this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. new figures show knife crime offences in england and wales have increased by two—thirds. we have a special report from a hospital on the front line what is going on out there? i hope it'sjust a blip. i hope there's a change in attitude towards knife injury. after the fatal car crash that killed 19 year old harry dunn, the prime minister urges the us to reconsider granting immunity to a suspect — who is the wife of a us diplomat. the businesswoman accused of taking favours from boris johnson when he was london mayor refuses to say whether they had an affair. kurdish fighters — key allies in defeating so—called islamic state — accuse the us of stabbing

them in the back. more than 270 arrests as extinction rebellion block bridges and roads in westminster in a protest over climate change. police forces across england and wales are battling rising levels of knife crime. figures today show offences involving knives are rising sharply outside london, but with the capital still the most dangerous area. the trauma team at the royal london hospital in the east end is one of the busiest in europe, dealing with knife and gun attacks, and the bbc‘s clive myrie was given exclusive access to their work over a period of several months. you may find some of

the images distressing. this the pained face of knife crime in britain. still early, the guys aren't even tipping out the pubs yet, and absolutely anything could happen tonight. these are stories over a three—month period, from the front line of the epidemic. when he came in, he'd lost a lot of blood volume, his pulses were very weak. stories of courage, kindness and honesty. let's face it, it doesn't take much to get stabbed in our society today, bottom line. arterial bleeder there. stories of cowardice, and for some, immense strength. we got a phone call that my son had been stabbed. they'd just stabbed him. 0h... this is 16—year—old lucas. at approximately

1630, he's been allegedly assaulted by a group of people, and sustained a single incision wound to the left upper quadrant. lucas perry has been stabbed in the chest. one of two knife victims admitted to the royal london hospital this evening. his painkillers haven't kicked in. they've just got to open him up and see where the knife‘s gone, what it's hit, and take it from there, really. there's lots of things that could go wrong. it's absolutely awful. consultant martin griffiths will soon operate on lucas. he's stable, but nothing's certain. how you doing? i'm right here, open your eyes, look at me, take my hand. what's your name? lucas. how old are you? 16. and what happened to you? i got stabbed. the attacker‘s knife pierced his liver and punctured his stomach, after lucas refused to hand

over his bike and phone to a group of teen robbers. martin is a veteran of the violence, but even he's shocked at what's happening now. we know we're seeing a lot more, about 10% rise year on year, and we get the feeling we are seeing more complex wounds. what do you think is going on then, what is going on out there? i hope it'sjust a blip. i worry that there's a change in attitude towards knife injury, that people are becoming better educated on how to cause more damage. the attacks are no longerjust random slashes but targeted strikes, designed to permanently maim or kill. it's late at night and martin's on duty again. just named nhs violent crime reduction chief for london, his role is to help society better understand why some carry knives, to reframe the debate, to save lives. let's strip away convention, let's strip away what we expect

to happen in our lives, let's strip away the resource, shelter, warmth, comfort, parenting, structure. let's introduce chaotic parenting, inconsistent food, inconsistent shelter, no aspiration, and a group or society around you in which that behaviour is the norm. and put around that a big fence. peoplejudging you and deeming you as being worthless. let us give you no access to get out of that place. let's see how you behave. what will happen? it's going to be explosive, it won't be positive. we are dealing with a generation that are angry, disheartened, that have been neglected, that are let down, that no—one really cares about. roisin kerville is part of martin griffith's team. an outreach worker based in the hospital, she can offer

the direct support some families need as patients recover, to prevent young people turning to violence. if you've got a parent who is substance misuse or mental health orjust domestic violence, you cannot nurture that child as much as that child really needs nurturing because you're consumed with whatever you are holding as an adult. does it depress you? yes. you seeing this all the time? oh, it breaks my heart. victims admitted to hospital can seek revenge on their attackers and end up needing further treatment. but her work and that of colleagues has cut readdmitance rates to the royal london for 45% tojust1%. to the royal london from 45% to just 1%. all of you been traumatised by this. all of you. lucas is ok. but what about his family? if you look all right, you're probably not all right. yeah. 0k. it's going to be a long process. you all right? ten days later, his family tries

to heal, as lucas gets better. how you feeling? i'm all right. but will he seek revenge on his attackers? if you're walking along the street and you see them, what's going to happen? obviously i'd want them to go through that, i'd want them to feel what i feel, but i wouldn't stab them. and not seeking to stab his attacker mayjust save his own life. on any given day in britain, a knife attack will intrude on a young life. the youngest to die this year, 1a. how best to give our youth a chance, to end the pointless waste, we're still figuring out. clive myrie, bbc news. clive myrie there seeing the impact of knife crime on london, but figures obtained by the bbc show that the rate of knife crime in some towns and cities is higher than in some parts of the capital. london is still the most dangerous

part of the country with 16 boroughs in the top 25 places with the highest rate of knife crime, in england and wales, but manchester, liverpool, oldham, blackpool, birmingham, and nottingham all feature in that list. joining me now is simeon moore, a former gang member from birmingham, who now works with young people to try and divert them away from crime. really good to have you with us. i'm guessing that you weren't surprised that the figures suggest that birmingham, among other places, is seeing rising knife crime? definitely not and i believe we are going to continue to see these crimes, not just knife going to continue to see these crimes, notjust knife crime but just youth violence on a whole, rise because the behaviour is being normalised through the culture, through young culture. it is normalised. so we are going to keep seeing it until we deal with the

culture and the mindset of young people living in these urban areas. when you say the culture, what you mean by that? there is a culture of... there is a culture where the gangster is celebrated. we got a culture in the uk and in fact around the world whether gangster is celebrated, the gangster is made to look cool —— where the gangster is celebrated. the gangster lifestyle is used so much in entertainment and it is all entertainment until you are faced with the reality is, and then everyone wants to know why it is going on. i think we need to start really looking at the way of thinking that young people are growing up and why are they growing with this way of thinking? how come this gangster lifestyle is made to look cool? why is it being made to look cool? why is it being made to look cool? why is it being made to look cool? if that is the case, how do you think you can that unless you are censoring films or censoring music? 0k,

are censoring films or censoring music? ok, for me, it is not a bad censoring but i feel like there needs to be a lot more resources going into an alternative message. definitely. also, what is needed, like, 0k, definitely. also, what is needed, like, ok, without the poor environmentalfactors like, ok, without the poor environmental factors that a lot of these young people are growing up m, these young people are growing up in, they wouldn't be so vulnerable to ta ke in, they wouldn't be so vulnerable to take on these negative lifestyle choices as their own but because they are living in poor environmental factors, they are living in poor environmentalfactors, they they are living in poor environmental factors, they are all growing up vulnerable, mentally vulnerable, i keep saying this and i'm going to keep saying it. all of these young people, even myself growing up, i was mentally vulnerable and that was because of poor environmental factors, single parent, broken families, low opportunities, lack of opportunities, lack of opportunities, lack of resources. opportunities, lack of resources. resources. all opportunities, lack of resources. all of these things create vulnerable children. and vulnerable children take on negative lifestyle

choices very easily, especially when they are shown that this is how you can be successful. if you don't mind me going on, i was in a school today and many young people think that to be successful, you have to be a gangster. i walked into the classroom and before i walked in, it was a classroom of gangsters. i asked the classroom, who wants to go to jail? who is intending to go to jail? nobody puts their hand up but isaid,| jail? nobody puts their hand up but i said, i thought all of you were gangsters? gangsters go to jail, thatis gangsters? gangsters go to jail, that is a guarantee. the young kids are not being shown that, they are being shown that if you are a gangster, you will get fast cars, girls and jewellery. you talked there and it was echoed by one of there and it was echoed by one of the people in clive's report about the people in clive's report about the background these young people are coming from and the fact that she said these are angry, disheartened members of a generation who feels like a delete feel nobody ca res who feels like a delete feel nobody cares about them. —— who feel nobody

ca res cares about them. —— who feel nobody cares about them. —— who feel nobody cares about them. —— who feel nobody cares about them. it's true and the environments we are growing up in shows that, nobody cares about them. i think it is to the point now where they don't even care about themselves and this is where the behaviour is coming, because there is no care for them, but they are being shown this. they have been shown these images that we see of ourselves throughout the media, they are negative and if you keep showing people negative images of themselves, it will impact them subconsciously. it will impact on their character. so, to me, there is a lot that needs to be changed. their character. so, to me, there is a lot that needs to be changedlj was a lot that needs to be changed.” was going to say, as a final thought, in the examples where you see change happen and you see young people turn their lives around, what you think is making the biggest difference? 0k, you think is making the biggest difference? ok, so, for me, what is making the biggest difference is

support mechanisms, like from community organisations and mentoring, but many people need resources , mentoring, but many people need resources, there is a lack of resources, there is a lack of resources for these services. a very young child needs a mentor and the mentor needs to come where they come from and understand their issues. that is a start. the community need to have the resources to almost police themselves, because that is the only way it is going to happen. police cannot police their way out of this situation, it is the community that needs to deal with it and then i believe the authorities just need to give the resources and help develop those structures, so the community can do those things. simeon, really good to have your thoughts, appreciate you giving us your time here on bbc news. the prime minister has urged the us to reconsider giving a diplomat‘s wife immunity after she left the uk despite being a suspect in a fatal road crash. harry dunn — who was 19 — died when his motorcycle was in a collision with a car

near an an raf base in northamptonshire. anne sacoolas left the uk despite telling police she had no plans to do so. duncan kennedy has the details. harry dunn was just 19 when he was knocked down in august and died of multiple injuries. it was from this american airbase in northamptonshire that anne sacoolas drove her car before hitting harry. she subsequently left the country despite being the main police suspect. today, in a highly unusual move, the prime minister intervened to call on the americans to overturn her diplomatic immunity. i do not think that it can be right to use the process of diplomatic immunity for this type of purpose, and i hope anne sacoolas will come back and will engage properly with the processes of laws carried out in this country. the intervention of the prime minister comes six weeks after harry died here on this road

side in northamptonshire. the air force base that anne sacoolas drove out of is just 200 yards down the road. harry's family say they welcome the move by borisjohnson and say they hope it will bring real pressure on the american government. harry's parents said today that whilst they are not seeking a long jail sentence for anne sacoolas, they are finding it hard to forgive her. it was an accident, we know this, she didn't mean to kill our son. it was an accident, i can forgive her for that. but forgive her for leaving? we'd have tried to get her a suspended sentence so she could have carried on being a mum, so that she wasn't taken away from her own children. but forgiving her for leaving, i'm nowhere near. anne sacoolas and her family own a house in this neighbourhood of virginia outside washington, dc. but it's thought they are staying elsewhere.

the american state department say it is rare for diplomatic protection to be taken away from an individual. but northamptonshire police say investigating the crash without the main suspect won't bring justice for harry's family. it's difficult when the suspect has left the uk and obviously causes delays in the investigation. but we are working really hard to ensure that we gather all of the available evidence that remains for us. the foreign secretary is to raise this case with the american secretary of state later tonight. what started as a tragedy on a quiet english country road has become an international cause of division and heartache. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the american businesswoman jennifer arcuri has refused to say whether she had an affair with boris johnson when he was london mayor and has denied he showed her preferential treatment. speaking on itv, in herfirst television interview about the allegations, she said the pair had bonded over their mutual

love of shakespeare. the prime minister has denied breaking any code of conduct. here's our special correspondent lucy manning. i hope you are having a productive... just what was it about the charismatic student jennifer arcuri that attracted borisjohnson, then mayor of london, to support her technology events? i'm ready to hang out, yeah. yeah! look at that! boris is hanging out! mrjohnson's been accused of a conflict of interest after she got public money and was allowed on trade trips he led. you like hanging out with us, right? i do, i'm always happy to hang out with innotech. today, she had her say, although six times she refused to say if they'd had an affair. the answer that i'm going to give is now going to be weaponised against this man. it's really categorically no one's business what private life we had, or didn't have. and categorically, more important, boris never, ever gave me favouritism. never once did i ask

him for a favour. never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. he didn't know about my asking to go to trips. mrjohnson has also refused to say if they did or did not have a relationship. it's notjust a personal question. the businesswoman got £26,000 and went on free trade trips, and went on three trade trips, and later her company was awarded £100,000 from the culture department. absolutely nothing to do with mrjohnson, she insisted. did you ever have any intimate relationship with boris johnson? yes or no. because the press have made me this objectified ex—model pole dancer, i really am not going to answer that question. so you won't deny it? i'm sorry. jennifer arcuri says boris johnson visited her at her flat here in east london five, ten, a handful of times. there are now four investigations to see whether mrjohnson helped her to receive any funds

or access to trade trips. the london assembly has given him until tomorrow night to provide any e—mails or documents. if he doesn't, then they could summons him to appear. if he ignores that, then it could be a fine or even prison. the prime minister had little to add. did you break the gla code of conduct? no, and i think i've said everything i'm going to say on that matter. miss arcuri said they had a very close bond. labour says he should have declared this. he has a duty to declare his relationship with miss arcuri. he has a duty to make that declaration under the code of conduct which he needed to have abided by. jennifer arcuri has spoken. the prime minister still has questions. lucy manning, bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearce.

good evening. there is a new head coach of english cricket. chris silverwood will replace trevor bayliss as england head coach. silverwood has been in the england setup for a couple of years now working with the bowlers, having previous been successful in a coaching role with essex. jos buttler has given his thumbs up to the appointment. chris silverwood has been someone who has been in and around a group for a little while so he can build on the success of obviously the one—day team and there isa obviously the one—day team and there is a big push for the test team to really improve now and i think having had someone who has been involved with the culture, it is a nice continuation, somebody who has got strong views and has had obviously success as a head coach with essex and coming into the england team, has done really well as the bowling coach. excited for him and looking forward to with him. andy murray continued his singles comeback with a first—round win over argentina's juan ignacio londero at the shanghai open. murray is competing in this event after accepting a wildcard. he lost the opening set before

recovering to win 2—6, 6—2, 6—3. he reached his first singles quarter—final in more than a year at the china open last week. manchester united striker marcus rashford has used social media to apologise for the club's poor form. united lost to newcastle yesterday, extending their worst start to a league season for 30 years. rashford said on twitter... united are 12th in the table, two points off the relegation zone. there's one match in league one tonight. nine years ago, these teams played each other teams played each other in the premier league. you might not have hear much yet

about typhoon hagibis, but it could be about to play a major role at the rugby world cup injapan, where the typhoon is due to hit this weekend. a number of teams still need a win to secure a place in the quarterfinals, including ireland — who would guarantee their place with a bonus point win over samoa on saturday. the competition's rules state that a nil—nil draw is awarded in the event of a match cancellation. world rug by world rugby has been in touch with us world rugby has been in touch with us and they are as keen as we are, as you are, to get this game played. i believe there is a contingency plan in place but i think there are updates every 2a hours, but we just get on with our dayjob and best prepare, every single day, and we will see what comes of that. some good news this evening for british gymnastics. the men's team have sealed their team place at next year's tokyo olympics after qualifying for the team final at the world championships in stuttgart. max whitlock also currently tops

the pommel standings as he aims for a third world title on that apparatus. that was our main task coming in here, qualifying as a four—man team for tokyo and we have done that. there were a couple of mistakes and we can improve on that but where there were mistakes, the team picked it up so well. altogether, we should be so proud, we made so many individual finals be so proud, we made so many individualfinals as be so proud, we made so many individual finals as well, but the nextjob is individual finals as well, but the next job is the individual finals as well, but the nextjob is the team final, which we can all look forward to. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will be back with sportsday at 10:30pm. president trump has defended his decision to withdraw american troops from northern syria — saying it was too costly to keep supporting the kurds, even though they were allies in the war against the islamic state group. mr trump's move paves the way for the turkish army to cross the border to attack the kurds, who are regarded in turkey as terrorists. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. american forces on the move

in northern syria, withdrawing from observation posts close to the turkish border. when turkish troops move in, the americans will not stand in their way. this moment has been coming for months. donald trump would like to get out of syria altogether. but even though this is a limited move, the thought of what happens next is causing alarm. turkish forces are getting ready to move in. they plan to drive syrian kurds away from the border. the white house has given them a green light. turkey will soon be moving forward, says the white house, with its long—planned operation. united states forces will not support or be involved in the operation. us forces, having defeated isis, will no longer be in the immediate area. local kurds have relied on american support for more than four years. now, they sense betrayal — watching in dismay as the americans left, sensing that they could soon

be at war with turkey. no, says the poster, to the turkish occupation of our land. kurdish fighters, backed by the west, fought and defeated so—called islamic state. the last is stronghold — baghuz — fell in march. for donald trump, that spelled job done. "we will fight where it is to our benefit," he tweeted this morning. "and only fight to win. turkey, europe, syria, iran, iraq, russia and the kurds will now have to figure the situation out." how far does the turkish leader intend to go? he says he wants a safe zone in northern syria and he gave some indication at the un last month. this morning, he said the operation was about to begin. translation: there is always a phrase we say, "we can come any night without warning". and our determination remains because it is absolutely out of the question for us to further tolerate the threats from these terrorist groups.

mr erdogan says he wants to settle as many as two million syrian refugees inside of the safe zone — a little over half the number currently sheltering in turkey. and there is the question of what happens to captured is fighters being held by the kurds. washington says turkey will now be responsible. paul adams, bbc news. our middle east editor had this assessment as to what the reaction in turkey would be to president trump's decision. well, delighted, in terms of president erdogan. he regards the kurdish fighters who allied with the americans and other western countries as just as much terrorists as those who let off bombs inside turkey itself. as far as he's concerned, they are all terrorists and they have to go and when he's talking about a safe zone along the border, he is talking really a safe zone for turks because he wants to get those kurdish

fighters away the border. let us speak to our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue. how is this playing out there, some rather mixed messages. yes, the president's actions really have taken everyone president's actions really have ta ken everyone aback president's actions really have taken everyone aback here, including senior members of his own party and i would say also the government establishment here in washington. heavy criticism of the actions from people like senator lindsey graham, one of his key allies and also from the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who is utterly loyal to the president and also from the us ambassador to the un, nikki hayley, who said effectively we can't expect people to watch our backs if we don't watch them, referring to the kurds, and we would be leaving them to die, incredibly strong language, so some big hitters here going for the president on this one. him sort of bouncing back, hitting back by

saying, look, the turks cannotjust invade, they cannotjust take on the kurds. if they do something that i, as he put it, "in my unmatched wisdom" that is what he tweeted, if i regard as whatever the turks do as beyond the limits, i will destroy and obliterate their economy, as he described in the message, so really some very, very unusual kind of methods of conducting foreign policy. even more unusual than we are used to, i would say. and yet some people saying that he does have form on this because when he decided to ta ke form on this because when he decided to take troops out of syria, it cost him his defence secretary, jim mattis, who, as we are seeing now, the institutions don't always agree with him. yes, it did, and that was last december and he sort of vacillated after that and it didn't really happen and there has been this process of negotiation around the border there in terms of a safe zone, this stretch of land, narrow stretch of land, an attempt to keep

the turks and the kurds apart, if you like, and that has been ongoing. as far as we knew, the state department was still hopeful that would happen and they seem to come out of the blue but we will see whether he follows through on the actual military orders to withdraw out of country entirely. the reports are at the moment that it's just been pulled back from some of these border posts in couple of particular towns on the border. we willjust have to wait and see how complete this withdrawal is and what the turks do next. gary, good to speak to you, thank you very much indeed. gary o'donoghue in washington. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, umbrellas at the ready, further downpours on the way but not wet all the time, there will be some sunshine around the showers, too. today for some of us, it has been rained at the last of that as we go into tonight will clear away south—east england and then clear spells with showers, most of these pushing into western areas,

temperature is not going down too far, they won't overnight this week, it is too windy for any frost or fog. into tomorrow, a lot of sunshine to start the day, the showers in the west will push further east, some heavy, thundery hail is possible but they are just showers and they move quite quickly in what is going to be quite a squally and gusty wind. for many others, gusts up to a0 mph or so but because they move on quickly, you will get to see the sunshine again. the showers are going to be most frequent across western parts of scotland, few places will avoid at least a shower during the day and temperatures around about the mid teens, some may be 17 or even 18 celsius.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... news figures show knife crime offences in england and wales have increased by two—thirds.

what is going on out there? i hope it'sjust a blip. i worry there's a change in attitude towards knife injury. after the fatal car crash that killed 19 year old harry dunn — the prime minister urges the us to reconsider granting immunity to a suspect — who is the wife of a us diplomat. the businesswoman accused of taking favours from boris johnson when he was london mayor refuses to say whether they had an affair. kurdish fighters — key allies in defeating so—called islamic state — accuse the us of stabbing them in the back. more than 270 arrests — as extinction rebellion block bridges and roads in westminster — in a protest over climate change. let's get more on the news that the prime minister has urged the us to reconsider giving

a diplomat‘s wife immunity after she left the uk despite being a suspect in a fatal road crash. harry dunn — who was 19 — died when his motorcycle was in a collision with a car near an raf base in northamptonshire. anne sacoolas left the country despite telling police she wouldn't. well, we can speak now to dave glazier, professor of law at the loyola law school in los angeles. thanks in los angeles. forjoining us. i would like to thanks forjoining us. i would like to start by asking about the concept of diplomatic immunity and whether it was designed for this kind of case? not really. diplomatic immunity is intended by states to protect the ability of their diplomats to carry out their functions without risk of interference from the government of the country where they are posted. the countries like the us and the uk, it really should not be

necessary in our relations, but we both have diplomats posted in less scrupulous states around the world that might try to use things like criminal charges to put pressure on diplomats to be disloyal to their country and do what that country wa nts country and do what that country wants them to do, so that is really why it exists, not really to apply toa why it exists, not really to apply to a case like this. given that fa ct, to a case like this. given that fact, we see now that there is pressure potentially coming from our foreign secretary, dominic robert speaking to mike pompeo, the prime minister appealing to the us, do you think they will have any leverage? this is really no longer an issue of immunity, because once the woman is backin immunity, because once the woman is back in the us the question becomes now what legal mechanisms might exist to be able to enforce her to cooperate or even return to the uk, and given the fact she is simply a

civilian woman who is not an employee of the us government, there is no way under our law for the government to do that at all. the only real possibility at this point that i could see would be that if the uk decides they have sufficient evidence to actually press serious criminal charges, at that point they could request extradition from the us but that is really the only way that she could be forced to cooperate and go back. it is fair to say that extradition is not a quick and easy process? no, it is a very difficult and time—consuming process. the first step is there would have to be actual criminal charges brought in the uk legal system, for an offence that is a crime under both countries law and subject to at least a year in

prison. in this case i presume in the us we have laws for particular homicide or manslaughter and those would qualify definitely, but the uk would qualify definitely, but the uk would have to do first actually levy those charges and then they would have to submit to the us state department, and evidence package explaining what the charges are, and then in the us it requires getting then in the us it requires getting the approval of the judge to see if the approval of the judge to see if the extradition qualifies and finally there is a political decision by the secretary of state mike pompeo, is the last that, so this is a very complex process and it involves legal and political steps and typically it is something that will take a year or more. indeed. as a final thought i wonder if this is a new story which has had any traction in the us or whether it is too small an issue? i should not

say that in terms of how it is a big issue for the family but i wonder if this has had a focus? he did initially get a fair amount of play and this is something that raises sympathies on both sides —— it did initially. the plight of the victim did infact initially. the plight of the victim did in fact get some sympathetic coverage here but unfortunately now that the woman is back in the us it really has become a non—issue here. as your own coverage is showing, there are a lot of major stories involving the us administration that are involving the us administration that a re really involving the us administration that are really drowning this out completely. it is a very tricky one. professor, thanks for joining completely. it is a very tricky one. professor, thanks forjoining us. that is a professor of law in los angeles. the met commissioner, dame cressida dick, says police the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, has apologised for mistakes made by the police during

an investigation into an alleged vip paedophile ring. a review of operation midland by a former high courtjudge identified a3 police failings during the investigation. the independent office for police conduct has said no officers should face misconduct charges — but it's been accused of a "whitewash" by the former mp, harvey proctor, who was one of those wrongly accused. dame cressida says the force will implement the recommendations of the report. the ipc have raised a number of lessons for us, a number of things they want us to implement, they are very important areas, and we need to be assured for example that we are dealing effectively with warrants and with searching premises, and a number of other areas of policing which are fundamental. midland raises serious questions about the way we did those kind of things back then in 201a, 2015, in operation, and i'm going to work closely with her majesty's inspector to make sure that we have implemented the releva nt lessons

that we have implemented the relevant lessons of the report and that we do implement effectively, swiftly, the recommendations from the i opc report and today i have appointed a deputy assistant commissioner to work full—time on that and report directly to me. do you regret the failings that were identified by the investigation?” absolutely regret the impact that midland had on the people who were accused by carl beech, a lawyer who is now serving 18 years in prison. -- a liar. i is now serving 18 years in prison. —— a liar. i have apologised to the individuals and i apologise again today for the impact midland and the associated investigation had on them. yes, of course, as commissioner i regret the failings identified. can you understand as someone with extensive experience in policing, how those seasoned detectives in some cases were taken in by carl beech and his lies? carl beech was a liar. he was a very

convincing liar in some respects and eve ryo ne convincing liar in some respects and everyone who has looked at his videos and transcripts, including sir richard, would say at one level he was a very convincing liar. however, if we had earlier examined his credibility more, if we had looked more deeply for corroboration early on, we would perhaps with hindsight have been able to establish that he was lying. do you understand how those senior officers including your deputy assistant commissioner, did not do that and did not test his credibility in the way that the investigation said they didn't? there are many things we have to learn from midland, and i accept entirely that we should perhaps have reviewed midland earlier. i accept that at that time in policing nationally there was a

policy and a set of practices which tended to suggest to officers that they should believe complainants, so—called victims, whatever they said. and investigate the allegation rather than at any early stage begin to investigate the individual. there are to investigate the individual. there a re lots of to investigate the individual. there are lots of things to learn from that and i think we can all stand here now and second—guess what individuals did back then, certainly i accept the report and i accept the learning on behalf of the metropolitan police and i also accept entirely the ipc findings that the officers did not commit any misconduct and did not commit any criminal activities and as sir richard makes clear they were acting with propriety and in my words good faith. the phrase credible and true which has dogged the operation, you said on the radio last month it was a spurof said on the radio last month it was a spur of the moment expression by the officer and we now know from the

report that it was approved in advance by senior officers. that was advance by senior officers. that was a terrible mistake. you said on the radio it was a mistake. did you raise that as an issue at the time? i absolutely accept it was a mistake and it should not have been said. i thought when i heard it, what they are trying to say is that this person appears to the investigating officers to be credible but it shouldn't have been said and we shouldn't have been said and we should have put it right. is there a need for a further investigation? harvey proctor has branded the inquiry isa harvey proctor has branded the inquiry is a whitewash. people have said they should be some further enquiries. there is a feeling that the matter has not really been aired properly and that there are people perhaps who should be held responsible for the failings.” absolutely understand, i can't put myself in the shoes of those who have been impacted in this way, but

i completely understand, there will be people who say if it went wrong, why hasn't somebody more obviously been held to account as an individual? it is not myjob to second—guess the ipc, they are totally independent, and i never ever would comment on an investigation of theirs. they have come to their decision and they are the right people to come to that decision, and let's not forget, this investigation has also been reviewed by sir richard and reviewed by other police officers on more than one occasion, so my view, there is no requirement whatsoever for any further investigation. myjob is to make sure the met loans and to move us make sure the met loans and to move us into the future and that is why i have put in place the infrastructure and leadership and we will work closely with her majesty's inspector to make sure we continue to investigate historic allegations with impartiality, without fear or favour, with integrity, and having learned the lessons of midland. dame

cressida dick, there. judges at the court of session in edinburgh have ruled against a group of campaigners trying to place additional pressure on the prime minister to stop him leaving the eu without a deal. the campaigners had asked for a court orderforcing boris johnson to comply with the benn act — a law designed to prevent a no—deal brexit. the judges ruled the existing legislation is sufficient. the media regulator, ofcom, says it has found no evidence the bbc presenter naga munchetty broke impartiality rules by speaking on air about her experience of racism in light of comments made by president trump. but ofcom said it had serious concerns about transparency in the bbc‘s complaints process. thousands of climate activists have taken to the streets in cities around the world at the start two of weeks of global protest calling for urgent government action to stop rising carbon emissions. it's been coordinated by the campaign group extinction rebellion. in london there have been over 200

arrests as protestors blocked bridges and roads in the city centre, including trafalgar square. our chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt joined the demonstrations. there wasn't much the police could do as vehicles blocked key junctions and protesters swiftly chained themselves underneath. we're trying to shut central london to draw attention to the climate and ecological violence. go, go, go! but officers drew the line when activists tried to set up a kitchen — yep, sink and all, in the middle of trafalgar square. this was a numbers game. there were hundreds of police. there are no official numbers yet, but thousands of protesters. campsites and kitchens quickly sprang up in the heart of government. there was even an impromptu wedding on westminster bridge. cheering and applause it brought parts of central

london to a standstill. everyone's going to lose money. i might as well go home now. my day's finished. i ain't going to earn nothing, am i? it certainly was disruptive. it took hours for police to uncut protesters from this scaffolding tower. not everyone agreed with the tactics. you are hysterical extremists and you are alienating public opinion and i am not going to turn off their lights until you ask them to individually. celebrity supporters defended the action. this is is a movement for everybody, it is not about party politics or brexit, it is bigger than that. it wasn'tjust london. extinction rebellion protests included a mass lie—in in mumbai, road blocks in berlin, actions in new zealand, and in dublin, too. extinction rebellion are claiming today was a triumph. but they are planning 1a

days of similar actions. the question now is whether their activists not to mention the public and police, have the staying power for that. the headlines on bbc news... news figures show knife crime offences in england and wales have increased by two—thirds. after the fatal car crash that killed 19 year old harry dunn — the prime minister urges the us to reconsider granting immunity to a suspect — who is the wife of a us diplomat the businesswoman accused of taking favours from boris johnson when he was london mayor refuses to say whether they had an affair. it's often described as a hidden epidemic — one that affects 176 million people across the world. endometriosis is a condition that can affect women from their teenage years and causes intense pain. more than 13,000 who suffer from it in the uk have shared their experiences

with the bbc — they say it has badly affected their education, careers, relationships and mental health. following the research, mp's are today launching an inquiry into its impact. broadcaster emma barnett has been speaking about living with the condition. i was in agony. my periods could be very heavy, they could be lighter, but the one constant theme was how much pain i was in. i mean, it was bone grinding. and yet when i went to see doctors with my mum, they would say, "this is whatjust some girls have." you are listening to emma barnett on 5live... as someone who often interviews politicians, i get answers for a living, or i try my very best, i had failed to get answers

from doctors and i saw all sorts of doctors over the years. i didn't know until the age of 31 i had endometriosis. i'd gone 21 years without diagnosis. endometriosis is a condition in women where cells that represent like the womb lining, that should leave your body during a period, don't, and instead, they stay within your body and attach themselves to different organs, building up lesions and causing really difficult pain for women. in the largest study of its kind, the bbc has spoken to more than 13,000 women with endometriosis. nearly all said it had affected their career, sexual relationships and mental health. around half said it impacted their ability to have children. and half said it led to suicidal thoughts. i'm going off to meet mum and daughter victoria and jessica who both have endometriosis. i think people just think

it's a painful period. "oh, shut up, it's a painful period, get on with it." i really wish it was a painful period and i only had to cope with it once a month, but we live with pain every single day. depression is a massive part of endometriosis as well. it has been for us. if i've been on antidepressants since i was 17, which is the same time i was diagnosed. at its worst, how bad has endometriosis affected you? it affects everything. everything. i've been so poorly recently, i've been at home, not being able to go to college and even at home, i can't do anything and i'm exhausted every single day. has it brought you closer, do you think? this sort of pain solidarity? yes, because we understand each other. i have really good friends and i can speak to them and say i'm really struggling today but no—one really understands like someone who is going through it, just like you can understand how much pain i am in right now but my friends don't. they don't have to live like this. the same number of people

have the condition in this country as type 2 diabetes and we know next to nothing and how to treat it. it's seen to be embarrassing to talk about it. i didn't think i'd ever come on national television and talk about my bowels, but, hey! i did it with you! it's heartbreaking to have spoken to victoria and jessica about essentially living this joint life in agony but it really reinforces to me how important it is that if you recognise any of these symptoms, that you go to the gp and get a referral to a specialist, that you fight for treatment and for a better existence. studio: emma barnett with that report. the nobel prize for medicine has been won by a british scientist and two americans for their research into how human cells respond to the availability of oxygen. their work is paving the way for new therapies for serious diseases. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh.

just for a moment, the serious work of science was put on pause at sir peter ratcliffe's laboratory, at the university of oxford. in true nobel fashion, sir peter had no advance warning of the prize. ifound out this morning, as my secretary catherine came through the door, into my laboratory meeting, with an anxious look on her face, and suggested i talk to someone from stockholm. so what was your reaction? well, delighted, honoured, a little bit surprised this morning. obviously this is a great tribute to lots of people in my lab, the people who helped me set it up, the people who have been there for years, the people who are there now. sir peter shared the award with american scientist william kay lynn and greg somebody za for their discoveries on how human cells sense and adapt to the availability of oxygen. for elite athletes

like dina asher—smith, powering her way to gold at the 200 metre world championships muscle cells are perfectly calibrated to get maximum explosive power, for mountaineers at high altitude oxygen levels can be dangerously low, akin to what patients experience in intensive care, discovering how the human body adapts to extreme situations, has many medical applications. most human diseases are complicated by low oxygen, we call it hypoxia, that includes heart disease, anaemia the primary target, cancer in a slightly different way. we are right on the threshhold of hearing the outcome of trials in the us, in europe, injapan. sir peter's share of the prize money is nearly a quarter of a million pounds. he says he has no idea how he will spend it and seemed anxious

to get back to his lab. fergus walsh, bbc news, oxford. studio: huge congratulations to him. the winner of the royal institute of british architect's most prestigious award, the riba stirling prize, will be announced tomorrow night. there are six nominations for britain's best new building 2019 — which include a railway station, an opera house and a scheme of council housing. since last monday we have been taking a closer look at each of the nominated buildings. today it's the turn of the cork house — it's constructed entirely from blocks of cork and timber that slot together without any mortar or glue of any kind. the whole project is carbon negative and has very low whole—life carbon. all the components can be reused or recycled, and it's been made entirely from by—products and waste from forestry and the cork stopper industry.

this house is very unusual because it's made nearly entirely of cork blocks placed one on top of the other by hand. there's no glue. what holds them together is an interlocking tongue and groove profile and gravity. it's very interesting from a life—cycle point of view. at the end of a building's life, if it's put together in the right way, it's completely biodegradable. six years ago matthew came to me with the idea of building a house out of cork. we identified it as being able to play all the roles that a building envelope needs to. so, that's external walls and roof. it can potentially act structurally, to give enclosure, to give thermal insulation and weather tightness. it's always interesting

as an architect when you design your own house, the materials you choose and the way they are put together. you're actually designing your experience of that house. if you don't want to use any form work and you just want the cork to take the load itself, then the cork board structure is the natural result of that. each of the pyramids is assigned its own function. there's an outdoor entrance pyramid, cleaning and washing pyramid. there is a cooking and eating pyramid. sitting and relaxing pyramid. and then a sleeping pyramid. that was one of the objectives, a very rich sensory experience. that's why we combined the cork with metal, often a little bit of shimmer, so copper pipes in the roof or brass works in the bathroom and in the kitchen, just to give a little lift. even if i do say so myself, it surprised me how nice it is to be in here, actually. it has a really lovely acoustic

and the smell and the quality of the atmospheric darkness in here and the light. it's very 21st century technology and it also has these references back to ancient forms of architecture at the same time. you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year's riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel tomorrow night from 830. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. sunnier skies on the way tomorrow, but there will be showers around. northern ireland and scotland, brightened up today but there were showers, as well. that mixture of showers and rain brings rainbows. we are on rainbow watch this week, plenty of those as it stays

wet at times, so showers but also some sunshine. low pressure close by it is going to be quite blustery, as well. low pressure sitting close by the uk for much of the week. tightly packed isobars indicating the winds around low pressure, these were the showers either side of the sunshine. we have seen cloud and rain for many of us today at some stage, the last of that as we go into tonight clearing away to south—east england. showers continue across western areas, but for many there will be clear spells. temperatures not dropping down too far. no frost overnight this week. we start tomorrow with a lot of sunshine around. the showers already peppered about western part of the uk.

frequently running into the western side of scotland. some will travel east right across the uk during the day. the proportion of the day might be quite small in some spots. showers move through even quicker when you factor in the gusty wind. showers could be heavy with hail and tunder. the showers can have quite an impact. temperatures around the mid—teens, sunspot 17 or 18 celsius. it will not be a wash out but quite a few heavy showers around. frequently moving into north—west scotland on wednesday, closer to this area of low pressure. bands of showers moving through right the way across the uk. even towards the south and east, as well. this is how we start wednesday, could be some showers to the south. but the showers moving on from the west, again some sunshine around. wednesday looks to be in is a bit cooler. i will show a selection of locations taking us into the weekend. get the idea, it is staying unsettled. there may be some longer spells of rain in parts of england

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. president trump has gone against the advice of senior advisors and started pulling us troops out of northern syria. with us forces moving out, turkey plans to move in and take on the kurdis. in and take on the kurds. they've been us allies until now and are calling it a "stab in the back". the us also says it wants turkey to take over responsibility for the thousands of islamic state group fighters captured by the kurds. borisjohnson says it is time for the uk and the eu to "thrash out" their differences over brexit. this is a very generous, fair and reasonable offer we've made. what we would like to hearfrom reasonable offer we've made. what we would like to hear from you know is what your thoughts are. but

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