this is bbc news, i'm vicki young. the headlines at 11pm. suspected explosive devices are sent to leading democrats including barack obama and the clintons. donald trump says political violence has "no place" in america. the full weight of our government is being deployed to conduct this investigation to bring those responsible for those despicable acts to justice. the saudi crown prince vows to punish all the "culprits" responsible for the murder of writer jamal khashoggi in turkey. trying to crack down on america's growing addiction to drugs. president trump signs new laws as the public health crisis grows. if this crisis right now does not worry you, then there something wrong and you are not paying attention to it. an american game—hunter is condemned by a scottish government minister for posing beside wild goats, shot dead, on the island of islay. and in sport, a great night for liverpool

in the champions league, but tottenham fared less well. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, stephen bush, special correspondent at the new statesman, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor at the telegraph. stay with us for that. good evening. the fbi is investigating a number of suspicious packages that have been sent to high profile democrats. the new york headquarters of the broadcaster cnn was evacuated after a parcel was also sent there. police say the devices appear to be pipe bombs. new york's mayor has described the packages as acts of terror. president trump said they were despicable acts and political violence had no place

in the united states. our north america correspondent nick bryant has the latest. in the normally tranquil suburbs of new york city, the home of bill and hillary clinton. today encircled by a much larger security presence than normal after a suspected explosive device was addressed to the former presidential candidate. the package was intercepted by secret service agents during routine screening procedures. they said mrs clinton was not at risk of receiving it. we are fine, thanks to the men and women of the secret service, who intercepted the package addressed to us long before it made its way to our home. then came news of a second suspected explosive device, addressed to the washington residents of barack and michelle obama. again, it was intercepted by the secret service, and didn't pose a threat to the former president. we are going tojump in, there is a fire alarm here.

the news organisation cnn was reporting these breaking developments when it found its part of the story. its anchors forced to broadcast from the street following discovery of a suspect package in its new york headquarters. it was a package that was mailed to the building. as the nypd cordoned off this area opposite central park, reports came through of what the staff were fleeing from. a live explosive device, said police, addressed to the former cia directorjohn brennan, a strident critic of the trump presidency who has been a guest on the network. the devices were similar to a pipe bomb found on monday in the mailbox at a home of the liberal billionaire george soros. the property in the new york suburb is not farfrom where the clintons live. the trump white house condemned the attacks, and from a president whose aggressive rhetoric has made american politics more vicious and more toxic came this call for national unity. we have to unify.

we have to come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. as the bomb squad removed the explosive device from cnn, there were bipartisan calls for a return to civility in national life. but this is an era of american politics that's come to be defined by anger and division. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. welljoining us now from new york is jeffrey ringel, director of the soufan group, which provides security and intelligence advice to governments and businesses. he's also a former officer with the fbi. thank you forjoining us this evening here on bbc news. what will the focus be for the fbi at this momentjust as they're discovering these multiple packages, and they

think they might be pipe bombs? sure. this'll be a terrorist investigation, and the focus will be to determine who sent these packages and if there are other packages out there that we need to find, as well as who could have facilitated the person or group sending these bombs. and where will they get their main clues from, from the devices themselves presumably pezzella absolutely, from the devices that we re absolutely, from the devices that were recovered intact. they did not explode, so there'll be lots of evidence to extract. there will also be social media, people might be doing a lot of talking or claim responsibility for the acts. in addition, the fbi have investigations on individuals right now, which could be the starting point for them to start to identify

persons of interest. and how common is this kind of thing? this has gotten a lot of publicity around the world, presumably because of the very high—profile nature of those that these packages were sent to? absolutely. the victims of the bombings being two former presidents, also secretary of state hillary clinton, the billionaire george soros, these are big—name people. they're also big names in the democratic party, so that is in itself a concern. but how usual is this? this is not a common occurrence. pipe bombs are not something we see very frequently you're in the states. and will the fbi be looking at the political situation, the fact that the people who have been sent these are very much from a liberal democrat winning ata time much from a liberal democrat winning at a time when obviously the

political discourse in america is pretty divisive? shore. the investigation itself will be apolitical. the investigation will not be considered republican or democrat, but the fact of the people who receive the bombs are all prominent democrats, that will be a starting point for the investigation. they will probably look at people who made comments against the democrats or some of their policies, that might help them whittle down their list of suspect. we must leave it there, thank you very much indeed. saudia arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman says those responsible for the murder of the us based journalist, jamal khashoggi, will be brought to justice. he was speaking publicly for the first time since mr khashoggi was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago. here, theresa may said that saudi arabia's explanation for the death of mr khashoggi lacks credibility. meanwhile in turkey, where he died, the country's president said the journalist was the victim of premeditated political murder.

tim willcox reports. at the centre of a diplomatic whirlwind, crown prince mohammed bin salman swept into a riyadh conference this evening. up until now, he'd never spoken publicly about the death of jamal khashoggi. translation: the incident that took place is very painful for all saudis, especially ordinary saudi citizens, and i believe it is painful for any human in the world. today the kingdom of saudi arabia is taking all legal measures to complete investigations jointly with the turkish government to reach results and bring those guilty to justice. after denying everything, saudi arabia finally admitted killing mr khashoggi, a former royal insider in its consulate in istanbul. the foreign minister said it was a rogue operation, but few believe that.

even the meeting between jamal khashoggi's son and the crown prince looked like a clumsy photo op. according to his friends, salah khashoggi has been under a travel ban since last year. today, though, was about bridge building. not only had he spoken to the turkish president, sitting alongside him was saad hariri, the lebanese prime minister. a man the prince is accused of detaining and forcing to resign last year. hejoked, he's not been kidnapped this time. today was also about business. 30 deals worth more than $55 billion have already been signed, and he promised an even better future. what did you think about the crown prince's comments today? it is very inspiring to all of us. what did you think about his comment about the question everyone's talking about, the investigation into the death of khashoggi? transparency, this is the norm in saudi. since being made crown prince, the man known as mbs has been basking in the international spotlight as a reformer, but since this issue,

there have been questions about his authoritarianism, his sense ofjudgment, the people who surround him, his impetuousness. but can he now rewrite the narrative and de—escalate the row that has engulfed him and the kingdom for the past three weeks? tim willcox, bbc news, riyadh. (pres) the british government has expressed "serious and growing concerns" about the detention of up to a million uighur muslims in china. last night, a bbc investigation revealed the construction of a vast network of internment centres in the western chinese region of xinjiang. china refers to these secure, prison—like facilities as "vocational education and training centres", aimed at fighting radicalisation and terrorism. our china correspondent john sudworth has been speaking to people who have managed to flee the region, among them british ethnic uighurs who are calling on the uk government to do more to help their families.

you don't see long beards anymore in xinjiang. they've been banned. mosques have fallen silent, with no sign of prayer. but no—one dares to speak, the constant monitoring and following sees to that. some, though, have found refuge in turkey, a place with ties of language and faith to the uighurs, xinjiang's main muslim minority. "just reciting an islamic verse was enough," says this man, to put him in a chinese detention camp. his family, he fears, are still in one. translation: i don't know where my mother and father are, or my brothers and sisters. the chinese government wants us

to renounce our beliefs, our ethnicity, and our humanity. another former camp inmate says he was forced to sing communist party songs and recite china's new anti—extremism laws under the threat of violence. translation: everyday somebody was beaten. there were two men, one with a belt, the otherjust kicked. if we fell down, they made us kneel again. those we've spoken to are the lucky ones. they fled to turkey in 2015. since then, there are very few reports of anyone being released from the camps at all. the testimony we've heard here is impossible to independently verify, of course. but what is striking are the consistencies. the descriptions of the routines in the camps, the brainwashing techniques, and most tellingly

perhaps, the results. not love and loyalty for the chinese communist party, but a deep and lasting resentment. family as well as faith is being broken. when this person fled xinjiang with her children, her baby daughter did not yet have a passport. her dad plans to bring her later but now he, too, has been taken away. translation: if my daughter could hear me now. i would say nothing but "sorry". there's nothing worse than not knowing where she is, whether she's alive or dead. back in xinjiang, we tried to visit a camp where we've heard 10,000 people may be held. but in front of us, the police

close the whole highway, "for repair," they say. we try other routes, but every time, at roadblock after roadblock, there's no way through. the point where we are forced to give up is just a short distance away from a large new camp, with the watchtower is clearly visible. the chinese police have a long reach, it seems. this man, a british uighur living in london, says they are pressuring his family in xinjiang because of his campaigning work. all my family members have been harassed by the police, security forces, asking them to put pressure on me to keep my mouth shut, do not say any single words against the chinese government. this is another british uighur,

who received a message last year saying her mum had been taken away. the 66—year—old is thought to have been in a camp ever since. the chinese government, we need foreign governments to act as soon as possible before it is too late. uighurs are not missing, says china, they are being educated. but whole extended families have been taken away and a culture, a religion, and a people are in crisis. john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. the headlines on bbc news. suspected explosive devices have been sent to the homes the saudi crown prince vows to punish all the "culprits"

responsible for the murder of writer jamal khashoggi in turkey. trying to crack down on america's growing addiction to drugs. president trump signs new laws as the public health crisis grows. theresa may has been applauded by backbench tory mps at a meeting tonight as she tried to get her critics to back her brexit strategy. the former home secretary, amber rudd, said that the prime minister had secured her position with a heartfelt speech despite weeks of speculation about moves to topple her. it comes after the government watchdog, the national audit office, warned that britain will pay the price of a no—deal brexit as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains. a smoothly operating border, this one at dover, where hundreds of trucks a day travel to and from the european union, with no checks and no taxes. but, like the white cliffs, we rather take it for granted. but what if all that changes,

abruptly, next year? given the scale of the task, what we found is that there are risks to the effective operation of the border, if we leave the eu in march next year under a no—deal. even if there is a deal, there is still a great deal that will need to be done. today's report says a brexit no—deal contains a number of risks for which the uk is ill—prepared. up to 250,000 firms would need to fill out customs forms for the first time. there are likely to be delays at the borders as new checks are put in place. 0rganised crime across the border could increase because of a lack of security. these are apples grown in kent. nimisha raja runs a food business in kent that employs 14 people and exports to belgium, italy and france. how ready does she feel if a no—deal was to strike? it's been almost impossible to make any preparations whatsoever. we have no idea what's going to happen once we do brexit. we don't know what deals are going to be in place and,

in the case of the no—deal scenario, goodness knows what's going to happen, so there's no way for us to prepare. i'm too busy running the business to be putting in contingency plans for something we don't know about. the government admits there is still a lot of hard work to do and progress has been slow. and, of course, neither britain nor the eu want no—deal. what we are working to make sure, across a whole variety of areas, is that we have the capacity in place, we have the systems in place, we have the plans in place to deal with all eventualities. i'm expecting the uk and european union to reach a sensible agreement for the future. the nao report might well focus minds in both britain and in the rest of the european union, because it says if there is a collapse in those trade negotiations, then the cost could be, for thousands of businesses and millions of people, very high indeed. britain is still pushing for a close deal. but with just 156 days

to go until brexit day, time is running short. kamalahmed, bbc news, dover. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has an update on that meeting this evening in which theresa may gave what's been described as an "emotional" address to backbench tory mps. no break with tradition, as the prime minister addressed the committee of backbench mps in the house of commons this evening. it was a packed room, there were clearly lots of people there who are supportive of the prime minister. 0ne mp outside afterwards described asa 0ne mp outside afterwards described as a loving, and more like a petting zoo as a loving, and more like a petting zoo then the lions den. nevertheless the prime minister was asked a couple of pointed questions by mps who were unsure about her brexit strategy. 0ne along the lines of whether it was her or her senior year of adviser ali robbins who raised first the idea of an

extension to the transition period. the prime minister confirms that was something she was considering, and any criticism of that should be directed at her. another question about what exactly do concessions if any brussels had made during the negotiations, to which we told the prime minister did give a list of several but overall she certainly received a warm welcome at 1922 committee, and talk of this being a big showdown during the week proved perhaps not unsurprisingly to be unrealistic. and she left by the sounds of it, and by the comments of those outside, with the support of most of the people in the room. drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death in america for people under the age of 50. today president trump has taken action to try to tackle the country's growing addiction to drugs. he's signed new laws to crack down on what he's called the public health emergency, including getting more treatment for drug addicts and trying to stop

illegal drugs being sent in the post. more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses last year, largely fuelled by a rise in fentanyl, a synthetic opioid which is up to 50 times stronger than heroin. drug overdoses in the states are now more deadly than car accidents and gun violence combined. in new hampshire alone, 70% of fire brigade call outs are drug related. darren conway has been to meet people on the front line of america's war against drugs. a warning, his report contains distressing scenes. my addiction took my self worth, my dignity, my self—respect. my health, my friends and family, my education. money. it took my family and my friends, my freedom, it took everything. most of my family members consider me dead. if heroin's the devil, i would say that fentanyl is a horseman of the apocalypse.

and it's the one named death. because itjust brings death. it's now referred to as the worst public health crisis in american history. alex is just one of the 70,000 active heroin users currently living in philadelphia. and he embodies the evolution of opioid addiction in america. after being prescribed painkillers for an injury, he became addicted. and then turned to a cheaper alternative when the pills ran out — heroin. now his body craves something stronger. i hope that it's fentanyl, because heroin that's actually heroin will not get me well. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that's 50 times more powerful than heroin. i'm not doing nothing except sticking a needle in my arm every day, all day long. waste of time, waste

of energy, waste of money. it's a waste of everything. police radio: request for an ambulance in manchester, it's the shell gas station. patient is in the bathroom. she has overdosed. 35—year—old male is not conscious, not breathing, overdose. i don't know what is happening to this generation. i look out my window, you know? it's like looking at ground zero for the united states for fenta nyl, fenta nyl deaths. it's, like, what the heck am i seeing? with no increase in budgets or personnel, manchester fire department now spend 70% of their time responding to drug—related calls. since this crisis has hit, we go out on these types of calls over, and over, and over again, all day long.

can you get up? you gotta. you can't stay here. he is obviously overdosing on opiates. he admitted to using fentanyl. said he did half fentanyl, half heroin, mixed in a bag. so the little baggie that he has, where is that? he probably threw it on the ground. a kid plays with that, sees it, is it candy or whatever? from my personal standpoint, it's frustrating. because you see it all the time. every single day. leela? leela, wake up. he's going to give her another narcan. so, this will be the second one we put in, because she didn't respond to the first one. so we're going to put in the second one. narcan is used to block the effects of opioids, in an attempt to reverse overdoses and save lives. hi, leela.

part of today's landmark legislation is to make it more readily available. if this crisis right now doesn't worry you, then there's something wrong, you're not paying attention to it. working with local law enforcement, the drug enforcement administration agents have identified dealers operating from a park. he's getting into that blue bmw. he's picked up, he's looking around. so, you can see how this works. we're set up in the park, we're sort of in a position where we can see what's happening. we see customers coming in. he's coming into the park, behind you. they're getting served, they're getting back in the car. 0ur guys are calling it out to the surveillance units. surveillance units are taking them away to a place where, whether it's in new hampshire or massachusetts, we can safely make these traffic stops. new hampshire, as of this morning, hasn't had a heroin overdose death. it's not heroin that's killing our people, it's fentanyl. for these cartels, they don't have to worry about opium any more. they can mass—produce this stuff in the same labs

that they've set up, that they've used when they were making methamphetamine or any other drug. and they're able to manufacture it faster and cheaper. right here. do your thing, homie. we're up here in new hampshire now. we just stopped a car that we saw picked up from that same park. and this woman, too, had the stuff stuffed inside of her body cavity, she's pulling it out for the troopers. so, here's the evidence, here, that they just removed from this female. again, fenta nyl, driving up into new hampshire to pollute our communities. the dealers are now mixing fentanyl with everything. we're seeing an increase of fentanyl mixed with cocaine, fentanyl mixed with methamphetamine. they don't want to kill everybody. they don't care if they do. they're driven by greed. they've killed more people than war has. and you can see the whole documentary on america's war on drugs on bbc three

on the iplayer. a so—called celebrity hunter has provoked anger after posting pictures of dead wild goats and sheep she'd just shot on the scottish island of islay. ?the local msp, who is also a government minister described it as "horrific" and has called for the practise offered by several tourist companies, to be stopped immediately. the scottish government says it expects shooting to be carried out humanely. a warning that some viewers may find rebecca curran's report upsetting. welcome to my office. larysa switlyk describes herself as a hard—core huntress, seen here hosting her programme, she recently took a trip to scotland. and it's these images posted online by her that are causing quite a stir. they show miss switlyk posing with a goat she apparently killed on islay. 0thers show her in camouflage with a rifle.

and another with a dead ram. i think that for every person that will find this an attractive image and bring them to islay, there will be 1,000 or more will be repelled and horrified. it's unacceptable, it shouldn't be happening. i've raised the issue with the environment minister and i know that people are by and watch outraged by it. celebrities including comedian ricky gervais and tennis coach judy murray have also condemned the pictures. feral goats are a non—native species in scotland and estates are obliged to control their numbers. hunting them isn't illegal on private land. sport tourism that is people coming to stalk them at £150 million a year. £69 million of that is spent on shooting and stalking. the bulk of that money comes in in the autumn and particularly the winter months. rural economy is struck with other forms of tourism benefiting them enormously. from relatively wealthy tourists coming at that time of year. it's easy to see why tourists flock to islay. but for some, it is not for the stunning scenery.

several companies offer the chance to stalk and shoot wild goats. here and other of the uk. whispering: we see them, but... miss switlyk did not respond to requests for comment today. rebecca curran reporting there. one is a suspected thief. the other, a hollywood star. the question is, who's who? thousands of comedy responses were posted on social media when blackpool police shared this cctv image of a suspect, who many have claimed is the "spitting image" of the actor david schwimmer, best known for his role as ross from friends, now seen on the right of your screen. the force later confirmed that schwimmer was not in the uk at the time of the offence. and even the actor himself wanted to reassure police he wasn't the man they were looking for, tweeting, "it wasn't me".

now it's time for the weather with susan powell. good evening. a lot more cloud drifting along at the moment, looking at the haiti —— hazy. satellite picture shows that cloud, the bright white areas indicating bigger patches. this clears bells can be found as well, and we get a few of those to the south, that can mean temperatures and 1—2 spots down as low as a0 degrees. —— a degrees. clear skies across the northeast of england. elsewhere thicker clouds and drizzle