this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. ministers in the uk are strengthening legislation that will force global social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly. a parent, whose daughter took her own life, wants the heads of these firms to be held to account. this is talking about human lives and you can't excuse anything that doesn't prevent that. emergency workers in morocco inch closer to rescuing the five year old boy who's spent five days trapped in a well. here's the scene there now. as another senior uk conservative mp submits a letter of no—confidence in borisjohnson, cabinet ministers insist he still has majority support across the parliamemtary party.

the queen hosts a reception at sandringham house for members of the local community ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. the uk government wants tougher laws forcing global social media companies, to take down illegal content, without having to wait for users to report it. it's an issue politicans across the world have been trying to deal with. last year g7 leaders agreed a set of internet safety principles to improve online safety. here in the uk the new legislation, would compel the removal of material under a wide range of categories, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide.

here's katie prescott. frankie was 15 when she took her own life in 2018. afterwards, her parents had her laptop forensically checked. we realise that she had been accessing stuff about self—harm and suicide in appalling stuff and we had no idea in the school had absolutely no idea. stories like these are behind plans to toughen up regulations online. tech companies will face fines of up to 10% of their turnover if they don't take their material relating to drugs and arms dealing, in committing suicide, fraud and revenge porn. —— encouraging suicide. those sending threatening messages like the racist abuse of footballers last year will face prosecution, as will people at the companies themselves.

the organisations will have to name individuals— the organisations will have to name individuals who will be responsible within_ individuals who will be responsible within those organisations for complying with the legislation if they continue to flout those, those named _ they continue to flout those, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years — responsible and could face up to five years in prison. in responsible and could face up to five years in prison.— five years in prison. in the past, facebook _ five years in prison. in the past, facebook has _ five years in prison. in the past, facebook has said _ five years in prison. in the past, facebook has said it _ five years in prison. in the past, facebook has said it welcomes i five years in prison. in the past, - facebook has said it welcomes more guidance from government about what it should and should do. government about what it should and shouldn't do and that it also wants to see the internet become safer place while not losing the economic and social benefits that it brings. experts will be say the challenge will be putting it into practice. on facebook platforms alone, people are posting more than 100 billion times a day. in 2017, facebook and instagram were taking down 35,000 posts a day about self—harm and suicide, so this is regulation notjust a minor scale, but at an industrial scale. while there's criticism

about whether the plans go far enough, they will mean a revolution in how the online world is policed. andy burrows is the head of child safety 0nline policy at the nspcc. we've seen that until regulation is on the statute book tip companies still have won't do enough to protect children we have seen the scale and complexity of online ham that children will face grow in scale and complexity over recent years. —— online harm. we know that grooming and child sexual abuse offences are recent levels. we have seen growing problems in children being exposed to suicide and self—harm content that they algorithms on social networks push out and i think what is concerning is that the legislation that dcms are bringing forward won't address some of the dynamics of the problem that we can see happening right now. for example we know the abuse and harm doesn't happen on a silo basis in one particular platform. we know grooming, for example,

will start on a site like instagram or facebook and then move across to encrypted messaging platforms, live streaming platforms, and all the indications are that the government isn't prepared to strengthen the bill in place very clear responsibilities on companies to work together to assess the risks and then tackle and cross platform. what kind don that kind of conversation to view at the nspcc had with social media companies? it's over four years, and we tried to hold _ it's over four years, and we tried to hold the — it's over four years, and we tried to hold the companies to account, but i'm _ to hold the companies to account, but i'm afraid it's very clear that this is_ but i'm afraid it's very clear that this is hot— but i'm afraid it's very clear that this is not something that the companies will do for themselves. far too _ companies will do for themselves. far too often in the conversations that we _ far too often in the conversations that we have these big tech giants, it's very— that we have these big tech giants, it's very clear that child safety is not a _ it's very clear that child safety is not a core — it's very clear that child safety is not a core part of their business modei — not a core part of their business model. they're simply not prepared and to—

model. they're simply not prepared and to ensure that they are mitigated. it's only a fleecy really tough _ mitigated. it's only a fleecy really tough regulation. if we see regulation that has the teeth that's necessary— regulation that has the teeth that's necessary that we're going to see the situation change, and we are talking _ the situation change, and we are talking about harmon obese —— harm and abuse. this is harm that is taking _ harm and abuse. this is harm that is taking place — harm and abuse. this is harm that is taking place as a result of the poor design _ taking place as a result of the poor design decisions, the tech companies that we've _ design decisions, the tech companies that we've seen over many years. quite — that we've seen over many years. quite what — that we've seen over many years. quite what parents do? parents will be concerned about the extent of this _ be concerned about the extent of this our— be concerned about the extent of this. 0uradvice be concerned about the extent of this. our advice to parents is very simpie- _ this. 0ur advice to parents is very simple- try— this. our advice to parents is very simple— try and have regular conversations with your child. work with them — conversations with your child. work with them to understand what they might— with them to understand what they might face and given the practical tips, so, — might face and given the practical tips, so, how they have the... and that's— tips, so, how they have the... and that's really— tips, so, how they have the... and that's really important because here, _ that's really important because here, we — that's really important because here, we hear from children who

perhaps— here, we hear from children who perhaps haven't had those trusting conversations and the worst does happen— conversations and the worst does happen and they don't feel they can disclose _ happen and they don't feel they can disclose to— happen and they don't feel they can disclose to a parent or another trusted — disclose to a parent or another trusted adult. that's where the very worst— trusted adult. that's where the very worst harms come from. and if you're affected by any of the issues we've just been discussing — information is available from the bbc action line — that's at bbc.co.uk/actionline rescue workers in morocco have entered a tunnel, through which they're hoping to reach a five—year—old boy, trapped in a well for the last five days. rayan awram is stuck 35m below ground. mechanical diggers have been working round the clock, to try to reach him. but the narrowness of the well has been hampering efforts. the hole diameter is very small at just 25cm. at the depth of 28 metres, the hole is even smaller, making it impossibel for an adult to pass through. so rescue crews have come up with another technique —

digging a horizontal tunnel and clearing earth at the side of the tunnel pocket using bulldozers and front—end loaders. the final 2 metres are proving to be the most difficult because of the risk of landslides. simonjones sent simon jones sent this simonjones sent this report. it's a race against time. rayan has now spent a fortnight trapped deep underground, pictured by a camera lowered into the well. above him, the effort to save the five—year—old has continued around the clock. rescue workers say they won't stop until they get him out, while worried locals can only look on and hope. translation: we are praying for rayan to be alive _ may his family have patience. and honestly, our hearts are breaking. translation: i hope he will come out of this 0k.

it's like one of our own children has fallen. we're praying for his safety. he's one of our children. this is the opening of the well that rayan fell down. it's too narrow for the rescuers to get to him, so they've come up with a different plan. a large hole this being dug parallel to the well to reach the boy. there are only a few metres to go. but that brings with it its own dangers. the possibility of a landslide. the gathered cloud are desperate for progress and a happy outcome. rayan�*s father says he hasn't slept a wink. his mother says she's trying to remain positive. but this is a complex and delicate operation. oxygen and water has been sent down the well, a helicopter is on standby to get the boy to hospital. but rayan remains trapped, while the most challenging part of the rescuers is still ahead. simonjones, bbc simon jones, bbc news.

pictures from morocco. they hope to go horizontally. the last few metres or so, there is a strong risk of landslides, which is why they have to work very, very slowly. you there are crowds and crowds, perhaps hundreds of people from the nearby village, some of them are waiting for any news. as soon as we have any information from morocco, we will bring it to you. do stay with us here. senior conservative mps have insisted that the majority of their party supports boris johnson. it comes as another conservative politician called for borisjohnson to resign. former schools minister nick gibb is the latest to submit a letter of no confidence in the row over parties held at number

ten during lockdown. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, helen catt. but we can never say for sure where we are. we know that nine mps have publicly said that they had submitted a letter. it is a secret process, so it is entirely up to an mp to say whether they have or they haven't. there's also no way of checking if someone actually has — so just worth throwing that in there, as well. so, this is a secret process. we know nine mps have said that they have. the threshold for triggering a vote of confidence is 5a — that's15% of the conservative parliamentary party, 15% of conservative mps — so we know that hasn't yet been reached, or certainly not been announced it's been reached, because they haven't told us. so, we know we're not there yet, but, as you said, what we've seen over recent days is, sort of, a trickle of people coming forward and saying, "i've put of a letter in," the latest of which is nick gibb, and he's quite interesting. he's a former schools minister. he served under david cameron,

under theresa may and then under borisjohnson until he was sacked in the reshuffle last year, but he's not exactly known as a firebrand rebel, rabble—rouser in westminster — he's quite, sort of, quiet, he's not in the papers all the time, so the fact that he has chosen to make it public feels quite, sort of, significant in itself. and he's also written an article in the daily telegraph which is pretty blunt, in which he says it was inaccurate of the prime minister to tell the house of commons there was no party in downing street. he says his constituents in bognor regis and littlehampton are furious about the double standards, asking, "can we trust him?" and he ends this article with, "to restore trust, "we must remove the prime minister." now, we know that some of his other colleagues are mulling over whether they agree with that analysis. plenty of conservative mps do not. you know, either they want to keep borisjohnson in place, or they certainly don't want to get rid him now. have a listen to liam fox, the former cabinet minister. yes, you've got some unhappy mps, but, yet, they've not even reached the 15%. in other words, 85% of my colleagues

are still willing to give the prime minister the benefit of the doubt. the fact we've lost some of these officials from downing street is actually an opportunity for a reset. liam fox there. helen, what happens on a weekend like this? it was a breakneck, what, four or five days during the week. is this a breather? are the whatsapp groups going crazy? talk us though this kind of weekend. well, you do often get this, sort of, pause moment, don't you? when everyone has gone away from westminster. yes, i imagine the whatsapp groups are still pinging and people will be thinking about these things. so, the former minister stephen hammond has been talking to the bbc today, and he's been saying he will be thinking carefully about what he does next over the weekend. he has suggested some of his colleagues would be wrestling with their consciences. so, there is that, sort of, thinking time before everyone is back in the, sort of, white heat of westminster again next week and then we will see whether that trickle is turning into more of a momentum, or if, actually, they are waiting to see if the prime minister can do that they set liam fox was talking about, that he can make the changes

he's promised and see if they will keep him in post. —— that reset. additional us troops have arrived in poland as part of a new deployment to bolster nato forces as tensions with russia remain high. the soldiers from the 82 airborne division of the us army landed in the south—east of the country not farfrom the ukrainian border. the biden administration announced this week it will send 3,000 additional american soldiers to eastern europe. russia has massed more than 100,000 troops on its border with ukraine, but the kremlin denies it's planning to invade. adam easton has the latest. well, what we've seen so far is the first elements — actually, mostly equipment — for this deployment has arrived in poland, and that's come from germany, from us bases in germany. the 82nd airborne division, which you mentioned, is based in north carolina, and 1,700 troops from that division

will be arriving in poland over the coming hours and days. and this deployment, while that number, 1,700, is not particularly large if you compare it to the 100,000 russian troops that have massed on the borders with ukraine, it is a significant political gesture to send this many troops to poland, because it actually increases the number of american troops in poland by more than one—third, and if you compare that to 2014 when russia annexed the crimea, president obama then was thinking of sending just 100 soldiers to poland. so, this is 1,700, significantly more, so a significant gesture that's been welcomed extremely by polish leaders. the polish prime minister mateusz morawiecki saying that this is an important signal of nato's unity

against the threat of russian aggression. a greater manchester police officer has been charged with sexual assault. pcjames holt, who's 32, has been placed on restricted duties. he's due to appear in court next month. the controversy over china's winter olympics has intensified over beijing's decision to get a uighur athlete from xinjiang to light the olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony. china has been accused of using the cross—country skier dinigeer yilamujiang as a propaganda tool, to undermine criticism of its policies in xinjiang. beijing is alleged to have carried out human rights abuses against the region's ethnic uyghurs. an international olympic committee spokesman has also commented. this is an athlete who is competing here _ this is an athlete who is competing here she's—

this is an athlete who is competing here. she's competing as of this morning — here. she's competing as of this morning. she has every right, wherever— morning. she has every right, wherever she comes from, to compete and she _ wherever she comes from, to compete and she has— wherever she comes from, to compete and she has every right to take part in the _ and she has every right to take part in the opening ceremony. i think it was a _ in the opening ceremony. i think it was a lovely— in the opening ceremony. i think it was a lovely concept.— in the opening ceremony. i think it was a lovely concept. back at the west's criticism. we've got the best seaside resort in wales, haven't we? what it's doing and changing. it's been accused of egregious human rights offences and many people putting in camps. whole cities introduced against the uighur minority. without explicitly saying so, this is trying to hit him back and say, look, we're a nation of 56 ethnic groups, uighurs among them,

and this athlete taking part in the ceremony lighting the cauldron, really symbolic act. it is their way of really showing the world that uighurs are part of china and treated well. also, it's got to be seenin treated well. also, it's got to be seen in terms of a promotion by the chinese government because if you look on twitter, chinese diplomats are promoting this and i have also been sharing videos of this athlete's family back home and —— in xinjiang. quoted the family being really proud of the fact she's part of the chinese nation and hoping she does well in the olympics. haifa does well in the olympics. how well-known _ does well in the olympics. how well- known is _ does well in the olympics. how well-known is she _ does well in the olympics. how well-known is she in _ does well in the olympics. how well—known is she in china? i think herfather well—known is she in china? i think her father was well—known is she in china? i think herfather was a national well—known is she in china? i think her father was a national cross country ski champion as well. {iii country ski champion as well. of course, there are many famous athletes in china, she's just one of them. i think the main point

is that she was the person chosen to light the olympic cauldron. a moment when they're the a list —— having a uighur athlete do that is china saying to the world, "we really want to show you that uighurs are treated well in china." all the criticism that they faced count for nothing. michael bristow. this week the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl — but critics claim lessons aren't being learnt from previous efforts — saying the focus should be on people rather than "shiny new buildings". our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we've got the best seaside resort in wales, haven't we? we've got a lovely community living here in rhyl.

there's this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people's eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving. florist carol parr is fully aware of the town's reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there's a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago, she chose rhyl high street, an act of faith. over the last, say, two or three years, i have seen a change in rhyl. i think it's an upcoming town again. i'm very optimistic about rhyl, yeah. seagulls cry. that optimism can be hard to see at times, but plans are afoot to regenerate the high street to use the government's levelling—up fund to revitalize the town centre. there have been some decisions in the past locally that perhaps haven't been the best ones in terms of aiming for a very down—market approach. the local mp says a £10 million bid to update rhyl�*s shopping precinct

won't simply make the town look better. just building something, bricks and mortar is not the answer. it needs to be a cleverly thought—through scheme that's going to boost economic activity. and do you think that's going to happen here? well, that's definitely the... that's definitely the plan. levelling up should mean lower crime, better health outcomes and more prospects. all are needed in rhyl, as is much more. there's nowhere here to buy anything any more, really, is there? there's charity shops and chip shops, and that's it. i'm not quite sure how to put this. it's appalling. that's the only word i can use. shops closing, shutting arcades — rhyljust isn't what it used to be. we don't want any i more negative press. rhyl is growing. rhyl is going to boom. we're going to have... you wait till all of. these stores go up. over the years, tens of millions of pounds have been invested in rhyl, but it remains one of the poorest

towns in the united kingdom. the lesson from previous regeneration projects across the country is that if you don't invest in the people, you won't see meaningful and lasting change. you need to inspire people to believe in their own potential. markjones runs one of seven food banks in rhyl. a christian pastor, too, he says the levelling—up efforts need to feed the soul as well as the body. those plans need to show the people of rhyl that there is a hope and a future for them, that the plans actually give them an opportunity for better jobs, for example. it's ok to invest, but you've also got to inspire. for decades, it was known as "sunny rhyl" — a place where memories were made. but the town needs a future, not a past. reawakened, as much as regenerated. michael buchanan, bbc news, rhyl. donald trump's vice president,

mike pence, says he had no power to overturned the result of the 2020 us presidential election, and that mr trump was wrong to think he could have done so. the former president, who has falsely claimed the election was stolen from him, recently insisted again that mr pence could have blocked certification of the results. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. mike pence was renowned for his almost filial sense of loyalty to donald trump, never publicly disagreeing with him and staunchly defending even the former president's most controversial actions. but there was one area in which the two men have not seen eye to eye. donald trump maintains the former vice president could have used his authority to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election as they were being presented to congress. and following renewed assertions to that effect from mr trump in recent days, mike pence has now

decided to speak out. president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. but president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. the former vice president was one of a number of lawmakers who were rushed to safety after a mob of donald trump supporters smashed their way into the us capitol as the election results were being certified on january the 6th last year. some in the crowd called for mike pence to be hanged. senior republicans continue to regard the insurrection as a peaceful rally. and shortly before mike pence spoke, the party's governing body voted to censure two lawmakers who agreed to serve on a congressional committee looking into the events of that fateful day. liz cheney, the daughter of another former us vice president,

dick cheney, and adam kinsinger, both voted along with eight other republican lawmakers to impeach donald trump for inciting the insurrection. in a tweet, liz cheney said afterward she didn't recognise those in her own party, who she said had "abandoned the constitution in order to embrace donald trump." "history will be their judge," she wrote. all this comes as mike pence appears to be laying the groundwork for a possible presidential run of his own in 202a. that could put him in direct competition with his former boss, who has also been teasing a comeback. much of the republican party remains loyal to donald trump and a former republican suggested that if he were to be re—elected, president suggested that if he were to be re—elected, he would consider pardoning those who carried out the attack on the us capitol. david willis, bbc news, los angeles.

back to morocco. reuters reports that a rescue team has reached a five—year—old boy who fell more than 30 metres down the well. the comedianjimmy carr is facing criticism for a joke he made about europe's traveller communities being murdered during the holocaust. he made the joke in a comedy special released on netflix. travellers groups, mps and the �*holocaust memorial day trust�* are among those to express their disgust. david banks is a medial law expert and told us why despite the launch of the petition for the content to be removed from netflix, it might be hard to achieve. netflix is european base, a us company, but based in the netherlands. so they are under the remiss of ofcom, the regulator of the uk that regulates bbc. that

makes this issue complicated. the ofcom code does include reference to the european convention on human rights, but also, it accepts that in certain circumstances, it is going to impose limits on that free speech. that's in some instances, this might be one of them, ofcom might deem the content to be offensive, and the broadcaster will censor it. if they were regulated here the uk. that remains to be seen. in previous instances, and netflix have been robust and leaving the content off, particularly of comedians. there have been previous rows about content of comedians, but netflix haven't been particularly quick to respond to social media

storms about the content. they may well view that the storm creates greater audiences.— the queen has hosted a reception, ahead of a series of events, to mark her platinum jubilee, celebrating the first time a british monarch, has ruled for 70 years. today's gathering was held at her sandringham estate in norfolk, where herfather, king george the vi, died in 1952, triggering her accession to the throne. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. the pace of her life is slower, now. her doctors want her to take things carefully. but on this weekend of private memories of her beloved father and her late husband, the queen was meeting local people in the ballroom at sandringham, and the conversation flowed. probably be quite different because nowadays, won't we do things quite differently? she moves slowly and carefully now, steadied by a stick, but there were no hesitations on the exchanges with the guests. i was told it had to be upside—down for the press. they can see it.

laughter. i don't mind! i don't matter. well, i think i can probably read it upside down, too. i think you probably can. there was a jubilee cake, the first of many for the queen to cut, and a jubilee scroll congratulating her on the 70 years of her reign. 70 years. extraordinary, isn't it? it's incredible, isn't it? the queen seems quite fit into well today, yes. she has actually had that little sparkle in her eye and, you know, her sense of humour was there, so, yeah, i'd say she was fine. little frail, but terrific sense of humour she's got, which, you know, really stands out. and very bright, and her memory must be fantastic! in the months ahead, the intensity of thisjubilee will be as great — or, one imagines, even greater — than previous ones. it is, after all, marking 70 years of the queens reign. but the scope of her own involvement is inevitably, perhaps, likely to be rather less than it has been in the past.

as she left a spend accession day privately, the band played congratulations, a musical tribute to a monarch who's reigned longer than any other. nicholas witchell, bbc news, sandringham. now time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. snow is likely to become a hazard across scotland through this evening and overnight, all driven by this cold front. we've seen rain pushed its way southwards, milder air ahead of it, but behind a colder air and those snow showers continuing to crawl into scotland. it's going to mean blizzards potential for ice, and we have this band popping up through parts of the midlands and heavier rain here. milderfor many, but temperatures at or below freezing. that ice