Killer Levi Bellfield. North korea test fires another ballistic missile, and claims the entire us mainland is now within its range. And, countless tonnes of perfectly edible food thrown away in the uk every year. A charity calls for better labelling. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that ministers have expressed confidence, they can break the deadlock in the brexit talks, with an improved financial offer, which is understood to be around 40 50 billion euros. The eu negotiating team says that no final agreement has been reached. The sum would be a considerable increase on the amount previously offered by theresa mays government as a so called brexit divorce payment. Ministers hope this will help to move on the talks, to cover a future trading relationship between the uk and the eu. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo has the latest. She hopes shes on her way to sealing the divorce deal. After rounds of meetings, more money now on the table to leave the eu. It is understood that could be up to 50 billion euros, paid over a number of years, to allow trade talks to begin. The government wont get into specific numbers, but insists the uk will meet its financial obligations. The Prime Minister is going to go forward to the december European Council with, i think, a very fair offer, and what we want to see is progress towards the second phase of the negotiations, and thats really what i think everybody now wants to do. For now, the eus refusing to confirm anythings already been agreed. Do you welcome britains position to pay more, mr barnier, is it enough . We are still working. So what does the uk have to pay for . Things that we signed up to as eu members that have not yet been delivered. These include investment projects in poorer regions, pensions for eu staff, and guarantees of loans to countries like ukraine. It wasnt so long ago brexiteers were talking tough on money. Now it appears some are prepared to think longer term. As we leave, if you compare the two together over a a0 year period, even on the net terms, that would amount to about a £360 billion saving to the uk exchequer as we leave, because we will not make contributions after that two year period. Getting money back from the eu was one of the main pitches of the leave campaign and now remainers claim voters were mis sold. They never said there was going to be this big bill to pay, and secondly, we are not seeing the central pledge that they made in that campaign to win it, to persuade your viewers who voted leave to vote leave, it is not being delivered on. The divorce bill is just one of three areas on which brussels wants to see sufficient progress before allowing talks to begin on a future trading relationship. Eu leaders will meet in a fortnight to formally decide whether britain has offered enough. Money may no longer be the Sticking Point the focus now is on the irish border. They are inching towards a breakthrough, but there is still a long way to go before the shape of britains departure becomes clear. Leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is at westminster for us now. And the most brexit supporters most enthusiastic brexit supporters in parliament happy with the money being talked about . in parliament happy with the money being talked about . I would say they are split. You have those on the leave side who have said we should not be paying a penny to the eu. That legally we dont have too, we are better off just that legally we dont have too, we are better offjust leaving. If the eu dont want to talk to us about a free trade deal lets move on. Then you have others like Iain Duncan Smith hussein over many decades this will be spread over long time. In the long run you could say we are saving because we are not paying in that £8. 6 billion a year that we do to the eu. Then you have those on the remain side who feel that they have been duped. They filled the public have been duped and they a lwa ys public have been duped and they always the issue of borisjohnson and michael gove travelling around the country that said on a bus £350 million a week that the nhs. What they think is that there are many people who may not have voted the leave if they knew this bill was coming off 50 billion euros. I spoke to one cabinet minister, and i think they probably reflects many mps here. Taking a pragmatic approach and saying we have to move on to the next age and talk about trade, its clear we owe some of this money, its not a lump sum, it will be spread over a long amount of time, we just have to get on with it and its very important for the government and theresa may that there is that progress. In order to move on and try and get this trade deal. I think in the longer term it is the performance of the economy more broadly once we leave which will have a much bigger impact on oui will have a much bigger impact on our prosperity as a country. Downing street has criticised President Trump, for sharing material from the far right group, britain first, on social media. Number 10 said it was wrong for the president to have done this. The videos shared on twitter claim to show muslims committing acts of violence. Many have taken to social media to accuse the president of spreading hatred. Labours chukka ummuna has called for the invitation for mr trump to come on a state visit to the uk to be withdrawn. Richard lister is here, hes been following the reaction to this. What can you tell us about this material . None of it is new. There are three videos which President Trumps 43. 5 million followers would have seen this morning. 0ne trumps 43. 5 million followers would have seen this morning. One is labelled as an islamist mob pushing a teenage boy off a roof and beating him to death. It has emerged this was shot in alexandria in egypt in 2013 during rioting that took place after a military coup. A 19 year old man did die but another man was sentenced to death and executed for his murder. The next series of images is purported to be a muslim destroying a statue of the virgin mary. That was an youtube four years ago, allegedly from syria. Nobody really knows. Then there was another one, muslim migrant beats up dutch boy on crutches. The dutch media claim the culprit wasnt a muslim he was in fact dutch. Three fairly bogus video presented there. The White House Press secretary has said when presented with evidence that these videos were not what they are purported to be, thatjournalists we re purported to be, thatjournalists were focusing on the wrong thing and that the threat is real. Very little if any contrition from the white house. That was the next question, has there been any signal, no signal at all they were done in error or that there is any kind of regret . Thats right. When i first saw them i thought maybe his account has been hacked, maybe theyve been tweeted by somebody within the administration who had access to his account. But the president went on with a series of other tweets about other issues. Clearly this wasnt a mistake. He only retweeted them which means he didnt come up with these things himself, he sent them on to his followers, he shared them. At the same time he made no comment about them and as he continued his day did not row back in any way from what he had done. Thank you. 0ur Political Correspondent ben wright is at westminster. We heard that number 10 had been critical but tell us more about the reaction. Unsurprisingly there has been cross party discussed and condemnation at these retweets from President Trump. This afternoon the Prime Ministers official spokesman was clear that the overwhelming majority of the British Public com pletely majority of the British Public completely reject the prejudice of the far right, those were his words. He was clear it was wrong for the president to have done that, unqualified condemnation from number 10. Jeremy corbyn called the tweet is abhorrent, dangerous and a threat to our society. That time was shared by other labour mps during the course of the day including chris bryant. That tone. I was completely appalled that donald trump should re tweet and condone the views of a conflicted racist in this country. He is inciting religious hatred in what hes doing. Ijust think, just as theresa may when she was home secretary banned rap singers and people who it was thought would not be conducive to the peace in this country, so she should say to donald trump, if you come here youll be arrested for inciting religious hatred, so i suggest you dont come. Chris bryant also said the foreign secretary should summon the American Ambassador to the uk for a dressing down to make it clear that the us president shouldnt be meddling in what he called this dangerous way in british politics. Tory mps have also been echoing that condemnation, here is nadhim zahawi. Disappointment, shock. I think President Trump takes the job of being president very seriously, and i am writing to him tonight to explain to him the error of his ways. By tweeting out these viral videos, hes playing into the hands not only of the fascists, but also of the terrorists. Actually this is the sort of methodology that they use to dehumanise us, so retweeting videos that dehumanise muslims is clearly counter productive for all the efforts, the resources that the state department, the department of defence, the uk foreign office, and other institutions are putting into to try and destroy not just the physical presence of these groups, but the ideology, by explaining to people that actually they are the ones who attempt to dehumanise other human beings. We should not be doing that. I think its grossly naive of the president to be doing this. I think its right for the Prime Minister to come out very clearly and say this is wrong and counter productive. These tweets have raised again the already very controversial question of President Trumps state visit to the uk. That invitation was extended by theresa may during her visit to washington in january, immediately sparking a political row about whether it was too soon, whether it was appropriate. I think the controversy around that is only going to increase as a result of the tweets. Chuka umunna said today that invitation should be withdrawn immediately. The Prime Ministers spokesman was pressed on that but it was clear from his spokesman was pressed on that but it was clearfrom his remarks spokesman was pressed on that but it was clear from his remarks the situation hasnt changed, the invitation has been accepted. But it was at the beginning of the year expected that visit might have happened by now. When it will actually happen, who knows. This has only heightened the political controversy around that potential visit. Many thanks. And well be speaking to brendan cox, the widower of mp jo cox who was killed by a right wing extremist as he shouted britain first. Well be getting his reaction in about ten minutes time here on the news at 5. The convicted war criminal general Slobodan Praljak has died, after taking poison, at the International Tribunal in the hague. Proceedings were suspended because the defendant drank something that he had said was poison. Praljak consumed liquid from a small container, after his original 20 Year Prison Sentence was upheld. You may be seated. Slobodan praljak is not a war criminal, i am rejecting the courts ruling. Stop, please, please sit down. I have taken poison. We suspend, please, the curtains. Those with a rather shocking events at the International Tribunal in the hague earlier today when general Slobodan Praljak a convicted war criminals said he had taken poison, and later and was pronounced dead. There will be more coverage on that a little later on on the bbc news channel. Lawyers for Michael Stone, who was twice convicted of the murders of lin russell and her six year old daughter megan in kent in 1996, say they have new evidence of his innocence, including a very detailed confession to the killings made by another suspect. Lin and Megan Russell were attacked as they walked along a quiet country lane near the village of chillenden in kent. Stones lawyers say the alleged confession by the serial killer, Levi Bellfield, raises serious questions about their clients conviction. 0ur correspondent ben ando has more details. Already known as the bus stop murder but is Levi Bellfield also the country lane killer . This is the scene of the chillenden murders in 1996. A vicious attack on a mother and her two young daughters walking down a country lane in kent. Lin russell and her daughter megan were killed in a hammer attack. Somehow her other daughterjosie, nine, lived. The killings led to the conviction of known drug user and criminal Michael Stone, but there was no forensic evidence and he was convicted on the word of a fellow prison inmate who claimed Michael Stone admitted the killings. Now according to his lawyers, Levi Bellfield is said to have confessed. In the confession, Levi Bellfield describes how he came across lin russell and had two children, how he attacked them with a hammer and he explains his motivation for the killing. The confession is detailed and has a number of facts which are not in the public domain. Stones legal team and the new evidence to be sent to the appeal court and say kent police who investigated the original crimes shouldnt be involved. We dont think that they can look at this objectively and say to themselves, we are going to investigate this thoroughly. We realise it will be hugely embarrassed to have to admit we got the wrong man 20 years ago. Embarrassed to have to admit we got the wrong man 20 years agom embarrassed to have to admit we got the wrong man 20 years ago. It is, says Michael Stones sister, grounds for hope. Mick has been imprisoned now for 20 years, that is 20 years too long for somebody who hasnt committed a crime. From his cell in frankland prison, bellfield has denied any involvement. Stone is being held in the prison and either both men are killers or one is innocent. We are going to speak now to paul bacon Michael Stones solicitor. Can you help viewers with this notion of this alleged confession and why you think it is so compelling . Yes, ive read the confession and im absolutely convinced that its a true statement. It comes across with detail in it that not only the killer would know but detail which is so interesting that it would be impossible to invent. You had to have been there to say the things in the detail that has been said and be the detail that has been said and be the killer. We are quite convinced bellfield in what he said is the person responsible and of course Michael Stone is therefore innocent. You talk about the interesting detail, is it possible for you to share an example of that kind of detail that you say is interesting . 0nly detail that you say is interesting . Only this, and there are other details, and we are conscious that is with the criminal cases review commission and might lead to a trial which we dont want to prejudice. Bellfield drew a diagram which was copied by our informant, and that diagram matches the scene. If you we re diagram matches the scene. If you were inventing something you would be very hard put to make that work. That is just one example of the kind of detail we have. What are the next steps for you now that youve revealed this information today . What is the next . Weve lodged an application with the criminal cases review commission. We want them urgently review commission. We want them urge ntly to review commission. We want them urgently to look at that and referred the case to the court appeal. Michael stone sits in a cell and has stunned the 20 years, we cant just take our time. And has stunned the 20 years, we cantjust take our time. Its right on this matter is investigated. We say its taken to the court of appeal, Michael Stone is acquitted and if necessary the right person is charged with these offences. Why do you have little or no confidence in kent police 20 years later to have anything to do with the re examination of the case . Anything to do with the reexamination of the case . When we review this a few years back, we asked kent police for a murder weapon, a shoelace. It had been brought to the scene by the killer. It had on it dna. None of the dna when it was examined was that of Michael Stone. That was clear. We wa nted Michael Stone. That was clear. We wanted to look at the other dna. When the envelope arrived at the Forensic Science service, it was empty. Kent police appear to have lost this vital, vital piece of evidence and weve asked them on several occasions to assist us. You would think they would have at least a moral obligation to assist, but they have been unhelpful is the nicest way i can put it. Its a very serious thing to allege. Clearly you are very concerned about their response but its a matter of the public might think we are 20 years after this crime, that police force is now run by different people but you are saying you still have no confidence in them. This request which we made about the forensic evidence was not that long ago and since then and in the recent past, weve asked them for items for forensic examination and they have refused. They simply send a blank statement, hes been tried, he appealed, hes been convicted, there is nothing further we can do. It doesnt give us a lot of confidence they wouldnt use the optically investigate this case. You mentioned a witness statement, a new witness statement. What would you say to viewers asking why its taken so long for that to become evident . M that particular case, t