today at 5pm: billionaire sir philip green is named in parliament as the man facing newspaper allegations of sexual harassment. lord hain said it was his duty to name sir philip in parliament given the "serious and repeated" nature of the allegations. i feel it is my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have been subject to an injunction preventing publication of the full details of the story. the injunction was brought against the daily telegraph. we'll be talking to the paper's associate editor shortly. the bbc has approached sir philip for comment but he hasn't yet responded. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: debenhams becomes the latest retailer to announce the closure of some of its high street stores, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. a suspect package similar to those posted to leading democrats has been sent to a new york restaurant owned by the actor robert de niro. we'll be looking at the dangers

of intitation ceremonies at universities following the death of student ed farmer. it's 5pm. our main story: the retail billionaire sir philip green has been named as the businessman facing newspaper allegations of sexual harassment. lord peter hain identified him in the house of lords today using parliamentary privilege. it follows a court injunction preventing the daily telegraph naming a businessman it said had been accused of racial and sexual abuse of staff. the bbc has approached sir philip for comment but he hasn't yet responded. this is the moment lord hain revealed the name in the house of lords.

..someone intimately involved in the case of a powerful businessman, using nondisclosure agreements and substantial payments to conceal the truth about serious and repeated sexual harassment, racist abuse and bullying, which is compulsively continuing. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have been subject to an injunction preventing publication of the full details of a story which is clearly in the public interest. so who is sir philip green? chairman of arcadia, a retail empire that includes top shop. sophie long looks now at his career. sir philip green, he left school at 15, was running his own business by

the time he reached his early 20s. he bought british home stores in 2000. two years later he acquired arcadia, the giant retail empire which all brands like topshop. he formed a business partnership with kate moss which helped raise the profile of the store in high fashion. he was soon dubbed the king of the high street. his life story often hit the headlines. from his ambitious attempt to take over marks and spencer and his lavish lifestyle. he was not shy about enjoying the trappings of success. his personal fortune is estimated at between three and £4 billion. he has also attracted criticism. there have been accusations of tax avoidance which he denies. when british officers went into administration, leaving a £571 million hole in its

pension funds shortly after he sold the chain forjust over £1. it is really disturbing. he promised to sort it which he eventually did. he wrote a cheque. there were calls for him to be stripped of his knighthood after being branded the unacceptable face of capitalism. a damning report by mps fight he had extracted large sums of money from bhs and let the business on life support. he remains sir philip green, a man some people point out ran successful companies for many years employing thousands of people and a great force ford uk fashion retail. of people and a great force ford uk fashion retail. lord hain‘s decision to use the protection of speaking in parliament to undermine a court order is being seen as similar to the way in which an mp used parliamentary privelege to name ryan giggs as the footballer subject to an injunction which prevented reporting of an alleged affair, as our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman has been explaining. these are court injunctions. that is

the rule of law in action. as per the rule of law in action. as per the ryan giggs case, the injunction using parliamentary privilege was pretty much frowned upon. parliamentarians and the judiciary alike were very concerned that these two powerful links of our constitution, parliament and the courts, parliamentary privilege should not be used to undermine the rule of law and under main court orders. i think a great effort was made from that time to ensure this did not happen again so i am surprised that it has happened. i think thejudiciary are surprised that it has happened. i think the judiciary are not going to be pleased. that was our correspondent. with me is the daily telegraph's associate editor, camilla tominey. we're clearly limited in what we can say legally because there is an injunction in place. why has the telegraph felt it right to pursue this in the courts? 0ur investigations team led by my

colleague has been working on this story for eight months. people approach the newspaper with serious allegations of wrongdoing that had been perpetrated by a businessman with a lot of power and influence. we later learned some employees had been made to sign nondisclosure agreements to cover up what were allegations of sexual harassment and abuse and bullying. we felt that was abuse and bullying. we felt that was a story that was in the public interest, not just a story that was in the public interest, notjust insisting what in the public interest because the businessman concerned had a huge amount of power and influence and a high profile. we knew he employed a lot of other people and that it was the onus on as to inform the public this was going on. the employees

we re this was going on. the employees were effectively being hushed up. what about, that explanation there, this is a constitutional difficulty because you have lord hain today deciding to name sir philip green under parliamentary privilege, does that put parliament in conflict with the courts? parliamentarians do have a duty of care to the british public andi a duty of care to the british public and i think anyone who reflects on the career of lord hain all recognise the man who champions the underdog and was part of the active anti—apartheid movements. as another point, what this whole story does is raise questions about the future validity of so—called injunctions to consider —— to cover wrong doing. and also the future of nondisclosure agreements. we had the prime minister on wednesday casting serious doubt over the ethics of

using nondisclosure agreements to cover up using nondisclosure agreements to cover up wrongdoing. it might be considered criminal and a criminal court so we know nondisclosure agreements have been used in the past to ensure employees do not pass on trade secrets to other employees but in this case, we think the public interest in reporting serious claims of wrongdoing against rich and powerful individual outweighs commercial interest. as you say, the telegraph has been working on this for months, what is the next step on this? we would want the injunction overturned. this will be difficult because as a newspaper we cannot comment on what lord hain said as the newspaper. the courtjudgment called the claims credible but said it was in the public interest to publish and we believe that so we will fight to publish. thank you very much for being with us. let us

look at some of the other main news stories of the day. 4,000 jobs are at risk after debenhams announced plans to close up to 50 of its high street stores, about a third of its total, over the next five years. the struggling department store chain lost half a billion pounds last year, and says it needs to make tough decisions. it's another blow for the high street, with dozens of retailers recently going bust or closing stores. here's our business correspondent emma simpson. debenhams. if only all its shops could look like this. here in watford, a vision of the future. from blow—dries to gin bars, but there is sobering news today. it wants to close 50 of its stores in a radical restructuring of its business. customers are shopping less in our stores and more online. what we are doing is addressing the structural shift in the industry. our plan is very simple. we want to have fewer but better stores. we want to improve our

shopping experience. we want to grow our online business, and we're doing that in a way that makes debenhams a more profitable business. the going's tough. today debenhams posted a staggering £492 million loss in annual pre—tax profits. this was due to a series of accounting adjustments. 0nce those charges are taken into account, the company actually made a profit of £33 million. but that's 65% down on last year. the problem is these big stores are expensive to run, and its costs are growing faster than its sales. debenhams says most of its stores are still making money, but that's likely to change, and this is the reason why it wants to close nearly a third of its shops over the next three to five years, affecting some 4000 jobs. but customers will have to wait to see whether their store will disappear. specific closures have yet to be announced.

i think it's very sad for the people who work there, but i think it lacks a bit of oomph and pizzazz when there are so many more alternatives. i will miss debenhams. it's a little bit of everything, so you can comfortably go there and know that everything is under one roof. i think it's due to the online shopping. i think stores like this have got to rethink where they are. but closing stores, wherever they are, won't be easy. landlords are negotiating with all retailers, it appears, so they will not let them get away. they will have costly leases to get out of. on top of that they'll have less money to invest in their stores in the future. that's one of the key things that they need to do to survive. this 240—year—old business is now in a race to adapt to our rapidly changing shopping habits, but the fallout will come at a cost to many high streets and town centres. emma simpson, bbc news. with me to discuss

today's announcement is the retail analyst richard hyman. are you surprised by this announcement? i don't think so, not really. this has been like watching a 15—year—old car crash gradually unfold. it is painfulto a 15—year—old car crash gradually unfold. it is painful to watch. why, what has gone wrong at debenhams? unfold. it is painful to watch. why, what has gone wrong at debenham57m much, we do i start? there are still so we much, we do i start? there are still so we can't have been for many yea rs. so we can't have been for many years. they swapped a big chunk of debt for having loads of very long and not commercially viable leases. it is hard to know who exactly they are natural customer is. i think irrelevance comes to mind. it is tough for them. is it not tough for eve ryo ne

tough for them. is it not tough for everyone on the high street at the moment? we have seen so many big retailers go under. absolutely, it is really tough for everyone but this is not democratic. it is more to offer some than others. some are stronger and better able to withstand these massive headwinds. i'm afraid a week businesslike debenhams, as the market itself has become weaker, so debenhams on wea knesses become weaker, so debenhams on weaknesses have been exposed. with the march of online, it is inevitable that high street stores will go under? it is not inevitable. it is less to do with online, it is more about what you do and how you do it. a lot of retailers, their wea knesses do it. a lot of retailers, their weaknesses are being exposed. it is interesting that as we speak, amazon has opened a store on baker street, not far away from here. amazon

clearly does not think that physical retailing is dead even though the finger is pointed at them as being the alleged killer so that is quite interesting. in terms of debenhams, they are talking about 50 stores closing, 4000 jobs at risk. could there be a saviour out there who might come to the rescue? it is hard to bea might come to the rescue? it is hard to be a saviour worthy of the name. what happens is that if debenhams does go under, there will be the opportunity for somebody to take ownership of a vast amount of stock ata ownership of a vast amount of stock at a very low price. a bit like what has happened at house of fraser. that is the opportunity to make a lot of money fairly quickly and fairly easily, that kind of a saviour might be in the wings but thatis saviour might be in the wings but that is not really a rescue worthy of the name. it is a short term sticking plaster which will help to make somebody very rich but will not

provide long—term employment and security for people. thank you so much for being with us. it is being reported today that the director of the cia has been played rick —— recordings of their journalists being murdered at the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul. 0ur correspondent is in istanbulfor us. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul. we understand that these audio recordings have now been played to the cia director. that will put the pressure on the saudi authorities because they allege graphic details which have been leaked over the weeks, chronicling the murder and

screens, weeks, chronicling the murder and screens, torture etc. the big question is this the smoking gun? whether the review of the voices in the and who ordered the murder and if they can be traced. let me show you the scene behind me. friends and supporters of the murdered man. it is pretty crowded here. we have friends and colleagues of jamal khashoggi. there are people dressed in saudi traditional clothes, holding up hands which are at, suggesting the saudi authorities have blood on their hands. they are determined to keep up the pressure on the saudi authorities to demand a nswe rs. on the saudi authorities to demand answers. they are determined to show they will not let this case be swept under the carpet. meanwhile we have had newsnight a few minutes from saudi arabia that this son of the

murdered journalist, jamal khashoggi, he and his family have 110w khashoggi, he and his family have now left the gulf kingdom after the government lifted a travel ban. yes, we are getting his report —— reports on the news agency that this son of jamal khashoggi, who is pictured having that very awkward handshake with the saudi crown prince, some kind of staged photo opportunity. the message being we have reconciled with herfamily the message being we have reconciled with her family and the message being we have reconciled with herfamily and let the message being we have reconciled with her family and let us the message being we have reconciled with herfamily and let us move on. he had been under a travel ban, refused permission to leave. we now understand that he has been allowed to leave. presumably to the usa which will be angry enough comfort to the family but what they want now is to find the body of jamal khashoggi to organise their funeral and begin the grieving process. that

is subject to the saudi and turkish investigation. thank you very much for the latest from there. police in new york are investigating a suspicious package sent to a business owned by the actor robert de niro. it follows the discovery of pipe bombs sent earlier this week to prominent democrat politicians including barack 0bama, hillary clinton and joe biden, and the news network cnn. president trump has again accused the mainstream media of stirring up anger in american society. we can now speak to samira hussain, who is in new york. what's the latest on the police investigation? in fact that package was found not too far from where the bbc offices are. it has been taken up town to a facility that the new york city police use to defuse and investigate these bombs. there are several

levels of authorities involved in the investigation, from the fbi to the investigation, from the fbi to the new york city police and other local authorities. since london, there have been a total of ten devices found. four have been confirmed as pipe bombs and the others are still being tested. they we re others are still being tested. they were all sent to prominent democrats oi’ were all sent to prominent democrats or outspoken critics of president trump. thank you very much indeed. that was live from new york. we will talk more about that and president trump in particular and his relationship with the media. we will have a reporter from the washington post after 5:30pm. the defence secretary gavin williamson has announced that all roles in the military are now open to women. women already serving in the army are able to transfer into infantry roles,

including the special forces. those not currently serving will be able to apply for infantry roles from this december. mr williamson also confirmed that women are able to apply to join the royal marines. british airways has said a further 185,000 customers may have had their personal information stolen by hackers. the airline revised the number of customers affected by last month's hack down from 380,000 to 244,000. in both cases, card payments have been compromised, with hackers obtaining names, street and email addresses, credit card numbers and security codes, which is enough information to steal from accounts. the government has apologised to people who were forced to take dna tests to prove they were entitled to live in britain. the home secretary, sajid javid, told the house of commons that some relatives of gurkhas and afghan nationals employed by the uk government were among dozens affected. with me now is our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. what was the significance of this

announcement? i think it is significant because it is an acknowledgement by the home office that another serious error has been made in respect of hundreds of people potentially who were ordered to ta ke people potentially who were ordered to take dna tests to prove they had relatives living in britain. these we re relatives living in britain. these were people who were applying to settle in the uk and to prove they had links to family members. the home office told them they had to ta ke tests. home office told them they had to take tests. the home office is not allowed to order people to take dna tests. that practice was made illegal in 2014 yet the home office has been ordering people to do it. the numbers we have got so far are still sketchy but certainly 398 people, these were people in cases identified in potentialfraudulent applications. about 13 of those were refused because they did not want to

ta ke tests. refused because they did not want to take tests. those cases will be done again. 31 gurkhas. four amongst the gurkha community refused and those decisions have now been reversed. we also have an unknown number of afg ha n also have an unknown number of afghan nationals, interpreters to walk —— worked alongside british forces in afghanistan. another allowed to settle was well over 1000. it is possible all of them we re 1000. it is possible all of them were ordered to take dna tests. that number has not been confirmed. this follows the apology for the windrush scandal. the home office has taken a battering in the last few months. some will see this as connected to the windrush example, the hostile environment created by the coalition and conservative governments to tackle illegal immigrants. the review that was set up by the home 0ffice review that was set up by the home office to look into this has really laid the blame at the confusion of

policy and guidance in terms of immigration cases. 14,000 different guidance documents. it says that officials were confused and not sure what the policy was so in some cases it was just put out there that there was a requirement to take dna cases even though this was not the case. thank you very much. let us look at some of the other stories. a french court has ruled that the former president nicolas sarkozy should be tried for alleged spending irregularities in his re—election campaign in 2012. he denies having known that the pr company, bygmalion, was allegedly concealing how much he was spending. two rare asian elephant calves based at chester zoo have died after contracting a virus. a team of vets and scientists had carried out "ground—breaking" blood transfusions on the animals in an effort to save them. the zoo's director of animals said the calves were wonderful and energetic, and that their loss was devastating and heart—breaking to all that cared for them. the information commissioner has

confirmed that it will fine facebook £500,000 following the cambridge analytica data scandal. it said the social media company was guilty of serious breaches of data protection laws. 0ne developer using the site was able to harvest the data of 87 million people worldwide without their knowledge. mps have accused the bbc of failing to give staff equal pay and opportunities. the culture select committee says women at the corporation are earning far less than men for doing comparable jobs. the inquiry was sparked by the bbc‘s former china editor, carrie gracie, who accused her managers of pay discrimination. the bbc says much of the report is out of date but admits there is "more to do". 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year, when the case of carrie gracie, the corporation's former

china editor, drew widespread condemnation. while their conclusions carry no legislative weight, the strength and breadth of their criticisms are striking. the mps say that the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. the mps also said the bbc should compensate those presenters who were told to set up personal service companies but now face huge bills of unpaid income tax and national insurance contributions. one of the biggest concerns we have had is notjust the fact that there is this discrepancy in pay, but that many women have found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to take these grievances up with the bbc. it has been a tortuous process and a long process, and some feel there is no end in sight to that. that is what we have said throughout our report. the commitment the bbc should give now is to say that for the current complaints that have been logged with the bbc, they should now be resolved and

settled within the next six months. the bbc says that these findings are out of date, that while there is still work to do on equal pay, its gender pay gap is lower than across the rest of the media and has fallen dramatically, and that it has gone radically further on transparency than most companies across all sectors. in the last year, our gender pay gap is one of the lowest in the media in the uk, if not the lowest. it's comes down in the last year by 20%, and we are the only organisation in the uk who's committed to getting our gender pay gap down to equal by the end of 2020. the bbc says it wants to set the highest standards and is held to them. with many grievance procedures still outstanding and some high earners leaving because they don't like the exposure, the big headache created by salary disclosure shows no sign of abating. amol rajan, bbc news. the duke and duchess of gloucester

ques have arrived in fiji as their official tour of the south pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating british fijian soldier who died in a battle in 1972. the event was attended by the country's president and members of the armed forces. time for a look at the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. hello there. be prepared, cold weather is on the way. the weekend will finally bring the cold is weather we will have seen since april this year, single figure temperatures across the country, screaming northerly wind, real wind chill, that sort of thing. this is what it looks like right now, relatively mild but the cold air is starting to reach scotland where we

have had some rain. the cold front will move across the uk during the night, reaching yorkshire and northern wales by friday. the skies we re northern wales by friday. the skies were clear and that is when the cold weather arrives. tomorrow, look at the weather —— look at the arrows, they are pointing due south into the south. this is the coldest year which then arrives on saturday. temperatures will hover around five oi’ temperatures will hover around five or6 temperatures will hover around five or 6 degrees for most of us. this is bbc news. the headlines: the billionaire sir philip green has been named as the businessman facing newspaper allegations of sexual harassment. lord hain identified him in the house of lords using parliamentary privilege. i feel it is my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have

been subject to an injunction eventing publication of the full details of the story. debenhams becomes the latest retailer to announce the closure of some of its high street stores, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. a suspect package similar to those posted to leading democrats has been sent to a new york restaurant owned by the actor robert de niro. we'll be looking at the dangers of intitation ceremonies at universities following the death of student ed farmer. sport with will perry. good evening. we'll start with more from an exclusive bbc sport interview with the manchester city manager pep guardiola which you can hear on radio 5 live this evening and is already available to download in the conversation with guillem ballague the former barcelona boss touches on a number of topics from favourite songs to his family being caught up in the manchester arena bombing last year.

he was also asked whether he could see himself managing another premier league club in the future. i will be a mancunian for the rest of my life. it will not be possible to train another team in england like manchester city because i feel big love from the people here. i like to be... to do it better, to seduce them, to make a better club where they can believe we are strong enough. to do better things. but it is what it is. pierre—emerick aubameyang will start up front for arsenal tonight in their europa league tie at sporting lisbon, which kicks off at 5:55pm in portugal. he scored twice after coming on as a sub in theirwin against leicester on monday. there are five other changes made by unai emery including a return for aaron ramsey, who's been named captain. brendan rodgers has urged his celtic side to show confidence as they prepare to face rb leipzig in the europa league. celtic are missing a number of players through injuries and suspension including midfielder scott brown and striker leigh griffiths. but rodgers believes they can

challenge in germany. for me it is really about going and performing and taking that confidence to go and play and not be frightened to make the mistakes. liang against a very good team, one of the top teams here in germany. we still have to come and sure our way and our method of play and when we can do that we know we have players that can cause problems, so that is what is important for us. to perform well and then look at getting the results from that. former arsenal and manchester united striker robin van persie says he'll retire at the end of the season. the 35—year—old, who's currently playing for feyenoord, won an fa cup and a premier league during his time in england. he also scored 50 goals in 102 internationals for the netherlands, including this memorable one against spain at the 2014 world cup. kyle edmund suffered an upset in his round of 16 match at the vienna 0pen by losing

to fernando verdasco. edmund is now ranked 14th in the world after winning his first tour title last weekend. but he was edged out in three sets against the world number 30 in austria. defending champion caroline wozniacki is out of the wta finals as elena svitolina made it through to the semi—finals in singapore with a battling three sets win. the ukranian joins karolina pliskova in the last four. the 2019 tour de france is set to be the highest in history according to the organisers after they revealed the route for the race today. it will include a record 30 mountain passes and five summit finishes. brussells hosts the grand depart on the 6th ofjuly. but the riders face a gruelling final week with a finish at more than 2000 feet in the pyrenees, then two more at that altitude in the alps, with the final ride into paris on the 28th ofjuly. geraint thomas is the defending champion after winning his

first tour this year. saracens centre alex lozowski will miss england's first autumn international in november after having his ban for dangerously entering a ruck extended. he was given a two—week ban from october 14th for the incident during saracens' win at glasgow. however, selection for an england training camp meant lozowski would only miss one saracens match. a disciplinary committee has now set his free—to—play date as november 5th, which means he'll miss the match against south africa. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories and live text commentary of the early europa league games involving arsenal and celtic on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport almost eight months after the poisoning in salisbury of the former russian spy sergei skripal, the bbc has pieced together the extent to which he'd

been briefing foreign intelligence agencies before the attempt on his life. far from living quietly in retirement, skripal had been travelling extensively across europe and to the united states providing information to western security services about russian intelligence, including its alleged links with the mafia. richard galpin has been investigating. sergei skripal, a colonel in russia's military intelligence agency, the gru, who'd betrayed his country, was brought to britain in 2010 in a spy swap. so why were he and his daughter attacked eight years later? perhaps part of the reason lies here in the czech capital, prague. this is the first place where it's revealed he'd been actively assisting european and other western intelligence agencies. sources here telling me the czech secret services were in a battle with russian spies operating in the country, claiming they were trying to subvert the czech government. so intelligence experts say

the insights mr skripal provided into the workings of russian military intelligence were important. given the track record of mr skripal, i could imagine that he would be very valuable. i am not aware whether there would be any more, let's say, interesting defectors right now in the hands of intelligence. while it's not unusual for defectors like skripal to brief the intelligence services of allied countries, a well—placed source said czech intelligence officers probably did ask him for names of russian spies operating in the country. and this seniorjournalist believes skripal still had relevant information. he was working in a high level position. he had to have the knowledge about the guys from gru who are all over europe. so he would have known names, exactly what they were doing? most likely he had that information about the guys who are still working for gru.

if he had been uncovering russian spies, that could have been a motive for moscow trying to kill him. but one source here in prague told me that czech intelligence officers were also interested in what mr skripal knew about russian organised crime and said that mr skripal was planning to produce analysis about it. my source said that potentially could have been part of the reason why mr skripal was eventually attacked. this is spain, another of at least five countries skripal is believed to have travelled to in recent years. the costa del sol has been a favoured location for russian mafia who have been accused of money—laundering and links with moscow officials. i was told skripal‘s planned analysis on the russian mafia and its alleged links with russian intelligence agencies was to be shared with the spanish secret services. so if skripal‘s visit was about russian organised crime, there'd be a parallel with the former russian spy

alexander litvinenko, who worked for m16 and spanish intelligence on the issue, but was murdered before he could give evidence to spanish prosecutors. translation: the litvinenko and skripal cases are almost identical. litvinenko helps the british, spanish and other secret services. he's an enemy of the russian government and they decide to silence him. his story is repeated with skripal. the exact same thing happens. proving these theories is extremely difficult but sergei skripal was far more active than expected of an intelligence officer who had betrayed his country and been allowed to settle in britain as part of a spy swap which would normally mean a very quiet life. richard galpin, bbc news, spain. another suspect package has been

discovered in the united states. it follows the pipe bombs sent earlier this week to prominent democrats like hilary clinton and the news network cnn. well, president trump has been quick to point the finger at the mainstream media again for stirring up anger in american society. the president's relationship with the media has been turbulent since his election campaign, with his accusations of fake news prompting over 200 journalists to sign an open letter this morning condemning the president's behaviour towards the press as "un—american and utterly unlawful". let's talk to eugene scott now. he's a political reporter from the washington post and joins me from their newsroom. iam sure i am sure you have seen president trump's tweet saying a very big part of the anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely

inaccurate reporting of the mainstream media. essentially he is linking that to the sending of these pipe bombs. absolutely. that is u nfortu nate pipe bombs. absolutely. that is unfortunate considering how little information we have about who sent them and the motivations behind who sent them. the reality is the president has stopped anger and even heat since he launched his presidential campaign, against the media, liberals and people who do not think like his base. he has not taken responsibility for his words and actions that could have created this. last week he praised a republican congressman for physically assaulting a journalist. the president has said at a campaign rally he wishes he could punch liberal activists. the reality is despite what he treated americans who have been paying attention to his presidency and his campaign now where much of the campaign for

violence in this current political climate is coming from. you are saying if anyone is stoking violence it is him not the media. the president last week celebrated a journalist being punched. seven days later, bombs were sent to the main network that he criticises. i do not think those are coincidences. they may be but i do not think they are at this point. you think relations between the press in the united states and the white house have ever been this bad? we have never in the american media had the president plays a member of his party for physically assaulting people in our industry. we have never had the president stoke chants of cnn sucks after the network received bombs aimed ata after the network received bombs aimed at a long—term critic of the president. we have never had this before. if we have had something

similar it does not come to mind. we are ina similar it does not come to mind. we are in a time when many people are wondering if anything is going to change soon. if so the person to lead that change would be the president himself and nothing suggests we are moving in that direction. from his point of view, fuelling this hatred of the us media plays to his base and some of his supporters agree with him. plays to his base and some of his supporters agree with himm certainly plays to his base. the reality of the hostility we are seeing towards the mainstream media did not start with president trump. the conservative media has been very critical of the mainstream media. the far right has said numerous things that have shown some conservative americans that the lives of journalists do conservative americans that the lives ofjournalists do not matter. what a president does is shapes the worldview of his tribe. he could help his people realise that despite

people viewing things differently than they do that they are still people, they are still american and they still have the right to express their views. so they should not be receiving bombs whether they are journalists or democrats. is there any chance of any compromise between the media and the white house and the media and the white house and the president? he does not go to the white house correspondents dinner for example every year. is there any sort of hope of reconciliation?” believe a compromise would start with the president admitting that he has played a negative role in this relationship and that his supporters have taken his lead and that that is wrong. the likelihood of the president admitting that his words and actions have been wrong is really law. so a compromise happening without that degree of self and honesty and apologising to me is almost impossible. the coroner at the inquest

of newcastle university student ed farmer, who died after an "initiation—style" event, has ruled that his death was the result of the "toxic effects" of consuming excessive alcohol, and the lack of awareness of the "inherent risks" of binge drinking. today, the university said it had a zero tolerance for the events, but admitted it was almost impossible to stop them taking place. students had told the inquest they were told to keep quiet about the initiation ceremony at newcastle which included having to bob for apples in a mix of alcohol and urine. chris hemmings is with me, one of ourjournalists here on the news channel and also the author of be a man, which looks into the damage caused by macho culture in places like universities. you have experience of this from

when you were a student. yes, the parallels between my experience and what happened to this guy are quite similar. the initiations, we focus on specific evenings of initiations and fora on specific evenings of initiations and for a lot of people who are joining sports clubs or clubs that university the initiation is 12 months, your entire first year. you are treated as less, you're co nsta ntly are treated as less, you're constantly having to prove yourself, co nsta ntly constantly having to prove yourself, constantly trying to fit in, which is the most important thing. i had my head shaved when i was too drunk to remember it. i had terrible long blonde hair, but that is not the point, it was not my choice. i was forced to drink. i use the word forced to drink. i use the word forced because i was not physically forced, what is interesting is that this guy was not physically forced to drink but what the chair of the

society said was there was no requirement for him to turn up, he would still be included if he did not go. that is either being obtuse oi’ not go. that is either being obtuse or naive. there is a social pressure on you to attend those events and there was a social pressure on you to perform to whatever standard is expected of you and hear the standard was to bring triple vodkas. you have written you did things you we re you have written you did things you were not proud of and you feel guilty about. of course. it was based around this idea of having to prove oneself and it is a threat to your social status if you say no to them. the thing i regret most is being a bystander while some of the older guys were doing horrendous activities. i did drink far too much. i became very unhealthy. mentally and physically, through an entire year of just

mentally and physically, through an entire year ofjust kind of giving in to the whims of whatever of the senior players would tell you. i go and speak at universities and these initiations do still happen. it is ha rd initiations do still happen. it is hard for universities to completely ban them because we locked ourselves away in places on where nobody could see us away in places on where nobody could see us and we away in places on where nobody could see us and we were away in places on where nobody could see us and we were treated like rubbish by these older guys.” see us and we were treated like rubbish by these older guys. i have spoken to students who are perhaps not one thing, they are good sports men and women, but they do not want tojoin the men and women, but they do not want to join the football men and women, but they do not want tojoin the football or men and women, but they do not want to join the football or rugby team because they are scared of these initiations services, they do not wa nt to initiations services, they do not want to be part of them. one of my very good friends came to spend the summer with me at birmingham university and he witnessed what was happening to me because i was still treated as a fresher and he would have been probably the starting number eight in the 15 and he said

he was not going to the university because he had seen, and he was stronger than me, he wanted no part of it. i guess it was the weakness on my part to not say no but also i wa nted on my part to not say no but also i wanted to be a part of that club, so what was my alternative? to be playing member and have no social life with those men or in and get involved, and i wasn't able to speak out. there were situations you are not able to call out those behaviours. often it involves being pretty horrible to girls and women at university. absolutely. do you think the advent of me too will have an impact? i would like to say yes but that may drive the behaviours further underground. there is this

entitlement to behave in certain way. we are the rugby team, the hockey team, the farmers in this case. they feel like they are in total to behave this way and when i going to universities and challenge then they still say we all liked and they look around and see, don't we? what they don't realise is there is no point in that conversation because the first person who says they do not like it will be ostracised. those behaviours are not curtailed and called out and that of the problem and me too is a good start. we are only 12 months in and it has a long way to go. the brexit secretary dominic raab has told the house of commons that the uk and the eu are close to securing a brexit deal, but there is still a possibility of no—deal. meanwhile, the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier has been meeting a cross—party group of pro—remain mps who are calling for a people's vote on the final brexit deal. adam fleming is in brussels where the meeting has just finished. the meeting has just

the meeting hasjust finished the meeting has just finished and vince cable has emerged. what was your message and how was it received? he was very receptive. he has his role as eu negotiator. we certainly got the message across that there is a strong growing body of opinion in the uk which wants to see a people's cold to resolve this issue. i wanted to make sure they had heard about the necessity for them to do their contingency planning. also to express our concern about the european nationals in the uk and the british nationals in europe, but in the event of no deal their position is protected. michel barnier is on twitter. does this make any difference you coming here in person? the fact the reform

act different parties reflecting not just the opinion on the streets, which you saw in the march, there is a growing group in parliament, 100 have declared support for the people's vote and there are many others who willjoin us and i am sure there will be division on these matters. contingency planning, do you want the eu to start planning for the uk to stay in? we know that the british government itself is doing so. after press reports. i would hope the commission are doing the same and i certainly got across that message. did michel barnier give any details of the progress made in the talks that we have not been told about? no, he is professional and he was not giving away anything and i would not have expected them to. does he want the uk to stay in? there is a great deal

of affection and respect for the uk and sadness that brexit has happened but he is the brexit negotiator and he has to do hisjob. but he is the brexit negotiator and he has to do his job. did he sent a signal to use he would be glad of the uk stayed in? no. he was not in a nyway the uk stayed in? no. he was not in anyway and discreet. i dealt with him when was in the cabinet on the single market, he is an accomplished diplomat and behaved entirely properly. i am assured he was listening and heard what we have to say. no rest for michel barnier because he has another visitor from the uk, sadiq khan, the mayor of london. that is tomorrow. there's a special poignancy to this year's poppy appeal, which is launched today. it's a century since the end of the first world war in 1918. over the coming weeks, volunteers will be selling poppies

as the nation remembers the victims of not just that war, but all conflicts. 0ur correspondent lauren moss reports from greenwich where the appeal has been launched the poppy — a symbol of hope, woven into the fabric of today. as this year's appeal begins, we're asked to remember, across the generations, those who gave so much. i think it's good and it represents, like, what the war heroes did for us. barbara is 92 and a world war ii veteran. her parents both served and met in the first world war. she says the poppy still means so much. it's quite inspiring, really, because it could have faded away over the years, but i'm amazed and very pleased to see so many young people taking an interest now. i helped run a stall in york a few weeks ago, for the british legion, and the number of young people coming along and contributing...

and they weren't putting 50p pieces in, they were putting £10 notes and £20 notes into our bucket. we did quite well that day. former england rugby union captain lewis moody is supporting the campaign, honouring his relatives who fought. i think it's so important to remember the sacrifices. you know, it's the centenary now, coming to the end of the centenary period. to remember the generations, like my great—grandfather, who went and gave up so much so that we can enjoy the privileges we do today, the freedom of speech and choice and the life that we have. it's a hundred years since the end of the first world war, when more than a million british and commonwealth soldiers lost their lives. this installation is one of 15 across the uk, each of these threads carries a message connected to those who served. 0ther installations at football stadiums in northern ireland and preston, a former mining town in wales, parks and beaches signify that the memories will not be washed away. the money raised during

the poppy appeal, and this year we are trying to raise £50 million, goes to our armed forces community, which is 6.7 million strong, and that is both serving, veteran and their families. there are some amazing things that the money will go towards. it is lifelong support, whether that be providing care in old age, whether it is providing respite and breaks for service families who haven't seen each otherfor nine months, whether it is through research at places like the imperial college london centre for blast injuries studies. people have been coming all day to see the sculpture and read the messages. the installations are open until monday 29th october. the legacy is to never forget the sacrifices that were made in the past for the present. time for a look at the weather. we have had so much warm weather but

it is getting colder. cold enough for snow? i wouldn't say cold enough for snow for 99% of us but across the hills particularly in the north there will be some sleet and snow starting tonight, 500 metres, which is about twice the height of canary wharf, any hills that are about twice that could get some snow in the north. maybe 99% is a slight exaggeration, 95%. iam maybe 99% is a slight exaggeration, 95%. i am guessing. the next few days, this is a cold blast of air and if it was january i would say 100% we would be getting snow. it is a cold wind blowing from the north, no drama. we get theirs in october.

we have been used to such mild weather and we have had is am mild spells. these temperatures we have in the evening, and the next couple of days that will be distant memory, it will be much colder. tonight this cloud, this line of weather, is a cold front. behind it we get the cold front. behind it we get the cold winds coming out of the north and you will notice cloud and rain showers. the white is snow across grampian and the highlands which will continue through tomorrow. quite a bit of sunshine but frequent showers around the north sea coast into lincolnshire. showers into western parts of wales but england a lot of sunshine. this high pressure oi’ lot of sunshine. this high pressure or trade from iceland, when you get these lined up like this, that is when the winds blow out of the north

and they are blowing from the north towards spain and portugal, so it is not just us. towards spain and portugal, so it is notjust us. sunshine, showers, 20-30 notjust us. sunshine, showers, 20—30 male parent winds, average. temperatures will be up briefly in the afternoon and then when you add the afternoon and then when you add the wind it will feel more like three or four. we give you the maximum temperature. that is when the thermometer peaks briefly in the afternoon. it will briefly touched ten here and 11 there. most of the day it will be colder than that. temperatures in fact, to summarise, over the weekend, most of the time, airearly over the weekend, most of the time, air early morning, late in the evening, will be barely above freezing. very cold weather on the way. be prepared and wrap up warm. the retail tycoon sir philip green

is named in parliament as the businessman who went to court to stop harrassment allegations being published about him. today, the so—called gagging order obtained by sir philip was dramatically defied in parliament by a former cabinet minister. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question, given that the media have been subject to an injunction, preventing publication of the full details of a story which is clearly in the public interest. as yet, there's been no response from sir philip. also on the programme tonight: the bomb squad goes in — ten suspicious devices have now been sent in america to leading democrats and critics of president trump including robert de niro. 4000 jobs at risk as debenhams says it's closing a third of its stores after posting record annual losses. the first year student who drank so much alcohol on a night