this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: a teenager has been charged with the murder of 17—year—old yousef makki, who was stabbed to death in greater manchester on saturday. police investigating the fatal stabbing of 17—year—old jodie chesney in east london say they've arrested a man in leicester. britain's most senior officer, cressida dick, says there is a link between falling police numbers and violent crime. i agree that there is some link between violent crime on the streets obviously and police numbers, of course there is. and i think everybody would see that. counter—terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at heathrow airport, london city airport and waterloo station. one of the soldiers on duty on bloody sunday in londonderry in 1972, when 13 civilians were shot dead by the army, tells the bbc he has no regrets.

do you feel any guilt about what happened? no, i would do you feel any guilt about what happened? no, iwould do do you feel any guilt about what happened? no, i would do the exact same again. bmw has warned that no—deal brexit could threaten its uk plant. the german car maker says it might consider moving production of the mini from cowley in oxford if the governent fails to agree an exit deal with the eu. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew, and politicshome's editor kevin schofield. stay with us for that. good evening.

a teenager has been charged with murder after a 17—year—old boy was stabbed to death in greater manchester. yousef makki, from burnage, died after being attacked near altrincham on saturday. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder and possession of a bladed article. another 17—year—old boy has been charged with assisting an offender and possession of a bladed article. they'll appear at manchester youth court tomorrow. and, in the last hour, police investigating the fatal stabbing of 17—year—old jodie chesney in east london have said they've arrested a man in leicester. tonight's developments come as britain's most senior police officer appears to contradict the prime minister, by saying there is some link between the rise in violent crime and cuts to police numbers. metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick was speaking just a day after theresa may said there was no direct correlation between the two. here's our home affairs editor mark easton. a youth in a balaclava with a knife. the video of this incident in lancashire yesterday quickly went

viral on social media. no—one was seriously hurt and police quickly made arrests, but once again knife crime is britain's waking nightmare. oh, my god! what else can be done? what can we do to prevent young people getting involved in knife crime? the commissioner of the metropolitan police spent the morning trying to reassure the public. was the recent spike in stabbings down to cuts in officer numbers, she was asked. there have been more demand for policing, and therefore there must be some link between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers, of course there is, and i think everybody would see that. her comments appear to contradict the prime minister, who yesterday said this. there is no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. so, is that right? since 2010, the number of police officers in england and wales has fallen from around 140,000 down to 117,000 last year. at the same time, the number of violent crimes causing injury has also gone down, from about one million incidents a year at the beginning of the decade, to around 600,000 in recent years.

the figures don't offer compelling evidence that more officers means less crime. murders are up, but attempted murders are down. knife crime is up, but gun crime is down. it's not that straightforward. the prime minister told the cabinet today the government's response to knife crime went beyond the police to what she called a whole government approach. there were hints of extra resources with ministerial meetings being urgently convened. right now, there is an air of crisis. why do you think people carry knives, as a young person yourself? because there might be people after them and for protection... at the crib youth centre in north london, 13—year—old anthony is taking part in a knife crime awareness course. be honest, do you think people can protect themself with a knife? it depends on what situation they're in. they worry about cuts to police

here, and cuts to youth services, but they also worry that the wider community is not taking its responsibility. yesterday we were called to an area where a young person was getting jumped and beat up. we ran out and went to that area. and there were people in that area, other adults in there, just standing around, and there is a group of about 35 young people around one child. it's our responsibility as well, notjust to stand there and let these things happen. left, right. the mayor of london, at a youth forum today, and the home office, are both looking to fund the front line. both advocating a public health approach to knife crime, treating it as you would an infectious disease. some go further, arguing we need to provide therapy to vulnerable young people. knife crime and youth violence is a communication to society that something is not working. it's really about understanding

a young person from their perspective and really holding in mind that also they are perpetrators, but they are also victims. and i think when you hold those two positions in mind, you can develop a sense of empathy and understanding that allows you to go forward in a different way. people want it to stop, and experience tells us there are no quick and easy solutions. counter—terror officers have launched an investigation after three small explosive devices were found at buildings at major transport hubs in london. the met police counter terrorism said the packages were found at heathrow airport, waterloo railway station and london city airport earlier today. let's take a closer look at today's events: the first device was found in the compass centre within the grounds of heathrow airport at 9:55am this morning. an area around waterloo station was cordoned off at around 11:40pm after a second package was found. and at 12:10pm this afternoon, staff were evacuated from city aviation house at london city airport after a third package was reported. and this evening, a statement

from the irish police said they were assisting the met with their enquiries. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford gave this update from waterloo station. the first of these devices was discovered in the head office building at heathrow airportjust before 10am this morning, that is the device that went off, slightly melting the packaging. then a second device was discovered in the post room here at waterloo railway station just before 12pm, and a third device discovered just after midday at london city airport. neither of those devices was opened and neither went off, but both seemed to be designed to also cause a small fire. all three packages looked the same, they were white plastic postal envelopes of a4 size with a5 devices inside them and they had postage stamps that come from

the republic of ireland. and not surprisingly, counterterrorism and the police are linking all three packages, though they say that they are keeping an open mind about motivation at this stage. it is worth remembering that in february 2014, worth remembering that in february 20 1a, seven letter worth remembering that in february 2014, seven letter bombs were sent to army recruiting officers, some of which were posted from the republic of ireland, and on that occasion a dissident irish rep group calling itself the new ira said it was responsible. one of the british soldiers involved in the bloody sunday shootings in londonderry in 1972, when 13 civilians killed, says he has no regrets over the army's actions on that day. next week, we'll find out if any soldiers will face prosecution as a result of those events. the independent saville inquiry into the killings, which reported in 2010, concluded that all of the victims were innocent. but a former head of the british armed forces has told the bbc that the deaths happened during a state of war. he was speaking to the bbc‘s

peter taylor, who was in derry on bloody sunday. this is the second of his special reports. shouting. lord saville's official enquiry into the killings on bloody sunday concluded that soldiers lost their self—control. senior officers who once served in northern ireland can understand the pressures. bloody sunday was part of a war, and for those fighting it, there was no doubt about that. all the dead and wounded, lord saville said, were innocent and posed no threat. i first came to derry 47 years ago and that was on bloody sunday. as i watch the march today, the memories come flooding back, but this march has a special significance because the decision on whether or not to prosecute paratroopers for the 13 killings is imminent. thatjustice was denied on these streets, that murder was committed on these streets... john kelly's brother, michael, was shot dead on a barricade near where the memorial now stands.

michael was standing at the barricade in russell street when the paratroopers arrived. michaeljust happened to be the unlucky one. a soldierjust fired a shot. michael was hit in the stomach and the bullet embedded in his spine. what will your reaction be if the decision is to prosecute soldiers? we have been on a campaign for many, many years to see prosecutions and justice for michael and all those who died that day. so it would certainly be a massive achievement to get there. i'm going to interview a paratrooper who was there on bloody sunday, and ifirst interviewed him in 1992 — that's 27 years ago — and that was years before the saville inquiry. this is what i trained under, i fought under. the soldier is known as sergeant 0h.

in that original interview, he showed no regrets. as far as i was concerned, we were under fire. you start looking for targets. started identifying them, and started dropping them. started dropping them? shooting them. the mood between the blokes was not elation, but at the same time it was, job well done. job well done, with 13 dead? yes, a job well done. don't forget, if someone's firing at you, and you fire back and you kill them, you've stopped them killing you. you're not going to tell me that's not a job well done. sergeant 0 has suffered a stroke. i reminded him that lord saville had said categorically that all the victims were innocent. has that made you change your view of what happened? 0bviously, my views altered because some innocent people were killed. i think that's beyond a doubt. lord saville said all 13 were innocent. i don't care what lord saville said, he wasn't there. sergeant 0 still insists he fired at gunmen.

when i interviewed you last time, you said you thought it was a job well done. yeah. is that still your view? yes, it is. general sir david richards served in northern ireland before he became chief of the defence staff, the uk's highest military officer. these are warriors, soldiers, who are going, in their view, into a war situation uncertain of what will happen next. you might have a split second to take a decision to protect yourself and your comrades—in—arms. the families of the 13 dead, and the soldiers who shot them, will soon know whether there will be prosecutions. do you feel any guilt... no. ..0ver what happened? no. i would do the exact same again. michael kelly... why should people be prosecuted for events that happened 47 years ago? murder is murder, no

matter how long ago it is. the fact of the matter is, justice has to be seen to be done. peter taylor with that report there. bmw, the makers of the iconic mini, have issued a stark warning about the impact a no—deal brexit might have on its production in the uk. the german motor manufacturer said it would have to consider moving production of the mini from its cowley plant in oxford. and the japanese car maker, toyota, has also warned that a no—deal brexit would make it extremely complicated to build new models in the uk. our business editor simonjack has more details. cowley in oxford is the home of the mini. and although it's now german—owned as a model and as a brand, it doesn't get much more british than this. a new mini drives off the production line here every minute. but bmw warned today that moving production out of the uk was an option in a no—deal brexit scenario. the key in these times

is definitely flexibility. we are prepared for a lot of scenarios. we are very flexible in the production, we've pulled forwards some production interruptions, but we also have a plan b if things are changing. so, we will see what the outcome is but bmw will answer with flexibility. this isn't the first warning from mini's owner, bmw, but it's perhaps the starkest language, the strongest tone we've heard from this company about the potential consequences of a no—deal brexit. it won't be news to the government. the business secretary has continually warned that that outcome would be ruinous for the entire industry and the government stresses it is an outcome they are still very keen to avoid. the amount of money invested in the uk car industry in recent years tells a pretty grim story. in 2015, over £2.5 billion was invested. that has fallen every year since to just under £600 million in 2018. that's a total fall of 80% injust three years. the alarm is industry—wide.

the head of toyota's european 0perations said a bad brexit result could jeopardise future investment at its uk factory near derby. if it becomes more difficult, in terms of duties in trading, then it is very difficult to think about the future. of course, short term, we can overcome any of those problems with logistics or whatever, but we need to think about what is the long—term effect if this is not materialising correctly? today's warnings are further body blows to an industry reeling from honda's recent decision to close its swindon factory. nissan reversing plans to build an additional model in sunderland and jaguar land rover laying off thousands of workers. they all pointed to factors beyond brexit. but bmw and toyota are clear that for them, the chance of a no—deal brexit is the issue putting their uk future at risk. simon jack, bbc news.

the headlines on bbc news: a teenager has been charged with the murder of 17—year—old yousef makki, who was stabbed to death in greater manchester on saturday. britain's most senior officer, cressida dick, head of the metropolitan police, says there is a link between falling police numbers and violent crime. one of the soldiers on duty on bloody sunday in londonderry in 1972, when 13 civilians were shot dead by the army, tells the bbc he has no regrets. now, the government is reportedly set to cut tariffs on the vast majority of imports in the event of a no—deal brexit. tariffs are the charges imposed on goods which cross borders in the absence of a free trade arrangement. now, the cuts would be intended to protect consumers from price rises. 0ur economics correspondent is dharshini david. about half of our trade is with the eu, currently that this tariff free. ta riffs eu, currently that this tariff free. tariffs exist to protect businesses

but they push up prices, so what is the government to do in the event of a the government to do in the event of 3110 the government to do in the event of a no deal? we understand enough sources that it is looking to cut the majority of tariffs, as you will say, to help protect household budgets, but retains some insensitive sect is, for example farming. competition from overseas farms, that could be a big competition to them and this of course will be on politicians's minds as we gear up to that the vote on the prime minister's deal next week. these kind of cuts, we understand the night could mean the government is worse off by about £10 billion compared to what could be. —— tonight. is it all worthwhile? well, put it this way, it would be pretty bold move here. it would raise eyebrows, particularly in brussels. it would signal that the uk is ready for business and open to trade. the former conservative chair,

baroness warsi, has accused the party of institutional islamophobia and turning a blind eye to prejudice. lady warsi's comments come as 1a conservative party members have been suspended over alleged islamophobic comments on social media. she said the prime minister and party chairman had failed to tackle the issue. a spokesman for the conservative party said discrimination or abuse of any kind would not be tolerated. burying their heads in the sand on this issue of anti—muslim sentiment and islamophobia within the party is not going to make the matter go away. and what saddens me is that having tried to deal with this matter privately for so long, having tried to submit these cases to the party privately, through e—mails, we're only getting results when we have trial by social media, and it shouldn't have to be like this. this cannot be a healthy way in which to deal with this scourge of bigotry. baroness warsi there. a former labour mp who was jailed for perverting the course ofjustice over a speeding fine has lost her appeal against the case. labour says it will now support efforts to trigger a by—election

in peterborough, where fiona 0nasanya is currently representing constituents as an independent mp. now, the democratic republic of congo is struggling to cope with the worst outbreak of ebola in its history. more than 500 people are thought to have died and nearly 900 people are believed to have been infected. it's affected the north kivu province, an area controlled by armed groups with a non—existent health system, making it much harder to contain. the bbc‘s senior africa correspondent anne soy travelled to beni, the town worst hit by the outbreak. in isolation, but not alone. these children are suspected to have ebola. but here, they receive care with the human touch. it's a riskyjob, but their carers are survivors of ebola who are now immune. they're helping to fight a disease that brought them misery.

rachelle lost ten members of her family. back in her village, she blames ignorance for the huge loss. translation: we opened the body bag and performed rituals on my mother's body. the medics warned us against it. they said she had died from ebola, but we refused to believe them. we told them she died from food poisoning. then they tried to persuade us to get vaccinated, but we refused. the outbreak occurred in an area that had never dealt with ebola. what complicates the response here is the presence of dozens of armed groups, vying for control of the mineral rich region. attacks are frequent. rebels killed nine in this village overnight. at daybreak, health workers took the bodies to be tested for ebola. it's now standard practice.

they want to stop people from touching bodies that could have ebola. but that has only fuelled suspicion. translation: we don't understand what this ebola is. we can bury the bodies of our people ourselves. it's getting very hostile now. the community here is not happy. they say that their people have already died and there was no intervention when they were under fire last night. and so, they say that we must leave now. this is the challenge of fighting ebola in a war zone. health workers must now get armed escorts to go to affected villages. their help is badly needed here. a confirmed case was admitted in this clinic. the traditional healer who runs it continued to see other patients using potentially contaminated equipment. he isn't trained, but he is the closest the village has got to a doctor.

we can't close this clinicjust because the person is not trained. he's an integral part of the health care system in this community, so what we need to do is leverage the fact that he's already here, build his capacity in one way or the other, so that he can provide safer care than he's already doing. everything the patient touched is decontaminated or destroyed. burned items are replaced, so the clinic can continue to function. but all suspected ebola cases should now be referred to the treatment centre, where their chances of survival are higher. josephine got infected while pregnant and lived to have a healthy baby. a first in ebola treatment. but this is still the most complex outbreak of ebola ever.

and is farfrom over. anne soy, bbc news, beni. charity workers, celebrities and community leaders from wales have joined the royal family for a reception to mark 50 years since prince charles's investiture as prince of wales. the event at buckingham palace was hosted by the queen, and it came as a bbc poll reveals attitudes in wales to the royals. here's roger pinney. in buckingham palace, a "thank you" from the queen to prince charles for his work as prince of wales, and according to those who were there, the prince does play a valuable role in welsh life. we were 18 and we just applied for a couple of grants from the princes trust because we needed some money for some speakers and prince charles

came down and we met him, and we had some funding from them and it got us under way, really. he's interested, he's all the things that a young person wants in a role model, i think he is an extraordinary character who has done so much good for his country. that's the balcony from which in 1969, the queen of prince charles waved to the thousands of people who were thronging the mice here in caernarfon. but the investiture as we know it is a relatively modern invention, it only dates back to 1911, and it was all down to this man, david lloyd george. he said it would be good for wells, it was good for lloyd george as well. —— he said it would be good for wales, it was good for lloyd george as well. politics reared its head in 1969 as well, but the then labour government feared growing nationalism in wales, so how about a bit of royal razzmatazz. it was an unforgettable event for those who were there, but today in caernarfon, i found mixed opinions on the royals. times have changed and, to be honest, you know, i think the royalfamily, no,

i'm not really, i'm not bothered with them. would you like to see that royal connection continue? yeah, i would. it's an issue bbc wales asked questions about in their recent saint david's poll. 18% of those asked said the monarchy should be abolished, 62% disagreed. 50% were in favour of there being a new prince of wales when prince charles becomes king, with 22% against. then the pollsters turned to the question of whether there should be another investiture just like the one in 1969. a1% said there should, 20% said they want a different type of event while 30% were against holding an investiture at all. there is republican sentiment out there. it certainly doesn't coincide with the idea that i have of a modern inclusive wales, and i think that is not something that a lot of people would recognise as being part of our future, i think it's far more something that we would associate with our past.

in caernarfon, the events of 50 years ago have recently been recreated for the netflix hit the crown, drama echoing real life. the polls suggest most of us want the royal connection to continue, but in what form is now a matterfor debate. we have a second edition of the papers coming up, stay with for that. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello. a strong, powerfuljetstream high above our heads is going to drive a spell of changeable and at times quite turbulent weather over the next week or so, and as for why the next week or so, and as for why the jetstream is so strong, we the next week or so, and as for why thejetstream is so strong, we have to look at north america. a plunge of the arctic air all the way down the usa, even for the gulf coast. overnight temperatures hovering around freezing, that very cold air colliding with so much warmer and south, energising the jetstream. colliding with so much warmer and south, energising thejetstream. the windsor high up in the atmosphere, in excess of 200 mph at times as the head across the atlantic. when you see these dips in the jetstream,

thatis see these dips in the jetstream, that is when we spin off areas of low pressure. you will see a few of these in the forecast over the next few days, that is in charge for wednesday. wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour down towards the south—west, some outbreaks of rain drifting north—west across scotland, some snow mixing in the over high ground here. our backing up reveals some spells of sunshine but also some spells of sunshine but also some hefty showers raking up with these and some rumbles of thunder. much chillier across the north—west of the uk and as we move out of into thursday, low pressurejuice of the uk and as we move out of into thursday, low pressure juice that little bit further eastwards and we open the door to some really cold aircoming down open the door to some really cold air coming down from the app, spreading across the uk. so it is going to feel rather chilly on thursday, particularly when you factor in the strength of the wind, brisk winds across parts of scotland, north—west england. gusts of up to 50 miles an hour possible. not as many showers further south,

more in the way of sunshine at cardiff, plymouth, london, temperatures topping out of 11 degrees. as we move into friday, a chance to draw breath, this area of low pressure slides away. a rigid high—pressure all the way from the azores actually starting to build its way in. a spell of fine, dry and sunny weather but it will not last, he was a next frontal system. a broad area of low pressure for tonight action by the jetstream, bringing the main on friday. the details in the forecast for the weekend are still very much open to question. we still have a powerful jetstrea m question. we still have a powerful jetstream racing across the atlantic and whenever you see a little dip in the jetstream, there is and whenever you see a little dip in thejetstream, there is potential for a low pressure system to form. uncertainty about where those most inform, uncertainty about where those most in form, but we will cease and gales at time, some hill snow and generally, it will feel chilly. do not pay too much attention to the details here but itjust gives you a general idea of sunday's weather.

potentially some very windy weather in parts of the uk, temperatures of seven to 11 degrees. once again, it looks like we could see gales across the uk, those temperatures by this stage in single digits forjust about all of us and into next week, the pattern continues. itjetstream still flowing fairly briskly across the atlantic, spilling up areas of pressure. it will remain quite u nsettled, pressure. it will remain quite unsettled, the jetstream stays to the south of the british isles. that will generally keep us in some relatively chilly air, so certainly do not be expecting any sort of heat wave. spells of rain at times with the potential for snow, wave. spells of rain at times with the potentialfor snow, particularly over high ground in the north, it will often be windy and it will feel rather chilly, so pretty turbulent speu rather chilly, so pretty turbulent spell of weather through the coming days.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: a teenager has been charged with the murder of 17—year—old yousef makki who was stabbed to death in greater manchester on saturday. police investigating the fatal stabbing of 17—year—old jodie chesney in east london say they've arrested a man in leicester. britain's most senior officer, cressida dick, head of the metropolitan police, says there is a link between falling police numbers and violent crime. counter—terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at heathrow airport,