at risk by the official advice on vaping — says a senior doctor as he calls for under age vaping to be stamped out. doctors say the long term effects of teenagers vaping won't be known for years — but parents are being led to believe that it's safe. you know, it's almost like an epidemic of people, young people vaping out there. the home secretary says being a woman or being gay are not good enough reasons to claim asylum in the uk — as she calls for a reform of global asylum laws. water companies are being forced to give back more than a hundred million pounds to customers. and why a gargoyle has appeared on a former pizza takeway in wiltshire thanks to a furious planning row. coming up on bbc news, can europe hang onto an unbeaten home record that stood for 30 years. we look

ahead to the ryder cup and roma. —— and of good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. thousands of teenagers are using vapes every day across the uk. some become completely addicted. there's been a sharp rise in the number of under 18s using vapes over the past few years and doctors have been sounding the alarm. their concern is notjust about the lack of research on long term effects. it's also about the official public health messaging around vaping. the claim that vaping is 95% safer than cigarettes has informed government policy for years. but now a top paediatrician says that fact is putting children at risk. here's our health editor, hugh pym. he was out of it.

they'd morphined him up. such was his pain. ian's13—year—old son was rushed to a&e one night with serious stomach pains. the doctor came and said, "we cannot find anything wrong with you." he's not the only parent to be told by doctors that their children's symptoms could be linked to vaping. that's when she said, "are you doing any drugs?" she said that they've had other teenagers in complaining of various ailments. the common denominator is the vaping. i was horrified. he's never smoked a cigarette in his life, but he's vaping regularly and i've found that he's addicted to vaping. and the more i looked into it, the more i realised that he's not alone. there's ongoing research on whether children who vape are more likely to smoke. doctors are also seeing an increase in children with persistent coughs, bronchitis—type symptoms and in some cases, severe lung collapse, though the numbers are small.

there are many children, young people, who have taken up vaping who never intended to smoke and are now likely addicted to vaping. and i think it's absolutely shocking that we've allowed that to happen. he says this public health message from 2015 stating that vaping is 95% safer than smoking has had unexpected consequences. it was aimed at adults trying to give up cigarettes and not meant to encourage children to take up vaping. the figure was headlined when an official report was published, some critics raised questions about the evidence behind it. and we have, you know, it's almost like an epidemic of people, young people vaping out there. so i think the messaging hasn't worked. we've got it wrong, and that means we have to change. and, yeah, i think the 95% quote has not been helpful,

particularly for children and young people. professor anne mcneil was one of the co—authors of the original report. the 95% figure was still mentioned in an update she co—wrote last year. though she says not to suggest zero risk. well, that wasn't what it was intended to convey. it was never intended to communicate they're safe. it was intended, though, to say that, you know, there's a big difference in the harms of these products. the figure is still used today by the vaping industry to promote its products. still works... the bbc has been investigating youth vaping. recent tests on illegal vapes confiscated from a school found unsafe amounts of metals that could be inhaled into child ren�*s lungs. this device was found to have high levels of lead, nickel and chromium. since they emerged in 2005, e—cigarettes have evolved. today there are thousands of flavours and varying

nicotine levels, along with a flourishing black market. the 95% figure is still in some official review literature, even last year. the 95% figure is out of date. but i think what we need to be very clear about is that the risks of vaping are still very clearly much less than the risks of cigarette smoking. mike mckean also believes vaping is an option for smokers trying to give up, but says the overall approach has been wrong. it feels like we've put all our eggs in one basket and said, "this is the way to tackle cigarette smoking." and ifeel we've neglected children and young people by sort of embracing something almost too much without the real proper thought. i am concerned about young people taking up vaping, particularly those who've never smoked. i think we need to better understand

why they are doing that, what it is that's attracting them to these products. and i think we should be encouraging them to stop. the government says measures to tackle youth vaping in england will be unveiled soon. the scottish and welsh governments have called for a ban on disposable vapes. experts agree there's still no long term evidence on the safety of e—cigarettes. the challenge is to emphasise the potential value to hardened smokers, while also underlining the dangers for teenagers taking up the habit. hugh pym, bbc news. the home secretary suella braverman has used a speech in washington to argue that multiculturalism has failed in the uk — with migration being too much and too quick in the past 25 years and too little thought given to integration. she has called for changes to be made to the global asylum sytem saying a failure to control migration poses an existential threat to the west.

labour accused the home secretary of hitting out to try to distract from her asylum failures at home. our home editor mark easton reports. just a few miles from where the home secretary made her speech today, international powers met in 191m to debate the idea of universal human rights. but suella braverman came to washington to argue that the refugee convention that followed doesn't make sense in a world ofjet travel and the internet. it is therefore incumbent upon politicians and thought leaders to ask whether the refugee convention and the way it has come to be interpreted through our courts is fit for our modern age, or in need of reform. today, he and his kind are leaving their homes as evacuees... more than 60 million people were displaced by the second world war and amid determination to ensure global warfare could never happen again... the flags were up,

the assembly was under way. ..world leaders agreed a universal declaration of human rights under the refugee convention promising protection to those who couldn't return to their country of origin because of a well—founded fear of persecution. the home secretary argues persecution no longer means what was intended. we have created a system of almost infinite supply, incentivising millions of people to try their luck, knowing full well that we have no capacity to meet more than a fraction of the demand. there is undoubtedly a growing global challenge. over the last 50 years, the number of extra people seeking international protection each year has increased to more than 10 million according to the united nations, and the countries which host the most refugees are turkey, 3.6 million, iran, 3.4 million, colombia, 2.5 million. the uk has around 230,000. so does this mean the current asylum model is broken, or that the need for it is even greater?

the guardians of the refugee convention and the rights of those seeking asylum are the un high commission for refugees. they fear the home secretary's intervention may undermine international consensus on displaced people. certainly it is something we are concerned about. we are always concerned whenever the relevance of the convention is called into question. if the home secretary's ideas became reality, what impact would that have on people fleeing persecution? certainly more restrictive interpretations of the convention would become extremely risky. for labour, suella braverman�*s speech is more about domestic politics than international policy. i think the home secretary has totally failed to tackle the tories' asylum chaos. so she is ramping up the rhetoric and looking around for someone else to blame. suella braverman�*s comments are likely to boost her popularity with conservative right—wingers

ahead of what some anticipate will be a bitter fight for the soul of the tory party after the next election. mark easton, bbc news. five people accused of being part of a russian spy ring operating in the uk have appeared in court. the bulgarian nationals — who've been living in the uk for a number of years — are all accused of conspiring to gather information that would be useful to an enemy. it's alleged they carried out surveillance on people and places targeted by russia between august 2020 and february 2023. here's daniel de simone. these are the five people accused of operating as a russian spy ring in the uk. the bulgarian nationals have lived in britain for years, some had apparently normaljobs. but today a court heard they are accused of secretly working as spies. carrying out surveillance on people and places targeted by russia.

the alleged surveillance activities are said to have been for the apparent purpose of assisting russia to conduct hostile action. including the potential abduction of targeted individuals. prosecutors say the spy cell's operations hub was this now closed seaside guest in great yarmouth in norfolk. the occupier, former businessman 0rlin roussev, is said to have managed to sell. allegedly sending its members out on surveillance operations in the uk and europe. he is said to have been directed from abroad by a man known as jan marsalek. he is not charged, and it is wanted in germany in a majorfraud case. he is now believed to be in russia. one of the alleged spies, ivan stoyanov, is a one—time mixed martial arts fighter. the destroyer, ivan stoyanov! the defendants have yet to enter pleas and have been remanded in custody to appear at the old bailey in london next month.

daniel de simone, bbc news. the bbc has learned that a hospital trust has failed to send out 2a,000 letters from senior doctors to patients and their gps after they became lost in a new computer system. newcastle hospitals has apologised but warned the problem, dating back to 2018, was significant. let's get more on this from our health correspondent sharon barbour. you were first to bring the story to light today. you were first to bring the story to light today-— you were first to bring the story to liuht toda . ~ ., ., i. ., �* light today. what more if you don't? it has light today. what more if you don't? it has been — light today. what more if you don't? it has been a — light today. what more if you don't? it has been a difficult _ light today. what more if you don't? it has been a difficult day _ light today. what more if you don't? it has been a difficult day for - it has been a difficult day for newcastle hospitals, they have two large hospitals in the city, the royal victoria infirmary and freeman hospital along the way. the reaction has been one of shock today by the consultants and gps and of course the patients. a short time ago i spoke to one gp said that she heard

the news first on bbc news this morning and so did her gp colleagues for the pet been contacted by patients worried about not hearing from the hospital. the hospital trusts as that in the review if they find anything of concern they will let the patient and the gp know what will we also do not know tonight is whether there has been any patient harm as a result of these 2a,000 letters that have been unsound. a short time ago thatjust tell me we need to be mindful but amongst those letters there may be duplicates and internal documents so we're not sure how many exactly our patient letters but we do not know the extent of the harm and we do not know how big the problem is. is it happening in other hospital trusts around the country? we put that to nhs england and they sat at the moment they believe this is an isolated incident.—

millions of people will get money off their water bills after companies were told to pay back £114millionto customers because they failed to meet key targets. the regulator, 0fwat, said in its assessment not one single company reached the highest measure of performance on issues including leaks, pollution and interrupted supply. seven companies are seen as "lagging" with a further 10 only rated as average. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, has more. langston harbour on the south coast earlier this month. four sanitary towels there. today came another reminder of the murky relationship between profit and pollution. regulator 0fwat saying the companies hadn't done enough to tackle pollution, that customer service had got worse, and that they'd failed to maintain a reliable water supply. we think historically companies have been too focused on financial performance and not sufficiently focused on operational performance, which is why we've brought in much stronger incentives and why we're

requiring companies to pay back £140 million to customers. bottom of the class is thames, the uk's biggest water company. it did so badly against its targets that it will have to refund £100 million next year. if shared equally among its customers, that's just more than a fiver each. i think e6 is too little, to be honest, i think it should be a bit more. fine that they want to give this token gesture, but to me it is a token gesture and over the long term they need to really sort themselves out. 12 of the water companies will have to pay refunds of varying sizes to their customers next year. five, despite only being rated by 0fwat as being average, hit enough performance targets to be allowed to charge more. severn trent is the biggest winner. it can charge customers an extra £88 million next year, much to the annoyance of this wild swimmer in shrewsbury. i'm pretty surprised that they're being rewarded, yes,

because there's still sewage spilling into the rivers and we're trying to swim in the rivers and clean them up. obviously, it's notjust the sewage and notjust the water companies that cause pollution problems, but to see any water company being rewarded while there's still sewage spilling into the rivers just doesn't seem right at all to me. responding to the 0fwat report, the water companies trade association looked for the positives. today's figures show that there's been some really important progress in some areas. so for leakage, for example, that's down 7% since 2020, come down every year since the start of the decade. and there have been some other areas as well where progress has been made. but it's true that progress hasn't been fast enough. next week, the water industry will be publishing its proposals for massive investment in our ageing infrastructure. companies rated average at best want billions of pounds more. and there is mounting pressure on

all the actors who work in the water industry, and in the sewage industry at the moment, to start doing some results. there is currently a large criminal investigation in place into the water companies, looking at whether they have possibly spilled illegally into waterways. the regulators themselves are also being investigated on claims that they haven't been tough enough on the water companies. and it comes at a time when i think there is a growing realisation within government that this issue is not going to go away and that questions about sewage discharges and about the health of our rivers and our seas is going to be an issue that people are going to keep talking about as we move quite probably to a general election next year. jonah fisher, thank you. the time is.18.17. our top story this evening. children's health is being put at risk by the official advice on vaping according to a senior

doctor, who wants underage vaping to stop. and will the british museum's new hotline help it track down around 2,000 missing artefacts? new hotline help it track down at new hotline help it track down 6.30... lorries of ai london at 6.30... lorries of aid leave london to help those left homeless by the morocco earthquake. and after a super summer of sport, we meet one player getting ready for the start of the football season. the actor david mccallum has died at the age of 90. for those of a certain age, he will always be the mysterious soviet agent illya kuryakin in the 1960s american tv series the man from u.n.c.l.e. his six—decade career began in radio and went on to include films such as the great escape. and more recently he reached a new audience as dr donald "ducky" mallard, the medical examiner in us crime drama, ncis. 0ur entertainment correspondent david sillito has been looking back at his life.

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fiendishly complicated mysteries, he was your man. and he loved doing the research to make it look convincing. clots will develop over a period of minutes or hours. see you in piccadilly. scots bar. his career also took in the great escape, colditz and the strange science—fiction of sapphire and steel. he was also a musician, he released this in the 60s... which was later sampled by... dr dre and snoop dogg. but nothing ever really topped the man from u.n.c.l.e.. david mccallum — in the cold war, he was the west's favourite russian agent. the actor david mccallum,

whose death was announced today. hundreds of schools in scotland were closed today as staff began a three—day strike in 2a of the country's 32 councils. the dispute is over a pay offer for non—teaching workers including janitors, canteen workers, classroom assistants and cleaners. it's after their union unison turned down a pay offer which would have meant annual incomes rising by about £2,000 for some of the lowest paid. many of our everyday items are getting smaller in a trend known as shrinkflation. the latest item is the galaxy chocolate bar, which last month went from 110g to 100g despite its retail price rising to £1.50 last year. the company mars blames the rising costs of raw materials and operations. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, has said that the british people are desperate for change. in a speech at the party's conference in bournemouth he attacked the government's nhs

record and made a call for cancer patients to have a legal right to start treatment within two months of an urgent referral. 0ur political editor chris mason is there. the liberal democrats are asking you to give them a look. they have just 15 mps, but they've found their smiles again. party leader ed davey used to be in government with the conservatives. now he can't stop criticising them. they're more like a bad tv soap than a functioning government. the factions and the feuds, the personal vendettas, the shock exits and unwelcome returns. this whole conservative shambles — they all have to go. the party's focus is the cost of living, the quality of our water and the health service. his reflections on the nhs included

a deeply personal moment, losing first his dad, then his mum, to cancer. i was 15 when she died. they'd put her on a totally unsuitable dementia ward in nottingham general hospital. i was visiting her on my way to school. in my school uniform by her bedside when she died. he said he wanted a new legal right in england to get cancer treatment within two months of an urgent referral. ed davey got his biggest round of applause when he criticised the government's brexit deal. it's up to us to lead the way. a better economy, a better future with europe. applause but the lib dems are no longer talking up trying to get back into the european union any time soon, concluding it's not a priority to the voters they want to woo.

the british people are desperate for change. desperate for a fair deal and we are the ones who can make it happen. so let's get to it. this is a party that feels like it's got its mojo back. they know who they're targeting and where they're targeting — the tories, primarily in the south of england. you know, i counted more than 25 references to the conservative party in that speech, just a handful to labour — that tells you everything about their strategy. i've been going to conferences for years and this is one of the best. there's a lot of rage, but that has also inspires a huge amount of enthusiasm. there's a thirst for campaigning, so let's hope it works. _ the challenge now — turning enthusiasm into votes and getting noticed. chris mason, bbc news,

in bournemouth. while we have been on air, president biden has become the first sitting us president tojoin biden has become the first sitting us president to join a picket line. hejoined striking car us president to join a picket line. he joined striking car workers us president to join a picket line. hejoined striking car workers in michigan in what the white house described as an historic first. he used a megaphone to address workers from the united auto workers union, who are calling for a hike in wages and a shorter working week. at least 125 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in an explosion at a fuel depot in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh which was seized by azerbaijan last week. internationally nagorno—karabakh is recognised as part of azerbaijan, but for decades ethnic armenians have controlled large parts of it. more than 20,000 people have fled across the border into armenia since azerbaijan took control last week. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in goris, on the border. what is the latest there, sarah?

well, this refugee reception centre just behind me here is now working through the night because the number of ethnic armenians who are now fleeing nagorno—karabakh and hitting her to armenia is growing all the time. we were up at the last checkpoint out of nagorno—karabakh earlier today, we saw hundreds of people coming across every hour and they were really crammed into the tiniest of cars, huge families are squeezed into cars, with everything they could possibly carry, they had got roof racks are piled high, i saw a dumper truck in fact with 25 children in the back of it. so, huge numbers now coming across. now, azerbaijan has said that it will guarantee the safety of any ethnic armenians who choose to stay in nagorno—karabakh but i've been speaking to people about it and asking them why they are leaving and they say they just don't trust those promises, there is too much history, too much blood, they are a laid freight to stay. it's not that there is someone actually forcing them to leave physically, but they are afraid but they tell me, to stay there. the other thing to mention

about this, when i ask people whether they think they will be going home, i have not met a single person here who think that they will ever go back to nagorno—karabakh. it feels much more like an exodus than a temporary evacuation. and if you want to hear anymore about that story, we will have a report later on tonight on the news.- story, we will have a report later on tonight on the news. sarah, thank ou. the british museum has opened a hotline to help it track down around 2,000 missing artefacts — that are thought to have been stolen from its collection. the vast majority are from its gems and jewellery collection, mostly from ancient greece and rome. the museum released these images showing similar artefacts. among them are items such as a late bronze age finger ring, a greek gold chain necklace, a roman engraved gemstone the british museum has opened a hotline to help it track down the museum says at least 60 items have already been recovered, with a further 300 identified and due to be returned.

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of this chinny—chin—chin. we have seen a bit of rain add a bit of sunshine as well, these waves running onto the coastline of dumfries and galloway. these little tiddler�*s compared with what is on the way, storm agnes is just around the way, storm agnes is just around the corner. 0vernight tonight any showers will die away pretty quickly, we have got a ridge of high pressure building. a cooler night across northern areas compared with last night, temperatures getting down into single figures, turning milder and quite windy in the south—west. storm agnes is developing rapidly at the moment underneath this powerful, 160mph atlanticjet underneath this powerful, 160mph atlantic jet stream. underneath this powerful, 160mph atlanticjet stream. peak intensity of this storm, about three o'clock in the morning, when away from our shores, and good news, because that will have winds gusting off 100mph. actually, in its final approach is to the uk, this area of low pressure is going to weaken a little bit at the peak winds will start to come down. nevertheless around the irish sea coasts, still strong enough to

bring some localised damage and disruption,