mi6 launches its first ever tv advertising campaign to recruit a more diverse workforce.t day of the opening test against pakistan at lord's. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. a couple have been found guilty of murdering their 21—year—old french au pair and burning her body in their garden, after holding her prisoner at their home in wimbledon in london. 0uissem medouni had told the old bailey that his partner, sabrina kouider, had become jealous of sophie lionnet. in the weeks leading up to the au pair's death last september, the couple beat and starved her. sophie long reports from the old bailey. after the jury delivered their guilty verdict a statement was read out in court on behalf of sophie lionnet‘s mother, who said they were monsters who took away her daughter's dignity until she took herfinal, daughter's dignity until she took her final, terrified daughter's dignity until she took herfinal, terrified refs in the bath. sabrina kouider and 0uissem medouni both blamed each other. sophie lionnet, a shy, unworldly but happy young woman. she left her hom

whether he was fully briefed by mi6 remains unclear.ent, lawyers who had worked with the family described the day as a victory for everyone who opposes injustice, secret detention and torture. the uk lost its way when it got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and an anti—gaddafi dissident, but today, i think it stood on the right side of history by recognising its mistakes and by apologising. while his wife received compensation of £500,000, mr belhaj said he did not want money, just an apology. and today, he got it. it has taken years to get to this point. parliamentary enquiries failed to unearth the story and it was only the fall of gaddafi's regime that brought it to light, and still the government sought to keep it quiet. today's settlement, though, may leave some questions unanswered, including how far politicians authorised the operation oi’ politicians authorised the operation or if the spies were acting on their own. today, though, the government will be hoping this settlement draws a line under the past, p

whether he was fully briefed by mi6 remains unclear.liament, lawyers who had worked with the family described the day as a victory for everyone who opposes injustice, secret detention and torture. the uk lost its way when it got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and an anti—gaddafi dissident, but today, i think it stood on the right side of history by recognising its mistakes and by apologising. while his wife received compensation of half a million pounds, mr belhaj said he did not want money, just an apology. and today, he got it. it has taken years to get to this point. parliamentary enquiry is failed to unearth the story and it was only the fall of gaddafi's regime that brought it to light and still the government sought to keep it quiet. today's settlement may leave some questions unanswered, including how far politicians authorised the operation, or if the spies were acting on their own. today though, the government will be hoping this settlement draws a line under the past, past and which deals with dubious

and mi6 begins its first ever tv advertising campaign, saying it wants a more diverse workforce.afternoon, our top story is that president trump has cancelled his planned summit next month, with the north korean leader kim jong—un. it was due to take place in singapore on june 12th, and the hope was the talks might lead to pyongyang, abandoning its nuclear weapons programme. he'sjust spoken in the last few minutes, saying he'd never compromise the safety and security of the us. in a letter today, mr trump said it would be inappropriate to hold the meeting at this time, because of what he described as the "tremendous anger and open hostility" shown by north korea in recent statements. he said the cancellation was to the detriment of the world, but he left the door open for possible future talks. here's paul adams with the latest. it was the most eagerly anticipated meeting of the year, but now it seems it's off. it felt to donald trump's secretary of state to break the news to members of the us senate. the president asked that i begin this hearing today by reading a letter that th

the couple say an mi6 tip—off helped the us kidnap them in thailand.en to libya, where mr belhaf was tortured. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has been to meet him in istanbul. there's flash photography at the start of his report. in istanbul a meeting between britain's ambassador and abdul hakim belhadj, a man who says britain colluded in his torture. a letter from the prime minister and a handshake, signals the closing of a dark chapter for the uk government. unprecedented apology in parliament to him and his wife. 0n on behalf or her majesty's government i am profoundly sorry, we apologise for the ordeal you suffered is and our role in it. the uk government has learned many lessons from this period. the uk government has learned many lessons from this period. in an exclusive tv interview, mr belhadj told me he was grateful, even though it had taken so long. translation: it's been six years of prison and six years of waiting, which was a continuation of the suffering for me and my family. and hopefully today represents the end of all that. t

mi6 says it needs more women and diversity among its ranks. gordon corera reports. tv ad is to subvert the stereotypes around m16 and persuade those who haven‘t thought of applying to be a spy to think again. secretly, we‘re just like you. the real—life spies here at mi6 have always had a complicated relationship with their fictional portrayal. the image ofjames bond, the ruthless super spy with a licence to kill, going round saving the world, may have done wonders for their reputation on the one hand, but on the other it doesn‘t really reflect the work that goes on here at mi6. and the concern is it may have put some people off applying to join. the targets of the new ad are women and ethnic minorities, who have been underrepresented here. ensuring diversity, officials say, is a way of drawing on the widest possible pool of talent. i think for women, when they grow up, all the sort of popular images that there are of spies are either male, or they‘re women who are, to put it bluntly, often using their sort of sexuality as part of theirjob. officials also say since

he and his pregnant wife were delivered there with help from britain's mi6 and the cia.elhaj was an islamist rebel leader who became a military commander in tripoli after the fall of the qaddafi raging. before that, he says, he was abused in these jails for six years. he blamed britain, he never gave up on his demand for an apology, and today he got it. in parliament, the attorney general said the uk government's actions had contributed to mr belhadj‘s retention, rendition and suffering. on behalf of her majesty's government, i apologise unreservedly. we are profoundly sorry for the ordeal you both suffered and our role in it. the uk government has learned many lessons from this period. we should have understood much sooner the unacceptable practices of some of oui’ unacceptable practices of some of our international partners, and we sincerely regret our failures. speaking to the bbc in istanbul today, abdul hakim belhaj gave his reaction. translation: there is no doubt we welcome the apology the british government has offered, and we are grateful. i value the carriage a

mi6 says it needs more women and minorities among its ranks. gordon corera reports. of this tv ad is to subvert the stereotypes around m16 and persuade those who haven't thought of applying to be a spy to think again. secretly, we're just like you. the real—life spies here at mi6 have always had a complicated relationship with their fictional portrayal. the image ofjames bond — the ruthless super spy with a licence to kill, going round saving the world — may have done wonders for their reputation on the one hand, but on the other it doesn't really reflect the work that goes on here at mi6. and the concern is it may have put some people off applying to join. the targets of the new ad are women and ethnic minorities, who have been underrepresented here. ensuring diversity, officials say, is a way of drawing on the widest possible pool of talent. i think for women, when they grow up, all the sort of popular images that there are of spies are either male, or they're women who are — to put it bluntly — often using their sort of sexuality as part of theirjob. officials als

whether he was fully briefed by mi6 remains unclear. 0utside parliament, lawyers who had worked withice, secret detention and torture. the uk lost its way when it got mixed up in the rendition of an innocent pregnant woman and an anti—gaddafi dissident, but today, i think it stood on the right side of history by recognising its mistakes and by apologising. while his wife received compensation o 0.5 million pounds, mr belhaj said he did not want money, just an apology. and today, he got it. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... why mountains of abandoned hire bikes are springing up across china. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that is the essence of the appalling news this afternoon that has italian television commenting. they man they call the butcher of leon went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a womanjust winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years in jail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese

the couple say an mi6 tip—off helped the us kidnap them in thailand.n to libya, where mr belhaj was tortured. our security correspondent gordon corera has been to meet him in istanbul. just a warning there's flash photography at the start of his report in istanbul a meeting between britain's ambassador and abdul hakim belhadj, a man who says britain colluded in his torture. a letter from the prime minister and a handshake, signals the closing of a dark chapter for the uk government. just moments before, mr belhaj had watched this unprecedented apology in parliament to him and his wife. on behalf or her majesty's government i apologise unreservedly. we are profoundly sorry. for the ordeal you both suffered and our role in it. the uk government has learned many lessons from this period. in an exclusive tv interview, mr belhadj told me he was grateful, even though it had taken so long. translation: it's been six years of prison and six years of waiting, which was a continuation of the suffering for me and my family. and hopefully today represents the end

britain, 1a years after she and her husband were illegally rendered to a libyanjail with help from mi6her husband, abdul hakim belhaj, was an islamist rebel leader who became a military commander in tripoli after the fall of colonel gaddafi's regime. before that, he says, gaddafi had him tortured in these jails for six yea rs him tortured in these jails for six years and he blames britain. translation: what happened to me is illegal and deserves an apology, especially from people who claim to respect human rights. today in parliament he got that public which —— apology and unequivocal admission of failings. on behalf of her majesty's government, i apologise unreservedly. we are profoundly sorry for the ordeal which you suffered and our role in it. the uk government has learned many lessons from this period. we should have understood much sooner the unacceptable practices of some of oui’ unacceptable practices of some of our international partners and we sincerely regret our failures. tony blair's government embraced colonel sincerely regret our failures. tony blair's governmer itembrac

it came to light shortly after the gaddafi regime fell that mi6 had been involved in providing intelligenceat was at the time when jack straw the then foreign secretary was confronted with the idea it might be the case and he called it a conspiracy theory. today theresa may has written to fatima boudchar. the wife of abdel hakim belhaj, she has a half million pounds settlement. she apologise. he said he had only wa nted apologise. he said he had only wanted an apology. and he said compensation could be limited to £1 as far as he was concerned. there is more to come out? we will have to see what happens with this deal. it shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. at the time britain was an ally of gaddafi and has a role of handing them over. it is one of those stories that shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. more questions about what was involved about how many others this might have happened to.

jack straw, who was foreign secretary; and sir mark allen, the former head of counter—terrorism at mi6f course tony blair who was pm at the time of the abduction. we know governments make mistakes. we've had more than one apology for the windrush scandal, for example. but is this an admission of such an error that it sits as a serious blot on the labour government of the time? our political editor nick watt is with me. take us through the curious timing of all of this. this is in the context of the post—9/11 world where there is a common interest in tackling al-anda. three key dates. in december 2003 tony blair announces that colonel gaddafi has agreed to dismantle his programme of weapons of mass destruction and the significance of that is the failure to find wmd in iraq. three months after that historic deal when tony blair lavished praise on the colonel gaddafi, mi6 provides crucial intelligence that leads to the detention of a leading libyan dissident, abdel hakim belhaj and his wife, they are detained in bangkok and they are flown in short order to tripoli. it is important to say

he immediately contacted his handlers at the british intelligence agency mi6. >> and they told me come to london. so i came back, and of course it was a crisis. and it was dealt at the highest level of mi6 at the time, but nonetheless the damage was done. >> which meant? >> which meant i was basically no longer able to continue working for the u.k. intelligence service after eight years of diligent work. >> someone had leaked details about him to the book's author and now western intelligence agencies would lose one of their most valuable spies. >> in this case the leak is devastating. you can't run a human informant and it's tough to get human informants inside al-qaeda or isis because someone decided they wanted to talk to the press more. >> in the united states it's a particular problem because thousands of people have top clearance. the leaking and so on. >> al-qaeda was now aware it had a spy inside its ranks but two years would pass before it finally identified amond dean as the traitor. in 2008 a religious decree was issued that called for dean to be killed. >> so i was going to

abdul hakim belhaj accused specifically a senior former mi6 officer sir mark allen in involvement inading to the tourjabba hands of the libyans and also accused the former foreign secretary jack straw of overseeing his abduction because he was imposed at the time of. now we're not quite sure what the terms of the settle m e nt sure what the terms of the settlement are at the moment, what jeremy wright qc will tell parliament is abdul hakim belhaj and his wife had said what they want is not money, but an apology and if it comes, it will be pretty unprecedented. 0k, dominic, thank you very much. we are expecting development on this story within the hour and of course we will bring those to you live. back to our to top story and the news that president trump has personally welcomed home the three american detainees freed by north korea. let's cross over to cbs news correspondent mola lenghi who's at andrews air force base where they arrived a few hours ago. hello to you. obviously, a diplomatic coup for president trump and a very positive but to a us north korea summit, but the real tes

at the time and sirmark allan, was foreign secretary at the time and sir mark allan, with a senior mi6 a financial settlement but an apology an admission of liability. tomorrow we will find out if he gets one. thank you. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories... two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a seven—year—old girl died on a bouncy castle at a fair in essex in 2016. summer grant suffered multiple injuries after the inflatable was caught by wind and blew away while she was inside it. william thurston and his wife shelby will be sentenced next month. the university of warwick has suspended 11 male students, after racial insults and jokes about rape were used in a group conversation online. copies of the messages have been submitted to officials as evidence, after three formal complaints were made. the university said it would not comment until its investigation was complete. the high court has heard the closing arguments in the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbc. the entertainer is suing the bbc fo

this guy was connected to mi6 and cia. he had done some dirty tricks on elections in the past. he's been outspoken about his support for hillary clinton and even tried to get a job within the trump administration afterwards. so jeff, it's all coming apart. >> it is. to see klapper and brennan out there with the titles of former director, et cetera, these guys are no longer intelligence officials, and it's time for the president to start striking back at them. and by that, i mean, a lot of these senior people get to keep their security clearances so they can consult within people in government. there is no need to have security clearances anymore. start taking away brennan's security clearance, or access to anything, klapper security clearance or access to anything, because they have become partisans. they are not out there doing what they should be as professionals which is to do their job and be blind, agnostic, when it comes to party politics. >> jesse: that is a bold move to make and i think president trump would make that move or flirt with doing that. you brought up an int

because the clinton campaign took five million dollars of campaign donor money, made a former mi6 spy to go to russia, to create a false dossier. to use that dossier to spy on american citizens. if the fbi and the intelligence community was so concerned about potential spying by the russians of the trump campaign, and them impacting the election negatively, did they also do that to the clinton campaign? we know unequivocally they did not. they never thought trump was going to win. they never thought the deep state would be exposed. what we now see, we see them scurrying like rats because they have lied under oath. we've seen jim comey gone. we've seen his deputy mccabe gone. strzok, page, all the bad actors, who want to take a insurance policy out to stop donald trump from being elected president of the united states to create a false narrative. the american people are too smart and elected 45th president, donald trump. trish: very quick, should the president sit down with mueller? >> absolutely not. i see no value doing that. there was no collusion, no cooperation, no coordination. i

then-pregnant wife, who were kidnapped by cia agents in 2004 with the help of the british intelligence service mi6, and rendered to libya, where they faced severe torture in one of muammar gaddafi's prisons. britain's attorney general read a formal statement of apology from the house of commons thursday, saying the government was profoundly sorry for the treatment of abdelhakim belhaj and fatima boudchar. the couple rejected an offer of a half-million pound payout and instead spent years fighting for an apology. belhaj said thursday his case should serve as a warning to other torturers. >> my message is to all governments to carry out torture and who do not recognize human rights and violate this legitimate right. we must all unite together and raise our voices and work towards achieving this humanitarian requirement, which is the implementation of human rights. amy: his wife, fatima boudchar, was pregnant at the time of her kidnapping and rendition. op-eded, she calleded on trump's nominee for cia chief to account for her role in the agency's torture and rendition program. "the w washington post"

normally it's not mi6 tradecraft to take the hat but he thought it might make a nice souvenir for chelseaeady been given one by the uranium one guy so she gave this russian hat to her mother, which is very thoughtful. for my own part, i think it would've been a much more effective routine if she hadad worn the -- which as you know has been warned by macedonian content farmers who cost her the election, or perhaps to establish her authority of the traditional -- originally worn by alexander the great if i recall my schooldays and still favored by macedonian content farm overseers when they want the masses to cower in terror before then. like many women at the royal wedding, she made a poorn headgear choice. >> tucker: [laughs] i knew you could bring mirth out of 1 of the saddest, most heartbreaking moments i've seen in a long time. do you think -- being honestou here, being sincere -- do you think yale is aware of hownc thoroughly it degrades its own already eroding reputation by inviting someone like this to be the commencement speaker?de >> i do think as a serious matter that partisan po

. >> no evidence of murder or any involvement by mi5, mi6 or the royal family. >> what about reportst the princess was pregnant? >> those were totally disproved by her closest friends. of course we brought the car back from paris. analyzed the blood by the latest techniques at that time and found out she was not pregnant. >> what is the truth behind the reports that dodi had bought diana a ring that day in paris. >> he may well of done that. but we don't know what he was going to do with that ring and neither does anyone else. >> stephens also investigates the role of the paparazzi. >> they followed them around, obviously. but we didn't know how close they were up to the car. whether they actually played a part in the deaths of the people in that car. it is difficult to say. >> it would be speculation? >> it would be speculation. we don't get into speculation. we deal with the evidence. >> but have you said previously, i believe they were a link in the chain. >> no doubt about that. they were a link in the chain. the paparazzi had to be out in front of the ritz, gone off with the nor

she says these threats only stopped when she believes britain's secret service, mi6, intervened. direct manner was following the meeting between the head of the british intelligence service and the president of the republic of serbia. it is only the last century before the ottomans were finally cleared out from europe. this isjim dowson on the ground in eastern europe in one of his many online videos, stirring tensions with a message of an impending clash between christians and muslims. these people have been fighting the ottomans and the islamic threat for well over 1000 years, continuous. much of this material is shared on facebook. a lot of it is produced in serbia, but in english, aimed at an audience here in britain. we do have a british telephone number linked to this facebook page so it does make sense that most of the content would be directed towards a uk audience. despite its origins, much of it is not far right material but mainstream comment and hugely popular. across all these pages there is 2.5 million people. it's a huge number. much higher than the number of liker

government employee, now a professor cambridge very close with another at cam bridge former mi6 chiefd papadopoulos to london paid for his flight hotel, gave a few thousand dollars to write about israeli, and started asking a lot of strange questions about russia, and connections to russia e-mails that -- took took him off guard could have nothing to do with that but fits mold for one being all was marks u.s. citizen involved in foreign intelligence sharing. dagen: kim strassel op-ed is great there is op-ed by board yesterday saying "washington post" has all this stuff on this source, i know maybe just leaking to the post to try to tell a different narrative i don't know how you feel about this this is you know mow i feel about this. dagen: all arrows, based on the reporting, editorial page at journal she pointed out news of the devin nunes letter subpoena that only he was demanding documents related to new line that was one week was there spying, outright spying? against the trump campaign, in 2016. what was the threat at justice department and fbi during the campaign, and, i think t

with papadopoulos reaching out and if he was funneling information back and using his connections to mi6ctions, former u.s. government employee, this is spying on u.s. citizens and people like brennan don't have good reputation for spying on u.s. citizens and lying about it already. >> christopher, where is sessions on this in the attorney general? what's he doing? >> he's upsetting the president, that's for certain. he's rescued, on the sidelines, somebody earlier called him absent without leave because the president is obviously annoyed on his absence on the situation. maybe there ought to be movement for attorney general jeff sessions. here is something that i learned about him and career in senate, you can count on sessions to do the right thing eventually. it just takes time with the gentleman. lee: i think that's awfully generous. i'm fascinating by the fact that they are not using the word spy, they are making a really big deal about calling him informant not a spy. maria: like jim comey and he so-called leak. not a leak, right. >> what's interesting about that is he seems to have

closure today for fatima boudchar. jail with help from mi6 and the cia. of colonel gaddafi's regime.or six years, and he blames britain. especially from people who claim to respect human rights. admission of failings. i apologise unreservedly. suffered and our role in it. the uk government has learned many lessons from this period. regret our failures. tony blair's government embraced colonel gaddafi's regime. very real chemical weapons programme. but then it took a wrong turning. and applying for uk asylum. to a cia prison in thailand. to the gaddafi regime. apology and a token £1 in compensation. were indeed complicit in their appalling treatment. statement. taken away from our clients, and we warmly welcome it. of law, there are lines which must not be crossed. and lessons are learned. from the outset of their case. by the attorney general today. treated in this way. their torture was not and could never bejustified. for justice is admirable. they did exactly that. its mistakes and by apologising. are dead or passed on. to feel embarrassed about america. could not be starker. and