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. ourson our son is ourson 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, 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. 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. i do regularly, putting george and charlotte to bed, talk about her and remind them there were two grandmothers in their lives. good afternoon and 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. connie yates and chris gard have been fighting for months to prevent doctors at great ormond street hospital from turning off the life support for ten month old charlie — but this afternoon the high court heard that they now accepted that no medical treatment could help him.

charlie gard's mum told the high court "we only wanted to give him a chance of life." let's take a look back at his parent's legal battle. at the beginning of march this year, mrjustice francis starts to analyse the case at a hearing in the family division of the high court in london. on april 11th the high courtjudge says doctors can stop providing life—support treatment. then at the start of may, charlie's parents ask court of appealjudges to consider the case. the court of appealjudges dismiss the couple's appeal on may 25th. onjune 8th charlie's parents lose their fight in the supreme court. later in june, judges in the european court of human rights start to analyse the case, after lawyers representing charlie's parents make written submissions. a week later, they refuse to intervene. then at the start ofjuly, as the case gains coverage worldwide, the pope and us president donald trump offer to help provide care.

earlier this month his parents returned to the high court, as doctors apply for a fresh hearing to examine new evidence. today they announced they were ending their legal fight. difference for people's live for yea rs difference for people's live for years to come. we will make sure of that. i would like to thank our legal team who have worked tirelessly on our behalf for free and to the nurses and staff at great ormond street who have cared for charlie and kept his co mforta ble have cared for charlie and kept his comfortable and stable for so long, we would like to thank everybody who supported us, including all the people here for us today. this is one of the hardest things that we will ever have to say and we are around to do the hardest thing we will have to do, which is to let our beautiful little charlie go. put simply this is about sweet, gorgeous, innocent little boy, who was born with a rare disease. who had a real genuine chance at life and family who live him so very dearly and that is why we fought so

ha rd dearly and that is why we fought so hard for him. we are truly devastated to say following the most cent mri scan of charlie's muscles as requested by the doctor, as charlie's devoted and loving parent, we have decided that it is no longer in charlie's best interests to pursue treatment and we will let our son go, and be with the angels. the american and italian team were still willing to treat him after seeing his mri and eeg but there is one reason why treatment cannot go ahead. and that is time. a whole lot of time has been wasted. we are now injuly and our poor boy has been left to just lie injuly and our poor boy has been left tojust lie in hospital, for months without any treatment while lengthy court battles have been fought. tragically, having had charlie's medical notes reviewed, we now know had charlie been given the treatment sooner, he would have had

the potential to be a normal healthy little boy, despite his condition in january, charlie's muscles were in pretty good shape and far from showing irreversible structural brain damage, the doctor and other experts say his brain scans and eegs we re experts say his brain scans and eegs were those of a relatively normal child of his age. we knew that ourselves because as his parents we knew our son, which is why we continued fighting. charlie has been left with his illness to deteriorate devastatingly to the point of no return, this is also never been about parents know best. all we wa nted about parents know best. all we wanted to do, was take charlie from one world—renowned hospital to another world—renowned hospital in the attempt to save his life, and to be treated by the world leader in mitochondrial disease. we will have to live with the what ifs which will haunt us for the rest of our lives. despite the way our beautiful son

has been spoken about sometimes as if he is not worthy of a chance at life, our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him and we could not be prouder of him and 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, and he will make a difference to people's lives for years to come. we will make sure of that. we are going to spend our last precious moments with our son charlie, who unfortunately won't make his first birthday, with just under two weeks. a we will ask our privacy is respected at this difficult time. to charlie, mummy and daddy love you so much. we a lwa ys and daddy love you so much. we always have and we always will. we are sorry we couldn't save you. sleep tight our beautiful little

boy, we love you. sleep tight our beautiful little boy, we love you. let's talk to helena lee at the high court now. hours to come are possibly the toughest, they have to reach a decision with the doctors as to what happens nec with carly. yes, that is right. simon, and the lawyer representing the family in court said the parents face some dark days ahead. there were as you heard there from chris mac—charlie's father. his mother spoke about she loved their son and it was the most difficult decision they have had to make to stop pursuing this legal battle against great ormond street hospital, and when she spoke in court, there were many people in tear, including members of some of the legal teams. we know that this has been a very difficult case,

there has been one central question to it, what is in the best interests of carly, that is what the judge had to look at, based on the medical evidence. a complex case and an motive case w the background to it here is lisa. by here is lisa. by his side as they have been throughout. chris gard and connie yates, today their legal fight came to an end. charlie was born last august, a seemingly healthy baby but after few weeks it became clear that something was wrong. he was diagnosed with a very rare genetic condition, causing muscle wastage and brain damage. in march this year, the medics at great ormond street hospital determined that such was charlie's condition, his treatment should be withdrawn, and he should be allowed the die with dignity. it was a decision his pa rents with dignity. it was a decision his parents could not accept, believing there was still hope for their son. an online campaign garnered global

support with donations raising over one million pound to pay for experimental treatment at a hospital in america. treatment so new it has never been trialled on animals or human, with the rare genetic disorder. howeverjudges at ever live up top the european court determined that this would not be in charlie's best interest, through the long legal process charlie's parents relationship with the hospital deteriorated. i can't still to this day cannot get my head round, they don't want to do the treatment but there is somewhere out there that does, and they basicallyjust, kept him a prisoner there, and you know oui’ him a prisoner there, and you know our parental rights have been stripped, the minute we took him in there, in hind sight we lost him. then came a series of high profile interventions from the pope, the vatican offering to transfer him to rome and president trump tweeted he would be delighted to help. white house officials spoke to the family

in hospital. the foreign office got involved. and today, carly‘s parentsened their fight. involved. and today, carly‘s pa rentsened their fight. great ormond street hospital had gone back to court, after the family said there was new information, but after examining charlie, an american doctor who said he could help, told them it wasn't possible. all the doctors agree damage to his muscle and tissue was irreversible. great ormond street has released a statement in that statement they said the agony desolation and bravery by the family's decision command our utmost respect and humble all who work there. charlie's pa rents humble all who work there. charlie's parents have humble all who work there. charlie's pa rents have now left humble all who work there. charlie's parents have now left the high court here, we assume they have now gone to spend what they say are the last precious mopes with their son and they will now have to have a very difficult, private and sensitive discussion with medics as to when charlie moves out of intersieve care

and on the a palliative regime. thank you. we can speak to trevor stammers, senior lecturer in bioethics at st mary's university. it is quite clear the parents feel that this legal process took too much time, it was wasted time and time charlie never had. obviously very difficult to listen to that, and one's heart goes out to them. i think that one of greatest difficulty for both doctors and patients and particularly parents is if what ifs as charlie's dad was saying, of course one can't rewind the clock an neither can we ever be sure as to whether these things would have helped earlier, but certainly, as time went by it became less and less likely any form of treatment would have helped, yes. trevor, art the heart of this is that moment where charlie's parents

lost trust in the doctors who were treating him. yes, from the very beginning that has been one of the key thing, i think, that has brought this case worldwide attention, and i think on the positive side, it shows how well this life—and—death decision making, day in, day out in hospitals across the country actually does work. these cases are very very rare, but on the negative side of course, it does illustrate the catastrophic emotions and consequences that can come from a situation where trust has broken down, so that essentially the pa rents down, so that essentially the parents have down, so that essentially the pa rents have lost down, so that essentially the parents have lost confidence in the treating team, and as a clinician myself i have had that experience from time to time, and it perhaps inevitable and one of the

difficulties of being involved in health care. is it inevitable next time orare health care. is it inevitable next time or are there lessons we can learn from this case that will mean next time parents face that agonising discussion with doctors, there is a quicker resolution?” think that there are several lessons that will be learned from this. you are right the primary one is, we didn't know it before, legal cases can go on for such a long and protected period of time, that actually the very issue that is being taken to court, may change the patient‘s condition may change so consideration does need to be given as to how things might have been done better, for example when the evidence from the american neurologist was first brought to light. | neurologist was first brought to light. i could not understand why he wasn't flown over then in april, to examine charlie and determine then,

three months ago or more whether he felt having examine charlie that the treatment he was offering would be appropriate for him at that time. who knows whether it would have made any difference but it would have eased the parents' what ifs now. looking at what they have done today, they could have let court have to make this decision, that would have changed the dynamic, what they have done is incredibly brave today. i absolutely commend them for what they have done an one of my really big concerns was with the horror of these death threats and the abuse that charlie's parents have suffered too, that once these things become the centre of battles that actually have nothing do with little charlie's life, they have been commendable in taking this very difficult and painful decision, and bringing things to an end, i hope that now there will be staff members

at great ormond street with whom they can establish a relationship of trust, to take them through the very difficult days that will follow. they have made no secret of the fact they want to spend any remaining hours or days with carly at home, is that something you think they would be allowed to do? i would hope that will be possible. i don't know the precise situation at great ormond street, but most hospitals do have home care pariahtive teams and certainly from my perspective as general practitioner of five years ago, i would general practitioner of five years ago, iwould hope general practitioner of five years ago, i would hope that that might be possible, but we will have to see. —— palliative. possible, but we will have to see. -- palliative. it is good of you to join me. thank you for your time. 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. our 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. lliative teams and certainly from my champion‘s parents end their fight over their terminally ill baby. 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 of £in battery technology. sport the england cricket captaineth heather knights say their 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. manchester city have

bought benjamin mendy from monaco for £52 million and the olympic champion adam peaty will defend his world title in dud pest. he is looking to become the first man to break 57 seconds in the event, all being well we might bring you that race live just after half past. the government is promising what it calls a revolution in the way electricity is generated, used and stored — that could save households up to £40 billion by 2050. a special fund to award hundreds of millions of pounds to companies researching battery technology is being created. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. the future of motoring looks electric as governments strive to combat pollution and climate change. batteries are still big, heavy and expensive. 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. our 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. need a flexible electricity will and grow. overnight, 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. with me is reza shaybani, chairman of the british photovoltaic association, the national trade association of the uk solar photovoltaic industry. it is about batteries, first o all, how big a deal is this, because is industry describing this as a

game—changer? industry describing this as a game-changer? absolutely, it is a very big dealfor the industry, of courses, and for the consumer, i call today the energy freedom day, that they people, businesses and homeowners can produce electricity, can homeowners can produce electricity, ca n store homeowners can produce electricity, can store electricity and can use it, as they see fit, where and when need to use it. ? you would say that from your association because you are all about solar panels and creating people, doing, getting their energy, is that realistic? . of course, this is not a new cottage industry any more, today over one million homes in the uk are powered by solar energy, about 12,000 megawatts of solar is being installed in the uk, so seven years on from the introduction of subsidy we are now a proven industry and not long ago electricity in the uk

produced out of renewables was exceeding electricity produced out of gas and coal. so we have nothing to prove. we are on the way to making electricity out of renewables, the main sara forsythe of energy. the government was right to say you don't need the subsidies any more. the government was righted but too early. the government almost killed an industry which was employing over 37,000 people. two yea rs early, employing over 37,000 people. two years early, the cuts were introduced. we were asking for cuts to be introduced in 2018, where the industry, the solar industry and renewa bles industry, the solar industry and renewables and storage could connect together. i am delighted that the government has made this decision, better late than never. this is the expression we should use no. i am delighted the government has taken the initiative. it shows that the conservatives have a industrial and energy strategy, because they were accused of establishing the department for energy and climate

change, and thinking energy is no longer important, of course it is they have shown that leadership today. it is not often we have had a good news story all round. the storage, we are still in a position if wind and solar generates too much, we are having to pay people turn the gear off because we can't store it. that is the next change. absolutely. today energy stores energy in smaller scale consumer and mid scale commercial and larger scale that can enable producer to produce electricity, store and use it when you can. we can't use electricity out of solar at night. they can't produce it when it is not windy. today if we can produce and store that electricity, we can be almost off—grid, we don't need to choose the soushes of electricity

coming from the grid any more. who is come going to come up with that invention, who is going to say this is future, the cell, whatever it is battery that will revolutionise everything? a number of companies, i am delighted to say uk companies are in the forefront of these. we welcome the announcement of the secretary of state to set up the ballotry institute, which will bring all the playersing to and i am delighted to say automotive sector and the ev sector will always play a big part in this. we need to decarbonise our transport... electric vehicles. charging your electric vehicle out of conventional socket is a waste of time. today's announcement is significant in

production of electricity, storing electricity and also mow bill. the green mobility is a massive part of future government policy. good to have good news. thank you. britain's economic growth forecast has been downgraded by the international monetary fund — following a weaker than expected performance at the start of the year. in april, it was predicted the economy would grow by 2% but figure has now been revised down to one—point—seven %. the treasury says the report highlights the importance of a good brexit deal with the eu. 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 a "number of strands", including "continuity" of existing deals. our political correspondent alex forsyth has more. for people who have add say itted the departure from the european

union, liam fox, part of the reason for that was because they wanted the uk to be able to go off into the world and forge its own trade deals with other country, free from what they saw as the shackles of eu membership and so, that is what liam fox sees his role as doing, there is no real conflict with european union on this, the eu recognises that the yuck needs to develop trading relationships in readiness for brexit as and when that happen, but there are restrictions on what can be formally agreed before the date of brexit, and then question two, over what can be signed off if the uk ends up in a transitional deal with the european union, post—brexit for a period of time. nonetheless liam fox was positive, very optimistic about the opportunities that await. this is what he said. 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 and trade. it is perhaps fortuitous we are also the first and fifth largest economies in 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 we hold 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 one million people in the united kingdom, and the uk firms employ more than one million americans here. us companies are investing in the uk, seeing a familiar environment built on economic funmentals, which allow businesses to flourish.

they are attracted by our low tax, low regulation economy, universities which sit alongside their american counterparts in all global top ten lists, a highly skilled and educated workforce, a cutting—edge research environment, and the ability to operate in the perfect time zone for global trading. these fundamentals will not change, and the uk will always be open for business. so liam fox dene stress the uk will remain out ward looking post—brexit. he did acknowledge, however, that reaching a trade deal we the eu by the brexit deadline date of march 2019 would be optimistic, he said there was a growing consensus in the british government, the cabinet round 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 a cce pta nce to three year, there seems to be an acceptance that there may be a need for that to avoid a cliff edge but no doubt they will watching closely, to ensure the uk government doesn't backslide on the process of leaving the european union and liam fox himself today said those who have any intention of trying to thwart the brexit process, they are dreaming. that was alex forsyth, my thanks to sam egerton who treated that watching me try to pronounce the word is the funniest thing today. tomasz schafernaker will brighten us up with a cheery forecast. bit of a damp patch over us in london, notjust london but many parts of eastern britain, so it's not going to brighten up in a hurry across the east, it'll stay gloomy today. excuse me... here are the clouds, western areas basking in that beautiful weather with temperatures in the mid—20s. the

warm spots are in wales and south—western parts of scotland, so a stunning day here, that's how it'll end. on a beautiful note. through the evening more and more across central part of the uk will get that fine weather, the extreme east and south—east hangs onto the cloud until sunset, then through the night staying pretty cloudy and stamp across east anglia. the rest of the country, quiet tonight. tomorrow will be a fine day, we predict the best day of the week overall with some sunny spells and a few little showers here and there, but on balance the present day. come wednesday we have a weather front out there in the atlantic which will be pushed in by a powerfuljet stream, which means a good old wet day for some of us on wednesday. this is bbc news with me, simon mccoy. the parent of charlie gard have entered the legal fight to treatment for their terminally ill

baby. his parents accept no medical treatment can help him but still believe he could have led in normal life had he been given treatment earlier. outside court they paid tribute to their baby boy. our son is an absolute warrior and we could be not proud of him. —— not be prouder of him. we'll miss him terribly. his body heart and soul may still be gone but his spirit will live on for eternity and he'll make a difference to people's lives for yea rs make a difference to people's lives for years to come, we'll make sure of that. doctors at great ormond street hospital where he's being treated say the agony and bravery the parents decision commanded their utmost respect. charlie's parents will have discussions with the hospital about how the 11—month—old should be allowed to die. donald trump's son—in—law jared kushner should be allowed to die. donald trump's son—in—lanared kushner is giving evidence to senators investigating russian involvement in last yea r‘s investigating russian involvement in last year's us election. earlier today he denied colluding with russian officials. the government is proposing changes to the way

electricity is generated, used and stored, which could save consumers up stored, which could save consumers up to £40 billion a year. turned the sport. olly foster is at the bbc sport centre. is it winning cricket? -- is it —— is it swimming or cricket? the england cricket captain heather knight says their world cup win could be a watershed moment for the women's game. the head coach mark robinson says that the sport is getting the recognition it deserves and that people take it seriously now. it was a thrilling final at a packed lords that saw them beat india by nine runs. this was the team today, back at the ground, with the trophy that they last won in 2009. they've won it four times in all. bowler 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 dream 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. adam peaty is looking to retain his world title in the 100 metres breaststroke in budapest shortly. they are away. peaty won the world title in 2015 and gold at the rio olympics last year, breaking the world record in the process. he holds the ten fastest times in the history of the 100 breatsroke. also the european and commonwelth champion. he has long talked about project 56. to break 57 seconds . his world record stands at 57.13. he's in lane four.

project logistics is on. it could be about winning the gold and the world record here. he's starting to power now, the power face record here. he's starting to power now, the powerface of record here. he's starting to power now, the power face of adam record here. he's starting to power now, the powerface of adam peaty... look at him go away from the rest of the world, this is the greatest field in the world in the hundred metres breaststroke, clear water between great britain's adam peaty and the rest of the world, the world record is 57.157.47, and the rest of the world, the world record is 57.1 57.47, just outside that. goodness me, the margin of victory was phenomenal. it's a sprint. adam peaty has destroyed the best in the world, absolutely obliterated them. adam peaty from derby not breaking his own world record breaking 57 seconds, but he's retained his world

title in budapest. remember he won the first gold medal for great britain at the rio olympics in world — record britain at the rio olympics in world—record time last year, com pletely world—record time last year, completely dominant in the 100 metres breaststroke. the first gold medal in the swimming programme for great britain. tom daley got diving gold as well in budapest. coverage continues on bbc two. uk athletics want to stage the world para championships in london in 2019. they came to a close last night with the british team winning 39 medals to come third the table. uk athletics say a high level of 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 the championships twice and no country has staged the worlds back to back before. manchester city have now completed the signing of full back benjamin mendy from monaco for 52 million pounds. that's a world record for defender. the france international has signed a five—year deal.

after the signings of kyle walker and danilo, city have spent almost 130 million pounds on fullbacks this summer. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. including reaction from adam peaty after another sensational swim. i'm exhausted just watching it! you're watching bbc news. as we've been hearing — the parents of terminally—ill baby charlie gard have ended their legal challenge to take him to the us for experimental treatment. a lawyer representing chris gard and connie yates told the high court that "time had run out" for the baby. professorjulian savulescu is the director of the institute for science and ethics at oxford university. i know you actually spoke to connie yates during this case. i'm just wondering, given there are discussions in hospitals around the world on a regular basis, why this particular case seems to have gone so wrong. well, there is dispute

amongst medical experts about whether there was some chance, though small, or no chance, doctors at great ormond street hospital the position there was no chance but an american expert said there was some chance. the debate is about partly the science, but also how much weight to give in the face of uncertainty to a chance of life. the difficulty is time is of the essence and it's clear from what charlie's pa rents and it's clear from what charlie's parents said outside court, they feel so much time had been wasted. well, you've got to remember in april he had a normal brain scan. what i think you'll find now is his brain scan is abnormal and thereafter the objectively abnormal tests, so clearly there has been significant deterioration since january and at that time a professor did think it was worth a try love treatment, he now thinks it's not worth a trial. a lot has changed in

those months. at the heart of this is the breakdown in trust between charlie's parents and the doctors treating him. these are emotionally charged cases where back the compressed to the wall. it is difficult to move from there when it's life or death at stake. doctors believe it would be a harm for charlie to continue to exist in this level of suffering. it's not a question of trust, its creating a platform for reasonable discussion amongst a range of experts, both scientific, ethical and legal. the adversarial court system we've been exposed to over and over again isn't a forum for that kind of discussion. where should that have taken place? a think discussion should have taken place within the hospital, with

charlie's parents, but with a range of external experts. finally we've got a good range of input at this point. actually now there is consensus. i think you have to find experts that give the widest range of opinions and if one of those is able to offer treatment in a world —class able to offer treatment in a world—class institution, then you have to go with that view, you've got to be generous, are on the side of life. and a chance in these circumstances. i think we didn't have the framework for that kind of discussion. the parametersjudges a lwa ys discussion. the parametersjudges always worked under is they act in the best interests of charlie, of the best interests of charlie, of the baby. do you feel it wasn't necessarily the case here? know, as soon as i heard the firstjudgment, it wasn't clear to me that stopping treatment was in his best interests, in my view, and i've beenjoined by peter singer and others, the

statement of a low chance of some improvement meant it was in his interest to have a trial of therapy backin interest to have a trial of therapy back in april. it's changed now, he now has no chance of improvement, but i think the judgment about whether it's in someone's interest to die orto whether it's in someone's interest to die or to live is a profoundly difficult decision to make and i think there can be reasonable disagreement about that and when there is we should err on the side of what the parents want and on the side of life. charlie's father said what ifs will haunt them for the rest of their lives. unfortunately i think that is the case and i hope what we will learn from this is a new way of thinking about these kinds of cases in a way that doesn't lead to... this is the worst scenario for everyone, charlie had six more months of intensive care with the suffering associated with that, with no chance of improvement, we don't know whether experimental treatment would have had any effect, it's been traumatising for the

doctors, especially for connie and chris. it's been the worst outcome no matter what side of the fence you fall on. very good of you to join us from melbourne, thank you very much. at least five people have been hurt — two of them seriously — in an attack by an unidentified man in the swiss town of schaffhausen. police have said that the attack, which prompted them to seal off the centre of the town close to the german border, is not believed to be terror related. a police spokeswoman said they were searching for the suspect. unconfirmed reports on social media, say the suspect has a chainsaw. scientists say they've found human material, in soil samples taken in greece by british police, who've been searching for ben needham. he was 21 mths old, when he disappeared on the island of kos, in 1991. our reporter marta newman has the details. ben needham was 21 months old when he disappeared on the greek island of kos injuly,1991. in the years that followed, ben's mother kerry pleaded with anyone that knows anything about her son's disappearance to come forward.

last october, an extensive 21 days search was conducted of land around the farmhouse where he was last seen, and a second site close by, after it emerged the toddler might have been crushed to death by a digger. and now, on the 26th anniversary of his disappearance, a possible breakthrough. signs of blood have been found on items recovered by police during last year's search. some of the items that we brought back we submitted for further forensic work, and the result that to date, i'm led to believe, shows signs that there is some human decomposition of around those items that we did bring back from kos. the sandal and toy truck believed to have belonged to ben will now be tested for his dna in aberdeen. about 60 items in total were brought back to the uk for analysis. what we are providing is information

that there is a strong indication from this chemical profile that we were able to ascertain, there's a strong indication that this was present on these items as a result of blood decomposition. south yorkshire police hope that this latest development will go some way in proving what happened to this little boy. marta newman, bbc news. more now on the international trade secretary, liam fox, holding talks in washington to discuss a possible trade deal with the united states after the uk leaves the european union. with me is marianne schneider—petsinger, geoeconomics fellow in the us and americas programme at chatham house. are you surprised these talks have got underway so quickly? not really surprised because they can't be official talks, they are informal

chats. and because as long as the uk isa chats. and because as long as the uk is a member of the eu, the exclusive competency is with the european commission, with these can't be formal negotiations. liam fox was talking in washington this morning, it was clear he was presenting what we're getting on with things. it's very much in the mood of scoping out potential interests. the european commission has made very clear they don't want the uk to negotiate, so liam fox has to walk a very careful line and find balance because otherwise he risks antagonising the relationship with the european union ata time relationship with the european union at a time when the uk really depends on goodwill in the negotiations with the eu. that's why it's odd, it at a time america is holding its own trade talks with the eu. yes, the tt negotiations are in the freezer since the election. the european trade commissioner has said they are

in the freezer, so the commerce secretary in united states recently put it back on the table. concerns from the european commission are to what extent the us is really interested in moving this forward given the america first sentiment. i think that will also play into the trade talks with the uk. donald trump has made no secret of his frustration that the european union, negotiating with 27 countries to get an agreement. with the uk will they feel, we can get on with it, one country talking to one country, much easier. keep in mind the european commission negotiates on behalf of all 28 eu member states, 27 soon to be. it is a bilateral negotiation between the us and eu and the us administration is increasingly coming to that understanding that it isa coming to that understanding that it is a bilateral deal, not multilateral. again, given the complexities of coming to one single decision within the eu, adding just

the uk to deal with united states will make negotiations quicker.” don't know if you are betting woman, but if you were, how long are these talks going to take? quite some time, i don't expect anything to bear fruit time, i don't expect anything to bearfruit in time, i don't expect anything to bear fruit in the next 3—5 years. years? yes, official negotiations can't start until 2090 months the uk has actually officially left, then, for the us negotiators to be able to assess how valuable access to the uk market is, they need to know what the uk and eu trade relationship is going to be and given the recent status we might have a long transitional period, so during that timei transitional period, so during that time i don't think the us is going to put forward its best offer. looking at past trade agreements for the united states, they've taken an average three and a half years from the time negotiations start to implementation. will it be true of every country outside the eu that

wa nts to every country outside the eu that wants to strike a deal with the uk, they wait and see what deal the uk has with europe's first? very much what i think is going to happen. could be a long time for everybody. yes. thank you very much for that, thank you. prince william has revealed that 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. our 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. ina in a moment we'll look at how the financial markets in europe have closed the day, but first the headlines just after ten to five. charlie gard's parents end the legal fight over treatment of their terminally—ill baby — they said valuable time had been wasted. 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. let's look at how the market in

europe have entered the trading session today. markets mixed, but largely negative territory today. in the rest of europe it was mostly down to the auto sector, which was under pressure after reports the european commission is investigating collusion between german car—makers. volkswagen fell 225%, 3.9% down for daimler, and peugeot dropped as well. the commission is still assessing the information, not welcome news for those car—makers, picking up the pieces still from emissions ringing. airline stocks are down after comments from ryanair led to concerns about a pricing war in the sector. ryanair says it expects prices to fall in coming months and warned it may have to stop flying certain uk routes if the uk doesn't do a deal with the eu overair uk doesn't do a deal with the eu over air routes. the world's leading oil producing countries are meeting

in russia today. ministers from the organisation of petroleum exporting countries, as well as other oil producers, are discussing plans they 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. the retail sector on the ftse100 and the ftse 250 moved higher on possible merger news. b and m rose 2%. and asda is considering a £4.4 billion takeover bid. joining us for more analysis is simon derrick, a chief market strategist. let's start with airline stocks, are they down because of those comments from ryanair?” stocks, are they down because of those comments from ryanair? i think it is. it's interesting, they were very good results from ryanair, so it's interesting the guidance they we re it's interesting the guidance they were giving is so negative. you dig down a little bit, it really was a

case of perhaps the results have been supported by cheap oil prices, the fact the pound had rebounded a little bit. looking forward, one of theissues little bit. looking forward, one of the issues they are concerned about is other cheek dividers are out there who have been supported by easy oil prices. till that issue of those marginal providers in the airline industry starts to be resolved, it's clear ryanair will ta ke resolved, it's clear ryanair will take a cautious view of the outlook. opec meeting today, what is likely to come out of that? i suspect very little. what we've seen over the course of the last three years is growing pressure from lead producers within opec and outside as well, russia in particular, to try and get some of the smaller producers to stop overproducing. for the moment at least there is little sign they'll stop, so this glut that has lasted the last three years, kept oil prices cheap, which is great for us, not so great for the oil

producers. looks as though it were continued. there is talk about threatening some of these countries that continue to overproduce. it's difficult to see what saudi and everybody else can do. for the moment at least cheap oil prices look like they'll be with us for some time. moving on to asda, and rumours they are targeting a discount supermarket, b&m. you don't get them in london and the south—east but you do the rest of the country. is this something that will happenjust the country. is this something that will happen just rumours, the country. is this something that will happenjust rumours, sign the country. is this something that will happen just rumours, sign that one of the biggest supermarkets want a piece of the action that aldi and lidl have with discount suppliers? there have been plenty of stories over the last 12 months of supermarkets going out and buying other retailers, sainsbury‘s and argos is the most obvious example. it's hard to see why walmart via asda would want to do this deal.

walmart has been struggling to get asda to turn a profit. it seen a decline in results over the last 12-18 decline in results over the last 12—18 months. the reality is asda already has lots of space to sell stuff in already, it would actually be better to double down on the bed if they bought b&m as well. there is the simple question, if they think b&m as a great strategy in terms of pricing why doesn't asda follow anyway? interesting asda denied they we re anyway? interesting asda denied they were interested in this. on this particular case, there will be no deal, but it's a broader sign of change within the retail space, within the uk. i think it's a pretty leading one and i think we'll see more signs of change. interesting to see if that goes through. that's it from me, a round—up of the top business stories on our website. let's get a weather update. we join

tomasz schafernaker for the forecast. still grey and cloudy across many eastern parts of the uk. not really going to change an awful lot. if you live in east anglia, lincolnshire, looks like you'll keep the grey skies and spots of rain. take a look at the picture here from argyll and bute earlier. blue skies. this picture being repeated across western britain. compare it to suffolk, grey skies. however, just around norfolk, if you're looking out to sea, this big band of cloud here, but the skies are actually clear. the main sunny, warm weather across western parts of the uk. this is 6pm, you can see what a contrast in temperatures there will be, mid 20s in some spots across wales, only 17 in london. here is the bit of sunshine of the norfolk coast. rain for parts of lincolnshire. many areas across western britain, the

la ke areas across western britain, the lake district and scotland enjoying that sunny weather, just a shower chance, mostly in the highlands. looking fine. tonight still on the cloudy side across the east, western areas will have a lot of clear weather. by the end of the night, temperatures will have dropped to 12-14 temperatures will have dropped to 12—14 for glasgow, belfast, cardiff, more or less the same there for london and norwich. tomorrow should be quite a nice start the day, maybe cloudy in the east, but eventually we infora cloudy in the east, but eventually we in for a fine the best day of the week as far as we're predicting, most of us will have sunshine and dry weather, 23 in london, 20 in glasgow, not quite so warm but still a nice day. all change for the middle of the week, a panel forjet strea m middle of the week, a panel forjet stream racing off the atlantic, pushing in at low pressure, and weather fronts in our direction, pushing in at low pressure, and weatherfronts in our direction, a speu weatherfronts in our direction, a spell of heavy rain. eastern areas may get away with a dry morning but by the time you get to the middle of the day, this is about the middle of the day, this is about the middle of

the day, this is about the middle of the day, the rain pushes through. in the day, the rain pushes through. in the evening, you can see it dries out across many areas. this low pressure will bring strong winds to the north—west. you can count the isobars. for thursday, we are talking about sunny spells and blustery showers. quite a brisk day on the way. friday will also bring sunny spells and a few showers. on balance, the way i described this week is more or less what we get this time of year. we've had some hot weather the last few weeks and it has cooled off now, but this is the kind of summer we normally have. the wettest day is wednesday, but there will always be at least a bit of sunshine from time to time. have a great rest of the day. today at five, the parents of the terminally ill baby, charlie gard, have ended their legal fight for treatment in america. they say no medical intervention can now help their son, but believe doctors could have acted more quickly in allowing experimental therapy.

outside court, they paid tribute to their baby boy. ourson our son is ourson is an our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him. we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul could soon be gone but his spirit will live on fertility and he will make a difference to people's lives for yea rs difference to people's lives for years to come. we will make sure of that. staff at great ormond street hospital say they've been humbled by "the agony and bravery" of charlie's parents' decision. we'll be live at the high court after what appears to be the final