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 delighted they were able to make this landmark investment. 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. forest fires across south east

france force hundreds of homes to be evacuated as firefighters battle the blaze. escaping it all. theresa may and her husband philip are in italy on the first leg of a three—week break. its five o'clock. our top story. 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. lawyers told a judge that connie yates and charlie's father, chris gard, want to put the "bruising dust" of the legal fight behind them and have their final hours with charlie at home. thejudge said he needs more information on the plan to take him home. doctors say it is not practical to

switch c's life—support machine of away from great ormond street hospital or a hospice. our correspondent lisa hampele is at the high court. thejudge showing a the judge showing a degree of frustration at the breakdown and trust between the doctors and charlie gard's parents, even now continuing. you can feel the tension in courtand continuing. you can feel the tension in court and we have heard the pa rents in court and we have heard the parents and the hospital orderly talking through lawyers, and in court latest tension and anger and you can see they are upset and they have been sent out of court a couple of times today to go and try to mediate. he says he doesn't want to make a court order and says it is not up to him and he doesn't want to decide how it will happen. he wants charlie to be able to die at home

with his parents but he says it is up with his parents but he says it is up to him to mediate. he sent them out of court and asked the lawyers to talk and the kim back in again, and there is frustration and anger and there is frustration and anger and we have heard from connie yates. she is in court and her husband is with charlie at his bedside because they want to spend as much time as they want to spend as much time as they can with their precious angel. connie yates says the parents want him to have a tranquil few days at home. they have promised an everyday that they will take him home and say they want to give him a bath at home and allow him to sleep in his cot at home. thejudge has said he would like him to go home. the two issues, whether he can be allowed to go home, and if he does, how long can he be kept on a ventilator at home before being switched on to

palliative care and the ventilator turned off. it is clear the judge would not like this to go on a long time, but they want to have days with him, they say. we have also had the statement from great ormond street hospital and they have said that the key obstacle and one which the hospital cannot see a way around is the reality of that in visa ventilation. they say that as far as they are aware, the ventilation has to be provided in a hospital setting and cannot be provided outside of the hospital and they have to have an intensive ciaran norris and a doctor on hardened. —— intensive ca re nurse. doctor on hardened. —— intensive care nurse. the parents dispute this and see he could have portable ventilation. we have also heard there are practical reasons, why he cannot go home today. they say a

ventilator cannot fit through the front door and the ambulance drawing up front door and the ambulance drawing up at the curb, charlie would have to be taken into the home of the ventilator and police say they want to avoid a distressing experience. they would like him to be able to die at home but they are saying that this is not practically possible. they say this care cannot be simplified and must be provided in a specialist setting by specialists. they say it would offer the opportunity to create memories and perhaps to begin a time of healing. they say f possible they would like it, they don't see why it is not possible, she could go into a hospice, one thing offered as a possibility, but his parents haven't accepted the mediation offered yesterday, and we hear they are just going back into court again, and the

judge has said he would like them to come back and he wants a timetable at 2pm tomorrow, for a decision to be made and he doesn't want to make that ruling. the german car manufacturer bmw says it has decided to build an electric version of the mini at its cowley plant in oxford. the new model is due to go into production by the end of 2019. the electric motor, gearbox and battery pack will be produced at bmw's plant in leipzig in germany, before being brought to the uk and installed in the body of the mini at the factory at the cowley plant in oxford. the company says it has not received any assurances or commitments from the british government regarding trading arrangements after brexit in 2019 — and nor has it requested any. the business secretary greg clark echoed the car manufacturers' comment that the government had not received any promises and said the investment was a vote of confidence in the british economy. the discussions we had with bmw were

around our commitment the discussions we had with bmw were around ourcommitment in the discussions we had with bmw were around our commitment in our industrial strategy to make britain the best place in the world for the research and development in one of our most successful industries, and based on that confidence in our industrial strategy and in the brilliant workforce at oxford i am delighted they were able to make this landmark investment. tony burke — the assistant general secretary of unite also gave his reaction and said that the decision was a big positive for the uk economy. it's good news for the uk car industry and our members of 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 welcome indeed, it is a great workforce not just at cowley welcome indeed, it is a great workforce notjust at cowley but in the bmw group in swindon as well. it certainly will provide a real boost to our uk car industry.

with me is our business presenterjamie robertson. the government is happy, the unions are happy, should we be happy? what's not to love? it is good news. it is difficult to interpret this in any other way. it is a continuation of the three door hatch model, the mini, so not a whole new card but an existing card into which is going to be put an electric motor, which is going to be built in germany, in bavaria. it was a new —— if it was a new car altogether that would be significant because it would mean a whole new infrastructure. we haven't got to that stage and bmw is very much at the forefront of electric ca i’s much at the forefront of electric cars amongst the big car manufacturers. it has been doing

research and trials since 2008 and in 2018 it is bringing out the bmw roadster and in 2020 the x3. it has something like ten plants around the world making are contributing to electric car manufacturing. we are one called in a large machine, not a small cog but one cog. that cork continues to turn. it is turning and it all looks good but as you say this is a continuation of production at cowley. what about piu show? we're expecting them to come up with a decision. —— peugeot. we're expecting them to come up with a decision. -- peugeot. what they need to be looking out at the moment is that it is very little clarification as to what the trading relationship will be like between the uk and europe. if things go

badly and there are now trading relationships perhaps we have to resort back to wto rules, meaning a 10% maximum tariff on all cars going into europe and coming the other way, and 4% on car parts. there you can possibly deal with that and then remember that as the uk market itself, and they want to sell these ca i’s itself, and they want to sell these ca rs into itself, and they want to sell these cars into that. it is notjust manufacturing cars in the uk in order to export although that is important, but there is also a uk market. if you're just going to manufacture from the uk market that is not a bad deal at all, so perhaps they can afford to do this regardless of the kind of tariffs that can be paid if they are going to be exporting the cars out of the uk. many thanks. joining us now is david bailey, professor of industry at aston university. are you as sanguine as of the rail seems to be about this? it is

certainly good news and an indication of the way the industry is going and we will see many more electric cars in future. i don't think it tells us that much about brexit. as we heard, this is an adaptation of an existing card. the production line is already there and a very skilled workforce and it didn't make sense to build a whole new production line somewhere else. the big issue will come when the next generation of mini is built, and if that is continued uncertainty about trading relationship with brexit bid is no guarantee investment will come to the uk. did the suggestion, and a big suggestion at the moment, that this country may very well be heading for the kind of brexit that would involve 82 or three orfour year brexit that would involve 82 or three or four year transitional period, and that factor into bmw's decision? we have seen a change in rhetoric over recent months from the

government. bmw were always going to place production of the electric mini in oxford. they are putting pressure on the government to do some sort of transitional deal so that we don't see this sort of cliff edge brexit. a transitional deal is seen as very much edge brexit. a transitional deal is seen as very much needed by the industry, partly because they are having to make investment decisions well ahead of when the actual cards will be made. they want some sort of clarity about what kind of trading relationship they will see in the future so they see a transitional deal was absolutely crucial. leaving the single market and the customs union, how will that affect the kind of three times your bmw would like with the uk and the uk with bmw? of three times your bmw would like with the uk and the uk with bmw7m is going to make it much more difficult and if we think about electric cars made in oxford, a li% tariff on imports and 10% on exports, it adds extra friction to how they manage their supply chain

and in the long run i'm sure it would mean less investment, but from the industry's point of view they wa nt the industry's point of view they want as much the industry's point of view they want 3s much access 3s the industry's point of view they want as much access as possible to the single market and certainly membership of the customs union and probably some sort of regulatory agreement so they can manage their supply chains as well as possible. everyone is saying no assurances were sort of given about the post brexit deal. convinced about that?” think there were no specific assurances and bmw have probably been putting considerable pressure on the government to support the development of electric technologies and battery technologies. only a few days ago we saw the government saying they were investing heavily in battery technology going for it. the car—makers are exerting a lot of pressure on the government to support new technologies and it is probably the right thing to be doing anyway. good to see you, david bailey. thank you. us president donald trump has given fresh hope of a post brexit trade

deal between the united states and the uk. the president tweeted, "working on major trade deal with the united kingdom. could be very big & exciting." he then criticised 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. a man who battered his girlfriend's five—year—old son to death for losing a trainer has been jailed for life. marvyn iheanacho had denied murder. a court was told that when he attacked alex malcolm witnesses heard a "child's fearful voice saying sorry", loud banging and a man screaming about the loss of a shoe. the 39—year—old will serve a minimum of 18 years in prison. this is bbc news at five — the headlines. the mother of terminally ill baby charlie gard is back at the high court this afternoon, to request that he's allowed to die in 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. a little bit more on this in the moment. and in sport, after defending his world 100 metres breaststroke title yesterday, adam piquet sets a new record in the 50 metre breaststroke heats today. greg rutherford says he is truly gutted to be missing out on defending his long jump title next week. he failed to recover from an ankle injury. chelsea have sent kennedy home from their pre—season tour of asia after comments made on

social media. the club went on to lose a friendly to bayern munich 3-2. lose a friendly to bayern munich 3—2. more on those stories just after 5:30 p:m.. see you then. back to one of our top stories. the number of nhs vacancies in england rose by almost 8,000 between january and march, compared with the same period last year. that's according to the latest figures from nhs digital. a total of 86,000 posts were vacant over the three months. of these, more than 11,000 nurse and midwife posts remained vacant, which accounts for the highest proportion of shortages. janet davies from the royal college of nursing says she's not surprised by the shortfall in nurses. nurses are leaving. we saw that from the regulator recently that nurses, not just those the regulator recently that nurses, notjust those retiring, but those mature and experienced and valuable nurses are choosing to leave, either leaving the nhs and the country or more worryingly leave the

profession. it is not that they don't love nursing. they absolutely love theirjobs. don't love nursing. they absolutely love their jobs. what don't love nursing. they absolutely love theirjobs. what they don't love theirjobs. what they don't love those working for the nhs at the moment. they don't feel valued, they feel totally undervalued. one important thing is they haven't had a pay rise for about ten years and they are really feeling the pinch. many are working two jobs, one as a nurse and some doing something else, some working agencyjust to make ends meet, so they are struggling financially which makes it very hard to commit. because this is a vicious circle, our nhs is incredibly understaffed. if you are one of those nurses working with out collea g u es those nurses working with out colleagues you are not able to give the quality and type of clear you know you should do and this is devastating for nurses, they are going home in tears and on top of that working extra hours to cover that, those unpaid, so not only are they not getting a pay rise they are

working for a couple of hours at the end of a chefjust to make sure everything is done, the paperwork done and handed over to colleagues. it becomes impossible to work at that sort of level for a period of time and people are sadly making the decision not to stay. with me is our health correspondent smitha mundasad. the picture that is being painted of the profession is pretty awful, absolutely awful. from your experience are you surprised that they are seeing the numbers falling in terms of the difficulty that the authorities had in recruiting nursing staff? this is the first time we have had two years worth of data. we looked at adverts placed on the nhsjobs data. we looked at adverts placed on the nhs jobs website and it is data. we looked at adverts placed on the nhsjobs website and it is by no means perfect but in terms of surprise, nhs staff shortages make it to the news quite often. the royal college of nurses are seeing

their staff have low morale because of low pay and not being valued and this is being echoed by the society for acute medicine. there are other reasons out there. for example, the health foundation recently put out a report suggesting that brexit has dented the confidence of eu staff working in the nhs, and the number of nurses and midwives registering to work from the eu may have dropped. the nursing and midwifery council say they have brought in tougher english language tests for nurses coming from the eu, so there are so many reasons nurses coming from the eu, so there are so many reasons behind this. but it is worth saying that more than 1 million people work across the nhs in england, so we have to put that 86,000 over that quarter from january to march this year and the context, the department for health is saying that since 2010 thousands more doctors, 11,000 doctors and 12,000 nurses have been brought in,

and they say staffing is indeed a priority. good to have that context, thank you. housebuilders 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. 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, often the annual fees 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 £4,000 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 orderto 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 is 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. let's speak now to mike jackson, who lives in birmingham and has recently bought a house which is leasehold. thanks forjoining us. are you in a leasehold trap? have you been conned? i don't know ifi leasehold trap? have you been conned? i don't know if i would describe it as: but we didn't really have a choice and we wanted to make use of the government help to buy scheme and there are not many houses around we could access through that and the one we accessed had a leasehold with it. the didn't seem to be an alternative. no alternative, effectively forced into it, it sounds like? in the sense that for the property we could afford to buy that is what we needed to do. did you enquire before you

bought the house to easier difficult it would be to get hold of the freehold once you decided later on to do that? we did research ourselves on the internet. the developer doesn't offer it as part of the deal? not as a set fee in any way that i am aware of. you went in with your eyes wide open, do you think the law should be changed?” can't see any reason why a house on its own footprint needs to have a leasehold. it feels to me we are going to be charged for something that ordinarily would have as part of the original purchase. one wonders what the ground rent is. on top of that, our roads are not under local authority maintenance we also have these on top that. say you have to pay towards the maintenance of the road running by and stuff like that? the roads and public areas and it isa that? the roads and public areas and it is a fee that will be determined that they say a reasonable amount

but will be determined each year based on estimates of what needs to be done. so if that part of an estate ? be done. so if that part of an estate? it is a new development on what was a hospital, a big development. thanks forjoining us. thanks to your perspective. with me is louie burns — managing director of leasehold solutions. good to see you. we just heard might make the point that the developer didn't suggest that the freehold might become available to him at some point in the future, didn't gather in the indication as to how difficult it would be to get hold of the freehold, that is where you come in? it seems that it is quite straightforward thing but actually it is less straightforward than you would imagine, although legislation is in place to allow you to purchase the freehold. the lots of grey areas that a freeholder can be difficult in the negotiations because of his and their interests to get as much money as they possibly can, so leaseholders, on top of the actual

costs of buying the freehold, would also be forced to pay rather large legal fees to try to negotiate what isa fair legal fees to try to negotiate what is a fair price. it does sound like a bit ofa is a fair price. it does sound like a bit of a conned? it does and it probably is. it is notjust the leasehold houses that face this it is all leasehold properties in the uk. you can understand a leasehold ona uk. you can understand a leasehold on a flat or an apartment. you need the ground rent to share with the —— deal with the sheer community areas and the upkeep, but with the case of and the upkeep, but with the case of a house? that is now reason outside ofa a house? that is now reason outside of a very few different options that could possibly mean that they would have to be bought. besides that, these houses have been sold as leasehold isjust these houses have been sold as leasehold is just to create an asset class to get additional money for the price of the building. so are you having an increasing number of

people coming to you to try to get the situation sorted out, they have leasehold but they want to get hold of the freehold and so on? every day, people are becoming more aware of this and wanting to take back possession of their own homes. we will leave it there, thank you for joining us. a little breaking news coming from the high court. this is concerning the high court. this is concerning the latest attempt by charlie gard's pa rents to the latest attempt by charlie gard's parents to try to have his ventilator and life—support machine switched off at home. they say they wa nt switched off at home. they say they want his final few hours to be in his own bed at home. they have gone to the high court to get a ruling from thejudge to the high court to get a ruling from the judge relating to that and of course thejudge from the judge relating to that and of course the judge is taking into account what great ormond street hospital was saying. we are saying it is not practical to do this at home and it needs to be done in a hospice or a hospital. we are hearing from the legal commentator

joshua rosenberg at the court, saying that the judges making it clear that he wants to accommodate charlie's parents‘ interests but it looks as if a hospice is the only option. the debate today has been about getting the ventilator and all the other paraphernalia involved with the treatment of charlie, getting it through the front door of their house is just not possible. also, a nurse would have to be on hand at home for this to happen and it is obviously a very disturbing and sad case and the judges having to decide between the wishes of doting parents and the practical wishes of the hospital involved. but it looks as if according to the eminent legal commentatorjoshua rosenberg that thejudge eminent legal commentatorjoshua rosenberg that the judge seems to be minded to look at the option of a

hospice in this particular case rather than allowing charlie gard's life—support machine to be switched off at home, which of course is what his parents want, but the final decision from thejudge his parents want, but the final decision from the judge we must stress we have still not received. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh's final public engagement before he retires, will be next week. the duke, who is 96 years old, will attend a royal marines charity parade on wednesday. the palace announced in may that he would be retiring after the summer. but a spokeswoman said while the parade would bring his individual programme to an end — he may choose to attend certain events, alongside the queen, from time to time. now prime minister theresa may is on her summer holiday but is still on camera. the prime minister was photographed in italy with her husband philip. after spending a few days at lake garda, she'll break off to attend an engagement before heading to switzerland for a two—week walking break. we all know she likes walking! never

mind the weather in italy, what about here? today has been a glorious day in some places and enter the evening hours some late sunshine around. sharp showers at the moment across parts of south—east wales and south—west of england as well, so the odd rumble of thunder with heavy showers. they fade away tonight and most of us die for a time before this batch of elaine moves on from the west in the early hours. that means a wet and windy start for northern ireland. further north and east stays dry first thing but through the course of wednesday range shifts fasting across all of the country tending to become lighter and patchy by the time it gets to the south—east. a blustery

feeling day with the temperature not doing too bad for this time of year. he returned to sunshine and showers for the west later in the day. this is bbc news at 5 — 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. thejudge has said a hospice may be the only option. 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. based on that confidence in our industrial strategy and their brilliant workforce in oxford, i'm delighted that they were able to make this landmark investment. 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. forest fires across south eastern

france have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes. now let's get a look at all the sports news. thank you, good afternoon, adam peaty has broken his own world record for the second time in the same day at the world aquatics championships in budapest. the olympic gold medallist broke the 50 metre breaststroke record this morning in the heats after saying he was not really operate and he has just gone and done it again in the semifinals, a record—breaking 25.95 seconds. honestly, that is, this morning i went 26.1 and i thought it would be tough to beat that, coming out i was a bit down because it's been such an emotional last few days, get up for it, said i'm not

going to waste a day or opportunity because i don't know when it will be my last so i went out there and did what i do. the 2012 olympic champion greg rutherford said he is gutted that he will not compete at the world atleti championships in london. it means he will not compete in the same stadium he won olympic gold five years ago, he says , in the same stadium he won olympic gold five years ago, he é he _ e $777 at... ,..l 91; c-—;— —a-- champion llll. ll ll.l r-—l— —a-- champion has lll-l- ll ll.l r-—l— —a-- champion has broken finger on his change of hand. british upper takes adding five new names to the team for next ‘s championships. chelsea have sent kenedy home from

their pre—season tour following the brazilian's social media comments made before a match in china. the clu b made before a match in china. the club sincerely apologised after fans accused the player of xenophobia and racism. over comments made on social media before the pre—season the win over arsenal. kenedy was booed by fa ns over arsenal. kenedy was booed by fans at the game and later apologised but the club has confirmed he has returned to the uk. without had it "i ' if" 3 it 3/45 leel l singapore helped by a double from thomas muller. marcos alonso pulled a goal back for chelsea just before half—time, alvaro morata mark his first appearance with an assist, the final score 3—2. chelsea play inter milan on saturday. jose mourinho says he will miss wayne rooney's influence at old trafford after he

moved back to everton but he ended his first campaign with three trophies including the community shield, he was not able to lift the premier league trophy and mourinho admits winning the premier league is still the dream. i think this season we are better prepared for that than last season. last season was as i am saying, a game of words and a the feelings and respect for the history of the club than a statement based on our potential to win the premier league. i think this season we are a little bit better equipped. more criticism of the rugby football union's decision not to renew the contract union's decision not to renew the co ntra ct of union's decision not to renew the contract of england's women's 15 aside players. in a letter seen by bbc sport the shadow sports minister tells the chief executive ian ritchie of her deep concern. sarah hunter says the focus will remain on the world cup next month. we are

fully aware of and understood the situation when we, new contract are coming out and it was something we were, like, never thought coming out and it was something we were, like, neverthought would happen ina were, like, neverthought would happen in a million years and have been really excited by 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 focus is purely on getting to ireland and doing well at that world cup, we are not thinking about anything else writing anything else distract us. it is purely on us being the best we can be when we get to ireland. at all for now, you can keep up—to—date with all those stories on the bbc sport website and there is more in sports day at 6:30pm. we have been telling you about the high court situation involving the pa rents of high court situation involving the parents of the terminally ill charlie gard, the parents want him

to die at home they say in the comfort of his own bed, great ormond street hospital says that simply isn't practical, the life—support machine needs to be switched off in a hospital setting or at the very least a hospice. let's go to the high court, our correspondent, just preparing, a lot happening today with this hearing, but the judge seems to be concerned there may be some catastrophic problem involved in transporting little charlie from great ormond to his house? yes, both parties, all three parties have been in and out of court all day, asked to mediate and come up with the decision and a timetable, what will happen to charlie. as we have been saying all afternoon his mother is in court, the parents want him to go home to die and great ormond street hospital have been telling the court

they are very concerned he is on a ventilator and there are practical difficulties getting through the front door, taking him off the ventilator when the ambulance arrives, taking him into the house, they have gone back into court in they have gone back into court in the last half an hour and it's become clear thejudge is the last half an hour and it's become clear the judge is saying the last half an hour and it's become clear thejudge is saying he thinks he agrees with great to it it'd be thejudge has said it the judge has said it does seem possibly now the best option is for him to go to a hospice. he is saying it is unthinkable, thejudge, what could happen as he is being transported home. the parents say there could be a portable ventilator but in court and they are seeing a small portable ventilator would not be ok and they are concerned great ormond to, is very concerned that if he it looks as though the judges saying

the best option does seem to be for him to go to a hospice. he has said he wants mediation and he wants the court, he does not want to make a court, he does not want to make a court ruling, he wants mediation and he wants them to come up with a decision themselves. but that seems to bea decision themselves. but that seems to be a big problem here, relations have really broken down, it is very tense in the courtroom and we have heard lawyers on both sides, the pa rents a re heard lawyers on both sides, the parents are only talking through their lawyers and when court is

continuing, thejudge is saying he wa nts a continuing, thejudge is saying he wants a decision by 2pm tomorrow. just seeing here that the judge is saying he will make his final decision tomorrow unless there is something completely new and unexpected, the hearing has been adjourned until tomorrow, i suspect thejudge sincerely adjourned until tomorrow, i suspect the judge sincerely hoping the hospital and the parents can come to some kind of arrangement. the us house of representatives is expected to vote today on legislation that would punish russia for its alleged interference in last year's presidential election. the measures would include new restrictions on oil and gas projects. russia says these new sanctions would seriously damage ties between the countries. further sanctions are also expected to be imposed on iran and north korea, for conducting ballistic missile tests. joining me now from washington is robert kahn, a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, an independent thinktank in washington. good to see you, thank you for being

with us. we know sanctions are already in place over crimea and ukraine, this latest potential punishment for moscow, will it do any good? well i think it will make quite a difference. in relation to the energy—related sanctions, the bill will significantly restrict the president's ability unilaterally, reduce the sanctions which are currently in place. so compared to the concerns some of us have that the concerns some of us have that the president is looking for an opportunity to take off sanctions related to crimea, this locks in the current studies call in a way that's actually quite significant i think. historically a lot of analysts don't like legislation locking these in because they get very sticky and they are hard to remove, sanctions

on cuba in place long after some of us on cuba in place long after some of us feel they have outlived their usefulness but in this case given the relationship, i believe and i think many of my colleagues would say this is the right move at the right time. basically keeping president trump in check? yes. that's exactly really are. how concerning is that, that there is potentially temptation on behalf of the white house to have wanted to ease the situation with moscow by lifting sanctions? i think that has been a concern from the first day of the administration. obviously he has been constrained as this crisis has deepened. i believe there would be a high political cost if the president wa nted high political cost if the president wanted to move in that direction but he surprises us at every turn so i would not rule it out and i think that very much is animating the urgency of action from congress.

what does that say about the house and senate republicans in putting this together and a possible future relationship between congress and the white house? they are basically saying they do not trust the president. on this issue i think it is right to say they don't. we saw in the negotiations, the white house tried hard to stall the bill and then change it and they failed. i think we are starting to see republicans in the congress on these critical issues do not fear the president and are willing to stand against him in a way that has produced overwhelming majorities that would override a veto where he to do so. this is in some ways a turning point in terms of congressional relationships with the administration. it also underscores across a range of issues whether we are talking about taxes or health ca re are talking about taxes or health care how hard it's going to be for

this administration to get things done. very interesting, thank you very much. 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 is with me. what is significant about these figures, it talks firstly about the fatal shootings but also police pursuits? the fatal shootings is a concern clearly for the ip cc but it does not really know to read too much into one year of figures, sex is the highest it has

i think there is more concerned about the police pursuit figures, 20 people died following police pursuits when the police car was following a suspect vehicle and that's the highest in 11 years and it comes after a long period when the police, the ipcc has been trying to improve driver safety and procedures. we have been speaking to the head of the ipcc. i think it's too early to be sure because a lot of those investigations are still ongoing and once we've had a chance to dig into them and look we will get a better idea. what we do know is that none of them were emergency responses. two thirds of those who died were not the drivers of the vehicles being pursued but passengers or by standards or other road users. so that does raise

concerns road users. so that does raise concerns and we will want to look at it and see if any are learning emerges. give us a bit more on what we hear from the emerges. give us a bit more on what we hearfrom the ipcc, they emerges. give us a bit more on what we hear from the ipcc, they have asked the crown prosecution service to consider charges against the metropolitan police officer? this is in relation to a long—running investigation into alleged fraud at the police federation of england and wales. the allegations emerged last year, £1 million channelled into a charitable organisation, and enquiry launched and it's been going on for months, four police officers investigated. we have learned from the ipcc today that three will face no further action but one officer who was formerly the vice—chairman of the police federation, a file on him gone to the cps to see if he should be prosecuted and he could face internal misconduct proceedings as well. thank you. this is bbc news at 5 —

the headlines: thejudge in the the judge in the case of charlie gard says he will make a final ruling tomorrow. a hospice may be the only option for the child after the only option for the child after the parents asked for her son to return home to die. a fully electric version of the mini is to be built at the bmw plant in oxford. 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. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. raging fires across the south of france and corsica are being fanned by high temperatures and strong winds.

thousands of firefighters are battling the blazes. one forest fire 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. one of the most famous ballets, swan lake is being staged

at the royal opera house later this week, by the russian in the lead male role is a yorkshire man who only a few years ago was in the lower ranks of the royal ballet company, as an extra. his break came when he was spotted by the russians , and went to work in st petersburg. he is xander parish and hejoins me now. good to see you, thank you for coming in, there you are in full flight, what a turnaround. a bit of a cinderella story. how did it happen? it is a good story, basically i was in the royal ballet company, i trained basically i was in the royal ballet company, itrained in basically i was in the royal ballet company, i trained in london from 11 yea rs company, i trained in london from 11 years old, finished my training when i was 19 years old, finished my training when iwas 19 and years old, finished my training when i was 19 and joined the royal ballet company, as many young dancers do i had dreams of big roles but you start, it's like any company, you

start, it's like any company, you start at the bottom and work your way up. in my younger years in the royal ballet at guest teacher came to cove nt royal ballet at guest teacher came to covent garden from russia. he was a nice man, i did not know he was but a fine character with an eye for talent i guess because he kept giving me corrections and lots of attention which really liked. one day after class i asked him if he would mind giving me some coaching, one—on—one help. he said of course he would be delighted. we work for half an hour, he almost killed me. he was a really good coach. he left and went back to russia and six months later became director of the bali and offered me a job. amazing, what the russians make of you going over there and taking theirjobs? well when i first went over it was

quite unusual, you do not get many westerners going tojoin quite unusual, you do not get many westerners going to join the ballet in russia. i felt like westerners going to join the ballet in russia. ifelt like an outsider, spoke no russian at all, it was my first time i had ever been in the country. so it was cold outside and it felt cold inside as well in that respect. they were not very welcoming? not that, the people are delightful actually, but imagine any high—pressure organisation where you are competing with your colleagues for the big parts on stage, some guy from yorkshire are coming to dance in the world's best ballet company. i was in the world's best ballet company. iwasa in the world's best ballet company. i was a nobody. it's a bit unusual. was it difficult to adapt your style because we know different countries have different ways and approaches of ballet and there is the danish style, quite conservative and

restrained, a bit like the people themselves some might suggest. very outward looking and forceful is the russian style, was it difficult adapting from the royal ballet school to that? finally enough, one of my teachers was from the company in the soviet days, so one of my former teachers was a dancer so i learned some russian style at the royal ballet school. for my own build the russian style suits me a lot better, just the way it's been. we are watching you know on screen, you look like a powerful russian there. looks pretty good. but you

don't sound as if you are from hull. i went to the royal ballet school andi i went to the royal ballet school and i was 11, i left hull when i was young. have you kept in touch with any of your former colleagues at the royal ballet? one of them is my sister so yes! and of course i am still in touch with all my friends. are the jealous? not at all, or i hope not! when they first found out i was leaving they could not really believe it, asking me what i was doing. they thought it was silly? some of them thought i was crazy. the same for me. until i went and saw it for myself, the most information i had from russia was watching james bond. think goldeneye, piers bosman running around ona goldeneye, piers bosman running around on a tank in saint petersburg, that is all i knew. i

think some of my colleagues back in london had the same idea. have any other british dancers followed the same route? we have a new stage in the far east of russia and there is a british girl whojoined the far east of russia and there is a british girl who joined that recently and there is a british boy who finished the schooljust recently and is going to join the other ballet so that is pretty cool. would you at some point hope to come back and join the royal ballet.” don't know about join, back and join the royal ballet.” don't know aboutjoin, i would love to come and dance with them. my life is in saint petersburg and it's taken me the last seven years to learn everything and get to the main parts so i've had to work really ha rd to parts so i've had to work really hard to get what i've got now so leaving that would be daft, i want to stick it out, learn more and improve. any artist or sportsman is trying to improve their game and get a better levels. my coach takes care of me, i want to learn all that i

can while i am there, i don't want to leave. ok, we have got you in full flight again on screen, there must be lots of male russian dancers who would want to be in this position and you are saying they have been accommodating?” position and you are saying they have been accommodating? i am not saying there has not been any competition, there is plenty of that but i have my coach and my director who found me in london, he is still director of the company and has taken me under his wing and believed in me. without his support and belief i would not be where i am now. basically who cares what eve ryo ne now. basically who cares what everyone else thinks, do it for yourself. i am dancing in swan lake, and a few other shows. it's been a

pleasure having you in. reflecting on yourtime, i pleasure having you in. reflecting on your time, i was going to say in the ussr because funnily enough in one of the briefing notes here it says you have defected to russia. that doesn't still happen. it's good to see you, thank you. good luck. thank you. time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. it's been a fine day out across many parts of the country, views about like this one in north somerset, sunshine a rodent, bit of cloud, more cloud across to eastern parts of england and scotland heavy showers between parts of the south—east of wales and to south—west england but it should fade away over the next hours, don't be surprised if you hear the odd rumble of thunder heading through tonight try in the east but towards the west band of rain marching in,

strong winds to start your wednesday morning so they starred for northern ireland west and wales in the south wells. england spray on the road in the morning rush hour that band of rain works its way east to the day tomorrow it will be fairly light and patchy by the time it east anglia and the south east of england further north quite heavy bursts of rain and strong blustery winds temperatures are around about 18 to 21 degrees, return to sunshine and showers later in the day which sets the scene for sunshine and showers to end of the week. no end to their agony — the parents of baby charlie gard go back to court, this time fighting for him to die at home. the hospital where charlie is being treated say the ventilation charlie needs to breathe is best provided there. but charlie's mother says it is her last wish that her son have some tranquil last few days at home. thejudge in the case has asked charlie's parents and the hospital to try to resolve the crisis through mediation. also tonight... a fully electric version of the mini is to be built in the uk — the government calls it a landmark decision.

more than 80,000 jobs unfilled in nhs england. staff say they are feeling the strain. we need to ensure that our awards are safe and move staff to the wards that required. plans to ban