we'll tell you what the unusual move was all about. donald trump threatens russia with high tariffs and sanctions if president vladimir putin does not end the war in ukraine soon. and an amber alert, as the met office warns of winds of up to 90 miles an hour and a risk to life when storm eowyn hits the uk this friday. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, can manchester city get back on track in the champions league? we're going to get the latest ahead of their match against paris saint—germain. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. the duke of sussex has claimed a monumental victory, after being given an unequivocal apology and substantial damages from news group newspapers for "serious intrusion" into his private life by the sun. it comes at the end of his five—year

legal battle with the owner of the sun newspaper and the now—defunct news of the world. prince harry and the former labour deputy leader lord watson alleged thatjournalists from news group newspapers used illegal means to intrude into their private lives. lord watson has said they're preparing a dossier for the metropolitan police. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani was at the high court. headline after headline, story after story. years of intrusion now accepted by the sun in a stunning conclusion in prince harry's battle against the tabloid. for years, the duke had said he was the victim of unlawful practices. he blames the media for the death of his mother. he says journalists destroyed his first flush of love with chelsy davy. and today at the high court, this was the first moment of reckoning. from yesterday, there had been clues in secret talks. he had been clues in secret talks. he had been up all night, but the duke's

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in illegal practices. the former labour deputy leader - in illegal practices. the former labour deputy leader ward - in illegal practices. the formerl labour deputy leader ward tom watson, the other remaining claimant in this battle, also received an apology. —— lord tom. ngn had admitted he had been placed under surveillance. admitted he had been placed under surveillance-— admitted he had been placed under surveillance. , , ., , , , , surveillance. news group newspapers oh so many such _ surveillance. news group newspapers oh so many such apologies. _ surveillance. news group newspapersl oh so many such apologies. thousands of ordinary— oh so many such apologies. thousands of ordinary people just trying to live their— of ordinary people just trying to live their lives have suffered the same _ live their lives have suffered the same unlawful behaviour. many were victims _ same unlawful behaviour. many were victims of— same unlawful behaviour. many were victims of heinous crimes, including victims _ victims of heinous crimes, including victims of— victims of heinous crimes, including victims of terrorism, grieving famiiies— victims of terrorism, grieving families and people caught in personal tragedies. families and people caught in personaltragedies. i families and people caught in personal tragedies. i will never get over some — personal tragedies. i will never get over some of the stories i've heard in this— over some of the stories i've heard in this case~ — over some of the stories i've heard in this case-— in this case. this is a ma'or victory for d in this case. this is a ma'or victory for prince �* in this case. this is a ma'or victory for prince harry h in this case. this is a major victory for prince harry and j in this case. this is a major. victory for prince harry and his legal team. victory for prince harry and his legalteam. it victory for prince harry and his legal team. it is the first time in 18 years of battles that the news group newspapers have admitted any wrongdoing on behalf of the sun. but it also has benefits for the murdoch empire. by settling now, they avoid a trial which could have seen allegations of the corporate wide

coverage. the chief executive of ngn rebekah brooks was found not guilty of involvement in phone hacking in a previous criminal trial and denies knowing about any unlawful newsgathering. prince harry's lawyer said questions about her time in charge remain unanswered. that said questions about her time in charge remain unanswered. at her trial in 2014, — charge remain unanswered. at her trial in 2014, rebekah _ charge remain unanswered. at her trial in 2014, rebekah brooks - charge remain unanswered. at her| trial in 2014, rebekah brooks said, when i was editor of the sun we run a clean ship. now, ten years later, when she is ceo of the company, they now admit when she was editor of the sun, they ran a criminal enterprise. ngn says there was no foil —— voice mail interception at the sun and has not admitted any wrongdoing by its journalist, so is this a fair all over? i journalist, so is this a fair all over? ~ ., ., ., ~' journalist, so is this a fair all over? ~ ., ., ., ~ ., over? i think we are looking to the government _ over? i think we are looking to the government and _ over? i think we are looking to the government and also _ over? i think we are looking to the government and also to _ over? i think we are looking to the government and also to the - over? i think we are looking to the government and also to the police j over? i think we are looking to the i government and also to the police to say, are _ government and also to the police to say. are you — government and also to the police to say, are you going to investigate what _ say, are you going to investigate what went — say, are you going to investigate what went on here? unlawful behaviour now admitted. surely now is the _ behaviour now admitted. surely now is the time _ behaviour now admitted. surely now is the time for another police investigation and a full police

investigation and a full police investigation into the wrong doing here _ investigation into the wrong doing here. . . , investigation into the wrong doing here. . ., , ., ., here. prince harry has not got everything _ here. prince harry has not got everything he _ here. prince harry has not got everything he wanted, - here. prince harry has not got everything he wanted, but - here. prince harry has not got everything he wanted, but he | here. prince harry has not got - everything he wanted, but he and lord watson have got more than £10 million in the payout and legal costs. price ngn were willing to pay to reach an agreement with bitter enemy. dominic casciani, bbc news. our media editor katie razzalljoins me now. give a sense of the scale of the victory. i do think it is a significant victory for prince harry and lord watson. never before have news group newspapers admitted unlawful activity at its flagship newspaper the sun, only at the news of the world which rupert murdoch co—star more than a decade ago. now they have admitted that private investigators hired by the paper did act unlawfully. so that is a big win. but also as dominic was saying, this is also a win for news group. that is what happens when you settle. there are positives for both sides. for news group, they have avoided what could have been a really damaging case. that drip,

drip, drip of allegations, suggestions of a cover—up by senior executives, suggestions that phone hacking and other unlawful newsgathering techniques were widespread at the newspaper over many years from 1996. it's important to say they would have thought that in court, they strongly deny that. but now we will not hear that evidence. there was a big headache for another person mentioned in dominic's piece, rebekah brooks. people might remember she was the editor of the news of the world and later the sun and now she is the ceo of news uk. she has always been backed by rupert murdoch. but of course, positions can shift and we will see what develops. but it has taken a prince with deep pockets to get it this far. clearly, if police are minded to investigate or indeed, if the government decides it wants to restart the leveson inquiry or open a public inquiry, that will be a serious development. i certainly can't see the second happening and we will wait to see what the police

have to say. katie razzall. thank you. a 12—year—old boy who was stabbed to death on his way home from school yesterday in birmingham has been named as leo ross. his family described him as "the most beautiful, kind child", who "had not one aggressive bone in his body." a 14—year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder. phil mackie reports. his school said leo ross was "a lovely and bright boy", who was adored by his friends. on his way home yesterday, he was fatally stabbed in the stomach. today, his friends paid their respects, many of them in tears, each supporting the other. hannah, who was in the same class, came with her mum, sima. he was like a nice, kind kid and he'd just do his work and get on with it. and helpful, as well, and very welcoming. something has to be done about this. it's like... i can't imagine what the parents are going through, both sets of parents. you know, leo's mum and dad and his family, they're... i just...

i...i just, you know, it'sjust devastating. rowena was another mum who had a son in leo's class. he didn't deserve this. from what my children say, he was a lovely, caring, innocent little boy. it's another young life lost to the scourge of knife crime. desperate efforts were made to save him, but they were in vain. the west midlands had the highest rate of knife crime in the uk last year, and many initiatives have been set up to try to tackle the problem, but the message just doesn't seem to be getting through. my message to the wider community and young people is — you must not carry knives. we've really got to enforce that message collectively, as the police and the community, everyone. we mustn't carry knives, we mustn't use knives, because these are the tragic consequences of it. in a tribute to leo, a family member told the bbc, "he was the most beautiful, kind child and this would not have been provoked by him. he was funny, sweet and had not one aggressive bone in his body. the nicest kid you would meet."

as knife crime has risen, even younger people are becoming victims. leo ross, aged just 12, is the latest to lose his life. the police officers trying to tackle knife crime in our cities often talk about the danger hours after school. this is when youngsters are the most vulnerable. they feel critically teenagers in this case, even younger. the council leader here in birmingham said this was a senseless attack. the police said many parents will find it difficult to comprehend what happened. and you can see people still coming here tonight to leave flowers, to leave messages. there is a real sense of anger and disbelief and despair really that these kind of things keep happening. sophie. thank you. now, have a look at this. this is a slice of one of thousands of underwater cables on the seabed across the world. this one is a submarine power cable — a heavy one, at that — used to carry electric power

between countries or from windfarms to the shore. these are the conductors. it also carries fibre optics too. these are absolutely vital to our country's infrastructure. and the reason i'm showing you this is because we've just discovered that these cables led to an encounter between a royal navy submarine and a russian spy ship off the coast of britain. our defence correspondent jonathan beale can explain. thanks, sophie. britain's long suspected that russia has been mapping critical undersea cables, with concerns they could be cut or sabotaged. those fears have only increased with russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. and this is one of the vessels britain believes has been doing that clandestine work, tracked here in 2018 by a royal navy warship. russia describes yantar as a research vessel. the ministry of defence calls it a spy ship.

yantar has once again been tracked near uk waters. on november 10th, it was off the coast of cornwall. four days later, it was in the irish sea ? said to be hovering close to cables between the uk and ireland. at the time, she was being monitored by a number of royal navy vessels. but secretly, the russian ship was also being tracked by a british submarine. and in a highly unusual move, that submarine surfaced. defence sources say the submarine verbally warned the russian ship that it knew what it was doing. and today, the defence secretary said this was part of new, more robust rules of engagement. i also want president putin to hear this message. we see you, we know what you're doing and we will not shy away from robust action to protect this country.

now, there are thousands of miles of undersea cables connecting both europe and north america. they carry more than 90% of the world's internet traffic. part of europe's critical national infrastructure, which could be targeted. and in the baltic sea, russia's suspected of using merchant ships — a so—called "shadow fleet" — to sabotage those cables, something moscow denies. but over the past two months, there have been several incidents where undersea cables here have been damaged. the most recent, involving this oil tanker, the eagle s. last month, finland boarded and then impounded the vessel. it's accused of dragging its anchor for more than 50 miles. the question, was it deliberate? but in response, britain and its nato allies have said they're now stepping up their monitoring and patrols around europe's

critical undersea cables. sophie. jonathan, thank you. a 26—year—old man who shot and killed his ex—girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow and stabbed their mother to death has pleaded guilty to their murders. kyle clifford attacked louise and hannah and their mother, carol — who were the wife and daughters of the bbc racing commentator john hunt — at the family home in hertfordshire last summer. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. two sisters and their mother — hannah, louise and carol hunt — part of a well—loved family. the racing commentator john hunt and his other daughter losing so much. a family ripped apart by a man set to terrorise and murder them. an ex—boyfriend, whose response was to kill, kyle clifford finally today admitting he'd murdered the three women, imprisoned louise and had a crossbow and knife. the only thing he denied,

raping louise hunt. he'll now face a trial for this. what happened at the hunt family home in hertfordshire when clifford arrived was unimaginable violence against the three women. he tied up his former partner louise's ankles and arms with duct tape and shot her and her sister, hannah, through the chest with a crossbow. he stabbed their mother, carol, to death. hannah did manage to call 999 twice and told the police she feared she was going to die. when they arrived, they found her near the front door, still alive, but they were unable to save her. this was former soldier clifford leaving the family's house last july, after murdering them, carrying a white sheet with the crossbow underneath. neighbours had heard screaming in the early evening. after leaving them to die, clifford went on the run, finally found after a manhunt the following afternoon, hiding in a cemetery. armed police surrounded the scene and paramedics ran in. clifford had shot himself

with the crossbow, suffering serious injuries. he's now in a wheelchair. after his family were murdered, john hunt, in a statement, talked of the "horrid evil" that brought "devastation on an unimaginable scale", but said, "we will get through this". it's just such an awful, awful situation, but the best thing to come out of this is by him pleading guilty, ijust hope it means thatjohn and amy don't have the agony prolonged, in the sense that they now haven't got to relive all that horror in court. the government still has to decide whether to tighten the law on crossbows, possibly requiring those owning them to get a licence. but it's notjust the weapon, but those who use it — yet again, women murdered in their own homes. lucy manning, bbc news. the time is 6:16.

our top story this evening: prince harry gets an unequivocal apology and substantial damages after a five—year legal battle with rupert murdoch's newspaper empire. and coming up — afterfour lynxes were found in highlands earlier this month, we find out why rewilding activists are taking action to bring some species back. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, england's cricketers have started their tour of india with a heavy defeat, losing by seven wickets in the first t20 in kolkata. president trump has told russia's vladimir putin to make a deal to end the war in ukraine orface tough taxes, tariffs and sanctions. in a message on the truth social network he warned "we can do it the easy way, or the hard way". our north america editor sarah smith is in washington. the president vowed to bring a swift

end to this war — will it work? yes, well he used that post to warn vladimir putin that there would be a high price to pay a fee doesn't soon start talking about a deal to end the war in ukraine. of course, there are already sanctions on the russian economy but he seems to be thinking of something a bit more drastic, warning of higher taxes, tariffs and sanctions. he wrote in his post, we can do it the easy way or the hard way and the easy way is always better. it is time to make a deal, no more lives should be lost. so that's pretty clear. you will remember, donald trump did promise during the election campaign that he would end the war in ukraine on his first day in office, which obviously did not happen but he is clearly getting impatient. at a news conference in the oval office on his very first day, on monday, he did say he had spoken to president zelensky knows he is ready to start talking about a deal but he is just not sure if vladimir putin is ready to do so yet. it is worth

remembering as well, there was a huge amount of concern before donald trump came into office that he might try and cut off the supply of aid and weapons to help ukraine's defence. he has made no moves to do that yet but he has said that he thinks that european nations should be doing 1423 00:18:18,795