i personally don't think it's showing a great deal of respect. it is not giving them a chance to show respect to their loved ones. the former military leader of panama, general manuel noriega has died, at the age of eighty—three. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: it's wenger in — as arsene signs a new two—year contract to extend his 21—year stay as arsenal manager. good evening. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised for not knowing the cost of one of labour's key election pledges on childcare. it was a policy he was out campaigning on today — but during a bbc interview this morning he struggled to come up with the numbers for how much it would cost to extend free childcare in england. the conservatives called it a car—crash interview. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. i'd better get a car, hadn't i? got to keep up, can't fall too far behind. more free childcare might play well with voters. some say don't work with children. jeremy corbyn knows what looks and sounds good. ought to know. look at these wonderful children here, they all need a nursery place and a chance to grow up and learn together, so ours is a universal provision so every child gets a place in nursery of 30 hours a week from two to four. playtime over, onto woman's hour — what could go wrong? how much will it cost to provide un—means tested childcare for 1.3 million children? it will cost. . . it will obviously cost a lot to do so. we accept that. i presume you have the figures? yes, i do. so, how much will it cost? i will give you the figures in a moment. you don't know it? you are logging into your ipad here. you've announced a major policy and you don't know how much it will cost? can i give you the exact figure in a moment please. is this not exactly the issue with people and the labour party which came up under gordon brown, that we cannot trust you with our money? not at all... you don't know the figure. our manifesto is fully costed and examined. you are holding your manifesto, you're flicking through it, you've got an ipad there, you've had a phone call and you don't know how much it's going to cost. can we come back to that in a moment? i think what is important for the voters to understand is if we don't invest in our children and invest in them for the future, they do less well in primary school, less well in secondary school and less well in the future. this was better — couldn't be worse. at a rally in watford, he was amongst friends. a much better tomorrow for everybody in this country. thank you very much. mr corbyn, you are labour's choice of next prime minister, yet this morning you couldn't put a cost on the key childcare policy you went out to promote. how do you answer the suggestion that this showed a lack of necessary basic confidence? i didn't have the exact figure in front to me so i was unable to answer that question, forwhich, obviously, iapologise. but i don't apologise for what is in the manifesto. there's always a queue to seejeremy corbyn. but whether you are a convert to the cause or not, who doesn't want more for childcare, hospitals and schools, and more tax those who can afford it? believing labour can deliver without borrowing and taxing more than the party is admitting, that's another question. and seeing jeremy corbyn as notjust well—meaning but prime ministerial, a lot of people remain to be convinced. i want to know how he will pay for it all. no answers, is there? he comes across very well with the youngsters but he hasn't got all his facts and figures correct. i think he is one of the most honest politicians we have seen in the last 15 years, to be honest. i've seen him on a couple of things recently and he gives honest answers, which is more than i can say for other members of the other parties. people need to give him a chance. if you don't try something, you don't know how good it is. as far as i'm concerned i have a lot of faith in him. on the bbc‘s one show tonight he was happy to accept he never expected to be here, labour's one hope. did i ever set out in life to become prime minister? no. i set out in life to try and change things and try and bring about greater justice in our society. i am honoured and proud to lead the party and i am giving it everything i can to win this election. he wants the job now but getting it will take trust and he has nine days to earn it. john pienaar, bbc news. you can find details of all the party's policies on childcare on the bbc website — bbc. co. uk/election2oi7. for the conservatives it was not labour's policies but the competence of its leader that was the focus of their fire today. in a speech about brexit, the prime minister questioned jeremy corbyn‘s fitness to conduct talks with the eu. but labour says mrs may's negotiating position so far had made britain a laughing stock in europe. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. your road, everyone‘s avenue. it's on all our streets and on the doors where elections are really decided. has a shakier few days for theresa may made much difference? ijust wish she'd make her mind up and stick to it. i mean, i know it's a woman's privilege... but they shouldn't do it in politics. turned against pensioners, hasn't she? but on plenty of doorsteps, the perceptions of the two leaders could hardly be more far apart. oh, i like her. well, everything she does is so proficient. i don't like that mr corbyn to be the head of the labour party, if they get in. i can't see them getting in, can you? i like theresa may, i think she's good. i don't like jeremy corbyn. theresa may wants to drive her hoped—for contrast home, so after a tricky few days, a top up of her main message — back onto brexit... to try to get away from accusations of indecision. her number one target — the labour leader. with his position on brexit, he will find himself alone and naked in the negotiating chamber of the european union. with the brexit negotiations due to begin only 11 days after polling day, he is not prepared for those negotiations. but i am prepared. prepared to take the difficult decisions that leadership demands. i'm ready to go, jeremy corbyn is not. prime minister, election campaigns test our leaders, don't they? isn't the emerging truth of this campaign that it's showing you as a leader to be weaker rather than stronger? laura, let me tell you what i think strong and stable leadership is about. strong and stable leadership is about being open with the british people about the challenges that we face, and that's what we've done in the manifesto that we've set out. strong and stable leadership is about being open about the hard choices that lie ahead in order to build that stronger britain. but despite the tories' recent troubles, a new scepticism towards them perhaps? it is a case of labour trying to cling on in areas like this, the midlands marginals. one senior source told me the fundamentals of the campaign haven't real changed. questions in voters' minds aboutjeremy corbyn, the tories trying to focus on brexit. negotiations in brussels seem pretty remote from the hard graft of this election campaign, but theresa may wants to make the choice all about her authority to carry them out. but the tory wobble has been noticed on the doorstep, and it's here that her party has to make their case. and house by house and street by street, for both sides, time is running out. laura kuenssberg is here now. both conservatives and labour returning to their main messages today but a bumpy ride forjeremy corbyn? it has not been an easy day for the labour leader. he had to apologise for the confusion caused by not having his numbers. we are at that stage where it has the faint jangling of tory nerves and the faintjangling of jangling of tory nerves and the faint jangling of labour opportunity, it is double or quits time. both parties will be doubling down on their main messages. theresa may is saying again and again, trust me on brexit. just in case you hadn't realised, trust me, not him. forjeremy corbyn the messages, give mea forjeremy corbyn the messages, give me a chance. think about public services and the strain there under, but give me a chance because i could be different. clearly, there has been a bit of a shift. we have seen since the sky—high tory poll leads, there has been a shift. on the doorstep it suggests it too. people are doorstep it suggests it too. people a re less doorstep it suggests it too. people are less forgiving of theresa may. i think there is less sceptics is towards her. it turns of the broad picture, i think neither the most pessimistic person in tory headquarters nor the most optimistic person in labour headquarters would be willing to bet very much on anything other than some form of a tory win. things have shifted in the last ten days and they may yet shift again. the parties are going back to their basic messages, they're safe territory, but what voters will make of that, of course, it is up to them. thank you. the scottish national party has launched its election manifesto pledging to promote fairness and opportunity. the party's leader, nicola sturgeon, said labour was in disarray and the only way to keep the conservatives in check was to vote snp. she also said that an snp victory in scotland would "further reinforce" the mandate for a second referendum on independence. our scotland editor, sarah smith, is in perth. sophie, this is a bit of a tricky election for the snp. in some eyes they are the victims of their own success. they are the victims of their own success. they did so well in 2015 when they won all but three of the seats in scotland. it is almost impossible for them to do any better than that. but if they lose any seats, their opponents will seize on that and say that shows support for another referendum on scottish independence is in decline. so the snp are very keen that this election does not become a referendum on whether or not to have another referendum. instead today they were trying to focus on brexit, under plans for increased public spending and an end to social security cuts instead. nicola sturgeon knows she won't be walking into number ten as the next prime minister. the snp can't form a uk government, so her pitch? they are the only effective opposition. now, more than ever, it is vital to have strong snp voices standing up for scotland at westminster. a vote for the snp onjune 8th will strengthen scotland's hands against tory cuts. it will strengthen scotland's hand against an extreme brexit, and it will strengthen scotland's right to make our own decisions. the snp also advocate an additional £118 billion in public spending, raising the minimum wage to over £10, and raising the top rate of tax to 50p. nicola sturgeon had much less to say about a second referendum on scottish independence. are you worried it's a vote—loser? no, i'm not. i've made my position on this clear. at the end of the brexit process, not now, but at the end of that process, i think scotland should have a choice over our own future. but i've also said that, in this election, there's a more immediate opportunity and that is to strengthen scotland's hand in the brexit negotiations. you've even changed your language about independence, you talk about scotland have a choice, we almost never hear you actually saying a second referendum on independence, whilst your opponents are putting that front and centre of their campaigns. it's as though you're almost a bit embarrassed about it? i've got opponents, yes, saying i'm talking about nothing else, when — as you've just said — that's not true. but they want to talk about nothing else because they, particularly the tories, are embarrassed about their record and about the policies that are in their manifesto. right on cue, a tory protest promising to block another referendum. then drowned out by the snp. you say more snp mps will be able to stand up to the tories, you have just about every mp in scotland with 56 of them. what real material difference did any of them make to the lives of any scottish voters in two years in westminster? we're seeing, almost with every week that passes right now that this prime minister is not so much the iron lady than she is the queen of the u turn. therefore, the stronger the snp and scotland's voice is, then the more we can effect change to tory positions that are damaging so many people. the snp's biggest challenge is holding onto all those mps. it'll be difficult to hold onto 56 seats, nobody seriously expects them to do so. but i'd be surprised if they lose more than half a dozen. but if they lose even jsut two or three seats, it'll be said their vote is going backwards and that they've lost momentum towards another independence referendum. it will certainly be spun that way by the other parties. so it's all aboard the campaign bus. with so many seats to defend, there's not a moment to lose. sarah smith, bbc news, perth. less than two weeks after the suicide bomb at manchester arena, that left 22 people dead, the american singer ariana grande has announced she'll perform in the city on sunday at a benefit concert for the victims and their families. she'll be joined by other musicians including justin bieber, katy perry and coldplay. but some of those affected say they think it is too soon. our correspondent, danny savage, is in manchester now. sophie, there's been big public events here in manchester since last week's atrocity. the performer, whose concert was bombed, is returning this weekend. everybody at the arena last week has been invited along on sunday to come along for free. lots of people are thrilled that some of the most famous performers in the world are coming to manchester in a few days' time. there are those who say this is just too soon. # got to have it. # i want you, you...#. she's the global superstar who the victims of the manchester bombing had gone to see. after the attack, ariana grande quickly returned to her home in the states, saying her heart was broken. but tonight she announced this — the one love manchester benefit concert this sunday. free tickets will be offered to those who were at the arena last week. she won't be performing alone, justin bieber is alsojoining her. # when i look in your eyes #. other famous names include take that, who donated the proceeds from their liverpool concert to the victims. # turn it up, it's your favourite song #. and katy perry, who broke down in tears last week as she talked to fans about the atrocity. this is where the concert will take place, the cricket ground at old trafford. it has a capacity of about 50,000 people who, for speed of entry, are being asked not to bring bags, but that's down to security, too which will be upper most in people's minds. the concert occurs on the same day as a testimonal match at neighbouring manchester united. the police chief here says he's confident his force will be able to cover both events. you will see a significant police presence around both of those events, both with unarmed and armed officers. you know, we'll continue to review intelligence as it comes in to make sure, as much as we can, that everybody‘s absolutely safe and can go and enjoy both of those events. police have been speaking to families who were at the original arena concert, most say they are happy, but some are not. i, personally, don't think it's showing a great deal of respect to them. it's not giving them a chance to show their respects to their loved ones orfor the individuals in hospital to get over their injuries. but, in the quiet dignity of st ann's square, in manchester city centre, there's broad support for ariana grande's return. i think it's amazing that she's coming back. i think it's something that should be commended, really. it's something that, yeah, it's definitely needed. i think it'lljust be a message to them, you know, not hide who you are. you shouldn't be ashamed of who you are. you shouldn't have been targeted. the concert will undoubtedly sell out quickly. ariana grande says she hopes it will help heal the city. greater manchester police have released an update on the investigation. they say three men have been released without charge this evening. that still leaves 11 others in custody. the in a statement they said, "what is becoming apparent is that many of salman abedi's movements and actions had been carried out alone during the four days from him landing in the four days from him landing in the country before the attack and committing the atrocity." they say, "it's vital we make sure he's not pa rt "it's vital we make sure he's not part of a wider network and we cannot rule this out yet." still a lot going on behind—the—scenes with this major investigation. sophie. danny savage, in manchester, thank you. a breast surgeon accused of playing god and carrying out completely unnecessary operations on patients will be sentenced tomorrow for intentionally wounding nine women and one man. lawyers say it's possible that hundreds of paterson's patients could have undergone surgery quite needlessly. asjeremy cooke reports, some victims are calling for him to be given the maximum punishment — of life. a broken bond of trust between a doctor and his patients. pure evil, pure evil. he told them he'd cut them free of life—threatening cancer — he lied. i had no need to be there and he had no reason to cut bits off me. it was mass betrayal in the operating theatre. ian paterson removed lumps, performed entire mastectomies, deliberate mutilation, for no medical reason. my flesh was black and rotten, the stuff was just oozing out, it is was brown, horrible smell. judy conduit suffered a catastrophic infection following paterson's phony diagnosis that both her breasts must be removed. it was an act, yeah, and he duped everybody, including doctors, patients, colleagues. he just duped everybody. i hate him now. i hate him with a vengeance. john ingram was among the ten former patients chosen to testify against paterson at his nine week trial. as a man, his case was not typical, but in every other aspect it was textbook ian paterson. he persuaded me to undergo a double mastectomy. a massively invasive procedure and the lumps injohn's chest were actually harmless. paterson exploited me as a person for his own ends both as a cash cow, being paid to operate needlessly on me, to satisfy whatever bit of twisted logic is in his head and also he exploited me and invalidated me. i thought it was cowardly and pathetic that he tried to rationalise the way he victimised me, the way he hurt me, both physically and mentally, and then tried to defend himself using the same vulnerability he had exploited to get me under the knife in the first place. solicitors believe ian paterson's victims run to the hundreds, quite possibly the thousands, and for every face here the same question — why did he do it? perhaps he liked the adoration of the patient. i mean, if you tell someone they're going to die of breast cancer, but if you let me operate on you, you're not. then tell them afterwards that the pathology showed that, yes, if i hadn't operated on you, you were going to get breast cancer, even though it's untrue, then that patient is grateful to you and likes you and indeed all the patients, before they found out that he had actually misled them, thought he was a wonderful doctor. ian paterson had always denied deliberately causing harm, but his patients, his victims, have seen him convicted and tomorrow will see him sentenced for his crimes. this guy potentially has a history of offending that spans 15 years or more maybe, and that has got to be addressed. the sentence has got to be significant enough so that society is protected from this man. in my eyes, he deserves nothing less than a life sentence, and i hope he gets it. i hope they throw away the key and he never comes out. never to do this to anybody else again. paterson has been told to expect a custodial sentence when he attends court tomorrow. the maximum punishment is life in prison. jeremy cooke, bbc news. police in cambridge say they've completed their investigation into the death of a zookeeper, who was killed after being mauled by a tiger. 34—year—old rosa king had worked at hamerton zoo, in cambridgeshire, for 1h years. the local council will now consider whether to investigate any potential health and safety breaches. british airways says its it systems are now operating normally again after a massive computer failure grounded flights over the weekend. 75,000 passengers were caught up in the chaos. the airline says it is now running a full schedule of flights, but it will take time for passengers and their luggage to be reunited. the disgraced television star rolf harris will not face a further retrial on indecent assault allegations after a jury failed to reach a verdict. the 87—year—old left court today without comment but said, through his solicitor, he felt "no sense of victory — just relief." he'd been accused of groping three teenage girls in the 19705 and ‘80s. political leaders in wales have been debating in a live tv debate this evening in cardiff where the issue of how wales would fair outside of the european union dominated the debate. well my colleague, huw edwards, was chairing the debate and he is there now. sophie, thank you very much. well, i think i can say it was lively. it was polite for the most part. you are quite right, the main focus was on brexit. the likely impact, if you like, of the brexit process on the welsh economy, on welsh public spending. on the future of wales in the years ahead. another dimension to that brexit debate about the welsh voice, if you like, the welsh perspective. to what extent will that be properly represented in those talks at the highest level, led by theresa may and david davis and others? concerns about the extent to which welsh problems will be properly represented. ben wright was listening to the exchanges. this is his report. five parties, vying to speak for wales at westminster. for yea rs to speak for wales at westminster. for years labour has ruled the roost here, more than half of the parliamentary constituencies are currently red and this evening it was the first minister of wales arguing labour's case. he was asked early on about the causes of terrorism. i don't agree with you that this would not have happened if it wasn't, if british foreign policy had been different. the gentleman made the point correctly about sweden. this is a war, as they see it, against all those who don't believe as they believe. turkey has been on the receiving end of these attacks. on to brexit. more than half the voters in wales backed leave in the eu referendum. there's a welsh mp in the brexit department, asa a welsh mp in the brexit department, as a minister, actively articulating the case for wales. david jones. it's really important that we get this right. this will set the scene for future generations. i have to say, i've got no confidence whatsoever that having jeremy corbyn doing those negotiations is going to deliver the right result for wales. mrmillar isa deliver the right result for wales. mr millar is a member of the welsh assembly, the tory leader in wales was away celebrating his wedding anniversary. a fact not lost on plaid cymru's leader. redistribution of wealth from the eu and we can't guarantee that same redistribution of wealth will happen through the westminster government. my concerns are that the tories will try to grab that money for themselves and we will lose out. that's what we have to guard against. that's what we have to get guarantees from the tories about. although their leader has gone on holiday. their main election slog is to in this is the way forward for wales. thank you very much. neil, tax havens have no health service and poor spending on education. each and poor spending on education. each and every one of them... next week's election will be the fifth time in over two years. everyone in wales has been able to go to the polls. an election that will test labour's defences and their opponents lines of attack. ben wright, bbc news. let's stay with one of the points that ben picked up in the debate. the process of devolving more power to the welsh government and to the national assembly of wales. there is a very important brexit context to all of that. what happens to all the powers that come back from boroughs thaels are repatriated as we say at the end of that brexit process? it's absolutely a crucial part in it debate. how many of those powers will come to cardiff? how many will stop, if you like, at westminster? there is a lot of uncertainty around this. i have to say, although we touched on it briefly in the debate, this is really, for me, one of the key questions about the years ahead. it's really one of the key questions about how wales performs in the yea rs about how wales performs in the years ahead. so a very, very important brexit context over and above the debate that is taking place in this election campaign. huw, thank you sophie. . after months of speculation the arsenal manager, arsene wenger, has agreed a new two—year contract with the club. arsenal finished fifth in the premier league this season, the first time they've finished outside the top four since wenger took over in 1996. but on saturday, arsenal beat chelsea to win the fa cup. the former military leader of panama, general manuel noriega, has died at the age of 83. he was seen as the last strongman of latin america. a key ally to the united states in the 1980s, noriega was helpful in washington's battle against the spread of communism before being toppled when american troops invaded. our world affairs editor, john simpson, looks back at his life. he may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch. american politicians used to say of leaders like manuel noriega — he may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch. they selected him, trained him, encouraged him to be a bulwark against communism, but noriega went too far. the cia used him to get information about fidel castro in cuba, then found he was giving information about the cia to castro. they decided not to turn a blind eye to his large scale drug dealing any more, especially when he started attacking america openingly.