with donald trump isn't injeopardy, after the former president's team accused the labour party of interfering in the us election. they've filed a legal complaint against the party for offering to house labour members volunteering to canvass for mr trump's rival kamala harris. also on the programme... the police watchdog confirms the officer who killed chris kaba was facing a gross misconduct hearing over the shooting, before his criminal trial. two people have been taken to hospital following what appears to be a major incident at a care home in dorset. three people are dead and two people are in hospital after an incident a new drug hailed as a turning point in the fight against alzheimer's won't be offered on the nhs in england because of its high cost. and raising a pint together for over half a century — the friends who have been meeting up in the pub every week for 56 years. it started with soccer and sex and it's finished up

with pensions and prostate. and coming up on bbc news, three weeks on from that 7—1 defeat in dortmund, celtic are aiming to get their champions league campaign back on track against atalanta. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. sir keir starmer has insisted his relationship with donald trump isn't in jeopardy after his presidential campaign team filed a legal complaint against the labour party, accusing it of "blatantly interfering" in the american election. mr trump's team pointed to a now—deleted social media post that offered accommodation to some labour members travelling to the us to campaign for mr trump's rival kamala harris. the prime minister says that labour activists were volunteering in their own time.

our political correspondent tom symonds has the latest. wanted, labour activists to head to america to campaign for kamala harris. it was posted by labour's head of operations on linkedin, a professional, social network. it head of operations on linkedin, a professional, social network. it has since been — professional, social network. it has since been deleted. _ professional, social network. it has since been deleted. donald - professional, social network. it has since been deleted. donald] - professional, social network. it has. since been deleted. donald] trump. his team is — since been deleted. donald] trump. his team is furious. _ since been deleted. donald] trump. his team is furious. the _ since been deleted. donald] trump. his team is furious. the british - since been deleted. donald] trump. his team is furious. the british are l his team is furious. the british are coming to support his rival. his lawyers have now sent this legal letter to the us federal election commission, demanding an immediate investigation. where the linkedin post says there are ten spots to offer, the letter says that suggests labour is playing something, making illegal contributors. this donald trump supporter agrees. the advertisement _ trump supporter agrees. tue: advertisement did trump supporter agrees. tte: advertisement did not trump supporter agrees. t'te: advertisement did not say trump supporter agrees. tte: advertisement did not say you would be going in your own free time, did not say you would have to pay your own air fare, not say you would have to pay your own airfare, which not say you would have to pay your own air fare, which at the moment very, very expensive. the same thing with free accommodation. if you look

at the wording of the advert, there is little doubt that that is against american electoral law. but labour sa s there american electoral law. but labour says there have — american electoral law. but labour says there have always _ american electoral law. but labour says there have always been - american electoral law. but labourl says there have always been foreign volunteers in us elections and this one is no different. the defence ministerjohn healey signing a new agreement with his german counterpart, took time out to say the party organiser looking for recruits was not doing it officially. recruits was not doing it officially-— recruits was not doing it officiall. �* , ., ., officially. any individual labour supporters _ officially. any individual labour supporters that _ officially. any individual labour supporters that are _ officially. any individual labour supporters that are over - officially. any individual labour supporters that are over in - officially. any individual labour supporters that are over in the | officially. any individual labour - supporters that are over in the us, being part of the democratic election campaign, either as individuals stop they are there in their own time, they are at their own expense and if they have got accommodation out there, that will be also provided by volunteers. anyone who loves politics might want to be part of this knife edge us election. fix. to be part of this knife edge us election. �* ., ., , , ., election. a lot of activists do it sim -l election. a lot of activists do it simply because _ election. a lot of activists do it simply because they _ election. a lot of activists do it simply because they love - election. a lot of activists do it l simply because they love politics and then a particularly american politics and just being close to a campaign, being part of a campaign

campaign, being part ofa campaign is fun, it can be good fun. the campaign, being part of a campaign is fun, it can be good fun.— is fun, it can be good fun. the us election regulator— is fun, it can be good fun. the us election regulator has _ is fun, it can be good fun. the us election regulator has not - is fun, it can be good fun. the us election regulator has not yet - election regulator has not yet responded to donald trump is my complaint and this is the story playing much bigger here than america. as for the prime minister, no, he has told reporters, this will not make it harder to handle any president trump. we had dinner last month, he said, we established good relationship. our political correspondent henry zeffman joins us from westminster. henry, what more is labour saying about this? well, brits have been over to take part in american elections practically since the war of independence. everyone here in westminster pretty much is obsessed with american politics. it is not just labour activists, we have seen nigel farage on stage with donald trump with conservative politicians, in fact i bumped into them in snowy new hampshire, campaigning for democrats and republicans. but the allegation here is that people were

doing so in a party capacity. absolutely strenuously denied by the labour party, which insists they have no role whatsoever in any activists going over there in what they say was a private capacity. but what is so supercharged about this is the fact that in less than two weeks' time sir keir starmer could, depending what happens in the presidential election in the us, be considering how best to deal with president elect donald trump. he and his team have been at pains both in opposition and subsequently in government to forge good relationships with donald trump and his team. the fear in government and in the labour party is that this row might now put that in jeopardy. there has also been an update in the investigation about a labour peer�*s donation to the party. tell us more about that. , , donation to the party. tell us more about that-— about that. this is about lord ali. we heard a _ about that. this is about lord ali. we heard a lot _ about that. this is about lord ali. we heard a lot about _ about that. this is about lord ali. we heard a lot about him - about that. this is about lord ali. we heard a lot about him in - about that. this is about lord ali. we heard a lot about him in the l about that. this is about lord ali. i we heard a lot about him in the last few weeks and months. he was the labour donor and long—standing labour donor and long—standing labour peer who, among other things,

had paid for some of sir keir starmer�*s suits and several pairs of glasses. he has been found to have committed four breaches in his house of lords register of interest, an independent investigation by the house of lords commissioner on standards. but the house of lords commissioner very much stressing these are minor breaches and they don't have anything to do with the previous stories about lord ali and he will be writing a letter of apology to the house of lords conduct committee.— apology to the house of lords conduct committee. a firearms officer who killed a man during a police stop in south london was facing a gross misconduct hearing before his criminal trial. the independent office for police conduct has confirmed that martyn blake was under investigation over his use of force on the night he shot chris kaba. on monday, a jury found him not guilty of murder. this afternoon the home secretary yvette cooper will announce that the government is planning to complete a review into how armed officers who fire fatal shots are held to account. our uk correspondent adina campbell can tell us more. adina, what's the significance

of this confirmation from the iopc? these new details give us a clearer understanding of the investigation surrounding martyn blake and the actions he took on the night he killed chris kaba. so this police watchdog statement by the higher pc has now confirmed to us that before the criminal trial had taken place it had carried out its own investigation, looking at his conduct. it does say in the statement that martin blake should have faced a gross misconduct hearing relating to his use of force as required by law and before making that decision final it share it with the metropolitan police service to provide its view on whether there should be misconduct proceedings. we now know that before the trial had taken place martyn blake did have a case to answer in that respect. of course, now that we have had a criminal trial we know that martyn blake was acquitted and was cleared of murdering chris kaba earlier this week at the old bailey and the ier

pc has now said it will be reviewing its findings and will now see whether or not martyn blake will actually face that disciplinary hearing. actually face that disciplinary hearinu. ~ . . actually face that disciplinary hearinu. ., ., , . hearing. what are we expecting the home secretary _ hearing. what are we expecting the home secretary to _ hearing. what are we expecting the home secretary to say _ hearing. what are we expecting the home secretary to say in _ hearing. what are we expecting the home secretary to say in the - hearing. what are we expecting the - home secretary to say in the commons today? we home secretary to say in the commons toda ? ~ ., ., , home secretary to say in the commons toda ? . ., ., , ., ., today? we have not been given too much detail— today? we have not been given too much detail about _ today? we have not been given too much detail about that _ today? we have not been given too much detail about that briefing - today? we have not been given too much detail about that briefing but| much detail about that briefing but it is expected to take place later on this afternoon. it is likely to be centred on police accountability which of course is a really interesting topic, lots of people feel this is an absolutely pertinent issue in terms of what happened in relation to chris kaba. of course martyn blake was acquitted. but there are still many questions surrounding this case, about the effectiveness of firearms officers and the responsibility of their roles, but also public confidence. we know this is controversial in terms of whether armed officers should have the capacity to act in these situations. the please of course would say they absolutely have a duty to protect the public, to protect their colleagues, but there has been a big fallout from

this case, particularly in the black community. many people feel police officers need to be held more to account. the water industry in england and wales is going to be examined by a new independent commission in the biggest review since the sector was privatised in the 1980s. it'll look at potential improvements and issues like companies' crumbling infrastructure and the pollution of lakes and rivers. it could even recommend scrapping the watchdog ofwat, as our business editor simon ]ack reports. water bills are going to rise a lot if we're going to fix a crumbling water infrastructure that has seen sewage spills, leaks and outages soar. it's provoked public fury at the companies. many, like becky mulvey from ilkley, have seen as prioritising profit over people. i'm not prepared to pay more in my bills until i am ensured that we are going to get our rivers, lakes and seas cleaned up. i am not paying more for debt and for dividends and for people to line their pockets. absolutely not. the government agrees the industry

and regulation isn't working, which is why it's launching the biggest review of the industry in the 35 years since privatisation, which could see the reform or abolition of current regulators. the water sector is not working in the interests of customers or the environment today. we need a reset that involves a commission that will report back to me by]une of next year, and it will then inform further legislation so that we can fix this sector once and for all and clean up our rivers, lakes and seas in the way that the british public would expect to see. the water industry itself welcomed the move. i don't think anyone can look at the current system and think that it's working well. we have not had enough investment in the past, and our system is creaking under the weight of climate change and population growth. and, ultimately, i think all of us bear some responsibility for that, including the regulator, which has consistently denied sufficient investment needs to be put into the system. but this new commission will not report back until next spring.

the negotiation about how much bills will rise in england and wales over the next five years is happening now. water companies have invested nearly £200 billion since privatisation, in facilities like this new storm drain to cope with higher rainfall. but they've also paid out 50 billion in dividends, millions in pay and saddled some companies with unsustainable debt. the government say nationalisation would cost taxpayers billions and take years in which the problems would only get worse. so whatever this new commission concludes, it seems inevitable that the failures of the past will mean higher bills in the future. simon jack, bbc news. gisele pelicot, the french woman whose former husband is on trial for drugging herand inviting more than 50 men to rape her, has taken the stand for the first time. the 72—year—old arrived at court earlier today, to give evidence against him and the other men on trial. she said, "i want all women

who have been raped to say, "madame pelicot did it, i can too." i don't want them to be ashamed any longer. madame pelicot�*s former husband is charged with recruiting men online to attack his wife while she was under the effect of heavy sedatives and sleeping pills, that he administered to her in secret for a decade. all the men on trial deny the accusations. addressing herformer husband as mr pelicot, and saying she could no longer bear to use his first name, she said, "i am trying to understand how this man, who to me was perfect, could have done this. how can he have betrayed me at this point? how could he let these strangers into my bedroom? the trial continues. two manchester arena attack survivors have won a landmark case against a conspiracy theorist who claimed the bombing was staged. martin hibbert and his daughter eve both suffered life—changing injuries. they took legal action against richard d hall for defamation and harassment, after he insisted the attack in 2017 was a hoax. our disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring joins me now.

tell us more about this case. this really is a landmark case. it is the first of its kind, a civil case taking a conspiracy theorist to court in the uk like this, so it is a really big dealfor martin and eva who have now won on those charges. i investigated this back in 2022. richard de hall was posting online about how he was tracking down survivors of the manchester arena bombing to see whether their injuries were real, as well as posting on social media. he was also selling a book, giving talks, making money out of these kinds of theories. i confronted him at the time and he told me the bbc are wrong about how he operates and he continued to defend his position in court, saying it was in the public interest. thejudge court, saying it was in the public interest. the judge acknowledged distress and harm it had cause to martin and eve hibbert and there are no decisions to be made about the compensation and so on. what is important to highlight is the courage of martin hibbert and eve, who represented a lot of other

people who were targeted by these kinds of tactics online, denying the very worst things they had already survived. it sets a really important precedent here in the uk for how other people targeted by conspiracy theorist have our top story this afternoon. a result. the prime minister insists his relationship with donald trump isn't injeopardy, after his presidential campaign team accused the labour party of interfering in the us election. and brazil experiences its worst wildfires since records began, with more than 62,000 square kilometres of the amazon rainforest burned already this year. coming up on bbc news, why international rocker and boyfriend of pop star rhianna plus donald trump's former lawyer could be in line to buy tranmere rovers.

cctv footage of a former british army soldier who allegedly escaped from wandsworth prison has been released. the video shows him taking a cap from mountain warehouse, buying clothes in marks and spencer and topping up his phone in sainsbury s. daniel khalife, 23, is alleged to have escaped from prison in september 2023. our hom