daniel sandford, bbc news. we have much more on that story and other stories on the website.n touch with us as well through social media. now it is time for the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: rafael nadal recovers from a scare in beijing against lucas pouille to advance to the second round. brian dozier hits the first home run of the american league wild card match as the minnesota twins take an early lead over the new york yankees. and despite only having partial movement in his right arm, robert kubica may be back in formula one next season. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis and the news that world number one rafael nadal had to save two match points in his first round match against france's lucas pouille in beijing before securing his passage to the next round. austin halewood has a wrap of the action from china. back on court. the

daniel sandford reports.gathering over harvey weinstein in the uk too. this was british actress lysette anthony in 1982, 19 years old and at the start of her career, filming the science—fiction fantasy krull. that was when she met harvey weinstein. and in today's sunday times, she claims that a few years later, he raped her at her london home. harvey weinstein, who has been lauded as a hollywood a—lister for decades, has now conceded he made mistakes and needs help, but has categorically denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. the metropolitan police started investigating the allegations by lysette anthony last week. the force now says two more women have come forward. 0ne claims harvey weinstein assaulted her in 1992, the other that he assaulted her three times, in 2010, 2011 and 2015. but if detectives decide they do want to charge harvey weinstein, bringing him here would not necessarily happen quickly. the courts in america would want to deal with all the cases there before extraditing him to britain

daniel sandford reports.louds are gathering over harvey weinstein in the uk too. this was british actress lysette anthony in 1982, 19 years old and at the start of her career, filming the science—fiction fantasy krull. that was when she met harvey weinstein. and in today‘s sunday times, she claims that a few years later, he raped her at her london home. she told the paper... harvey weinstein, who has been lauded as a hollywood a—lister for decades, has now conceded he made mistakes and needs help, but has categorically denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. the metropolitan police started investigating the allegations by lysette anthony last week. the force now says two more women have come forward. one claims harvey weinstein assaulted her in 1992, the other that he assaulted her three times, in 2010, 2011 and 2015. but if detectives decide they do want to charge harvey weinstein, bringing him here would not necessarily happen quickly. the courts in america would want to deal with all the cases there b

daniel sandford reports.aneous raids on a suspected people smuggling gang. immigration! stand clear! in west london. birmingham. and gateshead. 11 people were arrested here in britain. and 15 more were detained in bulgaria and belgium. in today's raids, immigration enforcement are targeting a group of men suspected of smuggling people into britain using hidden compartments in vehicles. the gang specialises in purpose—built cramped units like this in the back of a white van. and also hides people in the bases of flatbed trucks. it's quite upsetting when you see some of the photos of how these people are held within vehicles. they're specifically built hides and concealments in vehicles and they can spend a number of days in those locations before they're actually recovered. two men were arrested this morning in birmingham, two in gateshead and seven in london. many of those detained were afghans, as were many of the people they're accused of smuggling. the international part of the operation was co—ordinated b

daniel sandford, bbc news.ributes to the american musician, tom petty, who has died at the age of 66. he had a long career with his band the heartbreakers and then with the super group, the travelling wilburys, and sold more than 80 million records worldwide. 0ur entertainment correspondent, david sillito, looks back at his life. # well, i won't back down # well, i won't back down # no, # well, i won't back down #no,| # well, i won't back down # no, iwon't # well, i won't back down # no, i won't back down... # tom petty had one ambition, as a child he met elvis and thenth beatles, his heart was set on rock—and—roll. # i won't back down... # his songs were rooted in real—life. his songs were rooted in real—life. his band the heartbreakers old friend from his home state of florida that he bumped into one night ina florida that he bumped into one night in a studio. i came down to the studio and this band was in the room. they are all people i'd known. so we playeded that night, and it was so good, i really enjoyed

daniel sandford there with the latest on that case for us in malta.metimes lasting years, for non—emergency surgery in northern ireland. that's far higher than in other parts of the uk. figures seen by the bbc show how some patients are waiting three years just to see a consultant. at one health trust the minimum wait is 155 weeks — that's almost three years — for those with spinal problems. at the same trust, it could take up to 127 weeks — two—and—a—half years — to see a specialist about a shoulder or wrist problem. health chiefs admit urgent reform is needed to get more patients treated in the community. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, sent this report from belfast. # this house don't feel like home any more # you say you've gone to set me free #. megan loves dancing. # words are to spare, your clothes on the floor #. it's just her life at the minute. she just wants to dance. # clouds and the weather, it changes #. but at the minute she needs to get this surgery to help her. this is megan's spine, it's what's known as severe curvature. she's in pain a

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports.trates‘ court this morning in a police convoy from manchester, the two men accused of a neo—nazi terrorist plot to murder a labour mp. in all, six men appeared in the dock. all are charged with being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action. one of them cannot be named for legal reasons. the allegations are that the six had been meeting in this warrington warehouse which they had converted into a gym and in a pub nearby. the charge says that from the day national action was banned in december last year until the day they were arrested in september, all six men had remained members. the prosecution say that christopher lythgoe was their leader and he is also charged with encouraging murder, in fact with giving permission for one of the group to kill rosie cooper, the mp for lancashire west, on behalf of national action. the man he's accused of encouraging, the 22—year—old who cannot be named, has been charged with preparing a terrorist act by buying a machete with which to m

daniel sandford, bbc news, valetta.timate constitutional check, a mechanism that grants legal authority to those closest to the president. it enables the vice president and cabinet members, and then members of congress, to stage an intervention if the president is deemed unfit to lead. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan has been taking a closer look. all chant: usa! will donald trump's presidency last a full four years? well, one of his closest former advisers believes there's only a 30% chance of him lasting until 2020, and that's because of something called the 25th amendment. well, it's one way a president can be removed from office. we often hear about impeachment, a process which gives congress the power to oust a president, but with the 25th amendment, it's the president's own cabinet colleagues who can stick the knife in. well, a majority of president trump's cabinet would need to come together, plus the vice president, and sign a letter declaring that the president is unfit to govern, or in the official words, "is un

daniel sandford there.enotaph on remembrance sunday this year. the prince of wales will lay the floral tribute on her majesty's behalf. the queen and the duke of edinburgh will watch the service from the balcony of the foreign office, in whitehall. the prime minister of spain, mariano rajoy, has given the leaders of catalonia five days to clarify whether they've made a formal declaration of independence. yesterday, the catalan president signed a declaration of independence following that disputed referendum, but then suspended the declaration to allow further talks. mr rajoy accused the catalan leadership of a dangerous attack on the country's constitution and rejected calls for mediation. 0ur europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports from madrid. in every people's story there are fateful days. for spain and catalonia, these are times fraught with risk. after emergency cabinet meetings this morning, spain's prime minister came to tell his parliament he's demanding clarity from catalonia. the questio

here's daniel sandford. guys, i'm not doing 0k.ng battered by a storm of sexual abuse allegations in america, the clouds are gathering over harvey weinstein in the uk too. this was british actress lysette anthony in 1982, 19 years old and at the start of her career, filming the science—fiction film krull. that was when she met harvey weinstein. and in today's sunday times, she claims that a few years later, he raped her at her london home. now well—known for her role in channel 4's hollyoa ks, she told the paper... while harvey weinstein has conceded he's made mistakes and needs help, he's so far categorically denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. the metropolitan police, which was already investigating the allegations by lysette anthony, now says a second woman has come forward who claims harvey weinstein sexually assaulted her in london in 2010, 2011 and 2015. british actress alice evans says harvey weinstein asked to feel her breasts in cannes in 2002. she avoided his further advances, but thinks he damaged her career. it

daniel sandford reports.ster magistrates‘ court this morning in a police convoy from manchester, the two men accused of a neo—nazi terrorist plot to murder a labour mp. in all, six men appeared in the dock. all are charged with being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action. one of them can't be identified for legal reasons. the allegations are that the six had been meeting in this warrington warehouse which they had converted into a gym, and in a pub nearby. the charge says that from the day national action was banned in december last year until the day they were arrested in september, all six men had, in fact, remained members. the prosecution say that christopher lythgoe was their leader, and he is also charged with encouraging murder, in fact with giving permission for one of the group to kill rosie cooper, the mp for lancashire west, on behalf of national action. the man he's accused of encouraging, the 22—year—old who can't be named, has been charged with preparing a terrorist act by buying

daniel sandford, bbc news, valetta.dark materials, which sold millions of copies. now, 20 years after the start of that series, he's back with a new book featuring one of the original characters. he's also keen to share his often forthright views on the real world which, he says, is in a "state of turmoil." he's been talking to our arts editor, will gompertz. the inn was an old stone built, rambling, comfortable sort of place. there was a terrace above the river, where peacocks, one called norman and the other called barry, stalked... philip pullman, reading from his latest book la belle sauvage, in which he returns to the fantastical world of dust and demons he created in his dark materials. it sees the return of lyra, who is now sheltering in a priory from her own father, in a story that pits liberals against totalitarian oppressors. i think the greatest menace to the world is the point of view that says one size fits all. there's one answer and we have it and if you don't believe it, we're going to kill you, or tortu

daniel sandford, bbc news. you're watching bbc news.e independence from spain within days. the region's leader gives the bbc his first interview since the disputed referendum on sunday and has warned the government that intervention could be a definitive mistake. body camera footage shows the moment police arrive at the scene of sunday's deadly mass shooting in las vegas as they try to locate the killer. detectives say the suspect had planned the attack from his hotel room. health charities have called it a global badge of shame, cholera kills up to 143,000 people every year. officials from around the world are meeting in france to commit to preventing 90% of those deaths by 2030. it isa it is a time to have a review of the news. what is making headlines around the world ? news. what is making headlines around the world? we thought we would start with the spanish daily leading on the catalonian push for independence, of course, on the digital front independence, of course, on the digitalfront page, with independence, of course, on the d

thousands of people attended a vigil in the capital valetta, as our correspondent daniel sandford reportsfield where malta's most influential investigative journalist was murdered — her body blown clean out of the vehicle by a huge explosion, ending her career of exposing political corruption and organised crime. "i saw a small explosion coming from the car and i panicked", said frank sant, who saw the whole thing. "a few seconds later, there was another larger explosion. the car skidded down the hill at high speed, full of fire, and into the field." daphne caruana galizia made her name writing stories in newspapers and then on her blog that were often deeply embarrassing for those in power in malta, particularly the labour party who are currently in government. today, her son matthew said the government had been negligent in failing to protect his mother. "this was no ordinary murder and it was not tragic", he wrote. "tragic is someone being run over by a bus. we're a people at war against the state and organised crime, which have become indistinguishable. this is where we are, a mafia s

daniel sandford, bbc news at westminster magistrates‘ court.ticularly today. the department of catalonia has declared independence from spain, that's what the regional parliament decided to do and in response, the spanish senate in madrid has an approved imposing direct rule from madrid. britain says they will not recognise the move. i'm sure we can show you some of the scenes in barcelona there. thousands of catalonia and is remaining on the streets, celebrating the declaration of independence. not every catalonian is celebrating, as our correspondents have discovered in recent days. but everybody wants this independence but, in particular, the spanish government, in the last hour, the prime minister of spain addressed the nation in a press co nfe re nce of spain addressed the nation in a press conference saying he is sacking the catalonian government, the chief of police, and will hold new elections in december to reimpose a new catalonian regional government. refusing to acknowledge any declaration of independence whatsoever. what interventi

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. one of the wings didn't long lartin prisoners suffering a disturbance, that some staff were attacked with intra improvised weapons including things like pool balls and in the end they decided they would have to retreat and secure that wing to stop violence from spreading. it essentially means they have lost control of that wing. and tornado teams, those antiriot teams that the prison users, are on their way from all around the country, and that is going to be a busy night trying to take control of long lartin prison again. any disturbance in prison is worrying, but at long lartin it is particularly worrying. it is one of the most high security prisons in england and wales. two thirds of the people there are life sentence prisoners, and normally, actually, at the higher staffing ratios the old age of the prisons means you get less trouble in prison that. but like all prisons in england and wales, long lartin has suffered staff cuts since chris grayling's cuts to the prison service and

daniel sandford reports.f simultaneous raids on a suspected people smuggling gang. immigration! stand clear! in west london... birmingham... and gateshead. 11 people were arrested here in britain. and 15 more were detained in bulgaria and belgium. in today's raids, immigration enforcement are targeting a group of men suspected of smuggling people into britain using hidden compartments in vehicles. the gang specialises in purpose—built cramped units like this in the back of a white van. and also hides people in the bases of flatbed trucks. it's quite upsetting when you see some of the photos of how these people are held within vehicles. they're specifically built hides and concealments in vehicles and they can spend a number of days in those locations before they're actually recovered. two men were arrested this morning in birmingham, two in gateshead and seven in london. many of those detained were afghans, as were many of the people they're accused of smuggling. the international part of the operation was co

daniel sandford, bbc news.ecretaries. but the one that stood out and which the conference had been most excited about was the speech of borisjohnson. the foreign secretary has had plenty to say in recent weeks, at times setting himself against the prime minister, challenging the direction of travel in the brexit negotiations, advocating a tougher stance on the withdrawal payment and the length of any brexit transition period. earlier today, prime minister may defended her decision to keep the outspoken mrjohnson in her cabinet, choosing not to fire him, despite the perception among some that he is challenging her authority. i don't set red lines. everybody uses this phrase, red lines. i don't set those sort of red lines. all i would say to this is that actually, i think leadership is about ensuring that you have a team of people who aren't yes—men, a team of people with different voices around the table so we can discuss matters, come to an agreement and then put that government view forward, and that is exactl

she was known for her blog accusing top politicians of corruption. 0ur correspondent daniel sandfordsis of daphne caruana galizia's peugeot 108 hire car, in the field where malta's most influential investigative journalist was murdered — her body blown clean out of the vehicle by a huge explosion, ending her career of exposing political corruption and organised crime. "i saw a small explosion coming from the car and i panicked," said frank sant, who saw the whole thing. "a few seconds later, there was another larger explosion. the car skidded down the hill at high speed, full of fire, and into the field." daphne caruana galizia made her name writing stories in newspapers and then on her blog, that were often deeply embarrassing for those in power in malta, particularly the labour party who are currently in government. today, her son matthew said the government had been negligent in failing to protect his mother. "this was no ordinary murder and it was not tragic," he wrote. "tragic is someone being run over by a bus. we're a people at war against the state and organised crime, which

hour the bbc has learned a third woman has reported an allegation of sexual assault, here is daniel sandford as he sexually assaulted her in westminster in london in 1982 so quite an old allegation which would give the police problems, they will need to be try to find evidence from the time that it took place, it's quite difficult for detectives to investigate these kind of historical allegations. of these three women which have now come forward one is reasonably recent but two of them are quite old. alleged offences took place quite a long time ago. if the police can get enough evidence together to want to charge they will clearly wa nt together to want to charge they will clearly want to do that. the problem is if police in america are doing the same thing and decide they would like to charge in america then the american courts will want to deal with all of those cases in the states before looking at any extradition requests from britain. it's a lot of refs but if he was to be prosecuted in the states he would have to serve prison time before any case comes here, on the other hand if all t

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.e officers launched a series of raids across europe — targeting a suspected people smuggling gang. imgrange, stand clear! -- immigration. in london. birmingham. and gateshead. as well as the raids here in britain, 15 people were arrested in bulgaria and belgium. in the raids immigration enforcement are targeting a group of men suspected of smuggling people into britain using hidden compartments in vehicles. the gang special iementzed in —— specialised in concealing people in vans and trucks. what we haveis people in vans and trucks. what we have is families, we have had young children, it is quite upsetting to see the photographs of how these people are held within vehicles. they're specifically built hides in vehicles and they can spend a number of days in those locations before they're recovered. as part of uk operation, two men were arrested in birmingham, two in gateshead and seven in london. many of those arrested were afghans, as were many of the people they're accused of smuggli

from malta, daniel sandford reports.en poring over the hillside over there wearing specialist forensic suits. they are working both in the fields and on the road which daphne caruana galizia was driving down when her car exploded. she had just left home when the car bomb detonated inside the vehicle. her body was thrown out of the vehicle and the car ended up in one of the fields over there. this is a very, very important scene of crime. this is where one of malta's most well—known investigative journalists was killed on monday afternoon. daphne caruana galizia was a thorn in the side for many people in the maltese political establishment. she criticised the prime minister, the prime minister's wife. the attorney general. she criticised the police. her concern was that politics in malta was becoming corrupted by money from overseas, by the arrival of the online gambling industry. by organised crime. and she wrote about it. and of course the great worry is that somebody that she was investigating decided that she had to b

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.ates‘ court this morning in a police convoy from manchester, the two men accused of a neo—nazi terrorist plot to murder a labour mp. in all, six men appeared in the dock. all are charged with being members of the banned neo—nazi group national action. one of them can't be named for legal reasons. the allegations are that the six had been meeting in this warrington warehouse which they had converted into a gym and in a pub nearby. the charge says that from the day national action was banned in december last year until the day they were arrested in september, all six men had remained members. the prosecution say that christopher lythgoe was their leader and he is also charged with encouraging murder, in fact with giving permission for one of the group to kill rosie cooper, the mp for lancashire west, on behalf of national action. the man he's accused of encouraging, the 22—year—old who can't be named, has been charged with preparing a terrorist act by buying a machete with which to murde

daniel sandford is on the island.rning as 20 or so specialist scene of crime officers have been poring over the hillside over there wearing specialist forensic suits. they are working both in the fields and on the road which daphne caruana galizia was driving down when her car exploded. she had just left home when the car bomb detonated inside the vehicle. her body was thrown out of the vehicle and the car ended up in one of the fields over there. this is a very, very important scene of crime. this is where one of malta's most well—known investigative journalists was killed on monday afternoon. daphne caruana galizia was a thorn in the side for many people in the maltese political establishment. she criticised the prime minister, the prime minister's wife. the attorney general. she criticised the police. her concern was that politics in malta was becoming corrupted by money from overseas, by the arrival of the online gambling industry. by organised crime. and she wrote about it. and of course the great worry is that s

assaulted on three separate occasions in london, most recently in 2015. occasions in london, here's daniel sandford london, guys, i'm not doing 0k. occasions in london, being battered by a storm of sexual abuse allegations in america, the clouds are gathering over harvey weinstein in the uk too. this was british actress lysette anthony in 1982, 19 years old and at the start of her career, filming the science—fiction fantasy krull. of her career, filming that was when she met harvey weinstein. and in today's sunday times, she claims that a few years later, he raped her at her london home. she claims that a few years later, do not let the ship sink... she claims that a few years later, now well—known for her role in channel 4's hollyoa ks, she told the paper... in channel 4's hollyoa ks, harvey weinstein, who has been lauded as a hollywood a—lister for decades, has now conceded he made mistakes and needs help but has categorically denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. denied all allegations the metropolitan police started investigating the allegations by lysette anthony last week. investigatin

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at westminster magistrates‘ court now.e dock. they were christopher lythgoe from warrington, matthew hankinson, andrew clark, michael trevino inaudible and a 22—year—old man who can't be named for legal reasons. they were told they had been charged with being members of a band neo—nazi group called national action. the charges that they remained members of national action, meeting regularly in a gym and the pub. the leader of that group, the alleged leader christopher lythgoe is also accused of encouraging murder. in fact, is also accused of encouraging murder. infact, giving permission for murder, and the man he is accused of encouraging is that 22—year—old who can't be named for legal reasons. he's been charged with preparing a terrorist act, buying a machete in preparation for murder murdering rosie cooper. he's also separately charged with making threats to kill a female detective. all six men were told by the chief magistrate that they would remain in custody until their next appearance at the central criminal court,

applause our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is with me now.scourge in recent yea rs, there has been a terrible scourge in recent years, young people worried about carrying a knife and being caught instead carry acid as a way of threatening one another. it has resulted in some horrific attacks in recent yea rs. resulted in some horrific attacks in recent years. of course, it isn‘t likely to kill but it leaves people with life changing injuries and often on the face. she has proposed three things for dealing with acid. these will go out for consultation. these will go out for consultation. the first is that it is illegal to sell acid to someone under the age of 18, like how it is illegal to sell a knife to an under 18—year—old. that it will be illegal to carry an acid unless you have good reason. the same rules apply to nights at the moment, if you can explain that you just been to the shop to get summing to clear your drains, that‘s ok but if you are around it without good reason —— row with it for no good reason. there will be a rule that you

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford was in court.e dock. they were christopher lythgoe from warrington, matthew hankinson from newton—le—willows, andrew clarke from prescot, michael trubini from warrington, garron helm from seaforth, and a 22—year—old man who can't be named for legal reasons. they were all told they'd been charged with being members of national action, a banned neo—nazi group. the allegations are that they'd remained members of national action from the day it was banned on december 16th last year, until the day they were arrested, meeting regularly in a gym and a pub. the alleged leader, christopher lythgoe, is also accused of encouraging murder. in fact, giving permission for murder. the man he is accused of encouraging is that 22—year—old who can't be named for legal reasons. he's been charged with preparing a terrorist act by buying a machete in preparation for murdering the lancashire west mp rosie cooper. he's also separately charged with making threats to kill a female detective. all six men were told by the ch

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.en officers launched a series of simultaneous raids across europe targeting a suspected people smuggling gang. immigration! stand clear! in west london. birmingham. and gateshead. as well as the raids here in britain, 15 people were arrested in bulgaria and belgium. in today's raids, immigration enforcement are targeting a group of men suspected of smuggling people into britain using hidden compartments in vehicles. the gang specialised in concealing people in vans and even in the bases of flat—bed trucks. what we have is families, we've had young children. it's quite upsetting to see the photographs of how these people are held within vehicles. they're specifically built hides and concealments in vehicles and they can spend a number of days in those locations before they're recovered. as part of the uk operation, two men were arrested in birmingham, two in gateshead and seven in london. many of those arrested were afghans, as were many of the people they're accused of smuggling, altho

he was speaking to our correspondent daniel sandford who asked him how he first felt when he had heard so, since i was a journalist myself. she actually once sued me because on the book i wrote... but i couldn't get myself to understand that this had happened, not only to her but this had happened to our country. so it was the state of shock, disbelief. it isa was the state of shock, disbelief. it is a nightmare. it is a nightmare of sorts. i wouldn't know whether this was because of something she has written or because of something that she was going to write. that is up that she was going to write. that is up to the investigators to determine but i think it is too simplistic to just say, well she had written about politics, about these politicians, about these businessmen, about these drug deals and just discount what she was working on for the near future. that is something i am not privy to but i hope the investigations will help also answer that question. that was the prime minister of malta speaking to our correspondent a short time ago. this is bbc news at five — the headlines:

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at westminster magistrates‘ court.amed for legal reasons. he they are charged with being members of a banned group called national action. they met readily in a gym and a pub. the leader of that group, the alleged leader, christopher lythgoe, is also accused of encouraging murder. in fa ct, accused of encouraging murder. in fact, giving permission for murder. the man he is accused of encouraging is that 22—year—old who can't be named for legal reasons. he's been charged with preparing a terrorist act by buying a machete in preparation for murdering the lancashire west mp rosie cooper. he's separately charged with making threats to kill a female detective. all six men were told by the chief magistrate that they would remain in custody until the next appearance which would be at the old bailey next friday. australia's deputy prime minister barnabyjoyce has been disqualified from parliament, because he was a dual new zealand national at the time of the last election. dual citizenship is banned under the australian constit

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.le were arrested in bulgaria and belgium. in the raids, immigration enforcement are targeting a group of men suspected of smuggling people into britain using hidden compartments in vehicles. the gang specialised in concealing people in vans and trucks. what we have is families, we have had young children, it is quite upsetting to see the photographs of how these people are held within vehicles. they're specifically built hides in vehicles and they can spend a number of days in those locations before they're recovered. as part of uk operation, two men were arrested in birmingham, two in gateshead and seven in london. many of those arrested were afghans, as were many of the people they're accused of smuggling. although there were people from pakistan and vietnam too. the international part of operation was co—ordinated be a by a task force. this has been done by a wide group over a period of time to get to the point to have the success with these arrests. despite close to a hundred prose