of a man being stamped on during an incident at manchester airport. the lawyer representing the family involved say the police must be held to account. they need to be prosecuted. that's what the family want, prosecutions for those people? that's what we want, that's what the family want. also on the programme... it's back to business for president biden, as he meets israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house. i'll be live in paris on the eve of an olympics opening ceremony that's promised to be unlike any before. an urgent call for people with o—type blood to donate — after stocks fall. and we visit the uk bogland that could be about to be awarded world heritage status. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents

in the uk and around the world. good evening. a lawyer for the family involved in an incident with police at manchester airport says one man has been found to have a cyst on the brain, and that a brother of those involved is a serving police officer. in a widely circulated video filmed on tuesday, a greater manchester officer is seen kicking a man in the head while he's on the floor. the force has suspended one officer from all duties, and referred itself to the independent police watchdog. there have been protests this evening outside the offices of the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham. our uk editor ed thomas is in manchester tonight.

yes, the impact of those moments of confusion and violence have been felt and seen here today. protest outside the offices of the mayor, a police officer suspended, the prime minister responding but still, people here want to know exactly what happened. today the solicitor who was representing two of the brothers at the centre of all this says they wanted justice and prosecutions. but the police federation, who is representing the police officer who has been suspended, said that they hoped for a fair hearing where all sides of the story are told. a warning, this report contains violent footage. you've got him on the floor, stop being aggressive! chaos inside manchester airport. we're normal civilians! armed police, some with tasers. now watch the male officer. first a kick, than a stamp. the man in the light blue is motionless,

his mother sitting over him. stop kicking people! 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. then it looks like he is hit with a taser. here, blood appears to be falling from this female officer's nose. in distress, she's taken away by a colleague. 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. the brothers at the centre of the stamping incident recorded this video of their injuries. we are headed to rochdale police station. this footage was posted on social media by their solicitor. today he told us fahir, seen here on the ground, was rushed to hospital.

what's the health situation of both brothers? one brother is still in hospital with a cyst on his brain. let's hope he makes a full recovery. the mother is going through some sort of post—traumatic stress disorder and so are the children. 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. he also confirmed that the brother of these two men on the ground is a police officer. a brother and a family member and a son is a serving police officer. and what has he said about what happened? he's scared of going to work, because he thinks that it might happen to him. and what do the brothers want to happen? the brothers wantjustice. this was a joint enterprise criminal offence, so they need to be prosecuted. that's what the family want, prosecutions?

that's what we want, that's what the family want. 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 i understand that concern. there have now been, i think, the suspension of one police officer this morning. gmp, shame on you! last night, there was this protest outside rochdale police station. hundreds marched from the offices of the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who oversees gmp. today he confirmed he had seen police footage of the incident.

i have seen the full footage that others will not have seen. what is clear is that this is a fast—moving situation that escalates. there are issues on both sides. it's not clear—cut. however, i do not step away from my initialjudgment that this was a disturbing incident. 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. ed thomas, bbc news, rochdale. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. chris, there's been a lot of political reaction to this. yeah, there has. what often happens when there are incidents like this is that the political reaction falls into two categories. there is criticism, and there is also a plea for the investigators to be given time to try and work out the full

picture of what happened. there has been plenty of both of those things today. but a twist too, because enter reform uk, the insurgent party, if you like, at the general election. they attracted more than 4 million votes. a couple of their mps have said hang on a minute, there is a broader argument here. they have argued that perhaps people should be reassured by what we saw the police doing rather than necessarily disturbed by it. in the words of one of their mps, too often, in their view, the police are 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. mr burnham has said that snap judgments, as he describes them, result in a very polite society. but what we have is a discussion and debate here. few would express it quite as colourfully as mr anderson did, but there is a wider recognition amongst mps alongside the criticism of the challenges that the criticism of the challenges that the police face daily, and then a bigger question provoked by reform uk to all of us, if you like, society at large — where should our sympathies lie when we see the kind of video that ed was bringing us a few moments ago?— president biden has been meeting israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tonight, hours after his televised address explaining why he's ended his campaign for re—election. speaking at the white house, he said he believed he did deserve a second term, but thought it was time to "pass the torch" to a younger generation. here's our north america

editor, sarah smith. an effigy of the israeli prime minister with blood on his hands, right outside the white house where the man himself is meeting president biden. the war in gaza has become a significant political issue in america, in an election year. that makes this meeting particularly delicate, wearing international diplomacy against public opinion at home. the apparent bonhomie belies the currently fraught relations between these two men. mr president, we have known — between these two men. mr president, we have known each _ between these two men. mr president, we have known each other for - between these two men. mr president, we have known each other for 40 - we have known each other for a0 years. we have known each other for 40 ears. , , , ., ., years. despite that long relationship, _ years. despite that long relationship, mr- years. despite that long relationship, mr biden l years. despite that long i relationship, mr biden has years. despite that long - relationship, mr biden has been unable to get the prime minister to limit civilian casualties in gaza. joe biden believes he can negotiate a ceasefire before he leaves office, so he is pressing mr netanyahu to make those final concessions that are required. the families of american hostages held by hamas in gaza met with both president biden and prime minister netanyahu in the

white house. we and prime minister netanyahu in the white house-— white house. we came today with a sense of urgency- — white house. we came today with a sense of urgency. as _ white house. we came today with a sense of urgency. as you _ white house. we came today with a sense of urgency. as you know, - white house. we came today with a sense of urgency. as you know, as. sense of urgency. as you know, as time goes forward, the likelihood of getting our hostages home, our loved ones home, alive and recovering the bodies of those who have already been murdered, becomes less and less likely. jae been murdered, becomes less and less likel ., ., �* ., likely. joe biden can now concentrate _ likely. joe biden can now concentrate on _ likely. joe biden can now concentrate on global. likely. joe biden can now- concentrate on global diplomacy without the distraction of an election. while kamala harris, set to take over as the democratic candidate, gets her campaign on the road. she says she is ready to confront donald trump. i’m road. she says she is ready to confront donald trump. i'm ready to take on trump- _ confront donald trump. i'm ready to take on trump. i _ confront donald trump. i'm ready to take on trump. i have _ confront donald trump. i'm ready to take on trump. i have agreed - confront donald trump. i'm ready to take on trump. i have agreed to - confront donald trump. i'm ready to take on trump. i have agreed to the j take on trump. i have agreed to the previously agreed upon in september the tense debate. he agreed to that previously. now he is backpedalling, but i am ready. previously. now he is backpedalling, but i am ready-— but i am ready. donald trump is havin: to but i am ready. donald trump is having to rapidly _ but i am ready. donald trump is having to rapidly adjust - but i am ready. donald trump is having to rapidly adjust his - having to rapidly adjust his campaign for having to rapidly adjust his campaignfora new having to rapidly adjust his campaign for a new opponent. for three and a _ campaign for a new opponent. for three and a half years, line kamala harris _ three and a half years, line kamala harris has — three and a half years, line kamala harris has been the ultraliberal driving — harris has been the ultraliberal driving force every single biden catastrophe —— lying kamala harris.

she is_ catastrophe —— lying kamala harris. she is a _ catastrophe —— lying kamala harris. she is a radical left lunatic who will destroy our country. he she is a radical left lunatic who will destroy our country.- will destroy our country. he is clearly disappointed _ will destroy our country. he is clearly disappointed not - will destroy our country. he is clearly disappointed not to - will destroy our country. he is clearly disappointed not to be| clearly disappointed not to be facing joe biden, especially as there is now only one old man in this race. right now inside the white house, kamala harris is meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and of course, there is huge interest in whether she might take a different tack with israel if she was elected to the presidency. until now, she has stuck closely to president biden's position, but he has sounded more empathetic towards civilians suffering in gaza, and that has led some people to wonder if she might be a bit less supportive of israel's position. ms harris did put out a statement condemning some of the anti is really protesters around washington today, saying that there is no place for hate or anti—semitism in america. but at the same time, she knows that she really needs to win back the votes of a lot of these left—wing activists who are so furious with joe of these left—wing activists who are so furious withjoe biden's staunch support for israel, so she might want to distance herself a bit. and

binyamin netanyahu, for his part, he is not taking any chances at all on the outcome of this election. he is flying to florida tomorrow to meet with donald trump. sarah smith in washington. this time tomorrow, the olympic flame will be alight in paris — at the opening ceremony of the 33rd summer games. a huge security operation is in place across the city — with world leaders and thousands of athletes expected along the river seine and at the eiffel tower. our sports editor dan roan is there tonight. opening ceremonies are always special events, but the scale and ambition of the spectacle taking place here tomorrow evening could surpass anything that the olympics has witnessed in the past. thousands of athletes on boats going down a course stretching six kilometres of the banks of the river seine, with hundreds of thousands of spectators and as you say, an unprecedented security operation.

whether it sing a celine dion leaving her hotel for a final rehearsal tomorrow's opening ceremony here or fellow superstar lady gaga return after hers, paris is welcoming the great and the good. us first ladyjill biden in town, joining world leaders tonight for a dinner at the louvre. all here to witness the start of sport's greatest show. 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 was confident. it's definitely a huge challenge, but think about it. on a six kilometre parade, the athletes are going to go through some part of the history of france, with an artistic show intertwined into the parade.

it's going to be special, and we want our game is to be special. so we have paris. it's a fantastic asset and we want to show it to the world. ~ . , ., , , asset and we want to show it to the world. ~ . , .,, , ., ,., ., , world. with an emphasis on temporary venues at iconic _ world. with an emphasis on temporary venues at iconic settings, _ venues at iconic settings, organisers are aiming to deliver the most sustainable games in history. there have 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 in paris is 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. having cold snap elections last month, president emmanuel macron is relying on a

caretaker government to oversee the games at a time of the division. can this event helped france at a difficult time? i this event helped france at a difficult time?— this event helped france at a difficult time? i don't think it's 'ust for difficult time? i don't think it's just for france. _ difficult time? i don't think it's just for france. i _ difficult time? i don't think it's just for france. i think- just for france. i think internationally, we need to create union together and a common culture, and that's the what we try to do in paris. ., , , and that's the what we try to do in paris. .,, , ., , and that's the what we try to do in paris. .,, , .,, _ paris. the hosts hope their rugby leaend paris. the hosts hope their rugby legend helps _ paris. the hosts hope their rugby legend helps boost _ paris. the hosts hope their rugby legend helps boost their - paris. the hosts hope their rugby legend helps boost their medal l legend 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. tokyo and aiming to add to her seven olympic medals-— olympic medals. at this point, i feel like nothing _ olympic medals. at this point, i feel like nothing can _ olympic medals. at this point, i feel like nothing can break- olympic medals. at this point, i feel like nothing can break me. | olympic medals. at this point, i | feel like nothing can break me. i have been through so much. so much trauma, so much healing. i'm actually excited to see what happens. i don't want to be down the road in ten years, look back and be like, i wish i would have tried. so i'm not walking away from the spot. at least i can walk away and be

like, i tried. at least i can walk away and be like, itried.— like, i tried. and with the first medal ceremonies _ like, i tried. and with the first medal ceremonies taking - like, i tried. and with the firstl medal ceremonies taking place like, i tried. and with the first - medal ceremonies taking place for real this weekend, there is about to be much at stake for both athletes and organisers. there's a lot riding on this for france, for the olympic movement itself a chance to showcase these events at a time when they are under mounting scrutiny over their cost and for the athletes themselves, a moment they will never forget. dan roan, thank you. the nhs is appealing for people with o—type blood to come forward urgently to donate, after stocks fell to unprecedently low levels in england. the drop has been caused by unfilled appointments at donor centres and increased demand following a cyber—attack which affected services in london. our medical editor fergus walsh is with me. just how serious is this? well, nhs blood and transplant has issued an amber alert for only the

second time in its history, asking hospitals to restrict their use of o hospitals to restrict their use of 0 type blood. there is always a summer dip in donations but that's combined with the ongoing effects of this ransomware attack on the pathology lab which has meant some hospitals have been unable to check patients upon a few blood types before they receive a transfusion so doctors have been falling back on o receive a transfusion so doctors have been falling back on 0 type bud, especially o have been falling back on 0 type bud, especially 0 negative which anyone can receive safely so if we look at bloodstock levels, 0 negative, there is a day at the half supply and be negative and o supply and be negative and 0 positive, three days, so there is an urgent appeal for people to book an appointment, go to blood .co.uk. just 8% of the population are 0 negative, so—called universal donors. i gave blood about ten days ago and i recently received a text

telling me which hospital had received my blood. it could go to someone undergoing major surgery, having cancer treatment or battling a blood disease but blood can only be stored for 35 days so this is an appeal notjust for now but for all year round. fergus walsh, thank you. sea bed around england and wales, owned by the crown estate, will be used for offshore wind farms — in plans to make the uk less dependent on foreign energy. it's the first major announcement from great british energy, the state—owned firm created using a windfall tax on oil and gas companies. our business editor simonjack has the details. offshore turbines like these generated i3% 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 smallerfraction 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 labour mp 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 powerfrom 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. adhd, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is one of the most searched conditions on the nhs website, but until now, there's been little data showing the demand for assessments for adults. but now figures from bbc news 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. in a moment, we'll talk to our health correspondent, catherine burns, about what could be

done to help the situation, but first she reports on those still waiting. to warn you, this piece does include references to 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 north west 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. 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'tjust change lives — it saves lives. catherine — the data you've uncovered shows the scale of the problem, but what can be done? all four uk governments agree something does need to be done. in england, there has been a task force launched, that is expected to report back later this year but in the meantime there are no immediate solutions, so what we are starting to see is trusts try things out on a local level, so central and north—west london saying we want to bring in help from the private sector, others want to triage their waiting lists, pick the patient to the think need the help most urgently and others are asking quietly, does this need to be a specialist service, is this something we could get gps to be skilled in as well. that's something the royal college of general practitioners is firmly against. so where does this leave the people we've been talking about all day,

those people who are waiting for assessment? in england there is something called right to choose. that lets you say i've been waiting can be in long, i want to pick my provider. you'll get a private diagnosis paid for by the nhs. there is only limited capacity for that though, to get more as a sticking plaster than a solution. overall there is an acceptance things need to change but there are no quick fix it here was like catherine burns, thank you. you can find more information about adhd on the bbc action line website, which also has a link to nhs advice about the condition. a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the north of ethiopia — driven by drought, crop failure and insecurity in the aftermath of a brutal war. bbc verify has been looking at the scale of the problems and merlyn thomas is with us now. thanks, jane. this is tigray, the worst affected area in northern ethiopia, a province with an estimated population of between six and seven million.

and you can see just how badly the drought crisis has affected the region by analysing these satellite images. this is the korir dam and reservoir injune last year. and this is last month. you can see the reservoir has completely dried up. and without enough rain this season, there won't be a harvest. this is all against a backdrop of a deadly war which ended in 2022. it ravaged the region and is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. it's rare to get access to tigray, but bbc verify, working with the tigrinya service, managed to visit some of the dozens of camps of displaced people. this camp, run by un agencies, provides shelter to more than 30,000 people. tsibittey teklay is one of them. her husband was killed in the war, leaving her to look after five of her children alone.

translation: we had animals. we used to harvest in winter. back then, we had the best lifestyle, but now we have nothing. people are sick, and there are pregnant women who can't earn money forfood. they are suffering from hunger. aid agencies have mapped the scale of the crisis facing ethiopia, with parts of tigray facing an "emergency". one expert we spoke to blamed the country's government. starvation prospers in silence. it's under darkness that famine crimes are committed by ruthless governments determined to starve their own people and to prevent that news from reaching the rest of the world. but the ethiopian government told the bbc that based on its assessments, "there are no looming dangers of famine and starvation in tigray as well as elsewhere in ethiopia." but for the thousands stuck in camps on the brink of starvation, they're left in limbo, reliant on food aid and unable to return home.

jane. after an almost 40—year campaign, a stunning but little known area of uk bogland is on the verge of being awarded world heritage status. it covers more than 1,200 square miles in the far north of scotland. and our climate editor justin rowlatt is there. i certainly am and let's take a moment to enjoy this incredible landscape. remember, it's almost 10:30pm in latejuly, extraordinary we have so much light. is this award in the bag? the award team here in scotland are quietly confident. we also know the advisory body to unesco, the un organisation that makes these designations, gave a strong recommendation this was a worthy winner, but we will only know for sure if it's got this heritage status award when an announcement is

made in new delhi, that will happen tomorrow or saturday, but in the meantime i have been exploring just how remarkable this blanket bog landscape 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.