its plans to convert eu law into british law. ministers call for all parties to work with them, but already the opposition is calling for changes. the prime ministerfaces a difficult path ahead without a parliamentary majority. she says she was devastated by the election result. devastated enough to shed a tear? um, to... yes, a little tear. yeah, at that moment? at that moment, yes. we'll be looking at the challenges ahead. also tonight: save charlie gard! the parents of baby charlie gard return to court, as an american doctor says a trial therapy could give him a chance of meaningful improvement. on a visit to paris, just weeks after president trump said he'd pull america out of the paris climate accord, there are hints of a shift. world leaders pay tribute to one of china's most prominent political dissidents, liu xiaobo, after he dies in custody aged 61. and the end of a dream forjohanna konta, as she fails

to become the first british woman in a0 years to reach the wimbledon final. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: chris froome loses the yellowjersey in the tour de france, as he struggles on the final climb in today's 12th stage. good evening. it's another major step on britain's path to leaving the european union. the government has finally published its long—awaited plans to pave the way for eu law to be transferred into british law. the european union withdrawal bill is being described as one of the largest legal projects ever undertaken in the uk. the government's called for all parties to work together

to make it a success. but already labour is calling for significant changes, and the liberal democrats are warning they will make life "hell" for the government. the bill will take an estimated 12,000 eu laws and copy them into uk law on the day that the uk leaves the european union. the government will then have powers to amend laws as it sees fit. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, has this report. a warning — it contains some flashing images. has nothing changed? still doing the handshakes, rolling out the red carpet for royalty — spanish, this time. still embarking on the task of taking us out of the european union. no, everything's changed. for the first time today, the prime minister explaining her shock at the election. ifelt, um, i suppose, devastated really, because, as i say, i knew the campaign wasn't going perfectly, but still, the messages i was getting from people i was speaking to,

but also, the comments we were getting back from a lot of people, that were being passed on to me, were that we were going to get a better result than we did. devastated enough to shed a tear? well... yes, a little tear. yes. at that moment? at that moment, yes. and then you obviously have to brush yourself down. you have a responsibility, you are a human being, you have been through that experience. but i was there as leader of the party and prime minister. i had a responsibility then, as we went through the night, to determine what we were going to do the next morning. presentation of bill. it won't get any easier. today, the bill that will legally take us out of the european union arrived in parliament. broadly, the withdrawal bill cuts and pastes thousands of eu laws that govern so much right now into british law.

once we leave, they won't apply. but with theresa may's shaky grip, mps will inevitably try to make big changes. i think there is a big understanding now amongst ministers, right the way across the board, that there will need to be a bit of compromise, there will need to be inevitable changes. so you think ministers have understood that, but perhaps not yet theresa may? i think we will wait and see. the withdrawal bill is such a huge undertaking. it also gives ministers the power to try to change or strike out swathes of regulation without guaranteeing mps a say. this bill, as it stands though, would give ministers like you sweeping powers to change, get rid of bits and pieces of regulation that you don't like, without mps having a guaranteed vote and full debate. these are hardly massive changes, these are technical changes to make the law work. and it's up to the house of commons, if a statutory instrument is placed front of the house of commons,

the house of commons decides whether it debates it and votes on it. but they're not guaranteed votes unless today you want to give them a guarantee... ? that's in the call of the house of commons, what it chooses to vote on and so on. but no, it's notjust a ministerial signature, it is what they call a statutory instrument, which can be debated and voted upon. morning all. labour is making its own way. asking for its own meetings in brussels. trying to get the eu's negotiator onside. a football shirt! man u? barnier, you are now playing for arsenal! although it might take more than an arsenal shirt to do that! but there's no way, as it stands, that labour will back the bill. we will make sure there is full parliamentary scrutiny, that has to be key to it. we have a parliament where the government does not have a majority, we have a country that has voted in two ways, on leave and remain. obviously the majority voted

to leave, we respect that. but they didn't vote to lose jobs, they didn't vote to have parliament ridden roughshod over. nor will the scottish government. nicola sturgeon with her own kodak moment in brussels today too. the scottish parliament can't technically veto the plan, but it can refuse willing consent. as the bill standsjust now, in good conscience i could not recommend to the scottish parliament that it gives legislative consent to this bill. this bill takes powers away from the scottish parliament fromt the scottish parliament and undermines the very foundations of the devolution settlement that that parliament is built on. as whitehall begins this enormous process, ministers are all too well aware that there will be conflict ahead. the question, how they balance, compromise and hang onto their credibility. and what ends up on the statute books does notjust sit on the shelf, but shapes how ministers govern, how we live our lives. and laura's in westminster for us tonight. it is clear that there is a rocky

road ahead for the government. absolutely. ministers know this will be very difficult and there will be all sorts of attempts to change the legislation. 0nejoke all sorts of attempts to change the legislation. 0ne joke doing the rounds at westminster is that mps are going to try and hang so much on this bill that it's going to end up dressed up like a christmas tree. ministers know they'll have to concede in some areas. the question is, where will they compromised and when? will they try and fight day by day, once mps are back in the autumn, on every issue? if you sniff very hard, there is a vague whiff of compromise in the air, maybe for the first time. talking to brexit secretary david davis earlier, he did suggest the uk might be able to have some sort of associate membership of the nuclear safety agency it sounds a bit obscure, but

thatis agency it sounds a bit obscure, but that is a green rebellion that has been gathering steam in the last few days he also sketched out the idea of what he had described as arbitration mechanisms, a potential way around the brick wall that has built up between westminster and brussels over what you do over who's in charge of life after brexit. remember, louisa may is adamant that europeanjudges must remember, louisa may is adamant that european judges must no remember, louisa may is adamant that europeanjudges must no longer remember, louisa may is adamant that european judges must no longer have control over what happened in the uk. -- control over what happened in the uk. —— theresa may. in brussels, they believe european judges will have to continue having a role to police the things that have come down through european law over the time. i think david davis was deliberately sketching out a possible way out of that particular quagmire. ministers want to stick to their guns as much as they can, but since the election, with their political authority dilutive, and the clock ticking louder and louder,

they know, as things proceed, they are going to have to concede or compromise politically, but they don't want to be seen to back down. an american doctor has told the high court that a trial therapy in the states could give a chance of meaningful improvement to the condition of the terminally ill baby charlie gard. charlie's parents returned to court today for the latest stage of their legal battle to keep him alive. the judge says he will only change his ruling — allowing great 0rmond street hospital to withdraw life support — if new evidence is compelling. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, reports. save charlie gard, save charlie gard. they call themselves charlie's army, some of the half a million people who signed the petition calling for him to be allowed abroad for experimental treatment. chris gard and connie yates reject evidence from charlie's doctors that their son has irreversible brain damage. we love him more than life itself. if he is still fighting, then we are still fighting. charlie is terminally ill,

cannot move or breathe unaided. four courts have already ruled he should be allowed to die. the key evidence today came via video link from the american doctor offering to treat charlie. he said he now had a better understanding of the benefits of nucleoside therapy. of nine patients treated so far, none of whom has the same genetic mutation as charlie, five now spent less time each day on a ventilator, and one of them could breathe completely unaided. he said this led him to conclude there was at least a 10% chance of meaningful improvement for charlie. and this is nucleoside therapy. it's a powder added to food, which aims to boost energy production in cells. six—year—old art estopinan has a muscle—wasting condition and is one of those treated with it

in the us. we were able to give him the medications, and little by little he started to get stronger. they gave us hope. i didn't care if he was the first human to try these medications, because they only told us he was going to die. but great 0rmond street says charlie's catastrophic brain damage makes the treatment futile. they say: the final decision of the court is aimed to be at charlie's best interest, and that would be a balance of the many risks and benefits. it's not black—and—white, but it's going to be a summation of all the possible benefits and all the possible risks, and what that could do for charlie,

not what it does for anybody else. in court, connie yates insisted charlie is not suffering or in pain, and both parents briefly walked out of the hearing after the judge said they had agreed their son currently had no quality of life. so this desperately sick boy remains in intensive care, kept alive on a ventilator, as arguments over what is in his best interests continue. fergus walsh, bbc news. president trump has hinted america could still shift its policy on the paris climate accord, despite his decision last month to withdraw from the global agreement to limit climate change. he made the comments in paris after talks with the french president, emmanuel macron. he also faced questions about the controversy surrounding his son's meeting with a russian lawyer during the presidential campaign last year. from paris, lucy williamson reports.

this report contains some flashing images. if diplomacy is about power disguised as flattery, there are few more potent greetings than a ten—second handshake. emmanuel macron welcomed donald trump today with a visit to the tomb of france's and military leader, napoleon, the impressive location designed to flatter both the visitor and host. both these two men see themselves as modern—day political revolutionaries, sweeping away the old rules and expectations. but mr macron also sees nothing wrong with using france's imperial history and military might to put its current diplomatic relations in context. the two men have been battling for the role of alpha male ever since their first handshake on the sidelines of the g7 summit. donald trump later pulled out of a key climate change deal brokered in paris, prompting mr macron to issue a video parodying the us president's campaign slogan.

make our planet great again. but mr macron, keen to boost french influence abroad, has since turned on the charm. and mr trump's comments today on climate change suggest it might be working. something could happen with respect to the paris accord. we'll see what happens. but we will talk about that over the coming period of time. and if it happens, that will be wonderful, and if it doesn't that will be ok, too. translation: i want to continue discussions with the us and president trump on this very important subject. i respect the wish to preserve jobs. i think it's compatible in the paris agreement. now we have to let the us work on its road map and to continue talking with them. and amid allegations that russia interfered in the us election, mr trump was also asked about his son's contact

with a russian lawyer last year. i have a son who is a great young man, he is a fine person. he took a meeting with a lawyer from russia. it lasted for a very short period and nothing came of the meeting. and i think it's a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. today, no differences were allowed to mar the transatlantic ties. but what do french voters think of mr trump's visit? i don't like him much, but what do i have to say? he's not my president. thank god. trying to understand what he wants and where he's going is not a bad idea. even if he does not appreciate him as a person, or what he stands for. so i think french diplomacy at its best. in a visit where symbolism was the substance, the two couples dined tonight at the eiffel tower. a place labelled pragmatic, rather than pretty, to cement an alliance imperfect but crucial to france's place in the world.

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. a russian military court has jailed five members of a chechen gang for killing the leading opposition politician boris nemtsov. mr nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and fierce critic of president putin, was shot close to the kremlin in 2015. the gang's ringleader was sentenced to 20 years in prison. a former soldier who raped and killed a 15—year—old schoolgirl has been found guilty of her manslaughter more than a0 years later. stephen hough killed janet commins in flint in north wales in 1976. another man has already served six years for the crime. hough will be sentenced at a later date. train drivers working for southern rail have announced strike action in a row about pay. members of the aslef union, who are already in a dispute with the firm about driver—only operated trains, have voted to walk out in august.

southern‘s parent firm was fined £13 million this morning for poor performance, during a period which saw a number of strikes and disruptions. gaer natalia veselnitskaya. an aristocrat has been jailed for posting menacing messages online about a prominent brexit campaigner. rhodri philipps, the 11th viscount st davids, offered £5,000 to anyone who would kill gina miller after she won a legal challenge saying parliament had to be consulted about brexit. he was sent to prison for 12 weeks. it's being hailed as the biggest shake—up of ambulance response times in england in a0 years. at the moment, when an urgent 999 call is received, the call handlers have to decide within 60 seconds whether or not to send an ambulance. the upshot is that a quarter of ambulances end up being stood down when it turns out they're not needed. now call handlers are going to be given more time to assess the needs of a caller, to try to make the system more efficient. here's our health editor, hugh pym.

breathe normally for me, i'm just going to have a listen to your chest. paramedics in the west midlands today, with a 92—year—old patient. after a checkup, they decide it's safe to leave him at home. try to keep your breathing nice and slow. the ambulance service is under great pressure but the way it works now allows too many vehicles to go to urgent cases, leaving other patients waiting far too long. major changes are now planned. the new way of working will mean that we can identify and get to the sickest patients faster, that all patients will get the best response, rather than just the nearest... under the current system, in a control room like this, call handlers have just 60 seconds to decide whether to dispatch an ambulance, and whether it should be a blue light for the most critically ill patients. the problem is, that sometimes isn't long enough to decide the most appropriate response, and ambulances can be dispatched unnecessarily. that decision time will be extended for serious but not critical cases.

and while for the most urgent cases under the current system the target is for an ambulance to arrive at 75% of patients within eight minutes, under the new one there will be a target of 90% seen within 15 minutes. service leaders say fewer 999 calls will be treated as life—threatening, and some people needing urgent care will have to wait longer, but they can be more certain of getting the right response. willie wynne says the system as it is failed his family. his daughter, ingrid, had a heart condition. she had palpitations and he called 999 six times and no ambulance came for nearly an hour. it was too late to save her. you have people with a broken arm and a broken leg going, "i'm feeling better now". i know i'd love them to have it, but, you know, that is not what we are talking about here. we are talking about emergencies, and an emergency is an emergency. and mine was an emergency. but nobody done anything about an emergency. the local ambulance trust, south central, said it extended

condolences to the family. at the time, many of its resources were tied up elsewhere. some argue that while the reforms are welcome, they won't solve wider nhs problems. from the patients‘ point of view, this could be good, in terms of one part of theirjourney, as it were. but it's no good if they get messed up in a&e, or can't get a bed in hospital when they need it. what time did this start today? reforms have already been introduced in wales. there is a pilot scheme under way in scotland. trials in england suggest more ambulances can be freed up to get to a wider range of patients, but the real test will come this winter, when it's introduced nationally. hugh pym, bbc news. one of china's most prominent political dissidents, liu xiaobo, has died of cancer a month after he was moved from prison to hospital. he was 61. he'd been serving an 11—year sentence for "inciting subversion of state power".

mr liu won the nobel peace prize in 2010 for his pursuit of democracy in china. there have been tributes from around the world. the leader of the norwegian nobel committee said the government in beijing bore a heavy responsibility for his death. our china editor, carrie gracie, reports. liu xiaobo in happier times. and liu xiaobo last week. reunited with his wife only at the end. and still, under the watchful eye of the state. two foreign doctors were allowed to visit his bedside. the pictures released abroad to support the government's claim that it had done what it could. along with videos to deflect the charge that his cancer was neglected until too late. but he was denied his dying wish — to leave china. we have been through these kind of cases one after another, but it has still come as a big shock.

because, not only because i know him, but also because he has been such a symbol for china's human rights, or democratic movement. liu xiaobo's course was set in 1989. the tiananmen square democracy protests. he tried to secure students safe passage out. before the army moved in to kill unknown numbers. many gave up, but he stood firm. in and out ofjail, for demanding political freedoms. translation: as a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. in 2010 he won the nobel peace prize, but he was back in prison for subversion.

"empty chair" became a banned expression on china's internet. his once irrepressible wife, lui xia, was placed under house arrest, where she fell victim to depression. it was only two weeks‘ ago the world learned of liu xiaobo's illness. hong kong, the one place in china citizens could call for his release. chinese censorship is formidable, and few here know of liu xiaobo's life, his death or his nobel peace prize. many chinese see the one party state as an unavoidable fact of life, and under the strong arm rule of president xijinping it has become even more dangerous to challenge that. liu xiaobo once warned, "if you want to enter hell, don't complain of the dark."

he felt no ill—will toward his jailers. he said he'd committed no crime, but had no complaints. the chinese political dissident liu xiaobo, who has died at the age of 61. an italian delegation has been in libya today in a new attempt to stop the people smugglers sending thousands of migrants across the mediterranean to italy. most of them set out to sea from libya, which has no effective government. italian coastguards have taken to burning the smugglers‘ boats to stem the flow, despite criticism that it makes the migrants more vulnerable. our europe editor, katya adler, is here with more. katya. the number of migrants arriving in europe has fallen dramatically since its peak two years ago. but italy is still under immense pressure. more than 85,000 people have arrived this year, with thousands more expected. in total, italy has received over

600,000 newcomers over the last four years, while around 13,000 people have died making the crossing. alongside that human tragedy, the political and economic impact is huge, and italy says it can‘t cope. amnesty international is warning that 2017 is set to become the deadliest year on what it calls the deadliest migration route in the world. italy is keen to crackdown on the people smugglers, but charities working on the front line accused the eu of cutting back on rescue missions, in an attempt, they say, to put other migrants off trying to come to europe. this footage was filmed by the bbc off the libyan coast. throughout the day the italian coastguard has been moving around, trying to set fire to as many of these smugglers‘ boats as possible. both rubber boats and wooden boats. the eu says this is the most

important thing to do on the central mediterranean. in addition to saving lives, to disrupt the business model of the smugglers, and this is how they do it. so where are the migrants coming from? at the height of the crisis, two years ago, many were fleeing the war in syria. hundreds of thousands made perilous crossing from turkey to greece and on to northern europe. that route has now been slammed shut, partly due to an eu deal with turkey to stop the people smugglers. but italy‘s story is a different one. migrants are heading there from across sub saharan africa, and as far as bangladesh. they set off to europe from conflict torn libya. most are not refugees but economic migrants — young men looking for a better life. the international organisation for migration says we‘re facing this for the long—term because people are attracted by europe‘s wealth and jobs. it is not something that is going to go away in a year or two. it is something that is going to stay for a variety of reasons.

the numbers are manageable. what is complicated is the fact that the response is left to just a few of the eu member states. the front line and a couple of others more in the interior of the eu that are ready to come and share the responsibility of the flow. that is the major issue. germany‘s angela merkel and france‘s emmanuel macron met the italian prime minister yesterday. they pledge to stand by italy. but italians say they have heard lots of empty promises. italy could send economic migrants back home, since they are neither refugees nor asylum—seekers, but many have no id papers. their countries of origin are often reluctant to issue new ones, and they can‘t be returned to libya safely because of the volatile situation there. eu countries have pledged to improve lives in africa so fewer people feel the need to move,

but that is a long—term goal. in the meantime, lives continue to be lost at sea, while eu countries squabble. sophie. johanna konta‘s dream of becoming the first british woman to reach the wimbledon finals in a0 years is over. she crashed out of the championships after being beaten in straight sets by the five—time champion venus williams. joe wilson was watching the match on centre court. everyone knows your name, everyone wants your name. that‘s the wimbledon effect. forjohanna konta, it‘s all been new. for venus williams, it‘s been her life. 20 years of this. venus has seen it all, returned it all. but konta, well, she wasn‘t here to be intimidated. konta created an opportunity in the first set. break points in the ninth game. venus held. what a serve. and then konta was broken. out. set gone. venus was taking care of business.

for konta the methodical, the reliable, the match was disappearing. double fault and broken in the second set. centre court yearned for the konta we had seen in previous rounds. this kind of thing. now, come on, it‘s a lovely afternoon, we‘d like to stay for a bit longer. well, this match lasted just one hour and 1a minutes. second set, 6—2. williams, too good and too composed when it mattered. overwhelmed by a williams at wimbledon. well, it‘s happened before. but what had happened to konta? quite honestly, i think i was injust as much of a shot at winning this tournament. i think today it came down on the day and venus played better than me. that‘s really all i can say. i mean, i think i‘ve definitely got a lot more to improve on and there‘s a lot of exciting things i can still get better at. well, we always felt this was an open women‘s tournament, there was an opportunity.

an opportunity, it turns out, for her sister. last week, venus was in tears, talking about the car accident back home. now, she‘s in anotherfinal, at 37, at the place she loves. i thought the crowd was very nice to me, actually. they could have really been even more boisterous. i thought the crowd was so fair, and i know that they love jo and she gave it her all today. it‘s a lot of pressure. i thought she handled it well, and i think my experience just helped a lot. dealing with this disappointment isjo konta‘s next challenge. she‘s ranked high enough to expect titles, but the future offers no guarantees of more opportunities like this one. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon.