she may need left one member saying she may need a hip replacement, the bowling ladies have clearly got their voices heard. and it would now take a brave politician to try to test them out. barcelona football club has given star player neymar permission to discuss a world record transfer deal with paris st germain. the french clu b with paris st germain. the french club has been told it must pay, wait for this, the £198 million fee in full before the brazilian international and join them. it is understood the player was given permission by barcelona not to train, but to sort out his future. let's ta ke train, but to sort out his future. let's take a look at the weather forecast. people are wondering where the summer has gone but it is headed south—east in particular with sweltering heat in the balkans today. sweltering heat waves in what

for most could see some temperature records broken. know when you're so hot in northern europe. only 20 degrees the top temperature across the uk. cloud has been moving in gci’oss the uk. cloud has been moving in across the atlantic today bringing some rain that for the heaviest along the south coast. further south it is wet and also quite windy. great conditions and some really quite heavy rain. that will push its way through the midlands toward east anglia. some drier interludes around, a few breaks in the cloud. drying up in northern ireland as well, the brain moving north into central and southern scotland. but northern scotland and beyond to the bright weather into the afternoon. the rain is on the move, it will move north and east. eventually some

rain in the north of scotland. most of the persistent rain clearing away overnight but we will see many showers coming in on that breeze through the western side of the uk. so what for some first thing but not cold by any stretch was up around 12 degrees to the north of the uk and relatively mild in the south. the low pressure is firmly in charge of the weather so unsettled weather continues through tomorrow. light wind in the centre of that level means slow—moving showers also containing some thunder and lightning. but the showers should move through in northern england with that breeze but replaced with further showers. scattered showers further showers. scattered showers further south as well but largely dry here. and it is quite windy. top temperatures around 22 degrees. the upper teens elsewhere. then things begin to settle down as the low moves the weight with scandinavia. still bringing some showers and a

fairly brisk north—westerly breeze. particularly windy across scotland, northern ireland and some showers across the western side of the uk. not so many on the eastern side with some spells of sunshine here. looking towards the weekend, still some rain in the north and west. drier conditions in the south and south—east. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. four men have been found guilty of plotting terror attack on british police and military targets similar to the atrocity carried out on the soldier rigby. that's it. so it's goodbye from me, and now on bbc one, let's join our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. i have the very latest sport for you. after weeks of speculation it finally looks like brazilian superstar neymar will leave barcelona to join paris saint germain for a world record fee.

neymar this morning informed the club that he wanted to leave the nou camp. well our football reporter john bennettjoins us now. it's been a fast moving day — what do we know so far? it has been fast—moving. will he or won't he? it has been going on for months and appears to be over. neymar turned up to the barcelona training camp and was that 30 minutes. spanish media reporting he said goodbye to his team—mates and told them he wanted to leave the club. the new coach of barcelona has had to come into this drama and gave permission to not take part in the training session scheduled for today. he told him to go away and sort out his future. now we wait but it looks like paris st germain will get their man. that is their dream and the qatari

owners have always wanted that trophy. since they bought the club, they have got past the quarter finals. they will have to pay a lot of money. this deal will break the world record transfer by a long distance. paul pogba, £89 million. this deal will be worth £198 million. 220 million euros. a huge amount of money and the latest is barcelona want that they paid in full by paris st germain. there are a couple of stumbling blocks here. financialfair a couple of stumbling blocks here. financial fair play will be a talking point over the next few days. will this deal break the rules of financialfair days. will this deal break the rules of financial fair play? we understand paris st germain are confident it won't and can get around the financial fair play rules. it is good time with the paris st germain. they have a home game this weekend and will it be the

time to introduce the fans. we will probably have an update later on in the day with the speed this is moving at. he can win more medals and he can swim faster, that's according to adam peaty, despite the fact he's already five times world champion by the age of 22. peaty has been reflecting on his two gold medals at the recent world championships in budapest and says what he needs now is a rival to push him further. i've got probably ten years left in the sport. i am still young which is a good thing to have on my side. i'm hoping someone will come out the woodwork and challenge me because that is what the sport needs. people need rivalries and that's what makes sport successful. i hope it will push me on even more. former captain alastair cook believes england's experience as a test team will be key as they go in pursuit of becoming the world's number one side again. friday sees england play the fourth and final test against south africa — who are currently ranked the world's second best team. england need only to avoid defeat to win the series which they currently lead 2—1. as their side develops,

we are getting to that stage where a lot of the players have got experience. 30 test matches is a benchmark. if you played 30, you understand the rigmarole of test cricket and you are playing better than you did. this is the challenge for this side now, consistency. over the last 12 months, there hasn't been that. that's all sport for now. you can find more on our bbc website. there more on that world record for neymar. the boss of budget airline ryanair has warned that disruption to flights between britain and the european union from march 2019 is becoming more likely as brexit talks proceed. michael o'leary says he believes the current offer of a bilateral agreement would be unacceptable

to supporters of a so called hard brexit. our correspondent rob young spoke to him earlier. various industries have been outlining the kind of things they'd like to see in a deal between the european union and the uk after brexit. there has been various dire warnings about aviation with predictions about planes being grounded after march 2019 and the man next to me in these airline seats hasprimarily been a doom monger. the boss of ryanair, michael o'leary. you met the transport secretary today. what have you thought about what you've heard? the difficulty for the transport secretary, as for the industry is, we are waiting for the divorce talks between the uk and the europeans to be concluded before the negotiations on aviation agreement can begin. we stress the need to minister grayling that we have to have an agreement by september/ october of 2018 and i very much doubt that an agreement will be reached within that time frame. not because of any failure in the part of the british

government or minister grayling. i don't believe the european agencies, airlines or government are going to be very helpful. i think they're going to be very obstructionist, i think they're going to want to see there is a disruption to flights and aircraft grounded and no flights between the uk and europe for a period of months after april 19. are you convinced the british government knows the seriousness as far as you are concerned of the case you are prepared? i think they'll convinced of the seriousness of the case. i have no doubt minister grayling is aware of the urgency of the issue but i think there is a collective delusion mainly among the uk airlines as well, that a deal will happen. i disagree. i think the deal is unlikely to happen and that means people when they come in the autumn of 2018 when they come to book their summer to book their summer holidays for 2019, they're faced with the prospects of there being no flights to europe and the alternative would be to get ferres to ireland or drive to scotland.

do you think the uk government needs to change something in its brexit position? it is not for me to lecture the uk government. all we can say is we have to have an aviation agreement because there is no fallback position. it is not covered by wto rules. if there has to be an agreement, it needs to be in place by september october of 2018 and i am pessimistic. i don't see why many of the airlines are lobbying against the agreement because it is in their interests to ground easyjet and make it difficult for ryanair also. michael o'leary, thank you. the government says aviation is crucial to the economy and it is determined to get the right deal. president trump has warned venezuela's leader, nicolas maduro, that he holds him personally responsible for the safety of two top opposition politicians who are being held in a military prison. one of them is antonio ledezma. he was dragged from his home by secret intelligence agents in the early hours of tuesday morning in caracas. his daughter oriette ledezma has been speaking to our south america

correspondent katy watson, who asked what life has been like for herfather, who's been under house arrest since 2015. he can't talk and no videos, no interviews. don't talk to phone, nothing. more than two years. but in the last days, he talked to his family and he say he can't stay quiet and in silence when i saw more than 120 policemen in the street. i can't stay quiet and silence. with almost 500 political prisoners right now.

he knew it is a big risk to take a video himself but he thought, i'd take the risk. because venezuela, i speak the truth. now you and your stepfather were the only members of the family who live in caracas. your mother is in madrid. do you feel scared? yes, but day after day, their regime becomes more weak, ok? and we expect more and more people open their eyes in the international community. we know that the venezuelan people, we stay in the streets and fight for our country. the conservative mp

and foreign office minister, alan duncan, has criticised jeremy corbyn for stance on venezuela. speaking earlier, mr duncan said venezuela is being brought to its knees and that jeremy corbyn, who had previously shown support for the country's leadership should publicly condemn what is happening in the country. jeremy corbyn really has to have a reality check on his own politics and realise that venezuela is being brought to its knees and he should realise that venezuela is not... nicolas maduro, the president, is not the poster boy of world politics. indeed, he is the poster of what should be condemned in world politics and it's time that jeremy corbyn said so explicitly or we will be able to form a very, very clever value of whatjeremy corbyn would ever do in this country if ever he were prime minister. the labour shadow minister, andy mcdonald, has said the labour party have given a ‘quite clear condemnation‘ of what is happening in venezuela.

he was then asked if mr corbyn would personally condemn the venezuelan government. well, i know people are very interested in venezuela. it is an important issue but quite frankly, when i go around my constituency, it's not the first thing that people ask me about. what's going on is unacceptable, we've said so and the labour party have made it abundantly clear that that is their position. the duke of edinburgh well retire today. earlier we have been speaking today. earlier we have been speaking to the editor of majesty magazine normal mac —— who says he will still support the queen for public engagements. he will still be there and will most likely be around and make her feel witty with comments about what she has been doing. he will be relieved to think —— she

will be relieved to think —— she will be relieved to think he hasn't got to endure a round of constant and sometimes very tedious roll it —— while engagements. she will be happier thinking he is backcombed and what he wants to do. the charity, save the children, says more than a million children in yemen, the poorest country on the arab peninsula, are at higher risk of dying from cholera because they are severely malnourished. two years of civil war have led to severe humanitarian crisis, with the country on the brink of famine and nearly half—a—million people infected with cholera. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar explained more about the problems with the country's health facilities. it isa it is a dire situation. they have described it as a train racing towards a cliff. it is one of the

poorest countries in the middle east and half the country's health facilities have been damaged or destroyed. we have got sewage systems, water and sanitation systems, water and sanitation systems not working. water treatment plants, rubbish piling up on the streets. it provides the perfect storm cholera to thrive. added to that, we have the country on the brink of famine. what we have been hearing is 1 brink of famine. what we have been hearing is1 million children under five years old are severely malnourished. that makes them three times more likely to die of cholera because they are weak and have weakened immune systems. cholera causes diarrhoea and even the small amounts of food and water they are getting is passing through and they can't keep it in. it makes it deadly for them. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: four men from the west midlands are found guilty of plotting a terrorist

attack against police and military targets. the number of drug poisoning deaths — involving both legal and illegal drugs — reached their highest level on record in england and wales last year. prison governors warn many jails in england and wales are "in crisis" — saying recent unrest in some establishments is clearly linked to a poor regime. asda has revealed that tough competition in the grocery market meant its overall sales fell 5.7% last year. but profits did even worse. they fell nearly 19% to £792 million. the supermarket said its performance was "behind expectations" but did say things were looking up towards the end of last year. more than a million women in their early 605 have become poorer after delays to their state pensions.

the institute for fiscal studies says, on average, women aged between 60 and 62 were now £32 a week worse off. it says poverty rates among that group have risen sharply. growing demand for ipads and new services like apple pay and apple music helped the tech giant apple report more than £6.6 billion in profit for the last three months. it was enough to send apple's shares soaring to a new record high. the firm also forecast strong sales for the new iphone expected next month. more than a million women in their early 605 have become poorer as a result of delays to their state pensions. researchers at the institute for fiscal studies found that, on average, women aged between 60 and 62 were now £32 a week worse off. but the ifs also said the savings, and extra tax from working women, meant the state was £5.1 billion a year better off. jonathan cribb, senior research

economist and report author at institute for fiscal studies. hejoins me. explain what has happened. why have they been left out? since 2010, the state pension age has been rising. at this moment, it is approaching 64 from 60 and will rise to 66 by 20 20. when women don't get their state pension, they are receiving lower benefits from the state and that leads to low—income is for them. the state and that leads to low-income is for them. when will these women get their pensions?“ you are now born in 1955 and you are a woman, you will get the state pension at aged 66 which will be not

until 2021. there is quite a delay relative to what they expected off 2015, in the early 905 before this reform wa5 2015, in the early 905 before this reform was active. these women are expected to live longer and therefore will be taking pension over a longer period of time. that is correct. a woman who is 66 in 2020, she would have an expectation to live 23 years after receiving her state pension. that 23 years is the same as a woman who retired at 60 had in the early 905 in terms of the life expectancy. longer life expectancy does place pressure on the public finances. what sort of

condition are these women end? many are still working, of course. ov 5096 of 16—year—old woman are still in work and one response to the increase in pension age has been for more women to work. one in ten women are working longer and delaying their retirement due to this change and that leaves them financially better off because they've still got earnings from their employment rather than relying on their pensions or benefits. thank you very much. in other business news. bookies william hill says first half came in strongly with its online business doing particularly well. sales were up 5% and profits rose 32% to £57.2 million. sales at its high street shops were down. europe's biggest defence company, bae systems has reported profits of £865 million for the six months to june. that's up 10% on the

first half of 2016. the firm says it got a boost from rising government defence spending and the weak pound. profits at mining giant rio tinto have almost doubled to $3.3bn for the six months tojune. the company was helped by rebound in the price for iron ore. and british airways has apologised for a temporary problem with its check—in systems at some uk airports. passengers at heathrow, gatwick and london city airports had to be checked in manually and faced long queues and delays. ba said the fault was resolved at about nine this morning and its computerised system was now operating normally. on the markets. i want to draw your attention to rio tinto. down 3%. the ftse is down. william hill, if you

have shares, they are up eight and a half percent today. we are back in an hour. i don't have shares, u nfortu nately. an opera company which received funding from chelsea and kensington council raised money for the people in the grenfell tower disaster. some believe the council has prioritised the needs of its richer residents over the poorer ones. singing verdi's requiem is often used in memoriam. last night in holland park it was used for those

who lost their lives and their homes a couple of miles up the road in grenfell tower. the disaster was more than geographically close to this opera company — it directly affected one of their own, a member of staff, debbie lamprell, who lived on the 16th floor, missing presumed dead. it is difficult for me to talk about it really because the last time i saw her was sitting at this bench on the night of the fire. we were listening to the end of the opera we were performing that night and we said good night at the end of it, wasn't it lovely, and that was it. so, yes, that helps the feeling why we wanted to make such an impact, why we wanted to do something. grenfell is to the north of kensington, the part of the borough the council has been accused of neglecting, all the while amassing a large budget surplus. until two years ago the opera in holland park was a council service, the same as any leisure facility, like a gym or swimming pool, and that has led to criticism from those who have questioned the priorities of those of the royal borough of kensington and chelsea. the philistine council would rather spend £30 million on opera for a minority in holland park over 20 years — why is this relevant to our debate today?

because kensington and chelsea council has for many years misspent government and council taxpayer funds on countless vanity projects and handouts, as we have heard, while underfunding essential services... singing but those who run the operating system that theirs is the most accessible opera company in the country and have long contributed to north kensington through fundraising and direct involvement with the community. when you pitch it as opera is not as important as homes and living standards in the borough, then that is not an argument i would ever have with you or anybody else. but they spend millions of lots of other services, and i think it is the word opera that is clearly a problem for people. perhaps if we were a straight theatre company it wouldn't be as controversial — i don't know, but in this country opera generally has this stereotype that people tend to hold. stereotype or not, last night's one—off performance was a sell—out,

with all proceeds going to help the victims of grenfell tower. now for a look at the weather. people are wondering where our summer has gone. it has headed south—east. we have some really hot weather in the balkans. above 40 degrees in rome. way too hot for most people. we could have some temperatures broken in rome and milan. nowhere near as hot in northern europe. 20 celsius back on oui’ northern europe. 20 celsius back on our shores. we have cloud and rain spreading insofar today. northern scotla nd spreading insofar today. northern scotland is looking a lot brighter.

cloud is building in shetland. further south, it is a different story. this is the picture from another of our weather watchers in dorset. a lot of rain on the south coast and some of that is heavy. some heavy bursts clearing away heading eastwards. it is drying up in wales. we will see a feud breaks towards liverpool and temperatures around 19 celsius. the rain moves north and it goes downhill for central scotland. northern scotland, you have some sunshine but a shower 01’ you have some sunshine but a shower or two toward shetland later on. the weather is on the move moving north and eastwards. by the end of the night, we will see the showers piling in to the western side of the uk. temperatures around 12 celsius in the north of the uk. warm at 16

celsius towards the north —— south. not a pretty picture for early august. light winds in scotland and slow—moving showers. there would be some thunder and lightning. the showers moving through on the breeze. very few showers in the south—eastern corner. warmer than today but windy. 20 celsius for glasgow and belfast. that low pressure system is moving away and heading towards scandinavia. friday, it still influencing our weather. the further south and east you are, it isa the further south and east you are, it is a largely dry picture. a little bit warmer. looking ahead towards the weekend, still some outbreaks of rain around. drier the further south you go and there should be some decent spells of

sunshine with temperatures in the low 205. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2.00. prince philip makes his final solo appearance on royal duty today — after 65 years of official engagements. four men from the west midlands are found guilty of plotting terror attacks. prison governors warn the service is "in crisis" in england and wales due to a "toxic mix" of pressures. the british tourists facing hours of delays at airports across the eu because of stricter border checks. adam peaty, sporting superstar and the fastest breaststroke swimmer on the fastest breaststroke swimmer on the planet. 25.95! the savage swimmer and breaking his own record twice and what the future may hold.