you're watching bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: ireland's prime minister says the border with northern ireland must not become a barrier to trade. donald trump under more pressure. his administration could now face criminal charges. a grand jury will look at allegations of his links with russia. as more victims of the grenfell disaster are identified, some of them children, survivors tell the judge leading the inquiry that it must be wide—ranging. after a judge's scathing assessment of care provision for a suicidal teenage girl yesterday, the nhs confirms a "safe setting" has been found for her. also this hour, the final track events for mo farah and usain bolt. and ‘valerian and the city

of a thousand planets' is luc besson‘s new sci—fi epic — does it live up to the fifth element? find out in the film review in 45 minutes. ifa good evening and welcome to bbc news. ireland's prime minister, leo varadkar, says britain must soon address, the key issue of the status of the irish border after brexit, because "the clock is ticking." he says he doesn't want economic barriers, between britain and ireland, and is calling for ‘unique solutions,‘ to preserve links between the two countries. after brexit, ireland will have the eu‘s only land border with the uk. our ireland correspondent

chris buckler reports. leo varadkar crossed the irish borderfor the first time is as ireland‘s prime minister, to set out his concerns about what could happen to it after brexit. he arrived in belfast having upset unionists with recent comments about brexiteers. but inside queens university today, the new taoiseach was keen to talk about solutions and not divisions. at a time when brexit threatens to drive a wedge between north and south, between britain and ireland, we need to build more bridges and fewer borders. he is a taioseoch of a new generation. the referendum over the good friday agreement marked the first time he was eligible to vote. he said the challenge of this generation is brexit and again he challenged those he called the brexiteers to come up with proposals to ease the problems posed by new borders. they have already had 14 months to do so, which should have been ample time to come up with detailed proposals. but if they cannot,

and i believe they cannot, then we can start to talk meaningfully about solutions that might work for all of us. for example, if the united kingdom doesn‘t want to stay in the customs union, perhaps there can be an eu—uk customs union instead. but everything depends on the deal. and if it was to end up being a so—called hard brexit, no one is sure how trade and movement could be monitored, along a border which has scores of open roads. when people talk about the irish border of the past, they tend to refer to the years of the troubles, when huge security was needed along these roads. that‘s not the case any more. this is actually the dividing line between the countries, not that you‘d notice. there‘s going to be some form of border because the uk won‘t want people going into the south of ireland and using it as the gateway into the uk itself. i've never seen before,

you know, i was too young. i didn't see the border but i can imagine that it won't be good. on this shared island, leo varadkar knows there are many interests. a brexit deal that‘s good for the uk is likely to be important on both sides of this border. chris buckler, bbc news, northern ireland. oui’ our political correspondent ben wright enjoys the westminster. all sites keep saying this issue of the border is a priority for them. has anyone come up with a solution? rhetoric from the eu and the uk has been at the same since the referendum, that this is an issue of paramount importance, there can be no return to a hard border. that was the position restated by the westminster government today who said they wanted to see as frictionless trade as possible after britain has left the eu and that the

common travel area should be kept. what you heard today was real frustration from one member of the eu, ireland, traditionally a very close ally of the uk but clearly, now, frustrated about the lack of detailfrom now, frustrated about the lack of detail from westminster about how they envisage that border working after britain has left the eu, so you had proposal suggested by the irish prime minister. the idea of a new customs union between the uk and the eu, like the one that turkey has with the eu. but that has real political problems among many so—called brexit proponents at westminster who did not want to sign up westminster who did not want to sign up to anything that would limit the ability of the uk to cut its own trade deals outside of the eu. this is exceptionally complicated. we have always known that it would be. we have heard from an eu state with a huge interest in this wanting progress to be made and for rhetoric

to turn into hard proposals. earlier i was speaking to the labour peer, lord lane, talking about what labour does and what they suggest. —— lord hain. he was predicting a battle ahead in parliament. do you think thatis ahead in parliament. do you think that is what is coming down the line? there was a battle raging across parliament about how to approach the next few months. and the core principles of brexit and what it will mean. within labour there was an argument going on about how far the party should go in committing to single market access, even membership, customs union membership, politicians like peter hain suggesting the uk should remain in both. and when mps come back in a month‘s time, we will quickly see real parliamentary argument about this question, around the customs union and a single market. labour‘s position, which is currently in

flux, i think we will have a better idea of, in two three weeks‘ time. donald trump is coming under increasing pressure, over allegations that members of his campaign team, colluded with russia in last year‘s us presidential election. the special prosecutor investigating the claims, has convened a grand jury, which is a first step to bringing possible criminal charges. the president has always denied the allegations, telling supporters last night they‘re "a total fabrication". our north america editor jon sopel reports. donald j trump! donald trump is never happier than when he‘s out of washington. this is where he belongs. an adoring crowd in west virginia, the problems of russia, collusion, special counsels and grand jurys, a long way from these country roads. the russia story is a totalfabrication. it is just an excuse for the greatest loss

in the history of american politics. that‘s all it is. he didn‘t mention the special counsel by name, but had him in his sights when he said this. i just hope the final determination is a truly honest one. a grand jury is made up of members of the public meeting behind closed doors to consider the evidence that has been gathered. they can force people to testify or to hand over evidence, and they will decide whether the material is strong enough to proceed to a criminal trial, but crucially, they don‘t decide if a potential defendant is innocent or guilty — that is done by a conventionaljury. of course it might be that the grand jury meeting at this courthouse will come to the conclusion that the evidence doesn‘t add up to much and there is no need forfurther action, but the fact that a grand jury has been called is a sign that this investigation is intensifying and will last a good

deal longer yet. and the other worry for the trump entourage is the scope of the inquiry, that it will spread, and that‘s a source of fury. another is the endless damaging and revealing leaks from within the administration and today the attorney general announced a new crackdown. this nation must end this culture of leaks and we will investigate and seek to bring criminals to justice and we will not allow rogue anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country. the president today visited the federal emergency centre to look at plans for dealing with hurricanes. it is hurricane season. and with this grand jury one could soon be barrelling towards donald trump. we can speak to our north america correspondent rajini vaidya nathan. this idea of a grand jury, it feels

like it is ramping up and getting more serious. is that the case? it certainly is. it shows the investigation isn‘t coming to a close, it is just getting investigation isn‘t coming to a close, it isjust getting going. reports suggest the grand jury had been a place for a couple of weeks. it is made up of ordinary people. the grand jury does have the power to demand documents, statements from witnesses and it might be potentially interesting when it comes to the russia investigation, so they have huge power in terms of being able to get the documents that they will then review. and whether or not charges should be laid against anyone. it could be quite a lengthy process but it shows how seriously this is all being taken. we were listening tojohn sobell talking about the links that have been happening, transcripts of conversations that donald trump has had with other world leaders appearing in newspapers. they are clearly deeply concerned about this.

if you look at whatjeff sessions said in terms of how staggeringly either number of leaks are, he said in the first six months the department ofjustice has received as nearly as many criminal referrals about leaks as nearly as many criminal referrals about lea ks in as nearly as many criminal referrals about leaks in particular as in the past three years combined and he said since january the department has tripled its number of actively to investigations. it is difficult because some of the developments in the russian investigation would never have been made public without people inside the intelligence community and the white house having made this public, for example, the fa ct made this public, for example, the fact that the president‘s son met with a russian lawyer during the campaign. that was something that was first revealed by the media owner or the fact that his former national security adviser michael flynn met with the russians. that was revealed by the media. jeff sessions was acting in a way on the orders of his post because at the end ofjuly, president trump criticised and openly at the white

house, saying that the attorney generaljeff sessions was not doing enough to crack down on leaking. i should say quickly that amongst some of the measures the attorney general said he wanted to bring in, he wa nted said he wanted to bring in, he wanted to review policies when it comes to media subpoenas, whether journalists in the us have to reveal their celsius and he says he respects the role of the press but they cannot put lives at risk. he did not say exactly what he meant, if he had examples of this happening, but it is concerned journalists in the us, many of whom see it as a blatant attack on the press without any foundation. health chiefs in the north—west of england say they‘ve found suitable accommodation for a severely disturbed teenager whose plight prompted a seniorjudge to speak out about the state of mental health provision in the uk. the teenager — known only as girl x — is due to be released from a secure unit, later this month.

but until today, the right care hadn‘t been made available to her. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw gave us this update. the concern was that if she was freed into the community she would attempt to kill herself within 24—48 hours, such is the severity of her mental health problems. the advice from experts was that she needs to be sent to a therapeutic environment, a centre where she can be cared for, for between a year and 18 months but no bed could be found, and the head of the family courts in england was scathing yesterday in his assessment of provision and said that he felt ashamed and embarrassed at the fact that nothing could be done for this girl. that appears to have spurred the authorities into taking action because tonight we have had a statement from nhs england saying that after an extensive search a bed has been found in a safe

and appropriate setting meeting the girl‘s needs, and the bed will be available before her release date. it has to be approved by the court and i understand the hearing will take place on monday but it raises two questions. why has it prompted an individual from a seniorjudge that this has happened? and how many other cases that we don‘t know about are there? residents who survived the grenfell tower disaster, had their final chance today to submit ideas, for the scope and remit of the public inquiry into the tragedy. it‘s expected there‘ll be hundreds of suggestions, but there are still fears the inquiry won‘t be wide—ranging enough. tom symonds reports. day after day the names of grenfell victims are confirmed. today fatima shuker, just 11. hashem kadir, a favourite uncle. furdor hashem, his daughter. how, why did they die? this man, the chairman of grenfell tower inquiry, sir martin moore—bick, has to answer those questions,

but when he asked the community what other topics he could consider, he got a rough ride. this i why it is so important to get the terms of reference right and for you to tell me what you think it should cover. we did and then you dismissed them on tv. i think you mis—remembered what i said. tomassina hessel has been in a hotel since the fire, caught between her old life before grenfell and an unknown new one. this is what she wants from the inquiry. for the community, we need specific answers so we can begin healing. we need that closure to start healing, but the underlying issues, social housing, fire regulations, building regulations, the idea that the government are putting profits before people — these are nationwide issues. the judge has to achieve a balance between those wider issues, potentially a huge task, and simply explaining the fire, a more defined one. next week, he will make his private recommendations to the prime minister.

two weeks from now, she is expected to make public her decisions on the inquiry‘s remit and she has the final decision. in september, the inquiry‘s due to begin work and within a year, the chairman says he will produce an interim report. it is the judge‘s job, of course, to find the facts of this tragedy, but the police will have to prosecute anyone responsible and it‘s likely theirjob will take priority, which means that if there are prosecutions the inquiry could be delayed. but keeping the community on side could be one of his biggest challenges. there‘s a lot of anger, a lot of emotion and i entirely understand why it should be so. we are going to continue to work with them. the community has a right to be part of the process. that does not compromise impartiality at all. they are the primary stake holders. it is they who are affected. it is they who have lost everything. this was one of the world‘s worst tower block fires in modern times, and now the

struggle for an explanation begins. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump is under more pressure. his administration could now face criminal charges. a grand jury will look at allegations of links with russia. a warning from the irish by minister that britain has no plan for the post brexit border. —— prime minister. the world athletics championships get underway in london‘s former olympic stadium. venezuela‘a government is set to begin installing a controversial new constituent assembly, defying anger at home and strong criticism abroad. president maduro says the new body, which has the power to rewrite the constitution, is needed to bring peace after months of crisis. but critics including the vatican say the move will foment a climate of tension and conflict rather than reconciliation.

luis fajardo, a bbc monitoring journalist, who‘s in miami, told me protesters are back on the streets in venezuela. they have started, venezuela has been experiencing for three months also continues confrontations, between pro—government and anti—government supporters. the opposition claims this is a very big deal, the installation of the constituent assembly, and venezuela of course is facing a huge economic crisis despite being one of the major oil producers in the world, and they claim that part of the problem is the stalemate between the government and the opposition, and this new constitutional assembly which would be sworn in has the power to move aside the last institutional bastion of control by the opposition and the opposition says that this will be a another step in a venezuelan drift towards what they define as authoritarianism so they think it is a big deal and they have continuously protested against the situation.

do you think president maduro thinks cosily under pressure because of what international leaders are saying about him, particularly calling him a dictator? venezuela has proven very resilient to international pressure. this situation in the diplomatic front is definitely becoming more complicated for president maduro, and also the vatican is critical of the situation, saying that the constituent assembly is not the vehicle for achieving the national unity but they say that they are looking for that. the venezuelan government has continued to rely on at least a part of the population that is still supporting them and also there is the expectation to see what the us will do in the international sphere. the us having the potential to impose economic sanctions against venezuela ns, and might possibly have a stronger effect than the diplomatic condemnation that has been going on to this point.

athletics and all eyes are on the lagoa stadium weller world championships are way. tonight we will see you same board running in the 100 metres he is. this is as last competition before retiring. and mo farah is running in the 10,000 metres final. we have seen some british success on the track in the women‘s one 1500 metres. ollie foster is inside the stadium. tell us foster is inside the stadium. tell us what has been going on. we're looking forward to mo farah, the last run on the track and we are getting a lot closer to seeing the fastest man on the track, he same bought, in his last global championship. what you‘re hearing now is the applause for the start of the 100 metres he is proper. we had a preliminary rounds earlier this evening for sprinters who were not particularly fast who scraped into

disease, and this is where we get to see the proper medal contenders including usain bolt. we‘vejust had the start list. if we can take the bc1 pictures now you can see heat one, it is not usain bolt, he‘s in the last heat. we are having to whisper now. also in lane nine, and outside lane is christian common. one of the fastest this year. 9.82 seconds. he is a man who could beat usain bolt tomorrow evening. let‘s see how he does, what kind of shape he is in. christian common, very, very easily winning that first heat of the 100 metres in just winning that first heat of the 100 metres injust a winning that first heat of the 100 metres in just a shade over ten seconds. mightjust get rounded down

to under ten seconds. he has raced a lot under ten seconds today, the last season. usain bolt, only a couple of weeks ago in monaco, a diamond league meeting, he dipped under ten seconds for the first time. what‘s up? about usain bolt and what kind of shape he is going to be in. we‘ll find out about pm this evening. of all those 2000 athletes, 200 countries, it is really about two men tonight, you usain bolt and mo farah. those memories will come flooding back here at the london stadium, the olympic stadium as it was in 2012 when he did the double bubble, the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres. we will see him in a 10,000 metres in the next hour. here is our court —— sports correspondent. in the next hour. here is our court -- sports correspondent. has it really been five years? mo farah are

for great britain, it is called! the greatest night in history of british athletics capped off by then one of his life for mo farah. back in this the underwear. that, he will begin his long goodbye. i'm so excited and gutted that it is last goodbye but glad to be here to give him a big sendoff. he tries to encourage others. couldn't sleep last night, fantastic. first time we have seen mrp, so brilliant, cannot wait. in the post—olympic year results often dip, the ambitious target of six medals was set before greg rutherford pulled out, the long jump, through injury. expectations may need to be married. anybody in the top five or six of these major championships we should truly celebrate because it will be very difficult to get on that podium. i am keeping my fingers crossed we can sneak a couple of medals, i am counting about five, and if we can

get there we have done a good job. the british anthem might not be played as much as we would like but one anthem we will not be hearing at all. russia is still banned from all competition following evidence about state—sponsored doping. this russian athlete will be competing as a neutral. no colours flags are allowed, but she is confident that the fans will know their heritage. aruba leaders coming to compete here in london from russia, they will know where we are from and everybody knows that we are a team. it doesn‘t matter which flag. so inside and for the spectators, we know will become from. he's not the only one saying goodbye tonight, mo farah, using both will run in the 100 metres he before his last ever individual final tomorrow. from the 10,000 metres, down to just ten seconds,

blink and we will miss them. we are being very presumptuous that you same boat gets through his heat. no false starts and ceded back in 2011 at the world championships. there are some british interest in the 100 metres he is. we‘ve had two british women through to the semis of the 1500 metres, laura muir, just had to finish in the top six to qualify. she was in the top six. it was not a very fast race, but she is safely through, as is a much more ecstatic jessica judd. she ran a personal best by at least two seconds. this is her first best by at least two seconds. this is herfirst major best by at least two seconds. this is her first major championship. best by at least two seconds. this is herfirst major championship. at london 2012 she was at the world junior championships, and she won gold medals atjunior level. she was absolutely ecstatic to make it

through to make —— make another file. we are waiting for holly bradshaw in the pole vault to qualify for the final of the pole vault, because it is lower than a personal best but it is going on here. we‘re waiting for you usain bolt. waiting for his ten seconds of fame in his first heat on the first day of the 16th world athletics championships, in the next 30 minutes or so. airlines including british airways, ryanair and easyjet are urging passengers flying home from europe this weekend to turn up earlier than normal at airports. tighter security checks have led to big delays at passport control. the new measures are in response to recent terror attacks. ba and easyjet are texting passengers to arrive at least three hours before theirflights. danjohnson is at heathrow airport and has this update.

i have spoken to lots of passengers who have arrived back in the uk today. many travelled without a problem, without experiencing any significant delay. there are not queues at every airport, that is why it is difficult for the airlines to predict when and where there are going to be problems. that is why some airlines have issued reminders to passengers that they must get to the airport early with plenty of time to spare. we‘ve heard about some delays of up to four hours. some passengers have missed their flights because of delays at passport control. these new checks we re passport control. these new checks were introduced after the terror attacks we have seen across europe. they are designed to stop terrorists and criminals boarding planes. it means that every passenger must have their documents checked against security databases their documents checked against security data bases and their documents checked against security databases and this is at every airport covered by the schengen agreement. that is the agreement that covers all the european countries that share border controls and passport checks. those

extra checks mean that there have been longer queues at passport control. some have argued that airports needed to put more staff in place to minimise those queues, but it has not happened everywhere. the problem has grown over the past couple of weeks as we have got closer holiday time, even though these checks were introduced back in april. things are expected to be particularly bad this april —— this weekend because so many people are due to travel. it is estimated 10 million people will travel through european airports in the next couple of days. we might not have seen the worst because many airports have yet to roll out these extra security checks. dan johnson reporting from heathrow. so — once you get to europe there‘s the heatwave. people living or holidaying in many countries across the continent are being urged to take great care, as in parts of italy, spain and the balkans temperatures have soared into the high 40s. several countries have issued red alert health warnings, and some regions are still contending

with drought and forest fires. gavin lee is in sicily where temperatures are in the 40s. the sun is just starting to set close to palermo in sicily and, as it does, people are starting to emerge. they have been absent most of the day, like turtles in their shell, because the government warning is it is too hot. it has been 43.8 celsius today. at its peak, around one o‘clock. over 110 fahrenheit. now it is cooler, it is 35 celsius. notjust the sicily, we are talking about part of mainland italy, rome, florence, in spain, cordoba and granada, on the dalmatian coast, temperatures have it over 40 and it is going to continue. the one respite as the evening. one of the issues here in italy, particularly sicily, is wildfires. we have seen six of them

today on this island, some serious ones that have destroyed more than 1000 hectares, some of them started deliberately. but look behind me. some slight belief that people come out in the evenings. in mind that it is going to be the same again tomorrow. our weather presenter phil avery is with me now. you have been following this closely. what is in store for the rest of europe and the next 24 hours? some graphic showing you how hot things are going to be. the extent is probably one of the mork things. where ever you are seeing 40—something, that is probably about 10 degrees above where we should be for the time of year. i‘m here to tell you that some of the southern pa rt tell you that some of the southern part of spain while but 45 celsius today. these sort of spikes are on a day—to—day basis, no great problem, uncomfortable, yes. these figures catch the headlines but the health

issues arise from the fact that you do not get much relief that night. you only down to about 29, 30 celsius. that is why people get stressed and ill. that is why the advice comes at about about staying out of the midday sun. keep hydrated, particularly if they are not used to living in that region. ona not used to living in that region. on a personal note, i am going to spain ina on a personal note, i am going to spain in a week‘s time. is it going to be like this? how long is it going to last? i have to say that i do not think we will see very much relief in the short term. if i show you the rest of this weekend, i have to say that utility it is not like it across europe. here is the weather chart. where you see the frontal system, that is the demarcation line to the north at that, it is 20 something if you are lucky. rather like the british isles. we are ending up with the 30—something and the 40—something when it should be upper 20s, late

30s. how long is it going to last? well, i could see this across the southern parts of spain, southern parts of italy and into the south—east of you europe coming into thursday the late coming week. you will have to see me later for the forecast. let's see if any of the weather is coming to this country. here‘s the weather. the weather that we have become used to, a mixture of sunshine and showers as the weather that we take with us into the weekend. some pretty heavy showers around at times, especially on saturday and a cool feel to the weather. as we go to this evening and tonight, a lot of dry weather out there that showers across scotla nd out there that showers across scotland and northern ireland increasingly drifting across the irish sea towards wales and the south—west. generally around 12 to 16 celsius. tomorrow will bring some really heavy showers across parts of

england and wales. this could contain some hail and some thunder, some scattered showers further north across the far north of england, ireland and scotland. 16 to 21 soldiers. into sunday, many places starting the day dry and it will stay dry all day long. but we will speak cloud and outbreaks of rain spreading in from the west and top temperatures again around 16 to 21 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 8.33: ireland‘s new prime minister warns the border with northern ireland must not become a barrier to free trade, as he calls for "unique solutions" to the brexit question. he says the task ahead is huge. if the challenge of the first world war was the challenge of that generation, i think perhaps the challenge for our generation is brexit. president donald trump is under increased pressure over allegations that russia interfered

in the election that brought him to power. robert mueller, the special counsel investigating the claims, has convened a grand jury, a first step to bringing criminal charges. after a judge‘s scathing assessment of care provision for a suicidal teenage girl yesterday, the nhs confirms a "safe and appropriate setting" has been found for her. the world athletics championships get underway in london. jessica judd is one of four britons to qualify for the semifinals of the 1500 metres. the the emoji movie has been panned by critics. but the only opinion that matters is the film review. james king reviews and a couple of minutes. the french authorities have been accused of deliberately failing

to provide for asylum—seekers to put migrants off from coming over to the country. hundreds of migrants are living in squalor on the outskirts of metz. jonny dymond reports. splashing around in the summer heat, try stopping these children from enjoying themselves. but this is for them is home, a ramshackle collection of tents, perched on the outskirts of the city. some have been here four days, some for many months. all squeezed into tiny tents. they complain of rats. not enough toilets and not enough help. this man is from northern iraq, he has been here forfour months. he wa nts has been here forfour months. he wants out. it is difficult for life. i need to go to england but i can‘t because the borders close and it is difficult. we don‘t have so much money to go to england. these kinds of places are becoming more common

in wealthy europe as people stream west in search of a better life. some say that france is denying these people assistance on purpose. when you are in this kind of policy, non—incentive, the end of the day, i think that you create such conditions for people, when they arrive in france, they have no better conditions than in their own country. it is a charge vigorously rejected by the authorities. translation: we currently have nearly 5000 people housed in the region. if the state did not want to do anything, why would it be providing this accommodation?“ this camp existed just to dissuade people, then it is clearly not working. most of these people will fail to be accepted for asylum, wanting a better life is not a good

enough reason for the authorities. france was to speed up the whole process. intel does, these ramshackle camps and the misery that flourishes will continue. more help from the french state is coming, but the pull of the rich west continues. the future for migrants and their children remains hard and often dangerous. for the fourth month in a row car sales have fallen compared to last year, according to the society of motor manufacturers and traders. injuly, new car registrations fell nearly 10%. let‘s talk to motoring correspondent, quentin willson who is currently in saint—emilion in france. lots of good days the last two yea rs, lots of good days the last two years, what has gone wrong? the first is brexit and there is very

little confidence that consumers bending that we are seeing in retail and also you have got the problem with the air quality issue. the diesel fall is 20% this year, that is really steep slope of these things together and you‘ve got a degree of political interference in the market which has caused this really significant fall in the worrying thing is that we have got s&m businesses stopping buying as well. this is going to get worse because these figures lag behind the general economy. this predates michael gove‘s announcement about 2040 and banning sales of petrol and diesel cars so we can see these figures go down even more. do you think the ministers should be doing more to maybe encourage people to fork out and buy these big—ticket items or reassure them about things like diesel, for example? what the market needs now, absolutely is confidence for. notjust in the

motoring and car sector, we need to know that brexit is going to be handled confidently and we need to know the government has a credible air quality strategy and is not talking about banning everything is wholesale. this could cost us of an industry and consumers an awful lot of money if it is not properly managed and this blip in the figures now, you can see that this political meddling on the fringes is causing people to worry really quite hard. some will say that there are great opportunities ahead in the uk could be at the forefront of developing new technologies, electric cars, reading a lot about that, trying to improve things with more charging points around the country. do you think manufacturers are doing enough themselves to seize this chance was? i think we‘ve got a really exciting emerging electric car industry. i drive a nissan everyday and they are great but we have only got only 100,000 people buying these cars. the government is going to spend big money and have deep pockets for the

10 million charging points, rapid charging points we need to get to that let all putts—mac level of mass alexa accreditation —— mass electrification. it is still a long way off and we need to see them pulling them metaphorical fingers out. back to brexit, do you think this situation may not improve until we know the full details of whatever is coming next, a transition period ora is coming next, a transition period or a final trade deal? everybody is worried about spending large amounts of money and future investments until they know what is going to happen. whether this is going to be well handled or not or whether it is going to be a plane crash. and all the indications out of brussels and westminster abbey moment are not encouraging. so everyone, consumers and industry alike is holding back. we really do need a steady hand on the tiller and information coming in gives us some cheer. but from every second gale —— sector i talk to,

there is talk of let sit and wait. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. he‘s become the most expensive player in the history of football. brazilian star player neymar has completed a record two —— £200 million transfer deal with paris saint—germain. but speaking to our sports news correspondent richard conway, he insisted it‘s not all about the money. neymar, finally in paris with the ball and the world at his feet. at £200 million, his transfer from barcelona is a world record deal. and when his wages are included, the total bill will eventually top £400 million. the brazilian star told me today he has followed his heart and not his wallet. lots of people saying that perhaps you are doing this for the money. that that is your motivation. what do you say to that? translation: i did not come over here for the money. i came here for the motivation, the challenge, and the challenges.

in paris this morning, fans were happy to part with their cash. hundreds of them queued for hours to buy the new neymar shirt. the club is backed by the country of qatar‘s vast wealth. but its president thinks he‘s bagged a bargain. i would love to see in one year if it is too much or not. i‘m sure it‘s not. today, until now, just in five hours, we sold already merchandise of half a million euro. this is just for a couple of hours. neymar has been a star for both club and country from a young age. but critics of this megadeal point to the vast sums involved and there are questions over whether he is merely a pawn in qatar‘s efforts to spread its influence across the globe. the man at the centre of it all, though, insists he is simply here to win. what will be success

to you at this club, the champions league? the fifa best award? how would you say that you have made it here, that you have delivered? translation: i want everything. the titles, i came over here to make history. psg want neymar to spark a new sporting revolution for them. and leaving the stadium tonight, he was greeted by fans as their new king. richard conway, bbc news, paris. researchers at nottingham trent university say a simple device to reduce the weight of washing machines could save fuel, cut carbon emissions, and reduce back injuries. a typical budget washing machine is weighted by a 25 kilogramme concrete block to hold it steady but scientists have experimented with using a refillable water tank instead. earlier i spoke to a professor and

intelligent engineering systems and i asked him about the idea. my first personal experience with the concrete counterweight it when my washing machine broke down in a few yea rs washing machine broke down in a few years ago. i discovered that actually it is a very heavy block of concrete that exists inside our washing machines. our industrial collaborator, a company based university, nottingham —based company, came to us likely to help them try to develop a product that could replace the concrete counterweight with a new plastic container so that they can be filled with water and we took the challenge and managed to produce the first prototype whitcomb parable result of the concrete counterweight. this is not just about saving people‘s the concrete counterweight. this is notjust about saving people‘s backs when they are trying to lift a washing machine, you think this is

good for the environment? yes, we have done our calculations and we estimate from the number of washing machines sold in the uk and the distance travelled, if we assume each washing machine would travel 31 miles from the manufacturer to the store, tv household, to the final user, we estimate that it will save user, we estimate that it will save us about 44,000 tonnes of carbon and about 180,000 litres us about 44,000 tonnes of carbon and about 180 , 000 litres of us about 44,000 tonnes of carbon and about 180,000 litres of fueljust one transporting the washing machine. what stage is this out now? has this new invention then put into washing machine that we can buy now? what we have done, we used off the sheu what we have done, we used off the shelf washing machine and from the market, we replaced the counter weight, the concrete one, with the plastic hollow container filled with water. time now for the the film review. james king gives us his thoughts on valerian, england is mine,