this is bbc news. the headlines: the government has agreed a rescue deal for regional airline flybe to keep the company operating. the company says delighted with the agreement which the government says enables the connectivity of millions of people. flybe will continue connecting regions and making sure people can get around, some 9 million people a year which is fantastic news and people can book will —— with com plete people can book will —— with complete confidence which is brilliant. children abused by grooming gangs were failed by manchester police and local authorities, according to an official report. the committee says children were suffering ‘the most profound abuse‘, but the authorities failed to protect them. i want to say that i am personally discussed at that these children were not cared for, and the awful abuse they suffered and i am committed to doing all that we can to ensure

that they received thatjustice today that they were denied 15 years ago. britain, france and germany have triggered a dispute mechanism, over iran's breaches of key parts of the 2015 nuclear deal. and canada's prime minister says more discussions are needed about who pays for security for prince harry and meghan, after they announce they plan to move to the country part—time. a deal has been struck tonight to save the troubled airline, flybe, from collapse. flybe is the uk's biggest regional operator. the business secretary andrea leadsom tweeted that she was. "delighted that we have reached agreement with flybe‘s

shareholders to keep the company operating, ensuring that uk regions remain connected. this will be welcome news for flybe‘s staff, customers and creditors and we will continue the hard work to ensure a sustainable future." the transport secretary grant shapps says the main thing is flybe will carry on flying. the main concern for flybe was really the ability of them to get around and know that they would have fairness in the system. there were two things he said, the first that chance and he is going to review the way the air passenger duty works and thatis way the air passenger duty works and that is a tax on flights but it cost twice as much to fly leaving the country as it does to france and back. on the second thing is we are going to do a regional airport connectivity review to make sure that it's actually easier for people

to get around and make sure it's greener as well. shareholders have been putting in money is backed right? they're being concern is making sure it was a level playing field but they could fly and ensure that people could get around, eight and a half, 9 million people use flybe every year and they connect some of the most distant communities and a level up communities and they also help to connect our union together and strengthen it so we are very keen that that continues. they needed reassurance is that we would be in needed reassurance is that we would beina needed reassurance is that we would be in a position to ensure that that carried on for the long—term. be in a position to ensure that that carried on for the long-term. has the government put in any money? that taxpayer has not put in money to the best but it's important to have their own commercial arrangements. the main concern was hearing that things like air passenger duty will be reviewed was very interesting for them, it's being reviewed for everyone. and in the way that our regional connectivity works. that we can

level up communities and make sure our union level up communities and make sure ouruniona level up communities and make sure our union a strengthened and those individual regional airports are easy to get to and properly connected, those are the things which are concerning flybe and great news tonight they will be continuing to fight. our economics editor simonjack explained how the the rescue plan would work. what is happening is that shareholder of flybe which include virgin atlantic have to put in more money to keep the airliner flying. that is in return for a pledge by the government to review flying the taxes, something called air passenger duty. £13 on every flight you take on domestic flights. they say they are going to look at that again, there has been a bugbear in the industry. that review they will put more money, that can only mean one thing. they will lower air passenger duty

and some of that with anger climate activists who say that cutting taxes on flying is not consistent with a target of net zero carbon emissions. the government for their parts say we are going to do this consistent with those ambitions. that means if someone is paying less, one has to assume that others are going to pay more. it will be interesting to see what reaction get during that review which will be done in the run—up to the budget. flybe also has tens of millions of pounds in areas of air passenger duty that they elected to government and i'm told the hmrc and the company will work out a schedule to pay that money back of the next couple of years. this was a route that the treasury initially was quite reluctant to go down, people will say other companies have been in this position, why not help them? i think the key thing here is the government's big manifest they are pledged to improve regional conductivity has trumped all other concerns but a lot of people here tonight are left with smiles on their faces, if ijust came in a

little while ago and passing days and my staff and indeed the local areas which rely very heavily, flybe is the biggest customer by far of the of regional airports and others so lots of local councils and businesses will be that i think that's a solution has been found that i think they would be a lot of questions asked about how the government got here and as i say that pledge seems to have trumped everything else. and the company's ceo mark anderson added: this is a positive

police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in greater manchester 15 years ago knew that children were suffering "the most profound abuse, but did not protect them", that's the finding of a report into historical child sex abuse. it says the authorities knew girls in care were being abused by dozens of men, mainly from what it calls asian backgrounds, but did not protect them — partly because of concerns about race relations. police launched operation augusta in 2004, after the death of a 15—year—old girl from rochdale but the report said the investigation was wound up too soon. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. victoria agoglio lived a short but horrific life. beaten, raped, injected with heroin, and, living in care, the authorities knew what was happening to her. i phoned them and phoned them. her grandmotherjoan tried to get help but nothing was done.

and victoria died aged 15. theyjust didn't care. and all these men were doing all this to her, and they all knew about it, and they let them take her off. they even went into the homes, and they knew what was happening. and i told them what was happening. and they let them come in and just take her out. victoria lived in rochdale. after she died the police opened an investigation into child sexual exploitation in the area. the investigation, called operation augusta, discovered that such abuse was happening here on a huge scale. detectives suspected that as many as 97 men were grooming children as young as 12. but, in 2005, before it could complete its work, that investigation was abruptly shut down. in 2017 this bbc documentary about

abuse in rochdale was broadcast. as a result a new review was ordered into the scale of the crime. today it found that operation augusta was shot down prematurely. our report established that most of the children we considered were failed by greater manchester police and manchester city council. the authorities knew that many were being subjected to the most profound abuse, exploitation, and did not protect them. this is a depressingly familiar picture seen in many other towns and cities across the country. the police have now announced that they have begun a fresh investigation into non—recent child sexual exploitation in rochdale. i want to say that i am personally disgusted that these children were not cared for. and the awful abuse that they suffered. i am committed to doing all that we can to make sure

that they receive the justice today that they were denied 15 years ago. maggie oliver is a former detective who worked on the first investigation and became a whistle—blower when the case was dropped. she now feels vindicated, but warns against complacency. they will still say now that lessons have been learned. things are much different now 50 years on. i will tell them there are many things that are not any different, and that is because i know that to be the case. are you still saying that you are still seeing complaints of current abuse? current abuse, current abuse, every day. four of the social workers involved have been referred to their professional standards body. and there are calls for a new inquest for victoria agoglio. her family say that, even after today's report, they still don't have closure. judith moritz, bbc news, rochdale. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers,

our guests joining me tonight are sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and the political commentator and former head of press under david cameron, giles kenningham. talks are continuing over the future of prince harry and meghan after the queen agreed to a ‘period of transition' for the couple. it was revealed that meghan did not join yesterday's royal summit by telephone. also today — the mail on sunday published its legal defence as part of the ongoing case between the royal couple and the newspaper after it published parts of a private letter meghan had written to her estranged father. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. a new direction has been agreed. less than 20 months since their wedding, the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan come have

been given the go—ahead by the queen to seek a new life and they are making plans to move out and to base themselves in part in canada. harry has visited the country on a number of occasions. the invictus games were staged at toronto in 2017 and meghan lived there for seven years as an actress. there will be questions about their tax and immigration status but canada's prime minister appeared to be offering a cautious welcome. i think most canadians are very supportive of having royals be here. but how that looks and what kind of cost is involved, there's still lots of discussions to have. on vancouver island, where meghan is thought to be based with her baby people were unsure whether canada should pay for the cost of their security. they should. it should not be anybody else, i don't think. the queen. the uk government, i don't think. here in england, the promised or declined to offer a thought on the move.

i am certain they will sort this out and i think they will be able to sort it out all the easier without any particular commentary from me. meghan believes she has been badly treated by the british media and is suing the mail on sunday because with publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. in its court submission published today, the paper says the claimant, meghan, is a major public figure who fitness to reform rural duties on behalf of the crown and to be the recipient of public money is a proper matter for public scrutiny. to which meghan might respond from now on, i will not perform royal duties and it is our intention not to receive public money. but royal duties are what the royal family does. prince william was at buckingham palace today bestowing honours. it's a staple of royal life. the life to which the queen has devoted herself but from which harry now wishes to break free

in deference to his wife. it is a partingy over which the royal family feels great regret coupled with realism. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the british columbia premierjohn horgan joins us now from the british columbia parliament buildings. thank you for being with us here on bbc news. can i ask you harry and megan spent a lot of time over christmas in british columbia and exclusive property on vancouver island, what is your view on how well, harry and meghan it will be in canada if that is why they choose to locate themselves? so that they needed it and that checks will be very well received in canada and i can say as a vancouver island there, having harry and meghan here for the christmas break was whether cms, in

typical canadian fashion, they were delighted to hear that they were on the island, they bumped into people on trails walking, enjoying the spectacular vistas of vancouver island on british columbia and really without much comment other than l, nice to see you, how are you, i think that's pretty appealing to royals who have had a very intense public life to have a little bit of privacy, not a lot of paparazzi here on vancouver island and in terms of future prospects, british columbia is a good place to be. what about this question of security, somebody is going to have to foot the bill for that. would you be prepared for the canadian taxpayer to pay for their security? i certainly think that's a debate that will take place notjust here in british columbia and canada but in the uk as well. we will come to a conclusion as the prime minister said an introduction to this piece, without a whole lot of back and forth from people like t and i. what ican forth from people like t and i. what i can say is the prospects of

forming a positive life without a connection to the finances of people of the uk as absolutely a prospect here in british columbia. bc is characterised as hollywood north. the third largest production centre outside of new york and los angeles and north america so making's prospects are very great in british columbia and of course prince harry is very well—regarded here in bc. his support of the invictus games initiatives are something we follow very closely here with the military presence and naval bases and airport space here on vancouver island so i think british columbia would be a great fates. british is in the title, it could not be better. there's also been a suggestion i'm sure you've heard that harry could ta ke sure you've heard that harry could take thejob sure you've heard that harry could take the job of canada's governor general. that might be the perfect sort of post for a post wildlife for harry? he would be located in ottawa

so my appeal to him would be that te na nts so my appeal to him would be that tenants governor of british columbia which will continue to be the head of state for the people of bc and their royal presence here. the left and an governor, the queen's representative, i am sure that prince harry would be a suitable replacement. harry and meghan, they seem to be pretty popular don't they? oh very much. i don't think it's just here but right across north america, i do believe that the queen is quite right in her deliberations to recognise an extraordinary career as head of the monarchy and the royal family of a decades and decades but it is modern times, it's 2020, we had a young couple who have the weld ahead of them, their young family, why not allow them to experience the world ina way allow them to experience the world in a way that being free from the responsibilities of wild families and soi responsibilities of wild families

and so i think it's appropriate and i think it's far—sighted at the queen recognise that the younger generation needs to be freed up to be young and beautiful and enjoy their vitality when they have the opportunity to do so. although some people might say they are trying to have their cake and eat it, the root use their royal connections to make money and maybe continue to do some work for the royal family but to make money outside and some people say it can't be half in and half out? i believe you can be. i think that's compromise is the essence of a full life and it seems to me we can't always get what he wants, i think a famous british band said that by three can get what we need andi that by three can get what we need and i believe that the duke and duchess are looking for some freedom to explore their personal relationship with each other and with young archie and i think that's appropriate. i think the vast majority of members of the

commonwealth and in fact people of the world would respect their ability to do that and not without the talents and notjust harry's birthright which makes an extraordinary, he's an extraordinary individual. seminary, meghan, that duchess has a career of her own, well—established, i think this is appropriate and i'm excited about it andi appropriate and i'm excited about it and i think that most canadians are as well. i think to select canada as as well. i think to select canada as a place to land and exploit their future together is a positive one, the economy here of british columbia asa the economy here of british columbia as a leading north america right now, we are connected to washington state, california, but would be in a sense that largest economy in the world that we are able to separate out regional components of north america, get up across the asia pacific is the largest market the world has known as level as having strong ties back to europe and also strong ties back to europe and also strong ties back to europe and also strong ties back to the united kingdom. great to talk to you. many

thanks indeed and i'm glad to see you know you british rock history as well. i should also add this is a bit of commonwealth reciprocity, my son is living in london right now so it makes sense to me. the headlines on bbc news. the governement has agreed a rescue deal for regional airline flybe, in order to keep the company operating. the airline says it's delighted with the agreement, which the transport secretary says is good news for millions of air travellers. flybe, in order to keep the company operating. the airline says it's delighted with the agreement, which the transport secretary says is good news for millions of air travellers. children abused by grooming gangs were failed by manchester police and local authorities, according to an official report. it said children were suffering ‘the most profound abuse', but the authorities failed to protect them. britain, france and germany have triggered a dispute mechanism , over iran's breaches of key parts of the 2015 nuclear deal.

sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre: i think your team is playing tonight. and they are winning. if you make in the fa cup. we don't know who my team—mates. the first goal of the night came at andrees, a temporary home and sky—blue have taken the lead against the league 1 side bristol and if coventry when they would be back at saint andrees to pay their landlords, burning and safety. newcastle going well for them, 3—0 up against league1 rochdale, the first was an open goal, it was a doubled there advantage. tottenham, 2—0 up against middlesboro at home. pouncing on a

defensive error from the championship side. it's a cute life to the stadium now. mismatch is over on bbc one, all the bbc sport website, kicks off at five past eight there you can see they doubled their lead. another argentinian, eric, lovely goal, 2—0 up for tra nsfers. eric, lovely goal, 2—0 up for transfers. waiting for the winners of that one. we are less than a week away from the start of the australian open. the first tennis grand some of the year, organisers have been criticised for allowing qualifying to take place with air quality classed as hazardous in melbourne because of the wildfire crisis. across the country, and in a state that he and i posted a picture of the air quality rating on social media and asked if something that has to happen before any action is taken. this is pretty bad.

slovenia's delilah was forced to retire from her qualifier with breathing difficulties, she suffered coughing fits, said she wasn't scared that she would collapse. playing conditions are a huge concern for the organisers, they say they will continue to monitor the situation on ebay by day basis. this is new for all of us and you can go into a is new for all of us and you can go intoa number of is new for all of us and you can go into a number of different websites and different apps and get readings and different apps and get readings and in order to count them we have taken the decision earlier before we started qualifying for the last several weeks to make sure that on—site had real—time raw data that we can collect so we have measuring devices on site for air quality. first round of the master snuka continues as alexandra palace. it is what's happening right now. and our status as an invitation event for

the top 16 players in the world, you can the top 16 players in the world, you ca n follow the top 16 players in the world, you can follow this one on the bbc sport website. hawkins at the table at the moment. earlier, well number one defending champion was knocked out, beaten six frames by sean mehta back in 2015. he won four frames in a row to into the quarterfinals. he will facejoe perry, to into the quarterfinals. he will face joe perry, a to into the quarterfinals. he will facejoe perry, a lot of top seeds falling away in the first round. jack leach is heading home from england's throughout south africa to fully recover from the illness is that he had over the last couple of weeks. he suffered from sepsis in new zealand before christmas and has not paid at all in south africa because of a bout of gastroenteritis that affected the whole squad and he had a touch of the flu. that's all the support for now, nor more goals but to keep up—to—date with that on the bbc sport website and the fa cup. very quiet about who your team

are. your team cup. very quiet about who your team are. yourteam and cup. very quiet about who your team are. your team and lost it to my tea m are. your team and lost it to my team just the other day. that could be anybody. we were unlucky, and as perfan, will be anybody. we were unlucky, and as per fan, will be. thank you. you will no longer be able to place bets using a credit card from the middle of april. the move is to try to curb problem gambling. of the 2a million adults who gamble in britain it is estimated that 800,000 people use credit cards to do so. and the research by the gambling commission suggests that about a fifth of those who use credit cards to bet and gamble online are classified as problem gamblers. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith report. what if i told you that the betfair exchange... gambling has never been so popular. millions more people are betting because we have a portable bookies in our pocket. you can bet on sports and supermarket, politics in the pub and play in the casinos

in a coffee shop. until now, these online gambling sites allowed you to pay on a credit card, which chris knows only too well is a big temptation. it's difficult to put an accurate figure on it, but i reckon i have lost somewhere in the region of £100,000. it's been ten years since christ first tried to get help for his gambling addiction, but he has fallen off the wagon a few times since then. there've been times when i have been gambling—free for months and then borrowed money from a payday loan site or a credit card and woke up the next day having lost all my money and created a few thousand pounds worth of debt. how did that make you feel when you relapsed like that? pretty hopeless because it made me feel like i would never sort of get free of this addiction. it's been more than two years since campaigners called for a ban on credit card payments. so why has the regulator been so slow? we expect operators to take steps to ensure that they understand where the money their customers have

is coming from and make sure that they are only gambling in a way that they can afford. and we really expect operators to keep their consumers safe. the biggest online sites like bet365, 888, betfair and poker stars say they do want to try and help people with gambling problems. although banning of credit cards does cause a bit of an issue because it was a marker of harm, so when somebody used a credit card, it was an area where you would intervene. we want to make gambling responsible and indeed a very safe activity. chris is not convinced. gambling by credit card by definition is irresponsible gambling. it is really strange that neither the financial institutions or gambling institutions could take it on themselves to introduce this. so would a ban on spending on credit cards have helped him? a small step but a positive one. so i think it would certainly help in situations like i described with relapsing.

for those most vulnerable, every extra barrier brings another moment to think. colletta smith, bbc news. let's get more on this. adam bradford is the co—founder of the safer online gambling group. hejoins us from benin in west africa where he is running a commonwealth linked project to help young people set up businesses. and i'm alsojoined by danny cheetham, a former problem gambler from manchester. thank you both very much for being with us. let me get your reaction first of all to this climb—down, do you think it's really going to make a difference? i think it's a good move obviously it will protect people who are addicted to gambling and are getting into terrible bets but like airports and it's quite late at this point in time coming in because online gambling is exploding so much that so many other ways and options people can use to gamble with so all they have been saying

this is not a silver bullet solution. they would be things that need to be done, they still need to be other restrictions and support in place but i am pleased to see it happening, i think it's showing things like that is where people are getting into trouble. i'm pleased about it but there's more to be done. you are a former problem gambler as i done. you are a former problem gambleras i said, done. you are a former problem gambler as i said, did you use credit cards specifically to gamble and how dangerous do you think credit cards are in gambling?” and how dangerous do you think credit cards are in gambling? i used to use credit cards to gamble and i'd spend all the money in the bank trying to get loans and dumping with that brings a whole new aspect in it, you are no longer doing it because it's fun, you usually have to chase the amount of money you need to quell your debt, you are in a spiral at that point. the think there is a specific link with credit cards and problem gambling? often you'll start to gamble because you've got no alternative to try and clear that that you have because you

gambled the fun part of it that everybody is supposed to take seriously is gone, you are doing it to get out of the situation you are in. you think this is a move that is over a deal, clearly there gambling companies when it's going to take this step by themselves. of course time, ithink this step by themselves. of course time, i think that's the running trade with this industry, they have these regulations and forced on them before they do anything to protect people and that's disappointing to me. i think we have heard stories of 80 years now about people who just like tamulis saying we'll start baking with money that they simply don't have. if you are baking with a credit card it's money you don't haveitin credit card it's money you don't have it in your bank account and unfortunately i dare say without extra support and protection on top of this measure today, we are going to see people continuing to get into problems if gambling but it will ta ke problems if gambling but it will take money out of the cash machine and put it in the bank now or other risky forms of finance as well. but it is good news, it will help people like the report said, 20% of people

who use the credit card without the help of people with gambling and perhaps it will make someone who is addicted to gambling think twice. before they take the next step. tell us before they take the next step. tell us what gambling did to you and how it changed your life and how you cut over a year gambling addiction. when i used to gambler it used to be the idea of money coming into the bank, i used to dread payday because i would get anxious beforehand because i used to have that fight or flight situation where i was like i need to pay my debts but i also found myself impulsively putting bets on. usually payday morning i would have no money in the bank before i got to the desk that day. as an addict taming the bank at length, the only way i had money was to stop gambling, i multiple hurdles in place like this credit card ban is another thing to add to that list will i had to stop myself getting access to cash trying

to get multiple solutions you have to get multiple solutions you have to put all the different steps they are, there's not a single solution to it which is the main gap that there needs to be something to fill that say you don't need to go to all these different places. it is in your view of addiction just like a drug addiction or alcohol addiction. yes. it really is, you find yourself hitting a bottle over and over and thinking about it the fun part of the goal is and it's something you can't stop, you can never withdraw and you can't walk away from it. we have had this move today on credit cards, but what else needs to be done? a lot of people say there's just so much advertising for gambling now to the tv, football programmes especially that young people and kids are watching. we have had a damn verification in

society, that's what happened, since 2005 gambling was deregulated so we had to fix this baking terminals coming on to high street with high—stakes and advertising significantly increased, online gambling has blooms, advertising is now all over the internet and it has a really insidious relationship with sport now. so it's not evenjust that they're interested in the game, how much might a lien or the penalty, we all whitewashed society in my opinion and i also think operators need to get on the front flip and listen to today's announcement and so flip and listen to today's announcement and so what else can we do, can we monitor people spending and can he have someone responsible advertising, can lead do more on education? and these things can be done but we need it to get on board

with it and do things for the benefit of people who need help. what would you say about that? what would you like the industry to do it with the regulators to do? have you felt that sort of barrage of advertising has enticed you into gambling? can you still hear me? just asking if you think advertising has made a difference to you? definitely, the next generation i worry about money because when i was growing up he saw your favourite sports player wearing a sport brand or something to associate with them but now it's a gambling logo where i think it's been normalised that people are going to think it's ok to do it and that favourite player is wearing a shirt with that brand on, everything about it is associated with the gambling company rather than how it used to be with advertising and its impulsive and

life and reactive to know how to keep you going, you can't watch a match without thinking how many goals, it has to change the holy people think about sports and baking, it's gone so hand in hand. the last question to you. anyone who has got a gambling problem is watching you now, what would be your advice to them? what would you say to them? don't make up lies to put it out there, don't be ashamed of it and be honest with people, i tell my bankl and be honest with people, i tell my bank i got a problem and they have gone out of their way to help me have to block in place, they stop my spending if it's going out of control it's been my saviour. great to talk to you and many congratulations for overcoming that addiction. and thank you to adam co—founder of the safer online gambling grip, many thanks to both of you. back now to the report into historical child sex

abuse in manchester, which said dozens of children suspected of being groomed by gangs were failed by the authorities partly because of concerns about race relations. the review looked into operation augusta which was launched in 2004 following the death of 15—year—old victoria agoglia, but closed down the following year despite potential victims of grooming being identified. an independent review has found it identified at least 68 people who may have been involved in exploitation but was wound up too soon. victoria's grandmother, joan agoglia, said her concerns had been repeatedly ignored by the authorities. and all these men were doing all of this to her, and they all knew about it and they let them take her off! they even went to the homes and they knew what was happening and i told them what was happening, and they let them come in and just take her out! the report's author malcolm newsam said the system

had failed the victims. our report has established that most of the children, we considered were failed by greater manchester police and manchester city council. the authorities knew many would be subjected to the most profound abuse and exploitation, but did not protect them. this is a depressingly familiar picture seen in many other towns and cities across the country. chief constable ian hopkins from greater manchester police said he was disgusted by the abuse suffered by vulnerable children. i want to apologise to all of those vulnerable children who were let down in 2004 when greater manchester police did not thoroughly investigate the abhorrent offences that had been committed against them. i want to say that i'm personally disgusted that these children were not cared for and the awful abuse they suffered. i'm committed to doing

all that we can to ensure that they receive the justice today that they were denied 15 years ago. detective constable margaret oliver was one of the investigators looking into the abuse of vulnerable children living in care homes in greater manchester in 2004 and 2005. she had been instrumental in compiling evidence, until the operation was abruptly closed. i was told there was insufficient evidence and that the kids wouldn't speak to us. i knew that was a lie. this isn't a mistake. as i said before, what are the consequences of those lies? those men have had another 15 years to abuse god knows how many kids. the kids themselves that we have identified were the tip of the iceberg. those kids were left to their own devices. they had nobody to protect them.

a deal struck to save the airline taal. —— flybe. the government has agreed to review air passenger duty which added to the firm's losses. that idea was not welcomed by climate can't maters and we can speak now to the green party mep for the southwest and gibraltar molly scott kato. what's your reaction to this deal because it has saved flybe and that is the airline saying it's good news for passengers and staff. as you said, we're very concerned

that the government is not taking this emergency seriously because we shouldn't be seeing public money put into this form of transport which is the one that is contributing most of the one that is contributing most of the increase in dangerous carbon dioxide emissions. this morning we we re dioxide emissions. this morning we were talking about moving air passenger duty and it seems the government knows that isn't a cce pta ble government knows that isn't acceptable when there's so much concerned about climate change but at the same time, it has —— some of the details are not clear but the fa ct the details are not clear but the fact that they are prepared to put more money and suggest the government has guaranteed to reduce the cost or offered subsidy to flybe and as we move towards the transition, we are going to see a reduction in air travel and that will mean some airlines and particularly ones like flybe that particularly ones like flybe that particularly offer domestic flights are going to come under pressure and that's part of the transition we're going to see as we move towards a more sustainable economy. what the

government are arguing is we need an airline like flybe because of its connectivity. it connects the different regions of this country. the majority of flybe flights are domestic and most of them have been replaced by rail services which have much lower emissions. if the number shifted from air travel to rail travel so that rail travel was that as cheap and could compete with aviation. some services, some of the flights to ireland, you can understand that there might be an obligation to provide that service. if that's the case, the government should take proper control of that and not subsidized the whole airline when many of those flights are measured flights, many of them are under taken by business people and could be replaced by rail travel with a much lesser impact on the environment. what's your view in general of aviation was not notjust

flybe but generally are you saying we should not be encouraged at all to fly? i think we should be following the example of countries like sweden and germany where greens are in government and sweden for example is investing heavily in long—distance rail travel, particularly travel across europe while you're asleep and set up a hotel, you have a bed on the train which is actually a very pleasant way to travel and in the case of germany, they said they will be planning to face that domestically in15 planning to face that domestically in 15 years. planning to face that domestically in15 years. in planning to face that domestically in 15 years. in europe, we need to be moving away from aviation and towards better rail connections and also investing in our bus services and then we need to reduce international —— we should be taxing them more heavily. people who don't fly frequently pay more for their flights and being rich people to move towards just one fight to a year. many people like me have said that we don't fly because we and our lifestyle is putting at risk the lifestyle is putting at risk the

life of future generations and in that context, it just life of future generations and in that context, itjust doesn't feel responsible to take flights. thank you for your time. britain, france and germany have begun a formal dispute process with iran over the international nuclear deal agreed in 2015. the three european governments say tehran is breaching the agreement, which was designed to curb its ability to build nuclear weapons and has left them no choice. borisjohnson suggested the nuclear agreement could be replaced by a deal negotiated by president trump. the prime minister was speaking on bbc breakfast, his first extensive interview since the general election as our political correspondent iain watson reports. this was borisjohnson's this was boris johnson's first this was borisjohnson's first major interview since the election. a lot has happened at home and —— and abroad. he seems content to a been keptin abroad. he seems content to a been kept in the dark over present from's

decision to assassinate the country's leading military figure general soleimani. this is not our operation and there is no reason for us... they were no uk assets involved and it was perfectly right that we went ahead —— there was no reason for us to be notified. today the uk, france and germany registered their concerns that the iranian government wasn't sticking to some of its commitments under an international deal to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons. the current us administration has been highly critical and the prime minister urged the president to come up minister urged the president to come up with a deal of his own. the problem with the agreement as from the american perspective, it's a flawed agreement, it expires, plus it was negotiated by president obama and it has many faults. well, if we're going to get rid of it, let's replace it and let's replace it with the trump deal. international

tensions aren't combined to the middle east. the prime minister seems to be pushing back on us pressure to exclude the chinese tech firm entirely from uk's plans to build a 5g network. if people oppose one brand or another, they have to tell us which is the alternative. on the other hand, let's be clear, i don't want as uk prime minister to put in any infrastructure that is going to prejudice our national security. boris johnson is keen to refocus under the agenda, just after he became prime minister, he suggested he already had a plan to deal with one of the most contentious issues in british politics. social care, but no plan has yet emerge. it suggested today that we wouldn't have long to wait. we will be praying for to pan this year that we will get it down. —— a plan this year. this is a match of

change in the way we fund social care. but there's even more pressing issues around the corner. brexiteers wa nt issues around the corner. brexiteers want big ben to go on the day we leave the eu. that would be expensive, johnson said. we are working up a plan because there are some people who want to. i haven't quite worked out. that sounds something like —— like some sort of funding idea. the foreign secretary updated colleagues in iran and the prime minister will have to work ha rd to prime minister will have to work hard to stop this crisis turning into a bigger problem. the prime minister did say that agreement might be or could be or should be replaced by a deal negotiated by president trunk. —— president trump.

in a commons statement, the foreign secretary dominic raab accused iran of "systematic non—compliance". if iran were ever to acquire a nuclear weapon, we cannot let that happen and with that in mind today the e3 consisting of the united kingdom, france and germany have jointly taken action to hold iran to account for its systematic noncompliance with thejcpoa. as they are opium parties to the deal, we have written to the eu high representative joseph we have written to the eu high representativejoseph rail in his capacity as coordinator of the jcpoa and we have formally triggered the dispute records and is an mechanism thereby referring i run to the joint commission. the headlines on bbc news. the governement has agreed a rescue deal for regional airline flybe, in order to keep

the company operating. the airline says it's delighted with the agreement, which the transport secretary says is good news for millions of air travellers. children abused by grooming gangs were failed by manchester police and local authorities, according to an official report. it said children were suffering ‘the most profound abuse', but the authorities failed to protect them. britain, france and germany have triggered a dispute mechanism —— over iran's breaches of key parts of the 2015 nuclear deal. wildfires like the ones that are devastating parts of australia will become common in other parts of the world by the end of the century if global temeratures continue to rise. that's according to british scientists who say the average temperature on earth is on course to rise by 3 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels, by the end of the 21st century. here's our science editor david shukman. day after day, fire crews brave

the front lines in a crisis that's still escalating. many of the blazes are out—of—control and beyond anyone's experience. it's the worst i've seen in 21 years. this is honestly the worst i've seen the most of actually being out. it makes it very hard, especially when you've got family and commitments. in a town in victoria, a ghostly scene. cars burnt and grey with ash. fires are a natural feature of australia, but record heat has made them more severe than usual, something that had been predicted. climate scientists knew this was going to happen at some point, whether it was now or ten years from now. we were going to get this perfect storm and it was going to be pretty horrible. we dodged a bullet a couple years ago and we had a hot summer then, but it was eventually going to transpire. and this seems to be part of a pattern. a new study of wildfires around the world

from the amazon rainforest to california says human activity is raising temperatures and adding to the threat, including in europe and many other regions. this was spain last year. the aim of the study was to assess what we know about the risk of wildfires. the scientists found that the total area burnt has actually reduced over recent decades, mainly because dense natural vegetation has been cleared to make way for farmland. but they also say that the link that the fire season when conditions are right for fire to take hold, has increased by 20% globally. they warned that if the average temperature rises by three celsius, which at the moment looks likely, the area burned will increase in size. the scientists involved in the research say the key now is to cut emissions of the gases that are heating the planet. in terms of the urgency, it's getting worse all the time. the sooner we can rain

in emissions, the sooner we can slow the increase in warming and climate change impacts. back in australia, as human activity is linked to the fires, it's wildlife that's suffering most. this emergency food is for animals that survived the onslaught. millions of others are thought to have died. the challenge now is to make sure there are systems in place to cope with fires on this scale in the future. david shukman, bbc news. the man who bought british home stores for one pound, dominic chappell, has been told he must pay nine and a half million pounds into two of the company's pension schemes. bhs collapsed in 2016 with a pension deficit of more than half a billion pounds, a year after mr chappell bought the chain from sir philip green. borisjohnson has refused to grant powers for a second referendum on scottish independence,

insisting that another vote would continue what he called "the political stagnation" in scotland. in a letter to the first minister, nicola sturgeon, he also said scotland's leaders had promised that the referendum in 2014 would be a "once in a generation" event. ms sturgeon has accused the conservatives of attempting to "deny democracy" and said scotland would have its say. councillors have approved plans to build a mcdonald's drive—thru in rutland, meaning it will lose its status as the last english county without a branch of the fast food chain. more than fifty people had lodged objections to the planning application, claiming that house prices would fall and the development would undermine what they describes as ‘the rutland brand'. more than 20 thousand people in the philippines who've fled an erupting volcano have been warned that they may have to stay away from the area for weeks. but as the visible activity at the volcano declines,

some residents have returned to the exclusion zone to check on livestock and crops. our correspondent howard johnson is there. you may remember yesterday, this towering column of steam and ash. today it's looking relatively subdued with a whiff of steam coming out at the moment, not the two km tall column we saw yesterday. but scientists say that because there are lots of tremors here overnight, there were some 40 tremors since the eruption on sunday, there have been more than 200. they say that that's a sign that the magma underneath is still bubbling away and is still a dangerous situation. that's why they have continued to maintain the level four alert which means that this could lead to a hazardous eruption in the coming hours or days. today it feels like business as normal. you might be able to hear some brushing sounds just next to me here. that's because the hotel here have been cleaning up the ash that's been dumped on this area, and also some people are returning to their homes inside the exclusion zone to check

up on livestock, check up on their vegetable patches to see how things are, so the feeling here is definitely that life is returning to normal. the drama of the first couple of days has subdued because there haven't been big rumbles. there have been minor rumbles, but there is this feeling, yes, that may be it's not as bad as it was first thought and let's not forget in 2018, with the most active volcano here in the philippines, a similar situation happened. level four, and yet it went on for months and months and people went back to their lives as usual. maybe that's what's happening here today despite the fact that the scientists are saying it's still a dangerous situation. staying with that story, one couple decided not to let the volcanic eruption get in the way of their wedding on sunday, as you can see here. their photographer randolf evan, who captured the scene, says everyone at the wedding remained calm.

surprisingly, not everyone is in a panic. everyone is like...enjoying the view of the island instead of getting panicked. they're starting to take pictures and videos as smoke turns first to white and then red, yellow, until it became dark. i later found out that they had been planning for this day for like eight years and two kids in the making, so it was going to be a special day for them no matter what. a 38—year—old has become the first british man to row across the drake passage — thought to be the most dangerous ocean crossing you can do. jamie douglas hamilton was the only british member of a six—man team setting off from cape horn in chile,

for mainland antartica. once you commit to something you have to carry on with it. the brain can't really remember pain. a few yea rs can't really remember pain. a few years ago i rode from australia to africa with a team of six and once you're out there the discomfort you had during the time comes back to you, and you think there's a reason why i was so keen to get off that boat last time. you would semi—capsize and the waves and get com pletely semi—capsize and the waves and get completely slashed so it's a very haunting experience, being that small in the huge ocean that so violent and so fallible and you've got the pacific —— so powerful. all this bad weather just got the pacific —— so powerful. all this bad weatherjust comes but it's the cold. the cold has an element of making you want to give up. it gives you the element of psychologically, but you haven't had much sleep and you hear that pattern, you just want

to curlup in you hear that pattern, you just want to curl up in a ball and go to sleep but you can't. you have to keep going. billie eilish will sing the theme song for the forthcoming james bond film, becoming the youngest artist in history to write and record a soundtrack for a double—o—seven the 18 year old us singer—songwriter was confirmed by the bond producers just hours after she teased her fans with a series of cryptic posts on instagram. eilish described writing the song for no time to die as a "huge honour". a large section of roof has been blown off in strong winds and fallen onto a high street in slough. emergency services are attending the incident. a spokesman for royal berkshire fire and rescue service said three fire engines were in attendance at the scene and they were "not aware of anyone trapped" under the length of roof,

which crashed down onto the road. now it's time for a look at the weather. we've had gust of 60 or 70 miles an hour, overnight the winds will gradually ease, the rain though just keeps going across the east anglia and the southeast of england. as for where clear skies, showers up towards the threat of some icy patches here. there could be a touch of frost and some ice for the far north of england and for northern ireland as well. tomorrow the winds won't be as strong, will see the back of this rain in the morning across southeastern england and in the sunshine follows. the brace will —— the breeze will go across parts of northern ireland, snow levels rising, quite wet here. probably not quite so chilly across scotland and northern ireland but a cooler day for southern parts of england and

wales. as we move into thursday, there is another area of low pressure that will bring some wet and windy weather to western parts of the uk. some heavy rain and gale force winds.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. borisjohnson calls time on the nuclear agreement with iran. if we are going to get rid of it, let's replace it and let's replace it with the trump deal. it comes as the uk, france and germany — trigger a ‘dispute mechanism' — after iran steps back, from its 2015 commitments. australians have been looking to how their country's media have been covering the wildfires. now rupert murdoch's sonjames accuses parts of the family's mighty news corp of denying climate change. president trump's impeachment trial is scheduled to take place on tuesday. and, mitch mcconnell the leader in the senate said republicans will call witnesses. and the united states senate names tuesday as the day president