this is bbc news. the headlines at three. ten of thousands of passengers face three weeks of disruption from today, as a major engineering project begins at the country's busiest railway station, waterloo in london. all the trains, the ones that are running, are delayed. so it's a mess. an absolute mess, yeah. it's crazy. it's supposed not to be affected on saturdays, and yet already, within one day, i mean, it'sjust a nightmare. the british hacker who helped stop a cyber—attack on the nhs is spending the weekend in a us prison, after being accused of creating software that steals customers' bank details. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, says it's "only a matter of time" before same—sex marriage is introduced in northern ireland. it is of course a decision for the northern ireland assembly, but i'm confident that, like other western european countries, they will make that decision in due course. on day two of the world athletics championships, britain's katarina johnson—thompson sees her hopes of heptathlon gold

fade as she flops in the high jump. and after mo farah retained his ten thousand metre title in his last world championships, will usain bolt emulate him tonight by winning the 100 metres before bowing out? and in half an hour on bbc news, click looks at whether we might one day drive on solar roads, and explores the hacker conventions in las vegas. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. millions of rail passengers are facing three weeks of disruption, as work to update the uk's busiest railway station gets under way today. the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million.

ten of the station's i9 platforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august. let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station — simonjones. work starts today, but what prep is in place, leading up to the 20th of august? work already under way to change some of the platform there and to tell customers that the next three weeks or so are going to be extremely busy. to give you a sense of what goes on here, we've come up here for the bird's eye view to look down there at the concourse. the first ten platforms have been taken out of service for the next three

weeks. the reason for that is they are going to lengthen four of the platforms so they can take longer trains. the idea is that will mean they will be able to deal with even more passengers here in the station. but beyond platform ten, when you go to ii and beyond that, that part of the stations operating normally. so you can see down there it is pretty busy on that side of the station. they have also brought in five extra platforms, which had been mothballed. they were previously used by you restore —— eurostar trains. but the warning from network rail is that if you come to the station, particularly at peak times, you may have to queue just to get on trains, they are likely to be packed. and for some passengers, it is not great shoes. i think there are problems. i is not great shoes. i think there are problems. lam involved with is not great shoes. i think there are problems. i am involved with the world athletics, and i hope it would

affect people trying to get to the championships. it's not great, considering they make you pay for your tickets, you expect to get the service. i'm trying to get to guildford. the trains that are running adelaide, it's a mess. it's not supposed to be effected on a saturday, so already, within one day, it's a nightmare. transport coupled focus represents passengers and they've had members of their team out today observing. they say they are pleased they have seen so many members of staff in high viz jackets seen so many members of staff in high vizjackets directing passengers and warning passengers of the problem is that they are going to see in the coming weeks. but there is that big issue of compensation, because a lot of people are going to have their journeys are affected. it will be delayed, but there won't be any extra compensation for those passengers over the next three weeks. transport caste faubus

believes this is something the real company believes this is something the real com pa ny really believes this is something the real company really does need to look at again. these are loyal passengers, and there are people who travel every day, pay a lot for season tickets, so where is the spirit of the customer service, that tells these people, we cared about you to drink this disruption? so we're asking for a review of those arrangements, and in the interim, we will check how things are running and how well it is being managed. we will be feeding any issues back. both network rail and the train companies say they have been warning passengers about this disruption for the past year. they say it is vital as work is carried out to prepare for the future, because the aim is to increase passenger capacity at the station by around 30%. this is phase one of the project to do that. some of the work will be continuing right until the end of next year, so even once we are beyond their

three—week period, there will still be some problems ahead in the coming months. thank you. a british computer expert has appeared before a judge in las vegas, charged with creating software to steal bank details. prosecutors said 23—year—old marcus hutchins had admitted writing the malware code — but his lawyer said his client denied all the charges against him. james cook reports from las vegas. marcus hutchins appeared before us federaljudge nancy koppe in a las vegas courtroom. the prosecution said he admitted writing computer code designed to steal banking details and also claimed there was evidence that he discussed how to split the profits with an accomplice. but his lawyer says he denies all the charges against him. how's he doing? he's holding up and in good spirits. the family, i think, support and the friends' support and his co—workers and the community have been tremendously supportive for him. indeed, many fellow cyber security experts regard marcus hutchins as a hero for stopping an attack which caused chaos for the nhs and spread to 150

countries around the world. mr hutchins was in las vegas, partying at mansions, driving fast cars and shooting at gun ranges. the fbi moved in at the airport as he was about to fly home to the uk. he is due in court in wisconsin on tuesday. until then, thejudge here ordered his release on bail, subject to conditions which include surrendering his passport and gps monitoring. marcus hutchins appeared in court in las vegas right at the end of the working week. his lawyers had just a few minutes to scramble together his bail money, but by the time they had done so, the court had closed, which means he will have to spend the weekend injail. james cook, bbc news, las vegas. the irish prime minister has said it is "only a matter of time" before same—sex marriage is introduced in northern ireland. the taoiseach, leo varadkar, who is gay, made the comments at belfast pride earlier. the dup, which opposes same—sex

marriage, effectively vetoed a move to allow gay marriage during the last assembly. i think it's only a matter of time. it is of course a decision for the northern ireland assembly, but i'm confident that, like other western european countries, they will make that decision in due course. my reason for being here is to express solidarity and express my support and that of my government for individual freedom and equality of law for all citizens. we would do this in any part of the world. but i think a lot of people in northern ireland wouldn't realise this, it is the largest single march happening northern ireland this year, and it is a celebration of diversity and difference. doesn't that say something great about northern ireland ? greater manchester police

are investigating reports of an acid attack in salford. it's thought the victim was attacked in woodland in pendlebury yesterday afternoon. the man — who is in his 20s — has eye and face injuries, but it's not yet known how badly injured he is. detectives investigating a fatal shooting in chelmsford overnight have told the bbc it was a targeted incident and they don't believe there's any risk to the wider public. essex police were called to the scene at two o'clock this morning. the victim — a 34—year—old man — was shot in the chest as he stood with another man outside the petrol station on baddow road. police say a car pulled up and one of the occupants opened fire before it drove off. a number of people in the area went to his aid but he died later in hospital. the united nations will vote later today on a proposal to toughen economic sanctions against north korea. a resolution drafted by the us, in response to recent missile tests, aims to cut north korean exports of coal, iron, lead and seafood.

if approved, it could deprive pyongyang of more than a billion pounds a year. 0ur correspondent, laura bicker, joins us now from washington. they seem to be really targeting these sanctions in these particular areas. why are these? what is so significant about the money that is earned by north korea from these sectors? when it comes to their combined exports, it is $3 billion and money from that thought to being put into the missile funds. they wa nt to put into the missile funds. they want to stem that funds and stop them developing further nuclear weapons programme. when it comes to this regime, this would be the seventh set of sanctions placed upon the government. and yet, it's still not changed the reader's behaviour.

but this would target the money specifically, and it's notjust export sanctions, there are also targeting one of the main foreign currency banks, that would blacklist the bank. that's where most of the foreign currencies traded and comes in and out of north korea. the idea is to stem that funding but without worsening the humanitarian crisis already ongoing in north korea. because if you target the exports, it means those goods remain in the country, rather than being sold. and it does mean they are not stopping imports, that is potentially foot, oil, anything needed by the actual people of north korea. and there is also top of the us imposing sanctions against china in this issue. why is that? the usa wants china to put its leverage, to turn the screws on pyongyang. 90% of north korea's traders with china, so china wanted to, it really could

mmp china wanted to, it really could ramp up the pressure on the regime, but so far has seemed reluctant to do so. in january, but so far has seemed reluctant to do so. injanuary, president trump met the chinese president and declared the meeting a tremendous success. he went on to say that china would help with the situation in north korea, but here we are six months later, and tweet last week expressed disappointment with china. so they are trying to put pressure on china to put pressure on pyongyang. those sanctions will be announced they are already talking about investigations into chinese practices with regard to trade and with regard to american licences, with regard to american licences, with regard to their products. they might be looking to go through that route rather than un sanctions. we'll leave it there for now. thank you. scientists have warned that extreme weather could kill 150,000 people in europe each year by the end of this century. their findings come as parts of the continent are in the grip of a recording breaking heatwave.

temperatures have soared into the high 40s in parts of italy, spain and the balkans. some regions are contending with drought and forest fires. from sicily, gavin lee sent this report. sicily, 41 celsius in the shade. uncomfortable even for the locals. this extreme heat is 10 degrees higher than is usually recorded in summer in the warmest parts of southern europe. it is the fifth consecutive day that sicily is experiencing temperatures of more than a0 celsius, and people are generally heeding the government advice, which is to stay indoors in the afternoon because of the danger posed by the extreme heat. the picture's reflected in sardinia and on the italian mainland, too, rome and florence are stifling in the 40s and are dealing with the most severe drought in 60 years. dozens of wildfires have broken out across the country. hungary, spain and the balkans are also sweltering in the heatwave nicknamed lucifer. in romania, one person's died. 80 are in hospital with dehydration.

for tourists here in sicily, it's about keeping cool and carrying on. keeping our wits about us in terms of any alerts we need to be aware of, and local people here are very friendly, especially with the kids. with many keeping indoors, there's not much daytime trade for businesses, cafes a nd restau ra nts, relying on tourist season. it's quiet, but i tell you, from eight, nine, ten o'clock, the people come out, take a drink, eat at a restaurant and stay out every day. for those hoping for a break from europe's heatwave, temperatures are expected to return to some normality late next week. this is something scientists predict we should get used to, though, suggesting global warming will lead to more of us being exposed to increased extreme weather patterns in the years to come. the headlines on bbc news:

train companies have warned of significant delays at waterloo station in london for several weeks. the mother of a british hacker has said it is hugely and mike leigh her son sold software used to steal bank details. marcus hutchins, they helped stop a global cyber attack that crippled the nhs, is being prosecuted in the usa. the irish prime minister has said it's only a matter of time before same—sex marriages introduced in northern ireland. currently, is only part of the uk where it is not allowed. and in sport, england make an early breakthrough in south africa's first innings. james anderson trapping dean elgar. the hosts made 362 in their first dean elgar. the hosts made 362 in theirfirst innings. b

dean elgar. the hosts made 362 in their first innings. b griffiths scored his 200th goal as celtic star that defence with a 4—1 win over parts. it's been at disappointing day for britain's catalina johnson thompson. she is in fifth place after two events of the heptathlon. those are the sport headlines for now. last night, sir mo farah won the 10,000 metres. he called it a "beautiful night", but admitted it was one of the toughest races of his career. the 3a—year—old, who's due to retire at the end of the season, suffered a leg injury after almost falling during the race — but says he's determined to defend his 5,000 metres world

title on wednesday. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss — his report contains some flash photography. the morning after the unforgettable night before. fans flocked knowing day two of this championships has the toughest act bobble. the site of mo farah on top of a podium has become a gloriously familiar one, but even by his heady standards, last night's was something special. his rivals threw everything at him. twice, he was tripped on the final lap, but with the entire stadium, including his family, roaring him home, the result was breathtakingly brilliant. mo farah is going to win it! he is a one—man world superpower! it is gold for mo farah! a lap of honour with his wife and children, and this morning, he said that made it particularly emotional. this morning, ijust wanted to go and celebrate with them. because this is it. i will be able to enjoy time with my family.

they were all loving it, it was just beautiful. i really enjoyed it. it's about being yourself. it's about believing in yourself. if you believe enough in something, you can do it. and one of britain's's greatest female athletes believes last night was mo farah‘s crowning achievement. it makes it special and unique that his first double victory came this stadium in 2012. how much he has grown over the two distances and at championships and to culminate here, i think he's going to be walking away, thinking, am i doing the right walking away from the track? this evening is all about another star taking his final bow. usain bolt described his performance last night as very bad, but he still won it.

there he goes. a shake of the head said it all, though. usain bolt will need better tonight, but the ultimate sure man but the ultimate showman will be hoping to sign off in style. usain bolt goes in the 100 metres later on, but he will have to go some to match the extraordinary atmosphere here last night. joining me now from the london stadium is our sports presenter 0lly foster. the morning session was absolutely packed. london organisers have done brilliantly to pack this plays out. there will be hundreds of thousands people coming through the turnstiles. they came this morning, one of the main events was catalina johnson thompson. there has been a great heritage of heptathlon athletes in great britain and she follows the likes of denise lewis, jessica ennis—hill, but that was her failing at 1.86. her personal best

is1.9 eight. a failing at 1.86. her personal best is 1.9 eight. a reactor said it all and the reaction from her new french coach. she now trained in france. she ballooned it, frankly, because she is now down in fifth. i spoke to her coach who said all is not lost, there are still five events to go. but we saw the belgian favourite and one of her rivals clear 195. so she is way down. we're just seeing her pool in the hurdles. she did one of her fastest times, she pool in the hurdles. she did one of herfastest times, she is pool in the hurdles. she did one of her fastest times, she is fifth overall. the trouble is she just cannot through very well at all, those are the weakest events. next up those are the weakest events. next up in the evening session is the shot but in the javelin tomorrow. 200 metres will be the final of the

four events before three tomorrow. the long jump, javelin and the 1500 metres. so she really has two excel in those throwing events if she is to try and get back in medal contention. so we're keeping everything crossed for her in the evening session. sophie hitchen took the bronze last year in the hammer and just needed one throw to qualify for a monday's final. it was a really good through, just on her personal best. so she goes straight into monday's final. but the final would looking forward to is tonight, it is usain bolt, but he has to get to that final, and when have we ever said that about usain bolt? he looked pretty ropey in the heats yesterday. he wasn't happy with the blocks, he said they wobbled a little bit. it is not what he's used to, he says it's the worst he has ever had. he cruised through to win his heat, but it was a slow time and

he wasn't happy. that chink of wea kness he wasn't happy. that chink of weakness saying he's not happy, that bulk of his rivals a little bit of hope. he goes in the third of the semifinals. with the top two quickest to go through to the semifinal later and the two fastest losers. that will be fascinating to see if coleman tries to beat usain bolt in the semifinal or leaves a little bit in the tank, because surely they will reach that final, both of them. it would be wonderful to get some of the british sprinters into the final. that is still plenty to look forward to later. it all sta rts to look forward to later. it all starts at seven o'clock. we'll be watching. thank you. whistle—blowers at youtube say the company's child protection measures are failing. volunteers known as trusted flaggers — who monitor the site for accounts that exploit children — accuse the video—sharing site of failing to deal with a huge backlog of reports of abuse. mike wendling reports.

youtube is used by more than 1.5 billion people around the world each month and it's a favourite of kids and teens. one of the measures keeping them safe is a group of volunteers called trusted flaggers. they scour the site looking for material which breaks youtube's rules, but bloggers from inside the programme had told the bbc the site has a huge backlog of complaints. the complaints are not about child pornography, but rather sexually explicit comments left on videos posted by young teenagers and children. 0ne volunteer told the bbc he made more than 9,000 reports over eight months ago and none of them have been processed. they also claim that members of the public who report material are unlikely to get a response. youtube, owned by google, said in a statement that it strictly prohibits content which sexually exploits minors. the whistle—blowers say that youtube needs to devote increased money

and staff to child safety. we all know that pets are priceless, but you might agree that there's something really quite special about one particular feline friend. eight—year—old rescue cat, genie, has been named national cat of the year after supporting her young owner, evie, through treatment for bone cancer. simon spark has been to meet them. genie is normally an outdoor cat. she will eat if she wants to, and tell you if she wants to go out. that was until her 12—year—old owner, evie, was diagnosed with bone cancer. then she changed. when i was diagnosed, she would come round my legs and would sit at my feet, she would gently massage my legs.

that was just unheard of. genie is doing her claw thingy on me. it means that she likes me. do you think she knew? i think she did, because she was coming around this leg in particular, which is the one that the cancer was in. oh, you know something's wrong with that leg, don't you? and this is the story that has just won her a national cat award. as well as cat of the year, she won 0utstanding rescue cat. it was really good, we had photos taken. it was interview after interview after photo after interview. it was ace. i guess the judges saw what i see in genie, an amazing cat. since the diagnosis, she has really been a house cat, sitting at evie's feet, going around her legs. helping around the house, following her, even going to the toilet and going upstairs. it was quite a change in personality. i think she made

a massive difference. i know without her i would have a lot more dark days, shejust gave me that glimpse of hope that i needed to get through this. evie is now finished her course of chemotherapy and is being monitored by the hospital. genie continues to keep a close eye on her as well. let's find out how the weather plenty of showers this afternoon, with gusty winds. but in between, plenty of sunny spells. the showers will tend to clear the way this evening, increasing amounts of sunshine to end the day for many places. showers may continue to

affect western parts of wales and western scotland, but away from that, it will be a dry nights with light winds and clear skies, a recipe for quite a cool night. just about making double figures for towns and cities, much less elsewhere. quite a good day for many central and eastern parts through sunday. this serial full pressure will move on to spoil things. a chilly start for sunday, but lots of sunshine, bar the odd shower across western areas. wind and rain will push into northern ireland first then into scotland and north west england in northern wales. skies brighten up behind the rain band for northern ireland. for scotland, a drab afternoon. giving cool with the breeze. 1a or 15 or maybe 16 celsius. the key clothes getting

into the south—west, maybe closed building up. but essentially a dry afternoon in the east, with sunshine continuing. winds will remain light. a good—looking day across london for the world championship athletics. temperatures around 21 degrees. temperatures around 21 degrees. temperatures coming and going. 20 degrees at wembley for the football. a fine enter the day here, the rain across northern and western areas will continue to spread into a central part of the uk. low pressure moves on into monday, with the rain petering out in central areas. showers across northern and western areas. it stays unsettled through tuesday and until wednesday. further rain at times, but signs from thursday onwards that settling down. hello.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 3.30pm. train companies have warned of significant delays at waterloo station in london. ten of the 19 platforms will be closed for construction work for more than three weeks from today. the mother of a british hacker has said it's "hugely unlikely" her son sold software used to steal bank details. marcus hutchins, who helped stop a global cyber attack that crippled the nhs, is being prosecuted in the us. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, says it's "only a matter of time" before same—sex marriage is introduced in northern ireland. on day two of the world athletics championships, britain's katarina johnson thompson sees her hopes of heptathlon gold fade as she flops in the high jump.