and still tour. and still going? and still going. he still had his foot on the throttle. running alongside the barrier. dash cam pictures from another vehicle show a passenger in another vehicle show a passenger in a car running to assist. russell successfully brought the lorry to a halt. first aid is, successfully brought the lorry to a halt. firstaid is, a successfully brought the lorry to a halt. first aid is, a fireman and an off—duty paramedic then arrived to help the driver. this man was on his way back to great yarmouth with a work colleague in the white car seen in the dash cam footage. when i pulled up alongside the vehicle, i could see that the driver had collapsed and was unconscious. our initial thoughts were to get to him and give him some help. what about fossil‘s pa rt and give him some help. what about fossil‘s part in this? and give him some help. what about fossil's part in this? it is fantastic. if it was not for him, things could have been a lot worse. —— russell's part. his actions were

fantastic. he was lying there for the next half—hour. fantastic. he was lying there for the next half-hour. do you think what you did was extraordinary? not really, it's just felt like the natural thing to do at the time. someone had to do something, so it was just a natural reaction. someone had to do something, so it wasjust a natural reaction. when we heard about it, when we got the news back, we thought it was a superjob. and thence to get the video footage of the lorry that was following russell really put it into context. we could see what a greatjob he did. russell and the team who stopped to help. norfolk police say the man is making a full recovery. saudi arabia said today it will not

lift its embargo of qatar after the gulf emirate rejected terms to end the blockade. the saudi foreign minister described the decision as "painful" but necessary. he repeated the criticism that qatar supports terrorism. saudi arabia joined the uae, egypt and bahrain in imposing the embargo — the four countries say qatar doesn't understand the gravity of the dispute. we cannot have a country like qatar that is an ally militarily, and in the gcc, and in the arab league. and that hosts an airbase from which planes take off to fight isis and al-qaeda, and at the same time, it turns a blind eye to terror financiers who operate openly in qatar, turns a blind eye to extremists who advocate suicide bombings and advocate young men going to fight in war zones. we cannot have it both ways. we are not doing this because we

wa nt we are not doing this because we want to hurt qatar, we are doing it to help qatar. it will help qatar, it will help us, it will help the region, it will help the world. in response, qatar's foreign minister again said that resolving the dispute would come from dialogue and not a blockade. he says the accusations are baseless and politically motivated. first of all, qatar has never and will never support any terrorist movement, or will never allow terrorism funds to be raised from qatar or to be channelled through qatar. and will take whatever measure it takes in order to get rid of them. and therefore, this is qatar moving from a strategic dimension in countering terrorism, and others who are willing to contribute more. we are investing in education in those four other countries. we are investing in economic empowerment and job creation for young people, and one of the

examples is tunisia, where you have their population, most of them from their population, most of them from the years. they have a high unemployment rate. they are representing the biggest portion of the fallen terrorist fighters, so these contributions are protecting these contributions are protecting the world from potential terrorism, andl the world from potential terrorism, and i am not willing to double invest. we see that this accusation is baseless and does not make sense for anyone that qatar, and open—minded country, is a country which wants to promote terrorism. they are just basing it on political desire. with me is our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. where does this crisis go from here? look at the two opposing sides, both

softly spoken, well spoken and diplomats, both taking the political and moral high ground. that is what the stand—off looks like. that is the stand—off looks like. that is the face of this worst golf crisis in decades. neither side. and down, neither side wants to be seen to be standing down. —— neither side will standing down. —— neither side will stand down. how do you cope with the aljazeera television stand down. how do you cope with the al jazeera television channel which qatar says it will not shut down‘s you could get a new editorial board, and that has been discussed. what about the bigger question is? what kind of foreign policy does qatar want? an independent foreign policy, they think it is an attack on their sovereignty. this is an existential crisis. it will not be resolved easily. saudi arabia and their allies refrained from slumping further sanctions on qatar. they

chose not to do that. what is going on there? it was very interesting. i have just read a statement from the united arab emirates, one of the two mean neighbours of qatar. bahrain and egypt are the others. —— two main neighbours. restraint was their policy, and he could not resist saying that qatar was good to miss the bus, almost in a flippant way. —— was going to miss the bus. they admitted today they may have been two hourly, because theyjust got the response from qatar. —— they may have been too early. other mediators, like the united states and britain, they are friends, if you like, they will try to urge both sides in this crisis to find a way forward , sides in this crisis to find a way forward, because they have common enemies, possible the threat posed by so—called islamic state. it is good to take a very long time. could

it just good to take a very long time. could itjust simmerfor good to take a very long time. could itjust simmer for more years? a stalemate in which qatar does not given? qatar is one of the richest nations per capita, but there is a lot at stake. the foreign minister told us today they are shipping costs are told us today they are shipping costs a re now told us today they are shipping costs are now ten times what they used to be. they only have one [and route out, through saudi arabia, which they have now closed. saudi arabia has closed airspace and warning more sanctions. they say that qatar can survive it, which they can, but at a certain point, other big issues come into play, like the world cup, a big prize qatar, 2022. they cannot continue to pay their prices for all their equipment to come in by air, via iran or turkey. so the longer it goes on, the more difficult it is. qatar is one of the biggest investors in britain, and britain also has big military sales to saudi

arabia. nobody wants to take sides. everyone wants it to be resolved. arabia. nobody wants to take sides. everyone wants it to be resolvedm the end, does it have to be resolved between saudi arabia and her allies and qatar, or can the west, united states and britain have a real influence on this, do you think? , there is a new generation of leaders. the crown prince of dubai, a new crown prince of saudi arabia. they have a way of doing things. they have a way of doing things. they want to be allies of the west, but they are in charge now. they are driving their cars very recklessly. thank you. it's called panda diplomacy and it's expensive. china's president xijinping presented two giant pandas at a ceremony attended by german chancellor angela merkel earlier today. they are on loan to berlin zoo at a cost of £800,000 a year.

since the 1950s china has used pandas to forge political friendships across the globe. here's a look at where the bears have been used in diplomacy in the past. time for a look at the weather, with phil avery. once the temperatures push towards 30s celsius, it begins to make the headlines. a real dip in the temperatures, and the first part of the day, that is the sort of scene that people were trying to see through their windows. the rain did ease overnight, so there will not be much left in that great bank of cloud. towards the north—west, another area of cloud, and into the far south—east, it may be that we end the night, a sticky one at that, with the prospect of some thunderstorm activity.

i do not expect to see swathes of water across carriageways in the south—east, but i would not rule out dampness in some areas. you may hear the odd rumble of thunder, but not torrential downpours at this stage. further north and west, a drier and finer prospect. do not be fooled by that, we will come to that in a second. more rain across the west of scotland, as if it were needed. this rain is unwelcome in some parts, and then gradually working its way eastwards. the risk of showers moves ever further north through east anglia, and then there is the potential of some thunderstorms breaking out from eastern wales up to the north—east of england. all a long way from the championships at wimbledon, those early showers should not be a problem for play. i should stress that it will not be that hot everywhere, although some of the ones will move into the north of england.

thunderstorms will gradually slip away off into the north ses overnight, and then on friday, north sea overnight, and then on friday, a lot of hot weather, with a fair amount of sunshine to start with. many areas will stay dry, and again, the highest temperatures will be across the south—eastern quarter. into saturday, another finger of cloud and rain moving through the borders and the north of england, too. the weekend, turning a bit fresher, dry for most, and there will be some showers. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm... the government is to send in a taskforce to take over the running of parts of kensington and chelsea council after criticism of the way it's handled the aftermath of the grenfell tower fire. as knife crime becomes one of the greatest challenges facing police forces across the country, officers call for a change in attitudes and behaviour. a warning from doctors that the nhs in england is cutting back on routine operations like hip

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