People and we took them out. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. The row between Alexis Sanchez and his Arsenal Team Mates that leaves the players future at the club increasingly uncertain. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. There are concerns about the future of more than 4000 people who work at Vauxhall Plants in the uk after the business was bought by a french car company. Psa which already owns peugeot and citroen has agreed a deal to buy vauxhall in britain and 0pel in germany forjust under £2 billion. Vauxhall has two factories in luton and Ellesmere Port and many morejobs rely on the plants. The business secretary, greg clark, says hes cautiously optimistic about their future. 0ur Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott reports. Its a deal to create a european car making giant. Second only to vw in the scale. But big deals can come at a price. Fears the new setup could leave thousands of uk jobs vulnerable. The new boss sought to calm nerves. I trust my vauxhall employees in the uk, i trust them. I know that they are skilled. I know they are dedicated. I know they are committed. And i trust that they will be in a very good position by working in a constructive and open manner with psa group colleagues to improve performance. As long as we improve the performance and we become the best, there is no risk they should fear. A500 people work at two uk plants. They make astras here at Ellesmere Port on merseyside. Although the current deal runs out in four years time. A deal to make vivaro vans just outside london in luton runs out a few years after that. 30,000 people also rely on those factories. People working in Car Showrooms for example. The new combined group actually has 2a factories across europe, all of them now fighting for survival. Im asking the government to make certain they are at the table because the french and the german governments will be. Batting for our british plants and making certain that peugeot are committed to us. The conversations i and the Prime Minister have had both with gm and psa tell me that they intend to safeguard the plants, honour their commitments, and look to increase the performance and the sales of cars. So we want to hold them to those commitments but the message that we have had lead me to be cautiously optimistic. But the new group boss wants to cut costs. £1. 5 billion worth. And soon. Almost certainly hes going to have to close plants. He has too many, running at underca pacity. Plants use huge amounts of money unless they are really operating at least 85 capacity and the average of his plants now is closer to 70 so he has got to make hard decisions and he has made it clear he will make the bulk of them by around 2020, 2021. Vauxhalls uk future relies on a strong post brexit trade deal. Most of these vehicles go to europe. And most of the components come from europe. A good deal will leave the uk better off. Any new tariffs or red tape could make it harder to compete. Richard wescott, bbc news. 0ur Industry Correspondent john moylan is at luton. The business secretary says he is cautiously optimistic. What about the people who work there . Well it is now a shift change, we are about to talk to them. They will be concerned because since news of the deal broke two weeks ago, frantic Telephone Calls and meetings between the government and her show and 0pel and trade unions all trying to get guarantees and assurances. We know existing production is safeguarded until 2022. Reduction of astra boast two until 2020. But asked me to make a decision on a new carfor two until 2020. But asked me to make a decision on a new car for that plant very soon. Today the new boss of this huge group said the futures of this huge group said the futures of the workers were in their own hands. He will set productivity and efficiency targets for all workers across the group at it will be down to workers to meet them. But some a nalysts to workers to meet them. But some analysts think the uk is a weak link in this new group because we import so many of the parts that they use. 60 of parts come from abroad and thatis 60 of parts come from abroad and that is a weakness. And some of the other car groups in mainland europe do not face that. In the short term we have guarantees and reassuring words from politicians and to an extent words from politicians and to an exte nt fro m words from politicians and to an extent from peugeot today. In the longer term i think alice think there are risks about how the uk Production Plants will fit into this wider group. Analysts think. Well, lets speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith, whos at westminster. Does this have anything to do with brexit . I think it may be Wishful Thinking to say so because ministers stressed the economic case for continued production after 2020, Naming Ceremony vauxhall cars being sold in the uk, but there is no getting away from the fact that decisions about future lines will have to be made in the middle of next year which will be slap bang in the middle of the brexit negotiation. Of course there will be uncertainty and particularly over trading relationships. It is possible, that it might be advantageous to maintain car in the uk but equally it could be hugely problematic with tariffs and administrative burdens. But the real difficulty it seems to me is the politics because we will essentially be in politics because we will essentially beina politics because we will essentially be in a Wrestling Match with the french and german governments. And the french government which partially own psa peugeot will not wa nt to partially own psa peugeot will not want to close french plants and Angela Merkel the german chancellor, The Big Beast of the eu, she will call in absolutely every favour to protect german plants. The issue is whatever the economic arguments, politically will we have lost our leverage, will be have lost our muscle to protect those plants post brexit . President trump is expected to sign a new travel ban today to prevent temporarily citizens from six predominantly muslim countries entering the United States. But iraq has been left off the original list after his controversial first attempt was blocked by the courts. And its thought it also wont apply to green card holders. 0ur correspondent gary 0donoghue is in washington. He is expected to announce this today. You wonder what could stop this also ended up in the courts. think it is pretty inevitable it will end up in the courts whatever he says today because the liberal groups and people who oppose him are going to challenge this in a sense whatever he says. But we are expecting, no confirmation at this stage that iraq will be taken off the list after lobbying from the secular state, but also expect more clarity on green card holders, people who have the right to live and work here in the United States and work here in the United States and potentially existing visa holders from those countries that are on the banned list. Theres lot of confusion when the ban was initially introduced about whether they were covered and it looks like they were covered and it looks like the white house might be heading towards new visa applications. There may also be movement on the question of refugees, of course you remember syria, refugees from syria were indefinitely banned and there could be some movement on that as well. And meanwhile the row over allegations about Phone Tapping in the run up to the president ial elections continue with the fbi firmly denying it happened. The fbi denying through various sources, Nothing Official from them at the moment, suggesting that Thejustice Department should make that clear publicly. We have the former director of National Intelligence also saying he would know if there was a court order to tap the phones of donald trump during the campaign and there was no such order. So the moment we have an allegation was nothing to back it up. That is not stopping the white house of course, donald trump believes it is true and he is calling on congress to investigate it. So pressure on those republican shares of those committees in congress to open an on something for which at the moment there is no evidence at all. Theres been International Condemnation of the test launch of four Ballistic Missiles by north korea. The japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, said three landed in waters close to the countrys north west coast. He described the launch as an extremely dangerous action. South koreas Acting President has asked for the swifter deployment of a us made Missile Defence shield due to be installed later this year. Bt sport has paid £1. 1 billion to retain the rights to show Champions League and Europa League games. The deal which will run until the end of the 2020 2021 season gives the broadcaster exclusive rights to show all games and highlights police say thirteen potential Terror Attacks have been thwarted in the last four years. The uks most senior Counter Terrorism Police Officer has also revealed that more than 500 investigations are being carried out at any one time. He disclosed the figures as he launched an appeal that aims to get members of the public to report any suspicious behaviour. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. Checking on a huge bag of fertiliser he planned to use for an alqaeda Bombing Campaign against nightclubs and shopping centres. Kiam in 2000 unaware he was being watched by police. A Woman Working at the Storage Warehouse had tipped off detectives. Potentially saving hundreds of lives. If you have a concern about something you have seen or heard that could identify a terrorist threat, report it. A new Police Campaign reminds the public of the Important Role but they have in fighting terror. It could be anything but strikes you is unusual. Detectives say in one third of the most high risk recent investigations, information from the public has helped. In the background are the devastating attacks in mainland europe. The trucks driven into crowds in berlin and nice. The mass shooting combined with Suicide Bombs in paris and brussels. Also called Islamic State or daesh attacks inspired or even controlled from a distance. We have to go outside. We see increasing use of encrypted communications which can instantaneously linked terrorists across the world. That brings about across the world. That brings about a greater danger across communities that someone in our community could be influenced by someone working in a Terrorist Stronghold on the other side of the world. Counterterrorist police are working with the threat level of severe. Which means that an attempted Terrorist Attack is considered to be highly likely. It has been like that since the end of 2014 and there is no sign of the level coming down in the coming months or even years. An analysis of where most convicted terrorist lived has identified london and the west midlands. 0ne tenth of all those convicted in the whole of the uk came from just five wards in birmingham. It is not surprising that big cities like london and birmingham which a large diverse populations, pockets of deprivation, will have a significant number of terrorists but that should not take away from the fact that a Terrorist Attack can take place anywhere in the country. Police said today they slaughtered 13 Terrorist Attacks on the uk in the past four years and there are currently running around 500 counterterrorist investigations at any one time. Daniel sandford, bbc news at new scotland yard. Pressure continues to grow on french president ial candidate Francois Fillon. Mr fillon is being investigated after allegations that he paid his family out of public funds, for little or no work. 0ur correspondent Hugh Schofield is in paris. The latest twist is his rolling out of alainjuppe, he delivered the declaration this morning in quite a betterfashion. Declaration this morning in quite a better fashion. Clearly declaration this morning in quite a betterfashion. Clearly he is declaration this morning in quite a better fashion. Clearly he is very embittered and angry and he held Francois Fillon responsible for the mess the centre right is in now in france. He said there was no way that he would stand as this alternative candidate and would not be the plan b. So now does that mean it is inevitable but Francois Fillon is the candidate and the party more or less has got to rally around him. Well, maybe or maybe not because things are still going on, there are still negotiations behind closed doors. And the key figure is emerging, someone we all know, Nicolas Sarkozy, who also fancied himself as something of a kingmaker in this. Of course he also lost in the primaries but is still very much there and we understand he is reading his web as we speak. And meeting a meeting is planned of the Political Committee of the party this evening and then a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy is going to happen tomorrow. He is looking for a three may the three way meeting to try to get some semblance of unity either behind Francois Fillon or maybe another candidate whose name we just maybe another candidate whose name wejust do not maybe another candidate whose name we just do not know. An extraordinary position to be in for france so close to the elections. Absolutely unprecedented. Bizarre. And for republicans, the most depressing thing they could have imagined, that this selection was there is on a plate after five years of very popular socialist candidates. But everything that could go wrong has gone wrong and the two people rubbing their hands with glee are of course Marine Le Pen on the far right and Emmanuel Macron who has, from the centre and finds the door is wide open for him. Our top story this lunchtime. Fears ofjob cuts at vauxhalls uk plants as theyre sold to a french car maker. Coming up. The rising problem of idling pollution caused by cars keeping their engines running when parked. In the sport, the bbc secures the rights to broadcast the womens world cup in france in 2019. Coverage of every game will be shown across tv, radio and online. The Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster was britains worst Peacetime Incident at sea since the titanic. 193 people died when the herald of Free Enterprise capsized within minutes of setting sail for dover in 1987 all because the ships staff had failed to close the bow doors. Today events are being held in the uk and in belgium to mark the thirtieth anniversary and this morning, some of the survivors, rescuers, and families of the victims went out to see to sea to drop flowers in the water where the ferry overturned. Duncan kennedy reports. Diane bunker. Nadine bunker. It is one of the iconic, tragic images of britains time in history. The Upturned Hull of the herald of Free Enterprise, ship, people, too. First, the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. With the poignancy of poetry, kate adie ca ptu red poignancy of poetry, kate adie captured the unfolding horror. Then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. The windows were under water, the water burst in. The ship was in darkness. It was that darkness that those on board remember most. All the lights went out. It was completely pitch black, dark. We could hear the rushing water. Brian gibbons was that lorry driver on his first very trip. He was the last to be rescued. With the screams, the shouts and everything else. Unfortunately, some people did not make it. The reason i am talking to you today is, i think, people need to know it happened because of those who did not make it. Sorry. Today, in dover, three decades of memories and regrets work on the collective minds of 200 relatives and friends. Peter martin. Catherine mason. John millgate. Either mosley. The sheer number. It took six weeks for many relatives to learn their loved ones had died. Agonising enough for adults and an eternity for children, like kim spooner who was eight, and who lost her aunt and uncle. 0h, spooner who was eight, and who lost her aunt and uncle. Oh, my goodness i remember so vividly from sitting in my front room, hearing something terrible had happened in belgium and my mother saying, i think billy and mary were on that ship. I did not really process what it meant at the time, to be honest. Sitting up all night waiting to hear them all and hoping they would get in touch and it did not happen. The herald of Free Enterprise had sailed with her bow doors open. An attempt to prosecute crewmembers on the Company Later collapsed. The victims may have been british but the horror was universal and profound. In zeebrugge today, wreaths for belgian shared a prolonged anguish. The bell was brought to its final Resting Place in dover. An artefact to go with recollections of a maritime disaster, whose wake and jaws. And duncan is in dover. Clearly a difficult day for the families of those who died and for the survivors as well. Very much so. An incredibly poignant service in dover today and another one taking place in belgium as well. The key thing that everybody keeps saying to us, it is hard to believe that all these events unfolded exactly 30 yea rs these events unfolded exactly 30 years ago tonight in these waters of the channel here behind me. 193 people, mostly british, day trippers and lorry drivers, they perished in those waters. The herald did go down and help to change the course of british maritime history. Ship design has changed, the law of safety has changed. Many changes came out as a result of this. One thing that does an jaw, that for the relatives and friends of those who died, is their pain. That was on show again today, three decades after she went down. Duncan, thank you. A zoo azoo in a zoo in Cumbria Hasjust A Zoo In cumbria has just lost its licence. Government inspectors have criticised it for overcrowding and a lack of proper welfare for the animals. Danny savage is in barrow in furness. This result has just come through. Councillors have been meteor morning to decide whether or not to grant a licence to the zoo, the South Lakes Zoo zoo, about four, five miles from here. People who visited, many posted positive reviews of it in the past but had a very damning inspection by Government Appointed vets in january inspection by Government Appointed Vets Injanuary of inspection by Government Appointed vets in january of this inspection by Government Appointed Vets Injanuary of this year. Reading their report, well over 130 pages long, it is no surprise really that the councillors here have now decided to refuse permission for this zoo to continue. 486 animals died up until september last year. They included tigers, drafts, lemurs. The owner of the zoo was singled out for criticism and basically he saw no problem with what was going on there with the number of deaths. The inspectors say they were dismayed. An employee at they were dismayed. An employee at the zoot them, he was told just to dispose of any dead bodies and not tell anybody about them. It was an appalling catalogue of criticism singled out by the inspectors in january. The zoo will no longer have a licence to operate. What happens to the animals who are still there . Technically, the local authority may have to pick up their care and sort out what happens to them next. Equally, the owner of the zoo can now appealed this decision so things can continue for some things have, they say, improved now at the zoo for the people who own it say things are better. It is Animal Welfare which is at the heart of this. What happens to them . Do they get taken into local Authority Care and get dispersed to other zoos . Will the new company come in and run the side from now on . Thank you. A former british soldier has been shot dead by Rural Herdsmen in kenya. Tristan voorspuy served as an army officer in the 70s and had spent nearly 30 years as a rancher and safari operator. The killing is part of continuing unrest over the invasion of large farms by armed herders. They say drought has forced them to find land on which to graze their cattle but ranch owners have accused local politicians of inciting the violence in the run up to the general election. Richard galpin reports. Friends have described Tristan Voorspuy as a true of that and a gentleman. He was shot dead yesterday as he went to check the remains of a lodge which had been burnt down. For almost 30 years, he and his wife had run a Luxury Safari Company and branch in the Northern Region in kenya, one of the most important Conservation Areas in the country. Recently, this beautiful region has been turned into a Battle Ground for resources. Cattle herders driving their Livestock Tens Of Thousands of them onto private farms and branches. The herders armed and desperate have pushed owners of their land. Already it is estimated at least a dozen people have been killed in clashes. Last month, a group of Foreign Tourists were evacuated by helicopter. At the root of this conflict is one simple thing. The need for water to keep both cattle and people alive. Kenya is in the midst of the drought which could soon affect 4 million people. Translation we are very scared because our animals are dying. We are losing entire herds if this continues, we feel we will die as well. As you can see, there is nothing here. We have no food. But it is also alleged this movement of cattle is being encouraged by some politicians to secure votes in the election in august. The conflict in which Tristan Voorspuy lost his life may well intensify in the coming months. Talks are beginning in belfast to try to form a new power sharing government. The two largest parties, the democratic unionists and sinn fein, are still divided over a Green Energy Scheme that led to the collapse of the previous administration. 0ur ireland correspondent Chris Buckler is in stormont. How much progress are they likely to make in these talks . That is a very good question. They do not have a lot of time to make progress. In three weeks time they will have to elect a first and Deputy First Minister otherwise it could be a case of westminster having to step in for a time and run government in ireland were potentially even a new election. They do not want to think about that. They want to get on with the business of trying to negotiate a deal. The Assembly Members arrived at stormont to be shown their new offices but actually getting into the business of government depends ona the business of government depends on a deal between dup and sinn fein. As she were reflecting, the amount of things they disagree on our considerable. Brexit, education, the Irish Language and most difficult and divisive of all, the question as to whether Arlene Foster would be prepared to step aside during an investigation into a botched energy scheme. They are a very long list of things indeed. Sinn fein says it is essential Arlene Foster steps aside and the dup says it is totally unacceptable and say they will not be dictated to by sinn fein. It is against that backdrop that james brogan shire, the Northern Ireland secretary, is Meeting Party leaders today that something is to be done today that something is to be done to focus minds if they are to get an agreement within three weeks an independent panel that looked after the pay of mlas here have said today ina the pay of mlas here have said today in a letter that perhaps the page should be cut after three months. Just give them three months of pay and then stop it if they cannot come to an agreement. That may be one way to an agreement. That may be one way to focus minds but given the agreement it will be difficult to get the deal in the three week window. Its estimated that 40,000 people in the uk are dying prematurely due to Health Problems linked with air pollution. The World Health Organisation says more than 90 percent of people worldwide are breathing polluted air. One problem is the pollution caused by cars keeping their engines on when theyre parked or waiting in bad traffic. John maguire reports. At schools right across the uk there is a Quiet Revolution under way and it sounds like this. The problem is idling, parents leaving their engines running while they wait at the school gates, so now they are being targeted by and people and controls. Anti pollution patrols. Of course, i understand. Obviously we are trying to educate people. Its yet another success for this anti idling patrol. These volunteers in islington have been trained in what to say to drivers to persuade them to switch off and to deal with some of the inevitable excuses. Campaigners say this is about local people cleaning up their local streets. Today its about this street in this area, trying to reduce Pollution Levels for the pupils at the school. So just how much difference can switching off your engine make . Testing in one location saw that by Stopping Idling Pollution Levels dropped by a third. The bigger message is that it helps people understand the impact of small actions on the larger problem. And theres always this approach. Im sorry to bother you but your engines running. You wouldnt turn it off, would you . Im just thinking of emissions. For the past six years as he walks to work in the theatres of the west end of london, the actor nigel havens havers is a man on a mission. A lot of the drivers dont know who the hell i am. Theyve said some pretty choice things to me. But generally speaking people are really aware, they go, oh, no, i hadnt thought of that, 0k, and they turn it off. Lets hope they remember. Admittedly, this is a drop in the ocean, or a particle in the air if you like, when compared to the global problem of air pollution, but new Research Shows changing habits, switching off engines, can make a difference in protecting our most precious resource. Time for a look at the weather. Hello. Most of us have got away with a decent start to the new week as ca ptu red a decent start to the new week as captured by one about weather watchers. This beautiful picture sent into us from douglas on the isle of man. Beautiful blue skies and sunshine. That was not the case for all. This was the scene in north somerset. Pretty breezy as well. It couldve been a whole lot worse for the look at this area of low pressure diving just to the south of us and the very tightly squeezed isobars that developed earlier this
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