this is bbc news, the headlines: after nearly two decades and an international search, a man is found guilty of murdering the british police officer, sharon beshenivsky. more than 600 lawyers sign a letter calling for the uk to stop arms sales to israel. and countries bordering russia urged their nato allies to reintroduce

conscription to deter vladimir putin. time for a look at the business news now with egon cossou. we start in the uk — where the government has unveiled how much companies will have to pay to import certain food from the eu. small imports of things like fish, salami and cheese will attract fees of up to £145 from the end of this month. earlier i spoke to phil pluck. he's the boss of the cold chain federation — which represents companies working in the temperature controlled supply chain. i asked him about the impact on food prices. i think it's almost guaranteed to have a negative impact on food prices. food inflation is bound to be affected by the extra cost of administration due to the new food import regulations which are coming in on the 30th of april. so there are two obvious costs. the first cost is actually

to the importer, the food producer in europe, they will have to pay for something called an export health certificate issued by a vet to say that their food produce that has got animal product in it, or is of plant origin, that that food product must be safe and secure. that is the first cost to them. the second cost is the individual or company that is ordering that food, based in the uk, they will now be subject to something called a common user charge. which has only been revealed yesterday. bearing in mind in three weeks�* time this goes live. yesterday, they announced what the charges were and that will be £29 per consignment. and £145 maximum amount for any particular importer bringing food in. so it will have,

i'm afraid, an effect. and it will, almost certainly affect the sme community, individual restaurants, fish and chip shops, delicatessens, probably much more than it will the larger retailors. is this all going to affect the... trickle down to the consumer if the companies are facing higher costs, that will come down to us, went to? that's the only place it can land. so there are two consequences, really. and i was dealing yesterday with a number of phone calls from producers in europe. so we are not really going to join this club any more because it's too expensive, it's too administrative and heavy. so we are not going to import any more. there was one particular producer, a danish cheesemaker who said we're just going to focus all our attention on selling our cheeses into mainland europe, not the uk. so the first consequence for the uk consumer will be that they will probably have less choice in terms of artisan food

and small producer food. the second element is that they will see a price increase on the food that is still available and still being imported into the uk. the veteran american hard rock band kiss has sold its music catalogue, brand—name and likeness to the swedish music investor pophouse entertainment. the exact sum isn't known, but the bbc understands it's more than $300 million. david waddell has been speaking to the band's co—founder, gene simmons. we will be able to pay our rent. for any amount of money we wouldn't get in bed with the wrong folks. the best thing about this deal is who we are doing a deal it didn't begin with lawyers, it started with them sitting with us

and breaking bread. the best thing about this deal is who we are doing a deal with, about collaborative nature, and about how we have now our newest and best friends for the rest of our lives. pophouse have got a strong record, dealing with abba but you are a different proposition. what was it about pophouse that drew you to work with them? the commitment to taking ai where it has never been before, not just ai, but the technology, and so there's business and there's the idea of blowing the socks off your fans. they want to take us, that thing that we've created, into areas we never imagined, the caterpillar never imagined that once it stuck its head out of the cocoon that it would grow these beautiful wings that would soar into the heavens. in 2015 you told the bbc, "i approach life the way sharks approach life, they must keep moving

or they will drown. i will never stop making more money, i will never have enough." is this the point you feel you have brought in enough money? more money is always good. i completely reject the idea that if you work hard that you should not make more money. people who say money is the root of all evil do not understand, it is actually the lack of money that is the root of all evil. if you've got hundreds of millions of dollars in your pocket, why would you hold up a 7/11? there is some element of control you still have, but what will be your ongoing message to see them continue if you don't make money, you can't provide money to charity. you are building skyscrapers and buying boats, the people that work at your place giving your staff are able to feed their families.

place giving your staff are able to feed theirfamilies. money place giving your staff are able to feed their families. money is good. your merchandise runs far and wide. is there anything you won't sell? yes, crack is probably not a good idea! but no kiss cigarettes, but the rest of the world is open. why not? branding makes things fun. there is some element of control you still have, but what will be your ongoing message to see them continue to honour your legacy? the pophouse team has already surpassed anything we could have imagined. we have seen the original prototype imagery that's going to make you question where you are and your surroundings. it's unbelievable but i cannot tell you about it, not now, but soon! cheering.

well, what exactly does pophouse plan to do with the kiss brand? earlier, i spoke to per sundin, the boss of pophouse entertainment, and i asked him why he chose kiss. thet have the longevity of being 50 years in the business, they have an unique ip in their make—up, in the dresses, in the personas. and they have fantastic music. and they have fans all over the world, in all generations. maybe you can't say that abba and kiss have the same kind of music but they have the same kind of dedicated fans. and that is really what we look forward and we are looking into music ip is that we are investing in. one thing that a gun that does puzzle me is kiss is a big name but they are not at the forefront of popular culture. why then is it attracting so much money from you? well, we haven't released any

money into what we will be investing in this. so far it is just speculations as we have seen in the media so far. but for us, we totally believe in it and we totally believe in catalogue music. today it's just everything out there, it's releasing so much new music and songs. but the catalogue has been out there, music that has been produced and released in the �*70s, �*80s, �*90s, etc, are so good and are not competing with new music. if you look into what your kids in the new generations coming up are listening to. they listen to catalogue music. we see that across the data from spotify and everywhere. and the most positive and most exposed or unexposed music, we really want to do something to expose the music legacy for these artists into new generations.

so you can take a biopic, like bohemian rhapsody of queen that increases streams of spotify by 600% when it was released. and suddenly the kids of today have discovered a new favourite act. those kind of things are what we were looking for. we are not looking for passive rights, we are looking for active rights so we can do something together with artists and reemphasise emphasise and amplify and create a legacy for the artist and that is what we can do and what we are doing. in other news: sales of electric cars are failing to keep up with the wider market, according to the uk's industry body,the smmt. it reports that 15% of new cars registered in march were electric vehicles, down from 16% a year earlier. car sales overall, though, rose last month in the uk. google is considering charging for new "premium" features powered

by generative artificial intelligence. that's according to the financial times newspaper. such an adjustment to the company's business model could result in some of its core products being placed behind a paywall for the first time and spell the biggest ever shake—up of the tech giant's search business. just 57 energy and cement companies are linked to 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, according to the carbon majors database. its report was compiled by researchers who have been tracking emissions since the 2016 paris climate agreement. exxonmobil, shell and bp are amongst the companies named. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

nato countries that border russia are calling on their western allies, including the uk, to bring back military service as a deterrent to president putin. all the scandinavian and baltic counties have been rebooting their schemes, though britain is ruling out a return to conscription, which ended 60 years ago. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake, sent this special report from the estonia?russia border. fighting for their lives as russia attacks. these young estonians fear this training exercise could become reality one day. toivo studied in the uk for four years before starting his compulsory military service. it gives the general population a better preparedness, because they have completed a basic course of what they should be doing in a state of emergency, any kind of emergency, and they're better prepared to react to that kind of situation. even if you're not on

russia's doorstep, you still think it's useful? yeah, ifeel like this gives me better preparation, even for everyday life. more and more european nations are rebooting or revamping military service. estonia is among those urging other countries, including the uk, to do the same. estonia's prime minister told us how britain could adapt her system. we have a reserve army of 44,000 people that would equal, for great britain, around two million people. two million people who are ready to do, you know, to defend their country, to know what what they have to do. the british government told us there was absolutely no suggestion of a return to conscription. members of one of estonia's emerging bands were not initially enthusiastic about forced military service but now say they appreciate they may have to use their skills because of russia's aggression.

yeah, ever since this war with ukraine is going on, i think it's just a very present thought. and i don't think i have a single friend who thinks in an opposite way or in a different way. back in the forest, training's ending, but they'll do it all again tomorrow. if russia were to attack your country, estonia, what response would they face? massive defeat — i will say that! because we are ready, our reservists are ready. and of course they have the numbers, but in the end, talking to the strategic level, we have nato. russia ridicules suggestions it may invade a nato country next. but here, at least, they don't trust a word that moscow says.

nick beake, bbc news, on the estonia—russia border. the uk foreign secretary says he is trying to get ukraine and nato into the best possible shape before the us election. the best possible shape before the us election-— the best possible shape before the us election. ., ., ., , ., us election. lord cameron refused to answer questions _ us election. lord cameron refused to answer questions about _ us election. lord cameron refused to answer questions about the _ us election. lord cameron refused to answer questions about the israel - answer questions about the israel gaza war, but he did speak about the ukraine conflict. he has ruled out western boots on the ground in ukraine. ~ . ., ., western boots on the ground in ukraine. . ., ., , ., , ukraine. what nato is looking at is a nato mission _ ukraine. what nato is looking at is a nato mission for _ ukraine. what nato is looking at is a nato mission for ukraine, - ukraine. what nato is looking at is a nato mission for ukraine, not. ukraine. what nato is looking at is a nato mission for ukraine, not a i a nato mission for ukraine, not a nato mission in ukraine. it is making sure we use nato's architecture to help deliver some of the support that ukraine needs, but fundamentally i think that we should do everything we can to help ukraine. that has been britain's position. it is not escalating to

say that we are going to help this sovereign country fight off an aggressor. so sovereign country fight off an aggressor-— sovereign country fight off an anressor. ., �* , ., ., aggressor. so you don't see nato boots on the — aggressor. so you don't see nato boots on the ground _ aggressor. so you don't see nato boots on the ground in _ aggressor. so you don't see nato boots on the ground in ukraine? | aggressor. so you don't see nato - boots on the ground in ukraine? no, i don't think— boots on the ground in ukraine? iifr, i don't think we want to give putin a target like that. nato can do lots of things to better coordinate the help we give to ukraine, but fundamentally for countries like britain and all those supporters of ukraine, this is a question of political will. ukraine, this is a question of politicalwill. do ukraine, this is a question of political will. do we have the patience, the world, are we prepared to give the resources? in red's case, the answer is yes.- case, the answer is yes. david cameron _ case, the answer is yes. david cameron speaking _ case, the answer is yes. david cameron speaking in - case, the answer is yes. david | cameron speaking in brussels. case, the answer is yes. david - cameron speaking in brussels. there was that press conference, underlining the need for long—term nato commitment to ukraine. that interview is on bbc sounds or where ever you get your bbc podcaster.

let's get more on the story that blood tests for dementia will be offered at more than 50 memory clinics across the uk. a five—year trial will try to find out whether the tests can spot the early signs. the trials are being run by teams in oxford and london with thousands of volunteers and the plan is to introduce screening for dementia in over 50s. i've been speaking to vanessa raymont, associate director of dementias platform uk, who has been involved in the research. i asked her how much is resting on the outcome of this trial. quite a lot, in the sense that we have a lot of data about how useful some of these blood tests are for detecting alzheimer's disease and other diseases that are linked to dementia. what we lack is good data about the use of them in real world populations. a lot of people that volunteer for research don't really enter represent the general population. the purpose of these

projects that have been funded is to try to recruit people in the real world. 0nly try to recruit people in the real world. only by getting that kind of information will be no if it is useful. the other thing is that the projects are very much going to look at the overall cost of potentially in promoting these in the nhs. we are hopeful that in the five years we will also develop a pathway to making sure we can roll out the blood tests quickly and an nhs setting. blood tests quickly and an nhs settina. ~ ., ., ., , ., setting. went to the ma'ority of eo - le setting. went to the ma'ority of people and i setting. went to the ma'ority of people and patients _ setting. went to the majority of people and patients present - people and patients present themselves ordinarily for the first time, given that you were trialling people in their 50s here? most --eole people in their 50s here? most peeple are _ people in their 50s here? most people are older— people in their 50s here? most people are older than - people in their 50s here? most people are older than that. - people in their 50s here? most people are older than that. i i people in their 505 here? i�*j�*ifrsii people are older than that. i would say in their 70s or 80s, and this is when people tend to present with symptoms of dementia or cognitive impairment, which is the face that people may have before they develop dementia. at that point, they tend to be a bit older. my sense is we are starting to see people are little bit younger, but that is

partly because people i hear in that we have the potential for new treatments. hopefully this year we may see the drug licence in the uk which will modify alzheimer's disease, which is important. people are starting to think earlier on, even a few years ago they may have said, i'm not sure if have a problem or not. now they would rather go and be checked out. you are watching bbc news. people flying out of major uk airports will still need to remove liquids and laptops from their hand luggage. new security scanners were due to be installed byjune, which would mean an end to putting tiny toileteries into plastic bags, but airports including heathrow and manchester won't be ready in time. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin, explains.

high—tech scanners should mean the end of restrictions. at the moment, any liquids in your hand luggage have to be no more than 100 millimetres and you have to take them out and put them in a plastic bag like this. with the new machines in place, they can all stay in your bag, you can also take through liquids that are up to two litres in size. laptops can stay in the bag as well. a couple of airports, including london city, have already installed all of their scanners and switched to the new rules, but some major airports, including heathrow and gatwick, mote have all of the updated equipment byjune. mi! gatwick, mote have all of the updated equipment byjune. milo! updated equipment by june. all of the airports _ updated equipment by june. all of the airports are _ updated equipment by june. all of the airports are trying _ updated equipment by june. all of the airports are trying to - updated equipment byjune. fill rrf the airports are trying to install it at the same time, so there are challenges for the supply chain and for engineers to install it properly. because they are heavy kit, a lot of airports are having to

do construction work to strengthen floors or reconfigure the layout. so thatis floors or reconfigure the layout. so that is another challenge. making sure that all of the staff that are having to operate it are fully trained and aware of it. the government _ trained and aware of it. the government has _ trained and aware of it. the government has now - trained and aware of it. the government has now granted extensions pastjune. no more than a year. as a general rule, the restrictions on what you can take and carry on bags will stay the same for the time being. last week, i asked the boss of manchester airport what people should expect. the asked the boss of manchester airport what people should expect.— what people should expect. the vast ma'ori of what people should expect. the vast majority of airports _ what people should expect. the vast majority of airports in _ what people should expect. the vast majority of airports in the _ what people should expect. the vast majority of airports in the uk - what people should expect. the vast majority of airports in the uk will. majority of airports in the uk will be in _ majority of airports in the uk will be in the — majority of airports in the uk will be in the process of switching out fair scanners, so our message to passengers — fair scanners, so our message to passengers is, do come with your liquids _ passengers is, do come with your liquids in — passengers is, do come with your liquids in a — passengers is, do come with your liquids in a liquid back and get ready— liquids in a liquid back and get ready to — liquids in a liquid back and get ready to take your laptops are. people — ready to take your laptops are. people are being asked to check before they travel to avoid confusion or delays. before they travel to avoid confusion or dela s. . , , , ., confusion or delays. passengers are aware of what _ confusion or delays. passengers are aware of what they _ confusion or delays. passengers are aware of what they can _ confusion or delays. passengers are aware of what they can take - confusion or delays. passengers are aware of what they can take and - aware of what they can take and cannot take, then they can prepare appropriately before they go through security. that is the responsibility of the airport, the airline, but also passengers themselves. essen

also passengers themselves. even when the rules _ also passengers themselves. even when the rules change _ also passengers themselves. even when the rules change in - also passengers themselves. even when the rules change in the uk, it is important to check what applies at your destination airport so you don't get caught out on the way home. the discovery of a body on a hiking trail has taken the death toll from taiwan's earthquake to ten. nearly 650 people are in collapsed tunnels along the country's eastern coastline, after the strongest earthquake there in a quarter of a century. correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is in the region for us. the mountains of eastern taiwan, famed for their rugged beauty, but yesterday beauty turned to horror. the huge scars down the mountainside showed the paths of the rockslides, some boulders as big as cars. many hundreds are still trapped here. at a dressing station, rescue teams unload a steady stream of victims they have managed to bring out of the mountains. their wounds are quickly addressed, but the mental scars may take much longer to heal. sorry, i really don't want to cause more trauma for you, but we're all really curious as to what it's been

like being stuck there. it's. . .your worst nightmare coming true. it's like they show in the movies. you never think you're going to experience it that way. were you in a hotel, or were you...? we were in the tunnel with nine turns when it happened. and we felt the earth tremble, we just held on to each other. he was hit by some shrapnel and some stones, and we just held on to each other for i don't know how long, until it passed. so these are more rescue teams heading up into the mountains here behind me. this is called taroko gorge, and this is a very famous tourist spot, a very narrow, deep gorge that runs way up into the mountains here. this is where most of the more than 600 people now listed as trapped are thought to be, and there are many, many search teams in there trying to find out where they are and trying to get them out. lai suyin is a local

restaurant owner who's lived at the mouth of the gorge for more than 30 years and has experienced many quakes before. but nothing like this. translation: i was trying to get to sleep, and then l an aftershock hit, and i leapt up and ran outside again. just hearing that sound of the rocks falling, it really scared me, and i can't sleep. in hualien city, the buildings badly damaged by yesterday's quake still pose a serious threat. frantic work has been going on all day to shore them up and stop them from toppling over. here too the physical scars from the quake will soon be removed, but not the memory of what it felt like for the people who experienced it. we will hear the weather details in a moment. a busy 5pm news hour coming up. we will have the latest from westminster because after the death of those seven aid workers

after that israeli air strike in gaza, a letter sent to the prime minister, 600 lawyers calling for an end of arms sales to israel. we are alive with one of the signatories and life at westminster. we will also have the latest on that dementia trial, 55 million cases of dementia trial, 55 million cases of dementia around the world, 10 million new cases every year, so that trial will look at. also discussion of a new a! system used by israel called lavender. hello there. it's remaining unsettled for the rest of this week and, in fact, as we head into the weekend, we're looking at some stormy weather — very windy weather with a new named storm. more on that in just a moment. we're in between weather systems, though, today, so a relatively quiet day before the next area of low pressure moves through during the overnight period. but plenty of cloud

across northern and eastern areas. it will remain chilly here, limited sunshine. the best of any sunshine will be across the midlands southwards, the same too across wales but there will be some showers here and it will stay blustery through the channel but mild in the south — 14,16 degrees — but chilly across scotland. now, this evening and overnight, wet, windy weather spreads its way northwards across the country. as it bumps into the cold air across scotland we are likely to see some snow on the hills, but even down to modest levels by the end of the night. it stays cold here but a very mild night for england and wales. so potentially some disruptive snowfall across central and northern scotland for the early part of friday, even fairly lower levels actually but mostly on the hills. the rain, the sleet, the snow will eventually ease through the day, most of the country, though, on friday will have a bright day, sunny spells, scattered blustery showers — most of these across northern and western areas. and temperature—wise, a little bit higher still, 17 or 18 degrees perhaps across southern and eastern areas. still chilly across scotland but those temperatures will start to recover, particularly as we head into saturday because this deepening low pressure system has been named by met eireann as storm kathleen, the irish met service.

that's going to bring up very strong winds to the republic of ireland but a very blustery day expected on saturday across the board. so rain clears northwards and then we are into a very windy day with sunny spells and scattered showers, most of the showers towards southern and western areas — some eastern areas staying dry altogether. but it is going to be a very windy day wherever you are, particularly around the irish sea coast into northern ireland, where we will see gales, maybe even severe gales. but look at these sorts of temperatures, even scotland very mild. it could be up to 21 degrees across some eastern parts of england, so warm and windy. for sunday, storm kathleen passes to the north—west of the uk, so another blustery day to come for part two of the weekend. more showers in the mix as well, some of these could be heavy, maybe thundery as well. the best of any sunshine towards eastern areas. another blustery day, another very mild day but not as warm as saturday — top temperatures around 17 degrees.

live from london, this is bbc news. after nearly two decades and an international search a man is found guilty of murdering british police officer sharon beshenivsky. after israel's strike that killed seven aid workers, more than 600 lawyers sign a letter calling on the uk to stop arms sales to israel. we talk live to one of the signatories. and with 55 million dementia patients around the world, a new medical trial to learn

whether blood tests can spot the early signs of the disease. it would transform diagnosis and means that people could be screened for dementia in their 50s, long before symptoms emerge. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live. after almost 20 years and an international manhunt, a court has found a 75—year—old man guilty of murdering a uk police officer by planning the armed robbery in which she was shot dead. 38—year—old officer pc sharon beshenivsky was shot and killed on her youngest daughter's fourth birthday as she arrived at the scene of the robbery in the city of bradford, in west yorkshire, in 2005. piran ditta khan spent nearly two decades evading justice. he was extradited from pakistan last year, the last of the seven men involved to face trial.

0ur correspondent danny savage reports.