opens its doors in somerset. and coming up on bbc news. some boos and beer cups greet gareth southgate and his england team after another underwhelming euros performance but the knockout stage could well be opening up for them. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. a couple accused of the manslaughter of their newborn daughter by gross negligence will face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach a verdict on the charge. constance marten and mark gordon were found guilty of perverting the course ofjustice, and of concealing the birth of their child. this morning reporting restrictions on those verdicts were lifted, and the crown prosecution service confirmed it would seek a new trial. our home affairs correspondent

daniel sandford is at the old bailey now. remind us first of what happened in this case. the remind us first of what happened in this case. . . , remind us first of what happened in this case. a, , ., ., , this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance _ this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance marten - this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance marten and - this case. the case of the wealthy woman constance marten and heri woman constance marten and her partner mark gordon first burst into public attention in january last year when they went on the run and there was a national manhunt launched because police had found a placenta in a burnt out car on the m62 near bolton. eventually constance marten and mark gordon were found on the 27th of february last year in brighton, and unfortunately, their dead baby's unfortunately, their dead ba by�*s body unfortunately, their dead baby's body was found in a shopping bag in a shed on an allotment in the hall in ri area of brighton on the 1st of march last year. they went on trial in january, march last year. they went on trial injanuary, facing charges of gross negligence, manslaughter, causing or allowing the death of a child, child cruelty, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice. the trial was subject to

all sorts of delays, running into the holidays over easter did find the holidays over easter did find the couple guilty of concealing the birth of child and perverting the course ofjustice but we have not been able to tell you that until today because the judge imposed reporting restrictions. thejury could not reach verdicts on other charges and today the prosecution said they would seek a retrial. the judges and set that for march and lifted the reporting restrictions on those verdicts, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of a child and perverting the course ofjustice. of a child and perverting the course of 'ustice. ., ofjustice. daniel at the old baile , ofjustice. daniel at the old bailey, thank _ ofjustice. daniel at the old bailey, thank you. - the wikileaks founder, julian assange, has landed in australia as a free man. 1a years of legal battles and five years in a british prison ended in a deal with the us government and a guilty plea to espionage. his leaking of vast amounts of secret military information left him potentially facing a lengthy sentence in a high—securityjail. as he arrived back home he was embraced by his wife and family. our correspondent katy watson's report does contain some flashing images.

a political win for australia. a personal victory forjulian assange and his family. this is a homecoming they have long been waiting for. julian wanted me to sincerely thank everyone. he wanted to be here. but you have to understand, what he has been through. he needs time. he needs to recuperate. and this is a process. needs to recuperate. and this is a rocess. ~ , . ., process. the prime minister welcomed him home. process. the prime minister welcomed him home- i — process. the prime minister welcomed him home- i was _ process. the prime minister welcomed him home. i was pleased _ process. the prime minister welcomed him home. i was pleased to _ process. the prime minister welcomed him home. i was pleased to speak- him home. i was pleased to speak with him immediately, _ him home. i was pleased to speak with him immediately, upon - him home. i was pleased to speak with him immediately, upon the i with him immediately, upon the wheels— with him immediately, upon the wheels touching the ground. i was quite _ wheels touching the ground. i was quite pleased to be the first person here who _ quite pleased to be the first person here who he spoke with which was mutually— here who he spoke with which was mutually worked out. mr here who he spoke with which was mutually worked out. mr assange, any comment? freedom for assange only came after an appearance in a us court in the

island of saipan where he pleaded guilty to one charge of the espionage act. the us allowed him to go. his lawyers maintain the charges should never have been brought in the first place. we should never have been brought in the first place-— the first place. we are absolutely deliahted the first place. we are absolutely delighted after _ the first place. we are absolutely delighted after a _ the first place. we are absolutely delighted after a very _ the first place. we are absolutely delighted after a very long - the first place. we are absolutely delighted after a very long and i delighted after a very long and complex negotiation with the us government, that we have reached this plea deal that enabled him to come home to australia. this a this plea deal that enabled him to come home to australia. as a free manner. come home to australia. as a free manner- how _ come home to australia. as a free manner. how does _ come home to australia. as a free manner. how does it _ come home to australia. as a free manner. how does it feel - come home to australia. as a free manner. how does it feel to - come home to australia. as a free manner. how does it feel to be a i manner. how does it feel to be a free man. — manner. how does it feel to be a free man, mrassange? in manner. how does it feel to be a free man, mr assange?- free man, mr assange? in 2010, wikileaks published _ free man, mr assange? in 2010, wikileaks published huge - free man, mr assange? in 2010, i wikileaks published huge amounts free man, mr assange? in 2010, - wikileaks published huge amounts of classified information. like this video showing us military gunning down twojournalists in iraq. the us accused assange of endangering people's lives. shortly after, mr assange was arrested over rape and sexual assault charges, charges that years later were dropped but not before taking refuge in the ecuadorian embassy to avoid being sent to sweden for a trial. seven years he spent there before the relationship soured. by then, though, he was wanted by the us and

for the past five years has been in belmarsh fighting extradition. reporters have come to the hotel where julian assange reporters have come to the hotel wherejulian assange is staying with the hope of catching a glimpse of him. this is a moment that many thought would never happen, after years of campaigning, but with diplomatic efforts and politicians in the australia talking to the us, that made all the difference bringing him home. this marks the end of an epicjourney forjulian assange, a final race across the world back home via a small pacific island. back on australian soil and with that and end of ia years of legal battles and diplomatic headaches. katy watson, bbc news. the prime minister rishi sunak and labour's sir keir starmer are preparing to go head to head on the bbc in the final leaders debate of the election campaign, with just over a week to go until polling day. it comes as members of both parties continue to face difficult questions about betting on the date and outcomes of the election. our political correspondent

sean curran reports. the stage is set for the final head—to—head debate of this campaign. tonight rishi sunak and keir starmer will face each other and questions from the audience. it's a sure thing the prime minister it will be asked about the gambling row. he has been criticised for taking too long to drop two candidates who are being looked into by the gambling commission. the prime by the gambling commission. tue: prime minister by the gambling commission. tte: prime minister is very by the gambling commission. t'te: prime minister is very angry by the gambling commission. tte: prime minister is very angry about what has happened here although we don't know the conclusion of the gambling commission's investigation, but very angry about anybody who has broken the rules in these circumstances. he has taken a very decisive action in withdrawing support for two candidates who will not be supported by the conservative party in those seats. the not be supported by the conservative party in those seats.— party in those seats. the labour leader will— party in those seats. the labour leader will also _ party in those seats. the labour leader will also face _ party in those seats. the labour leader will also face questions. | leader will also face questions. last night he suspended one of his candidates who had bet against himself. t candidates who had bet against himself. ., �* ~' candidates who had bet against himself. ., �* ,, , , ., himself. i don't think this is about chanauin himself. i don't think this is about changing the _ himself. i don't think this is about changing the rules _

himself. i don't think this is about changing the rules on _ himself. i don't think this is about changing the rules on betting. - himself. i don't think this is about changing the rules on betting. i. changing the rules on betting. i think_ changing the rules on betting. i think the — changing the rules on betting. i think the rules are clear enough. it's think the rules are clear enough. it's ahout— think the rules are clear enough. it's about the behaviour of politicians, and it's about the behaviour— politicians, and it's about the behaviour of leaders when things come _ behaviour of leaders when things come to— behaviour of leaders when things come to light. i said if any of my candidate — come to light. i said if any of my candidate were being investigated by the gambling commission they would be out _ the gambling commission they would he out of— the gambling commission they would be out of the door on their feet wouldn't — be out of the door on their feet wouldn't touch the ground and that is what _ wouldn't touch the ground and that is what you — wouldn't touch the ground and that is what you saw yesterday. but others think — is what you saw yesterday. ifizt,ii others think politics needs health check when it comes to gambling. the lib dems leader wants a review of the rules, but admits he has had a flutter in the past. th the rules, but admits he has had a flutter in the past.— flutter in the past. in 2010, i thou~ht flutter in the past. in 2010, i thought we _ flutter in the past. in 2010, i thought we might _ flutter in the past. in 2010, i thought we might do - flutter in the past. in 2010, i thought we might do quite . flutter in the past. in 2010, i. thought we might do quite well, flutter in the past. in 2010, i - thought we might do quite well, and i was wrong, i'm afraid. so i lost that bet. 50 i was wrong, i'm afraid. so i lost that bet. , ., iwas wrong, i'm afraid. so i lost that bet. ., , ., that bet. so you placed a bet on the outcome of — that bet. so you placed a bet on the outcome of the _ that bet. so you placed a bet on the outcome of the 2010 _ that bet. so you placed a bet on the outcome of the 2010 election? - that bet. so you placed a bet on the outcome of the 2010 election? i - that bet. so you placed a bet on the | outcome of the 2010 election? i said that i outcome of the 2010 election? i said that i thought _ outcome of the 2010 election? i said that i thought that _ outcome of the 2010 election? i said that i thought that we _ outcome of the 2010 election? t "— c that i thought that we would not do better as a party, i thought that we were going to gain more seats, i was quite excited, i don't usually bet but i bet on that occasion and i lost. ., . ., ,., ., lost. out on the campaign trail, the snp's lost. out on the campaign trail, the sn p's westminster _ lost. out on the campaign trail, the snp's westminster leader - lost. out on the campaign trail, the snp's westminster leader also - lost. out on the campaign trail, the i snp's westminster leader also backed a rethink of the rules. t just a rethink of the rules. i 'ust assumed i a rethink of the rules. i 'ust assumed that i a rethink of the rules. i 'ust assumed that we �* a rethink of the rules. i 'ust assumed that we were h a rethink of the rules. ijust assumed that we were all. a rethink of the rules. i just - assumed that we were all seeking to do the _ assumed that we were all seeking to do the jobs _ assumed that we were all seeking to do the jobs that we are doing in the

best interest of the public to improve _ best interest of the public to improve their lives, not to get any sort of— improve their lives, not to get any sort of personal gain out of it. so i'm sort of personal gain out of it. so i'm put— sort of personal gain out of it. so i'm put pretty disappointed by what i've i'm put pretty disappointed by what i've seen— i'm put pretty disappointed by what i've seen and if that needs to be a tightening — i've seen and if that needs to be a tightening of rules, because obviously for sports people it's clear— obviously for sports people it's clear what they could and could not do, clear what they could and could not do. i_ clear what they could and could not do. i would — clear what they could and could not do, i would support that.— clear what they could and could not do, i would support that. going into toniuht's do, i would support that. going into tonight's bbc— do, i would support that. going into tonight's bbc debate, _ do, i would support that. going into tonight's bbc debate, the _ do, i would support that. going into tonight's bbc debate, the stakes i do, i would support that. going into| tonight's bbc debate, the stakes are high for the prime minister and the labour leader. they have only got a few more days to convince the voters. sean curran, bbc news. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now from nottingham where the debate will take place. what can we expect to see tonight? question on gambling, for a start. because that has really dominated the campaign for the past few days, hasn't it? this ever—growing story. but the task for the two leaders taking part, rishi sunak and chris sir keir starmer, is to try to look beyond the last few days of political swell and instead try to land their key messages with just

over a week to go. it's all happening in the building behind me and i took a look around earlier. this is the stage at nottingham trent university where sir keir starmer and rishi sunak will face off tonight. i'm standing behind the podium that one of those men, i don't know who, will be standing at. the other one just a very short distance away. it's actually quite intimate between the two of them. and in front of me over there an audience of 120 members of the public who will be peppering the two men who might be prime minister with questions. after more than a month of an intense general election campaign, this is the last set piece moment. it isa it is a funny thing, because as i said, it is quite an intimate stage but rishi sunak and keir starmer are not really primarily trying to win an argument with each other or even in the room, they are trying to win an argument with you, people who have not yet voted by post, who are waiting to make up their minds before they go and vote on thursday. and this is one of their last

remaining big ticket moments to do so. the stakes are really high. i think you will see on their faces and in their manner later tonight that they know that as well. thank ou, that they know that as well. thank you. henry- _ and you can see the final head to head between rishi sunak and sir keir starmer tonight at 8.15pm here on bbc one and iplayer. the leader of the ulster unionist party has launched its manifesto ahead of next week's general election, promising to defend northern ireland's place within the union. doug beattie also pledged to reduce corporation tax to 15%. the party is fielding candidates in 17 constituencies and hoping to secure at least four seats. mr beattie said northern ireland had previously been failed by its politicians. we have been failed in westminster through representation. with invisible mps, ineffective mps, and of course, absent mps. and we have all seen the pictures of debates about northern ireland where nobody is there apart from a few bench sentries

from the other parties, and our mps talking to themselves. that's not good enough. it's because we haven't enthused people, the mps in gb, to listen to the issues that affect northern ireland, that affect this part of the united kingdom. princess anne is said to be recovering well after suffering a minor head injury and concussion — thought to have been caused by a horse. her husband, sir tim laurence visited her in hospital in bristol, thanking medical staff and the emergency services who attended their estate in gloucestershire. he also shared a message to well—wishers, saying both he and the princess royal were deeply touched by the kind messages they'd received. a man has been arrested in north london in connection with an investigation into an alleged "honeytrap" plot at westminster. earlier this year, a number of men, mostly working in politics, were contacted unsolicited on whatsapp, and some were sent compromising messages. an investigation has begun after a four—year—old boy was left

behind at a wildlife park. carson had been on a nursery trip to the scottish deer centre as one of a group of nine children. staff from dunmore nursery were alerted by the centre and collected him a0 minutes later. fife council says it's treating the matter "extremely seriously." on the second day of the trial of a man accused of planning the kidnap, rape and murder of tv presenter holly willoughby, a jury has heard that the defendant ordered chloroform and assembled a kidnap kit. gavin plumb has been charged with soliciting murder, incitement to commit a kidnapping and incitement to commit rape. our correspondent lizo mzimba can tell us more. yes, this morning thejury has been taken through data that prosecution says it has been downloaded from gavin plumb's mobile phone and other devices. they say that it showed he was a member of a group discussing

holly willoughby, and it also had whatsapp messages with a man only known as mark in which the prosecution say they discussed holly willoughby. in one message, gavin plumb said, right, plan of action, i will give you a brief rundown. basically we are going to hit it, hit it at night, less traffic on the road. chloroform both of them, referring to her and her husband, then they can both be easily restrained. in another one he said, i have had a member of the holly group reach out to me, he knows the location of an abandoned building and is up for it big time. later they were taken to evidence from a man called dave nelson who unbeknownst to gavin plumb the prosecution say was an undercover police officer. the evidence will continue this afternoon. gavin plumb denies all the charges. thank you. health experts have described a new strain of the mpox virus in the democratic republic of congo as "incredibly worrying". the illness, which used to be called monkeypox, has been spreading along the country's eastern border. our africa correspondent barbara

plett usherjoins us now. barbara, what is this disease and how dangerous is the new strain? well, mpox is a virus that comes from the same family as smallpox. and the symptoms are similar to flu, although it can also cause lesions all over the body. most cases are mild. but it can kill and this new strain is a little bit more deadly. so in the democratic republic of the congo or drc, it has killed about 5% of adults that get it and 10% of children that get it. also, the outbreak has been driven mostly by sexual transmission, but not only, it can also spread through nonsexual contact including two health workers and schoolchildren which makes it dangerous. it has been spreading quickly along the eastern border of the drc but it is the most transmissible form so far according to scientists and it can be spread

evenif to scientists and it can be spread even if you don't have symptoms so it can travel through airports and that increases the risk that it could spread internationally. thank ou, could spread internationally. thank you. itarhara- _ the time is 13.15. our top story this afternoon. constance marten and her partner mark gordon are found guilty of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course ofjustice, they'll face a retrial over the child's manslaughter. and the gates to the glastonbury festival have opened, with more than 200,000 people expected at worthy farm for this year's celebration of music. coming up on bbc news. the undisputed heavyweight world champion no more. oleksander usyk gives up one of his four belts and it could be up for grabs for a british fighter with anthonyjoshua and daniel dubois expected to announce they will meet next. the americanjournalist evan gershkovich has gone on trial, accused of spying on a tank manufacturer in russia. both his employer, the wall streetjournal, and the us government vehemently deny the charges.

he's been held in prison in moscow for nearly 15 months while protesting his innocence. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from the city of yekaterinburg. this is evan gershkovich, after nearly 15 months in a russian jail awaiting trial. russian prosecutors call him a spy. america says he's being held hostage. as his trial opened, some smiles. but if the us journalist is convicted, the maximum possible sentence is 20 years in a russian penal colony. so we managed to see evan gershkovich briefly. but from this moment on, this trial will be behind closed doors. so no family members, no diplomats, no media allowed in. the next time we may be able to see the american journalist will be at the end of his trial. he was arrested on a reporting assignment here in yekaterinburg and accused of collecting

information for the cia. evan gershkovich, his employer the wall streetjournal, and the us government fiercely deny it and call the trial a sham. this is a bogus process. this is outrageous and outlandish. he will not enjoy any of the due process that one would expect in the west, in any western court. it will be closed door, it will be secret. we don't expect any chance, really, of his being acquitted. but could there be a prisoner swap? it's happened before. in 2022, russia freed us basketball star brittney griner. she'd beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout. there have been us—russian contacts over evan gershkovich, but no sign yet of an agreement that would bring his ordeal to an end. steve rosenberg, bbc

news, yekaterinburg. one of the architects of the flawed horizon software system, the former fujitsu engineer garethjenkins, is facing a second day of questioning at the inquiry into the post office it scandal. he's been asked for more detail on his role as an expert witness in court cases where former sub—postmasters were wrongly accused of stealing money. our correspondent zoe conway is there. zoe, what's been said this morning? i think one of the most significant moments in the past 2a hours of this inquiry was when garethjenkins was askedif inquiry was when garethjenkins was asked if he understood that as an expert witness in his duty was to tell notjust expert witness in his duty was to tell not just the expert witness in his duty was to tell notjust the truth to the court but the whole truth. why was it that he did not disclose the existence of all the known bugs and defects in the horizon system. was it that he did not understand the extent of the

bugs that existed? he certainly suggested that. or was it he thought this working well. he certainly suggested that as well. or was it that he did not understand his role as expert witness? he certainly suggested that the post office did not brief and properly on his role. why does this matter well it matters to the sub post masters and mistresses in the room. remember he helped put one of them in prison when he gave evidence in a case. at least 23 people have been shot dead by police in kenya after protesters stormed the country's parliament in nairobi. police fired tear gas and live ammunition when large crowds took to the streets to protest against new taxes. our deputy africa editor anne soy has the latest. the aftermath of the historic protests. in downtown nairobi there is destruction and death. this wiped

out many traders. igrate is destruction and death. this wiped out many traders.— is destruction and death. this wiped out many traders. we 'ust want them not to kill us _ out many traders. we 'ust want them not to kill us but they — out many traders. we just want them not to kill us but they dropped - not to kill us but they dropped petrol bombs. she not to kill us but they dropped petrol bombs.— not to kill us but they dropped petrol bombs. she is devastated. three of her— petrol bombs. she is devastated. three of her friends _ petrol bombs. she is devastated. three of her friends are - petrol bombs. she is devastated. three of her friends are missing. | petrol bombs. she is devastated. i three of her friends are missing. we are three of her friends are missing. - are checking to find if they can find anyone. most of them jumped from the window and sustained injuries. just down this road you can see more evidence of looting and destruction. this can see more evidence of looting and destruction-— destruction. this man is an optometrist to close - destruction. this man is an optometrist to close his . destruction. this man is an - optometrist to close his business for the day for his own safety and that of his employees but the shop was broken into. he has lost everything. was broken into. he has lost everything-— everything. they've taken everything- _ everything. they've taken everything. not _ everything. they've taken everything. not only - everything. they've taken l everything. not only taking everything. they've taken - everything. not only taking the items but also they tried to break the items. they intended to destroy.

these traders believe that there are separate groups on the streets, legitimate protesters and opportunists. the president has vowed to crush the looters. t opportunists. the president has vowed to crush the looters. i have directed all— vowed to crush the looters. i have directed all the _ vowed to crush the looters. i have directed all the organs _ vowed to crush the looters. i have directed all the organs of- vowed to crush the looters. i have directed all the organs of our- directed all the organs of our national security to deploy measures to thwart any attempt by dangerous criminals to undermine the security and stability of our country. but this violent _ and stability of our country. but this violent response from police and the deployment of the military has been condemned by human rights groups. testing times for kenya. specially trained dogs have been flown to tenerife to join the search for the missing british teenagerjay slater. the 19—year—old from lancashire went missing after going to a music festival with friends on the spanish island ten days ago. his family are also helping to look for him. nick garnett is in tenerife for us. nick.

what are you saying of the search on the ground? the what are you saying of the search on the ground?— what are you saying of the search on the round? , ., . ., ., the ground? the search on the ground is now focused — the ground? the search on the ground is now focused on _ the ground? the search on the ground is now focused on these _ the ground? the search on the ground is now focused on these dogs - the ground? the search on the ground is now focused on these dogs these i is now focused on these dogs these are large areas search dogs flown in from madrid and yesterday they started work in the afternoon and they carry on their work today in this area. and these are the mountain rangers who are searching in huge areas of land that need to be covered but because of their special skills they are the best thing that they can do to get the lowdown on the ground and be able to search. this is the town of santiago which is the largest town in the area and j's father was here yesterday putting up posters, missing posters, last seen last monday wearing a grey t—shirt and grey trousers and grey trainers as well and carrying a black bag. he has put these messages up all over the town in the hope that someone may have seen him or know where he

is. . ~ may have seen him or know where he is. w' ., ~ may have seen him or know where he is. m ., ,, i. more than 200,000 festival goers have begun to descend on worthy farm in somerset for the biggest date in the uk's music calendar — the glastonbury festival. this year's acts include headliners dua lipa and coldplay — as well as shania twain taking the sunday legends slot. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson is there, and has been speaking to some of the first people through the gates. glastonbury is go! welcome to glastonbury! at eight o'clock the gates were opened by festival boss emily eavis. this is the moment we've all been waiting for, colin. this is it. we work on it all year to open the gates, to see everyone here, it's amazing. # don't show up... #. for the first time since the festival began in 1970, two of the three headliners are female. on friday, seven time brit winner dua lipa. and on sunday, us r&b superstar sza.

it means a lot to me personally. i've been working on this for a long, long time. why has it taken so long? well, there are fewer female headliners at the moment, but we're working on that. keep going, guys. keep going. and as the festival goers flooded in, it was clear there were even more cowboy hats than usual, due to country star shania twain... this is the full outfit. ..playing this year's legends slot. i am buzzing! # man, i feel like a woman. # wah, wah, wah, wah, wah! amongst the early arrivals were the usual trolley malfunctions. i've made my bed, i've got to sleep in it. you haven't made your bed. i haven't made my bed. that's the whole point, actually! there were veterans of 20 glastonburys. this is my favourite place on the planet, honestly. you get away from everything else. you spend time with lovely people! and pioneering new attempts on how to be found in a crowd. they're already kind of wearing out, so hopefully they don't fly away. i'm a little worried

about spider—man's health. do you think? yeah. he's not looking great. i trust baby shark to pull through, though. there's no bands on, guys. everyone's been cancelled. and you know, you're at glastonbury when a live tv interview... good morning. yes, indeed. i have just met the napier�*s from halifax... ..takes a very strange turn. i've got something crazy to tell you. i have a boyfriend. you've got something crazy to tell me, you've got a boyfriend? that's quite a declaration to make on national tv. my dad has said he will lock him in a tower. he will lock him in a tower?! glastonbury, 202a. the mayhem has onlyjust begun. and it has all been about getting your spot and putting up your tent and i'm here in the field opposite the pyramid stage and i think this could be the best spot in the whole festival because you can sit on the leather couch and watch the headlines. how did you nailed this

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would be third time lucky. but the wait goes on. the players and manager booed at half and full time after a goalless draw in cologne. it's pretty pathetic, really, wasn't it? ijust thought it was flat, flat performance all around. i thought we played much better second half, than first half. i think the first half was quite boring. eight years in charge for major tournaments. but gareth southgate says the current anger towards him and the squad is unlike anything he's encountered before. plastic cups were even thrown in his direction. it is creating an unusual environment to operate in. i've not seen any other team qualify and receive similar, so i understand it. i'm not going to back away from it, but i'm very, very proud of the players for how they're operating within it. a new day. and as some england fans head home, there are reasons to be optimistic.

for example, their potential draw to the final could have been a lot tougher. but in fact, they are on the opposite side of the draw to germany, france, portugal and spain. but first, it's a trip to gelsenkirchen for the round of 16, where there's a high percentage chance of meeting the netherlands. and should they overcome one of these teams? then italy or switzerland stand between england and a place in the semi—finals. top of the table, haven't lost a game. and its left some fans daring to believe. there's a lot of people disappointed with the performance last night, but that's the difference between entertainment and efficiency, isn't it? we want to win the tournament and all we have to do, it's really simple. just don't lose a game. it's knockout football. you do not know what's going to happen on that game. it gives us more time to play against some of those teams that aren't quite at the levels of what a germany or a france are. i'm always optimistic. honestly, i am. i love it.

unlike theirfans, the england squad are yet to really leave their mark, but at least they still have the chance to do so. and that chance will come on sunday and we will find out the opponent later tonight. a team of travelled back east to the training base and are scheduled to have a training session in dos away from the media today and again let's look forward because favourites before the ball was kicked england had been overlooked at the minute, marked by some european media outlets and give them a siege mentality. and to put this all in context i spoke to one local woman who said there are seven games or seven steps to bring the trophy and whether you crawl, walk, iurnp trophy and whether you crawl, walk, jump or run is not important, how you get to the top is what is important in so far england are still in the race. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon. aristocrat constance marten and her partner mark gordon are found guilty of concealing the birth of a child and perverting

the course of justice. they will face a retrial over the death of the baby. with around thirty percent of clothes bought online being returned, more retailers are beginning to charge for sending back unwanted items. we'll have a full forecast in the next half hour, but it's time now for a quick look at the weather. here's matt. good afternoon. it is all about the heat again, 29 degrees in london but a different view in edinburgh are just 1a celsius. it is humid but things are changing for everyone as this area of cloud out towards the west is set to bring windy weather tomorrow. but it will sweep through bring in fresh air and dropping temperatures right across the uk. also a few showers. all the details just before two o'clock. it is just over a week

until polls open in the general election, and the party leaders have been focussing their attention — and visits — on areas where they think they have the best chance of winning over voters. for some that's meant trips to new places — while others are taking a more defensive approach, as bbc verify�*s nick eardley explains. hello. yes, for weeks, the leaders have been whizzing around the country, campaigning to win votes. and there are, of course, a variety of reasons for visiting a particular area. but looking at where the leaders have been also helps us build up a picture of where the parties are putting resources in. so bbc teams have been collecting information about where rishi sunak, keir starmer and ed davey have been. firstly, two things. the map of constituencies has changed from 2019, so we're going to be talking about notional majorities, which is what we calculate would have happened last time, based on the new map. secondly, the picture in scotland — you can see it in yellow here — is more complicated. the snp are clearly a big part of the equation, but so are the leaders of the scottish labour,

conservative and lib dem parties. northern ireland has different parties with different leaders, too. so for this we're just going to look at england and wales. but with those caveats, let's dive in. and let's start off with rishi sunak. all of these areas highlighted in blue are places where he's been since the start of the election campaign. what i think is really interesting about this is some of the areas where rishi sunak has chosen to spend time. early in the campaign, honiton and sidmouth down there — the sort of area where the conservatives, as you can see, were comfortably ahead in 2019. it wasn't all like that — there's redcar where the notional majority is a lot less — but when you look at the last ten days, rishi sunak�*s spending valuable campaigning time in what should be rock—solid tory seats like grantham and bourne in the east midlands — huge notional majority for the conservatives here, just about 22,a00. it's one of the 50 safest seats in the uk, based on notional

majority for the tories. another one here — torridge and tavistock down in the south west. again, massive notional majority. and the key thing this tells us is that the evidence is that rishi sunak is fighting a highly defensive campaign, often in areas where the tories have won comfortably in the past. actually, keir starmer is focusing on conservative—held constituencies, too. that's perhaps not that surprising, given that the conservatives won a comfortable majority last time and labour were thumped. but this is the map showing where keir starmer has been since the election was called. and a few interesting examples for you. bassetlaw — where the conservatives, again, have a notional majority of around 12,500. stevenage here — where, again, the tories have a notional majority — 8,500. but it gets bigger. reading west and mid berkshire, where the conservatives have a notional majority

ofjust under 17,000. this all paints a picture of labour parking tanks on conservative lawns. finally, ed davey, the lib dem leader. again, the vast majority of his time is being spent in areas where the lib dems think they can take seats from the conservatives. some examples for you. eastleigh down here — again, this is a conservative notional majority — 8,600. dorking and horley there — where the notional majority for the conservatives is just over 10,000. and, again, it gets bigger, because ed davey has been to chichester, where the conservatives have a notional majority — look at that — just under 20,000. so all of this paints a picture about what the parties are focusing on — focusing their leaders' times, focusing their resources. and it gives us more of an idea about what those battle buses driving around the country are really up to.

still to come on today's programme. astronauts on boeing's starliner spacecraft remain on the international space station longer than expected after a mission beset by problems. now it's time to join our colleagues with the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. our top stories. boos... even some beer cans... as england's euros campaign delivers progress... but another underwhelming performance... will belgium emerge from a deadlocked group e...? never before have all four sides had the same number of points into the final game. the undisputed heavyweight world champion no more... oleksander usyk gives up one of his four belts... and it could be up for grabs for a british fighter...

hello again. england have emerged from what was stastically the least exciting group in european championship history... and some of the fans there to witness it in germany let the team... and gareth southgate know they weren't too impressed with the part england played in that. boos greeted the final whistle of the goalless draw with slovenia... and there were even some plastic beer cups thrown onto the pitch when the players and manager approached to show their appreciation. i understand it. i'm not going to back away from it. the most important thing here is that the supporters stay with the team. i understand the sort of narrative towards me and, you know, that's betterfor the team than it being towards them.

but it is creating an unusual environment to operate in. i've not seen any other team qualify and receive similar. well let's head to england's training base near erfurt and speak to our reporter alex howell. alex, england are through to the last 16... as group winners no less... and yet optimism seems to be in short supply at the moment. that's right the feeling is one of frustration ., that's right the feeling is one of frustration . , ., . . , frustration after their performances a . ainst frustration after their performances against derby _ frustration after their performances against derby and _ frustration after their performances against derby and denmark. - frustration after their performances | against derby and denmark. there's been talk around a big reset for this england team and how they're going approach the game tonight. there have been calls for some players to be introduced to the side. they came on and there has

been positive reflection around those. as we heard from gareth southgate, he said the reaction from supporters is creating an unusual environment. not everybody is thinking that things are as bad as reported around the england team at the moment. some of the criticism of gareth and the team has been slightly over the top and i think there are a lot of people out there who could get egg on the face if england do go far in this tournament and the way that the draw has opened up and i get the other side of it, the england team have to start performing and it has to click. but we know that the england have some outstanding players, some of the best players in the world. so if it does click, when it does click, england are going to be in a really good position. so itjust needs to click. that's the most important thing. but the players are capable. we know that. so england have qualified as group winners and that means they can play

one of three sides, they can play their third placed team from group d, e or f. that is currently the netherlands. group e is interesting as all three of the teams, which include belgium, are level on three points. it's most likely they would be playing 11 and is but the other two —— never learns. before they finish we won't know for certain. so statistically it's less likely... but group e could provide england's next opponents on sunday. who the third placed team will be is anyone's guess... we've never had a group at the euros before with all four teams on three points after two games. romania go into their game against slovakia in frankfurt top of the group... while belgium also only need a draw to go through... they're playing ukraine in stuttgart. we need to be confident and normally there is no reason not to be confident, but to be sure. in football, you never can be sure.

and we are not sure. we are sure that we need a big game because it's a big team. ukraine is a big team. we saw several games of them, notjust during the qualifiers, two times against england, but also the games here in the euro, during the euro and before the friendly game against germany. i think they were the better team. before starting our group everybody understood that belgium is the favourite but in this championship everything is possible. i remember this game — everything is possible. i remember this game against slovakia before they conceded the goal they created very good _ they conceded the goal they created very good chances. of course this is a very— very good chances. of course this is a very strong — very good chances. of course this is a very strong thing, very serious. but i _ a very strong thing, very serious. but i said — a very strong thing, very serious. but i said now, we have to respect the opening but we have to think about— the opening but we have to think about us, — the opening but we have to think about us, how to play against this team _ group f is a little more clear cut... portugal are through as group winners ahead of their match against georgia... while if turkey beat the czech republic they'lljoin them in the last 16...

with neither of the other two teams progressing. argentina are the first team through to the quarter finals of the copa america after lautaro martinez�*s goal gave them a 1—0 win over chile in newjersey. meanwhile in the day's other match an assistant referee needed medical attention after collapsing during the first half of canada's win over peru. temperatures in kansas city approached 100 degrees farenheit on tuesday... with several players helping guatemalan official humberto panjoj. .. who was breathing and has since recovered. the game itself had two key moments... the dismissal of miguel araujo... who was eventually shown a red card for a horrible foul in the second half after a var review... and then with about 15 minutes left the player on the end of that challenge... jacob shaffelburg sent jonathan david through to score the winnerfor canada... who have one victory from their two games so far. manchester united have confirmed the departure of lucia garcia who will leave the club when her contract expires at the end of the month. the spanish international made 60

appearances for united afterjoining them in 2022, scoring 16 goals in the process, the two most notable of which coming in last season's fa cup final victory over tottenham hotspur heavyweight boxing waited nearly 25 years for an undisputed world champion but oleksander usyk only held the title for five weeks. the ukrainian says he's given up one of his four belts that he unified with his win over tyson fury last month because he's planning for a rematch instead of fighting the ibf�*s mandatory challenger daniel dubois. so that belt could now be on the line when an expected meeting between dubois and anthonyjoshua is announced later. the tennis at eastbourne delivered a whole host of stories with impressive wins for katie boulter and emma raducanu on the women's side, while following another early exit for cameron norrie in the men's draw. a welcome

and pretty big surprise in the shape of britain's giles hussey... a lucky loser who beat the sixth seed mariano navone in his first tour—level match. he's due back on court shortly for his second round meeting with flavio cobolli. i feel good out there. honestly, that's. .. that's the best i've felt on a grass court for sure. it's not normally my preferred surface, but yeah, seemed to work ok today. so i'm going tojust keep swinging this week and whatever happens, happens. british number one katie boulter is in second round action right now... playing the fifth seed and former french open champion jelena ostapenko. this is the first meeting between the two. boulter looked like she would run away with the first set, leading 5—1 at one point. the latvian, who's ranked thirteenth in the world, fought back for a while with one game lasting quarter of an hour. but boulter eventually prevailed to take the first set 6—a. emma raducanu's match against second seed jessican pegula will follow this one. you can watch the action live on bbc two. england are bowling first after losing the toss for the first women's one day international against new zealand in durham. bowler lauren filer,

back into the squad today, has just taken her first wicket of the afternoon. england won two white ball series against the same opponents as recently as the spring... and have three odis followed by five t20s over the next couple of weeks. and finally it's been a bit of a wild week in cricket's county championship, capped off by an over from england's ollie robinson. the sussex fast bowler conceded a record a3 runs this afternoon hit by leicestershire's lewis kimber for five sixes... three of which were off no—balls, three fours and a single. robinson is hoping to play a big part for england's test team this summer. particularly once james anderson retires next month. but he's picked up an unwanted record just a few days after the previous mark of 38 had been equalled by another england bowler... shoaib bashir.

there's more on the bbc sport website... including plenty of dissection of england's latest match at the euros... and how things might look should they progress a little further in the tournament having made the last 16. that's also where you can catch live tennis from eastbourne... head to bbc.co.uk/sport. .. but that's it for now... so it's time to head back to the news at one team... and anna foster. a snake, which was originally thought to be male, has given birth to 1a babies, or 'snakelets' as they're called — despite never having a mate. it's an exceptionally rare phenomena known as parthenogenesis or 'virgin birth' and came as something of a surprise to 13—year—old ronaldo's keepers. lauren moss has more. the arrival of these little snakelets, or baby snakes, caused a surprise that was off the scales when they suddenly appeared at the city of portsmouth college. nine years after rescuing a boa constrictor named ronaldo, owner pete quinlan was shocked to discover that not only was ronaldo not

the male he'd always believed, but had also reproduced alone without a mate, and had 1a babies. our students came in as usual and approached the vivarium as they normally would do. they tend to the animals. one of the students alerted our fellow members of staff to the fact that there was baby snakes moving around inside. ronaldo's achievement is so rare it's only been previously recorded three times in a female boa constrictor. she's given birth without seeing a male. certainly not in the time that i've had her. after doing a little bit of research, we found that on a very rare occasion, snakes can do this. reproducing like this is very unusual among animals. it's called parthenogenesis from the greek word meaning virgin birth or creation, where an egg becomes an embryo without being fertilized by sperm. it is quite common among plants

and insects like mayflies. mammals can't do this naturally. and why asexual reproduction happens is still a bit of a mystery among reptiles. in most cases when animals reproduce the cells of an egg divide when it meets the sperm. but in parthenogenesis, the female snake has been able to fertilise her own eggs and form an embryo mimicking sexual reproduction. one of the theories is that it allows them to quickly colonise new habitats. snakes and some other animals have different sex chromosomes to ourselves, which means that the females have the ability to produce young without having contact with males. they still have those urges and those drivers to reproduce. and so, yeah, they canjust fertilize their own eggs. ronaldo's snakelets will now grow up without much involvement from their mother. herjob is done, but together they've all made history in portsmouth. laura moss, bbc news.

boeing's starliner spacecraft — which made its first crewed mission to the international space station earlier this month — will stay there for longer than expected. it was due to return to earth tomorrow, but helium leaks that emerged during the launch could still cause problems on re—entry. the capsule has been beset by problems, and has been running behind schedule for years. our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. four, three, two, one. ignition. boeing's starliner set off to the international space station at the beginning of this month. it went up with engineers knowing that there was a small leak of helium gas in the propulsion system. they didn't think it was a problem. starliner holding steady in the 10m hold point. but during the flight, four more small helium leaks were identified. starliner at one—and—a—half metres away. just before docking with the space station, five manoeuvering thrusters failed, four of which restarted.

the astronauts — suni williams, followed eventually by butch wilmore — were welcomed by the crew on the space station. lots of cheering here in the room. they were supposed to have stayed forjust eight days, but they're still on board as engineers find out what might have gone wrong with the helium leaks and thrusters. the problems we've seen in the last few weeks are not the kind of problems that we anticipated to be facing on the mission at this stage. so the whole point about this was putting astronauts in the loop of controlling a spacecraft, see how the spacecraft performs, all that kind of stuff. instead, we do seem to be dealing with rather more fundamental issues that really should have been ironed out by now. yeah, ijust want to say a big thanks to family and friends who've lived this. nasa has stressed that the astronauts are safe. they're not stranded and could come back on starliner if there's an emergency. but they want to get to the bottom of the problems before they bring butch and suni home.

the root cause of the problem is not understood, or it's not been announced that it's understood. and so they're having to make a judgment about calling the return based on incomplete information. if you don't really understand the cause of any one failure, then you can't say for sure whether you've got a systematic problem that will affect both your prime system and your back—up and any further back—ups. nasa says it'll bejuly at the earliest before any return to earth. but when starliner comes back, questions will be asked about whether it should have been launched, knowing there was a small helium leak. pallab ghosh, bbc news. more online retailers are starting to charge customers to return unwanted clothes. the ability to try on at home and send back for free was always sold as one of the big benefits over traditional shops. but now nearly a0 per cent of online stores are making buyers pay the return postage. ben boulos has more.

we've become used to having free delivery and free returns when buying clothes online, but that may be changing. the online fashion retailer pretty little thing was criticised this week for deactivating some customer accounts because of the number of times they've returned items. it recently introduced a fee of £1.99 on returns, which is deducted from the amount of your refund. the retailer is part of the boohoo group, but similar charges have also been introduced by high street giants, including next, uniqlo and sports direct for online returns. it's because returns are becoming a big problem for these retailers. about 30% of clothes bought online are returned, according to one study, and once an item is back and processed, it cannot be resold at full price. that's costly for an industry that's been struggling following a boom during covid. somebody like asos was so ahead of their time putting video on the website and to be honest, i don't know why more retailers aren't doing that. they've already got the studio.

seeing it on video, you understand the fit, the drape, the transparency of the fabric, how it moves. and so i think video has massively reduced the amount of returns on that website specifically. so would these fees on returns put people off buying online? here's what some shoppers told us in york. you can't try them on online. so if i don't, if it doesn't fit, i'll return it. the fact that they're charging for returns, i mean, maybe people will stop shopping online as much. it kind of makes sense. but then people need to shop on the high street more. - well, it's a delicate balance for the brands involved, wanting to deter people from overusing or even abusing free returns with the cost and environmental impact of processing and transporting the items. but at the same time, not wanting to lose business from customers who may be put off by the charges and decide not to make a purchase in the first place. glastonbury�*s pyramid stage has played host to some of music's biggest names, and shania twain will follow the likes of dolly parton and diana ross when she plays

the legends slot on sunday. our entertainment correspondent colin patterson has been speaking to her, and she told him she's feeling a little overwhelmed. # let's go, girls. long before taylor swift, there was another female country singer who went pop and became a phenomenon. # i'm going out tonight, i'm feeling all right. # gonna let it all hang out. shania twain's late '90s album come on over is one of the top ten global best sellers of all time. this weekend, she follows the likes of lionel richie, dolly parton and kylie minogue by playing glastonbury�*s sunday teatime legends slot. i'm a little overwhelmed. so many stories, so many exciting... so much anticipation. bring my wellies. and now i'm thinking about which wellies should i bring? # ok, so you're brad pitt? # that don't impress me much! people who come to watch

the legends, a lot of them wear fancy dress of the act. so let's go through some of the iconic shania looks. that don't impress me much? anything in leopard print. # oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy. man, i feel like a woman. veil and top hat in the sun, is that going to work? a top hat would work, yeah, why not, right? you should bring a hat anyway. why not a top hat? and why not a top hat that, like, pops up so that it doesn't take up any space when you're not wearing it! orjust a black tie over any white t—shirt works. pick one more shania outfit you'd like to see there in the crowd. denim on denim. any denim on denim. that works! when were you last in a tent? did you camp, are you a camper? i'm a big camper. right. i've done a lot of camping. i've done a lot of spending time out in the bush. what's your best putting up a tent tip?

best putting up... you know what, i believe in pop up tents. all right, ease. honestly, out of all the camping i've done, don't be a hero. what kind of show are you going to deliver in the legends slot? i'd love to be able to sing with everyone, sing along and be a part of the journey of the crowd. so i do everything familiar. i want to do the hits, i want to do what they know. shania twain, thank you very much for giving us your glastonbury preview. thank you so much. now the weather with matt. and glastonbury and where there have always gone hand—in—hand! the heat and humidity are not impressing some so much at the moment! 27 degrees this afternoon but look at the

forecast in the next few days because the temperature is going to drop and there is a small chance of showers tomorrow morning. a lot of the time dry but the breeze picking up the time dry but the breeze picking up and that gives a hint to what is happening for all of us in the next few days. this cloud in the west driving the change, a deep low pressure is set to push into windy conditions in the north and west but this cold front here will shepherd in cooler and fresher air eventually sweeping away that hot and humid air across england and wales right now. we could see 30 celsius this afternoon across the south—east, still quite humid in scotland and northern ireland but cooler around the eastern coasts. a few showers in the eastern coasts. a few showers in the north and west and then the cold front works its way in. a drop in the community tomorrow morning for scotland and northern ireland but feeling humid across eastern areas. temperatures tonight in some areas

not dropping below 18 degrees. so hot sunny morning to come here, the cold front initially in the west of england and wales moving south and east and following to the north and west with a lot more cloud and frequent showers and strong wind. humidity levels drop in the afternoon, for most temperatures down under day apart from some parts of north—east scotland at 20 degrees. in the west of scotland and northern ireland finishing the day with gale force wind driving in showers and longer spells of rain which last through the night. a little ridge of high pressure down towards the south keeping things dry here on friday. but frequent showers across northern scotland to begin with and becoming less frequent through the day. a bit more sunshine through the day. a bit more sunshine through the day. a bit more sunshine through the afternoon but all of us back to levels that we would normally expect at this time of year at around 15 or 16 up to 23 celsius.

the pressure weather continuing into the weekend, feeling pleasant in the sunshine but next week more british weather in time for wimbledon! that's all from today's bbc news at one. thanks for watching. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news the wikileaks founder julian assange arrives back in australia a free man, reuniting with his family after pleading guilty to espionage in a us court. julian wanted me to sincerely thank everyone. he wanted to be here, but you have to understand what he has been through. it is revealed there were convicted

in may for perverting the cost —— with justice. a final head to head debate for rishi sunak and keir starmer — the last one before polling day next week. and, aiming to impress — shania twain tells us how she's preparing for glastonbury, where the festival gates have opened. the wikileaks founder, julian assange, has landed in australia as a free man. fourteen years of legal battles — including five years in a british prison — ended in a deal with the us goverment and a guilty plea to espionage. his leaking of vast amounts of secret military information left him potentially facing a lengthy sentence in a high—securityjail. as he arrived back home he was embraced by his wife and family. our correspondent, katy watson's report does contain some flashing images.