this is bbc news. the headlines at 8.00pm. the government says it will keep a close eye on kensington and chelsea council, after its leader quit over the grenfell tower fire. the absolute priority remains looking after the victims, their families and friends, making sure they get everything they need. and in doing so, when it comes to the local council, nothing is off the table. residents in the community who have been affected by the fire say help is there, but only if they look for it. especially for people like in the tower, a lot of them are still not out there yet. they are still in bereavement and facing trauma. so to get out and get the word out to them is very difficult. after days of intense fighting, iraqi forces have taken control of the main base of the so—called islamic state in the city of mosul. thousands of people take to the streets in central london to march against austerity. the veteran film critic and television presenter,

barry norman, has died at the age of 83. also in the next hour... protests in hong kong on the 20th anniversary since the end of british control. the chinese president rules against any chinese to beijing's rule. in rugby, a memorable second half comeback secures the british and irish lions victory in new zealand, levelling the three test series. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government says it has no plans to send independent commissioners to kensington and chelsea council, following criticism of its handling

of the grenfell tower fire disaster. the mayor of london sadiq khan, had urged ministers to appoint commissioners, following the resignation yesterday of the leader of the council. instead, the government says it will keep a "close eye" on the situation. frankie mccamley reports. as the tributes continue to arrive and the missing posters line many of the streets, the anger towards the council here is clear. it was the breakdown of this, the first cabinet meeting at the council since the fire at grenfell tower, that led to the resignation of its leader, nicholas paget—brown. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility. pressure had been mounting on the council, following intense criticism of the way the disaster had been handled from day one. the resignation has been welcomed by many, including the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who has urged the prime minister to appoint

commissioners to run the borough. he wrote... but the government says it is keeping its options open. nothing is off the table in making sure that the local residents, especially the victims, their families and friends, get all the support they need. clearly there's a role for the local council and government and for many others, but where anyone is not stepping up and doing what is expected of them, then nothing should be off the table. the council now needs a new leader and that person will have to be elected by the council itself, not by the people, and some residents here say they're not happy with that. they want a bigger say on who is going to be making those key decisions. and some are sceptical of whoever is put in charge. they cannot just impose their old boy network and their friends and family scheme that they seem to operate elsewhere.

there needs to be a proper process for the selection of those commissioners, and that has to be community led, they cannot do that on their own. we're not going to be imposed on at state level again. it's understood a new council leader will be elected next week, in the hope of rebuilding trust with those whose lives have been torn apart. frankie mccamley, bbc news. two weeks on after the fire — there are many volunteers still helping in the emergency effort. a short time ago i spoke to swarzy macaly — who has been distributing donations to victims and their families. she began by telling me about the response to her work on the ground. i think there is mixed emotion, and i think there is mixed emotion, and i think sometimes it is very difficult to absorb all the different types of emotion, because

we arejust different types of emotion, because we are just pocket sometimes on the ground. there is a lot going on on latimer road still. this week i was based in west ealing where a cafe had donated loads of donations so we we re had donated loads of donations so we were working out storage and how to put these lovely donations into the best way possible. are the residents still relying on donations rather than help from the council? still relying on donations rather than help from the council7m still relying on donations rather than help from the council? it seems so than help from the council? it seems so andi than help from the council? it seems so and i want to encourage if i can, with a story. we were helping with donations and a family called and said they had a baby who was gluten—free. a lady came over and said, here is £80. i said the best thing you can do with your money is going to buy gluten—free food for a baby because then you put your trust in the donor to say i am helping and this is a real practical way i can meet a need. so she did. we boxed up that gluten—free food, put it in the back of a car

and it went to them. where you are resident of grenfell tower? no, i do not live in west london at all. to decide the feeding, the nappies and blankets, what about the trauma? what have you been hearing? there have been very severe cases with people who have been seeing things. standing outside latimer road, a woman was weeping outside and you cannot just let a woman woman was weeping outside and you cannotjust let a woman weep and walk past. i said, i cannotjust let a woman weep and walk past. isaid, i know cannotjust let a woman weep and walk past. i said, i know it sounds silly, just give me a hug. we were hugging and of course, you start crying. she said i cannot wash my eyes. as soon as she said something like that, i thought, that is so poignant. she said she saw children banging on windows and a baby being thrown out. there are so mini things where people have been scarred and they should not have seen things. if they should not have seen things. if the council has stepped in, the best thing you can

do is step in with love because people feel abandoned and unloved. where can they go? these people are traumatised and they are dealing with bereavement. this is real trauma. where are people going to get support? i am only one person. in that instance, the lady was directed to westway to give her details. the people are emotionally attached to the tragedy. 0therwise people become a statistic, a person, another name lost. for people who do not know how to help, the best thing you can do is buy flowers and lay them at the tower, because that emotional connection sparks something in you. it did for me when i arrived on wednesday evening and saw the building on fire. it sparked the emotional connection. there has been movement at the council, a lot of people stepping down, there has been a lot of anger directed at people of the council. you have been

trying to help around grenfell tower. what have they been saying in terms of what they want next? they wa nt to terms of what they want next? they want to be loved, if i'm honest. i know it sounds cliched. where the council have lacked, the community have picked everything up. on the conversation and on the ground, yes, there is anger, but there is this balance, in the absence of the council, i have got my community, i have got my friends and family around me who are collecting exactly what i need. it is not just an collecting exactly what i need. it is notjust an abyss of clothes. if i have needed nappies, somebody has got me those nappies. it has been very organic, that is the only way i can put it. are people moving into permanent housing, do you know?|j don't permanent housing, do you know?” don't know. sometimes when you are on the ground you cannot give people household objects because people have not moved into housing yet so a community meal looks better than a brand—new oven or a brand—new microwave. it is those kind of

things. if the council were to step m, things. if the council were to step in, they need to replace people like myself. the minute you go back to work, you cannot simply go back to work. have you seen members of the council on the ground trying to coordinate and help in the same way that you are doing?... no, i am only one person, so maybe they were there the day i was not there. there were some people in jackets the day i was not there. there were some people injackets but i do not know if they were from the council. there doesn't seem to feel that sort of presence. but i would like to say well done to the community who have stepped in. an incredible lady there, that was swarzy macaly speaking to me earlier. iraqi forces say they've taken control of the main base of the so—called islamic state group in the city of mosul, after days of intense fighting. the militants have been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. only a few hundred militants are believed to remain in the area along with some 50,000 civilians who have very little food or water.

0ur correspondent feras kilani is on the front line, and i should warn you his report contains graphic images. with the rapid advance of iraqi forces, they have retaken most of mosul. more stories are emerging about the lives people had to endure when the city was under the control of so—called islamic state. translation macro please get as a ca rd to translation macro please get as a card to ride, i cannot walk any more, iam card to ride, i cannot walk any more, i am so tired. even the zionists did not do what the so—called islamic state did to us. hundreds like them are still stuck in the midst of war and it is not easy. the road is filled with various dangers. a war plane hit a target a few metres from us. as more progress is made, civilians

are starting to come out. this woman in fighting at us in. translation: my in fighting at us in. translation: my son died, not even on the battlefield. she is crying over the loss of her son, whose body is still lying inside the house. he was killed by a bombardment of the street. his mother could not bury him until now. i cannot stop weeping over the body of my poor son. she asks the iraqi forces to help her ta ke asks the iraqi forces to help her take his body and bury him in a decent manner. the houses here are packed with many families, and

almost all have been destroyed. a mortar shell landed here yesterday. the fighters tried to heal the girl's rooms. there has been no medical equipment here for weeks. she survived but her grandmother didn't, after shrapnel hit her in the heart, killing her immediately. they were used as human shields by the so—called islamic state and were not able to get food or drinking water. translation: they had off starving and did not give us anything to eat. look how our children have become so skinny. few metres away, iraqi forces are still struggling to secure the places of thousands surrounded by the fighting, amid a greaterfear that is will use chemical weapons as its defeat in mosul approaches. thousands of people have been

protesting in central london, calling for an end to government cuts. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell told the demonstrators austerity was a "political choice." labour failed this week in a vote in the commons, to force an end to the government's public sector pay cap. the president of sinn fein, gerry adams, says he doesn't believe a deal to restore power—sharing in the northern ireland assembly will be agreed by the deadline of monday. the controversy over a green energy scheme, that left the devolved administration almost half a billion pounds overspent, led to the collapse of the assembly almost six months ago. speaking to me a little earlier northern ireland reporter sara girvin gave me this update on the story. northern ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since january. talks aimed at restoring power—sharing, they

resumed after the general election, and it has been a very bumpy road since then. the two main parties involved are the democratic unionist party and sinn fein. they seem unable to reach agreement on several major issues, both blaming each other for the lack of progress. 0ne of the main stumbling blocks between the two, seems to be the nationalist and republican demand for an irish language act, and the dup's opposition to that. also, the recent deals struck between the dup and prime minister theresa may, to essentially prop up the government, since dell muddied the waters when it comes to these political talks. last night theresa may spoke to sinn fein and dup leaders. she said the government would do everything to work with the parties and get a successful conclusion, but she urged them to find agreement themselves. there was a campaign rally in belfast for same—sex marriage.

northern ireland remains the only pa rt northern ireland remains the only part of the uk where it is still banned. speaking at the rally was the president of sinn fein gerry adams, and he outlined where he believes there can be no deal before monday. i don't believe that there is going to be a deal by monday. the dup are showing no urgency, or no real inclination to deal with the rights which are the crux of the heart of the difficulties. i am talking about the bill of rights, the whole issue of marriage equality, a whole range of other matters, including legacy issues. unless i step change, i cannot see, here we are on saturday afternoon, and we were told this directly, i do not see how a deal can be put together by then. and of course, if there is a step change, and part of

that step change is for everybody to understand that equality and respect has to be at the heart of the institution. they have to deliver for everybody, not just the institution. they have to deliver for everybody, notjust the sinn fein vote, notjust for everybody, notjust the sinn fein vote, not just the for everybody, notjust the sinn fein vote, notjust the dup for everybody, notjust the sinn fein vote, not just the dup vote but for everybody, including those people who don't vote and those people who don't vote and those people who don't vote and those people who are abominable and in poverty who want their rights. that is the only basis there can be a return to the status quo, that is the only basis in which these institutions can be put together. all attention now turns to monday. last thursday was the deadline for some sort of progress in these talks and that has been and gone. 0n monday, the secretary of state james brokenshire plans to make a statement to update the house of commons on what steps are taken next. he has the option of extending the talks, he can call another assembly election or he can reintroduce direct rule from westminster. when it comes to the northern ireland political parties

themselves, the dup traditionally do not take part in talks on sunday for religious reasons. the talks will begin again in earnest on monday morning, but at this point it is looking very unlikely that a deal will be struck. the headlines on bbc news: the government says it will keep a close eye on kensington and chelsea council as it prepares to elect a new leader, following the grenfell tower fire. after days of intense fighting, iraqi forces have taken control of the main base of the so—called islamic state in the city of mosul. the veteran film critic and former bbc presenter, barry norman, has died at the age of 83. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. hello, james. good evening to you. the british and irish lions have produced one of their great performances to level the series

against new zealand and set up a decider in auckland next weekend. the lions only clinched victory with a penalty in the last few minutes. 24—21 the final score. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall was at the match. weather in rugby can be a great leveller and when you're up against the all blacks, it all helps. defeat here and any dreams of the lions making history would be over. for once, the rain was welcomed. for 12 years, new zealand has waited for the return of the lions. these fans know their team are going to have to produce the game of their careers, in the wind and rain of wellington if they are going to keep the dream alive. just need to gel from the four nations into one team. this is a brand that has a life and they are fighting for that brand. up against the most fearsome winning machine and sport, the lions have been set up for a bruising encounter.

but it takes more than brute force to knock the all blacks off their stride. the conditions made even the basics a challenge, but if there is tension, it wasn't in the mind of 0wen farrell the revenge this is that he was playing in the park. in such a cauldron, cool heads were needed. not this. the first all—black to be sent off in 50 years. now it was time to be bold. often much of what he does goes unnoticed, but not this time. any lion will tell you it is better to be the hunter than the hunted and colin murray sees his chance. but the scores level in the final minutes, the lines needed something, a final kick, if final draw, a penalty that keeps the dream alive. i didn't even celebrate when the final whistle went, ijust thought, we are even now, we have one more half of rugby. this will be a victory that lives long in the memory. the lions have found their teeth. geraint thomas has become the first welshman in history to wear the yellow jersey of the tour de france. he won this year's first stage

in germany, a 14 kilometre time trial through dusseldorf, after completing it in an impressive time ofjust over 16 minutes. 0thers didn't fare so well in the rainy conditions though, spain's alejandro valverde is out after crashing at one of the first corners. thomas's sky team mate and defending champion chris froome came through the day unscathed, finishing in sixth overall, but well ahead of his general classification rivals. he has started well for what would be a fourth tour title, but the yellow jersey today belongs to thomas. amazing. it is the stuff of dreams. the tories what got me into cycling. i remember as a ten—year—old going home to watch the last 10k —— the tour to france is what got me into cycling. to take the jersey is incredible. to finally win a stage and yellow jersey is incredible. to finally win a stage and yellowjersey is a massive bonus. novak djokovic has completed the ideal warm—up for wimbledon by winning his first title since january.

he beat gael monfils in straight sets at eastbourne. djokovic accepted a wildcard to play on the south coast after his early exit from the french open. and he won the final 6—3, 6—4. he's looking fit for wimbledon, unlike defending champion andy murray who's still struggling with a hip injury. the world number three karolina pliskova could be a good bet for the women's title at wimbledon. she beat former world number one caroline wozniacki in straight sets. a record—breaking innings from england batsman alex hales helped nottinghamshire win the first silverware of the domestic cricket season. they beat surrey by four wickets at lord's in the royal london one day cup final. notts restricted surrey to 297 in their innings, taking the wicket of kumar sangakkara, who's had an extraordinary season with the bat, forjust 30. hales opening the batting in reply wasted no time getting his team towards that target. he made a century injust 83 balls and his score of 187 not out is the highest ever in a lord's final. it means his side won

with two overs to spare. the final spots in the british team for next month's world athletics championships are being decided at the team trials in birmingham this weekend. world champions, like mo farah, or diamond league series winners, such as laura muir, don't have to qualify but the selectors have a headache for the men's 100 metres. favourite cj ujah withdrew from the final, and in his absence, reece prescod came home in first. so the 21—year—old will definitely go to the world champs, along with james dasaoulu who finished second. it could come down to a choice between ujah, adam gemili, and nethaneel mitchell—bla ke for the third spot. the women's race was won by asha phillip, her fourth british title. daryll neita came second. british record holder dina asher—smith, who is returning from injury and targeting the 200 metres, was fourth. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. james, thank you very much.

there have been scuffles between pro—democracy demonstrators and police in hong kong just hours after new chief executive carrie lam was sworn in. it's 20 years since britain handed over hong kong to china. activists have accused beijing of clamping down on free speech. but the visiting president xi has warned against any challenge to beijing's authority — as steve mcdonell reports. in their tens of thousands, hong kong's pro—democracy demonstrators poured through the streets. they'd come to mark 20 years since this former british colony was returned to beijing, with a message to the president of china, xijinping. they say that in recent years theirfreedom of assembly, freedom of speech and the independence of the judiciary have all, to some extent, been undermined. then there's what they claim is a breach of promise, for genuine democratic elections to choose this city's leader.

translation: we're here to voice our disappointment towards our government, and to criticise the distorted one country, two systems model. we do not accept the gambling of the hong kong government, that this is under the pro—beijing pa rty. on his historic visit, president xi had his own message for the people of hong kong, that he believes their region has a very bright future indeed. but that a line which now could not be crossed was involvement in any action threatening china's sovereignty here. translation: any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty, challenge the power of the central government, or use hong kong to carry out sabotage activities against the mainland is an act that crosses the red line and is not permissible. in support of president xi, there are also those protesters

who turned out to back china's leader, and taunt the opposition. this will give you an idea of the battle for the hearts and minds of the people of hong kong. 0n the street here we have tens of thousands of pro—democracy protesters. on this side of the road, a small but very vocal group of pro—beijing demonstrators, and in the middle is the police, keeping their two groups apart as they hurl insults at one another. two decades after the handover, this is a divided city, with very different views about the role beijing should play in its governance. but after a long, hot, tense day, at least there was something of a happy ending, as this unique metropolis turned on one of its legendary fireworks displays, in honour of this occasion. steven mcdonnell,

bbc news, hong kong. the film critic and journalist barry norman has died, he was 83. for more than 25 years he hosted a film show for the bbc, which was regarded by many movie buffs as essential viewing. he'd been suffering from lung cancer. good evening. tonightjoseph losey talks about the assassination of trotsky... it began in 1972, a slightly stiff and nervous new tv presenter, barry norman. ...who then went on to 26 years of the film programme. his father was the producer and director leslie norman, and his relaxed style, shrewd opinions and comfy jumpers were perfect for the late—night movie show. is this superstardom you now have, is this going to change your life at all? no dear, i've had my change of life.

to meet you, ijust have to make a movie. that's right. ijust have to go up and like spend $55 million... good evening, or rather, where you are, good morning and welcome to the 70th 0scars celebrations here at the shrine auditorium in downtown los angeles. bbc, barry norman, i can't believe it! barry norman's here. this is it, the bbc. he came over on the screen, quite rightly, as a man who really knew his subject, an expert, a man who knew what he was talking about. and somebody said this very day, a very serious man. i said, no, not when you were with him. he liked people, he was gregarious, he loved a laugh. oh boy, i miss him. hello, and why not? that, in a sense, is why it's there. or is it? who cares? he even had the honour of a spitting image puppet, but that alleged catchphrase and "why not" was that creation of the impressionists. but by 1998, frustrated at being bounced around the schedule, he left the bbc for sky, but his place in tv history

was already assured. he was, for more than a quarter of the century, tv‘s face of film. remembering barry norman. let's find out how the weather looks with phil avery. hello, it has not been a bad day for many in the british isles. but there is something going on in scotland. a weather front has produced is something going on in scotland. a weatherfront has produced bits is something going on in scotland. a weather front has produced bits and pieces of rain and will continue to sow do, gradually slumping its way into the far south—east. it will not bea into the far south—east. it will not be a cold start to the date by any means. we are off and running once we get rid of the rain in the far south—east, england and wales, a decent sort of day here. sunshine

may be more fleeting in northern ireland. a noticeable wind in scotla nd ireland. a noticeable wind in scotland and plenty of showers, some breaking through to the east. through the evening, we will keep the showers going across scotland. further south, a pleasant evening. 0n into monday, a mix of sunny spells, quite a bit of cloud and some showers as well. top temperature around 24. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says it will keep a close eye on the situation at kensington and chelsea council as it prepares to elect a new leader. london mayor sadiq khan has called for commissioners to take over the running of the council. after days of intense fighting, iraqi forces have taken control of the main base of the so—called islamic state, in the city of mosul. thousands of people take to the streets in central london to march against austerity. the veteran film critic and former

bbc presenter barry norman has died at the age of 83. now on bbc news, the negotiations have begun over the uk's departure from the european union. what is the future now that theresa may's election gamble failed to deliver the clear mandate she wanted for her brexit talks with the eu? the bbc‘s europe editor katya adler and economics editor kamal ahmed speak to major players on both sides of the table, in brexit: what's next?