this is bbc news. the headlines: leicester city players and fans observe a minute silence to honour the club's chairman and former others who died in a helicopter crash a week ago. he always took the time. even if it wasjust crash a week ago. he always took the time. even if it was just a smile and a thumbs up, he always acknowledged as as the fans who took the time to go. broadcaster paul gambaccini receives a pay—out from the cps over its handling of unfunded sexual assault allegations against him. violent protests in pakistan. twitter removes thousands of automated account is discouraging people from voting in the united states ahead of next week's midterm

elections. and a man eating tiger has been shot dead in india, sparking controversy over the legality of its killing. in dateline london in half an hour, we're looking at the german chancellor's long goodbye, telling us why donald trump isn't experiencing the usual mid—term blues. leicester city players and thousands of supporters have held a minute silence in cardiff for its chairman. vichai srivaddhanaprabha and four others who died in a helicopter crash last week. floral tributes we re crash last week. floral tributes were laid on the pitch. and emotional team led the minutes

silence. kasper schmeichel was in tea rs. silence. kasper schmeichel was in tears. our correspondent was in cardiff as the silence was held. it is the first time since leicester city have taken to the pitch since their chairman and four others were killed last saturday night in a helicopter crash. a minutes silence has taken place. that will be taking place against all premier league fixtures this weekend. players will be wearing black armbands. we can ta ke be wearing black armbands. we can take a look now at what has just happened. applause. speaking before the match this

afternoon, jamie vardy said the players were given the option of weather they wanted to play this afternoon, but the decision was unanimous and everyone wanted to get out on the pitch to do justice to their german. fans were given a free brea kfast their german. fans were given a free breakfast at the king power stadium before setting off for cardiff. they we re before setting off for cardiff. they were given t—shirts to commemorate their chairman. we spoke to fans earlier who were delighted to be here to show their support. he is the top of the family tree, as we have always said. from supporters, the fans, the players, he has been there for the community notjust for there for the community notjust for the club but the wider community. he has done a lot for football in the country and around the world. he has shown chair people how you can run a

football club. you have obviously been a supporter for many years. how did the club changed under his ownership? we had nothing left. we we re ownership? we had nothing left. we were skint. he brought in sustainability. we did the 5000 to one extraordinary champions of england. but little changes like respect for the supporters. nobody has said a bad word about him and i don't think they ever will. we feel as supporters valued as a club. and there are not many premiership teams who can say that. he sits with us in the stand at away matches. in madrid for the champions league, he came in the square and said hello to ours. he always took the time, even if it wasjust a smile and a thumbs up, he always acknowledged us as the bands that had taken the trouble to go.

the funeral of vichai srivaddhanaprabha is now under way in bangkok. we understand that after the match today a number of members of the team will fly to bangkok to stay in thailand until tuesday. they will return to prepare for the next game against burnley. the leicester city manager has said the result of the game today is not important. they just want to honour a the game today is not important. theyjust want to honour a man who has done so much for the club. as we we re has done so much for the club. as we were just hearing, the funeral of the leicester city owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, has begun in thailand. it started with the disk rituals at a temple in thailand and will be followed by a ceremony over seven days. in leicester, the city whose spirits

he did so much to left, the grief was open and spontaneous. vichai srivaddhanaprabha was seen as a generous benefactor, an owner who is genuine love of football shone through. in thailand, yet a different image. as a powerful and very private man. the elaborate funeral going on here is a mark of the status that vichai srivaddhanaprabha achieved here in thailand. that was largely as a successful entrepreneur, in a controversial business. his success at leicester city certainly raised his profile in this country, but the outpouring of gratitude and affection we have seen in britain, you just don't see much of that year. the funeral began with a ritual bathing ceremony of the body, attended by close friends and family. later, buddhist monks will

chant for six nights ahead of the cremation. funerals are big social networking occasions in thailand and the family of vichai srivaddhanaprabha will be watching closely to see who does and does not attend. most of the leicester team will arrive tomorrow. that will bring homejust how much will arrive tomorrow. that will bring home just how much vichai srivaddhanaprabha meant to the club which he bought eight years ago. paul gambaccini has received a pay—out from prosecutors over the way they handled unfounded historical allegations against him. he was arrested in 2013 over allegations he had molested two teenage boys in the 1970s. he always denied the claims. he spent a year on bail before the case was dropped. arriving at the bbc studios

in central london this morning to host his radio two show, pick of the pops, paul gambaccini has nothing to say. the veteran broadcaster, known as the professor of pop, has been paid an undisclosed sum by the crown prosecution service of over unfounded allegations of historic sex offences. in a statement, a cps spokesperson said... the 69—year—old, in an interview with the daily mail, talked about how his life had been turned upside down following his arrest, claiming the organisations he had supported throughout his life had ghosted him and praised his husband, who he said saved his life through the ordeal. mr gambaccini was arrested following allegations he had sexually abused two boys in the 1970s and 80s. claims he says were fictitious. the cps dropped the case and since then he has called for changes in the law. if we are to have a just

society, we must have anonymity before charge. because what we had during this recent five years was anybody could make an accusation against anybody, whether they knew them or not, and it would get publicised. the bbc has said paul is valued and appreciated, which is why he presents two much loved shows. a christian woman cleared of blasphemy charges in pakistan could be banned from ever leaving the country. campaigners have blasted the deal as akin to signing asia bibi's death warrant. in a new development, her lawyer has fled pakistan, saying he fears for his life. earlier, ispoke pakistan, saying he fears for his life. earlier, i spoke to the deputy regional director for south asia at

amnesty international. he strongly criticised the deal and says it undermines the rule of law. it's a shameful capitulation. just a couple of days after the prime minister went on television saying the government upholds the verdict of the supreme courts, warning the mobs from rampaging across the streets and carrying out disruption, laying siege to major cities, they have surrendered, they have effectively said that the rule of law is negotiable if you have the muscle to bring the government to seal.|j understand that vichai srivaddhanaprabha has put on an ecl, 01’ srivaddhanaprabha has put on an ecl, or there are calls for her to be put on this exit control list, what does that mean? that means she would not be able to leave the country. this is usually a measure to stop people who are at risk of flight.

principally in criminal cases. in this case, you actually have the extraordinary case of someone who has been acquitted by the supreme court possibly being stopped from leaving and the condition is that she not be allowed to leave the country until a review of the supreme court ruling goes through. now, there could be real legal challenges to this. there is no guarantee this goes through. if she is unable to leave the country and the supreme court is forced to review the verdict, then i fear for her life. what is the state of religious freedoms in pakistan, according to amnesty? what are you seeing? well, its been abysmal situation first several years. long—suffering minorities have been targeted by armed groups, subject to discrimination, they have been ensnared often in these blasphemy laws, which are broad, vague and coercive, on the basis of little or

no evidence that we have seen in this particular case someone can be ensnared into a justice system that will not protect them. the onus... they cannot effectively defend themselves. even when the highest court in the country rules that someone court in the country rules that someone is innocent and evidence is insufficient, they can still be persecuted in this most horrific way. i like to know, what would you like to see happen next? does amnesty ever need plans to act on behalf of of asia bibi? and what about reforms? with carl and the pakistan government to go back to their original position, to actually uphold what the supreme court ruling was, which reversed an eight—year long miscarriage ofjustice to ensure that people are protected, religious minorities, that mobs cannot hold the state hostage in

this way, to prosecute the people have been making these threats, and these are very serious threats they've made, not just these are very serious threats they've made, notjust against the likes of supreme courtjudges but also against members of the government including the prime minister and even the army chief. this sort of behaviour would not be tolerated by anyone else, so it is really quite surprising that an armed and violent mob of this kind can get the government to submit to their demands. the state has to rediscover its authority and ensure that the rule of law actually has some meaning and it can't be defied at will by forces obligatory and it will be there to detect the most marginalised and weak who depend upon it. the success of ivf has caused a drop in the number of children being adopted, according to the boss of the organisation that represents children in care. in the

last four years, adoption rates in england and wales have fallen by over 60%. meanwhile, ivf success rates have nearly tripled. it is claimed that the adoption process is still too slow. a man in his 50s has been struck by a vehicle and killed whilst walking on a motorway at around 2am this morning. west mercia police have said it is still to be established why he was on the motorway in worcestershire. the road has now reopened. attacks on firefighters in england have increased by a quarter in the past year, according to their trade union. the fire brigades union said there were more than 900 incidents when crews were abused or threatened. the home office says new laws coming into place this month

should give the police and courts more power to deal with those who are violent towards emergency service workers. the time is 4:15pm. the headlines call a minutes has been held in honour of the leicester city chairman, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, and four others who died a week ago. broadcaster paul gambaccini receives a pay—out from the crown prosecution service over its handling of unfounded sexual assault allegations made against him. new fears for a christian woman in pakistan whose acquittalfor blasphemy christian woman in pakistan whose acquittal for blasphemy sparked days of violent protests across the country. and in sport, england are facing south africa in the first autumn international. the air into the second half. south africa are leading 8—6 after 50 minutes.

manchester united secured a 2—1 victory over bournemouth. and rangers have beaten saint mirren in the scottish premier league to give steven gerrard's side only their second away victory of the season. more on those details coming up at about 5:30pm. tigress in india which is said to have killed 13 people has been shot dead after a major hunt. the six—year—old big cat evaded capture in thejungle six—year—old big cat evaded capture in the jungle for more than two yea rs. in the jungle for more than two years. activists campaigned to save the tiger. the supreme court said it would not interfere with forest rangers were forced to shoot it. a short time ago, i spoke to our south asia editor. for the last two years,

this captured the attention of many people. this tigress was tracked with drones and people riding on elephants to go deep into the forest. calvin klein perfume as well because apparently that attracts the tigress. they used different methods to lure this tigress, but it was very clever and was hiding deep in thejungle. but very clever and was hiding deep in the jungle. but this very clever and was hiding deep in thejungle. but this mother of very clever and was hiding deep in the jungle. but this mother of two carbs. it is said that they could have put the animal in a zoo and it has caused outrage amongst activists. they say the authorities who shot the animal flouted all rules protecting conservation. that is why they are saying the

authorities would have been more cautious while handling this entire episode. what is the problem here? has the tiger encroached on human settlement, or is now the other way around? the human animal conflict is becoming a huge problem in india. the economy is growing, people are occupying forest lands. with the habitat reducing, that puts people into co nta ct habitat reducing, that puts people into contact with animals. figure see at least one person at the is killed in india because of elephants or tigers are worn. and other animals like leopards. that is the intensity of the problem. so people living in the fringes of these nature reserves , living in the fringes of these nature reserves, they take their cattle degrees inside forest areas and that is where they come into contact with animals like wild animals. it is expensive for these villagers to buy cattle feed. they

are not supposed to go here because they are protected areas. tigers get ferocious to defend their territory. increasingly, it is becoming a problem. but it is also the traditional issue between development and environment. where is the line? that is what people are asking. just days before crucial midterm elections in the us, two presidents past and present have been dominating the campaign trail. 0n been dominating the campaign trail. on friday, barack 0bama wants the scathing attack on donald trump, accusing his successor of fear mongering over a caravan of migrants travelling towards united states and calling the current president a liar. what we have not seen, at least in my lifetime, is an approach in which folks in the highest levels

of office, folks who we thought our children should be looking up to, we'll just blatantly repeatedly, baldly, shamelessly live. just make stuff up. just say things that they now are not true. and theyjust keep on doing it. president trump has also been on the attack. posse acknowledged the democrats could ta ke acknowledged the democrats could take the house of representatives, he sharply criticised the 0bama yea rs he sharply criticised the 0bama years and defended his own record. we don't want to go back to the 0bama days of low wages, high unemployment, rising crime, open borders and far left judges, oppressive regulations, horrible

trade deals, disastrous foreign policy. look at the mess i inherited in north korea and look at how well we are doing now. meanwhile, twitter has removed around 10,000 automated accou nts has removed around 10,000 automated accounts that discourage people from voting in the mid—term elections next week. most of the accounts were posing as democrats the social media company said. earlier, i spoke to the director of a digital think tank who gave us his analysis of the story. there have been all sorts of different kinds of messages from p°ppy different kinds of messages from poppy cold political robot accounts, some saying not to vote, trying to disenfranchise voters, some are harassing people and trying to attack them in different social groups. some of them are just spam that are meant to block lines of communication on a site like twitter. is there any evidence that these messages has had an effect on

social opinion? what we see is that often they are not targeting people, they are actually been built to target the algorithm, the trending algorithm on a site like twitter in order to manufacture fake trends. when they do target people, they are being used to either harass them to get them off line or two create a chilling effect amongst journalists so that journalists chilling effect amongst journalists so thatjournalists don't report on stories. do we know how quickly twitter responded to this? they seem to be doing a lot to try to get rid of bots on the platform. there have been numerous instances across the world where political bots have been used to manipulate public opinion and twitter has failed to do as much as it could have. so why this change in its actions? why was it so

important that it was seen to be taking swift action? i think that the reason is that there has been a tremendous amount of pressure within the united states on twitter both within the government and civil society, as well as from users. if twitter wa nts society, as well as from users. if twitter wants to retain its legitimacy, it really has to get rid of bots because they are seen as a way of notjust aching political speech online but also bolstering metrics of advertising and affecting the bottom line of the company as a result. how closely is twitter working with political parties on these midterms? it remains unclear. in the past, we have seen facebook, twitter and google work with parties on advertising sales. we don't know by now the companies are actually trying to get rid of bots. 0ften by now the companies are actually trying to get rid of bots. often we see there is quite a hidden practice

of how it manages this problem. i'm interested to know because the last time there were allegations of this sort of interference, political interference at the us elections, where the presidential elections. there was the allegation that this had originated from russia. do we know weather this was home—grown or foreign accounts? what my research shows is that a large proportion of the traffic that's being used to target social groups, specifically jewish americans and members of the latino community as well as african—americans, is coming from the old right and members of white nationalist parties in the united states. but that could be a real for russian accounts. we now they have impersonated us voters in the past. but the thing to underline here is that it but the thing to underline here is thatitis but the thing to underline here is that it is really hard for researchers like me to tell who is building bot accounts and it's very ha rd building bot accounts and it's very

hard for people like twitter to tell because anonymity is baked into the platform, so to speak. scientists in the us have recruited an unlikely ally in their efforts to develop a new flu treatment. lamas who produce antibodies much smaller in size than our own have been used to create a new therapy. it has the potential to work against all types of influenza, including future pandemics. scientists say researchers in the early stages and more tests are needed before they can begin human trials. the world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate, with around one in five thought to be at risk of extinction. the races on to store back—up copies of seed banks. not all species can be reserved in this way, including many trees. everywhere you look, there are

seeds. they are rolling these jars. you can see 90,000 collections of 30,000 species. seeds from nearly every country can be found within these walls, an insurance policy against the extinction of plants in the wild. are not seeds can be preserved in conventional seed banks. it doesn't give full cover for some very important groups of plants, particularly threatened speeches, rainforest trees and even in the uk some iconic species like oak trees. we need to work on

alternative methods. cryopreservation involves separating the plant embryo from the rest of the plant embryo from the rest of the seat. in this state, it can survive very cold temperatures. when thawed out, it will grow into an yewtree. this baby oak tree has come out of a deep freeze and has started to grow. trees in a test tube could be the answer to protecting our forests in the long—term. and scientists say there is a need for more investment if we are to save more investment if we are to save more of our plants in future. no time for the weather it has been turning increasingly windy but mild through the day. north and west, the weather front has been bringing outbreaks of rain. pretty wet over western parts. it stays dry for east anglia and the

south—east tonight. drier weather will push into scotland and northern ireland bar a few blustery showers. it will be a mild end with temperatures ranging from five to 11 degrees. tomorrow will be windy. weather front will bring further outbreaks of rain for wales and the midlands. we hold onto the mild theme into next week. best of the sunshine of eastern parts. always more rain the further west you are. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: a minute's silence was held before the cardiff city— leicester city kickoff in honour of their chairman, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, and four others who died a week ago. the bbc presenter, paul gambaccini, has

accepted a payout from the crown prosecution service because of the way it handled unfounded historical sex abuse allegations made against him. mr gambaccini was arrested in 2013 but was never charged. new fears for a christian woman in pakistan, whose acquittal for blasphemy sparked days of violent protests across the country. in the united states, twitter has removed thousands of automated accounts discouraging people from voting ahead of next week's midterm elections. a man—eating tiger that claimed more than a dozen victims in two years has been shot dead in india, sparking controversy over the legality of its killing. now it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to

dateline london, the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with correspondents from overseas who file their stories for the folks back home under the dateline london. this week, the long goodbye for germany's chancellor, brazilians choose populism over pragmatism with a president—elect who says a "good criminal is a dead criminal", and why donald trump isn't experiencing a us president's usual mid—term blues. to discuss that, thomas kielinger, of germany's die welt newspaper the greekjournalist and broadcaster maria margaronis, ian birrell, contributing editor to the mail on sunday, and the us born journalistjeff mcallister.