proof once again that when it comes to major sports events british enthusiasm remains undimmed and at a time when athletics is facing a challenge to remain as relevant as it once was, that has been a huge boost. london has come to the rescue of the sport. the sport has got to be on its bended knees saying thank you, you have done something no other city could have done. as athletics tries to look forward, london 2017 marks the end of an era, the changing of the guard, the championships that refused to follow the script. dan roan, bbc news. the world championships are over here; in ireland, the women's rugby world cup continues. the hosts came from iii—nil down to beat japan 24—14 so they can still make the semi—finals. wales can't, after losing to canada and defending champions england had another 10—try victory, beating italy 56 points to 13. they top their pool with one round of games to go before the semi—finals which will be held in belfast. that's just about all from here, the bbc sport website has highlights of these championships and plenty

of other sports news today including 2 results from the premier league, back to you mishal. this week — india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain — a moment of freedom that came amid one of the largest mass migrations the world has ever seen. the muslim—majority state of pakistan was created to both the west and the east of india, with muslims travelling in one direction, hindus and sikhs in the other. around 12 million people are thought to fled the violence that erupted, with communities targeting each other. a million people are thought to have died . many south asians who came to britain in the years after independence were from places affected by the partition. seven decades on — they've been telling kavita puri their stories. archive footage: and all the time, the bloodshed goes on. as the new dominions of pakistan and india take over their own affairs...

when british india was divided along religious lines, people who'd lived side by side for centuries soon found themselves as a minority in a new country. they fled in their millions across the new borders. throughout this vast land, hindus and muslims seek safety in new surroundings. raj daswani lives in london. 70 years ago, his family fled pakistan for india. he left his home and his first love, yasmine. raj was a hindu. yasmine a muslim. we used to meet at the terrace. i used to tell her like, putting my hands like this against the moon, "one day i'll give you this moon." that parting of each other was most, i would say, unbearable. she was crying, i was crying, and we hold the hand

again with each other. and slowly, slowly, slowly, we left each other. i could see that she is looking at me, til that end. one day we were quite happy, and in the evening, we were made to just leave the house and walk. harchet bains was 11 years old and living in a seikh village in punjab. there had been riots nearby. his family no longer felt safe in muslim—majority pakistani, and travelled by foot in a line to india. it became bigger and bigger as we walked along, because other villages alsojoined us. and in the end, it was miles long. i remember the army men telling us, be close together. it's very dangerous. it is firing going on.

people are killing other people, so be very, very vigilant. fleeing from their looted, bloodstained towns comes a new exodus, a million displaced persons... moving in the other direction was khurshid sultana, a teenager. she was from delhi, where muslims like her were being targeted. she left for pakistan with nothing but the clothes on her back. one day in her new home she received a letterfrom her two best school friends in delhi, both hindu girls. they wrote me a letter about my muslim friend who was with me, but she was left there. she was raped and somebody married her, and i think she then permanently stayed. she never came to karachi. i don't know what happened to her. and it was a teacher, actually, in the school. but it's shocking that it was a teacher at the school who kept her, who raped her. that is the thing. i know the people living

all your life, like brothers and sisters, neighbours... they attacked each other. tens of thousands of women were raped and abducted during this time on both sides of the border. decades after raj left his childhood home and his first love, he returned to karachi. the first thing i did, i took the dust from the ground and kissed it, put it on my forehead. i brought these two stones as a memory, as if i'm still connected with my soil, my birthplace. but he never saw yasmine again. today, khurshid lives in london. 70 years after partition, she still hasn't returned to india. i still don't want to go there. why? what are you afraid of? i'm still scared the people might kill me. harchet lives in hertfordshire,

and is still affected by the loss of his homeland. it was a great tragedy, and we didn't like being friends one day and enemies next. although we got independence, they said, we are independent now. but what good it was when you have lost everything? and we'll have coverage from pakistan and india on partition and its impact in the coming week. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me, stay with us on bbc1. good evening. it really has been a gorgeous day for many of us with lots of blue sky and lots of sunshine coming through. i hope you managed to get out and enjoy. just take a look at this fabulous weather watcher's picture down in kent this afternoon. as you can see, very, very pleasant indeed along the coast. and in fact we saw highs just

to the west of london of 23 celsius. as we went through the day we had a scattering of showers into scotland and cloud and rain gathering out in the west. the sign of what is to come as we move through the night tonight and into tomorrow. all change for most of us as the wet and often windy weather starts to push in across northern ireland and into western scotland. certainly more cloud around tonight, not as cold. best chance of seeing the perseid meteor shower the further east you are. we will start off with a lot of rain, some of it quite heavy through scotland first thing in the morning. the rain already starting to clear away to showers through northern ireland, but some of it quite persistent across the isle of man and into the lake district. a west east divide through northern england. rain to the west of the pennines, dry to the east. certainly that rain will be down into wales and the south west of england as well. we will start off some sunshine in the south—east corner and east anglia. you may well cling on to the sun for much of the day. the cloud will thicken all the time up through this part

of the country into the midlands. we will see outbreaks of rain, albeit light and patchy moving in. some showers developing into northern ireland. some of those could be heavy, possibly thundery by the middle of the afternoon. in terms of the feel of things, disappointing to the north and west. 15 to 18 celsius. highest values again, just like today, of 23 in the south—east corner. but that rain will arrive. it will gradually sweep its way steadily eastwards overnight monday into tuesday. not too much significant rainfall across the south—east and then clearing behind to a trail of showers. but tuesday looks reasonably promising. most of the rain will have cleared out of the way through the night. some of the showers again could still be quite heavy and possibly thundery. 16 to 18 celsius in the north, but again we will keep 23 celsius in the south—east corner. a little transient ridge of high pressure tries to build, but not for long before another area of low pressure starts to threaten. but it does look as though on the whole wednesday will be a slightly quieter day before more rain arrives. this week is a little complicated. there will be some sunny spells, some of the showers really quite heavy indeed, and turning just a little bit cooler later. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. it is not a bad selection. with me are henry mance, political correspondent for the financial times, and public affairs consultant jacqui francis. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the i leads with theresa may's battle to remain tory leader after the party lost its majority in the election. the telegraph reports a call from the conservative mp jacob rees mogg to cut stamp duty and income tax. mr mogg denies speculation that he is considering a bid for the party leadership. the daily express leads with brexit and claims of a possible second referendum following comments made by the former labour leadership hopeful david milliband. the financial times says that the head of the european commission, jean claudejunker, is seeking for tighter controls on foreign takeovers of eu companies, following fears of chinese dominance. the metro leads with charlottesville and highlights a picture

of the alleged killer with a neo—nazi group at the rally. and the daily mail reports on an nhs battle to tackle early deaths caused by heart disease. we will begin with the metro and what has been happening in charlottesville. what has been happening in cha rlottesville. tru m p what has been happening in charlottesville. trump swamped by neo—nazi row. the lincoln to condemn the bigots specifically, the groups like the kkk. it isjust scary because it is almost deja vu. when trump was complaining people said this was going to happen because when he was questioned about the kkk and white supremacists he dodged that and almost said, who are they? but they still around ? that and almost said, who are they? but they still around? then what happened in charlottesville he said, it is terrible, bylines on all sides instead of coming straight out like the governor has said and that this was a terrorist act and these were

white supremacists. why is it so difficult to say that? and then it turns out these individuals are quite happy saying the president actually a silent about this so that means they think he agrees with them. this is the president of the united states. the white house is defending him and saying he has been absolutely clear about extremism of all sorts. this is a question of leadership is displaying out and this hasn't had a huge amount of coverage in the uk and the question is what he should do when there is a neo—nazi protest is what he should do when there is a neo— nazi protest but is what he should do when there is a neo—nazi protest but also an act of white supremacist terror, one person has been killed and others injured in this event. should the president get out there and give leadership and actively condemn those who may be seen as the cause and the provoking factor or should they offer attributed white house briefings? comments by unnamed officials or even by the national

security adviser probably won't be seen as not by many america. security adviser probably won't be seen as not by many americam feels in some ways like the world has gone backwards when you see things like this. it was quite chilling to see them the day before the torches on the university campus. there are people in this country who can remember and that just has this almost deja vu, 2017 and we are here again in 1935, 19 34. what is going on? the fact he won't, dim condemn them and people around him are doing the usual trump translation which is he doesn't actually mean it but he doesn't say it but behind what you're saying, read between the lines. between the lines: mr president trump, it sounds like you're them. let's move on -- supporting them. stamp duty is featured quite a lot in the papers of late. why are the conservatives so of late. why are the conservatives

so the bonnet was mike also jacob rees—mogg himself. so the bonnet was mike also jacob rees-mogg himself. if he wanted to explain to them, the prospect of jacob rees—mogg as a tory leader prime minister is being taken seriously at since. he doesn't want that but if he did wanted this is what he would do. it is barely predictable that someone who is an old italian, a fund manager on the front of the —— read of the conservative party thinks that government should cut taxes and give individuals control over their incomes and i think that is the standard agenda but theresa may at her advisers don't think this is a winning strategy. the stamp duty idea is that if people want to own a house that might be putting of people moving or downsizing because it is such an extra cost for them. at the end of the day is this really about stamp duty or is it about jacob rees—mogg being the papers yet again. i think he does protest too

much. again i don't want herjob, i ama much. again i don't want herjob, i am a loyal supporter of theresa may, well, you know, stuff going on tv and stop talking about things and then saying, oh, no, not me, it isn't hisjob to explain policy then saying, oh, no, not me, it isn't his job to explain policy and to champion of the conservative stand for? he also about housing thinks that in the light of the g re nfell tower thinks that in the light of the grenfell tower disaster we should pull down the starbucks and replace them with houses with gardens. i'm not sure —— pull