this is bbc news, the headlines. nurse lucy letby is sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. manchester united forward mason greenwood who had charges of attempted rape and assault against him dropped leaves the club. a left—wing candidate wins the first round of ecuador�*s presidential election taking place amid tight security after the murder of a candidate. the premier league footballer mason greenwood is leaving manchester united. charges against the 21—year—old forward, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped in february. manchester united issued a statement, saying...

greenwood has been subject to an internal investigation which has concluded. he's also issued a statement, saying i was brought up to know that violence or abuse in any relationship is wrong, i did not do the things i was accused of, and in february i was cleared of all charges. however, ifully accept i made mistakes in my relationship, and i take my share of responsibility for the situations which led to the social media post. i am learning to understand my responsibilities to set a good example as a professional footballer, and i'm focused on the big responsibility of being a father, as well as a good partner." today's decision has been part of a collaborative process between manchester united, my family and me." my colleague olly foster has more from the bbc sports centre.

they were under a lot of pressure, manchester united, to come to a decision. they'd hope to achieve that before the start of the season. you just go back to last week and the opening round of fixtures, there were protests at old trafford because there was every indication that manchester united were going to re—integrate mason greenwood into their squad. but various female fans�* groups were strongly opposed to that and protested. so there was no announcement last week. now we've had this lengthy statement, of which manchester united have talked about how they've gone about this fact finding mission for the last seven months, since the crown prosecution service dropped all charges of attempted rape, coercive and controlling behaviour and also assault against mason greenwood. they've said that they've had to keep a lot of it confidential to protect the continuing anonymity of the alleged victim relating to those charges.

one female fans�* group has come out on social media, the female fans against mason greenwood's return, they call themselves. "mufc leadership have finally done the right thing," they say, "for the wrong reasons, "to save their own necks, to avoid the pr disaster, "not out of care for any of us. "they have lied, backtracked and ignored us until they feared "for their own reputations." certainly there will be relief among those fans�* groups that a decision has been made, but the process has dragged on for an awful long time, especially when they feared that mason greenwood would be reintegrated into the squad. but now we have this mutual agreement between all parties that he will continue his football career elsewhere. he still has two years left on his contract — it only expires in 2025 — so the option will be for manchester united to loan mason greenwood out or to sell him. we've still got another week or so left in the transfer window, so that's the time frame

that we are dealing with. but the exact terms of his contract and what they have done with it aren't clear at the moment, that is remaining confidential as well. but certainly we understand that the club will not in any way expect mason greenwood to ever play for them again. live now to jamie jackson who is the guardian's manchester football correspondent. thank you forjoining us. a lengthy statement from the club today but it also took them a long time to get to this point. i also took them a long time to get to this oint. ~ ., ., , this point. i think that would be one of my _ this point. i think that would be one of my prevailing _ this point. i think that would be one of my prevailing criticismsl this point. i think that would be l one of my prevailing criticisms on how manchester united handled this case. i believe as a reporter it was seven months since the charges had been dropped against greenwood, early february. i don't see how, manchester united wanted to be thorough and i think they have been in that is the right thing of course, but seven months, i would

suggest two or three months, but certainly not more than half a year. so that would be one of my criticisms. the reason for that is because into that sort of vacuum of basing zero information, basically on what they are doing, manchester united, with regard to the case. so it has not been a great time for them. in it has not been a great time for them. , ., , . , ., , them. in terms of this decision they made, them. in terms of this decision they made. how — them. in terms of this decision they made. how do _ them. in terms of this decision they made, how do you _ them. in terms of this decision they made, how do you think— them. in terms of this decision they made, how do you think that - them. in terms of this decision they made, how do you think that will i them. in terms of this decision theyi made, how do you think that will be received by fans in the footballing community? i received by fans in the footballing community?— received by fans in the footballing communi ? . . ., , , ., community? i have already seen or heard from — community? i have already seen or heard from fans _ community? i have already seen or heard from fans who _ community? i have already seen or heard from fans who are _ community? i have already seen or heard from fans who are happy - community? i have already seen or heard from fans who are happy or. heard from fans who are happy or unhappy and i think it is one of the situations that whatever manchester united did decide, they would be people on both the sides of that decision. my personal opinion is that it decision. my personal opinion is thatitis decision. my personal opinion is that it is the correct decision for all parties. i think people deserve second chances in life, so i think you should be able to resume his career elsewhere, but for that to happen, also for manchester united

to move forward, this is probably the best or sort of worst outcomes if i can phrase it that way.- if i can phrase it that way. thank ou for if i can phrase it that way. thank you for being — if i can phrase it that way. thank you for being on _ if i can phrase it that way. thank you for being on the _ if i can phrase it that way. thank| you for being on the programme. the metropolitan police has said it will be taking no further action over claims that king charles' charitable foundation, the prince's trust, was involved in a cash for honours scandal. a saudi businessman, mahfouz marei mubarak bin mahfouz, received an honorary cbe in 2016. it was claimed he had made donations to projects of interest to the then prince charles. with more on this our correspondent, robin brant, is in the newsroom. remind us of the background to all of this. , , ., ., of this. this is in regard to the prince's foundation _ of this. this is in regard to the prince's foundation and - of this. this is in regard to the prince's foundation and i - of this. this is in regard to the prince's foundation and i did l of this. this is in regard to the - prince's foundation and i did think it is important to make clear it is the organisation that is at the heart of the investigation. the metropolitan police in london have been looking at these allegations from february of last year,

following some newspaper reports in the uk centred on the role of michael fossett, a man who has spent decades being very close to prince charles as he was for most of that time. and rez up to become his valet, a senior adviser and at one time a man who charted one of his charitable trusts as well. it involves allegations that mr fossett had been coordinating, had spoken with representatives of that saudi billionaire, mahfouz marei mubarak bin mahfouz and have said to had supported his bid to gain uk citizenship and also to gain an honour in the uk honour system. possibly a knighthood. the metropolitan police say they have spoken to several witnesses, they reviewed dozens and dozens of documents, they have not spoken to who is now king charles, but they

have decided both on the device for prosecutors and also the information they have at hand, that no further action should be taken. it is very important to make clear at this point, that the man at the centre of this, mahfouz marei mubarak bin mahfouz was denied any wrongdoing. the prince's foundation has set in response, that it noted the decision of the police and it will now will want to move forward with its continued to focus on delivering education and training. so for now, no further action from the police. there has been some criticism particular from the anti—monarchy organisation, or public which conditioned its own report which said the allegations are actually against prince charles, as he then was in mr fossett were not against the foundation. so they are not happy. but for now the police, having looked at documents and spoken to some witnesses and reviewed on what has said to have happened over a four—year period, 2014-2018, happened over a four—year period,

2014—2018, saying in their eyes no further action can and should be taken at the stage.— further action can and should be taken at the stage. around the world and across the _ taken at the stage. around the world and across the uk _ taken at the stage. around the world and across the uk this _ taken at the stage. around the world and across the uk this is _ taken at the stage. around the world and across the uk this is bbc - taken at the stage. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. | bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. bright colours, music and plenty of laughter. the new yam festival is marked in a big wayjust once a year. today is a very special day, signifying the harvest. we are known as farmers, so we plant yams and around this period is when we have the best yams. and this is a sort of ceremony we use to celebrate harvest of every other crop. yams play a central role within the cultural celebrations. yam is like a main meal in the land of igbos in nigeria. so yam is what we use to signify every other harvest. amongst the festivities, food, dancing and masquerades with a huge emphasis on dress as part

of the igbo culture. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a revolutionary new cargo ship... a revolutionary new cargo ship sets sail today which uses giant "wings" to harness the power of wind. it's a world first as the shipping industry tries to �*go greener�* to tackle climate change. the pyxis bulk carrier uses two "wind wings" built from the same material as wind turbines but does have a traditional fossil fuel engine as a back—up. it is leaving china bound for brazil. the companies behind the venture say that will slash carbon emissions in their industry. earlierjohn cooper, the ceo of bar technologies the company that designed the wind wings joined me in the studio. it's best to use the analogy

of an aircraft wing when an aircraft is taking off and it needs maximum thrust. that thrust lifts the aircraft in the air. but then if you turn those wings and invert them, then actually that changes that thrust to forward momentum. and that's essentially what we've done with the wind wing. but how do you power such massive ships with just wind? well, it is an auxiliary power, so we call it wind—assisted propulsion. so it's not true to say that this vessel is now a sailing vessel. it does assist the internal combustion engine to power the vessel. and is it labour intensive to do this because you need some manpowerfor this? no sail is required on board. that's the difference for this modern sailing. so we have sensors on board the vessel and indeed the wing itself. so the computer programmes behind the scenes look after all of that for the crew. and of course, the whole point of this is really to cut emissions, to make shipping greener. how much of an impact can this really have?

well, each of the wind wings is saving one and one half tonnes of fuel, so that... one and a half, one tonnes of fuel per day. and more importantly, that's nine tonnes of less co2 that we're emitting every day. i mean, that sounds like an extraordinary achievement. is it expensive, though? because that's usually the catch, isn't it? if something is better, the cost can be a bit higher. sometimes the costs are quite high. we're seeing a business case of about five years and obviously a vessel life is 20 to 25 years. so it doesn't impinge on the net present value of that vessel too much. but heavy fuel oil, which is being used in the industry at the moment, that's about $700 a tonne. we're looking forward to these new fuels. so we want to see these carbon emissions really come down and these new fuels might well be $2,000 a tonne, and that will really bring the business case for wind propulsion to these big vessels.

john cooper there. luisa gonzalez has won the first round of presidential elections in ecuador and will face daniel noboa in a second round of voting in october. it comes after a bloody election campaign in which one of the candidates was shot dead amid growing violence in the country. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from ecuador�*s capital, quito. when you need dozens of soldiers and a bullet—proof curtain to be able to vote, you realise democracy�*s in danger. "i voted with courage", says this candidate, running in place of fernando villavicencio, the politician shot dead earlier this month. ecuadorians are still reeling from the attack on mr villavicencio, a journalist turned politician who was outspoken on corruption and organised crime, murdered as he left a campaign event. ecuador was once a peaceful country. but in the past few years, colombian and mexican drug cartels vying for lucrative routes have taken advantage of the struggling

state and corrupt politics and they've gained the upper hand. dressed in white and calling for peace, fernando villavicencio's daughter cast her vote, remembering a dad who was also her best friend. translation: he was beautiful, powerful, kind, a giant, - one of my best friends. we are living in a powerful historic moment here in ecuador. so many people who didn't care about politics are upset, and they are thinking, "if i don't do something for my country, for myself, then nothing will change and the mafia will come and dominate us". for ecuadorians going to vote, security was high on the risk of priorities. i think right now, there's a lot of violence in the country. things are very complicated and after the death of villavicencio, i think we need to unite.

leftist candidate luisa gonzales won the most votes, pledging social welfare programmes including education and health. she'll face businessman daniel noboa, a surprise to many that he'll go through to a run—off vote in october. ecuadorians might be split politically, but they all agree on one thing — the need for peace and security. that's going to be at the heart of campaigning ahead of the second round. what should we make of this result? that's the question i put to dr grace jaramillo, lecturer of public policy and global affairs at university of british columbia. the first reaction is that it's not new for at least ecuadorians. historically, ecuador has always opted for the ultimate outsider since 1979, the start of the new democratic era in ecuador. even mr rafael correa, the longest serving president during recent

decades, was an outsider when he won the presidency in 2007, so that he arrived really as the clear outsider of this election. and it was a surprise because nobody was expected, especially after the assassination of fernando villavicencio. it was true that was a game changer, but instead of what everybody thought, people were going to go to the candidate who offer security, addressed security and be tough on crime, they went into a candidate that is also a conservative candidate, a millennial candidate who avoid confrontation at all costs. yes, how do you explain that? because particularly with that assassination of candidate villavicencio, lots of people expected that people's minds would shift to be focused on this security aspects. yeah, i think that was the real surprise. but it seems that the majority of the population sees crime

and insecurity the result of economic underdevelopment and also from lack ofjobs and inclusion. the economy has been depressed for the last at least five years, and that in the world he offering a revamp of the economy through micro—credit, social inclusion, addressing the problems from too far for farmers, the agricultural area that nobody else really addressed in the past. and one of the things that is clear, that after fernando villavicencio' assassination also the presidential debate took a front seat in the electorate attention first of all because everybody was watching clearly and attentively to what the candidates had to say. and it's true that also that mr noboa performed beautifully during the debate,

just in terms of having the best quotes of promising lowering utility bills, for example, something really clear and for the majority of the population that is living, especially under the poverty line. the other thing that has not been addressed is the issue that many indigenous peoples in the southern part of ecuador opted for, mr noboa, which was also unexpected. mm—hmm. that's interesting that the way things turned. but going forward, looking ahead to the election, what's going to focus people's minds now between the two candidates? well, i think ecuador faces a dilemma between going back to a government with social achievements, but plagued with authoritarian practices and proving cases of corruption, and a millennial tycoon with ivy league credentials and a conservative social policy that really want to address crime

and insecurity through social policies instead of security and surveillance. so that is the main thing at stake. the other important issue that we have to understand is that this is an snap election coming out from a semi—parliamentarian institutional tool that allow both the president or the national assembly to call for a no—confidence vote. and that in ecuador is called cross deaf. so either either each brand calls for a close election orfor the time remaining. in this case, whoever wins the presidency is going to govern just for 18 months, which makes another challenge for really a country in a crisis. spain is celebrating the world cup victory of its women's football team after they beat england in the final on sunday. it's the first time spain has won the tournament. the spanish team were in high spirits as they returned to their hotel.

expecting a victory parade in madrid in a few hours. we will bring you all the celebrations here live on bbc news. but there is one incident from the victory that cause controversy. when spanish team collected their medals, this happened. spanish football federation president luis rubiales kissed one of the spain players on the lips, jenni hermoso. she said "i didn't like it," on instagram. but a statement released later on her behalf defended mr rubiales. this is what he said. there is one thing i regret and that is what happened between me and a player with whom i have a magnificent relationship as i do with others. certainly, i made a mistake and i have to acknowledge that. it was done without any ill intention in the moment of the highest exuberance. what happened happened. i think in a very

spontaneous way.- happened. i think in a very spontaneous way. happened. i think in a very sontaneouswa . . ., ., , ., , spontaneous way. that apology only came after a — spontaneous way. that apology only came after a significant _ spontaneous way. that apology only came after a significant backlash - spontaneous way. that apology only came after a significant backlash in l came after a significant backlash in spain over the kiss the sports minister says it was unacceptable and this is the front page of spain's newspaper. the headline readsjenni did not like his kisses and neither did we. we will say goodbye to our world audience now. the police have been investigating thefts of gold julie and jim since thefts of gold julie and jim since the start of this year the police request that the key should not be revealed to the public while it is carried out in its inquiry. one member of staff has been sacked and some stolen items were found for sale on ebay. meanwhile the story has led to renewed calls increase for the return of the algae and marbles as our culture editor reports. greek tv dominated this weekend by the theft from the british museum.

the greek culture minister told the bbc it raises questions about the safety and integrity of all the museum's exhibits. and she means these, the elgin marbles. if the museum can't look after other items in the collection, suggests the greeks, it reinforces their country's demand for the return of the classical sculptures to athens. to be diplomatic, it's pretty blatant opportunism. this is a serious matter, important treasures have gone missing from storage in the british museum, but it is not the heist of the mona lisa as the greeks are trying to wrap it up to be. i know the british museum are taking this tremendously seriously. they have said quite bluntly that the elgin marbles are safe in the british museum,

it is the safest place for antiquities and now they have to face up to the fact that greek antiquities have been stolen over the years, so it is very embarrassing. we still don't know what has gone missing from the museum's storeroom, how many items are involved or what has been sold online stop but i understand the police were contacted injanuary by the museum and have since be investigating the disappearances, which date back over several years. the museum has dismissed a member of staff. he has been named as doctor peter hicks, a senior curator in charge of greek collections. the bbc haven't been able to speak to him. his son has denied his father has done anything wrong and says it isn't fair. the items are believed to include jewelry acquired in the early 19th century amongst this collection from charles stanley, a buyer of antiquities. one expert in recovering stolen item says speed is essential. it is so important to have everything documented at this early stage. because we know things are being sold on ebay.

we know things have already been sold on ebay. how do we get those objects back? we just can't wait for a police investigation to be completed. i understand scotland yard has asked the museum not to disclose further details of what is missing at this point. however in the coming days and weeks the bbc expects the museum will report the losses to interpol. then it is likely we will know what treasures are gone. katie razzall, bbc news. a new ai tool reveals how much you hurt ages prematurely because of a lack of exercise, poor diet, drinking and smoking. doctors know that what is known as your heart age can be younger or older than your actual age. can be younger or older than your actualage. ourscience actual age. our science correspondent has actualage. ourscience correspondent has this report. heart beats. this is a heart scan of a 61—year—old person, but the chances are that the heart itself is older and has aged prematurely because of their genes

or unhealthy lifestyle. not even experts can tell from the scan how much the heart has aged, but a new ai tool can. there are already plenty of ways to assess how healthy our heart is through scans, blood pressure, ecgs. but these just give you a snapshot and can vary from day to day, month to month. but this new ai technique is different. it can give you an accumulated total of all the bumps and scrapes your heart has had through lack of exercise, poor diet, smoking and drinking. let's see how i get on. the first step is to have an mri scan after some gentle exercise. machine: breathe out and hold your breath. | the scientists record pictures of my beating heart and the ai system analyses it. i'm 61, but how old is my heart? it says that your heart age is 63.

oh, well, that's a bit older than i actually am. so how does that figure? what should i do? exercising enough, watching your weight, smoking and so on. and, of course, we're interested in looking at treatments that might slow down ageing or might reduce the effects of ageing. and these sorts of scans can quantify that and see how effective those treatments might be in the future. and here's the next step. 256 sensors are creating what is, in effect, a digital copy of this volunteer�*s heart. you can see how the electrical activity is flowing through it. these digital experiments will transform the way we conduct health care. it will be possible for scientists to use these resources to test the impact of drugs, new cardiac devices, lifestyle interventions, and importantly to predict each individual�*s personalised risk. heart research is now in the digital world, with aland machine learning techniques already developing the next generation of treatments to keep us healthierfor longer. pallab ghosh, bbc news.

now here's the weather with tomasz. hello. a fairly quiet evening out there for most of us after what has been a pretty decent monday with some sunny spells. just a few showers here and there. and i think that's what we're going to get tomorrow — scattered showers with plenty of sunny spells as well. but having said that, there is thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain across the north—west of the country. this small weather system has swept into northern ireland and scotland. so through the course of the evening and night, closer to this area of low pressure, it will be raining at times, whereas the south of the country is under the influence of a high. so, here, the skies will be generally clear. so through the evening and the night, that weather front moves into the north—west, a spell of showers, a stronger breeze as well, but most of england and wales should have dry weather overnight. and the early morning temperatures,

whether you're in the north or the south, will be around 1a or 15 degrees. a fairly mild start to tuesday. so here's the forecast, then. closer to the low pressure here, which is to the north of scotland, a thicker cloud at times, again, a scattering of showers. i think the south of the country and the south—east will be generally dry and bright, if not sunny, and, again, every bit as warm as monday. so highs of about 25 in london and norwich, 21 expected in liverpool and about 20 or so in belfast. and tuesday is also going to be very warm across much of europe. here in the uk, typically the 20s, but further south, just across the channel, we're hitting the mid—30s, even in excess of a0 degrees celsius in places like lyon. back to the uk, then, midweek, we have some cloud again spreading into the north—west of the country, perhaps some other western areas of the uk as well, so the dry and brighter weather will be always further east and south. again, the mid—20s, so similar temperatures most days. in the north—west, around 19 or so. so is this warmth going to last? well, the low pressure and the jet

stream are right over us towards the end of the week, so anything south of the jet stream is pretty hot, anything north of the jet stream — and more or less underneath it — is generally on the cool side. so it is expected to cool off as we head towards the end of the week, through the weekend and into next week. so no longer the mid—20s in the south, it's going to be closer to about 20 or so. but the high teens still expected further north. bye— bye.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. we vulnerable of children. heard harrowing details abo effect we heard harrowing details about the effect the babies that had on their parents mental health. some of her breakdowns, others of needed medication or turn to alcohol. i think it's cowardly that people who commit _ think it's cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their_ commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first—hand the impact it's had on them _ first—hand the impact it's had on them and — first—hand the impact it's had on them and their families and loved ones _