one of the world's most prolific online child abusers has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 20 years —— alexander mccartney admitted 185 crimes involving seventy child victims. a bbc investigation uncovers news evidence about how small boats are being stored in secret warehouses to cross the channel — some organised out of germany. we have the latest on the inquest into the death of cheshire transgender teenager brianna ghey. and we go behind the scences with rock star bruce springsteen — as he releases a documentary capturing his electrifying tour called road diary. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's a busy night of football for the home nations.

northern ireland's women kick off the first leg of their first round play—off against croatia in less than half an hour as they try to move a step closer to next summer's euros. wales are looking to qualify for a major tournament for the very first time. they're already under way in their tie in slovakia, and so far they are holding their opponents at bay, with goalkeeper olivia clark making a good save before half—time. the match is live now on the bbc iplayer and on the bbc sport website. scotland, meanwhile, are in hungary for theirfirst leg. this match kicked off around 15 minutes ago. it's also live now on the bbc iplayer and bbc sport website. england have already qualified for next summer's tournament as they aim to defend their title. they play germany tonight in a friendly at wembley. it's the first time the two sides have met since england beat germany at the same venue in the final

of the euros back in 2022. we will was cherished that. it was one of the biggest numbers of my career and my life but now was now, we are moving forward. we have a different team, because we moved on to. it is they start into the next euros. there's also live premier league action tonight with an east midlands derby as leicester city take on nottingham forest at the king power stadium, with leicester managed by steve cooper, who led forest to promotion two years ago. it is now all about the work with the club here and the players here. it does not matter who we play now, thatis it does not matter who we play now, that is where my focus is. that is enough to consume me and my mind and the staff's mind and from viewing

the staff's mind and from viewing the game of the weekend, on what we did well and how we get better taking it into the game plan for friday is enough to think about. steve did an amazing job and we will always— steve did an amazing job and we will always remember the club, the fans, he achieved — always remember the club, the fans, he achieved something amazing. it will put _ he achieved something amazing. it will put us — he achieved something amazing. it will put us in the premier league. we are _ will put us in the premier league. we are trying to follow this amazing work _ england's cricketers are in danger of losing the deciding third test against pakistan in rawalpindi. ben stokes' side looked on top early on on day two, reducing pakistan to 177—7 in theirfirst innings. but saud shakeel dug in and frustrated england's bowlers, making 134 as pakistan were bowled out for 344, a lead of 77. the home side then took three english wickets before stumps. england closing on 24—3, still 53 runs behind.

having three down over night is not the plan. at one point would look like we got them before they got the lead, but that is cricket, things happen quickly and we expected that. obviously, momentum is with them but hopefully we can soak it up a bit tomorrow and put it back on them and trying to get the lead and put them back in. it's been an excellent day for the men and women's british number ones. katie boulter is into the semifinals of the pan pacific open in tokyo after beating bianca andreescu in straight sets, whilstjack draper is in to the final four in vienna. not quite as straightforward for him, with draper needing three sets to get past tomos machac of the czech republic. draper will face either alexandr zverev or lorenzo musetti next. and that's all the sport for now.

one of the world's most prolific online child abusers has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 20 years —— alexander mccartney admitted 185 crimes involving 70 child victims. he said he was remorseless of carrying out crimes of an industrial scale. he targeted around 3500 children. bbc news has spoken to a man from new zealand about the abuse suffered.

mccartney perfected my friend on snapchat. he reached out to as many friends as you could. over time a friendship with her. my daughter believe that she was talking to a female not a male. it got a point where he requested a nude from her. she sent it through and he used that to manipulate and blackmail her into sending more photos. it ended up including our youngest daughter as well. in time, he went through the contacts list and he added my daughter's cousin as well who was like 17 years old at the time. he then tried to threaten her with getting more photos. thankfully, she was mature enough and smart enough to reach out to my wife and we went straight to the police. it is obviously all snowballed from there. it's happened within minutes. as

soon as it was sent a sequence of events was in motion. it could never be undone. he had offered he honed his craft over a significant period of time. as soon as you have a power, she was playing by his rules. they were ten and 12 at the time, 17 and soon to be 19. our youngest daughter has no idea what happened. she ended up doing photos as well. obviously, it was part of blackmail. she thought it was two sisters playing dress up. so, she is actually completely oblivious to it to this day. we certainly will not tell her. my older daughter had a profound impact. she is genuinely missed out on opportunities because of trust issues in that kind of thing. it is something that she's going to deal with forever. obviously, it sucks for us. we know she is on this medication all the

time and the darkest places that i'm sure her mind goes from time to time. he preyed on her innocence. i think when we know he's in prison for the rest of his life and i hope she can move on. the voice of an actor voicing the words of a parent whose children were impacted. like i say, difficult details. if you have been impacted we have more details on our website. let's speak to our senior technology reporter graham fraser, whojoins us from glasgow. what is the company said? mccartney was doinu what is the company said? mccartney was doing horrific _ what is the company said? mccartney was doing horrific things _ what is the company said? mccartney was doing horrific things on _ was doing horrific things on snapchat, social media upward at its heart. what he was doing on snapchat was offending girls and getting them to send him compromising photographs. these offences were

taking place between 2013 and 2019. snapchat have released a statement today, they say that the sexual expectation of any person is horrific and illegal. our hearts go to the victims in this case. if we discover this activity or if it is reported to us we will remove it. we have looked at and reported to the authorities. we have extra protection for teens to make it difficult for them to be contacted by strangers and we have expanded in 3pp by strangers and we have expanded in app notifications to ensure teens are in touch with people they trust. they concluded, through our enough family centre, parents can also see who their teens are talking to and who their teens are talking to and who their teens are talking to and who their friends are. what who their teens are talking to and who their friends are.— who their friends are. what are snapchat. _ who their friends are. what are snapchat. not _ who their friends are. what are snapchat, notjust _ who their friends are. what are snapchat, notjust snapchat . who their friends are. what are | snapchat, notjust snapchat but other social media companies doing to keep people safe online? the issue of online _ to keep people safe online? tie: issue of online safety to keep people safe online? tt;e: issue of online safety is not a new one. i think we were talking about online safety today, there are

surely to think about first, the big tech companies like snapchat and others are doing. the second, is about legislation. what governments and other authorities are doing. if you look at the big tech companies themselves, i'm sure if they were here talking to us now, there will tell us about all the features that exist on the platforms already to protect children online. in recent times, we have seen things go further than that. on instagram, they've introduced what is known as clean accounts which affects younger teenagers. it makes those accounts private default. it gives parents the opportunity to much more involved in what their children are seeing on those accounts. another thing that instagram introduced just last week was a tool to try and tackle exploitation. it was a tool

that prevents people from screenshot in an image that is only designed to be used once. the big thing here on the horizon is the online safety act. it will come into being next year, and as we've been hearing this afternoon many people are not happy with how strong it is and in terms of if it will make social media companies adhere to these rules. some of the safety act platforms will be forced to remove illegal content such as child sex abuse and there is an introduction of new offences such as cyber flashing and sharing of deep fake pornography. now, if the companies do not adhere to these new rules, they could be severely fined and could find their senior executives are facing prosecution. senior executives are facing prosecution-—

senior executives are facing prosecution. senior executives are facing rosecution. ., ~ , ., , . senior executives are facing rosecution. ., ~ , . . prosecution. thank you very much. we really appreciate _ prosecution. thank you very much. we really appreciate that. _ prosecution. thank you very much. we really appreciate that. really - really appreciate that. really important. to stress that we do have a live page updating all of this breaking story that has been breaking story that has been breaking for the past few hours. one charity in northern ireland makes a really personal comment saying that it is distressingly important that communications had. they urge everyone with children in the care to tell kids in your care that they can always come to you if they are being threatened or blackmailed online. just a key, keep communications open. if you have been affected by any of the issues that we have been raising, it is not easy to talk about. you can speak to a professional, you can go to the organisation that offers support. if you're in the uk, you can see a list of those organisations that can help on the bbc website. bbc. you can

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