25/09/2014 BBC News at Six

David Cameron says the UK is ready to play its part

in the fight against Islamic state militants in Iraq.

The Cabinet meeting in Downing Street has backed British military

We must not be so frozen with fear that we don't do anything at all.

Isolation and withdrawing from a problem like Isil will only

We'll be looking at what Britain's role could be in Iraq,

Radical cleric Anjem Choudary is one of nine men arrested in London

on suspicion of supporting a banned terrorist group.

Missing for a month, police reconstruct the last known

movements of 14-year-old Alice Gross as her parents appeal for help

Every day without her causes us new heart ache, new anguish.

The schools watchdog warns it's costing children an hour a day

of learning, and affecting their life chances.

The technology giant apologises after a software glitch means

Warning that children's playgrounds are being used to train dogs to

fight. Good evening and welcome to the

BBC News at Six. The Cabinet has agreed that the UK

should carry out airstrikes against MPs are being recalled to parliament

tomorrow to vote The Government says Islamic state

poses a direct threat to the UK. Amateur video believed to show the

latest airstrikes on oil refineries controlled by Islamic state

militants in eastern Syria, a major source of revenue for the

extremists. US and Arab allies expanded the scope of their campaign

into Syria earlier this week after attacks across Iraq which began last

month. British tornadoes in Cyprus are now poised to join the action,

perhaps within hours of the vote du in the House of Commons tomorrow

afternoon. Their involvement will be restricted to target in Iraq. At the

United Nations last night, the Prime Minister gave a foretaste of the

case he'll put to Parliament saying they should know the lessons from

the past. We must not be so frozen with fear that we do not do anything

at all. Isolation and withdrawing from a problem like this will only

make matters worse. The Cabinet met at lunch time to discuss the

strategy and approved a motion which will be put to MPs. You cannot just

turn your back when we have seen beheadings of British citizens and

see what they are capable of and when we have had the direct request

from the Iraqi Prime Minister. The extremist group poses a direct

threat to the UK. It does not endorse air strikes in Syria and

says ground troops will not be deployed but it declares support for

the British government to act with allies, including the use of UK

airstrikes against Isul in Iraq. The Prime Minister has the backing of

his cabinet and can be confident of the support of most MPs. The

leadership of both the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have

indicated they will vote in favour of air strikes provided they are

sick to Iraq. There are MPs across all parties who have grave concerns.

The concern is we start with a few air strikes and then we end up going

to Syria, which is a fast the different situation. In a few

months, there will be troops on the ground to try to finish this off.

What starts today as being a slippery slope back to Iraq in 2006

again. Public opinion is divided. The British government supporting

Iraq and especially Kurdish. We should not go out there and kill

people. The Government has published a summary of its legal advice saying

the Iraq request for help provide a clear and unequivocal basis of its

plan for action. So, British war planes could be

launching airstrikes against Islamic But how big a role will the British

military play It is now 7 weeks since the United

States launched its airstrikes against IS extremists in Iraq.

Britain has been cautious after the deep divisions created the last time

the UK was at war in Iraq. Now the tide of opinion apparently favours

or drink these RAF tornadoes into action again. They flew from Norfolk

to Cyprus in August. It only takes a political decision to switch them

from reconnaissance to a combat role. What will Britain 's part in

strikes against IS in Iraq look like? They will be armed with a

variety of weapons to attack targets. These include Brimstone

missile is and pave Way laser-guided bombs. Supporting them will be an

RAF with its joint providing electronic surveillance of the

area. Britain also has a small arsenal of Tomahawk missiles. A

summary with these on-board is believed to be in the Gulf already.

It adds up to a British military contribution which is modest by

American standards. They are not belying upon it but they do welcome

it. It is up to the British government to show how they support

the coalition. They have already been a huge supporter and we look

forward to working with them as it goes forward. Any capacity, any

military capability that the British bring to the fight is always welcome

and always tangible. Now Pentagon maps show the main focus of

Washington strikes is in Syria. Neither Britain nor France is

willing to attack. Having Britain target extremists in Iraq could help

Washington. The US veteran general warns destroying IS as a whole

cannot be done solely from the air. That brings us to the contentious

subject of ground forces. What sort of ground full cease? Whose ground

forces? I accept the great reluctance in this country and

arguably in the United States to go back to where we were. World

politics is changing fast. The uranium president used the UN stage

today to condemn what he -- IS terrorism as not acceptable. --

Iranians president. This afternoon in New York,

Iraq's Prime Minister claimed he'd seen intelligence that

Islamic State fighters are plotting imminent attacks on the subway

systems in Paris and America. Our correspondent, Nick Bryant,

joins us from New York. In the past few minutes, we had been

speaking to an Iraqi official who says the information comes from

several captured Islamic State fighters in Iraq who spoke of an

imminent attack on the underground systems of Paris and the United

States of America. This apparent plot involved recruits from France

and America. They say this information has now been conveyed to

President Obama who has been in New York this morning. Senior US

officials in the White House are saying there is no evidence to back

up this claim. They have said there have been threats against

transportation systems in America before from various militant

groups. They have had no recent information to suggest there is a

new threat from Islamic State. They are also saying they have not

received this information from the Iraqis. So, they are really knocking

down this Iraqi claim, both in New York and Washington this evening.

A radical Islamist preacher and political activist is among nine

men who've been arrested by counter-terrorism police in London.

Anjem Choudary has been detained along with eight others on suspicion

of being members of, or supporting, a banned organisation.

Police say the arrests are not in response to any immediate risk

Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, reports.

This report comes -- contains/the geography.

It was a myth against some of the most outspoken Islamist 's in

Britain. Here in West London the focus was on a vehicle. In the east

end, officers were searching a sweet shop owned by the brother of 1 of

the arrested men. The only clue to their presence, this card, saying

the officers were from the north-west counterterrorism search

team. Police arrived at this restaurant in East London at around

6am and spent six hours searching the premises. It is a restaurant

where a large group of men had dinner last night. He was arrested

before dawn and has been one of Britain's most controversial radical

Muslims for well over a decade. He was one of the founders of the group

which was banned in 2010 and subsequently stopped operating. He

admitted that he knew 1 of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby. They

were seen together on demonstrations. There was no

suggestion that he was linked the murder. You'll Ahis views are on the

fringe of the view is that Muslims in Britain have. They do not

represent anybody, other than the few hundred followers he has in the

UK. I would not classify him anywhere near that. This man

famously heckled the then Home Secretary, John Reid, in 2006. All 9

men detained today have been held on suspicion of encouraging terrorism

and belonging to a banned organisation. The police were keen

to stress the arrests were part of a long-running operation and not in

response to any immediate risk to the public.

Police have staged a reconstruction of the last known

movements of the teenager, Alice Gross, who went missing

The 14-year-old was last seen walking along a canal towpath

Her parents have appealed again for help in finding their daughter,

saying every morning without her brings new agony.

Our correspondent, Tom Symonds, has more details.

On the same day of the week, on the same West London towpath,

Right down to the tartan-rimmed glasses and the Vans trainers.

This is how Alice Gross looked when she went missing.

The one she was carrying is no longer made.

It is hoped this reconstruction will jog memories, prompt clues,

If anyone is with her, we would say to them, to understand that Alice is

Every day without her causes us new heartache, new anguish.

She needs to be at home amongst her family and friends, who love her.

That day, Alice was keeping up what detectives describe as a power walk,

She had left home around 1pm, beginning a long walk,

skirting a hospital, to pick up a path along the waterways.

pm, she arrived in the Brentford area.

It is not clear what she did next but later she turned for home,

striding across this canal bridge, where she was captured on CCTV.

The same camera 15 minutes later picked up Arnis Zalkalns,

the Latvian builder, crossing in the same direction on his bike,

At 3:45 pm, Alice appears to have begun a

Several CCTV cameras captured glimpses of her.

They are the last known images of Alice Gross.

I need the public's help to find out what

There are a number of footpaths which lead off this tow path.

She could have gone down any one of these.

If Arnis Zalkalns was following her, he should also have been captured

They are on their covering the industrial estate.

Try as they might detectives have not been able to find him

It is one of the many mysteries of this case.

He too may have pulled off the tow path

The police continue searching and the community keeps hoping.

The Cabinet, meeting in Downing Street, has backed British military

I am here at Gleneagles and Europe prepares to defend the Ryder Cup

against the USA. Moves to stop the growing number

of betting shops And we tell you how you can have

a say in how London looks Children chatting during lessons

or passing notes to each other But the schools watchdog Ofsted says

this low-level disruptive behaviour is costing pupils in England an hour

a day of learning, and having Inspectors also said that too many

teachers are being hindered by children using their mobile

phones, fidgeting, calling out without permission during class,

or swinging on their chairs. They called on school leaders to

do more to support their staff. They do this three times a day

at North Shore Academy Line up in silence,

walk to class in silence. Just two years ago this school

had some of the worst behaviour There was about three or four

fights every day, at least. Swearing down the corridors,

smoking. Students were flinging stuff around

the classroom, spitting at teachers. Today, under a new head,

there is no tolerance of any form We are extremely strict with

our students. We have strict, non-negotiable

rules regarding behaviour. But they are all

in the best interests of creating While this school is turning itself

around, today's report by Ofsted says low-level disruption

in schools in England means, on average, children are losing an hour

of learning a day, the equivalent So if there is so much bad behaviour

in schools, who's to blame? Well, Ofsted are pointing the

finger squarely at headteachers. In the report, two-thirds

of teachers say school leaders are failing to assert their authority

when dealing with poor discipline. Headteachers have got the job

of ensuring a calm and orderly atmosphere in

their schools and in the classroom. They mustn't be afraid

of being called disciplinarians. They've got to be seen

as disciplinarians. At North Shore Academy,

they accept that good behaviour in the classroom starts with the

attitude and approach of the head. But Ofsted has angered

some headteachers. It's terribly demoralising

for the headteachers, What surprises me about this report

is that Ofsted has consistently said that behaviour is very good in the

majority of schools, and it raises big questions about the validity

of the inspection findings. Ofsted changed the way they inspect

behaviour at the beginning of this year, and they now want headteachers

to follow Mr Rogers' example. To be a visible presence, to

crack down hard on bad behaviour. The Prime Minister says he will

apologise to the Queen, in person, for making comments earlier this

week about how she "purred" down the phone when he told her

Scotland had rejected independence. Mr Cameron has said he is

"embarrassed" and "extremely sorry" It's thought he'll say sorry

when he sees the Queen at Our political correspondent

Alex Forsyth reports. The meeting with New York's former

mayor was meant to be a simple photo opportunity. But a camera caught the

Prime Minister recounting the private conversation this which he

told the Queen Scotland was staying in the UK.

Protocol Dick take its conversation between the Queen and her ministers

remain confidential. His indiscretion and his choice of words

has attracted some criticism. She has 60 years of experience. She

imparts her view to the Prime Minister but it's the Prime

Minister's job the keep these views confidentialches he shouldn't have

done it and the Queen will have some choice words for him. Downing Street

has contacted Buckingham Palace to offer apologies, he is said to be

very embarrassed and extremely sorry and it is thought he will apologise

in person, during his next audience with the Queen.

And future public engagements David Cameron may be more wary of what he

say, particularly when he is in front of the cameras.

Could our countryside look a little less yellow next year?

Farmers are warning oil seed rape crops are being destroyed because

of a ban on a pesticide brought in to protect bees.

Neonicotinoid chemicals were outlawed by the EU two years ago,

after research suggested that they were damaging bees' brains.

But as Tom Heap reports, many farmers say this has left

their newly emerging crop at the mercy of other insects.

We have dropped our guard against this bug.

A chemical defence that used to shield oil seed rape

from the jaws of the flea beetle has been banned, and they are enjoying

a feast at the expense of farmers like Andrew Watts in Hertfordshire.

What we are looking at here is a bare field, instead of seeing

The now banned neonicotinoid pesticide coated the seed

Without it, farmers have tried other chemicals, but Andrew reckons

It's been far worse than we feared it might be.

If ever there was a year where the crops should have got away and

I mean, it is, in areas, like the Biblical plague.

Farmers say that this is the smoking gun.

The proof that once neonicotinoids were banned bugs would eat

their crops, and they say while the benefit for bees is unproven,

Oil seed rape, with its bright colour

and pungent scent, is the UK's third most common crop, but growing

evidence its pesticide defence was harming bees led to widespread

Dave studies pesticide impact on bumble bees.

He questions the scale of this year's crop damage,

Three-quarters of the crops in the world depend on bees

for pollination, so it is vitally important we look after our bees.

If something is killing them, then we have to have

To produce enough food, we need both healthy bees

In a year's time, final harvest results and data on whether

the ban helped bees should tell us if we have the balance right.

The technology giant Apple has been forced to apologise

after a software update left some users of its new mobile phones

It comes less than a week after Apple launched its latest model,

But since then they've been hit by some embarrassing claims.

Our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones is here.

A bit of a bumpy start? Apple is a company that usually manages to

control the messages round its new products carefully but it has spun

out of control a bit. First we had stories about bendy phone this is

the giant iPhone 6 and some people claimed if you put it in a pocket it

would bend. Not entirely sure how widespread an issue it is or whether

one is likely to put a phone like in your back pocket but seriously last

night they updated the soft way that -- wear that runs this. It had a few

bug, they put a new update on the software, people started to download

it rapidly and immediately they said much worse problems with the new

update. What it has done was stop their phone actually talk to the

phone network, made it useless. Apple withdrew that and had to

apologise rapidly. But it has given the general impression maybe they

are rushing things out without testing them enough before they are

out there and today the shares have sunk by 3% N the long run I am sure

they will set a love of phones but they have shown a lack of control

over their message in the last few days.

The opening ceremony has taken place for the Ryder Cup,

It's the 40th competition between the top golfers from Europe

Our Sports Correspondent Andy Swiss is at Gleneagles.

Yes, welcome to Gleneagles, we have had the glitz of the opening

ceremony, and tomorrow morning, round about 7 .30 it all gets under

way. Now Europe have dominated the Ryder Cup in eRhys years, they have

won it four out of the last five times and they are confident they

can do it again. From roll Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy. The biggest

name on biggest stage. A roar for Rory as the Ryder Cup teams received

the warmest of Westminsters. Europe have are the crowds and bookies'

favourite. The challenge is to live up to their billing.

I am very proud of each and every one of you, and I know this week

will show why you are without question the pride of Europe.

Two years ago they certainly were. Ian Poulter's eye popping heroics

inspired Europe to victory. And judging by the standing ovation for

this morning's practise, the feel-good factor hasn't faded. For

the next three days then, the piece of the Perthshire hills will be

replaced by the roars of thousands of fans. The Ryder Cup stirs the

passions like nothing else in golf. A test of talent, but also team

work. The Europeans have been getting tips from Sir Alex Ferguson,

while America's Ricky Fowler has been to the barbers, but there have

been barbs as well. Rory McIlroy and McDowell are involved in a legal

dispute which one US star was more than happy to highlight. Not only

are we able to play together, we also don't litigate against each

other, that is is a real plus, I feel, heading into this week.

So behind the smiles and the selfie, the golf gloves are off. When it

comes to one of sport's most coveted trophies and fiercest rivalries golf

is the only guarantee. It will be interesting the wind at

Gleneagles tomorrow. The first autumnal gales blowing across

Scotland tonight. We have had some of the warmest September weather so

far. We have had temperatures into the 20s. Behind me we have more

weather front, for a time overnight thing also get windy and wet in

Scotland and Northern Ireland. But with more cloud sinking south in

England and Wales, last night we had grass frost, tonight will be milder.

It will grey and misty with dank drizzly weather. Most of the rain

will fall further north for a short period. That will be blown out of

the way quickly, hopefully in time for tee off and for the northern

half of the country, men the I of sunshine, in the south it can be a

bit misty over some of the moors and the heads of the roads in South

Waleses for the morning commute. That should lift, break, hopefully

we are see some sunshine, still a bit of cloud but it is still warm

air, so in the sunshine, temperatures up to 20, 21 degrees.

Plenty of sunshine though, further north in northern England, Northern

Ireland and Scotland. Still a handful of showers in the Highlands

and islands in Scotland and that gale blowing, it so it won't feel as

warm as today. It will alleviate frost worries tomorrow night. In the

south we have cloud and fog, we will see a grass frost at the beginning

of the weekend. It could be a slow start in the south, because it is

quite foggy, that is the forecast at the moment. This time of year it

takes a while to clear. Hopefully more useable weather with cloud and

a lot of dry weather grey the north and west, just a rogue shower, so in

the sunshine temperatures could peak at the high teens and the low 20, so

at the moment it looks faz the weekend should be mainly dry, with

some warm sunshine, but the fog at this time of year is slow to clear.

Our main story, the Cabinet has backed British military involvement

in air strikes against the Islamic State group if Iraq. Parliament will