tonight at six: tony blair and the iraq war — the most outspoken comments yet from sirjohn chilcot, the man who led the inquiry. he says the former prime minister was emotionally involved in the argument and relied more on his beliefs than on facts. i think any prime minister taking a country to war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it as far as possible with him or her. i don't believe that was the case in the iraq instance. it's a year since the inquiry‘s report into the war — mr blair's supporters say that should have been the last word. i think it's unfair and wrong and notjustified by the evidence, which the 12 volume report examines in detail. also on tonight: choosing care for the elderly — why one campaigner says it's like playing russian roulette. a damning report on care services in england says one in four is not safe enough. polish crowds welcome president trump — he says

the western way of life is threatened by extremists. mission to mercury — european and japanese scientists unveil their plan to explore the red—hot planet. root to the rescue — he lifts english spirits in his first test match as captain. and coming up on bbc news, we'll have wimbledon sportsday for you, with all the latest action from day four from the all—england club live at 6:30. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the controversy surrounding the iraq war — then and now — revolves around tony blair's role in taking britain into battle.

today, sirjohn chilcot — the man who led the inquiry about the war — has poured fuel on the argument. on the first anniversary of his report, in an exclusive interview with the bbc, he said that mr blair was not straight with the public when he argued so forcefully and emotionally for intervention. mr blair's office has insisted that five separate reports — including the chilcot inquiry — have found that there was no falsifying of the intelligence. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the truth... british service men and women are engaged in air, land and sea. and the whole truth about britain's war in iraq. we will approach our it is a income a way thatis approach our it is a income a way that is rigorous, fair... the man charged with finding it. the man who took us in. responsibility, but not a regret for removing saddam

hussein. a year since his vast report emerged, sirjohn chilcot‘s view. tony blair is always an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can. not departing from the truth, but persuasion is everything. there is a responsibility on the leading politician of the government, both to make the case for the policy decision taken, but also to balance that with realism about risks, down sides, counter arguments. if that with realism about risks, down sides, counterarguments. if you that with realism about risks, down sides, counter arguments. if you act asa sides, counter arguments. if you act as a one—sided advocate you risk losing that. you spent years studying this intelligence. the way you put it in the report and what you put it in the report and what you have said suggests as somebody who spent their life in public services, that you feel he manipulated the evidence to make his own case. i'm declining the word

manipulate and using as best he could. it is only fair to him to say that on the eve of the invasion, he asked the then chair of the joint intellegence committee, can you tell me beyond reasonable doubt that saddam hussein has weapons of mass destruction and the answer was yes. he was entitled to rely on that. but would it have been wise? do you feel he gave you the fullest version of events 7 he gave you the fullest version of events? i hesitate to say this, but i think from his stand point it was emotionally truthful. i think he was under great emotional pressure. far more than the committee were. he was suffering, he was deeply engaged. just in the most simple terms, do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? can i

slightly reword that to say, i think any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it so far as possible with him or her. i don't believe that was the case in the iraq instance. there was no lies, but there was a decision... sirjohn didn't then and does not now say tony blair intentionally deceived anybody and the former prime minister's friends reject the suggestion that he was not straight. he made it clear that tony blair did not seek to deceive the public or parliament to use the word not straight gives a different spin. it is unfairand not straight gives a different spin. it is unfair and not justified straight gives a different spin. it is unfair and notjustified by the evidence. did he do a good job with oui’ evidence. did he do a good job with our relations with the united states 7 our relations with the united states? the enquiry produced evidence of the ties. up to 2002 the policy was one of containment. but

the prime minister was running one of coercive diplomacy, but the foreign secretary hoped diplomacy would work and not coercion. with the prime minister it was probably look the other way around. when you saw the documents, and i'm thinking of the note... of course i shall be with you whatever. what did you think when you saw that? you mustn't say that? because? because you're giving away too much and making a binding commitment from one government to another which you can't fulfil. you're not in a position to fulfil it. he didn't even know the legal position at that point. so many documents like this end up simply on the shell of. but the author believes the narrative of britain in iraq has changed things. do you think we could ever go to war in the same way? 0h

do you think we could ever go to war in the same way? oh yes, in a crisis, yes. no question about it. but more generally, i think we have seen evidence of not of a failure of nerve, but an insistence on much better control of capacity, resources, before reaching a decision to do something on that scale. the report has brought in a new level of challenge? scale. the report has brought in a new level of challenge ?|j scale. the report has brought in a new level of challenge? i believe so and i'm assured so and i hope it is so. and i'm assured so and i hope it is so. by whom? what assurances have you had. the rising generations. what about the families?” you had. the rising generations. what about the families? i was extremely uncertain saz to what kind of reception we would get, whether it would be brickbats or rotten tomatoes, but we got loud applause. the sense of relief i experienced was huge. my hope is that some future minds will have been changed. because you can't just say that block of volumes never existed. it

is there now. it is standing in the way of a retreat back down the reed toa way of a retreat back down the reed to a lesser —— road to a lesser standard. giving a post script to his reputation, built power, political power and ambition defined so political power and ambition defined so much by one decision. laura is in westminsterfor us now. some might say what difference do these commenters make now? the decision to go to war was one of the most controversial any british prime minister had taken for decades. sir john's comments, while they may give rise to the familiar criticism, they have shared insight notjust into are what went wrong, but the psychology around the decision—making process and the inquiry itself. tony blair

com pletely inquiry itself. tony blair completely rejects the accusation that he pursued his own version of events, but i think the broader significance of sirjohn‘s reading of this today may well be in terms of this today may well be in terms of what happens if we find ourselves ina similar of what happens if we find ourselves in a similar situation again, what should the responsibilities of not just no 10, but the mod, the military, the intelligence services, how can they avoid falling short as they did in many instances in terms of run up to and of course the aftermath of the iraq war? sirjohn does believe there have been changes already in the last 12 months, but i think his comments today are a heavy reminder to all institutions in this square mile that they have a responsibility to all of us when it cops to taking the —— comes to taking the most serious decisions,

to commit forces into a conflict. thank you. finding the right care provision for the elderly has become a game of "russian roulette" — that's according to the charity, age uk. it follows a new report from the care quality commission which found that a quarter of services are failing on safety. more than a million vulnerable people use care services in the uk. nearly 600,000 get care in their own homes from agencies. and about 300,000 are looked after in nursing homes. inspectors in england found a lack of staff and errors over drugs amongst most the serious problems. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. mum. can you open your eyes. bernie gives her 78—year—old mother lunch. betty is now back with family, but she lived in a nursing home. the family put in a seek kret camera and it picked up the sort of poor care

highlighted in the report. it showed a care worker pushing the chair to the desk, later when betty objects to her top being changed, her head is slammed back into the chair.|j don't want to. last february in court, the care worker accepted her actions were reckless rather than intentional and she was given a community order. query everything. don't let them dismiss you. because they did with us for about eight months. i wish we would have pursued ita months. i wish we would have pursued it a lot quicker. because mum you know probably wouldn't have suffered the way she did. the report by inspectors said most care in england is good, even so a quarter of services failed on safety. and 37% of nursing homes were not safe enough. also when reinspected, quality of care in some good homes

had deteriorated. there is good care, we can be confident about that, but what it is saying is that some of the care is fragile and we have got to concentrate on making sure we shine the spotlight on poor care. when the number of older people and younger disabled adults is increasing, the report raises concerns about the quality of care that some are getting. but those at the sharp end say it underlines the importance of rapid action to sort out how we pay for and organise care. for individual families, they're facing a degree of russian roulette. will there be a nurse? these are such fundamental questions and it is unfair to expect older people to be facing them at the most vulnerable time of their lives. this home in london is rated outstanding.

jane heads the organisation that i’u ns jane heads the organisation that runs it. their research suggests a quarter of people still think the state will pay for their care. if we are still talking about this in three years, that will bh a disaster for people living and working in services. we have to recognise this isa services. we have to recognise this is a crucial issue and move with some pace. the government said poor ca re some pace. the government said poor care is unacceptable and that as well as putting in more money, it will consult on how to place social ca re will consult on how to place social care on a more secure footing for the future. but the question for many is how quickly will that happen? a man who killed two former girlfriends, five years apart, has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 25 years. robert trigg was convicted of murdering susan nicholson in 2011 and the manslaughter of caroline devlin in 2006. both deaths were not treated as suspicious at the time,

but a campaign by ms nicholson's family discovered she had been suffocated and ms devlin had been killed by a blow to the back of the head. the manchester arena bomber was not part of a large network, but others may have been aware of what he was planning, counter—terrorism police have confirmed. they say the priority is to question salman abedi's brother, hashem, who is being held by the libyan authorities. 22 people died in the attack after a concert in may. president trump has called on people in the west to stand up for their values — warning about the threats of terrorism and extremism. speaking during a visit to poland, he said the fundamental question of our times was whether the west had the will to survive. he's just arrived in germany ahead of the g20 summit, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this memorial in the heart of warsaw records one of the bloodiest

moments in poland's history, the uprising against the nazis, in which hundreds of thousands died. donald trump came to this revered site to argue that poland's resistance then should stand as an example to western nations now. as they fight against islamist extremism that he claimed poses a dire threat to our security, and way of life. the fundamental question of ourtime is, whether the west has the will to survive. do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders? he defined that civilisation as the shared values of freedom and sovereignty, the bonds of culture and faith, a view supported by poland's nationalist government. that bussed in some of the crowd from outside the city

to guarantee a warm welcome. this why trump has come here. mr trump also came here to meet america's i lies nato's eastern flank to reassure them for the first time on europeans soil that the united states would live up to the nato charter and come to their aid if they were attacked. the united states has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defence commitment. this speech, though, was notjust for the audience here in poland. mr trump warned north korea of "pretty severe action" after its latest ballistic missile test. and he told russia to stop destabilising ukraine, a delivery tough message

before his meeting with president putin tomorrow. then it was on to germany for the g20 summit, where the president will receive a less warm welcome from protesters and political leaders alike, whose definition of civilisation is perhaps different to his. the time is 6:17. our top story this evening: the man who led the inquiry into the iraq war says tony blair relied more on his beliefs than facts in deciding on intervention. still to come, a scorching day at wimbledon and a big chance on centre court for a british man, not andy murray. coming up on bbc news, we'll have more action from day four on wimbledon's sportsday at 6:30. and we'll have the rest of the day's sport as well, including a test century for joe root on his debut as captain. it's the planet closest to the sun, with temperatures as high as a50 degrees celsius.

that's the challenge european and japanese scientists face as they unveiled a space mission to mercury. due to launch next year, the journey will take seven years, only then will two orbiting craft be deployed. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has spent the day at the european space agency's test centre in the netherlands. a mysterious world, mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system, and the closest to the sun. covered in craters, towering cliffs and ancient volcanoes, until now, it's been little explored. a major new mission's set to change that. this is the spacecraft called beppi columbo, after a famous italian scientist. it has taken nearly a decade to build. it's only when you get up close that you really get a sense of the size of this huge piece of kit.

and this is a spacecraft built to withstand extremes. to get to mercury, it has to travel towards the sun, and that means dealing with intense radiation and heat. 0n the surface of mercury, temperatures can reach a50 celsius, and that's hot enough to melt lead. its launch will take place next year. this is probably one of the most challenging missions we've ever undertaken. it's the long journey to get there and we have to deal with heat when we get close to the this on. but mercury is a tiny, enigmatic little world, which has so much to tell us about the formation of our solar system. beppi columbo's journey will take seven years, arriving at mercury in 2025. once it's there, the engine will be jettisoned, and two spacecraft will separate. they'll work together to give us our best ever view. we'll see its features in incredible detail, and peer inside to solve the mystery of what lies at mercury's core. this is the instrument we built at the university of leicester...

british scientists have developed x—ray cameras for this mission. we're going to be the first people on the planet to see this data coming back from mercury. we'll be the first people to see x—ray images of mercury's surface, which is going to tell us about what the surface is made of, and it's going to revolutionise our understanding. the spacecraft will soon be packed up, ready for its long journey. and while it will be sometime before we get the first results back, scientists say the will be worth it. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has today questioned whether the uk has understood the consequences of leaving the european union. he said some people believed britain could leave the single market and keep all of its benefits, but he said that was not possible. our business editor simonjack is with me now. in effect, this is a rejection of the uk government's negotiating position. the government's position

is we are going to leave the single market, but the ambition is to keep the benefits of being a member of it. it also says we are leaving the customs union, that was the pre—election position. and keeping trade is also not possible. this is a negotiation. but what it does highlight is that the gap between what the uk government thinks is possible that it can achieve, and what the eu saying is reality is still very big indeed. simon, thank you very much. cricket, and joe root has hit a century in his first test as england captain against south africa at lord's. he came into bat with the home side struggling. 0ur correspondent andy swiss watched the action. the first test of the summer and of an era. joe root arrived all smiles and promptly won the toss. tails, england. easy this captaincy, isn't it? but as his predecessor soon helped prove, its anything but.

alastair cook went for three, soon followed by keatonjennings — entirely needlessly. he's given him! he chose not to review it when replays showed it was actually missing. enter the skipper, and a true captains innings. he lived dangerously at first, an early swish. would he be caught? well, he should have been. a rueful root. as wickets tumbled around him, he held firm. magic and maturity in equal measure as he led the england fight back. and soon after tea, root reaped the ultimate reward. what a wonderful innings. a kiss of the badge, an ovation from his team and from the whole of lords. a century in his first match as captain. leading by example has rarely felt better. what an innings it has been from joe root. he is still there on 177, quite incredible. england now 345—5

ina day quite incredible. england now 345—5 in a day which had threatened to belong to south africa now belongs to england's captain. andy, thank you very much. tennis, and britain's number two kyle edmund is out of wimbledon. he lost to france's gael monfils in straight sets. joe wilson has been watching the action, he's there for us now. it has been an optimistic wimbledon so it has been an optimistic wimbledon so farfrom a it has been an optimistic wimbledon so far from a british it has been an optimistic wimbledon so farfrom a british point it has been an optimistic wimbledon so far from a british point of view, but rightly or wrongly, this is a lwa ys but rightly or wrongly, this is always a window of opportunity, the fortnight for the limelight. if you get a chance, however young you are, you really have to grab it. as we all know in elite sport, tennis is no different, the pursuit of excellence is relentless. this flag always flies at wimbledon, but this year there is some renewable energy behind it. the display is look, they are everywhere. early rounds are fine, but winners make posters. smile. andy murray says british players

should always aim higher, so you kyle edmund. ranked 50 in the world, edmund's britain's next best man. fine to make an impression. his opponent was gale monfils, seeded 15 but not a grass court expert. it looked like an opportunity. mistakes left edmund two sets down. in the third, he broke the monfils serve, but couldn't hold his own to extend the match, it finished in three sets. edmund's first centre court experience had come and gone. sets. edmund's first centre court experience had come and gonem certain points or match situations, ijust certain points or match situations, i just needed to certain points or match situations, ijust needed to be better. but 20 yea rs ijust needed to be better. but 20 years old, i don't know all the a nswe i’s. years old, i don't know all the answers. who does? some even younger we re answers. who does? some even younger were working hard. temperature was an issue for everyone at wimbledon. play was halted for over 20 minutes court free as a spectator was treated for the effects of heat. 0n court number one, second seed novak djokovic only needed 90 minutes to

reach the third round, he beat a cheque ranked one number 126. the biggest issue, in fact, was the weather. it was a very warm day, hot day. it wasn't easy to play point after point. and some long rallies midway in the second set, it was hard. wimbledon working, notjust for flying ants, you hard. wimbledon working, notjust forflying ants, you know. we would be complaining if it was raining. time for a look at the weather but sarah keith—lucas. they were talking about how hot it was. temperatures up to 32 degrees today in london. for many of us, sunshine around, this was the scene near york earlier in the day. we have also had heavy showers and thunderstorms around, too. if we look at the top temperatures from today across the country, 32 degrees in london, quite

widely in the high 20s across england and wales, slightly fresh of scotla nd england and wales, slightly fresh of scotland and northern ireland, 18 degrees in glasgow. we have also got heavy showers and thunderstorms across parts of north—east england, down towards east anglia. if you catch a heavy shower, it could bring lying surface water, spray on the roads and the threat of hail and lightning. potential travel disruption as we had through the evening hours across parts of eastern england. heavy showers push out of the way quickly as we move overnight. dry across england and wales tonight, patchy rain to scotla nd wales tonight, patchy rain to scotland and northern ireland. look at the overnight temperatures holding up at 17 or 18 degrees. sticky and humid overnight. through the day tomorrow, sunshine across england and wales in the morning. in the north, for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud, patchy rain sinking south into the afternoon. we keep the heat, not as hot as it was today, but we are likely to see 27

01’ today, but we are likely to see 27 or 28 today, but we are likely to see 27 or28 in the today, but we are likely to see 27 or 28 in the south east, fresher in the north—west. heading through to the north—west. heading through to the weekend, fairly slow—moving front sitting across central parts of the country on saturday. perhaps bringing a few spots of rain, dividing the warmth in the south, fresh conditions further north. still looking at the mid 20s on saturday. and into sunday, too. dry and fine weather, but a chance of further big thunderstorms on sunday. a reminder of our main story: the man who led the enquiry into the iraqi war says tony blair relied more on his beliefs than fact in deciding on intervention. and a damning report into care services in england has found one in four is not safe enough. that's all from the bbc news at six. it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. you are watching bbc news. i

headlines. president trump has spoken at warsaw, calling north korea destabilising. the government has said it is unacceptable that care standards have dropped to the lowest level. year after his report on the iraq war, said john chilcot says tony blair was not straight with the country about his decision. 52—year—old robert trigg is jailed for life for killing two former girlfriends, five years apart. he will serve at least 25 years. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be keeping an eye on events at the g20 in hamburg, and looking forward to what might be on the agenda tomorrow. bradford prepares to celebrate

the 80th birthday of one of its most famous sons — artist david hockney. and we'll be hearing from booker prize nominated author neel mukherjee about his new book. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.