this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: great ormond street hospital contacts the police after staff receive death threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case. as trump commissions a new warship, his family prepare to face a grilling from the investigation into possible collusion with the russians during his election campaign. owners of drones will have to register and take safety awareness courses — due to growing concerns about the risk to aircraft. boots says it's "truly sorry" for its response to calls to cut the cost of one of its morning—after pills. also in the next hour: ‘living the dream' in las vegas. the caravan salesman from east yorkshire who won £2 million in the world's most prestigious poker tournament. chris froome is on the verge of winning his fourth tour de france title after increasing his lead in today's time trial. and tom daley claims his second world diving title with victory in the 10m platform final in budapest.

and in the syrian city of raqqa, the islamic state group makes a final stand. we have a special report in our world in the next hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the hospital treating the terminally ill baby charlie gard says its staff have been subjected to intimidation, abuse and even death threats as a court battle rages over whether to stop his life support treatment. the hospital's chairman mary macleod said that charlie's case is a heartbreaking one, and she understands that emotions are running high. but she said that their can be no excuse for such behaviour. she gave further details in a

statement. she said, the hospital has been subjected to a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility and disturbance. earlier i spoke to our correspondent laura tra nt, who's been following the case. she began by explaining the hospital's response to the hostility. the chair of great ormond street, as you said, has referred to the many thousands of negative messages of the hostility, the abuse, that is m essa 9 es the hostility, the abuse, that is messages in person. people have been verbally attacked on the street, as well as online. we know that charlie gard is 11 months old, he is terminally ill, he has a rare genetic condition and has brain damage. he is currently subject of

an intense legal battle between his pa rents an intense legal battle between his parents and the medics over how exactly he should be treated. the hospital does say of course, they know this is heartbreaking. but they recognise the sympathy that people do feel for him and for his parents. in recent weeks, the level of abuse directed at the doctors and nurses at the hospital is just not something they can tolerate any more. they referred to it being on disgraceful, and the fact it has had an impact on other parents are seriously unwell children who are being treated at great ormond street hospital. they say they recognise emotions are running high that there can be no excuse for patients and families to have their privacy and their piece disturbed in this way. they also referred to the fact that they are in contact with the metropolitan police and will hold anybody to account who behaves in what they term a deplorable way. this does echo interestingly the words of mrjustice francis, who

yesterday at the high court at the procedural hearing urged any campaigners and protesters who were outside the hospital to respect the needs and wishes of those children are being treated and their parents. it has been a very intense legal case but also a high profile one, a very public one, and therefore people will take a view on it, won't they? some clearly have gone way beyond where they should have done. people have been very vocal about their views outside the hospital but this has gone to a new level, online and on the streets. doctors and nurses being directly targeted. it has been referred to that there have been thousands of incidents of that nature now. the parents of charlie gard, connie yates and chris gard, have responded in a statement made via a spokesman. they say "we don't condone abusive or threatening behaviour to gosh staff or anybody in connection with our son" "we too get abuse and have to endure nasty and hurtful remarks on a daily basis". "people have different opinions and we accept that but there is a line that

shouldn't be crossed." president trump has taken part in the commission ceremony for a new aircraft carrier, as he prepares for a battle this week that will be very close to home. both his eldest son and his son—in—law are due to appear before congress next week as part of the special investigation into allegations of his campaign's links to russia. and as part of a series of recent tweets, he reminded the world that the president has complete power to pardon — causing concern in some democrat quarters. laura bicker reports. donald trump is gearing up for what could be one of his biggest battles. he's clearing the decks for a fleet of new lieutenants to try to fight off claims the kremlin helped him win the white house. his core message has become engulfed by the many investigations as he launched a new aircraft carrier in virginia, he gave the kind of sales pitch he'd

prefer americans to hear. american steel and american hands have constructed a 100,000 tonne message to the world. america might is second to none. donald trump is reshaping and upgrading his team just as the scope of the investigation into russian meddling in the us election widens to include his finances. and that has infuriated the president. the focus of the enquiry is also no longer outside the white house gates, it's focusing on his inner circle, his own family, who will give evidence to congress later this week. mr trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, is one of his closest advisers. seen so often at his side, but rarely heard. he has done some talking, though, to russians during the campaign. he'll be asked about that in congress on monday. donald trumer is also in discussions about testifying after it was revealed he met with a russian lawyer, who'd offered incriminating

information about hillary clinton during the campaign. white house spokesman sean spicer often struggled to convey the president's message, amidst a barrage of questions about russia. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a russian connection. he's now saying farewell, making way for a new face, the slick wall street financier anthony scaramucci. ijust think it was in the best interest of our communications department, or of our press organisation, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. donald trump relishes a good fight. he's described the enquiries into his campaign's links with russia as a witchhunt, a hoax. he's getting combat readyjust in case investigators do not agree with him. laura bicker, bbc news, washington.

i spoke to laura little earlier and asked her what she made of the president's assertion on twitter that he had the complete power to pardon. when it comes to him talking about it, allegedly during the week there were several newspaper reports, the new york times and washington post reported that the president have been asking about his powers but they were careful to new onset, saying he was not asking about simply pardoning himself, he was asking what powers did he have. seeing that in the paper, he couldn't resist. donald trump is a showman remember, that's one of the reasons why he tweets in the way that he does. he is trying to direct the and they are going for it in many different ways. but this was a twitter storm this morning. it was on so many varied subjects. when your phone goes beep on that time on saturday can only mean one thing and thatis saturday can only mean one thing and that is trump is tweeting. your phone must be constantly in that case. a word about sean spicer and anthony scaramucci. what change coming to speak it? the two

briefings, if you compare the two first briefings, it could not have been more different. that initial briefing when sean spicer came out after the inauguration angry and berating reporters for reporting the size of donald trump is much inauguration crowd in his view, wrongly, the way he conducted the briefing room. you put up your hands like good boys and girls, stop shouting the questions, yet scaramucci stood up there, slicked back hair, lovely suit, started batting away questions left and centre. when it comes to that kind of slick, polished style, we are hearing certainly from one or two newspaper sources saying that donald trump loved it. when it comes to the two, they could not be more different and that perhaps is how what we are going to see is a little more polished, if that is what we are seeing in scaramucci. we might see a bit more polish in the white house briefing room, but it might still be as entertaining if we judge

it by yesterday's performance. here the government plans to introduce a registration system for drones because of growing concern about the risk they pose to aircraft. drone owners will have to complete a safety awareness course. dozens of near misses have been reported in the past year, asjoe lynam reports. gatwick airport has confirmed that some flights have been disrupted this evening by a drone in the area. it wasn't the first time that a drone had flown worryingly close to a runway, but it was enough to close down gatwick airport for a short while three weeks ago. pilots have long complained that unmanned aerial vehicles could fly into their engines, causing accidents. drones are also being used to fly drugs and mobile phones into prisons. and now the government wants to act by forcing all drone users to register. the new rules mean that any drone weighing more than 250 grams will have to be registered, and their new owners will have to complete a safety awareness test when they buy them.

a new technology to prevent drones flying near airports or prisons will be expanded. they can present a danger to aircraft and to individual users, so it's about introducing a registration scheme, it's about geolocations and geo—fencing to stop them being flown near aerodromes and sensitive areas. so it's worth getting the balance right between the different needs of users and the dangers on the other part. the government wants all drones of more than 250 grams to be registered. but that's not much heavier than a mobile phone. but military experts say that drones as light as 400 grams could damage a helicopter window, whilst drones of two kilograms could take down a plane. but serious drone enthusiasts say the new rules may penalise responsible users. the problem is other people who have no knowledge, they don't know how to fly, theyjust go and buy the drone and go up in the sky

may be 1000 feet high. this is the problem, not us a problem. and the new rules will be hard to police. criminals are unlikely to sign up to a public register. joe lynam, bbc news. boots, the pharmacy chain, has apologised for dismissing calls to cut the cost of its contraceptive morning—after pills. it had initially refused to drop the price of the medicines, because it claimed that doing so would ‘incentivise inappropriate use'. andy moore reports. the british pregnancy advisory service launched its campaign with a video mocking the high prices charged in the uk for the morning after pill. they said it would be cheaper to fly to france and by there for about £5. wait, so that's. .. 30 quid. 30 actual pounds?

tesco and superd rug reduced their prices, but boots refused to back down, saying: there was a vigorous campaign on social media critising the company and calling for a boycott. 30 labour women mps sent a letter to the company yesterday saying boots was taking a moral position on what should be a personal choice for women. then came a late—night change of heart. in its statement, boots said it was truly sorry for its poor choice of words. it said it was committed to finding cheaper forms of the drug. it also said that emergency contraception services were freely available on the nhs in many of its stores. campaigners said boots had spectacularly misjudged public opinion. our only disappointment is it's taken this long, and the threat of a boycott by its customers for boots to reach this position. this was a position reached

by superdrug, tesco far earlier. but not everyone agrees with the decision by boots. their original position was absolutely fine. they were saying they did not want to encourage irresponsible use of the pill. and you have to remember, the morning after pill is a large dose of synthetic hormones. it's not something that needs to be taken like sweeties or like a paracetamol. one of the mps that signed the letter yesterday said on social media overnight, "welcome news, but shame boots responded the morning after." andy moore, bbc news. almost 1,000 children are being forced into temporary accommodation every month because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. the local government association says the number has increased by a third in three years. it wants more powers to build what are described as "genuinely affordable homes". 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. councils say more than 900 children, what they describe as the equivalent

of a secondary school, are becoming homeless each month. in total, they say more than 120,000 children and their families are being supported in temporary accommodation, an increase of more than a third since 2014. councils in the south—east and major cities are dealing with the largest numbers. though cornwall and the isle of wight, for instance, also have significant problems. the councils say they need to build more affordable homes. they want rules on borrowing relaxed so they can invest in housing development. councils need the power to intervene more in the homes market. we need more affordable housing built in the right place to provide people with decent affordable housing. we also need to be able to intervene earlier as well. rather than waiting for people to become homeless, we need to stop them becoming homeless in the first place. ministers say they are spending £550 million to tackle homelessness, and that a new bill passed earlier this year will prevent families from losing homes in the first place. michael buchanan, bbc news.

the headlines on bbc news: great ormond street hospital contacts the police after staff receive death threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case. as trump commissions a new warship, his family prepare to face a grilling from the investigation into possible collusion with the russians during his election campaign. owners of drones will have to register and take safety awareness courses — due to growing concerns about the risk to aircraft. sport now — and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here'sjessica. good evening. chris froome says it is an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as some of cycling ‘s

greatest ever riders after he all but wrapped up a fourth tour de france title. froome safely negotiated the penultimate stage, today's time trial in marseille. he stretched his overall lead to sa seconds which will not be challenged in paris tomorrow. there is some fresh photography in this report from drew savage. he has been pushed harder than ever before, but finally chris froome can drink to success. his final test on the streets of marseille, very little margin for error. the colombian third in the standings, 29 seconds behind. many hoped the frenchman could make up 23 seconds and claim victory over france. but froome has two 0lympic time trial bronze medals to his name and he was flying. the polish rider set the fastest time on the stage, and the defending championjust needed to stay ahead of his rivals. in second place, but any hopes he had a challenging froome forfirst, he did not even finish. the

frenchman was struggling, he came within a whisker of hanging on to third place, missing his spot on the podium by one second. the fourth tour de france was froome's for the taking, he missed out on the stage win by six seconds six but knows he will be wearing yellow in paris. coming into the stadium with roman just ahead of me, knowing if i had navigated the last two corners correctly, that would be it for this year ‘s tour de france battle. there have been ups and downs over the past three weeks but i think it has been very much a grand tour, in the senseit been very much a grand tour, in the sense it has been really about the three weeks, and during this three weeks, in the most conservative but efficient manner. it wasn't about one single stage. that's what grand

for racing is. another man writing his name into the history books today was golfer branden grace, the south african shot the lowest round in men's major history, at the open championship. jordan spieth extended his lead at the top. grayson admitted he did not realise what he had achieved as he rolled in the par that led to the first 62 in a major championship. the challenge of rory mcilroy and ian poulter never really got going this afternoon, both nine shots adrift of the leader on two under par. 0ut front, jordan spieth. a birdie at the last gave them a three shot lead taken to the final round, he is 11 under as he seeks a maiden open title, a third major in total. let's take a look at the leaderboard. jordan spieth takes a three shot lead into the final day at royal birkdale ahead of fellow american matt kuchar. british players are going to struggle to make any impact, ross fisher, rory mcilroy and ian poulter all nine shots behind speak. eight years

after he first won an individual word title at the age ofjust 15, word title at the age ofjust15, tom daley has won gold again in the same event, the ten metre platform of the world diving championships in budapest. in a really competitive final, daily lead from the first round, but he was pushed all the way by the olympic champion, try. it all western daily‘s final dive and look at his reaction as he secured to maximum scores on the second world title. great britain ‘s matthew lee finished 12th, that was his first appearance ina finished 12th, that was his first appearance in a world final.m finished 12th, that was his first appearance in a world final. it was tough out there. the olympic champion was not going to let me haveit champion was not going to let me have it easy but i wanted to fight until the very end. i really wanted to prove a point and go out there and do the best i could. i'm just so happy with the way it turned out on the school, a personal best, i think it would have got the gold last year at the olympics. i'm just over the moon. that was on daily is overly success , moon. that was on daily is overly success, earlier him and grace reid

won a silver in the mixed three metre springboard final with that final dive. a forward three and a half somersault in pike. by a tad busy schedules competing and other events in these championships, and afterwards, reid said the had a chance to practice together all week. incredible. sophie hahn has taken the gold medal in the battle of the brits in the 238100 metres at the world athletics championships. there are three british printers in this race, all have one gold and other events at these charming chips including last night ‘s 400 metres winner. but it was sophie hahn who surged away from the rest of the field and a new world record time, she completes the sprint double in london after winning the 200 metres last weekend. she also set a new world record. an impressive performance for by her. that's all the sport now, i will have later in the evening. afghan officials say 16 police officers are now known to have been killed in a us air strike in helmand province. two commanders were among those who died when warplanes

accidentally attacked the group in the district of gereshk. police had just recaptured the area from the taliban when they were bombed. the nato mission in afghanistan said the incident would be investigated. train firms could be forced to reduce first—class seats on busy commuter lines to ease overcrowding. the transport secretary chris grayling says travellers will see less fi rst—class grayling says travellers will see less first—class in the future, with busy suburban trains having one class instead. he also suggested operators may be forced to scrap first—class areas when franchises are awarded in the future. a british man has won more than $2 million after making to the final table ina million after making to the final table in a poker tournament. he has come forth in the main event in las vegas, the grandfather of seven has little experience and usually plays a £10 tournament at his local

casino. earlier, we spoke tojohn as he was celebrating in his hotel room in las vegas and he told us how unexpected his win was. it's been quite awesome and i've said it many times, i have been living the dream. i've loved every minute, having so much fun and entertainment. i came here not expecting to win. money, big money. iwanted here not expecting to win. money, big money. i wanted tojust here not expecting to win. money, big money. i wanted to just play some poker with some professionals and other people that i don't normally do. the legendary poker player donnacha 0'dea, who also took part in the tournament alongside john hesp has described his win as a great achievement. i spoke to him a short time ago. i rated very highly. i have played in the tournament myself and i'm a little overwhelmed. i got through to the third day was feeling quite tired. to make the final table, he had to play seven days of ten or 11 hours plus it would end up about 13

or 14 hours and dinners and toilet breaks into account. my son actually finished about 160th and he said he was really tired as well and he is in his 30s. so, it's a great achievement. there is quite a lot of concentrating to do here clearly? yeah. it's the most skilful tournament, because they only increase the lines in the aunties every two hours where is a lot of tournaments, like the small local tournaments, like the small local tournaments, they will increase them every 20 minutes, so it's a bit of a lottery. it's a very skilful tournament, and with so little experience, it's amazing to come forward. just fantastic. that's what i was keen to get at. here's an amateur, he normally plays for very little money in hull. he is in las vegas winning more to him must be a fortune. how likely is it that somebody from an amateur background can make that sort of impact? i'm

pretty amazed. about ten years ago, jamie gold was a complete novice who won the main event. but he did a lot of trash talking to people, he'd confused everybody with all his talk. he took them out of it. i don't thinkjohn was doing anything like that. i didn't actually see him play but i saw he was wearing very colourful outfits, so maybe he just dazzled everybody with his outfits. he seems to be a really fun guy. yes, we have just he seems to be a really fun guy. yes, we havejust flashed up a photograph of him wearing something, well, something you would suddenly notice. well, why not! tell me about the skill level is required. some say there is an element of luck as well as clearly skill. where did the percentages lie? it's very difficult to tell. in any one—day tournament, luck can play a huge part. 0ver to tell. in any one—day tournament, luck can play a huge part. over a period of nine days, the skill has to come through. obviously he has got very good sense of situations

and reading his opponents. he may not have as much experience as a poker player but he's obviously very skilful at reading his opponents. also knowing when to back off in certain parts. over that period of time, you are going to walk into situations where you are going to lose a hand and try to lose as little as possible. when you have a good hand, to try to maximise. he has one big money. you clearly have in the past, what's your advice to him now he is very wealthy?” in the past, what's your advice to him now he is very wealthy? i think not to really get involved and play cash games, to stick to the tournaments where you can only lose a finite amount of money. obviously if he's got seven grandchildren i think he can dish out a few bob each of them. keep them happy. a new exhibition devoted to the

works ofjim henson is opening at a museum in new york. if you are a fan of the muppets, the frag dolls are the cost of sesame street, you will be able to find out more about how they appeared on television screens. for generations of children, there has always been something magical about the muppets. kermit, miss piggy, big bird. just some of those appearing in this exhibition in new york. so what are the organisers trying to achieve? to tell a rich and riveting story about jim henson as a creative thinker, constantly curious, pushing the boundaries of technology and bringing these amazing characters to life. you can follow the history of the muppets from their first appearance on local television in the 1950s. there are storyboards from sesame street and the muppet show. the exhibition will shine a light on the people who worked withjim henson. he had an amazing group of folks around him who just enjoyed

the work so much and loved what they did. i think that the joy that people get from these characters, the ingredients of that are in the joy that the people who made them had in creating them. as well as this exhibition, there will be a travelling show that will allow muppet fans to see jim henson's work up close. so plenty of time to get things started for the muppet show tonight. time to check on the weather. few of us avoided at least one hefty shower today. this afternoon we fed quite well in northern england, some good sunny spells here, but along the south coast of england this was a water spout photograph by one of our weather watchers, it's a tornado over water. some fierce downpours

around today, gradually fading over the next few hours, but we will keep some showers around overnight over parts of scotland and northern england. elsewhere, dreyer, clear and cooler. ten to 14 degrees overnight. when it does clear up, they could be a few fog patches in they could be a few fog patches in the morning. you will notice tomorrow, low pressure is still close by, that means there may be a fine start to many of us with some sunshine, though the showers will get going once again. a cooler and fresh appeal to the morning, fog patches clearing. there is a lot of dry and fairly sunny weather around england and wales, just a few isolated showers. northern ireland mainly dry, the west of scotland, but this area of cloud remain with the cool breeze affecting parts of eastern scotland at the beginning of the day, initially to the north of the day, initially to the north of the central belt, onto the day that will push its way further south across scotland, the odd shower developing in northern ireland. not very many. for england and wales,

the showers get going, becoming more widespread through the afternoon and early evening. some heavy ones around, particularly the north and east of england, into the afternoon, perhaps a rumble of thunder but it does feel quite warm in the sun, around many of the showers. cool sound quite quickly in any showers. looking fairly promising the opel round —— final round at the open at royal birkdale. will be a bit breezy confetti today. the women's world cup final at lord's, there is a chance of catching the odd shower. there will be lengthy sunny spells, it will fill warmer than it did on saturday. this is sunday evening, showers gradually fading but the area of rain i mentioned in scotland looking down across parts of north—east england and only gradually edging a bit further south and east during the day on monday. becoming lighter as it does so, elsewhere on monday a dryer picture, some warm sunny spells to be had away from that breeze, along the north sea coast and tuesday as a fine day for