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we invetigate why so many buildings that should have withstood the tremors collapsed. travel disruption and thousands of homes without power after storm otto sweeps across northern england and scotland with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour. and the hollywood star bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age ofjust 67. on bbc london... coming up on sportsday later, will united find a new owner? tonight, the deadline for potential investors, forwarded ten p:m.. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting using fake russian agents who in fact worked for the british security services. the 58—year—old had been passing on details to the russians

of other members of staff as well as photographs and videos of buildings. british police described smith's actions as "reckless and dangerous". our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. secretly filmed, david smith, the embassy security guard with an access all areas pass, stealing secrets for the russians. scottish, married but separated, a lover of military memorabilia, the court found he hated britain and felt sympathy for vladimir putin. sentencing him, thejudge said there was no doubt he'd handed over sensitive material. you were fully aware that you should not have copied any of these documents and were equally aware that where these documents to get into the wrong hands, they might harm british interests or pose a threat to the safety of people working at the embassy.

investigators found in may 2020, smith used embassy notepaper to write to the russian embassy offering details of british officials in berlin, security passes and documents. to gather more evidence, mi5 set up a sting operation involving two russian speakers whose real names have not been disclosed. smith was told that a mysterious russian called dimitri was coming to the embassy for a meeting. he was asked to photo copy some documents. it seems as though a russian defector was about to spill his country's secrets to the uk. but dimitri was working for the met and mi5 and smith fell for it. those supposedly secret documents, they were nothing of the sort, were later found in smith's locker. a covert camera captured smith taking pictures of the visitor on the cctv system. he seemed to hope the russians knew who dmitry was. then another hidden camera captured smith meeting

the second fake russian, also sent by mi5. irena wanted his help identifying the factors. they met the next day. he was arrested in august 2021 in potsdam, close to berlin. police found documents and videos filmed inside the embassy. smith was motivated by anti—uk, pro—russian views. he understood that the information he was collecting was damaging to british interests, probably understood he was likely to put people at risk of harm and yet he shared it with the russians anyway. and with hundreds of euros found in his flat, police are also sure he did it for money. so what is the damage to british national security? so what is the damage to british nationalsecurity? it so what is the damage to british national security? it is fair to say david smith is not going to be regarded as the most high level spy in the history of espionage. he had no access to top level military

secrets. but officials are concerned he leaked the details of people working in the embassy in berlin. that may have put them at risk, it led to a major security review of the safety of every member of staff and it has cost £800,000. the information commissioner has said he will ask lancashire police to explain why it felt the need to disclose personal information about the missing woman, nicola bulley. the prime minister also expressed his concern about such details being put in the public domain. the 45—year—old went missing three weeks ago today after dropping her two children at school in st michaels on wyre. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. three weeks ago, nicola bulley vanished. we've learnt more about her state of mind this week, but she's still missing. there's just nothing you can do. you know, you just feel so helpless. this man found nicola's phone on the riverside bench on the morning they began looking for her. when my wife got to it, it was locked.

but there was a wallpaper on the phone with, you know, the couple on it. who i'd seen on many, many times walking. the last three weeks have changed this village, too. alongside police, unwelcome amateur investigators have appeared alarming the community. people have been walking up to houses to peer in, trying door handles, making unwelcome and quite vile telephone calls to parish councillors. so it has had a very negative impact on the community beyond that of obviously nicola going missing in the first place. details about nicola's mental health and alcohol issues were made public by detectives. but did they say too much? the information commissioner says lancashire police will have to explain. they can release information where it's necessary to do so to achieve a legitimate law enforcement objective. but they need to be able to demonstrate that it was necessary and we might ask them about that once the investigation has concluded.

this peaceful coastline is now the focus of police searches. officers wait for a falling tide before starting their patrols, hoping to find some answers out here for herfamily. danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. the prime minister rishi sunak has met northern ireland's political parties amid speculation a deal on the northern ireland protocol could soon be struck. sources suggest an agreement could be reached as early as next week. under the northern ireland protocol, goods are checked to see that they comply with eu rules before entering northern ireland, creating a de facto border here in the irish sea. it means those goods can then travel freely between northern ireland and the republic of ireland without any further checks. that's always angered unionists in northern ireland, who say they've been cut off

from the rest of the uk. until the protocol is changed, they've refused to enter into a power sharing agreement at stormont, leaving northern ireland without a government. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has the latest. it's divided communities, while the dup collapse the government over it. the tensions over the northern ireland protocol have had consequences for everyday lives. today i had positive conversations with parties in northern ireland over discussions to resolve the northern ireland protocol. it is clear we need to find solutions to the practical problems the protocol is causing families and businesses in northern ireland, as well as address the democratic deficit. in belfast, rishi sunak met the parties privately. sinn fein, who support the protocol arrangements, were reassured by what he had to say. it's clear now that significant progress has been made and we are very heartened by that. we now want to see a speedy

conclusion of matters and above all else, we want to see the institutions restored, government restored here in the north. his last and longest meeting of the day was with the dup. remove the barriers to trade . within the uk internal markets. there's been scepticism over whether any deal would go far enough to reassure the most staunch that northern ireland's trading position within the uk has been fully restored. i want to hear that brussels l will stretch itself to recognise the concerns that we have - as unionists and that this process will correct the wrongs. of the last negotiations. i do not believe that anyone should be led by a calendar. _ i am fundamentally focused on getting this right. - the prime minister may use today's talks to strengthen his hand on getting any final concessions from brussels, but his presence here shows we are at the end game. so what do we know about what's likely to be on the deal?

an area of conflict has been the role of the european court ofjustice for resolving disputes. the uk government wants it at arms length. there is expected to be some form of green and red lanes, so goods staying in northern ireland from great britain can face less checks. businesses are hoping it will mean much less paperwork for getting goods over the irish sea, but it's not yet clear how it would all work in practice. while for some companies the protocol brings advantages, getting changes matters to businesses like this one. they've been unable to get certain ingredients overfrom britain because suppliers don't want to deal with the red tape created by the protocol. so the northern ireland menu is different to the smoothie menu in london? yes. because you cannot get the same goods out here? yes, yes it's very frustrating because what it means is we've got to have a different menu than almost the entirely smoothie factory international business. but there are businesses like our own where itjust doesn't quite work for.

this is a big moment for northern ireland for more than just trade. having no government affects many areas of life. there is no guarantee one would be restored quickly but getting a new deal on the brexit arrangement is seen as a first step. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a new pay offer has been proposed for nhs staff in scotland. ministers at holyrood have put forward a wage rise of 14% over two years. our health editor, hugh pym, is with me. is it going to be enough to solve the situation _ is it going to be enough to solve the situation in _ is it going to be enough to solve the situation in scotland -

is it going to be enough to solve the situation in scotland at - is it going to be enough to solve i the situation in scotland at least? it is the situation in scotland at least? it is looking — the situation in scotland at least? it is looking that _ the situation in scotland at least? it is looking that way. there - the situation in scotland at least? it is looking that way. there is - the situation in scotland at least? it is looking that way. there is a l it is looking that way. there is a one off some with some backdated in effective january following the 7.5% pay award to help staff in scotland this year. one union, unison has already welcomed it. in the last few minutes i have gathered the royal college of nursing has said it will recommend this offer to its members. that is hugely significant because the rcn has not, in this current pay dispute, recommended any of the office put forward in the uk's nations. of course, they are planning further strike action in england. the dealfor this planning further strike action in england. the deal for this year for nhs staff in england was between 4% and 4.5% and ministers will not go any higher because they are concerned about the effects on inflation. unison has had ten more nhs organisations, members there have balloted for strike action after they were re—balloted, including four ambulance services. and in wales, gmb members in the ambulance service there have rejected a higher offer. hugh pym, thank yom — coach is asking for compensation from british gymnastics to pay for the decades of therapy she has had. it comes after an independent review last year found systemic abuse

in the sport in the uk. the woman, whose name we've changed to protect her identity, has been talking to our sports correspondent natalie pirks. this report contains some distressing details. commentator: supreme in the towel diving event, brian phelps... - he was a british sporting superstar. ..who at 16 already has a brilliant past and undoubtedly has an even greater future. in 1960, brian phelps won olympic diving bronze at the age ofjust i6. commonwealth games golds followed, and in 1979, he was a finalist in the bbc�*s hit show superstars. but while millions watched, they had no idea of the horrors happening to emma. phelps was abusing her in the basement at the gym he'd set up with his wife. we went through horrific things. every element of the worst that can happen to a little girl when they're in the hands

of a paedophile. i think a little part of your soul, when something that brutal happens, breaks off. and that stays there. emma was five when she says phelps began raping her. she was 12 when she finally found the strength to leave the olga gym, a british gymnastics club in poole. a garden now covers where the basement once was. when you grow up with it, you don't know initially that it's not normal. i didn't know anyone else was receiving the same treatment that i was there. i didn't discover until an evening in 2008. — when his face appeared on the evening news. the medal winning diver turned paedophile — - but why did it take i so long to catch him? survivors are asking the same question. revered as an olympian, phelps escaped a charge of exposing himself to a child in the north—east, just weeks before winning commonwealth gold in 1966. more accusations were made

in the �*90s, but it wasn't until 2008, where he was finally jailed for nine years, serving six for his crimes. brian phelps told this court that he was a bit of a sex addict, but that none of his victims, aged between just six and 15, had ever said no or told him to stop. he admitted 42 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on three girls. but even though he was charged with rape, he's always denied it. brian phelps, who lives with his wife in france, has also denied all allegations in this report and told the bbc he never even entered the basement. he added that in 2008, when he dived from fame as a sportsman to infamy, the child protection team looked for victims who'd slipped through the net with zero response. emma says she knows of 15 survivors of phelps' abuse, but believes there could be more. now with the help of lawyers, she's demanding british gymnastics pay her back for therapy and fund

a centre to help abuse survivors. it's about redirecting the shame — the deep, deep shame that exists in ourselves and redirecting that back to where it belongs, which is everyone who was complicit in all of the things that happened to us. british gymnastics told the bbc it is truly sorry for any abuse that has taken place in the sport and said emma has received extensive one to one support from its safeguarding team. it added... "our reform 25 action plan clearly sets out how we've learnt "from the past, including working with survivors "to develop restorative support." there's nothing historic about olga for us. there were catastrophic failures across multiple institutions that contributed to what happened to us, the way we were just taught to ignore pain and suffering, that completely alters the trajectory of our lives.

that report by natalie pirks. if you have been affected by the issues raised there, details of support is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call forfree, at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. the time is 6.16. our top story this evening: a spy working at the british embassy in berlin is jailed for selling secrets to russia. and coming up... the drive to raise billions of pounds to protect nature. coming up in

shelves shaking and dust come as people were running for their lives as holdings nearby were collapsing. you can see from this satellite image the extent of the devastation in that area. there's huge anger over why so many buildings collapsed. the turkish government is accused of accepting billions of dollars in payments for approving buildings that didn't meet earthquake safety standards. this is one of the apartment blocks in that neighbourhood, next door to the petrol station. 136 people living here were killed when those flats collapsed. the bbc�*s europe correspondent nick beake has spent the past few days investigating why so many died here. night and day, they've been waiting for a miracle. but there is no sign of one.

their relatives lived in the most expensive part of this city. that meant nothing, as their apartment block turned to dust. emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame. translation: they have the blood of the people who died _ here on their hands. it's not right to scapegoat the contractors. the ones who approved this building are responsible — together with the government and the state. the next morning, we come back to try to find out why these four blocks collapsed, while all around, others stood firm. first, we go to the petrol station next door. their cctv footage shows how first the lights shake, then people run — before a blanket dust and debris envelops everything. a community ripped apart in seconds.

"everything is gone", emel weeps as we meet her. before revealing this... translation: it was an accident waiting to happen. _ six months ago, the head of the residents' association told us about the problems of the building. she said our buildings might collapse at the smallest earthquake. "let's strengthen the pillars", she said, but nothing happened. other people we meet here tell us we should try to track down a former security guard called bahattin. here's why. he took this video in the minutes after the collapse. "can anyone hear me?", he shouts. in all, he rescues seven people. it turns out he too was worried about this building. translation: | witnessed -

the defects with my own eyes. when i touched the concrete columns, it would crumble to dust in my hands, as though it wasn't concrete at all. the iron was rusting in the columns, the rainfall was damaging and corroding the iron. in the middle of all this death and destruction, we need to remind ourselves that these days homes can be built or strengthened to withstand earthquakes of this magnitude. 2a years ago, this country got a big wake—up call when more than 17,000 people were killed in a previous quake. since then, the turkish authorities have failed to protect their people, whether it's those living in new—builds or in older properties, too. this is a crime... opposition politicians say tens of thousands have paid with their lives. unfortunately in turkey, these kind of earthquakes happen every ten years and people die and they say it is a destiny. no, it is not a destiny.

if we just do what the science says, nobody dies. a man connected to our complex has been arrested. his lawyer tells us the building was well constructed. the local authority says there were no formal complaints, and so no inspections have ever been carried out. president erdogan argues it was not possible to prepare for such a big disaster and that his opponents are telling lies. but in light of this story, one replicated across this country, how many in turkey can truly sleep soundly tonight? nick beake, bbc news, gaziantep. here storm otto has cause problems in england and scotland today. around 30,000 homes in scotland are without power after winds of up to 85 miles an hour.

the worst affected areas are aberdeenshire, moray and inverness—shire. alexandra mackenzie reports. storm otto making its presence felt. east of peterhead, these trawlers endured gusts of up to 80 mph. the waves crashed towards land. in aberdeenshire, the electricity went off early this morning. i aberdeenshire, the electricity went off early this morning.— off early this morning. i guess we will have to sort _ off early this morning. i guess we will have to sort out cooking - will have to sort out cooking some food quite soon whilst we have daylight, just to make sure we have enough torches and batteries and so on, so that we can see when it comes to the evening time. but other than that, i think we will be ok. just t in: that, i think we will be ok. just trying to think _ that, i think we will be ok. just trying to think of everything before it gets _ trying to think of everything before it gets dark. i don't look forward to realty— it gets dark. i don't look forward to really sitting in the dark with my husband and me being stuck. many schools were — my husband and me being stuck. many schools were closed _ my husband and me being stuck. many schools were closed in _ my husband and me being stuck. ij�*ia�*iy schools were closed in aberdeenshire and thailand. the roof of at burnside academy suffered serious damage. the driver of this bus was taken to hospital. trees blocked

several roads and in aberdeen, scaffolding was blown from these high—rise flats. storm otto has passed but it did cause some significant disruption. the gp surgery is closed, the pharmacy here is closed and all the shops remain shut because there is just no power. storm otto was not on the same scale as the storm a year ago, but it will take some time for all the power to be restored and the damage to be fixed. this is ellon academy in aberdeenshire, one of the many schools that were closed today. now the weather is quite calm and as heirs of 4.30, we were told 27,000 customers had their electricity restored. 16,000 customers have still, they are still waiting to have their electricity reconnected

and we understand that some people, especially in rural areas, might need to wait more than 48 hours. thank you. the king has hosted a reception at buckingham palace as part of a drive to raise billions of pounds to protect nature. the event was attended by political and financial leaders from around the world. it comes after leaders at the cop15 biodiversity summit in montreal set a target of protecting 30% of the world's lands, seas, coasts and inland waters by 2030. here's our environment correspondent, jonah fisher. they have come from the high arctic... for the last a0 years, dave painter has been watching the bewick swans' winter at slimbridge. unlike the swans who live here all year round, they each have a unique beak. it's a fingerprint, we know every swan as an individual. this year, 137 were counted at slimbridge. dave says in the 1980s, they'd see more than three times as many.

it's one small part of the alarming decline of nature and wildlife around the world. in some areas, we've won a few battles but when we look at the war, we really are losing. at a summit in canada last year, the world came together and agreed to protect 30% of our land and sea for nature. just like the wetlands here at slimbridge. there were big promises about money, billions of pounds to help nature and vulnerable species recover. it was seen as a possible turning point. but, as always, with big promises, there are questions about whether they are going to be followed through. and that's why king charles this afternoon hosted a biodiversity reception, bringing people together on issues he cares about, like nature, part of a changing role for a once outspoken prince. indigenous leaders, politicians

and business ceos all came to buckingham palace, after a meeting on finance in whitehall. i'm really pleased that we've been able to convene people from around the world, whether that be about ministers, about business, about people from finance, because we now need to get into delivery mode. your party has been in government for 13 years. sewage is flowing into our rivers, only 14% of england's rivers are rated as being of good ecological condition. why should anyone take what you say seriously about protecting nature? well, we've come a huge journey about protecting nature. our water is cleaner, our air is cleaner than it was before. but sewage is still flowing into our rivers and seas. but we are still, and we are still making progress in that regard. there's still so much to celebrate in our natural world. with money and commitment, there is still a chance that decades of damage and decline can begin to be reversed. jonah fisher, bbc news.

the hollywood star, bruce willis, has been diagnosed with dementia at the age of 67. his family says he has a form of the disease which affects his ability to speak and write. our medical editor, fergus walsh has more. may day, terrorists have seized the nakatomi plaza. this channel is reserved for emergency calls only. do i sound like i'm ordering a pizza?! as a wisecracking action hero cop, the die hard films made bruce willis a hollywood superstar. come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs... but he gave up acting last year due to aphasia, a brain condition which made it hard for him to communicate and deliver his lines. now, his family says the condition has progressed to frontotemporal dementia. a statement from his wife, emma heming, his ex—wife, demi moore, and daughters from both marriages said it was a cruel condition which could strike anyone.

frontotemporal dementia affects the lobes at the front and the side of the brain and causes problems with language, behaviour and personality. it can lead to people acting impulsively or inappropriately. it's among the most common forms of early dementia. most cases are diagnosed in people aged 45—65, unlike alzheimer's, which usually affects older adults. it's a progressive condition and currently there are no treatments that can slow it down. specialists say tens of thousands of people in the uk are living with less well—known forms of dementia. yes, this diagnosis draws attention to the many, many different forms, over 100 different types of dementia that are out there and the importance that getting the right diagnosis has for finding the right support at the right time, meeting other people in the same

boat and getting to contribute to research efforts to really find a treatment for these different conditions. welcome to the party, pal. bruce willis' family said continued compassion, understanding and respect would enable him to live as full a life as possible. fergus walsh, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. hello, thank you, good evening. storm otto through all sorts of weather at the uk today. northern parts of scotland, in fact in aberdeenshire, a wind gust of 83 mph. but further south in worcestershire, some mild air took the temperatures above 17 celsius. very unusual for this point in february. there was storm otto, the swell of cloud easing away north—eastwards. there is another weather system waiting in the wings. this one less potent but it will bring rain for some of us as we head

through this evening and tonight.