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the high court is to hear fresh medical evidence in the case of terminally—ill baby charlie gard. his parents hope it will change earlier rulings and mean he can try experimental treatment in the united states. we'll be live outside the high court shortly. also this lunchtime: theresa may calls for unity in a change to her government style she'll challenge rival parties to "contribute and notjust criticise". there are huge issues facing this country, brexit is clearly the overwhelming one. but it is notjust that, theresa may is as ambitious as she ever was with her domestic agenda. police now say they estimate that 255 people survived the grenfell tower fire, and they believe 80 people died in the disaster. the scale of the recovery operation is unprecedented, they say. a case of mistaken identity — the sketches by thomas gainsborough, one of england's most famous artists are found, having been previously mislabelled at windsor castle.
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and andy murray and johanna konta both bid for a spot in the wimbledon quarter—finals later, as manic monday sees all remaining 32 singles players in action. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: andy murray will be figting for a spot in the wimbledon quarter—finals later as manic monday sees all remaining 32 players in action. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the next hour, the parents of charlie gard will return to the high court, as fresh medical evidence will be heard about their terminally ill son, who is being cared for at great ormond street hospital. an earlier ruling supported the view
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of his doctors that nothing could be done to improve his quality—of—life, and they should be allowed to switch off his life—support systems. but judges will evaluate new data about an experimental treatment the pa rents an experimental treatment the pa re nts wa nt an experimental treatment the parents want their 11 month —year—old is sum to receive. our correspondent daniela relph reports for charlie gard's parents, today's court hearing offers some hope, when they thought all hope had gone. the court will hear fresh admissions this afternoon about the experimental treatment available. doctors still believe this treatment won't help 11—month—old charlie. it's untested on a child as unwell as he is. but medics have again turned to the courts, and left it to the legal system to make the final decision on the future of charlie gard. yesterday, his parents chris and connie delivered a petition of 350,000 signatures to great ormond street, calling for him to be able
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to travel to america for the experimental treatment. everything now hangs on the decision of the court this week. we're just hoping that thejudge, you know, sees that this is worth a chance. because he said last time it was futile. but clearly it is not futile, it has a chance. and charlie deserves that chance. he's been lying there for months now, when he should have been given this chance. so far, everyjudge to hear this case, right up to the european court of human rights, has ruled against the wishes of charlie's family and in favour of great ormond street. his parents believe the new treatment could prolong charlie's life and should be explored. for doctors, the situation is both a medical and moral dilemma. medical science has moved a long way, and there's really, it feels, like there's an expectation of cure, of sending out completely normal again. and sadly, that isn't the case. we only wish we could have all those therapies to sort all of those things. as the legal system once again
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decides what happens next, 11—month—old charlie gard remains on a ventilator in hospital. doctors say he can't see your move, and any treatment would be futile. but his parents think differently and believe their son is not in pain, nor is he suffering. they want him to be given one last chance. daniela relph, bbc news. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is outside the high court now. to say this is difficult is an understatement, as we know, so what are the options for what might happen next? the judge, are the options for what might happen next? thejudge, mrjustice francis is the judge that originally decided three months ago that charlie, on the grounds of the evidence he heard, should be allowed, as he put it, to die with dignity. great ormond street is going to asking to look at unpublished evidence it was sent on friday, and make an assessment
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whether it changes that view. this unpublished data came from seven doctors and researchers, it came from the vatican's children's hospital, signed by doctors from a number of countries, and said there was unpublished evidence in animals and children with a similar genetic condition to charlie of dramatic clinical improvement. crucially, it could help charlie's rain condition. but as the hospital has made clear on friday night, its position has not changed one bit —— brain condition. he has terrible brain damage, catastrophic and irreversible. their position remains that he should be allowed to die and be ventilator should be withdrawn. we won't get a definitive ruling today. that may come later, because all sides have to get together and analyse the evidence. fergus, thank you. "contribute, don'tjust criticise" — that's the message from theresa may to opposition parties
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at the beginning of a week which marks her first anniversary as prime minister. the first secretary of state, damien green, said it was "a grown—up way of doing politics". labour says the prime minister has run out of ideas. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. what a difference a year makes, today, theresa may was meeting the australian prime minister, underlining her message that after brexit, she can rekindle strong relationships with other nations. and she needs all the friends she can get, because she also has the rebuild relationships with some of her own mps, and convince sceptical voters she hasn't ditched everything she has stood for when she entered downing street a year ago. the government i lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few, but by yours. but since then, there has been a rather large snag, she has lost a majority. she says she has lost a majority. she says she is making a bold offer to the opposition to contribute to her
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policies, rather than criticise them. what the primaries double set out this week is her ambitions for that government, which are unchanged from what she said when she stood on the steps of downing street for the first time and talk about a country that works for everyone. some say it isa that works for everyone. some say it is a cry for help, a plea for help, and she is being timid, not bold. 0utside and she is being timid, not bold. outside the westminster bubble, people think politicians can work together across party lines, and thatis together across party lines, and that is a good idea. theresa may is no stranger to political slogans. brexit means brexit, strong and stable, you know them all by now. today's message to opposition politician was to contribute, don't criticise. but here at westminster, they say the key test is whether this time there is any real substance behind the prime minister's offer. this is a zombie government. she is under deep threat from her own party. could you work with the government.“ threat from her own party. could you work with the government. if she wa nts work with the government. if she wants co—operation, if she wants to
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do things in the national interest, she should take up ideas that we put forward in our manifesto. she should show that she is serious about incrementing some of that and set up a cross—party commission to do it. it would be laughable if it wasn't so it would be laughable if it wasn't so serious. we are it would be laughable if it wasn't so serious. we are over a year it would be laughable if it wasn't so serious. we are over a year from the eu referendum, a year since theresa may took office as prime minister. and yet, she still doesn't have a clue about how to take this forward. critics say theresa may simply wants to get on the front foot to quell talk of a leadership challenge. her allies say rebellious charter has been fuelled by too much per second. but battling on without an overall majority is a sobering prospect. iain watson, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at downing street. what's your assessment of this change in tack and how realistic is it that it will work? frankly, you are more likely to see big, fat flying pigs doing loop the loops over westminster before you are to getjeremy corbyn‘s labour
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party cooperating with theresa may's conservative party. on these big, thorny social issues, be it social ca re thorny social issues, be it social care or employment rights, tuition fees, the parties are miles apart. it is true to a lesser extent with other opposition parties. therein mind, too, that mrs may has never shown much appetite for working cross— party. shown much appetite for working cross—party. but there is a rather brutal reason as well, jeremy corbyn‘s labour party smell blood. they think today's 0fficemax of weakness. they are not going to help pf°p up weakness. they are not going to help prop up theresa may, babel stampede her into a general election. in a way, it seems to me, today's message is more directed at her own party, not the opposition, to say, i am brimming with ideas and energy. "i have my mojo back. there are tough policies are want to sort out." in other words, there is an agenda beyond brexit that could go on for
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yea rs. beyond brexit that could go on for years. in other words, theresa may is saying to the press echoed plotters that don't think she only has a few months left at downing street, think again. norman, as ever, thank you. 255 people survived the grenfell tower fire, that's the first time such a figure has been given by the metropolitan police. as a result, estimates of the the number of dead and missing remains at approximately 80. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is at the tower in west london. the police have given quite a bit of information today and detail about their investigation, haven't they? that's right. this point about figures is highly controversial. some claimed there were 500 or 600 people living in the tower. police have said today that, according to their own investigations, and they have been quite extensive, they believe 350 is the number that should have been in the tower on that night. they believe 14 people
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we re that night. they believe 14 people were not in the tower at the time. therefore, further investigations say they believe the number of survivors is around 255, and the number of dead remains around 80. so again, the police trying to very clearly say what they believe the impact, in terms of lives lost, and people missing, because some people are not confirmed as dead, remains at this stage. their investigations continue. two types of investigations, one, going through the debris in the towel, looking fit human remains. it has come to that. we were shown pictures of officers sieving through the remains of rubble inside the tower. all of which will be kept for future analysis. bodies that have been removed from the tower are being put through ct scan is to identify, for example, due woolery, surgical implants that might help say who the owner of the body is. and obviously,
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pa rents, owner of the body is. and obviously, parents, relatives, anybody that survived is being kept informed about all of this because it is highly sensitive work. tom, thank you. the high court has ruled that the sale of arms to saudi arabia is legal. the ruling comes after a case was brought by a pressure group, campaign against the arms trade. they argued that the uk had broken international humanitarian law by selling weapons which had been used to kill civilians in yemen, where the saudis have conducted air strikes against houthi rebels during the civil war there. in what's become britain's longest—running extradition case, a scottish man has lost his legal battle against being sent to the us. 38 year old philip harkins denies shooting a man dead during a robbery in florida in 1999 and has been fighting extradition since 2003. the european court of human rights ruled that his rights would not be breached if he were jailed for life without parole in florida. it's called the ‘gig economy‘ — millions of people caught in a grey area of working flexibly but without the usual
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workplace protections — they are considered neither fully employed nor self—employed. tomorrow, a degree of clarity might be introduced after an employment review has looked at some of the issues raised around this particular labour market, and it's expected to demand a radical overhaul of employment law with new guarantees on the minimum wage. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. lucas is more one of a million people that get paid by the task. that flexibility suits him, but if it isa that flexibility suits him, but if it is a slow day for takeaway is or he is stuck in traffic, it is he that loses. if you work around ten hours, we can do around £150. but when it is a slow day, we do around 70, working for ten or 11 hours. sometimes we spend, like, two hours to get onejob, to get
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sometimes we spend, like, two hours to get one job, to get £3 50. it sometimes we spend, like, two hours to get onejob, to get £3 50. it is not good when it is not busy. to get onejob, to get £3 50. it is not good when it is not busym to get onejob, to get £3 50. it is not good when it is not busy. if he gets sick or has an accident, he might also have an income, but tomorrow a review is expected to classify workers like him not as self—employed but as dependent contractors, entitled to be paid at least the minimum wage. the big fear of digg economy companies like deliveroo is they might have to pay workers online, rather than doing work. there is a compromise being proposed where they are required to prove the workers could earn substantially more than the minimum wage ina substantially more than the minimum wage in a reasonable time. the report is expected to say that if gig economy companies pay people by task, they have to show workers earn at least a fifth more than an employee on the minimum wage would. unions say it could mean less protection, not more. a piece rate approach could be a step backwards.
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we know that approach was taken for cleaners in hotels come they couldn't clean enough rooms within an hourto couldn't clean enough rooms within an hour to qualify for those rights. 0ur concern is also luba drivers and deliveroo drivers could be expected to travel so fast around london and the uk, they never qualify for the national minimum wage. the gig economy companies are popular because they are efficient and cheap. 0ne because they are efficient and cheap. one thing that helps them to trim costs if they avoid paying national insurance. it is unlikely protection for workers can be stepped up without some increase in costs for consumers. our top story this lunchtime: the high court is to hear fresh medical evidence in the case of terminally—ill baby charlie gard. his parents hope it will change earlier rulings and mean he can try experimental treatment in the united states. and still to come: what remains of london's demarco after 70 firefighters tackled a blaze there last night.
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coming up in sport, after 13 years at manchester united wayne rooney is heading back to his childhood team everton. he says a wining trophy with the club "would be the pinnacle". thomas gainsborough was one of the most famous portrait painters of the 18th century but very few drawings of his early work survive. now 25 sketches he drew as a young man have been discovered in the royal collection at windsor castle, they had been wrongly attributed to another artist. 0ur arts correspondent, rebecca jones reports. 0ne one of thomas gainsborough‘s most famous portraits, painted in 1870, he was the most important british artist of the second half of the
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19th century, yet your visit early drawings were thought to have survived, until now. they have been undiscovered in this album on a sheu undiscovered in this album on a shelf here in the print room at windsor castle and they have been here for more than 100 years. in 1874, queen victoria wrote to the studio of edwin lancia asking for some of his drawings, he had died the previous year, and she then have these albums bound into this victorian finding and it has been kept here in the royal library at windsor castle since that time. so it's no wonder that the 25 chalk sketches inside the album were thought to be by lancia, and then the historian was sent a box of photographs of the drawings and she decided a big mistake had been made. i was looking at boxes and boxes of photographs and i thought i would have a look through these and i just jumped up from niger and said have a look through these and i just jumped upfrom nigerand said —— my chairand said, all of
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jumped upfrom nigerand said —— my chair and said, all of these are early gainsborough drawings. and this sketch of a wood near sudbury in suffolk is a compelling reason for why the sketches are by gainsborough, because it matches com pletely gainsborough, because it matches completely when it is laid over the finished picture. the drawing was covered with a grid of lines which is how gainsborough transferred the composition from the small scale of the drawing to the large scale of the drawing to the large scale of the painting. this was his preparatory study. it is as if we are present in the studio with him which is a rather wonderful thought. there was also a surprise. the drawing of the head of a young woman was this covered on the back of one of the sketches. it has even been suggested this could be gainsborough‘s future wife. 0r suggested this could be gainsborough‘s future wife. or the pictures can now be viewed online on the royal collection website —— all.
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rebecca jones, bbc news. theresa may's offer to eu citizens after brexit has been described as falling "far short of what citizens are entitled to", according to senior members of the european parliament. the government said the comments are "an unhelpful distortion" of its offer. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticus is in brussels. pretty strong language in this letter. how significant an intervention is this? this is a very clear warning shot coming from the european parliament, from the leaders of four of the five biggest groups in the parliament who together can marshal a block of two thirds of votes in the parliament. and what they said, theresa may's offer was a damp squib, falling far short of what citizens already have and they believe that citizens should have. they say theresa may's fault will withdraw rights that citizens enjoy today —— offer. they
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said that applications would have to be done individually and it is not clear that some people could lose, family members might not be able to join them, all sorts of reasons why they say rights are being degraded. the european parliament leaders point out that their parliament will have to approve the brexit deal before it can be tormented and they say very clearly that they will not approve anything which withdraws rights that people currently have —— before it can be implemented. it is a clear sign that they want a better deal, and they are not part of the negotiations but they have said they will seek to block the deal if it continues along these lines. thanks for joining continues along these lines. thanks forjoining us. brexit will mean higherfood prices, with lower quality and less choice — that's the warning from the former boss of sainsbury‘s, justin king — who supported the remain campaign. his claims are however disputed by other industry analysts who believe leaving the eu could give us an opportunity to lower bills.
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tom heap reports. food and farming combined are by far our biggest manufacturing sector. and the eu is involved all along the chain from what grows in our fields to the labels on the pack. the eu also guarantees free trade across the continent, and the man who ran one of our biggest supermarkets and remain supporter, says any threat to this frictionless system will be worse for shoppers. i think one can say very clearly what the direction will be. higher prices, less choice and poorer quality. because all of these dimensions have been improved by these open trading relationships that we've had over the last 40 years. he also says the eu has driven up standards, and means we can get fresh vegetables all year round. but food prices inside the eu are higher than the global average. so consumer goods manufacturer and pro—brexit campaignerjohn mills
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says leaving could give us an opportunity to lower bills. food prices inside the eu vary from food product to food product, but on average they are about 20% higher than they are in the rest of the world. so there is very substantial scope for food prices coming down if we switch sources of supply outside the eu. the fortunes of retailers and the fate of farmers will be in the hands of those negotiating our brexit deal and future trade arrangements. tom heap, bbc news. and you can see more on that story on tonight's panorama — ‘britain's food and farming: the brexit effect' on bbc one at 830pm. president trump's team has made it clear he didn't know that his eldest son and son—in—law had met a russian lawyer who — during last year's presidential election campaign — claimed to have damaging information
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about hillary clinton. donald trumpjunior insists "no meaningful information" was provided about mr trump's then political rival. president trump and putin met for the first time on friday and a joint cyber security unit was discussed. samantha simmonds reports. back in washington, donald and melania trump arrived home from the g20 summit in germany to face more questions about the president's relationship with russia. following his first face—to—face meeting with president putin, donald trump suggested the two countries could work together on a cyber security unit. but following criticism from his own party, the president appeared to back down on the idea. in a tweet he said: the president is still under huge pressure over claims of russian interference in last year's election. there is not anybody who thinks that russia didn't meddle in the election. we're all very clear on that.
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and i think we're going to see what congress does. but the key issue isn't what russia did, it's whether trump's team colluded with russia to influence the election. and that's what the fbi and congress are investigating. now, the new york times says they have evidence at least some in the campaign were willing to accept russian help. they say sources have told them president trump's eldest son donald trump junior and his son—in—lanared kushner met with this woman, natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer with links to the kremlin, injune last year. 0n the promise of being given damaging information about hillary clinton. trump junior has denied anything of significance came from the meeting. donald trump has made it clear he didn't know anything about it. but this is thought to be the first confirmed meeting between a russian national and a member of the president's inner circle. no doubt investigators will be keen to know more about how and why it came about. samantha simmonds bbc news. a massive fire broke out overnight
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in camden market in north london. it's taken 70 firefighters and ten fire engines several hours to get the blaze under control. there are no reports of any casualties and the cause of the fire is unknown. it's the third major fire to hit the popular tourist attraction in the last ten years. jane frances kelly reports. crews spent the morning dampening down while investigators continue to look into the cause of the fire which broke out in a building beside the market hall. it's estimated about 30—35 small businesses and stallholders have been affected. the fire brigade were called shortly before midnight. ten fire engines and 70 firefighters attended the scene. the initial crews worked very hard in extremely difficult conditions to gain access and to prevent the fire from spreading. it was very aggressive firefighting in the early stages. this is not the first time fire has struck camden market. in 2008 a well—known pub along
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with six shops and 90 market stalls across the road were also damaged. camden market is the fourth most visited tourist attraction in london, drawing an estimated 28 million people annually. it's also one of their busiest times of year. it's right when they naturally make some money. so, their livelihoods, that's everything gone. really we are waiting. we can't go into there, definitely, but we want to go and have a look to see if our stock is damaged or not. despite the upset, camden market which has over a thousand stalls and shops, said it's open for business as usual. they will try to find alternative retail space for those affected. jane francis kelly, bbc news. it's massive, magic, manic monday at wimbledon as the tournament enters it's second week. all 32 remaining singles players feature today and that means both andy murray and johanna konta
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are on court. our sports correspondent david 0rnstein reports. how to spend a weekend off work. you could greet the public. share a joke with friends. maybe even hit a few tennis balls. or you could pitch a tent, camp. and wait among thousands for whom today is unmissable. how long have you been queueing for? thursday afternoon at 12. i came out friday about seven o'clock. we came in on friday at 12 o'clock. the wristband grants you entry and that is when the fun really begins. because this is a day like no other in tennis, all 16 fourth—round matches played over the coming hours, big names where ever you look. i think if you're a spectator this is the best day of the two weeks. i always recommend people come on this monday because you see the cream of the crop, the 16s on both sides. for the men and women the first week is a week
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where you are just trying to get through. now the business begins and you can see that, the look of the players, everyone knows it is now coming down to the crunch and it makes it very exciting. hoping to be there until the end of that week isjohanna konta, british number one and remarkably now favourite for the title. she plays caroline garcia of france. and after coming through against fabio fognini on friday, andy murray also now faces a french player, benoit paire. if he and konta win, britain will have a man and a woman in the wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time since 1973. and david joins us live from wimbledon now. it is not just it is notjust the british players in action, roger federer and novak djokovic, wingers williams, nadal, they are also here today —— venus williams. andy murray's former coach is with us. what about the men's
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side? maybe the best day of the two weeks, and we are lucky, we have the big four in action. murray and djokovic will be all right but the others are in for a battle, federer against dimitrov. and nadal in his match will stop all eyes are on johanna konta? it is a lot of pressure for her to do with them at the door is wide open, jia 's been playing some great tennis. i have commentated on some of her matches —— she has been playing some great tennis will stop tips for the title? i will go with nadal, and i will alsojump i will go with nadal, and i will also jump on the i will go with nadal, and i will alsojump on the bandwagon i will go with nadal, and i will also jump on the bandwagon and i will go with nadal, and i will alsojump on the bandwagon and go forjohanna konta. the weather is good and the action is underway and it will be fascinating and by the end of the day we have the
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quarterfinal line—ups complete and there might be two british players in it. we will see. time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich. much more changeable through the week ahead, some real ups and downs in the forecast. 0ne week ahead, some real ups and downs in the forecast. one thing heading down is the temperature, some cooler days and fresher nights too, especially in the south where it has been so warm and humid. some rain at times, but still some spells of sunshine and there has been sunshine so far today, that is a picture from shetland. the shower clouds have been building further east and west and we have had some big showers and thunderstorms that have affected the near continent and there has been flooding in paris because of the thunderstorms. some of them had been very close to the south—east of england. we will grow some of our own thunderstorms, through east
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