and the paralympic games begin in paris today, with the opening ceremony taking place across the city later. sir keir starmer is visiting berlin where he is expected to say the uk has a once in in a generation opportunity to reset its post—brexit relationship with europe. the british prime minister was welcomed by german chancellor olaf scholz. they will begin negotiations on a new treaty designed to deepen trade links and boost defence cooperation between london and berlin. let's speak to anand menon, professor of european politics at king's college london and director of the think tank, uk in a changing europe. we spoke to you at length many times during brexit negotiations. without opening all that up, and that's certainly not what keir starmer wants, but how do they get smoother

access for uk businesses to the german market given that germany is a member of the eu single market? i think there are things they can do. there are issues within the competence of national governments to do with the users, length of stay, for instance, where things can be negotiated. but you are right, overall in terms of the big barriers to access to the european market, including the german market, that will require negotiation with the european union. so there are certain things they can do on the economic side with the germans today but the big picture is a european picture and that trade agreement that boris johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. in johnson signed with the european union back in 2020.— johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. in terms of that conversation — union back in 2020. in terms of that conversation with _ union back in 2020. in terms of that conversation with the _ union back in 2020. in terms of that conversation with the european - conversation with the european union, is that what the labour government want to do, or is this just a softly softly approach and just a softly softly approach and just a softly softly approach and just a realignment of what was a rather turbulent relationship when

the conservatives were in power? to the conservatives were in power? trr be honest, i don't know any more than you do about what they intend to do. it's clear they want to improve bilateral leavers with key european statesman. the date with germany today in germany with olaf scholz. keir starmer will be visiting emmanuel macron in paris. you can see a warming of those bilateral relationships. i think the big difference with what we saw from the conservatives is political pressure comes from the opposite direction. forthe pressure comes from the opposite direction. for the conservatives, the members and conservative voters, was for a more distant relationship with the european union and that's what conservative politicians kept promising. forthe what conservative politicians kept promising. for the labour party, the vast majority of labour members and voters want to see closer relationships with the european union. in a sense this rhetoric about resetting is partly intended to assuage the fears of labour voters and try to convince them that keir starmer will try to improve

relations with europe as a whole. [30 relations with europe as a whole. do ou relations with europe as a whole. do you think when it comes to brussels itself, are they open and happy about this?— itself, are they open and happy about this? , ., ., , ., about this? they are open to the negotiation _ about this? they are open to the negotiation that _ about this? they are open to the negotiation that gives _ about this? they are open to the negotiation that gives them - about this? they are open to the| negotiation that gives them what they want, i think. so brussels wants to talk to the uk about a youth mobility scheme, allowing people under 30 to come and work and study here. to date the uk government hasn't appeared very enthusiastic about that. i think we should also bear in mind that we are simply not a priority for the european union any more. for negotiators in brussels many in united states brexit is done, they have biggerfish united states brexit is done, they have bigger fish to fry, problems with migration, the budget, all sorts of things are a priority in a way that we simply no longer are. and that point when it comes to migration, what can be achieved now given the uk is obviously out of the eu, what are the points that can help with the issue of migration? around the edges the issues that can

help our greater co—operation between police and counterintelligence forces, it may be as for the case with france, playing the french to police their northern coast better. but european countries are all struggling with inflows of migrants. in a sense it is very hard, no one has come up with a solution yet to this and anything we do i think will not solve the problem of small boats will stop there we need to think in terms of setting up safe routes to allow people to apply for asylum from elsewhere. that might be one way of tackling it but that is not something that will require collaboration necessarily with the eu. , ., ., collaboration necessarily with the eu. , a, , collaboration necessarily with the eu. understood. really good to get our eu. understood. really good to get your reflections, _ eu. understood. really good to get your reflections, professor - eu. understood. really good to get your reflections, professor anand i your reflections, professor anand menon. one of the world's biggest car makers, toyota, is suspending production at all its factories injapan because of an approaching typhoon. typhoon shanshan is heading for the island of kyushu in southwestern japan. the authorities have issued emergency alerts for the area, warning of high waves and unusually violent storms.

there are currently fewer than 100 spaces left in men's prisons in england and wales — that's according to research by the bbc. yesterday, the prime minister said the government had to "check the precise number of prison places" every day during the recent disorder in parts of the uk. our reporter will vernon has more. it's no secret that britain's prisons are already overcrowded. government ministers have been warning for some time that the number of available cells is dangerously low. but now it's understood there are fewer than 100 spaces left for male inmates in england and wales. that could mean big trouble ahead for the entire justice system. what that will result in is the police and wider criminal justice system potentially grinding to a halt. because the police will have nowhere to transfer prisoners they detain into our custody because there will be no space. as of last friday, the total prison

population in england and wales was 88,234. that's the highest end of week total for at least 13 years. compare that to the figure from 2019 and we can see the numbers grew by over 5,000 in just five years. last week, the government activated a contingency plan, operation early dawn. it allows for some defendants to be held in police cells for longer and only brought to court when a prison place is available. the riots in english cities led to over 1000 arrests, putting further strain on the system. more than 400 people were sent to prison. and summerfestivals added to the burden. 349 people were arrested at the notting hill carnival. the bank holiday weekend meant fewer people were released from prison too. there is nervousness in the government about the chronic shortage of available cells

in england and wales. but sources working inside the prison system have told the bbc more people are due to be released in the coming days, which should relieve some of the pressure. and there'll be further room created in two weeks' time when a government scheme kicks in, releasing some inmates early. the message from keir starmer yesterday — we had no choice. i didn't want to release prisoners early. i was chief prosecutor for five years. it goes against the grain of everything i have ever done. but, to be blunt, if we hadn't taken that difficult decision immediately, we wouldn't have been able to respond to the riots as we did. but those working in the prison sector have warned successive governments that space is running out and that it will take much more radical reform to solve the crisis. will vernon, bbc news.

more than 4000 athletes from around the world are in the french capital, paris, for the start of the paralympics. the opening ceremony begins on wednesday evening, later tonight. like the olympic opening ceremony, it will be held outside a stadium for the first time. athletes will take part in what's being described as a "people's parade" travelling past some of paris's most iconic landmarks, located along the route between the champs—elysees and the place de la concorde. we have seen the eiffel tower and the arc de triomphe. spectators can watch for free along the route before the official parade take place in front of ticket—holders at the place de la concorde. we can speak to a phd researcher from university college london.

paris isn't that well—known for its accessibility for the disabled community. is accessibility for the disabled community-— accessibility for the disabled communi . . ., , community. is a wheelchair user m self i community. is a wheelchair user myself i have — community. is a wheelchair user myself i have spent _ community. is a wheelchair user myself i have spent the - community. is a wheelchair user myself i have spent the last - community. is a wheelchair user myself i have spent the last few| myself i have spent the last few days investigating and trying to figure out what the games will be like, not only for me but for athletes and spectators coming from around the world. and i must say, that similar to the uk, and especially in london, it is a mixed bag of a city. you have the metro, which has very little accessibility. i was forewarned by several french wheelchair users i should go nowhere near the underground. but the buses on the other hand are very accessible and you have a mix of pavements. we are looking to see how paris holds up with this influx of disabled people and whether they have kept their promise to prioritise accessibility for the games. ~ ., ., , , ., prioritise accessibility for the games. ~ ., , games. their metro, as you say, is cuite games. their metro, as you say, is quite renowned, _ games. their metro, as you say, is quite renowned, notorious - games. their metro, as you say, is quite renowned, notorious for - games. their metro, as you say, is | quite renowned, notorious for being quite renowned, notorious for being

quite difficult, whether you have escalators, and arguably very few lifts in the paris metro. are you getting information from organisers as to how to move around? the? getting information from organisers as to how to move around? they are seemin: as to how to move around? they are seeming to — as to how to move around? they are seeming to surreptitiously _ as to how to move around? they are i seeming to surreptitiously recommend we avoid it. instead they will put on shuttles taking people from central paris to the stadium must wear different events are held. it seems to me they are saying without saying, to take the shuttles, but the shuttles have to be booked two daysin the shuttles have to be booked two days in advance. ifind myself wondering whether a lot of people travelling here, perhaps only a day in advance of their events will have known that, or we will see serious chaos on transport. it known that, or we will see serious chaos on transport.— known that, or we will see serious chaos on transport. it would require an awful lot — chaos on transport. it would require an awful lot of— chaos on transport. it would require an awful lot of forward _ chaos on transport. it would require an awful lot of forward planning. . an awful lot of forward planning. paris isn't the only capital city

with its problems. we were hearing late last night how our very own baroness tanni grey—thompson was forced to crawl off a train in london. she caught a later train, her rent assistance had been booked for an earlier train so it wasn't there for her and she had to crawl off a train. for those who don't have that understanding, how do you get into this situation? —— her ramp assistance. get into this situation? -- her ramp assistance-— assistance. i'm sorry to tell you it is rather common. _ assistance. i'm sorry to tell you it is rather common. as _ assistance. i'm sorry to tell you it is rather common. as a _ assistance. i'm sorry to tell you it| is rather common. as a wheelchair user myself i can't account for you the number of times i have been left on a train with no ramp to get off or denied boarding off a train even though disabled people around the uk have the right to turn up and go. legally we don't have to book a ramp or book assistance. when i heard from tanni grey—thompson that this had happened to her, i think my greatest reaction was a lack of surprise, which is really disappointing and upsetting. what

i'm hearing from the disabled community, from friends and colleagues, in connection with the paralympics and stories like this, is we are a bit tired of disability only coming to the forefront and being celebrated and being given attention to once every two years when there is a paralympics. it seems like a bit of hypocrisy when the government is willing to celebrate our set these times and meanwhile just got sanctioned by the united nations for grave and systemic violations of disability rights last year. it is systemic violations of disability rights last year.— rights last year. it is a disappointing - rights last year. it is a disappointing and - rights last year. it is a - disappointing and frustrating rights last year. it is a _ disappointing and frustrating note to end it on but we are grateful to you for raising this and we wish you the best of luck getting around in paris. a researcher on disability rights and justice from ucl, thank you. you're watching bbc news.

the united nations has expressed concern at the enactment of a morality law by the taliban in afghanistan. the law has been approved by the supreme leader of the taliban. since its approval some afghan women in diaspora have responded by posting pictures of themselves singing, which will be unlawful for themselves singing, which will be unlawfulfor women under themselves singing, which will be unlawful for women under the new morality law that has been passed. afghan women singing. we have been following this story. we can see they are not taking this lying down. tell us about what they are doing and a little bit about this law.

afghan women have gone on social media, mostly afghan women in diaspora who have the freedom to post videos, singing and being on social media, mainly on twitter, singing in front of mirrors. there are clips of women singing in groups like the one we have seen. clips of women singing in groups of three. all singing mostly very national songs that afghanistan has, and everybody in afghanistan would know. they have been protesting the new law imposed by the taliban which restricts the voices of women. it introduces a ban on what they wear. it also imposes restrictions on movement of women. i must say these restrictions were already introduced by the taliban since they took power. women had clear rules, what

distance they could travel. but now the difference is this has become law. the supreme leader has signed it, it has become law and it gives powers to the morality police in afghanistan to detain individuals, to question individuals who do not follow the regulations. [30 to question individuals who do not follow the regulations.— follow the regulations. do the morality police _ follow the regulations. do the morality police have - follow the regulations. do the morality police have the - follow the regulations. do the - morality police have the facilities, are they implementing this law? just before coming here i spoke to a journalist in afghanistan, in kabul at the moment. he said the restrictions they are mentioning in this law are not implemented yet. the taliban have told the bbc afghan service they are working on a mechanism of how they will implement these rules. for example, some women in afghanistan might not have legal guardians, they might be widows. what will they do in those cases? they have told the bbc afghan service they are working on a mechanism to implement the law. it

also brings restrictions on men. there are bits where the law say men need to grow beards. there are restrictions on playing loud music in cars. there are different restrictions on citizens and on the daily life of afghans.— restrictions on citizens and on the daily life of afghans. thank you for brinuain daily life of afghans. thank you for bringing this _ daily life of afghans. thank you for bringing this to _ daily life of afghans. thank you for bringing this to our— daily life of afghans. thank you for bringing this to our attention - daily life of afghans. thank you for bringing this to our attention and l bringing this to our attention and bringing this to our attention and bringing the voices of those afghan women to us as well, singing against the new law. thank you so much. much more on our website. if you're a dog owner, you might feel a sense of pride in getting your pet to sit on command, maybe even a bit smug if you can teach them something more advanced like rolling over. well, jason smawfield—huby and his dog, hope, have taken their training to the next level and won gold at the dog agility world championships in belgium. our reporter, simon spark, has been to meet them.

injune, we saw the preparation. good girl. representing team gb for dog agility in the first ever senior competition held in belgium. it's the first time a competition has been run internationally, specifically for the over 55s and over 65s. jason was in the over 55s category, and hope was in the fluffy, cute small doggy category, with some serious obedience and serious speed needed. but then, the practising was over. run! i walked into the building. it was absolutely huge. never run my dog in front of so many people before, and the atmosphere was absolutely electric. but, on the start line, you forget about everything else, and it's just you and your dog. she was clear in every round, in all four rounds. her worst placing was a third. so, we had a number of silvers and a couple of bronzes. come on!

but if hope hoped for a win... stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! yes! come on. ..she got one. come on! yes! i didn't know i'd won the title. i came out, i knew i'd got a clear round, but the noise from, say, my friends on the balcony was absolutely incredible. and i still didn't believe it. i don't cry a lot, but i was absolutely bawling my eyes out. especially when two people came to congratulate me and cuddle me. so now it's our turn to see this gold medal performance close up. whee, whee, whee, whee, whee, whee! you're looking at the first ever gold winners of the over 55s title of the senior open agility world championships. there's no other dog agility trainer in the world that can boast that category of win.

and no other dog quite like hope. yes! super girl! congratulations to hope. why we talk about celebrations, let's have another look at the gorgeous live shot from paris where the paralympics will be held. the opening ceremony is expected a little bit later on. a total of 22 gold medals will be decided through the competition. just to bring you some breaking news from london, from the notting hill carnival. metropolitan police are saying they have charged a 20—year—old with the attempted murder over the stabbing of a 32 year model who attended carnival with her young child. we are getting breaking news from metropolitan

police. this is from this weekend, the notting hill carnival took place over saturday, sunday and bank holiday monday. during that time, on the sunday, a 32—year—old mother with her child was stabbed and metropolitan police are now saying they have charged with the attempted murder a 20—year—old. any updates on that and we will bring them to you. we will bring more information on what happened at carnival and on the website as well. the launch of four civilians on a privately chartered spaceflight — the polaris dawn, featuring the first commercial spacewalk — has been delayed again. it's the third time in a row. jared isaacman, the flight�*s billionaire commander, and his team were due to blast off today, but the weather has conspired agaunst them.

let's speak to our science correspondent pallab ghosh. why didn't everything goes according to plan? j why didn't everything goes according to ian? ., , why didn't everything goes according to ian? a, , ,, why didn't everything goes according to ian? . , ., ., ., to plan? i am sure you have followed us many space _ to plan? i am sure you have followed us many space launches _ to plan? i am sure you have followed us many space launches as _ to plan? i am sure you have followed us many space launches as me - to plan? i am sure you have followed us many space launches as me and i to plan? i am sure you have followed i us many space launches as me and you will know these things are never straightforward. the key thing is there are four people on board. safety has got to come first. yesterday they had a helium leak so couldn't take off. they sorted that out. they could take off today but it was the landing they were concerned about because the weather just off the coast of florida in five days' time, which is when they were due to land, wasn't looking so good. it's not looking good in six days' time and it is a five—day mission, so they are not launching at their next window tomorrow. they will be checking the weather forecast to find out when they are able to launch. that's where we are. we know it's very complicated and that's an understatement when it comes to space travel. explain to us

what they were trying to achieve, this is described as the first commercial spacewalk. brute this is described as the first commercial spacewalk. this is described as the first commercial sacewalk. ~ ., , ., commercial spacewalk. we are used to the rivate commercial spacewalk. we are used to the private sector— commercial spacewalk. we are used to the private sector in _ commercial spacewalk. we are used to the private sector in space. _ commercial spacewalk. we are used to the private sector in space. spacex - the private sector in space. spacex now re—is the international space station. they send astronauts back and forth. we also used to seeing space tourists. now, this is taking it a notch further. because one of the space tourists we reported on, the space tourists we reported on, the billionaire jared isaacman, he has already been up, three years ago, paying for a flight for himself and three other civilians. this time he is doing the same thing again, but he is carrying out lots of firsts. he is taking up a crew further than people have been since people have been to the moon in the 60s and 70s, going to an altitude of 870 miles above the earth, nearly

3.5 times the distance to the international space station, which is the usual route back and forth. on the way they will travel through a region of space that is highly radioactive. the earth's magnetic field traps particles in their and they will make a few passes of that and be exposed to as much radiation as astronauts on the iss get exposed to in three months. the highlight of the five—day mission on day three will be to carry out the first spacewalk carried out by an exclusively commercial crew. j spacewalk carried out by an exclusively commercial crew. i guess it beas exclusively commercial crew. i guess it be . s the exclusively commercial crew. i guess it begs the question, _ exclusively commercial crew. i guess it begs the question, what _ exclusively commercial crew. i guess it begs the question, what do - exclusively commercial crew. i guess it begs the question, what do we - it begs the question, what do we know about the planning of this and what can we expect? timesr know about the planning of this and what can we expect?— what can we expect? they will look at the weather _ what can we expect? they will look at the weather forecast _ what can we expect? they will look at the weather forecast to - what can we expect? they will look at the weather forecast to find - at the weather forecast to find whether they can land safely and then they will launch and carry out their mission as hoped. what they

want to show is that the private sector can do everything that government agencies like nasa can do. because no private sector company has done this before. and then some. and they can do it cheaper and more innovatively. that's what this mission is about. so far the private sector has shown it can do what the space agencies can do. now they want to kick on and say they can do even better, and we can do it cheaper, which should make space travel more common, cheaper and more available to perhaps the next generation.— next generation. fascinating insi . ht. next generation. fascinating insight. pallab _ next generation. fascinating insight. pallab ghosh, - next generation. fascinating insight. pallab ghosh, thankj next generation. fascinating - insight. pallab ghosh, thank you. the weather had conspired against them, unfortunately but we will continue to monitor that. closer to home, let's find out what the weather is doing with carol kirkwood. hello again, we have had showers this morning particularly across wales and the south—west of england.

the weather front responsible for that will still be with us. it's moving north and east woods, the dregs of yesterday's weather front, and then another one coming in across the north west introducing heavy showers for northern ireland and western scotland. you may well hear the odd rumble of thunder from those too. in between those two areas, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, areas of cloud floating around at times but it will feel quite warm in the south—eastern corner. we could reach 28 degrees today. pressure across the north—west where we are looking at 15 to about 18 degrees. through this evening and overnight, everything pushes into the north sea. we will have clearer skies for a time but then further showers come in across northern ireland and also western scotland, accompanied by breezy conditions. and it's going to be a fresher at night tonight than it was last night. overnight lows, nine to about 13 degrees. we start tomorrow on a largely dry note with some sunshine but we will have the shower is continuing across northern

ireland, putting eastwards across scotland. we could even see a few getting into northern england. moving southwards, we are into drier and sunnier conditions and we are looking at highs of up to 23. so feeling fresher. then as we move through the week, on friday we could start with a bit of missed across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, but again, a lot of dry weather around. there will be areas of cloud coming in from the north sea at times with an onshore breeze and temperatures, 14 to about 24 degrees, so temperature is slowly starting to come up. into the weekend, high pressure firmly in charge of our weather. this weather front could bring some showers into southern england later on sunday and overnight into monday. but on saturday first of all, still a lot of dry weather around. further sunshine, cloud coming in from the north sea, from france, and that may affect temperatures, looking at 22, 20 three degrees in the top temperature in london. 20 or 21 in glasgow for stop looking at the out

that they would, sunday, starting with mist and fog, and later on sunday we could see showers coming in for the a lot of unsettled weather too with fewer showers as we head through the new working week.

live from london, this is bbc news. prime minister sir keir starmer is visiting berlin, where he wants to "reset" the uk's relationship with europe. israel is carrying out a major military operation in the occupied west bank — 11 people are reported to have been killed. donald trump accuses the us department ofjustice of trying to "resurrect a dead witch hunt", after it filed revised charges against him. and the paralympic games begin in paris today, with the opening ceremony taking

place across the city later. welcome to bbc news. i'm kasia madera. the british prime minister is in berlin, where he's expected to say the uk has a "once—in—a—generation opportunity to reset" its post—brexit relationship with europe. sir keir starmer was welcomed by german chancellor olaf scholz. they'll begin negotiations on a new treaty, designed to deepen trade links and boost defence co—operation. germany laid out the red carpet at the german chancellery for the british prime minister, who will head to paris later for talks with the french president, emmanuel macron, on thursday. our berlin correspondent, damian mcguiness, explains what both sides are hoping to achieve during the germany section of his trip.