a man is arrested in the united states — after a series of pipe bombs were sent to critics of president trump. a van belonging to the suspect was seized in florida — police say dna evidence was used to find him. another suspicious device was found today in new york city — bringing the total to at least 12. i want to applaud the fbi, secret service, department ofjustice, the us attorney's office for the southern district of new york, the nypd, and all law enforcement throughout the entire country. police have just named the arrested man as cesar sayoc — we'll be live in the us with the latest. also in the programme. the politician who revealed harassment allegations against sir philip green is accused of endangering the rule of law. the 15—year—old girl who died after an allergic reaction to a meal — two takeaway owners are convicted of manslaughter. stranded by civil war — the children of yemen in desperate

need of medical attention. the un says many should be flown abroad for treatment. and the attempted smash and grab of a magna carta from salisbury cathedral. and coming up on bbc news. five points for a fifth world title. lewis hamilton begins the mexico grand prix weekend with a small target. but a big prize. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a man has been arrested in florida, in connection with the suspected pipe bombs that have been sent to prominent democrats and critics of president trump. in the last hour, police have named him as cesar sayoc.

today, two more suspicious packages were found, one of them addressed a congressman, another to the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. president trump has said america must unite, as our correspondent nick bryant reports from washington. this has been a nationwide manhunt, but it appeared to end today amidst the palm trees of florida. the federal authorities arresting suspect in relation with the parcel bombsjust suspect in relation with the parcel bombs just north of miami. law—enforcement official surrounded this white van that had trumped stickers on it. the attacks have been directed against the president's detractors. as detectives covered it with tarpaulin details emerged about the man taken into custody. he is 56 years old and was traced partly through dna. he has been named as caesar's sire and he is registered as a republican. this was the scene early on in

midtown manhattan where the bombs squad descend on a postalfacility. it was sent to another prominent critic of donald trump, the former director of national intelligence james clapper. he's a frequent contributor at cnn just streets away. welcome back to breaking news, to renewed suspicious packages... for the second time this week the network became part of this breaking story. this is not to silence the administration's critics. the fbi had already turned its attention to florida where it is believed the packages were mailed from and that this post a facility outside miami they found another device addressed to another trump critic, the democratic senator cory booker. all of the packages have been the same and all of them had the return address of a prominent democratic congresswoman who spoke out today. we're not going to be knocked down by violence by vitriol and by venom.

the initial response this morning from the white house was extraordinary. the president not condemning the attacks but raising questions about their timing. with vital congressional elections just 11 days away. republicans are doing so 11 days away. republicans are doing so well in early voting and other polls and now this bomb stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows. but in responding to news of the arrests stomach arrest he tried to strike a more presidential tone. when the line is americans must unify and show the world we are united together in peace and love and harmony as fellow american citizens. there is no country like oui’ citizens. there is no country like our country. and every day we are showing the world just how truly great we are. but what has been striking has been the politicisation of these attempted attacks and how they have become part of the partisan fight. no one has yet been injured but they have highlighted once again the anger and hostility

that's become an everyday feature of american national life. cesar sayoc has a lengthy criminal history. he has been arrested on numerous occasions before, including one case in which he was accused of threatening to use a bomb. there is a lot of attention on that white van and the stickers that were emblazoned upon it. some were of donald trump and some of vice president mike pence and reports at the scene said there was a sticker that said cnn sucks, news organisation was where two the packages were addressed to. the fbi believe that cesar sayoc is the principal suspect but have not ruled out the possibility of further arrests. studio: nick briant in washington, thank you. the former attorney general dominic grieve says lord hain undermined the rule of law, when he named sir philip green as the businessman at the centre of sexual harassment allegations. yesterday, the labour peer used parliamentary privilege to name sir philip, despite a court injunction which is meant to keep his identity secret.

the businessman says he categorically and wholly denies any allegation of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. sir philip green, one of the country's most colourful tycoons, owner of a retail empire, never far from the headlines, and now he's embroiled in yet more controversy. his name was made public by a former cabinet minister in the house of lords, as the businessman at the centre of allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question. after days of speculation, sir philip has become front—page news. up until then, there had been an injunction in place by three seniorjudges, stopping the daily telegraph from naming sir philip, after a lengthy investigation. it has now fired up a debate about

whether or not parliamentary privilege is being misused. if individual members of parliament or the house of lords decide they think they know better and want to shortcut what is in fact a process which is still taking place at this very moment, in which a court is trying to make that determination, it entirely undermines the rule of law. sir, would you mind not looking at me like that all the time? it's really disturbing. sir philip has had more than his fair share of brushes with mps, and some think it's right that he was named. i think it's absolutely right to use parliamentary privilege in this way. because what has happened under these nondisclosure agreements is that certain individuals and companies are using the vast amount of power that they have to suppress whistle—blowers and the victims of abuse. the parliamentary register of interests shows that peter hain is a paid adviser at the law firm used by the daily telegraph.

he has categorically denied he was aware of the company's work on this case. there was no sign of sir philip at his home in monaco today, nor his yacht in the marina. he wasn't at his corporate hq in london either. senior colleagues who have worked with sir philip have been shocked at the allegations. one former top executive told me he'd never heard or seen a hint of any sexual harassment or racial abuse. he said philip could just be very, very aggressive and consistently rude to everyone. but sir philip has already given a statement saying, "to the extent that it is suggested that i've been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, i categorically and wholly deny these allegations". the telegraph has written to sir philip, asking that he drop the injunction. while the paper is still protecting details of the case, that seems unlikely.

if both sides dig in, a trial is expected to take place in the new year which will determine what can be published. emma simpson, bbc news. two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of a 15—year—old girl, who suffered an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal. megan lee died after eating food containing peanuts from the royal spice takeaway in lancashire in december 2016. angus crawford reports. to herfamily megan lee was the kindest, most loving daughter and sister. but in december 2016, she and herfriend ordered a takeaway online from this restaurant, telling staff she was allergic to nuts and prawns. they ignored the warning and she died of brain damage after an acute allergic reaction. today, mohammed kuddus and harun rashid were found guilty of manslaughter. their kitchen, the court heard, filthy and chaotic.

a disaster waiting to happen. megan's family hope the case will lead to real change. we live in hope that today's result is a warning to other food businesses operating in such a deplorable and ignorant manner. to learn this, to learn from this and to improve their standards with immediate effect. he wants awareness of allergies to be a top priority so no other family has to lose a child like megan. angus crawford, bbc news. the government has been accused of being in denial about the hardship caused by changes to the benefits system. a committee of mps warned that universal credit is leading to increased debt, rent arrears and the use of food banks. the government says it will consider the committee's findings. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. as fast as supplies come in they go out faster. is universal credit driving more

people to use food banks? the people who run them seem to think so. you only have to ask. universal credit has been rolled out here since december last year. we've seen our numbers at this food bank more than double since then. we are finding that lots of people who are claiming universal credit, they are getting universal credit, many of them are working, but they are still being driven into debt, struggling to feed themselves and their families. tinned tomatoes... the need is undeniable, the need for help putting food on the table, millions badly short of cash with mounting debt. in today's report, a cross—party committee of mps joins the queue of critics. the mps condemn what they call the culture of denial at the work and pensions department around the flaws in the system. they call it a fortress mentality, fending off critics and complaints. but there is a wealth of evidence, the report says, of delays in making payments, pushing people into debt and having to rely on food banks.

the mps demand a step change in attitude to universal credit‘s failings, with faster payments to more claimants. these are people who often, if they are claiming for the first time, won't have any food spare in their cupboards, won't have any money in their purse and need to pay their rent. if they are awaiting five or more weeks for money to arrive, that causes real problems. lauren is a single mother from newcastle. she bears witness to the accusation that delayed payments are causing real hardship. the delay getting your benefit, what was that like? it was horrible. there was a five or six week delay when i was relying on friends, family and food banks in particular. what was using food banks like? embarrassing. it was hard to go in and admit that you didn't have enough money to even feed yourself, cos it's like a necessity. so it was very hard. stories like lauren's haven't persuaded ministers the system is at fault. we are listening and we will continue to make improvements as we go along but, as i said to you, at the end of the day,

what we want to do is make sure we have a welfare system which of course supports people who need that support, it's fair to taxpayers is sustainable, and ultimately it helps people into work. the chancellor is keen to keep the benefit bill down, but he's facing a chorus of demands for a rethink and more money. with his neighbour theresa may now promising an end to austerity, the betting is that the chancellor will somehow find more money in next week's budget to show he is listening. the trouble is, that critical chorus has grown so loud, it will be very hard to satisfy. universal credit was designed to produce losers and winners, to prompt more people to work, but it hasn't all gone to plan, and now tory mps and ministers are feeling up against it, too. john pienaar, bbc news. seven members of a gang which used drones to smuggle drugs and mobile phones into prisons, have been given sentences ranging between three and ten years. the drones were used to fly more than £500,000 worth of drugs into eight prisons in the midlands and the north west of england. sima kotecha reports. their operation was referred

to as "a spider web of activity". the cctv footage shows exactly what they did. packaging up drugs, attaching them to drones, then inmates instructing the pilots where to deliver them. today, seven of them were jailed while six were given suspended sentences. all for transporting £500,000 worth of synthetic cannabis, crack cocaine and heroin into england's jails. this operation shows that this isn't a victimless crime, these are serious organised crime groups dealing a drug smuggling ring inside and outside prisons. i think the message needs to come out that using mobile phones in this way to try to organise this, using drones in this way, if you're outside a prison, either assisting orjust driving somebody there, or inside the prisons organising it, will end up with the police prosecuting you and end up with you injail. their operation began two years ago. the gang made at least 55

drone deliveries to seven prisons across the country, including hmp liverpool, birmingham and hewell, not too far from here. the group were caught after detectives found several drones that had crashed or were positioned for take—off, all with drugs attached to them. the men and women were told by the judge, this was a sophisticated commercial operation and due to the high value placed on drugs, it was designed to make you hundreds of thousands of pounds in profit. some of the men rolled their eyes as they were being sentenced. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the time is 6.15pm. our top story this evening... a man is arrested in the united states after a series of pipe bombs were sent to critics of president trump. a trip to tonga for meghan and harry on the latest stage of their tour down under.

coming up on sportsday on bbc news... ben stokes speaks to us about moving on from a troubled year. and he hopes his performances — not the headlines from off the pitch — are his legacy. there's growing concern about the fate of critically ill civilians, many of them children, who are trapped by the conflict in yemen. the united nations says dozens of children are dying every day because the country's medical services are close to collapse. nine million people there are in need of urgent healthca re, with many suffering severe malnutrition. the un is calling on all sides in the country's civil war to allow patients who need life—saving care to be flown abroad for treatment. more than three years of civil war has led to the crisis, with the country divided between houthi rebels backed by iran and government forces supported by a saudi—led coalition.

from sanaa, orla guerin reports. facing a long wait for what little help is available. yemen's health service is another casualty of years of conflict. half of the medical facilities here no longer function. mohammed was brought in in time. his cholera is being treated, but many never make it this far because their parents can't afford transport. for example, we have no intensive care. no intensive care? no. and doctors struggle with a lack of drugs and vital equipment. she comes to work every day in sanaa's main children's hospital, though she and the other staff haven't been paid in two years. around every corner there is a child in desperate need,

like three—year—old abdirahman, who has a congenital heart problem. this is one of the most complicated congenital heart diseases. and he needs to have an operation in a specialised cardiac centre outside yemen. but because of the war and the blockade, we cannot take him outside. this little boy is effectively a prisoner in sanaa. the saudi blockade prevents civilian flights to and from the capital, which is held by houthi forces. the united nations is trying to get agreement on medical evacuations. but it's unclear when — or if — an air bridge can be opened. he's telling me his name. his mother, sabrine, says he's always smiling, though he is so unwell. she has no money for treatment and is begging the outside world to help her son.

across town, sheltering in a disused shop, another family with a seriously ill child. the war has already taken their home. they worry it could take her sight. her mother says the five—year—old is in agony every day with eye cancer. there is a hospital injordan ready to treat her, if they can get there. translation: i am suffocating. i'm going to die of sadness. if they told me they could do an operation to give her my eye, i would do it. back at the hospital, abdirahman is being taken home to rest and to wait. doctors say if he doesn't have surgery abroad soon, he will be too weak to survive the operation.

orla guerin, bbc news, sanaa. a man was physically restrained by staff at salisbury cathedral after an apparent attempt to steal a copy of the magna carta. witnesses saw a man use a hammer to smash the glass which protects the 800—year—old document, believed to be the best—preserved of four original magna cartas. police arrested a man shortly afterwards. helena lee reports from salisbury. this is what's left of the glass protective home to magna carta, damaged after yesterday's hammer attack in the cathedral‘s chapterhouse. it happened just before 5pm yesterday afternoon. visitors watched on as a man went up to the glass with a hammer and began to smash it, triggering the alarm. the man then tried to leave the cathedral through the cloisters here with a hammer in his hand but, when he got outside, staff grabbed onto him and held him until the police arrived. the manuscript, which is more

than 800 years old, was saved from being damaged by a second layer of glass. the dean of salisbury says he is shocked by the incident, and has praised the staff who restrained the man. i am very saddened that an artefact which is of relevance to the whole world, notjust salisbury, should have been attacked in this way, but i am very relieved that no one was hurt, that magna carta is undamaged. the magna carta at salisbury cathedral is one of four originals to have survived. the document is a charter of rights agreed by king john in 1215, considered to be one of britain's most influential legal manuscripts. a man is still being questioned tonight in connection with the incident. he was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft, possession of an offensive weapon and criminal damage. helena lee, bbc news, salisbury cathedral.

the chancellor delivers the budget on monday — the last chance to assess the state of the country's finances before leaving the eu. philip hammond is under pressure to balance the books, and bring austerity to an end. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports from the low—pay capital of the uk — scarborough. it's the school holidays and here in yorkshire's biggest seaside resort, the fun starts early. what do you like about scarborough? the sea. you like the sea? she's been in the sea this morning already. the chancellor is not the only one facing a headache over the next few days about how to make the budget stretch. it's quite difficult to entertain them for two weeks so you'd have to put them into a holiday club, which would be between £35 and £50 per day. did you know it was the budget, first of all? no. we did not. locals like dave and simon have heard the promises to boost nhs spending. but aren't convinced they'll

feel the impact here. the fear here is that the hospital is going to virtually close down. i mean, it's a big worry for a town like scarborough. we are an ageing population, there is more children there out in schools at the moment. it's all right them saying they're putting more money in but the maths doesn't add up. at the sharp end of the government's funding squeeze is the local nursery school. i've done this job for 15 years. i've never known it this bad before. the staff are working probably harder than we've ever worked ever before. and everything isjust absolutely stretched to its limit. the government put these pressures on us. we must do this, must do this. and actually, you're not giving us the funding to do that. the chancellor says he wants to balance his sums within a decade. and i can see your fortune. come see it, too, no? but the prime minister has promised that the years of penny—pinching are coming to an end. that's music to the ears of residents here, who don't have much change to spare.

average wages are just £19,000 a year. scarborough, like a lot of towns, has had a mixed fortune through the years and there are plenty of people here at the moment who are really struggling just to make ends meet. but there is a brighter picture. yorkshire and the humber as a region is creating more jobs than anywhere else. on the moors outside town, a new mining firm wants to dig deep. big money and high—paid jobs. they want philip hammond to spend more on training and transport so they can employ more locals and recruit from further afield. most of my friends have had to go off and get work in cities. some not so far away but there certainly aren't as many opportunities here. the expectation is you will always have to leave the area to be able to get that dream job or that career path that you want. so you haven't the opportunity to stay local, stay around with family and friends. no matter how far away the chancellor feels,

the ripples of whatever he says in the budget on monday will be felt right around the uk. colletta smith, bbc news, in scarborough. the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, has given birth to a boy. she announced the arrival of finn paul davidson on twitter, and said he weighs 10 pounds and 1.5 ounces. ruth davidson and her partner jen wilson say they are delighted, and can't wait to get him home. the duke and duchess of sussex have been meeting tonga's royal family at the end of their visit to the tiny south pacific nation. earlier, the couple, on theirfirst tour as a married couple, wore floral garlands and traditional clothes as they learned about tongan youth projects. our royal correspondent, jonny dymond, was there. for a style icon, a new accessory. the welcome for harry and meghan was warm and noisy.

and this was just the start. mat—making was just part of the display of tongan culture waiting for the duke and duchess. but first, south pacific chic met royalfashion. was that a shimmy from harry? then a quick whip round the exhibits. no royal tour is complete without a tour of handicrafts and the tongans have really put on a show. this island is tiny but the royal visit has had a huge impact. it's been a long time since tonga was a sliver of empire but the link to britain survives.

to finish the trip, more music. and a little encouragement from harry. they were here for just a day. but they made every minute count. jonny dymond, bbc news, tonga. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker will it be a chilly weekend? compared to last weekend, yes. it was 20 degrees last weekend and a different story this weekend. the first cold snap of the autumn. even cold enough for some sleet and hail, mostly across the hills, the sleet and snow, but some others could catch some hailstones. chilly are coming from the arctic and you can see the motion of the cloud, giving offa see the motion of the cloud, giving off a sense of where the air is coming from, all away from the

arctic and this cold airstream has pretty much engulfed the whole of the british isles and over the course of the weekend the cold air will reach parts of france and go as far south as spain and portugal. the forecast has not changed from yesterday, it is going to be a cold one. here is a forecast for this evening, loss of clear weather but a brisk, biting wind and showers on the east coast and the west coast and some of those across scotland will be wintry over the hills. temperatures bursting on saturday, barely above freezing, outside of town there is a touch of frost. saturday starts chilly, some on the east coast will get a few showers and will be blustery. pretty big waves out to sea. temperatures will struggle, single figures everywhere, the coldest day since early april. and the chilly weather continues into sunday. in fact, it will affect so into sunday. in fact, it will affect so many parts of europe, from eastern europe, all away to france

and the balearics. this is what it looks like on sunday. not a bad day for many of us, there will be lots of sunshine but still brisk winds. particularly for east anglia and the south—east. temperatures mostly into single figures but it will feel colder than that. especially in the biting wind. wrap up warm! that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. a 56—year—old man, named as cesar ceyak, is arrested in florida in connection with the suspicious packages being sent to public figures.