i'm julian worricker.t 8pm: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc, which he claims breached his privacy in his case against the bbc. he is suing the corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years. she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a "staged event", carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. a think tank warns employers in england are falsely listing jobs as "apprenticeships" to get government subsidies. also ahead: the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital. he will continue to recover from surgery to his hip at windsor.

this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at eleven: the us raises the tension with syria and its ally russia, saying it has proof the syrian government carried out a suspected chemical attack in the town of douma. britain claims russia had been spying on sergei and yulia skripal, at least five years before they were poisoned in salisbury. sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc, which he claims breached his privacy during coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. and newsnight, is it worse to remember a speech like enoch powell's rivers of blood, or worse to forget? debate. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the white house has ratcheted up the tension with syria and russia still further, claiming tonight it has proof the suspected chemical attack on saturday in which dozens are believed to have died was carried out by the syrian government. all eyes are on the white house tonight, waiting to see if donald trump will follow through on his threat to launch

this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker.yria and its ally russia, saying it has proof the syrian government carried out a suspected chemical attack in the town of douma. britain claims russia had been spying on sergei and yulia skripal, at least five years before they were poisoned in salisbury. sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc, which he claims breached his privacy during coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. and newsnight, is it worse to remember a speech like enoch powell's rivers of blood, or worse to forget? debate.

i'm julian worricker. the headlines: doctors warn the nhs is facing a year round crisis — with claims the pressures of winter look set to continue over the summer this is a congested system, a result of chronic lack of resources, lack of chronic lack of resources, lack of doctors, of nhs staff, nurses, a lack of beds, of social care, and it's now just, you lack of beds, of social care, and it's nowjust, you know, hit a head. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, will stand down in october after a series of recent controversies the m62 — near bradford — re—opens after a crash which killed two people. a man has been arrested. china hits back at us trade tariffs with new import taxes worth over two billion pounds... us pork, nuts and wine are among the products hit — as beijing responds to president trump's duties on steel and aluminium. west bromwich albion manager alan pardew has left the club after eight successive league defeats. and the finland experiment where 2,000 unemployed people are

i'm julian worricker. summer this is a congested system, a result of chronic lack of resources, lack of chronic lack of resources, lack of doctors, of nhs staff, nurses, a lack of beds, of social care, and it's now just, you lack of beds, of social care, and it's nowjust, you know, hit a head. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, will stand down in october after a series of recent controversies the m62 — near bradford — re—opens after a crash which killed two people. a man has been arrested. china hits back at us trade tariffs with new import taxes worth over two billion pounds... us pork, nuts and wine are among the products hit — as beijing responds to president trump's duties on steel and aluminium.

julian worricker spoke to richard ratcliffe, who has not seen his wife or his daughter gabriella sincetary promised to leave no stone unturned and to do whatever he could, and since then it has all gone a bit quiet. we have had various messages coming from the iranian authorities saying that there is something that the uk government should do. they clarified that there is a dispute over money and interest rates, and that nazanin is being held until that is solved. it is not myjob to tell the government to solve a particular monetary issue, but it is theirjob to protect my wife, and it is myjob to clarify with the government what they think nazanin's rights are. because she has not been held for what she has done, she is being held for something the government has not done. you talked about things going quiet since christmas. how much contact has there been between you and the foreign office since then? i got a text from the foreign secretary's office today, partly because i'm on the media so much. i haven't seen him since christmas. we have been looking to try and arrange a meeting. th

i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 8pm: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc, which he claims breached his privacy in his case against the bbc. he is suing the corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years. she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a "staged event", carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. a think tank warns employers in england are falsely listing jobs as "apprenticeships" to get government subsidies. also ahead: the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital. he will continue to recover from surgery to his hip at windsor. dwayne the rockjohnson and naomie harris start in rampage, a us fantasy action film based on the cult 80s video game. find out what jason sullivan's made of. that and the week's other top

here's julian worricker in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news.reports of a shooting. a 16—year—old boy is also critically ill in hospital after being shot in a separate incident in walthamstow on the same night. police do not know if they're connected at this stage. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been criticised for attending an event organised by a left wing jewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it comes hours after mr corbyn promised "watertight" investigations into claims of anti—semitism within his party. photographs on the guido fawkes website appear to show mr corbyn meeting members of the group, called jewdas, to mark seder, part of the passover festival. a labour spokesman said he was there in a personal capacity. universities put their reputations first, before confronting the racist abuse of students. that's the claim by president of the national union of students, who told this programme she receives calls on a daily basis from students reporting racist incidents. the former universities minister david lammy say

time for the latest news — here's julian worricker.es any wrongdoing. of representatives. on crime in the capital, after a recent surge in murders. murders in the capital since the start of this year. in the past few minutes he spoke to victoria. crime in london is going up less fast than crime across the country. it's a fact. it still going up. as across the country. across the country. crime is going up across the country. problems that require national solutions. and education as well. of private hospitals in england require improvement. and leadership of some services. after follow—up inspections. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. back to victoria. thank you very much. who were turned away from a venue in douma for being a gay couple. douma for being a gay couple. has been turned away —— a venue in leeds. this one. friends went ahead and i was sent home to change my shoes. home to change my shoes. in again —— i was turned away for wearing trainers. wearing trainers. the doormen backed down and i ended up getting on. down and

julian worricker is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's new5.f facebook, mark zuckerberg, says he takes personal responsibility for its failures to protect the data of users but insists he remains the right person to lead the social media giant. facebook says the number of its users whose information wa5 improperly shared by political data consultancy firm, cambridge analytica, may have been as high as 87 million. the bbc understands more than i million british users were affected. our north america technology reporter, dave lee, has more. in a conference call lasting almost an hour, mark zuckerberg admitted that he had been too idealistic in the past, putting too much trust in third—party companies that went on to abuse the system he created. but despite calls questioning his ability to continue as the leader of the world's most powerful social network, mr zuckerberg in5isted he would not be stepping down. he said the company was putting in place stricter controls on what data can be accessed by third—party apps. next week, mr zuckerberg will h