this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00 — the governement has agreed a rescue deal for flybe, one of the biggest regional airlines in europe, in order to keep the company operating. ministers say they'll review air passenger duty, and the news was welcomed by staff. absolutely ecstatic, yeah, i am really ha p py absolutely ecstatic, yeah, i am really happy for myself. my partner works there so really good news. the death of this teenage girl 17 years ago, features in a devastating review of child sex abuse in greater manchester. the report says many children were failed by the authorities, and many still are. i want to say that i am disgusted

andi i want to say that i am disgusted and i am committed to doing all that we can to ensure that they receive justice today that they were denied 15 years ago. placing bets using a credit card will not be allowed from the middle of april, to try to reduce problem gambling. and wildfires, such as those in australia, could become common in other parts of the world by the end of the century if global temperatures continue to rise. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — the 0bserver‘s chief leader writer sonia sodha, and the political commentator and former conservative party press chief giles kenningham — stay with us for that.

flybe, one of the biggest regional airlines in europe, has managed to strike a rescue deal with its investors and the government. shareholders, including virgin atlantic, have agreed to put more money into the loss—making airline and ministers have said they'll review air passenger duty which had added to the firm's losses. but the prospect of cutting taxes on flying has angered climate campaigners. our business editor simon jack has more. flybe lives to fly another day. news that the airline will continue operating was greeted with great relief by workers and travellers this evening in exeter. absolutely ecstatic, yeah. i'm really happy, for myself and my partner works for flybe so, yeah, it's really, really good news for everybody. that's amazing, that is good. yes, yes, definitely. we all need these smaller airports and these smaller aeroplanes as well so it's wonderful. flybe‘s shareholders, which include virgin atlantic, have agreed to put in extra money

in return for the government reviewing — in other words cutting — taxes on domestic airlines. hearing that things like air passenger duty will be reviewed was very interesting for them. of course it will be reviewed for everyone. and ensuring that the way our regional connectivity works, that we can level up communities, make sure our union is strengthened, those individual, regional airports are easy to get to and properly connected, those were the sorts of things which were concerning flybe. so, what happened to flybe? it has been struggling for years. it over—ordered planes, had it failures, and, most damaging of all, saw fuel costs rise in dollar terms while sterling fell amid brexit uncertainty. but what pressure will the government face given its environmental targets? flying may be faster than road or rail but it emits a lot more carbon so news the government is considering cutting taxes on domestic airlines has angered climate activists.

aviation is the highest carbon form of transport and we know that we need to be cutting this because we are living in a climate emergency. we need to be moving away from that and cutting air passenger duty is just going to make aviation relatively cheaper compared to other forms of transport. it's absolutely the opposite of what we need to be doing. so what is air passenger duty anyway? just check in your bag you don't have any dangerous goods with you? well, it is a tax that every passenger pays when leaving a uk airport. it adds £13 to the price of every domestic flight. airlines claim it damages the industry and flybe is tens of millions of pounds in arrears. most controversially, in this deal the taxman has agreed to work out a payment plan for those arrears. that will raise eyebrows among flybe‘s rivals but, after some heavy financial weather, flybe is still airborne. a report into historical child sex abuse in greater manchester says 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 0peration augusta which was launched in 2004 following the death of 15—year—old victoria agoglia, but was wound up too soon. an independent review says police and social workers knew children were suffering ‘the most profound abuse‘. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. victoria agoglia lived a short and horrific life — beaten, raped and injected with heroin. living in care, the authorities knew what was happening to her. two 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 knew. 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 0peration augusta, found 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 0peration augusta was shut down prematurely.

0ur report has 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 and exploitation but 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've begun a fresh investigation into non—recent child sexual exploitation in rochdale. 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. maggie oliver is a former detective who worked on the first investigation and became a whistle—blower when the case was dropped.

it has almost destroyed me. i've lost myjob, i've lost my home, i've lost my health. she now feels vindicated but warns against complacency. they will still say now "lessons have been learned", "things are much different now, 15 years on". well, i will tell them that there are many things that are not any different, and that is because i know that to be the case. are you saying that you're still being inundated with complaints of abuse now? massively. 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 agoglia. her family say that even after today's report, they still don't have closure. judith moritz, bbc news, rochdale. britain, france and germany have launched a formal dispute process with iran over the international nuclear deal agreed in 2015 designed to curb its ability to build nuclear weapons.

in 2018, president trump pulled out of the deal and reimposed sanctions. last year tehran said it wouldn't comply with all of its commitments and has recently gone further, following increased tension with the us. the three european governments say these breaches have left them with no choice but to trigger the dispute process as a first step towards reinstating international sanctions. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has accused the conservatives of trying to ‘deny democracy‘ after boris johnson formally refused to grant the power to hold a new referendum on scottish independence. mrjohnson said another vote would continue what he claimed had been a decade of ‘political stagnation‘ in scotland. people 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. 0ur media editor amol rajan has the story. welcome to the world‘s favourite online betting company. gambling in britain has always been big business, but it‘s changing fast. of the nearly £14.5 billion we spend gambling... you can almost touch it. ..more than a third now happens online. this sudden growth has human costs. i would never stop until i lost everything that i had access to. so when that‘s online, that‘s often everything. in leeds, darts commentator and sports reporter chris murphy spent over £100,000 as an addict. he says banning the use of credit cards, where gamblers can borrow money they don‘t have,

as opposed to debit cards, where it comes out of their bank, is a no—brainer. when i‘ve been trying to stop and i‘d lost all my own finances it was kind of another way through that created a bigger problem, because it was allowing me to build up more debt. so i think not being able to gamble on credit cards would at least reduce harm in that way. the new rules come into effect on april 14th. they follow a drastic cut to the maximum bet on fixed odds betting terminals and much tighter checks on age and identity. the evidence suggests that using credit cards, both increases the risk of people getting into significant financial harm, both in terms of them spending money that they do not have to gamble, but also it makes it more likely that they‘ll chase losses because of the cost of borrowing money on credit cards to gamble. gambling is shifting, from the high street to the home, from off—line to online, and perhaps from approved habit to taboo. the sad thing is that despite this

move, many addicts will always find a way to fund their habit. yet in the age of the smartphone, millions of people consider gambling an everyday itch. the challenge is to protect the vulnerable minority who are glued to their smartphone screens, whilst at the same time preserving the liberty of those who flutter without harm. although banning of credit cards does cause us a bit of an issue because it was a marker of harm, so when someone used a credit card, it was an area where you could intervene. we want to make gambling responsible and, indeed, a very safe activity. technology is making gambling easier and more convenient than ever and this change will affect relatively few people. nevertheless, in policy terms, the momentum does seem to be with those who want gambling to go the way of smoking — something you have to apologise for in polite company. amol rajan, bbc news.

the australian open tennis tournament has been disrupted by the bushfires burning across new south wales and victoria. the slovenian player dalila jakupovic retired from her qualifying match after a coughing fit — saying she was scared about the quality of the air. residents in melbourne have been told to stay indoors. and organisers have now delayed wednesday morning‘s qualifying matches by three hours due to the smoke haze. and those wildfires in australia could become common in other parts of the world by the end of the century if global temperatures 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. 0ur science editor david shukman has more details. 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 i‘ve actually been out. it makes it very hard, especially when you‘ve got family and commitments and all the rest of it. 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 was predicted as temperatures have been rising with climate change. this graph shows how the average temperature in december in australia has risen over the past century. 2018 set one new record and then last year set another that was far higher. and you‘d expect this kind of heat in a world that‘s nearly three degrees warmer than the pre—industrial level. 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 of years

ago when 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 length of the fire season, when conditions are right for fire to take hold, has increased by 20% globally. and they warn that if the average temperature rises by three degrees 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. so the sooner we can rein in emissions, the sooner we can slow the increase in warming and increased 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 future. david shukman, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the government has agreed a rescue deal for flybe, one of the biggest regional airlines in europe, in order to keep the company operating. ministers say they will review air passenger duty, and the news was welcomed by staff. children abused by grooming gangs were failed by manchester police and local authorities,

according to an official report. greater manchester police says it has now reopened cases of historical child sex abuse. britain, france and germany have triggered a dispute mechanism over iran‘s breaches of key parts of the 2015 nuclear deal. talks are continuing over the future of the duke and duchess of sussex after the queen agreed to a period of transition for the couple to agree new roles. the queen announced yesterday that she would prefer harry and meghan to remain as full—time working royals, but she understood their desire to share their time between north america and the uk. during the day, the mail on sunday published its legal defence as part of the ongoing case brought by harry and meghan after the paper published parts of a private letter that meghan had written to her estranged father. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the latest.

a new direction has been agreed. less than 20 months since their wedding, the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, have been given the go—ahead by the queen to seek a new life. and they‘re making plans to move out and to base themselves, in part, in canada. harry has visited the country on a number of occasions. his invictus games was staged in 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, you know, royals be here. but how that looks and what kind of costs are involved, there‘s still lots of discussions to have. here in britain, the prime minister declined to offer a public view on the sussexes‘ move. i'm absolutely confident that they are going to

sort this out. and do you know what? i think they're probably going to 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. she is suing the mail on sunday over its publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. in its court submission, published today, the paper says... 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 mis a staple of royal life, the life to which the queen has devoted herself, but from which harry now wishes to break free. it is a parting over which the royal family feels great regret, coupled with realism.

nicholas witchell, bbc news. it is likely that harry and meghan are going to live part of the time in canada. i have been speaking to the british columbia premier, who told me that canadians would love to have harry and meghan living amongst them. certainly the duke and duchess will be very well received in canada, and ican be very well received in canada, and i can say is a born and raised vancouver island, having prince harry and meghan here for the christmas break was rather seamless. ina christmas break was rather seamless. in a typical canadian fashion, we we re in a typical canadian fashion, we were delighted to hear that they we re were delighted to hear that they were on the island. they bumped into people on trails, walking, enjoying the spectacular vistas of vancouver island and british columbia, and really without much comment other than oh, nice to see you, how are you? and i think that is probably pretty appealing to royals who had a pretty appealing to royals who had a pretty 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 very good place to be. what about this question of security? someone is going to have to foot the bill for that. would you be prepared for the canadian taxpayer to pay for their security? well, i certainly think that‘s a debate that will take place, not just here think that‘s a debate that will take place, notjust here in british columbia and in canada, but in the uk as well. and we will come to a conclusion, as the prime minister said in the introduction to this piece, without a whole lot of back from people like he and i. what i can say is that the prospect of forming a positive life without connection to the finances of the people of the uk is absolutely a prospect here in british columbia. bc is characterised as hollywood north, the third—largest film production centre outside of new york and los angeles in north america, so meghan‘s prospects are

very bright 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 a military presence, naval bases in skye mont and an air force base on vancouver island. so i think british columbia would be a great fit. british is in the title. couldn‘t be better. china needs to face reality and respect the will of the taiwanese people, according to taiwan‘s newly re—elected president, tsai ing—wen. speaking exclusively to the bbc, president tsai said the threat from china, which claims the self—governing island as part of its territory, is intensifying. but she warned that any military action could prove costly to china. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth spoke to the president in taiwan‘s capital, taipei. hello, president tsai. hi.

it was her warnings about china that hit home with voters. but now, she had something to say direct to beijing. this is a very strong message from the people of taiwan. that is, you know, they don‘t like the idea of being threatened all the time. we‘re a successful democracy. we have a pretty decent economy. you know, we deserve respect from china. her critics say she is reckless, that she risks provoking china.