today at five, a former marine opens fire with a hand gun in a music bar in california, killing at least 12 people. he's been named as ian david long, and was 28. his body was later found at the scene. he walked up to the scene. he shot the security guard that was standing outside. he stepped inside. it appears that he turned to the right and shot several of the other security and employees there and then began opening fire inside the nightclub. a sheriff's deputy is among the dead, we'll have the very latest. the other main stories, on bbc news at 5... prince charles says when he becomes king, he won't be "meddling" in issues that, in the past, have been close to his heart. you can't be the same as the sovereign if you are the prince of wales or the heir but the idea that

i would go on in the same way if i have to succeed is complete nonsense because the two situations are com pletely because the two situations are completely different. spurred by success of the mid term elections, donald trump fires his attorney general, and bans a cnn reporter from the white house. toshiba dumps plans to build a nuclear power plant in cumbria, dealing a blow to local jobs and investment. and, despite the controversy, wayne rooney will play for england one more time against the united states next thursday. it's five o'clock. good afternoon. our top story is that a gunman who opened fire in a crowded bar in califonia, killing 12 people, was a former us marine. the authorities believe ian long, who was 29,

shot himself after the attack, in a suburb north west of los angeles. at least 12 others were injured in the attack, which took place at a popular country music night. us media have reported that some of those at the bar had survived last year's shooting at the route 91 harvest festival in las vegas, in which 58 people were killed. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent at the scene, james cook, but first this report from richard lister. they'd fled for their lives — some of the survivors from this nightclub shooting found safety behind police lines. it was the busiest night of the week at the borderline club when a gunman dressed in black walked in and opened fire. i was just yelling, "get down, get down!" there were quite a few girls in the group, young girls. and i think they all got out. but they all got down. and then he kept moving to the right. he shot the front desk cashier.

it was just a semi automatic, as many shots as he could pull and then, when it started to reload, that's when we got people out of there and i didn't look back. we didn't know what was going on and we heard more gunshots and these incredible humansjust jumped up and started smashing out the windows. and everybody was just like, jump, because we were trapped, we were completely trapped on that side and so we jumped two stories down to the ground. there followed a massive police response and a search for the gunman. sounds like they found someone matching the suspect down inside the building. it was eventually confirmed that he'd been killed but so too had been one of the first police officers on the scene, shot the moment he ran through the door. sergeant ron helus was 5a. he had been a police officer for almost three decades. as morning came, police focussed on a car driven by the gunman, a man they named as ian long, a marine corps veteran who was 28.

our young people, our people at nightclubs, have learned that this may happen. and they think about that. fortunately it probably saved a lot of lives that they fled the scene so rapidly. a traumatic night in a normally quiet community. the gunman‘s motive is still unclear. but how to prevent more of these mass shootings is a question america seems unable to answer. richard lister, bbc news. our correspondent james cook has been at the scene, and sent us this update. it was college night at the borderline bar and grill and it was busy with young people enjoying themselves when the gunmen walked in. first he shot a woman at the front desk who was checking peoples ids and then made his way into the bar, firing with a handgun at random. witnesses say he was tall and dressed in black and wearing

either a black hood or hat. there was panic inside, the place began to fill with smoke, some people used bar stools to smash windows and get out and we spoke to some survivors. from what i remember, i don't know when exactly come it had to be before the shots but i saw the gunmen with his gun drawn at the front, where you pay, and i was really close to him. there is a wall and some tables and a dance floor and some tables and a dance floor andi and some tables and a dance floor and i was right by the tables. as $0011 and i was right by the tables. as 50011 as we and i was right by the tables. as soon as we heard a shot, we dropped to the floor. my friend was like, get down. we were hiding. i was pushed against him and everyone was trying to be under the tables. and i turned my back and varies... there isa turned my back and varies... there is a smoke bomb. i didn't know what it was. i saw sparks and smoke and that's when i was... i ran. i don't

even. . . that's when i was... i ran. i don't even... i'm lucky he was not like, in my path when i ran out. but i got out. so lucky i got out. i ran down the parking lot. it was awful. there was a lot of gunshots, a lot. when i finally got away from the scene, i was at a gas station across the street and i heard the second round. i was praying to god, like hopefully they had him already. but he did a whole love around. the something need to change? —— our whole other round. yes. i don't know how to go about that. you know, i don't know

much about that but... with how much this is going on, it needs to stop. and, like, this... kids are doing active shooter drills. like, caledonia, we are supposed to be doing earthquake drills —— california. that is what i grew up with in grade school. the fact that 110w with in grade school. the fact that now kids, that is what they are growing up in, that's what i'm growing up in, that's what i'm growing up in, that's what i'm growing up in. i'm becoming an adult in this terrible time and it's, like... you can only pray that it would be you or someone you love. police say they have recovered a handgun from the scene and told us the gunman apparently died from a self—inflicted wound. they entered the bar three minutes after

receiving the first emergency call. immediately, one of the two officers who made his way in, sergeant ron helus, was shot and killed. his partner managed to pull him out and they pulled back until specialist teams arrived. he is survived by his wife and son and the police here said he had been due to retire in a yea r‘s said he had been due to retire in a year's time. the prince of wales says he won't be speaking out on topics he feels strongly about when he becomes king. in a bbc documentary to mark his 70th birthday, he acknowledges that consitutional parameters mean he won't be able say what he likes and so he won't be "meddling." in the past, the prince has campaigned strongly on issues such as the environment and architecture, and recent comments on gm foods showed him at odds with government policy. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. he's filled his adult life thus far as prince of wales trying, as he puts it, to make a difference for the better. but, as he approaches his 70th birthday, charles knows better than anyone that one day

he will step into a new role as king. and with that role will come a particular responsibility — to curb his habit of speaking out on subjects about which he feels strongly. it didn't work, it didn't work. in the bbc documentary, charles is asked about his so—called meddling as prince of wales. he says he regards it as motivating people to take an interest in things like the inner cities and the environment. and then he draws this vital distinction between the role of prince of wales and the role of king. i think it's vital to remember there's only room for one sovereign at a time, not two. so, you can't be the same as the sovereign if you're the prince of wales or the heir. but the idea somehow that i'm going to go on in exactly the same way if i have to succeed is complete nonsense, because the two situations are completely different. clearly, i won't be able to do the same things i've done as heir, so of course, you operate

within the constitutional parameters. that undertaking, to abide by the constitutional parameters when he's king, is significant. it should mean an end to the sometimes controversial public speeches he's made over the years. on architecture, for example, his description in 1984 of a planned extension to the national gallery as a "monstrous carbuncle" is just one of his interventions on building design which have irritated some. more recently, his speeches opposing genetically modified crops placed him in opposition to government policy. on other matters, such as his passionate defence of the environment, he's often said to have been ahead of his time. but once he becomes king, all public campaigning will have to stop. that is the future charles has always known will be his. his wife says he's relaxed about it. his destiny will come, he's always known it's going to come and i don't think it does weigh

on his shoulders at all. slowly but surely, the way is being prepared for the moment, perhaps still some years away, when charles is king and the united kingdom has a new head of state. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's talk to tonyjuniper, who's worked as special advisor to prince charles on environmental issues. he's also co—authored two books with the prince, focusing on the environment and climate change. he's currently an executive editor at wwf. thank you forjoining us. you have worked with him and as we heard, his views on the environment in the past was seen as being ahead of their time. it is quite right now that, when he becomes king, the rules of the game change? he said it himself, these are two very different roles and moving from one to the other will require him to do things

differently. i think in this period, as we are beginning to think about the future, it is good to look back on the past and one thing that struck me on the way to the studio is that next month will mark the 50th anniversary of the prince of wales's first environmental speech backin wales's first environmental speech back in 1968. ever since he has been drawing attention to some of these issues that are now very mainstream and which the world is beginning to wa ke and which the world is beginning to wake up to and i think we can look back and say he has made an incredibly important contribution over half a century to issues that the world really has to deal with as a matter of some urgency, ranging of course from the big subject of climate change through to matters of global food security and sustainable agriculture, the conservation of the tropical rainforests, how we can avoid a mass extinction of wildlife on planet earth in the coming decades. he has helped to lay the ground for action, literally, ahead of the time when wider society woke

up of the time when wider society woke up to these questions. i think we can see a huge contribution that he has made on these subjects and something that, certainly in the environmental movement, we can look back on with enormous gratitude that he put in the energy and effort to making that case. are you clear on what he can and cannot say when he becomes king? no, i'm not a constitutional expert. but i would expect that he will continue to have the same passions that he has held for his entire life. as he said, he would need to do hisjob in a different way because it will be a different way because it will be a differentjob. but one would expect that he will, behind the scenes and in private, encourage people to see the sense of continuing on this journey towards a more sustainable future and will be continuing to warn of some of the dangers out there but doing it in a different way. as you say, in private,

constitutional convention suggests he can express his views to the prime minister of the day, yet the right to be consulted, to encourage and worn. i just right to be consulted, to encourage and worn. ijust wonder, do you think that is actually a shame? do you think that is something that perhaps should be changed, and if he feels really strongly about it, then the person who leads our country, from a constitutional sense certainly come from the monarchy, should be allowed to say things that are on his mind? the constitution is what it is and he will be faithful to that. i'm sure. but we should bearin to that. i'm sure. but we should bear in mind of course that the monarchy more widely, the institution, has other members of the world family who will continue, i hope, to take interest in some of these issues. only last month prince william was very prominent in the global illegal wildlife trade here in —— illegal wildlife trade summit here in london, helping people to

find solutions in relation to things like the ivory trade and the persecution of endangered animals and we know prince harry at a passionate interest in finding ways of helping countries look after their environment by encouraging ecological tourism, for example. i don't think this is the end of the story by any means but the prince of wales, when he makes the transition, will have a different role in life and i'm sure he will continue to have those passions and will hopefully be able to find ways of advancing that cause which is compatible with that new constitutional role. i should say that her majesty the queen is patron of the royal society for the protection of birds and so, even though she does not speak prominently on these issues committee is still there, providing support and drawing attention to excellence of one of our biggest and best loved environmental charities. ina word best loved environmental charities. in a word can you would hope harry and william step up to the plate? in a word can you would hope harry and william step up to the plate ?|j would hope we continue to see all parts of our society understanding that we need to go further and faster but i think the royal family

have an incredibly important role to play in all of this and actually the prince of wales's father of course was also a president of wwf and prince charles is currently eighth president so we have at this long association with environmental causes from the wider royal that will continue long into the future. one of the things they can do is bring people together, draw attention to excellence in a way that nobody else can do and that is incredibly valuable. we will leave it there, good to see you, thank you. the documentary ‘prince, son and heir — charles at 70', will be on bbc one at 9 o'clock tonight, and avaliable on iplayer. the headlines on bbc news... a gunman who opened fire at a music bar in california killing at least 12 people has been named as ian david long. he was a former us marine. prince charles tells the bbc he won't speak out and "meddle in issues" when he becomes king.

and the us president fires his attorney generaljeff sessions following the results of the us mid term elections. in sport, giving him the third of the deserves. gareth southgate defends wayne rooney's inclusion in this latest squad as the record goal—scorer comes out of the entire —— retirement for a farewell friendly against the us. keaton jennings thanks those who are giving a shoulder to cry on as its first test century for two years but ingram on course for victory in the first test against sri lanka. and chris ashton will start for england in the first time in four years. he's one of three changes face new zealand at twickenham on saturday. i will be back with more on those stories just after half past. emboldened by the success of senate republicans in this week's mid—term elections, donald trump has fired his attorney general,

jeff sessions, america's chief law enforcement officer. he's also now moved against the broadcaster cnn, claiming that one of it's correspondents was involved in a altercation, with a member of his staff. mr trump has on several occasions referred to cnn and the media in general as "enemies of the people." our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. jeff sessions was given a long round of applause by colleagues as he left the department ofjustice for the final time. he had been given thejob of attorney general in return for the loyalty and support he had shown donald trump. but his resignation letter made clear that he had been unceremoniously fired by a president who had long since lost faith in him. make america great again! mr trump never forgavejeff sessions for recusing himself from overseeing the investigation taking place into allegations of russian interference and collusion in the 2016 presidential election. democrats, and even some republicans, fear that the president is trying to bring an end

to the enquiry, which is led by the special counsel, robert mueller. it would create a constitutional crisis if this were a prelude to ending or greatly limiting the mueller investigation. i think it was a great victory... mr trump appears to be on the defensive, having lost the house of representatives to the democrats in the mid—term elections. but if he's trying to fight back, it's journalists who've got caught in the crossfire. that's enough. mr president, i wasjust going to one other... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am... that's enough. the president ended up at a news conference in a furious row with a cnn correspondent, jim acosta. that's enough — put down the mic. mr president, are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation? i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. go ahead. the white house has called this unacceptable behaviour,

and claimed that he placed his hands on the intern who was trying to take his microphone away. cnn say that's a lie, and are standing by their reporter. this isjim acosta. i am in front of the white house. a secret service officer is asking for my hard pass... butjim acosta's press credentials have been suspended indefinitely, and last night he was refused access to the white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. philippa thomas who is at the white house. is the president consolidating the success he believes he saw in the mid—term elections and moving to fire the attorney general and taking aim at the enemies of the people, as he has called them, members of the press ? i think that is what's happening. i'm standing here with the white housein i'm standing here with the white house in front of me and capitol hill, behind me on pennsylvania avenue and that there, the battle is

shaping up already. the president wa nted shaping up already. the president wanted to sack jeff shaping up already. the president wanted to sackjeff sessions, who he believes has not defended him enough, from the robert mueller enquiry into alleged meddling in the election and so now he has sacked jeff sessions the president hopes whoever replaces him, matthew whitaker on an acting basis or another strong conservative voice, will perhaps be able to remember that enquiry or maybe even cancel it altogether. behind me and capitol hill democrats are saying not so fast, we are ready to defend the robert mueller. this is a taxpayer funded enquiry and they deserve to know what's going on. that's one particular battle that could loom very large over the next few weeks. the firing refusal to renew the credentials of the cnn reporter, some suggest this is a direct attack

on free speech. cnn,jim acosta, it on free speech. cnn, jim acosta, it was who had his past taken away from home is the senior cnn white house correspondent and has openly said he thinks it is and has openly said he thinks it is an attack on press freedom. he may be the first, he asked very tough questions and get in the face of the president but the white house correspondents association back up jim acosta and said even if it has to be very uncomfortable, we are here to make power accountable, these sessions have to happen otherwise what can we say about the institutions of our democracy? this should all be seen in the context, let me show you this again, i love of his party animals here, you have the democratic donkey and the elephant that is the symbol of the republicans and it is just a reminder right in the heart of washington, dc that everything is

a lwa ys washington, dc that everything is always about politics and always other party politics and there was a glimmer yesterday from donald trump when he said that we could have bipartisan deals, we could work together about the things of voters wa nt together about the things of voters want and yet we are already into the fight over the investigation, could it go further into donald trump's finances, will he hit back at senior democrats, the idea of bipartisanship here in washington feels highly unlikely because everybody is so we're that, actually, in political terms the 2020 presidential election isjust not that far away. it is the start of another race. the international trade secretary, liam fox, says the government must have the right to decide when to leave any temporary customs arrangement, put in place to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, in the event of the uk leaving the eu without a trade deal. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. jonathan, one wonders what the

reaction of europe will be to this? they might not be best pleased because they differ to the uk in terms of their position over this missing piece of the jigsaw, terms of their position over this missing piece of thejigsaw, the final 5% of the withdrawal agreement which is britain's exit agreement with the eu on the terms of brexit. in the last few days the discussion has been very much on the backstop, the insurance policy both sides have agreed they should have if a trade deal can be done and put in place in time by the end of the transition period in december 2020. they agree it should be there but they can't agree on how long it should last and whether one side or the other should be able to remove themselves from the agreement. when and if they chose to do so. we have been hearing from some cabinet ministers on this rubbing going over the text of the d raft rubbing going over the text of the draft agreement and the

international trade secretary, liam fox, said earlier that he is very much of the opinion that the uk should be able to have an exit clause, if you like, and backed out of the backstop whenever it wanted to. we have an instruction from our voters to leave the european union. that decision can't be subcontracted to somebody else. it needs to be an issue for a sovereign british government to be able to determine. the point of having that backstop is to avoid checks on goods crossing between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. all this wrangling is happening as a very pressing timetable overshadows the whole discussion. we have heard various reports in the last day or so about when and if the cabinet might need next and when and if a summit could happen towards the end of november, which is seen as necessary if a deal is going to be donein necessary if a deal is going to be done in time for brexit day at the end of march next year. the foreign

secretary, jeremy hunt, was asked for his opinion earlier about the timetable in the next week and he said it was pushing it for a deal to be done in the next seven days which suggests there is a lot of work still to do. taking a step back from that, the reason this is all important is because britain and the eu want to avoid the so—called hard brexit coming out without a deal and the brexit secretary, dominic raab, was talking at an event last night about the risks of that and in particular what would happen to ferries crossing between britain's busiest trade route with the eu which is of course between the port of dover and the port of calais. a lot of people are picking up on his choice of words. we make clear that we want a bespoke arrangement on goods that recognises the peculiar, frankly, geographic economic entity that is the united kingdom. we are, and i have quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the uk and you look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the dover—calais crossing

and that is one of the reasons why, and there's been a lot of controversy about this, but we want to make sure that we have a specific and proximate relationship with the eu to ensure frictionless trade at the border. dominic raab may wish he had not phrased it like that, that he did not understand the full extent of it pulls up those giving him the benefit of the doubt pointed it was taken out of context and this was once sent in an hour long event. thank you, jonathan. the japanese firm toshiba has abandoned plans to build a nuclear power station in cumbria. the company had failed to find a buyerfor its uk subsidiary nugen, which was set up to pursue the project, planned near sellafield. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has this update from the site. the site that you can see here behind me is the toshiba plant. what should've been happening here over the next few years is the building of a brand—new generation nuclear plant here in the uk. the japanese company toshiba

have been having big problems internationally, particularly with their american branch of the company. because they've made losses there, they've decided to pull out of all international investments outside of japan in the nuclear sector. so that's put this site under seriousjeopardy, and that's a concern particularly here in cumbria where so manyjobs are dependent on it. that site should've been the biggest investment by the private sector in cumbria. and it's a particular concern for anyone who's been working at that site. just the other side of the road here, that's the sellafield nuclear plant, which is being decommissioned at the moment. and the idea was that people would've been able to transfer from working in that plant, with all the expertise they've gathered over the years, and move to the new plant. the fact that's not going to happen is potentially putting thousands ofjobs at risk and the future, of course, of the industry here in the uk. big questions about that. the government say that they are still committed to nuclear as an energy source going forward but they're sticking to their plan of making international

and private sector companies, the ones who do the big investments and the physical infrastructure. and that means that we are subject to the head winds of the global financial sector. so, when companies have difficulties elsewhere in the world, we feel the knock—on implications here in the uk, and in cumbria they're at the raw end of that today. let's go to leeds now and talk to henri murison. he's the director of the northern powerhouse partnership. good to see you, thank you for being with us. the building of a huge nuclear power plant in cumbria would have been a major statement of commitment to the idea of the northern powerhouse, the whole idea of that entity. do you think this deal not going through now suggests a lack of a commitment on the part of the government? i think they could have done a lot more to support nugen and the work of the

tea m support nugen and the work of the team there who have done a fantastic job putting together a good proposal. what it disappointing is that this would have generated a lot ofjobs in that this would have generated a lot of jobs in cumbria that this would have generated a lot ofjobs in cumbria and supported the strong nuclear sector which includes sellafield and many businesses in the supply chain. what we would like to see from the government is a commitment to not forget about this site which is estimated for a new nuclear build and we have to seek a commitment to small modular reactors would let technology we could build across the north from sheffield across the north from sheffield across the north from sheffield across the mersey, generating jobs not just across the mersey, generating jobs notjust in west cumbria but across the north of england. the japanese at toshiba have pulled out but the preferred partner for all of this was capco, the korean company. what is the stumbling block in agreeing a deal? they did a deal with toshiba and a commercial deal was right that the problem was the uk government was unable to resolve the concerns of the korean government who are the primary owner of kepco. the concern we have is there has been an asset

model that is working with thing for sizewell c, for the french investment in the uk, which is welcome, but that model should have been thought about an extended and i think the work done in more detail by the treasury earlier to allow that model to be used for moorside. it is disappointing that north wales is getting a new nuclear power station funded entirely pretty much by government investment directly whereas an alternative model was not prepared in time and delivered the wait was needed to attract the korean investment. we have talked about private money for this investment and whether government needed to come in was to give certainty and a way in which private money could flow in and has not happened. the point is, as far as moorside is concerned, you believe the government is not giving the kind of guarantees that a foreign investor would want that will make their money back so it has to be underwritten by the taxpayer? it's not about underwriting, it is giving certainty. energy policy is dictated by government and every country knows that because they have energy

policies. in the northern powerhouse, we need a proper industrial strategy for energy for the north because notjust in nuclear but in biomass, offshore wind, we lead the country and europe in renewable energy generation. the problem is we needed nuclear as part of the mix to make sure we could decarbonise our economy, and embrace electric vehicles for example, without moorside which is going to produce almost one tenth that you get electricity, there was a big question about how we make sure we keep the lights on and keep decarbonising and meeting our climate and obligations and the government will have to get behind small modular reactors in a big way in the coming months otherwise there is no did for matching is what the decline of nuclear power stations, which here in the north we can do a lot to help the commission, are going to be replaced by the pulse we do depend on nuclear and we're still going to need a portion of it as pa rt going to need a portion of it as part of our low carbon mix in the coming decades. we will leave it there, it deceive you. thank you for joining us. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich with the forecast.

it's not looking too pretty for the next couple of days, when and windy weather. particularly into tomorrow. through the latter part of tomorrow, heavy rain and the deals could cause travel disruption in western areas in particular. we have got some rain in western areas at the moment and tonight that feeds into the south west of england, wales and northern ireland. otherwise dry weather and clear spells but quite breezy. not to cold. into tomorrow and this band of clouds and showers moving eastwards, many places start the day dry and then into the afternoon the heavy rain pushes into northern ireland, western wales and with that strengthening winds, gusts of 65 mph possible for exposed coastlines. staying pretty mild into the

weekend. often breezy, some sunshine and heavy downpours as well. this is bbc news. the headlines: a gunman who opened fire at a music bar in california killing at least 12 people has been named as ian david long — he was a former us marine. he walked up to the scene, shot a security guard standing outside, stepped inside, it appears he turned to his right and shot several of the other security and employees and then began opening fire inside the nightclub. prince charles tells the bbc he will stop speaking out on topics he feels strongly about when he becomes king. his comments come as part of a special documentary to mark his 70th birthday. you cannot be the same as the

sovereign if you are the prince of wales. but the idea that i will somehow go on in exactly the same way if i am to succeed is complete nonsense because the two situations are completely different. donald trump fires his attorney general following the results of the mid—terms. he's also banned a cnn reporter from the white house. outlets crossed to the bbc sports centre for all the sports details. the england manager gareth southgate has denied wayne rooney's inclusion in his latest england squad devalues the achievment of representing your country. the forward has come out of international retirement to play for england against the united states at wembley later this month, in honour of his achievment of becoming england's record goal—scorer. the fa, who've been in discussions with rooney for over a year, have been accused of cheapening the honour and limiting game time for younger players. we area

we are a strange country in that we bemoan the fact we have not achieved as much as we would like and then we have a player who should be held in the highest regard and we are spending a lot of time justifying giving him at that tribute. i am looking forward to seeing with them and working with him and giving him the sendoff with england i think he deserves and i'm sure the cloud would give him the reaction he deserves. this man could make his debut against the usa. bournemouth‘s callum wilson says it's a huge honour to receive his first call up, after impressing with six goals in 11 games this season. there's also a recall for everton defender michael keane. england's women are in action right now — they're playing austria in a friendly that started at five o'clock. the score is currently 1—0 to england. eden hazard has been named in the staeting line up for chelsea in their euiropa league tie away at bate bortisov.

the belgian hasn't started any of chelsea's last four games due to a back injury. he's one of seven changes from chelsea's win against crystal place last sunday. olivier giroud and ruben loftus—cheek also named in the 11 this evening. everton have been banned from signing academy players for two years and fined £500,000 after being found guilty of breaching premier league recruitment rules. it comes after the premier league received evidence that academy staff had offered an incentive to a player and his family to persuade him to sign with everton. the club admitted the allegation was true and, following an internal enquiry, discovered similar incidents had occurred with six other academy players. everton say they are "extremely disappointed" and have begun a full review. england's cricketers are set for their first test away win in 13 matches after moving into a commanding position in the first test against sri lanka. keatonjennings, ended his two year wait for a test century with an unbeaten 146.

a half century from ben stokes on day three also helped to put england in control as they left sri lanka needing a record chase of 462. jennings, has been criticised for his performances of late and he's admitted to having doubts around his game. it is really pleasing and a big thank you to the people that have stuck with me and over the last 18 months and have backed me. back to be through some tough times, waking up be through some tough times, waking up during the night panicking and stressing and going through some tough times and, like i said, just really pleased to be sitting here having helped us get to position where we can go on and win the game. we're building up to another exciting weekend of games in rugby union's autumn internationals and i bet chris ashton can't wait for saturday to come. he'll make his first start for england in more than four years against new zealand at twickenham the sale winger comes in forjack nowell who's been dropped to the bench — it's one of three changes following the narrow win over south africa.

having missed last week through injury, manu tuilagi is rested as a precaution. team news is also available on scotland and wales today. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a full round—up at 6:30pm. following his swift removal ofjeff sessions as the us attorney general last night, donald trump hasn't ventured far to find a replacement. the new acting—head of the department ofjustice is matthew whitaker, the former chief of staff to mr sessions. mr whitaker is a conservative legal commentator for cnn, of all places. during his time with the network, he speculated on possible ways that president trump could crush the mueller investigation, into russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election campaign. he said that he "could see a scenario wherejeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment, and that any new attorney general wouldn't have to fire bob mueller, butjust reduce his budget

to so low, that his investigation grinds to almost a halt." remember that donald trump's relationship with jeff sessions began to fray after mr sessions recused himself from any investigations, into the trump election campaign. bruce fein was an associate deputy attorney general under president reagan, hejoins me from our washington studio. good to see you. thank you for joining us. is this a way potentially for the president —— president's critics would say, of undermining robert mueller? it is but the president may have dug himself the hall. an issue that robert mueller is pursuing is whether or not james: it was fired by donald trump in order to obstruct the investigation of collusion with russia and jeff sessions, when asked

about his communications with the president about the filing of mr comey said he would not answer the questions but now he's no longer attorney general and certainly has no gratitude towards mr trump he may not expose exactly what communications they're were with mr trump that led to the filing. secondly, we have mr whittaker who himself, if the reason for cutting the funding of the special counsel or curtailing the jurisdiction, was to o bstru ct or curtailing the jurisdiction, was to obstruct justice, he or curtailing the jurisdiction, was to obstructjustice, he would be under investigation by robert mueller also under his current charter. i'm not sure mr whittaker wa nts to charter. i'm not sure mr whittaker wants to go there. aside from the fa ct wants to go there. aside from the fact his appointment may well be illegal. under the constitution the appointments clause principal officers have to be confirmed by the senate. it is quite extraordinary to replace one cabinet officer and another person who has never been confirmed by senate whatsoever. assuming that is true, assuming, and remember also the statute under

which mr whittaker was appointed provides for presidential interval appointments in cases of resignations or death, not speaking of filings. if you read jeff sessions‘s letter it is obvious he resigned under duress and was basically told. to the first point thatjeff sessions could be forced to give evidence to robert mueller, right, and whittaker could also be forced to give evidence but on your second point, isn't that the reason why mr whittaker is a temporary appointment, he has not been confirmed and as a result the president can put him in for several weeks or months, he can get away with that? not necessarily, you cannot have a temporary violation of the constitution. under the statute she could serve up to 210 days, that is a long time, well into 2019,

approaching the presidential campaign. in this tone that length of time could cause politically the old issue to evaporate. that —— the id it is temporary meaning one or two weeks is really bogus. as i point out, there is not any exception even for one day for having an officer not confirmed by the senate, acting as the attorney general. which is what is happening right now. do you believe that the pressure is now on robert mueller to get this report out there? it has been a long time, people are wondering what's happening, we know he's clinical and thorough but he has to get this going to stop whittaker perhaps leaning on him or taking the money away so, as he suggested, the whole thing simply dies. i believe that is an acute point that i think robert mueller will protect himself if he issued a

subpoena to the president saying we will get you under oath to testify as to the reasons and motors for filing mr comey, for attempting to have himself fired —— firing mr comey. if he issued the subpoena now and then to shut down the robert mueller investigation will clearly have the appearance of obstruction of justice because it have the appearance of obstruction ofjustice because it fits like a glove. what happened when mr nixon fired archibald cox, also special prosecutor, who had a grand jury subpoena out for presidential tapes? at that point i do not think mr trump could survive. one thing americans remain unified on is no man is above the law, including the president of the united states. bruce, it's good to see you. thank you forjoining us. an nhs trust at the centre

of a maternity scandal has been put into special measures. nhs regulators have continuing concerns about maternity care and accident and emergency at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. more than 100 families have come forward to allege their babies suffered serious harm or died as a result of errors at the trust between 1998 and 2017. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is here. the health secretary has been speaking quite forcefully on this. indeed and he has written to local mps and said because of concerns at this particular trust, the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust, it is appropriately be placed in special measures. we got further details on that from a regulator on the list of problems and it is far more extensive than we appreciated. we know concerns about maternity ca re we know concerns about maternity care and we know concerns about maternity ca re and concerns we know concerns about maternity care and concerns about a&e but this list includes governance, inability to hire enough staff as well as

whistle—blowing issues. what this will mean is outside agencies, additional support for the trust but effectively nhs improvement and another inspector the care quality commission, will effectively be crawling all over the trust and effectively means the regulators have lost trust in the ability of the trust's the leadership. but the trust is already reporting weekly to the care quality commission following an unannounced inspection in august. indeed they are because the care quality commission had documented concerns about maternity care and a&e as well. the special measures is not the first hospital by any means to be put into special measures but what is unusual is the reasons for the inspection reports from the care quality commission has not even been published so this measure has been taken before we know the full

details. in the last hour or so the trust released an extraordinary statement and basically said they are dealing with legacy issues, they welcome the support they will get and then they go through a whole range of areas in which they are doing particularly well and say the chief executive is saying it is a sign of a good trust. it is extraordinary to see that statement we effectively have the main nhs regulators saying they do not have confidence to improve care for patients. i think when you talk to people in shropshire, that's part of the problem the trust has, they simply do not have the confidence and simply do not believe the leadership is addressing the issues that matter which culminated, i think, and the fact the special measures has been taken. the headlines on bbc news: a gunman who opened fire at a music bar in california killing at least 12 people has been named as ian david long — he was a former us marine corps. the prince of wales tells the bbc

he will stop speaking out on topics he feels strongly about when he becomes king, and the us president fires his attorney generaljeff sessions following the results of the us mid term elections. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a paraplegic athlete, who said he was forced to drag himself along the floor at luton airport, because there were no self propelling wheelchairs, is dropping his legal action against the airport. justin levene said his independence had been compromised, but now more self—propelled wheel chairs will be made available. clive coleman reports. the pictures from august 2017 were shocking. luton airport, thank you very much.

justin levene, a paraplegic man, dragging himself through luton airport, after his wheelchair, which he pushes himself, was left behind by an airline. the airport offered him a rigid high—back chair like this, which had to be pushed by someone else. he declined and completed his journey on a baggage trolley. last friday he explained his actions to the bbc. i've worked very hard for a number of years to try and maintain my independence and one of the biggest problems i had was if i didn't have my wheelchair my legs had been taken away from me, all of my self—sufficiency and my independence was no longer there, and to be in one of those chairs made me feel humiliated and degraded. if you're in those chairs and they insisted on trying to strap me down on it i wouldn't have been able to adjust myself and then i'd have been at risk of getting a pressure sore. since the bbc covered the story, luton airport has confirmed it now has ten self propelling wheelchairs permanently based at the airport, a system to lend out equipment including wheelchairs in case

a passenger has lost or damaged theirs, and where a passenger pre—notifies they need specialised mobility equipment, the airport will source it. justin levene is pleased with that. so for me the fact that they're saying they have ten self propelled wheelchairs and a loan system in place, which for me is the most important aspect, i'm absolutely delighted with. this is all that i've been campaigning for for the last year, and for them to have listened to all of this and learned from the situation i think is a wonderful result. this story has created a huge debate online and justin has received some extremely abusive comments, some of which we couldn't possibly broadcast. this is one of the less offensive ones. he's an attention seeking self—importa nt child, having a tantrum and then trying to sue people who offered him help. but others have been more supportive, like this one. when you're disabled, being completely independent is the most important thing in your life. i agree with him. justin levene says he just wants

to be able to travel around with as much independence and dignity as possible. clive coleman, bbc news. prince harry has opened the field of remembrance at westminster abbey, laying a cross in advance of sunday's armistice commemorations. this year marks the centenary of the end of the first world war, and our correspondent robert hall is in ypres in belgium. the city of ypres saw some of the most terrible fighting of the first world war. in flemish it is called ieper, the british troops called it wipers, as they marched up the road behind me underneath what is now the menin gate to the trenches north of the city. this week ypres is full of people, thousands of visitors from britain, australia and canada here ahead of the armistice commemorations. but many of them will have had relations who fought, not in europe, but further afield.

this was truly a world war. as early as 1914, when the battles in ypres had begun, the ottoman empire, the turkish army, had begun its campaigns and the battles in the middle east had a lasting legacy, as martin patience has been finding out. in a quiet corner of beirut, a commonwealth war cemetery — testimony to the bitter fighting between the allies and the ottoman empire, which joined the war on germany's side in 1914. the ottoman empire, which was centred on modern—day turkey, ruled supreme in the middle east for centuries. this was once an army barracks for its troops in what is now the lebanese city of tripoli, and for the people living here today, the consequences of the first world war are still being felt. some of the families now living here are syrian refugees and syria as a country actually only came into existence after

the first world war. a century ago, the most famous battle fought in the region was the gallipoli campaign. allied forces were repulsed by ottoman troops. that defeat meant they were forced to fight their way through the region, starting in egypt, pushing north through palestine, as it was then known, into modern—day syria and lebanon. lawrence of arabia famously rallied arab—bedouin forces to attack ottoman supply lines, including blowing up railways. this station in tripoli is more than a century old. it was once one of the arteries stitching together the ottoman empire, but at the end of the first world war, the empire was carved up by the victorious powers, britain and france. the destruction of the ottoman empire and the collapse of the ottoman empire was imminent

in a way, not because it was intrinsically weak but because the foreign superpowers wanted it gone. everything you see around you is a product of world war i. and here are the faces of descendants of french—african troops brought to lebanon to fight for the allies. they now live in a rundown area known as the "house of slaves". fatima, now in her late 70s, tells me she knows little of her family history. all the photographs she had were destroyed during the lebanese civil war. she says she's endured racism throughout her life. translation: i am only annoyed by the remarks i hear while walking in the market, when people say, "here come the blacks, here come the blacks." i would reply by saying we are god's creation. they would answer, but we do not have this complexion in lebanon. so i say, "i am born

as a lebanese, and my identity is stronger than yours." these men died in what was supposed to be the war to end all wars. but a century on, the middle east remains torn by conflict, a consequence of the settlement following world war i, and british forces are still fighting in the region. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. it's fair to say the legacy of war here in ypres, in a way, is the city itself. if you visit this busy main square and look around you will assume you are looking at a medieval city but in fact ypres was completely rebuilt after the first world war. and the reason, well, it's very clear from these pictures. they were filmed from airship just after the armistice and they show the ferocity of the artillery attacks on the city.

it is virtually reduced to rubble, you canjust about make out tower of the cloth hall, the ancient building right in the centre of the city square. now take a look at the cloth hall today and you can really appreciate the work that went into it, craftsmen using the original plans to recreate the building as it would before the first shot was fired. tomorrow we head for the belgian seaside town of newport, at the end of the trench lines and the end of ourjourney along the western front. sophie is here with the six o'clock news next but let's get a look at the weather first. tomorrow... i am painting my house, by the way. eastern part of the country will see a rain tomorrow night and western

parts getting it earlier. we've already seen some rain in the west this afternoon. this was the scene earlier, not particularly pleasant. you can see from the radar picture the way the rain has been working up from the south and some really heavy bursts and some thunder and lightning working its way through in places and through this evening and tonight this wet weather pushing further eastwards. for many places it is dry with clear spells and read you are it will be quite breezy. evenif you are it will be quite breezy. even if the overhead skies are clear temperatures will not drop too far. into tomorrow, this shower is still pushing eastwards, that is the first weather front you can see here and then the atlantic this system will make outdoor plans troublesome because it introduces a heavy rain, strong winds and some deals potentially in places. the chance for travel disruption through tomorrow. having said that, not a

bad start in many places, some dry weather, the odd sunny glimpse but some showers pushing eastwards and into the afternoon across northern ireland, parts of wales and the south west the rain arrives with heavy bursts, strong winds, wind gusts of up to 65 mph on coastal areas. for the rush hour, across the south—west into wales and the west midlands north—west england and northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland we will see this wet and windy weather setting in. that will sweep eastwards, affecting all parts of the country going into saturday. behind that low pressure remains in charge. this spinning out in the atla ntic charge. this spinning out in the atlantic and so for saturday we will see spells of sunshine but also see some showers, some of them on the heavy side in the south particularly where we could get some thunder and

lightning as well. into sunday, similar sort of weather, lots of dry weather and spells of sunshine. again the chance for showers and some will be headache and territory has not been badly. to sum up, pretty mixed, some spells of sunshine but some very heavy downpours as well. a sharp rise in the number of prescriptions for diabetes is now costing the nhs in england more than £1 billion a year.

this man lost his leg after developing type 2 diabetes. he says he ignored doctors advice on diet and exercise. this is nobody's fault but mine, i don't blame doctors, i don't blame surgeons, i don't blame anybody but myself. if i had done what i was told i would not be in this situation. the biggest rise in prescriptions is for type 2 diabetes. it's closely linked to obesity and lack of exercise. also tonight: accused of "meddling" in the past with his controversial views, now prince charles says he will keep his opinions to himself when he becomes king. twelve people are shot dead in a student bar in california, the gunman was a former us marine, his motive is unknown.