we packed all our snacks in the uk. we are very good at growing dried fruits and nuts in the uk so a lot of the supply comes from the global market, but everything is produced and packed in the uk. are you stockpiling? we are doing what we can do to make sure we have adequate stock cover. one of the benefits of being a relatively small player in a big market, brexit hits us in terms of exchange rates, is causing some uncertainty with international customers, in terms of their decisions on trading with british businesses at the moment. but i think once we get clarity on brexit it will help from bigger companies down to smaller businesses. like you obviously had experiences in the food and drink industry and now you sell in places like sainsbury's. how difficult is it to get into those big supermarkets, knowing how saturated the market is? we had the fortunate background, my wife and i, of having worked in food and drink and it helps to have experience of trading but these customers. they are interested in what is right f

the mirror like every uk paper has uk premier league football team liverpool on their front pages. the paper says the reds produced the greatest night in anfield history to reach the champions league final after overcoming barcelona with a stunning second—leg fightback. we've heard some of our fans that are watching now and you are celebrating, which is great. with me is jeremy thomson—cook who's chief economist of the payments company world first. i your liveable fan? i'm not but you can help but celebrate was not i was worried at the tv last night. the barcelona fans may or may not be watching as well so we need to consider that. let's have a look at the first story. in the evening standard, this is not the paper that is fran london. it's the latest line of the talks between the government and the labour party, it would seem they are not moving. there is no compromise despite the pressure on both sides. , brexit continues to be the uncompromised ball political schism that has been for the past two or three years, to be honest. it seems a bit of a hail mary attempt to get the

we'll change uk pick up universities. we'll change uk pick up the vote? this is the leaflet they were handing out. no logo. and what is the party colour? i think they are going for black and white striped. it looks like a bar code. it's eight is a solidly remain party and nigel farage, who started in the south—east 20 years ago, i35—year—old nigel farage, first elected here, and has kept his seat and his standing with the new party, the brexit party, so the contest between brexit and change will be fascinating to see when we vote in the european elections. to find out who is standing in the european elections and more about the issues to consider, go to bbc.co.uk/news during the campaign for the european parliament elections, we're going to be interviewing all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel. we want you to send us your questions. this afternoon at 5:30pm, we'll have nigel farage of the brexit party, and on friday, chuka umunna from change uk. you can email us at askthis@bbc.co.uk or text us on 61124 or use social media with the has

the first woman to become defence secretary in the uk. it is amazing and brilliant, but... iam the uk. it is amazing and brilliant, but... i am offended by the sun's portrayal of the story. we are looking at it now. there she is in herswimming looking at it now. there she is in her swimming costume. why? for crying out loud, this is offensive and upsetting. i would say don't buy the sun, don't read the sun online. it is outrageous. gavin williamson, he is accused of doing something which is a criminal offence which threatens our national security, in a suit, looking semi— respectable in his photograph. at his replacement, the first female defence minister in the first female defence minister in the united kingdom, is in her swimsuit. it is just appalling. the united kingdom, is in her swimsuit. it isjust appalling. the reason she is in her swimsuit in that particular photograph is because she was a contestant in a television series called splash. and they are playing on the words, penny makes a big splash. to be honest, there are plenty of photographs, the paparazzi there

so, we're still opening more stores in the uk and outside the uk but the online business is growing even faster. but you're basically competing on price, aren't you? some of your major competition is slightly more upmarket, people like cotswold, a re slightly more upmarket, people like cotswold, are actually having quite a hard time, and basically people are going for cheap stuff, is that right? it is notjust price, its quality as well. we only sell our own brand of mountain warehouse gear, a lot of it is made in the same factories where some of the better—known brands also get their products made. where do you source stuff from? primarily from asia, from china and elsewhere in asia. has that not become a lot more expensive with the pound falling? yes, it did do that but we work very ha rd yes, it did do that but we work very hard with the factories, we absorbed some of those problems ourselves because at the end of the day customers don't like paying high prices. because we only sell own brand, then we can offer better prices to the consumer. there must bea prices to the consumer. the

the uk hasn't made up its mind yet. i share some of the concerns of our allies, and at this point i think it is important to take all of that into account, to remember that these are some of the closest intelligence relationships we have in the world, look at the evidence, and then come to a final decision. when the world's two biggest economies are at each other‘s throats, other governments and now consumers can get caught in the middle. simon jack, bbc news. earlier i spoke to tech journalist michaeljosh, from new york, who is in london to cover the launch of one of the compa ny‘s new phones tomorrow. if you are an android user and you don't have access to the google play store, apps like gmail or youtube, basically don't get what you expect out of an android phone. huawei says they have a backup, an operating system of their own, but, i mean... is it really as simple as that? there's not. as a user, am speaking a user, will the apps be available for this new operating system? right 110w for this new operating sys

there is cross—party agreement on huawei for uk intelligence services and also for the uk government. in fact, i think that's the news line right there, christian. there isa line right there, christian. there is a rare bipartisan agreement on the potential threat that huawei poses, and i think it raises larger questions about how do we deal with foreign countries like china and to some extent russia, who don't share us values or western values and yet oui’ us values or western values and yet our big trading partners. this isn't going to go awayjust with huawei. particularly when a company like huawei is involved. leaders — otherwise known as the gang of eight — have been getting a classified briefing today on iran. the trump admistration claim they have photographs and intelligence that show the iranians are plotting attacks against american interests in the middle east. the europeans remain largely skeptical, but today the british foreign secretaryjeremy hunt cleared up any suggestion that britain is at odds with its closest ally. here's his tweet. it is reported that president

this was supposed to be the eu summit with the uk government, the eu summit for the uk government, the eu summit for the 27. it's not quite worked out like that. you are right. this was planned long ago to be the moment when the uk would have gone at the end of march. the eu 27 would meet here to plot the way forward. they are meeting to plot the way forward but the uk is still in. the reason i wasn't invited. it is a summit of 27 so wasn't invited. it is a summit of 27 so she isn't here and you get the sense i have to say that the 27 today are looking to a future without the uk. those leaders came out here a little earlier and were here for their group photographs, there was a cheer from the crowd in there was a cheer from the crowd in the square. what they have just issued is a declaration looking to the future. they are talking about an eu that has a position in the world between the america and china and the other big polls and the eu that acts on climate change and global trade rules, defence democracy and the rule of law, but what they are also talking about interestingly some of

of rain across the uk, particularly during the middle pa rt uk, particularly during the middle part of the week. warming for a while and then unsettled. hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: nigel farage says he is ready to fight a general election,

notjust the uk, but in fact but many parts of western europe. and the outlook — staying warm and sunny. some places will be warmer than others though, across the uk. so this is the picture then through mid week. the highest temperatures will actually be in parts of scotland, this is where we will have the sunny and completely windless conditions and that's what will help temperatures to rise into the mid 20s. that high pressure's stretching from southern scandinavia across the uk, into france and even about just about as far south as spain and portugal, onlyjust. this means that the settled weather will be widespread across many areas of europe, certainly here in the uk. starts off pretty nippy with clear skies, the temperatures still do tend to dip away this time of the year, maybe a touch of grass frost here and there outside in your rural areas but that's pretty much it. so, starts off sunny from the get—go, beautiful, beautiful day. notice the winds are blowing off the north sea here in the south—east. so that means it will be a bit fr

shamima begum was born in the uk, raised in the uk, trafficked from the uk and is a uk problem. we would ask the home secretary that he reverses the decision so that she comes back to the uk and faces uk justice. for reaction let's go back nikita malik, director of the centre on radicalisation and terrorism at the henry jackson society think tank and to cris mccurley, international family lawyer who has worked on many of these cases and is aware of the khurshid family's case. nikita, do you think that the issues that are raised in this letter about talking about multiple failings by authorities to safeguard shamima begum are reasonable criticisms? well, i think we've been speaking about this case for some time, i've been on this programme twice before to speak about shamima begum and i do think that an audit is necessary, but blaming the state for shortcomings i think... we can only do that if an audit is done. we also have to keep in mind that there were seven goals. we talk about the three girls who made it to islam in state, there were four girls who actually stopped, and we

uk. it's not going to turn hot everywhere but we do have some hot weather on the way. this is the latest satellite image. you can see lots of clouds streaming in the direction of the uk, we will continue to have wet conditions in some northern and north—western areas, but it's not widespread rain in the morning, at least. you can see some pockets in the early hours of friday. mild, 1a first thing in the morning in london, 1a and bell first, pressure in the far north of the uk —— belfast, here is the rain on friday. it's affecting northern and western scotland, also northern ireland. there will be some rain moving through the late strict, too. lots of rain, by the time this moves through you will see at least 40—50 millimetres of rain in some spots. a very different story across the south, wales, the midlands there. some sunshine and it is going to be a warm day. friday was see temperatures up to 20, low 20s quite widely. in the north of the uk, close to 1a degrees there stop on sa

it's just flushing, uk. numerous services being affected. it'sjust flushing, i don't know what's going on. it's just not driving. many roads are blocked afterjudgement just not driving. many roads are blocked after judgement after a variety of self driving system is deactivated. the government is advising only to travel if absolutely necessary. many shops that had to close due to being unable to take payments after the pain that back went down. the ultimate cause of the disruption is yet to be confirmed. what's going on?, yet to be confirmed. what's going on?, get the feedback up? they are off—line. on?, get the feedback up? they are off-line. we are hearing the smart grid has been overloaded and power supplies are being hit nationwide. everyone is turning their appliances on and off randomly. national grid are going to shut down midlands and the north. lights on. tv on? this is an emergency. this is a worst—case scenario but it is possible. so, huawei the foreign customers to beijing backed attack? the chinese government expressly requi

this is said to be the uk's equivalent of tutankhamen‘s term. is said to be the uk's equivalent of tutankhamen's term. it is full of wonderful things, as carter said when he peered into the term of tutankhamen for the first time, and this burial is full of gold and objects, gilded object, and hoarded luxury goods. so it has that richness, it is very much an elite burial. so who is he? you know, we will probably never know who he is, but someone from the higher echelons of society who can afford these wonderful luxury goods. these gold crosses will have been placed on the man's eyes. this buckle in his ways than those on his feet to help the experts work out he was 58" tall. all found on the doorstep of southend's museum, where it will now be displayed. it's really exciting. it's such a privilege to work on something like this, it's been a really great opportunity to get this material out to the public. there's so much local pride around this collection within southend, so i think there's going to be a lot of excitement about going to see it. this fading sign is the only thing remains to prove a

this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 56 in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much milk is coming from each of the cows udders and can control the sensitivity of the milking as well. the cows here come and go as they please, with little human interaction in their movements. so one of these cows has just taken itself for a massage. the feeding system is also done by machine, and that's not all. there is even a robot that scrapes up excrement, putting it into these channels which can quietly operate around the cows so as not to disturb them. duncan forbes runs the farm. he's been working with cisco on this project which is part of the uk's sg rural first strategy. the farm is chosen to dem

a new superfast service is launched in six uk cities today.

i think it is absolutely disastrous for huawei in the uk because it has got 7% of the uk market and that has been growing, so this is going to really put the brakes on huawei's rate in the uk and europe. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. victoria azarenka has been talking to the bbc about her return to tennis after the birth of her son, as part of our ‘change the game' season. along with other leading players, she's successfully campaigned for the introduction of more ranking protection for new mothers on the tour and she said she feared it would be the end of her playing career when she found out she was pregnant during the 2016 season. in my mind, my first thought was, "oh, my god, my career is over, i will never play tennis again and i don't know what to do." i was shocked, i was panicked. but then, it was all about, i know i am going to come back, i don't know when i'm going to come back because i felt that it's a blessing for

and the uk is trying to make its own decision, the uk government, as to whether a trust huawei or not because the united states, new zealand, other countries around the world have said, actually, we don't. but actually the united states has put so much pressure on the uk to see if you do work with huawei, if huawei does provide infrastructure and technology to the uk, we feel you are vulnerable and we will not share secrets with you. exactly. the uk's position has been that the huawei techer is what they call non—core and won't have access to more sensitive issues. but that does not seem to be reassuring the uk's other allies —— tech. seem to be reassuring the uk's other allies -- tech. as mike pompeo says the special relationship could be imperilled. we move onto the story. laura's report about this climate change. the bbc has found half the world's biggest allies don't offer carbon offsetting, but also those that do, there is not really an update on it. i'm assuming, looked at this story today and thought i'd did not know about this. i think a lot of it is to do with the fact

to become involved in the uk's five g network. do you think he is going to follow through on that threat? we saw mike pompeo talking tough when he was in europe last time, talking about this. i have no reason to believe the president will not do the same. there is a wider trade war going on with china at the moment and this is pa rt with china at the moment and this is part of that in many ways. but also, it threatens notjust part of that in many ways. but also, it threatens not just the part of that in many ways. but also, it threatens notjust the uk, us relationship in terms of sharing intelligence and working together with their security services, but this whole what they call the five eyes, english speaking world, canada, australia, new zealand and the other countries involved, there will be a lot of discord in there about how much the chinese will be allowed to be involved in these networks. it won't just allowed to be involved in these networks. it won'tjust be britain and america are turning their ion. gary o'donoghue, grea

that is important for the uk. what they will be watching even more than that of the continent wide results. some early indications just this evening, exit polls from different countries have led the greens in germany and ireland to believe that they are positioned to do well. socialists are thinking they might do well in the netherlands, and the conservative centre—right in austria. it's going to be the balance between their central forces that always dominated here and the far right, the far left, there is a eurosceptic forces that will be one thing, the other thing is how well emmanuel macron does with his new pro eu force. and you can follow the results of the european elections with huw edwards and the team, from ten o'clock tonight on bbc one and the bbc news channel, and all the results will be on our website too. a former inspector at the care quality commission says a report into whorlton hall hospital, carried out nearly four ago, raised serious concerns about the unit, but was not published. the bbc‘

that future is explicitly one without the uk. are you missing the uk? brexit regretted, not just by are you missing the uk? brexit regretted, notjust by the leaders. for the uk you have a message? come back and read joiners. rejoining the eu. some did say they will miss the uk and the contribution it has made to shaping the eu. believing in free trade and fighting red tape in brussels, i always looked at the uk as a strong ally and there will definitely be a voice missing. many were keen to move the agenda on. this is the first time we do not speak about brexit for the past three years so i'm very happy to speak about other topics. among those other things, issues eu leaders are best addressed by nations cooperating, not alone, challenges posed to the eu view of the world by the us and china, threats by russia. when it was planned it was envisioned the leaders would meet here whilst the uk had quit the eu, brexit may be unfinished business but this is still very much the 27 other nations charting their way forward without the uk. what do you think the e

the uk turnout, 37%, up from 35%. i would have expected it to be higher given the active brexit debate. not a particularly big turnout here in the uk. could be people are fed up of politics generally in the uk, so many of politics generally in the uk, so ma ny votes of politics generally in the uk, so many votes in parliament they have been following. taking a break from this one, thinking they would be out of the eu are ready. two clear trends coming out of europe, more nationalist anti—european union, pro—european union, the greens, the greater effect on the continent where all the demonstrations you have seen in london and london in favour of action on climate change. driving up the green vote? the degree amongst younger voters. the austrian government have been forced from office today. he lost a no—confidence vote earlier today. forced from office today. he lost a no-confidence vote earlier today. he broke up his coalition with the far right freedom party last week after its leader was caught in a video tha

the uk hasn't made up its mind yet. i share some of the concerns of our allies, and at this point i think it is important to take all of that into account, to remember that these are some of the closest intelligence relationships we have in the world, look at the evidence, and then come to a final decision. when the world's two biggest economies are at each other‘s throats, other governments and now consumers can get caught in the middle. simon jack, bbc news. our north america correspondent nick bryant is at the white house for us tonight. google didn't really have much choice, did it, given the views of huawei of president trump? yeah, it really didn't and what the trump administration is trying to do is, by putting pressure on huawei, they are trying to put pressure on those chinese negotiators in those installed trade talks. they have also got a larger motivation, clive, reining in huawei is the same as reigning in china, part of a strategy of technological and economic containment, aimed at curbing the rise of be

he's take on his own brand outside the uk to all parts of the world. this is another case of a business that's scaled up really quickly. it scaled up with private accurate —— private equity support. the question is, did it take on too much debt to scale up that quickly. it's a question that we get again and again and again with as they describe the casual dining sector. i was reading some stuff this morning about whether or not the quality of the meal and that you had in his restau ra nt the meal and that you had in his restaurant was as good as it was ten yea rs restaurant was as good as it was ten years ago when he first launched the business. maybe that's a ornamental reason why business. maybe that's a ornamental reason why consumers business. maybe that's a ornamental reason why consumers haven't been going. things have changed so much. food delivery. the competition is intense and it is being disrupted. his restaurant chain is a casualty. you got to keep reinventing in any business. talking of reinventing expect reinventing, should voice assi

that will mean a lot of cloud around, some more persistent rain across the northern half of the uk in the short term, as well. but by the weekend, high pressure will start to push in from the south, thin the cloud, and allow more sunshine. today, though, most of us are going to be stuck with fairly grey skies, and across the northern half of the uk, some more persistent rain as the day goes on. heavy at times, possibly, for northern ireland, the south—west of scotland, parts of the north—west of england, maybe the far north—west of wales, too. to the far north of scotland, some sunshine for the northern isles. to the south, some brighter skies to the lee of high ground. breezy day across the board, particularly gusty around western coasts and across the hills, but murky in the west as well. just 11 degrees there in aberdeen, but up to 23 if we get some brightness across the south—east of england. overnight thursday into friday, looking at more wet weather across the northern half of the uk, but hopefully the cloud to the south perhaps thinning and breaking a little as the hour

here's how it looked in two bits of the uk in 2014. firstly, in scotland, and then also in the south—east of england. now, the election uses a proportional system to work out which parties and candidates are successful. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates in each area and voters just choose a party. or any independent. things are a little different in northern ireland, where voters list candidates in order of preference. let's take a closer look at the result last time. that was five years ago. ukip won more seats in the uk than anyone else, followed by labour and then the conservatives. ten parties in total won seats representing different parts of the uk. turnout was 34%, but loads has changed since then, not least of course the eu referendum in 2016. and we've also seen, watch this, the collapse of ukip. 2a seats last time round, all the way down to just three when the parliament dissolved. this time round, there are two new parties clamouring for attention, the brexit party, and change uk, with opp

meanwhile, the uk's michael rice performed with gusto but once again it wasn't to be the uk's night. instead, the winner, the uk's night. instead, the winner, the netherlands. # loving you is a losing game and b and the eurovision song contest. austria is heading for another election. the chancellor sebastian kurz made the announcement hours after the resignation of his coalition partner and vice chancellor — heinz—christian strache. mr strache, the leader of the freedom party, resigned after a video emerged appearing to show him discussing government contracts with an alleged russian investor. bethany bell reports. this is the video that brought down a government. the man in the grey t—shirt is heinz christian—strache, who has just resigned as austria's vice chancellor. in this footage from 2017 he has seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. now mr strache has stepped down, saying his behaviour was stupid, irresponsible and

is possible to keep the uk and scotla nd it is possible to keep the uk and scotland in the european union. and ido scotland in the european union. and i do think putting the issue back to the people is what should happen. nicola sturgeon talking to andrew marr. a 16 year—old boy is said to be in a stable but serious condition after being shot in the leg in sheffield. emergency services were called just after midnight in the the spital hill area of the city. police investigating the shooting have appealed to people who heard or saw anything to come forward. a bbc 5 live investigation has found that the number of prosecutions for revenge porn in england and wales has fallen, despite an increase in reported incidents. laws were brought in four years ago to tackle the problem. but while reports have more than doubled, the number of prosecutions has fallen by nearly a quarter. we can talk now to folami prehaye was a victim of revenge porn herself before the new law was introduced. following her experience, she set up the victims of internet crime: speak out website as a support group f

uk car production collapsed last month. it's the biggest fall since the global financial crisis a decade ago. the society of motor manufacturers and traders recorded a production slump of 44.5% in april compared with the same time last year as uk carfactories braced for a possible no—deal exit from the european union on march 29th. telecoms firm ee switches on the uk's first super fast 5g network today. it will be available in six major cities with plans to reach 1,500 sites by the end of the year. rival vodafone has confirmed it will launch its own service in seven cities onjuly 3rd, with another 12 by the end of the year. i believe you are looking at disney and what looks like a political intervention in the united states. yes, the head of disney, bob iger, says it is unlikely they will make any new movies in the us state of georgia. this is after the state government passed a controversial new anti—abortion law. the ruling, which would ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, comes into effect, we think, a

we have a lot of cctv cameras in the uk. they are up high, they cover wide angle, they're not ideal forfacial recognition. body cameras are. they're also mobile and this technology — by the way — does not have to be in a body camera, it can also be in a mobile phone. software can be put into lots of different technologies so, yes, this is the direction of travel. it is going mobile. we're talking here about private companies using public data, please, tell me that someone somewhere is regulating this. the tragic news is, not at the moment. there is, as you heard, no uk law for facial recognition. it does not even pop up in any legislation. and also facial recognition falls into a lot a people's different remit. so there's a bit about surveillance, there's a bit about biometrics, finger prints et cetera, and there's obviously a large part about personal data and that's the information commissioner's 0ffice. these people are looking into it and there probably will be legislation or at least guidelines and regulations being

in the uk, in march, an amazing escape. one moment, you're strolling along the street, then this happens. strong winds cause part of a building to collapse, and one lucky pedestrian misses it by seconds. and here's something you don't see very often, a tornado hitting a busy airport. antalya airport in turkey injanuary. some planes were damaged and some passengers injured as they waited to board. while sarah's away with the birds at pulborough, i'm down the road here at wakehurst and i'm looking at how the changing seasons are affecting our plants and trees, because there is a huge variety of them here across this 500—acre site. this national trust land is managed by royal botanic gardens kew and it's home to different habitats, allowing plants and tree species from around the world to thrive. what you see today has come a long way since the devastation wrought by the great storm of 1987, which destroyed more than 20,000 trees here. i'm with ed ikin, head of landscapes and horticulture here at wakehurst, and, ed, this is

how does change uk cut through? there was a lot of talk tonight about how it a tt ra cts lot of talk tonight about how it attracts people right across the political spectrum and a lot of talk about how politics is broken. it is not a very controversial statement. very few parties would claim otherwise. but there is a big question mark as to whether people think change uk is the party to fix it. that was james williams reporting from cardiff. just to say, during the campaign for the european parliament elections we're going to be interviewing all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel. and we want you to send us your questions. tomorrow at 5:30 we'll have nigel farage of the brexit party, and on friday chuka umunna from change uk. you can e—mail us at askthis@bbc.co.uk or text us on 61124 or use social media with the hashtag #bbcaskthis. the government's infrastructure tsar has warned the chancellor philip hammond that he must fully commit to a major programme of upgrades to the uk's transport, energy and

this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 5g in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much milk is coming from each of the cows udders and can control the sensitivity of the milking as well. the cows here come and go as they please, with little human interaction in their movements. so one of these cows has just taken itself for a massage. the feeding system is also done by machine, and that's not all. there is even a robot that scrapes up excrement, putting it into these channels which can quietly operate around the cows so as not to disturb them. duncan forbes runs the farm. he's been working with cisco on this project which is part of the uk's 5g rural first strategy. the farm is chosen to dem

this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 56 in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much milk is coming from each of the cows‘ udders and can control the sensitivity of the milking as well. the cows here come and go as they please, with little human interaction in their movements. so one of these cows has just taken itself for a massage. moos. the feeding system is also done by machine, and that's not all. there is even a robot that scrapes up excrement, putting it into these channels which can quietly operate around the cows so as not to disturb them. duncan forbes runs the farm. he's been working with cisco on this project, which is part of the uk's 56 rural first strategy. the farm was ch

the warmest air is moving to the north—west of the uk. these temperatures are an improvement over recently and it will be dry with sunshine, 16—17 for london and lincoln. higher temperatures in the north west of uk, the low 20s in the moray firth and possibly 21 in liverpool. this is bbc world news today. our top stories: first signs that houthi rebels in yemen are starting to withdraw troops from key ports, making way for much needed un aid. an attack on a five star hotel in south—west pakistan is over. the regional interior minister says the gunmen have been killed. south africa‘s president promises to build a democratic, prosperous and united country after his party‘s victory in parliamentary elections. migrants who survived when their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia have given their account of the disaster in which at least least sixty people drowned. fighting for life, we are frightened, we were swimming eight hours.

they were protesting new laws limiting lgbt rights in the uk. booan temple was one of the women there. voiceover: the six o'clock news from the bbc, with sue lawley and nicholas witchell. it's six o'clock. shouting in studio. stop section 28! in the house of lords, a vote is taking place now on a challenge to the poll tax. tory rebels have said that the tax... we‘re protesting about rights for lesbian and gay people. in general, britain was quite a hostile environment in the 19805 for the lgbt community. about 75% of people, when surveyed, said that it was mostly or always wrong to be gay. simply by walking down the street, if somebody identified you as lesbian or gay, you could get abuse and you could be violently attacked, just for being. i obviously don't want children taught that the gay and lesbian lifestyle is natural or normal. it is not, it never has been, and it never will be. yes, my overriding concern is with the promotion of positive images of homosexuality in schools, from primary school right through, and that is what is causing

april for uk car production. we are also facing the challenge of the technology race, so manufacturers are very keen to invest huge amounts of money into electrification, new autonomous technologies. it should be exciting times, but instead we are facing a huge distraction that is brexit and it is soaking up an enormous amount of cost. very briefly, and no deal scenario is unlikely, but if it happen, you would have to continue production and deal with that at the same time. you cannot have another close down, can you? absolutely, no, holidays have been move, workers have had to change their plans, a huge amount of logistical work goes into planning shutdowns and that will not be possible. the uncertainty of what might or might not happen on the 31st of october is a huge worry. it is having a dramatic impact. we are seeing investments told in the uk. we must leave it there, thank you very much for bringing as up—to—date on the picture with car production. for bringing as up—to—date on the picture with car

they will listen to the new uk prime minister. they want to avoid a no deal brexit, and of course, the brexit extension that we have runs out on 31 october. but they won't wa nt to out on 31 october. but they won't want to avoid a no deal at any cost, and one thing that strikes me after all the years i've spent covering european politics, these leaders are famous for bickering amongst themselves, and i've not seen anything unite them as much as the subject of brexit. the inquest into the deaths of eight people at london bridge two years ago has heard that the family of the ringleader of the attackers had reported him to an anti—terror hotline because of concerns over his extremist views. the old bailey heard how khuram butt turned from being a hard—working schoolboy into an extremist who had brought shame on his family. here is daniel sandford. the london bridge attack led to a huge counterterrorism policing investigation into the killers. today, relatives of the eight people who died heard at their inquests what the detective

this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 56 in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much milk is coming from each of the cows udders and can control the sensitivity of the milking as well. the cows here come and go as they please, with little human interaction in their movements. so one of these cows has just taken itself for a massage. the feeding system is also done by machine, and that's not all. there is even a robot that scrapes up excrement, putting it into these channels which can quietly operate around the cows so as not to disturb them. duncan forbes runs the farm. he's been working with cisco on this project which is part of the uk's sg rural first strategy. the farm is chosen to dem

uk —— the us, ireland, sweden. saying this is a public health crisis. a spokesman for the prime minister has said the government is reviewing the right policy on the uk's 5g data network and when ready will make an announcement. a few weeks ago there was huge controversy within the political and intelligence communities over the government's announcement that huawei would be involved in developing that 5g data network with many saying it was the wrong decision because of security concerns. the government responded by saying huawei would only be involved in the development of non—core parts of the network. president trump has declared a national emergency. president trump has declared a national emergency to protect us computer networks from what he calls "foreign adversaries". the executive order bans american companies from using foreign telecoms that might pose a security risk. it doesn't name any company, but is believed to target chinese tech giant huawei. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has more.

they just uk may decide to give a chinese technology. theyjust don't buy the argument that it's possible to look limited, one american official saying it was like handing beijing a loaded gun. they are taking it very seriously here, but for different reasons, . seriously here, but for different reasons,. the fear is, not so much that the chinese would get instant access to secrets in the uk. but potentially, they could get that access in the future and that would basically reduce the sense of trust that exists between the five eyes nations, which includes the us, australia, new zealand, canada. that is trust that has been built up over many years. it is very hard for countries to reach that point where they are prepared to share intelligence with one another. that said, this wasjust, it was not intelligence with one another. that said, this was just, it was not the inner sanctum said, this was just, it was not the innersanctum is, said, this was just, it was not the inner sanctum is, the core of course, of our intelligence agencies. that

about his uk investments. it is one of the most investable places in the world and statistics prove that return is very investable, despite the brexit. i've invested in the uk and never regretted it because of the transparent, coherent regulatory framework. how concerned are you about the possibility of a labour government in the uk at a time when labour is saying they're looking to nationalise water and energy assets. of course, you have a big water company in the uk, are you concerned? were previous governments that used to talk like that and when they became government they put on continuing that process and they realise they couldn't pursue this study. there is still rule of law and compensation and all this stuff. for it to be a political football is sad. you said it comes down to rule of law and you're still optimistic about the uk, do you think brexit will ever happen? it has to to a certain extent been quite sad for the british parliamentarians to have really made these protracted arguments live on tv.

the uk was in the first wave of countries to vote in these eu elections, and the uk results, out this evening, will be watched for how far the handling of brexit may have impacted the share of votes won by the conservatives and labour, and how people are divided between pro and anti—brexit parties. across europe, half a dozen more nations — this is latvia — have already voted. today, ballots are being cast in 21 more eu member states. in some countries it is migration that is the top concern. elsewhere, the numbers of young people unemployed. here in northern france it is a contest between president macron‘s pro—eu movement, and the anti—eu nationalists of the former national front, that's being watched. translation: i am going to vote, it is my duty as a citizen, but i don't know yet who for. translation: this vote will be an important pointer of the future elections. it will give an idea who might come out on top. the official eu results will be released when polls close this evening. damian spoke to us a little earlier from brussels — and explained the key things to l

the uk and are you concerned about brexit or not? great subject and we can took about this all day! all of our businesses with the last 15 years, like tyrell‘s, production, exporting, very, very serious for us all. i think it's more uncertainty than anything else, it's like a market crashes, things do find a level and they do carry on. i think it will all find a level from it. quite interesting with hoarding as well, hoarding and storing stuff. what are you doing from a practical point of view? for our business as it will carry on as normal, i believe. i don't think there will be any huge impact and if there is, i think it will be short—term. like all things in life, if you get too paranoid about something, it was turns out to be a lot worse. it might sound simple but if you look back to evolution, any anxieties you had, you've worried about things and they never turned out to be that bad in the end. me being a total sceptic, that's my... and an optimist as well! and an optimist. thank you very much. now to the chinese tech giant

the uk hasn't made up its mind yet. i share some of the concerns of our allies and at this point i think it is important to ta ke point i think it is important to take all of that into account, to remember that these are some of the closest intelligence relationships we have in the world, look at the evidence and come to a decision. when the two biggest economies in the world are at each other‘s throats, the government and consumers can get caught in the middle. the fact is google pretty much had no choice in this and they are not the only ones. now, once you are on the only ones. now, once you are on the blacklist for trade, it is very ha rd if the blacklist for trade, it is very hard if not impossible to do business with companies on that list and we have also seen some of the big chip manufacturers they will find it difficult to supply huawei with some of the building blocks of the huawei products, and they are massive customers to big companies. some people are talking about an iron curtain being drawn down across

but uk cloud and rain at times. but gci’oss uk cloud and rain at times. but across england and wales we see temperatures getting a boost in the sunshine and by the weekend in the south—east we could see temperatures of 27 celsius. for herfinal eu summit. responding to the results of the european elections, she says they were disappointing. what it shows is the importance of actually delivering on brexit. i think the best way to do that is with a deal, but it will be for my successor and for parliament to find a way forward. meanwhile, labour expels tony blair's former press adviser alastair campbell for admitting he voted lib dem in the european elections. also tonight... the family of the ringleader of the london bridge attack says they reported to him to the anti—terror hotline two years earlier. a mother appears in court charged with murdering her two teenage sons. on the streets — how the number of homeless people with a physical disability is increasing. and as the cricket world cup gets under way this week, could hosts england lift the trophy

resolve this on a uk basis, and we are very concerned about the impact of brexit, because the uk government's own analysis shows there is no vision of brexit that doesn't harm our economy, affect jobs and that doesn't harm our economy, affectjobs and people's living standards, so the best way to resolve this is a people's vote, that's what should happen and it needs to happen very soon, but i am concerned with another round of tory vicious infighting over the leadership contest, the labour party will do what they have been doing and fight amongst themselves while all this unfolds. thank you for joining us. that's it from me for now. more in a short while. back to you, shaun. let's take a look at the overall results across the rest of europe and the spread of seats in the european parliament. the big centre—right and centre—left blocs have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, the greens and nationalists. pro—eu parties are still expected to be in a majority but the traditional blocs will need to seek new alliances. the liberals and greens had a good nigh

fan club, 0gae uk. thank you for speaking to us. let's get the serious stuff out the way. there have been fears that the politics of the region would gate—crash the eurovision party. is that evident? you have been there for a week now. i am not seeing any evidence of that. the atmosphere here is incredible, people are here to enjoy what is an incredible event, the annual eurovision song contest which people have loved for yea rs contest which people have loved for years and which that is usually a plea aspect to it. there is no real sense of that here in tel aviv in the run—up to the contest. sense of that here in tel aviv in the run-up to the contest. just how big is it? eurovision is massive. it's the biggest thing in the world, the biggest tv musical spectacle. the fans have been descending here in their numbers, we have many hundreds from the uk, there are some good songs taking part, i saw the final rehearsal yesterday and we have a really, really good show in store for us. what you think of th