vicki young, bbc news, westminster. let's ta ke vicki young, bbc news, westminster.r stories making the news. two men in their 20s from rome have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. police have been investigating a serious assault on a man before last night's champions league semi final in liverpool between liverpool and roma. officials in pakistan say at least six police officers have been killed and several injured in a suicide attack in the south—western city of quetta. the bomber blew himself up when a police van was travelling along a road near the airport. police with assault rifles have been patrolling entry points to boracay island, just days before the whole island, one of the philippines' top tourist attractions, shuts down for a six month cleanup. there were also exercises simulating clashes with protesters, terrorist attacks and a hostage incident, although officials say there is no specific threat. a huge portrait of nelson mandela has gone on show in south africa, but this is different from what you might imagine. it is thousands of blankets

the other 11 are all men, as our political correspondent vicki young reports.l rights leaders, 11 famous figures, who all have their place in this square overlooking parliament. no woman has ever had her contribution to society recognised in this way, until today. it was a moment worth celebrating and hundreds gathered to commemorate the life and legacy of millicent garrett fawcett. well, it's been a long time coming, but finally parliament square has its first statue of a woman, by a woman, all to mark 100 years since women first got the vote. the idea for this statue came from an activist and writer who was prompted into action during a jog through westminster. i couldn't believe it. it was 2016, how had this not already been sorted? women are still woefully under represented in all areas of british cultural and political life, not least in its statues. checking the records, she found there were more statues of men called john than historical women. millicent fawcett started petitioning for women's right to vote in 1866, gathering signatures from women across

applause vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the news that a type of plankton, discovered in the south atlantic, has been named after them. the honour was bestowed by scientists at university college london. sir david said it was a "great compliment" that would raise the profile of an important feature of the oceans, as he explained to our science editor, david shukman. the amazing images of blue planet 2, they electrified audiences around the world, but these weird forms of life all depend on one thing — plankton. tiny organisms you can't often see with the naked eye. these rays stir the water to make the plankton light up in the dark. a rare glimpse. incredible detail is revealed by microscope. the plankton are far smaller than a human hair and this type, recently discovered, has been named blue planet, after the programmes, the first time this has happened. david attenborough was at university college london today with some of the scientists who've been working on the plankton. students looked on as he saw images of it for th

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. to his arrest in belgium. of the attempted murder of police officersn 2020 for his role in the paris attacks. teenager stephen lawrence has taken place in london. now a peer sitting in the lords. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. it wasn't the moment for royal baby remarks. of a century after it occurred. took their seats for the memorial service to stephen lawrence. younger brother stuart. paying tribute to the family's efforts to honour stephen's memory. in stephen's life and in all that it has inspired. remembered every year on the anniversary of his death. april 22nd would become stephen lawrence day. of his life was welcomed. striving for years to achieve. 0ur son's memory will be enshrined in history, he said. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello after last week springboard, something closer to april reality. something closer to april reality. sinking further south or england and wales. wales. and clear skies, particularly in scotland. scotland. some could be heavy, a rumble of thund

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.g of their champions league semi—final. but before the match there were scenes of violence outside the stadium as our sports editor dan roan reports. these are the occasions that anfield relishes above all others, even the unrelenting rain unable to dampen the supporters' spirits. although the behaviour of a group of roma fans who attacked some of the home supporters before kick—off tarnished the build—up and will no doubt lead to questions for the authorities. having seen off the might of premier league champions manchester city here three weeks ago, the hosts went into the game as favourites. liverpool's exhilarating european adventure has owed much to the spectacular form of mo salah. and once again, the egyptian delivered in stunning style. this the 42nd and possibly the best goal of a remarkable season. ten minutes later, the striker celebrating being named player of the year this week by doubling his team's lead. salah — simply unstoppable. if the italians thought half—time would

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.nd dramas. but bbc news has spoken to a number of actors who say it has a serious sexual harassment problem, which no—one is talking about. actresses have told the bbc they've been asked for sexual favours by men in the industry, others say they've been molested. many are too afraid to go public for fear their careers and lives will be ruined. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidya nathan sent this report from mumbai. these over—the—top dance routines are a staple of bollywood films. a scantily clad leading lady takes centre stage, as a group of men lust after her. 0n—screen, women are often seems as objects of desire, but also in real life. behind the glitz and glamour, there's a dark secret. he started telling me that, for an actress, you should be happy to have sex as and when possible. embrace your sexuality, use it. this aspiring actress asked us to conceal her identity, and we've changed her voice. like so many others, she left a small village for india's film capital, mumbai, to chase

i'm vicky young. the headlines at 8pm.ers of north and south korea, as they promise complete denuclearisation‘. kim jong un and moonjay—in vow to end decades of conflict between the two countries. translation: we are one nation. when we met, we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. translation: we declare there will be no war in korea and a new age of peace has begun. also in the next hour. disappointing economic figures. the british economy grew at its slowest rate for more than five years, in the first three months of the year. the two young brothers killed in a hit and run crash in coventry,

i'm vicki young. the headlines at 4:00pm. and condemns russia and iran for backing him. in an alleged chemical attack. the syrian government has denied involvement as has russia. the foreign office has called for an urgent investigation. chlorine gas has been used. compatible with exposure to chlorine gas. in london and police cuts. labour have accused them of having their heads in the sand. as ‘the kremlin‘s useful idiot‘. of himself‘ over russia. link to an attack that left two dead and 20 injured. also in the next hour... northern ireland win their first medal of the commonwealth games. 18—year—old rhys mcclenaghan gets gold in the pommel horse. to claims wales‘ third gold medal. witness speaks to a de—mining expert who accompanied princess diana. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. and his allies russia and iran must pay "a big price". but there has been no independent verification. the syrian government has denied involvement as has russia. the foreign

thank you, vicki young at westminster.ou there when he appears. other news now. sainsbury's has agreed terms to merge with asda. combined, the two supermarkets would represent almost a third of the uk grocery market. sainsbury's says it would mean lowering prices on key items by around 10% — and has promised the deal would not lead to store closures or job losses. emma simpson reports. it is a deal that will reshape retail. for these two chains, bigger is better. this is a very competitive market, and customers have more choice than ever, and this is a response to that, and we are creating a dynamic new player. that will mean we can bring the businesses together and offer huge benefits to our customers, through, for instance, lowering prices. so we would aim to reduce everyday items by 10% by improving quality, improving rangers. the two brands will remain, but they are different. asda, cheaper and cheerful with big stores mainly in the north. sainsbury's is more upmarket, and mainly in the south. combine the two, and you

vicky young will be here at the top of the hour.s, ben zand has travelled to guatemala, to investigate claims of miracle healings and giant vegetables, in the second part of cults, gangs and god. i'd made it to guatemala, the home of mayans and volcanoes. as well as having big problems with poverty, corruption and crime, it's also got one of the highest populations of portesta nts and evangelical christians in the whole of latin america. it's a pretty religious place. it also has these — ginormous mega churches. i'd been hearing a lot about evangelical pastors and one name kept coming up — cash luna. ask anyone here and they'll know who he is. not only does he claim to be in direct communication with the big man himself, but he's also a multi—millionnaire and has one of the biggest churches in the world — casa de dios, or house of god. which can hold over 11,000 people. i was on my way to visit him. that is one big church. looks like an alien spaceship. there we go. let me just remind you, this isn't anfield. this is a church and it

i'm vicki young. the headlines at two: " locked and loaded".day's attacks on suspected chemical weapons facilities. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called for a vote in parliament tomorrow, following yesterday's air strikes. it looked awfully to me as though the prime minister was more interested in following donald trump's lead than anything else. this is policy made up by twitter. the chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, is stepping down. hundreds of australian firefghters are tackling a large bushfire threatening homes in the suburbs of sydney. also coming up: jubilation at the commonwealth games. england beat australia in the netball, to secure

jeremy corbyn, has described the action as ‘legally questionable.‘ our political correspondent, vicki young british pilots ready themselves for action, heading into danger on the front line, following orders from politicians back home. under pressure to explain why she ordered air strikes, theresa may told journalists in downing street this was a limited use of force and there was no alternative path. there is no graver decision for a prime minister, than to commit our forces to combat. and this is the first time that i have had to do so. we must reinstate the global consensus that chemical weapons cannot be used. this action is absolutely in britain‘s national interest. the lesson of history is that when the global rules and standards that keep us safe come under threat, we must take a stand and defend them. and mrs may drew a clear link with the salisbury nerve agent attack, for which she holds russia responsible. so while this action is specifically about deterring the syrian regime, it will also send a clear signal to anyone else who believes they can use chemical weapons with impunity.

ok, for the moment, thank you very much, vicki young in westminster.story because the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons is holding an extraordinary session in the hague to discuss recent events in syria. we can cross to our correspondent who is following events there. i know you have been getting the latest line from the 0pcw, we have heard from the uk mission quoting the director of the 0pcw that russia and syria still have not allowed access to the fact—finding team who are trying to get into douma? exactly, we know these 0pcw expert arrived in damascus on saturday, they were meant to visit the site of this alleged attack. the latest we are getting from here in the hague is via the british delegation inside the 0pcw‘s headquarters. they are quoting the director—general of the 0pcw, saying his team of experts are on this fact—finding mission and have not yet been allowed to access the site of the alleged attack in douma, which of course is of grave concern. the british delegation has tweeted that unfettered access is essential and r

with me now is our chief political correspondent, vicki young.difficult couple of weeks, jonathan said, it hasn't stopped, has it? no, that's right. amber rudd had thejoy of has it? no, that's right. amber rudd had the joy of coming to a press gallery lunch in front of journalists in westminster to make a speech and answer questions. she said there are other places she would rather have been. she acknowledged it had been difficult shech wanted to make changes in the home office and committed to staying in the home office. she asked whether she had considered resigning, whether she offered her resignation to the prime minister. she didn't answer that in a straight way. he she talked about being committed to staying and sorting out the windrush fiasco, as she called it. she said she felt the pain of the people going through all of that. on this slightly separate issue of these targets that yesterday she didn't seem to know anything about. the regional targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants, it's pretty clear they are going to go. she sai

thank you. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. today. tell us more about that. there has been a row about the destruction of these landing slippers. i do wonder if that has just become a bit of a distraction. in the theatre of prime minister ‘s questions, it took the rug from underneath jeremy corbyn questions, it took the rug from underneathjeremy corbyn because he was trying to see if two is a may had signed off at night, the argument being they destroyed documents that could have helped people. but the government has said it was under a labour government. but i wonder whether actually what is more important is about whether the home office is able to get on top of the issue and help people like glenda. can they get to people and help them with these documents for the problem seems to have been vastly that it has been going on for yea rs vastly that it has been going on for years and the government did not pick up the warnings and try to do something about it. the other issues that people have been asked to take responsibility a

vicky young has more.place in this square overlooking parliament. no woman has ever had her contribution to society recognised in this way — until today. it was a moment worth celebrating and hundreds gathered to commemorate the life and legacy of millicent garrett fawcett. well, it's been a long time coming, but finally parliament square has its first statue of a woman, by a woman. all to mark 100 years since women first got the vote. the idea for this statue came from an activist and writer, who was prompted into action during a jog through westminster. nelson mandela, gandhi, abraham lincoln, these were impressive men, for sure, but there was no getting away from the fact that they were all, well, men. all 11 of them. i couldn't believe it. it was 2016, how had this not already been sorted? women are still woefully under represented in all areas of british cultural and political life, not least in its statues. checking the records, she found there were more statues of men called john than historical wom

i'm vicki young. the headlines at 6pm. the syrian government denies it is behind an alleged chemical attack in syria. reports suggest 70 people were killed in the rebel—held area of douma. donald trump has denounced the syrian government and condemned its allies, calling president assad an animal. ministers deny any link between falling police numbers are the rise in violence in london. labour accuse them of having their heads in the sand. the foreign secretary borisjohnson describes jeremy corbyn as "the kremlin‘s useful idiot". labour has hit back saying mrjohnson has "made a fool of himself" over russia. polls are just closing in the hungarian general election where the right—wing nationalist viktor orban is expected to win a third consecutive term. also in the next hour. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau says "an entire country is in mourning" after the fatal bus crash involving a junior ice hockey team. 15 people were killed and two others are said to be in a critical condition. the humboldt broncos had been on th

i‘m vicki young. from a mother and daughter who survived the suspected chemical attack in eastern ghouta a week ago we went back down to the basement and we saw how they were bringing the martyrs. instead of breathing the martyrs. instead of breathing the air, we breathed the smell of blood. hundreds of australian firefghters are tackling a large bushfire threatening homes in the suburbs of sydney. the chief executive of the world‘s largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, is stepping down. also coming up: jubilation at the commonwealth games. england beat australia in the netball, to secure the greatest result in their history and win their first

in a moment, we'll speak to our correspondent martin patience in beirut but first vicki young who's inster. in the run—up to the cabinet meeting, how much do we know about the unanimity over this? and we know the unanimity over this? and we know the cabinet ministers will be coming here in the next couple of hours for an extremely difficult meeting, on the agenda partly will be about a parliamentary vote. we know theresa may is considering taking action without one, but that would of course be controversial. she doesn't have to do, but it has become a bit ofan have to do, but it has become a bit of an issue over the years that prime ministers have sought the approval of mps. jeremy corbyn, other opposition leaders are saying that mps must be consulted. the other issues the cabinet ministers is going to be about this idea of a wider strategy. they will be very mindful of iraq and libya, the idea of knowing what they get into, do they know and have they got a clear picture of exactly what president trump is calling for? is it going to be longer military engagement? all of those things ab

i'm vicki young. the headlines at 4:00pm. it follows reports of at least 70 people being killed in an alleged chemical attack. the syrian government has denied involvement as has russia. the foreign office has called for an urgent investigation. rescue workers say it appears that concentrated chlorine gas has been used. we have received many patients who have suffered from symptoms compatible with exposure to chlorine gas. ministers deny any link between the rise in violence in london and police cuts. labour have accused them of having their heads in the sand. the foreign secretary borisjohnson describes jeremy corbyn as ‘the kremlin‘s useful idiot‘. labour has hit back saying mrjohnson has ‘made a fool of himself‘ over russia.

let's join our chief political correspondent vicki young, who's in parliament square.me coming but the stage is now set for the unveiling of the statue of millicent fawcett. there are hundreds of people who have turned out here in parliament square, a number of the cabinet, theresa may, prime minister, jeremy corbyn, leader of the opposition, said it really is a sense of occasion here to celebrate this moment. i think many people might be flabbergasted to realise there have been no statues of women here in this place. as you say, 11 male statues and millicent boss willjoin them. she was a woman ahead of her time, at the age of 19, she launched a petition to try to get women the vote, she herself was too young to saying that the petition. this idea was all the brainchild, really, of caroline criado—perez, she was taking a run through parliament square and looked around and thought, there are no female statues here so she got the campaign up and running and it was taken up by the mayor of london and finally today, it comes to fruition. earlier, the great grand niece of m

joining me now from westminster is our chief political correspondent vicki young.view that the prime minister has made up her mind? the cabinet is yet to meet, so of course, that is a crucial moment for theresa may. she, as we understand it, is certainly willing to consider joining action with donald trump, with the french and other allies, without a parliamentary vote. there is no legal reason whyjihad to speak to parliament or get their authority, but it has become a bit ofa authority, but it has become a bit of a convention. now, the feeling among many mps on all sides, a vocab and in 2013, rejecting the idea of taking action against president assad's regime in syria. later on, it was authorised to take action against so—called is in that area. has anything changed between now and then? some mps, several conservatives, voted against action then, and would may well do so again. some feel that now it is just too late and it won't make any difference. but there is another difference, of course, in the past few weeks theresa may has been phoning international leader

our political correspondent vicki young has more. will last, that is theresa may's brexit challenge. this factory in dudley exports furniture and businesses wa nt to exports furniture and businesses want to know how they will trade with the eu after the exit. the customs union and allows goods to be shipped around the eu with no tariffs, but it stops us negotiating free trade deals with other countries, said the prime minister insists we need a new arrangement. coming out of the customs union means we will be free to have deals that suit the united kingdom. i recognise the importance of businesses like this to have a frictionless border into the eu and we put forward proposals that will deliver that frictionless border and enable us to do deals around the rest of the world. this visit was pa rt rest of the world. this visit was part of the conservatives' local election campaigning. theresa may has been dragged back into the brexit row over trade and some businesses don't like it. we do not expect all the answers but we expect the evi

i'm vicki young. the headlines at four: labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said he would sanction operations in syria only if they had the un's approval. voices from inside the devastation in syria — the bbc hears from a mother and daughter who survived the suspected chemical attack in eastern ghouta a week ago we went back down to the basement and we saw how they were bringing the martyrs. instead of breathing the martyrs. instead of breathing the air, we breathed the smell of blood. hundreds of australian firefghters are tackling a large bushfire threatening homes in the suburbs of sydney. the chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, is stepping down. also coming up: jubilation at the commonwealth games. england beat australia in the netball, to secure the greatest result in their history and win their first commonwealth gold medal. and at 16:30, newsbeat speaks to people who lose their hair at a young age. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jere

i'm vicki young. the headlines at two: " locked and loaded". america tells syria it's ready to strike again after yesterday's attacks on suspected chemical weapons facilities. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called for a vote in parliament tomorrow, following yesterday's air strikes. it looked awfully to me as though the prime minister was more interested in following donald trump's lead than anything else. this is policy made up by twitter. the chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, is stepping down. hundreds of australian firefghters are tackling a large bushfire threatening homes in the suburbs of sydney. also coming up: jubilation at the commonwealth games. england beat australia in the netball, to secure the greatest result in their history and win their first commonwealth gold medal. and at 14:30, in hardtalk, stephen sackur speaks to sivjensen, norway's finance minister and the leader of the right—wing progress party. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said he

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.owning street has published a document setting out why it says military action against the syrian regime was legal. stating it has met three conditions permitted under international law. they are that it has to have convincing evidence generally accepted by the international community of extreme humanitarian distress on a large—scale, requiring immediate and urgent relief. number two, large—scale, requiring immediate and urgent relief. numbertwo, it large—scale, requiring immediate and urgent relief. number two, it must be objectively clear that there is ina be objectively clear that there is in a practicable alternative to the use of force if lives are to be saved, a phrase used by the prime minister. number three, the proposed use of force must be necessary and proportionate to the aim of relief of humanitarian suffering and must be strictly limited in time and in scope to the same. so the three main conditions released as part of the government's legal position. that legal advice ju

we have just been talking to vicki young about amber rudd. the european union, we will be leaving the customs union". there is amber rudd reacting to that. and another one which is also windrush related. the labourmp which is also windrush related. the labour mp has which is also windrush related. the labourmp has said which is also windrush related. the labour mp has said that the home secretary has informed me that the... the status was raised in the house of commons because he was facing cancer treatment, he was one of the windrush migrants and was told that he was not, on a fight to be covered by nhs payments for that. we have just heard that he will be granted indefinite leave to remain. he is due to start his radiotherapy treatment at the royal marsden cancer hospital. the nhs in england will need another £50 billion a year by 2030, according to two former health ministers. the former labour minister lord darzi and a conservative lord prior, carried out a review with a panel of experts convened by the centre—left think tank the ippr. 0u

matthew price monitoring events in beirut. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminsterabour leader also bring us right to date with your sense of the mood at westminster. it does have a sense of inevitability, really, here, that we are heading towards some kind of military action, alongside america and france. that is of course because the cabinet yesterday did factories in may, saying that the use of chemical weapons could not go unpunished. and really this idea that it unpunished. and really this idea thatitis unpunished. and really this idea that it is becoming almost commonplace in syria, particularly, in that conflict, for they used to keep happening again and again. that is why they are saying now that urgent action is needed. to stop a further humanitarian disaster. so that the government point of view. but we've been hearing today from the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he said, actually, he still wants to see more evidence about who carried out this chemical attack. he also says that it would be wrong to speculate about who has done that. and he is calling on the

our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster.ing seems to be still going on? it has been more than an hourand still going on? it has been more than an hour and a half with senior ministers gathering to make one of the most difficult decisions there is to make. what they will be mulling over will be whether they feel they need to get the support of parliament and the indications are that theresa may does not think she has to do that. legally she does not have too, it has become a bit of a convention but on this occasion it does not look likely. they will also be looking i think at the wider strategy. they will want to know what they're getting into. david davis said that very clearly. he is interesting because as an mp five yea rs interesting because as an mp five years ago he voted against the idea of military action against the assad regime and he says he has changed his mind but he to note that they are his mind but he to note that they a re clear his mind but he to note that they are clear about the evidence of who carried out

i'm vicky young. the headlines at 8pm. a historic meeting between the leaders of north and south korea, as they promise complete denuclearisation'. kim jong un and moonjay—in vow to end decades of conflict between the two countries. translation: we are one nation. when we met, we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. translation: we declare there will be no war in korea and a new age of peace has begun. also in the next hour. disappointing economic figures. the british economy grew at its slowest rate for more than five years, in the first three months of the year. the two young brothers killed in a hit and run crash in coventry, the driver is sentenced to nine years in prison. his royal highness prince louis of cambridge, the new royal baby, fifth in line to the throne, is named. and thank you for more music, abba reunite to record new songs, for the first time since 1983. ironman the hulk and 20 more superheroes unite to fight their most powerful enemy yet in avengers infinity ward. here what was thought of it

vicki young in the house of commons.negotiations. gavin lee in gibraltar — with coverage on that issue throughout the day tomorrow here on the bbc news channel. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the swedish journalist kim wall. she was invited to interview peter madsen aboard his homemade submarine. but 11 days later, her dismembered remains were found at sea. maddy savage reports from copenhagen. kim wall. a promising freelance journalist from sweden, who loved to travel. last august she was about to move to china with her danish boyfriend. but first, she had one last story to finish. in the same neighbourhood here in copenhagen where the young couple had been living, she boarded a submarine built by peter madsen, a danish inventor she‘d been wanting to interview. but a day later the submarine sank and he was rescued, without kim. peter madsen changed his story about what happened three times. he initially said he had dropped him off safely. he initially said he had dropped kim off

in parliament to justify the action over the weekend in syria. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki youngtions from all sides but i expect a robust defence of the action she took. she will say this was about stopping the normalisation of the use of chemical weapons and it was time to show the international community was not ready to stand by and watch this happen but it has proved controversial, many mps saying they should have been consulted before the action took place. to discuss this i‘m joined by gavin long vincent from the dup. what do you make of what theresa may did at the weekend, do you support the action? i think she has the authority to make such decisions, she had the evidence and intelligence that would lead you to the conclusion that such a decision was the right one to make and she is the one with the duty to protect the nation of national interests. some will say that this wasn‘t about our national interest, it was intervening in a horrible messy civil war and actually putting more missiles into that arena could cause even more destabilisation. we not only have national i

thank you, vicki young. you been doing in britain? going to school, bringing up my family, my grandchildren, working, ithought to school, bringing up my family, my grandchildren, working, i thought i was a british citizen. you have four children, five grandchildren, so just explain, september 2015 is the key date, i think. as you say you have been working here all that time have been working here all that time have to having gone to school and bought up your children. what happened in september 2015?|j bought up your children. what happened in september 2015? i was told that my work was going to be terminated until i had the right documents in place. which i had to gather all this information from when i came to england, like my mother ‘s passport which i am named on, letters from all my family, from my friends, so i could get a biometric card. how did you feel when they asked if that stuff?|j felt isolated, i felt i had when they asked if that stuff?|j felt isolated, ifelt i had done something wrong. but yo

politicians, just as it is for people up and down the country. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki younginster. no letter for no letterfor amber no letter for amber rudd today, she has been facing questions from the home affairs committee? they have very many questions to ask her. basically about the scale, is the home office across who had been affected and how many? the first question amber rudd faced was whether anybody had been wrongly deported because of this, from the windrush generation. she said officials have gone back to 2002 looking at records, many of them paper records, and says as far as they can tell, sir bobby don't think anybody has been wrongly deported. but she is very careful to say that work has not been finished. she was also asked the broader issue of whether ministers ignored warnings. four years in some cases, mps have been racing individual cases that they felt were wrong and people being denied treatments, jobs, their pensions, even some being locked up. mps were racing examples of ministers receiving and writing letters in response to its all. we heard about t

i'm vicki young. the headlines at 6pm.s denounced the syrian government and condemned its allies, calling president assad an animal. ministers deny any link between falling police numbers are the rise in violence in london. labour accuse them of having their heads in the sand. the foreign secretary borisjohnson describes jeremy corbyn as "the kremlin's useful idiot". labour has hit back saying mrjohnson has "made a fool of himself" over russia. polls are just closing in the hungarian general election where the right—wing nationalist viktor 0rban is expected to win a third consecutive term. also in the next hour.

i'm vicky young. the headlines at 8pm.p will come to the uk injuly. the white house says it's a "working visit". the bbc understands the home office will scrap immigration removal targets, just a day after home secretary amber rudd said they didn't exist. the football association considers an offer to sell wembley stadium for a deal thought to be worth £800 million. the father of seriously ill toddler alfie evans asks supporters outside hospital to "go home" and praises the work of doctors as he urges

joining me now from westminster is our chief political correspondent vicki young.rump and from theresa may earlier when she was in copenhagen saying that the international community must strengthen its resolve against the syrian regime. tough words, but what could she actually do in terms of actions to back up those words? that is the big question. we have had international condemnation of what has happened, but the question is, what are they going to do. donald trump, everyone assumes, could well launch a missile attack against the assad regime and the question is whether the british government would join in any action like that. as you say, the words are strong, theresa may saying this was brazen, reprehensible, horrific, appalling, singling out russia by name as well as one of the backers of president assad and they all have to be held to account. there are mps here who think they should be some military action and they'd been that the uk has the legal right to do that. tom tugendhat said standing by as kids are gas, it is not pacifism, it is tolerating evil. an

our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster.ng for. the government made it very clear they want to leave the customs union. the question is do they have the parliamentary support to make sure that happens. yesterday in the house of lords there was a crushing defeat for the government inflicted by peers on this very issue and it looks like mps are gearing up to try and do the same in the house of commons. the mechanism by which they do it is still a little uncertain. what is happening here is senior mps from all parties are forcing the issue onto the floor of the house of commons next week. it is not a binding vote, it will not make ministers have to go and negotiate to try and stay in the customs union. a little earlier i asked yvette cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee what exactly they were trying to achieve. this is the chance for the house of commons to have a say and to steer the negotiations before it's too late. rather than waiting till the end of the process, we think the commons should have a voice at the

around the intervention are the focus of debate in there this afternoon. 0ur political correspondent vicki youngs in westminster. how much of a rough ride is mrs may likely to get, do you think?m how much of a rough ride is mrs may likely to get, do you think? it is going to become even more apparent this afternoon on this issue of military action, theresa may and jeremy corbyn couldn't be further apart. i expect a robust defence of the action from the prime minister, making the case that she wanted to stop the normalisation of the use of chemical weapons. but undoubtedly, there will be many probing questions about the legality of all of this. the government says it was to avoid another humanitarian disaster, that is very much questioned by labour. there's also this much broader question about the issue of prior parliamentary approval. this would bea parliamentary approval. this would be a huge change if britain were to bring ina be a huge change if britain were to bring in a new law on all of this. labour certainly think it is time for a labour certainly think it is time fora war labour certain

labour has questioned the legality of the bombing raids. 0ur chief political correspondent vicky youngt westminster. the prime minister has been speaking for 45 minutes. let's go straight to westminster. your sense of how things have gone so your sense of how things have gone so far? theresa may going through the criticisms really. the questions she has had to face, explaining why the action was taken, saying it was right to try and stop the normalisation, as she called it, the use of chemical weapons. she talked about the evidence, saying any idea that this had been put on or could not because of eid in this way on this scale. she said the british government were as confident as they could be that it was a sad who were responsible for this. she also took on the criticism she has faced from jeremy corbyn in the last few days, saying it was all very well talking about a political solution but russia was vetoing those attempts the un security council wasn't possible to go down that route alone. she then turned to this crucial question of why she decided not to recall parliament from its

our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster and sent us this update. before it's too late, rather than waiting for the end of the process we think the commons should have a voice at the commons should have a voice at the beginning and be able to say what is important. i think a customs union is about mao factoring and industry across the country, it makes a massive difference, and also about northern ireland peace —— manufacturing. but there's no chance parliament at the moment to have that as a proper debate and express its view in a boat and that is what we want to make sure can happen. —— vote. how confident are you that enough conservative mps agree with this? this is being tabled as part of the backbench debate process and this is a chance for backbenchers of all parties to have their say and express their views and i do hope that if conservative backbenchers who very often have industry in their constituency, very often feel strongly about the importance of the northern ireland peace process, will use this as an opportunity to vote in favour of a

our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster.ern about the recall of parliament and whether there should bea parliament and whether there should be a vote and whetherjust getting the sanction of her cabinet is enough for theresa may. let us speak more about this, i am joined by the deputy leader of the liberal democrats. legally, theresa may doesn't have to get the authority of parliament, does she, why should she have to? that is legal situation but we have strong precedent, in the case of the controversial conflict in iraq that that was preceded by a vote in parliament as well as more re ce nt vote in parliament as well as more recent conflicts, the case for pressing ahead, particularly when there is no acute urgency, clearly, there is no acute urgency, clearly, the government is looking at what happened, very serious chemical weapon attack and you know, the breach of international law that represent, we are talking about a warcrime, represent, we are talking about a war crime, this is very serious, but there is not a need to r

vicki) new at nine... when a common cold becomes life threatening-- a young boy who was at risk of cardiac arrest-- undergoessurgery at u-c davis medical center... next weekend.partly cloudy be cooler and partly cloudy next weekend. (vicki) new at nine... when a common cold becomes life threatening-- a young boy who was at risk of cardiac arrest-- undergoes a historic surgery at u-c davis medical center... reporter sonseeahray tonsall explains... when 10-year-old adolfo ledesma came down with what seemed to be the common cold, his dad sergio wasn't too worried."i just thought, 'just a flu, he'll get over it,'" sergio said. "and he never really did."instead, adolfo got worse -- with headaches and a lack of energy. a week after his symptoms appeared, he was airlifted to the uc davis medical center from a chico hospital."his heart function was very low," dr. amy rahm, an assistant professor of pediatric cardiac surgery, told fox40. "we knew that we were on borrowed time." it turns out that the otherwise common cold had done something uncommon. it had attacked adolfo's heart muscles, leaving him in danger of car

a man tried to kidnap a mother walking down the street with her young child.(vickiis happened over the weekend in fremont...right by an elementary school. kron 4's justine waldman tells us police just arrested a teenager in the case. tiffany sot to hear something like that over hear it is not good it is scaryneighbors nerves are on edgeon sunday, a 35 year old mother was walking with her toddler here on valpey park ave. and butano park drive whenfremont police tell kron 4 news, a man saying he was lost parked his car and handed the woman his phone asking for directions. when she was holding the phone, the suspect then allegedly pointed a gun at her, and demanded she and her child get in the car.but she ran away, and called police. mary sot i dont like to see someone get away with something like thisto find the suspect fremont police relied heavily on neighbors security camerasand tracked this car leaving the area.on sunday, the investigation lead officers to this 19 year old. alex arriola of fremont, he has very distinctive long hair. police arrested him on two coun

vicki and grant. two people are behind bars for human trafficking. this, after a youngs found in distress at an intersection in san bruno. the distrubing details, next at ten. plus: ten people are killed .. dozens more in the hosptial, after a violent attack in tornoto.. where the dirver of a vehicle ran over a group of pedestrians. now - police are searching for a motive.plus -the city's mayor is urging residents to stay calm. also next: the bay area's first and only ten at ten forecast. stay with us. really scary to think that someone could grab a teenager or girl or anyone for the matter of face. (pam) a (pam) a teenage girl ... and a cry for help..tonight, two people are behind bars after it appears they were trying to sell a teen girl for sex in san bruno. thank you for joining us tonight im pam moore. (grant lodes)and im grant lodes. the two suspects were caught this past weekend in a neighborhood near the shops at tanforan mall.kron 4's j-r is live in san bruno tonight where he spoke with neighbors.jr? (j.r.)they are saying often times officers go out together in

a man tried to kidnap a mother who was walking down the street with her young child.(vicki) this happened over the weekend in fremont, right by steven millard elementary school. kron 4's justine waldman tells us police just arrested a teenager in the case. mary sot right now i am feeling a little uneasy neighbors nerves are on edge on sunday, a 35 year old mother was walking with her toddler here on valpey park ave. and butano park drive whenfremont police tell kron 4 news, a man saying he was lost parked his car and handed the woman his phone asking for directions.when she was holding the phone, the suspect then allegedly pointed a gun at her, and demanded she and her child get in the car.but she ran away, and called police.tiffany sot to hear something like that over hear it is not good it is scaryto find the suspect fremont police relied heavily on neighbors security camerasand tracked this car leaving the area.on sunday, the investigation lead officers to this 19 year old.alex arriola of fremont, he has very distinctive long hair.police arrested him on two counts of att