that is why the food standards agency's basic advice had not changed.l not a food standards problem but this fipronil should not be in the human food chain so we are going to clear ourselves just in case. human food chain so we are going to clear ourselvesjust in case. look at those figures, 20 1000—700,000. how did they get that so wrong, it's quite a leap. we haven't had an explanation from the fsa but no doubt they will say they were acting on the latest advice from their european colleagues. we know this is a widening enquiry on the continent, we have heard at least two arrests today. the investigators on the continent, frankly, are still trying to get a grip on the extent of this problem and there is a widespread investigation underway in the netherlands, and belgium. there was a bit ofa netherlands, and belgium. there was a bit of a blame game going on as well. belgium has been blaming holland, saying you knew about this months ago, why didn't you tell us? the netherlands says, we didn't know about this. that plane is going backwards and forwards.

she also weight the food and as the agency has said that 700,000 pedantic eminent the pedantic food standardssent to the uk — up from an earlier estimate ofjust 21,000. the agency said it was very unlikely that there was a risk to public health. figures from nhs surgery so the number of people waiting for surgery is higher than ever. 4 million people are supposed to be waiting from operations. the opposition in kenya has urged the election authorities to declare its leader, raila 0dinga, the winner of tuesday's presidential poll. the result released so far appear to put the incumbent, uhuru kenyatta, ahead by a clear margin. but the opposition claims the electoral commissions computers were hacked to give mr. uhuru that lead. international observers say the polls were conducted in a transparent and credible manner. the bbc‘s tomi 0ladipo reports from nairobi. the official result of kenya's elections have not yet been announced, but the main opposition party says the tally is a fraud. we demand that the ibc chairperson announce the presidential election result a forthwith and declare the right

the food standards agency saying that 21,000 eggs were affected and it turned out to be 700,000!here is a question about not least in the belgian and the netherlands where they knew about this and the warnings were not passed on, and we are discovering this because they have arrived on our shelves in greater numbers and without thought. it is hard to get too worked up about it given that there doesn't seem to be much health risk according to the food standards agency. fortunately, it is something not very desirable, but probably with no negative consequences to people eating it. i think part of it, why it is interesting, is that although this pesticide not supposed to pose a health to human health, there's an element creeping in about a cover—up which is why people are suspicious. the numbers went up from 21,000 to 700,000, they think, and people might have been eating these eggs for quite a few months. so people may be beginning to doubt whether it is more harmful than the food standards agency has been making out? goes back to other controversies like bobo horse meat, this issu

and the top story here in the uk: the food standards agency says 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs from dutch farms have been sent to the uk, up from an earlier estimate ofjust 21,000. the agency said it was very unlikely that there was a risk to public health. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. more troubles for the founder and formal boss of uber. a lawsuit for fraud. and how much is too much? we break down what expecting parents should be expecting for their newborns. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it's a friday. thank you forjoining us. i'm rico hizon. we start off with uber. the former chief executive has had a tough few months. he was forced out of hisjob in tough few months. he was forced out of his job in june tough few months. he was forced out of hisjob injune after a series of embarrassments for the company. now he is being sued by a venture capitalfirm forfraud. he is being sued by a venture capital firm for fraud. earlier, he is being sued by a venture capitalfirm forfraud. earlier,

a few days ago the food standards agency said 21,000 eggs were affected.o 700,000. sounds a lot but that is just .007% of all the eggs we eat every year. there is no reason why people should avoid eating eggs. 0ur assessment it is very unlikely it is a public health risk. people need to not have food which contains a substance that should not be there. four supermarkets of limited number of products as a precaution. 0thers will already have been consumed. yet another food scare, highlighting just how complex supply chains can be and how easily problems can spread. just when you thought the war of words between north korea and america could not get any more heated pyonyang has pushed it up another notch. a statement from the dictatorship says it has a plan to launch missiles into the sea around the us pacific island territory of guam. washington has threatened a devastating response. from guam, rupert wingfield hayes reports. it may not look like it but there is trouble in paradise. this little pacific holiday island is now the focus of unwanted worldwide a

the food standards agency has said that 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs from dutch farms have beenere was a risk to public health. figures from nhs england show the number of people waiting for routine surgery in england is at its highest level for a decade. it's estimated that more than four million people were waiting for operations injune. the national crime agency has warned that many people are being used as slaves in every town and city. is stacked up investigations and now believes the scale of the problem is bigger than thought. in —— inspectors found slaves working in sectors like agriculture and cleaning. they often receive little pay and live in squalor. aidan mcquade, who's director of anti—slavery international, told me a little earlier that the sheer number of modern day slavery cases in this country is slowly becoming clear. we are all beginning to see and the national crime agency is beginning to to get to grips with the scale of the problem. they are saying that it is several orders of magnitude larger than previously thought. how has it come to this state? what ar

a former director of public prosecutions has said cases the food standards agency has said that 700,000y unlikely that there was a risk to public health. now all the sport. the us pga championship is under way at quail hollow, withjordan spieth attempting to become the youngest winner of golf‘s career grand slam. but it‘s three other americans who lead the way. jim herman has just jim herman hasjust taken jim herman has just taken a jim herman hasjust taken a 1—shot lead, head of grayson and gary woodland. a shot behind jim lead, head of grayson and gary woodland. a shot behindjim herman, who is on four under. the best placed paul casey and lee westwood, and tommy fleetwood and chris wood are all there within four shots of the lead. team captain eilidh doyle will be hoping to win just a second medalfor great britain at the world athletics championships. she‘s in the final of the 400 metres hurdles later, with nathaneel mitchell—bla ke also a contender in the 200 metres. he‘ll be up against isaac makwala, banned and then reprieved, with the eyes of the world watching. two of those eyes b

the food standards agency reckoned about 21,000 eggs had been distributed here in the uk.t sounds a pretty large number. but we eat a lot of eggs, the fsa say that is just 0.007% of eggs that we consume in the uk every year, and these aren't eggs that go into the boxes that we buy from the supermarkets. these eggs have gone into processed foods. such a common ingredient, so especially sandwiches and chilled foods like egg salads, where it isjust one ingredient, so potential harmful effects will be diluted. so don't panic? that is right, they have said it is unlikely to affect human health, but they have said they have acted with urgency to protect consumers as fipronil is banned. but the chances are we have already eaten these eggs, but there are some products which are still within the expiry date and they are in the process of getting these supermarkets to withdraw these products. we will be doing a q and a with our correspondent shortly, and if you have a question send it to us on twitter. use the hashtag x. —— eggs. the number of people waiting for routine surgery in e

why do you think that is, whose fault is it, is that the supermarkets, the food standards agency? s. it is a clear message here that those people who have been implicated in this in the uk, that they are not involved in scandal in any way. the fact that they have imported materials from another part of europe means that they have become vulnerable now. there is a clear message, purchase local when you can. we have a fantastic industry in the uk. we should support it much more. we are hearing that the european commission has called an emergency meeting of ministers from the countries affected by this scandal. what are the key issues that they will discuss next? action needs to be taken. consumers need to be made safe. and this cannot happen again. even more significant than the work of the european commission is europol and the police force. they are conducting a european wide investigation to see how far this illegal use has spread. there is the potential that other member states may become embroiled in this scandal over the next few days. what eve ryo ne over the next few days. wh

a few days ago the food standards agency said 21,000 eggs were affected.eggs we eat every year. there is no reason why people should avoid eating eggs. 0ur assessment is it is very unlikely it is a public health risk. people need to not have food which contains a substance that should not be there. four supermarkets are withdrawing a limited number of products as a precaution. others will already have been consumed. yet another food scare, highlighting just how complex supply chains can be and how easily problems can spread. just time to bring you this update. donald trump says he is close to making a decision on the us military effort in afghanistan. thanks for joining us on outside source. hello. the weekend is not looking too bad weather wise but then in the next week, it stays on the unsettled side. let's look at more detail. august so far has had normal rainfall for scotland and northern ireland, but for england and wales, it has been wet, very wet across east anglia and the south—east particularly where we have had two or three inches of rain on wedn

the food standards agency says 700,000 may have reached the uk, but stresses that any risk to public

here, the food standards agency has revealed that 700,000 contaminated eggs have been imported from dutch insists it is "highly unlikely" they pose any risk to human health. sandwiches and salads are among the foods that have now been removed from uk supermarket shelves, as natasha emerson reports. millions of eggs destroyed, supermarkets scrambling to clear their shelves. and now, police raids and arrests. two men have been held by dutch police over batches of poisonous eggs sold across europe. fipronil, a pesticide commonly used to kill lice and fleas on pets, has made its way into the food chain. earlier this week, the food standards agency said 21,000 contaminated eggs had been imported to the uk. now, it thinks it could be as many as 700,000. but that's still only a fraction of the 3a million we eat each day. and the agency said you would have to eat 10,000 contaminated eggs to see any effect. so far, some salads and sandwiches sold by these four supermarkets have been withdrawn from sale, but whole eggs are safe. despite those reassurances, the scandal continues to spread through eu

this is what the food standards agency have notified as part of their investigations, the key point isth these potentially affected imported eggs. another key point is that british eggs are safe. the safest in the world. the assurance consumers in this country can have is that if they look for the lion on the egg sheu they look for the lion on the egg shell and the box they are getting the safest eggs in the world. are most of the eggs we buy in our supermarkets british produced? how many actual eggs we buy, forget eggs in other products are imported? we are about 85% self—sufficient and have to import about 15% of our needs, unfortunately. all the major supermarkets, the discount supermarkets, the discount supermarkets, they all stop british lion egg so consumers do not have to be worried at all, british eggs are safe. what do you think about the time taken for this to be picked up in the way it has been? i mentioned that in a matter of days the number of eggs being looked at in this country, the estimate has gone from 21,000 to 700,000. the problem was first picked up last november b

the metro has the same story, and the food standards agency's estimation that 700,000 of the dutch eggsuth london say they will have to leave because the buildings have been at risk of colla pse buildings have been at risk of collapse for decades. let's start with donald trump. does not feature as much as you might expect. trump's new threat to north korea. we will see the daily mirror's look later. he is saying that the rhetoric may be has not been strong enough. but in the same statement, says we cannot rule out negotiations. we're not sure which direction he is heading. they have been all the threats flying between north korea and the united states and it is hard to see how donald trump could wrap it up further having said he wanted to bring down fire and theory on north korea. he said today that wasn't even scary enough. so it is really quite astonishing. we were discussing earlier that it is not featured very heavily on the front pages, maybe it says something about how people view the credibility of the threats materialising into some action. apart from the mirror, they have a sto

the food standards agency says a very small number of eggs from european farms at the centre of a contaminationributed in the uk. the risk to public health is described as very low. millions of eggs have been withdrawn from shops and warehouses in the netherlands and germany. tesco will stop selling 5p carrier bags at the end of the month. after that the supermarket will only offer bags for life, costing iop. tesco says that despite the government clamping down on free single use bags in 2015, it still sells 700 million 5p bags a year. it's hoped the move will encourage shoppers to re—use more bags. an australian teenager is recovering in hospital after being bitten by mite—sized sea critters. 16—year—old sam kanizay found his feet and ankles covered in blood after soaking his legs in melbourne's brighton beach on saturday evening. the teenager had stood still waist—deep in dark cold water for about half an hour but says he didn't feel a thing. it was a bit of a shock. a random thing to see. no one has seen anything like it or anything before. i walked out of the water, so what i thought was sa

slavery and human trafficking in the uk is "far more prevalent the food standards agency has said that 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs from dutch farms have been sent to the uk — up from an earlier estimate ofjust 21,000. the agency said it was very unlikely that there was a risk to public health. figures from nhs england show the number of people waiting for routine surgery in england is at its highest level for a decade. it's estimated that more than four million people were waiting for operations injune. a former director of public prosecutions has said cases involving asian gangs who target white girls for sex must be recognised as "profoundly racist" crimes. yesterday 18 people , mainly of pakistani or bangladeshi origin, were convicted of abusing girls in newcastle. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at seven we'll be speaking to aidan mcquade, who's director the of anti—slavery international, about the growth of modern day slavery. we'll also have more on the war of words between the united states

it comes as the food standards agency says around 700,000 eggs from dutch farms have been distributedon, is with us in the studio. this is a fast moving story, they have been talking about fipronil which is banned for used for treating animals which are destined for human consumption, and somehow this has ended up in the human supply chain, and millions of eggs have been taken off the shelves in germany, for instance. the food standards agency reckoned 21,000 eggs had been distributed here in the uk and a short time ago they said that actually it is 700,000, so that sounds a pretty large number. but we eat a lot of eggs, that is just o.oo7% but we eat a lot of eggs, that is just 0.007% of eggs that we consume and uk every year, and these aren't eggs that go into the boxes that we buy from the supermarkets, these eggs have gone into processed foods. such a common ingredient, so especially sandwiches and chilled foods like egg salads, where it is just one breeding, so potential harmful effects will be died aged —— where it is just one harmful effects will be died aged —— where it isjust

belgian mps interrupted their summer holidays today so they could quiz the head of the food standards agencylgium. the belgian government is fighting against this allegation that they knew for quite some time that there could be a problem with these contaminated eggs. but they failed to pass that information on to their european neighbours. they are fighting against the allegation by saying, thailand, we actually asked to be dutch authorities for information in june, which to be dutch authorities for information injune, which took them a whole month to provide. a belgian minister also suggested the dutch may have, where a potential problem as problem as early as november last year, much earlier than people thought. the priority here is still protecting public health, the health minister says there is very little risk to the public ‘s help, because you would have to consume vast quantities of these contaminated eggs to feel any ill effects. nonetheless, a third of dutch poultry farms are still closed as a precaution. last week, the german government removed 3 million eggs from the shelves. it

uk's food standards agency says for bernal's presence on european chicken farms is more a question of public trust and public health. there's no reason why people should avoid eating eggs are our system is that it's very unlikely that any public health risk. but we can people to serve food like contrast and that means not having faded the hazardous substance that simply shouldn't be there. scandal has also created trust issues between you agriculture ministers. belgium with initially accused of not acting fast enough say in turn accuse the netherlands of knowing about the contaminated eggs since november. the e. you call for countries to stop finger pointing. their investigations ongoing which precisely are there to establish when a certain country knew and when it should have been added being in the notified we are not engaging in a blame game i think that your funerals are very clearly. explained them here. the eu has called for a summit on the issue in september. meanwhile both dutch and belgian authorities are working on criminal investigations enjoin grades thursday they made mul

and the top story here in the uk: the food standards agency says 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs

the food standards agency says a "very small" number of eggs from european farms at the centre of a contaminationhe risk to public health is described as "very low". millions of eggs have been withdrawn from shops and warehouses in the netherlands and germany. tesco will stop selling 5p carrier bags at the end of the month. after that, the supermarket will only offer "bags for life" costing 10p. tesco says that despite the government clamping down on free single—use bags in 2015, it still sells 700 million 5p bags a year. it's hoped the move will encourage shoppers to re—use more bags. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has condemned the violence in venezuela, but stopped short of criticising the country's president, nicolas maduro, who he has expressed support for in the past. more than 100 people have died in anti—government protests in venezuela over the past few months. now, mr corbyn is facing calls to publicly criticise the country's leader. 0ur political correspondent vicki young reports. back from holiday and back on the campaign trail. jeremy corbyn says he and his party were written off but

we'll be asking the food standards agency how concerned we should be.in how holiday habits have changed. i was struggling to read the time there. i felt like we needed a fresh start, so, here i am. and from being confirmed as the next dr who, to "doctor who? " after 8:30, we'll find out about actress jodie whittaker‘s new role in the bbc thriller, where she's definitely not what she claims to be. i have to apologise for perhaps the worst reading of the time in bbc history. all that is still to come. but now, a summary of this morning's main news. more than 40% of maternity wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, data obtained by labour suggests. 42 out of 96 trusts in england that responded to a freedom of information request said they'd shut maternity wards temporarily on 382 occasions. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has more. for some years, maternity units have been struggling to recruit enough midwives. the royal college of midwives says there's a shortfall of around 3,500. now, based on a freedom o

just a few days ago the food standards agency said 21,000 eggs were affected. a lot, but that's just 0.007% of all the eggs we eat every year. there's no reason why people should avoid eating eggs. 0ur assessment is, it is very unlikely there is any public health risk. but we think people deserve food they can trust, and that means not having food that has in it a substance that simply shouldn't be there. four supermarkets are withdrawing a limited number of products as a precaution. but others will already have been consumed. yet another food scare, highlighting just how complex supply chains can be, and how easily problems can spread. emma simpson, bbc news. two months after the devastating fire at grenfell tower in west london, it has emerged that only a small amount of the £18 million raised to help survivors has been handed out. the figures have come from the charity commission. 0ur news correspondent frankie mccamley is here. this money is badly needed. why the delay? well wa nt well want the charity commission say is that this is one of the most complex

in terms of the risks, the food standards agency say the amount of fipronil detected in the contaminatedt is very unlikely to pose any risk at all to our health. anna, many thanks. air passengers were most likely to be delayed over the last two summers if they flew from gatwick airport or with easyjet. data from the civil aviation authority for those periods have been analysed by the bbc, and show that among the ten biggest airlines, easyjet travellers suffered an average delay of 2a minutes. gatwick and easyjet say many of the delays were beyond their control. our business correspondent emma simpson is at gatwick airport. it is the time of year of course when the holidays are in full swing and where the airlines and the airports make most of them money, because when the demand goes up, so do the slots, and that is fine as long as there are not any problems. up, up and away, but how often do they take off on time? the bbc has been looking at the data. gatwick airport had the longest delays with an average of 27 minutes. luton was not far behind. doing much better, leeds bradford and belf

the fipronil that has been detected in the dutch eggs, according to the uk's food standards agency, they's highly unlikely to pose any risk at to our health. we need to thank the farmer here... i don't know if you would like to come in and say a quick hello. the farmer here, anya, she has been wonderfulfor the hello. the farmer here, anya, she has been wonderful for the last couple of days allowing the cameras in. they have fed us some eggs for lunch and they were wonderful. your biggest worry now is that customers will already have gone somewhere else to get their eggs. it's important for you, what kind of message would you like to send out to our friends message would you like to send out to ourfriends in message would you like to send out to our friends in the message would you like to send out to ourfriends in the uk? message would you like to send out to our friends in the uk? the eggs are ok, they are wonderful. and the farmers, we need compassion, especially the dutch ones, at this time. thank you. the dutch farmers and the dutch poultry industry is one of the biggest in the world

the food standards agency says a "very small number of eggs" from farms in europe at the centre of ahe netherlands and germany, and an investigation into the contamination is underway. sports direct has apologised after a branch in north wales appeared to suggest that workers should only speak in english. staff at the sportswear chain‘s bangor store believed a notice in the store had banned the use of the welsh language. the company said the notice was not intended to restrict the use of the welsh language or prohibit staff from communicating in their local language. executives at google have denounced an internal memo in which an employee criticises the company‘s policy on diversity. in the piece, a male software engineer argued that the lack of females in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between men and women. the article was posted on an internal discussion board. while the author has been widely criticised, he also says he has received messages of gratitude from fellow googlers. a little earlier, we spoke to professor jessie daniels from hunter college in new york

fipronil have been distributed in the uk, but the risk to public health "is very low", the food standards agency withdrawn from shops and warehouses in the netherlands and germany and an investigation into the contamination is under way. a 20—year—old british model, who was reportedly kidnapped and held for nearly a week in italy, has returned to the uk. chloe ayling says she feared for her life, after being stuffed in a suitcase and told she'd be ‘sold' online. italian police believe the model was attacked and drugged, before attempts were made to auction her on the ‘dark web.‘ a polish man, who lives in the uk, has been arrested. matt cole has more details. three weeks on from her release, so we returned to the uk this weekend to her home here in surrey. i have been through a terrifying experience, i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. i'm incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release. i had just arrived home after being in italy for four weeks and i've not had time to gather my thoughts so i'm not at lib

the uk‘s food standards agency says the risk to the public is very low.ts, especially the older ones, prefer to pay with cash, even if the meters don‘t give change. the aa says that many are put off by administration fees and voice controlled payment systems. for a full summary of the news you can go to our website where you‘ll be able to get more details and analysis. tributes have been paid to the american country music star, glen campbell, who‘s died after what his family called a long and courageous battle with alzheimer‘s. he was 81. dolly parton said he had "one of the greatest voices of all time". he was famous for hits including rhinestone cowboy and wichita lineman. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito looks back on his life. # i am a lineman for the county... wichita lineman, it‘s wide open spaces, yearning, loneliness, america turned into song. but what truly made it a masterpiece was the voice of glen campbell. # i hear you singing in the wire...# he had been born in billstown, arkansas, a large, poor family of cotton pickers. his escape was h

we now hear from the food standards agency that it could be as many as 700,000 eggs from dutch farms and i noticed also earlier this morning belgian officials appear to be taking legal action on that story. we will bring you more on that as and when we get it. the director of the national crime agency's child exploitation and 0nline protection command, will kerr, has been outlining the scale of the problem. 0ver over the last year law enforcement agencies across the united kingdom have been significantly stepping up their efforts and focus on modern human trafficking. the scale and the scope of this problem has shocked and worried as big as this is a crime that exists, vulnerable people are being exploited in every large town and city across the united kingdom. it affects every nationality, offenders and victims. it isa nationality, offenders and victims. it is a symptom of the fact criminals and crime gangs have recognised whilst you might be able to sell drugs once make a profit, you can exploit vulnerable people repeatedly and make a lot of money from it. in terms of what we have