16/09/2016 BBC News at Six

A British man inspired by so-called Islamic State gets life

Mohammed Syeedy from Rochdale drove the getaway car

The fact that he was murdered by someone

inspired by IS shows the

true nature of and barbarity of this organisation and those who serve it.

The police said the imam was targeted because his Muslim

"Situation critical" - Angela Merkel's warning to EU

leaders as they consider Europe's future.

Making plans after Nigel - Diane James is elected

After 25 years the mother of missing toddler Ben Needham is told

And summer goes out with a bang - thunderstorms and torrential rain

Paul Blake takes Britain's Paralympic tally to 50

gold medals in Rio - winning the T36 400 metres.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

A British supporter of so-called Islamic State has been sentenced

to life for murdering a local imam whose practices he thought

Mohammed Syeedy, who's 21 and from Rochdale,

plotted the murder of Jalal Uddin back in February.

Our correspondent Judith Moritz is outside the court.

A shocking example of IS inspired violence in Britain

Ewbury, Newbury, Yes, absolutely. Jalal Uddin prayed at the same

mosque as the man who has been convicted of his murder. And those

who worship with the men say they can't understand how one mosque

member could possibly kill another. And community Edders said it has

been -- elders said it has been a grave misunderstanding of the Muslim

faith. Jalal Uddin came to Britain from Bangladesh in 2002. He came

here illegally, but he was said to have made a contribution to the

community. He sent money home to support his family. They are

struggling to understand his murder. My father was a Muslim who

peacefully practised his faith. He had a love and respect for all

religions, cultures and creed and the fact that he was murdered by

someone inspired by IS shows the true nature and barbarity of this

organisation and those who serve it. This video of Mr Uddin was filmed

secretly. The pensioner's movements tracked by those who wanted to get

rid of it. It was found on the mobile phone of Mohammed Syeedy, a

21-year-old. He supported so-called Islamic State. His phone was full of

pictures of him making the one fingered IS salute. He worshipped at

this mosque. But the pensioner practiced a healing ritual which is

forbidden by IS. Syeedy and a friend Mohammed Kadir decided it should be

punished by death. Mr Uddin was walking home through this park when

he was ambushed. Kadir hit him on the het with a hammer. And then ran

off to Syeedy's waiting car, leaving the pensioner bleeding on the floor,

where he was found by two schoolgirls. Kadir has never been

caught. He fled the country three days later. Syeedy has been held

equally responsible for murder of Jalal Uddin. He was a nice man...

This man was the last person to see his friend alive. They ate dinner

together each night. At 10 past 8 and gone in about 20 minutes. Jalal

Uddin was murdered moments after leaving his house. His friend had to

identify his body. I feel upset that. The practice of using amulets

is well known in Islam, but it is the first time it has been used as

the basis of murder. There is a civil war in Islam, there people who

have been killing people they deem not to be Muslim enough. Alan

henning was killed by IS knew Mr Syeedy. But the views of Mr Syeedy

resulted in murder on home soil. There have been dire warnings

about the state of the EU as the 27 leaders meet,

minus the UK, to map out The German Chancellor Angela

Merkel said the EU is in The Greek Prime Minister warned

Europe is 'sleepwalking Our Europe Editor Katya Adler

is in the Slovakian capital Bratislava where

the leaders are meeting. Katya, what are the main issues that

are causing so much concern? Well in the end it is less about

issues and more about the very existence of EU. And it is not just

about Brexit either. Euro scepticism has spread and today's meeting was

like a high level photo op shows the leaders together. But could these

different politicians agree on the same way forward for the EU?

Europe's leaders forging towards a new EU after the Brexit vote. That

was the idea of the meeting, but as leaders lunched today the nettest

met afores were -- the met afores were too tempting. The EU is

rudderless. Angela Merkel was resolute. TRANSLATION: We are in a

critical situation. What Europe should not continue sleep walking in

the wrong direction. Everyone wants the EU not just to survive, but to

function a lot better. The problem is they're disunited. Of course,

there were disagreements before the Brexit vote, the Euro and the

migrant crisis. But it is the total of the events, this perfect storm,

that makes it harder to paper over the cracks. So what are the main E.

EU divisions. Central and eastern Europe want more national

sovereignty. The north views the debt-laden south as a threat.

Mediterranean countries fume about German austerity. While the German

Chancellor used to bully people into line, that is harder after the

migrant crisis. How do people feel? Surveys suggest Europeans wor yoi

most about terror and immigration. Could border solutions make sense,

but can temperature U deliver. EU -- the EU deliver. It doesn't work.

There is a gap between the civilians and the politicians. The EU is keen

to show it can listen to people's concerns. Leaders managed to agree

to boost security and employment. But the harder stuff of high

migration and the relationship with Britain has been left for another

day. Ukip has a new leader -

the party's Deputy Chairman, Diane James, has been elected

to replace Nigel Farage. At the party's conference

in Bournemouth, she claimed Ukip is now the opposition party

in waiting and will be keeping up pressure for a 100% exit

from the European Union. Our deputy political editor

John Pienaar has more. It contains some flash photography.

He will miss the spot lite and his followers are hissing him. --

missing him. His role in forcing the EU referendum is written into

history and he reminded the new management of mission. The only time

we know Brexit means Brexit is when that has been put in the bin and we

get back a British passport. So no backtracking on Europe. And what he

called true independence. We have won the war, we must now win the

peace. You will miss this? Of course I will. But it is time. You can't

give up surely. I have got to. It is the right time. I have given it over

20 years. It is the right time. Diane James' time is now. She was

backed by Nigel Farage in the contest. His job is to reunite the

party and set new goals. If you're watching TV today, you will be

watching the opposition party in waiting. When you try to undermine

us, demoralise us, just remember we are where the best ideas that you

steal - where they came from and where they will come from again in

the future. She promised to keep up the pressure to deliver on Brexit.

Stop the faff, stop the fudge and the farce. Get on with it. The new

leader was the only one Ukip's biggest donor was prepared to back.

The feuding in the party ran deep and members say they will pull

together. At grass roots we are not split. And whatever problems there

have been, if there have been any, I'm certain we will rise above them.

What could be better than having a lady running the show. We are not

just beery boozy people. Nigel Farage can tell the truth in

politics. What has Diane James got? The same. The members have been

covering this card for Nigel Farage with farewells and they will miss

his charisma as they try to understand what is Ukip for now the

vote to leave the EU has been won. But right-wing parties have found a

place across Europe and there are protest votes up or the grabs,

especially with the mai parties divided. Now life gets tough for

Diane James filling the shows of one -- shoes of this leader will be

hard. He was the toddler who went

missing on the Greek island His mother has never

stopped looking for him. Now police have told the mother

of Ben Needham to prepare His family had always

hoped he would be found, but now detectives are preparing

to travel to Kos to investigate a claim that Ben was killed

all those years ago in an accident on a building site near where

he was last seen playing, Four years ago, South Yorkshire

Police went to the island of Kos, They were working on the theory

he may have disappeared What did happen to be

21-month-old toddler? His mother has campaigned

in the belief he was abducted and is still alive, publishing

artist's impressions of what he would look

like now. The last time I saw Ben,

he was playing 25 years ago, the family searched

and searched but a new witness has now come forward to say

a deceased friend was a digger driver on a neighbouring building

site at the time and he may have run Police have now told

the family to expect the worst, leaving Ben's mum bitter

that it's taken so long. If you'd have come forward 25 years

before, or the man who did the accident,

we probably could have forgiven him. We could have moved on,

grieved and Ben Of course I would have

been angry, but we could have... Detectives from South Yorkshire

Police have identified two new sites In the next few weeks,

they will travel After a quarter of a century,

this feels like the closest that anyone has got to solving

the mystery of Ben Needham's Kerry Needham was asked

if she definitely now believes I don't think the police would have

given us this information if it My reason for waking up in

the morning and dealing with life. Specialist teams are now preparing

to return to Greece to try and Last night's storms across parts

of England which dumped more rain in six hours than had

been seen in six weeks. Flash flooding has caused problems

on the roads and rail, one train detailed in a landslip

injuring two people. This was the view inside a shop in

Newbury at the height of the storm. The street outside has been

submerged by the torrent. The shop owner has his body against the door

trying to stop the waters flooding in. But he can't hold it back. It

comes cascading in. He later tells me, they don't have any insurance.

This is a pretty big disaster for us. For my dad, as well. I don't

know how long it is going to take us to do all the clearing up. The

dramatic storm scenes were repeated in the south-east to the north-east.

This was Newcastle. Here, after 10,000 homes had their electricity

cut off. The deluge also engulfed Rothbury in Northumberland. All you

minute by the spectacular electrical display. Outside Watford, this

massive landslide shoved one train of its tracks into the path of an

oncoming train. There was a glancing blow, the impacting during two

people. The train hit something, it went up in the air little bit and

then went off the track. The Loew you could hear it coming off onto

the gravel. Full service won't be back until Monday. At Didcot in

Oxfordshire, the train platform disappeared under inches of water.

The timetable was abandoned. Everything 's been cancelled. I'm

not sure how I am going to get to work. I should have started an hour

ago. It puts everything back. In Newbury in Berkshire half an hour

sure so -- saw a month's rainfall. It's all now being pumped out and

cleared up. The end of one extraordinary week that saw the

hottest September day for 105 years, and a monumental downpour. All

reminding us of September's capacity to be both summer and autumn. At

once. Duncan Kennedy, BBC News. A British man inspired by so-called

Islamic state is jailed for life for

killing a local imam. Coming up, I'm here in Rio where

Britain's Paralympian 's have won their 50th gold medal.

Haseeb Hameed is set to make history for England.

The 19-year-old is named in the test squad for Bangladesh.

He's more used to being asked about interest rates by MPs

but today the Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney

was grilled by a group of school children.

Budding reporters for the BBC's School Report asked him

whether he preferred Theresa May to David Cameron,

dogs to cats, and even managed to elicit an exclusive revelation -

Back to school, of course, the excuse made by every errant

I'm sorry I was late for school, yet again.

The governor was here to answer questions but first of all,

Let me say up front that it is a total

accident of history that I became the governor of the Bank of England.

I think there's a number of people in the UK who are wondering

I was fortunate to have teachers who were motivated me to find out

about the world and explore horizons.

As a child, what was a nickname you were given by friends?

Nicknames that were variants of my last name, which is Carney.

If you could choose to spend the UK's money on anything,

Before revealing the toughest day of his career.

The toughest day was the overnight, morning of the referendum result.

The reason that was a tough day was, not because of the result,

but you have a plan but you have to put it into place

and it is always a bit of concern that it won't work perfectly.

It was a tough audience, what did they think

Obviously, he has such an important job.

It was crazy how open he was about everything,

In good Strictly Come Dancing style, what grade would you give

Well, that's a pretty good scoreboard.

Which was tougher, the questions today or the questions you get

everyday from global leaders and politicians?

These are tough and they are better questions.

Because they are grounded in real life.

With that, the governor went to catch the train,

on time and with some fresh, young perspectives to think about.

George Osborne today re-launched his efforts to create

dubbed the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.

The former Chancellor told the BBC that the Government

was now "100% committed", despite a what he called

a "wobble" when Theresa May became Prime Minister.

The Ministry of Defence has apologised for the death

of a 15-year old Iraqi boy who was left to drown in 2003.

Ahmed Ali was forced into a canal by British soldiers

A report has strongly criticised the soldiers' actions.

An autistic British man says he'll fight attempts to send him

to America to face charges of stealing huge amounts

of data from Nasa, the US army, the FBI,

and other US government organisations.

A judge ruled today that he can be extradited to America

Lauri Love, who's 31 and suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, now has

Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports.

The eccentric son of a prison chaplain,

accused of being a sophisticated hacker of US government computers.

"I will remain" he sang before the hearing began but in one short

minute in court Lauri Love's hopes were dashed, as the district judge

ruled that he should be extradited to America.

Really worried for the toll it is taking on my health

It is our belief that it is not just and fair that a boy that has got

mental health issues can be taken away from his family,

his support network, merely to satisfy the desire

of the Americans to exact what I feel is a vengeance on him.

Lauri Love's problem is the serious charges he faces.

He is accused of hacking into the federal reserve,

the FBI, Nasa, and even the Missile Defence Agency,

among many other US government computers.

He suspected of stealing hundreds of thousands of personnel records

and tens of thousands of credit card details.

But his lawyers argue that he has Asberger's Syndrome

and depression and could kill himself in a US prison

They said it would be safer to put him on trial here.

Earlier this week, he told me that he doesn't want to run away

I don't know what my defence would be because I've not seen

the evidence or the charges against me in the UK but I know that

if there is a debt to society, then it could be repaid

and there could be rehabilitation and we could continue

I can't see that happening in America.

Although he's lost today, this isn't the end

of the legal road for Lauri Love, he still has the right

to go to the Court of Appeal to seek to have this decision overturned.

Once he'd left, his disappointed supporters blocked one

The arguments in this hugely controversial case

will continue for months, or even years.

Daniel Sandford, BBC News, Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Until his political views started to raise a few eyebrows

it could be argued Donald Trump was more famous

for his hairstyle than anything else.

Well, the chat show host Jimmy Fallon got to do what many

ruffling the famous golden thatch

of the Republican Presidential nominee.

Mr Trump managed to retain his composure and his combover.

At the Paralympics, Great Britain have won their 50th gold medal of

the games, it was won by Coldplay coup won his 400 metres race, as

Andy Swiss report. Britain's 50th gold of the game and

in Paul Blake, the happiest of history makers. Blake who has

cerebral palsy won bronze and silver at London 2012 but here it was

finally gold. For Blake, a moment of personal glory, he later celebrated

by throwing his mascot to his mum in the crowd but for the whole British

team, 50 gold medals is some achievement. It was something that

we dreamt rather than envisaged. The dream was big and we wanted to

achieve it so it feels intensely satisfying. We have converted nearly

half of our medals in Rio into gold. Last night was a story of silver.

Thrillingly for Richard Whitehead as he roared through with his trademark

late charge. If it had been the 105 metres he might have won. Also

silver for the women's relay team. An extraordinary games for the Idina

Cox who won four medals across to sports, athletics cycling. Something

that no Britain has done since 1988. I wanted to do something and

encourage other people to know that they can do some things that are a

little bit challenging. I've achieved what I wanted to achieve

and I'm happy and I just want to sleep now. In the last half-hour,

there's been another gold, for Lee Pearson in the equestrian dressage.

His 11th Paralympian title. For the British team, those magic moments

keep on coming. And there's also been another gold medal here for

David Smith in the bocio. With 112 medal so far, they should do it.

Thanks very much. No more great dramas but it has been

a dramatic week. We have seen 30 degrees coming down to 13 degrees.

The genetic drop in temperature brought by those thunderstorms and

puddles bigger than this one taken by our weather watcher in Essex.

Courtesy of this band of heavy rain which has been trying to wade

through the day. Further west it is a delightful afternoon as confirmed

by this picture in law said. -- Dorset. The nights are getting

longer and longer and under clear skies temperatures are going to fall

quickly. Many rural areas waking up to single digit values. It is going

to be a fresh weekend. Hopefully, some sunshine but complications

along the way. That weather front is not going away. It is going to track

westwards again bringing drips and drops of rain across central and

eastern England. In more north-western parts of England,

Scotland, Northern Ireland it is going to be better for sunshine. It

will feel pleasant with temperatures in the mid to high teens. Further

east, not so straightforward is. It may brighten up across East Anglia

although we could see the odd shower. That weather front refuses

to die. It is still there on Sunday. Another front across Scotland will

bring some rain as well but in between we will see some fine

weather and temperature is coming back to normal.

A British man inspired by so-called Islamic State has been jailed for

killing a local imam.