this is bbc news. the headlines at midday: a warning from the sacked defence secretary gavin williamson to the prime minister that compromising with labour over brexit would be a grave mistake. us—iran tensions: president rouhani warns that his country is facing difficult times ahead because of renewed american sanctions. the national crime agency says organised criminals are killing more british people a year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. two bbc dramas go head to head tonight at the bafta tv awards. the biggest prize in domestic football goes to the wire this afternoon — will it be title glory for liverpool or manchester city?

and click investigates police deployment of facial recognition. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. the former defence secretary, gavin williamson, has strongly criticised theresa may's cross—party brexit talks with labour, calling them a "grave mistake". writing in the mail on sunday, mr williamson — who was sacked over a leak from the national security council — described the discussions as "politically naive". a downing street source said mr williamson had been supportive of the brexit strategy while he was in cabinet. our political correspondent, jessica parker, told us more.

saying cross—party talks with labour that are set to resume tomorrow as the government see if there is some sort of deal they can do on brexit, he is saying they are politically naive and destined to fail. he was sacked as defence secretary over a leak and denied any involvement in this. these talks come as the government is trying to find some solution, push some sort of deal through or at least get the ball rolling before the european elections coming up later this month and we have seen a couple of not very favourable polls coming out today. they are a snapshot and have to be taken with a health warning but we have been hearing from damien hinds who admitted it might be a difficult night for the party. these are going to be

difficult elections. this is the ultimate protest vote opportunity. turnouts tend to be quite low. but they have been important politically. people use it as a free vote and that is going to be more true this time. we have also been hearing from the labour party because labour are still involved with these talks with the government. they have been going on for quite a few weeks. we have been hearing from john ashworth who is the shadow health secretary who is not personally involved in the talks but he gave quite an interesting assessment as to how they have been going. we are trying to say we want a brexit deal along a permanent customs union basis. a single market relationship. that is what we have been negotiating on and not getting very far. if we cannot get that and it turns

out we are going to have a tory deal we do not believe is in the interests of the country or no deal, which is definitely not in the interests of the country, then we would support a referendum. you mentioned the polls which are quite alarming reading for the conservative party, showing that the brexit party of nigel farage doing very well. probably most worrying for the conservatives but potentially worrying for labour as well. they are just a snapshot and different polls will say different things. john ashworth was talking about labour's position on brexit. it has come in for criticism over what some have called constructive ambiguity. maybe there have been questions over whether the party has to forge a clear message to get on with brexit or go for another referendum. meanwhile nigel farage, the former leader of ukip,

has talked about trying to create a political earthquake. he has also been speaking on andrew marr and facing questions on some of his wider policy agenda. do you want to be prime minister? not particularly. out of debris and the falling dust, what emerges? who knows what the future is? what i do know is we have a 2—party system that serves nothing but itself. there is a complete breakdown of trust between the people in this country and our politicians and they revealed themselves to be grossly incompetent. what i want to see, if we can win these elections, meps become part of the government negotiating table and we can perhaps talk some sense into them.

it is probably going to be a european parliamentary election like we have never seen before. and speaking to sky news this morning, the co—leader of the green party, sian berry, said that remain parties are also doing well in the polls. what's happening in terms of the poles, it is protected we will make gains and the liberal democrats will make gains, so the specifically remain parties are making gains. it is not as clear—cut as who wins. we can make gains, the liberal democrats could make gains, all of those votes count towards what is being billed as a single issue election in terms of referendum and people are voting for us because of oui’ people are voting for us because of our work against austerity and

because of climate. organised crime is a "chronic and corrosive" threat to the uk and more money is needed to tackle it. that's according to the national crime agency, which says organised criminals are killing more british people a year than terrorism, war and natural disasters. it comes ahead of an annual assessment on tuesday which will look at how gangs are exploiting advances in technology. our reporterjames waterhouse has more. this is a tone of urgency from the director general lynne owens. she is saying against a backdrop of globalisation, extremism and technological advances, serious and organised crime is changing fast and law enforcement needs significant new investment to help deal with it. what does she mean by that? the nca are saying local, not local, dangerous criminal gangs are dominating local communities and evolving. so take county lines, where inner—city gangs set up drug networks to supply. not only are they using traditional

violent methods but also combining that with being tech savvy. so say the dark web, a whole other online world, only accessible with certain software. the nca are saying they can detect people doing it but that's not without future funding. so they want more funding. has there been any response to that plea for more money? there has. the security minister ben wallace has sent us a statement. he is saying as the national crime agency set out, serious and organised crime is a fast evolving and highly complex threat to our national security. it is estimated to cost the uk at least £37 billion a year. it goes on — our strategy published in november last year set out how we will target and disrupt serious and organised crime as criminals use

of technology evolves so must our response. so no direct response to the funding but i think we can expect more detail to come from both sides as the week goes on. police in north yorkshire are appealing for information following the death of a 15—year—old girl in northallerton. she collapsed in a car park yesterday evening and later died in hopsital. it's believed she had taken the drug mdma. police are urging anyone who has taken the drug to seek medical assiatance if they feel unwell. president rouhani of iran has warned his country that it is facing difficult times ahead because of renewed us sanctions. addressing a meeting of political actvists, he said iran could be facing even greater economic problems than in the 1980s when it was subject to international trade restrictions during the war with iraq. andy beatt reports. american military might en route to the gulf. warships, bombers and missiles intended to send a clear message to tehran. but it's notjust about fire power. tough new us sanctions are raising temperatures further. iran's president is feeling the heat. the pressures by our enemies, he said, is a war unprecedented in the history of our

islamic revolution. during the war we did not have a problem with our banks, oil sales, imports or exports. his rallying cry comes amid growing anger at a slump in the economy caused by sanctions and sustained pressure from washington over the country's nuclear programme. translation: we are here today to defend our right to nuclear technology. this is a right of all nations and the islamic republic has used this right, but they have intensified sanctions and made life very hard for the iranian people. protesters here back president rouhani's recent threat to restart nuclear activities, but that risks killing the landmark nuclear deal that america pulled out of a year ago, a decision robustly defended

on saturday by the us secretary of state. we struck a terrible agreement with the islamic republic of iran to put the regime's campaigns of terrorism and proxy wars on steroids. as its military build—up continues, the pentagon claims iran was preparing to stage attacks against us forces or interests. that is dismissed as fake intelligence by tehran. it says whatever the pressure it will not be intimidated by psychological warfare. more than a0 states in the us have filed a lawsuit against 20 pharmaceutical companies. they are accusing them of price—fixing and conspiring to reduce competition. this follows a five—year investigation into why prices have sometimes suddenly increased and in some cases by over iooo%. our washington correspondent chris buckler explained more.

according to that investigation, at times they seem to be doubling, tripling or rising by more than iooo%, sometimes with no explanation whatsoever. that is why the states have been looking into this and have brought the lawsuit. they are suggesting 20 of these companies, along with 15 individuals, have been involved in some kind of conspiracy, essentially to try and manipulate and inflate prices and also to try and restrict competition. these are extremely serious charges. they say they want to bring this suit to try to force change, but also to claim damages and ensure drug prices remain lower. there are 20 companies and 15 individuals and there has not been a response from all of them, but it seems that the majority of them, if not all, will fight this suit. if you listen to any politicians here, including president trump, they say time and time again americans are paying more than people in other parts

of the world for their medications and they cannot understand the reason for that. it is one of the rare issues in the us at the moment that unites republicans and democrats and they both want something done about it although they can't agree what that should be. so far we have not had any proposals for legislation that would address this issue properly. i suspect it will be talked about a lot leading up to the 2020 presidential campaign. the stars of the small screen will gather this evening for the bafta tv awards in london. the bbc‘s killing eve is leading the way with six nominations. the ceremony, hosted by graham norton, will be shown tonight on bbc one. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. are you all right? killing eve was one of the most talked about shows 2018. it leads the way with six nominations including one for best

drama and two in the best actress category for its two leads, sandra oh and jodie comer, who plays a charismatic assassin. there are three nominations for the year's most watched show, bodyguard, including best drama and best actress. it is time for me to say hello. ant did not take part in the final episode of saturday night takeaway, following his drink—driving arrest and subsequent conviction. he and his co—star dec nominated for best entertainment performance, however, and the itv show for best entertainment programme where it will be up against the bbc‘s strictly come dancing. there are also four nominations for a very english scandal, the mini—series about the jeremy thorpe scandal, including a best actor nomination for hugh grant and best actress for ruth wilson who played her own grandmother in the drama mrs wilson. this year, the highest accolade, the bafta fellowship,

goes to the journalist and broadcaster joan ba kewell, recognising her huge contribution to tv. earlier i spoke to scott bryan, tv critic and co—host of bbc‘s must watch podcast, and started by asking him about the contenders for this yea r‘s best actress. the actual show itself was not eligible to start off with but they have had to bend the rules to allow it because killing eve was originally made in the us and the rules state that the show has to be aired in the uk first. it has been the most critically acclaimed show of last year. it has got some of the greatest actors in it. it would have been mad if they did not include it. to see it have six nominations is a good thing. best actress is the key category, a lot of competition.

i would not be able to say who i would be able to go for because you have sandra oh in that category and eve in that category. jodie comer. the name just eluded me for a second! i was like, "oh, she's going to assassinate me!" then you've got ruth wilson also. it is really exciting. and keeley hawes for bodyguard. we are not going to be able to say which one is coming through. such a competitive field. bodyguard got huge ratings, very popular, not as well critically received as something like killing eve. yes. with bodyguard the fact it was such an unexpected success, i think even the bbc have been surprised at how big a hit it was, and maybe the fact that the last episode of the series caused quite a large division in terms of how well people think it actually went and that left people to think was it

really as good as everyone was thinking it was? i still highly recommend it. it is the fact that keeley hawes is the best thing on it, to see her nominated is fantastic. it will be interesting to see whether a show will be able to have that high regard in years to come when it is more of an event tv. you are having to be there all watching it at the same collective moment. some people might be confused why shows like line of duty or fleabag, huge successes, are not nominated. that is because of the dates. it is baffling, like the film awards, there is a cut—off date. with the film awards it's a lot sooner but with the tv awards these are last year's shows and would have had to have aired mostly last year, and the awards ceremony is in may so when you are going through nominations there are fantastic nominations — such as the bros documentary and britain's got talent — but you are thinking have i seen these shows?

it is quite realistic to have forgotten that some of them have existed. any other highlights? the bros documentary. it would be a great shame for me if that doesn't win. that was hilarious. yeah, a brilliant thing, a little christmas treat. another surprise hit. yes, very much a surprise hit. bbc four have been saying they always knew it was going to do well but i think it surprised them as well. graham norton hosting. yes. the first time he has been able to do it in three years. normally he is needed abroad for eurovision presenting duties but he is back in the uk this time. making notes. gwent police are telling us emergency services are dealing with the police incident on

the a40. we understand south wales fire and rescue service have confirmed that this is a light aircraft that has come down on that road, the a40. the road closed in both directions. an appeal to motorists to avoid the area if possible. and to find alternative routes for the journey. we do not know what kind of light aircraft and says that has come down and we do not know any details about casualties. we can show you a picture i think of the countryside around the a40. you can see clearly around the a40. you can see clearly a plume of grey smoke rising into the airand a plume of grey smoke rising into the air and that appears to be where that light aircraft has come down. we do not know what sort of plane

that was or whether it had come from oi’ that was or whether it had come from or where it was going. or how many people were on board. south wales fire and rescue service confirming that this was a light aircraft that has come down and as a result, because it seems to have come down on the a40, emergency services dealing with that. the road closed as you would expect in both directions. diversions in place. police are seeing that will cause congestion in the area. advising motorists to find alternative routes. we will bring you more details on that as soon as they come into us that those are the very early stages of that incident, just starting to get those reports and that picture of what appears to be a light aircraft coming down on the

aforte. the headlines on bbc news: the sacked defence secretary gavin williamson warns the prime minister it would be a grave mistake to compromise with labour over brexit. as america flexes its military might and renews sanctions against iran its president issues a stark warning about difficult times ahead to his country. the national crime agency says organised criminals are killing more people a year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. it wants more money to tackle the problem. sport now. who is going to win the title? it's been a fascinating premier league campaign and on the last day, the title is still not decided. defending champions manchester city are currently top and take on brighton — butjust one point behind them

are liverpool who host wolves. as ben croucher reports, both clubs have pushed each other all the way. and then there were two. ok, we have known that for a while. we might not have expected to reach the final day and have both still in it. but having landed blow after blow since august, come five o'clock, just one, liverpool or manchester city, will still be standing. the odds for liverpool are longer. they need to defeat wolves and they are relying on city slipping up in brighton. but don't write them off. and in one of those "i was there for it" moments, they defeated barcelona. it is a challenge because you have messages and nobody speaks about the weekend. unbelievable how we have played and stuff like that and all the best and now you do it but we play wolves and we know that. for whoever misses out this afternoon, unwanted history awaits. no team has ever scored as many points as these two, yet not won the league.

it's in city's hands for now. vincent kompany‘s bolt from the blue to defeat leicester could come to define the season but it won't mean much if they do not defeat brighton. we are in this position because we have lots of 30 games in a row, we have to win one more tomorrow in the premier league and that is what we have to do. you have to rewind seven years to find the last final day decider. city won it in the final minute. it seemed unthinkable, unrepeatable. until this week. the old firm match is under way at ibrox and after 22 minutes it's 1—0 to rangers. rangers went ahead in the second minute with a james tavernier free kick outside the box, bouncing straight into celtic keeper scott bain‘s goal. celtic have already been confirmed as champions. rangers will finish in second. it was decided by the rangers board not to have a guard of honour for celtic. there's commentary

on bbc radio scotland. and the first leg of the league one play—off semi—final between doncaster and charlton is also under way — no score yet, around 8 minutes gone — there's text commentary on the bbc sport website. there are two games in rugby league's challenge cup today — at 2:15pm, it's warrington against wigan and that's live on bbc one. later on, huddersfield play st helens. championship side bradford are the latest side to reach the quarter—finals — they shocked leeds rhinos of the super league, winning by 24 points to 22. mikey wood among the try—scorers. it's the final day of the iaaf world relays injapan. great britain were in both the men and women's 4x400 metre finals, but both teams finished sixth. later on, gb‘s men will compete in the 4x100. the reigning champions ran the fastest time in the world this year in their qualifying heat — you can watch it live on the bbc sport website. one of tennis‘s most exciting young players,

stefanos tsitsipas, takes on world number one novak djokovic in the final of the madrid open this afternoon. he beat rafael nadal for the first time — and on clay, the spaniards favourite surface. he'd already defeated roger federer at this year's australian open and this was another huge win in his fledgling career. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including build—up to the spanish grand prix. i'll be back in the next hour. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. three football clubs have moved to distance themselves from the use of their club crest by supporters who belong to a street protest organisation called the democratic football lads alliance. earlier, adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates explained why. the dfla started life originally as being the football lads‘ alliance and they emerged after the terrorist attacks in manchester and london in 2017. there was then a split

in the organisation. the fla still exists, but the larger group is the dfla, the democratic football lads alliance. what is interesting is that they are made up primarily of people who used to be involved in football hooliganism. so if they have a street protest, and they have attracted thousands of people, they can present a pretty intimidating sight. they say they are not racist, they are not far right, but there is evidence on some of their facebook pages for example, and indeed from some of the comments that have been made by people on their protests, that a good number of their supporters are to say the least islamaphobic. so we have some clubs trying to distance themselves from the dfla. what has emerged as a result of our investigation is a number of dfla supporter groups have associated the dfla with the official club crest of a number of teams. three clubs, arsenal, crystal palace and manchester city, have told us they all have concerns

about the association of their club crests with the dfla and are taking various measures, either to investigate or to specifically distance themselves from the dfla. i stress the dfla insist they are not racist, they are not islamaphobic. there are people on the other side of the organisation, groups like football lads and lasses against fascism, who say they are far right and that, i guess, is why the football clubs are seeking to put that distance between themselves and the dfla. reports of a light aircraft crashing in wales near abergavenny. we gather a small plane has come down onto the a40. this is the road and a picture of the smoke rising into the clear

blue sky. we are hearing from our collea g u es blue sky. we are hearing from our colleagues but that was a plane that came down between raglan and abergavenny on the aforte. this is a joke carriageway. —— dual carriageway. we do not have details about people on board. we gather that it hit a power line which stopped a train from cardiff to manchester. the police are saying the road is closed in both directions and diversions are in place that may cause congestion and police are saying to people to avoid the area. eyewitnesses saying eve ryo ne the area. eyewitnesses saying everyone has survived and the plane did not hit any cars. a slightly

confused situation but we will bring you more details on that. despite the chilly start this morning temperatures are responding to the may sunshine and there is plenty of that around and it will remain for the rest of the afternoon and evening. it is a little hazy for northern ireland and scotland and showers for the northern isles but elsewhere showers will be few and far between. temperatures higher than yesterday in the sunshine. we have lost the northerly breeze so it will feel warmer. sunshine continues until the evening and overnight there could be rain in the northern isles and it will not be as cold for northern and western areas but the risk of ground frost. potentially a little bit of mist and fog. high pressure keeps the weather

fronts at bay for the next four or five days so not much sign of any much—needed rain but instead more warmth and more sunshine for many of us. there is more on the website. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: the sacked defence secretary gavin williamson warns the prime minister it would be a "grave mistake" to compromise with labour over brexit. as america flexes its military might and renews sanctions against iran, its president issues a stark warning about difficult times ahead to his country. the national crime agency says organised criminals are killing more british people a year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. it wants more money to tackle the problem. dozens of american states join a lawsuit against major drugs companies accusing them of price—fixing and trying to reduce competition.

two bbc dramas go head to head tonight at the bafta tv awards. killing eve is leading the way with six nominations.