tonight at ten: the pressure grows to pump billions of pounds into the government's flagship welfare reform. universal credit has brought together six welfare benefits, but the government admits some people will be adversely affected. some people could be worse off... how much? ..that‘s right, on this benefit. but what we also know, which we've done, 1,000 people each and every day since 2010, each and every day, 1,000 people have gone into work. and, for some, the conflict over the poll tax nearly 30 years ago could be repeated if universal benefit isn't improved. you need to look at those people who in the short term are going to lose and protect them, or you will run into the sort of problems that the conservative party ran into with the poll tax. and the architect of the new benefit says it needs a £2 billion injection in the forthcoming budget. also tonight... two astronauts make an emergency landing after their russian rocket encounters problems shortly after take—off. the owners of patisserie valerie

say the chain needs an immediate injection of cash — or it could be forced to close. hello! how are you? one of the windrush boys finally allowed back into the uk after his passport was confiscated. a special report from kabul on the taliban and is prisoners jailed for violence and disruption. if you are all not members of islamic state, are you happy to renounce what they do? the tactics that they use? the people that they kill? and the parents of a spanish man receive an honour from the queen for his bravery during the london bridge attack last year. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, scotland took the lead in their nations league tie in israel. find out if alex mcleish‘s side could hold on to make it good evening.

there is deepening concern about the viability of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major warned that it could spell "deep political trouble" for the government. and, during the day, the work and pensions secretary acknowledged that some people could be worse off under the scheme. universal credit brings together six welfare benefits into one payment. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports from bath. no problem finding milk for a cuppa anyway, fridge always seems to be empty. soon millions on benefit will be getting universal credit, and each has their own tale to tell. the problem... arabella's sounds familiar. so how is this benefit working out for you? it's really tough.

it took five weeks for the first payment to come through so i took out a loan, which i haven't really ever caught up from. well they say this benefit is supposed to encourage you and other people to work. the money that i do earn in any part—time work is pretty much completely taken off the benefit so it is very hard to gain momentum. it's really tough. the money that i do get pretty much just covers the rent and nothing else. they started phasing in universal credit here in bath and a few other areas, next year it'll be replacing six benefits across the country. reports say more than three million households will lose over £2,000 a year. most claimants are satisfied, say ministers — but not all. some people could be worse off, that's right. how much? on this benefit. but what we also know which we've done 1,000 people, each and every day, since 2010, each and every day, 1,000 people have gone into work. numbers forced to use food banks rose sharply, in areas piloting universal credit,

according to one study. delays in payment made hardship worse, there's worry in the tory party at a senior level. in order to introduce something like universal credit, you need to look after those people who, in the short term, are going to lose and protect them, or you will run in to the sort of problems that the conservative party ran into with the poll tax in the late 1980s, so the principle has a great deal to commend it, but it isn't workable if there aren't the resources to introduce it properly. jeremy corbyn was out and about in bristol today, promising something fairer, more generous. essentially, our benchmarks should be nobody should be worse off and nobody should have their homes put at risk because of universal credit. with the budget statement weeks away, there will be pressure on the chancellor to head off attacks like that — not easy with the treasury so strapped for cash. theresa may's also saying austerity is almost over —

her words a dose of optimism, but also for the government a hostage to fortune. so many pitfalls in the path of mrs may and her ministers, and no clear way through. john pienaar, bbc news, bath. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is in rochdale. michael, there have, as we have been reporting, been repeated problems with the introduction of this new benefit. what is the likely response from government going to be? well, there are currentlyjust over a million people on universal credit and they are on the benefit because they have had a change of circumstances, perhaps they have lost a job and had to apply the benefits or moved house and have a new address, but under the government's current proposals, benefit recipients whose circumstances have not changed will start getting letters next summer telling them to apply for universal credit, and that will be a mammoth

task, getting millions and millions more people onto universal credit by the current deadline of 2023. introducing a further delay into this benefit would not be unheard of, it is already years behind schedule and there are dozens and dozens schedule and there are dozens and d oze ns of schedule and there are dozens and dozens ofjob schedule and there are dozens and dozens of job centres schedule and there are dozens and dozens ofjob centres around the country that can still only accept applications from single claimants. the government has, of course, bowed to political pressure in the past over universal credit. in last yea r‘s over universal credit. in last year's budget, they spent an extra 1.5 early £10 to try and reduce the hardships people were experiencing. —— one and a harp william plans. whether they will bow to pressure this time will probably not become clear until the end of the month and this year's budget. michael, thank you. people living in some areas of england are finding it hard to access good health care and social care, according to the independent regulator the care quality commission. it's pointed to what it's calling a growing "care injustice", saying a lack of collaboration between health and social care is putting pressure on a&e departments, with a1% of them needing improvement.

its latest report says that, while quality in the system has largely been maintained, patients' experiences vary hugely depending on where they live. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. a visit from local schoolchildren is always a highlight at st cecilia's nursing home in scarborough. do you actually believe that conkers could make spiders not come? i've never heard that one before. hello, kath, how are you today? staff and residents say the care here is good but the care quality commission rates the home as requiring improvement. the local hospital also needs to do better. today's report says these are signs that the pressures some areas face when it comes to providing the support people need. homes like this, where most of the residents are paid for by their local council, say they face an increasingly difficultjuggling act. residents have more complex needs. there's a demand for higher standards, but they are operating

in an underfunded care system. there aren't sufficient funds in the country to provide the right level of care and expectations are high. we quite rightly applaud high standards, but meeting them is not easy, particularly with staffing, with shortage of nurses, with shortage of care staff. dare i mention brexit? it's all having an impact on us. and it's families who feel that impact. avril metcalfe simply couldn't find this care company able avril metcalfe simply couldn't find a care company able to visit her parents in their own home. after her dad ended up in hospital, the only option was for the couple to move to a residential home. my dad is 91 now and he had lived in the same village and the same environment for the last 91 years. he had never lived anywhere else. so to uproot him, plus my mother, it would have been preferable for them to have stayed at home with care in the home. the cqc points to the increasing number of patients arriving at accident & emergency departments as the most obvious indication of failures of the system out in the community. and it warns more money will have

to be put into council—funded care. if we don't address the adult social funding challenge, what we'll find is the £20 billion that has recently been pledged to the nhs will be spent on hospital care for people that don't need to be there — and when they are there, they are there for longer because they can't get out of hospital and they can't use social care. carers wakefield. wakefield housing. and age uk. the report calls for more integration — like here in wakefield, where community services ranging from health, to care, to housing are based together. when you can talk to somebody on the opposite desk, whereas previously it might have taken a couple of days of phone calls to get the person that you really need to move the case forward to give you a call back, we are in a different situation. the government says it's testament to the hard work of health and care staff that most of the support that people get is good and it is putting more money into social care to ease the pressures this winter. alison holt, bbc news.

and to find out how your local services are performing, you can use the bbc‘s nhs tracker on our website. put your details in and you can see how your local services are doing. russian officials say rescue teams have reached two astronauts who've survived an emergency landing after their flight to the international space station had to be aborted. an american astronaut and his russian colleague experienced a problem with their soyuz spacecraft shortly after take off from kazakhstan. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford reports from moscow. liftoff. and there is liftoff of the soyuz. a burst of fire and noise as a soyuz rocket lifted its crew into orbit. at first, this was a routine launch to the international space station. then, came this.

less than three minutes into the flight, commander alexey 0vchinin reported an emergency. the booster system had failed. the launch had to be aborted. moments later, the two men were plunging back to earth in their tiny capsule. the crew did train for this nightmare scenario, the gruelling g—force their bodies would have to endure. a russian soyuz rocket hasn't failed on launch in over three decade. on launch in over three decades. for american nick hague, it was an abrupt end to his first ever mission. he was due to spend six months in orbit. ever since yuri gagarin launched into orbit, russia has been immensely proud of its space programme. this accident then will be a major blow but it is notjust a matter of prestige — russian rockets are currently the only way up to the international space station,

so what happens now then, is a big question. rescuers were quick to reach the remote landing site. hugely relieved, too, that the crew emerged unharmed, everyone walking. but all soyuz flights have now been suspended as an investigation is launched. the safety measures of this launcher are very good, and the two astronauts are well, they are in good shape so therefore i think we should investigate the case, and as soon as possible fly again. tonight, the astronauts were reunited with their families — for them, it was a moment ofjoy. for russia, though, a time of tough questions over what exactly went so wrong here. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. the prime minister has been meeting senior members of her cabinet this evening, to update them on the state of the latest brexit negotiations. theresa may is under increasing pressure from her parliamentary partners, the democratic unionist party, which is threatening to withdraw its support

for the government, if it's not happy with the final brexit deal. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg does contain some flashing images. emergency or business as usual? the home secretary went in the back, downing street europe advisers beetling about whitehall. ministers called in to talk compromise. foreign secretary, good afternoon, jude think the cabinet will be able to agree a compromise on brexit today? is there an acceptable deal on the table? this might be billed asjust a standard update for ministers about what is going on in brussels but it is anything but. and although it is not decision day, these are vital times in this long, long process and the prime minister is desperate to keep her key ministers on board. behind closed doors, they were not

all happy. a possible compromise with brussels is to stay closely tied to the eu on customs for ever, an insurance policy only if a trade deal can't be done. but for several ministers, without a time limit, that just can't work. ministers, without a time limit, thatjust can't work. politicians' jobs, but much more importantly the public‘sjobs, depend jobs, but much more importantly the public‘s jobs, depend on jobs, but much more importantly the public‘sjobs, depend on getting a deal. but some of the prime minister's allies right now seem like enemies. the northern ireland dup, whose support she relies on, warn her again. we will have to consider whether or not they have kept their part of the bargain. if they haven't, there will be consequences and one of the consequences and one of the consequences is consequences and one of the consequences is the votes which we have promised to deliver for their domestic legislation will not be forthcoming. i think the bus almost knock you down. there is a lot in the government's way. i understand at least one cabinet minister, not in whitehall tonight, is contemplating whether to walk away

over this potential compromise. no one resigned in the meeting. there was a fear that some might walk out. asl was a fear that some might walk out. as i say, the prime minister and the government are conducting a complex negotiation, that is going well and we should be backing the prime minister, supporting her, as everybody is. number ten, though, would not comment tonight. it will, in the next few days, be for the prime minister to weigh the price of a deal. the british couple killed in flash flooding in majorca were from moffat, in the south of scotland. antony and delia green — who were both in their 70s — were on holiday on the island. at least ten people are believed to have died after torrential rainstorms hit the area on tuesday night. afghan voters go to the polls this month in important parliamentary elections, amid a deadly cycle of violence. 15 members of the border police were killed today by taliban insurgents in the north of the country.

the taliban control more territory than at any point since the removal of their regime 17 years ago. meanwhile, the islamic state group have been active there in recent years, adding to the violence. but many extremists have been captured. the bbc‘s ben zand was given rare access to a jail in kabul. kabul, afghanistan. a city in lockdown. the threat from groups like the taliban and the so—called islamic state were constant and real. the country's been in a state of war since the us invasion of 2001 and now attacks are worse than ever. if i was to find myself talking to the taliban or the islamic state on the streets of kabul, that would mean something had gone very wrong. so, realistically, the only way to do it is to speak to them in a prison. i headed to afghanistan's biggest prison. i'd heard about a taliban commander who'd been involved in numerous ied attacks on afghan and foreign forces, but would he taught? the prison was separated into an area for the so—called islamic state and one

for the taliban. the prisoners were free to talk and first up were what the guards claimed were members of is — or daesh. do any of you admit that you are members of isis, or you all saying you are innocent? if you're all not members of islamic state, are you happy to renounce what they do? the tactics they use? the people they kill? i mean, do you think the act of beheading people, killing people, is acceptable? when i asked that question, though, you two both smiled. what is funny about the concept of killing people and blowing them up? it seems unusual, if you are not members of islamic state, and you think what they do is wrong, that you would be so unwilling to comment on anything that they do. it seems that you are scared because you are in fact members of islamic state.

the so—called islamic state clearly weren't in the mood to talk, so it was time to try the taliban. so this guy is supposedly a dangerous member of the taliban. it was mohammed yasin, the taliban commander i'd heard about. i mean, there's been some pretty deadly suicide bombers, killing many innocent civilians in kabul. do you condone those attacks? why can you not have talks, ceasefire, communication? what if you get to the gates of heaven and you tell god you killed all these people and he tells you they are innocent and that you have not been a good muslim? before we could challenge

him further, we were told we had to leave. 0k. the guards were concerned for our safety. the taliban were angry at my interview. we are now rushing out of the prison. that was my chance to meet the guys who terrorise this place, they are the people literally killing civilians on an almost daily basis now and you can see why, because death is really nothing to them. call to prayer this is a country desperate for peace, but, for many here, it feels further away than ever. ben zand, bbc news, kabul. and you can see more of ben zand's film in the series the world's most dangerous cities — which you can see on bbc iplayer. the saudi ambassador to the uk has said he is concerned

about the missing saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. he was last seen in istanbul over a week ago, entering the saudi consulate, to retrieve legal papers. he had been living in self—imposed exile in the united states, after criticising the saudi rulers. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins is with me now. what did he tell you? ever since this happened saudi officials have been stone walling interview requests, refusing to comment on what happened or might have hradecka happen and hiding behind a blen kept denial. but i was able to talk to the ambassador, prince mohammed bin salman, i was able to talk to him directly and ask the straightforward question where is jamal khashoggi, where is he is now he replied he would like to know what happened to him but we would have to wait for

the results of a joint investigation. where is the ambassador? we are concerned about it. there is an ongoing investigation and it would be premature for me to comment until we we see the final steps of the investigation. but pressure on the saudi is building jeremy hunt said he couldn't overstate the seriousness of this case, and in washington, tonight, the state department has announced that saudi arabia's am babs do to the us has gone home and ina babs do to the us has gone home and in a frankly less than supportive way the spokesman said he was expected to come up with some a nswe i’s. expected to come up with some answers. president trump has called this a very bad situation, and it is clear that the relations between the west and saudi arabia are at frankly an all time low but i should caution that president trump added that he didn't wanted to see damage done to a saudi arms deal worth more than

$100 billion because that would put americanjobs at $100 billion because that would put american jobs at risk. thank you. ken morgan was one of the windrush generation, the people who came to britain in the 1950s and 1960s from caribbean countries. he arrived here as a ten—year—old in 1960. more than 30 years later, he went back to jamaica to visit family, but when he tried to return, and check in for his flight to the uk, his passport was confiscated. but he's now managed to return, and our home affairs correspondent june kelly was at the airport to meet him. ken morgan landed at gatwick airport on an early morning flight. back in the country where he grew up, but for 25 years he was barred from living here. home is notjust, is not paradise, it's a real place. england is home. good or bad. it was the emergence of the windrush scandal which finally exposed what has happened to ken. you can't take the british out of me. it's impossible.

but you don't realise it until you're in a spot. now 68, he was on a visit to jamaica in 1993, when he says officials in the british high commission there banned him from returning to the uk. they claimed he didn't have a proper british passport. i cursed england, cursed the english. and then i said to hell with them. to hell with everything. i said i'm from east london and there's nothing here. that can beat me. and today, finally, a first glimpse of the area in east london where he lived from the age of 10. walthamstow got a face—lift! he was heading for an overdue reunion with his cousin gwen. hello ken, how are you? nice to see you. and his aunt adelaide, who's 95. oh my god. it's addy, as she's known who raised ken.

everybody‘s good. i'm glad to see him, very glad. we never give up. within hours of arriving he made for the post office, where he was hoping to pick up a biometric card. it's this which gives him the right to live here but he faced another bureaucratic setback. they said it's not there yet. so — they looked, they didn't see it, so they said maybe in a couple of days. ken will have a lot to take in. so many changes after 25 years away. but he was determined his first meal here was going to involve some traditional british grub. tastes like home. absolutely. june kelly, bbc news, east london. the owner of the cafe chain patisserie valerie says that without an immediate injection of cash it could be forced to stop trading —

putting two and a half thousand jobs at risk. the company says it's uncovered ‘significa nt‘ accounting irregularities — some of which may be fraudulent. our business editor simonjack is at one of their branches in central london. tell us what has happen here this is an astonishing turn of events. 4 hours ago this cafe chain was worth nearly half a billion. tonight there are serious questions about whether it is worth anything at all, after a series of revelations, yesterday morning black hole in the accounts as you say, shares suspended. it merged yesterday that hmrc issued a winding uprd kerr and then this bombshell today, this afternoon without an immediate injection of capital the directors are of the view there is no scope for the business to continue trading in its current form. lots of question, what was the finance director doing? he is suspended. what were the awed

terses doing, this chucks a log on the fire, whether we can trust financial statements but the biggest question tonight, you can see the lights are off, the biggest with are the lights going to go back on? that is the crucial question for this company, its 206 stores and its 2500 employees around the country. simon, thank you. the rap star kanye west, who recently said he wanted to be known simply as ye, has met president trump at the white house, to discuss mental health and prison reform. he said the best way to keep black americans off welfare and out of prison was to create more jobs. this is our president. it's true. he has to be the freshest, the fliest, the fliest planes, the best factories, and we have to make our core be empowered. we have to bring jobs into america, because our best export is entertainment and ideas, but when we make everything in china and not america, then we're cheating on our country, and we're putting people in positions that have to do illegal things, to end up in the cheapest factory ever, the prison system.

i'll tell you what, that was pretty impressive. the parents of a spanish man, who was killed when he confronted the london bridge attackers last year, spoke of their pride today, as they collected their son's posthumous george medal from the queen. ignacio echeverria used his skateboard to try to hit one of the attackers. three police officers were also honoured for their bravery on the night of the attack in june last year. 0ur correspondent sophie long reports from buckingham palace. few of those who had been enjoying their saturday night out around borough market injune last year will ever forget the horrific scenes they witnessed. but, as the attackers unleashed terror, killing eight people, injuring dozens more, they were confronted by selfless acts of heroism.

ignacio echeverria used his skateboard to fend off an attacker. he died trying to save a woman who was being stabbed. today, his parents received their son's george medal. his dad told me how proud he was of the way his son lived and the way he died. translation: he would be tremendously happy. he was someone who really made the most of his life, both professionally and with life in general and he would be really surprised. pcs charlie guenigault and wayne marques both sustained severe injuries as they tried to protect the public. each were awarded the george medal. and pc leon mcleod was given the queen's medal for gallantry. it'sjust a proud day for me and my family. it's a complete turnaround from my time in hospital and my time in and out of rehabilitation and i am glad they can see me today enjoying,

just enjoying a lovely day at buckingham palace after meeting the queen. proud smiles from three men whose heroic acts saved lives and changed theirs forever. sophie long, bbc news, buckingham palace. some football news and scotland suffered a defeat in the uefa nations league this evening. they lost 2—1 in israel with the israelis scoring the winner through an own goal from kieran tierney. but scotland stay top of their group. the british director steve mcqueen, who became the first black film—maker to win a best picture 0scar for 12 years a slave has turned to a violent thriller for his new movie. widows had its european premiere last night, opening?the london film festival. 0ur arts editor will gompertz met the? director. over here, we have $2 million. 20 tupperware boxes, each box has $100,000 in $100 bills. viola davis is the leader of a pack of grieving widows who been left high and dry by their villainous husbands and find they have little

choice but to follow in the criminal footsteps. it's not going to be some cosy reunion. why did you want to tell the story? so, i was 13 years old, in ealing, 13 years old watching this tv show called widows. you two better get yourself wheels, good ones. get them from auctions, use assumed names. and these womenjust connected with me. they were being judged by their appearances and being sort of deemed as not being capable, similar to how i was being judged at that age. the original tv series was set in london. the new film version is located in chicago, maybe with half an eye to american audiences, while providing the director with a relevant social, political and racial landscape. i am exploring the reality of how we live today, how i have to deal with that and how people look at you differently to how they look at me.