this is bbc news. the headlines at three. connie yates and chris gard say they accept that no medical treatment can help him now and they want to cherish the short time they have left with him. donald trump's son—in—law and senior adviserjared kushner denies colluding with russia, during the president's election campaign. the government promises an energy revolution, investing hundreds of millions pounds, in battery technology. the international trade secretary liam fox begins post—brexit trade talks with the us. our task to build a britain that strengthens our commercial ties with friends and allies across the world, creating new opportunities for british businesses. and in the next hour — paying tribute 20 years on. princes william and harry are joined by friends of their late mother, paying tribute to diana, princess of wales, 20 years after her death.

ido i do regularly putting george and charlotte to bed talk about her and remind there are two grandmothers in their lives. remind there are two grandmothers in their lives. and england's world cup win over india — a springboard for women's cricket for women's cricket? good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard have given up their legal fight to take him to america for an experimental treatment. they've been fighting for months to prevent doctors at great ormond street hospital from turning off the life support for ten—month—old charlie. in the last hour the high court

heard they accepted no medical treatment could help him. they want to treasure the short time they have left with him. let's talk to helena lee at the high court now. very dramatic changes in the last hour or so. yes, the hearing today was due to begin at 10.00, there was a last minute change to that, to 2.00, we weren't told the reason for that, but now it is very clear why that, but now it is very clear why that change happened. so about half an hourorso ago, that change happened. so about half an hour 01’ so ago, we that change happened. so about half an hour or so ago, we heard from court, connie and chris, charlie's pa rents court, connie and chris, charlie's parents arrived looking very upset as they wept into court. very quickly, we heard from inside the court, that the parents had decided it was time for them to stop their legal battle against great ormond street hospital. they wanted to take charlie to america for experimental treatment. charlie, 11 months old in intensive care in hospital, grorm argued it wasn't in his best

interests. —— great ormond street. he should be allowed to die in dignity. in court of, the lawyer representing the parents said that they looked at the test result, new test results were carried out on charlie, including an mri scan last week, also that american doctor proposing the treatment came over and spoke to medical staff. they looked at all of that over the weekend, and realised that charlie is severely brain damaged, it is irreversible and any kind of therapy that was being proposed by this american doctor, would not help charlie at all. so the lawyer representing charlie in court said for charlie it is too late, the damage has been done, it is no longer in charlie's best interests to pursue this course of treatment. he said that parents worst fear, fears have been confirmed by the international team of experts, and so international team of experts, and so they are still in court, we know

that connie will be saying something at the end of the case, and also the judge paid tribute to the parent, saying none of us can begin to understand the parents‘ agony and he also went on to say the public comments have been based on misunderstandings and he paid tribute to chris and connie as well, so tribute to chris and connie as well, so that hearing continuing. we now know that connie has just said a few words in court. she said this is the ha rd est words in court. she said this is the hardest thing we have ever had to do. this her speaking in court in pa rents‘ do. this her speaking in court in parents‘ agony and he also went on to say the public comments have been based on misunderstandings and he paid tribute to chris and connie as well, so that hearing continuing. we 110w well, so that hearing continuing. we now know that connie has just said a few words in court. she said this is the hardest thing we have ever had to do. this her speaking in court in the last few moments. "following most the last few moments. "following m ost rece nt the last few moments. "following most recent scans we have decided to let our son go." based on misunderstandings and he paid tribute to chris and connie as well, so tribute to chris and connie as well, so that hearing continuing. we now know that connie has just said a few words in court. she said this is the ha rd est words in court. she said this is the

hardest thing we have ever had to do. this her speaking in court in the last few moments. "following most the last few moments. "following m ost rece nt the last few moments. "following most recent scans we have decided to let our son go." she went on to say "he is not brain dead, and a whole lot of time has been wasted and treatment would have improved his quality of life." so connie yates speaking about her son and clearly as you say take want to treasure the last moments they have with their 11 month old baby. very emotive case, no winners or losers and one that has sparked anger in recent days. yes and we heard from great ormond street hospital over the weekend, that medical staff there had received thousands of messages of abuse, online abuse but also star who were —— staff who were going out on to the street were being verbally abused and families who were, with their sick children having their own cases to deal with, were being disrupted, the hospital says that some of them were receiving death threat, the medical staff so they have contacted the metropolitan police about that. but we also heard last night from the parents who say they had received a backlash since they had received a backlash since the hospital put that statement out, that the public had said some nasty comments about them as well. very strong issues on both sides. it has

been a complex case, thejudge has had to answer what appears to be a simple question, what is in the best interest of charlie but it has provoked a lot of motion on both sides. helena, charlie's mother has just said in court their charlie could have if willed a normal life if he had been given treatment earlier, of course that is something that great ormond street hospital have always said wasn't the case. yes, great ormond street injanuary said they looked into this type of therapy for charlie. 0f said they looked into this type of therapy for charlie. of course they have treated other children with the very rare genetic condition that charlie has. he is one of 18, we believe, people who have been diagnosed with this particular mitochondrial depletion syndrome which affects organs and brain. great ormond street said they did apply to try this therapy on charlie, but he got too unwell and

they believe it wasn't in his best interests, and also, the doctor in this case, thejudge interests, and also, the doctor in this case, the judge said that he had given evidence to the case, but he hadn't come to see charlie, he hadn't seen the medical evidence before he proposed this treatment for charlie. so we now know that scan, that mri scan or charlie showed he does have irreversible brain damage and any kind of therapy would not be in his best interests. thank you very much. president trump's son—in—law and advisorjared kushner, says he didn't collude, nor know of anyone who did collude, with any foreign government, during donald trump's run for the white house. he's also made it clear he hasn't relied on russian money in the private sector. he issued a statement before appearing in front of special senate investigations panel. 0ur correspondent andy moore has the details. jared kushner, the president's son—in—law. .. the person of interest has a name, and that name is jared kushner. jared kushner is not used

to being centre stage. as one of donald trump's closest advisers, he's been at his side, seen but rarely heard. but he has done some talking with russians. first, with the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak. and then with this man, sergei gorkov. he's the head of a russian bank tied to the kremlin. when asked by the bbc about the subject of that meeting, he said, "ask the white house". the revelations made mr kushner front—page news. his father—in—law didn't seem too pleased. i appreciate everything that jared. .. jared has actually become much more famous than me! laughter i'm a little bit upset about that! now, in a statement before his committee appearance, mr kushner has said he had four contacts with russian officials, but denied any wrongdoing. he said: mr kushner was also part

of a meeting with a russian lawyer arranged by donald trumer in a series of e—mails, which promised dirt on hillary clinton. he's bound to be asked about it in congress today. i want to know whether these meetings took place, whether other meetings took place. we have a lot of ground to cover. some democrats have described mr kushner as a threat to national security, but republicans say this is his chance to clear things up. the whole purpose of the meeting is for the guy to explain. "here's how i met the russian ambassador, here's what "we talked about, here is how i met the banker guy, "here's what we talked about. "here is how i found the e—mail about the meeting," and once he gives his side of the story, then we can make an informed decision. yesterday, the white house said it hoped mr kushner‘s appearance before congress will be the last time he would have to talk about russia. that's very unlikely.

andy moore, bbc news. the international trade secretary, liam fox, is holding talks in washington to discuss a possible trade deal with the united states after the uk leaves the european union. current eu rules prevent britain signing an agreement until after brexit. mr fox said the talks cover with a "number of strands" including "continuity" of existing deals. he's been speaking in the last half hour. 0ur political correspondent is in westminster. talking before you sign a deal is going to wind some people up? for people who have advocated the uk's departure from the european union, people like liam fox, who was a brexiteer, one of the prominent leave campaigner, part of the reason was they wanted the uk to forge its

own trade deals, free from the shackles own trade deals, free from the s ha ckles of own trade deals, free from the shackles of eu membership. so that is what he sees his role as doing. there is no reel conflict with the european union on this, the eu recognises that the uk needs to develop trading relationships in readiness for brexit as and when that happen, there are restrictions on what can be agreed before the date of brexit and then question over what can be seened off if the uk ends up if some sort of transitional deal with the european union, post—brexit for a period of time. nonetheless, liam fox was very positive, very optimistic about the opportunities that await. this is what he said. and it is perhaps a cliche for a british secretary of state to come to the us and talk about the special relationship. yet the fact a phrase is well used does not make it any less true. britain and america are united by language, culture, history, security, and of course commerce culture, history, security, and of course commerce and trade. it is

perhaps for few to us we are the fist and fifth largest economies in the world. so the economic value of oui’ the world. so the economic value of our bond cannot be overstated. the united states is britain's largest export market, buying more than $200 billion of uk goods and services every year, more than france and germany put together. the stock of investment withhold in other other's economy stands at over $1 trillion, the us is the number one destination for uk investment. thousands of british firms have a presence in the us, from car companies to financial services. us firms employ more than 1 million people in the united kingdom, and the uk first employ more than one million americans here. us companies are investing in the uk, seeing a familiar environment built on economic funmentals which allow bys to flourish, they are attacked by low

tax, universities which sit alongside their american counterparts in top ten list, a highly skilled and educated workforce , highly skilled and educated workforce, a cutting—edge research and questionment. these will not change. and the uk will always be open for business. so liam fox keen to stress the uk will be outward looking. he acknowledged that reaching a trade deal with the eu would be optimistic, he said there was a growing concerns? the british government n the cabinet around the need for some sort of transition phase after brexit, to iron out the details and to ensure stability and continuity for business. yesterday he indicated that could last for a period of up to three year, there seems to be an seb stance there may bea seems to be an seb stance there may be a need for that to avoid some sort of cliff edge but no doubt they will watch closely to ensure the uk

government doesn't slide on the process of leaving the european union, and liam fox himself said those who have any intention of trying to thwart the brexit process, they are dreaming. trying to thwart the brexit process, they are dreaming. joining me now from westminster is matt kilcoyne, from the think tank the adam smith institute. gl it is interesting pause be the americans are in talks with the eu over a trade deal there, what is the overview of this, does one automatically counter the other? absolutely not. the united states and the eu have been in discussion for about four years on a trade deal, what is known as ttip. the transatlantic trade partnership. and they have had 15 rounds of talks, so far. they have not managed to come to an agreement. quite often they are quite deep, they are quite about getting rid of tariffs, quotas but there talks a long time for them to

wield out what it is that stops trade in eu and which bothers traders in 2 united states. in the eu, there are diverse memberships. there are economies that high levels of agricultural sectors, others that are export driven in goods. in the united kingdom it's a services based economy. the united states and the eu agreement has mostly been focussed on go as, there will be, you know, there are limited number of personnel that the us has but it has some of the largest numbers of trade negotiators and we are getting building upa trade negotiators and we are getting building up a team here, which will be able to deal notjust we the eu but the united states. cutting to the chase. how long with a trade deal take to hammer out? . we can build on the fact we have had four

yea rs, build on the fact we have had four years, not one of the stumbling block partners. by lament redeals typically take round 17 months, that is quicker than the one they have been going on with which the european union had in canada, or with the economies like japan and the united states, so we can probably do this quickly. we can almost certainly have it ready by the end of the trap sips deal, but we could get it in by march next year if we wanted to get it ready to sign as soon as we leave. the likelihood is we will will have that. is there an element of winding europe up, if they see the talks the uk is having, pursuing more quickly than hairs. the european union know we are leaving the club, it knows we wa nt to we are leaving the club, it knows we want to strike deals with friendly

countries and a bridge country which is able to focus on service, on the united states agreement with thing like financial services, we can act asa like financial services, we can act as a bridge between the two companies, between the european union, and between the united states, so that those companies from europe can access financial services, much more easily. that is a win—win. the us and for the united kingdom. the headlines. british‘s economic forecast has been downgraded and that breaking news that charlie gard's parents end their fight over the treatment of their terminally ill baby. his mother said time has been wasted. donald trump's son—in—law denies colluding with russia during the president's election campaign. the government promises an energy rev news, investing hundred of millions in battery technology.

in sport the england cricket captain heather knights says their world cup triumph should be a springboard to advance the women's game round the world. the team coach says the sport is getting the recognition and respect it deserves. london want to host the political party paraathletics again. and ben mendes has become the most expensive defender. i will have a full update in the next 15 minutes. —— paraathletic. the future of motoring looks electric as governments strive to combat pollution and climate change. batteries are still big, heavy and expensive. the future of motoring looks

electric as governments it needs a solution. in birmingham, the business secretary put batteries at the heart of his industrial strategy. joining together, the research, development, application and manufacture of energy storage technologies, and specifically battery storage, is a huge opportunity for the energy sector and the automotive sector alike. catching up with big chinese firms, like the makers of this car will be tough. they have had years of huge support from their government. but batteries of all sizes will be needed. this one, near leighton buzzard, holds energy generated by wind power for the national grid. 0ur washing will play a part in the future energy system. people will be offered cheap power to clean their clothes when solar energy is plentiful on a sunny day. even fridges of the future will play

a part in the energy system. when there's a surge in demand on the grid, an internet signal will ask your fridge to switch off for a few moments. if enough people are switching off, it will save a power station being built, and in turn, it will save you some cash. there is a massive opportunity now to go from a system where the only job of the consumer is debatable, to a system where energy flows to and from consumers. the need for flexible electricity will and grow. 0vernight, this floating wind farm made in norway was being towed to be moored off the east coast of scotland. it will store energy for when we need it. joining me now is andrew burgess, associate partner in energy systems at the energy regulator 0fgem. will this really only benefit people

who have a solar panel on their roof? no, it will benefit all of us. the exciting changes that we are seeing involve changes across the whole energy system, changes in the way the different companies act, but exciting changes in the way consumers interact with the energy system. we can all benefit and save a lot of money. it is a lot of money. you agree with people who say this is a game—changer? money. you agree with people who say this is a game-changer? it is. and 0 taken shl we could see the same changes in the energy system the way people watch tv, use their my honourable friend, you can see the same thing in the energy sector. we can create all this power using solar energy, what we can't do well is store it. it is all about battery, is it? it is a major part, so batteries will enable electricity which otherwise would be wasted to be stored for future use. it can also save on some of the demands

placed the system. it is about other forms of technology, new service, companies coming in, and making sure that the arrangements within the sector allow new businesses and innovation to come in. looking back was it a mistake for the government to with dray subsidies on solar panels. it is still expensive to do. ? the cost of the panels is coming down, so what has come down is the subsidy but it is viable. we have seen more and more happening across the country. it is notjust about solar panel, it is about storage, softwa re solar panel, it is about storage, software that makes it easier for consumers to understand what they are consuming and control their energy use, there is lots of things happening across the system that can bring benefits. there was a day this year, it was windy and sunny where more than hoff of this country's

energy came from renewable sources are you brave enough to predict where we might be in terms of that relationship? one of the lessons from the past is you can't predict what will happen. it is great we reached round 50% of our energy use from renewable generation, what we are trying to do through the announcement today is make sure there are no undue barriers to good things happening that everyone can benefit from. good of you to join us. mosh of that breaking story, we are hearing that the parents of charlie gard have withdrawn, they have ended their legalfight to gard have withdrawn, they have ended their legal fight to try top get charlie taken to the united states, for treatment. chris and connie saying their decision was to ensure that they could spend the vast times with him. we are hearing from great 0rmond with him. we are hearing from great ormond street hospital who said the agony and bravery of the family's decision command great ormond street

hospital's utmost respect and humble all who work there. charlie's pa rents a re all who work there. charlie's parents are still inside the high court, his mother has been talking to thejudge, court, his mother has been talking to the judge, and court, his mother has been talking to thejudge, and we may get court, his mother has been talking to the judge, and we may get a statement from her after that hearing is concluded, but we have already heard their lawyer say their intention is o spend whatever remaining time they can with their son, as the treatment turns to palliative care for charlie, now that a journey to the united states has been ruled out. the court hearing it was simply too late to help charlie given his unique condition. so that is the latest from great ormond street hospital, it is worth repeating that statement, the agony, desolation and bravery of the family's decision command the hospital's utmost respect and humble all who work there. that is just coming respect and humble all who work there. that isjust coming in. we will talk to helena lee at the high court. you are watching bbc news.

three men have been given suspended prison sentences, disqualified from driving and fined, after being filmed racing at 134 mph on a dual carriageway near birmingham. amar paul, tejinder bhuee and zafar iqbal, were being followed by undercover police. thejudge at birmingham crown court said they avoided being sent to jail, only because there wasn't an accident. phil mackie reports. tejinder bhuee and zafar iqbal were driving their mercedes at breakneck speeds alongside amar paul, in a volkswagen golf, they seemed oblivious to the risks being taken with their lives and the lives of others. what are you doing in excess of 120? no?

this is the stretch where the races usually occur. among the officers in pursuit, pc mark hodgson. literally these people drive their cars like they think they are in a film or on a video game. of course, it is not like a film or a video game, because it is real life, things do go wrong, they go wrong all the time, when people drive in this manner. the consequences are just tragic and we have to pick up the pieces. illegal street racing in the west midlands has already cost lives, student rebecca mcmanus was killed while waiting at a bus stop with a friend on the way to a hen party. there is now a permanent memorial at the place where she died. the complete stupidity of the whole thing, to race like that, with no thought of the consequences, and the consequences can be so devastating, rebecca lost her life, we have lost our daughter, rebecca has been lost to so many people. they lost their liberty fora bit, and... they brought ridicule on their own families for doing such

a stupid thing and it is a stupid thing to do. local authorities have begun to take out a high court injunctions like this, giving the police greater powers to stop motorists gathering and taking part in a legal racing. there is some evidence they are working, in places like this the problem has declined but there is still a hard—core of motorists willing to take part in illegal street racing, putting theirs and other people's lives at risk. police believe that if the three men had been sent to jail, it would have sent out a strong message to street racers. an operation targeting them has already seen the number of incidents fall dramatically, more than 20 drivers have been disqualified and more than 60 cars have been seized. prince william has revealed how he tells his children stories about their grandmother, diana, princess of wales, to keep her memory alive. next month marks the 20th

anniversary of her death. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell‘s report contains some flash photography. she was once one of the most recognised figures in the world. constantly, or so it seemed in the headlines, but 20 years after diana's death there is now a generation which scarcely knows her. among them, of course, are her two grandchildren, george and charlotte. so, how does william keep his mother's memory alive for his son and daughter? i think constantly talking about granny diana, so we have more photos up round the house of her, and we talk about her a bit and stuff. it's hard because obviously catherine didn't know her, so she cannot really provide that level of detail, so i, i do regularly, putting george and charlotte to bed, talk about her and just try and remind them there are two grandmothers, there were two grandmothers in their lives, and so it is important they know who she was, and that she existed. perhaps the most effective way of keeping diana's memory alive was her charity work.

one of her most significant contribution was to break down the stigma which then attached to people with aids. in 1987, during a visit to middlesex hospital, she shook hands with an aids patient. a small gesture, but one which is remembered today by all those who have campaigned for greater understanding of aids. it was considered to be a gay disease, and for someone who was within the royal family and who was a woman and straight, and to have someone care from the other side was an incredible gift. you can see it. you look back to these days, when actually the reality was doom and gloom. absolutely. it was doom and gloom, yet everybody in that photograph is smiling. because of her. yes. 20 years after her death, it is, as william himself has said, a tribute to diana from her two sons, and an opportunity to introduce her to a new audience. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

now the weather. .it now the weather. . it has been very disappointing across eastern pa rs . it has been very disappointing across eastern pars of the uk today, across eastern pars of the uk today, a love o cloud drizzle, it unpleasant here in london, but western parts of the uk basking in sunshine, a tonning day with temperatures in the mid 20s. look at the clear skies in scotland, northern ireland, the south—west, in the east it is going to stay good morningy and cloudy. this is the rush hour temperature. you can see round the low, mid 20s in some of these parts. this evening we had clear weather in the west and central areas but eastern parts of the country staying on the cloudy side with a few spots of rainful these the overnight lows and tuesday promises to be overall the best day of the week, and the reason i am

saying that because most of us will have fine weather, today has been so dull in the east, tomorrow in the east we are going to get some sunshine. temperatures tomorrow will be lower though, in glasgow for example, 19, still 23 through in cardiff but london will warm up to round 23 degrees and come wednesday it looks as though it is going to be raining, soa it looks as though it is going to be raining, so a change on the way middle part of the week. good afternoon, you're watching bbc news with me, simon mccoy. the parents of charlie gard have ended the legal fight over treatment for their terminally—ill baby. his mother told the high court it was no longer in his best interests to pursue treatment. doctors at great ormond street said the agony and bravery of the decision commanded their utmost respect. donald trump's son in law jared kushner is giving evidence

to senators investigating russian involvement in last year's us election. earlier today he denied colluding with russian officials. the international trade secretary liam fox begins post—brexit trade deal talks with the us saying the uk will always be open for business. the government's proposing changes to the way electricity is generated, used and stored which could save consumers up to a0 billion pounds a year. new rules will make it easierfor people to generate their own power, and sell it to the national grid. just taking you to the high court because the microphones are ready, we expect a statement from charlie gard's parents following that case. they're scheduled to leave very soon, so as soon as they appear, we'll return to the high court to hear from we'll return to the high court to hearfrom connie yates we'll return to the high court to hear from connie yates and chris

cgard. a very difficult day for them, they say their priority is to get back to their son. we'll keep an eye on that as soon as they appear we'll take you back to the high court. to bbc sport centre, 0llie has the sport. heather knight says their world cup win could be a watershed moment for the women's game. mark robinson head coach says the sport is getting the recognition it deserves and people ta ke recognition it deserves and people take it seriously. it was a thrilling final at a packed lord's that saw them beat india by nine runs. this was the scene back at the ground with the trophy they last won in 2009. anya shrubsole was the match winner yesterday with six wickets. you dream of these moments, obviously when we knew the tournament was going to be in england and the final at lord's, you dream you will be at the final. at lord's. and you never really game you're going to take the final wicket. it's kind of reality now and just so happy, the whole team is, to

have done this. there's no better time for women and girls to play cricket here in the uk. it's something that's been growing at a huge rate. this world cup as a whole, definitely the final to be at lord's with a full house making an unbelievable amount of noise, hopefully it'll inspire people to think i'd like to be out here one day playing cricket for england. we looked at previous world cup victories, had an england dinner at the start of the year which a lot of the start of the year which a lot of the 93 cup winning squad were there, some of the girls from 2009, we said we wanted to make 2071 those years. i guess we're part of history. something that will be very special for all the girls for a long time, i don't think it'll sink in for a while. we'll be quite busy in the next few weeks, almost straight into the keogh super league. when we get the keogh super league. when we get the chance to sit down and look back, it'll be a very proud memory. uk athletics want to stage the world

parrot championship in london in 2019, they came to a close last night with the british team winning 39 medals. coming third in the table. they say a high level of positive feedback was received from tea m positive feedback was received from team leaders and athletes with a number of partners indicating support for london to stage it again, it would be the first city to host it twice. no country has staged the world's back—to—back before. the london stadium will host the world athletics championships from the end of next week, eddie doyle will captain the british team. she's won in the 400 metres relay. she's won in the 400 metres relay. she won her race at the team trials earlier this month. she was given the captaincy after a vote from her fellow squad members, she beat greg rutherford and mo farah to the role. you see the perfect home support can have on us. you saw what happened in london 2012. we've got a really big team, tried to fill as many spots as

we can. we can see some real special moments out there. manchester city have completed the signing of benjamin mendy for a world—record £52 million for a defender. the france international has signed a five—year deal. after the signings of kyle walker and danilo, city have spent almost £130 million on fullbacks alone this summer. virgil van dijk could be on the move. peter southampton captain but he's been left out of their pre—season tour to the south of france. the dutch defender has been continually linked with a move away from the club. the saints manager says he's not 100% mentally right. psychologically. liverpool are known to be keen to sign him. earlier in the summer. they haven't yet made an official approached by him. much more sport in the next hour. more now on this news... the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard have given up their legal fight to take him to america for an experimental treatment.

this is the scene outside the high court where supporters are gathering, everybody waiting for a statement from chris gard and connie yates, expected to leave the high court shortly. helen lee, our correspondent, has been in court and joins us. a statement from the hospital underlining what a very difficult day this is. yes, very difficult day this is. yes, very difficult day. simon, normally, as you know, in court cases we normally talk about a winner and loser, there hasn't been in this case. both sides have always said they want what is in charlie's best interests. as you say, we're awaiting the parents of charlie, connie and chris, to come out of court. connie had already spoken during the case this afternoon. she talked about how this is the hardest thing, she said, that we've ever had to do. they came to the decision to end the legal battle. with chris yates. because

they saw the latest mri scan on charlie, that it was very clear from that and other medical details and the american doctor who came over, that any kind of therapy now would just not be of any benefit to charlie at all. she went on to thank great ormond street hospital, she said, we love charlie very much, our son is a warrior. his spirit will live on for eternity. we've also had a statement from great ormond street hospital, who's been treating charlie now in intensive care for months. they say in a statement the agony, desolation and bravery of the pa rents agony, desolation and bravery of the parents decision to man the hospital's utmost respect and humble all who work there. what happens next is there will be private and sensitive discussions between great

0rmond sensitive discussions between great ormond street hospital and charlie's pa rents ormond street hospital and charlie's parents as to how and when they move charlie from intensive care to palliative care, so he can, as great 0rmond palliative care, so he can, as great ormond street hospital had all along, that he can die in dignity. we heard time had run out for charlie. with his mother suggested he would have had a normal life if they'd been allowed to act earlier. yes, this has been a dispute throughout this case. the case, court case, has been through four different courts over the past nearly six months. charlie's parents have always believed if they had looked at charlie much earlier, and looked at charlie much earlier, and looked at charlie much earlier, and looked at this kind of therapy, then charlie could have been given a chance. great ormond street hospital that they did look at this therapy, but once they went to get approval, charlie's health got much worse, so they decided it wouldn't be in his best interest. this has been an

incredibly complex case, simon, one that has stirred up very strong emotions from both sides. we heard in court as well when connie was giving that very emotional statement, many of the people in court were in tears as she talked about her son, including members of the press. it's been very difficult indeed. we are now awaiting the pa rents to indeed. we are now awaiting the parents to come out, whether they'll say anything at all, we're not sure, perhaps the family spokeswoman will say summing on behalf. now is the time for them to have some privacy with their son. do we know how long we're talking about? because now there is no impediment to the machine, support, being turned off. that decision is down to the doctors and parents. it is. the doctors were clearly coming any kind of case like this, the doctors will be guided as to how and when the parents want this to take place. there is that

court order in place, so it'll happen. the parents have now given their consent to it. we know charlie is in intensive care, he relies on a ventilator. he can't breathe by himself. he can't swallow. his senses are affected, his brain is damaged. here they are now. now we can see the parents leaving the courtroom now and here the supporters. perhaps they will speak to the waiting media. i'd like to read out a short statement. a more detailed statement will be provided in due course. firstly i'd like to think our legal team have worked tirelessly on our behalf for free. and to the nurses and staff at great ormond street hospital, who is cared for charlie and kept him comfortable and stable for so long. we'd also like to thank

everybody who supported us including all the people here for us today. this is one of the hardest thing is that we will ever have to say, and we're about to do the hardest thing that we'll ever have to do, which is to let our beautiful little charlie go. put simply, this is about a sweet, gorgeous, innocent little boy, who was born with a rare disease, who had a real, genuine chance at life and a family who loved him so very dearly, that's why we fought so hard for him. we are truly devastated to say that following the most recent mri scan of charlie's muscles, as requested in the recent mdc meeting by a doctor, as charlie's devoted and loving parents, we've decided it's no longer in charlie's best interests to pursue treatment and we'll let our son go and be with the angels. the american and italian

team were still willing to treat charlie after seeing both his recent brain mri and ecg last week, but there is one simple reason why treatment cannot now go ahead, and that his time. a whole lot of time has been wasted. we're now injuly and our poor boy has been left to lie in hospital for months without any treatment whilst court battles have been fought. tragically, having had charlie's medical notes reviewed by independent experts, we now know had charlie been given treatment sooner he would have had the potential to be a normal, healthy little boy. despite his condition in january, charlie's muscles are in pretty good shape. far from showing irreversible, catastrophic structural brain damage, the doctor and other aspects say his brain scan and other aspects say his brain scan and ecg were relatively normal for a child of his age. we knew it ourselves, as his parents, we knew

ourselves, as his parents, we knew ourson, ourselves, as his parents, we knew our son, which is why we continued fighting. charlie 's been left with his illness to deteriorate, devastatingly, to the point of no return. it has also never been about parents know best. all we wanted to do was take charlie to one world—renowned do was take charlie to one world— renowned hospital, do was take charlie to one world—renowned hospital, to another world—renowned hospital, to another world— renowned hospital, world—renowned hospital, to another world—renowned hospital, in an attempt to be treated by the world leader in mitochondrial disease. we all have to live with the what ifs which will haunt us the rest of our lives. despite the way our beautiful son has been spoken about sometimes, as if he's not worthy of a at life, our son is as if he's not worthy of a at life, ourson is an as if he's not worthy of a at life, our son is an absolute warrior, and we could not be proud of him. and we'll miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity, and he'll make a difference to people's lives for years to come, we'll make sure of that. we're now going to spend our

la st that. we're now going to spend our last precious moments with our son, charlie, who, unfortunately, won't make his first birthday injust under two weeks' time. and we'll ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time. to charlie, we say, mummy and daddy loved you so much, we always have and we always will and we're so sorry we couldn't save you. sweet dreams, baby, sleep tight, our beautiful little boy, we love you. chris gard reading perhaps one of the most emotional statements that high court has heard in many, many yea rs. high court has heard in many, many years. helen lee is covering the case. it was that statement, the

what ifs will haunt us for the rest of our lives, suggesting in some way they're still angry, bitter of our lives, suggesting in some way they‘ re still angry, bitter and of our lives, suggesting in some way they're still angry, bitter and the blame is still there, they're still not happy with this. that is the sense you got from what chris gard just said outside the high court. a very emotional, understandably, statement from him. it seems as if they still believe if charlie was looked at a much earlier, if they'd looked at a much earlier, if they'd looked at a much earlier, if they'd looked at that therapy much earlier, injanuary, looked at that therapy much earlier, in january, as looked at that therapy much earlier, injanuary, as he looked at that therapy much earlier, in january, as he just looked at that therapy much earlier, injanuary, as hejust said, they believe their son could have been given a good chance of life, but now they say the mri scan came back showing he's too badly damaged now, that any kind of therapy would be futile, as great ormond street hospital ways said. but the couple has always said they are just an ordinary couple, who have a son, who

is very unwell, and they were always fighting for what they always believed, they said, was in the best interests of their son. it does appear they are still very angry about their son not having that treatment much earlier. although great 0rmond did say they looked at that therapy, but decided against it, because they believed he wasn't inafit it, because they believed he wasn't in a fit state to go through that kind of therapy. charlie's parents have left the court after that statement. they will, i suspect, have left the court after that statement. they will, isuspect, go to the hospital now and then those last moments with their son. and also have that discussion which will bea also have that discussion which will be a very private, sensitive discussion. with the hospital, with medical staff, nurses, discussion. with the hospital, with medicalstaff, nurses, doctors who have been treating charlie for months now in intensive care. that discussion, a difficult one, when he will be moved onto palliative care. weight at the heart of this case has

been dignity. dignity we've seen from the parents. but of course it's the dignity of charlie and dignity in death that is now going to be their priority, the priority for the doctors treating him. yes, it's a very private matter. these court cases, which have gone on through four different courts, the high court here, the appeal court, the supreme court, then the european court of human rights, back to the... donald trump and the book got involved. it's an emotional, complex case. in court when connie was reading her statement out, there we re reading her statement out, there were tears in court, including from members of the press. it's been a very distressing case to follow for eve ryo ne very distressing case to follow for everyone involved. now i think it's a very private matter for the family, who will now go to great 0rmond did, which is only about a mile or so away from here. they will

wa nt to mile or so away from here. they will want to spend those pressures last moments with our son. thank you very much, helena lee outside the court. let's talk to alexander the santos, is human rights lawyer. it's clear that parents feel the co nsta nt it's clear that parents feel the constant toing and froing from what thierry one court to another was in their words, time wasted. yes, though the original hearing took place back in april, and part of the reason why the court process has taken so long is of course because there was a challenge, it went to there was a challenge, it went to the court of appeal, the supreme court then strasbourg. we're only backin court then strasbourg. we're only back in court now sometime later because material has arisen, put forward , because material has arisen, put forward, that wasn't before the court in april. whilst there will be a natural sense of time lost, looking at the various steps, it's easy to see why time has been taken.

material recently considered has brought matters to a climax. it only really been put before the court the first time in the few weeks. we've had the american experts flying over to examine charlie. thejudge had the american experts flying over to examine charlie. the judge said if someone is going to express an opinion, they ought to have examined him. the word hope is no longer in the pa rents the word hope is no longer in the parents vocabulary, there are no winners in this case whatsoever.m has been an awful case for everyone involved. we ought to have sympathy not just for the parents involved. we ought to have sympathy notjust for the parents but also the professionals who had to make some incredible decisions. mr justice francis has had to make some of the most difficult decisions any judge would ever have to make. when one looks at the care that's been taken, the one looks at the care that's been ta ken, the court one looks at the care that's been taken, the court of appealjudgment referred to the fact there was a thread of sympathy throughout the high court judgment. to thread of sympathy throughout the high courtjudgment. to make the incredible decisions made today, it's been unimaginable, the

afternoon, for the parents. the statement from hospital, i'll read it, the agony, desolation and bravery of the gards decision command gosh's utmost respect and humble all who work there. i suspect they speak not just for their profession, but the legal profession. it's been dreadfulfor all involved. it has been, it has polarised people. on either side of the argument, if i can call it that, both here and in different countries. america, italy, around the world. there is a real ethical debate at the heart of it, about the right to life. there has been great misunderstanding in terms of the views expressed about government interference, but has really been at sta ke. interference, but has really been at stake. what position... how helpful was the involvement of donald trump and, indeed, the pope, in this process ? and, indeed, the pope, in this process? well, on one level, it

enabled and assisted with the american expert on the doctors have recently flown over to come forward and assist. to some extent, having believed there were further steps to believed there were further steps to be taken, it sparked that further assistance from america, which has given a greater level of finality, enabling them to make the decision they have done. it's been useful to that extent. what i'd say is whenever there is a legal process it's generally unhelpful to have points of view expressed from people outside the process, who may not have the full information. a lot of the time some people who express views, not referring to anybody mention like the president for example, they haven't read the judgments themselves. this judge example, they haven't read the judgments themselves. thisjudge has to make his decisions on the evidence before him, not on the points of view expressed by people, however influential, from around the world. in a moment, a summary of the

business news. we'll bring you to map the headlines. the main story, charlie gard's parents have ended their legalfight over charlie gard's parents have ended their legal fight over treatment for their legal fight over treatment for their terminally ill baby. his father says they will never know what might have been if he'd been treated earlier. donald trump was mac son—in—law and senior adviser jared kushner denies colluding with russia during the president's election campaign. this is the business news this afternoon. the international monetary fund has lowered its growth forecast for the uk warning that activity has been weaker than expected in the first part of the year. the imf said the economy would grow by 1.7 %, instead of the 2% it initially forecast. it lowered its prediction for the uk and the united states, but upgraded the outlook for several eurozone countries. over two and a half thousand products have shrunk in size over the past five years,

but are being sold for the same price. the office for national statistics said it was notjust chocolate bars that have been subject to so—called "shrinkflation" when the goods get smaller but the prices stay the same to compensate for the increase in raw ingredients. it said toilet rolls, coffee and fruitjuice were also being sold in smaller sizes. the world's leading oil producing countries are meeting in russia today. ministers from the organisation of petroleum exporting countries — 0pec — as well as other oil producers are discussing plans they've put in place to deal with the current oversupply of oil. earlier this year, they cut production in an effort to stop crude prices from falling. now if you're a parent it might be the first day of the school holidays for you. childcare might be an issue — well there's a campaign called smarter working and its aiming to convince businesses to offer flexible working forjust one day at any location at the hours that suit them best. let's speak to jason downes who is the founder of smarter working initiative. welcome to bbc business. this is a

nice idea, what is the solution? the solution is to encourage more and more businesses to give flexible working to employees because there are working to employees because there a re clear working to employees because there are clear business benefits and clear employee benefits. what kind of changes do you want to see? giving people the choice to manage their time rather than the old—fashioned style their time rather than the old —fashioned style of their time rather than the old—fashioned style of command and control, give people the opportunity to manage their diaries, their busy schedules, home and work, give them more flexibility in terms of the hours they work, the locations they work at and how they go about achieving. it's not about shorter weeks, this is about a more productive and flexible business and employees benefit. you manage to get over 200 businesses on board, what about the bigger ones, the companies that comprise the ftse 100, about the bigger ones, the companies that comprise the ftse100, what are they like? most of the members in this group at the moment are the small and medium businesses across the uk and these are exactly the

businesses driving growth far greater than the national average and greater than many of their sectors. these are the businesses driving growth for britain. you won't lobby ftse 100 driving growth for britain. you won't lobby ftse100 companies. know, in terms of power, the businesses i run, the core market is that growing medium size businesses. in terms of women and men who run their own businesses, is it an initiative you're encouraging as well in terms of flexible working? literally, there are great example is across the uk in terms of people who had the courage and confidence to set their own business up and what we find now in terms of the way we work, you can set it up from home but you can use one of the many co—working spaces around the country, many of those are free to our members today. a quick look at markets before we 90, a quick look at markets before we go, ftse100 in negative territory. shares in outlines fell. back in an

hour with more market news. simon. the headlines coming up at 4pm. now they look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. thank you curragh simon mccoy. the weather is still sunny across western parts of the uk, it's been a beautiful day from scotland across wales, down into the south—west. many eastern areas and down into london is not a pretty picture. it's been cool and grisly. temperatures over the next few hours around the mid—20s. as we go into the evening, probably still hovering around 22 or 23 celsius across western areas. lovely enter the day for many. tonight a little on cloudy side because some of these eastern areas. 0n because some of these eastern areas. on balance, looking quiet tonight, which means tomorrow we have a fine day ahead of us. 0verall across the uk it would be the best day of the week because all of us will get some sunshine, just the risk of a couple of showers breaking out maybe across

the south—west, maybe one or two in scotland. but i think a fine day on the way with temperatures widely into the low 20s. wednesday looking mainly. —— rainy. this is bbc news. the headlines at four. the parents of the terminally—ill baby charlie gard end their legalfight, to take him to the united states for experimental treatment. connie yates and chris gard now accept that no medical treatment can help him — but still believe he could have lived a normal life had he been treated earlier. 0urson our son is 0urson isa our son is a warrior, we could not be prouder of him and we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone but his spirit will live on for an eternity, he will live on for an eternity, he will make a awence are for people's live for years to come. we will make sure of that. we will make sure of that. the hospital staff treating charlie say the agony and bravery of the decision commands their utmost respect.

donald trump's son—in—law and senior adviserjared kushner,