this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11pm: a former us marine opens fire in a bar in california killing at least 12 people. he's now been identified by police as 28—year—old ian david long. we thought it was a joke. we didn't ta ke we thought it was a joke. we didn't take it seriously at first. it sounded like firecrackers. everyone just dropped down to the floor. a sharp rise in the number of prescriptions for diabetes is now costing the nhs in england more than £1 billion a year. speaking ahead of his 70th birthday, prince charles tells the bbc he'll no longer speak out on issues he feels strongly about when he is king. you can't be the same as the sovereign if you're the prince of wales or the heir. the idea on going to go on in exactly the same way if lam to go on in exactly the same way if iamto to go on in exactly the same way if i am to succeed is complete nonsense, because the two situations

are completely different —— i'm going to go on. also coming up: toshiba scraps plans to build a nuclear power station in cumbria. the japanese firm's investment would have created 20,000 jobs as well a significant amount of the uk's electricity. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers. george eaton from the new statesman and former conservative strategist jo tanner will be with me. good evening. in southern california, 13 people including a police officer and a gunman have died in a shooting incident. it happened late last night in thousand oaks, a city some a0 miles west of los angeles. the gunman has been identified as a 28 year—old former us marine, who took his own life. james cook is in thousand oaks.

we're hearing a little more detail about 28—year—old ian long. he was a machine—gun with the us marine corps, he'd served previously in afghanistan and there have been concerns previously about his behaviour. he'd had interactions with the police, there had been worries about his mental health and it seems a broken mind really carried out what turned out to be carnage in the bar behind me here. i have to warn this report is distressing but also contains troubling images. 0fficer down. for the united states, this is the nightmare that never ends. it could be las vegas, 0rlando, virginia tech or sandy hook. but, this time, it is thousand oaks at the borderline bar and grill. it was college night and the place was packed with young people

enjoying country music and dancing, when the shooting started. i saw the gunmen with his gun drawn at the front where you pay. as soon as we heard a shot, we dropped to the floor. like, i saw the shots go off as well as hearing them. he shot the front desk cashier. and ourfriends got the bar stool and they started to bang against the window so we could get out. we stayed behind the stage, got out, went through the kitchen, went through the back door. i watched an officer get shot in front of me and i had to help drag him to throw him in the back of the cop car. that officer was sergeant ron helus. he'd been outside on the phone to his wife when the shooting started. he told her he loved her and ran into the building. the sergeant passed away at the hospital about an hour ago. sergeant ron helus was on the force for 29 years. he was looking to retire in the next year or so.

speaking to people here, you get a sense of shock and a sense of despair, but what's really striking is the absence of surprise. america has come to expect mass shootings. the gunmen was a local man, ian david long, a 28—year—old former marine. he'd had run—ins with police before and they had concerns about his mental health. but although his handgun's extended magazine is illegal in california, he'd bought the weapon itself lawfully. why do you think this keeps happening in the united states of america? i don't know. if i knew the answer to that, i'd do something to stop it. this city is ranked as one of the safest communities in the nation. but no corner of this country is immune from the american plague of gun violence. i just saw the news, he was one of the 11 killed last night. his name was cody coffman.

my first—born son. the soaring cost of treating diabetes presents a real risk to the future of the nhs, according to health experts. the latest figures show the number of prescriptions being issued to diabetics in england had almost doubled in ten years. a decade ago, some 30 million prescriptions were written in england, now it's some 53 million, with the biggest increases for type 2 diabetes, which affects the vast majority of patients and is closely linked to obesity. it's a problem that affects all of the uk. more than 3.5 million people have the condition, most of whom need prescribed medicine. and care for diabetics is now costing the nhs an estimated 10% of its total budget in england and wales. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. stephen richardson, 58 years old,

and learning to walk again. this is where his type 2 diabetes has led him. that's the actual wound there. the condition can lead to circulation and nerve problems, so even a small foot infection can quickly become life—threatening. the consultant said, "we'll have to take it off this afternoon, otherwise you'll be dead tomorrow." for years, stephen ignored advice on diet and exercise. but now he's part of a grim statistic, one of 170 people a week who end up having an amputation linked to diabetes. 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'd done what i was told, i wouldn't have been in this situation. the tragedy for stephen is it didn't need to come to this.

lifestyle factors, obesity, a poor diet, and lack of exercise are strongly linked to type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90% of all cases in the uk. two thirds of adults and more than a third of children in the final year of primary school are overweight or obese. and yet many simply don't realise how serious a condition it can be. the number of people who die as a direct consequence of type 2 diabetes is high. 30% of people with diabetes will have heart disease, heart attacks and strokes. the complications of diabetes are devastating as far as trying to continue with the life you have had before, and i think that's what people do not necessarily realise when they hear about type 2 diabetes. alongside the personal cost is the growing financial burden on the health service. stephen is one of nearly four million people in the uk living with diabetes. another 12 million risk developing the condition. it raises the question of whether the nhs can cope in the future. the cost to the nhs

is really considerable. about 10% of the nhs‘s budget is committed to all diabetes care. so the cost of diabetes in the future still represents a really big risk to the nhs, there's absolutely no doubt about that. so how to beat the challenge posed by diabetes? on a chilly saturday morning park run in north manchester, debbiejones is trying to do just that. she's a type 2 diabetic who's been running for ten months. in that time, she's reduced her medication, and her blood sugar levels are under control. when you've finished, about five minutes after you finish, you feel fantastic. if you can buck all that... that's the bit that keeps me coming each saturday, if you can bottle that. i feel so good afterwards. and you just feel energised for the day. the growing number of people being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes means more of us will face the prospect of living with and managing the condition. and that's why doing things like this, getting exercise, eating a good diet, living a healthy lifestyle,

is so important for all of us. taking control of how we live, making lifestyle changes, is the key to reducing the impact of diabetes. failing to do so could have serious consequences for us and the health service. dominic hughes, bbc news. the prince of wales says he will not express views on controversial issues when he becomes king. he told the bbc ahead of his 70th birthday next week that he recognised being heir to the throne and head of state were two very different roles. in the past, the prince has campaigned strongly on issues such as the environment and architecture, and faced accusations of meddling from some quarters. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. the great barrier reef, off the coast of australia. a place where a prince who is passionate about the environment could barely control his frustrations at the failure of governments to do more about climate change. we're running out of time, because the necessary action

hasn't been taken, has it? that's the problem. and i cannot believe that people simply pay no attention to science. charles has been speaking out now for nearly half a century, but as he approaches his 70th birthday next week, he knows better than anyone that a new role beckons. when he succeeds to the throne, his public interventions must stop, but can the passionate prince transition to a monarch who doesn't meddle? in tonight's bbc documentary, charles said explicitly and publicly that he could and would. i won't be able to do the same things i've done as heir, so of course you operate within the constitutional parameters, but it's a different function. of course, people have expressed worries about whether this involvement will continue in the same way? no, it won't. i'm not that stupid.

i do realise that it is a separate exercise, being sovereign. so of course, you know, i understand entirely how that should operate. those undertakings are significant. they should mean an end to charles' sometimes—controversial speeches. like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of much—loved and elegant friend. and articles, like this one on genetically modified crops. and then there's his letter writing, his so—called black spider handwritten letters to ministers, asking questions about causes which have caught his eye. charles' acceptance that these interventions must cease as king have reassured constitutional experts. it is very welcome, because some people have been worried that when he becomes king he might continue to send his famous spider memos to ministers and the like, but he's now come out and said he recognises that as monarch it's a very different role. but that's not to say

that as monarch he will be without influence. itjust has to be exercised with care. the constitutional conventions are clear. a british monarch shouldn't make public interventions, as charles has now explicitly accepted. but a king or queen can encourage or warn, but that must be done privately to the prime minister. slowly but surely, the way is being prepared for the moment when the crown passes from a monarch noted for her discretion to a prince noted, until now, for his tendency to speak his mind. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. the un has announced plans to double its food aid to yemen to avert mass starvation in the country. the world food programme said it was preparing to try to feed 1a million people, almost half of the population. the announcement comes as fighting intensifies around the port city of hodeidah.

plans to build a new nuclear power station in cumbria, creating more than 20,000 jobs, have now collapsed after the japanese firm toshiba said it was pulling out of the project. the £15 billion plant would have provided 7% of the uk's future electricity supply. unions have described the move as devastating, as our correspondent, colletta smith, reports from cumbria. big promises of a bright low carbon future. when our power station is built here, it'll be called moorside. the next generation of nuclear reactors here in cumbria, thousands of high—paid jobs providing 7% of the uk's electricity in a decade. but, today, toshiba have pulled the plug. this is the sellafield nuclear plant. it's being decommissioned at the moment so thousands ofjobs are in jeopardy over the next couple of years as they scaled down the operation. the hope was that they would have

been able to move over the road because this is the new plant that would have been built by toshiba. the fact that that's now in question puts a lot of concern into this whole area for the future of those jobs. the government should be backing us 100% on this. at the end of the day, they have an obligation to make sure this goes ahead. cumbria's already geared up to have moorside here. we have some of the best facilities for nuclear training around, and itjust feels like it's all about to go to waste. the whole community thrives on the nuclear industry and it's in shock. towns along the lake district's coastline depend on those highly paid nuclear jobs. it's been a death by 1,000 cuts, to be honest with you, with moorside. but i'm really disappointed and i'm actually very concerned for the future now. three quarters of my customers either work for sellafield or work for contractors working for sellafield. you know, if you lose a quarter of those because they've either gone into retirement or theirjobs have been finished and they've moved out of the area, that is a massive impact on my one shop alone. even those advising the government

on nuclear schemes now think the future is injeopardy. i think it is a wake—up call to say if you want to build very expensive and very long—term nuclear reactors, then... building them with private finance, you remain vulnerable to the sort of thing that's happened here. the government say they're committed to nuclear power but are sticking to the same plan of depending private companies to build the sites. that means thousands ofjobs and the uk's energy future can be buffeted by global headwinds of international companies. colletta smith, bbc news, in whitehaven. the headlines on bbc news: a man who opened fire at a bar in california, killing at least 12 people, has been named as 28 your old ex—marine ian david long. ——

28—year—old. a sharp rise in the number of prescriptions for diabetes is now costing the nhs in england more than £1 billion a year. and the prince of wales tells the bbc he will no longer comment on topics he feels strongly about when he becomes king. he was speaking ahead of his 70th birthday. the paraplegic athletejustin levene has dropped his legal action against luton airport after it improved its disabled facilities. mr levene refused the airport's offer of a more basic manual wheelchair after his own self propelling wheelchair was lost and dragged himself along the floor in protest at his loss of independence. he said he was delighted with the outcome. the family of a patient who died after a robotic heart operation, the first of its kind in the uk, said lessons had to be learned from a ‘catalogue of errors'. stephen pettitt, who was 69, died of multiple organ failure. after the inquest it emerged that newcastle hospitals nhs foundation trust dismissed the lead surgeon sukumaran nair

following the procedure. a christian woman has been released from prison in pakistan following a decision by the country's supreme court to overturn her conviction and death sentence for blasphemy. asia bibi, who's spent ten years in prison, has been moved to a secret location in pakistan, while she seeks refuge in another country. hardline islamist groups have taken to the streets demanding thatjudges reverse their decision. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. released in secret in the dead of night from this prison to a secret location. asia bibi, free after eight years on death row. but, still, the most wanted person in pakistan. wanted dead by crowds like this, who surged into the streets of the capital of islamabad when they heard the news. "hang her," they shout.

hardline islamists defying supreme courtjudges who overturned her conviction, a death sentence for blasphemy. let me state clearly that asia bibi remains at a safe place in pakistan. asia bibi is now a free citizen, says thejustice ministry. she is a free woman now. but islamists have mounted a legal challenge to stop her from leaving pakistan. her torment began almost a decade ago in her tiny village. an argument with muslim women over a cup of water turned into accusations. she was arrested and convicted for blasphemy. her husband and five children spoke to the bbc then of their world turned upside down. translation: we miss her so much. christmas is coming.

we wish we could celebrate it with her. and those days of anguish lasted a decade. "we've been waiting ten years," her daughter cries, on a visit to london this month, organised by a christian charity. her mother's plight has galvanised campaigns in pakistan and far beyond, including in britain. it is so unjust. draconian, mediaeval laws like this should not be in existence. the very fact that she is innocent and simply drank water from the same well as muslims and said innocuous words like, "my christ died for me, "what did mohammed do for you"? which would be used quite commonly in debates in the western world, i think it has reached an audience, and they are just astounded that this can happen

in the modern age. it is a major test for pakistan's new prime minister. no—one has been hanged for blasphemy, but dozens have been killed by people taking the law into their own hands. asia bibi and herfamily are expected to take up offers of asylum, escaping a place where no—one accused of this crime is safe. lyse doucet, bbc news. this weekend there will be major events to commemorate the centenary of the armistice when the first world war came to an end on the 11th november 1918. as part of the commemoration, tens of thousands of shrouded figures are being displayed at london's queen elizabeth 0lympic park, called shrouds of the somme, some 72,000 tiny figures — each representing a commonwealth serviceman who died in the battle but with no known grave. events are also taking place in germany, where that country's fallen soldiers in two world wars are remembered. our special correspondent alan little reports on how today's

democratic germany tries to reconcile itself to the darkness of its past. 70 years ago, the german army came to norway by force. today, they're here by invitation. this is the biggest nato operation since the end of the cold war. 40,000 troops from 29 nations. and the germans are at its heart. in war paint and forest camouflage, this is germany today, a nation transformed in two generations from murderous dictatorship to democratic partner. but how do today's germans remember their dead of two world wars when, in the 1940s, they died serving the nazi regime? many of them fought under field marshal erwin rommel. i asked one of his relatives how germans could mourn their dead without whitewashing germany's crimes. i was told when i was a young girl not to talk about the war.

many talked about it butjust behind their hands that their uncles or grandfathers or brothers died because we are always told we are guilty. and we are guilty. we are more guilty than the others but my generation wasn't guilty or is not guilty because i was born after the war. i don't want to cut it down. do you say cut it down? to make it small. but i think one day there must be... and end to all these stories. for 100 years, visitors have come to allied war cemeteries with pride as well as sorrow to honour the generation that delivered europe from german militarism and dictatorship. two million german soldiers also died in the first world war. more than twice that number in the second. many lie in mass graves, no shiny, white, upright stones for them. posterity feels no pride in the germany they died for. and now they are coming

out of the church. my father and my mother. peter was born on armistice day 19114. his parents were married in february that year. his father in the uniform of an army on the verge of a catastrophic defeat. the end of the second world war was so hard that the feeling of guilt was in them but they couldn't speak about this thing that they followed hitler. that was a big problem for the generation of my father and mother. when this home movie was filmed, they didn't yet know they're part of germany would soon be overrun by soviet troops. this is my grandfather. peter's grandfather, a local landowner, would not survive. the russians came, and, then, after a few days, they decided to kill...

the four men... in the house. and my grandfather said to my grandmother, we have to now say goodbye. will and then he went down. one moment. this private sorrow is still powerfully felt but it rarely finds public expression. there is a small national ceremony that takes place here in berlin in november but it's very low—key and it's over in a matter of minutes. for, after the second world war, german sorrow got subsumed by something much bigger. national shame. germans had inflicted so much grief on others that they found it impossible to publicly indulge their own grief. they kept it private, unspoken. there is no german

equivalent of this. in their nordic training grounds, what fellowship do these men and women feel with those who came before them? if britain's history is about continuities, germany's is about rupture. the clean break of 19115. the end of the second world war was, for our society, for our culture, ground zero. this ground zero for our history, for our society... changed our society, changed our mindset, our whole culture. for this ability to get better, to learn from history, i am proud to be german and proud to serve for germany. this is the post—war german achievement that, if the country's ancestral voices call from their graves this armistice day, today's germany is not listening. alan little, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, george eaton from the new statesman,

and jo tanner, who's the chief executive of inhouse communications. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather. good evening. it is that some of the day when we look at the weather a little further ahead. what was the tale of two halves thursday, glorious sunshine in the east. we had rain in western parts of wales. milford haven had nearly a0 millimetres. for the coming day be heavy rain will be more widespread and the rain will —— winds will be stronger. a huge area of low pressure in the eastern atlantic that will dominate for the next few days. the attendant weather fronts will give fairly widespread rain. 0n friday, the remnants of today's weather front. it almost get swamped by the next one swinging in. showers in eastern areas. cloudier than it was thursday. all this rain on what it has been a wet week already for some, on to saturated ground where the river levels are high and with the river levels are high and with the added risk of some severe gales up the added risk of some severe gales up through the irish sea, it will be quite unpleasant taking to the roads by the evening rush hour. further

east it is with you and cloudy, but largely dry. but look at this rain, it is slow—moving, northern ireland and rising into the afternoon. and evenin and rising into the afternoon. and even in the eastern areas gusts of a0 mph, up to 70 in exposed areas further west. an unsettled period of whether to end the week, that turbulent weather descends across the eastern side of england and scotla nd the eastern side of england and scotland through friday night into saturday, with all that cloud and the wind temperatures holder. that area of low pressure stays with us throughout the weekend. you can see how fast it is. it is driving the weather across much of western europe, right the way down into spain and portugal. for ourselves, as that weather system finally clears, it may drag its heels in the south and east, we open up to a south—westerly wind, growing in showers to southern and western areas. given the strength, not as strong as friday, but enough to push the showers eastwards. they think many will escape. a similar story

for armistice day. the low pressure driving the showers in. some areas will escape, but other areas will get shower after shower. although it is not a particularly cold wind direction, 10— 1a is a little above average for the time of year, it will not be pleasant standing outside in the showers. they will be with us in the west as we go into monday. by monday there is the potential for more persistent rain to pass close by to the south and east. some uncertainty on the detail for monday. it looks like it will stay unsubtle. this rather unsettled weather picture —— unsettled. that is because the jet stream is strong across the mid— latitude at the moment, driving does low pressure is our way, towards the way of the british isles. as time goes by towards the middle of the week, the jet stream starts to move further southwards. that low starts to fill. it becomes lest deep and less angry, throwing fewer weather patterns our

way. the high pressure will pull in instead across the uk. that is the changing face of autumn. we have the rain and the gales at the moment, which we are likely to replace with foggy weather, potentially, into the middle of next week and beyond. we cool it anticyclonic gloom because you have the high pressure above trapping all the moisture at lower levels and the foggy mornings turn into gloomy afternoons. there are warnings are because of the turbulent weather ahead. details on the website. hello. this is bbc news with rachel schofield. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines: a man who opened fire at a bar in california killing at least 12