good afternoon. the former cabinet minister, lord hain, says he stands by his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman at the centre of allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse. sir philip says he'll make a formal complaint to the authorities in the house of lords because lord hain used parliamentary privilege to identify him. with me is our political correspondent, nick eardley. nick, you've spoken to lord hain. what more has he said? he denies breaking any house of lords rules, he described philip green's statement last night as a malevolent diversion. lord hain used parliamentary privilege to name surf a lot as the businessman who had stopped the daily telegraph publishing allegations of harassment, since then it emerged that the peer is an adviser to the legal firm which is advising them,,

gordan dadd. he says failing to mention that link could be a breach of the code of conduct and he said if he had read the injunction he would have known the law firm was on the front page of the document so he is making a complaint to authorities but lord hain insists he was unaware of the role of this legal firm, gordon dadd, and it was not the source of his information and he stands by his decision and has complied fully with regulations. israel says it's carried out air strikes on 80 targets in the gaza strip, in retaliation for rocket attacks on southern israel. palestinian militants said the rockets were their response to the killing of protesters yesterday. in the past hour, they've announced a ceasefire. here's our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. the latest flare—up once again brought fears

of an all—out conflict. these rockets fired by militants in gaza were shot down by israel. israeli warplanes responded with greater force, bombing more than 80 military sites in the gaza strip. a four—storey building was reduced to rubble. israel said it was used as a headquarters by the militant group, hamas, which controls gaza. one neighbour ran from the building before, she says, four missiles struck next door. israel blamed the militant faction islamichhad for the strikes. in a rare statement, its military spokesman said that the group was guided by syria and iran, saying that the assad regime and the elite iranians quds force were behind the rocket attack on israel. the militant group claimed it was responding to the killing yesterday or five palestinians by israeli troops during yesterday of five palestinians by israeli troops during

weekly protests which are, in part, against the blockade of gaza which israel says it imposes for security reasons. the israeli military said that its forces had rocks and explosive devices thrown at them. this has been yet another flare—up in the cycle of escalation, followed by fragile ceasefire, between gaza's militant groups and israel. there have been repeated attempts by egypt to broker a more permanent period of calm. today shows how easily that can be shattered. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. a £1.5 billion boost for high streets will be announced by the chancellor in his budget speech on monday. business rates for smaller firms in england are to be temporarily cut by a third, and £650 million will be allocated to rejuvenate high streets and transport links. our business correspondent, joe miller, reports. it's an increasingly familiar sight on britain's high streets — a shuttered casualty of a bruising year for retailers. across this north london road, a print shop is fighting

to avoid the same fate. its founder says a steep increase in business rates, which is the tax paid on rented shops and warehouses, is forcing him to downsize and lay off staff. our rates have risen from £7,000 to £12,000, which has had a real effect on us. we're making less money and employing less people because we can't afford to keep it open, because the government have taken that money from us. the pleas from small business owners have been getting louder and louder over the past few months and they seem to have reached the chancellor in downing street. he's set to offer tax relief to up to 500,000 businesses and pump £650 million into sprucing up britain's high streets and improving transport links. business groups have largely welcomed the treasury's announcement but champagne corks aren't being popped just yet. we have a business rate system that is unsustainable and what we need to see is less tinkering and more wholesale reform of the system.

as of now there's no help for struggling chains like house of fraser, who complain they pay more than out—of—town competitors like amazon, and while small businesses in england will get an immediate tax reprieve, parliaments in other nations may decide to use the chancellor's new—found cash for other purposes. joe miller, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have attended the closing ceremony of the fourth invictus games in sydney. the sporting event, which was set up to inspire recovering soldiers and help them deal with traumas from combat, has seen more than 500 competitors from 18 nations take part. prince harry and meghan will be travelling onto new zealand as part of their 16—day commonwealth tour. 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond reports from sydney. joshua david smith. a week of competition and camaraderie comes to a close. today athletes from militaries around the world received medals with a royal touch.

one of the british medallists this week was former lance corporal andy white. 0ur invictus games sydney ‘is medallists. .. dragged out of depression by what he calls the invictus spirit. because we're all ex—military and the things we've done, we're another family, we are the invictus family. we always look out for each other. there are sporting competitions that are bigger than invictus and there are sporting competitions that are richer than invictus but you'd be hard—pressed to find a competition with greater unity of purpose. they came to celebrate that purpose in sydney tonight, competitors and meghan, too, who spoke of the importance of family and friends. once home, the need for the anchor of support from loved ones, especially given how much it accelerates recovery and rehabilitation, is immeasurable. and then the man who brought all of it together, who dwelt again

on the mental wounds of war and loss. i've been there, you've been there and we now need to reach out to those who can never imagine themselves in that place. he told competitors that they had shown us all that anything is possible, and with that, he closed the games. jonny dymond, bbc news, sydney. with all the sport now, here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. lewis hamilton says it will be the proudest moment of his career, if and realistically when, he wins a fifth formula i world title. he needs to finish seventh or above in tomorrow's mexican grand prix, to move up tojoint second in the all—time standings. although his performance in practice so far hasn't been as smooth as he'd like, he will hope to glide through qualifying this evening, taking the corners as smoothly as he's been on his scooter behind the scenes.

there are six matches in the premier league today. liverpool could go top of the table if they beat cardiff city. newcastle and huddersfield, both looking for their first wins of the season, travel to southampton and watford respectively. paul lambert, meanwhile, is the new boss of ipswich town. they‘ re currently bottom of the championship, having won only once this season. lambert once managed rivals norwich city, and takes over from paul hurst, who was sacked on thursday. it's not been a good day for england's netballers. they're playing in the fast 5s in australia — basically five a side netball — in shorter games. england are the defending champions but lost all three of their games this morning to new zealand, malawi and also south africa, where they got to within a point before south africa scored again with 20 seconds to go. they'll be hoping to do better tomorrow when they play australia and jamaica. great britain's male gymnasts have qualified for the team final at the world championships in doha.

and one of their members is there despite school bullies who nearly made him quit. dominick cunningham defied taunts about being a male gymnast — and this year has won commonwealth and european gold medals. 0ur 0lympic sports reporter david mcdaid has more. great noise. much like his car, dominic cunningham has been firing on all cylinders. dominic cumming is the new men's european champion. it's been a breakthrough year but fixing cars could have been his career rather than a hobby had police forced him out of the sport he loves. gymnastics wasn't a male oriented sport, i'm19 and not

wanting to go to school because people are calling me names because of the sport i did. 0ne people are calling me names because of the sport i did. one time mum took me to school and i hid in the fit will of the car with a blank because i didn't want to go. you would get a few comments, you do girls fought, are you going to do a little ballerina dance? are you gay and all this? it did cross my mind to stop doing it. coming and gymnastics have come out on top and this week he will compete for great britain for the first time. as a gymnast you must be strong. what i we nt gymnast you must be strong. what i went through in the past has mainly the person i am now, i'm a lot stronger, someone

the person i am now, i'm a lot stronger, someone tried me something now, and i'm not stopping here, this isjust the start, i'm hungry for more. and with the same determination, moore is almost certain to come. derby are going top of the championship, they lead i—0 derby are going top of the championship, they lead 1—0 to middlesbrough. thank you, mike bushell. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at ten past five, bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. a man has been charged in the us state of florida in connection with a series of letter bombs sent to prominent critics of president trump. cesar sayoc is accused of

transporting and mailing explosives, and threatening former presidents. mr trump condemned what he described as "terrorising acts" and called for americans to unite following the attacks. andy moore reports. at a rally in north carolina, president trump talked about the need for debate about civility in public life, but he also criticised the media. everyone will benefit if we can end the politics of personal destruction. we must unify as a nation in peace, love and in harmony. the media has a major role to play, whether they want to or not. and that anti—media sentiment was taken up by the crowd, who railed against a media organisation targeted by explosive devices. that same message was blazoned on the side of the suspect‘s van,

along with cross hairs over images of some of mr trump's critics. the man charged is 56—year—old cesar sayoc, someone with a long criminal history including bomb threats. he is a registered republican and his own facebook posts see him attending trump rallies. oh yeah, donald trump, the next president of the united states. he now faces up to 48 years in prison. he once worked as a male stripper and also at a pizza restaurant where his manager said he was often racist. he had a lot of hatered. he was definitely not right in the head. over a dozen similar devices were sent in the post. the fbi said they were not hoaxes, they contain potentially explosive material. but none of them did blow up, and authorities say it unclear whether they functional bombs. andy moore, bbc news.

police are searching a river in dartford in connection with the disappearance of a 46—year—old woman. sarah wellgreen, from new ash green in kent, was last seen on october the 9th. 0fficers also used a drone and searched drains as part of the murder investigation into the mother—of—five. the headlines on bbc news... lord hain says he stands by his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman facing allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse. a man is charged over a series of letter bombs sent to prominent critics of president trump. the government aims to boost the high street with business rate cuts for small retailers in monday's budget. the saudi foreign minister has insisted those behind the killing of the dissident journalist, jamal khashoggi, will facejustice in saudi arabia. yesterday, turkey said it wanted

to extradite 18 saudis who were arrested in riyadh in connection with the death. saudi arabia initially denied all knowledge of the journalist's fate but the kingdom's public prosecutor now describes it as premeditated murder. speaking at a security summit in bahrain, the saudi foreign minister said riyadh‘s relations with washington remained ‘ironclad', despite the international outrage over mr khashoggi's disappearance. he went on to criticise what he called the "hysteria" surrounding the case. this issue has become fairly hysterical. i think people have assigned blame on saudi arabia with such certainty before the investigation is complete. we have made it very clear that we are going to have a full and transparent investigation, the results of which will be released. we have made it very clear that those responsible will be held responsible and will be held to account, and we have made it very clear that we will put in place mechanisms to make sure that this does not happen again.

investigations take time, and the facts are determined as the investigation goes on, and we have tried to share the information that we have obtained with the public, but unfortunately there has been this hysteria in the media about saudi arabia's guilt before the investigation is completed. at the same event, the us defense secretary, james mattis, told regional leaders that the murder of mr khashoggi undermined the stability of the middle east. the murder of jamal khashoggi in a diplomatic facility must concern us all greatly. as us secretary of state pompeo stated, the united states does not tolerate this kind of ruthless action to silence mr khashoggi, a journalist, through violence. failure of any one nation to adhere to international norms and the rule of law undermines riyadh‘s stability at a time when it is needed most. as president trump noted,

we are going to get to the bottom of it. let's get more now on a £i.5billion plan to revive town centres across the uk, due to be announced in the budget on monday. business rates are also to be cut temporarily by a third for half a million small companies. earlier i spoke to bill grimsey who led a review into the state of the high street which was published in july. he's also a former chief executive of wickes, iceland, booker, and focus diy. i asked him what he thought about the proposals. it is welcome, that's for sure. it is pleasing we are seeing the government recognise that action is required to rejuvenate our town centres. however, i think the business rates issue is something we should put to one side and say actually, it is bust in terms of retailing,

and it needs a wholesale reform. it is particularly hitting small businesses up and down the country and they really need help right now, and i would like to see the business rates system reformed and faced with a sales tax, which would deal with the issue of online versus off—line retailers at the same time. i don't believe the current spate of closures of major retailers is anything particularly to do with business rates. i think that is a red herring. those closures are because they are not keeping up with modern times. this is the paradox is that some beneficiaries might end up being big companies of this reduction in business rates because they often occupy small premises. shops such as boots have small premises. this small business rate

relief is a very difficult thing to administer. when you are an independent retailer in this country you will know that applying for that business rate relief is not simple and not straightforward. ideal with lots of independent retailers up and down the country who are struggling because of this tax because it is basically starving them of the kind of income they need to survive. these businesses give us vibrancy and variety and we have to encourage entrepreneurialism and the way to deal with it is wholesale reform. i would not want to spend all the time i have right now talking about business rates and tax... it is going to say i think £650 million available to councils, and i think they will have to bid

for it and clearly they will not all get it or they would not get much each. how should it be spent? that is the good side of this and put that to one side that it might not be an adequate sum of money today. the good news is we are waking up to the fact that local authorities need help to build the right plans for our town centres based on the heritage of those towns, and to reinvent them as community hubs, which means we don't just focus on retail. we create something with health, education, leisure entertainment, activities and events that attracted us all to go there because it is a great experience and that's what i would like to see happen. and i do welcome any step forward in this direction into what our review said injuly, and i'm ready to help this government implement this stuff if i get the opportunity. three people have died and another

three have been seriously injured after two vehicles collided on the outskirts of denbigh in north wales. emergency services were called just before 7.30pm yesterday evening to the incident, which involved a vauxhall corsa and a vauxhall astra. a six—year—old boy has died after a house fire in derbyshire. firefighters were called to the property in ilkeston last night. they performed cpr on the boy, who was taken to hospital but later pronounced dead. three people have been arrested at a residential address in hendon in north london after a man in his forties was stabbed to death. police were called just before midnight on friday, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene of greyhound hill. a 43—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and another man and women detained in relation to the incident. they were all known to the victim. campaigners say plans for a million new homes in central england would damage the countryside forever. they'll be built around a new expressway linking 0xford, milton keynes, northampton and cambridge in a scheme that has the backing

of the transport secretary, chris grayling. our environment analyst, roger harrabin reports. in oxford and cambridge, pedestrians and cyclists reign supreme. the absence of cars helps both places attract some of the top brains in the world, but the government's infrastructure advisers say that to stay competitive, these cities need many more new homes and better connections with each other. the government is now planning a great arc of high—tech development encompassing milton keynes and northampton, as well as the two great university cities. a major road will be built from east to west. environmentalists say that will just generate more traffic, but the government is in favour. it is government policy to have this scheme. we see the development of that corridor for economic and housing reasons as essential. we think that you can't have proper development in that area without improved transport and that's why the expressway and the new railway line

are an essential part of what we are trying to do. the new plan would mean 3—4 times more house—building than at the moment. green groups say the project would eat fields and woods the size of birmingham, and transform central england. a decision on this scheme is expected in next week's budget. roger harrabin, bbc news. the number of newborn babies in england taken into care at birth has more than doubled in the last decade, according to research by the nuffield family justice 0bservatory. the government says the decision to remove a child at birth is made to protect them , but the study‘s author says both mothers and their children are being failed. fiona lamdin has been to meet a woman who was separated from herfive children. the children are the first thing i think about when i wake up, the last thing i think about before i go to bed. abby, not her real name, has had all five children removed from her. her story, like many in her position, is a complicated one.

but it wasn't always this way. three years ago, she was a busy mum. the school run, back, sports, back, scouts, back, horse riding, back, piano, back. i loved having to run around after them. but in a short space of time, abby suffered with post—natal depression, a marriage breakdown and business collapse. struggling with poor mental health, she started to drink. i went from living a fairly luxurious life in a nice four—bedroom house to sleeping in a car park stairwell with nothing. i literally had the clothes i had my back. while living on the streets, she became pregnant — and just as social services had removed her olderfour children, they also put her newborn baby into care. it was the worst pain ever, not seeing my children. to have someone take your child

and you not to be able to see them. new research shows that in the last ten years, there is double the number of newborns coming before family courts. abby wanted to keep her baby, but she wasn't given any help when she was pregnant. we are certainly getting it wrong if we leave women who want help right until the last minute and then we remove a baby. there is no clear planning, mum doesn't know what's happening, the family aren't involved. that situation has to be unacceptable. but pause is one organisation wanting to help by stopping thousands of more children being taken into care each year. women sign up to 18 months of contraception while being mentored. what sort of message do you want to write to them? after years of silence, today they are helping abby reach out to her family once again.

i just want to be part of a family once again. tell them i love them and i miss them. the day i met her, she was very intoxicated — in fact, she couldn't string a sentence together, but we knew we needed to keep going to try and engage her because she was so high priority for having another baby removed if she got pregnant again and we knew that was likely. abby has come so far in the last nine months and while there's no promise she will ever get her children back, she is doing everything she can in the hope that one day, she will. i've missed out on so much already. i don't want to miss any more. fiona lamdin, bbc news. emperor penguin chicks at auster rookery, near australia's mawson research station in the antarctic, have been taking their first school trip. the downy emperor penguin chicks were supervised by one adult penguin. they are already developing fast,

and will be almost as big as their parents by december. it is hard to imagine that, he will one day be as tall as that in six weeks' time. now, it seems appropriate, after those cold pictures, that we should get the weather forecast. what are you promising as for the weekend? decent weather for penguins. an arctic blast heading our way so things are feeling much colder than recently things are feeling much colder than rece ntly got things are feeling much colder than recently got a fresh northerly wind. it will bring you a mix of sunshine and showers. with the wind is coming in from the north and north—east, it will be parts of northern and eastern scotland that will see the bulk of the showers, also eastern england. clouding over across norfolk and bristol with some showers through the afternoon.

mostly dry in the far south with some showers over scotland and northern ireland. we will keep showers across eastern scotland, eastern england and the south—east of england and channel isles with heavy showers here overnight. not quite as cold in the south—east. colder conditions for the northwest with a sharp frost first thing sunday morning. it will be parts of southern and eastern england with the bulk of the showers and the east coast, some of the showers falling as snow over high ground. further is looking much drier and not as not as cold as today, with highs of around 8-11d. hello, this is bbc news with me, shaun ley. the headlines... the former cabinet minister lord hain has said he stands by his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman facing allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse. monday's budget will include business rate cuts for small retailers and cash to improve transport links as the government looks to boost the high street.

president trump has condemned what he called "terrorising acts" and called for unity after a man is charged in relation to letter bombs sent to prominent critics of the president. the saudi foreign minister has insisted those behind the killing of the dissidentjournalist, jamal khashoggi, will face justice in saudi arabia. he also accused the western media of hyping its coverage of the case. now it's time for inside out london. the suicides of young asylum seekers raises questions about britain's treatment of child refugees. we hear the stories of lone children who've fled war—torn countries. aged as young as eight, they travel thousands of miles to the uk, all alone.