hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top story. the fbi has charged a man from florida with five federal offences, connected to a parcel bomb campaign targeting prominent democrats, among others. 1a devices were sent to people including barack obama and robert de niro, who has been a critic of president trump. cesar sayoc, who's 56, was arrested after a fingerprint was found on one of the packages. nick bryant has the latest from washington. this has been a nationwide manhunt, but it appeared to end today amidst the palm trees of florida. federal authorities arresting a suspect in connection with the parcel bombs just north of miami. law enforcement officers surrounded this white van emblazoned with pro—trump stickers. they feature the president and his vice president, mike pence, and more threateningly,

crosshairs over the faces of hillary clinton and barack obama, two democrats targeted with crude bombs. the suspect is 56—year—old cesar sayoc, a registered republican who's evidently a devoted supporter of donald trump. on social media, the former strip club worker posted shots of himself at trump rallies, and this is him at donald trump's inauguration — wearing a make america great again cap. oh, yeah, donald] trump! next president of the united states! the next president of the united states! he also posted videos of himself listening to donald trump. trump: you take a look at these people. you study these people... the president's attorney general announced sayoc has been charged with five federal crimes. let this be a lesson to anyone, regardless of their political beliefs, that we will bring the full force of law against anyone who attempts to use threats, intimidation and outright violence to further an agenda. this was the scene earlier in midtown manhattan, where the bomb squad descended on a postal facility where another

explosive device was found. it was sent to another prominent critic of donald trump, the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. all the packages have looked exactly the same, but on one of them, investigators found sayoc‘s fingerprint. they all contained improvised explosive devices. though we're still analysing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax devices. the initial response from the white house this morning to news of more attacks was extraordinary, the president not condemning them but raising questions about their timing, coming in the run—up to vital congressional elections. appearing after the arrest before a crowd of cheering supporters, he tried to strike a more presidential tone. but the bottom line is that americans must unify, and we must show the world that we are united together in peace

and love and harmony as fellow american citizens. there is no country like our country, and every day, we are showing the world just how truly great we are. donald trump presents himself as a law and order president, but the question will now be asked: is his aggressive style, and his past statements condoning physical violence, encouraging supporters to take matters into their own hands? let's get some of the day's other news now. the fiancee of the murdered saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, has said she does not believe the united states is sincere in trying to get to the bottom of the case. in an interview with turkish tv, hatice cengiz spoke of her panic when mr khashoggi did not emerge from the saudi consulate in istanbul. a constitutional crisis has erupted in sri lanka, where the president has appointed his predecessor and former rival, mahinda rajapa ksa,

as the new prime minister. but the coalition‘s leader ranil wickremesinghe insists that he is still prime minister and says he still commands a majority in parliament. health officials in the gaza strip say israeli forces have shot and killed five palestinians during protests along the border with israel. the demonstrations have been ongoing since march. israel said around 10,000 palestinians had gathered along the border and were throwing missiles at israeli troops. more than 80 people were injured. and you can keep up to date with all the latest on our website. the billionaire businessman sir philip green has told the bbc he'll lodge a formal complaint against the labour peer lord hain, who named him in parliament as the man facing allegations

of sexual and racist harrassment. it comes after it was revealed lord hain is a paid advisor to the law firm representing the newspaper that wants to publish the allegations. lord hain says he was unaware the lawyers were involved in the case. sir philip green denies any wrongdoing. emma simpson has the latest. 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 with allegations of sexual and racial harassment. his name was made public by former cabinet minister peter hain, using rules that stop those talking in parliament from being sued. 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'd been an injunction in place by three

seniorjudges, stopping the daily telegraph from naming him. it's now fired up a debate about whether parliamentary privilege is being misused. tonight, the former head of the judiciary of england and wales has weighed in. he used parliamentary privilege in a way which is entirely inappropriate. parliamentary privilege is not meant to allow individual members of either house to interfere with the process of the courts. whatever we think of sir philip — and i don't know the man — but he's not the world's most popular person at the moment, he's entitled to go to a court, just like anybody else. it's emerged in the parliamentary register of interests that peter hain is a paid adviser at the law firm gordon dadds, used by the daily telegraph. he's categorically denied he was aware of its work on this case. gordon dadds said he'd had no involvement either. do 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. these allegations had been swirling around all week, and they are only allegations at this stage, but there's a very strong public interest reason why people deserve to be told who they were about, and let's not forget, this is because this man tried to hush up the complainants, or alleged victims, and also the press, and it shouldn't be that the rich and powerful can buy their way out of trouble against the poor and impotent. there was no sign of sir philip at his home in monaco today, nor his yacht in the marina. but he's already given a statement saying "to the extent it is suggested that i've been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour, i categorically and wholly deny these allegations." so what now? the telegraph has written to sir philip asking that the injunction be dropped.

while the paper is still protecting the details of the allegations, that seems unlikely. if both sides dig in, then a trial is expected in the new year, which will determine what can be published. emma simpson, bbc news, central london. let's get some more on the jamal khashoggi case. turkey is to ask saudi arabia to extradite people suspected of killing the journalist in its consulate in istanbul. from there, mark lowen reports. jamal khashoggi and his fiancee on their way to the saudi consulate. a moment of happiness as they planned their future. a quick goodbye as he entered to get papers for their wedding. it was the last time she'd see him alive. today, a distraught hatice cengiz recounted those fateful hours. as he didn't emerge, she begged the staff to know what had happened. translation: i said,

"jamal entered from this very door." i insisted that he hadn't left. i knew he hadn't. i knew. i felt i had lost something huge in my life. the dissident journalist worried about entering the consulate, she said, but was reassured after an earlier visit there. at first, she thought he was being held inside. translation: i tried to think positively. i couldn't imagine what had happened. never. not even 10% of what we know now crossed my mind. if it had, i would have entered the building with him or never let him go in. i would have just accepted that he wouldn't be able to marry me. now i'm bearing a terrible sense of responsibility. hatice waited here into the night, as fear turned to blind panic. she alerted the turkish authorities, police were scrambled to the airport, but they were too late. the first group of saudis, the alleged hit squad, were already in the air —

en route to riyadh. turkey has released an image of a saudi consulate car entering a forest in istanbul before the murder. the suspicion is that the killers scouted it for a burial site. there's still no sign of the body. that and the changing saudi stories have angered president erdogan, who called them childish and not worthy of a serious state. forjamal khashoggi's friends, a search for answers. turkey has requested extradition of the 18 saudis arrested in riyadh, but the fear is they're being scapegoated by those on high and that the real truth may never come out. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. concern is growing 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. more than three years of civil war have led to the crisis, with the country divided beween houthi rebels backed by iran and government forces, supported by a saudi—led coalition, which includes the uk and the us. from sanaa, 0rla 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 neonatal intensive care. no intensive care? no.

and doctors struggle with a lack of drugs and vital equipment. this doctor 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's a hospital injordan ready to treat her, if they can get her 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. 0rla guerin, bbc news, sanaa. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a man has been charged in florida after a series of pipe bombs were sent to critics of president trump. police say cesar sayoc is a registered supporter of the republicans. the lord who revealed harassment allegations against businesman sir philip green is accused of endangering the rule of law. donald trump has condemned the melbourne sent to various democrat figures as despicable and says they have no place in america. he was

speaking in north carolina at a rally where he has taken aim at the media again. the media's constant unfair coverage, deep hostility, and negative attacks — you know that— only serve to drive people apart and to undermine healthy debate. for example, we have seen an effort by the media in recent hours to use the sinister actions of one individual to score a political point against me and the republican party. to score a political point against me and the republican partylj to score a political point against me and the republican party. i spoke to are corresponded peter bowes and asked what we knew about the suspect. well, we know, and it is therefore all to see, in the vehicle that he was arrested on, in his political allegiances. we know that he isa political allegiances. we know that he is a registered member of the republican party. there was imagery all over the vehicle of donald trump, who he supports very. hillary

clinton in crosshairs, red crosshairs, and also barack obama. some very, some people would say, it distasteful imagery during his opposition to the democratic party. we know he has a past criminal record. that is how the authorities managed to cross him down —— track down from a figure print they found on one of the packages. also some dna evidence they found, they had records already, and that led to what happened at the last 12 hours oi’ what happened at the last 12 hours or $0. what happened at the last 12 hours or so. his arrest in a city close to miami. he willappear or so. his arrest in a city close to miami. he will appear in court on monday. the authorities are resisting and warning that this may not be the end of the matter. some of these packages at maybe in the system, and people ought to be cautious and on their guard. system, and people ought to be cautious and on their guardm system, and people ought to be cautious and on their guard. it is interesting, donald trump's reaction to this. he has condemned it. but at

this rally in the lusty hours, he said there has been an effort by the media in recent hours to use the sinister actions of one individual to score political points. what is he tried to say there? what donald trump is saying here is what we have countries back from the president when he is in front of his supporters or when he is tweeting in the middle of the night. some say he is saying what he really thinks, as opposed to the teleprompter donald trump which is a bit more guarded, and the kind of thing you click to hear from and the kind of thing you click to hearfrom a president in and the kind of thing you click to hear from a president in times like this. he is renewing his political argument is an attack on the media, suggesting that the level of and arguments in the media are in some way to blame for the level of political debate right now in the united states. that people are using, perhaps, the rest of this one individual to attack the president, because a republican, someone who has supported the president, and as

the president might see it, he is perhaps someone who might be used as a tool to attack what the president believes in. peter bowes in la. thank you very much. 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. seven members of the gang which use 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 half a million pounds 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 in jail. 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 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. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports from the low—pay capital of the uk — scarborough. it is the school holidays and here

in yorkshire's biggest seaside resort, the fun starts early. what do you like about scarborough? bc. you like the sea? —— the sea. the chancellor is not the anyone facing a headache in the next few days over how to make the budget stretch. a headache in the next few days over how to make the budget stretchm is difficult to entertain them for two weeks. so we put them into a holiday club, which would be about £35 - £50 holiday club, which would be about £35 — £50 per day. holiday club, which would be about £35 - £50 per day. did you know it was the budget? no. local slate david simon have heard the promises to boost nhs spending, but are not convinced they will feel the impact here. the fear here is that the hospital is going to virtually closed down. it is a big worry free town like scarborough. we are in an ageing operation. there are more children out there in schools at the moment. the maths is not add up. at the sharp end of the government's

funding squeeze is the local nursery school. i have done this job for 15 yea rs. school. i have done this job for 15 years. i have never known at this bad before. staff are probably working harder than they ever have worked before. and everything is absolute stretch to its limit. the government has these pressures on us, you must do this about, but we don't have the funding. the chancellor says he wants to balance his sums a decade. but the prime minister has promised that the years of pennypinching are coming to an end. that is music to the years of residence 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 mixed fortune through the years. there are plenty of people here at the moment who are struggling to make ends meet. there is a brighter picture. yorkshire and humber as a region is greeting morejobs yorkshire and humber as a region is greeting more jobs than anywhere else. 0n the moors outside town, a

new mining firm wants to dig deep. big money and high—paid jobs will stop they want philip hammond to spend more on training and transport so spend more on training and transport so they can employ more locals and recruits from further afield. most of my friends have had to go off and get work in cities will stop some not so far away. certainly as —— there aren't as many opportunities you. you have to work harder to get a career you. you have to work harder to get a career path you want. so to have that opportunity to stay local, to have friends. the matter how the chancellor feels, he ripples have friends. the matter how the chancellorfeels, he ripples of have friends. the matter how the chancellor feels, he ripples of what he says in the budget on monday will be felt right around the uk. the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has given birth to a boy. finn paul davidson weighed 10 pounds and 1 ounce. ruth davidson said on twitter that she and her partnerjen wilson are delighted. congratulations to them. speaking at

twitter, you can get in touch with me any time. you're watching bbc news. weather now with nick miller. hello. british summertime ends this weekend as the clocks go back. it has nothing to do with the weather. clearly we are not in summer any more. it will feel that we are not even in autumn, though. cold arctic air in place across the uk. a biting wind. many of us will be dry with crisp, clearsunshine, but there will be some showers about. some of those will be heavy, even wintry and places, too. the air coming all the way from the arctic, all in the blue. and it is a strong wind well. the showers are predominantly in the areas that are exposed to the wind. here is how it looks first thing. these are the starting temperatures.

a touch of frost. that is the distribution of the showers. they've been coming in overnight into northern scotland, icy and places, and a bit slushy on higher routes, ice risk in northern ireland, with temperatures close to freezing. the showers will continue on the northerly wind running into ireland. northern scotland and the west of wales and far south—west of england. in the name, it penetrates inland across parts of the midlands, east anglia, and south—east england. showers could be heavy or thundery with hail. for many, as you see, it will be dry and sunny. everywhere has that biting northerly wind. that has an effect on the feel of the weather. last weekend top temperatures close to 20. this weekend nowhere near. because of that wind, it feels even colder. mid to low single figures in places. that's how we end the afternoon. many will be dry on saturday night, clear, cold, with frost setting in. showers will continue, though, particularly across eastern parts of the uk. again, it could be wintry in higher ground. remember on saturday night the clocks go back an hour. an extra hour in bed for some of us. as we start off on sunday morning, well, again,

it will be cold and frosty in places with a risk of ice in some spots, too. and the showers going on through sunday will really be across eastern parts of the uk. the north—easterly wind will penetrate a bit further inland at times. but a lighter wind for scotland and northern ireland. possibly a stronger wind in the east and south—east of england. for many on sunday it will be dry, sunny, again — but the temperatures, maybe a degree or so high, but the wind will still be a bit stronger. going into next week, wet at times, but low pressure close by. the temperatures will gradually creep up again. bye bye. this is bbc news. the headlines: a registered republican voter has been charged in connection

with a series of letter bombs, sent to high profile critics of president trump. cesar sayoc faces up to 48 years in prison if found guilty of federal crimes, including illegal mailing of explosives. the fiancee of the journalist jamal khasoggi has spoken for the first time about her pain following his murder. in a tearful interview with a turkish television channel, hatice cengiz spoke of her panic when mr khashoggi did not emerge from the saudi consulate in istanbul. a constitutional crisis has erupted in sri lanka, where the president has appointed his predecessor and former rival mahinda rajapa ksa as the new prime minister. but the coalition‘s leader ranil wickremesinghe insists that he is still prime minister and says he still commands a majority in parliament. coming up in 10 minutes' time, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click.