with attempted murder. and, we'll be live in the french capital, 2a hours before an olympics opening ceremony that's promised to be unlike any before. and coming up on bbc news. andy murray pulls out of the singles competition at the olympics but will play doubles — in what'll be his final event before retiring. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. a lawyer for three people involved

in an incident with police at manchester airport says one has been found to have a cyst on the brain. in a widely circulated video filmed on tuesday, a uniformed officer is seen kicking a man in the head while he's on the floor. greater manchester police has suspended one officer from all duties and referred itself to the independent police watchdog. there were protests last night outside rochdale police station — our uk editor ed thomas is there. yes, the impact of those moments of violence and confusion at manchester airport are being seen and felt here today. a police officer suspended, the prime minister responding. people want to know exactly what happened at that airport, especially here in rochdale. the solicitor who is representing the two brothers at the centre of this says they want justice and prosecutions but today

we also heard from the police federation, who are supporting the officer who has been suspended. they say everyone has a right to a fair hearing, where all sides of the story are told. a warning, this report contains violent footage. you have him on the floor, stop being aggressive. chaos inside manchester airport. armed police, some with tasers. now watch the male officer. first a kick, then a stamp. the man on the ground in the light blue is motionless, his mother sitting over him. the male officer who kicked him then moves to the man sitting on the bench, who has his hands on his head. he's stamped on, and it looks like he's hit with a taser, and blood appears to be coming from this officer's nose. in distress, she's later taken away from the confusion. and later, this happened.

we understand these men witnessed the first incident. they're approached by different armed officers. one is pepper sprayed... ..before two were handcuffed and taken away. we are headed to rochdale police station. this footage was posted on social media by the solicitor of the brothers involved in the stamping first incidents. his medical condition has worsened. today, he told as muhammad fahir amaaz has been rushed to hospital. what's the health situation on both brothers? one brother is still in hospital, like i said, with a cyst on his brain. um, let's hope he makes a full recovery. the mother is going through some sort of post—traumatic stress disorder, and so is the other brother. and so are the children. so let's hope they make a full and complete recovery. what are their thoughts about the police and what happened? they're scared of the police. they are scared of the police. he also said the brother of these two men is a serving greater manchester police officer.

he isa he is a serving police officer. and what has he said about what happened? he's scared of going to work because he thinks that he might happen to him. and what did the brothers want to happen? especially to... justice. the brothers wantjustice. this was a joint enterprise criminal offence. so they need to be prosecuted. they need to be... that's what the family wants. prosecutions for... ? that's what we want. that's what the family wants. they need to be arrested, interviewed under caution, charged and taken to a court of law. we're still not clear about the moments before the footage that has been posted on social media. greater manchester police say they were called there after reports of an assault and that three of their officers needed hospital treatment — one for a broken nose. one police officer has now been suspended and today, the prime minister gave his thoughts on this incident.

i understand the public�*s concerned. i've seen it myself and understand that concern. there have now been, i think, the suspension of one police officer this morning. this was the mayor of greater manchester today, andy burnham, who oversees gmp, responding to the footage. it is not clear cut, i would say. and there are issues for both sides in the situation. that said, and here's where i want to be really clear — it is right that the officer has been suspended. that is the right action. i would ask for calm because what i can assure people is that the right and proper steps have been taken. today, the police watchdog, the iopc, said it was investigating the level of force used by officers and would examine all of the circumstances surrounding the incident. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. chris, there's been a lot

of political reaction to this... yes, there has. typically after incidents like this, the political action tends to amount to criticism coupled with a plea that there should be time given to investigate, is to work out exactly what has happened. there have been bits of both of those things today. but, enter next reform uk, the insurgent political party at the general election, more than 4 million votes they attracted. they tend to have an instinct of if they spot a political consensus pointing out that there might be a wider range of views on a particular incident. a couple of their mps have said, hang on, perhaps we should be reassured by the police action rather than in any way disturbed by it, describing policing as too often being, in their words, namby—pamby. the message i'm getting loud and clear from my constituents is that they are fed up with seeing police dancing around rainbows and being nice to people and running off from rioters.

they want the police to do theirjob and i think these police yesterday should be commended. in fact, i'd give them a medal. andy burnham, who's the mayor of greater manchester, has said that comments from mps, ie. you and one of your colleagues, welcoming what the police have done could lead society in a dangerous direction. what's your response to him? he needs to shut up, the man's a buffoon. andy burnham has said snap judgments as he described them, lead to a very polarised society. what we now have is a very lively debate about the nature of policing, the difficulties, the challenges and what is acceptable. what should we be willing to brand as acceptable and what is unacceptable? and then a bigger question for all of us, where should our sympathies lie when we see the video is like the one we saw just a few moments ago?— see the video is like the one we saw just a few moments ago? chris, thank ou. chris just a few moments ago? chris, thank you. chris mason. _ president biden has used a televised address from the white house to say

that he ended his campaign for re—election to save american democracy. speaking in the oval office, he said he'd believed he did deserve a second term but thought it was time to �*pass the torch' to a younger generation. joe biden withdrew from the presidential race at the weekend, after mounting pressure from fellow democrats. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. my fellow americans... one of the most significant speeches of his career was the one he never wanted to make, and he did not sound happy about having to step aside. you know, in recent weeks, it's become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavour. i believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term, but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. much of the biden clan were there to support him in this emotional moment, which he hopes will be viewed as the moment

he put his country before himself. president biden has been arguing for months that democracy itself is at stake in this most crucial election. and that, of course, is exactly why his party felt they couldn't risk going with a candidate who looked like he was going to lose. donald trump did watch the address live on his plane — trump force one. he has been clearly furious that he's had to reorientate his campaign to fight against a fresh, younger candidate. for three and a half years, lying kamala harris has been the ultra liberal driving force behind every single biden catastrophe. she is a radical left lunatic who will destroy our country. donald trump's running mate, jd vance, is getting heat for remarks he made three years ago, when he named ms harris as one of the so—called childless cat ladies. wow. we're effectively running this country via the democrats, . be it via our corporate oligarchs, j by a bunch of childless cat ladies

who are miserable at their own lives land the choices that they've made. | and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too. - actress jennifer aniston rarely wades into politics but by responding to mr vance's comments, she will make sure they reach a huge audience. on instagram, she said... "i truly cannot believe this is coming from a potential vp of the united states. all i can say is, mr vance, i pray your daughter is fortunate enough to bear children one day." at the white house today, president biden is meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, sparking protests across the capital. kamala harris has already condemned anyone who's supporting hamas. that won't endear her to those who care passionately about the situation in gaza. she is enjoying an initial surge in support, but when she has to take on the most difficult issues, like the middle east, that honeymoon may not last. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. a man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a soldier was stabbed in kent on tuesday. lieutenant colonel mark teeton

was in uniform when he was attacked near his home close to brompton barracks, in gillingham. ashitha nagesh reports from medway magistrates' court. anthony esan arriving in court this morning, where he was accused of stabbing a uniformed senior army officer. he's been charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in public. the alleged attack happened at sally port gardens, in chatham, in north kent on tuesday evening. mr esan was arrested soon afterwards, near his home in the neighbouring town of rochester. i'm going to be running 44 miles in aid of combat stress... the army officer involved in the incident has now been named as lieutenant colonel mark teeton. kent police say he's in a serious but stable condition in hospital. in court, mr esan was asked to confirm his date of birth, but in response, he asked, "why?" he was then asked to confirm his address. again, he asked why.

as the charges were read out to him, he listened in silence. the court heard that lieutenant colonel teeton was repeatedly stabbed with a large knife, like a machete, and that several witnesses saw the alleged attack. mr esan was arrested around 30 minutes later on a moped and a number of knives were found in its storage box. mr esan has now been remanded in custody until the 22nd august, when he will appear at maidstone crown court. ashitha nagesh, bbc news, in chatham. research by bbc news has revealed the scale of the crisis in adult adhd services across the uk. attention defecit hyperactivity disorder is the second most searched for condition on the nhs website, but, until now, there's been little data showing the increase in demand for assessments. now, figures from the bbc

health team and bbc verify show: there are at least 195,000 adults waiting for an adhd assessment on the nhs. demand has quadrupled over the last five years, and analysis suggests the national average waiting time is more than eight years — and in some areas, even longer. our health correspondent catherine burns has been to the trust with the longest known waiting list. just to warn you, her report does talk about suicide. it feels like adhd is being bad at all the things that people find simple. undiagnosed, you walk around with a lot of shame. self—medicating with drink and drugs was how i was managing it. - really, i can't function. i don't like people calling adhd a superpower. it's certainly not a superpower for me. this isjess strachan�*s collection of cuddly toys. she's not sure exactly how many she has, but thinks at least 400. if i'm feeling in any way

emotionally bad, i will buy one. adhd can make people struggle with impulse control. forjess, part of that is buying toys she doesn't need and hasn't got room for. i've been struggling for a long time, basically most of my adult life. without knowing that i had adhd, ijust felt like i was a useless person. there have been a couple of occasions in my life where i have tried to take my own life. um...sorry. like, i just felt that people would be better off without me because i felt like i was a burden to everyone. it got to the stage where even everyday tasks felt impossible. jess' trust, central and northwest london, has the longest waiting list we know about — more than 11,000 people.

she ended up getting a private diagnosis. i was just becoming desperate, because my symptoms were affecting me so much. the trust is one of the busiest mental health providers, and it stopped adding new names to its adhd waiting list in november. but it has a plan to clear its backlog, hopefully in three years. but they'll need outside help. we know as an nhs provider, we cannot do it on our own. our plan is to work with the private sector and really try and get through this backlog. we feel we need to offer people on our waiting list something now. so they're contacting everyone waiting, focusing first on the most vulnerable patients. it must be so frustrating. it must be so frustrating for someone to have to wait. sadly, that's the reality of our services at the moment. and our data found that reality reflected across the uk — demand so high that many services just can't keep up.

there are thousands and thousands of people waiting. they're not playing a game, they're waiting in distress. we are going to have to have radical solutions to the situation we face. health officials across all four governments recognise that something needs to be done. we've seen a huge upswing in people seeking... part of that is a task force set up by nhs england, expected to report back later this year. it gave me confidence... getting my adhd diagnosis was the most liberating moment. i accepted what i was. adhd can be treated with medication or therapy, but to get help, people need that diagnosis first. adhd treatment doesn't just change lives — it saves lives. catharine burns, bbc news. you can find more information about adhd and organisations on our website which has a link to nhs adhd advice.

the time is 6:17. our top story this evening: a police officer is suspended after video emerged of a man being kicked in an incident at manchester airport. iam in i am in the middle of a vast scottish bog coming up in sport on bbc news. england name an unchanged team for the third test against west indies which starts tomorrow, with captain ben stokes resisting the temptation to bring in new bowlers. the summer of sport continues, as paris hosts the 33rd olympic games. a couple of competitions are already under way, including football, but all eyes are on the french capital tomorrow for the opening ceremony, which will mark the start of the majority of events. in the tennis, andy murray has withdrawn from the singles

but will still compete in doubles in what will be the final event of his career. our sports editor, dan roan, reports from paris. one of the world's most recognisable cities transformed into an olympic park. final rehearsals ahead of tomorrow's unprecedented opening ceremony, staged not in a stadium but on water, with athletes paraded down six kilometres of river on boats in front of 300,000 spectators and the eyes of the world. the man in charge today telling me he is confident. i can tell you that no stones have been left unturned. it's been now years that we've been working with the government authorities in order to make sure that this ceremony, but all the games, are safe and secure. because there is no party if there is no security. with an emphasis on temporary venues at iconic settings, organisers are vowing to deliver the most sustainable games in history. there's been record ticket sales, although hundreds of thousands

of seats remain available. after spectators were largely barred from the last games in tokyo due to covid, the hope here in paris that this will represent a return to the olympics in all its glory — this audacious plan to stage tomorrow's opening ceremony here on the river testament to the scale of ambition and innovation. but at a time of political turbulence, both here in france and internationally, ensuring that these games are safe will be a major challenge. amid the country's largest peacetime security operation, swathes of central paris have been locked down. the head of a local watchdog group among many residents dismayed by the disruption caused. the city centre is all blocked with fences, so the people cannot go to work, you have two bridges to cross the river, so it's hard for the everyday life. having called snap elections last month, president emmanuel macron is relying on a caretaker government

to oversee the games at a time of deep division. can this event help france at a difficult time? i don't think it's just for france, i think internationally we need an event which is able to create union altogether and common remember and common future, and that's the way we try to do it here in paris. the hosts hope rugby legend antoine dupont, who has already scored in the sevens competition, helps boost their medal prospects. but the biggest star could be american gymnast simone biles — back after her struggles in tokyo and aiming to add to her seven olympic medals. i don't want to be down the road in ten years, look back and be like, "oh, i wish i would have tried." so now walking away from the sport, whatever happens happens this year, but at least i walk away and be like, "i tried." and with the first medal ceremony taking place for real this weekend, there is about to be much at stake for both athletes and organisers.

this isn't just this isn'tjust a sporting mega event, with 10,500 athletes and almost 9 million tickets now sold, it is almost of huge geopolitical significance as well, with president macron hosting many world leaders and top business executives ahead of and top business executives ahead of an event which he hopes boosts his country's prestige and global image and helps win over what has been a relatively sceptical public, yet to be convinced by the value of this event and the cost, both financial and in terms of the environment as well. of course the fear is that the complicated, difficult political backdrop, both domestic and international, could impact these games, but organisers will hope, as has happened often in the past, once the action gets under way and the medals begin to be awarded, the stars, these stories, the drama take centre stage for the next couple of weeks. we often talk about our weather getting hotter or wetter.

now the met office has produced analysis which confirms that climate change means we are now experiencing warmer and wetter conditions in the uk. its annual state of the climate report shows the number of very hot days, classed as above 30 degrees celsius, has more than trebled in this country in the last 50 years. it's become 9% sunnier in that period as well. but also, extremely wet days were on the increase, up 20%. climate change is at the heart of these big changes, and one way the government is hoping to tackle it is to create more renewable energy. the prime minister today announced it's joining forces with the crown estate, which owns most of britain's sea bed. the aim is to build thousands of offshore wind farms in england and wales, in partnership with a new publicly owned company, great british energy. our business editor, simonjack, has the details. offshore turbines like these generated 13% of all uk electricity last year,

and the government wants thousands more and is earmarking £8.3 billion to create a state—owned energy company to help achieve that. the prime minister announced that gb energy will team up with the crown estate, which owns thousands of square miles of sea bed, to speed up offshore and onshore wind projects. keir starmer said that would reduce uk reliance on volatile fossil fuels and cut customer bills. it will push bills down, and that's the sort of number—one issue behind renewables — bills will go down, and not for a short time, but actually permanently, and for every family and every business across the country, that is hugely important. labour has also vowed to veto any new oil and gas licences and hike taxes on the industry, which some fear will cost existing jobs. there are around 200,000 jobs supported by the oil and gas industry right across the uk, and it's really important for those people, those communities and the economic value that those jobs associated, it's really important that the government works

in partnership with the sector to develop a proper energy policy. the prime minister said the world was changing and the uk needed to change with it. the transition is coming to renewables, everybody knows that, everybody in the sector knows that. but what you have with mission—driven government, purpose—driven government is an absolute determination to see that as an opportunity and to manage that transition in a fair way, particularly for those that are working in oil and gas. as workers in widnes finish the stacks which will support giant turbines, gb energy's mainjob is to support and encourage giant investment in a colossal project. £8.3 billion over the next four years sounds like a lot of money, but it's a fraction of the £28 billion per year the labour party wanted to spend on green projects, and a smaller fraction still of the possibly hundreds of billions of pounds it will take to get a carbon—free power network by 2030 — a target many people think is unrealistic. and the conservative party says that promised bill cuts

are unlikely to materialise. labourmp after labourmp said that gb energy would save their constituents £300, and today they haven't been able to commit to that figure, because actually we know it's not true. building the turbines is one thing — getting power from where it's generated at sea to where it's used in towns and cities will require hundreds of miles of cables and pylons through reluctant communities. that will be a test of another big manifesto pledge, an overhaul of the planning system to force through projects not universally popular. simonjack, bbc news, widnes. the nhs is appealing for people with o—type blood to come forward urgently and donate after stocks dropped to "unprecedently low" levels in england. officials have blamed unfilled donation appointments and increased demand following a cyber—attack which has affected services in london. o—negative blood is safe for all patients and is used in emergencies or when

a patient�*s blood type is unknown. after an almost ao—year campaign, a stunning but little known area of uk bogland is on the verge of being awarded world heritage status. it's the world's most outstanding example of a blanket bog, basically waterlogged peat known as the flow country. it covers more than 1,200 square miles in the far north of scotland. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is there now. yes, so we don't know yet whether it has actually got that designation, we know that the bid team here in scotland are pretty confident, and we know that the advisory body to unesco, which makes these designations, we know they recommended there is a worthy winner, but we will not know until an announcement is made in new delhi, we think that maybe saturday,

but i have been discovering just what a remarkable place this bog ecosystem is. the landscape of the flow country is truly epic, stretching across virtually the whole of the north highlands. but to really understand it, you need to get in real close. it's only then you see some of the 29 different bog—building moss species. there are carnivorous plants here, including these sundews. and all this plant life supports lots of insect species. then there are all the rare birds and other animals in this extraordinary place. the flow country represents 5% of all blanket bog resource in the world, but it's also in really good condition compared to other places, so it's a brilliant, brilliant example of what a blanket bog can look like and the type of species that you can be find here. and that's not the only thing that makes this ecosystem unique.

these peat bogs are also an incredible store of carbon, aren't they? they are, they're amazing — in the flow country alone, we have more than 400 million tonnes of carbon storage here, an incredible amount. so 400 million tonnes, just to put that in perspective, it's very roughly twice the amount of carbon stored in all the trees in the uk. and we can show you why, can't we? look at this! this will show you why there's so much carbon, just look how deep this bog is. and this isn't even all! six metres, in remote parts of the bog, the peat is ten metres deep, isn't it? ten metres deep. there's restoration work under way to repair damage from conifer plantations. this is a broch, an almost 3,000—year—old dwelling place. it's a really ancient landscape... the bid team say world heritage status would bring huge benefits

to the area. it will bring a lot more jobs, because obviously there would be more restoration activities going on, there will also be a real boom in tourism, and finally there will be more research done, so better understanding of how to manage and how to protect these ecosystems going forward. getting world heritage status would be great news for this place, but also for peatlands worldwide, bringing bogs the international acclaim they deserve. justin rowlatt, bbc news, the flow country. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. the picture behind me really tells the story of the summer, quite a lot of cloud, we have seen some showery rain today, sunshine has been very limited indeed. a little more on its way as we go towards the weekend. let's look at these beautiful swell

of cloud, this area of low pressure thatis of cloud, this area of low pressure that is dominating the uk, quite a lot of cloud generally across the country today, and we have seen weather fronts bringing showery rain, they will ease their way eastwards over night, and we are likely to see quite a clearance. into tomorrow, not a bad start to the day, but still the wind coming from a light westerly, driving in scattered showers across north—west scotland, northern ireland to begin with, but also west facing coast. sheltered areas in the east seeing the best of the sunshine, dry and settled with sunny spells continuing. 23 degrees here, still disappointing for this stage of july, but fresherfurther disappointing for this stage of july, but fresher further north, 15-20 at the july, but fresher further north, 15—20 at the very best. into the weekend, the weather front enhancing showers on saturday, but high pressure builds, the wind direction changes to a south—westerly, changing fortunes a little bit later

on. saturday, plenty of showers