wyre davies, bbc news, port talbot.red in a us court accused of murdering a 26—year—old man in chicago. somerville college's andrew warren and us professor wymondham lathem are accused of fatally stabbing trenton cornell—duranleau in mr lathem's flat. in san francisco's hall ofjustice, mr warren declined to fight his extradition to chicago for questioning, and was remanded in custody. neither of the suspects has been formally charged. a 19—year—old british watersports instructor has died while swimming in greece. he failed to resurface after diving into the sea, according to his employer. the former eastbourne college pupil's body was discovered on the seabed at a depth of around 30 metres. tributes have been paid online on social media. the results of the kenyan presidential election have just been announced, with the incumbent president kenyatta taking 54% of the vote, and the main opposition candidate, raila odinga,winning41i%. the president's critics say the election was rigged. but, as our africa correspondent alas

port talbot has restored its competitiveness.e of the pound against other currencies. port talbot has been synonymous with steel—making for 70 years, and although only one fifth of the once 20,000 strong workforce still work here, today's deal on pensions should bring some relief. wyre davies, bbc news, port talbot. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. a man has been told he'll serve at least 20 years in prison for murdering his brother, and attempting to murder his brother's girlfriend on new year's day. blair logan, who's 27, admitted killing cameron logan. nearly 20 countries have now reported finding eggs contaminated with the pesticide fipronil, which can damage the kidney, liver and thyroid gland. four uk supermarkets have removed egg products from their shelves, although it is only dangerous in high doses. lawyers representing a man — arrested in relation to the putney bridge jogger investigation — have categorically denied that he was involved in the incident. eric bellquist was detained by police trying

wyre davies, bbc news, port talbot.ump has tightened the screws on north korea warning pyongyang would truly regret taking any hostile action against the us. mr trump said he would be speaking to the chinese leader, xijinping, about north korea later. let's stay with that story. president trump told reporters that he would be speaking to the chinese leader in the coming hours, but that he was still optimistic of a diplomatic solution with pyonyang. hopefully it'll all work out, 0k? nobody loves a peaceful solution better than president trump, that i can tell you. hopefully it will all work out. this has been going on for many years. it would have been a lot easier to solve this years ago, before they were in the position they are in, but we will see what happens. we think that lots of good things could happen, and we could also have a bad solution. but we think lots of good things could happen. what would be a bad solution? i think you know the answer to that. when you say bad solution, are you talking about war? i thin

we'll have the latest from port talbot. also this lunchtime: donald trump escalates his threat towards north korea as he warns military solutions to the stand off are "locked and loaded" unless the regime backs down. of the £18 miilion donated since the grenfell tower fire only £2.5 million has reached the people who lost their homes and loved ones. air passengers using easyjet and gatwick airport suffered the longest summer delays, according to bbc analysis. friendship forged through football — one month after the death of bradley lowery, jermain defoe speaks for the first time about how they met. for me, there's no bigger motivation than to think that he can go through that and fight, then i could go through anything. coming up in the sport on bbc news, can dina asher—smith add to great britain's medal tally in the world championships? she runs in the 200 metre final tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. tata steel, which employs about 8500 people across the uk, has announced a new pension scheme to

our correspondent wyre davies reports now from port talbot.d for years that its uk business was under threat, and wanted to radically reduce pension benefits to workers, or face the prospect of having to close its port talbot plant. for months, employees who stood to lose thousands of pounds from the retirement plans have been meeting to review their options. all of a sudden, you come to the end of your working life, you have two years left. and you have got to work another seven years in order to get what you have worked for your entire life without any penalties, and they feel cheated. i've been there for 23 years, 24 years, and you think you're going to be secure when you're 60 or 65, and now they've taken that away from you. the £15 billion british steel pension scheme is one of the uk's biggest. around 130,000 members will be affected and the new plan would see current owners tata paying £550 million into the restructured pension scheme. the scheme will also get a stake of one third of tata's uk business to help meet future pay—outs. work

our wales correspondent tomos morgan is in port talbot for us now.ng to work out whether this is good or not good news. we are still waiting for the reaction, really, aren't we? i havejust been speaking to the unions here earlier andi speaking to the unions here earlier and i think what they were saying, the phrase they used was this was the phrase they used was this was the lesser of two evils. they have come to the realisation that this was the only choice they had, to accept some sort of repercussions on the pension deal they thought they we re the pension deal they thought they were getting when they signed up for it, the lucrative pension deal, they will take a cut from that, and i hope that jobs here will take a cut from that, and i hope thatjobs here in port talbot and across the rest of the uk will now be safeguarded as part of that. as simon mentioned in his piece, there will be a number of options, one of which is to move to a new pension scheme that will have reduced terms to the one they are currently in. or stay in the british pension sc

our correspondent, wyre davies, reports now from port talbot.ts uk business was under threat, and wanted to radically reduce pension benefits to workers, or face the prospect of having to close its port talbot plant. for months, employees who stood to lose thousands of pounds from their retirement plans have been meeting to review their options. all of a sudden, you come to the end of your working life, you have two years left. and you have got to work another seven years in order to get what you have worked for your entire life without any penalties, and they feel cheated. i've been there for 23 years, 24 years, and you think you're going to be secure when you're 60 or 65, and now they've taken that away from you. the £15 billion british steel pension scheme is one of the uk's biggest. around 130,000 members will be affected and the new plan would see current owners tata paying £550 million into the restructured pension scheme. the scheme will also get a stake of one third of tata's uk business to help meet future pay—outs. workers who sign up

of course, port talbot is one of those.p this one going, and many feel that there would be, as there are a large car manufacturing basesin there are a large car manufacturing bases in the uk, so it would make sense to keep it. but others stayed at other steel—making facilities in europe are better conditions. so it remains to be seen what the long term future holds for port talbot if that mega steel deal does go through. thank you, thomas. we will also talk to the mp for the area, labour's stephen kinnock. good evening. is this a situation where this outcome is the lesser of two evils? it is good that we have seen an end to the uncertainty today. over the last year castle, steelworkers and the community have been through hell. there have been a number of bitter pills to swallow. the vote back in february was conclusive, the workforce was voting for the future of the steel industry, even though that meant taking a hit on pensions. it is testa m e nt taking a hit on pensions. it is testament once again to the professionalism

the largest in the uk in port talbot.se. but, in this case, tata steel said it was the only option to secure workers futures. they may be disappointed, they may lose out on a more lucrative pension they signed up for, starting in the company. and there are wider implications to this deal. there was talk of a merger between tata steel and the german steel giant, and one of the obstacles in the way of the merger was this huge financial pension deficit that tata steel had. now the issue is resolved, and there could be an issue for the long—term future of port talbot as some steel experts say that if there was a european steel giant, there could be some rationalisation in the steel—making process for the european giant which could have implications on the long—term future of specifically port talbot because it is such a large steel—making operation for tata steel. so, tomos, what are unions and thinkers thinking about that proposed merger, do they think it would be good for them in the long run?|j do they think it would be go

plenty of questions as port talbot reaches a new future. will workers switch to the new scheme?pport in future if needed? simon gompertz, bbc news. just a couple of bits of breaking news, first of all a case we are hearing about from correspondence duncan kennedy about a cannabis factory that was created in a former nuclear bunker. three menjailed for running a cannabis factory inside a former nuclear bunker in wiltshire. one was given eight years for conspiracy to produce cannabis, and two other defendants given five yea rs two other defendants given five years for the same offence. all three admitted the charges which involved the production of around £2 million of cannabis per year. the judge said they had run the biggest cannabis factory ever seen in the south of england. the bunker was later sold by the ministry of defence. the three were accused of extracting up to £650,000 of electricity to grow the cannabis. i think we can join electricity to grow the cannabis. i think we canjoin duncan kennedy electricity to grow the cannabis. i think we can join duncan kennedy who is f

plenty of questions as port talbot reaches a new future. will workers switch to the new scheme? joining me now from nottingham is pensions expert, john ralfe. is this the most sensible the options available? yes, it is. the idea of setting up a new pension scheme is a bit of a distraction. it's important to be clear that had this not happened the company was going to go bust. they had to persuade the pension regulator that was going to happen within 12 months. it's not an easy option for the company. the company also had to write a big cheque of £550 million. the idea the company is walking away is not right. the effect on the pensions protection fund is also positive out of this? it's a positive out of this? it's a positive because the pension protection fund is there to provide compensation for exactly these sorts of circumstances. people will get a bit less, and it is only a bit less, they are down maybe ten or 15%. i was a sceptic of the pension protection fund when it was setup in 2004 but i actually think it has done a very good job. the only issue is that a £50 billion sc