Of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, after being given just 48 hours notice to attend a burial heres our Political Service in ethiopia. Editor Laura Kuenssberg labour has a big giveaway it hopes and more details emerge about the duchess of sussexs court to connect with you. Action against the mail fast fibre broadband for everyone everywhere, if they win, within ten years time. And mail on sunday. Another big intervention in the market, another expensive job for the state. And coming up on sportsday, on bbc labours money man is adding news. Rafa nadalfights back to keep the internet to rail, his hopes alive in the atp finals, water, energy and the mail but still needs other results he would like to take into public hands. The way well do it is if were to go his way. Putting that scale of public money and taxpayers money in, we want to ensure we own it as well, and that means bringing parts of bt into public ownership. Another big nationalisation with a big price tag. Yes, it is. Good evening. Yes, and what well do the duke of york has answered in the normal way is firstly, questions for the first time well issue bonds for shares, and what were doing is were about his relationship introducing a new tax, with the financierjeffrey epstein. Prince andrew has been accused the ones that gain their incomes of having links to the billionaire, from the internet, the apples who killed himself in prison and googles and amazons of this while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. World, and in that way we will pay in an exclusive interview with bbc for the day to day costs. Newsnights emily maitlis, Prince Andrew was asked whether you look at free broadband, about his relationship with one of epsteins accusers Free University fees, renationalisations, why should Virginia Roberts who said she was forced to have sex wealthy people in this country be with the duke three times. Entitled to free things . Buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him. Our royal correspondent because we believe we need Nicholas Witchell reports a more equal society, and the best way of getting that benefit to everyone is to make sure he is continuing with royal duties. You dont have hurdles last sunday he was at the cenotaph, like means testing. Laying a wreath with his nephews, and yet for month after month, this is hard nosed economics. He has been the focus of troubling questions. If we do not get on and do Prince Andrew, the queens second this, we will fall. Son, one moment seen waving we already are falling behind our from the doorway of the new york global competitors and we will fall home of a convicted child sex behind even further. Offender, jeffrey epstein, future generations and photographed strolling will not forgive us. Through central park with him. Your critics might say youre just addicted to spending other peoples money. Im not at all. The headlines have been lurid, other countries are having these relentless and deeply damaging. Visions and were not. Most serious of all is were being held back. The allegation that andrew himself had sex with a girl called if we dont do this, Virginia Roberts when she was i7 years old. We will be held back even further. Both of the main Party Leaders were on the stump in lancashire today. 18 years on, Virginia Roberts both stage managing the campaign, giuffre, as she is now, both battle buses now on the road. Insists shes telling the truth. But the approach borisjohnson is pursuing on the economy is very different. Can you all hear me . He knows exactly what hes done £5 billion to subsidise and i hope he comes clean about it. Thank you. Expanding broadband. A huge programme of investment in our roads, in telecoms, gigabit Buckingham Palace has consistently denied any impropriety by Prince Andrew. Now hes decided to speak broadband, unlike the crazed, crazed communist scheme for himself to bbc that was outlined earlier on today. Newsnights emily maitlis. One of epsteins accusers, we will give people Virginia Roberts, has made allegations against you. She says she met you in 2001. Gigabit broadband by 2025. She says she dined with you, danced with you at tramp nightclub in london. With the quality of broadband achingly different in different corners of the country, it matters in this campaign. She went on to have sex with you in a house scotland is ahead of the uk in belgravia belonging to ghislaine maxwell, your friend. In terms of our current your response . I have no recollection performance in many respects, the improvements we have seen of ever meeting this lady. None whatsoever. In Broadband Availability recently, but also in the scale of our ambitions. You dont remember meeting her . Ive been to about 30 no. Constituencies so far. 30 down, many more to go. Perhaps more dramatic plans too. Yes, the third one, come on. It was in 2001, according but this time round, with these to Virginia Roberts, that she had sex with andrew, on three occasions, leaders and these parties, including one orgy. The palace has denied that. In this election you cant say theyre all the same. In 2008, epstein was convicted bye, everybody, see you again. Of procuring for prostitution a girl Laura Kuenssberg, bbc news. Under the age of 18. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison. It was in 2010, after epstein had been released from prison, theres been a hostile reaction to labours plans from broadband that andrew visited him in new york, and stayed at his mansion. Providers and the Wider Business Community with questions being raised about how much it how does he explain that . Would actually cost. Our Business Editor simon jack reports on how it could work and how the problem was the fact that once he had been convicted. It could be paid for. You stayed with him. The uk has some of the slowest i stayed with him. Average broadband speeds in europe. And thats the bit that, that, it even trails madagascar, as it were, i kick myself for on a daily basis, making life difficult for the people because it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family, and we try and uphold the highest and businesses closer to home, in rocklands norfolk. Standards and practises, and i let the side down. We have trouble running simple as that. The business, sometimes the card machine, which is linked to the internet is a problem. I was in spain for 20 years and i lived in the most rural part of spain you can imagine. My Internet Speed was 100. But nothing about this story is simple. Jeffrey epstein cant i came here to rocklands answer questions and my Internet Speed was one. He took his own life in august. If you have families, everyone comes home from school, as for andrew, the us authorities will undoubtedly very much 00 05 02,110 2147483051 39 15,771 like to hear his account 2147483051 39 15,771 4294966103 13 29,430 of everything he witnessed. All the homeworks done online now, it makes it really tricky. Children are not able to do their homework, people are not able to work from home. The average household broadband bill is £30 a month. Labour would make it totally free, but not to the taxpayer, who labour estimate would pay £20 billion. The independent National Infrastructure commission estimates it would cost £34 billion. So why is it so expensive . At the moment, most of us get our broadband through a fibre optic cable that links to these old green cabinets where the existing slower Copper Network takes over to do that last mile into our homes and businesses. Replacing all of that with individualfibre into every property is something that only 8 of the country enjoys at the moment. Doing the other 92 is one heck of a job. 0penreach, bts broadband division, has 32,000 employees and sells its services to other operators like virgin media and talktalk. If bt broadband will be free, other Companies Wont be able to compete while taxing us companies to help pay for it risks putting them off britain. Clearly, everybody would like to have things for free, even if you classify broadband as a utility, you pay for all your other utilities because you have to have a return, so i think the cost of that provision will be huge and trying to levy that on taxes on other companies will not be popular, will not encourage investment in this country, it will just create investment uncertainty. Labour say they hope to come to an arrangement with bts competitors and if they cant, they might nationalise them too. Do you know anything about this bt share offer . Millions of people own shares in bt since the 1980s or through their pension funds. Labour Say Parliament will decide how much they get for them, meaning they may get less than market value. All parties agree that faster broadband is essential. Thats where the agreement ends. Simon jack, bbc news. Lets take a look at some of todays other election news. The liberal democrats say they would invest heavily in tackling Climate Change if theyre elected to power. They want to spend £100 billion over five years in areas such as clean energy and transport, and home insulation. And they reiterated their decision not to go into any kind of coalition in the event of a hung parliament. The green party has pledged to introduce a universal basic income by 2025 to replace the current universal credit system. It would see every adult receiving a minimum of £89 per week and they say it would be funded through taxation. More than 100 people have had to be rescued by Emergency Services as parts of the midlands were hit by more flooding and drivers were caught out by rapidly rising water. There are more than 100 flood warnings currently in place in parts of england and wales. 0ur Midlands Correspondent sian lloyd reports from evesham in worcestershire, where the river avon burst its banks. So would you like us to bring you out of the property, because of the water . You would like to be evacuated. Rescue boats have been launched throughout the day in evesham, as water levels on the avon continue to rise. Its been quite a protracted incident for us. Theres been a number of incidents across the county, and this is just one of many that our crews are dealing with currently. The river has reached its highest level since 2007, with only one road through evesham left open. This is one of the main routes through evesham, but half a mile is currently submerged beneath the floodwater. Its meant that many people havent been able to get through to their appointments at the Community Hospital today, and its had to restrict its services. The hereford and worcester fire and rescue service have helped more than 100 people in the past 2a hours, including trevor, who had become trapped inside his own home. I couldnt get out on my own, you know, i tried that earlier on and it was too deep for me to wade through, even with waders on. No such problem for this evesham resident. But with water levels still rising in some places, a number of communities are on stand by. All this water is working its way through, its taking a long time on the big rivers. Its likely its not going to peak at tewkesbury and upton until saturday, possibly sunday. This evening the work continued, as fire officers is pumped water from the cellar of a restaurant to keep the business open on what would be one of its busiest nights. Water levels are dropping in this town, but Emergency Services are preparing for a busy couple of days in communities where rivers are continuing to rise. Sian lloyd, bbc news, evesham. The former Us Ambassador to ukraine, who was fired by donald trump, has told an impeachment hearing in washington that she felt threatened and intimidated by the president. Marie yovanovich told the Congressional Committee that Donald Trumps personal lawyer had worked to discredit her, and she said his government had been manipulated by corrupt foreign interests. Mr trump is accused of pressurising ukraine to dig up damaging information about his democratic rivaljoe biden. The president denies any wrongdoing, but the impeachment process could eventually see him removed from office. 0ur north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. This was devastating and powerful testimony in what turned out to be a day of edge of your seat drama. The Us Ambassador to ukraine, marie jovanovic, thrust into the centre of a poisonous brew. She fell foul of a diplomatic back channel set up by Donald Trumps personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and was fired without warning. The smears against her were all untrue but in thejuly 25 call between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart, astonishingly the us president attacked her. The former ambassador from the united states, the woman, was bad news. Well, shes going to go through some things. So, what did she think when she learned of this a couple of months back . Iwas. Shocked and devastated that i would feature in a phone call between two heads of state in such a manner, where President Trump said i was bad and used to another world leader and that i would be going through some things. It was a terrible moment. Then, while she was giving evidence, and unbeknown to her, the president went on the attack again, tweeting that, things went bad wherever she served. She was made aware of this by the chairman of the committee. Well, its very intimidating. Designed to intimidate, is it not . I mean, i cant speak to what the president is trying to do but the effect is to be intimidated. Well, i want to let you know, ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. Republicans, too, were uneasy, but donald trump denied that hed done anything wrong. Sir, do you believe your tweets or words can be intimidating . I dont think so at all. Go ahead. Impeachment is the mechanism by which a sitting president could be removed from office, the high crimes and misdemeanors. The first stage is a vote in the house of representatives, which has to be carried by a simple majority. If thats passed, then the articles of impeachment go to the upper chamber. And here, the president is put on trial, with the hundred senators acting as the jury. For donald trump to be removed from office, two thirds of senators would have to find him guilty. A threshold thats never been reached before. This has been an uncomfortable day for donald trump. Tweeting against Marie Yovanovitch while she was giving evidence wasnt a smart move, raising questions about whether he was trying to intimidate a witness. But theres no sign that republicans are peeling away from him. And the less they do, the impeachment process goes nowhere and he certainly wont be removed from office. Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. The families of some of the 100 and 57 People Killed when a boeing 737 max crashed in ethiopia last march have accused Ethiopian Airlines of denying them the chance to attend a service for their loved ones at the site of the disaster. Relatives say theyve been left hopeless, outraged, and exasperated after the airline only gave them 48 hours notice of the event. The crash site, which has now become a burial ground, has been the focal point of families concerns and recriminations recently, as Simon Browning reports. There should have been choirs singing. Dad deserved to have his children there and his wife and his brothers. Zipporahs dad Joseph Waithaka was killed when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed in march. Yesterday, the final unidentifiable remains of those who died were buried at the site. Its been really heartbreaking, thinking that, you know, theres a part of dad sitting somewhere in a crater, just exposed. Last month, during a visit to the site, relatives saw human remains. It put Ethiopian Airlines under pressure to bury those who died. Two days before the burial, they sent the families an email, saying were going to be burying your loved ones in the next, you know, sort of a8 hours. They were just buried like people who didnt belong to anyone or werent loved by anyone. This was the second boeing 737 max to crash within five months, after a Flight Control system failed. Nine britons were onboard. Ethiopian airlines has not responded as to why the relatives werent given more notice. To not be there was, i dont think words could ever describe that, and there were mothers in the whatsapp group, you know, talking about how broken they were that they couldnt see their children to the end of the journey. My dad had a funeral yesterday and i missed it. Zipporah kuria talking to our reporter Simon Browning. Thereve been more developments today in the court action between the duchess of sussex and associated newspapers, reported by the website byline investigates. Our Legal CorrespondentClive Coleman is here. What more do we know . Very serious allegations by the duchess of sussex that in effect, associated newspapers, publishers of the daily mailand newspapers, publishers of the daily mail and the mail on sunday launched a fake news against her, that they lied when they said they showed the full text of a message from her father when they left out key parts of the letter because they didnt conform to the negative image that the paper wanted to portray of the duchess, that there were false stories about her baby shower and relationship with her mother and the refurbishment of her home with prince harry, frogmore cottage, for insta nce prince harry, frogmore cottage, for instance spending £5,000 on a copper bath, £500,000 on soundproofing, a lot of money on a yoga studio and tennis courts, none of which, she said, existed. She says they falsely claimed that the refurbishment was at the cost of the taxpayer, the public purse. Associated have told me that they intend to fight the case with the utmost vigour. They said that when the case was launched and they have said nothing has changed. It will be ugly. Thank you. Exactly four weeks to go now until we will know the result of the general election. Bbc news is looking at the political priorities in different parts of the uk. Today, our scotland editor sarah smith has been finding out what matters to people in aberdeen. Here in the north east of scotland, the battle lines are being drawn as marginal conservative seats become snp targets. In 2017, the tories won six seats from the snp, turning most of this area blue, but overall, the snp still holds 35 seats in scotland thats over half of the 59 available. In scotland there are two issues dominating. Independence is one the snp want to hold another Scottish Referendum next year. All other parties are opposed to such a move. Brexit is the second. Scotland voted 62 to remain in the eu. That inevitably means the Brexit Debate sounds different here. One issue of particular concern in this part of the country is immigration. The scottish economy relies more heavily on Migrant Labour than the rest of the uk, particularly here in the north east. Fire is the greatest hazard any of these oil workers could face. They come to aberdeen from around the world to learn how to douse the flames. This is a very multinational industry, that could be significantly affected by changes to immigration regulation. You have not enough skilled people in the uk. Thats why we are looking for guys from different countries. Here on the edge of the north sea, highly skilled workers are in short supply. Scotland, with its ageing population, needs Migrant Labour more than the rest of the uk. So the Scottish Government wants to control immigration policy a highly contentious idea. Im originally from algeria. I came here to provide my skills. I think having the ability to hire the best skilled professionals out there to support the needs for industry has to be an economic decision. It is an industry decision. It shouldnt really be driven by political agenda. Just feeding this industry is a huge task in itself, requiring caterers from all over the world. Many of these workers are classed as low skilled employees, so their firms worried about future immigration restrictions. 10 of our workforce is from outwith of the uk, so its important that we still have that access. The exotic plants in the Winter Gardens have come from all over the globe to settle here in aberdeen. Luckily enough, im local, so ive been coming back and forth to this park all my life. With one in four people in aberdeen born outside the uk, the staff here have noticed the changes. We simply cannae sustain scotland without input in immigration. If we didnt have that, we wouldnt be the country that we are. The immigration debate sounds different in scotland because the country has a greater need to welcome incomers. Without them, it simply wont be possible to grow this economy. The results of this election in scotla nd the results of this election in scotland may have a very Significant Impact on the outcome across the whole of the uk. In 2017 it was only because the conservatives made significant gains in scotland that maine was able to a government. For the labour party, they always have believed that their route back to power had to come through scotland, winning backseats that they used to dominate here when they were the Largest Party. The Largest Party now is the snp and its possible they may end up holding the balance of power if there is a hung parliament. If that happened they would demand another referendum on scottish independence, which could mean that the future unity of the whole of the United Kingdom was at stake. What happens in scotland really will matter for the whole country. Thank you. Thats it from me. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello there. Well see little change to the weather heading into this weekend. With low pressure always nearby, its going to stay rather unsettled, rather cloudy for many of us with further outbreaks of rain. And its going to stay chilly as well, certainly chilly for the time of year. Now, this big area of low pressures caused all sorts of problems for the western half of europe heavy snow, torrential rain and flooding like weve seen in venice and its also brought us dreary weather and its going to continue through tonight. A lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain at times, certainly for england and wales, southern and eastern scotland. A few clear spells in the far southeast and certainly across northern and western scotland and northern ireland, where it could be quite cold with a touch of frost and some fog patches. Into saturday, then, probably the best of the brightness again across the far northwest of the country. Thicker cloud further south, some patches of rain here and there, a few glimmers of brightness. The winds will be a bit lighter across the board, so it shouldnt feel quite as cold as it has done the last few days. As we head on into sunday, could be quite wet through central portions of the country. Some brightness at the top and tail of the country. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im katie shanahan. Coming up on the programme tonight. Sign, sealed, and delivered. Alexander zverev beats Daniil Medvedev to send rafa nadal home. The world number one digs deep to win his final match, but itjust wasnt enough. And its medals galore for Great Britain at the world para athletics championships in dubai as they finish third in the table. Hello and welcome to the programme. Well start tonight at londons 02 arena, as the defending champion Alexander Zverev has just knocked rafa nadal out of the atp finals. Hes done it by beating Daniil Medvedev in straight sets as Craig Templeton explains. Ina in a tournament where the calculations can be a little cloudy tonight it was simple. A win for al 0ne tonight it was simple. A win for al one would see him in the semi finals. If Deniil Medvedev sought victory, that it would be a finalfor sought victory, that it would be a final for rafael nadal. Zverev was up final for rafael nadal. Zverev was up to the challenge reading the russian pots and advances in racing toa russian pots and advances in racing to a 2 0 weed. He showed flashes of the kind of tennessee is capable of but on the big points there were some wild wet ashes. Looking to defend his title. Medvedev was criticised for his attitude and defeat to nadal on wednesday. In the second said he looked calmer and was seeing things clearer. He was still unable to break zverevs surface of and that means one thing, taipei. This is where zverev took his chance first finding the baseline. And then finding the ace to send him through