this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at four: 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 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 she won an oscar — has died at the age of 81.

and, in half an hour — the click team takes a closer look at the perils of the gig economy. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. 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 women 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 that 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's 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 of 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. former royal journalist and a campaigner for victims of sexual abuse, catherine mayer, said the interview showed no compassion for epstein's alleged victims. it was as bad as i expected, probably worst.

it was bad if that was supposed to be an exercise in exculpation and reputation management, it was disastrous. it was also terrible because it erased the victims of epstein. he was given the chance at the end, "anything else you'd like to say?" he said, "no, no, ithink you dragged it out for me." he didn't mention those women once. he mentioned them only in the sense that he may not have noticed them in epstein's house because he was so used to being surrounded servants, servants aren't people so you do not notice them. just extraordinary, but also unsurprising for me because i have been around the royals a lot. you have met him, can you give us an insight into what sort of person he is? it's strange. i went on a trip to china with him when he was uk trade ambassador, in 2004 this was.

like many other royals, i actually ended up, a lot of the time, feeling sorry for him. but it was because he was so out of his depth. all of them are, in the sense that the queen's children have been brought up in in this bubble where they are told they are very special, that they have this very special role but they cannot determine what the role is. they both have entitlement and no agency, they have no real world experience. some of that explains some of what you are seeing, he is not a bright man at all. you say that, he may have also been a very poorly advised in this case? no, he has pushed back every time someone has tried to give him good advice. i think because they have so little control over their own lives, when they can assert themselves, they very often do. andrew is particularly

prone to that. shouldn't we give him some credit for attempting to face the music? no. we are seeing a culture of impunity. originally, whatever the situation, whatever he did or didn't do, in being photographed with epstein after he had emerged from jail as a convicted paedophile, he was essentially giving cover and credibility to him. 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, such 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 targets, 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. 0ur political correspondent, susana mendoca, has been looking at what the conservatives have been saying about their plans for immigration and the response

from the business community. within the 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 points based 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'tjust take the skilled people, architects etc, you also need labourers. actually, the conservative policy on that could end up resulting in a skill shortage. when we hear talk 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, labourers. we need people to come and help us renew our economy.

we'll have to look at the detail, it has to be manageable by small business. the previous visa system was extremely costly, less than 1% of businesses were using it. the devil will be in the detail, but it is not and best, it is 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 on this assumption that immigrants are somehow trying to do us 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 communities are feeling quite threatened. liberal democrat certainly not agreeing with the conservative point of view on that. we saw in there, criticism of conservative election policy. but also criticising labour? she has criticism for

both the main parties. in terms of labour, people have heard 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 questions 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 something like the 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 is appearing to value none of the contribution that business makes will simply shut investment out of our country. that is the view from the employers organisation. of course, the labour party wants to appeal to employees. there 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 who the conservatives are trying to appeal to in this election who want to see a tough approach on immigration, and want there to be more rules, i suppose, around who can come and work you and how. the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson said her party believed immigration was a good thing

and conservative policies demonised immigrants. i think we need to get away from this demonisation of immigrants. people come to our country, and they work in our nhs, they set up businesses, they support our hospitality and agriculture industries. yes, they make a huge contribution. it can be good for them, and is good for our country more widely too. just yesterday, i met with a group of eu citizens, one of them told me about how dad who had come to this country 50 years ago from italy. he had come here for the opportunities that you very much appreciated. 0ver that time, the opportunities that you very much appreciated. 0verthat time, he the opportunities that you very much appreciated. 0ver that time, he had set upa appreciated. 0ver that time, he had set up a business and employ hundreds of people, so that was good for him and it was good for our country. that is the story of emigration that so often does not get told when it seems like some people are in some kind of race to be more harsh and more rhetorically negative about immigration.

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 wasjust 17. in the election — the conservatives promise all migrants will be treated equally after brexit, regardless 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. sport — and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. england are going to be kicking off in the next hour or so? that's right, kicking off injust under an hour's time. gareth southgate was once i'd have already qualified for the tournament. but the match has a significance beyond football. this

isa significance beyond football. this is a unique match— kosovo hosting england for the first time. the game itself might qualify for the european championships, has paled into insignificance. the intervention of british troops in the kosovo conflict is still fresh in peoples memories. it has led to a welcome travel england fans are not accustomed to. with the recent events surrounding the recent england matches, which wasjust devastatingly unpleasant to witness, it makes such a change. i can't remember an atmosphere like this at an away match since i don't know when, and i've been going quite a while. it is quite moving. we rememberthe while. it is quite moving. we remember the first time when we came back from the war and we met the british forces here providing security and safety and making sure that the population settle back into kosovo. we don't forget very easily,

you know, it's only been about 20 a since large. this is extremely nice, you know, that we pass a message to the world that football is about respect. say no to racism. just, you know, it's a living example that we can't live in joy know, it's a living example that we can't live injoy and harmony and enjoy again. —— that we can't live injoy and enjoy again. —— that we can't live in joy and harmony. enjoy again. —— that we can't live injoy and harmony. outside enjoy again. —— that we can't live in joy and harmony. outside a stadium, posters reinforce the message of friendship. privately because of an national team meet at the stadium could have soured many times over, fans coming to watch their heroes train the night before, because this is also about recognition. we are not recognised by the un, but with the duration we are in uefa and fifa. now, we play in championships, we can be together with all countries in the world. england have already qualified, this

will be at their 1001st match. tonight, because will have played just 29. a young nation still searching for their platform on the world stage. —— kosovo will have played just 29. thanks to their 1—0 win over manchester united. city back on track with this win over west ham. for west ham, this was the third defeat in four. chelsea overtake city at top thanks to their 1—0 win over manchester united. maren mjelde's second half penalty the difference. we're into the second half — in the big derbies. in north london — tottenham 0—0 arsenal.

and the merseyside derby at anfield — everton had the lead at half time against livepool. lucy graham with the goal, currently still 1—0. and it finished 3—3 between reading and bristol city and brighton beat birmingham 3—0. northampton saints held off the challenge of french league leaders lyon, to win their opening champions cup game. saints led 19—0 at half—time through rory hutchinson's converted try and four dan biggar penalties. the french side fought back in the second half — but northampton had enough to see off the challenge — 25—14 it finished. the win puts them second in pool1 behind leinster. and all eyes on the defending champions saracens, they're losing to racing 92 in paris. 18—3 the latest score. the pre—match headlines were all about their pending domestic points deduction and huge fine for breaching the premiership‘s salary cap regulations. england's tommy fleetwood has won the nedbank challenge at sun city — after a dramatic play—off hole win. fleetwood finished level with marcus kinhult after a closing round of 65, including three eagles,

saw him finish on 12 under par. the englishman held his nerve to save par, and claim a first victory of the season. the win closes the gap at the top of the race to dubai standings ahead of next week's season finale. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. 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. 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. throughout the day, there have been violent clashes — with protesters throwing bricks and petrol bombs, and police using tear gas and water cannon. a key battle ground has been a bridge leading to the polytechnic university, where a police vehicle was forced to retreat after being set on fire. 0ur south asia correspondent, robin brant, is there 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, where they occupied a bridge there earlier this week. 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's 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, they are 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's been tear gas and petrol bombs. but now the water cannon is moving in across the brick—strewn road, they're using armoured vehicles, as well, they're trying to push the protesters back. they're holding in a line. we can see some fire on the floor. for now, this is the most aggressive move we have seen from the police. and all this is happening, butjust over there, ten metres away, ten metres away, are the barracks of the chinese liberation army. several soldiers 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 going to show you — beyond the crowd, there are police stationed over the other side of the bridge. there are 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 dispersed. 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. robin brant there. i want to take you to hong kong now and show you these live pictures. it is half past midnight now, local time, as you can see, the tense confrontation is continuing there in hong kong between riot police and

pro—democracy protesters who have eradicated themselves inside of polytecnic university. as robin said, there have been these violent clashes throughout the day, with protesters throwing bricks and petrol bombs, and police using tear gas and water cannon. that was certainly the case within the last few minutes. hong kong police, we know, have urged people to leave. the besiege... the reuters news agency is reporting that hong kong police have threatened to use live bullets at protesters commit violent acts. the confrontation continuing in hong kong, and looking as if it will do into the early hours of the morning there. could a 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. said that swift evacuation was due 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." 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 1960s, photographing the rolling stones and the beatles long before they were famous. he died at home after a long battle with prostate cancer. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. cloud and patchy rain will become more confined to the eastern side of england as we head through tonight. a few shows across the northern isles and building with clear skies in scotland and northern ireland and northern parts of england and wales by the end of the light. widespread frost and frost and mist and fog patches. for the southeast with a breeze and the cloud. temperatures three degrees to 6 degrees. high pressure dominating engine monday.

fine and dry with sunny weather up and down the country. away from the far south—east. quite windy here from the north. a few showers but are dry and brighter by the end of the day. elsewhere lots of sunshine. 0ne the day. elsewhere lots of sunshine. one to stop and fog patches. if they linger in the central belt gives the chili. 0therwise linger in the central belt gives the chili. otherwise the high of 7 degrees to 10 degrees. later in the week northern and eastern areas will stay driver sunshine for the 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. coming up at 11.50, the latest headlines with mishal hussain. now on bbc news, it's click.

it is kind of hard to remember a time when we didn't have taxi—hailing apps. and when i say taxi—hailing apps, even though there are many more players out there, it is uber that comes to mind first. at its conception a decade ago, uber was really disruptive. the idea that you can have a taxi to you within minutes, it would know exactly where you were, you could see where it was and you didn't have to do have any money on you. it was revolutionary. the company grew at a rapid pace, becoming the highest valued start—up in the world. this without ever turning a profit. in fact, in the last three months alone, uber lost an eye—watering $5.2 billion.

undeterred, uber continues to expand and has its name stamped on many apps that provide different types of services, all part of the so—called gig economy. it has faced a lot of backlash in many of the countries that it operates in, from taxi drivers who have been losing out because of the platform's aggressive pricing strategies and from city authorities who have raised concerns over workers' rights and passenger safety. here in london, the transport authority says it has concerns about passenger safety and it will decide later this month whether to renew uber‘s licence. in the meantime, we have met up with a uber driver who has concerns too. although this is about how uber controls his livelihood. it is monday morning, and i am catching a ride.

like so many parts of the digital world, the gig economy was supposed to be a liberation. apps like uber were supposed to transform how you worked, work when you want, where you want. but many fear that whether it is the platforms and how they work or their data and how it is collected, they don'tjust represent a liberation but also something else. a potent new form of control as well. what i was told is that the closest driver gets the job. but i don't believe that to be right, because what happens is i have seen customers sitting in my car trying to book a ride and it is not bouncing to me. it is actually going to drivers who are far away, five, ten minutes. that was something i really couldn't believe, so we gave it a go. but although i was physically sitting next to him, the job went to someone several minutes away.

uber has now introduced a system that aims to reduce the waiting time for everyone, notjust a particular passenger. and this may lead to the counterintuitive situation where your driver can get to someone else quickly and another driver can pick you up soon too. confused? well, so is hadi. and although the driver app gives some information he is struggling to understand what factors really determine how work is allocated. in his five years of driving, the work has become scarcer. it is becoming even more important to hadi to understand how the algorithm that actually allocates the work that exists. it is important but also unknown. you drive around all day thinking, maybe that is the best way to beat this algorithm or to meet up with the algorithm that has been set. i don't know what is going on. on average, i used to work six to eight hours, five to six days a week. the number of days has not changed but the hours have increased.

it is still 10 to 12 hours, five to six days a week. after costs are factored in, hadi says he and many of his colleagues are often struggling to make even the minimum wage. not only for hadi, but plenty of other drivers, it is the algorithm that lets him feed and clothe his family. it is cold, hard maths but with tremendously human consequences. u nfortu nately, we all depend on the algorithm. what we want is it to be fair, to be transparent. that is the most important thing. there was only one way for hadi to figure out what was going on. asking for his data. and when he got it back, it made things even more confusing. james farrar established the worker info exchange to help people across the gig economy to actually make sense of their data. he told us the information

hadi received refers to everything from speed to battery level, but crucially doesn't reveal the things he really wants to know, such as rates of pay or the actual time spent on the platform and not how to optimise his chances of earning more money. it —— and how to optimise his chances of earning more money. it drivers always want to understand that they are getting a fair deal, that the value, the quality, the quantity of the work drivers always want to understand that they are getting a fair deal, that the value, the quality, the quantity of the work is fairly distributed. what uber has always proposed to its workforce is that the workforce, the drivers are their own boss, they are free to make their own choices. they are effectively running their own business. but if that is true, then i must be able to access the endless amounts of data i am creating for uber every day. but a joint study between 0xford researchers and uber itself found that, on average, drivers earned above london living wage and reported they were happier than the average worker

across the city. critics questioned whether the full costs of being an uber driver have really been factored in when those figures were arrived at. the same arguments now playing out in the streets of london have happened in city after city across the world. in what might have been a globalfirst, the powerful taxi and limousine commission in new york didn't just ask uber for data but demanded it. and until uber handed it over, they were banned from operating. we found out that conditions were worse than what was being described to us by drivers. 96% of drivers were making less than the city's minimum wage. but without that information, you only have anecdotes. you have stories from drivers about low wages, but you have no way to really quantify that and without quantifying it, you can't create a policy to bring those levels of wages up. in response, uber said that drivers were at the heart of everything they do and they are working to continue improve the experience of both drivers themselves

and their passengers. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week disney officially entered the streaming market. and it didn't quite go to plan. disney plus finally went live in the us, canada and the netherlands, but customers reported technical issues, with many unable to connect.

disney said demand had exceeded its highest expectations. maybe ralph really did break the internet after all. in the fastest backflip and u—turn since well, sonic, the updated and redesigned hedgehog has been officially revealed in a new trailer for the upcoming live—action movie. the original trailer drew a deluge of complaints and mockery over the original cgi design of sonic himself, forcing animators quite literally back to the drawing board. from spinning hedgehogs to back flipping robots, these footballing, flipping robots from mit are called the mini cheetah. its creators claim it is virtually indestructible and can right itself if it falls down. as well as some smooth soccer skills, it is also capable of walking over uneven terrain twice as fast as a human. let's hope it can't climb trees. and finally, in other robot news, if you are one of those people that don't like speaking to the shop assistants, maybe you would rather that don't like speaking to shop assistants, maybe you would rather direct your questions to one of these welcoming faces instead. this humanoid shop assistant from russian company promobot can apparently show emotion and they claim they can make photorealistic clones like these dolls. will it be hasta la vista, or will you be back? you decide. for those with serious food allergies, knowing exactly what you are eating can be a matter of life or death. when it comes to packaged food, the ingredients are normally clearly on the label plus a warning if it

may contain traces of nuts or any other allergens. but when it comes to eating in someone else's house or in a restaurant, things get a little bit more complicated. if you want to add an extra level of checking what those ingredients are, i have been putting some technology to the test that might be able to help. there is a version that tests for gluten and another that tests for peanuts. the idea is you put in a small sample of the food that you are eating, as small as a pea, into one of these capsules. that goes inside the device which syncs up to your smartphone and you can find out whether the ingredient you can't eat is in it or not. i am going to put both of them to the test with this cookie, which should contain gluten but shouldn't contain nuts. the device uses antibody—based chemistry born out of mit technology to detect proteins or allergens. the company's algorithms then translate complex science into a smiley go ahead and eat it face — or not.

this is a pricey occupation, though. each one—time—use capsule currently setting you back five whole dollars. and the company does advise that this is an extra level of checking on top of your normal due diligence and, of course, carrying any medication. ok, i can confirm that the device definitely got this correct. it says that gluten has been found. it comes up here on the device, and you can see here on the phone, 12:30 today, gluten has been found. if i tap on that, it gives me the option of notjust making a note for myself so i remember but also sharing the data to the nima database. as more people use these devices, that database will become a lot more valuable. let's give the peanut tester a go. you can do this with liquids or solids. and we have a result in the form of a smiley face.

so, of course, these devices don't eradicate the need for a doctor's diagnosis or checking what is in your food. but for some maybe they could provide an extra layer of reassurance. that was lara. and that is all we have time for this week, but if you do want to get hold of us any time during the week, don't forget we live on social media on facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter. thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. ploughed and patchy rain, more

confined to the eastern side of england tonight. high pressure building and in scotland and northern ireland and going into wales and northern england by the end of the night. temperatures will be taking a tumble with breeze and cloud and tab are just three degrees to6 cloud and tab are just three degrees to 6 degrees. high pressure dominating the scene into monday with fine and dry sunny weather in the country away from the far south—east. quite windy here from the north. a few showers but dry and bright at the end of the day. elsewhere lots of sunshine. 0ne bright at the end of the day. elsewhere lots of sunshine. one of two stubborn fog patches lender and in the central belt it could stay quite chilly or otherwise 7 degrees to ten could be the height. northern and eastern areas tend to stay dry. for the west of these will pick up with thicker cloud and outbreaks

prince andrew faces further controversy after his interview about a disgraced former friend. he told the bbc he didn't regret his association with the financier and sex offender jeffrey epstein. now lawyers call upon him to give evidence. whether a person is a prince or pauper, if anyone has evidence or information that might be relevant to an investigation of a criminal case, that person should provide it. accusations of a cover—up after bbc panorama investigates alleged war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. police and protesters clash in hong kong after a university campus is occupied. and tributes to a chronicler of the swinging ‘60s — the photographer terry 0'neill has

died. good afternoon. the duke of york is facing widespread criticism today after the bbc interview in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17—year old girl in 2001. virginia roberts says she was groomed byjeffrey epstein, the american financier who was convicted on child sex offences in 2008, and who had been a friend of prince andrew. the prince has admitted that going to stay with him after his release from prison was a mistake and is now facing calls to assist legal inquiries in the united states. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. 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 is categoric about his denial of the 17—year—old virginia roberts. claimed on the night of the night in question, she says they danced together at tram but andrews emphatically was at home. he says he had taken his daughter beatrice to this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey in the late afternoon but how how heat he managed to remember a specific day so many years ago? because going to pizzaexpress in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. a very unusual thing for me to

do. a very unusual thing for me to do. i've only been to woking a couple of times. and i remember it weirdly, distinctly. as soon as somebody reminded me of it, i said, i remember that. in the united states, home to most of the young women who say they were trafficked by jeffrey women who say they were trafficked byjeffrey epstein 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 royal family 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. i'm truly grateful for the opportunity... 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. now i understand from people close to prince andrew that he stands by the decision to do the newsnight interview although it is fair to say they have been taken aback by the intensity of the negative reaction to it. they say he wanted to address theseissues to it. they say he wanted to address these issues head on. they feel he did so with honesty and humility. they hope, they say, people will judge him on that basis. thank you very much indeed. the government and armed forces have been accused of covering up illegal killings of civilians in iraq and afghanistan by british troops. in an investigation by bbc panorama and the sunday times, a dozen british detectives said they had found credible evidence of war crimes but that strong cases

were not prosecuted. the ministry of defence has denied the claims. richard bilton has more. 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 moussaoui in basra in 2003. translation: when rahid opened a 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 officerfor 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 the panorama investigation tomorrow at 9pm on bbc one. immigration has featured strongly in the general election campaign today — the conservatives have given more details of how they would make the system the same for people from eu countries and the rest of the world. and jeremy corbyn has said there would continue to be plenty of movement of people in and out of britain under a labour government. jessica parker reports. long debated, the flow of people to the uk, the free movement of workers around the eu. he wants a further referendum with remain versus a labour brexit deal so what would that new deal mean for immigration? 0ur that new deal mean for immigration? our economy and society has been enriched massively by people that have made their homes here. no labour government led by me would

bring ina labour government led by me would bring in a hostile environment such as theresa may would. there is a question, will free movement and when we leave the eu? there will be a great deal of movement. so, free movement won't end? will have to wait until thursday. that is when labour's manifesto is being launched. the consultants have fleshed out some of their plans, treating eu and non—eu workers the same, the vast majority will need a job offer to come and work in the uk. migrants will typically have to wait five years before they can claim benefits. and a yearly charge for access to the nhs will rise to £625. no precise detail on numbers from a party that has been stung before for failing to meet its own targets. if you don't fix on any kind of targets we have no way of judging whether your policy has been a failure or success. that's wrong. what we will do is make sure the government and parliament has got control over immigration so we get the advantages and benefits in the

way i described, the innovators coming here and creating jobs... but how can we... we also will control cost pressures of uncontrolled immigration. immigration can be seen as an issue of principle, to what extent as an issue of principle, to what exte nt ca n as an issue of principle, to what extent can we control exactly who can come here and work? it is also an issue of pragmatism as businesses say they need easy access to workers of all skills levels. there are so many industries which rely on people coming here from other countries. and, so, we want to make sure we have a system that is fair, where you have targeted enforcement so you can keep the rules but that we recognise and celebrate what immigrants offer us all. scotland needs to encourage more people to come and live here. we know that over the next 25 years if we don't encourage people to come and make scotland a home and to make the contribution to our economy, our working age population will decline which will mean more tax revenues in

order to fund our national health service. so, immigration was up for debate in the 2016 referendum. in this election, that hasn't changed. there have been renewed violent clashes in hong kong with police using tear gas and water cannon to clear pro—democracy sunday morning in hong kong. these protests are sunday morning in hong kong. these protests a re now sunday morning in hong kong. these protests are now in their sixth month. 0n the edge of another university campus taken over by protesters, tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon from the police. from the other side, they are now improvised weapons. the police are now trying to move in on two fronts, the tear gas coming from there with another group there, and what you've got here is the last holdout of the students, throwing bricks, petrol bombs. at the moment, it is a stand—off. for hours both sides

pushed back and forth all as