here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani.20 years for an appalling nightclub attack. watch this cctv. you can see him throwing acid on his victims, 22 people left with burns, a crime involving a household product that's been growing, year on year. police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. 0fficials think the true figure could be twice as high. ministers have launched an action plan, including a review of how cases are prosecuted and first aid training for police. and, from today, a voluntary ban by diy chains, including b&q, on selling harmful chemicals to under—18s. supermarkets will also challenge underage customers just like they would if they were buying alcohol. acid attacks are the most horrific crimes, and we want to make sure we restrict access, that we support victims, that we police these attacks really effectively. jabad hussain was attacked last year. police officers poured water into his eyes to save his sight. so what does he think of the

dominic casciani, bbc news.issing after an oil tanker caught fire after colliding with a cargo ship off the east coast of china. the tanker — which is registered in panama — was travelling from iran to south korea when it hit another vessel around 160 nautical miles off the coast of shanghai. it had more than a million tonnes of crude oil on board. the 21 chinese crew members of the cargo ship have all been rescued. the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic that her centre right christian democrats can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks began this morning. it comes three months after the election in germany. the french president, emmanuel macron, has been paying tribute to the victims of the islamist attack on a satirical magazine and a jewish supermarket in paris three years ago. at the former headquarters of the charlie hebdo magazine, president macron laid a wreath for the 12 people shot dead by two brothers. the first major ceremony since hollyw

here's our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani.ed for 20 years for an appalling nightclub attack. watch this cctv. you can see him throwing acid on his victims, 22 people left with burns, a crime involving a household product that's been growing, year on year. police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. 0fficials think the true figure could be twice as high. ministers have launched an action plan, including a review of how cases are prosecuted and first aid training for police. and from today, a voluntary ban by diy chains including supermarkets will also challenge underage customers just like they would if they were buying alcohol. acid attacks are the most horrific crimes, and we want to make sure we restrict access, that we support victims, that we police these attacks really effectively. jabad hussain was attacked last year. police officers poured water into his eyes to save his sight. so what does he think of the plan? i'd like to give welcome and thanks

our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has more.for an appalling nightclub attack. watch this cctv. you can see him throwing acid on his victims. 22 people left with burns. a crime involving a household product that has been growing, year—on—year. police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. officials think the true figure could be twice as high, ministers have launched an action plan to cut attacks. today the first part of that plan, voluntary ban by diy chains including b&q on selling harmful chemicals to underrate teams. supermarkets are also involves, agreeing to challenge underage customers, just like they would if they were buying alcohol. acid attacks are just the most horrific crimes and what we want to do is to make sure that we restrict access, that we support victims, that we police these attacks really effectively. jabad hussain was attacked last year. police officers poured water into his eyes to save his sight. so, what does he think of the plan. i

dominic casciani, bbc news.ng after an oil tanker caught fire after colliding with a cargo ship off the east coast of china. the tanker was sailing from iran to south korea with more than a million tons of crude oil on board. the 21 chinese crew on the cargo ship have been rescued. earlier our correspondent stephen mcdonnell, who's in beijing, described how the rescue effort is going. a pretty grim picture around 160 nautical miles off the coast of shanghai. the latest reports we're getting from the south korean coast guard and the chinese transport ministry is that this oil tanker is still on fire, that emergency teams are battling their way through a large oil slick. there are large, black plumes of smoke pouring from this tanker. it has gone nightfall, making it even more difficult. and by my calculations, this fire has probably been going for now more than 17 hours, with all the crew missing. as i say, around 160 nautical miles east of shanghai, it has collided with a cargo ship carrying grain. 21 crew membe

dominic casciani, bbc news.el, says she's optimistic that her centre right christian democrats can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks began this morning , it comes three months after the election in germany. earlier i spoke to our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness, who told us both sides were keen on a deal. the pressure is building so much that angela merkel almost has no choice but to try and form a deal with the centre—left spd, the social democrats, because the other options would be either minority government, which is seen as pretty unstable, orfresh elections, which would drag out this period of uncertainty for months. it means both sides have a real interest in coming to a deal, and it has to be said as well that they have worked together pretty well together over the past format yea rs. ——four years. the difficulty is that a lot of grassroots supporters and voters don't like the idea of a renewed grand coalition, this right— left party coalition. there

dominic casciani, bbc news.ays she's optimistic she'll be able to form a new coalition government but admits there is still a lot of work ahead. she's entering a new round of talks in a bid to end months of political stalemate. no new government has been formed since the election in september. damien mcguinness reports from berlin. a key moment for the leader of europe's most powerful country. these talks could be angela merkel‘s last chance to form a stable government, otherwise germany might face the uncertainty of fresh elections. but mrs merkel is optimistic that a deal can be reached. translation: i think we can succeed. we intend to work very swiftly and intensively, always keeping in mind what the people of germany expect from their politicians — to solve their problems and create the conditions so that people can really get involved in our country. i'm entering these talks optimistically, though it's clear to me that we have a lot of work to do in the coming days. but we are willing to take on this work

here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the human cost of an acid attack.mate, your eyes? police officers pour water over the victim lastjuly. thieves wanted the london delivery driver's moped. his helmet saved him from serious injury. police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. officials think the true figure could be twice as high. ministers have launched an acid action plan to cut attacks. today the first part of that plan, a voluntary ban by diy chains, including b&q, on selling harmful chemicals to under—18s. waitrose and the co—op are also involved, agreeing to challenge underage customers, just like they would if they were buying alcohol. acid attacks are most horrific crimes, and what we want to do is make sure that we restrict access, support victims, police these attacks really effectively. it isn't just major retailers who are signing up to secure their shelves. the association representing hardware shops urging them to play their part as well. this one in london says the mo

our correspondent dominic casciani is at the old bailey. r, dominic. yes, jane, there's is umar haque, and occasional teacher from east london, he and three of his friends are accused of effectively working together to further his plans, two allegations of a cts further his plans, two allegations of acts of terrorism which involve 2016 and work to come to fruition during 2017 and in essence, what happened was prosecutors said he was inspired by the islamic state group and told police after his arrest that he was a loyal follower and he wa nted that he was a loyal follower and he wanted to carry out attacks and had a range of targets at his home. let me go through that list, it included the queen ‘s guard, transport, tanks, a shopping centre, parliament, shia muslims, the media, embassies and that is just a view of the alleged targets, but the other pa rt the alleged targets, but the other part of this case against umar haque is that he was involved in the radicalisation of children here in the capital and worked as an occasional teacher at a

here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the human cost of an acid attack.rting, mate, your eyes? police officers pour water over the victim lastjuly. thieves wanted the london delivery driver's moped. his helmet saved him from serious injury. police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. officials think the true figure could be twice as high. ministers have launched an acid action plan to cut attacks. today the first part of that plan, a voluntary ban by diy chains, a growing number of men are being targetted by stalkers, according to new research by five live investigates. crime figures suggest around 450,000 men in england and wales experience stalking over the course of a year. but, according to data from 41 police forces, only 1,800 stalking offences against men have been recorded by officers over the past three years. germany's christian democrats, led by the chancellor, angela merkel, will begin five days of exploratory talks today president macron of france is due to lay wreaths a

here's our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. the human cost of an acid attack.urting, mate, your eyes? police officers pour water over the victim lastjuly. thieves wanted the london delivery driver's moped. his helmet saved him from serious injury. police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. officials think the true figure could be twice as high. ministers have launched an acid action plan to cut attacks. today the first part of that plan, a voluntary ban by diy chains, including b&q, on selling harmful chemicals to under—18s. waitrose and the co—op are also involved, agreeing to challenge underage customers, just like they would if they were buying alcohol. acid attacks are most horrific crimes, and what we want to do is make sure that we restrict access, support victims, police these attacks really effectively. it isn't just major retailers who are signing up to secure their shelves. the association representing hardware shops urging them to play their part as well. this one in london say

out home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has been following the case at the old bailey.king together to further his plans. two allegations of preparation for acts of terrorism which evolved during 2016 and potentially were to come to fruition during 2017. in essence, what happened was prosecutors say that haque was inspired by the islamic state group. in fact, he told police after his arrest, the court heard today, he was a loyal follower and he wanted to carry out attacks and he had a range of targets at his home. let me just go through that list. it included what he called the queen's guard, transport, banks, a shopping centre, parliament, shia muslims, the media and embassies. and that is just a few of the alleged targets. but the other part of this case against mr haque, say prosecutors, is he was involved in the radicalisation of children here in the capital. he works as an occasional teacher at a secondary school, but also was accused of grooming children in a mosque east london. he denies these charges. this is going to be a long and complicated trial. a man fixat