system was perfect. private parking firms agree a new code of conduct after criticism of their practices. and festivalgoers prepare for the heat — and the music — at glastonbury. and coming up on bbc news. england's preparations for their last—16 match with slovakia at the euros are under way as the knockout stages approach. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there is just a week to go before the general election and all political parties are hitting the campaign trail in a final push to win over voters. rishi sunak is visiting a factory in derbyshire. sir keir starmer is on the labour battle bus in the north west of england and the west midlands.

last night, they clashed on issues including tax, immigration and the welfare budget in the final leaders' debate before polling day. our political correspondent, harry farley reports. seven days to go and it is a sprint to the finish line. leaders won the road after sir keir starmer and rishi sunak clashed on tax, net zero and immigration. we rishi sunak clashed on tax, net zero and immigration.— and immigration. we are an island, why can't we _ and immigration. we are an island, why can't we easily _ and immigration. we are an island, why can't we easily close _ and immigration. we are an island, why can't we easily close our - why can't we easily close our borders? if why can't we easily close our borders?— why can't we easily close our borders? ,, ., , , ., borders? if keir starmer is your prime minister _ borders? if keir starmer is your prime minister there _ borders? if keir starmer is your prime minister there illegal - prime minister there illegal migrants _ prime minister there illegal migrants will— prime minister there illegal migrants will be _ prime minister there illegal migrants will be out - prime minister there illegal migrants will be out on - prime minister there illegal migrants will be out on our| prime minister there illegal- migrants will be out on our streets. record _ migrants will be out on our streets. record numbers— migrants will be out on our streets. record numbers have _ migrants will be out on our streets. record numbers have come - migrants will be out on our streets. record numbers have come under. migrants will be out on our streets. i record numbers have come under this prime minister. record numbers coming across the channel. 50,000 people have come since rishi sunak has been prime minister, 50,000 across the channel.— has been prime minister, 50,000 across the channel. labour want to return more _ across the channel. labour want to return more people _ across the channel. labour want to return more people to _ across the channel. labour want to return more people to countries i across the channel. labour want to l return more people to countries they came from. , return more people to countries they came from-— came from. rishi sunak mocked the idea. do came from. rishi sunak mocked the idea- do you — came from. rishi sunak mocked the idea. do you know _ came from. rishi sunak mocked the idea. do you know where _ came from. rishi sunak mocked the idea. do you know where they - came from. rishi sunak mocked the idea. do you know where they come from? _ idea. do you know where they come from? iran, — idea. do you know where they come from? iran, syria, afghanistan. when he says— from? iran, syria, afghanistan. when

he says he _ from? iran, syria, afghanistan. when he says he will return people will he says he will return people will he sit _ he says he will return people will he sit down with the iranian ayatollahs and try to do a deal with the taliban? it is ayatollahs and try to do a deal with the taliban?— the taliban? it is nonsensical. the prime minister _ the taliban? it is nonsensical. the prime minister was _ the taliban? it is nonsensical. the prime minister was challenged - the taliban? it is nonsensical. the prime minister was challenged on | the taliban? it is nonsensical. the i prime minister was challenged on his language of surrender in what was a fiery debate. language of surrender in what was a fiery debate-— fiery debate. there is an important choice for people _ fiery debate. there is an important choice for people and _ fiery debate. there is an important choice for people and i _ fiery debate. there is an important choice for people and i don't - fiery debate. there is an important choice for people and i don't wantl choice for people and i don't want people _ choice for people and i don't want peorrte to — choice for people and i don't want people to sleepwalk into something. i believe _ people to sleepwalk into something. i believe a _ people to sleepwalk into something. i believe a labour government would be damaging for our country. i get people _ be damaging for our country. i get peorrte are — be damaging for our country. i get people are frustrated with me and our party— people are frustrated with me and our party but this is not a by—election, it is a choice about the future — by—election, it is a choice about the future and that will have severe consequences for financial security. and labour— consequences for financial security. and labour on their plans on whether those arriving on small boats can stay. those arriving on small boats can sta . ~ , ., , ., ., stay. when people have no right, the will stay. when people have no right, they will be _ stay. when people have no right, they will be removed. _ stay. when people have no right, they will be removed. where - stay. when people have no right, they will be removed. where a i stay. when people have no right, i they will be removed. where a claim succeeds, it has succeeded. at the moment, there is 100% success in the sense that anyone here under this government is staying here for life, paid for by the tax payer, that is

not sustainable.— paid for by the tax payer, that is not sustainable. there is a message from the liberal _ not sustainable. there is a message from the liberal democrats. - not sustainable. there is a message from the liberal democrats. sir- not sustainable. there is a message from the liberal democrats. sir ed | from the liberal democrats. sir ed davey also criticised the decision to leave the european law enforcement agency. i to leave the european law enforcement agency. i cannot understand — enforcement agency. i cannot understand why _ enforcement agency. i cannot understand why the _ enforcement agency. i cannot i understand why the conservatives made a huge error and it has undermined the ability of our country to stop the boats and also keep our country more secure. the snp leader— keep our country more secure. the snp leader was on bbc woman's hour. during this campaign i have concentrated on the fact there has been significant decisions taken in westminster that have had a negative effect on the lives of individuals in scotland around austerity, brexit and the cost of living. ihligeii in scotland around austerity, brexit and the cost of living.— and the cost of living. nigel farage ho es and the cost of living. nigel farage hopes concerns _ and the cost of living. nigel farage hopes concerns on _ and the cost of living. nigel farage hopes concerns on immigration i and the cost of living. nigel farage| hopes concerns on immigration will help to swell his support. 0ne hopes concerns on immigration will help to swell his support. one week left before you decide their futures. the main parties have announced their manifestos ahead of the general election.

if you're unclear what the parties stand for, this guide on the bbc news website and app gives you a summary of where parties are, on some of the key issues. the metropolitan police has confirmed that seven officers are under investigation over alleged betting on the timing of the general election. the force says it's investigating a small number of bets. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins us now. daniel, what more do we know? it isa it is a very interesting statement from the metropolitan police, confirming that seven of their officers suspected of possibly having made a bet on the election date. 0nly having made a bet on the election date. only one of those has been interviewed under caution on suspicion of misconduct in public office. the more significant element is they will take the lead on any cases where it is notjust suspicion of cheating in betting on the election by having inside knowledge, but where there is other suspicion

such as the example given as misconduct in public office, which is when somebody on the public payroll does something wrong and in this case it might include police officers but also include people who are mps at the time of making a bet, or civil servants which would include ministerial advisers. until now we have known the met police were looking at their officers and whether they may have committed an offence but now the met is taking the lead on those cases where somebody is suspected of having placed a bet on the date with inside knowledge, but also is on the public payroll. suddenly those people who are mps, civil servants, special advisers, are coming into the met police investigation potentially. i am told the numbers are very small. junior doctors in england have begun anotherfive—day strike in their long—running pay dispute with the government. it's the 11th walk—out since march of last year. nhs england has warned

of major disruption, particularly with the warmer weather putting extra pressure on its services. their union, the british medical association, is calling for a phased 35% pay rise. both labour and the conservatives say that is unaffordable. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. what do we want? pay restoration! when do we want it? now! if these pictures and these chants seem familiar, it's because you have probably seen and heard them before. this is the 11th time junior doctors in england have walked out on strike in a dispute about pay. we want our work to be fairly valued and one metric of that is the remuneration we receive. when i first started, it was £14 an hour and i was often looking after 300 people alone, overnight, on the wards. patients aren't getting the treatment that they require. they are dying on waiting lists. the only way that we can reverse this — bring back the doctors that have left to other countries —

is by paying them adequately. but there is something different about this particular walk—out — the timing. it started at seven this morning and will go on until the same time on tuesday morning — a mere two days before polling day. there's been fairly pointed criticism of this. some health leaders and patient groups say there's no reason for these strikes to go ahead before the election. 0verworked! underpaid! the main reason people strike is to persuade those in power to fix their problems. right now, that isn't even possible. even if the government suddenly decided to give the junior doctors everything they wanted, they wouldn't be allowed, because there are rules about not bringing in major new policies ahead of an election. what we're trying to achieve is a commitment from rishi sunak. so, yes, we can achieve it now. it's totally possible. he could come out and publicly commit in writing to his plan for pay restoration, should he form the next government. either way, striking now puts the issue ofjunior doctor pay right

at the top of the political agenda. but, already, all the major parties have said if they're elected, they would immediately try to restart talks with the bma. i understand the protest and all that sort of thing, but, yeah, you might as well wait. i had an aneurysm in my leg last year. it delayed the operation, but i still fully support the doctors. while junior doctors are out on picket lines, consultants will cover them, which means we can expect tens of thousands of appointments to be postponed at a time when the system is already under pressure. a&e has been very busy in recent months. may saw record attendances in our emergency departments, but we will prioritise those services. but we will do that by moving senior doctors out of other work. and that unfortunately means that we will see disruption in our routine and elective care. over the next five days of strike action, the message for patients is that the nhs is still open for business.

only use 999 in emergencies, but, otherwise, contact health professionals in the usual way. catherine burns, bbc news. an undercover police officer has said he feared there was an imminent threat to holly willoughby after pictures of her were posted in an online group called abduct lovers. gavin plumb is accused of using a messaging app to find others to help him abduct, rape and murder the tv presenter. the police officer has been giving evidence this morning. 0ur correspondent, lizo mzimba. has been in court. lizo, what more did he say? this undercover officer known only tjy this undercover officer known only by a pseudonym dave nelson told the court he joined this group, by a pseudonym dave nelson told the court hejoined this group, he had been investigating this sort of area around three years. he said that gavin plumb's comments alerted him. he said they were not typical of the comments you found on abduct lovers and he felt there was an imminent

threat to holly willoughby at that time. he was cross—examined by gavin plumb �*s barrister and she asked him about a particular area. he had said to gavin plumb on the sum instant messaging, "sorry, dumb question, did not know if you are looking for help". she suggested in fact the officer was the first person to suggest gavin plumb should have the officer help him in his plan. the officer help him in his plan. the officer replied, it was an open—ended question. it was at this point i was trying to understand his motives. he was shown a picture of gavin plumb from a video gavin plumb sent him and asked if he looked significantly overweight. the undercover officer agreed he looked overweight and again the barrister asked him did that not cause him to re—evaluate his plan where at one point, talked about we leap over the

outer wall of holly willoughby�*s house. the officer said it did not cause him to re—evaluate the plan. he will continue giving evidence this afternoon.— he will continue giving evidence this afternoon. , , this afternoon. gavin plumb denies all the charges. _ police in tenerife are continuing to search for the missing british teenagerjay slater, ten days after he was last seen. the 19—year—old disappeared after attending a music festival on the island. this morning, his mum has posted online, explaining how the family plans to use some of the funds donated by well—wishers. 0ur correspondent nick garnett is in tenerife. tell us more about that update. his mother started by saying we would not believe how unbelievably difficult the situation is and they have not given up hope of finding him and returning as a family to the uk together. she said that some of the money, over £30,000 raised,

would be used to donate to the mountain rescue teams to carry on their search. other parts of the money would be used to pay for their extended stay. they have been here 8-9 extended stay. they have been here 8—9 days, and they want to bring out other relatives to help with the search operation and to keep in touch with the police and authorities. i want to tell you about where we are. this is an area the authorities have searched extensively. it is the focus of the police search, a ravine on top of a mountain pass. this morning there were four police cars with mountain rescue dogs operating and also a helicopter flying overhead. rescue dogs operating and also a helicopterflying overhead. this was the first time we have got down as far as we are today and i will take you to have a look at a building. it is a building that has been extensively searched. there is no sign of jay extensively searched. there is no sign ofjay and that is a problem. everywhere the authorities have been and the teams have done so far has

drawn a blank. there has been no sign of him. inside is a mattress, tea bags, water and people have lived there in the past and they thought possibly jay might be down here and they search this area extensively the past week with police dogs, and anything else they could find, but still no sign of him. ., ~ could find, but still no sign of him. . ,, , ., private car parks are to offer uk motorists a io—minute grace period before they hand out fines. the measure was announced as part of a new code of practice companies have pledged to implement by october. they've also promised a fairer appeals system, after being criticised for unreasonable fees in the past. ben boulos has more. the british parking association and the international parking community — the trade bodies that represent private parking companies — have published a new code of practice for their members, and they say this will provide more consistent rules. one of the key elements is the introduction of a ten—minute grace period. so every vehicle in a private car park will be given ten minutes after the ticket�*s expired before

a penalty charge is issued. another requirement would be to ensure that rules about parking on private land are clearly marked with signs. this new code also keeps an existing cap on parking penalties at a maximum of £100, reduced to 60 if paid within ia days. the car park operators' trade body says enforcing parking rules is important so that spaces are available for those who need them. now, most of these rules will come into force in the autumn, but firms will have until 2026 to update their signage. legal challenges and the election mean that government rules backed by the law have been delayed. the rac, the motoring group, says the industry's own code doesn't go far enough. this code is very much something of a misdirection and smacks of marking their own homework. now, don't get me wrong, there are some good things in it — a ten—minute grace period, some rules for operators, etc. but it is nowhere near what the real official government code will actually do for drivers.

meanwhile, the parking trade body behind the new code says it will be easier for people to appeal any fine they think has been given an error. the operator must capture the evidence that a contravention has occurred, and then the appeals charter will allow for a blue badge owner, somebody who's got a blue badge, if they actually forgot to display it on that day, that they can provide that after the event and have their appeal dealt with, according to the sector code. the new rules come into force on the 1st of october, but, in the meantime, the advice is if you think you've wrongly received a penalty, challenge it and, if necessary, appeal. the time is 1.16pm. our top story. a week to go until polling day, party leaders are on the campaign trail in a bid to secure votes.

(and still to come — england are through to the semi final of the men's t20 cricket world cup, and looking to beat india to win the tournament for the second time in a row. coming up on bbc news. is the fairy—tale ending on for andy murray? the two—time wimbledon champion thinks he will miss this year's singles due to a spinal cyst. he hinted he could yet play doubles. presidentjoe biden and former president donald trump will go head—to—head later in their first debate before the 2024 election. it's being held in georgia, which is one of the six key states which could decide who will take the white house. 0ur senior north america correspondent, john sudworth, joins us now from atlanta. john, what are we expecting to hear later? this debate is taking place far earlier in the electoral cycle than

previous ones and there is a reason for that. the poles are deadlocked and neither candidate is particularly popular and both know that they need to do something to shift the dial and appeal over the heads of the pundits and pollsters and speak directly to the american people. forjoe biden, the challenge, of course, are the perceptions over his age, so expect him to try and project a forceful and vigorous performance. for mr trump, perhaps the opposite is true. he may be looking to tone down his usual style to allay concerns over the crucial undecided voters in battleground states like this over his recent criminal convictions and his recent criminal convictions and his often anti—democratic rhetoric and to betray a more measured and presidential persona. there is a sense that this really could matter and it will be a controlled performance while each candidate is speaking, the other�*s microphone will be turned off and they will be

very prepared, but each is more than capable of going off script and people will look for the gaffes and slips that might well define not just the shape of the campaign, but the future of the country. the former fujitsu engineer, garethjenkins, is giving his third day of evidence at the inquiry into the post office it scandal, the longest period of time alloted to any witness so far. mrjenkins helped to design the faulty horizon software which led to hundreds of former sub—postmasters being accused of theft. he also acted as an expert witness in some of their criminal and civil cases. 0ur correspondent, emma simpson is at the inquiry — what has mrjenkins said this morning? yes, we have spent the morning on the case of seema and this was a really important story in the scandal as she was found guilty of theft and false accounting in 2010 and sent to prison while pregnant,

and sent to prison while pregnant, and this inquiry has repeatedly heard that the post office deb strictly wanted to win this case to defend the faulty horizon system. garethjenkins defend the faulty horizon system. gareth jenkins gave defend the faulty horizon system. garethjenkins gave evidence in her trial but did not mention the existence of bugs. he was grilled about his role in that today. did ou feel about his role in that today. did you feel that — about his role in that today. did you feel that there was pressure applied — you feel that there was pressure applied to you by the post office to provide _ applied to you by the post office to provide evidence in the case that conformed to the post office expectations?— conformed to the post office expectations? yes, they clearly wanted me _ expectations? yes, they clearly wanted me to _ expectations? yes, they clearly wanted me to say _ expectations? yes, they clearly wanted me to say everything i expectations? yes, they clearly i wanted me to say everything was perfect _ wanted me to say everything was perfect and — wanted me to say everything was perfect and i _ wanted me to say everything was perfect and i don't _ wanted me to say everything was perfect and i don't think- wanted me to say everything was perfect and i don't think i- wanted me to say everything was| perfect and i don't think i actually said that — perfect and i don't think i actually said that. we've _ perfect and i don't think i actually said that. we've also _ perfect and i don't think i actually said that. we've also seen - perfect and i don't think i actually said that. we've also seen an i perfect and i don't think i actually. said that. we've also seen an e—mail he sent— said that. we've also seen an e—mail he sent the _ said that. we've also seen an e—mail he sent the same _ said that. we've also seen an e—mail he sent the same year— said that. we've also seen an e—mail he sent the same year where - said that. we've also seen an e—mail he sent the same year where he i he sent the same year where he described — he sent the same year where he described a _ he sent the same year where he described a shortfall— he sent the same year where he described a shortfall and - he sent the same year where hei described a shortfall and another exampie — described a shortfall and another exampie of— described a shortfall and another exanrpie of the _ described a shortfall and another example of the postmasters i described a shortfall and another. example of the postmasters trying described a shortfall and another- example of the postmasters trying to -et example of the postmasters trying to getaway _ example of the postmasters trying to getaway with — example of the postmasters trying to get away with horizon _ example of the postmasters trying to get away with horizon has _ example of the postmasters trying to get away with horizon has taken i example of the postmasters trying to get away with horizon has taken my i get away with horizon has taken my money _ get away with horizon has taken my money hir—

get away with horizon has taken my mone . ~ , ~' , get away with horizon has taken my mone. ~, ~ , money. mrjenkins was asked if he truly believed _ money. mrjenkins was asked if he truly believed this _ money. mrjenkins was asked if he truly believed this was _ money. mrjenkins was asked if he truly believed this was happening. | money. mrjenkins was asked if he | truly believed this was happening. i cannot remember what i believe, i replied _ cannot remember what i believe, i relied. �* , , , cannot remember what i believe, i relied. . , ,, replied. and when pressed he said i was not thinking _ replied. and when pressed he said i was not thinking things _ replied. and when pressed he said i was not thinking things through i was not thinking things through properly. he is continuing to give evidence this afternoon.- properly. he is continuing to give evidence this afternoon. thank you, emma. a transformational gene therapy for haemophilia b is being made available on the nhs. it can free people of the need for regular injections of the clotting agent their blood can't make naturally. but it's one of the most expensive treatments in the world — costing around two and a half million pounds. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher reports. elliott collins was born with haemophilia b. the condition makes it harder for his blood to clot. when he bleeds, it's bigger, lasts longer, and can damage the body. i remember when i used to play football, i got studs right across the shin, and that come up like a cartoon, you know, like tom and jerry. yeah. it come up like that. yeah. it was rough. yeah, it's really rough. for 29 years, elliott needed regular injections to control his bleeding

until he took part in a trial of a new gene therapy. it's called him hemgenix. it uses an engineered virus to infect elliott's body with the genetic instructions for making the clotting proteins he couldn't before. but it's pricey. so, current treatments cost between 150 and £200,000 per patient, every year for life. hemgenix is a one—off, but officially it costs £2.6 million, making it one of the world's most expensive treatments. the nhs estimates around 250 people will be suitable for the gene therapy. so, this drug is incredibly expensive, £2.6 million, and nobody knows how long it's going to last for, so that makes it really difficult to decide is it worth paying for? so what the nhs has done is something quite unique. it's struck a deal where it pays more the longer the therapy lasts. essentially, it's performance—related pay for drugs.

it's a real milestone to have gene therapy available on the nhs in england for people with severe haemophilia b is life—transforming. at its most effective, it can last for decades and put their bleeding disorder into complete remission. elliott hasn't needed haemophilia injections for five years now. i'm just wondering, because you've had haemophilia for so long and now you effectively don't, are you a different elliott? fundamentally, it has changed me. i don't think you can go through something like that for 29 years, having dealt with that, and for it to then completely disappear, for it to not change someone. james gallagher, bbc news. police in bolivia have arrested the leader of an apparent attempted coup in the capital, la paz. hundreds of troops surrounded key government buildings and one armoured vehicle smashed down the main gate of the presidential palace, allowing soldiers to briefly enter. police in bolivia have arrested the leader of an apparent attempted

the rebel leader, generaljuan jose zuniga, told reporters they had intervened at the president's request. police in nairobi have fired tear gas to disperse groups of anti—government protesters. kenya's president william ruto withdrew a controversial plan to raise taxes yesterday, after at least 23 people were killed and the parliament building was set on fire. 0ur africa correspondent, barbara plett usher is in nairobi. barbara, has the scrapping of that bill had any impact on the protests? it has, actually. the city centre is shut down and it's pretty quiet although you might see people wandering around, but it's nothing like what we saw on tuesday when it was flooded with protesters and now you have a small group of demonstrators trying to gather together and then police dispersed them with tear gas, so they are very scattered and it's hard to figure out how many of them are here downtown, but as i said the numbers are much, much smaller and the

police presence, the security presence i should say, is much greater because the military has joined and it seems to be more organised and they see more organising keeping people out of the city centre so you don't have the turmoil we had on the city centre when the protesters stormed parliament and set it on fire but there is a movement in the youth led movement at that how to bring peace now that president ruto has conceded to their main demand which is to drop the tax bill and they say the protest could stop and they should take up on offers of consultation and others say they are too afraid to out another sake his security forces killed too many people on tuesday to let things lie and others say he simply has to go. we will see what happens in the coming days, but at the moment the move made by mr ruto as well as the heavy security presence seems to have been effective in bringing down the numbers of protests.

a study has found that essays written by artifical intelligence programmes and submitted for university exam papers scored higher marks than those written by genuine students. researchers at the university of reading used chatgpt to generate essays for 35 fictitious students, but examiners only raised concerns about one paper. they say their findings should provide a wake—up call to educators. nasa has selected elon musk�*s spacex company to bring down the international space station at the end of its life. the station circles the earth every 90 minutes and could pose a risk if it was left to fall back to earth on its own. instead, the california—based company will build a vehicle capable of pushing the platform into the pacific ocean. a watercolour made as the cover art for harry potter and the philosopher's stone has sold for a record amount at auction in new york. the illustration forjk rowling's first novel, published in 1997, fetched £1.5 million. sotheby�*s say it's the most valuable harry potter item ever sold at auction.

prince harry has been sharing his own experience of grief, in his new role as a global ambassador for the charity scotty's little soldiers, which supports bereaved military and young people. during his visit, the duke of sussex spoke to the founder of the charity, nikki scott, whose husband was killed in afghanistan. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. how long did it take to be able to go, ok, this has happened? prince harry turned interviewer with his own experience to share. he spoke to nikki scott, whose husband, corporal lee scott, was killed in afghanistan in 2009. at the time, her daughter, brooke, was six months old and her son kai was five. nikki told harry about the pain of telling kai his dad had died. it sounds like you did the best that you could in that situation. exactly. and that's the same for anyone. there's no wrong or right way of doing that.

and it's a conversation i will never forget. and, you know, i've had to do a lot of repatriation, the funeral, loads of tough stuff, but that is... sorry, i'm filling up now because that is... the hardest part. yeah. go! last month, harry led the party games at an event for scotty's little soldiers in london. nikki set up the charity to support bereaved military families. every child here had lost a parent. that sense of grief and loss was something harry had in common with them. so easy as a kid to think or convince yourself the reason is. i wouldn't know. like i was 12. yeah. for you, for an adult. but it seems to be the same. which is you convince yourself that the person that you've lost wants you or you need to be sad for as long as possible to prove to them that they're missed. then there's this realisation of... they must want me to be happy.

three, two, one, go! scotty's provides both practical and emotional support. the charity tries to bring the fun back, and they have the backing of a prince who's been on his own bereavementjourney. you've literally turned your pain into a purpose. i need to give you a hug. let's do it. daniela relph, bbc news. two—time champion andy murray has said that it is �*more likely�* he will not be able to play in the wimbledon singles this year. the tournament starts on monday, but murray said he will make a decision "as late as possible" after having back surgery last week. our sports correspondent laura scott is at wimbledon for us, which has particular resonance for andy this year doesn't it laura, as he approaches the end of his playing career? exactly. exa ctly. h e exactly. he had always hoped to play here one final time before probably bowing out for good at the paris 0lympics but those plans were thrown

into disarray last week when he had to retire injured at queens with a back issue that he said was causing nerve type discomfort and loss of coordination in his right leg. it turned out that was being caused by a spinal cyst which he said today had grown rapidly in recent weeks. he was advised that surgery was essential and he had that last saturday. remarkably, he is already back training but he is going to leave it until the last possible moment before deciding whether to take part in both the singles at wimbledon and also the doubles alongside his brotherjamie. there are risks involved, so why would he do it? there are two things at play. 0ne, he doesn't want his final memory on court to be what happened at queens and he wants to play a final, proper match, as he sees it, but he also wants to be back here at wimbledon, the scene of such special memories over his career, the champion twice and also 0lympic memories over his career, the champion twice and also olympic gold medallist. 0nce champion twice and also olympic gold medallist. once again his body isn't exactly playing ball but he is

battling against the odds to pull off something special as his illustrious career draws to an end. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon with a week to go until polling day, party leaders are on the campaign trail in a final bid to secure votes. and still to come — the bornean elephant is just one of the new animals that are now officially classed as endangered. 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 ben thank you very much. 0ver thank you very much. over the last couple of days temperatures in parts of the uk have crept above 30 celsius but have a look at today's weather maps, no 30s here. we've been up in the middle 20s in parts of eastern england with sunshine but cooler and fresher further north particularly for northern ireland and western scotland where we will see wet and windy weather arriving as we head through the rest of the

afternoon but further ahead towards the weekend it doesn't look too bad with spells of sunshine and rain around but not quite as warm as it has been and i will be back before the end of the programme. a small boat crossing in which a seven—year—old girl died. sara died in the channel off northern france two months ago as her father tried desperately to save her. 0ur correspondent andrew harding reports. a bbc investigation has tracked down the people smuggler behind we were on a beach, a place called wimmera, a popular spot for smugglers to launch their small boats. we actually had a colleague who was in a police plane, a spotter plane overhead. so we had very good information about where the smugglers were planning to launch their boats. we waited until about 5.30 in the morning. we'd been waiting hours on this beach, and suddenly it felt like the whole beach erupted in front of us. 0k, we'rejust running to catch up with some migrants here. the police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore.

it turns violent, and the police are failing. the boat is dangerously overloaded. it looks like the migrants who did get on to that boat are in trouble. look at the child on someone's shoulders, on the right. more than 100 people are trying to squeeze on board. somewhere in the scrum, a seven—year—old girl's last moments. it sounds like someone crying for help. it's something people talk about a great deal — the failure of the french police to actually intervene. they say, legally, it's difficult for them. they don't want to make things worse. what we did in the aftermath of that incident was first to track down sara's father, to talk to him and, frankly, to ask him how much guilt and responsibility he should take for putting his family, his children, at such peril. but we wanted to go deeper.

we wanted to find the smuggling gang responsible for that particular boat. and our investigation took us from france to belgium to the uk, to antwerp in northern belgium, and then finally to a migrant centre in the town or the city of luxembourg, where we knew that the smuggler was actually hiding out. he'd gone on the run, fearing the french police might be tracking him down, and this was the moment that we caught up with him. excuse me, sir, andrew harding from bbc news. we believe we know who you are. you're a smuggler? no, sorry. you're denying that. no. we understand you are still in business. no, no. that you are still smuggling people across the channel. we know 100% that you are a smuggler, that you are responsible for the death of this seven—year—old, that you put her on a boat, that you took money from her parents, that she and four other people died. that's you. we know this is our man.

he's confirmed the phone is his. he's confirmed his own picture that we've got of him. he's getting on a tram now. we're going to let him go. there's not much more we can do. but this is the smuggler. and the reason we were so confident we had the right man was because one of our team had actually been posing as a migrant for weeks and had been in contact directly with the smuggler. so we knew his phone number, we knew all the details about him. and just then, as we were confronting him in those images you just saw, we phoned him again and his phone, he took it out of his pocket, and we saw our phone number on his phone. so there was no doubt in our minds. and we've since informed the french investigators, who are still looking into those five deaths from april. they've said they have no comment at this stage. so the investigation continues. sarah's mother and father and her two siblings,

sister and brother, are currently essentially in limbo. so ahmed, the father, was from iraq. he'd come to belgium 15 years ago, looking for work. he basically hadn't been given registration, a right to stay, but it had taken such a long process that while he was still in europe, he'd got married, he'd had three children. so those three children, all born in europe, educated in europe, no real links back to iraq, but they've been told late last year, early this year, that they would be deported from europe. so, right now, they're living in a small village outside lille in northern france, no schooling, no prospect of schooling, no sense of where they are going to end up, all hoping that, somewhere in europe, some government will take pity on them. but at the moment, it looks very unclear what will happen to them. it's possible they will be deported to iraq. still to come on today's programme. the crowds are arriving —

and the acts are preparing — for the uk's biggest music event, the glastonbury festival, which is just hours away. first though, it's time to join our colleagues with the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. england are back on the training pitch after finding out their next opponents and potential route to the euro 2024 final. england's cricketers look to provide another semifinal special against india, and book their place in the t20 world cup final against south africa. and andy murray's fairy—tale farewell could be dampened, as the two—time wimbledon champion suggests he could be forced to miss this year's men's singles.

hello there. welcome to the programme. we'll start with the euros, on the first rest day of the tournament, after the group stages came to a conclusion last night. let's go live now tojohn watson, who is in dortmund for us. hi, john. we know the line—up now for the last 16 and england know their next opponents. yes, they do, and we will take a closer look at the last 16 draw in a moment, but let's focus on england because, as you say, they have been training today, minus phil foden, who has returned to the uk to be alongside his partner ahead of the birth of their third child. no suggestion yet he will miss sunday soccer last 16 tie engulfing persian

against slovakia. he should be back in time foryourwait against slovakia. he should be back in time for your wait to see whether luke shaw will feature. he has been the missing piece for england so far, despite being selected by gareth southgate in the squad, with his ongoing injury, but he has been back to full training and could be available for selection on the left—hand side for england for the last 16 match. the big talking point here last night was that incredible victory for georgia over portugal, that to happen zero win ensuring that to happen zero win ensuring that they qualify for the last 16 in their first ever major tournament. it was a remarkable performance and it has been a remarkable story and one, of course, which is being greeted with huge joy in their homeland, and amongst the team. you cannot imagine what happens in georgia right now. the whole country stands here right now and this is an incredible feeling, that we are part of this. we are so proud that we did

that and i hope this history doesn't end. what an incredible debut tournament for them. what an incredible debut tournament forthem. let's what an incredible debut tournament for them. let's look at what it means for them and the rest of the draw. georgia was not a reward for that incredible victory last night is spain to come in the next round. portugal take on slovenia germany will take on denmark in dortmund on saturday. expect an incredible atmosphere for that, and probably the glamour tie is france against belgium, with both their teams not topping their group. arguably the toughest draw. in the bottom half of the draw, it's really opened up for england, who take on slovakia, a dream draw really for gareth southgate was retired despite recent poor performances. romania take on holland. holland could be possible semifinal opponents for england if

they make it that far, and austria, who have surprised so many, taking on turkey, and switzerland against italy completing the draw. switzerland play italy in the first match of the last 16 tie on saturday, which means england will know who potentially awaits them in the quarterfinals if, and that is a big if, and you look at recent performances of england at this tournament, they can beat slovakia in that last 16 on sunday. thanks, john. let's stay with football, because there's some big news coming from manchester united's women's team today. the club have confirmed that captain katie zelem is to leave. zelem was a part of the squad who won the fa cup last season. she came through at united's academy and helped the team gain promotion to the wsl in 2018. she made over 100

appearances for the club. zelem isn't the only one on the move. england's lucy bronze is leaving barcelona. she confirmed she won't renew her contract before it expires at the end of the month. bronze won two champions league trophies and two league titles amongst other honours during her time in spain. to cricket now, and england know who they'll face in the final of the t20 cricket world cup if they beat india in the second semifinal in just under two hours' time. south africa booked their place in the final in the early hours of this morning, with a comfortable nine—wicket victory over afghanistan. it ends their semifinal heartache, after they failed at their previous seven attempts in all formats to reach a final. it's obviously a really nice feeling, really good feeling. this

team has been togetherfor a long time as a white bull group, both formats, and it's nice for us to get to a final and we feel and we believe that we can compete with the best in the world and win trophies, and it's nice to now have an opportunity and make it into a final. whenever you lose a game like this, it was— whenever you lose a game like this, it was going — whenever you lose a game like this, it was going to hurt, because there are seven — it was going to hurt, because there are seven sacrifices made by the players. — are seven sacrifices made by the players, coaching staff, management and officials. that's not the pitch that you — and officials. that's not the pitch that you want to have a semifinal on, that you want to have a semifinal on. plain— that you want to have a semifinal on, plain and simple. so, will it be england, the defending champions, or india, the team favoured by many, who face south africa in saturday's final? 0ur correspondentjoe wilson looks ahead to this afternoon's semifinal. there has been parts of this tournament where we have had played some ugly cricket, whether the wind

has been a factor or there has been rain, and i've been impressed with the resilience of the group but i think, from here on in, we spoke about this yesterday, it's time to be the front runners and to throw the first punch at india and try and get our noses in front and never give it back. we are clear on what we need to do, and i've been particularly impressed with how the bowling group has adapted with the wind. we learned a lot of lessons early in the tournament, particularly against australia, and the way they adapted has been incredible. tennis now, and could andy murray's fairy—tale farewell be in tatters? the two—time wimbledon champion has suggested he may not take part in singles competition when the tournament starts on monday. 0ur tennis correspondent, russell fuller, tells us why. andy murray has said he had a pretty decent sized cyst on his spinal cord, and the advice was that it needed to be operated on what it could cause complications further

down the line. initially, when speaking to consultants, he thought the time and for recovery would be between six and 12 weeks, but he has had differing advice and been warned that, by trying to play at wimbledon, there is a risk associated with that, but he is not closing the door for the singles seems less likely he isn't saying he deftly can't play, but he would need to play first match on monday or tuesday and he may well make the decision finally on the eve of that first match. doubles is perhaps a bit more likely. he is due to play with his brotherjamie and the first round of the doubles is over three sets, ratherthan round of the doubles is over three sets, rather than five these days, and would take place on wednesday, thursday or friday to dub so there is hope for andy murray, who is determined to try and end his career on the tennis court. he doesn't want those 23 minutes and queens to be people final memory of him as a tennis player and he said, if you can't play wimbledon or the

olympics, he isn't ruling out a 0lympics, he isn't ruling out a tournament somewhere else. another british player who has struggled with injuries in recent years is emma raducanu. she is in action later this afternoon in eastbourne. harriet dart�*s tournament is over though, after she was beaten in straight sets by canada's layla annie fernandez in the quarterfinals. british number one katie boulter is due on court against italianjasmine paolini shortly. follow it live on bbc two. some huge news to bring you from athletics now — five—time olympic gold medallist elaine thompson—herah will miss the paris 0lympics. the jamaican, who won gold in the 100 metres and 200 metres at each of the last two olympics, in tokyo and rio, has been ruled out of the games with an achilles injury she sustained at the new york city grand prix earlier this month. she said she is "hurt and devastated". and before we go, just time to tell you that the fixtures for next

season's scottish premiership are out today. celtic begin the defence of their title at home to kilmarnock, while rangers visit hearts on the opening day. plenty more on that over on the bbc sport website and app. but from me and the rest of the sportsday team, it's goodbye for now. england's cricketers, the reigning champions, will play their semi—final in the men's t20 world cup this afternoon. they're facing india, who they beat at the semi final stage the last time round. south africa are already through, after overwhelming afghanistan. 0ur sport reporter joe wilson looks ahead. this flag flew for a world cup semifinal. the afghanistan men stood in justified semifinal. the afghanistan men stood injustified pride semifinal. the afghanistan men stood in justified pride and the world watch, including the afghan women's team who fled to australia, barred from playing cricket by the tally ban. this game deserved to be

captivating, but it wasn't. —— caliban. south african bowling reduced the spectacle and reduced afghanistan. the wickets started tumbling and they did not stop. afghanistan were 56 all out. south africa chased the total without much drama, with 11 overs to spare, and that was trinidad's semifinal done. next to guyana. england's cricketers have been crossing the caribbean. it's not always been sunny. it's not always been easy. in the super eight stage, wins against west indies, when phil salt walloped five sixes and the usa, when chrisjordan took a hat trick. they lost to australia earlier in the tournament, too. so how does all that leave england on the brink of their sternest challenge, the semi—final against india? i think there's been parts of this tournament where we've had to play some ugly cricket at times, whether the wind has been a factor or there's been rain about. and i've been really impressed with the resilience of the group. it's time to be the front runners. it's time to more or less throw the first punch at india and then try and get our noses in front

and never give it back. the title defence relies on england beating india and looking at the guiana weather, so does the weather. rain before champagne. the bornean elephant is just one of the new animals that are now officially classed as endangered. there are only around a thousand left in the wild, so it's been added to the union for conservation of nature's �*red list�* of threatened species. an endangered species is one that is very likely to become extinct in the near future. 0ur reporter lauren moss is here to tell us more. the international union for conservation of nature has looked at around 163,000 different species like mammals, reptiles, insects, fish, birds and plants. more than a5,000 are under threat of extinction — that's over a quarter.

they say just over 9000 have already become extinct over the last few hundred years — that number is likely to be an underestimate. one of those endangered is the asian elephant in borneo. it's thought there are just a thousand left in the wild — a population that's been diminishing due to poaching for ivory, trees being cut down and the human population expanding. another species on the red at—risk list are reptiles you might have seen in popular holiday hotspots like ibiza and the canary islands. some are experiencing what's described a "staggering decline" — reducing by half in some cases. they're under threat from snakes that aren't native to spain, feral cats and are hunted by people. there are other big dangers too like climate change and the destruction of habitats. scientists say this has a knock on effect for all of us. many of the species listed today play vital roles in the ecosystem is to help maintain and support healthy ecosystems and we need to have healthy ecosystems to provide

ourselves with food, fresh and clean water, clean air, so by losing the species we are putting ourselves at risk in the long term. unfortunately this isn't only affecting animals, plants like this cactus in chile are at risk of disappearing forever because they've become really fashionable on social media as ornaments. scientists say this data is a warning and that conservation work is helping save some of these species, but they're calling for people and authorities to act while there's still time. the big name acts will take to the stages at glastonbury from tomorrow, but thousands of people are already on site and raring to go. a drone show and fireworks over the pyramid stage announced the opening of the festival last night. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson is there and has been finding out how people are enjoying the event so far. everywhere we went around

glastonbury, there was one thing in common. it is a bit warm. people battling against the heat. this has got to be a hot outfit. it is — it is a hot outfit but i'm - getting a lovely breeze up my dress. how is the parasol working out? it's working very well, thank you. i would advise everyone to have a parasol. i've overdone it today, i'll tell you. i was so hot today. smile at the sky. come on, bob. robert! laughing. i have to say we spent quite a bit of time just sleeping _ in the shade this afternoon. really? that was the technique, yes? it was so hot. try, try. is that good? that's good. it's good, isn't it? that's enough. it is kind of working. it makes glastonbury, when it's nice and warm and not muddy but i'll tell you what,

it's overwhelming for a lot, including little luca. little luca. where are you from? from austria. you have worn a bold choice for such a hot day. yes, it's a lederhosen. you recommend lederhosen for a hot day? yes, especially for glastonbury. yes, good. so tomorrow you turn up i in lederhosen as well, i guess. i think people will be handing back their tv licences if that happens. laughter. there was some help on hand from an expert. keep hydrated — water, water, water. find some shade, and i know we're at glastonbury having a good time, but try not to get too drunk, too soon. but things were also heating up when it came to love. at the top of the park stage, this couple had come from japan to get married. cheering. and then we came across james and maria, who had got engaged minutes before, with help from glastonbury regulars, the performance artists,

ministry of happy. i knew i was going to make it happen this glastonbury. i didn't want to be the guy that goes up to the glastonbury sign and then just goes to do my deed and then someone gets there before me. i didn't want to do that, and i knew she likes theatre. i didn't know what was happening. they took the blindfold off to channel the love and there he was standing there. i'm glad you said yes. yeah. thankfully, things had cooled down by 10:30 at night when events officially got under way with glastonbury�*s first—ever drone show. mr sparkly bum bag, what did you make of it? it was nice to do something a little bit different this year, and it was nice to try something new. i thought it was fantastic. it felt a bit like your aunties put together a cheesy powerpoint about the things she likes about you. oh, god, please don't use any of this! it's beautiful and portrayed i a positive message and opened the festival lovely, really nice. day one in the sun was done.

colin paterson, bbc news, glastonbury. as you can say, day two is under way. it was raining this morning but it has turned into a hot one, and as you can see it is very, very busy on site. we are in the west area of glastonbury where the early 2000 girl band the sugar babes will play tomorrow. ten years ago they played the avalon tent and it was so busy the avalon tent and it was so busy the police had to shut down the area, so that is where they will be over there tomorrow if you want to come and see them, get there early. for 55 is when they are on. no music on the main stages until tomorrow but it doesn't mean there will not be a lot of fun. that is the glastonbury latino tent and i've beenin glastonbury latino tent and i've been in there for the last hour watching a salsa lesson with 2000 people, it was lively, and it was very, very sweaty. this is also the day when you get the rumours swirling around. coldplay�*s flight

cases have been see outside a venue in froom and the venue have said that they will not be playing a warm up show ahead of their glastonbury headline set but in the past both paul mccartney and foo fighters have played there before their glastonbury shows. the other big room on site, will cuss a b&b the surprise act? there is a gap in the schedule and people believe it could be kasabian. and there will be to world record attempts in the circus feel today, one, a man trying to walk the furthest distance with a lawnmower on his chin, and the lawnmower on his chin, and the lawnmower is on. and the final world record attempt, can he break the record attempt, can he break the record for balancing more than 46 toilet rolls on his head? i tell you what, at glastonbury, loo rolls are very, very valuable. i am sure they are. i wish he had hisjumper. the

weather looks nice enough. yes but not as warm — weather looks nice enough. yes but not as warm as _ weather looks nice enough. yes but not as warm as it _ weather looks nice enough. yes but not as warm as it has _ weather looks nice enough. yes but not as warm as it has been - weather looks nice enough. yes but not as warm as it has been from i weather looks nice enough. yes but| not as warm as it has been from the last few days but a lot of dry weather in the forecast. the warmth is on the way out at least a real warmth we had over the last few days but still clinging on in the east of england but look at this across the western side, a lot of cloud and we will see outbreaks of rain and brisk winds as this swell of cloud pushes its way in and this is an area of low pressure and actually quite a deep low for this time of year so thatis deep low for this time of year so that is turning things cloudy and wet and windy across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. north—east scotland not doing bad and parts of north—east england doing well through parts of the day but this band of cloud is pushing the humid air away, so a fresher field pushing the humid air away, so a fresherfield for all of pushing the humid air away, so a fresher field for all of us as we head towards the end of the afternoon. so into the evening the winds pick up with gusts of a0 or 50 mph with exposed coast and western

scotland for england and north wales and we will see some outbreaks of rain moving through. further south not as windy but still breezy and dry through the night and temperatures holding up in double digits. we head into tomorrow i'm not a bad looking gay with —— day with dry weather and spells of showers across the northern half of the uk on the heavy and sundry showers in the north—east of scotland but at this time of year the sun has strength to it so temperatures on the face lower than they have been but get yourself into some sunshine and it's not going to feel too bad and the same applies for the weekend where we will see spells of warm sunshine and it will be largely dry but a little bit of rain is around at times and on saturday some rain coming courtesy of the frontal sister pushing its way in and that will bring cloud and outbreaks of rain and fringing into northern ireland, but effectively the north of that we will see sunshine and showers in the north of

scotland but stay mostly fine with sunshine in the south—east of england but not too bad in the sunshine with highs of 2a degrees.

live from london, this is bbc news. the metropolitan police says seven officers are now being investigated over bets on the timing of the general election. meanwhile, party leaders make their last efforts to win votes, as the final week of the general election campaign begins. iam i am live in the key marginal constituency of finchley and golders green, looking at the issues affecting voters here and across london. police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in nairobi — a day after the president scrapped his finance

bill which raised taxes. jay slater�*s mum is withdrawing some of the money raised to help find her missing son — as the search for him in tenerife continues for an 11th day. junior doctors in england strike for the 11th time in their long—running pay dispute. and festivalgoers prepare for the heat and the music at glastonbury. hello. the number of metropolitan police officers suspected of placing bets on the timing of the election has risen to at least seven. one of them, a member of rishi sunak�*s close protection team, has already been arrested and suspended. scotland yard says it will also be investigating a small number of cases where it's possible that offences including misconduct in a public office may have been committed.

there's been more bad news for mr sunak.