this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: great ormond street hospital says staff have received death threats and abuse in relation to the case of the terminally ill baby charlie gard. as the us congress prepares to question donald trump's family over alleged collusion with russia, the president insists he has the authority to issue pardons for wrongdoing. airline pilots welcome plans to tighten the rules for owners of drones due to concerns over near—misses with passenger planes. also in the next hour — cashing in a cool two million. an amateur player from east yorkshire has wowed the world of poker by finishing fourth in the game's most prestigious tournament. chris froome is on the verge of taking his fourth tour de france title after increasing his lead in today's time trial. and we'll be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages, including the sunday telegraph

which reports that more than a0 high—profile female bbc stars have written to the director—general tony hall urging him to act now to close the gender pay gap. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the hospital which is seeking to remove life support from the seriously ill baby, charlie gard, has contacted the police after staff received death threats. great ormond street hospital said doctors and nurses had faced a "tide of abuse", in the street and online. it comes as the high court is considering whether charlie's parents should be allowed to take him to the united states for experimental treatment. that's opposed by the hospital, which argues that it's not in charlie's

best interests. our correspondent laura tra nt reports. it's a case that's touched people around the world. attracting a growing number of campaigners who disagree with medical experts over the treatment of a critically ill baby boy. 11—month—old charlie gard has a form of mitochondrial disease, a condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and irreversible brain damage. his parents, connie yates and chris gard, want to take him to the us for pioneering treatment, but great ormond street hospital says it in charlie's best interests to turn off his life—support and allow him to die. tonight, the hospital said in a statement, that their doctors and nurses have been subjected to a shocking and disgraceful tide of hostility. staff have received abuse both in the street and online. thousands of abusive messages, they said, have been sent to doctors and nurses, whose life's work is to care for sick children.

many of these messages are menacing, including death threats. the hospital has reported the abuse to the police. it comes as the high court decides on charlie's future and a day after the judge urged any campaigners outside the hospital to respect the needs and wishes of sick children being treated there and their parents. donald trump has insisted that he has complete authority to issue pardons for wrongdoing. it comes as investigators consider whether he or his aides colluded with russia, during last year's election campaign. the president's son, donald junior, and son—in law, jared kushner, are due to be questioned in congress next week. our washington correspondent laura bicker reports. donald trump hoped this week would be a celebration of all that is made in america, including this new state—of—the—art aircraft carrier.

instead he finds himself gearing up for what could be one of his biggest battles. he's clearing the decks and finding new staff to fight off claims the kremlin helped him win the white house. his core message has become engulfed by the many investigations. instead, this is the kind of sales pitch he'd prefer americans to hear. american steel and american hands have constructed a 100,000—ton message to the world. america might is second to none. donald trump is upgrading his team just as the investigation into whether or not russia meddled in the us presidential election has widened its scope, to reportedly include the trump finances. the president is thought to be furious. this inquiry is no longer outside the white house gates. it's within his inner circle, including his own family, who are due to give evidence later this week. mr trump's son—in—law,

jared kushner, is one of his closest advisors, 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 trumpjunior 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 the barrage of questions about russian influence. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a russian connection. he's now saying farewell, resigning. i think it was in the best interests of our communications department, of our press organisation, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. because he reportedly didn't want to work for this man. the slick, outspoken wall street financier anthony scaramucci will now be in charge of rebranding team trump. 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 ready, just in case investigators do not agree with him. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. the government plans legislation for the usage of drones in the uk. dozens of near misses have been reported in the past year. 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 might be hard to police. after all, criminals are unlikely to sign up to a public register. and anyone that imports drones from abroad would be covered anyway. 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 buy it 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. so far this year, more than 80 thousand migrants have arrived in italy from across the mediterranean — a significant increase on last year. the government in rome is planning

to house the new arrivals in towns and villages across the country. but the growing number of migrants is causing rising anger among some italians. and, as our correspondent james reynolds reports from sicily, the towns themselves are resisting the plans. this year, more than 90,000 migrants have landed in italy. many, including these young men from west africa, are sent to stay in the country's smallest towns and villages. the town of torrenova, here at an emergency meeting, has been told to take in around 20 migrants. "i want guarantees," says retired teacher, enzo salvia. "they want medical and criminal checks."

"they were already checked when they landed," argues this man. "i don't think they will damage our country. " the italian government is struggling find a solution that works. it wants to scatter migrants as soon as they land here in big ports. but that just shuffles the problem from built—up areas to the depths of the countryside. translation: it's not good. it's not good because these here haven't been checked by a doctor. we don't know who they are. it's no good. the mayor of castell‘umberto insists his small town can't cope with its 50 new residents. so the government has agreed to take these men back to the regional capital. translation: i certainly don't want to become their hero. they need someone else to defend them. 0ur town is too small. at night, amid cheers from volunteers, migrants are escorted out.

they barely know where they're going. i was told i'm going to messina. do you know where that is? no, sir. italy's relocation plan, improvised and haphazard, has to start again. james reynolds, bbc news, sicily. almost 1000 children have been forced into temporary accommodation. the local government association says number has increased by a third in three years that it wants more powers to build what are described as generally affordable homes. 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 to be 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. all the day's sport news shortly

but first let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. we start with the observer which leads with claims that the brexit secretary, david davis, is the preferred choice among tory members to replace prime minister theresa. the sunday express features a family photograph of prince harry and his mother, diana the princess of wales, with the headline our last words with mummy. the telegraph has the same story, along with reports that more than forty female bbc presenters have signed an open letter to the director—general demanding equal pay. the sunday times says men and women will be able to change their gender legally without a doctor's diagnosis under government plans. while the star leads with princes harry and william's last conversation with their mum before she died. the royal story also dominates the front of the mail on sunday. and we'll have a full paper review at half past eleven this evening. the headlines on bbc news: great ormond street hospital says staff have received death threats and abuse in relation to the case

of the terminally ill baby, charlie gard. as the us congress repairs to question donald trump's family over collusion with russia, the president insists he has full authority to pardon wrongdoing. airline pilots welcome plans to introduce tougher rules for owners of drones due to concerns about the risk to aircraft. time for sport. and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jessica creighton. hello and good evening. britain's chris froome is all but certain of securing his third straight tour de france title, and fourth in all, when the race concludes in paris tomorrow. remarkably, he'll take the yellow jersey without having won a stage. froome had to settle for third place in today's penultimate stage, the time trial in marseille. but crucially, froome extended his race lead to sa seconds over rigoberto uran, and he won't be challenged tomorrow in paris.

sunday's final stage is, by tradition a procession, with froome being crowned champion on the champs—elysees. coming into the stadium with rome by theirjust ahead coming into the stadium with rome by their just ahead of coming into the stadium with rome by theirjust ahead of me, and knowing that if i navigated the last two quarters correctly, that would be the battle. they have been ups and downs in the last three weeks, but i think it has been very much a grand tourin think it has been very much a grand tour in the sense it is bit about the three weeks and doing the three weeks in the most conservative and efficient manner. it was not about one single stage. that is what grand tour racing is. a masterful performance from jordan spieth has given him a three shot lead going into the final day at the open.

spieth carded a second bogey free round of 65 at royal birkdale, so he's 11 under par for the tournament. fellow american matt kuchar isn't too far behind. a group of four, including rory mcilroy, lead the british contingent on two under, so they're unlikely to be challenging for honours. with spieth playing so well, his rivals struggled to keep up. so what will speith‘s gameplan be for tomorrow? i think we set a goal. we see what the conditions are in the morning. we see what is forecasted. the same thing we did in round two. knowing that 65 is not realistic tomorrow and that par will be a better school, and so we changed the game. —— better score. eight years after he first won an individual world title at the age ofjust 15, tom daley has won gold again in the same event — the 10 metre platform at the world diving championships in budapest.

in a really competitive final, daley led from the first round, but he was pushed all the way by the olympic champion, chen aisen of china. it all rested on daley‘s final dive, but he was awarded two maximum scores to secure a second world title. it was daley‘s second medal of the day — earlier he took silver with grace reid in the mixed three metre springboard final. it was a tough competition out there. the olympic champion was not going to let me have it easily. i wa nted going to let me have it easily. i wanted to fight until the very end. and i really wanted to prove a point and go out and do the they could. i am so and go out and do the they could. i am so happy with the way it turned out. a personal best, as court that would have got the gold at the 0lympics last year, i am over the moon. “— 0lympics last year, i am over the moon. —— a score that would have got the gold. it's been another golden night for britain's pa ra—athletes at the world championships in london. we've seen three golds and one silver this evening. sophie hahn took gold in the t38100 metres. she beat off competition from two other brits who've both already won

gold medals at these championships, with kadeena cox getting that silver in second. hahn set a new world record for the second time after she did the same in the 200 metres last weekend. another double world champion is georgie hermitage. she added to her gold in the 400 metres with victory in the t37100 metres. her time of 13.36 seconds is a new world championship record. after the year that i have had, i wa nted after the year that i have had, i wanted to win the fall, because that is my event. —— when the four. i felt at 1.1 could be squeezed out of the medals, so to come and do that under the amount of pressure, i am very happy. —— ifelt at under the amount of pressure, i am very happy. —— i felt at one under the amount of pressure, i am very happy. —— ifelt at one point that i could be. and the third gold of the night came for aled davies in the shot putt. he threw a massive 17.52 metres to break his own world record.

isaid i said let's go, show them what i can do. the blood rushed to my fingers and i felt that they will going to burst. i could feel every inch of the ball and where it went. iamso inch of the ball and where it went. i am so happy i have done at because i been training for months, and shot has been my entire focus. and i told my coat that i wanted to throw a pb, and he said all right, let's do it. so is what i did. —— that is what i did. manchester city have agreed to buy the french defender benjamin mendy. the deal is for £52 million pounds. the left—back is currently at french champions monaco. it would take city's spending on full—backs this summer to one hundred million pounds after the signing of kyle walker from spurs. that's all the sport for now. the actorjohn heard, best known for his role in the home alone films, has died at the age of 72. he was found dead on friday

in a hotel room in palo alto, california, according to celebrity news website tmz. it's understood he was staying at the hotel after minor back surgery. the cause of death is unknown. 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 first class in the future," with busy suburban trains having one class, instead. the minister 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 $2.5 million after making it to the final table of poker‘s most prestigious tournament. john hesp has come fourth in the world series of poker‘s main event in las vegas. the grandfather of seven has little experience and usually plays a £10 tournament at his local casino in hull. earlier we spoke tojohn as he was celebrating in his hotel room in las vegas and he told us how unexpected his win was. i think 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 in here not expecting to win. you know, 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 rate him very highly. i mean i played in the tournament myself and i'm just a little older than him. i got through to the third day, i was feeling quite tired. so he's got to — to make the final table, he had to play seven days of ten or 11 hours plus. you know, it would end up about 13 or 14 hours, when you take dinners and toilet breaks into account. my son actually finished about 160th and he said he was really tired as well and he's in his 30s.

so, you know, 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 blinds and the antes every two hours, whereas a lot of 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. i mean, just fantastic. that's what i was keen to get at, really. here's an amateur, he normally plays for very little money in hull. here he is in las vegas, winning what to him must be a fortune. i mean, how likely is it that somebody from an amateur background can make that sort of impact? well, i'm pretty amazed. and 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 talked 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've just flashed up a photograph of him wearing something, well, something you would certainly notice. well, why not? tell me about the skill levels required. because there are some people who say there is an element of luck as well as clearly skill. where do the percentages lie? it's very difficult to tell. in any one—day tournament, i mean, luck can play a huge part. but over a period of nine days, the skill has to come through. and obviously he's just got a 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. because 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. then when you have a good hand, to try to maximise. he's won big money, here. you clearly have in the past. what's your advice to him now he is very wealthy? well, 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. and you know, obviously, if he's got seven grandchildren, i think he can dish out a few bob to each of them — keep them happy. a senior israeli official has said they are willing to consider alternatives to metal detectors that we re alternatives to metal detectors that were installed at a holy site in jerusalem following the killing of

two israeli policeman at the site earlier this month. tensions have grown at the site over the last month. here is a look at the background to the ongoing dispute. for the palestinians, anything seen asa for the palestinians, anything seen as a threat to aqsa al mosque is a rallying cry. —— al—aqsa mosque. yolande knell in the middle east. and now for yolande knell in the middle east. and now for the yolande knell in the middle east. and now for the weather. yolande knell in the middle east. and now for the weather. i yolande knell in the middle east. and now for the weather. i will yolande knell in the middle east. and now for the weather. i will talk a lot about rainfall a lot of the next two minutes. some of us have

had heavy downpours that have lasted three hours. this area of rain that you can see on the picture now, affecting a large swathe of the midlands. we have showers and parts of scotla nd midlands. we have showers and parts of scotland and northern england. 0ther of scotland and northern england. other places have seen showers fade away. but the low pressure is sticking around into part two of the weekend. more showers on the way. this area of rain in the midlands and northern england will hang on well into the night. for sewers even into the morning. 0utbreaks well into the night. for sewers even into the morning. outbreaks of rain into the morning. outbreaks of rain into pa rt of into the morning. outbreaks of rain into part of north—east scotland. low cloud and cool breeze. a few fog patches and temperatures of around 10-14 patches and temperatures of around 10— 14 degrees. cloud around to start the day tomorrow. ltd sunshine. early fog patches from wells in south—west england. 0n the whole, dry weather to begin with there. cloud still affecting the midlands and northern england, possibly producing mostly light rain to begin the day. there were that, it should brighten up. just like

today, many northern ireland will stay dry. for eastern parts of scotland, we start cloudy. 0utbreaks of rain. a cool breeze pushing further south across scotland is the day goes on. writing up behind it. northern ireland will see the odd shower. they develop more widely into england wales in the afternoon. —— brightening up behind it. if you're in sunshine, it will feel pleasant. 18— 22 degrees. call with showers. khadi and empathy for the thunder will —— cloudy and windy for the last round of golf at robert dell. ——