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After meeting them on gay dating apps is convicted of murdering a businessman at his home in south london. Presdient trump is strongly criticised for telling four democratic congresswomen to go back to the countries they came from. And more than 50 hours of surgery the extraordinary skill of great ormond street surgeons as they manage to separate these twins. Englands net bowlers have four wins from four wins in the netball world cup following their victory over jamaica. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Prime Minister is about to host a reception for englands world cup cricket champions after their most extraordinary win against new zealand yesterday. After more than eight hours of play, the result could not have been tighter. They drew even the tie break ended neck and neck. But england was able to claim victory at last simply because theyd scored more boundaries hit the ball further during the game. Its the first time that the england mens team has ever won the cricket world cup after being runners up three times. This morning, excited fans gathered at the oval to meet their heroes. Tonight the celebrations continue. Our Sports Editor dan roan is in downing street. Englands cricketers are due to arrive shortly and they will be following in the footsteps of the 2005 ashes winning team who are also invited to number ten downing st by the Prime Minister those years ago. But that victory at lords yesterday is without comparison. Earlier on at the oval england shared in their new found glory. How good does this feel . Here at the oval today cricket it seemed was cool again. Englands captain mobbed bya cool again. Englands captain mobbed by a new generation of fans descended on the ground after being invited to celebrate with their heroes following one of the greatest games ever to grace the sport. One of the stars of yesterdays staggering final telling me how much it meant. It was a Great Team Effort and it means a lot more to these people than to us and that is a great thing. What will it do for the sport . Hopefully the next generation of players are here today and we can getan11 of players are here today and we can get an 11 who say they are here today. England celebrations continued late into the night at lords after a final of almost unimaginable drama. No wonder the poured in from her majesty the queen and the Prime Minister and countless others. We knew we had won the world cup, but it will be the start of it coming down here and seeing all the kids and the parents and the videos online and people in trafalgar square, seeing how much it meant to them. The complications of the critical moments are still being discussed. When this throw hit ben sto kes discussed. When this throw hit ben stokes bat and flew to the boundary it seems he should have got five iu ns it seems he should have got five ru ns i nstea d it seems he should have got five runs instead of six because he only completed one at the time of the throw. Amid talk of an error by official, england have brushed off the controversy to focus on the preparations and progress that has seen them become the dominant team in the world. These are the kind of scenes english cricket has been dreaming offor scenes english cricket has been dreaming of for years. If these players did not realise it before, then perhaps this acclaim will show them the extent to which yesterdays extraordinary final at lords has changed not only their lives but perhaps their sport as well. Yesterday rubbed off on these players playing in london, but with the numbers falling over the last decade, the sense is that this moment must be seized. Cricket has been hidden away for 20 years and people who were not natural sports fa ns were people who were not natural sports fans were gripped. People were trying to convince them that cricket was a great sport and they saw it yesterday, the drama of the game, and how it can unite people. Despite clashing with the wimbledon final and the british grand prix, live cricket returned to free to air tv for the first time in many years. That was down to sky sharing coverage with channel 4. All the money from tv rights does go back into the game in one form or another. Balance that against wanting as many people to see cricket as we can get to see. That isa cricket as we can get to see. That is a balance we have to strike. Whatever happens in the future, now isa whatever happens in the future, now is a moment to savour. These players looked comfortable in the spotlight, the challenge now is to stay there. Yesterdays dramatic victory will have inspired many young fans, but will significant numbers of new players be encouraged to take up cricket . Danny savage has been to cockermouth in cumbria, where the man of the match ben stokes went to school, to find out. In years to come legend will have it that the cricket world cup was won on the fields of cockermouth school. This is where a young ben stokes spent his formative years. We could be bowling from the same end and batting in the same creases. It shows we can make it one day. Chris retires from a lifetime of teaching this week. Former pupil ben stokes was something special. He will a lwa ys was something special. He will always be the standout person that i was associated with because of what he has gone on to be. He is notjust an england cricketer, he is a world class an england cricketer, he is a world class cricketer. To be associated with a world class performer is special. A few miles away a Primary School tournament was being played this afternoon, seven to ii year olds who love their cricket. Umpiring and encouraging wasjohn gibson. Cricket. Umpiring and encouraging was john gibson. Not just cricket. Umpiring and encouraging wasjohn gibson. Notjust a cricket coach, but a key figure in nurturing young ben stokes. Before the game started i thought i know what will happen, he will be outplayed or he will win the game for us. I was worried all the way through, i did not think we had enough runs. I knew there would be one person who was not worried and ben would not give up, even if he needed seven off the last ball. He would think i will hit for six. His new zealand parents we re for six. His new zealand parents were pretty impressed as well. He was like that as a kid as well and he just always wants to do well. He isa he just always wants to do well. He is a really big team man. He may now bea is a really big team man. He may now be a cricket superstar but here they do not forget where the boy started. Danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. Lets speak to our Sports Editor dan roan. 8 million watch it on television and it is all about seizing the moment now if they are to encourage a new generation. That is right. This is a Pivotal Moment for english cricket because the ashes begin next month against australia. Next year sees the launch of a highly controversial, new 100 ball competition in which the ecb have invested so much hope. That, they think, may well attract younger audiences back to the sport for the first time in a long while. There will be cricket showing on the bbc, it follows on from the game yesterday which got encouraging numbers. The bbc will be hoping that what has been achieved here acts as a catalyst in a similarfashion what has been achieved here acts as a catalyst in a similar fashion to englands women who won the world cup englands women who won the world cu p two englands women who won the world cup two years ago. This is a diverse, young, Exciting Team who are popular and who can achieve a lot more in the game. Think ofjofra archer and what he could do. Ben sto kes archer and what he could do. Ben stokes story of personal redemption, cleared of affray, he is quite something. It is notjob quite done yet, but yesterday was a fantastic platform to spring from. A serial thief who drugged and robbed victims after meeting them on gay dating apps has been convicted of murdering a businessman at his home in south london. A jury at the old bailey found Gerald Matovu guilty of killing Eric Michaels with an overdose of the dangerous sedative ghb. Matovu, who is 26, had previously admitted selling ghb to the serial killer stephen port. Daniel sandford was in court. Murdered for his bank cards, his phone and a few bottles of wine. Business executive and part time actor Eric Michaels. His killer was gerry matovu. They had met using the gay dating up grindr. They are seen here shopping in sainsburys on the way back to Eric Michaels house. There gerry matavou drugged him with ghb to rob him but gave him a fatal dose of the dangerous sedative, sometimes used as a chem sex drug. Eric michaels sons described the familys loss. I will never meet anyone like him again in my life. And losing him has been like losing a limb. The police knew all about Gerald Matovu. He had sold drugs to steven port, the notorious ghb serial killer. Today we can reveal that he had even drugged and robbed of a mac port himself before port was arrested for killing four men, prompting this misspelt exchange on whatsapp. But Gerald Matovu did go on robbing people with drugs. After killing Eric Michaels he left with a suitcase of loot. He is a liar, hasler, a thief. He had no regard for a persons welfare, no regard at all for their life. He is using a dangerous drug to facilitate his crimes. Five times Gerald Matovus robberies using ghb had been reported to police but the investigators were limited. At this east london hotel last may he targeted a dutch businessman. Here he drugged him and stole all his possessions, including his clothes, his laptop, his mobile phones and his laptop, his mobile phones and his bank arts. He even took the flat Screen Television and the toilet brush from the hotel bedroom. But police failed to identify the man who had drugged his victim into unconsciousness even though it would have been easy to do so from his grinder account. I do not understand why it was not followed up because we might not be where we are today if it was. It is a shame our dad had to die for them to go and find him basically. Erics sons want Police Forces to take cases where people are drugged much more seriously and they want the law changed to recognise just how lethal ghb can be. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Daniel sandford, bbc news. Theresa may has criticised tweets sent by donald trump in which the president said four democratic congresswomen should go back to where they came from. One of the women is from somalia and moved to the United States as a child, while the other three were born in the us. Nick bryant reports. Donald trump was made in the usa business event at the white house today, showcasing the kind of economic nationalism that has become a hallmark of his America First presidency. But it is his White Nationalism that has caused the latest political storm, a racist political attack aimed at four women of colour, three of whom were born in the usa. So interesting to see Progressive Democratic Congress Women who originally came from countries whose governments are a com plete countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe now telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful people on earth, how our government should be run. Why dont they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from where they came. These people in my opinion hate our country. Get a list of all of the state m e nts country. Get a list of all of the statements they have made and if they are not happy here, they can lead. These are the women he took aim at, dressed in suffragette white during the president s state of the union address. Only one congresswoman, union address. Only one congresswoman, originally from somalia was born out of the United States. Another was born in new york. He relies on racism, division and the sentiment to consolidate power because he does not have a positive vision of the future in america. I want you to know that you belong and this is our country and no amount of hate filled bullying from the white house will change that. We will fight that together and become stronger for it. Applause for the president and no criticism from republicans, some actually amplified his attack. But a stiff rebuke from downing street, theresa mays spokesperson calling it com pletely mays spokesperson calling it completely unacceptable. Race has a lwa ys completely unacceptable. Race has always been part of donald trump ofs political business model. You will remember he made his political name by claiming that barack obama was not born in america. He launched his 2016 president ial campaign with an attack on mexican immigrants. This, he believes, will win votes and not lose them and help him as he tries to seek re election next year. Anorexia is an eating disorder that can destroy lives. Teenage girls and young women are particularly vulnerable to whats long been considered a mental illness. But now scientists at Kings College london say it may also be a partly physical illness too. New research showed that changes hard wired into peoples dna alters the way they process fats and, making it easier for them to starve their bodies. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Laura is in recovery from anorexia. She was diagnosed when she was 15, she was so sick she had to be taken out of school and cared for full time at home. Mentally, it was probably the most terrific thing ive been through. The trauma that you put yourself through and mental torment every day, it seems never ending andi torment every day, it seems never ending and i can see why People Struggle to recover from ending and i can see why People Struggle to recoverfrom it. Anorexia is largely considered to be a psychiatric illness but a major new Study Suggests it may also be linked to metabolism. The way a person processes food and utilises energy. The dna of almost 17,000 patients across 17 countries was analysed. B metabolic picture we see in anorexia, we dont understand it yet but it does seem that people with anorexia are genetically predisposed towards having a lower bmi, towards having lower body fat, towards having a decreased risk of type two diabetes and towards having higher levels of good cholesterol. Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. It is estimated to affect at least 43,500 women and girls in the uk and 14,500 boys and men. 46 of those with the illness go on to recover, 33 eventually see their symptoms improve. But for 20 , treatments dont work and they remain chronically ill. Laura says she makes a daily effort to stay well and this tattoo is a signal to do so. This Research Sheds Light on why some people dont have internal signals, warning them when they are dangerously malnourished, may help develop new treatments and save lives. Our top story this evening. The world cup cricket champions celebrate their historic win over new zealand in the world cup. Still to come, the Second World War code breaker alan turing is chosen as the face of the new £50 note. On sportsday, celebrations for englands cricketers as they make their way to meet the Prime Minister at downing street following their world cup win. Two years ago twin sisters safa and marwa were born in pakistan, joined at the head. Its an incredibly rare condition, but now surgeons at great ormond street hospital in london have successfully separated the girls. The surgery was so complex it was performed over several stages totalling more than 50 hours and involving a huge team. In the first of three reports this week on conjoined twins, our medical correspondent fergus walsh and producer Rachael Buchanan have had exclusive access to the family and the surgery. Their report which some viewers may find distressing contains some flashing images. They are in this journey together in orderfor one of them they are in this journey together in order for one of them to do well, they have both got to do well. Joined at the head, safa and marwa have never seen each other. This is the start of an incredible journey aimed at giving them independence. Its october 2018 at great ormond street hospital. Their mother has been praying for this day for nearly two years. Safa and marwa are what is known as craniopagus twins. It is incredibly rare. They have separate brains but they are misshapen. The surgery is so complex it will happen in three stages over several months. The twins wont be physically separate until the final operation. We can see the artery but to do anything to. For each twin is supplying the others brain with blood. Cutting these connections is dangerous and will take two operations complete. The artery has been clamped. The twins have been in theatre now for more than seven hours and they are still seven hours of the operation to go. So far, everything is going to go. So far, everything is going to plan and both girls are doing well. This central segment will be our rigid keel to hold their head together. A frame is made from pieces of their skull which can be detached in later operations. Being older, they are pretty active and say whatever we do really has to be Strong Enough to resist the twisting and bending forces that they will be putting on their heads. The twins are from pakistan, ideally the surgery should have been done a year earlier when healing ability is strongest. But there were delays finding a donor to pay the medical costs. Despite the risks, the Family Doctors believe right to go ahead. Its clearly very difficult to go through life when you are joined together like that. So, it does make a persuasive case in favour of attempting the operation. The family are very clear on that. If we felt there wasnt a high chance we could do it safely, we would be thinking carefully about whether we should do it or not. I think the whole team feel its an excellent chance of a successful separation. Models of the twins brains and shared skull have been created using a 3d printer. For surgeons, its massively helpful. Being able to touch and hold things make so much difference to understanding how things are. This hemisphere, the right hemisphere of the brain, is standing up. This is projecting into the other childs skull. What we need to achieve is on twist the brains and that is pretty difficult to dojust twist the brains and that is pretty difficult to do just on your head. This is surgery without scalpels. Absolutely incredible. Using virtual reality. It works, it really works. Now we can see a whole lot more information and level of detail we havent been able to access previously. This is the way of the feature. A month after the first operation, the twins are back in theatre. Surgeons have to finish separating their shared blood vessels. There is something deep down there i cant see at the moment. But marwas heart begins to failand moment. But marwas heart begins to fail and they fear losing her. We arent stable but we are less on stable. Good enough for me. The crisis passes. Because marwa is the weaker, the surgeons give her a major blood vessel to increase her chances of survival. But it disadvantages safa. Shortly after the 20 hour operation, she has a strike. We were very close to losing her. She stayed in that critical state for 72 hours after surgery. It was very difficult time for the girls, theirfamilies was very difficult time for the girls, their families and was very difficult time for the girls, theirfamilies and the was very difficult time for the girls, their families and the team looking after them. But after a lengthy time in intensive care, both twins pulled through. The last two months after their last operation on the brain has been a bit of a stormy time for safa and marwa. But they are hanging in there and are both reasonably well. The next challenge will be to separate the girls. Fergus walsh, bbc news. And you can see the second part of fergus report as the twins are finally separated, tomorrow night. How do you stop children from seeing online pornography . Today was supposed to be the day when the uk became the first country in the world to bring into force a law that would block under 18s from viewing porn online. Its been delayed for months and now the bbc has learnt there are concerns over a potential conflict of interest between the online pornography sites and the Age Verification Technology developed to protect children. Our correspondent, Sangita Myska has more. Watching, sharing, stumbling across explicit sexual material online is a problem. The Childrens Charity the nspcc says its latest Research Shows that two thirds of 15 16 year olds have seen pornography. The affect can be damaging say campaigners childnet. They interviewed children and teenagers, their thoughts have been voiced by these actors. Once i started i wanted to see more. I couldnt stop myself. It was actually really horrible, people started crowding around to watch and they started saying things like, women are always up for it. You are going to see this, whether you like it or not. Its everywhere, you can find it so easily. It was to prevent that harm to kids the government introduced guidelines as part of the new law, the Digital Economy act. It aims to force porn sites to put up rigorous age checks. So a company that you have probably never heard of but has its uk offices here said it had come up with a solution. That company is called mind gig. It said it had come up with a software called age id that would block under 18s from accessing porn sites. So far, so good. But mind geek has another arm to its operation. It says it owns a portfolio of world class, Online Entertainment and roughly translated that means that it owns some of the Worlds Largest porn sites. There are some people who believe that is troubling because it creates a potential conflict of interest. It would be a bit like putting a fox in charge of the hen house. Their interest is going to be making it as easy as possible for their consumers to access their site. The age blocks should have come into force today. The government says it is sorry for the delay and did not follow the right eu rules. We should have notified under this directive the specific legislation which sets up the age verification requirements and im afraid we did not. I know it sounds incompetent, mistakes do happen and i am terribly sorry that it happened in such an important area. Last yearjust one mind geek owned porn site reportedly got nearly 64,000 views per minute, making the site millions of pounds. In a statement it said. Mind geek told the bbc that age id software is already live in germany but it will not apply to its uk sites until the law comes into force. Lets take a look at some of todays other news. Shares in sports direct, the uks largest sports retailer, have fallen sharply after it was forced to delay publication of its annual results. The company blamed issues relating to its purchase of the loss making house of Fraser Department store chain last august. It said auditors needed more time to sign off the results. Two million low paid workers may soon be eligible for statutory sick pay for the first time. Currently people have to earn the equivalent of 14 hours on minimum wage to qualify. The government is launching a consultation on the proposed changes. Environmental protesters have used boats to block roads in five uk cities including london, glasgow and cardiff. Extension rebellion wants the government to declare a Climate Emergency and said it was the start ofa emergency and said it was the start of a five day summer uprising. Alan turing was a brilliant mathematician a code breaker who helped the allies win the second world and a pioneer of early computing. Now he has been chosen as the new face for the £50 note. Its a significant recognition for the scientist whose greatest achievements were for many years overshadowed by his homosexuality. Our correspondent emma simpson reports. The scientist that will feature on the £50 note is alan turing. Applause out of nearly 1,000 scientists suggested by the public, today a glimpse of the new £50 note and a mathematical genius. Here at bletchley park, he helped crack the enigma code used by the nazis, turings machine instrumental in shortening the war and saving many lives. Im just a mathemtician. Youve got more secrets than the best of them. His story told in the hit film the imitation game. But alan turing made a host of other groundbreaking contributions to science, too. He is the father of modern computing, hes the father of artificial intelligence. Virtually everything we use today in our day to day lives is derived from turings genius. But he was also persecuted and convicted for being homosexual, taking his own life at the age of 41 but pardoned years later by the queen. Due in 2021, this note is more recognition for alan turings remarkable work. Emma simpson, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres nick miller. All settled to start the week but there are changes on the way. Low pressure coming in. In the short term, those parts of Eastern England are going to turn sunny and warm. It is High Pressure across us right now, about to be squeezed way southwards. Look at whats lurking in the wings, earlier of low pressure, turning wetter and breezy areas of low pressure. A cold front getting closer to Northern Ireland and western scotland so showers breaking up. England mist and fog. Temperatures dipped down into single figures, especially in the countryside through parts of Eastern England. Tomorrow, plenty of sunshine to start the day especially in england and wales and is where the front working through Northern Ireland and moving east. Not a huge amount of rain but its