its own community? what would you offer as an example? the best example would be something like coventry cathedral where you see a community getting together after the original cathedral is bombed and destroyed. coventry cathedral provided a symbol of the new coventry emerging like a phoenix, as they set at the time, emerging from the ashes. it was something that the community gave money for and were involved in. it is properly the only post—war building of people queued to get into what it open. again, there were squabbles and problems. architecture always brings problems as well as solutions. i think that is a nice example of the way in which community 's can create symbols of themselves. i suppose what is interesting about this project is the extent to which this is a symbol of the new community that is being

created in northwest cambridge. with all of that in mind, let's think about this entry that we have looked at today. i mentioned some of the others that we have looked at. we have looked at some special examples. they are all offering something different and, really, you need to ask yourself what will be the thing that wins the award? what ourjudges looking for in a competition that is as prestigious as this one? what will greatly be trying to reward ? as this one? what will greatly be trying to reward? it is just a design or will it be about the contribution to local community?” think the shortlist this year looks at their contribution to community whether it is something like the tate gallery in thing i've. a building designed forjewish ceremonies, a sensitive entry, that was the cemetery. they have a strong sustainability agenda and that is revealing the people's sense of a building. what do you think people's

expectations are from an award like this? very often, they can be surprising element in a shortlist and it is not immediately apparent the people white something might win because, actually, it is about contribution and notjust about because, actually, it is about contribution and not just about form and design. how important is it for that case to be made clearly? and design. how important is it for that case to be made clearly7m and design. how important is it for that case to be made clearly? it is really important and i think community eating architecture is really challenging because it is someone's personal experience of a building. ithink someone's personal experience of a building. i think these buildings tally really interesting story about british architecture. there is a move to revive the civic and engaged communities strongly and how they are planning and designing buildings. william, you will look at the shortlist and you made an eloquent case for one of these buildings in what it might contribute. when you look at the shortlist, what do you make of it? what they try to do with this prize is to award quality of design, quality of craftsmanship and sustainability. they also tried to find a way of selling architecture

to the british public. and that has a huge consequence for which one they will properly go to. i think this stands a very good chance of winning, precisely because it speaks to all sorts of anxieties within britain, within the architectural profession about elites, about experts, about the disconnect between the professions and communities around them. this one, the bushy cemetery again speaks to the bushy cemetery again speaks to the way in which architecture can be of service to the public. it isn't just about, as it were, experts in london coming and telling you what is good for you. this is the review that bit where i'm going to say, we would play this again and again, i promise you, william, where would you go if you were able to the one at this stage, which one would you go for? i thinki might at this stage, which one would you go for? i think i might go for the ce ntre go for? i think i might go for the centre that we saw today. i think

this takes every box, both in terms of the quality of design and the sustainability, but also the ways in which architecture and architects are anxious about whether they are serving the community. here is one that prove definitively that they are orat that prove definitively that they are or at least they are trying to. sarah, would you go with that?” think it is a strong contender. to me it is between this project or the cemetery. if you were sitting on the panel, how would you try to rationalise a choice between the two ? rationalise a choice between the two? what we can see in this centre is the post—occu pancy two? what we can see in this centre is the post—occupancy and we know people are enjoying the building, that makes a compelling case. william, a final word about the state of architecture because you made, you just referred obliquely to making the case for architecture and what it can do. does this prize this year, in your view, what it can do. does this prize this year, in yourview, present what it can do. does this prize this year, in your view, present a confident and energetic case?” think it is certainly trying very

ha rd think it is certainly trying very hard to and what it is doing is there are a number of high prestige, high expense projects on this, i would be staggered if the bloomberg project won. it is a wonderful building but i would be surprised if it won. if the building at worcester couege it won. if the building at worcester college won, i would be surprised. at the cemetery, that is architecture in a lower keyway trying to serve people. i guess that is what architecture should be, actually. in that way, i think that it represents, if not a confident sense of what architecture is, it represented the sense of architects listening hard to the british public. good to talk to you and thank you forjoining us. william is a professor at oxford university. and thank you to sarah who is director of architecture at the british council. by the way, you can

find out more about the nominated buildings on the bt arts website and you can watch this year's prize. it will be live tomorrow. you will see precisely what the outcome is. don't miss that. the bbc news at six is coming up with the owner but in the meantime let's have the weather. we have got some great weather on the way for tomorrow. it hasn't been so great in western scotland, it has been pouring with rain and we have had landslips and flooding in places. huge contrasts across the uk that in western scotla nd across the uk that in western scotland they had it worse. when the weather starts going downhill and the temperatures will remain above average and look at all of that heat coming out of africa, spilling across western europe, central europe and all the way into scandinavia and around the baltic. it is right across the continent that we are seeing these above average temperatures. these are the evening temperatures. good news, the

rain is starting to ease from western and eastern scotland. what is going to happen tonight is that winds will swing in from the south and change direction so they will push the weather front back out to sea. temperatures overnight are not particularly cold nor particularly mild, around 9—12d. tomorrow it is a warm southerly from france, that comes straight out of africa. temperatures will get up into the mid—20s in the south and south—east. robbie 24 in london. 21 in birmingham and even in scotland and belfast we will not be far from 20 degrees which is not bad for this time of year. on thursday, the weather goes downhill in western areas of the uk. of this weather front in the east of the country, the wind. becoming off—line from the

continent, it is still warm. the thinking is that anywhere from east anglia, the southeast, they could see some showers but this whole area here is going to remain warm where is in the west, who will start to see that weather front moving in. but fresh atlantic air will see temperatures going down. then on friday, we see this low—pressure swing in. this could be named... the worst of the gales at the moment seem that they will be in the far west of the country and it will be buried blustery in the uk, especially out west. the rain may continue friday night into saturday as well. even if the bad weather doesn't hit you on friday, if you are travelling, bear in mind because there could be some problems with there could be some problems with the weather almost anywhere in the uk during the course of friday at the weekend. as a highly decorated doctor

in russian military intelligence. an investigative website claims he is alexander mishkin and russia didn't make it hard to find him. they have so many spies that they are not able to protect everyone's identity well. the kremlin has refused to comment but british intelligence is not disputing the identification. also tonight... the company that stockpiled hundreds of tonnes of medical waste is stripped of some of its nhs contracts. a convicted british paedophile is taken to court by five boys from the philippines who claim he abused them there. the boss of ladbrokes and coral calls for gambling advertising on tv to be banned before 9pm.