i do think that the brexit, the exit of britain, is a tragedy. the leaders were marking exactly 60 years to the day from the signing of the treaties of rome, in the very same room where they stood now. then, just six nations met to create an economic partnership. countries who had fought each other putting aside differences to rebuild europe. today, in a vast league expanded union, 27 prime ministers and presidents signed a new rome declaration, pledging to continue to cooperate, even as they faced challenges all around. their countries are emerging from the economic crisis but there are fears about jobs, terrorism, migration and divisions amongst the leaders too. europe as a political entity will either be united or will not be at all. only a united europe can be a sovereign europe. in relation to the rest of the world. and only a sovereign europe

guaranteed independence for its nations, guarantees freedom for citizens. and on this anniversary, there were marches around europe today by eu supporters. this was in london. more than 20,000 estimated to have taken part. and in rome, the gatherings were small. what worries eu leaders is that, in the wake of brexit, it's their opponents, eurosceptic nationalist forces, that are energised right now. with this summit, eu leaders are trying to find a new impetus for their project, to confront brexit and the other challenges they face. the problem they have: how to rekindle enthusiasm for the eu across europe. damian grammaticas, bbc news, rome. that's it for now. i will be back for the later this is bbc news. ukip‘s only mp douglas carswell stands down from the party to become an independent, saying he's achieved his main objective with the party. we can be absolutely certain brexit

is in good hands. all the things we campaign for will come to pass. it's wonderful. ukip‘s leader paul nuttall says carswell‘s resignation isn't a surprise. his deputy says his departure won't affect the party's future. he has been a very semidetached person for a very long time with this party. frankly, this is a nice dress two breath of fresh air, that this is now behind us. tributes to the policeman killed in the westminster terror attack. the investigation into khalid massood continues and one man is still in custody. after failing to get his health care bill through congress, president trump sends out a defiant tweet on his plans to replace 0bamacare. also in the next hour... the human cost of the battle for mosul after coalition air strikes kill dozens of civilians. they have complained the jihadists

have used them as human shields, but they have also spoken very bitterly about the effects of air on civilians. the bodies of two teenage boys have been found at the bottom of a cliff on the north—east coast at saltburn. and lewis hamilton will be on pole position for tomorrow's f1 curtain raiser, after out—qualifying sebastian vettel in melbourne. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk independence party's only mp — douglas carswell — has announced he's leaving the party. he said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of pulling britain out of the european union — adding that he was going on "amicable terms". he will now represent clacton as an independent mp —

but there are calls for him to face a by—election. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. there has been no love lost between douglas carswell and there has been no love lost between douglas ca rswell and some there has been no love lost between douglas carswell and some in ukip for some time. when hejoined the party two years ago, it was a big deal. i am today leaving the conservative party and joining ukip. but the relationship between him and that their leaders soon soured. today, he quit ukip, saying itsjob is done when the country backed brexit. we achieved what we wanted. if other people want to carry time, that's fine. but you are the remaining mp, will this put the nail

in the coffin of ukip? theresa may means brexit is in safe hands. nigel farage said douglas carswell was jumped before he was pushed and was never really ukip. it really would make very much difference to us, other than drawing a line under something that had caused heartache for about a year. douglas was never that comfortable in the party,. last time he changed allegiances, the cla cton time he changed allegiances, the clacton mp asked voters for approval, but not this time?“ clacton mp asked voters for approval, but not this time? if i was going from ukip to the conservatives, then absolutely. but the voters voted for a ukip mps and

either getting an independent. when i was conservative and switch to ukip, i triggered a by—election. i was conservative and switch to ukip, itriggered a by—election. but i'm not changing parties, and not switching sides. so what are people in his constituency think of his decision? it's a disgrace. it's down to him at the end of the day. we can doa to him at the end of the day. we can do a lot about it. mr carswell hasn't ruled out returning to the tories, but for now, he's an independent who has once again raised the question of ukip's releva nce. 0ur political correspondent told me that this is a key moment. here's a device of figure, who never really left the conservative party. he fell out with nigel farage. people have accused douglas carswell of using his parliamentary position to block nigel farage. there are seniorfigures

who are delighted that douglas carswell is leaving, but they won't be pleased that after 4 million votes, the only seat they had was in clacton and now they will not have that. he has made it perfectly clear he doesn't intend to have a by—election in the way that he did when he crossed from the conservatives to ukip. ukip would clearly loved to have a go at winning the seat for ukip. douglas carswell was saying brexit is in good hands, theresa may has got her trajectory spot—on. so he's leaving ukip, basically saying, it's ok, and other party has got brexit covered. indeed. he was full of praise for the prime minister, leading some to wonder where his future lies.

he was careful in his answers to say he does not intend to rejoin the conservative party has the clacton mp, but if you pick through that, it doesn't seem to rule out the possibility of calling a by—election in a future rapprochement with the conservatives. he says he doesn't intend to join the conservatives now, but he doesn't appear to be ruling it out long term. what then of the future for ukip? that is the big question we have had sincejune 23 last year. douglas carswell says it isjob done. he deflected questions asked if he thinks ukip has a future. he seems to be saying ukip's job is done. i think the new leader of ukip is very clear, he sees their mission to go after working class votes in the north of england, former labour voters. perhaps douglas carswell didn't see

himself as part of that project. a former head of the metropolitan police has called for changes to security at westminster, following wednesday's attack there. former commissioner lord blair said there should be a review of the arming of officers. one man, arrested in birmingham, remains in police custody. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. minutes after the terrorist attack in the precincts of the palace of westminster. 0n the ground is constable keith palmer, who was stabbed to death. his killer, khalid massoud, has been shot to death by police. meanwhile, armed officers here have left the scene to investigate the gates, where masood's car has mounted the pavement and crashed. meanwhile, the gates were left wide open, anyone could have got through. an understandable error according to a former head of scotland yard, who nevertheless believes that

in the future security will have to be more stringent. i'm absolutely certain that there will have to be a review now of the outer soft ring. always behind it is the inner core of armed officers, but pc keith palmer has paid for his life for that soft outer rim and i think his family at least, and everyone else, need reassurance. the bbc has obtained new footage of the police response. a fleet of cars carrying teams of marksmen racing down the embankment. this was shortly after khalid masood's trail of carnage which began on westminster bridge. questions remain unanswered about his route to radicalisation. he was a violent criminal before converting to islam more than a decade ago. one of his victims who have arrived is this romanian tourist, one of his victims who survived is this romanian tourist,

who was hurled into the thames. she was in london with her partner, who was also hurt. in romania, a friend paid tribute to the emergency services in london. translation: we would especially like to thank the doctors and nurses, all the medical staff, for everything they are doing to help them. today at scotland yard, police officers who were part of the emergency response, laid flowers in memory of their colleague, keith palmer, who they tried to help. june kelly, bbc news. a man from eastbourne has claimed he was attacked by khalid masood 14 years ago. danny smith described how he met masood — known then as adrian elms. i met him in a pub in eastbourne, he seemed like a pretty decent fella. i had a few beers with them. a few days later, we fell out, and he tried his best to kill me. he pulled a knife, held it to my face. i thought surely, he's

not going to hit me. but he hit me with the knife and he flinched to do it and i stood there, thinking, he's not going to do it. then all of a sudden, he hit me with a knife, straight through my face, through my nose, through my tongue, into my mouth. president trump has come out fighting after the bill to overturn barack 0bama's health reforms was withdrawn on friday, because of a lack of support within his own republican party. he's tweeted that "0bamaca re will explode". after the defeat, he said he will now switch his focus to tax reform. if you look at where the republicans are now, they control all of the major levers within washington and they still

couldn't get this done. this tweet is to reassure his supporters. one of the things that was key about yesterday's drama, is that both the republicans and the president's spokesman was keen to say that the president had done all he could. he had tried notjust to twist arms but break them, when it came to persuading republicans. the problem is, when it comes to politicians who represent different districts across america, you have very differing views in one party. 0n the left of the party, they thought reforms went too far and would leave too many people without insurance. 0n the right, they felt the reforms did not go far enough. they couldn't come to any consensus. when he says, we will come together and piece together a new health care plan, right now, that is not looking very likely. the headlines on bbc news:

ukip's only mp douglas carswell is standing down from the party — but will stay on as an independent mp. ukip says his resignation isn't a surprise and it won't affect the future of the party. more tributes paid to the police co nsta ble more tributes paid to the police constable who died in the westminster attack. after failing to get his health care bill through congress, president trump sends out a defiant tweet on his plans to replace 0bamacare. the us military says it carried out an air strike at an iraqi request at a site where hundreds of civilians are reported dead. the united nations has raised grave concerns about the casualties in the iraqi city of mosul. iraqi forces, backed by a us led coalition, are fighting to retake the city from the terror group islamic state. at least 200 people are reported to have been killed, with many buried under the rubble.

the us has opened a formal investigation. 0ur correspondent has the latest. thousands of people have arrived with just the clothes they are standing up in. maybe if you spare odds and ends. they need food, water, shelter. it is a massive humanitarian challenge and it's not nearly as big as that will be coming down that road in the next weeks. that black smoke is where the islamic state position is. this is a

theatre of war. the people who have been coming in have been talking about what they have been through. they have talked about air strikes that have come in in the last few days and killed hundreds of civilians. they have complained that the jihadists have used them as human shields. but they are also in tea rs human shields. but they are also in tears and anger, they have spoken very bitterly about the effects of air strikes on civilians. i spoke to multiple witnesses, who said that there are perhaps hundreds of bodies still lying in the rubble on that people can't get to. if you take it all together, the effects of the war, the wounded, that dead, and the mass of humanity dean needs of the

people displaced by the fighting, it comes together as a great big humanitarian emergency. and it's is worsened by the fact it is happening ina worsened by the fact it is happening in a country that was already broken into pieces by war. it is a huge challenge and it is hard to think of the bigger one anywhere in the world at the moment. two teenage boys have been found dead at cliffs at saltburn in north east england. cleveland police were called to huntcliff last night and found the bodies of the two 17—year—old boys at the bottom of the cliffs. enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of exactly what happened. it was at seven o'clock last night that reports came in to the police

and other casualty here. when they arrived with the coastguard, what they discovered was far worse. it was the bodies of 217—year—old boys. they wear airlifted to the james cook hospital and cleveland police have told us today that the families of these teenagers are being supported by specially trained officers. this area is very popular with walkers and police are appealing for anyone who was there to co nta ct appealing for anyone who was there to contact them, so they can piece together exactly what happened at this tragic scene. thousands of people are in london for another protest against the uk leaving the european union. the prime minister theresa may is due to trigger article 50, which will start the process for leaving the eu, on wednesday. marchers held a minute's silence at the start of the demonstration, in memory of the victims of the terror attack at westminster. earlier i spoke to the labour mp

david lammy who voted to remain and join the demonstrators today. this is a fantastic, democratic moment. i have been speaking to people from wales and scotland, a young boy who came with his mum from devon. they are cross—party, there are conservatives concerned about the direction of their party, labour members, lib dems, snp. they're coming to protest, because they are deeply concerned about the hard brexit road this country is on, and they're fighting the european cause. going back to that initial question, obviously deeply held feelings by the people on this march, but do they think they can fundamentally change the course now? of course they can. there is a lot to play out between now and the next two years. we're putting our future

into the hands of 27 countries, we are saying were going to exit the single market. i think a lot of people don't have the confidence in people like david davis, so a lot can change. a week is a long time in politics. look what has happened this week here in parliament square and look at the democracy that is here today. of course you have to protest, you have to fight and stand up for what you believe in. we've done that before in this country and will do it again. what is the key message from today's march in terms of the changes you want to see. if you can't stop brexit, what would you like to see happening during the course of negotiations? i think a lot of people here are very concerned about conditions for eu nationals across the country. they are hugely concerned about leaving the single market. a lot of people here are small business owners, very worried about the future.

many expect the economy to downtown significantly over the coming months and years. and they are here because we live in a democracy and they want to scrutinise those in government who are making a decision that ultimately parliament would get a say in. for all of those reasons, democracy returns to the street and democracy returns to the streets and that is why they are making their voices heard. i absolutely stand with them. they also want to see something about a tolerant, they also want to say something about a tolerant, inclusive britain. very concerned about a rise in hate crime and hate rhetoric in this country. douglas carswell has quit ukip, saying of theresa may, that brexit is in good hands. what do you think his departure means for the future of ukip? what does it mean for the labour party's efforts to capture voters that perhaps, on some issues at least, ukip might have made inroads? the first thing i think is this

is about a lot of the major actors behind the mess we are now in leaving the stage. we saw nigel farage leave, michael gove leave and now we see douglas carswell leave the stage. the truth is, what i'm concerned about is that the ukip tendency that has got weaker as a political party, now exists almost within mainstream parties. i'm actually concerned that some of that has infected my own party. douglas carswell is but one actor. it is clear that he doesn't quite know where he stands, but the tradition that he believes in, i think is affecting mainstream politics, and it's something i think it's important we resist and resist very hard. european union leaders have marked

the 60th anniversary of the eu's founding treaty with a formal declaration promising to deepen unity. the meeting comes four days before theresa may, who is absent from the ceremony in rome, is due to formally declare the uk's intention to leave the eu. damian grammaticas reports from rome. this gathering was the eu's answer to brexit. 27 leaders from across europe returned to rome, to where the first steps to the creation of the eu were taken, to reaffirm their vows of unity, just as the uk prepares to quit. i do think that the brexit, the exit of britain, is a tragedy. the leaders were marking exactly 60 years to the day from the signing of the treaties of rome, in the very same room where they stood now. then, just six nations met to create an economic partnership. countries who had fought each other putting aside differences to rebuild europe. today, in a vast league expanded union, 27 prime ministers and presidents signed a new rome declaration, pledging to continue

to cooperate, even as they faced challenges all around. their countries are emerging from the economic crisis but there are fears about jobs, terrorism, migration, and divisions amongst the leaders too. europe as a political entity will either be united or will not be at all. only a united europe can be a sovereign europe, in relation to the rest of the world. and only a sovereign europe guarantees independence for its nations, guarantees freedom for citizens. and on this anniversary, there were marches around europe today by eu supporters. this was in london. more than 20,000 estimated to have taken part. and in rome, the gatherings were small. what worries eu leaders is that,

in the wake of brexit, it's their opponents, eurosceptic nationalist forces, that are energised right now. with this summit, eu leaders are trying to find a new impetus for their project, to confront brexit and the other challenges they face. the problem they have: how to rekindle enthusiasm for the eu across europe. damian grammaticas, bbc news, rome. harrison ford had something of a

near miss last month when he landed atjohn wayne airport in orange county, his small single—engine plane coming down in the wrong place. what happened? this is the conversation he the touchdown. this wasn't the first mishap he'd had in recent years. in 2015, he suffered injuries after crashing a vintage plane on a golf course in sa nta vintage plane on a golf course in santa monica. but time it was down to engine problems. fortunately, there were no injuries and this latest incident, apart from perhaps a little damage to harrison ford's pride. a little reminder, the clocks go forward tonight, but to mark british

summertime, more than 2000 taking clocks have gone on display in an art installation near wakefield. it celebrates the life of clockmaker john harrison, who invented the marine clock. it runs until the 17th ofjuly. with all those clocks, no excuse for not picking up on time in the morning. now it's time for the weather forecast. if you missed out on the sunshine today, that will be plenty more of stunning weather in parts of the country, but temperatures will soon tumble away, quite chilly night. don't forget to put your clocks forward one hour, giving you one hour less sleep. it will be cold, temperatures well down into single figures. in rural spots, some frost, particularly across the glens of northern ireland and scotland.

a lot of sunshine to come yet again. sunshine from dawn to dusk for most of us. if you're out in the breeze and out of the sunshine, it will feel distinctly fresh. exposed coast temperatures will be held back. very warm indeed for the time of year.