And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, Crystal Palace have already uspet the leaders, chelsea, this month can they do the same to arsenal . Good evening. International pressure is growing on russia to abandon its support for syrias President Assad in the wake of last weeks chemical weapons attack on a rebel town. Tonight Foreign Ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations have been meeting in Northern Italy to consider a coordinated response which could include support for new sanctions on moscow and damascus. The us secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said america would hold to account those who committed crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. From lucca, our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports. Contemplating italys past glory and syrias president horror present horror, borisjohnson syrias president horror present horror, Boris Johnson and syrias president horror present horror, borisjohnson and Rex Tillerson were entered on up the International Heat on President Assad and his russian backers. This morning Rex Tillerson deliberately started his day at a memorial to not the atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and drew a direct parallel to the gas attack last week. We will rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents anywhere in the world. When i didnt trumps foreign minister, who will speak to the russians this week, sat down with the Foreign Secretary who cancelled his visit to moscow to be here instead, they talked of ways to win the widest possible International Support against blood amid britains present path. Against Vladimir Putins path. We will be discussing the possibility of further sanctions on some of the Syrian Military figures and on some of the Russian Military figures who have been involved in coordinating the Syrian Military efforts and of course you are thereby contaminated by the appalling behaviour of the assad regime. The russians are mocking you for not going to moscow, Rex Tillerson apparently was happy for you to go, why did the Prime Minister asked you not to . You to go, why did the Prime Minister asked you not mm you to go, why did the Prime Minister asked you not to . It is very important in these circumstances for the world to present a united front and for there to be absolutely no ambiguity about the message and the message we are sending to the russians is very clear. Do they want to stick with a toxic regime, do they want to be eternally associated with a guy who gasses his own people . Or do they wa nt to gasses his own people . Or do they want to work with the americans and the rest of the g 7 and the like minded countries for a new future for syria . That President Assads major backers of iran and russia, have warned of the Military Retaliation if President Trump repeat the Cruise Missile strikes of last friday ordered the iranian president , seen as a moderate, seems to contradict his own hard liners today, saying change in the assad regime should go hand in hand with fighting his opponents. Translation Terrorism In Syria should be eradicated and some reforms should be implemented within syria are within the regime. This evening g7 ministers, all but one of them nato members as well, are starting to explore new pressures they could apply, knowing full well that russia has so far stuck firmly with President Assad and his regime. Lets speak to James Robbins whos at the talks in Northern Italy for us tonight. Support for new sanctions has been discussed what form could they take . They could take the form as the Foreign Secretary was telling me of targeting individual syrian and russian high ranking officers, who are put to be collaborating most closely on the campaign against civilians in syria. Of course the russians deny any knowledge or indeed the fact that the Syrian Regime was behind last weeks chemical gas attack. The americans believe differently. They have not accused the russians of direct complicity but have come post to it and they and the british think they can identify a targeted list of people who should be named and subject to all sort of Asset Freezes and travel bans and the advantage of thatis and travel bans and the advantage of that is that many other countries are that is that many other countries a re often that is that many other countries are often reluctant to go down the road a broad sanctions but might favour close the targeted ones. Theresa may has been speaking to President Trump on the telephone this evening and a Downing Street Spokesman said the Prime Minister and president agreed that a window of opportunity exists in which to persuade russia that its alliance with assad is no longer in its strategic interest. That is the hope and the message that Rex Tillerson will be taking from here to moscow as he leaves tomorrow. The problem is that in the past President Putin has always shown himself absolutely resista nt has always shown himself absolutely resistant and there is no sign yet he will buckle under this sort of pressure. Thank you. The funeral of pc keith palmer, who was killed in last months westminster attack, has been held at Londons Southwark cathedral. Thousands of Police Officers from all over the country lined the Route Of The Funeral Cortege Which set off from the palace of westminster. Pc palmer, who was married with a five year old daughter, was guarding the houses of parliament when he was stabbed by khalid masood. Heres our home editor mark easton. At the gates of the palace of westminster, Police Constable Keith Palmers coffin paused, at the very spot where he was killed 19 days ago. The place where, unarmed, he moved towards a man brandishing two knives, where he put himself in harms way, to protect parliament to protect our democracy. Police officers from every force in the country lined the route. Thousands of men and women who did not know keith palmer, but know what it means to wear the badge. You never really know what youre going to face when you go out there. So it is with incredible bravery that he did that. I think it brings home what the job is about, the risks that you take. It shows what a family we are, really, that we all look out for one another and we all do the same thing at the end of the day. The Global Police family came together in london today, including officers from new yorks police department. We have had so much support from officers around the country, around the united states, as well as from other places in the world when we have had officers die in the line of duty, so we have feel a need to be supportive back. As the cortege headed across the river, Police Officers paid tribute in the air, on the water, and along the route. Two of pc palmers colleagues spoke of the friend they so admired. If you could paint a picture of a perfect policeman, you would be painting a picture of keith palmer. He sounds like a pretty extraordinary man. He was, he was so down to earth and so normal. He came to work because he had a family to support. He was a fantastic dad and a fantastic husband. And. He is going to be missed so much. As the coffin passed through the capital, london stopped what it was doing to remember all those who lost their lives on that appalling day, pc palmer and the four men and women killed on westminster bridge. Pc palmer symbolises the Public Service and sacrifice that underpins our society, the debt we owe to all those who put their lives on the line defending ourfreedoms. But he was also a husband, a father, a family man, and so today is about both National Reflection and private grief. Pc palmers wife asked that the familys privacy be respected inside southwark cathedral. But the sound of the service was relayed to the streets outside. Keith laid down his life for each one of us here. Each one of you who have lined the streets and filled the bridges of this city today. In her first Public Engagement in her new role, metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick honoured a fallen colleague. An amazing life. He was clearly very kind, very good hearted, very hard working, a very, very talented police officer. Police constable Keith Palmers name has been added to the National Police roll of honour. The grief will lessen. His bravery will endure for generations to come. Mark easton, bbc news, southwark. The head of barclays is expected to be stripped of his Million Pound annual bonus for attempting to uncover the identity of a Whistle Blower whod raised concerns about a Senior Member of staff at the bank. Jes staley could lose up to £1. 3 million. Hes also been issued with a formal reprimand, and is subject to an investigation by the financial regulators. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. Whenjes staleyjoined barclays in 2015, he had a straightforward message make the bank simpler and more profitable. The board and shareholders were delighted when he appeared to achieve both in his first year. There was the third issue he wanted the tackle, one he outlined to me in his first broadcast interview. I do believe the banks lost their way, ten or 15 years ago, and we lost a lot of trust through the financial crisis. We have an obligation to return that. That obligation was undermined today after it was revealed the Chief Executive had tried, not once but twice, to find out the identity of a Whistle Blower. Injune last year, the board of barclays received an anonymous letter raising concerns about the recruitment of a senior employee by mr staley who had suffered personal problems in 2009 and 2010. Jes staley found out about the letter, felt it was a malicious attack, and asked ba rclays internal security to find the Whistle Blowers identity but was told his request was not appropriate. The next month, after barclays investigated the allegations and said they were without substance, mr staley tried again but failed to obtain the identity. Barclays even approached us Law Enforcement agencies to help. The Barclays Board only became aware of jes staleys attempted intervention when it received a second Whistle Blower letter earlier this year. It will now be for the regulators to decide is this a yellow card offence, a warning for a stupid mistake or is it a straight red for a Chief Executive whose very temperament is now under scrutiny . In a statement, mr staley admitted he had made mistakes. The regulators could go as far as banning mr staley from working in banking its ultimate sanction as well as imposing fines. Whistle blowing is about trust and part of that trust is protecting the identity of the Whistle Blower and if youve got a senior person looking for the messenger rather than listening to the message, then theres a problem. Mr staley has questions to answer. He was very close to the person he hired. Did that cloud his judgment . His pay will be cut by how much . The man hired to reset barclays position on trust knows his bank is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Kamal ahmed, bbc news. A brief look at some of the days other other news stories. A drug called prep, which dramatically reduces the chances of being infected by hiv, is to be offered as a Preventative Medicine to nhs patients in scotland. It costs £450 a month and isnt currently offered by the nhs england because of concerns about the cost, but medical trials are being conducted later this year. A londonderry teenager, who was shot dead by the army almost 45 years ago, was totally innocent and did not pose a threat to anyone, a coroner has said. 15 year old manus deery was with a group of friends when he was shot by a soldier in 1972. The soldier has since died. The fashion chain, jaeger, has gone into administration, threatening 700 jobs. The brand was founded in 1884 and once dressed Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe but has struggled on the increasingly competitive british high street. The business, which has 46 stores, had failed to find a buyer. Police in manchester say the number of people abusing a drug called spice has reached Epidemic Proportions and its putting pressure on Public Services. They say they had to deal with around 60 spice related incidents over the weekend and have now launched extra patrols in the city centre. Frankie mccamley reports. Slumped, zombie like and barely conscious. Were told hes just taken spice. Another man metres away with similar symptoms. And everyone we speak to on the streets knows where to get it. Around the central area, just round anywhere, really. Just anywhere. Some in this drop in centre for Homeless People say theyve felt the effects. Just like chill but, like, youre in space and then one minute youre taking it and the next you get hooked and lose control. And others say the problems not going away. Its a lot worse now than it was before, a lot worse. The reason why theyre on this spice is because it is cheap. It is only £5 bag, weed is £10 a bag, so theyre all going for the spice because its cheaper. The drug is a synthetic form of cannabis but can be much more potent and is highly addictive. After being made illegal last year it is now sold on the streets. Spice is a drug often associated with people sleeping rough. But police tell me it affects people of all ages all over the city and the problem is getting worse. The force says it received nearly 60 spice related calls over the weekend causing a drain on resources. There was a number of areas round here such as primark, the Fast Food Outlets like burger king, round here mcdonalds, and morrisons where there were groups that had congregated and participated in spice and the reactions were quite adverse. At the moment our attention is being focused on the safeguarding and dealing with the users. Where actually we want to be doing more work against the dealers, and thats where our focus will be over the coming weeks. I spoke to one paramedic who confirmed the symptoms wed witnessed. People becoming very spaced out, very odd behaviour, collapsing to the floor or being stuck in one position. What were seeing is someones behaviour getting to such a level that they are physically trying to attack our staff. Here in manchester, as another man collapsed, theres little sign that this problem is going away. Frankie mccamley, bbc news. The bbc has uncovered more allegations of abuse carried out by a leading barrister, who Ran Christian Summer Camps in the early 1980s. John smyth is accused of a series of brutal assaults on pupils from Winchester College. The bbc has now been told that smyth also recruited one of his victims and asked him to administer further beating to his friends. That pupil is now the head teacher of a prep school in buckinghamshire. This report from fiona lamdin contains some graphic content. I think i was probably beaten about 3,000 Times Byjohn Smyth but i can only remember one stroke. It was only when he actually hit me that i suddenly realised the full horror of it. 22 young men, brainwashed and then beaten, in what victims now describe as a religious cult. John smyth, a leading qc, infiltrated britains oldest public school, persuading teenage boys that his violent beatings could purge them of their sins. Im john smyth, and the director ofjasa, as we call the justice alliance. Andy morse was only 1a, a pupil at Winchester College in 1975 when the grooming started. Less than two years later he was accepting regular and violent beatings in smyths garden shed. Sojohn smyth had every single bandage, dressing, iodine, anything that had been invented, but even though he had all that equipment and i call it paraphernalia, we were bleeding everywhere. Even with these dressings on, wearing these adult nappies, we bled all over his house. As the years went by, these schoolboys became young men and moved on To University but the beatings continued. Now too physicalfor one man on his own, smyth needed to recruit a right hand man from within the group. He asked Simon Doggart, one of his victims, to start beating his best friends. One of their victims did not want to speak on camera but told us his story for the first time. John smyth beat me first, appallingly with his usual force, then Simon Doggart took over while john watched. I recall immediately the absolute brutality of his beating, far, far worse than smyth. There was no discussion, no emotion that i recall, just a Fit Sportsman using all his force. Then it was over. This was going to be the new regime. The bbc has been handed nine hours of recordings left unheard for 20 years which reveal the full extent of the abuse. On one occasion, a victim was subjected to 800 lashes which lasted over 12 hours. The victims were left disfigured with blood running down their legs. I had this beating that lasted. I cant really remember but it went on all day. A decade after the beatings finished, three of the victims recorded their story. In the afternoon, i was allowed a sort of sleep, then it all started again. It was dark by the time it ended. How can you give so many . Simon and he took it in turns. John smyth beat me for maybe 50 strokes and then he would be exhausted and at that point Simon Doggart beat me for i dont know how many strokes. Andy remembers every last detail of the shed. It helps him to put it on paper. The strokes he gave me were probably the equivalent of three strokes ofjohns. Simon was completely brainwashed. I think even then i sensed that it wasnt my friend beating me, that it was actuallyjohn smyth beating me using my friend to carry out his abuse. Simon doggart is the headmaster of Caldicott Prep School in buckinghamshire where he has been in charge for nearly 20 years. He has told us he is now critically ill and is unable to respond. There is no suggestion he has ever harmed any of his pupils. But Simon Doggart was not the only Onejohn Smyth tried to recruit. He tried to persuade me to beat other people. You know, itold him i couldnt do that. He was asking lots of people to beat other people. What did he say to you . He said, andy, this is, you know, this is talking about steps, about going from 30 beatings to 50 beatings to 100. The next step is, you need to start beating people. I had 400 nonstop. They had two canes and when john was getting tired he motioned for simon to come in and simon came in on the side sort of without missing a beat. Tonight, police tell us they are investigating Butjohn Smyth is still a free man living in south africa and Simon Doggart a headmaster now critically ill, yet to give an account of his past. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Fiona lamdin with that report on allegations of abuse in the 1980s by the barristerjohn smyth. Police in california say a teacher has been killed and two children wounded during a shooting in a Primary School classroom. The gunman is also dead. Police in the city of San Bernardino say the teacher was known to the gunman. They added that two students had also been injured, but they didnt think theyd been targeted by the shooter. The american carrier, United Airlines, has been heavily criticised, after one of its passengers was dragged off a flight in chicago. The airline had overbooked the plane, and when no one volunteered to leave, they selected the man and his travelling companion, at random. When he refused to get off the flight, he was dragged down the aisle by security guards, as our correspondent neda tawfik reports. These are the disturbing moments that have now travelled around the world. Several smartphones record as three police hover over a man, forced to exit the aircraft. The situation quickly escalates, after one officer man handles him out of his chair. 0h, one officer man handles him out of his chair. Oh, my god. All three officers then drag him bloodied and injured from the cabin. No, this is wrong. Oh, my god. Look at what you did to him. The incident began when United Airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crew members. When none were found, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. One passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. Good work, way to go. Ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man shaken, runs back on the plane. United airlines in a man shaken, runs back on the plane. United airlines in a statement, said thats what makes the worlds leading airline. The airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. The Oil Company Shell has today admitted that they dealt with a convicted money launderer, when negotiating access to a vast oil field off the coast of nigeria in 2011. Shell went ahead with the deal even though they were on probation, after being involved in a separate Corruption Case in nigeria. Our business editor, simonjack, has this report. Nine billion barrels of oil the prize for the company who could secure the rights to a lucrative field, but doing deals in nigeria is one of the toughest challenges in the oil business. The building behind me is shells uk headquarters. Its the most valuable company on the london stock exchange. If you have a pension, you almost certainly own some shares in shell. Theyve been operating in nigeria for nearly 60 years, so they have the size and the expertise to meet that challenge. In the way was this man, who acquired the field while he was oil minister. For the first time tonight, shell acknowledges they did engage with him to do the deal. Shell and the Italian Oil Company acquired the field in 2011, paying 1. 1. 3 billion to the Nigerian Government. More than1 billion to the Nigerian Government. More than 1 billion of it was passed to another company, controlled by atete. From there, according to documents filed by italian prosecutors nearly half was forwarded to the then president and members of his government. Shell have always said they only paid the Nigerian Government. Today shell has changed its tune and theyre now saying that they engaged with da natete, a saying that they engaged with danatete, a former oil minister and convicted money lawneder. What prompted shell to change its position . E mails uncovered and found Show Shell Representatives negotiating with mr atete a year before the deal was finalised. He can smell the money, if at nearly 70 yea rs old can smell the money, if at nearly 70 years old he does turn his nose up at1. 2 years old he does turn his nose up at 1. 2 billion he is completely certificate fiebl. That email was forwarded to the Chief Executive, showing this went right to the top. Other i mails showed millions would be paid to the president , in an e mailfrom july, be paid to the president , in an e mail from july, the strategy was a spokesperson for goodluckjonathan described this as a false narrative. This deal was donejust described this as a false narrative. This deal was done just months after shell had paid 30 million to the Us Department ofjustice to settle previous allegations of bribery on condition of future good behaviour. Shell having been investigated over a previous deal you would think they would be cautious. Instead of walking away from a deal that was clearly problematic from a corruption, potentially bribery stand point, they drubbed down and attempted to sanitise the deal. Shells partners said there was no credible evidence that any of its staff were involved in wrongdoing. Shell still maintain the deal with the Nigerian Government was legal and that any political payoffs were done without their knowledge. But today marks an important concession ina huge today marks an important concession in a huge deal mired in controversy for years. Its taken him 18 years, but spains Sergio Garcia has finally won his first major golfing title. He beat englandsjustin rose in a sudden death play off to win the masters. Garcia triumphed on what would have been the 60th birthday of his fellow countryman and golfing hero seve ballesteros. Our Sports Correspondent Katie Gornall has the story it contains flash photography. After two decades of near misses and failed attempts, finally the wait was over. Well done sergio, youve done it at last a few years ago, Sergio Garcia claimed he wasnt good enough to win a major. Now, he was gladly eating his words. I felt today, i felt the calmest ive ever felt on a major sunday. And even after making a couple of bogeys, i was still very positive, i still believed that there were a lot of holes that i could get to and i hit some really good shots coming in and im so happy it had been one of great duels in masters golf a two horse race between garcia and his friend and Ryder Cup Team mate, justin rose. After 13 holes, garcia was two shots behind. Would he again buckle under the pressure . This was when the doubters became believers. Garcia right back in this. Garcias finesse on the 15th brought him level and kick started his push for victory. The tension would become overwhelming and with nothing to separate them after 18 holes, the match went to a sudden death play off. Three shots later, Garcia Conquered his opponent and his demons. Rose gracious in defeat. Im really happy for sergio, obviously i would love to be wearing the green jacket, but if it wasnt me, i feel good for him. As a teenager, garcia was the best amateur at the 99 masters
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