this is bbc news. the headlines at four... the mother of the terminally ill baby charlie gard is returning to the high court to request he's allowed to die in the comfort of his own home. a fully—electric version of the mini is to be built at bmw's plant in oxford, as the company insists it sought nor received any reassurances from the government post—brexit. the number of nhs vacancies in england in the first part of the year has risen to 86,000, up by 10% from last year. it's a perfect storm. not enough coming in and more people leaving than joining the profession, which is a terrible position to be in. house—builders could be banned from selling new homes as leasehold in england, as increasing annual charges make it impossible for some buyers to sell their homes. also in the next hour, thousands of firefighters battle forest fires spreading across the south—east of france. areas of corsica and st tropez are among the areas badly hit, as hundreds of homes are evacuated. happier passengers — more rail travellers say they're satisfied with their train services than last year. and justin bieber apologises

to his fans after cancelling the rest of his world tour because of "unforeseen circumstances". good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. charlie gard's mother has returned to the high court for a new hearing a day after abandoning legal action over treatment for her terminally ill baby. yates

here this afternoon. she " ” ' here this afternoon. she ‘i‘ ': ” ' arrived here this afternoon. she has been asking for charlie to be able to be brought home so that he could die at home. we know that back in june, the family said that they would like to put into bed in own bed at home and for him to have a bath at home. they said they want to have a few days with him at home. now, this is one of the issue. there are two issues. whether he can go home and how long you can survive without being in hospital. we have been hearing from oils for the pa rents been hearing from oils for the parents saying that they want some tranquillity with him at all. and they told him every day that they will take him home. but the problem is that great 0rmond street hospital say that the reality of having this ventilation keeping him alive means

the practical difficulties of taking him home will mean that it is just not possible. they are saying that what should happen is he could die in hospital they have identified the hospice where he could die and that he should go to the hospice. we have heard that there are practical difficulties. they have told... great 0rmond street said in a statement that they could not get the ventilator through the front door and is slated me and owns to the kerb—side and took charlie to his own home, he would have to come off the ventilator for that. they say that they do not want the disordered and distressing death. they say that their priorities charlie himself and they want to help with the needs of the parents themselves in these last few days. they say they are doing their best but they need an intensive care nurse, that is what he has now, and the doctor that hand. they need to

be will to get round corners, get upstairs. the other issue is how much time they can get. if this wasn't at all possible. they say could only be ours. they actually say it could not happen at all what if they did, it would only be ours. the family say that they want to spend days with charlie at home and wa nt to spend days with charlie at home and want to have memories of him at home. thejudge has said he wants want to have memories of him at home. the judge has said he wants to do what he can to try and give them those happy memories and allow them to have time with charlie and allow this to happen. but he said he does not want to rule on this. he does not want to rule on this. he does not want to make a court order. earlier this afternoon, he adjourned the case and asked them to go and mediate. we have heard that they have been trying to mediate is yesterday but the parents and the hospital are not talking. they are only talking through their lawyers. mediation is not working. but the judge has said that he wants them to galway, he wants them to draw up a list of how this mediation will work and he wants them to come back

tomorrow and he will then make a decision tomorrow. but they are back in court now, still discussing this. lisa, thank you very much for that. joining me now via webcam is lizzie tandy, a former neonatal nurse. who, i suspect, who, isuspect, has who, i suspect, has seen this horrible situation quite a few times. the difficulty is, in his final hours and days of the bebe‘s life like this, your sympathies are entirely with the parents. but as the court keeps saying, they have to put charlie first. absolutely. good afternoon. i have not practised at the moment that haven't done for a while, but certainly in the cases like this, i have never actually known that parents do want to take their children home. hospitals, and i'm sure great 0rmond street is no different, will have a designated flat, if you will come attached to the units, that was very much a home

from home. the parents were able to go in there and spend time with their child before, sadly, they passed away. and actually, having read a few things about the case, the logistics of getting charlie home are very, very tricky. as they pointed out just beforehand, home are very, very tricky. as they pointed outjust beforehand, getting the ventilator is to the front door is nigh on impossible. they are very large, andi is nigh on impossible. they are very large, and i think, really, it is a shame that the communication is broken down between the hospital tea m broken down between the hospital team and the parents. i know from experience that hospital teams try their utmost to inform parents and their utmost to inform parents and the children in this situation and it isa the children in this situation and it is a real shame that that communication is broken down. we have seen that played out in the highest courts of the land. i am just wondering, one cannot fully

understand any new payments' wish, if they have a baby in this position, you have enough silly room ready, the cot ready, get have your dreams over how this paper will spend a few first months of life... yes, this is such a devastating situation. this is a devastating situation. this is a devastating situation for everybody. to put any kind of barriers in the way of trying to do what is best for charlie. at the end of the day, that is what is the priority. doing the best for charlie. and as i understand it, from his condition, i don't think it will be very long before charlie will pass away i's coming off the ventilation. —— once.

they are very much on a time limit with charlie and logistics of getting him home for such a short space of time would be very distressing. and if charlie stays in the hospital, how will those last hours, days, hopefully, but whatever, how will they play at in terms of who is allowed to be with him, what sort of physical contact is allowed? how will his last few hours be? certainly in my experience, like i say, i have not been practising for some time, but in my experience previously, all the medical equipment, the life—support, all the medical equipment would be taken away all the medical equipment would be ta ken away and all the medical equipment would be taken away and they would have the opportunity to spend time with the child and cuddle him. to do everything you would want to do with your baby. you know, to make sure that they could cuddle him for so

long, dressing how they wanted to dress him. we usually alone most family members in. if they wanted to bring immediate family in, that would not be a problem. you know, we have to make this. the as family—oriented as possible. —— this awful situation as family—oriented as possible. i have no doubts that great 0rmond street would do their best for charlie and is family. great 0rmond street would do their best for charlie and is familym is very good of you to give us your time. sorry about the sound quality, but it was worth hearing what lizzie had to say. a fully electric version of the mini is to be built in the uk. the firm's german owners bmw said the new model's electric drivetrain will be built at its plants in bavaria before being integrated into the car at cowley, near 0xford. the government described decision as a vote of confidence in britain's industrial strategy. earlier, i spoke to our business correspondent jamie robertson about the background to this decision. there has been a lot of worries that

a lot of car companies simply weren't interested in a uk there was outside of the single market. the reason is, the problems that car here is because the card industry, more than any other in the world, has such a vast and complex supply system. it has supplied chains around the world. car manufacturers in the uk have tentacles going out into the single market in europe, supplying and selling back into the market. spare parts, the whole vehicles, the whole lot. the financial times did an interesting survey of the number of times which one particular bit of a van crossed the channel. it was five times it went the channel. it was five times it we nt a cross the channel. it was five times it went across the channel. if you do not have frictionless borders, you get held up everything that happens and that becomes a real problem. so thatis and that becomes a real problem. so that is the problem this seems to be a vote of confidence but something

will be done about that. what? no—one seems to know. i also spoke to tony burke, the assistant general secretary of unite, who gave his reaction. good news for the card industry, our members and the country. we have been campaigning to get the new electric vehicles produced here in the uk along with the infrastructure. so the announcement today by bmw is very, very welcome indeed. it is a great workforce, not just at cowley but in the bmw group. swindon as well. and they certainly will provide a real boost to our uk car industry. what does it mean for jobs? at the moment, it will underpin employment. in the uk, we produce one mini per minute. it will underpin production at cowley and will play swindon. it means there is a good future for our members at the

mini plant in the uk. in the past hour, the business secretary, greg clarke, gives his reaction. we talked about the fact that through our industrial strategy, we a to make britain the go—to place for the next generation of vehicles. they have got a fantastic workforce already at oxford and that combination of planning for the future convince them to back britain. no taxpayer subsidies used to secure this investment? we have a very good relationship with the automotive sector. we invest with the whole sector. we invest with the whole sector in research and development facilities, including an announcement i made yesterday about battery storage and including battery storage and including battery storage and including battery storage in vehicles. that environment that we have created, the go—ahead environment of investment in the future, has led companies like bmw and others to

realise this is a great place to be. it seems to have taken a fair amount of persuasion. he met with bmw three times, your ministers as well. why did it take so long and will this be required for every big deal in the uk from now? every big automotive investment is an investment notjust for one year ahead but for decades ahead. that is how long production lines last. and so it is very important that before such a big decision, that we engage, we discuss all of the requirements and innovation, for example. talking about electric vehicles and test facilities we have available to all companies in the sector. and i think that confidence that this is a government that has a strategy for the future, in which we are building oi'i the future, in which we are building on our the future, in which we are building on our strengths in the car sector, which has been established over the years, we are becoming renowned for

that. and it is great that really good jobs have been treated as a result. greg clarke. us president donald trump has given fresh hope of a post brexit trade deal between the united states and the uk. the president tweeted... minutes later, and another to eat, you criticise the eu. describing them as "very protectionist with the us." it follows a day after the uk trade secretary, liam fox, held talks in the us about the existing transatlantic trade relationship and how this will change once the uk leaves the eu. the headlines on bbc news... the mother of terminal oil baby charlie gard is back at the high court this afternoon to request that he is allowed to die in the comfort of his own home. a fully—electric version of the mini is to be built at bmw's plant in oxford, as the company insists it neither sought nor received any assurances from the government post—brexit. the number of nhs vacancies in england in the first part of the year has risen to 86,000,

up by 10% from last year. and in sport... after successfully defending his world 100 metre breaststroke title yesterday, adam peaty sets a new world record in the 50 metre breaststroke heats this morning. greg rutherford says he's "truly gutted" to miss out on defending his long jump title at the world athletics championships in london next week. he's failed to recover from an ankle injury. and chelsea staged a late comeback but could not recover recover after going 3—0 down to bayern munich. it finished 3—2. i'll be back with more on those stories later. house—builders may be banned from selling new houses in england as leasehold under new government proposals. a public consultation has begun on the issue, after it emerged some housing developers have been selling leaseholds onto investment firms, leading to extra costs or rising charges for homeowners.

under the proposals, leaseholds on new—build houses would be outlawed, while ground rents dramatically reduced. the communities secretary sajid javid said that there were 1.2 million cases of houses on leasehold, and the situation of escalating costs was one example of a "broken housing market". jonty bloom reports. newly—built houses in the uk used to be almost totally freehold — you buy the property and the land it's built on — but increasingly house—builders have been selling them leasehold, meaning you don't own the land and have to pay them annual fees. it's a way for builders to make more money. often, the annualfees rise regularly and buying the freehold can be very expensive. katie kendrick owns a leasehold house in ellesmere port near liverpool and wants to buy the freehold but the company which owns it has increased the price from £4000 to £13,000 in less than a year. i've asked the company for a breakdown of how the freehold is calculated,

their methodology to the valuation, which they failed to provide me with. they have said i could either go with it or if i challenge it, i will have to take on their legalfees. owners have also found that the ground fees are increasing rapidly, which often makes their property unsaleable. baz jaafar owns a one—bedroom flat in north london. i would go on the record to say that it's completely morally and ethically wrong. i'm pretty sure they are aware of this and i think they have an obligation to their customers, whether that's the people who bought houses or flats, in order to make right this situation. legal experts believe that as a result leasehold sales have no place in the housing market. it's just the tip of the iceberg, really. there's all these people who are stuck in this leasehold trap and unfortunately the developers are just using this

as another way to profiteer and make money. but house—builders say in some cases leasehold is best. i think a blanket ban could be problematic. if you're a council wanting to build homes, perhaps wanting to retain the value of the land, if you are a national trust with heritage products or maybe you're a landowner looking to give discounts to local community land trusts or groups trying to purchase that land, actually the leasehold model works quite well. now the government is set to act. it wants to ban leasehold contracts for newly—built houses. what we're talking about here are houses that are being sold on leasehold, thousands of them, for no good reason and then once they are sold, the people who purchased them are exposed to ever—increasing ground rents. it's not acceptable, it's wrong, enough is enough, and we're taking action. but that leaves thousands of people who bought new leasehold properties stuck with contracts that means they face increasing annual bills and unsellable homes. several building firms have set up

compensation schemes to cover claims of mis—selling and bad legal advice but a ban on future sales of leasehold houses will do nothing to help homeowners already caught out by buying leasehold. jonty bloom, bbc news. sir peter bottomley is chair of the all party parliamentary group on leasehold and commonhold reform. he's in our westminster studio. good afternoon. how long has that drew been in existence? about four or five years. we are working in the footsteps of two remarkable individuals, who worked on this longer than probably anyone else without payment. they have come together in a charity that is helping us in parliament. together we are making progress. some developers are trying to put things right. the people i want to put until green's seat, they are these investors take the freeholds and try to threaten leaseholders with

massive costs and massive charges. those who have given —— these people should be held account as to what they are doing and whether it is readable. this is a scam? total exploitation. we have to be on the side of the small person, putting their money for their first house or flat. there is a clever way of doing it which might not be allowed, which is to extend every least by one year. by extending the lease every week, the ground rent dropped to zero. those who have pockets filled with money from ordinary people find they are not filled any more. the trouble with this is, and one has huge sympathy with those who have ground rents up for thousands of pounds over the years, but they bought the house. they go through the sales process. they have clocked

up the sales process. they have clocked up to let this go so far? the previous housing minister, gavin barlow, naji started theresa may, worked together which —— with sajid javid on this. we are going to make progress. we will sweep up what has gone wrong before as well as stopping it in future. you say that, but many people think it is equivalent to ppi in terms of the potential number of cases it could be do and the amount of money at the centre of it. that is true. but another way of solving it is if the competitions authority declares that unreasonable terms are so unreasonable terms are so unreasonable that they are enforcea ble unreasonable that they are enforceable and that. the stream of money going out, which will go the cost of buying fields back and put eve ryo ne cost of buying fields back and put everyone back in a better situation. the developers, wendy saldana field for £5,000 —— when they sold a

freehold for £5,000... it would make it possible to extend was ground rent that has been paid. but there are ways forward that require attention. the select committee will look at this. i say this to the big investors of these companies. look out for the philippine interview. rerun it, put yourself in his position and start saying no what you're going to do to help government put things right. you're going to do to help government put things rightm you're going to do to help government put things right. is only a nswer government put things right. is only answer in the long run to scrap any leasehold? it should be that the field is owned by the leasehold of themselves, except in the relocation of the national trust. but for the majority of homes, it is either a freehold or commonhold, which takes away the opportunity of things going wrong by mistake or malice. away the opportunity of things going wrong by mistake or malicem away the opportunity of things going wrong by mistake or malice. it is very good to talk to you and it is good to know that with the house no longer in session, you can wear the shirt that your contador in.|j longer in session, you can wear the shirt that your contador in. i did not expect the interview today!m

has cheered us all up and it is good to see you. more than 86,000 nhs posts were vacant in england in the first three months of this year, according to the latest figures. statistics from nhs digital, which collates data, shows the number of vacancies climbed by almost 8,000, compared to the same period the year before. janet davies from the royal college of nursing gave us her reaction to the figures. these figures, they match what we have been saying for some time and the figures that we had at the beginning of may was that we believed there were 40,000 nursing vacancies in england alone. probably not too far off. our health correspondent smitha mundasad explained what the vacancies mean for the nhs. what is clear from this is that this isa what is clear from this is that this is a system under pressure. it is two years worth of data. it is worth saying they looked at vacancies on the nhsjobs saying they looked at vacancies on the nhs jobs website. saying they looked at vacancies on

the nhsjobs website. it is not the perfect way of assessing vacancies. nonetheless, lots of people are saying that this is a perfect storm of low wages and increasing pressure. it is worth saying this includes not just nurses and midwives, which make up the highest proportion of shortages, but doctors, dentists, technical staff, clerical staff. but that the diamond of health says that staff is a huge priority for them. —— the department of health. and snce 2010, it is then said that thousands more doctors have been brought in and finding new ways to recruit and train staff. but more and more have been leaving. with 86,000, it would suggest patients must be suffering one way or the other. this is what lots of patient groups are saying. people have said on the ground they feel that there are fewer nursing staff to go around. the unions have said that all of their staff are under increasing pressure. of course, officials will be looking into what

the implications of what these numbers mean. satisfaction appears to have improved among rail passengers across the uk. the latest national rail passenger survey shows that a period of more stable performance has led to improvements in passengers' experiences — even though there's been a lot of industrial action on some lines. our correspondent sent us this update from king's cross station. passengers according to this survey are happier with their overall experience when it comes to train journeys. this survey is quite comprehensive and what it covers. it cove rs comprehensive and what it covers. it covers everything from leg space, standing space in a train, to efficiency and punctuality. earlier, we spoke to some passengers in birmingham and this is what they told us about theirjourneys into work and for leisure on trains. in my view, more trains at peak hours. the capacityjust about copes, the capacity is poor on the way home at night but that's to be expected with trains. i don't use the train very much but i've never had any problems with them

at all, no. perhaps they could do with another carriage on a lot of trains, especially when people are coming, as they have, with loads of cases. i think the service i've had has been very good over the last year, i travel a lot by train and i can't remember being delayed meaningfully in the last 12 months. it's improving, definitely, because i know they are moving the time down to being able to get cheaper tickets so it starts about 9:30am and you can get the cheaper rate, so it's getting better. mixed opinions in birmingham. that is the picture we getting you that king's cross. a divide between commuters travelling during peak hours against one to travel off—peak. and also passengers travelling longer distances, they

tend to be happier. from northern cities down to london. overall, punctuality has got better and passengers are happy when getting places on time. overall, they tend to be better satisfied than seven or ten years ago when surveys were done and they were not as happy with the punctuality. if you were on a train this morning and did not feel the benefit because it was overcrowded, that comes across as well. overall, yes, things are getting better. the number of fatal shootings by police, and deaths following police pursuits, rose significantly in england and wales last year. a report by the independent police complaints commission says that in 2016—17, there were six fatal police shootings, including that of the westminster attacker, khalid masood. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explains what's significant about these figures. i think it is very difficult to see

whether this is a passion dummett pattern or just a whether this is a passion dummett pattern orjust a blip. six shootings is the highest number of the ipcc recorded since it was founded in 200a. but they were spread across a number of police force areas. investigators have found no evidence of misconduct in the part of armed police in at least four of the cases. you have to set it in the context of the number of armed operations please carried every year. armed operations please carried every yea r. last armed operations please carried every year. last year, it was 111,000 700. so the six deaths need to be seenin 700. so the six deaths need to be seen in those contexts. —— 111,000 700. there were 20 deaths of people involved in incidents in which police were following them in a police were following them in a police car. following a suspect vehicle. in the majority of those cases, the drivers of the vehicle we re cases, the drivers of the vehicle were not those who died. it was pedestrians or passengers. and i would be a concern. this is the highest figure for 11 years. there has been a concerted effort to try and strengthen police driver

training and the rules around police pursuits by the ipcc is saying today that it pursuits by the ipcc is saying today thatitis pursuits by the ipcc is saying today that it is going to look again at that it is going to look again at that with the national police chief council. theresa may has started her holiday in italy with her husband, philip. spending a few days in lake garda in italy, she will return from an engagement before heading to switzerland for a two—week walking break. switzerland was also a destination of choice for the former prime minister, margaret thatcher. let's have a look at the weather. we have quite a lot of dry and sunny weather through the afternoon. not everywhere. it is a little bit cooler in the east with a bit more cloud, keeping those temperatures down. for many others, blue skies sunshine through the rest of the day. don't get too used to it. today is probably going to be the best day of the week weather—wise. we have more cloud towards the look this age are coming in from the isle of

wight. blue skies and beautiful, warm conditions. moving into the evening hours, we see more cloud at times but most of us remaining dry and there will still be some decent spells of sunshine as we head through the end of the day. eastern england and scotland will see more cloud. one or two isolated showers around but many of us avoiding them. largely dry in a first—half of the night but into the early hours of wednesday, you can see the rain moving ina wednesday, you can see the rain moving in a crust of an island, western parts of wales, south—west england as well. to the north and east, try first thing but quickly through the day this band of rain with strong blustery winds mixes we eastwards a cross with strong blustery winds mixes we eastwards across the country. the rain tends to fizzle out as it heads towards the south—east but all of us will see a spell of damp, breezy weather. it feels quite cool at 18-21dc but weather. it feels quite cool at 18—21dc but cooler when you are exposed to the peas. a return to sunshine and showers for the west later than the day. that sets us up for thursday and friday. unsettled with father spells of sunshine and showers. —— more spells.

hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the mother of charlie gard has this afternoon returned to the high court to seek permission for her terminally ill son to leave hospital to die in the comfort of his own home. bmw has confirmed that cowley in oxford will be the main "production location" for a fully electric version of the mini, saying that they have "neither sought nor received" assurances over post—brexit trade from the uk government. there were over 86,000 vacant roles in the nhs in the first three months of this year, an increase of almost 8,000 on the same period in 2016. leaseholds on new—build houses could be banned in england, under government plans which could also see ground rents dramatically reduced. let's get the sport. good afternoon, we start that the

world aquatic championships in budapest and more good news for olympic gold medallist adam peaty, he said he wasn't even really up for it this morning but it did not stop him smashing another world record, he retained his 100 metres breaststroke title yesterday and sliced more than three tenths of a second off his own 50 metres breaststroke world record in the heat this morning. he said he could break the record again in the evening ‘s semifinal with the tying evening ‘s semifinal with the tying even closer to 25 seconds. evening ‘s semifinal with the tying even closer to 25 secondslj evening ‘s semifinal with the tying even closer to 25 seconds. i am not here to get a world—record but i wa nt to here to get a world—record but i want to get it in the final. it was a fantastic world—record, sometimes being the relaxed is so important. 100%, nine years, ten years of experience tells me that. it's great to enjoy it and give the crowd are better early wake—up. to enjoy it and give the crowd are better early wake-up. the 2012 olympic champion greg rutherford

said he's gutted injury has ended his hopes of competing at next month ‘s world athletic championships in london. he will not compete in the same stadium he won olympic gold five years ago, he says he will now focus on becoming a three—time european champion next year. another absentee will be sprinter richard kielty, he was expected to compete in the men's four by 100 m relay but the european indoor champion has broken finger on his changeover hand. five new names added to the tea m hand. five new names added to the team for next weeks championships. chelsea have sent kenedy home after he made comments before a match in

china. the club sincerely apologised after fa ns china. the club sincerely apologised after fans accused the player of xenophobia and racism over comments he made on social media before their preseason win over arsenal, he was booed by fans at the game and later apologised by the club has confirmed his return to the uk. chelsea had a difficult time of things as they went down 3—0 against bayern munich in singapore. marcos alonso pulled a goal back for chelsea. alvaro morata took an opportunity so it finished 3-2. took an opportunity so it finished 3—2. chelsea play inter milan on saturday. the shadow sports minister has urged the rugby football union to reconsider its decision not to renew the contract of england's women's 15 aside players. in a letter seen by bbc sport they tell the chief executive ian ritchie of the chief executive ian ritchie of the deep concern. the focus remains

on the world cup next month. we were fully aware of and understood the situation when the new contracts we re situation when the new contracts were coming out and it was something were coming out and it was something we were, i never thought it would happen ina we were, i never thought it would happen in a million years and had been really excited by it and have benefited from it and i think as a tea m benefited from it and i think as a team we have benefited from it but right now our purely on getting to ireland and doing well at that world cup. we are not thinking about anything else are letting anything else distract or derail us, it's all about us being the best they can be when we get to ireland. that's all the sport, more in the next hour. thank you. a parliamentary committee is warning that animal welfare standards in the uk could be threatened if farmers have to compete against cheaper, less—regulated rivals from outside the eu, once britain has left. a house of lords committee is urging the government to insist on similar standards in any free trade agreements to avoid what it calls a race to the bottom on welfare. our correspondent

duncan kennedy reports. it's day one of the new forest show and just time for a last—minute bovine brush—up ahead of the competition. but while some may need a haircut more than others, the world class quality of the livestock to be seen here is undisputed. but farmers like mike smales say after brexit, that quality might fall if britain is opened up to food imports from around the world. this downward spiral in expecting food to keep getting cheaper and cheaper is a bit naive. something has to give and it will be animal welfare? it will be but hopefully not in this country. today's report by the lord's says after brexit, the british public may have to choose between the quality and the price of their food. what is your priority, higher welfare for animals or cheaper food? combination of both. welfare of animals. combination of both. why can't they do both?

that's a tricky one. not at all. why not? animalwelfare, definitely. the government today dismissed the farmers' fears, saying... but animal welfare groups point to other issues like this — poultry being washed in chlorine in the united states. they say british consumers might have to accept this if we do a trade deal with america. britain has to insist on the inclusion of a clause that allows it to require imports to meet our animal welfare and food safety standards because if you haven't got that, there's going to be a race to the bottom. welfare versus price — it's a debate that's underpinned britain's food industry since the second world war. brexit will redefine it once again. a fully electric version of the mini

is to be built in the uk. the firm's german owners bmw said the new model's electric drivetrain will be built at its plants in bavaria before being integrated into the car at cowley, near oxford. the government described the decision as a vote of confidence in britain's industrial strategy. some of the workers outside the plant have been giving their reaction. it's great. it's great for the business and we are very thrilled that we are going to be part of this huge success, hopefully. will it affect you in anyway? it's going to be better for me, yeah, affect you in anyway? it's going to be betterfor me, yeah, my affect you in anyway? it's going to be better for me, yeah, my future. it's great news for the plant because it means more investment in the plant, it means there's no problem with thoughts of them closing down because of brexit. so it's very good news. we can speak to anneliese dodds, labour mp for oxford east — where the plant is situated. this is a good day. it really is, i

am very relieved we have got this news at last. lots of rumours swallowing and of course i hoped it would happen but it is officially confirmed. for the last few months there has been real concern that this was a deal that could be lost. absolutely, we have had quite a lot of turbulence especially with the brexit boat and potentially the government following quite an extreme approach saying we could crash out without a deal. i am still worried about that because for the long—term future of the plant we need tariff free trade but in the medium term i am pleased we will see production coming to oxford. are we seeing the pragmatic world of business, bmw looking at this and it is in the interest as well as that of britain to make brexit work. absolutely. i and many other people have accepted the referendum but we

don't want to see an extreme brexit where we could have big tariffs on car production because that would push up costs. what has happened here reflects just as much the strength of what we have in oxford where we've got a very strong highly skilled workforce, lots of apprenticeships and strong support from the local community for the plant which has existed here for decades. this is a reflection of the oxford and regional economy rather than necessarily saying this is about britain as a whole. i wish it was but i think we have something special. surely this is a reflection ofa special. surely this is a reflection of a major company in the european view, that future business with britain is bright, it can work and whatever the fears, and you used a phrase extreme brexit, nobody else has, but brexit as it stands could just work. i hope we won't have crashing out of the eu without a

deal. it has been threatened before, iam deal. it has been threatened before, i am saying that as a constituency mp wheni i am saying that as a constituency mp when i have had many car workers say to me they are concerned about the tariff they might face if we leave. i'm just reflecting what constituents are saying, they have genuine fears which i don't think should be dismissed. we need a long—term plan for all of britain's industry but i do think this is a reflection of what we have got in oxford. it would not be particularly sensible to draw too large a conclusion from this one case. there we re conclusion from this one case. there were concerns must have been a backroom deal with nissan when there was a good dealfor britain backroom deal with nissan when there was a good deal for britain last year, do you think there might have been backroom dealing here? they say that has not been the case, bmw. but what i would like to have seen from the government which would have affected all automotive manufacturers in britain is a more clear development of battery technology. investment coming in

from government. but we don't want specific deals. that's not good for the future of our country and i don't think we had today. are you a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of person? joe glass half—full probably, i am very proud of what this plant has achieved over the years, it's gone through lots of incarnation and is now producing a quarter of a million minis. hundreds of firefighters in the south of france and corsica are battling huge forest fires which have been fanned by high temperatures and strong winds. a blaze has swept through 1600 acres of the luberon national park in provence; and people have been moved to safety from the town of biguglia in north

eastern corsica. sophie long reports. firefighters battling a fierce blaze on the holiday island of corsica. it ripped through 900 hectares of forest. people left their houses and could do little more than watch as the fire came threateningly close to their homes. translation: we were woken up by the smoke. it was stifling so we stayed in the house and then they evacuated the children and my sister—in—law, who is pregnant. a combination of heat and high winds are making the fire difficult to contain. a bbcjournalist on the island says people are becoming increasingly concerned about their homes and businesses. it's still burning, pockets keep lighting up as this wind continues. there is a real sense of worry that perhaps they won't be able to get this under control and livelihoods and lives could be threatened. in carros in the hills above nice, planes sprayed water from the air. below, the forests continue to burn. and crews the ground damped

down amid the damage. translation: we were up to 70 hectares of fire. the particularity of this fire is that we had hundreds and hundreds of houses that were threatening the forest areas. elsewhere in france, fires also raged near lubron and here in the var region. another battle to stop fires spreading just ten kilometres from the seaside resort of st tropez. this mobile phone footage gives a sense of the high winds feeding the fire's intensity, winds that are not expected to abate until thursday. there's been a rise in the number of people falling victim to scams prince philip will attend a royal

marines charity parade outside the queen ‘s london residence before he steps back from his official duties. earlier this year it was announced he would retire after the summer. a spokesperson said prince philip may choose to attend certain event alongside the queen from time to time. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: the mother of terminally ill baby charlie gard is back at the high court this afternoon, to request he's allowed to die in the comfort of his own home. a fully—electric version of the mini is to be built at bmw's plant in oxford, as the company insists it neither sought nor received any assurances from the government post—brexit. the number of nhs vacancies in england in the first part of the year has risen to 86,000, up by 10% from last year. the markets all up today. i would like to say it was all to do with bmw deciding to make

its electric mini in oxford — but it wasn't. it was a lot more to do with some heavy buying of the big mining companies like anglo—american and antofagasta, glencore and rio — all of them gained between two and 3%. the big news in the us was a 45% rise in caterpiller‘s first quarter results. now caterpillar makes all the kit you use when you're building houses, office blocks, highways and so on. so when it's doing well it's generaly thought the economy is doing well. back here, there are plans to do away with the sale of leaseholds on new build housing. the government has asked the public to comment on the idea, because they say buyers of leases are often unfairly exploited with large hikes in ground rents. and of course there is the story of bmw's decision to build the new electric mini in its cowley plant in oxford from 2019 onwards. business secretary greg clark said: "this landmark decision is a vote of confidence in the determination of our industrial strategy to make britain the go—to

place in the world." let's get detailed analysis of all this from russ mould investment director at aj bell. what do you think about the decision to build the new cards in oxford? it's the second major we have had after nissan saying they will stay in sunderland so i guess you would see if you were pro—brexit you'd be confident that your views on the uk economy will be upheld and the uk can sail through and if you are a remain voter you will take it on the chin and accept at least it's good news for the uk economy. the car industry in general seems quite optimistic, sandlin probably the best word to use about brexit, what will happen to tariffs and trading. the weakness of sterling is probably an advantage at the moment but that can be fairly transitory. it's

reassuring to hear bmw say that no incentives were sought, its most on the virtue of the plant of its own. it's a vote of confidence in british productivity. let's talk about the housing question, the possibility of a ban on selling new builds as leaseholds. if this was done, if they did take this away and say you could not do it, would it have an effect on housing market?m could not do it, would it have an effect on housing market? it is possible because it's a cost some people have encountered are understandably unhappy about and it could be a disincentive to people to buy. some of these leaseholds linked to high rates so the money can add up to high rates so the money can add up quickly, it may be a possible barrier to people. the house—builder association kind of shrugged it off but i think taylor wimpey has set aside some fennec and £30 million in

provisions for customers who may seek redress. one of the big features of the indexed is caterpillar and did some staggeringly good figures. this is an indicator isn't it that the whole economy is doing well, it's a real bellwether stock. it's a global company so they chief executive cited an improvement in construction in china and mining and oil activity not just in china and mining and oil activity notjust in america but around the world. if you take it at face value it's good news. for them to raise their profits forecast is encouraging on the face of it but equally china has been leading heavily on stimulus so people wonder how long that could last. and also oil, and investment cut at one of the majors in america, not quite as

clear—cut as we would like it be but it makes a nice change. strong day on the stock markets. mcdonald's also had some very good results, the result of a turnaround programme starting to get some very good figures after two years, it was started by the chief executive two yea rs started by the chief executive two years ago, born and bred in watford. what we read into that? i don't know, what do you want to read into it? good to know i suppose. justin bieber says he is cancelling the rest of his world tour "due to unforeseen circumstances". he's been touring for the past 18 months, playing more

than 150 shows. the final 15 performances were scheduled to be in north america and asia. earlier today music reporter steve holden from bbc radio 1's newsbeat gave us this update. i think there is more to it than meets the eye, to cancel 1a gigs after 150, there is something more at play. and his manager his long—term manager posted a statement on instagram and said a man's soul and well—being that i truly care about came fast and we must all respect and honour that. that indicates there may be some kind of breaking point at play here because if you imagine he's a solo performer, the world's biggest pop star, every single thing he does, every contra band activity star, every single thing he does, every contraband activity offstage is scrutinised, he does not get a break, in the eyes of some people. maybe this is just the town where he needs to have a bit of arrest. in the interest of balance may he have lived that his bank account, so he

not needed any more and so decided not needed any more and so decided not to bother? joe possibly. averaging the promoter and the manager make money through tooting so they will get as much touring as they can of their artists. it might not be his decision to actually give this up but somebody may have stepped in and gone look we need to give this guy a rest. how will his fans feel? they will be gutted but people, i have seen on twitter loads of people saying they are heartbroken and it's the worst thing ever that could be imagined but on the other side of the coin he has a very dedicated fan

base who are happy to go long with what ever his personal opinion is so if he says he is sorry he has portrayed disappointed them he will give them a break. he has a long career ahead of him, i am sure there will be another tour in the in recent months he seems to have come over the hill, he posted the picture of an old police mugshot on instagram and said he looks at it all the time and knows it's not a place he wants to go back to. in the past it would be easy to say blame this on him being a brat but now especially after the death of

chester beddington last friday, in terms of looking at artists, looking after their mental health and well—being, as much as they have an amazing life and nature of the world and nothing is done for them they are still a person and a brain and some well—being to look after. for the first time in living memory, dozens of fountains which adorn st peter's square and the vatican are being turned off. a vatican spokesman said the move is an act of solidarity with the people of the city who face severe water shortages because of a prolonged drought. from rome, here's james reynolds. you can look up to the sky as much as you want, but right now rain isn't coming to rome. during this dry summer, the vatican is taking emergency steps. it's no good looking for water flowing here in the vatican. the pope has switched off his fountains, hoping to set a good example for the rest of the city. this is the vatican's way of living solidarity with rome,

trying to help rome get through this crisis. essentially the water that comes into the vatican comes from the same place as where the water comes that goes to rome, and this is our way of trying to help out. but right next to the vatican, someone's forgotten to switch off the drinking fountain, to the clear relief of thirsty priests and tourists. the water shortage has affected large parts of italy. this is the beds of the river po. farmers think the lack of rain has already cost the country around 2 billion euros. lake bracciano outside rome is one of the city's major water sources. the lack of rain has stopped it from refilling. the capital now measures its worries by the inch. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. a line from the white house, we are just cheering there could be a decision soon in their words on the

fate ofjeff sessions. he has come under withering and public criticism from donald trump over the last week, the white house saying we will come to a resolution soon. could be hours, could be days. we arejust telling you that is what they are saying. could this be the world's bestjob? this is a zookeeper in southwest china who has to dress up as a panda in order to play with cubs. it's because the animals are due to be released in protective wildlife. the cubs have to learn to live on their own and not rely on humans, so zookeepers pretend to be pandas when they interact with the young animals. you can see the zookeeper cuddling and playing with the cubs, who seem very happy to see what appears to be an older panda. let's get the weather.

they looked very cute, but i wonder if he had to smell like a panda to be convincing? in the weather is fine and dry through the remainder of the afternoon, today probably the best day of the week, seems like this, blue skies and sunshine, bit cloudy across northern and eastern parts, this picture coming from st andrews, more cloud and it's a bit cooler. more places dry evening hours. clear skies are many of us tonight and then our attention turns during the second half of the night towards the west where this band of rain will roll its way in during the early hours of the morning, turning

wet and windy, further east it's going to be dry and bright. let's look at wednesday morning, quite a damp one with soggy rush—hour across much of wales in south—west england, lots of spray on the road. south—east england, east anglia, the worst lincolnshire sunny steals to start the day could we will all see the arrival of the rain at some point in the day with low pressure in charge and that will push this weather front west east across all of the country. as the rain makes its way further east it will turn lighter, more patchy across the south—east, then we see a return to sunny spells and a few scattered showers heading in from the west so brightening up and still quite blustery, around 18—21d but feeling cooler when you are exposed

to the breeze. moving through into thursday, low pressure remains in charge, quite tight isobars, blustery winds circulating around the low pressure, perhaps more persistent rain in the north west, breezy elsewhere with sunny spells and potentially heavy showers of a similar day on friday but perhaps for your showers, breezy feel to the weather mix of sunny spells scattered showers around more rain heading from the west later in the day and that sets us up for a fairly u nsettled day and that sets us up for a fairly unsettled weekend so if you have the sunshine this evening enjoy it the rest of the week is looking u nsettled. today at 5pm, the parents of the terminally ill baby boy

charlie gard are back in court, this time to decide where his life support should be switched off. connie yates wants her son to die at home, but great ormond street hospital says that isn't practical. they've suggested a hospice. thejudge at the the judge at the high court says in his final moments the hospital and pa rents would his final moments the hospital and parents would come to an arrangement without him having to intervene. a fully—electric version of the mini is to be built at bmw's plant in oxford, as the company insists it neither sought nor received any assurances from the government post—brexit. based on that confidence in our industrial strategy and end the brilliant workforce at oxford, i am