america's first lady, melania trump, wins damages and an apology from the daily mail after false claims that she worked as an escort. the venezuelans who claim they've been forced into a life of crime to feed themselves as their country's economic crisis deepens. and, leicester city's european dream is dented. they're beaten by atletico madrid in the champions league as their fans clash with police. dortmund lose their quarter—final first leg to monaco, 2a hours after the attack on their team bus. good evening. in the space ofjust over a year and a half at least nine babies died during, or shortly after, birth at one nhs trust in shropshire. most of those deaths were avoidable. five of the babies died following failures to monitor their heart rate properly during labour. their deaths have prompted such concern that the health secretary jeremy hunt has now ordered a review of the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust. but it says its mortality levels are in line with the national average. our correspondent michael buchanan has this exclusive report. basic errors at this trust have caused healthy babies to die. i don't want another mum to feel this. dad to have to put the lid on his daughter's coffin. promises to learn lessons have not been kept. they were interpreting my heart rate as hers. they missed the opportunity to see that there was any distress. but now a family long denied justice themselves have prompted the health secretary to act. how many more babies need to die at this trust before somebody says enough is enough? we need now to investigate. that's all i've got left. bits of hair is not enough. a memory box is all that kellyjones has of her twin girls ella and lola. her daughters were stillborn in 2014. the trust admitted the deaths were avoidable but failed to spot their heart rates were deteriorating, so the twins suffered fatal brain injuries. that midwife come in crying, saying, oh, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry. too late, damage is done. my girls are gone. hospital staff ignored kelly's repeated calls for them to deliver the twins, leaving her now utterly bereft. they had four missed opportunities to deliver my girls and they didn't. so now i get to spend the rest of my life going what if, what if, what if? following the twins‘ deaths, the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust promised kelly they'd improve how they monitored babies‘ heart rates during labour but the mistakes continued. errors with foetal heart monitoring contributed to the deaths of five healthy babies between september 2014 and may 2016. the most recent of which was ivy morris. i never saw her smile. it wasjust something that she couldn't do. ivy died last may, aged just four months. a brain injury at birth gave her little quality of life. the hospital had mistaken her mother's heartbeat for ivy's and failed to spot the baby was in distress. i've had an apology from the hospital. i've had assurances that this won't happen again and i accept those but otherfamilies have had those assurances and those apologies and if they were followed up in the way that they said that they would, and in the way they had assured those families, then i wouldn't be sat here talking to you and i would have my daughter. foetal heart monitors are commonly used in women in labour to ensure the baby isn't in distress. mistakes are made but the repeated errors at the shrewsbury and telford trust have prompted the health secretary into taking action. jeremy hunt has ordered a review of deaths and other maternity errors, a move prompted by the tireless campaigning of one family. richard and rhiannon have fought the trust for years following the avoidable death of a daughter, kate. isabella's big sister died in 2009 following numerous mistakes during labour. after seven years of fighting, their determination eventually got them a full apology but they say the trust could have avoided more deaths if they hadn't been ignored. they haven'tjust killed my daughter, but they have disregarded the value of her life, her memory. her life had value and meaning because there was so much from it that they could have learned and improved from. the shrewsbury and telford trust have promised they'll co—operate fully with the upcoming review. their medical director admitted to me they'd made mistakes. sadly, there are cases where losses occur. what families expect when a loss occurs, at an absolute minimum, is that lessons are learned. i would acknowledge that in the case of foetal heart rate monitoring we've identified a number of cases where that hasn't been fully implemented and where we have learned both in terms of human error and in terms of analysis of monitoring. too many families have been failed by this trust. the upcoming review will hopefully stop such unnecessary heartache. michael is here now. tragic for the families involved there. how hard is it to pinpoint blame, though? very difficult. we certainly can't pinpoint at any individual. we have looked into deaths in which midwifes and doctors made mistakes, where doctors and midwifes in some cases made mistakes, jointly with some babies. ido mistakes, jointly with some babies. i do think, however, there is a cultural problem at this trust. there was an official report published last year by nhs england which found there was a lack of a safety at this trust going back to 2009 and the trust's utter refusal to a cce pt 2009 and the trust's utter refusal to accept responsibility for years for the death of kate, who you heard about there. there was a second review of all trusts in england published last year as well looking at how they learned lessons from incidents and mistakes and this trust again was one of the worst in england, described as having a poor reporting culture. the sad truth is that nobody we have spoken to expects that these are the only deaths avoidable deaths at this trust and the families we have spoken to simply hope that this review will mean that other parents don't suffer as they have in recent yea rs. don't suffer as they have in recent years. thank you. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has spent two hours talking to president putin at the kremlin this evening. the meeting — behind closed doors — was described by the russians as substantial, frank and open. afterwards, at a press conference there was no hiding the differences between america and russia with their foreign ministers poles apart on everything from president assad's future after the chemical attack in syria to whether russia interfered with the us election. from moscow, our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. the last time he was in russia rex tillerson wasp april oil man doing multimillion dollar deals with the kremlin, drinking champagne with vladimir putin. he even got an award from him. but in moscow today it was a political deal, secretary of state tillerson was seeking over syria. not easy with us—russian relations at their worst since the end of the cold war. he met his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. then behind closed doors in the kremlin president putin. there was a lot to talk about. including this. last week, america launched kruz missiles, targeting a syrian air base, an act of aggression said russia against moscow's ally. washington claimed it was an appropriate response to the recent chemical weapons attack in the syrian town of khan sheikhoun. today, america and russia publicly disagreed about who was behind it. the facts that we have are conclusive, that the recent chemical weapons attack carried out in syria was planned and it was directed and executed by syrian regime forces. translation: we saw no evidence of this and from tv pictures and eyewitnesss who were at the base when the planes took off, it's clear there were no signs of any chemical substances present there. there was disagreement too over president assad. moscow appears unwilling to do what america would like it to, stop supporting him. today, donald trump called president assad truly evil and criticised russia for backing him. clearly, our view is that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. they have again brought this on themselves with their conduct of the war these past few years. translation: we have been through this before. this obsession with ousting dictators and we know only too well how it all ends. rex tillerson may in the past have drunk champagne with vladimir putin, he may even have got a medal from him but that was business. this is geeo—politics. the reality is that russia believes it has nothing to gain and a lot to lose from abandoning president assad and until that changes it's not going to do it. later at the un security council russia vetoed a draft resolution on the chemical attack, one that would have required the syrian government to co—operate with an investigation. tonight, moscow and washington acknowledged that relations must improve. but so deep are the divisions over syria and other issues too it's hard to see how that improvement is going to happen. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. within the last hour, president trump has been speaking about syria in a press conference with the nato secretary general in washington. let'sjoin our north america editorjon sopel. certainly more tough talking from donald trump. yeah, very much so. donald trump. yeah, very much so. donald trump. yeah, very much so. donald trump described the syrian president as a butcher in an answer that he gave me during that news conference and the tough talking about syria goes on. but that's had about syria goes on. but that's had a knock—on effect with relations with russia as well because russia is supporting the syrian regime and continues to do so, despite protestations from america. and that has led to people talking about the relationship being at an all—time low, that trust is non—existent so i asked president trump this question. mr president, do you think it's conceivable, what's your instinct, was it possible that syrian forces could have launched that attack in idlib last week without the russians knowing? and, have you been disappointed, surprised by vladimir putin's reaction since then? i think it's certainly possible, i think it's probably unlikely and i know they're doing investigations into that right now. i would like to think that they didn't know, but certainly they could have, they were there. so, we'll find out. general mattis is looking into it with the entire pentagon group that does that kind of work. so, it was was very disappointing to see. it's disappointing no matter who does it, but when you get into the gases, specially that form, it's vicious and violent and everybody in this room saw it all too many times, over the last three or four days, young children dying, babies dying, fathers holding children in their arms that were dead, dead children. there can't be a worse sight and it shouldn't be allowed. that's a butcher, that's a butcher. so, i felt we had to do something about it. i have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing and it was very, very successfully done, as you well know. thank you. we don't know is what the wider strategy now is towards syria. we have heard rex tillerson in his news conference talking about the assad regime being near its end and they've brought it all on themselves. but does that mean that themselves. but does that mean that the us policy is now actively working towards regime change? and if that is the case, how are they going to pursue that? where does it leave relations with russia? we have heard president trump talking about, heard president trump talking about, he is still hopes it will be possible there will be a reset in the relations with vladimir putin, but with each day that passes sounding less and less confident that will be possible to happen. i think what's going to happen next is that we will see rex tillerson coming back to the united states and there being a full debrief on the talks that he had with the russian foreign minister and the talks that he had with vladimir putin. seeing if there is any way which is what the americans would love to do of prising russia away from backing assad and the syrian regime. police in germany say they've detained a suspected islamic extremist after three explosions hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team last night. they say they're treating the incident as a terror attack. the match against monaco, which was moved to this evening, was marked by shows of defiance by both sets of fans. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, is in dortmund tonight. # you'll never walk alone #. after an attack on home ground, this is how the world of football responded. dortmund's fans and their monaco rivals in unison. # you're never walk alone #. security fears put aside for a match which mattered. we want to show that we don't care for the terrorism, we want to see football. we want to see a good match and that's important, i think. this was, police believe, a targeted attack on the dortmund team. three explosive devices, packed with metal pins, planted along their route to the stadium. explosives with a range of 100 metres. investigators have yet to establish a motive, but they're examining letters found at the scene. translation: three letters were found at the site, they suggest a possible islamist background. among others things, they demand the withdrawal of german tornados from syria and the closure of ramstein air base in germany. these letter are being investigated by islamic experts. the dortmund team arrived earlier tonight without one of their defenders. marc bartra posted this picture earlier following surgery on his wrist. a policeman was also injured in the attack, although not seriously. translation: we were all appalled yesterday when we heard about the attack on the bus of the bvb players in dortmund. we sincerely wish the injured, the player marc bartra, and also the policeman full recovery and we all agree that we are dealing here with a disgusting deed. dortmund's defeat tonight may have disappointed some, that the match was played at all was, for most here, the real victory. let me bring you up—to—date with the investigation. police have arrested one man and they say they've identified another suspect, both are said to have islamist connections. there are unconfirmed, though widespread reports in the german media, that the arrested man is an iraqi national and the other suspect a german man. that investigation is continuing. tonight, here in dortmund, there is rather a sense of relief, i think, dortmund, there is rather a sense of relief, ithink, that dortmund, there is rather a sense of relief, i think, that the match passed off peacefully and without interuption. as you expect there was a huge security presence here. there is though i think still a degree of certain. that, of course, is primarily because we still don't have the answers to those two very big questions — just who was it who attacked the dortmund team and why? jenny hill, thank you. america's first lady, melania trump, has accepted damages and an apology from the publishers of the daily mail after it printed allegations about her past career. the paper had suggested that work undertaken by mrs trump in the 1990s went "beyond simply modelling." today, it accepted that those suggestions were untrue and will reportedly pay out in excess of £2 million. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, reports. the daily mail is arguably britain's most powerful newspaper and its website, which often includes headlines too salacious even for the paper, is the most widely read english language newspaper website in the world. but the mail's owner, associated, may have met its match in the form of us first lady, melania trump. the former slovenian beauty queen sued the mail titles for libel in september. the cause of her ire — allegations printed in both the paper and online that she worked notjust as model prior to meeting donald trump, but as an escort. here at the royal courts ofjustice, a statement was read out this morning which said that the claims about mrs trump's professional work were both false and defamatory. as a result, both the mail and the mail 0nline have agreed to publish both a retraction and an apology. they accepted an article which questioned the nature of her work as a professional model had no evidence to support its allegations. the mail group will now pay damages and costs close to $3 million. but, of course, we have to remember she was claiming about, well, something close to $300 million. so a settlement of around 1% of that, at $3 million, including costs and damages, is not an enormous victory, but it still has a chilling effect on free speech. newspapers make expensive errors all the time, but rarely do they lead to such high—profile settlements. today will go down in fleet street history as the day the mighty mail was trumped. amol rajan, bbc news. in south america, the president of venezuela has been pelted with eggs as protests grow over the country's deepening economic crisis. 0pposition activists say the left—wing leader is becoming increasingly authoritarian and are demanding early elections. the oil rich country has been hit by the slump in the price of oil and is in recession. inflation has rocketed, as high as a75% last year, according to analysts. there are severe shortages of food and medicine. the bbc‘s stephen sackur has been to the capital caracas and sent this report. caracas, capital of the country with the biggest oil reserves in the world and yet, a city where people queue all day hoping for bread, nappies or baby milk. we had to film these scenes undercover. journalists aren't welcome, as venezuela sinks deeper into economic chaos. filming inside supermarkets is a crime, here's why — many of them are empty. the government is drowning in debt, imports have dried up, inflation is over 1000%. the people suffering the most are the poor, in the city's sprawling slums. i'm in one of thejeeps which specialises in transporting people up—and—down the mountain and the principle here in the slum is pretty straight—forward — the higher up the hill you live, well, the poorer you are. this barrio used to be a stronghold of the late hugo chavez's socialist revolution, not any more. people here are desperate, struggling to find food and to stay safe. caracas has become the world's most dangerous capital city. i met a heavily armed kidnap gang, nervous young men, barely out of childhood. as venezuela's crisis deepens, political tension rises. this a voter registration drive—by the opposition, justice first party. why don't they let us have elections? theyjust put more obstacles and more obstacles and more obstacles. that's why we have to do all this for and many people who are here are poor, too. and i wasn't poor, but now i'm poor. they've been weeks of clashes between protesters and police since the socialist government tried to abolish the powers of the opposition—controlled national assembly. 0pposition leaders called it a coup against democracy and they want president nicolas maduro out. the last time the street violence was this bad was three years ago. the leader of the anti—maduro protest back then was leopoldo lopez, who was imprisoned for 1h years. i met lopez's mother, a tireless campaigner for his release and for political change. something's going to happen, and it's not going to be only for leopoldo's cause, it's for venezuelans. she took me to the military prison where her son is held. she yelled to him, he yelled back. look at them, look at the guards. ajeep has just come out of the prison. maybe they'll take your camera. as we filmed, guards emerged from the prison. we managed to conceal the camera in our car, but our cover was blown. the next day we were deported. the venezuelan government doesn't want the world to see the mess it's in. stephen sackur, bbc news, caracas. you can see the full report from venezuela on hardtalk on the road on the bbc news channel and the bbc iplayer tomorrow. tomorrow, the education secretary, justine greening, is expected to give a speech outlining her vision for a school system in england "that puts ordinary working families at its heart." it follows criticism of theresa may's controversial plans to expand the number of grammar schools in england, which some believe will damage social mobility. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, joins me now. this idea of a system with ordinary working families at the heart can the government make work? families in work but finding it difficult to make end meet are her political priority. the problem is that there is no definition of what an ordinary working family is. and that's what they've been trying to address with analysis they've published. they need to do this yore wise they have a problem in justifying need to do this yore wise they have a problem injustifying their grammar plans. they say in a grammar school you're just as likely to find children from these ordinary working families as in a comprehensive school. countering the perception they are full of middle—class children. if you look further into their own report, it shows that more than half the children in existing grammar schools are from above averagely wealthy families and that's an argument they are going to have to tackle head on before they bring their plans forward. branwen, thank you. britain's biggest supermarket chain reported its first annual sales growth in seven years. but the supermarket giant's pre—tax profits fell by nearly a third to £145 million because of fines and compensation related to its accounting scandal. the head of united airlines, 0scar munoz, has said he felt "shame and embarrasment" over the forceful removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight. in his first tv interview since the incident, mr munoz vowed it would never happen again, but said he would not resign over the scandal. threats and abuse on social media need to stop and the likes of facebook and twitter must do more to police what is posted online. that's what an mp said today after a man was sentenced to four months injailfor threatening to kill her. mark sands pleaded guilty to sending the grossly offensive messages on facebook to the eastbourne mp, caroline ansell. she's the latest female mp to be singled out for abuse online, as our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. with a brazen hand gesture, mark sands arrived in court. never in trouble with police before, now in jail for threatening to kill his local mp. when police found his facebook page, it was full of posts described as hateful and vitriolic, showing entrenched political views. he referred to himself as a trainee murderer. he wrote, "end poverty, kill a tory now." and the one for which he was jailed, "if you vote to take my money, i'll come round your house and personally stab you to death." just because it's online, it doesn't mean it's not real. that was aimed at caroline ansell. the eastbourne mp received a call from police last year saying there was a credible threat against her life. seeing it on the front page of your local newspaper, and then seeing it in every cafe in the town and the supermarkets and the newsagents, it was very powerful. i sat with my 12—year—old son and his eyes widened, as you'd imagine, as he sort of read that message and saw my photograph alongside the man who'd been charged. in her eastbourne constituency, she's had to tighten security, wanting to stay accessible to constituents, but now more mindful of the risks. the very nature of an mp‘s job — public facing, openly political — means they've always been subject to criticism, not least from local people they represent who may not agree with them. but police say, in the past two to three years, there's been a substantial increase in the level of online abuse that's been reported and the nature of it can be very personal, highly offensive and sometimes threatening and violent. the murder of the labour mpjo cox last year has heightened awareness about the potential consequences of public anger towards politicians. prosecutors say even online threats are taken seriously and are a growing problem. when you see some of the impact it has on individuals who have suffered online abuse, it is quite devastating for their lives and, if threats are made, they are concerned for their own safety and for others that they may work with or live with. caroline ansell welcomed today's sentence as a deterrent. she said internet companies and wider society must make clear there's a line between political debate and personal abuse. alex forsyth, bbc news, eastbourne. football now, and leicesterfaced atletico madrid in the first leg of their champions league quarter—final. they lost 1—0 after conceding an early penalty. away from the stadium, there was trouble as some leicester fans clashed with police, as our sports correspondent, joe wilson, reports from madrid. leicester supporters enjoying an occasion they'd never imagined. that was one story in madrid, sadly it was not the only one. as the afternoon progressed in plaza mayor, in the city centre, so the clashes with police increased. there were reports of provocation on both sides. there's a couple of people that probably antagonised the police over there, but then they took out all these people. there was people with children and they came with their batons and just hit a 70—year—old man, there was kids. some supporters were reportedly heard shouting pro gibraltar slogans, while police action in the square was there to see. as kick—off approached at the ground there was increased security searches, this was all expected in the wake of what happened of what happened in dortmund. but these fans had tickets in the allocated leicester section of the stadium, others had bought tickets in the home areas, thousands more just wanted to be here. well, let's remember there is a reason why they're here, why we're all here — a football match.