this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 4:00. the red cross say more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts sierra leone's capital, freetown. president trump returns to washington amid criticism of his comments on the violence in charlottesville. comments on the violence in cha rlottesville. h is comments on the violence in charlottesville. his vice president has condemned extremists. we have no tolerance for hate and violence, for white supremacists, neo—nazis or the kkk. south korea's president calls on the us to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over the north's nuclear threat. the number of passengers arrested under suspicion of being drunk at uk airports or on flights sees a 50% rise in the past year. also in the next hour — 70 years since the partition. india and pakistan mark 70 years of independence from britain — a moment of freedom that sparked one of the largest mass migrations the world has ever seen.

bell chimes. and big ben's bongs will fall silent next week, for nearly four years for urgent repair work. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the red cross says 312 people have been killed in the sierra leone capital after a mudslide, with that number expected to rise as more victims are found. a hillside, close to the capital freetown, collapsed early this morning following heavy rain, engulfing dozens of homes. emergency services are now thought to be engaged in a recovery exercise rather than a rescue mission.

a nearby hospital says it has been overwhelmed by those affected. 0ur correspondent umaru fofana is near the scene of the mudslide. i'm right on the ground, the road itself is almost impossible, massive rocks. this area called mount sugarloaf caved in in the early hours of this morning, and is covered literally in dozens of houses and hundreds of people are feared dead under the rubble. there are some ambulances parked here, but it is a recovery mission instead of a rescue mission now. there is a thick fog that has covered the entire area. i can't see anything beyond 10m, and i'm standing just next door to where this accident happened this morning. i spoke to a local chief who was

wailing and shouting, saying they had been calling for assistance since liam, but that none came. even when some ambulances came, they came not to rescue. you could see people using their bare hands, pulling up corpses from beneath the mud. 0therwise, corpses from beneath the mud. otherwise, no rescue whatsoever. the sheer size of this thing and the fa ct sheer size of this thing and the fact the country's emergency services cannot cope with the size of it. dozens of corpses have been picked up in other parts of freetown in the aftermath of the heavy downpour throughout last night. 0ur africa editorjames copnell explained the wider picture around the scene of the mudslide. the main area that seems to have been affected is a place called regent on the outskirts of freetown. the side of a mountain essentially collapsed. the mudslide submerged dozens and dozens of houses. there are other areas around freetown where there

are reports of many deaths. 0ur correspondent in freetown says the death toll could rise to as much as 1000, that's the fear. the vice president has talked about hundreds of deaths. those figures changing hour by hour but the fears are of a high total. people are thought to be trapped in their homes in this mudslide, are the rescuers able to try to get at them? i think it's been difficult because of heavy rains. there are accounts of people calling for help early in the morning. the mudslide in regent occurred at about 6am but it took awhile for emergency services get there, rain was cutting off roads and falling rocks and so one blocking of areas as well. 0ne phrase i heard is that it's more about recovery now, that many of the people under the mudslide won't be alive any more. but still has to be confirmed by emergency services. what sort of state

where these homes in? my guess is a lot will have been an informal settlement, not constructed in a way that would withstand something like this. for a few years in freetown and other places there has been a debate about how can you protect people in vulnerable areas. flooding isn't new in freetown. what is new and shocking is the scale of this, just how many homes and people seem to have been affected. president trump has broken his holiday and returned to washington where he's expected to sign an executive order on trade. he's also expected to discuss the weekend's deadly violence in charlottesville with white house advisers. mr trump faces continuing criticism over his refusal to directly condemn white supremacist groups for violence that saw a 32—year—old woman killed and 19

other people injured. but his vice president, mike pence, has specifically condemned far—right groups when asked to respond to the scenes of violence. 0ur correspondent richard lister reports. after the violence, the vigils. across america people showed their support for the young anti—fascism protester killed in charlottesville and they condemned what they saw as the newly confident white supremacy movement. it has not melted away. in seattle, a group calling itself patriot prayer was quickly surrounded. the violence on saturday in cha rlottesville has become a defining moment in the trump presidency. the gathering of hundreds of white supremacists was, for many, shocking enough. but then this. a car driven into a group of counter protesters. these new pictures show the terror and chaos that followed.

oh, my god, people are badly hurt. oh, my god, badly hurt! we need paramedics right now! 19 people were injured. 32—year—old heather heyer was killed. donald trump condemned what he called the violence on many sides, but did not mention the far right hate groups involved. that was left to the vice president last night. we have no tolerance for hate and violence. from white supremacists, neo—nazis, or the kkk. these dangerous fringe groups have no place in american public life and in the american debate, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. but many in the president's own party are angry at his reluctance to specifically condemn the far right. their cause is hate, it is un—american, they are domestic terrorists and we need more from our president on this issue. the media attacking our president...

but president trump is trying to switch the focus of the nation, his team releasing this ad portraying him as the victim. but in charlottesville they're not ready to change the conversation. we need to spread love all day, every day and notjust when something like this happens, when a tragedy happens. everyone wants to come together, and rally, and we will be there for heather. but heather would want us to be there all the time. that is what we're going to do. richard lister, bbc news. i'm joined now by professor larry sabato, director of the centre for politics at the university of virginia, which is based in cha rlottesville. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i know you've lived and worked in cha rlottesville news. i know you've lived and worked in charlottesville for a long time. what are your thoughts about what

happened at the weekend, and the response from donald trump? the event itself was an outrage. i live on the university of virginity lawn —— university of virginia lawn and i watched these folks with their torches pretending they were in germany with —— in germany in the 19305 germany with —— in germany in the 1930s walk past my home and go and beat up student university administrators. whatever donald trump says today is far too little, far too late. he had his moment, he missed it. by the way his vice president did too. his first statement was bland. it's interesting to hear not only opinion writers in the new york times, bottles a nd writers in the new york times, bottles and other republican politicians describe this as an

american. that's absolutely correct. for anyone who thinks my words or others partisan, they need to read what a wide range of very conservative republicans, more conservative republicans, more conservative than donald trump, have had to say about how he massively blew it on saturday afternoon. they totally disagree with has handling of this, they know that their futures and the future of their party depend on denouncing neo—nazis, white nationalists, the alt—right. donald trump can't do that because those people supported him, voted for him, and trump doesn't want to lose them. we know he is expected to discuss the cha rlottesville he is expected to discuss the charlottesville violence at the white house right now with white house advisers. do you expect him to come out and say anything more, even though you say he has missed his

moment? it is difficult to call what president trump will do but do you think he will say something more? yes, of course he well. he's been talked to by staff and his family. he didn't even retweet his daughter's much better statement about this awful incident. he wouldn't retweet her. he will say something but as i said, it's too little, too late. he can stand on his head and juggle while he says it, it won't make any difference. bill clinton stepped up to the plate with the oklahoma city bombing. he is remembered for it. george w bush stepped up to the plate right after 911, went to gather muslin is together and declare we weren't going to discriminate, —— governors —— he gathered muslims together.

going to discriminate, —— governors -- he gathered muslims together. we are seeing reports coming in about the appearance of the man accused of running the car into the crowd of protesters at the weekend. bail denied, reports of tension is flaring outside the courthouse. give us flaring outside the courthouse. give usa flaring outside the courthouse. give us a sense flaring outside the courthouse. give us a sense of what it's like in cha rlottesville now, us a sense of what it's like in charlottesville now, the mood must be strange. it's strange, notjust strange but strained. it's been a nightmarish 72 hours. everyone is exhausted, nerves are frayed. this is normally a very pleasant, quiet, beautiful college town. there's lots of history here. unfortunately we've made the wrong kind of history. by the way that young man is 20 years old, a white male from out of state, which 95% of these troublemakers are from other states. he's from 1030 in 0hio. from other states. he's from 1030 in ohio. he is typical of them. we know that he fell in love with adolf

hitler as he was growing up, he greatly admired him, as so many other neo—nazis here this weekend do. that is beyond sick. fortunately there are still some world war ii vetera ns there are still some world war ii veterans there and they are beside themselves. they spent years of their lives fighting, many of their comrades were killed and now young people in the united states, with a president encouraging them in many ways, supporting adolf hitler? this is beyond insane. thank you. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has denounced president trump's comments in the wake of the charlottesville violence as "not enough". mr corbyn was campaigning in reading when he was asked about president trump's response. no, it's not enough. what happened in charlottesville was that the kkk and its supporters, white supremacists, arrived in charlottesville to cause trouble. one person died.

many more have been injured. surely every president of every country in the world, when we represent everybody, should be able to condemn that. but people will say you condemned both sides in venezuela when there was a clear disparity there. there is no equivalence between white supremacists trying to kill somebody in charlottesville. and yes, there are problems in venezuela. i have called for the same as president macron. i have called for calm, peace and negotiations, and a constitutional way forward. the headlines on bbc news. the red cross says more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts of surrey are rarely own‘s capital freetown. —— the outskirts of sierra leone. donald trump returns to washington amid

criticism of his comments over the violence in charlottesville. south korea's president calls on the us to help prevent a war amid worsening tension over the north's nuclear threat. and in sport. cristiano ronaldo is banned for five games by the spanish football federation after shoving a referee in real madrid's super cup first leg win over barcelona. phillippe coutinho is left out of liverpool's squad for the champions league qualifier in germany against hoffenheim. the brazilian submitted a transfer request last week with barcelona hoping to sign him. and rory mcilroy says he might not play again this year because of a rib injury that's been plaguing him all season. he finished tied for 22nd at the uspga. i'll be back with more on those stories. the number of arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at uk airports and on flights has risen by 50—percent in the past year, that's according to an investigation carried out by the bbc‘s panorama programme.

critics of the airline industry say a voluntary code on alcohol sales isn't working, and want the government to amend licensing laws. tina daheley reports. it is available 2a hours a day in every airport across the uk. and it seems to be leaving passengers and crew with a hangover. an investigation by bbc panorama has revealed that arrests of those suspected of being drunk at uk airports and on flights have risen by 50% in the past year. half of the 4,000 cabin crew who took part in a survey carried out by panorama and unite, the union, said they had either experienced or witnessed verbal, physical, or sexual abuse by drunk passengers onboard a uk flight. people just see us as barmaids in the sky. they would touch your breasts, or they'd touch your bum or your legs.

i mean, i've had hands going up my skirt before. phil ward, the managing director of low—cost airline, jet2, has already banned alcohol sales on flights before 8am, and wants the industry to take tougher measures. do you think airports are doing enough? i think they could do more. i think the retailers could do more as well. two litres of beer in bars, mixers and miniatures in duty—free shops, which can only be there for one reason. but the airport 0perators association insists that their code of practice does work. i don't accept that the airports don't sell alcohol responsibly. the sale of alcohol per se is not a problem. it's the misuse of it and drinking to excess and then behaving badly. earlier this year, a house of lords committee called for airport licensing to be brought into line with pubs and bars. a government decision on whether to call time

on early—morning drinking at airports is now expected in the autumn. tina daheley, bbc news. we can now speak to kennyjacobs, chief marketing officer at the budget airline, ryanair. hejoins me from dublin. we saw in that report, the port operators association saying they don't accept airports don't sell alcohol responsibly. what are your thoughts on that? everybody can sell alcohol more responsibly. you can't just push it onto the consumer. it's up just push it onto the consumer. it's up to every individual ultimately to be responsible for the amount of alcohol they take on board but the airports need to do more in the uk. we've outlined three things we want them to do. limited to two drinks per boarding pass for every passenger who is flying. in particular when flights are delayed, don't let people spend six hours in

a barconsuming any don't let people spend six hours in a bar consuming any amount of alcohol they can possibly want to consume. that passes the problem to us. 0ften consume. that passes the problem to us. often we turn passengers away at the gate, we won't serve them any more and it becomes an issue for us while people are in the sky. it ta kes a while people are in the sky. it takes a lot for us to manage large, disruptive groups. airports should do more but ultimately it's up to everybody to make sure they don't consume too much alcohol at the airport or on aircraft. on the issue of turning people away as they attempt to board, has ryanairfound itself doing that more and more? absolutely. we've made a lot of changes in our own policies, and we've been turning more and more people away. we now no longer let you consume the duty—free alcohol you've bought at the airport. that was something you were able to do in the past but we've had too many incidents. if you uk airports,

manchester and glasgow prestwick, we don't let you bring any duty—free alcohol on—board at all. don't let you bring any duty—free alcohol on-board at all. what about sales of drinks on your flights? you wa nt to sales of drinks on your flights? you want to make money from that presumably but how do you balance that with making sure that your passengers aren't drinking too much? that is part of the responsibility we ta ke that is part of the responsibility we take seriously. we have upped the empty with training our staff, saying if any customers look like they've had too much alcohol, that we don't serve them any more. we also have a higher incidence of flights. the ultimate price is a plain gets disrupted because certain passengers are being off—loaded and then ultimately they get arrested. we've got a higher incidence of that. our average flight is 90 minutes and we only sell alcohol for about 50 minutes. we simply don't have enough time to sell that amount of alcohol and you'd be quite surprised with the fairly modest

alcohol sales we have, but it's clearly a problem before it gets to the aircraft. it's an issue for airlines, airports and for individuals who are using those airports. how much can you really set upa airports. how much can you really set up a system of rules and regulations that will make a big impact on this issue, if at the end of the day people want to go to an airport and of the day people want to go to an airportand drink of the day people want to go to an airport and drink and drink more if theirflight is airport and drink and drink more if their flight is delayed for example? there's lots more that can happen. what we are calling for is better control that the airports. if there isn't better controls and this situation continues, ultimately you could be looking at a total ban, people being breathalysed before they get on an aircraft. we don't wa nt to they get on an aircraft. we don't want to go to those types of scenarios. we are saying restrictions work in other industries and what we are calling for is better controls, where most of the drinking is happening, which is that the airports. thank you. and you can see the full panorama investigation, plane drunk,

this evening on bbc one at 8:30pm. celebrations have been taking place in pakistan as the country marks 70 yea rs in pakistan as the country marks 70 years since its creation. at midnight on august 14th 19117 british colonial rule came to an end in india and the country was divided into two independent nations — india and pakistan. millions of hindus and sikhs headed for india's new borders. as a consequence, communities that had co—existed for centuries descended into violent sectarian fighting. reeta chakrabarti sent this report from karachi. it is pakistan's birthday, and at every street corner there are flags and celebration. but its 70 years have been very mixed. it was founded as a democracy but has had military rule and people argue whether its founder mohammed jinnah wanted a secular state or an islamic one. i went to one of karachi's universities to ask students what they think of mohammed jinnah

and pakistan today. mohammedjinnah, it is the biggest name for pakistan and even every nation of the world, he is like a father, father of the nation. and he created pakistan. and do you think mohammed jinnah would be happy with pakistan as it is today? he would be happy, he would be really happy seeing pakistan today progressing every day, every second. on this 70th anniversary of independence, the country is doing very well and it is flourishing day by day. and i hope it will get more prosperous day by day. and mansour, do you think that mohammed jinnah would be happy with pakistan as it is today? basically he had seen the basic needs of the people, and they are not being fulfilled right now. much of the problem lies in religion. because people nowadays, they're not tolerant. they are too emotional. crowds come tojinnah‘s mausoleum to pay their respects. the country he founded was rocked again last month

when the prime minister was forced to resign over corruption charges. finding political stability remains one of pakistan's many challenges. south korea's president says he's confident donald trump will act calmly and responsibly over north korea. moonjae—in has been holding talks in seoul with america's top military official, generaljoseph dunford, who has said that military options are only for if sanctions fail. his comments follow an exchange of threats between the us and north korean leaders last week. today, north korea has said that any war could "only be turned into a nuclear war". yogita limaye has this report from seoul. america's highest ranking general, meeting south korea's president. a visit that comes at a critical time, general dunford has said that the us is ramping up diplomatic and military pressure to stop its missile tests, and military options would only be

used if all else fails. words that could reassure south korean leader. earlier in the day, at a meeting with his advisers, the president urged a peaceful solution. translation: there must be no more war on the korean peninsula, whatever ups and downs we face, the north korean nuclear situation must be resolved peacefully. i am certain the united states will respond to the current situation calmly, and responsibly, in a stance that is equal to ours. general dunford goes to china next, which has said that from tuesday it will stop coal, iron and seafood imports from pyongyang. in order for us to demilitarise north korea, it will require china not only to vote for sanctions, but to enforce those sanctions.

that will be one of the messages i deliver when i go to china. but even as diplomatic routes are explored, military preparations continue by all of those who could be affected if pyongyang decides to act on its threats. these are exercises being conducted byjoint forces from japan and the us. while they are not in response to the current situation, they are even more important in light of it. especially as the tone from pyongyang remains aggressive. today, the state's news agency says the country is watching each and everything in the us. we are approaching the mid—august deadline set by north korea for it to present its plan to attack guam, to its leader, kimjong—un. here in south korea, they will be starting joint military exercises along with the us next week. despite those efforts, it is unlikely we will see the tension in the region released soon. a £200 million plan to build

a bridge covered with trees across the river thames in central london has officially been abandoned. the garden bridge trust has announced that it is winding up the project due to a lack of support from the london mayor sadiq khan. more than £37 million has been spent so far on the project. as promised, here is the weather. good afternoon. it's certainly not been a sunny story for all of us today. there's been quite a lot of rain around in western areas. where we have seen some sunshine, things have turned warm. this was the scene in kent. not far away at gravesend we've got close to 25 degrees today and believe it or not that makes it

the highest temperature we've recorded so far this august. as we go through this evening and overnight, staying largely dry until the end of the night when we will see some thundery rain working in. elsewhere areas of wet weather sweeping in towards the north—east. some rain first thing tomorrow but that should clear away quite quickly to leave a bright day. there will be some showers, some heavy and thundery, especially in northern areas. many places will avoid the showers and stay dry. 17—19 degrees generally. wednesday mainly fine and dry for central and eastern areas but out west in a different story with cloud and rain spreading in. some of that rain could be heavy. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the red cross say more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts sierra leone's capital, freetown. a hillside collapsed after heavy rain.

president trump has returned to washington amid criticism over his comments on the violence in cha rlottesville — both his vice president and the us attorney general have directly denounced the violent far—right activists. south korea's president has said he's confident donald trump will act "calmly and responsibly" over north korea's nuclear threats. moonjae—in has been holding talks in seoul with america's top military official, generaljoseph dunford. 70 years on, pakistan celebrates its birthday as many remember the violence and mass migration sparked by the country's partition from india at the end of british colonial rule. time for a check on the sport. cristiano ronaldo has been banned for five games after pushing the referee in last

night's first leg of the spanish super cup. he'd already scored after coming on as a substitute in real madrid's 3—1win over barcelona at the camp nou. the first booking came after taking off his shirt in celebration. the second, for diving in the box — and then reacting to being sent off. he'll now miss wednesday's second leg. and the spanish football federation added an extra four, after what they describe as his "sign of disapproval". ronaldo has ten days to appeal. diego costa has been fined by chelsea after failing to return to preseason training last month. the striker, who was told by antonio conte that he isn't part of his plans for the next season, is currently in brazil. in a recent interview, the spanish international threatened to sit out the remaining two years of his contract, unpaid if necessary, if chelsea do not allow him to move. costa maintains he wants to return to atletico madrid. the liverpool midfielder phillipe countinho hasn't been included in the squad for tomorrow's champions league qualifier against hoffenheim in germany — amid speculation the player is still eyeing a move to barcelona. coutinho has been struggling

with a back injury that kept him out of saturday's opening premier league fixture at watford. the brazillian handed in a transfer request last week, following a £90 million bid from barca. both were duly rejected by liverpool. another brazilian does appear to be on his way to barcelona. after cashing in on neymar‘s £200 million transfer to paris saint germain, the catalan giants have spent some of it on paulinho. the former tottenham midfielder is set to join them from chinese club guangzhou evergrande in a deal worth £36 million. it will be their first signing since neymar‘s departure. paulinho played a significant role in evergrande winning last season's chinese super league, and has established himself as a regular in the brazil side. he'll have a medical in spain on thursday. police have received complaints over neil lennon's conduct during hibernian's victory over rangers at the weekend. the complaints relate to his goal celebrations. lennon cupped his ears and appeared to raise a fist towards the rangers supporters. police are also investigating "offensive and threatening comments" made to lennon on social media.

rory mcilroy says he might not play again this year because of the rib injury which has plagued him all season. he'll make a decision in the new few days before the end—of—season fedex cup play—offs get under way next week. mcilroy remains fourth in the world rankings despite finishing in a tie for 22nd at the us pga championship at quail hollow yesterday. it's the third year in a row that he's failed to win one of the four majors. meanwhile, the new pga championjustin thomas is up to sixth in the world, following his victory in north carolina. thomas won by two shots to claim his third title of the year — and the first major of his career. he's the eighth "first time" winner in the last nine majors... for me, the pga had a special place in my heart and maybe a special drive. i want to win every tournament i play in and i want to win every major, but at the end of the day, this was really cool, for this to be my first one

and have my dad here. and i know grandpa was watching at home. i was able to talk to him, and that was pretty cool. england's cricketers are gearing up for a "step into the unknown" as they prepare to face the west indies at edgbaston later this week. the first test in the three—match series in birmingham will be the first day—nighter to be played in england, and also the first day—night test involving england. west indies have already played and lost a day—night test when they faced pakistan in dubai last year, but it's a whole new experience for england. ijust don't i just don't know what to expect. the australian guys say during that twilight period, the kookaburra ball nipped around. but with the pink ball, they said it goes soft quickly, so we have to be adaptable on the day. as a player, the exciting thing is that we are going in with a completely clear mind. we

are learning on thejob, almost. the tea m are learning on thejob, almost. the team which will be most successful is the team that reacts quicker. that's all the sport for now. a man has been in custody, charged with the murder of a man who was killed as he walked his dogs. 23—year—old alexander palmer appeared via video link from police custody suite some miles away from here. it was his first court appearance after being charged in the early hours of this morning with the early hours of this morning with the murder of peter brighton, and 83—year—old. he had been out walking his dogs on saturday the 5th of august when he was attacked. he was a retired peaty engineerfrom august when he was attacked. he was a retired peaty engineer from the village of banham, and his body was found in heathland close to a path. ina found in heathland close to a path. in a brief hearing, it probably lasted no more than two minutes this

morning, alexander palmer, wearing what appeared to be a blue sweatshirt and grey trousers, he seemed to have some stubble and was unshaven, spoke clearly to confirm his name, his age and address and he gave his address as being in the village of crinkle food, near norwich. there was no application for bail. he didn't enter a plea, and districtjudge for bail. he didn't enter a plea, and district judge nick for bail. he didn't enter a plea, and districtjudge nick watson remanded him in custody to appear tomorrow morning at nine o'clock at norwich crown court, just a few yards from the magistrates‘ court. there will be a hearing them. today‘s hearing followed a lot of police activity over the weekend. a week from the body being discovered, on saturday more than 700 people we re on saturday more than 700 people were questioned by police. they had set up roadblocks close to the scene and they talked about 700 people. they have also had 170 calls from the public and they say all of this helped them find possibly key witnesses to what might have

happened on that saturday. alexander palmer is expected to appear next in the crown court a few yards away from here. armed officers in the uk‘s largest police force are to be issued with head—mounted cameras in an attempt to address concerns over the transparency of operations around armed officers. they‘ll be attached to the caps and protective helmets of members of the metropolitan police‘s firearms units, as our home affairs correspondentjune kelly reports. more than 17,500 body worn cameras have now been rolled out by the met police, and now it‘s the turn of the firearms teams. and it‘s been decided that the best place for them to have their cameras is on their headgear. with me is chief superintendent martin hendy and one of his firearms officers. chief superintendent hendy, can you just talk us through how these cameras are going to work? ok, so the officer you can see wearing a camera here has effectively got a device on his body armour there. that is effectively a battery pack and a means of switching it on very quickly.

but the key bit for us is the actual camera mounted on the peak of his cap. we think it is critical that it captures the eyeline of the officer, so it can capture what they are actually seeing as a scenario unfolds. so as you see, the officer dressed there, he will be wearing it on top of his cap. if he was to put a ballistic helmet on, it would attach to the side, very quickly attach to the side of the helmet. and as i said, we believe that gives the best chance of capturing exactly what it is the officers are seeing as the scenario unfolds. you‘ve tested them in trials, both out in operations and also on the firing range? yes, we have, we‘ve been trialling it for, broadly speaking, 18 months on operations. and we‘ve also trialled it within the range. and we think it‘s particularly effective. it has taken us a while to get to this position because of course, we wanted to make sure they were mounted in the right place and make sure we have the right kit and the right ability to download it and therefore capture the best evidence. but yes, we think the trials have proved this is the way forward for us. it‘s hugely popular amongst the officers and my great hope is that it will increase public confidence

in armed policing, accountability, transparency, but also support those people that volunteer to perform a firearms role and potentially make some very difficult decisions. chief superintendent hendy, thank you very much indeed. now, back to you. the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, says ministers "must act now" to address the backlog of prisoners serving an indeterminate jail term. the sentence, known as imprisonment for public protection, was abolished in 2012, but more than 3,000 people in england and wales are still being held with no release date. zoe conway has this report, which does contain references to self harm. bill and christine ward are preparing themselves to visit their son in prison. he‘s been locked up for the last 11 years. he‘s been self—harming. they don‘t know what to expect when they see him. it‘s been hellish, really has. i think this is the worst year i‘ve ever done with james.

whenjames was 17, he went to prison for a yearfor assault. near the end of his sentence, he set fire to the mattress in his cell. for doing this, a judge gave him an ipp, or imprisonment for public protection, and said he should serve a minimum of ten months. 11 years later, he still inside. he has no release date. james wanted to write to us, but he‘s not allowed pens because he stabs himself with them, so a nurse wrote his words down. "i was rushed to hospital last week, as i cut up and lost a lot of blood. i‘ve spoken to my sister recently, and she was in tears because of my self harming. i owe my life to her, even if not to myself. i‘m trying so hard to stay as strong as possible, but i couldn‘t promise her i wouldn‘t do something stupid". some people watching this will say

he must have done things in prison to deserve him being kept there this long, that this 11 years has to be for a reason. it has to be his fault. i can‘t stress enough, he‘s not dangerous. he has never been violent in 11 years. the officers say they never feel unsafe around james. is there going to be a knock on the door, is there going to be a phone call? a phone call to say what? he has dug his own life. that is what i believe he will do. he will take his own life? eventually, he will do. because he don't see any way out. i

can't. james's parole hearings have been delayed repeatedly because the prison service has failed to carry out vital mental health assessments. his family have just visited him. they are shocked by how ill he looks. we got in there and james looked absolutely terrible. he‘s lost so much weight. and his self—harm is unbelievable. and they arejust self—harm is unbelievable. and they are just leaving self—harm is unbelievable. and they arejust leaving him self—harm is unbelievable. and they are just leaving him there to rot. he is on constant watch because of the self—harm. he is literally sat behind a cage like an animal. they walk past and point and laugh at him. how is that humane? how is that human rights? the american space agency‘s cassini probe has begun the final phase

of its mission to saturn. the satellite has begun a series of "ultra—close" passes through the planet‘s upper atmosphere. scientists are hoping it will reveal more about the chemical make—up and internal structure of the planet. a short time ago i spoke to dr caitriona jackman, who is a cassini project worker at the university of southampton. she told me she hoped cassini would reveal more as it comes to the end of its 20—year mission. it‘s been a pleasure and a privilege to work on cassini for as long as i have, but i‘m relatively new to the project compared to some. cassini was launched in 1997, but it was first thought about and planned in the early 1980s. so people have invested a huge amount of time and of course money, but also emotion in this project. we went to saturn with a lot of questions, and we‘ve answered many of those questions.

we‘ve also discovered things that we never expected. but we leave with a new set of questions, and that‘s what space exploration is about, defining what‘s important, understanding where we are in the solar system and what that means more widely. before we talk about what you hope these ultra—close passes will reveal, give us a potted history to remind us of what cassini has revealed about saturn so far. cassini has been there for 13 years. it has a suite of instruments on board. it has cameras, it has magnetic field instruments. it has studied the aurora at the northern and southern poles. it has studied the cloud tops. it‘s discovered new moons. it‘s discovered that one of those moons, enceladus, spits out these geysers of water vapour, which forms a ring of itself. we‘ve been able to land the huygens probe on the moon titan. we‘ve been able to observe weather and climate on titan

over the changing years. and these close passes open up a whole new realm of science questions. there are a couple of things we‘re looking at them at the moment. one is the rings, looking at how old the rings are. another is the magnetic field of the planet and using that to tell us how long a day is on saturn, because surprisingly, that‘s actually quite a complicated thing to calculate, and looking at this amazing atmosphere and flying where we‘ve never flown before. so those are some of the questions. what else are you going to try to do once cassini ends its mission? what is the next logical step in terms of research into saturn? we‘d love to go back. it takes a lot of time to plan, but it also takes a while to get there. certainly, the moon enceladus is one obvious target to explore because it‘s the source of these

geysers of water vapour. and that may be an interesting habitable environment. the moon titan is another fascinating environment. but my area of expertise is studying saturn‘s magnetic field, and that is linked into this question of how long a day is. we want to know the answers to those questions. if we don‘t answer them all now, we need to go back with another spacecraft and more targeted studies. and when is the end for cassini? i know it‘s soon. the formal end is 15th september, which will be exciting because cassini is going to take a death dive, or a very dramatic plunge through the atmosphere. there are two reasons for that. one is for planetary protection, because we want to make sure cassini is disposed of in a safe and predictable way. the other reason is to explore the atmosphere as the spacecraft goes in. so that‘s the formal end, but we hope cassini will leave a long legacy and that the data will be analysed for

many years to come. in a moment, a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first, the headlines on bbc news: the red cross say more than 300 people have died after a mudslide on the outskirts of sierra leone‘s capital, freetown. president trump returns to washington amid criticism over his comments on the violence in cha rlottesville — his vice president has condemned extremists. south korea‘s president calls on the us to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over the north‘s nuclear threat. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. all the stock markets are on a roll today, largely because the tensions over north korea have eased off a bit and also, there‘s some excitement over the latest economic growth

figures from japan — surprisingly strong and some people are daring to think that after so many false starts, the economy is on a sustainable upswing. in the us, shares in the drugs company merck are up after its boss resigned from donald trump‘s american manufacturing council. it follows the events in charlottesville at the weekend and the us president‘s response to the terrorist attack. the head of telit communications, 0ozi cats, has resigned, after an internal company investigation found he was actually uzi katz, who is wanted forfraud in the us. the internet company, which is listed on london‘s aim market, said mr cats had "knowingly withheld" information. uber has introduced seven major changes intended to enable drivers to "make the most out of the app". customers will now be

able to tip drivers, and drivers will be able to charge passengers 20 pence for every minute after the first two minutes that they keep their driver waiting. let‘s get detailed analysis of this with richard hunter, head of research, at wilson king investment management. what do you think of this new idea? 0ur uber not just what do you think of this new idea? 0ur uber notjust trying to stave off some kind of regulatory enforcement of doing their employees more benefits? that is something that has been going on for the last few months. it has been a torrid year overall for uber, not just few months. it has been a torrid year overall for uber, notjust in the uk, but worldwide, not only in terms of operation luke opposition from existing taxi firms, but also in terms of the culture that uber is reputed to have. but yes, it could be said that coming at this particular time with a kind of regulatory/ human resources ruling

hanging over it, these could be moon moves madejust to hanging over it, these could be moon moves made just to appease those bodies. what about merck? a member of trumps manufacturing council. what does this say about manufacturing strategy and his relationship with business? that is an interesting one. 0bviously, relationship with business? that is an interesting one. obviously, we saw yet againjust an interesting one. obviously, we saw yet again just how outspoken the us president can be. there was a twea ked us president can be. there was a tweaked following the resignation from the american manufacturing council, which was basically broadside in the us pharmaceutical companies as a whole. so i don‘t know whether that says more about donald trump‘s reaction to losing a member of his staff or whether he is moving further from the business world, which he obviously represented prior to becoming president. and also if you look at the business world and the banking sector, they are looking for lower taxes and reform, which is still a

long way off. that's right. infrastructure spending, tax reforms and the replacement of 0bamacare ball hit brick walls so far and is difficult to say how destructive the white house is at the moment. of course, it has biggerfish to white house is at the moment. of course, it has bigger fish to fry in terms of last week at least, with escalating tensions with north korea. that said, there are a number of pressing matters at home and needless to say, the more time goes on, the less patient investors, let alone the electorate, will become with the new administration. what about mr 0ozi cats, who turned out to be uzi katz? the interesting thing is not so much the allegations, but actually, why didn‘t the stock market know about this? in terms of corporate governance, this is something that is particularly top of the agenda for companies which come to list on the london stock exchange. there are

two tears the london stock exchange. there are two tea rs in the london stock exchange. there are two tears in terms of the main listing, the kind of listing you would expect, and most ftse 100 would expect, and most ftse100 companies would have. in terms of the aim market, the alternative investment market, there are still hurdles, but perhaps some of the entry requirements are less stringent. but at the end of the day, this also seems to have gone by the way with the company itself, let alone the stock exchange. so there are no doubt questions to be asked. thank you, richard. let‘s have a quick last look at those markets, all of them pretty strong. i leave you with those figures. you can judge for yourself whether it is a proper recovery or whether it is just a relaxation of tensions over north korea. that‘s all the business news the chimes of big ben will be heard for a final time next week,

before major conservation work begins on the westminster tower which houses the bell. the clock won‘t resume its regular time—keeping duties until 2021, although specialist clock makers will ensure that big ben can still bong for important national events such as new year‘s eve and remembrance sunday. 0ur political correspondent leila natthoo has the story. we are right at the top of the elizabeth tower, above the clock face. and here it is, big ben, all 1a tonnes of the great bell that rings out every hour. and here are the four smaller quarter bells too. it‘s absolutely deafening at this close range. they‘ve given us protective headphones to be this close to it, but from next monday the bells will fall silent to allow for renovations to take place. it‘s not actually the bells themselves that need repairing, it‘s the mechanism that causes the clocks to tick and the hammers to hit the bells that need the work.

and there‘s also a wider programme of renovation under way already on the tower itself, dealing with issues like damp and condensation, putting a lift in, so the silence is really for the workmen too. so, in the coming weeks and months, scaffolding will be going up right to the top of the tower. but it‘s hoped that at least one clock face will be visible and working at all times, and the bells will still ring out on special occasions like new year‘s eve and remembrance sunday. but next monday afternoon at noon will be the last time for some time to gather to hear those regular sounds. and for us here in westminster, a strange silence will descend in the absence of such familiar and reassuring sounds. australia‘s deputy prime minister has revealed he may be a citizen of new zealand. barnabyjoyce has told the country‘s parliament he was "shocked" when the new zealand high commission contacted him to say he could be a citizen by descent, because the politician‘s father was born there. he has referred himself to the high court because holding public office as a dual citizen is not allowed in australia. last thursday afternoon,

the new zealand high commissioner contacted me to advise that on the basis of preliminary advice from their department of internal affairs, which had received inquiries from the new zealand labour party, they considered that i may be a citizen by descent of new zealand. needless to say, i was shocked to receive this information. i‘ve always been an australian citizen, born in tamworth, just as my mother and grandmother were born there 100 years earlier. neither i nor my parents have ever had any reason to believe that i may be a citizen of any other country. given the strength of the legal advice the government has received, the prime minister has asked that i remain deputy prime minister and continue my ministerial duties. a rare white moose has been captured on camera in sweden. the animal is one ofjust100 white moose in the country. they aren‘t actually albino, but grow white fur due to a genetic mutation. time for the weather. if you think a

white mousse is rare, try looking for a hot day in august 2017, because there have not been many. this might surprise you. today, we recorded our highest temperature of august so far, all the way up to 25 degrees. that was at gravesend in kent earlier. where we see sunshine this week, it will feel fairly warm but generally, quite a cool feel to the weather for many and we will see spells of rain at times. there was certainly a lot of this weather watcher in herefordshire earlier. that cloud will produce outbreaks of rain and at the moment we are looking at the south—west, because there are heavy bursts of rain beginning to work in here. there are

also heavy downpours clipping into northern ireland. this wet weather will continue northwards and eastwards tonight. some dry weather then develops. there could be further thunderstorms in the far south—east later in the night, but it is generally a warm night in south—eastern areas. quite cool in the north—west. tomorrow morning, still some outbreaks of rain across the far north—east of scotland. but for much of scotland, things will be brightening up. a few showers start to get going. similar story for northern ireland and northern england. plenty of dry weather across east anglia, the south—east, wales and the south—west. just a few showers. as we go through the day, it will turn into a sunshine and showers day, but many places will avoid the showers and stay dry. where we do see showers, they could be heavy and thundery. we are most

likely to see heavy ones across northern areas, particularly scotland. it could be another warm day in the south—east corner where we see some sunshine. during tuesday night, this ridge of high pressure builds its way in. could be a cool start on wednesday morning. the many places, it will stay dry through the day with some hazy sunshine. western fringes of england and wales will see rain at times and strengthening winds. towards the end of the week, thursday is a sunshine and showers day. friday is similar, but there could be heavy bursts of rain and potentially some unusually strong with and a cool feel to the weather. so you will want to check your local forecast if you are planning ahead. today at five...

70 years since the end of british colonial rule, india and pakistan mark the anniversary of their independence. pakistan was created this day in 1947, but partition led to one of the largest mass migrations of people the world has ever seen. at the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, india will awaken to life and freedom. midnight tonight will mark the birth of the sovereign state of india. at least a million people died in the sectarian slaughter that followed partition. iam i am live in lahore, pakistan. where despite its violent birth, the nation is celebrating independence day. we‘ll also be speaking to pakistan‘s high commissioner to the uk. the other main stories on bbc news at five...