It is also the kind of immigration we have got. We want people coming here who want to contribute but we have to control the costs. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn refuses to confirm whether or not Free Movement of people from the eu will be included in the partys general election manifesto. My instinct is to recognise that the economies are interdependent around the world, that we all benefit from people moving to and working in different societies. The government and the armed forces are accused of covering up illegal killings by british troops in afghanistan and iraq. And in half an hour the bbcs Technology Programme click looks at the perils of the gig economy. Prince andrew has categorically denied having any sexual contact with a woman, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17. He told Bbcs Newsnight he could not have been with Virginia Roberts on the day in question in 2001 as he was at home after spending the afternoon at a Pizza Express in woking with his daughter. The prince was also grilled about his friendship with the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Our royal correspondent, Nick Witchell reports. In the state rooms at Buckingham Palace, a Senior Member of the British Royal family, Prince Andrew, second son of the queen, is preparing to be interrogated about allegations of sleazy behaviour and gross misjudgment. Your royal highness, weve come to Buckingham Palace in highly unusual circumstances. At issue, which of these two people is telling the truth . Andrew or Virginia Roberts, 17 years old when this photograph was taken . Groomed, she says, to provide sexual favours to powerful men. Even the photo is contentious. Andrew says he has no memory of it. Tramp, a nightclub in central london. Virginia roberts says she was there with andrew one night in march 2001. She says they later had sex. Andrew says he was with his family. And he told the bbcs emily maitlis, theres a medical reason why ms roberts allegation cannot be true. She was very specific about that night. She described dancing with you. No. And you profusely sweating, and that she went on to have. Theres a slight problem with the sweating, because i. I have a peculiar medical condition which is that i dont sweat or that i didnt sweat at the time. Is it possible that you met Virginia Roberts, dined with her, danced with her in tramp, had sex with her, on another date . No. Do you remember meeting her at all . No. You can say categorically that you dont recall meeting Virginia Roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp and going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia . I can absolutely categorically tell you it never happened. Do you recall any kind of sexual contact with Virginia Roberts, then or at any other time . None whatsoever. The other key figure in all of this isjeffrey epstein, the new york financier who befriended andrew. Epstein employed Virginia Roberts and many other young girls. In 2008 he was convicted of a child sex offence and sent to prison. So. Do you regret the whole friendship with epstein . Now, still not, the reason being that the people that i met and the opportunities that i was given to learn, either by him or because of him, were actually very useful. In 2010 andrew visited epstein after his release from prison and stayed for several nights at his home in new york. A wrong judgment, andrew now says i let the side down. 0verall, did he think his behaviour had damaged the royalfamily . I dont believe its been damaging to the queen at all. It has to me. I wonder what effect this has had on your close family . Youve got daughters of your own. It has been what i would describe as a constant sore in the family. Finally, as he looks back. I wonder if you have any sense now of guilt, regret, or shame about any of your behaviour and your friendship with epstein . As far as mr epstein is concerned, it was the wrong decision to go and see him in 2010. Do i regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming . Yes. Unbecoming . He was a sex offender. Yeah. Im sorry, im being polite. Andrew will be hoping that his answers will allow him to move on. That remains to be seen. Joining me now is simonjones who is outside buckingham. Any response from the royal family to the interview and the coverage it has generated . To be honest, the queen is certainly going to want to keep out of this one. We understand the decision to do this interview was made by Prince Andrew himself, along with his advisors. A short time ago big crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace for the daily change of the guard ceremony but, to be honest, it wasnt the spectacle that everyone has been talking about. A lot of tourists here watch that interview last night and many people are questioning whether it has done more harm than good for Prince Andrews reputation. That certainly seems to be the view of some of the papers today. Take a look at the front of the mail on sunday. Another front page. No sweat talking about Prince Andrew saying he wouldnt have been sweating in a nightclub because he had a condition at the time, meaning he didnt actually sweat. I think people watching the documentary, some have said that he came across very self assured but the criticism seems to be there may have been a lack of self awareness. His refusal to apologise for the friendship with epstein particularly being picked up by people. One royal commentator said that ahead of the interview they thought it was going to be a bit of a train wreck. They said having seen a today described it as a plane crashing into an oil tanker, that causing a tsunami, setting off a nuclear explosion. They thought it was that bad. The prince certainly helped by speaking out and answering these questions for 45 minutes it might somehow draw a line under what has happened but many are saying it only raises even more questions. 0ne person who has come to his defence, his former wife sarah ferguson. She said ahead of the broadcast that he was truthful and honest. That was his character. But certainly amongst people here, some surprised at what they saw when they tuned into that Box Office Event last night. Simon jones, thank you very much. Simon jones, thank you joining me now is the former bbc royal correspondentjennie. Good afternoon. Thanks to speaking to us. During your time covering the files, you have covered many of the most high profile stories including the break up of Prince Andrews marriage to sarah ferguson. What impression did you form of the duke of york then and to what extent does this interview reinforce that impression or did we see a different side to him . Actually, the breakup of the marriage came in the middle of the marriage came in the middle ofa of the marriage came in the middle of a general Election Campaign in 1992 which became the annus horribilis. History seems to be repeating itself here. As for the man himself, i am afraid i have a lwa ys man himself, i am afraid i have always found him rather arrogant, self important always found him rather arrogant, self importa nt and i always found him rather arrogant, self important and i think in the interview last night he came across again asjust that, interview last night he came across again as just that, particularly outstanding words were that he thought he was too honourable by nature. Pro andrew you have to go all the way to new york to break up this friendship after epstein had been change, a convicted six offender, or as a prince put it, a man who behaved in a unbecoming manner. In 2006 with the warrant for epsteins arrest was issued, andrew ended all his contact with epstein. He ended it. So why four years later did he then feel they need to fly to ego, stay in a mansion with him, have a dinner party for four days and then say, i have to tell you it is inappropriate for us to be seen in public and when did he choose to do that . He went to central park, one of the most Public Places in new york to telling that. Where he was photographed, and thus. Do you think there is any hope as a result of this interview of the palace being able to regain any kind of initiative on this story because, it is going to be extremely hard. Initiative on this story because, it is going to be extremely hardlj think it is a huge own goal and an own goal in that interview was that at the very end she gave him the chance to say anything. Almost like a job interview. Is there anything else you would like to add . No, he didnt. He did not express revulsion for epstein, sympathy or empathy for his victims. I dont see how they will get back from this. This has been a difficult few weeks, to put it mildly. Gusty harry and megan interview. Now this Prince Andrew interview. Now this Prince Andrew interview which has a potential to be very damaging, notjust for him but the royal family. Be very damaging, notjust for him but the royalfamily. Do be very damaging, notjust for him but the royal family. Do you be very damaging, notjust for him but the royalfamily. Do you get be very damaging, notjust for him but the royal family. Do you get a sense of loss of grip in Buckingham Palace . I do wonder who he spoke to. Emily said on newsnight on friday that their understanding was approvalfor this that their understanding was approval for this interview had to come from the highest echelon, which he understood to be the queen and the queen herself gave the go ahead earlier last week on monday or tuesday. I just think the advice that perhaps the queen is getting has been wrong. You would have thought they would have learned the lessons from panorama and diana in 1995 which even the princess came to regard as a mistake. Ciao speaking to Jonathan Dimbleby in regard as a mistake. Ciao speaking toJonathan Dimbleby in which he admitted adultery. Another huge mistake. Prince charles. It was universally regarded by the family and advises as a mistake to let cameras in on the magic of monarchy. They just keep repeating cameras in on the magic of monarchy. Theyjust keep repeating the same mistakes. Pleasure to speak to you. Thanks very much. And if you missed that interview yesterday. You can watch the whole thing on iplayer now, and its called Prince Andrew and the epstein scandal. The conservatives have set out more details of their plans for immigration after brexit, saying migrants will be treated equally regardless of where they come from. But theyve refused to set a number for the number of people coming into the country. MeanwhileJeremy Corbyn has refused to say whether he would favour the continued Free Movement of migrants after brexit. 0ur Political Correspondent Susana Mendonca was listening to the foreign secretary speaking on his partys immigration plans. In terms of their line today, they are talking about immigration and the need to end freedom of movement. And labour too . Both of them are talking about it. The conservatives are specifically looking at what they would do when we leave the european union, saying that people would need a job offer whether they are coming from the eu or anywhere else. Saying that the charge for using the nhs would increase forforeign migrants from £400 a year to £650 a year. Also saying that migrants wouldnt be able to claim benefits for five years. That is their pitch today. Then we have the labour party who have also got their manifesto which we are going to get clear details later on this week. We understand they hammered it all out yesterday. There was a bit of a question about what happens in terms of freedom of movement because at the Party Conference grassroots members had said that they wanted to extend freedom of movement. Jeremy corbyn has addressed that issue today. We understand that in the manifesto there is not going to be an explicit attempt to extend freedom of movement but he was talking about how, from his perspective, what he thinks those members were talking about is family reunion. Those immigrants who had come to the uk and the right they have to bring their family over later on. He was saying he is in agreement with the principle of that but it obviously needs to be looked at in some detail. Explaining that element of it. We understand that in the Labour Party Manifesto there is going to be some policy in there around regulating employment so people dont feel as though they are being undercut by foreign workers. Jeremy corbyn was asked whether or not Free Movement would end if there were a labour government. He wouldnt be pinned down on the detail. He did say there would be a great deal of movement after brexit. There will be a great deal of movement. A great deal of movement . So Free Movement will not end. You will have to wait until thursday. I know you are very impatient. I am, ijust want you to tell me what is going to happen. You will know on thursday. 0verall, immigration has been a huge issue around brexit and different voices in the labour party have felt different things. I am trying to work out whether your instinct is for more Free Movement of people around the world, including from the eu. My instinct is to recognise that economies are interdependent around the world, that we all benefit from people moving to, living in and working in different societies and we benefit massively from the vast number of overseas students that come here. I dont want to turn my back on that and i dont want us to become an isolated society. I am proud of the diversity of our society and country and i want that to be a basis of how we live. In terms of the conservatives, we have heard from dominic raab today, the foreign secretary. The conservatives have had a bit of a difficult time with the issue of immigration because they have talked about bringing it down to the tens of thousands, never actually meeting that target. Dominic raab was asked about this today. Would you be able to set a target for how low you would get immigration . And it was very clear he didnt want to be drawn on the numbers and it seems to be a tactic from different government ministers about this issue, that they are talking about not setting arbitrary targets because if you dont set a target that you cant be accused of not hitting that target here is what he said. We will make sure that the government and parliament has got control over immigration so we get the advantages, the benefits and the innovators coming here, creatingjobs. How do you judge if control is being used properly . We also control the costs and the pressures that immigration, if it is uncontrolled, undoubtedly places. We can make sure that by exercising a points based system we have got control year by year, and i think that is the way you bring down immigration but you do it responsibly in a way that gets the advantages but also controls the cost. If immigration comes down by one person, if in five years time net immigration is 226,000, minus one, is that a success . Not on its own but. People will want to know that it is notjust the volume which we are committed to bringing down but also the kind of immigration. We want people coming here who want to contribute to our economy, public services. But we have got to control the cost. Dominic raab there. The other parties, the big other parties, the liberal democrats and the snp are kicking up over the terms of election debates that broadcasters are having. It that something that has been addressed . They are very unhappy they will not be involved in this big debate on tuesday between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson and they have not been included. The snp, we heard earlier that they are taking legal action in order to try and get them included in this debate and they are very unhappy. People were sending mps to parliament and you need to have the plurality of voices in that debate. Everyone must be represented. We have now got a multiparty system and i think one of the difficulties is theresa may and Boris Johnson have never come to terms with the fact they are a minority government and they will have to realise other parties will be sending mps to the house of commons. We may be in a minority government situation and i think it is right that the public hear the views of the other parties that are standing in this election. That is democracy and fairness. I think it isjust a sign of how high the stakes are in this election because we could end up in a situation where you have the snp or liberal democrats potentially holding the balance of power so really keen to be involved. Sport, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Good morning. Raheem sterling is expected to return to the england team later today as they face kosovo in pristina in theirfinal euro 2020 qualifying game. He was dropped from the team which beat montenegro last week after his confrontation with team mate joe gomez at the training camp. Gomez wont play because hes injured. But england will be hoping for another big win over kosovo. We have got a lot of good attacking players. That is the beauty of this team, that we can. It is difficult for defences to focus on one person to try and stop them because three, four other players can step forward, score goals, create goals. The movements are good and the individual ability is good, so i think we are quite difficult at the moment for the opposition to plan for. Its going to be a long couple of days for wales, who know a win on tuesday at home to hungary will seal their automatic qualification for euro 2020. They beat azerbaijan in their penultimate match, while group rivals slovakia lost. Obviously delighted with the result. The performance was good as well. There are always things that you can do better but overall it is not a easy place to come to and for us to show the composure that we did, i was really pleased. Northern ireland though will have to try to qualify via the play offs. They drew 0 0 with the netherlands after captain steven davis missed a penalty in belfast. Scotland already knew they were consigned to the play offs, so their win over cyprus was just a morale boosting consolation, 2 1 the final score. Next up kazakhstan on tuesday. Its being billed as womens football weekend. Later today, theres a Merseyside Derby at anfield and a north london derby at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. But what does it actualy mean to get to step out in a massive stadium against your local rivals . Tottenham ladies captain Jenna Schillaci has been speaking to football focus. Playing in one of the best stadiums in the world against arsenal, it is just incredible and if i look back toa just incredible and if i look back to a younger day, if i had the opportunity to come down here and watch tottenham ladies play, how amazing that they can dream and now be professional footballers and one day hopefully they can live my dream as well. Day hopefully they can live my dream as well. Saracens begin their european champions cup title defence today when they take on racing 92 in paris. But still the pre match headlines are all about their pending domestic points deduction and huge fine for breaching the premierships salary cap regulations. Saracens are not challenging a story in a newspaper today which claims they wont be contesting the sanctions. The deadline is midnight tomorrow. Englands Tommy Fleetwood has a share of the lead in the nedbank challenge on the final day at sun city. His round included three eagles and four birdies. This was his last eagle at the 14th. Unfortunately, he did make a few bogeys which means hes seven under for his round, and in the clubhouse on 12 under for the tournament. Swedens Marcus Kinhult is also on 12 under but still has a few holes to play. Joss butler hit a century in englands final warm up game, ahead of their two test series in new zealand. But the game ended in a draw in whangarei. Butlers 110 runs helped england make 405 in reply to the new zealand a sides 302 6 declared. And despite three wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldnt bowl them out in time so it was drawn. The first test is on wednesday in tauranga. Stefanos tsitsipas will face Dominic Thiem in the final of tenniss world tour finals in london this afternoon. Its the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. The greek player, whos 17 years younger than federer, took an early lead and eventually the first set. Federer was flawless in beating Novak Djokovic earlier in the competition but was well below par as tsitsipas eventually took the match in straight sets. The f1 championship was decided a couple of weeks ago but still two more races in the season to go. Its the brazilian grand prix, today and Max Verstappen will start on pole position. His red bull was just a tenth of a second faster than Sebastian Vettels ferrari. New World Champion Lewis Hamilton slipped into third place right at the end of the session. Thats all the sport for now, ill have more in the next hour. The government and armed forces have been accused of covering up illegal killings by british troops in afghanistan and iraq. An investigation by bbc panorama and the sunday times has spoken to a dozen british detectives who say they found credible evidence of war crimes. But the investigators say strong cases were not prosecuted. The ministry of defence has denied the claims. Richard bilton has more. Across two decades, british soldiers have fought wars in afghanistan and iraq. Most did their duty and came home. But some were accused of committing war crimes. Panorama has found evidence the state covered up what they did. Like the killing of rahid al musawi in basra in 2003. Translation when rahid opened the door, the british soldier was crouching behind a pile of rubbish in the street. As soon as rahid walked out, the british soldier shot him here. Detectives from the Iraq Historic Allegations Team investigated the case. They wanted to prosecute one soldier for the killing and his Commanding Officer for covering up what happened. But no one was charged. This detective asked to be interviewed anonymously. The ministry of defence had no intention of prosecuting any soldier of whatever rank he was unless it was absolutely necessary and they couldnt wriggle their way out of it. Ihat looked at hundreds of cases, but in 2017, the investigation was shut down, along with 0peration northmoor, which was looking at killings in afghanistan. There were no prosecutions. Panorama has spoken to insiders in both investigations. They say cases were covered up. Key decisions were being taken out of our hands. There was a more and more pressure coming from the mod to get cases closed as quickly as possible. The mod says military operations are conducted lawfully, and that decisions not to prosecute were made independently and after extensive investigation. Richard bilton, bbc news. And you can see the full story on panorama, tomorrow on bbc one at 9pm. Sri lankas former wartime defence secretary, gota baya rajapa ksa, has been declared the winner of the countrys president ial election. He defeated his main rival by more than a million votes. National security was one of the biggest issues in campaigning. Thats after co ordinated terror attacks by militants linked to the Islamic State group, on churches and hotels in april which left 259 people dead. Mr rajapaksa is due to be sworn in at a ceremony on monday. 0ur south asia regional editor Anbarasan Ethirajan is here. You have interviewed Gotabaya Raja pa ksa before you have interviewed Gotabaya Rajapa ksa before on you have interviewed Gotabaya Rajapaksa before on a number of occasions. What is heat like . What has made him such a favourite to win thisjob and has made him such a favourite to win this job and buy is has made him such a favourite to win thisjob and buy is he has made him such a favourite to win this job and buy is he so controversial . He always projected the image of a strong man. You look around the globe, you have a strong man leadership from brazil to india to different parts of the world. He a lwa ys to different parts of the world. He always projected that, especially after the Easter Sunday bombings when everyone accused the government of failing intelligence warning. He came out and said the government failed to provide enough security. It did not take it seriously. That image really played well with the majority intra leica. He was also the defence secretary during the war with the tamil tiger rebels which ended ten years ago in which tens of thousands of people were killed. He was the all powerful defence minister at the time and his brother was president. He is widely credited with overseeing. He disregarded international opinion, International Criticism at that time about the rising civilian casualties, allegations of attacking hospitals. So he was a man who brought an end to violence intra leica. That really played out well because he said, i will bring security to the country. What is surprising is the margin of victory. That is really surprised many people. Very comfortable victory. I suppose the big question is whether a man who is so associated with events during the end of the war, a particularly bloody period in sri lanka by smug history, can beat the person to unite the country at a time when the tamil tigers feel oppressed. We do know that muslims were attacked after the bombing seen earlier in the year. Easy the kind of thing to bring sri lankans together . Soon after victory he was talking about how we want to be a leader for the sri lankans. But sri lanka is a very divided country. We saw what happened after the Easter Sunday bombings. There were coordinated attacks on muslim shops and businesses. Muslims are a minority in sri lanka and the tamils have not come to terms with what has happened after the conflict. There are thousands of people still missing. The main accusation was against gota baya raja pa ksa. The main accusation was against gota baya rajapa ksa. He the main accusation was against Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He denies all the charges of Rights Violations and the charges of Rights Violations and the muslims are now feeling very insecure after what had happened in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings, they were being targeted bya bombings, they were being targeted by a mob. This is a challenge. Whether he can bring these communities together. It is a very small country but highly charged in terms of politics. The ethnic and religious divide is quite strong. He has demanded to bring the country together because now we can say he is to be strong man who can bring the country together. But is he going to do that or is he going to idea to the majority. That was what was giving consent for the tamils and muslims. It is a big challenge for him and the country will expect this from him to bring the communities together. The photographer terry 0neill has died at the age of 81. Seen here on his last public appearance receiving his cbe last month, he rose to fame in the 60s, photographing the Rolling Stones and the beatles long before they were famous. He had a Long Association with david bowie and was married to the Actress Faye Dunaway for four years. He captured some of the most Iconic Images of film and music stars of the 60s and 70s. He died at home after a long battle with prostate cancer
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