tonight at ten... the story of the mis spy who terrorised and abused women — but the government protects his identity. bleep. what are you doing? there are video images of the man attacking his partner with a machete — she says he's still a danger both mi5 and the government are against his identity being revealed — his former partner says he abused his status to terrorise her and others. says he abused his status he said he worked for the security services, he had men in high places who would intervene and would actively kill me if i spoke out. campaigners say it's a bad reflection on the state's response to violence against women. also tonight... no more party fines for the prime minister —

the police close their inquiry. in total 83 people have been penalised. millions of tonnes of grain stuck in ukraine, as the un warns of a globalfood crisis if exports don't resume. this crop is due to be harvested in just over a month's time, but the farmers here still have no idea where they're going to store it or how they're going to get it out of the country. music: chariots of fire main theme and the film score that mesmerised millions — its composer vangelis has died at the age of 79. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: mcilroy sets the pace — a storming start to the pga championship in oklahoma sees him on five—under after his first round. good evening. we start tonight with the story of an mi5 agent accused

of violent abuse and threats to kill his partner, whose identity has been protected by the security services and the government. the spy — who's not british — is said to have terrorised his partner while also threatening to sexually abuse and kill young girls. the bbc won a legal battle to reveal the story, but we are not allowed not to name the spy. video images show the man threatening to kill his former partner with a machete, amid evidence that he is a right—wing extremist with a violent past. campaigners say the case is a terrible reflection on the state's response to violence against women. the bbc says publishing the story is "firmly in the public interest", to protect other potential victims. this exclusive report is by our correspondent daniel de simone. wielding a machete, this is an agent of the british state. ultimately this position within the security services was used to terrorise me.

a violent mi5 agent, who was able to exploit his position despite a long history of abuse. he said he would be able to kill me and my daughter, too. but the abuser can't be identified. this is the story the government tried to stop. beth — not her real name — lived with him in the uk, but the relationship became ever more abusive. there was so much psychological terrorfrom him to me that ultimately culminated in me having a breakdown. he told her he was informing on networks of right—wing extremists. he said he worked for the security services. but the role was abused. he had men in high places, who always had his back, who would intervene and who would actively kill me if i spoke out. is that what he said? that's what i believed, and that's what he said. the security service runs agents in terrorist networks,

informants who secretly work with mi5 officers, their handlers. beth says this agent's extremist mindset wasn't 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 thought i'd better film this, mostly because i felt afraid. he threatened to kill her and returned with a machete. at the point that i say i'm going to call the police, he's punched me in the face and i've fallen. and you can hear me screaming, and he tries to stab me repeatedly. weeks later, he referenced the incident, unaware he was being filmed, telling her she might get killed. asked if he'll do it, he says... he then describes his desire to kill.

following the attack, police went to their home. the agent was arrested and charged with assaulting her, but the investigation was limited and the case was dropped. beth says he came back and continued to mistreat her. within weeks, the agent vanished and she was hospitalised due to a mental breakdown. but extremist material found in their house, including a note he wrote about killing jewish people, had already generated a police counterterror investigation. some of beth's possessions 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 mi5 officer. the counterterror investigation ended with mi5 being passed the evidence on their man. it was a highly unusual move by mi5, suggesting interference in a criminal inquiry.

counterterror police say no criminality was identified during their inquiries, but have apologised for the fact beth's possessions were not passed directly to her. but how far back does his mistreatment of women go, and where is he now? we've 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 was horrifying. he started to tell me things that no human being would be able to get over, such as swimming in a river of blood, eating children's flesh. i had to listen to this every day. he said he would be able to kill me and my daughter, too. fearing for her life, she was taken to a refuge.

i was psychologically broken. really broken. the women's shelter ordered an ambulance to bring me to the hospital. we found he spent years in britain using her surname to hide his real identity while working for mi5. i think it's not fair, and i'm angry. i'm very hurt. i feel cheated. you can't have trust. there is nojustice. the agent threatened to kill and sexually abuse young girls known to both ruth and beth. both women remain traumatised. the government 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 this story ever being broadcast, and then seeking to dramatically limit what we could report. they failed.

but we've been legally prevented from naming the agent because of a risk to him despite the threat he poses. sisters, united, will never be defeated! i violence against women and the state's response to it is one of the issues of our time. get off! yet the british government has thrown its full weight behind stopping women everywhere being warned about this dangerous abuser. and daniel is with me. you worked on this for a long time, i think it's fair to say there have been lots of obstacles along the way as you've alluded to there. you are still not able to name this man. why is that? we still not able to name this man. why is that? ~ ., ., ., ., �* , is that? we are not and that's because the _ is that? we are not and that's because the government - is that? we are not and that's because the government took is that? we are not and that's i because the government took us is that? we are not and that's - because the government took us to the high court, they got an order preventing us from naming him. they said where he named there would be an unacceptable risk to him from extremists and there would be damage to national security, but of course

things like this are normally secret, mi5 doesn't normally have people like me investigating them, exposing this kind of thing, and a case like this can generate a wider debate about the more secret part of the state's response to violence against women and girls. last year, with the murder of sarah everard, we saw outrage about a police officer abusing his power and there's been a lot of focus since then on the role of the police. maybe now because of a case like this, we might see more focus on mi5 and some of the intelligence agencies.- focus on mi5 and some of the intelligence agencies. daniel de simone you. — intelligence agencies. daniel de simone you, our _ intelligence agencies. daniel de| simone you, our correspondent, intelligence agencies. daniel de - simone you, our correspondent, thank you. the metropolitan police has closed its investigation into parties held in downing street during lockdown, which means that borisjohnson will not receive any more fines. mrjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak were both fined last month for breaking covid laws at a birthday party injune 2020. the police investigation resulted in a total of 126 fixed penalty notices being issued to 83

men and women, most of whom are understood to be civil servants. they were at events on eight different dates between may 2020, at the height of lockdown, and april 2021. 0ur political editor chris mason has the story. it was not long before christmas that partygate was first exposed, and since january, officers here have been investigating it, investigating the prime minister and the government he runs and whether they abided by the very laws they made. and now their inquiries are finished. i think it was very important to carry out the investigation. it was extremely important to do that in a really painstaking and thorough way. we've carried out an impartial investigation. i think the results show that there was an issue there to be investigated. we now know a team of 12 detectives worked full—time on this inquiry, looking at 12 gatherings, 316 documents and more

than 500 photographs. it cost nearly £500,000, and ministers sound relieved it's done. the police have decided that it's all over. they've handed out those fines that they want to hand out. the prime minister's apologised for the birthday cake incident. i'm sure he and, frankly, the rest of the country now want to move on to those really big issues — the war in ukraine, the cost—of—living crisis. of those who were fined for parties in these buildings and those close by, 28 people got more than one fixed—penalty notice. at least one person got five. the prime minister, his wife and the chancellor were fined once for a gathering here in the cabinet room on boris johnson's birthday injune 2020. a do down there in the number to garden in which people were invited to "bring your own booze" led to some people being fined, but not the prime minister. there was a downing street christmas party on friday night _ do you recognise those reports? i went home.

and you'll remember this — a mocked—up news conference in which there was talk of a christmas party, which boris johnson wasn't at. we know some who were got fined. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced! the labour leader, keir starmer, was in leeds today talking transport. he himself could still get a ticket, a fixed—penalty notice, over a beer and curry eventjust over a year ago. but his focus today was on what went on in government. well, what the investigation has shown is industrial scale lawbreaking in downing street, 120 or so fines. and that reflects a culture, and the prime minister sets the culture. the advent of partygate was on the 1st of december last year. five and a half months later, today is a big moment because for much of that time, people have wondered what would happen if the prime minister got anotherfine, or so many that he could wallpaper

a wall with them. we now know that is not going to happen. but it's not quite over yet. there is still a parliamentary inquiry to come and the full report by a senior civil servant. so, a significant chapter in partygate has closed today, but it's not finished. chris mason, bbc news. as chris was saying, plenty of questions still unanswered. let's go live to scotland yard and daniel sandford, our home affairs correspondent. why was the prime minister fined for the birthday party and not for some other events?— birthday party and not for some other events? detectives in this investigation were _ other events? detectives in this investigation were dealing - other events? detectives in this investigation were dealing with | other events? detectives in this l investigation were dealing with an ever shifting matrix of constantly changing coronavirus rules and they haven't really wanted to discuss how they have been interpreting them, but i think there are some clues in who has been fined and for which events. if you take the birthday

cake party before cabinet, for example, everyone seems to have been fined for that, it was a nonwork related event and the prime minister, the prime minister's wife and the chancellor of the exchequer all got fines, but these social gatherings at the end of the working day, the police i think i've accepted there was a work element to those, so for example a leaving do which the prime minister popped in, he hasn't been fined for, but other people that might have come in especially for that event all stayed on for a long party afterwards, well, they have been fined, and that seems to have been the distinction. 83 people have been given fines, the vast majority of whom are politicians, political advisers and civil servants, the very same people who were telling us how to behave, telling us how to interpret the rule they have made during the long months of the pandemic. daniel, many thanks, daniel— months of the pandemic. daniel, many thanks, daniel sandford _ months of the pandemic. daniel, many thanks, daniel sandford at _ thanks, daniel sandford at new scotland yard.

the american senate has approved nearly $40 billion in aid to ukraine — the largest aid package since russia invaded. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken warned food is being used as a weapon of war. there are 20 million tonnes of food piled up in ukraine because of the invasion and the us is calling for russia to allow ships to leave black sea ports including 0desa with food and fertiliser supplies. caroline davis is there, she sent this report. ukraine's wheat helps to feed the world, but while its black sea ports remain closed, much of it is beyond the world's reach. over 3,000 tons of grain fill yuriy�*s warehouse, but because of the issues transporting it out of the country, no—one wants to buy it. translation: i don't know - who in the world to ask for help. we would like to be helped to sell this grain at any price, as long as the people don't go hungry. i think that all western countries should help us.

you need to bang your fist on the table, open the ukrainian ports, stop the russian invasion and take out this grain. how do you feel knowing that there are many people around the world that would be desperate for this crop? translation: there's a feeling of despair. i i'm talking now with tears in my eyes. it's hard to say. it yuriy�*s problems are faced by farmers across the country. this crop is due to be harvested in just over a month's time, but the farmers here still have no idea where they're going to store it or how they're going to get it out of the country. some goods can be taken out by road, others by rail, but not in the same quantities that used to be transported by sea. since russia began its invasion, ships can't move forfear of being hit. and the sea has also been mined, which could take months to remove. andrey stavnitser is the owner of one of the largest ports in ukraine. we have about 80 ships that are basically ghost ships in ukraine right now. the crews have left them,

some of them are full, some of them are empty, they're in the ports or outside the ports, they're standing idle, and for the crews to come back, their shipping companies have to get clearance from insurance companies, and these insurance companies are obviously not happy to allow this to happen because the sea is full of mines. how long do you think it will be until you can reopen the port again? we have no idea when we will be able to reopen the port. we are facing a disaster that's going to happen in the next few weeks when the new crop is here and the old crop is not exported. the un has warned that unless russia allows the ports to reopen, there could be mass hunger and famine for years. russia says sanctions imposed on it

would need to be looked at if the world wants to solve the crisis. while many in the west will feel that russia is holding safe passage through the sea hostage, if no agreement is reached, ukraine's crop could rot while others starve. caroline davies, bbc news, 0desa. the international committee of the red cross has said that it has registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war who've left the besieged azovstal steelworks in the ukrainian port city of mariupol. the russian authorities say that all those who have left will be treated in line with international standards, but there are fears that some could face prosecution by president putin's courts. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. tired and wounded. moscow released these images of ukrainian fighters leaving the steelworks they'd been defending in mariupol, giving themselves up to the russians. ukraine is hoping for a prisoner swap, but in russia there are calls to put some of the soldiers on trial for war crimes. they are killers, they are criminals, but we give them medical care. but your country invaded ukraine

with more than 100,000 troops. that's aggression, isn't it? no, it's not an aggression. it's not an aggression. don't bully us. moscow tries to justify invading ukraine with a false claim — that it's gone in to fight nazis. a war crimes trial could shore up an unconvincing narrative. the kremlin wants russians to believe that in ukraine their army is battling nazis, and nato, europe and america were all plotting away to attack and destroy the motherland. and there are many here who believe this parallel reality. not everyone does. dmitry admits that his country, russia, is the aggressor.

he is appalled by the bloodshed and wants his whole town to know it. he has transformed outside of his shop into a message board with the names of ukrainian towns russia has attacked. kherson, irpin, kyiv. "peace to ukraine," it says. he has even turned his roof into the ukrainian flag. translation: | thought| this would be a good way of getting information out, because for the first few weeks of the war our people didn't know what was happening. they didn't know that russia was shelling cities. some don't want to know. "traitor" has been graffitied on dmitry�*s door. and the police have been round. he's been fined for discrediting the army. "the front of a shop isn't for expressing opinions," she says. "he can say what he thinks," says anton. "i think attacking a neighbouring country is a strange thing to do." and in russia protesting can be

a dangerous thing to do. but dmitry is refusing to stay silent. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. back home now, and at high court coleen rooney's lawyer has accused rebekah vardy of being a "highly unreliable witness". it's the last day of the case where mrs vardy is suing mrs rooney for libel for alleging in an online post that she had leaked private stories to the sun, which mrs vardy denies. the judge will reserve her ruling on the case to a later date, as our correspondent colin paterson reports. rebekah vardy arriving in court for the final time, on her own, as her husband jamie vardy�*s team, leicester city, have a game tonight. for the first time the rooneys were not present, having booked a holiday, thinking the trial would be over — and were spotted at manchester airport. today, it was the closing arguments.

the barrister of the defendant, coleen rooney, went first, saying that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun, and if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, and then having lied about it under oath. at this point, rebekah vardy picked up her laptop and left court, returning an hour later, missing hearing herself being called an entirely unreliable witness. then it was the turn of rebekah vardy�*s legal team, who argued it was a very simple case, if you cleared away the conspiracy theories. they said that rebekah vardy did not leak the information, nor did she authorise anyone else to leak. they asked that a substantial award of damages should be made. this trial has covered a lot of ground and brought up many subjects which have never been mentioned in the high court before. gemma collins faceplanting on dancing on ice. a mobile phone which ended up at the bottom of the north sea in davy jones's locker.

and, unexpectedly, the pop star peter andre has become a major talking point. the use of social media is at the centre of this case. rebekah vardy says she suffered public abuse and ridicule on a massive scale, because of an unfair accusation. coleen rooney says her privacy was repeatedly violated, and she had no choice but to investigate and go public with her findings. it's estimated that each side will have a legal bill of more than £1.5 million, and whoever wins will still be hundreds of thousands of pounds out of pocket. many have asked why this came to court. at times rebekah vardy, who brought the case, looked like she was asking the same question. the judge will now consider the evidence and return with a detailed written judgment in a few weeks.

time for some other stories. a musician who was obsessed with serial killers has beenjailed for a minimum of 31 years for the murder of 18—year—old bobbi—anne mcleod. she was abducted from a bus stop in plymouth last november. cody ackland, who's 2a, pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing. he was previously unknown to the police. those most at risk from covid should be given a booster dose this autumn — that's the advice of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. over—65s, care home residents, front line health and social care workers and clinically vulnerable adults would be eligible forjabs. the committee said this would top up levels of protection for the winter. natasha abrahart died in 2018, one of at least ten bristol university students to take their own lives over a two—year period. natasha's parents have now taken a civil case against the university, arguing that she was owed a legal duty of care.

is natasha abrahart died in 2018, one of at least ten bristol university students to take their own lives over a two—year period. tomorrow a judge will give his decision, as our correspondent jon kay reports. here we are, natasha's room. very much untouched. it's been for might years since maggie and bob's daughter took her own life. that was the first christmas present i got her, and we haven't really stopped to grieve or get our act together at all. hello. you're pretty cool so, you know... natasha abrahart was in her second year at bristol university. this is normal life for me. you know how it is. she was 20 years old, and although she'd always been quiet... that's the first one. ..it was only after her suicide that natasha's parents found old e—mails and messages... "i'm sitting on my- own on my computer..." ..revealing the extent

of her social anxiety. her voice breaks: "as long - as you continue to learn and love to learn, that's all that matters." in the weeks before she died, natasha's anxiety had got worse. she hated speaking in class and had struggled with the interviews that were part of a physics degree. 0n the 30th of april 2018 natasha was due to be assessed in an oral presentation here, in a lecture theatre containing more than 300 seats. she never turned up. that day she took her own life. i remember thinking, that day she took her own life. i rememberthinking, "why that day she took her own life. i remember thinking, "why my daughter?" you get these thoughts. why her? what have we done to deserve this?— deserve this? thes have now brought the case to court _ deserve this? thes have now brought the case to court arguing _ deserve this? thes have now brought the case to court arguing in _ deserve this? thes have now brought the case to court arguing in a - deserve this? thes have now brought the case to court arguing in a civil- the case to court arguing in a civil action that bristol university owed natasha a legal duty of care and should have made more allowances or

adjustments to help her —— the abraharts. adjustments to help her -- the abraham-— adjustments to help her -- the abraharts. ., ., ., abraharts. natasha had a significant disability, social— abraharts. natasha had a significant disability, social anxiety _ abraharts. natasha had a significant disability, social anxiety disorder . disability, social anxiety disorder and that— disability, social anxiety disorder and that was so significant that in certain_ and that was so significant that in certain circumstances she was simply unable _ certain circumstances she was simply unable to— certain circumstances she was simply unable to speak to the assessor. we say the _ unable to speak to the assessor. we say the obvious reasonable adjustment for the university to make was— adjustment for the university to make wasjust too adjustment for the university to make was just too assess her in a statement — make was just too assess her in a statement the university said it did offer natasha alternative ways of being _ offer natasha alternative ways of being assessed and offer natasha alternative ways of being assessed— offer natasha alternative ways of being assessed and staff did help her access professional _ being assessed and staff did help her access professional help. - being assessed and staff did helpj her access professional help. the court heard she was one of at least ten bristol students to take their own lives in two years. the university says it recognises mental health as one of the biggest global health as one of the biggest global health issues. tomorrow thejudge announce his decision, in a case that could have implications for students, parents and universities across the country. jon kay, bbc news, bristol.

if you've been affected by any of the issues injon kay's report, details of organisations offering information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call forfree to hear recorded information on 0800 155910. vangelis, the greek composer best known for composing the score for the film chariots of fire, has died at the age of 79. vangelis won an oscar for the soundrack in 1981. he also wrote music for many other successful films, including blade runner. among those paying tribute to vangelis was the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis, who praised his ability as a "pioneer of electronic sound", as our correspondent david sillito reports. chariots of fire theme music

chariots of fire, 1981, a soundtrack that was both an oscar winner and a number one single. the work of evangelos 0dysseas papathanassiou, better known as vangelis. he had started playing piano when he was four and in the �*60s, aged 25, teamed up with a young demis roussos to form aphrodite's child. he then went on to have his own chart hits, but the place where he really made his mark was film. his musical signature was the sound of soaring hope and lonely, infinite distance, sport, 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 interest was not to create a symphony orchestra, which i can, it's very easy, but to go further than that and do things the symphony orchestra can't do. he would explore, i think

he was a musical explorer in a way. he explored musical idioms, he bust through the old concept of a movie score. he was a creator. i think vangelis created a new landscape, a musical landscape, that many, many other composers today have taken advantage of, and even gone further in some cases. at the olympics, london 2012, a familiar tune. chariots of fire main theme even 30 years on and with a comic twist, it could still stir the soul. he was private, publicity shy, but his life of constant travel and lonely hours in the studio, you could hear something of the life of vangelis in his music. the greek musician vangelis who has died at the age of 79. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a good night.