this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at seven: commemorations take place in belgium, marking the centenary of one of the bloodiest campaigns of the first world war, the battle of passchendaele. thousands of descendants of those who died in 1917joined dignitaries, including members of the royal family, for a service at tyne cot cemetery. the battle we know today as passchendaele, would last for over 100 days. we remember it not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. a former royal marine, ciaran maxwell, is jailed for 18 years, for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. ministry ofjustice says rogue landlords who exploit tenants by

offering sex for around could face prosecution, after a bbc investigation. plans to recruit an extra 21,000 mental health workers in england over the next four years, are announced by the health secretary. sam shepard, the hollywood playwright and actor, has died at the age of 73. earlier today one of french cinema's biggest stars, jeanne moreau died at her home in paris at the age of 89. it is an absolute mess. it is also a wind—up, geoffrey! it is an absolute mess. it is also a wind-up, geoffrey! and geoffrey boycott is bold a googly by his collea g u es boycott is bold a googly by his colleagues on bbc test match special. —— bowled. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

commemorations have been taking place in belgium to mark a hundred years since the start one of the bloodiest battles of world war one. over three months, british and allied troops clashed with german soldiers in what became known as the battle of passchendaele. around half a million soldiers — on both sides of the war — were killed, wounded or went missing. torrential rain fell. many soldiers drowned in the mud. their bodies were never found. so here, etched in stone, are the names of 55,000 allied soldiers whose remains were never found. robert hall looks back at today's event. # in flanders fields # the poppies grow #. there are few more peaceful places than the gentle slope of tyne cot. today, among its white headstones, families look back across the years to another big push.

the battle we know today as passchendaele would last for over 100 days. we remember it not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. tyne cot overlooks the rolling farmland, streams and fields that once formed no man's land — a score of liquid mud and stagnant, stinking craters. bert fearns joined the lancashire fusiliers with a school friend at 18. bert fearns began his attack here, beside the german bunker that now lies within tyne cot cemetery. the lancashire fusiliers made their way uphill towards passchendaele village.

and a spot which bert later said he would never forget. we came across what would be about 100 yards square of bodies that had been caught in an artillery shrapnel attack. they were absolutely massacred. private edward michael baton, 13th platoon, d company, 45th battalion, australian imperial... private james monroe, south african infantry regiment. my great, great grandfather, rifleman stanley dorrit. .. my great, great uncle, private walter stevenson, 11th battalion, grenadier guards.

voices and stories that inspire acts of remembrance. like the story of captain noel chavasse — surgeon and olympic athlete, he was awarded the victoria cross twice for rescuing men under fire. i decided to get a tattoo... his great, great niece chose to carry a daily reminder of his heroism. perhaps we won't have such big government—funded events as this today, but what we will have are stories that we can pass down the generations in a way that i don't think should stop. for something that is so significant. flanders means endless endurance. flanders means blood and scraps of human bodies. flanders means courage until death. the story of passchendaele has been told for 100 years. tyne cot is likely to remain a place of pilgrimage for generations to come.

robert hall, bbc news, flanders. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight, are laura hughes, political correspondent at the daily telegraph, and journalist and political commentator, daisy mcandrew. a serving royal marine who made and stashed potentially deadly bombs for a dissident republican terror group in northern ireland, has been jailed for 18 years. ciaran maxwell, who's now been discharged, led a double life — a proud commando training hard with his brothers in arms, while at the same time supplying the continuity ira with explosives and ammunition. june kelly reports. soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. the seemingly proud commando was an opponent of the

state in uniform. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises, as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, his six—year career was spent servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira, as a bomb maker. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republicans. undoubtedly, i believe that by being caught now, lives have been saved. maxwell came from northern ireland, and four of his bombs were used there by the continuity ira in residential areas. no one was hurt, but maxwell built 1a bombs, and he knew those he was working for were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers and others. he had researched over 300 targets. it was near his hometown of larne that police

uncovered the first of a series of hides he used to store his lethal stashes. these included timers and antipersonnel mines. fertiliser recovered here could have been the base for a bomb bigger than the one that caused carnage at enniskillen in 1987. as a member of the royal marines' elite a0 commando unit, ciaran maxwell was based here in somerset, and this is where he was arrested. for years, without ever being caught, he had been systematically stealing british military ammunition and adding it to his terrorist arsenal. as well as the locations in northern ireland, maxwell had a further network of hides in the west country, close to his home min devon. this was him under surveillance. he had 43 hides in total. he was also growing cannabis. this picture was recovered after his arrest. and he was smuggling it into his base, along with lsd. a former army officer and northern ireland

politician, doug beattie, is amazed at what maxwell got away with. we could have been looking at a loss of life perpetrated by a serving soldier of the british military. and if we don't have a look at our security checks and how we vet people before they join the military, then we are going to have problems in the future. the ministry of defence said all personnel are subject to regular checks, but ciaran maxwell, who once gave his fellow commandos a talk on the security situation in northern ireland, has severely embarrassed the royal marines. june kelly, bbc news. the ministry ofjustice has made it clear to note that so—called sex for rent agreements are illegal and carry a sentence rent agreements are illegal and carry a sentence of up to seven yea rs carry a sentence of up to seven years injail. an investigation by bbc south—east found that landlords across the region are exploiting vulnerable young people by offering free accommodation in exchange for sex. the government has promised to

make sure the law is properly understood and enforced. free accommodation for those desperate for a roof over their heads. 0ur desperate for a roof over their heads. our investigation found sex for rent deals advertised in kent, sussex and across the country. for rent deals advertised in kent, sussex and across the countrylj for rent deals advertised in kent, sussex and across the country. i was thinking once a week, something like that. i'm happy as long as there is sex involved. despite concerns, there were doubts over whether such arrangements broke the law. the government has now confirmed they are illegal. sussex mp peter kyle demanded action was taken by the ministry ofjustice. demanded action was taken by the ministry of justice. this demanded action was taken by the ministry ofjustice. this is an incredibly significant moment and it will protect vulnerable people enormously. in response to the bbc investigation and my putting this in parliament, the government has insisted that sex for rent is a criminal act. i want to see them prosecuted, go through the courts process , prosecuted, go through the courts process, i want to see them convicted and i want to see them go

to jail. the secretary of state for justice says under the sexual offences act, sex for rent arrangements are a criminal offence. he says the offence is committed when a person offers accommodation in return for sex, as their —— they are inciting or causing another person to have sex with them in return for payment. anyone doing this could face seven years in prison. the sexual act and the provision of accommodation clearly monetises that arrangement.” provision of accommodation clearly monetises that arrangement. i spoke toa monetises that arrangement. i spoke to a woman whose identity we are protecting who took up such an offer. he wanted me to have sex with him ona offer. he wanted me to have sex with him on a regular basis. a minimum of five times a week. you don't want to know the number of times that i was actually very close to taking my life. i had no choice. it was either the streets or i give up something personal to me. in

the streets or i give up something personalto me. in the the streets or i give up something personal to me. in the three the streets or i give up something personalto me. in the three months since our investigation, adverts are still continuing to appear. these are some i saw today. a room in sittingbourne with no rent and no bills. a room for a female who can't afford to pay rent but is willing to offer adult services. and a note, free and simple arrangement in cranbrook fred tenna nt free and simple arrangement in cranbrook fred tennant who will sometimes be needed in other ways. charities have welcomed the legal advisory gotze criminalisation is not the only answer. it is essential that young people who do take these offers up are not criminalised. they are resorting to desperate measures. about a quarter of the young people we work with have gone home with a stranger just to have we work with have gone home with a strangerjust to have a place to stay that night. those who help the increasing number of homeless young people say more support is needed to stop there being a market for these adverts in the first place. number 10 insists the free movement of people will end in march 2019, when the uk leaves the european union. after comments by senior ministers in recent days,

the prime minister's office says it's wrong to speculate, on the kind of immigration system, which might be implemented after brexit. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, is at westminster. this follows an interesting weekend of various cabinet ministers having their own opinions of what may or should happen. i right in thinking this is the prime minister sane, no, this is the prime minister sane, no, this is the prime minister sane, no, this is how it is to be and trying to assert authority? i think that is exactly right. this is theresa may's attempt to assert authority over what looks like squabbling cabinet ministers who have gone in recent weeks, been setting out very different opinions of their vision for brexit and the aftermath of brexit. it is all centring around this concept of a transitional deal, and interim results. —— an interim

arrangement. there is broad agreement now in the cabinet that there will be this interim period. the duration of which we now think is going to be no later than the next scheduled general election in 2032. the prime minister has herself talked for some time about what she calls an implementation period, a period of time or by the new relationship with the eu is gradually brought in. but what there is not agreement on, what there has not been agreement very publicly on among cabinet ministers, is what best transitional deal looks like. there are major elements still to be worked out within the cabinet, what is freedom of movement looked like during this deal? chancellor philip hammond suggested last week that on the date of brexit things would look very similar to how did —— they do now. he was talking about new migration controls taking some time to be brought in. we also heard

amber rudd, the home secretary, talking about eu citizens having to register with the home office after brexit. but today, downing street very clear that freedom of movement those come to an end at the end of march 2019, when brexit happens. reiterating the view that the prime minister has been clear run for some time. the fact our office at number 10 had to do that while she is on holiday does suggest she is not in total control of her cabinet?” think there is certainly a vacuum of some sort in westminster. the prime minister is on holiday. she does remain in charge. she has been briefed on everything that has been going on. there has been the opportunity for various cabinet ministers to come out in public and lobby for their competing views on what this transitional deal, this interim arrangement, would look like. remember, the cabinet itself

is split in terms of what brexited will look like. about the opinions on the merits of brexit. philip hammond has always been a key proponent of the idea of a transitional deal. some critics would say it is a ruse to make sure that brexit doesn't happen. i think there has certainly been attempts by downing street to rein in the cabinet. a few weeks ago the prime minister had to slap down the cabinet and tell them to stop leaking details of private meetings. now we have theresa may's spokesperson saying very clearly, outlining the goldman position, to try to rein in the cabinet ministers that are going on the airwaves and saying their personal opinions on what brexited should look like. —— the government position. the headlines on bbc news: commemorations have been taking place in belgium to mark the

centenary place in belgium to mark the ce nte nary of place in belgium to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest campaigns of the first world war. the battle of passchendaele. a former royal marine has beenjailed former royal marine has beenjailed for 18 years for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. the ministry ofjustice says rogue landlords exploit tenants by offering sex for rent could face prosecution after the practice was uncovered by a bbc investigation. the government wants to recruit an extra 21,000 mental health workers in england over the next four years. health secretaryjeremy hunt says it's time to end what he called the "historic imbalance" between mental and physical health services. but the royal college of nursing has questioned whether enough new staff can be trained in time. here's hugh pym. as a teenager, hope had a serious eating disorder. she thought she had got through it after treatment. but last year, a family bereavement triggered a relapse. she was offered therapy but was told

there would be a 12—week wait, news she said was devastating. the way i was treated last year wasn't right. there were points when i did want to kind of end everything and when i never thought i would ever be well again. and it was at those points that i was so angry and annoyed at the system. when you cry out for help and you already feel guilty because you have got this voice in your head telling you that you shouldn't be eating, you shouldn't be asking for help, so when you do call out for help and you get turned away, you don't think that actually, no one does care about you, no one does understand what you are going through. to cut down waiting times and expand mental health services, the government has announced an expansion of the workforce. we have worked out how many more doctors, nurses, therapists we need. we have worked out where we think we can get them from. like all plans, it will be challenging to deliver it, but we are determined to hold true to our promise to transform mental health services. the plan for mental health staffing involves an extra

21,000 posts in england by the 2020 financial year. this will include children's services, adult talking therapies and crisis care. but official figures show there was a fall of more than 5000 in the number of mental health nurses in england between march 2010 and march this year. the move has been welcomed by the royal college of nursing, though its leaders are sceptical about what can be delivered. how are we going to do that in such a short time scale? other government policies are actually getting in the way of that. so we already know we have got one in ten post in mental health they can. —— vacant. so we have got to fill those as well as putting additional nurses in. critics argue that capping public sector pay rises and abolishing free tuition costs for trainee nurses in england will make it harder to recruit and retain staff. hope says she has pulled through her latest mental health setback. but she believes a lot more needs to be done to ensure people get the care they need, when they need it.

hugh pym, bbc news. with me is professor sir simon wessely, former president of the royal college of psychiatrists. thanks for coming in. i am sure this is welcome news to you and your former colleagues. is it workable? can they recruit this staggering number of nurses in record time? 0bviously number of nurses in record time? obviously this is good news. we could say it is too long in coming. we have raised expectations and demand, and added pressure to the system, but it is better late than never. we have to make sure we do recruit people and they have jobs and they stay in those jobs. that is the problem we are seeing with nurses as well. the care and quality commission report into mental health did expose a shortage of staff, a shortage of trained staff, a shortage of trained staff, a shortage of trained staff, a shortage of resources. it's the nhs

all over. why would this be any different? i don't think we needed this cqc to tell us we had a shortage of staff. people working in the system know that. we have to work out how we overcome that. partly by recruitment and enthusing people. then we have to stop people leaving. and we have to bring people back who have opted for other things. and i'm afraid we're going to have to recruit from abroad. we will have to find a political way of doing that across the nhs because we are not good to create enough of our own in time. as we have seen across the nhs, the trouble is relying on people's vocations, relying on their need to want to help fix people is no longer enough. people need to pay a mortgage and there are more demands being made upon them? you are right. we don't do this for free. but we do it because we want to do it and it is a very satisfying

career. people who do go into it will find it rewarding. why are so many nurses quitting? because we have had a pay freeze for six years. there is a limit to what he can do. i think it is —— the demand has increased. we have increased the demand. we have told people more about mental health, they expect more. people in the system after seeing more patients without the expansion of staff and they get burnt out. they get demoralised and disillusioned. i think we can fix this but i don't think it will take two or three years, it will take at least ten years. but at least we have started. you are seeing the government is being unrealistic?m is unrealistic to think we will solve this in a short period of time. you can't go to the job centre and basford nurses and social workers. but you have to take a long—term view. the report does that. they are going to have to stick with it. i know it's very

difficult for politicians to see beyond five years, and journalist as well, i'm afraid. but that's what we have to do. it is reasonable to welcome that we have finally bitten the bullet and started the process. it will not be a quick fix. thank you. a serious disturbance has broken out at the mount prison in hertfordshire. staff trained to deal with riots have been sent in to the category c prison near hemel hempstead. in a statement, the ministry ofjustice said the prison was completely secure and there was no risk to the public. sources told the bbc that this afternoon, control had been lost of one wing, and half of another. 0ur correspondent is outside the prison now. can you update us on what is going on right now? in the last half an hour we have seen police officers wheeling in what looks like suitcases full of riot equipment here at the mount prison.

this is clearly still an ongoing situation. emergency action started at about 2pm. this followed reports ofa at about 2pm. this followed reports of a serious disturbance. specially trained prison officers trained to deal with riots were called in after reports that officers inside had lost control of two wings involving up lost control of two wings involving up to 230 inmates. the ministry of justice has revealed very little detail. it says it is dealing with an incident involving some 230 inmates. there have been recent reports of staff shortages. there have been ongoing concerns about how the prisoners run. to give you some background about mount prison, it is home to more than a thousand inmates. it opened back in 1987. it isa inmates. it opened back in 1987. it is a category t prison. —— capital see. staff shortages are causing concerns. a recent inspection in

2015 found the prison was performing well. but as i say, a disturbance happening inside and the situation clearly ongoing. thank you. president trump has sworn in his new chief of staff, the retired generaljohn kelly. he replaces reince priebus — who was fired on friday. barbara plett usher is in washington. the president has spoken to the japanese prime minister about the latest intercontinental ballistic missile test by north korea. he said they are both committed to increasing economic and diplomatic pressure on pyongyang. the president had this to say. we will handle north korea. we will be able to handle them. it will be handled. we handle them. it will be handled. we handle everything. thank you very much. let's speak to barbara plett—usher, who is in washington. the start of another potentially turbulent week for donald trump after last week. all eyes on the new staffing at the

white house. donald trump clearly hoping this can reassert his authority and control over what he is trying to achieve? yes, that's right. i think the republican party also hoping that, given what looked like a meltdown in the white house last week with the ousting of the chief of staff. the new one is a retired military general from the marine corps. he has a good reputation for decisive leadership. he is very disciplined. he has had some experience in government. he comes with strong blessing from mr trump, who likes military men and also likes the performance of generaljohn kelly whiley was head of homeland security in terms of cracking down on immigration and toughening border control. he welcomed mr kelly and said he will be the best chief of staff in history etc, those kind of state m e nts history etc, those kind of statements mr trump makes. i think many people are hoping he would bring some sort of order to the

scene bring some sort of order to the scene at the white house, not only in terms of the internal infighting, which compete with each other and reports directly to mr trump, so it can be quite dysfunctional, as we have seen. but also to try to bring control and discipline to mr trump himself, who seems to thrive on operating in an atmosphere of his own chaos. that will be a test as well. mr trump will have two seed a certain amount of authority tojohn kelly in orderfor the certain amount of authority tojohn kelly in order for the whole thing to work. it could be interesting. as well as battles in the white house and on the home front, battles abroad. north korea particularly worrying right now. what are the options on the table when it comes to north korea? we the table when it comes to north korea ? we know the table when it comes to north korea? we know mr trump showed his frustration over china over the weekend. so the options the administration is still pursuing is to tighten sanctions. that has been the policy for a long time, which

hasn't worked because north korea is getting better at making ballistic missile launchers. the aim of the administration is to increase pressure on north korea's main trading partner, china, to do more to squeeze pyongyang. you saw tweets from mrtrump to squeeze pyongyang. you saw tweets from mr trump recently, also state m e nts from mr trump recently, also statements from his un ambassador to that effect. you are getting pushed back from china saying, this is not fair. we did not create the situation. you are increasing tension with north korea, you should try to ds till it together. you should be open to talks alongside sanctions or they won't achieve anything. that is where they stand. the other options are talks, though this administration isn't open to them at the moment. and then military options, which could range from anything like increasing your footprint in the area, to military strikes. the pentagon thinks that would be destructive and would do that only as a very last resort. thank you, barbara.

bbc sport understands that los angeles rams host the 2028 games, meaning paris will stage the 2024 edition. let's get more on this from sports correspondent 0llie foster. you have got your sources because we have not heard from the ioc yet? we're not expecting formal agreement on september when the ioc meet in peru. no great surprise. it was a two horse race who was going to host the two 0lympics two horse race who was going to host the two olympics will stop the sticking point is that los angeles rams paris both wanted 2024. la said that was the only games they would be bidding for. the ioc will reveal both in september. maybe sooner. the loss and is bidding team will have a news co nfe re nce loss and is bidding team will have a news conference in the next few hours to say a deal has been done. —— the los angeles bidding team. it

suggests a few incentives have been put their way. paris were holding firm for 2024, which would be 100 yea rs firm for 2024, which would be 100 years since the last hosted the lyrics. both cities have hosted the 0lympics twice before. la in 1984. they said they could have gone straightaway with a low—cost games. the likes of hamburg, rome, budapest of all pulled out of the running. that is because of financial constraints. but now la, they seem to have soft and in recent weeks and months saying, perhaps 2020 it wouldn't be so bad after all. now a deal seems to have been done. they will confirm that in the next few hours. that means paris, with their slightly more expensive hosting of the games in 2024, that will go ahead after tokyo in 2020. there has been a two horse race. it was always going to be between those two. there was an uneasy and messy stand—off between the cities to see which would go first. it will be paris and

la, we understand. delhi a few showers this evening, some fading but some continuing into the night across northern and western parts with north—east scotla nd western parts with north—east scotland becoming mainly dry. much of england clear skies. when you are dry and cleared for tonic to be quick chilly, temperatures lower than this especially in rural spots in some areas to pin down into single figures will stop a fair start to the morning, many starting dry with some sunshine but showers from the word go in scotland and north—west england and terry downes postponing further east across the uk as we go through the day. more letter to catch one tomorrow, heavy and thundery but the south east staying dry, quite pleasant and some sunny spells, not only showers, gusty winds it possible to, feeding

on tuesday night, on wednesday eastern area staying dry until late in the day but in the west the rain comes in. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. the battle we know today as passchendaele was last for over 100 days. we remember that not only for the rain that fell, the mud that waited only living and swallowed the dead but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here.

a former royal marine, ciaran maxwell, has been jailed for 18 years, for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. the ministry ofjustice says rogue landlords who exploit tenants by offering sex—for—rent could face prosecution after the practice was uncovered by a bbc investigation.. plans to recruit an extra 21 thousand mental health workers in england over the next four years, have been announced by the health secretary, jeremy hunt. let's get more now on the commemoration events that have been taking place in belgium to mark a hundred years since the start of the battle of passchendaele in ww1. over three months around half a million soldiers — on both sides of the war — were killed, wounded or went missing. some 4,000 relatives attended the ceremony at tyne cot cemetery. my colleague ben brown spoke to anne 0wens, whose grandfatherjack mudd fought at passchendaele and officer bill rhodes, whose great—uncle william rhodes died on the first day of battle.

from a family point of view it is very important to be here. we had plans to be sure before we knew of the service, we have been planning it for about nine years. we had a lwa ys it for about nine years. we had always planned and then luckily we both got the ballot and i was asked to be part of calling names. tell us about the virtual grandfather, the letter she wrote to his wife exhume any of the soldiers who either died or were injured or went missing, they wrote to the long ones before going into battle. what's itjack writes to his wife? he told all about life as it was at the time. he apparently got into some offensive with nine people and only three came out. something like that. and he was

going into battle and something big was happening and she didn't hear any more until december. she knew he was missing and put out adverts in the paper, allsorts of things to try and find out where he was. he was officially told that he was missing presumed dead until december 19 18. a whole year later was when he was officially declared missing. for a long time she had to just not wait not knowing. three children, two of them under seven. my mother who was them under seven. my mother who was the oldest used to hear her mother crying every night and she thought she had been naughty. she didn't realise, presumably my grandmother had told the children that the father was dead at that time. we think about the suffering of the troops 100 years ago could actually the suffering of the families back

home, the wives and children waiting for news, horrendous. my other grandfather was also killed at passchendaele but he has a grievance so passchendaele but he has a grievance so both might parents' mother was brought up their three children. 100 yea rs brought up their three children. 100 years ago as this battle, you are a military man and it was supposed to be the war to end all wars. we know it was hell out there, was hughes looks beautiful behind us now but it was just a sea of mud cheering looks beautiful behind us now but it wasjust a sea of mud cheering in the battle of passchendaele. mustard com plete complete horror of war.” complete horror of war. i don't think anyone could actually appreciate how horrific it was. the conditions, i think they were just unbelievable. looking at what they had to fight and, effectively what i am wearing no so they went to war. the rain and the mud, it is a very

nicejuly day but 100 years ago todayit nicejuly day but 100 years ago today it was very different. bomb holes everywhere and the landscape was convicted of them. —— completely different. thousands of people have come overfrom britain different. thousands of people have come over from britain who wanted to be here, why did you feel it was so important? until we be here, why did you feel it was so important? untilwe got be here, why did you feel it was so important? until we got the letter addressing any of us knew very much about what was going on. it was my grandmother's handbag when she died so we grandmother's handbag when she died so we started to think we should go and have a look. we finally in the 19805 and have a look. we finally in the 1980s managed to get my mother and my uncle here to see their fathers name on the stone. they were crying of course so much because it was there a grieving. let's get more now on the ongoing situation in the white house — where today retired general john kelly was sworn in as president trump's latest chief of staff.

mallory factor is republican commentator and professor of politics at oxford university. what we have seen is a revolving door emerge at the white house, does that worry you that we are seeing so many key staff some that were very close allies of president trump and his administration leaving?m close allies of president trump and his administration leaving? it is a worry because it is a disruption but what you have to understand is this president is trying to find his way. he is not the standard politician and political. with all of this destruction he has had a very effective first six months. he has passed, signed 48 bills, he has created 66 executive orders which he has signed, this has been a very productive president. yes but it is only six months, every president of the united states has the right to

remove the united states has the right to re m ove staff, the united states has the right to remove staff, to change stuff even change policy but we are talking about six months of administration that does appear to be in chaos and you say a lot of policies have gone through but only one key campaign pledge policy has actually managed to be pulled through. keystone pipeline, paris accords... the palace court hasn't happened yet and it would happen for some time and day hasn't got the support that he needs. he has used executive orders, he changed a whole series of things already, a lot of the energy policy. i'm not trying to defend him but he has had more legislative successes than any other president other than truman. he said more bills. the mac signed more bills. you see it is an administration that is delivering and isn't in chaos. and we are

hearing reports from america right now that after just a few days and thejob as head of human now that after just a few days and the job as head of human occasions, we head of human occasions has been fired or resigned from his position. i haven't heard that that is possible. new york times reporting it. this president doesn't put up with films very well. he was only there for a few days. you sing this is an administration in chaos. this administration is having problems but i don't think it is in chaos. i think it is getting things done. the shortest serving chief of staff, although there for six months. absolutely correct. and you still have confidence in president trump and the administration bowl no, i'm not trying to be pro are and take from. accredited with the facts and they are serviceable. there is a

revolving door of staff at the waiters and that must be concerning to people like you that support his administration and presidency. when you have things like north korea to deal with. and terrorism to deal with. the jobs that he has deal with. and terrorism to deal with. thejobs that he has promised america that i really needed. you are spending most of his time hiring and firing. that he is doing that then here... and tweeting. he has had a lot of success against isis. really? president trump personally? not all the other countries and the caution, not the iraqi army question mark if you want to be pro bama, thatis mark if you want to be pro bama, that is ok. the man was a fabulous man. when she went. let's look

at what you are saying and that is a man it is doing what he needs to do to push as policy through. we have seen to push as policy through. we have seen him surround himself with people that support him, jeff sessions for example. remains a very strong supporter of president trump. she is going against them, pushing them out of the white house when they don't do exactly what he wants to do does not worry you that he will continue to do the same thing with the current staff, is this a president adjustments yes—men and yes woman around him and may not be effective? i can only tell you what we have seen in terms of effectiveness has been more than in almost any other president in history. things they were talking about for seven

yea rs. they were talking about for seven years. the congress is different from the waiters. he is making decisions executive orders. he is not the strong leader of the republican party. we have to admit that. he has a very strong position but he is not the strong leader of the party. the republican party is a fairly diverse party and certain members of the not accepted him. we have to leave it there. thank you. 0ther other bidders to use is that we are hearing reports that abc news and the new york times reporting online that anthony scaramucci the white house communications director who

has only been there a few days hearing unconfirmed reports that he has been fired by donald trump. following his appointment and a very public scepticism of the chief of staff who steps down from his position, he has now been replaced by generaljohn kelly who was only just sworn in today. president trump describing scaramucci as great for thejob and describing scaramucci as great for the job and very keen to get him into the white house as quickly as possible. of those reports are true he's keen to get him out as well if you days later. we will try and verify them for you as soon as we can. let's get more now on the commemoration events that commemorations have been taking place in belgium to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest campaigns

of the first world war, the battle of passchendaele. a former royal marine, ciaran maxwell, has been jailed for 18 years, for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. ministry ofjustice says rogue landlords who exploit tenants by offering sex for around could face prosecution, after a bbc investigation. ina in a moment tackling cricketing legend geoffrey boycott is bowled googly. family and friends of princess diana have urged channel four not to betray her privacy, by broadcasting controversial tapes in which she discussed her marriage. the footage which first came to light in 2001 was recorded by her voice coach — during sessions to help the late princess with public speaking. many of the recordings have already

been aired on us tv. two young children and their mother have been killed in a car crash in north devon. the woman's husband saw the crash happen from another vehicle. police officers describe the accident as one of the most shocking they've seen. it was the second serious collision on the north devon link road within 24 hours. this was a crash which shocked even experienced police traffic officers. a mother was driving her two young children when their car was in collision with a lorry. all three we re collision with a lorry. all three were killed, the woman's husband was driving a car in front and saw the crash in his mirrors. the circumstances around any serious or fatal road travellers traffic collision was tragic but this is particularly so because from no good

reason that we can see at the moment the people have lost their lives. 0nly yesterday just a mile further along there was another serious crash, this time another woman and two young children were badly injured. the a361 is notorious for caches. there has been a long—running campaign job they and improve safety. i live very close to read these actions are what happened and it is a tragedy that once again we have fatalities will stop and afraid we had several two summers ago and the samaritans repeating itself. what we need is major improvements to the electorate not only to improve the safety but also the economic investments that we needin the economic investments that we need in north devon. for 22 years and simon has run a garage on the north devon link road and he has seen more serious north devon link road and he has seen more serious crash see it as he can remember. the road was completed

in 1988 can remember. the road was completed in1988 and can remember. the road was completed in 1988 and the volume of traffic must have quadrupled since then. i know we have hostility but it is time to spend some money and improve the road and save some lives. the police continue to investigate why the crash happened. the mother and children who died haven't been named but a thought to be from the milton keynes area. family and friends of princess diana have urged channel four not to betray her privacy, by broadcasting controversial tapes in which she discussed her marriage. the footage which first came to light in 2001 was recorded many of the recordings have already been aired on us tv. the royal biographer, pennyjunor, says making the tapes public now is "shameful". she had children and to have

children really want to know how often their parents have sex? is that anybody‘s business? it is certainly not our business. all we need to know about the royal family is that they do theirjob and that they are what the money. we do not need to pry into the private lives. 0ur correspondent matt cole has been following the story. it is considered very controversial because the recordings were not interviews ever intended to go to air. this is recording work of princess diana, the late diana, princess of wales, recorded in 1992 and 1993. about five hours' worth of tapes as she did work with her speech coach rehearsing her speaking voice ahead of one big interview ultimately she gave in 1995 to the bbc panorama programme but that was the only interview she gave to martin bashir and this was the sort of prep work leading up to it to get the confidence to do an interview like that. in it her speech coach

got her to talk about all sorts of personal things, her sex life with prince charles, her attitude to their marriage, she gave away details like the fact that they had only met 13 times before their wedding day, these were very personal and deep things that were shared, but with the intent that it was all about her being able to deliver those phrases rather than actually put them to air. suddenly the man who owned the tapes subsequently, peter settleton, her voice coach, sold them on. they had been sold on in the states before but this is only for the uk. it is going into this documentary next sunday and a lot of people close to princess diana are very angry. but channel 4 say they are very important historical documents and they say they have considered very carefully which clips to use from the five hours of broadcasting, although it should be pointed out that many of those five hours will be simply voice coaching work but channel 4 insisted this is a legitimate journalistic use

of these tapes, as was explained earlier today to bbc five live by ralph lee, the head of factual for channel 4. there were two factors in deciding to air the tapes, one is we can argue about things becoming history, but 20 years have passed by. she says these things comfortable in front of the camera and is happy to be recorded. when people see that, they will see a relaxed, informal diana comfortable talking about her own story, and the process is bringing her stories to life, not concealing it, it is actually a process about channelling her natural voice. the playwright and hollywood actor sam shepard has died. he was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of pilot chuck yeagar in the right stuff

and received the pulitzer prize for drama in 1979 for his play buried child. he was seventy—three. and one of french cinema's biggest stars, jeanne moreau, died at her home in paris at the age of 89. the actress rose to fame in a series of roles in french new wave films of the 605. if you were to look back at the kiddie of sam shepard the things that pushed through by the place that pushed through by the place that he would, he won the pulitzer prize in 1979 was tony nominated and was a great storyteller that explored the non—perfect side of american life. he specialised in looking at seems like disillusionment and isolation

particularly families of americans living on the fringes of society. of course he carried those kinds of themes through and a slightly different way. he was one of the writers is the screenplay for the film paris, texas, a bleak road movie which was a winner at the cancelled festival. is that to stella t was incredible. you can operate in so many areas as well as all the writing he did and been tony nominee to dabble in a pulitzer prize is pretty much as good as you can get. as an actor oscar—nominated in the right stuff about the american space programme and he did music with bob dylan. this was the kind of versatility and range that he had, a great storyteller producing in all sorts of areas of artand producing in all sorts of areas of art and video shock dying at only the age of 73. he died last thursday at his home in contracting with his family because of convocations from motoneuron disease. a sad loss to

the world of film of literature and plays a teacher. she was one of the symbolic faces of french new wave cinema. people remember how working with truffaut and she had an intensity and marvellous presence there and she could sing as well, did mostly french rules but also did occasional english—language roles and famously turned down the role of mrs robinson in the graduate. it would've been fascinating to see what she did with that but an incredible body of work, about 130 films over six tickets, thatis about 130 films over six tickets, that is a career. one of cricket's greats was on the wrong end of a prank today. you're just about to see an incredulous geoffrey boycott react to news from test match special colleague jonathan agnew,

that his famous 100th hundred, scored at headingley in 1977, might be in doubt — although all might not be as it seems. this is a statistical reference press release. for the request from the south african government, the icc has now considered the question of downgrading the status of all statistics including runs and wickets from the series played between england and the rest of the world in 1970. the icc agrees that the series was played against the spirit of the gleneagles agreement and in the interests of keeping cricket free from political interference all matches will be removed from first—class records. for more details contact... i was not expecting that. that's a load of tripe. jeffrey, you got 100 in that series, didn't you? the last match here at the oval. i only played two tests. that'll be a bit of a problem if that is taken out. not really.

it wasn't a test match 100 anyway. it was a test match but then it was taken out by the icc so it never was a test match. but i think i see what he's alluding to here, your 100 100s. it could now become your 99th 100. isn't it ridiculous? he's an idiot for putting that out. there might be others who have 100 hundreds and other records. yours was at headingley, it was special. of course it was. who knocked out all those plates. what date was geoffrey's100th100? 11th of august 1977. we haven't got anything planned for that? not doing anything special? we are actually. we're having a do at our house, 180 people, we are raising money from the yorkshire airambulance. you have to cancel it. we are not cancelling it, it's all sorted and done. you invited me to that dinner but under false pretences. the way you are carrying on now you are definitely not getting an invite.

you've already invited me. and taking it back. gets under false pretences. it's an absolute mess. it's also a complete wind—up, geoffrey... laughter is that right? you muppet. you... it's never. you muppet. time for a look at the weather. silly if you showers this evening, some fading but some continuing into the night across northern and western parts of the uk. north—east scotla nd western parts of the uk. north—east scotland becoming mainly dry, clear skies and much of england's as well. where it is dry and clear for skies and much of england's as well. where it is dry and clearfor any period of time it will turn out quite chilly, temperatures lower than this and rule sports with some dipping down into single figures. a

fresh start in the morning, many starting drivers in sunshine and showers from the word go, parts of scotla nd showers from the word go, parts of scotland are england and wales, heavy downpours spreading further east through the day. if you stay dry today more likely to catch one tomorrow. could be heavy and thundery, some spots along the south coast and far south—east staying dry, quite pleasant and some sunny spells, certainly not in the showers, gusty winds possible. a lot of them fade on tuesday night, on wednesday many eastern area staying dry until later in the day but in the west of incomes in. fu the rain comes in. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: us media is reporting that president trump has decided

to remove anthony scaramucci from his position as communications director. commemorations have been taking place in belgium to mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest campaigns of the first world war, the battle of passchendaele. a former royal marine, ciaran maxwell, is jailed for 18 years, for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. the ministry ofjustice says rogue landlords who exploit tenants by offering sex—for—rent could face prosecution after the practice was uncovered by a bbc investigation. the health secretary announces plans to recruit more mental health staff in england. jeremy hunt says the plan should address the "historic imbalance" between mental and physical health services.