this is bbc news. the headlines: the police investigation into parties at downing street is over — borisjohnson will not be receiving any more fines for breaking covid regulations. the prime minister has apologised for everything that happened in at number 10. there were feelings, he has acknowledged that. he has played the fixed penalty notice he himself received some time ago. right now the police have concluded their investigations. of course after an investigation that shows 120 plus breaches of the law in _ that shows 120 plus breaches of the law in downing street, of course he should _ law in downing street, of course he should resign. he is responsible for the culture — an exclusive bbc investigation has found that an m15 agent used his intelligence status to terrorise and abuse a woman. the man has had his identity protected by the state. a musician who was obsessed with serial killers is jailed

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the metropolitan police have completed their investigation into breaches of covid regulations at downing street and whitehall. the force says a total of 126 fixed penalty notices have been issued, 28 people have received between two and five fines. downing street says that the prime minister has been told there will be no more action against him, after he was fined last month for an event on his 56th birthday injune 2020. the conclusion of the police investigation opens the way for the publication of senior civil servant sue gray's report into government lockdown breaches, which could be published as early as next week. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is awaiting the outcome

of an investigation by durham police into whether he breached covid rules. he has promised to step down if fined. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. behind the closed doors of downing street, and in the office buildings of whitehall, the rules were being broken. while the rest of the country couldn't meet friends and family, people here gathered, even in the number ten garden, told to bring their own bottle. now the police investigation into so—called partygate is finished. in total, 126 fines were issued for events on eight dates. the prime minister has already had one, as has his wife. they are not facing any further action. but what is now clear is the extent to which the rules were broken. there has been a very thorough investigation, and rightly so, because, of course, those of us who set rules get

additional scrutiny. that's always understood. some of these parties should not have happened, should not have happened, the prime minister acknowledged that, apologised for that. he paid a fixed penalty for the one about he was at and others will pay theirs as well. there were failings and we acknowledge that. we acknowledge the anger some people will feel. a team of 12 detectives worked through more than 300 documents and over 500 photos during an investigation that cost almost £500,000 and went to the heart of government. it was very important to carry out the investigation and extremely important to do do it a painstaking and thorough way. we have carried out an impartial investigation. i think the results show that there was an issue there to be investigated. what matters, of course, is whether there is any further fallout here. there is no doubt this whole saga has been damaging for borisjohnson.

such was the anger among conservative mps at one point his ploitical future was in question. that has now calmed, and the fact the prime minister isn't getting another fine will help him, but the full report by the senior civil servant, sue gray, is still to come, and that will shed a light on the culture and leadership in downing street. the labour leader, on a visit to leeds today, is keen to keep the pressure up, but despite saying he didn't break the rules, he's still facing an ongoing police investigation into his own actions. my view of the prime minister hasn't changed. after an investigation that shows 120 plus breaches of the law in downing street, of course he should resign. he is responsible for the culture. he also needs to focus on the cost of living crisis, because people are really struggling with their bills. inflation is up, prices are up, wages are down, and the government is imposing tax on them at the same time.

what happened in these rooms in breach of lockdown rules has cut in breach of lockdown rules has cast a long political shadow. number ten might hope they can put it behind them. the real question might be — can the public? alex forsyth, abc news, westminster. a little earlier, the conservative mp and former party leader, sir iain duncan smith, said it was time to move on and focus on other issues. there is no question that this has been damaging. it was wrong, he has apologised a lot for it, so he should. because they lost control of what was happening in downing street. you will see from all these finds that there were an awful lot of civil servants and politicians caught up in all of this. this is because they were working together, cheap buy cheap, gel bile djalo, and they blurred the line very distinctly about what was work and

what was not work. they shouldn't have done it and a large number of them have been fined. it is damaging because people trust you to follow the rules, and they didn't. but having it is also important to recognise that moving forward from this we have got some really big decisions to make that will really affect lives on a very wide scale. the cost of living, people are literally facing stark choices. we need to intervene now along the lines i said, with lower taxes and intervention. that's the bigger issue. i hope the public recognises that. that position of breaking the rules are something the prime minister, the government and its civil servants have taken on board, and will never do that again. well, we can speak now to paul waugh, who's chief political commentator for the i newspaper, as well as a long—term presenter of bbc radio 4's the week in westminster.

iain duncan smith says we should move on. do you think borisjohnson can? i move on. do you think boris johnson can? ~' , ., , can? i think in the short-term, this will be good _ can? i think in the short-term, this will be good news _ can? i think in the short-term, this will be good news that _ can? i think in the short-term, this will be good news that he - can? i think in the short-term, this will be good news that he has - will be good news that he has personally not received any finds. that will help him build the sense that he can move on, even if sue gray now focuses on the detail of what went on behind that famous black door, she may well be exposing staff rather than the prime minister to further scrutiny. in other words, it will look bad, but maybe not necessarily for him. i think that's the hope of number 10. certainly, a lot of the public have made up their mind already. they may well think the trust has already gone in boris johnson. that is a trustee can only recover if he does, quote, get on with thejob. for recover if he does, quote, get on with the job. for most people, that means sorting out the emergency hitting their finances right now.

interesting that you say that most people have made up their minds. the local elections a couple of weeks ago were seen as a test of what people thought. are there further public opinion tests we can expect? the most obvious comes next month, a potential double whammy. 0ne by—election in devin and wakefield. in theory, they are depicted as the blue wall, or red wall, you could argue about that. the point is, they are two very different seats. if he was to lose both doses, that's has been a tory mp minds might be focused. they might think, are we really going to hold onto our seasonal and a future general election? that is what really focused tory mps' mind. it may well help tory mps bridge the gap between

themselves and the public. the public really didn't like partygate. although they have moved on to cost of living. if that gap between tory mps and public opinion continues by them sticking by the prime minister, then i think things could get quite tricky. then i think things could get quite tric . ~ . . then i think things could get quite tric .~ . ., ., ~, tricky. what have conservative mps been saying — tricky. what have conservative mps been saying to _ tricky. what have conservative mps been saying to you _ tricky. what have conservative mps been saying to you since _ tricky. what have conservative mps been saying to you since we - tricky. what have conservative mps been saying to you since we have . tricky. what have conservative mps l been saying to you since we have had this news that the met has concluded its investigation? {line this news that the met has concluded its investigation?— its investigation? one of them said what doesn't _ its investigation? one of them said what doesn't kill— its investigation? one of them said what doesn't kill him _ its investigation? one of them said what doesn't kill him makes - its investigation? one of them said what doesn't kill him makes him i what doesn't kill him makes him stronger. that is borisjohnson's opinion, whether it is about his brush with covid or with partygate. it is a feeling that if he can survive this, he can survive anything. i think that is misguided because the real focus is the cost of living, the soaring inflation right now. if the prime minister can't persuade the public it is really committed to doing something about that and he is just going to put it off, then that sense of urgency about his own position is

what mack deterred him further. goad what mack deterred him further. good to net our what mack deterred him further. good to get your thoughts. we can go now to our political correspondent at westminster, david wallace lockhart. 126 correspondent at westminster, david wallace lockhart.— wallace lockhart. 126 finds, we now know that is — wallace lockhart. 126 finds, we now know that is the _ wallace lockhart. 126 finds, we now know that is the total _ wallace lockhart. 126 finds, we now know that is the total of _ wallace lockhart. 126 finds, we now know that is the total of the - wallace lockhart. 126 finds, we now know that is the total of the met - know that is the total of the met police _ know that is the total of the met police investigation. only one of those _ police investigation. only one of those funds personally for the prime ministen _ those funds personally for the prime minister. there may well be a sigh of reiief— minister. there may well be a sigh of relief in — minister. there may well be a sigh of relief in downing street that's all it came to in the end. but there are plenty— all it came to in the end. but there are plenty that say that one fine is one find _ are plenty that say that one fine is one find too many. i'm joined now by conservative — one find too many. i'm joined now by conservative mp for north—west cambridgeshire.126 conservative mp for north—west cambridgeshire. 126 finds in toto for downing street and other government buildings. that's not a great _ government buildings. that's not a great took— government buildings. that's not a great look for the prime minister, is it? _ great look for the prime minister, is it? , ., , , great look for the prime minister, is it? , . , , ., is it? this was very third and impartial— is it? this was very third and impartial investigation - is it? this was very third and impartial investigation over. is it? this was very third and - impartial investigation over several weeks, employing several police

officers working full—time. they have come to their conclusion that the prime minister will not be fined any further. the prime minister, in the meantime, has carried on taking important decisions regarding domestic and international issues. i think we now need to recognise that this is a subject which has monopolise a huge amount of time in terms of tv, radio, print media, social media, etc. but we really need to draw a line under this and move on. my constituents are writing to me about day—to—day issues. they are concerned about the rising energy prices, the rising prices of food. that's where we need to address our attention. it comes to a point where you have the metropolitan police giving an independent, impartial investigation, they have come to their conclusion, they have drawn a line on this, and i think we need to do the same. and make sure that the government addresses the issues of the day which affects all

constituents.— the day which affects all constituents. �* ' ~ constituents. after finding 126 instances where _ constituents. after finding 126 instances where the _ constituents. after finding 126 instances where the law - constituents. after finding 126 instances where the law was l constituents. after finding 126 - instances where the law was broken, if this— instances where the law was broken, if this was— instances where the law was broken, if this was a — instances where the law was broken, if this was a business or another organisation, surely we would site that has— organisation, surely we would site that has to — organisation, surely we would site that has to be a change in leadership of the rules being reached _ leadership of the rules being reached that many times? the prime minister paid — reached that many times? the prime minister paid the _ reached that many times? the prime minister paid the fine _ reached that many times? the prime minister paid the fine he _ reached that many times? the prime minister paid the fine he was - reached that many times? the prime minister paid the fine he was asked l minister paid the fine he was asked to pay. he has also apologised several times was up he has recognise there is one rule for everyone, those in downing street and the rest of the country. sue gray came up with a compressor package of reforms to be made, the prime minister has put those recommendations in place. we move on. we need to recognise that downing street is notjust us two up two down house. the whole of downing street behind those walls employs some 300 people. it is an office block. ~ ., ., . ., ., block. what other office got that

amount of fines? _ block. what other office got that amount of fines? yell— block. what other office got that amount of fines? yell at - block. what other office got that amount of fines? yell at the - block. what other office got that amount of fines? yell at the fact block. what other office got that i amount of fines? yell at the fact is the primary— amount of fines? yell at the fact is the primary certainly have a flight at the _ the primary certainly have a flight at the top — the primary certainly have a flight at the top of it, but he does not necessarily— at the top of it, but he does not necessarily know what's happening in other parts— necessarily know what's happening in other parts of the building. the im ortant other parts of the building. tie: important thing to other parts of the building. ti9: important thing to note other parts of the building. ti9 important thing to note is that the metropolitan police have interviewed many people, it has looked at a lot of evidence. they have drawn their conclusions. i don't think we should be second—guessing what police officers have been spending the times doing for several months now. i think we need to recognise that the man in the street has important issues to be addressed in terms of their day—to—day living, and that is where i want the prime minister and his government to be addressing their energies. my constituents are writing to me about other issues. this is an issue that i very much hope we can address the other issues affecting our constituents. brute hope we can address the other issues affecting our constituents.— affecting our constituents. we are still waiting _ affecting our constituents. we are still waiting for _ affecting our constituents. we are still waiting for sue _ affecting our constituents. we are still waiting for sue gray's - affecting our constituents. we are still waiting for sue gray's report. still waiting for sue gray's report into the — still waiting for sue gray's report into the culture of downing street was up _ into the culture of downing street was up we — into the culture of downing street was up we are still waiting for a privileges —

was up we are still waiting for a privileges cross parliamentary committee about whether the prime minister— committee about whether the prime minister misled the house of commons in some _ minister misled the house of commons in some of— minister misled the house of commons in some of his comments around these parties _ in some of his comments around these parties the _ in some of his comments around these parties. the truth is we can't move on from _ parties. the truth is we can't move on from this— parties. the truth is we can't move on from this yet because there are still a _ on from this yet because there are still a lot— on from this yet because there are still a lot of— on from this yet because there are still a lot of getting to the bottom of things— still a lot of getting to the bottom of things to be done.— of things to be done. there are a lot of inquiries _ of things to be done. there are a lot of inquiries to _ of things to be done. there are a lot of inquiries to be _ of things to be done. there are a lot of inquiries to be done, - of things to be done. there are a lot of inquiries to be done, fine, | lot of inquiries to be done, fine, let them carry on. in the meantime, my constituents are trying to decide what goes on the table tomorrow for their meal. they are trying to manage their bills. you can't ignore that. i would suggest... people are writing to me and at the hundreds and thousands, and they are not writing to me about gatherings in downing street. they want to know about the fact that the government is making a £22 billion support package available to help people in this very difficult time. this is an incredibly difficult time, both on

an international and domestic basis. really, it's time people focus on addressing those issues rather than simply talking about the same issue over and over again. when those inquiries produce their results, let's have a conversation then. in the meantime, let's talk about what michael is to be doing.— michael is to be doing. thank you our michael is to be doing. thank you your time- _ michael is to be doing. thank you your time- the — michael is to be doing. thank you your time. the cost _ michael is to be doing. thank you your time. the cost of _ michael is to be doing. thank you your time. the cost of living - your time. the cost of living mentioned there to stop that no doubt _ mentioned there to stop that no doubt is — mentioned there to stop that no doubt is going to dominate politically going forward. we do still await that sue gray report, that parliamentary inquiry into whether— that parliamentary inquiry into whether or not the prime minister misled _ whether or not the prime minister misled the — whether or not the prime minister misled the house of commons. partygate investigation may be finished, but i think not an issue that is— finished, but i think not an issue that is completely done for the prime — that is completely done for the prime minister yet. an exclusive bbc investigation has found that a m15 agent used his

agent status to abuse and terrorise agent status to abuse and terrorise a woman. the man has had his identity protected by the state. a judge ruled we can reveal the details of the case in which the agent used his position to coerce a former partner who he threatened to kill and attack with a machete. he also threatened to kill and sexually abused young girls. the government has argued revealing his identity would threaten national security and endanger his life. our correspondent has this investigation. a warning that his report contains some graphic content. wielding a machete, this is an agent of the british state. :, , , :, state. ultimately, this position within the security _ state. ultimately, this position within the security services - state. ultimately, this position | within the security services was used to terrorise me. abs, within the security services was used to terrorise me.— within the security services was used to terrorise me. a violent m15 a . ent was used to terrorise me. a violent m15 agent was able _ used to terrorise me. a violent m15 agent was able to _ used to terrorise me. a violent m15 agent was able to exploit _ used to terrorise me. a violent m15 agent was able to exploit his - agent was able to exploit his position despite a long history of abuse. he position despite a long history of abuse. :, , :, , :, abuse. he said he would be able to kill me and — abuse. he said he would be able to kill me and my _ abuse. he said he would be able to kill me and my daughter _ abuse. he said he would be able to kill me and my daughter too. - abuse. he said he would be able to kill me and my daughter too. but l abuse. he said he would be able to l kill me and my daughter too. but the

abuser can't — kill me and my daughter too. but the abuser can't be _ kill me and my daughter too. but the abuser can't be identified. _ kill me and my daughter too. but the abuser can't be identified. this - kill me and my daughter too. but the abuser can't be identified. this is - abuser can't be identified. this is the story at the government tried to stop. beth, not her real name, live with him in the uk, but the relationship became ever more abusive. ,:, relationship became ever more abusive. :, :, abusive. there were so psychological terror to me — abusive. there were so psychological terror to me that _ abusive. there were so psychological terror to me that ultimately - terror to me that ultimately culminated in me having breakdown. he told hirsch he was informing on a network of right—wing extremists. but the role was abuse. then network of right-wing extremists. but the role was abuse.— network of right-wing extremists. but the role was abuse. then in high laces but the role was abuse. then in high places would — but the role was abuse. then in high places would always _ but the role was abuse. then in high places would always have _ but the role was abuse. then in high places would always have his - but the role was abuse. then in high places would always have his back. places would always have his back would intervene and kill me if i speak out. that's what i believed and that is what he said. the security service _ and that is what he said. the security service runs - and that is what he said. the security service runs agents and terrorist networks, informants who secretly work with m15 officers, their handlers. beth says that this agenfs their handlers. beth says that this agent's extremist mindset was not an act. he also described his paedophile fantasies and named young girls he wanted to sexually abuse.

his mistreatment of beth included this attack. i his mistreatment of beth included this attack. :, �* , this attack. i thought i'd better film this, mostly _ this attack. i thought i'd better film this, mostly because - this attack. i thought i'd better film this, mostly because ice i this attack. i thought i'd better i film this, mostly because ice out afraid. he film this, mostly because ice out afraid. :, :, ,, afraid. he threatened to kill her and returned _ afraid. he threatened to kill her and returned with _ afraid. he threatened to kill her and returned with a _ afraid. he threatened to kill her and returned with a machete. i afraid. he threatened to kill her. and returned with a machete. the element at the point i say i'm going to call the police, he has punched me in the face and i have fallen. you can hear me screaming and she tries to stab me repeatedly. weeks later, he referenced the incident, unaware he was being filmed, telling her she might get killed. asked if her she might get killed. asked if he would do it, he said... it her she might get killed. asked if he would do it, he said...- he would do it, he said... it was alwa s he would do it, he said... it was always me- _ he would do it, he said... it was always me. this _ he would do it, he said... it was always me. this murderous - he would do it, he said... it wasl always me. this murderous thing he would do it, he said... it was . always me. this murderous thing is constantly— always me. this murderous thing is constantly in me. i always imagine how i will— constantly in me. i always imagine how i will bludgeon someone to death — how i will bludgeon someone to death. :, :, :, death. following the attack, police went to their _ death. following the attack, police went to their home. _ death. following the attack, police went to their home. the _ death. following the attack, police went to their home. the agent - death. following the attack, policej went to their home. the agent was arrested and charged with assaulting her, but the investigation was limited and that the case was dropped. beth said he came back and contain to mistreat her. within

weeks, the agent vanished and it she was hospitalised due to a mental breakdown. but extremist material found inside the house had already generated a police counterterror investigation. some of beth's positions were also seized by detectives from their home, but returned to a relative months later in an alarming visit by an unidentified stranger. i've established the mystery man didn't work for the police. he was, in fact, an m15 officer. the counter terrorism investigation ended with mis terrorism investigation ended with m15 being passed the evidence on their man. it was a highly unusual move by m15, suggesting interference in a criminal inquiry. counterterror police say no criminality was identified during their inquiries, but have apologised for the fact that beth's positions were not passed directly to her. but how far

back does his mistreatment of women go and where is he now? we have traced him to another country. after leaving the uk, while still under counterterror investigation, he began working for a foreign intelligence agency. before beth, he met ruth, not her real name, abroad. violence, always violence. their relationship _ violence, always violence. their relationship was _ violence, always violence. their relationship was horrifying. - violence, always violence. their relationship was horrifying. he i relationship was horrifying. he started to tell me things that no human— started to tell me things that no human being would be able to get over, _ human being would be able to get over. such — human being would be able to get over, such as swimming in a river of blood, _ over, such as swimming in a river of blood. eating — over, such as swimming in a river of blood, eating children's flesh. i had to— blood, eating children's flesh. i had to listen to this every day. he said he _ had to listen to this every day. he said he would be able to kill me and my daughter too. said he would be able to kill me and my daughter too-— my daughter too. fearing for her life, she my daughter too. fearing for her life. she was _ my daughter too. fearing for her life, she was taken _ my daughter too. fearing for her life, she was taken to _ my daughter too. fearing for her life, she was taken to a - my daughter too. fearing for her life, she was taken to a refuge. l my daughter too. fearing for her life, she was taken to a refuge. i was psychologically broken, really broken _ was psychologically broken, really broken. the women's shelter ordered me an _ broken. the women's shelter ordered me an ambulance to take me to the hospitat _ me an ambulance to take me to the hospital. we me an ambulance to take me to the hosital. ~ :, , , me an ambulance to take me to the hosital. ~ :, ,, , :, , hospital. we found he spent years in britain using — hospital. we found he spent years in britain using her— hospital. we found he spent years in britain using her surname _ hospital. we found he spent years in britain using her surname to - hospital. we found he spent years in britain using her surname to hide .

britain using her surname to hide his real identity while working for mis. i his real identity while working for m15. 4' his real identity while working for m15. ~ , :, :, :, his real identity while working for m15. :, :, :, �* m15. i think is not fair and i'm an: . m15. i think is not fair and i'm angry- i'm — m15. i think is not fair and i'm angry- i'm very _ m15. i think is not fair and i'm angry. i'm very hurt, - mis. i think is not fair and i'm angry. i'm very hurt, i - m15. i think is not fair and i'm angry. i'm very hurt, i feel. angry. i'm very hurt, i feel cheated _ angry. i'm very hurt, i feel cheated. you can't have trust. there is no _ cheated. you can't have trust. there is nojustice — cheated. you can't have trust. there is nojustice. the cheated. you can't have trust. there is no justice-— is no 'ustice. the agent threatened to is no justice. the agent threatened to kill and sexually _ is no justice. the agent threatened to kill and sexually abuse - is no justice. the agent threatened to kill and sexually abuse young i to kill and sexually abuse young girls knowing to both ruth and beth. both women remain traumatised. the comet said it will not comment on security or intelligence, but the court order is aimed at protecting national security and avoiding a real and immediate risk to life, safety and privacy. the government took us to the high court, first trying to stop the story of it being broadcast, and then seeking to dramatically limit what we can report. they failed. but we have been legally prevented from naming the agent because of a risk to him, despite the threat he poses. violence against women and the

state's response to it is one of the issues of our time. yet the british government has thrown its full weight behind stopping women everywhere being warned about this dangerous abuser. daniel, whose report you watched there, itjoins me now. some of the issues raised by your report, tell us more about why the government have sought to protect the amount by hiding his identity? in protect the amount by hiding his identi ? : :, , protect the amount by hiding his identi ? ::, , :, identity? in court, they are good if we named him _ identity? in court, they are good if we named him there _ identity? in court, they are good if we named him there would - identity? in court, they are good if we named him there would be - identity? in court, they are good if we named him there would be an. we named him there would be an unacceptable risk to him from extremis he may have informed on. they also argue they would be damage to national security more widely because other agents might be put off doing that kind of work with people like me investigated them. obviously, we argued this was an exceptional case. he had abused his position. he actively coerced a woman with his position and it was

important to name him because he is a danger to women and children. fin a danger to women and children. on theissue a danger to women and children. on the issue of hiding his identity, is he still a danger to women? brute the issue of hiding his identity, is he still a danger to women? we said there would — he still a danger to women? we said there would be _ he still a danger to women? we said there would be a _ he still a danger to women? we said there would be a protective - he still a danger to women? we said there would be a protective effect i there would be a protective effect by naming him, that women everywhere, critically women who may come into contact with him, may already be in contact with him, would be protected by it knowing what he is like. they were meant that we have interviewed, when they met him, he wasn't as he became. he pretended to be nice, one women described him to be quite charming, and he sort of revealed his true self later on. we have evidence he was seeking women online using, in one case, and identity he goes for his mis one case, and identity he goes for his m15 work on a dating profile looking for women. he was boasting about sexually exploiting women. so we thought he is an ongoing danger, he has been like this for years. it is not something he did for a little

bit, it is a long—term thing. the evidence would suggest he is an ongoing danger. the evidence would suggest he is an ongoing danger-— evidence would suggest he is an ongoing danger. the bbc went to court in order— ongoing danger. the bbc went to court in order to _ ongoing danger. the bbc went to court in order to be _ ongoing danger. the bbc went to court in order to be able - ongoing danger. the bbc went to court in order to be able to i ongoing danger. the bbc went to | court in order to be able to report this case. the court case change anything? tt this case. the court case change an hinu ? , :, this case. the court case change an hina? , :, :, this case. the court case change an hinu? , :, :, anything? it is hard to say. hopefully. _ anything? it is hard to say. hopefully, the _ anything? it is hard to say. hopefully, the story i anything? it is hard to say. hopefully, the story might| anything? it is hard to say. i hopefully, the story might make people think about these things more. everyone will remember the murder of sarah everard last year by a serving police officer who used his position to coerce sarah everard to kidnap her. that has generated a lot of public debate about violence against women, including by police officers and the state's response to that kind of violence will stop may be what this report will do is generate a bit of public debate about similar issues, but in relation to more secret parts of the state, unlike m15 and other intelligence agencies. daniel, thank ou for all intelligence agencies. daniel, thank you for all of— intelligence agencies. daniel, thank

you for all of that. _ intelligence agencies. daniel, thank you for all of that. president - intelligence agencies. daniel, thank you for all of that. president biden l you for all of that. president biden says he is proud to support the admission of sweden and finland to the nato defence alliance will stop he was speaking at the white house following a meeting with leaders of both nordic countries. tt is following a meeting with leaders of both nordic countries.— both nordic countries. it is an honour to _ both nordic countries. it is an honour to have _ both nordic countries. it is an honour to have you _ both nordic countries. it is an honour to have you but i both nordic countries. it is an honour to have you but if i both nordic countries. it is an i honour to have you but if you're at the white house as sweden and finland on the process ofjoining nato. it was out of the wreckage of world war ii that nato was formed. in the seven decades that followed, nato has proved itself an indispensable alliance, committed to a europe, whole, three and at peace. but in recent years, doubts began to arise. was nato still relevant? was it still effective? is it still neededin it still effective? is it still needed in the 21st century world? today, there is no question — nato is relevant, it is effective, and it is relevant, it is effective, and it is more needed now than ever. fiur

is more needed now than ever. our north america corresponding is in washington for us. significant that president biden met these two leaders and then spoke publicly about it. it is clearly a big coup, as far as he is concerned. tt is about it. it is clearly a big coup, as far as he is concerned.- as far as he is concerned. it is a really big _ as far as he is concerned. it is a really big deal. _ as far as he is concerned. it is a really big deal. if— as far as he is concerned. it is a really big deal. if you _ as far as he is concerned. it is a really big deal. if you look i as far as he is concerned. it is a really big deal. if you look at i as far as he is concerned. it is a | really big deal. if you look at the optics of it there, you have got president biden standing shoulder to shoulder with the leaders of both countries who were here in washington, dc, in the white house, in the rose garden. this is america, i guess, really saying, "we are behind these countries." a real show of strength from the us. vice president kamala harris was also at that event. biden's administration have described finland and sweden joining as a watershed moment in european security. he said he was

proud to back their applications. he also said in the press conference that no nation should see their desire tojoin nato that no nation should see their desire to join nato as a threat, which is clearly a targeted comment to president putin. but it is worth remembering that finland and sweden are already very close to nato, they have everything that you need to join nato, effectively. they have a functioning democracy, they have well funded armies, they also contribute to the aligns's military operations. the next step now is to see whether all 30 member countries of nato approved their bids. brute see whether all 30 member countries of nato approved their bids.— of nato approved their bids. we are exectin: of nato approved their bids. we are expecting this _ of nato approved their bids. we are expecting this process _ of nato approved their bids. we are expecting this process to _ of nato approved their bids. we are expecting this process to happen i expecting this process to happen quite quickly? th expecting this process to happen quite quickly?— quite quickly? in terms of the mothership — quite quickly? in terms of the mothership application, i quite quickly? in terms of the mothership application, nato| quite quickly? in terms of the i mothership application, nato saying it should take a few weeks. in terms of actuallyjoining nato, it is hard to say how long it will take. all countries to back their membership, apart from turkey, at this stage.

turkey has accused finland of supporting kurdish militants. finland's leader has said that they take terrorism very seriously, but they also do you understand turkey�*s security concerns as well. president biden has a that and basically said that he thinks the us will be able tojoin the other that he thinks the us will be able to join the other countries in backing finland and sweden. whether in just a moment. whether injust a moment. some whether in just a moment. some sad news to bring you been reported by the athens news agency. vangelis, the athens news agency. vangelis, the composer of the chariots of fire score, has died at age 79. we will bring you more on that shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather.

after a ll after all the sums we had last night across south—eastern parts of the uk, it will be a much quieter night tonight was do day today with some sunshine, that's how we ended the day. overnight we will start to see cloud increasing from the south across england and wales. maybe a few spots of rain by the end of the night. temperatures tonight will typically down to 8—10 , perhaps a bit warmer in the south—east. here we will see it turning work for a while in the morning. heavy rain developing in the morning for south—east england and into east anglia. wet weather it moves through, it will be followed by some sunshine, with a few sharp showers. a band of wet weather will leave northern ireland, head into western scotland and arriving to the north of england. temperatures will be a little bit lower. into the beacon, a lot of dry weather away from the foreign office of the uk, some spells of sunshine at times.

temperatures lifting again in the south—east of england. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the police investigation into parties that downing street is over. borisjohnson will not be receiving any more fines for breaking covid—19 regulations. an exclusive bbc investigation found that an m15 agent used his intelligence status to terrorise and abuse a woman. and not hide his identity protected by the state. the family of bobby and macleod pay tribute to her as a musician obsessed with serial killers is jailed for life for her murder. joe biden says the us is offering strong support to both england and sweden as they try to join nato in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. time for the sports now.

the second golf major of the year, the us pga championship is underway in oklahoma and rory mcilroy has made a great start in oklahoma. four birdies on the front nine has seen him move to the top of the leaderbaord on 4 under par. the last of the northern irishman's 4 major titles was the us pga in 2014. he's in a group with jordan spieth and tiger woods, woods birdied the first but was level par at the turn. mcilory was runner—up at the masters last month and looks to have carried that recent strong form into this week. england' s justin rose is also having a good first day with some solid putting. the spotlight will be on the bottom of the premier league tonight as burnley and everton have a huge opportunity to ease their relegation concerns. a win for burnley over aston villa at turf moor would see them leave the bottom three. meanwhile everton could guarantee

their safety with a win against crystal palace at goodison park. it is what it is. we have two games to get with the goal different situation. as i mentioned before we will not write off the game to go and contend and get a result no matter what happens on thursday so we understand the situation and be understand what we need and what we want and we have to prepare as much as we can to get it. a fan has beenjailed after running on to a pitch and headbutting sheffield united captain billy sharp at the end of nottingham forest's playoff match with sheffield united. sharp was attacked after his side lost to forest on penalties. he was knocked to the ground and required four stitches to his lip. forest season ticket holder robert biggs, who's 30, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was jailed for 2h weeks. wales have called up the uncapped nathan broadhead to their squad for next month's world cup play—off final — with the sunderland striker having scored 13 goals in 26 games on loan

from everton this season. and there's a place in the squad for this man — gareth bale — despite his limited game time for real madrid. it was his two goals against austria that gave rob page's side a place in the final, where they'll face scotland or ukraine. leicester goalkeeper danny ward and bournemouth striker kieffer moore also return from injury. the totteham women's forward ubo—gagu has been banned for nine months after an anti doping violation. the 29 year old tested positive for canrenone. she had been prescribed medication in the us for a skin condition, the fa accepted that she didn't know that it contained a prohibited substance. bit of history at the men's football world cup as female refereers will officiate matches at the tournament for the first time later this year. france's stephanie frappa rt, rwanda's salima mukansanga and japan's yoshimi yamashita have been selected to take charge of games in qatar. they will be supported by three

female assistant referees. premier league refs michael oliver and anthony taylor have also been chosen for the tournament which begins in november. england fast bowler jofra archer is going to miss the entire season with a stress fracture in his lower back. archer's hasn't played cricket since lastjuly after two elbow operations. this new injury could cause him to miss the t20 world cup this autumn in australia as there's no timeframe set for his return. it's a blow to england who without seven fast bowlers ahead ofjune's first test against new zealand. i will be back with sports day at half past six on bbc news. if you go to the bbc sport website in the meantime and keep on top of the us pga. larry mcilroy is still going well. we will be going lives to

tulsa in sports day. she was accused of leaking stories about mrs rooney to the press. our correspondent has been following the trial. following six days of evidence and cross examination and revelations and rebuttals, today we have been hearing the closing arguments. colleen and wayne rooney were not in court today, it was explained he had a long—standing travel arrangement with their children and they expect that the children and they expect that the child to be over by now. that is why they were not here today. this morning we heard from david, the lawyer representing and he said her post in 2019 when she accused rebecca party of leaking stories about her was substantially true. she —— he said rebecca had regularly and frequently leaked information to the newspaper and if she had

approved or condone the actions of caroline what her then agent, she was responsible. he describes rebecca vardy as an entirely unreliable witness and he accused her of lying under oath in court. he said there had been the deliberate deviation and destruction of evidence and by this he is the as referring to what's app messages and a missing phone. he described his excuse as for and he pardoned. this afternoon we heard from hugh tom benson, the lawyer representing rebecca vardy and he said because with any�*s post had been a serious defamatory allegation that caused serious and widespread harm. he said many of colleen really�*s lawyers have been nothing more than a conspiracy theory and that you had not been established. he said that rebecca vardy had been subject to lengthy hospital aggressive cross—examination which he found difficult and stressful and she

simply did not know what happened. she accepted her agent caroline could have some information and that rebecca vardy made mistakes but he said one of those mistakes possibly was to trust caroline. ultimately he said this case for all the light—hearted coverage of the that this case is about the abuse rebecca vardy has experience as a result of some of the nation which he says beggars belief. our culture editor is with me. his total trail is centred on rebecca vardy�*s relationship with the tabloid press. what have we learned about the tabloids and how they operate? tt tabloids and how they operate? tit has been tabloids and how they operate? it has been a peek behind the curtain on celebrity janet is relationships between celebrities and reporters. rebecca vardy as we hear a very clear that she did not leak but you have got the sense of this

old—school schmoozing that goes on and you've had these revelatory text messages and whatsapp messages about using this term and she was clear she was not leaking apart from in one case where she had accepted she did think about eating in the premier league football league arrested for drunk driving and assign a rating about that but you get a sense of his cosy relationship on the tabloids created that wags if you like during that first one cup on the term was first and 90th and first came out and they had the footballers and the women on the front pages and the endless desire for information and i was speaking to someone at the very heart of the case who is the executive director on the media show and he said he was very clear about what they do and how they operate and the fact that the call these people and they want to speak to footballers to create these relationships and that he is his job he said these relationships and that he is hisjob he said but he said very openly a lot of celebrities caught

attention and publicity themselves and he said his phone is ringing more from them than the other way around. , , :, :, around. everything you said that this has been _ around. everything you said that this has been the _ around. everything you said that this has been the perfect - around. everything you said that| this has been the perfect mixture and perfect recipe for interest in a trial. :, , :, , and perfect recipe for interest in a trial. :, , , :, , trial. that is right. nobody in any way underplay — trial. that is right. nobody in any way underplay the _ trial. that is right. nobody in any way underplay the horrors i trial. that is right. nobody in any way underplay the horrors and i trial. that is right. nobody in any i way underplay the horrors and trauma that rebecca vardy must have gone through when she was being abused so much after this all came out and these two women had a difficult experience in court and you could say they chose to go, they could have settled earlier. but for most people, since it is one that that christie, once that time came out when it did verged on pure entertainment. there was sexism in it, that sense that people like to watch women slug it out in court. a sunday times generalist he said! dynasty for now. let

sunday times generalist he said! dynasty for now-— dynasty for now. let me ask you aaent is dynasty for now. let me ask you agent is the _ dynasty for now. let me ask you agent is the question _ dynasty for now. let me ask you agent is the question which i dynasty for now. let me ask you agent is the question which is i dynasty for now. let me ask you i agent is the question which is that the case centres on whether rebecca vardy sold stories to the sun and thatis vardy sold stories to the sun and that is something the sun could prove or disprove, why haven't they? it could have all ended early if the sun came forward and said this is the person who did this to us, be stories. we know there is a very important for the people of journalism not to reveal your sources and the sums that by that and her lawyers wanted the sun to give over these telephones to the sources and the son spent a lot of money and head of this child ensuring that it might have to do that and fighting that and saying absolutely not, we won't reveal our resources and that's what simon boyle said to me, because actually it would have set a dreadful precedent for journalism it would have set a dreadful precedent forjournalism across the board, tv, print, whatever.- board, tv, print, whatever. thank

ou. a board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician _ board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has _ board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has been - board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has been given i board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has been given a| you. a musician has been given a life sentence for murdering macleod last september. the court heard that cody carried out a prolonged attack to satisfy his morbid fascination with serial killers. he'll serve a minimum jail term of 31 years. with the background to the case, here'sjenny kumah , and just a warning her report contains details you may find distressing. cody ackland appeared to be a normal bloke according to his friends. a guitarist in a local band, he had no prior convictions and wasn't known to the police. but detectives say he lived a double life and had a secret, morbid fascination with serial killers. today, the full details of his random attack on teenager bobbi—anne mcleod were revealed in court for the first time. the student was just 18 when she disappeared. her family say she lit up the lives of everyone she met.

bobbi—anne was waiting at this bus stop to go into town to meet her boyfriend. cody ackland drove past, saw her, parked up, then he sneaked up behind her and hit her over the head with a claw hammer twice. he took her to this remote part of dartmoor, where he murdered her in a frenzied attack. he then drove almost 30 miles to try to hide her body in a wooded area near the coast. the next day, he went for pizza with a friend, attended band practice and drank into the early hours. but three days after the murder, he turned himself in, confessed, and told police where bobbi—anne's body was. his presentation was calm, it was coherent, and it was measured. no contrition, no remorse, and nothing that i would view as being close to an apology. how much responsibility for the crime was he taking in those interviews?

ackland has sought to blame absolutely everybody else for his crime apart from himself. but the only person that can give us more detail as to why he committed such a callous and sadistic act is ackland, and, to date, he's refused to do so. ackland's phone was full of photos of serial killers and other grisly images of death. in the days leading up to the attack, he searched on the internet for potential murder weapons and remote locations. this was a crime that sent shockwaves through plymouth. communities came together and held vigils to mourn, and to raise concerns about women's safety. today, the mcleod family paid tribute, saying she was the best daughter and the best sister. they now know the details of what happened, but they continue to be tortured by questions over why she was murdered. jenny kumah, bbc news.

he's going to have these boosters? this is interim advice from the vaccine expert group and they are recommending that it's the over 65 front line health care workers. care home residents for older adults and those age 16 to 64 are in at—risk groups. all the way through the pandemic was shown to evidence that cobit's disproportionately impacted older age groups and care home residence and people with underlying health conditions and people with a severely weakened immune system and boosters provide a really high level of protection against covid—19 but they do fade over time and the latest data from the uk suggest if you are over 65 vaccines will give you are over 65 vaccines will give

you 77% protection from meeting hospital treatment and tested with a month after having a booster. it's roughly every six months people may be required to have a booster. at the moment there is a spring booster roll—out aimed at the over 75 of care home residence and people over 12 with a weakened immune system and these groups are encouraged to go ahead and have their booster and get protected. as i say this is interim advice for the whole of the uk. developed nations get to choose whether to implement it or not. that idea is to give them enough warnings today to prepare and plan for another booster roll—out campaign going into the winter when viruses are in speculation and people more vulnerable the nhs is at its busiest. we don't know what's going to happen, if they would be another variant. things could change whether it's my severe and or or not so the timing and the criteria of who should get the shots may change.

thank you. at the cannes film festival tom cruise has been the biggest attraction so far. the actor was there to help launch his top gun sequel top gun: maverick and the festival paid a special tribute to him and his 40 year career in hollywood. he also was given the festival's highest award. you arejoining us here in central london and it is still loud, it's been a party atmosphere all afternoon. fans are lining up from early this morning to get a chance to get in here to see tom cruise himself who has just arrived. he might be just a himself who has just arrived. he might bejust a long to himself who has just arrived. he might be just a long to walk the red carpet. he is famous for being one who takes selfies and signed autographs and get involved with his friends and you can see the bubble of excitement behind me. he is about to arise because this is a theorem

35 plus years in the making. i when the original came out in 1986 it was a smash hit, it was an iconic film of hollywood, an example that kept the movie industry and its movies coming in the 80s and after the pandemic it was difficult for cinema events like this and to try to get it back up on its feet. everyone is not thinking about that. they want to have a southee with tom cruise who has just the to have a southee with tom cruise who hasjust the right to have a southee with tom cruise who has just the right and a lot more stars from the movie as well expect that here. people are getting the buzz of excitement around because tom is here. keep looking around. he's on the red carpet. if he comes your way you have to get your picture. have you seen the film? i have. iwas lucky your picture. have you seen the film? i have. i was lucky enough to see it last night. it was interesting because on the one hand it feels like i'm stepping back 30 years when i'm watching it and it feels like a movie from the 80s. those blockbuster films with each

indicia famous for those big explosive lots of action, those sorts of movies have been super popular for years and years. but it feels modern as well. it's an interesting mix how they were able to do that and there's plenty here for the nostalgia. just the print —— opening five minutes is enough to keep that crowd happy. what will be interesting to see is whether or not tom cruise has been able to extend top gun a new generation of fans by whether or not this is just for the people who watch the first time around. the party atmosphere is kicking up. we have dance music. it's perfect timing to put some music on but it's a real party atmosphere down here. thank you. a lucky couple — atmosphere down here. thank you. a lucky couple have _ atmosphere down here. thank you. a lucky couple have become _ atmosphere down here. thank you. a lucky couple have become the - atmosphere down here. thank you. a lucky couple have become the uk's i lucky couple have become the uk's biggest ever winners.

the couples now a lucky couple from gloucestershire have become the uk's biggest ever lottery winners. joe and jess thwaite won a massive £184 million in the euromillions draw last week. the couple, who have two primary school children, said the win would give them 'time to dream'. our correspondent navtej johal has the story. cheering and applause. whooping. popping open the champagne lifestyle. joe and jess thwaite, a married couple in their 40s from gloucester, havejust become multi—multi—multimillionaires. joe, a communication sales engineer, and jess, who runs a hair salon, are the uk's biggest ever lottery winners. they've banked £184,262,899 — and 10 pence. at a press conference in a 5—star hotel, they explained how they found out they'd won the life—changing sum via an e—mail onjoe's phone. i actually started counting the digits, and it was at that point, i thought, "holy..." you know? it was amazing, but also surreal — it didn't feel real.

of course. so i put the phone down, and jess hadn't had a great night's sleep, so i thought, "do i wake her up? don't i wake her up? what do i do?" so i just sat there for a minute trying to take it all in. the first person jess told was her mum. i've got something to tell you, a secret to tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anybody. she was like, "ok." and then she was like, "are you pregnant?" i was, like, "no way!" actually, what i said was, "it's better than being pregnant." laughter. the couple, who live with their two primary—school—age children, haven't spent much of their new fortune yet. i'll tell you the truth — we bought bedroom furniture. we'd been living in packing cases in our bedroom because we couldn't have furniture, so i was like, "do you know what? "i'm going to go and buy us furniture," so we bought a chest of drawers and a wardrobe! yeah. but other than that, for us, we haven't done a gift... no. or any...you know, we've had a celebration with our family. yeah. cheering. well, this is clearly an incredible moment for the couple,

but many previous winners have remained anonymous, so, the £184 million question is, why have these two decided to go public? this is an amazing thing that's happened to us, and this means it's an amazing thing that's happened to our family, and we want to share that with them. we love them and that's our main aim, to be able to... yeah. so it's not about doing this — this is our hardest part — it's about, you know, being able to be open with the people we love. yeah. and being able to share amazing adventures with them all. the only plans the couple say they have for the money, so far, is a holiday and a new car. they freely admit it will be some time before they've got their heads around just what to do with their huge fortune. navteonhal, bbc news, cheltenham. greek composer was one of the best known for him stories of the 1980s and he has died at the age of 79.

his lawyers have announced. our arts correspondent looks back at his life. chariots of fire, 1981, a soundtrack that was both an oscar winner and a number one single. the work of... better known as dennis. he started playing piano when he was four and in the 60s age 25 teamed up with dennis to form aphrodite's child.

but a life of writing commercial hits for a band was not what he wanted. in his studio in london he spent hours exploring the possibilities of an emerging new musical technology. the synthesiser. it led to a successful partnership with basingerjohn anderson. —— singer. but he is most natural home with them. his musical signature was the sound of soaring hope and loan the sound of soaring hope and loan the infinite distance. sports and space. movies such as blade runner. it was a vision of a distant future. los angeles 2019. and it needed the sound of the future.

my my interest was not to create a symphony orchestra, but to go further than that and do things that the symphony orchestra cannot do. and i think i succeeded to create something. at the olympics london 2012, a familiar to you at the olympics london 2012, a familiarto you and, at the olympics london 2012, a familiar to you and, even 30 years on end with a comic twist that could still stir the soul. he was right publicity shy but his life of lonely hours in the studio you could hear something in their life and music. he has died at the age of 79. now it's time for a

look at the weather. that evening. tomorrow will be a cool and breezy day with rain some from time to time as well. turns out to be a nice day today with plenty of sunshine around as well. this was the picture early on this afternoon with nothing but some fair weather cloud was from a far cry from what we had last night. raining one or two places with thousands of lightning storms they are across the south—east and east anglia. the bulk of those just over the other side of the channel and into parts of france. those are long gone now and this is what we end daily. temperatures 21 degrees in london. a frame him today. some things will change overnight. we will see the cloud increasing from the south maybe a few spots of rain by the end of the night. towards the northwest we have got this rain hanging around in the far northwest of the uk. some clear spells in northern ireland and scotland typical temperatures eight

to 10 degrees overnight. warmer in the south—east but here we are with some white weather developing quickly in the morning. it comes from that weather system and another one bringing raining from the northwest during the day as well. it gets late in the morning across the south—east of england may be some heavy rain. the storm is likely to be across the other side of the channel this time. the rain will clearly and we will see sunshine but some showers and the weather front bringing that band of rain away from northern ireland into scotland and the northwest of england during the afternoon. it will be cooler with my cloud around and we have got rain and strong breeze as well. temperatures peaking at 19 celsius. we have got a run of west to southwest breeze weather front in the northwest eventually many places starting the day try on saturday. the cloud will thicken up with some rain here and most of that will be pushing into the western side of scotland. england and wales will stay dry with some spells of sunshine at times and temperatures beginning to creep up getting up to

21 celsius at best. into the second half of the weekend it would be messy. more weather fronts half of the weekend it would be messy. more weatherfronts pushing in from the atlantic towards the northwest of the uk. we need to keep an eye on the rain as well. this is the picture is quite cloudy and misty across western areas on sunday. it would be some pockets of rain coming into western scotland maybe over that i received late into the mid incentive was the south—east it may stay dry. that's where we have got the sunshine and where we have got the sunshine and where we have got the highest temperatures. up have got the highest temperatures. up to 22 or 23 celsius. it will turn wetter and cooler as we head into the early part of next week.