this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at three: prince andrew categorically denies having sex with an american women who says she was forced to sleep with him when she was just 17. i can absolutely, categorically, tell you that it never happened. the duke of york said he does not regret his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. in the election — the conservatives promise all migrants will be treated equally after brexit, regardless of where they come from. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, refuses to confirm whether or not free movement of people from the eu will be included in their general election manifesto. and, terry o'neill — the photographer whose iconic works include this picture of his former wife, faye dunaway, after winning an oscar —

has died at the age of 81. good afternoon. the duke of york has been widely criticised in the media following an interview with the bbc in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17—year—old girl in 2001. virginia roberts says she was groomed by prince andrew's friend, jeffrey epstein — a billionaire who was also a paedophile — to have sex with the prince. he's admitted that staying with epstein after the businessman was convicted was a mistake. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. your royal highness, we've come to buckingham palace...

the interview has been heard, andrew's answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. the reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. the consensus, in pr terms, the interview was extremely ill—advised. andrew's denial of impropriety with the then 17—year—old virginia roberts is based in part on his recollection that, on the night in question in march 2001, he was at this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey. how had he managed to remember a specific night so many years ago? because going to pizza express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. a very unusual thing for me to do. i've never been... i've only been through woking a couple of times, and i remember it weirdly distinctly. as soon as somebody reminded me of it, iwent, "oh, yes, i rememberthat."

in the united states, home to most of the young who say they were trafficked to perform sexual favours, lawyers are saying andrew should now repeat his testimony under oath. whether a person is a prince ora pauper, ifanyone has evidence or information that might be relevant to an investigation of a criminal case, that person should provide it to the law enforcement. in this case, it would be the federal bureau of investigation. and from those who have worked for the royalfamily and who are familiar with prince andrew, there is a feeling of weary resignation. they will be wondering, was the right decision made? who made the decision to put him on? did he make it himself, or did he seek advice within the palace? my guess is that he bulldozed his way in and decided that he was going to do it himself, without any advice. it was supposed to be the interview which drew a line under the story for andrew and allowed him to move on.

that moment is certainly some way off. nicholas witchell, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, simonjones, who was outside buckingham palace. he said that there had been no reaction from the palace since the interview was broadcast. you certainly get the impression that this is something the queen would very much like to keep out of. now, we understand the decision to do this interview was made by prince andrew himself and his advisers, it's unclear whether he consulted any other members of the royal family before going ahead with it. here at buckingham palace, it is certainly the talk of the day. throughout the day, we have seen people arriving, tourists taking their usual pictures outside the building. at 11 o'clock, lots of people gathered for the usual service of changing the guard. but that really hasn't been the spectacle that everyone has been talking about today, they've been wanting to talk about that documentary, that interview, last night. i have been speaking to tourists

from america, canada, germany, who all eagerly tuned in last night, the overwhelming response seems to be that it may have done the prince more harm than good overall. 0ne royal commentator said that — ahead of this interview, they're expecting it to be a bit of a train wreck. but they then said, having seen it, it was a bit like the equivalent of a plane crashing into an oil tanker, that then setting off a tsunami, that then launched a nuclear bomb. it was that bad — according to them. we have heard that prince andrew was very keen to draw a line under what has happened. but what it has done is launch this debate once again, that was perhaps falling away from the public consciousness. he felt he wanted to have his say, to be clear about what happened. but many commentators saying that it does leave a lot of questions unanswered. 0ne view that has been coming across is that he did seem very self—assured in giving his answers

during that interview. but perhaps there was a degree of a lack of self—awareness about how some of this might be coming across, particularly, his refusal to say that his friendship withjeffrey epstein was wrong. he said there had been some benefits from it. his former wife, sarah ferguson, has come to his aid, saying that he is an honourable man, that he speaks the truth. but i think a lot of other people are going to need convincing that this was indeed the right thing to do. the pr specialist, mark borkowski, said he didn't believe prince andrew did himself any favours agreeing to the interview with emily maitlis. it certainly doesn't damp anything down, i mean, infact, it actually inflates the story and brings so many questions — that were answered but nuanced in such a way that people are not, clearly, happy about that. it was an ill—judged thing to do,

it was far too long. and he didn't have to do it, there were plenty of other occasions he could have chosen to do — i use a pr term — a softer interview. i mean, all praise to emily maitlis, all praise to the production team who got hold of the interview. but it was 45 minutes, there was nowhere to hide. he represents an older, probably less aware, man in terms of having to deal with a very modern world. he didn't convince anybody, and he certainly didn't draw a line under this particular issue. mark borkowski there. immigration is dominating the debate in the general election campaign today. the conservatives have been giving more details on measures they want to see to try and reduce the number of people coming here — whilejeremy corbyn has said

there would continue to be plenty of movement of people in and out of britain under a labour government. susana mendonca has the latest. the arrival of people from across the european union has changed the face of high streets, like this one in peterborough, and raised concern among some people about the issue of immigration — which could be a vote winner or a vote loser in next month's election. labour's leader says he's promising a more welcome approach. no labour government led by me will bring in a hostile environment, like theresa may very, very simple, a very easy question — will free movement end when we leave the eu? there will be a great deal of movement. a great deal of movement? so free movement will not end? no, look... you will have to wait. how much movement isn't clear, and during talks to pin down labour's election manifesto yesterday, the party decided against any explicit attempt to extend the freedom of movement for workers, which had been favoured by its grassroot members. mr corbyn said labour would negotiate a customs union with the eu and put the deal

to a referendum. and he said his negotiating team wouldn't just be made up of remainers. there would obviously be a team of people who would be involved in this, and they would be representative of all parts of the uk and of areas that have different views. the conservatives have also been setting out their immigration plans, which they say would require immigrants from all countries to have a job offer before they arrived and pay more for nhs care. but no detail on numbers from a party that's been stung in the past for failing to meet its immigration targets. we are not going to fix on an arbitrary target. the problem is that if you don't fix on any kind of target, we have no way ofjudging whether your policy has been a failure or a success. no, that's wrong. because, actually, what we will do is make sure that the government and parliament has got control over immigration. the foreign secretary also promised more control over industries like fishing after brexit, but couldn't say if the price of a eu trade deal might lead to the eu getting more

access to british waters. susana mendonca, bbc news. we can speak to our political correspondent, susana mendonca. the cbi, employers association, has been talking today and says it has real concerns about these conservative immigration policies. what has been said? with any conservative immigration policy, it basically says that you can come to the uk if you already have a job offer in advance regardless of what country you come from, talking very much about this point by system. that is something businesses have expressed concern about, now the head of the cbi is saying that, if you want to build houses, for example, you can't just you want to build houses, for example, you can'tjust take the skilled people, architects etc, you also need libraries. actually, the conservative policy on that could end up resulting in a skill shortage. when we are talking about

brightest and best, i think that is a worry. if you do want to build 200,000 houses a year, you don't just need the architects and the designers. you need the carpenters, electricians, libraries. we need people to come and help us renew our economy. we have to look at the detail, it has to be manageable by small business. the previous visa syste m small business. the previous visa system was extremely costly, less than 1% of businesses were using it. the devil will be in no detail, but is not as brightest and best, it is people of all skill level that we needin people of all skill level that we need in our economy. the liberal democrats have responded to that, jo swinson saying that she thinks the conservative policy on immigration is based on this assumption that immigrants are somehow trying to do is over. certainly, the point of view of the liberal democrats is that immigration is a good thing. she thinks, at the moment, many of those committees are feeling quite threatened. liberal democrat certainly not agreeing with the

conservative point of view on that. we saw in that except there, criticism of conservative election. but also criticising labour? economic election policies. she has criticism for both the main parties. in terms of labour, people talk about nationalisation, certainly, we have heard in the past week their policy of providing people with free broadband. within that, parts of bt would have to be taken into public ownership. basically saying that was a bolt from the blue, actually, these types of policies from the labour party could actually shut down investment within the uk and actually deter investment. we really understand the question is what labour are asking, they are asking questions about inequality, about public services, these are the right ones. but we look at the policies on

the table, and we have real concerns that they are going to crack the foundations of our economy. you look at having likely nationalisation programme, the biggest on record, the fact that we now have a bolt from the blue in terms of bt nationalisation. that will freeze investment. i have talked to businesses who are already thinking that maybe they are next. we do say to labour, work with business, work out different answers to these problems. but this programme that his appearance a valued none of the contribution that business makes will simply shut investment out of our country. that is the view from the employers organisation flopped of course, the labour party wants to appeal to employees. they will be a lot of people out there who act like the idea of nationalisation of industry, who like the idea of getting free broadband and what have you. also, with regards to the conservative policy, there are many people issue the conservatives are

trying to appeal to in this election who want to see a tough approach on immigration, and what they are to be more rules, i suppose, around who can come and work you and how. the government and armed forces have been accused of covering up illegal killings by british troops in afghanistan and iraq. an investigation by bbc panorama and the sunday times has spoken to a dozen british detectives who say they found credible evidence of war crimes. but the investigators say strong cases were not prosecuted. the ministry of defence has denied the claims. richard bilton has more. gunfire. across two decades, british soldiers have fought wars in afghanistan and iraq. most did their duty and came home. but some were accused of committing war crimes. panorama has found evidence the state covered up what they did. like the killing of rahid al—musawi in basra in 2003. translation: when rahid opened the door, the british soldier

was crouching behind a pile of rubbish in the street. as soon as rahid walked out, the british soldier shot him here. detectives from the iraq historic allegations team investigated the case. they wanted to prosecute one soldier for the killing and his commanding officer for covering up what happened. but no one was charged. this detective asked to be interviewed anonymously. the ministry of defence had no intention of prosecuting any soldier, of whatever rank he was, unless it was absolutely necessary and they couldn't wriggle their way out of it. ihat looked at hundreds of cases, but in 2017, the investigation was shut down.

along with 0peration northmoor, which was looking at killings in afghanistan. there were no prosecutions. panorama has spoken to insiders in both investigations — they say cases were covered up. key decisions were being taken out of our hands. there was more and more pressure coming from the mod to get cases closed as quickly as possible. the mod says military operations are conducted lawfully, and that decisions not to prosecute were made independently and after extensive investigation. richard bilton, bbc news. and you can watch more on that story on panorama tomorrow, at 9pm on bbc one. the headlines on bbc news: prince andrew categorically denies having sex with an american women who says she was forced to sleep with him when she was just 17. in the election —

the conservatives promise all migrants will be treated equally after brexit, regardless of where they come from. and, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn refuses to confirm whether or not free movement of people from the eu will be included in their general election manifesto. ina in a sport, a warm welcome for england in kosovo as they get set for their final england in kosovo as they get set for theirfinal european england in kosovo as they get set for their final european qualifier. kick—off is less then two hours away, with gareth southgate expected to make changes with a team that has already qualified for next year? championship. manchester city women hammered west ham five it now to go top of the league, including two goals and a red card for... and a hat and get their european campaign off toa hat and get their european campaign off to a winning start, beating lyon. attention now turns to saracens as they play any part of this. victory for tommy fleetwood. a witnesses and close the gap at the

top of the standings ahead of next week's season finale. i will be back in the next hour with more on the stories. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, says he has concerns about the use of any sort of cladding on buildings after a fire at a block of student flats in bolton on friday. the fire service has confirmed that the material on the building is not the same type as used on grenfell tower in london, but mr burnham says it raises issues that need to be addressed. kevin fitzpatrick reports. it was a fire that spread rapidly and ripped through the top three floors of this building in the town centre. people were panicking and coming out because there was a real fire and there was a lot of smoke. so, people were panicking and everyone ran out. heard, like, banging on the door, and saying, "fire!" and ijust grabbed, like, my phone, like, the jacket and shoes and ijust ran. 220 students are registered as living there, and by saturday afternoon, the fire service said

they'd spoken to every one of them. people were crying, talking about their possessions. it was mostlyjust uni work — a lot of people had uni work that they believe must have been destroyed, passports and laptops and valuables just all gone. the fire service say this blaze was ferocious and it spread quickly through the top floors of this six—storey building. at its peak, a0 fire engines and appliances were battling the fire. it took around five hours to get it under control. i really want to praise the actions of my firefighters and officers. their early intervention and quick decision—making that evacuated this building at pace early on in the incident has made a real difference to the outcome. the mayor, andy burnham, said that swift evacuation was due to a recent change in approach. as well as a fire command, which would always be sent by the fire service to any incident of this kind, they sent an evacuation command, which was a learning of their own from grenfell. the mayor confirmed that the cladding on the building is different to that which caused the grenfell disaster,

but it was still considered to pose a risk in a subsequent fire safety inspection in 2017. the authorities believe work to remedy that has taken place, but an investigation will now establish whether it was done to standard. the prime minister visited a support centre for those who've been displaced. bolton university is providing temporary accommodation, food and clothing for those affected. in the meantime, an investigation is under way to establish how this blaze began. kevin fitzpatrick, bbc news, bolton. hundreds of bikers have gathered to ride in memory of harry dunn, the teenager whose death led to a diplomatic row with the united states. the bikers took to the streets close to the spot where harry died after the motorbike he was riding was struck by a car. the main suspect in the crash, the wife of an american diplomat, left the country and returned to

the us claiming diplomatic immunity. harry's family said the support from the public was "the only thing keeping them going." in some of the most dramatic scenes since protests in hong kong began more than five months ago, protesters have shot arrows and thrown petrol bombs at police as fresh violence erupted at the polytecnic university. riot police responded with teargas canisters and water cannon. 0ur south asia correspondent, robin brant, is there and explained earlier how the situation unfolded. it has been a week where the protesters have changed their tactics, some have been demonstrating on a daily bases on their lunch hours, others have been more aggressive. it has been protesters, some students, who have taken over university campuses. it began at chinese university. it has been repeated

here for the last 48 hours at polytecnic university. for the last eight hours or so, we have had a confrontation between police and protesters, there has been to and fro, there have been tear gas and petrol bombs. now, the police are surrounding the police on perhaps five different fronts. let's look at how it unfolded about eight hours ago. the police are now trying to move in on two fronts, the tear gas is coming from there, another group there. and here there is a last holdout of the students, throwing bricks and petrol bombs. at the moment, its remains a stand—off but it feels like the police are definitely going to try and move in soon and try to reclaim this area. this is how the police have chosen to end the stand—off, we have been here for a couple of hours, there have been tear gas and petrol bombs. now the water cannon is moving in, a lot of armoured vehicles, as well,

trying to push the protesters back. they are holding in a line. we can see some fire on the floor. this is the most aggressive move we have seen from the police. all this is happening, just over there, ten metres away, away, several soldiers of the chinese liberation army are looking on. the reason that this area so important is because we are on a bridge. yet again, protesters are blocking the road here and the roads below, one of the entrances of hong kong's three tunnels that take you to the island. it is of real strategic importance. for people going to work tomorrow morning, they do not want to see bridges and roads, particularly tunnel entrances blocked by bricks and debris and the efforts of protesters. i'm just to show you beyond the crowd, there are police stationed

over the other side of the bridge. police on a footbridge over there, trying to push protesters back. also police here on a footbridge which went up in flames about an hour ago. after eight hours of confrontation, the protesters have despaired. in terms of ground won, the police do not seem to be making much progress. all this happening with the barracks of china's pla armyjust over there, looking on. the czech capital of prague is marking the 30th anniversary of the velvet revolution that ended decades of communist rule. however, yesterday, at least 200,000 people protested against the current government, on the eve of this anniversary. the protesters are calling for the prime minsiter‘s resignation, following allegations he used eu subsidies for his own business empire. 0ur reporter rob cameron is in prague and sent this update. this is billed as a festival

of freedom, an all—day celebration of democracy, when people from all over stream into the city centre to this the street, where 30 years ago today — on the 17th of november, 1989 — a peaceful march by students was brutally suppressed by communist riot police. while there is a carnival atmosphere, it's taking place at a time of heightened political tension. earlier today, the prime minister, andrej babis, was booed and heckled as he laid flowers to the memorial to the students. and it takes place one day after the biggest demonstration since the fall of communism, with demonstrators calling on the mr babis to resign, something that he, so far, refuses to do. sri lanka's election commission has declared the former wartime defence minister, gotabhaya rajapa ksa, as the winner of the presidential election. election offiocials say mr rajapaksa has secured just over 52 percent of the vote.

he received overwhelming support in sinhalese majority areas, while his main rival, did better in the tamil—dominated north and east. the election is sri lanka's first since a deadly terror attack in april in which militants linked to the islamic state group targeted churches and hotels, killing more than 250 people. the photographer terry 0'neill has died at the age of 81. married to the film actress faye dunaway for four years, he took this iconic photograph of her after her 0scar win in 1976. he had a long association with david bowie, and he captured some of the most famous images of film and music stars of the ‘60s and ‘70s. he rose to fame in the ‘60s, photographing the rolling stones and the beatles long before they were famous. he died at home after a long battle with prostate cancer. and a short while ago — the singer and songwriter eltonjohn has paid tribute on twitter.

he said: now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danos. cloud and patchy rain will become more confined to the eastern side of england as we head through tonight, for the north and west, high pressure is building in, clear skies. temperatures are really taking a tumble, widespread frost, some mist and fog patches. further south or east, with a breeze and cloud, temperatures 3 to 6 celsius. high pressure dominating the scene into monday, lots of sunny and fine weather up and down the country.

quite windy down in the south—east, a few showers, drier and brighter here by the end of the day. elsewhere, lots of sunshine, one or two stubborn fog patches. if they linger, you could stay quite chilly. into the week, it looks like northern and eastern areas will stay dry with some sunshine. further west, the breeze will pick up with the risk of thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain.

hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines. prince andrew categorically denies having sex with an american women who says she was forced to sleep with him when she wasjust17. i can absolutely, categorically, tell you it never happened. the duke of york said he does not regret his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein.

in the election — the conservatives promise all migrants will be treated equally after brexit — regardless of where they come from — but the foreign secretary rules out setting a target for the number of people entering the uk. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn refuses to confirm whether or not free movement of people from the eu will be included in the party's general election manifesto. and terry 0'neill, the photographer whose iconic works include this picture of his former wife, faye dunaway after she won an oscar, has died at the age of 81. and now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at some of the highlights from her programme this week.