hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm... the crisis in spain... the government in madrid is on the verge of seizing control of catalonia. cyber attack on the nhs — it could have been prevented and, according to the government, it came from north korea. president trump releases some — but not all — of the files on the assassination ofjfk. coming up on afternoon live... john has all the sport. rugby league and disappointment at the opening match of the world cup. england's defeated in their opening match of the rugby league world cup, beaten by the world champions, australia. more on that coming up later. and the weather? sane, chile, mild and cloudy, these are the trade—offs, all the details coming up. also coming up.... an x—ray vision — a portrait believed to be of mary, queen of scots, discovered beneath a 16th century painting. the crisis in spain has deepened.

prime minister's mariano rajoy has asked the senate to approve plans to sack the entire catalan administration and take control of some of its powers. they could give an answer at any time this afternoon. meanwhile, separatists have submitted a declaration of independence to the regional parliament in barcelona — and may vote on that in the next few hours. tim wilcox is in barcelona. what is happening? i think we're finally reaching the culmination of this cata la n reaching the culmination of this catalan crisis. the members of parliament in this regional parliament are voting right now and in the last couple of moments it has been decided to hold a secret

ballot, originally the party of mariano rajoy, the spanish prime minister, said they would not take pa rt minister, said they would not take part and we think they are still in the chamber and they have just hung cata la n the chamber and they have just hung catalan and spanish flags because they want to remain part of spain. this is a troubled and chaotic environment inside the chamber and i am being told that the representatives are leaving and the secret vote is starting. after that illegal referendum, according to madrid, on the 1st of october and after weeks of demonstrations, violence and chaos, all those adjectives, we think the vote is about to take place right now. carlos pigem and has not spoken in the debate but the motion is for an independent, sovereign state. notify

the world that catalonia has gone its own way. madrid has vowed not to let that happen, two day the senate in madrid has been voting on imposing article 155, direct rule, but human barcelona there is a party atmosphere, 700 local mayor ‘s inside the chamber who have come for this moment and they are extremely pro—independence and there are people demonstrating outside the parliament building in favour of independence and any mps who walked through those crowds who were pro—unity, there were shouts of fascist. this is a febrile atmosphere but it does look as if this... this vote is taking place... they are going to read the declaration. this is in catalan but from a

spanish, they are voting for an independent state and the ballot box has just independent state and the ballot box hasjust gone into independent state and the ballot box has just gone into the parliamentary chamber. she speaks in catalan. to paraphrase, according to the catalan parliament, back in september, again, a clause which was not recognised by madrid, they said that

the referendum, the result of that referendum, would be binding if there was a majority under referendum on october the 1st, according to the separatists, had led 90% show of support for independence but it was only based ona independence but it was only based on a turnout of 43%. independence but it was only based on a turnout of 4396. she speaks in cata lan. on a turnout of 4396. she speaks in catalan. the person speaking, she is the president of this parliament and she is reading the full proposal, which is for the declaration of a republic and i have a script coming through... we asked the european union to intervene, to stop violence against our population and we want a european project that defends the

democratic rights of citizens. this isa democratic rights of citizens. this is a reading of the proposal ahead of this vote. so, a moment of high drama in barcelona. in the catalan parliament. which could very well be dissolved and the president, along with the ministers of this administration, stripped of their posts. she speaks in catalan. that is the keyword, the referendum, this is the keyword, the referendum, this is my rough translation... we declare that catalonia is an

independent, sovereign state. and the voting is starting. a secret ballot. the madrid government will be watching this extremely closely, as will europe, as will the world. this is the biggest constitutional break—up of an eu country ever. and the most important constitutional crisis, really, for this country since the death of franco in 1975 and the attempted coup back in 1981. so the ballot papers have been given to the mps. and the mps are being

called, one by one, the chamber has 135 mp5. called, one by one, the chamber has 135 mps. there is a majority with the coalition of 72. so he needs more than 68 to vote this through, which according to the separatists is just which according to the separatists isjust a which according to the separatists is just a rubber stamping which according to the separatists isjust a rubber stamping exercise. and in the brinkmanship between madrid and barcelona of the past few weeks, this was the moment that eve ryo ne weeks, this was the moment that everyone was expecting, those who we re everyone was expecting, those who were separatists, when it was thought yesterday that the catalan president was going to call snap elections and not vote or declare independence. thousands of people took to the streets, accusing him of betrayal and treachery. but as we

have seen over recent weeks and months, here in catalonia, it is a divided region. and there are many millions of catalans who are against this vote, or against this declaration of independence. the first mp has cast his vote. one mp who should be no vote before voting... the two opposition parties here by the popular party, the right wing party of the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, . .. wing party of the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy,... from the socialist... just voting. the

popular party spokesman. it is going to be very interesting to look at the voting record of this group, because they have had such a huge success in the spanish elections, that we can movement, they do not wa nt that we can movement, they do not want independence but a referendum here, it'll be interesting to see how they vote. 68 is the key number. that the

president needs to see this vote through. and madrid has vowed not to allow this to happen, not to recognise any independence. and this vote in the catalan parliament, the ultimate provocation to madrid, coinciding with a vote in the senate, which we believe will rubber—stamp for the madrid government, the invoking of article 155. direct rule from madrid. applause.

i have not kept count of how many have voted... i think we have probably another five minutes of this. but if you are justjoining us, the vote in the catalan parliament for independence, for catalonia as a sovereign, independent state, is taking place. this, after the referendum on october the 1st, deemed illegal by madrid. with those scenes of violence, 800 people injured in running clashes between the national police trying to break up the referendum, which they said was illegal. 26 days after that, and

numerous demonstrations with hundreds of thousands of pro—and anti—independence supporters... this is the moment where catalonia might, briefly, be an independent state. and by doing this, of course, the separatists say that whatever madrid decides will not be recognised because they are an independent state. the last few weeks have been like living in a parallel universe at times, with madrid saying, we don't agree with this, it is unconstitutional, you have to pull back from any talk of independence. whereas carles puigdemont, the cata la n whereas carles puigdemont, the catalan president, his response has been, let us talk and negotiate.

madrid always says no, we will talk to you but not if independence is on the table. we are up to l, alphabetically. not much further to go. sporadic bursts of applause for the mps as they go in. this voting is being watched by 700 metres in the region, pro—independent mailers we have come in to witness what they

think, and in fact, have come in to witness what they think, and infact, is, a historic day for catalonia, one of 17 autonomous regions here in spain. and the first one to have taken theirfight for and the first one to have taken their fight for complete independence to this level. where i am standing right now, along with a lot of the world's media, police helicopter circling outside... at the moment, the police

on duty here in significant numbers are the local catalan police force, 17,000 strong. today, interestingly, there were also national police officers here, walking around the park in which this parliament building is based. both sides saluting each other. but in the past, madrid has accused the catalan police of being partisan in this battle and actually, not helping to break up the referendum, the illegal referendum, according to madrid, on october the 1st. in fact, the commander of the local police force has already appeared in court on

charges of sedition. on that point also, there are two catalan independent leaders being held in jail in madrid. again, on charges of sedition, rebellion. the crowds outside the parliament area know what is going on. they are cheering and clapping. as each mp votes. we are on the g in this alphabetical order. —— letter te. thank goodness we are not in the basque country

because so many we are not in the basque country because so many surnames we are not in the basque country because so many surnames begin with so we because so many surnames begin with so we would be here for a very long time. if you are just if you arejustjoining us, these are the pictures live inside the cata la n are the pictures live inside the catalan parliament, by this crisis, at its most intense for the past three weeks, is coming to a head. as the catalan parliament votes on a motion of independence. catalonia, its own sovereign state, with its own laws, going its own way, splitting from madrid. at the same time, in madrid, the senate is meeting. they were addressed by

mariano rajoy, the prime minister, earlier this morning. and we expect them to agree to invoke article 155, imposing direct rule from madrid on this region. the first time ever this region. the first time ever this has happened, the first time ever article 155 has been invoked. the first time ever and autonomous region, one of 17 in this country, has sought to split away. we're hearing that when carles puigdemont voted, there was shouting inside the parliament, shouting president. as he voted. i think we are on to the last mp. so, for the separatists, history in

the making here in catalonia. but a history whose future is extremely uncertain for this country. not only doa uncertain for this country. not only do a large majority, many millions of catalans, disagree fundamentally with independence, but madrid and europe has said it is illegal as well. the voting has finished. cheering for the speaker. and applause. and cheering, as i say. for this moment. counting. it will begin. 68 is a

crucial number, the number that ca rles crucial number, the number that carles puigdemont and his coalition says means together for a yes. we did in this 135 seat chamber, a chamber which already has a great degree of autonomy along with other regions in spain. one third of the tax take already managed by them. they are reading about what seems to be just they are reading about what seems to bejust a they are reading about what seems to be just a continuous line of si, yes. not a single no. outside, the

crowds are shouting and applauding after every sii vote is spoken. —— sii. -- sii. after every sii vote is spoken. —— sii. —— sii. and there was a rare no. it has come to this. a battle that for separatism, that carles puigdemont has been fighting ever since the 1970s and 1980s, when support for independence in this region was running at about 11% or

1296. region was running at about 11% or 12%. now, the separatists claim 90% have voted in favour but on a turnout of just 43%. one vote was left blank, as i understand. 25 yes, two no and two blank. quite a few spoiled ballot papers there. just being told that what they

thought was the spoiled vote had the word yes written in such small lettering she thought it was blank. we must be getting close to that number of 68. 135 member chamber, 68 is the number that ca rles 135 member chamber, 68 is the number that carles puigdemont and his coalition needs. all of his supporters i have been speaking to in the last few days has said it will pass. that is at. they have got 68.

so, just to pause... why they clarified the numbers. —— wildly. if our work has been fired from outside the building. in celebration. as they see it. they have been listening to the president of the parliament, another firework going off. so, they have passed the vote for independence here in the catalan parliament. catalonia has gone its own way from spain. the first time this has happened in europe.

something that madrid has vowed to fight. but the catalan parliament has voted for independence as a sovereign state. a huge rupture for spain, for europe, for the international community. and now a period of great uncertainty for spain and perhaps europe as well. the final count for yes is being carried out but they have got the majority. they have got more than 68 votes, in the teeth of opposition from madrid, and the unity parties here in the catalan parliament. in particular, the popular party. outside, the crowds are cheering and

fireworks have been let off. 70 votes. i am not sure if you can hear but outside, there are thousands of people joining but outside, there are thousands of peoplejoining the but outside, there are thousands of people joining the cheers from inside the chamber here as well. applause. cheering and applause 70 votes in favour. ten no. two blank. the catalan parliament here

has defied the rule from madrid, the rule of the spanish constitution. and voted in favour of independence. the catalan national anthem is being sung inside the chamber. but what is the future for catalonia? they took madrid right to the brink and now the ultimate provocation. declaring independence from the sovereign state of spain. jubilation for the separatists but how deep the anger from madrid? the crowds outside hugging and kissing each other. many

in tears. many of the older catalans here who lived through the time of franco, who suffered the repression of franco, but, of course, their lives, during his time, completely different from what life has been like under the modern spanish constitution of 1978. applause. cries of long—lived catalonia. for ca rles cries of long—lived catalonia. for carles puigdemont, a life's work completed. but for how long? for how long will catalonia be allowed to be an independent state? who will recognise them ? certainly

an independent state? who will recognise them? certainly not the eu, according to what we have been hearing over the past few weeks. we have not even heard of any other countries outside the eu idea. but the separatists are confident that having reached this moment, the world will have to set up and deal with them. soa so a moment of huge historical significance for the modern spain and also for the old spain. the people of catalunya voting after that referendum but now voting in the catalan parliament 70 yes for independence, ten no, two spoilt votes. back to london. tim wilcox in barcelona. thank you very much and i is now switch to

madrid and we will keep you in touch with events there. there are newly declassified... historians, journalists and conspiracy theorists have begun poring over thousands of newly—declassified files relating to the assassination of presidentjohn f kennedy. but president trump has decided to to keep hundreds of other files secret, at least for the time being, at the request of security agencies. president kennedy was shot dead in november 1963, as he travelled through dallas in an open—topped car. jon donnison reports. dallas, november 22nd, 1963. newsreel: it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route, something — i repeat — has happened in the motorcade route... a day that shocked america and the world, and became the holy grail for conspiracy theorists. newsreel: president kennedy has been assassinated. the official version of events is that the gunman, lee harvey oswald, acted alone. newsreel: after the shots were fired, he happened to look up at about the fifth or sixth floor of the texas book depository.

he said he saw the rifle being pulled back in. but more than half a century on, polls show most americans still don't believe that to be true. were the cia involved? the russians, the cubans or the mafia ? analysts are now poring over almost 3,000 government documents released from the national archive. there is nothing really of a bombshell there than understanding that bureaucrats in 1960 operated probably much like bureaucrats do today. it's easier to think of a conspiracy when, really, it's our own far more mundane failings that result in these tragedies. there is some fuel, though, for the conspiracy theorists, and even a british angle. an fbi memo tells of how a local newspaper in cambridge received an anonymous phone call 25 minutes before the assassination, warning to expect some big news out of america. and what of the, some would say, convenient murder of lee harvey oswald, shot by nightclub

ownerjack ruby? the new documents reveal the fbi had warned dallas police about death threats towards oswald. in downtown dallas today, a whole industry has been built around the mystery surrounding president kennedy's death. president trump, who indulged some of the conspiracy theories himself, in the end decided to hold back some of the most sensitive files, at least for now. and whether they're eventually released or not, the speculation over one of the defining events of the 20th century is unlikely to end. jon donnison, bbc news. joining me via webcam is dr larry sabato, director of the center for politics at the university of virginia and author of the kennedy half—century. i spoke to this time yesterday, what do you know now that you did not know then? quite a bit. my team has been up all night and we have only covered a fraction of what was released. what we know now that we

did not know before, they are pieces of the puzzle, the government investigations into various conspiracy theories even in the weeks following the assassination, it did not take years, they were already collecting information. most of those theories have been proven to be false, to my satisfaction but there are interesting elements. two cuban there are interesting elements. two cu ban intelligence officers there are interesting elements. two cuban intelligence officers caught ona cuban intelligence officers caught on a wiretap discussing oswald in the mid—19 60s, both of them claim to have known him, both of them claim to have known that he was a very good shot, a very good marksman. is this true? was itjust two people writing to one another? difficult to say because these records are in no particular order, they are classic raw intelligence files with all sorts of speculation and gossip and rumour and innuendo and gossip and rumour and innuendo and it is going to take years to piece this together. obviously,

twitter has been going mad as a result of these publications and a lot of questions about donald trump's motivation, and he has treated in the last few moments... so why did he not do that yesterday? very interesting development. i have to give the cia and the fbi credit. they were very clever, very shrewd. they were very clever, very shrewd. they waited until the very last moment to come in and to deliver all kinds of memos and warnings that national security and foreign policy and defence would be irreparably damaged if this memo and this document and this pile were released. it was overwhelming for president trump and he gave six additional months. i think it is reg retta ble,

additional months. i think it is regrettable, they have had 25 years to prepare for this. the date of this release was set in a law signed by president george hw bush in october 19 92. but 25 years was not enough, was it? what is the significance of this phone call made to the cambridge evening news in this country 25 minutes beforejohn f. kennedy was shot, saying big news in america is about, ? f. kennedy was shot, saying big news in america is about,? well, it is certainly something we need to look into more carefully. i had heard a bit of this before, and there were several examples of this around the world. was it accidental, coincidental? or was it evidence of a conspiracy? we will have to look into it. you cannot render an insta nt into it. you cannot render an instantjudgment into it. you cannot render an instant judgment about something like that. the general view seems to be there is a lee harvey oswald visit to mexico and details to that have not been released and that will

be absolutely crucial. no question, andi be absolutely crucial. no question, and i certainly hope it is in the second, third or fourth and i certainly hope it is in the second, third orfourth badge coming in april. they claim we are going to get something before april, i will believe it when i see it, but this could also go after april. there is no guarantee that we are going to get those additional files or that they will not appear without significant reductions. but that trip to mexico city is absolutely critical. it could be a rosetta stone for the assassination, not necessarily an elaborate plot involving other people, but more getting to the motive of lee harvey oswald in making the shots in dealey plaza. we will have to see, we do not have enough information to say. it is great at you for hanging on. thank you so much. everything is running a bit late because of that historic moment in catalonia, but john watson is here with the sport.

and some injury worries. yes, harry caine in great form and he will miss the big match tomorrow at old trafford against manchester united, second plane bird, that is a big mess and we will hear from joe root who has been talking about the absence of ben stokes ahead of the ashes series. when you hear england beating in australia by an australian team, your heart sinks, but you are saying on the phone, no, don't give up! yes, most people feel despite england suffering defeat in the opening match of the rugby league world cup in melbourne this morning, it was a reasonable result. they played well but they did suffer that defeat. australia, in fairness, they are the world champions and the co— hosts are the world champions and the co—hosts showing why they are the world's best. the 18—4 defeat shouldn't affect england's chances of qualifying for the latter stages of the tournamnet. although sam burgess was forced

off with a knee injury and willjow miss four weeks of the six week tournament. katie gornall reports. for england, this is about as tough as it gets. australia, like the all blacks, have an air of the unbreakable about them. ten times at a world cup, they have been the last one standing. all: and we will rise as one. england are here trying to deliver a new script and with a new squad they had reason to be optimistic. jermaine mcgillvary seized his moment. commentator: england claim the opening try of this world cup! the hosts were stirred into action. england tried to plug the gaps, but the pressure was building. matt gillett was a powerful problem for england. eventually, he punched through. now australia had the lead and the momentum. england will know all about how dangerous billy slater can be — stopping him is another matter. perhaps a bigger blow was landed just before half—time. sam burgess is england's talisman. he's now unlikely to return before the quarterfinals. without him, england were chasing the game. late on, they were chasing josh dugan.

his interception, five minutes from time, put the match beyond reach. commentator: this will be a dagger in the heart of england. england expect to improve, but will now face a tougher route through this tournament. the hope is, their world cup doesn't start and end with the same result. more rugby league action to come. anthonyjoshua has weighed in. he is the heaviest he has ever been for a professionalfight he is the heaviest he has ever been for a professional fight at 18 stone two. ahead of his world title fight in cardiff tomorrow. he is trying to defend his ibf and wbo world title against the standing challenge carlos ta ka m. against the standing challenge carlos takam. he was due to face the bulgarian bully but he had to withdraw because of injury and it will be his first contest since defeating wladimir klitschko in april. defeating wladimir klitschko in april. his opponent weighed in lighter at sixteen stone eleven and a half pounds. takam had been on stand—by but he

only got the call to fight two weeks ago. tottenham striker harry kane will miss tomorrow's premier league match with manchester united with a hamstring injury. kane scored twice as spurs beat liverpool 4—1 last sunday, but had to be substituted late in the game. manager mauricio pochettino called it a minor hamstring strain, enough though to keep the premier league's leading goalscorer out, as second—placed united face third—placed spurs. as test captainjoe root prepares for the start of the ashes series without all—rounder ben stokes, he insists senior players will not need monitoring whilst away on tour. stokes is staying at home, he wasn't selected for the touring party after an incident outside a bristol nightclub. i don't think there is a drinking culture in cricket, in our side.

i think we will address the issue as a side and make sure that, you know, situations like this don't happen again, and of course, no—one wants that. but, you know, we are grown men, that we conduct ourselves well on this tour. it is disappointing up and is not going to be with us. but we are a strong squad and it gives other people opportunities to stand up, put their test on —— dump on test cricket, do something special and strengthen the depth of our squad when ben is ready to play. forget the ashes and the rugby league world cup, this is the real story, a cat on the pitch! the game in the nfl bewteen the baltimore ravens and the miami dolphins, play interu pted by a cat on the field. i know this quote your life. yes, and they start commentating on it, thatis and they start commentating on it, that is the best bet! that is what i want to see! look at

this, this is how you run in high school, perfect form, extension. i mean, he does not get fazed that people around. look at the change of direction! does get both beat in right here at the end, jim? amazing scenes there, simon! john, took to you later! that was uncomfortable to do, let alone to watch. that's all the sport for now. a cyber attack which crippled parts of the nhs in may could have been prevented if basic it security measures had been in place, according to a report by the national audit office. it's concluded that the health service wasn't prepared for the wannacry attack, in which criminals froze nhs computers and demanded a ransom. the security minister, ben wallace, told the bbc he believes north korea was behind the attack. here's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. it was an attack which froze computers around the world. but the nhs was among the organisations worst affected. and the national audit office says

it was ill—prepared. it was the worst ever cyber attack on the nhs. 81 health trusts across england were affected, a third of the total. it's thought over 19,000 appointments ended up being cancelled, including 139 potential cancer referrals. what planning there had been to deal with the cyber attackjust hadn't filtered down to the hospitals. some work had been done on a national cyber response plan in the nhs, but that hadn't been well communicated to all of those local bodies. and in some cases, organisations had to resort to telephone and paper and pen and apps such as whatsapp, in terms of communicating with others. this is the message that popped up on thousands of nhs computers demanding a ransom to unlock their files. but all of this could have been avoided. a month or so earlier, nhs digital had sent a message to hospitals instructing them to apply a security patch which would have stopped

their computers from being infected with the ransomware. the nhs insists it is now putting things right. we have been getting our act together, we are getting our act together, we are putting funding in, we are putting education in. we are rolling out the programmes that were in place before this attack, and we will continue to improve over time. the government said it now believed that north korea was behind the wannacry ransomware and warned of the risk of further attacks. every week, we successfully defend against threats both from organised crime and indeed from sometimes hostile states abroad. and so, that is why the national cyber strategy was set up in 2016. we've put {1.9 billion of investment. but hospitals say strengthening cyber security will be expensive. they may be seeking more money to shore up their expenses. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. with me now is kingsley manning, former chair of nhs digital

from 2013 to 2016. thank you for coming in. it looks as though this could have been avoided rather simply, is that frustrating for you? yes, very much so. the nhs and nhs digital starting to preparing in recognition of the inevitability of a cyber attack in 2012, 2013, and had been warning the trusts of the vulnerability they had with their software systems for at least a couple of years before may this year. there has been a lot of preparation and indeed the nhs has been subject to a number of attacks over this period, so it is frustrating that about a third of the trust and a number the gps had not taken notice of that advice. and had not implemented the advice they we re had not implemented the advice they were given. when the virus hit, many trusts clearly did not know who to

ring in the event of an event like this. could this happen again or have things been tightened up? two things, there is a weakness in the system, and there is a confusion of accountability and leadership in cyber security. if you look at the report, which is buried there, it mentions nhs improvement, nhs england, the quality commission, a host of people involved in the same process. there needs to be clarity of responsibility. will it happen ain? of responsibility. will it happen again? absolutely. in this case, the nhs wasa again? absolutely. in this case, the nhs was a victim of a worldwide attack which was a grand fishing expedition and not aimed at the nhs, the nhs was simply a collateral victim. it will happen again and next time, it may be much more focused and much more clearly determined to damage the nhs the way it operates. you suggest the systems are not in place to prevent it happening again? what this attack

proved was that the national systems connecting hospitals together, the national repositories of data, and it is important to say there were no patient records breached in this attack, they were shown to be robust and resilient. the weakness occurred ata and resilient. the weakness occurred at a local level within local computers, desktop computers, in trusts and hospitals. so in that sense, what the nhs showed was a capacity for resilience. but there is no indication this is an ongoing battle, this will happen again and it will get more sophisticated and more difficult. the resilience in this case was partly down to the staff, who went the extra mile to get everything through this. if i was a member of staff watching you now, i will be going, what is the point if you say we will be hit by something worse in the future and there's nothing we can do? the most important thing is basic good housekeeping. it is safety of password and safety in terms of

updating the patches, the software you need to add to the system over time. this issue arose because the trust did not update their systems as they were advised by the suppliers and nhs digital and nhs england. it is about good housekeeping. we need to apply the same level of good practice is any clinician would apply to the use of drugs ina clinician would apply to the use of drugs in a hospital or in the cleansing of an operating theatre. data is as powerful now as drugs and we should treat it in the same way. a one word answer, it has been a costly lesson, has been learned? that's hope so. thank you so much. voting begins today to choose a new leader for the scottish labour party, following the resignation of kezia dugdale. members are choosing between richard leonard, a former trade unionist, and the party's health spokesman anas sarwar. kezia dugdale says she stepped down for personal reasons, but there have also been claims of bitter infighting within the party. the uk's most senior civil servant,

sirjeremy heywood, has been treated for cancer. the cabinet secretary was diagnosed in june, according to his office, and a statement from the cabinet office said his treatment "went well". the statement added that sirjeremy remains "totally focused" on his duties as head of the civil service. catalonia has declared independence from spain. a site about attack on the nhs could have been prevented and according to the government came from north korea. president trump releases some but not all of the files on the assassination of kennedy. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the uk's competition watchdog are investigating hotel booking sites. they'll be looking at the accuracy and presentation of information. 70% of people who shop around

for accommodation use these site. the investigation will examine hidden charges, search results, and discount claims. royal bank of scotland has said it is "on track" after seeing a £392 million profit for the july—to—september period. it's only the second time in almost ten years that the bank has turned a profit for three quarters in a row. but they can't be sure of a full—year profit, because of penalties that will arise from a dispute with the us department ofjustice over claims that rbs mis—sold mortgage bonds leading up to the 2008 banking crisis. tech giants amazon and google's parent, alphabet, have posted a surge in sales over the last three months. shares in alphabetjumped after the company reported sales up 24%. amazon sales are up 34% and analysts now estimate that this year, the company will be responsible for almost half of everything sold online.

iam going i am going to come to any moment, but a quick bit breaking news. the brexit minister, she has resigned and is citing health reasons. she has written to a letter to the prime minister that the result of an injury sustained in 2015 has forced her decision. the prime minister has replied saying it is with regret she confirms that she accepts this, the baroness say she is immensely proud of what the government has achieved and she is grateful for having been given the opportunity to serve. i voted remain but having taken a referendum through parliament, i have a duty to act on the instructions of the electric. so breaking news and more reaction from westminster in a moment. but i shall return to you, amazon, staggering figures and staggering production about —— prediction about our

shopping. about ten years ago, you would go on amazon to order a lap to, technology and box. but in the last year, you have acquired whole foods and you can do a shop for your groceries and in some states in the us, you can order pharmaceuticals. it has moved away and has a wide vision of what it wants to sell online and it wants to take over, basically. samira hussain is at the new york stock exchange. it really has diversify. amazon is really interesting because if you look at the sales, billions of dollars for the last three months. and if you look at their profit margins, they are very small. there are margins, they are very small. there a re two margins, they are very small. there are two big reasons for that. amazon spends a lot of money and acquisitions and they are always trying to innovate and try new things. most recently, they got into the supermarket business by

acquiring whole foods, they are experimenting with drones and with different ways to get more customers. the reason see such more profit margins is that if you look at the numberof profit margins is that if you look at the number of sales, it is a lot of sales, but the profit they make on each sale is really quite small, which shows amazon really believes this volume and being able to dominate these different sectors is really important. it does continue to wa nt really important. it does continue to want to dominate different sectors. it has got permission to sell pharmaceuticals in some states in the us. the fact that amazon has its sights set on pharmaceuticals has the traditional brick and mortar companies in the united states absolutely shaking. we got wind of this back in may that amazon was going to get into the pharmaceutical business. we now understand amazon has permission to sell medical equipment select states the us. if

you look at the share prices for cbs, it has fallen on that announcement. everyone is really worried what it means for amazon to get into that business. we will leave it there, busy day behind you at the new york stock exchange. quick look at the markets. rbs doing well after a third consecutive quarter of profit. that was a quick look at the markets! thank you very much. an unfinished portrait of a woman believed to be mary, queen of scots, has been found hidden beneath another 16th—century portrait. the image was discovered following an x—ray examination of a work by the dutch artist adrian vanson. the portrait — and x—ray images — go on display at the scottish national portrait gallery tomorrow. joining me from edinburgh is dr caroline rae, conservator from the courtauld institute of art, london who discovered the image. you have not got x—ray vision? you have not got x-ray vision? no, we we re you have not got x-ray vision? no, we were thoroughly examining a group of portraits by adrian vanson is a

group of portraits in collaboration with the national galleries of scotla nd with the national galleries of scotland and is part of the techniques we use, we did an x—ray of the painting and i was not expecting to find a hidden image, i was examining materials and techniques and the build—up of highlights in the flesh with the aim of comparing this to other works by vanson to see if it was done by the same person and i was surprised when developing the test plate to see instead of an image of the man, a portrait of a woman emerging which is very exciting. it is quite spooky, you can see it on the bbc website. you have to look at it for a while and it becomes clear in your head. is it rare enough and special enough, there are a number of portraits of mary queen of scots, to destroy what is above it to get to that picture? yes, the dating is very important and the portrait is inscribed 1549 and mary was executed in 1587, so mary had already been a

controversial figure in 1587, so mary had already been a controversialfigure in her lifetime and she was implicated in the murder of her first husband in scotland and at this point, she had already been proven to be involved in a cab at plot with spain to depose elizabeth the first part—time english throne so scotland was also a protestant country and it would have been dangerous to display your allegiance to mary queen of scots by owning such a portrait and that would be a factor in covering it up. how excited were you when you discovered what it was? extremely excited and when i realised it was not a mistake, i looked at it in the light having grown up in scotland and i thought it looked like mary queen of scots and i was on the ground floor of the institute and i was so excited that i ran up three flights of spiral stairs in order to show it to my mental. exciting moment and i am most glad we can hear it from you. becky so much the —— for

joining us. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon, a chilly start for many today, but the compensation has been sunshine. the earlier satellite picture shows we have enjoyed a beautiful day in most places, elie baup patches which disappeared through the morning. more cloud and a stronger wind across the northern isles. there's cloudier and windier conditions sink further south, especially for western scotland, it will turn murky with patchy rain through the night. towards the south and south east, we keep clear spells and south east, we keep clear spells and it will turn relatively chilly. a chilly start towards the south east on saturday with spells of sunshine. spells of sunshine in north east england and eastern scotland, but increasingly strong and gusty winds and more cloud for western scotland, north west england and northern ireland, with some mist and northern ireland, with some mist and spots of rain. relatively mild at 13-16, but and spots of rain. relatively mild at 13—16, but on sunday, we will see

more brightness but temperatures will take a tumble. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3. catalonia's parliament has voted to declare independence from spain just as madrid is poised to impose direct rule on the region from the central government cyber attack on the nhs, it could have been prevented, and, according to the government, it came from north korea. president trump releases some but not all of the files on the assassination ofjfk. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jon. news of a defeat for the hosts, and the latest on the rugby world cup. thanksjon, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. ben has all the weather. it will be sunny and mild but it will be cloudy. also coming up, an x—ray vision,

a portrait believed to be of mary, queen of scots, discovered beneath a 16th century painting. catalonia has defied spain and declared independence in a move guaranteed to provoke the spanish government in madrid. the unprecedented development comes as the country's prime minister mariano rajoy asks the senate to approve plans to sack the entire catalan administration and take back control of some of its powers. pro—independence activists in barcelona greeted news of the declaration with relief and excitement. from there, tim wilcox. you join me live outside the catalan parliament, after weeks of turmoil,

massive demonstrations, the ultimate provocation here from the catalan parliament to madrid. they have voted with a majority, 17—10, two spoiled votes, to declare that catalu nya spoiled votes, to declare that catalunya is spoiled votes, to declare that catalu nya is now spoiled votes, to declare that catalunya is now an independent sovereign state, a declaration that madrid has always said would be illegal, and will lead the invoking of article 155, imposing direct rule against this region, one of 17 autonomous regions. the first time that article 155 has ever been used. it is the greatest constitutional crisis for this country since the attempted coup, back in 1981. let's tune into the moment when the president of the parliament began counting those votes. translation: the resolution... 70, yes, ten, no,

and two white votes. cheering not only inside the parliamentary chamber but also from the thousands gathered outside this parliament area, as each si was read, there we re area, as each si was read, there were cheers from the crowd, and they had fireworks into the air, and masses of cheering, inside the chamber and outside. all the time, national police helicopter circling the parliament building because all eyes a re the parliament building because all eyes are now on madrid and what they are going to do. sarah raynsford, the senate were holding their vote, and they are voting now. the voting hasjust the voting has just started, the voting hasjust started, after a longer debate of the article 155,

the article of the constitution, that the government wants to use to bring direct rule to catalunya for the first time in history. -- sarah ra i nsfo rd. the first time in history. -- sarah rainsford. it was a very firm speech from mariano rajoy, prime minister, setting out the government case, the fa ct setting out the government case, the fact he said he felt forced, compelled, to take this step because these were exceptional times and he made the argument that the catalan authority's and separatist forces had been given every opportunity to resolve this every other way. when mariano rajoy is expected to have his request to prove because he's governing party has a majority

of seats. what are the next moves from madrid? first of all, what happens? this would have to be published in the official paper, and we also expect a meeting of cabinet ministers possibly as early as this even to discuss the next step, there had been a hope it might not get this far, they might not have to ta ke this far, they might not have to take this step. steps yesterday when at one point it felt like the catalan leader was about to call an early election, and that might have prevented article 155 being imposed. that did not happen, so we are where we are now, the cabinet needs to decide how and where it will implement article 155, that means major things, the dissolution of the catalan parliament, it means the

removal of key ministers and politicians from their post, and it means madrid will take control of the police force, for example, in catalu nya, the police force, for example, in catalunya, issuing orders from madrid. how that plays on the ground, no one knows, it is an extraordinary situation. we are hearing that some separatist parties are calling for people to remain around the parliament building, for protection, such is the fear of what madrid might do. worth pointing out that not only is catalunya divided about this, many millions of people here do not want to leave spain, but mariano rajoy would seem to have the support of the rest of spain behind what he's doing now. interestingly, there was some debate, from other political parties here, during the session of the senate today. at one

point, the socialist party, the main opposition party, had suggested moves to soften the women taking of article 150 five. even the socialists have been behind this move, theyjust wanted to soften a couple of points within it. for example, they were opposed to madrid taking control of public media in catalu nya. taking control of public media in catalunya. that taking control of public media in catalu nya. that measure taking control of public media in catalunya. that measure was struck out, that will now not happen. generally speaking, there appears to bea generally speaking, there appears to be a broad consensus behind this move by madrid. on going to interrupt you, sarah, the senate has voted in favour of article 155, that news just in voted in favour of article 155, that newsjust in on voted in favour of article 155, that news just in on the reuters news agency. that is the result we were expecting, the senate has approved of this, having the support of the socialist, at the very least. looks like madrid will now move to

imposing direct rule, but we do not know the time frame, we do not know the steps it will take we expect there to be a cabinet meeting, and we expect a national generic cabinet meeting later this evening, it might happen at 7pm tonight and could take place here in the senate behind me, uncharted territory utterly here. at the moment that is the latest we have much criticism of the national police, the action on october one, for the referendum, still no official apology from the spanish government, or indeed, recognition of what happened from them or from the king of spain. it was interesting that this was a very strong speech from mariano rajoy, very firm in his position, what is happening in catalunya was utterly illegal, no mention of any apology, or hint that the police response to

that was extreme and inappropriate, that was extreme and inappropriate, that did not come what we got was a very strong legalistic argument from mariano rajoy, but also saying that he was acting to protect banish democracy, doing this for the whole country, and for the values that he said spain represented. it also pointed out that the catalan people have been tricked by separatist leaders, saying that while they have been told this would mean a bright future within the eu, that was not the case he says what has happened in catalunya is not supported by europe. a strong speech from mariano rajoy, he has the senate, he has support notjust rajoy, he has the senate, he has support not just in rajoy, he has the senate, he has support notjust in madrid but also in many other parts of this country. thank you very much indeed for the moment full of we can speak with a university constitutional expert, from madrid. now, in a foreign country. madrid says this is illegal, unconstitutional, what is your opinion? it is unconstitutional from the

point of view of the on solution —— from the point of view of the constitution of both spain and catalu nya, constitution of both spain and catalunya, the constitution of both spain and catalu nya, the laws constitution of both spain and catalunya, the laws so far approved by parliament, the so—called transitional law, and then, the referendum, according to those two laws, the referendum held october one is perfectly valid. and... even if madrid says the referendum was illegal, they did not agree with the laws passed here either, suggesting that any result of that referendum was binding. yes, surely, madrid did not accept the referendum, the president still maintains that the

referendum did not exist at all. and, they will meet, as far as i know, today, at 7pm, in order to be clear, this declaration will be declared null and void. and then, what does madrid do? if they want to clamp down and stamp this out, how far would they go? nobody knows, what they intend and have already declared, are four things. what they intend and have already declared, are fourthings. first, to dismiss the whole government. then, to reduce the powers parliament, of local parliament. third, to seize the police force, the catalonian police force fourth, to intervene the media. how farthey police force fourth, to intervene the media. how far they are able to do that, remains to be seen. and how far they will be allowed by the

international community, to do it, remains also to be seen. you are of a certain age, you remember the times of franco, i remember the times of franco, i remember the times of franco as well. in what way do you think madrid can impose direct rule but defuse this situation, because there are many millions of people here who want to leave spain, there are many millions who do not. nobly knows until now, because madrid refused all the time to hold a referring, in order for people to know how many people were on one side or the other. now, we know, probably by now, the quantity of people favourable to the separation from spain, it is a majority. are you fearful about

events over the next few weeks and months? faithful? no, fearful. oh, no, no, not at all. people have showed a political will to reach theiraims. showed a political will to reach their aims. come as it made as far asi their aims. come as it made as far as i can ascertain, they will still go home doing the same, and after all, the central power will understand that they cannot stamp out a feeling. a feeling of millions of people. which reveals itself in a

peaceful and democratic way, which everybody should respect. madrid has made clear that it is unconstitutional, they say it was not a free and fair vote and that the majority do not want independence, but they will have to respond with strength, won't stay, because there are other regions, not only in spain, and around europe, which might look to do something similar. europe is expecting spain to deal with this and stop it. yes, it could be problematic. the question now is, whether the catalan people have a right to decide for themselves or not. and, although madrid has steadily refused to notice this right, the people have

imposed it, with the consequences that we are seeing now. what afterwards will happen around europe, taking this case as an example, nobody knows. but it should also be acknowledged, the rights of our people, to decide for themselves, no matter what the political historical fronts involved is. thank you very much forjoining us. the pictures you are watching now all of ca rles us. the pictures you are watching now all of carles puigdemont, i am told they are of him, the catalan president. being applauded, standing by the president of the catalan parliament, being cheered by those separatist mps, having got the majority of votes through this 135

seat chamber. fireworks sounding in the crowd behind me in celebration, people cheering outside here, as well. 700 local mayors witnessing the moment is that the vote was passed, holding their ceremonial batons which have silver tips, in the air, shouting their support for this man, this moment, in catalan history. argument is that it has its own culture, language, history, the cata la n own culture, language, history, the catalan separatists feel that they will do much better as an independent state, wealthy region of spain, fourth wealthiest. they believe that during the crisis, they have given too much to spain as a whole, and had less back. the crucial issue now is not only how

madrid will react, help tough it will react, but the fact that so far, there has been no international recognition of catalonia, not even a whisper that a country might come out and recognise it. how will the economy work? 1500 companies have left this region, moving headquarters outside catalu nya, causing great uncertainty on the spanish markets. affecting growth, this country. pulling out of the recession of 2008/9, remarkably well, even the unemployment and the hardship that the spanish people have had to endure. these are the live pictures, we do not know if carlos bridge on is going to speak, but outside, the crowds growing,

thousands of people waving the cata la n thousands of people waving the catalan flag, cheering on this moment, important moment constitutionally for spain, even if, as madrid claims, it is an entirely illegal exercise. as i wasjust saying to the guest, the professor, a moment ago, many people of a certain age remember the time of repression under franco, when the teaching of catalan was outlawed, it was difficult to speak it. many political prisoners. of course, this region, the centre of the republic in the spanish civil war. and an area which franco meted out his revenge on. when he came to power. these are the scenes outside, if you

order isjoining us live. the cata la n order isjoining us live. the catalan parliament has voted by 70 votes, a majority, to declare catalu nya an votes, a majority, to declare catalunya an independent sovereign state. within minutes, the senate in madrid voted to invoke article 155, direct rule, from madrid. we are now in unknown waters. how will madrid respond, how toughly, following that referendum, on october one, which separatists save proved that the majority of people, 90%, voted in favour of independence, but on the turnout of 43%. looking at the

pictures, talking at the moment is the deputy leader of the coalition. and what i have here, for those who are in uncertainty, we will ensure, we use the good faith, the confidence to face the challenges of the present and the future. he says he has asked the local police force and the national police, they say they are art moving. it is because we are using universal values that we are using universal values that we think all over the world people can understand what we are doing. we wa nt to can understand what we are doing. we want to be inclusive, and guarantee the rights of a quality to all citizens. particularly, we need to talk to those in spain, with whom we share so many things. all the people

in our country speak the spanish language, their culture is also our is, and we want to tell them again that we have a commitment and a love of building a future, a better future. a future in common, a future that we need to do from freedom, and with the tools of state, the tools of the republic, we are giving continuity to the mandate of october one, it will be our guide while building the new republic, we will serve everyone of our citizens and citizens in the world, and now, ca rles citizens in the world, and now, carles puigdemont is about to speak as well, a man who from the 1970s and 1980s committed himself to the cause of independence, a man who never really wanted the trappings of power, but who wanted to create an independent state of catalunya. translation: everybody who wanted to

come here, people, they are following us, everybody in the world. let me just say, something that comes from my heart, from my motion... and then, as well from reason and legitimacy. i want to contribute to the greatness of this moment. today, a legitimate parliament with most of the mp5

legitimately elected, has decided... citizens of catalu nya, legitimately elected, has decided... citizens of catalunya, times are coming where we will have two compromise to keep this country with peace. we have done it like this and we will continue doing it like this. these people are those that are building our country together. today, you mayors represent this union, this cooperation, this solidarity between institutions, and

between citizenship. this is, my friends, in our hands, in your hands, to continue the steps that make catalonia not only... a unique language, a distinct culture, but also, a society that always has responded specifically and civic level —— responded specifically and civic level — — civically responded specifically and civic level —— civically to the big challenges. and challenges specifically have become big

achievements. long live catalunya! once again, the catalan anthem being sung by members of parliament here. the mayors, 700, from around the region, waving their batons in approval, listening to the catalan president, carlos bridge on, saying it is in our hands. to keep the

democratic tradition of catalunya going. it is our institutions and people who construct society together, we will build together, we maintain this country in peace, and with civic responsibility. let's be aware of, and above all, let's do it with dignity. and with a cry of long—lived catalu nya, let's do it with dignity. and with a cry of long—lived catalunya, the president has taken this region to independence but for how long? —— with a cry of long live catalunya.

cheering scenes ofjubilation scenes of jubilation inside scenes ofjubilation inside the cata la n scenes ofjubilation inside the catalan parliament, the vote was 70 for the declaration of independence, the number they needed was 68, the chamber seats 135. they needed 68, they got it. one wonders how long they got it. one wonders how long thejubilation will they got it. one wonders how long the jubilation will last, because, within minutes of the vote here, the senate, in madrid, voted to support

invoking 155, the article which imposes direct rule from madrid. studio: we will leave tim in barcelona, already, international reaction coming in to what as he was saying is an historic moment for spain and for catalunya, with no one really sure what happens next. lots of twitter reaction to this. one in particular i would like to show you, not from donald trump, it is from the european council president, donald tusk, interesting that he too shares the disquiet of those that are concerned about how madrid will respond to that historic vote. we will bring

you more reaction as we get it. get in touch with us. downing street has said any allegations of sexual harassment and abuse at westminster are "deeply concerning". it comes after the sun newspaper reported claims that female researchers and aides were using a whatsapp group to share information about alleged abuse. the prime minister has urged anyone with information to contact the authorities. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster. the front page was be afraid, be very afraid. and yet we have not heard of any concrete allegations put forward, either by the commons authorities, political parties or indeed the police, several questions were heard about the story when grilled by political journalist at the lobby briefing. the story does claim that female researchers and aids working

in westminster, for members of parliament, have a whats app group where information is shared about allegedly sleazy behaviour by unnamed members of parliament. as you said, the prime minister's spokeswoman just you said, the prime minister's spokeswomanjust said you said, the prime minister's spokeswoman just said that the prime minister was deeply concerned about any reports of sexual harassment. —— aides. she confirmed that she had not had any reports herself, no allegations put forward, but this is something she clearly took seriously and said two people, if they were concerned, they should feel free to go to the police. the house of commons have commented, they have not received complaints but pointed out many of the people working as researchers in parliament are employed by the mps directly, they do not have, there is not a very clear channel of hr demand in parliament, they pointed out that if anybody has concerns, there is a hotline they can ring for more information. what they have is access to whats app, and they have a p pa re ntly access to whats app, and they have apparently created their own group

to swa p apparently created their own group to swap messages. we have not yet seen it, that is reported by the sun newspaper, but clearly, in the context, after the stories of harvey weinstein, those allegations, this is something that everybody here in public life, in politics, as this primers to's spokeswoman has pointed out, is incredibly sensitive to, and need to show that they are ready to act quickly if allegations are made and proven to be true. —— as the prime minister's spokeswoman has pointed out. good afternoon. today got off to a chilly start for many. compensation has been some sunshine. the earlier picture shows we've been enjoying a beautiful day in most places. if you fork patches which mainly disappeared through the morning. stronger wind across the northern

isles of scotland. —— a few fog patches. turning quite murky with outbreaks of patchy rain by the end of the night. down towards the south—east it will turn relatively chilly. it chilly start towards the south—east on saturday, here we see some spills of sunshine. also from north—east england and north—east scotland. increasingly strong and gusty winds. mist and murk and hill fog with some spots of rain. relatively mild but on sunday, yes we'll see more brightness but those temperatures will take a tumble. this is bbc news, the headlines. the parliament of catalonia has voted to declare independence from spain, while the spanish senate has just approved imposing direct rule from

madrid. a report says the cyber attack on the nhs in may could have been prevented, the government says north korea was behind it. previously classified files relating to the assassination ofjfk have been released by donald trump, but others remain classified. sport now. john watson has that, and there are some injury worries ahead of the weekend. yes, for tottenham especially. harry kane is out of the spurs match against manchester united tomorrow at old trafford. we'll be hearing from joe root and anthonyjoshua had his way in. we'll be hearing from joe root and anthony joshua had his way in. a big by anthony joshua had his way in. a big rugby league tournament on the other side of the world and not the best of news to come from the first match. disappointing england, they we re match. disappointing england, they were up against the world champions and the co—host australia. they showed this morning why they are the worlds best in melbourne. the 18—4 defeat shouldn't affect

englandchances of qualifying. sam burgess forced off with a knee injury which means he'll be out for around 3—4 weeks. he should be back in time for the semifinals. for england, this is about as tough as it gets. australia, like the all blacks, have an air of the unbreakable about them. all: and we will rise as one. england are here trying to deliver a new script and with a new squad they had reason to be optimistic. jermaine mcgillvary seized his moment. commentator: england claim the opening try of this world cup! the hosts were stirred into action. england tried to plug the gaps, but the pressure was building. matt gillett was a powerful problem for england. eventually he punched through. now australia had the lead and the momentum. england will know all about how dangerous billy slater can be — stopping him is another matter. perhaps a bigger a blow was landed just before half—time. sam burgess is england's talisman. he's now unlikely to return before

the quarterfinals. without him, england were chasing the game. later on they were chasing josh dugan. his interception, five minutes from time, put the match beyond reach. commentator: this will be a dagger in the heart of england. england expect to improve but will now face a tougher route through this tournament. the hope is their world cup doesn't start and end with the same result. anthonyjoshua has anthony joshua has weighed anthonyjoshua has weighed in at the heaviest he has ever been ahead of a professionalfight, at heaviest he has ever been ahead of a professional fight, at 18 stone and tolb, for his world heavyweight title bout in cardiff tomorrow. joshuais title bout in cardiff tomorrow. joshua is trying to defend his ibf and wba world titles against the stand—in challenger carlos takam. joshua was due to face the bulgarian kubrat pulev, but he had to withdraw, because of injury. it'll be the briton's first contest since defeating wladimir klitschko, at wembley in april. his opponent weighed in lighter at sixteen stone eleven and a half pounds. tottenham

striker harry kane will miss tomorrow's premier league tie with manchester united. he's picked up a hamstring injury. he scored twice as spurs beat liverpool last sunday but had to be substituted late in the game. mauricio pochettino called it a minorstrain, enough game. mauricio pochettino called it a minor strain, enough to keep him out of that tide tomorrow. here's the premier league's leading goal—scorer as united face spurs. as test ca pta i n goal—scorer as united face spurs. as test captain joe goal—scorer as united face spurs. as test captainjoe root prepares for the start of the ashes series without ben stokes, he insists senior players will not need monitoring on tour. stokes is saying at home, he was selected after an incident outside a bristol nightclub. i don't think there is a drinking culture in our side. i think we are going to address the issues and make sure situations like this don't happen again. of course,

no one wants that. we are grown men, we know how to behave and we'll make sure we conduct ourselves well in this tour. it's disappointing ben isn't going to be with us. we are a strong squad. it gives other guy is an opportunity to stand up, put their stamp on test cricket and give them a chance to come into the team and do something special. we've strengthened the depth of our squad when ben is ready to come back and play. caroline garcia is through to the last four of the double duty eight finals at the expense of simona halep. she produced a stunning fightback against caroline wozniacki. british number two kyle edmund maintained his fine form in vienna with a straight set quarterfinal win over germany's jan—lennard quarterfinal win over germany's jan—lenna rd struff. quarterfinal win over germany's jan—lennard struff. the win puts edmund into his third atp semifinal

of the year. that full the sport for now. a cyber attack which crippled parts of the nhs inmate could have been prevented if basic it security measures had been in place, according to a report by the national audit office. it is concluded the health service wasn't prepared for the wannacry attack. the security minister ben wallace told the bbc he believes north korea was behind the attack. it was an attack which froze computers around the world. but the nhs was among the organisations worst affected. and the national audit office says it was ill—prepared. it was the worst ever cyber attack on the nhs. 81 health trusts across england were affected, a third of the total. it's thought over 19,000 appointments ended up being cancelled, including 139 potential cancer referrals. what planning there had been to deal with the cyber attackjust hadn't

filtered down to the hospitals. some work had been done on a national cyber response plan in the nhs, but that hadn't been well communicated to all of those local bodies. and in some cases, organisations had to resort to telephone and paper and pen and apps such as whatsapp in terms of communicating with others. this is the message that popped up on thousands of nhs computers demanding a ransom to unlock their files. but all of this could have been avoided. a month or so earlier, nhs digital had sent a message to hospitals instructing them to apply a security patch which would have stopped their computers from being infected with the ransomware. the nhs insists it is now putting things right. we have been getting our act together, we are getting our act together, we are putting funding in, we are putting education in. we are rolling out the programmes that were in place before this attack, and we will continue to improve over time. the government said it now believed

that north korea was behind the wannacry ransomware and warned of the risk of further attacks. every week, we successfully defend against threats both from organised crime and indeed from sometimes hostile states abroad. and so, that is why the national cyber strategy was set up in 2016. we've put {1.9 billion of investment. but hospitals say strengthening cyber security will be expensive. they may be seeking more money to shore up their expenses. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. historians, journalists and conspiracy theorists have begun poring over thousands of newly—declassified files relating to the assassination of presidentjohn f kennedy. but president trump has decided to to keep hundreds of other files secret, at least for the time being, at the request of security agencies. president kennedy was shot deadin agencies. president kennedy was shot dead in november 1963, as he

travelled through dallas in an open—topped car. jon donnison reports. dallas, november the 22nd, 1963. newsreel: it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route, something i repeat has happened in the motorcade route... a day that shocked america and the world, and became the holy grail for conspiracy theorists. newsreel: president kennedy has been assassinated. the official version of events is that the gunman, lee harvey oswald, acted alone. newsreel: after the shots were fired, he happened to look up at about the fifth or sixth floor of the texas book depository. he said he saw the rifle being pulled back in. but more than half a century on, polls show most americans are still don't believe that to be true. were the cia involved? the russians, the cubans or the mafia ? analysts are now poring over almost 3,000 government documents released from the national archive. there is nothing really of a bombshell there than understanding that bureaucrats in 1960 operated probably much like bureaucrats do today.

it's easier to think of a conspiracy when really it's our own far more mundane failings that result in these tragedies. there is some fuel, though, for the conspiracy theorists, and even a british angle. an fbi memo tells of how a local newspaper in cambridge received an anonymous phone call 25 minutes before the assassination, warning to expect some big news out of america. and what of the some would say convenient murder of lee harvey oswald, who shot by nightclub ownerjack ruby? the new documents reveal the fbi had warned dallas police about death threats towards oswald. in downtown dallas today, a whole industry has been built around the mystery surrounding president kennedy's death. president trump, who indulged some of the conspiracy theories himself, in the end decided to hold back some of the most sensitive files, at least for now. and whether they're eventually

released or not, the speculation over one of the defining events of the 20th century is unlikely to end. jon donnison, bbc news. two lorry drivers involved in a fatal accident on the m1 in august have pleaded not guilty to eight cou nts have pleaded not guilty to eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving. ryszard counts of causing death by dangerous driving. rysza rd masierak counts of causing death by dangerous driving. ryszard masierak also denied causing death by careless driving while over the alcohol limit. the other driver, david wagstaff, who's 53 and from stoke, admitted causing death by careless driving. a minibus driver and seven of his passengers were killed in the crash near milton keynes. a man arrested as part of an investigation into the far—right group, national action, has investigation into the far—right group, nationalaction, has been charged with preparing to murder the labourmp charged with preparing to murder the labour mp rosie cooper. the 22—year—old man, who can't be named for legal reasons, is one of six men charged with being members of the organisation, which was banned last year. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at westminster

magistrates‘ court. daniel sandford is at westminster magistrates' court. all six men appeared together in the dock. they we re appeared together in the dock. they were christopher lythgoe, andrew clark, michael trubini, and a 22—year—old man who, be named for legal reasons. he they are charged with being members of a banned group called national action. they met readily in a gym and a pub. the leader of that group, the alleged leader, christopher lythgoe, is also accused of encouraging murder. in fa ct, accused of encouraging murder. in fact, giving permission for murder. the man he is accused of encouraging is that 22—year—old who can't be named for legal reasons. he's been charged with preparing a terrorist act by buying a machete in preparation for murdering the

lancashire west mp rosie cooper. he's separately charged with making threats to kill a female detective. all six men were told by the chief magistrate that they would remain in custody until the next appearance which would be at the old bailey next friday. australia's deputy prime minister barnabyjoyce has been disqualified from parliament, because he was a dual new zealand national at the time of the last election. dual citizenship is banned under the australian constitution. the ruling has cost the coalition government its one—seat majority in parliament, and a by—election will now be held in december. from sydney, phil mercer reports. in the end, ignorance couldn't save most of australia's so—called citizenship seven. all had said that at the time of last year's election, they didn't know they were dual nationals, which is banned in the constitution. but in the case of five of the mps, the high court has decided they weren't eligible to sit in parliament. the most notable casualty is barnaby joyce, the deputy prime minister.

his disqualification has cost the centre—right government its one—seat majority in australia's lower house. he will now face a by—election in early december, which he's expected to win. it's a tough game, politics, and you dedicate so much of your time to it, and, you know, you take the hits and take the sacrifices, but we all buy the ticket, we know the risks. and now, i'm going to make sure that i don't cry in my beer. it is an embarrassment for the government, but the fallout could be far worse than just a red face. laws that mrjoyce helped to pass as australia's agriculture minister could be challenged in the courts. despite losing his deputy, the prime minister says he will soldier on. the decision of the court today is clearly not the outcome we were hoping for, but the business of government goes on. these provisions are unlikely to be altered any time soon,

even though they seem outdated in such a multicultural country. academics believe that change isn't necessarily. they insist australia's dual citizenship crisis could have been avoided, had political parties thoroughly vetted their candidates. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. will be looking at the impact of what's going on in spain on the markets but first the headlines. catalonia's parliament votes to declare independence from spain. the spanish senate approves madrid's proposals to take control of the region. a cyber attack on the nhs could have been prevented, and according to the government it came from north korea. president trump has raised some of the files on the assassination ofjfk. good afternoon. these are your

headlines. the uk's competition watchdog are investigating hotel booking sites. they'll be looking at the accuracy and presentation of information. 70% of people who shop around for accommodation use these site. the investigation will examine hidden charges, search results, and discount claims. royal bank of scotla nd discount claims. royal bank of scotland has said it is "on track" after seeing a £392m profit for the july—to—september period. it's only the second time in almost ten years that the bank has turned a profit for three quarters in a row. but they can't be sure of a full—year profit, because of penalties that will arise from a dispute with the us department ofjustice over claims that rbs mis—sold mortgage bonds leading up to the 2008 banking crisis. tech giants amazon and google's parent, alphabet, have posted a surge in sales over the last three months. shares in alphabetjumped after the company reported sales up 2496. after the company reported sales up 24%. amazon sales are up 34% and

a nalysts 24%. amazon sales are up 34% and analysts now estimate that this year the company will be responsible for almost half of everything sold online. hotel booking sites. you log on, it may not be what it seems. a p pa re ntly on, it may not be what it seems. apparently so. the competition and markets authority are a bit concerned. they say they are concerned. they say they are concerned about clarity and accuracy. if you go on one of these sites, its easy—to—use, they are accessible. you can filter by specific areas. it's incredibly easy—to—use. they are worried results consumers get might be slightly influenced by commissions. that's how these websites operate, so there is concern over that. alison wright is a travel writer and joins us. do you think they are right to investigate these sites so

the clarity and accuracy? yes, it's good news for hotel guests and hoteliers. 70% of us use these sites and eight out of ten of the sites are owned by one ofjust two major companies. they are looking at hidden charges. does the headline price include local taxes and discounts. you often see a hotel will be £100 a night, and it is now £50 a night. how accurate is that discount? is that really its normal price? also discount? is that really its normal price ? also pressure discount? is that really its normal price? also pressure selling. often the sites will flag up a hotel and say we've only got one room left, to pressurise you into buying it. but if you contacted the hotel, do they really only have one room left or is itjust one room the internet really only have one room left or is it just one room the internet fight has contracted? if you're a consumer

and you're searching on these websites, how can you guarantee the information you are receiving is correct? it's difficult, especially if you are looking at a city resort ina if you are looking at a city resort in a country where english isn't an easily used language. the best thing is to go on to the hotel website. what's happening with these sites is lots of them, when they do a deal with an internet site, lots of the hotels have to sign a clause saying they aren't allowed to sell a room cheaper than the internet site is advertising. that puts a lot of pressure on hotels. more and more hotels, especially in britain, say we promise if you book direct with us you'll get the cheapest price. i think more of will happen. i think it's a case of trying not to be pressurised, especially if they say

only one room left. double check with the hotel. what is their normal rate and do they have more rooms to sell? the cma said they were concerned that perhaps commission and commercial interests were influencing the ranking that you see. are there other problems with the sites? i think so. they all fall into the four areas they will be looking at. for example, does the headline price include local taxes or do you find that out once you've booked? and are the discounts really genuine? we automatically assume the hotel at the top of their list is either the best value or the one that has been rated most highly by the most number of guests. could it be that actually that's the hotel that offers beside the most commission? thank you forjoining us. let's have a look at the

markets. momentous events in spain. the main share index in spain is taking a bit of a knocking. banking shares hit after that vote. we've seen investors selling shares, spanish stocks and bonds. that is having a consequence on the index. the proof, they don't know what's coming and that's markets react. an unfinished portrait of a woman believed to be mary, queen of scots, has been found hidden beneath another 16th century portrait. the image was discovered following an x—ray examination of a work by the dutch artist adrian vanson. the portrait — and x—ray images — go on display at the scottish national portrait gallery tomorrow. catriona renton went along for a preview. i'm just going to show you an underlying painting which we discovered underneath this portrait of chancellor maitland. as part of her research, caroline had taken an x—ray of this portrait, when something unexpected emerged. i was quite shocked to discover a woman's face looking at me, and not chancellor maitland's.

my first thought was, am i developing the wrong plate? and then the more i looked at it, the more i realised that it was the right plate, and that it was a portrait of a woman from the period. then i realised, having grown up in scotland, that i thought it was mary, queen of scots. i was so excited that i ran up three flights of stairs to show it to my mentor. mary, queen of scots was forced to abdicate in 1567. a year later she fled to england, where she was imprisoned by her cousin, elizabeth, until her execution. perhaps this yields a clue as to why she was painted over. the fact we have to think about is mary's execution. so, the inscribed date on this portrait is 1589, and mary was executed in 1587. to have openly displayed a portrait of mary would have been quite a dangerous decision. this detective work has unveiled a secret hidden for centuries, now open to all. it's a wonderful opportunity to again show the value

of lots of different people — conservators, art historians, conservation scientists — working together, looking really deeply at a painting that otherwise you might just walk past. the portrait of sirjohn maitland is so valuable in its own right, it will never be stripped back. so this discovery poses even more questions, and the lady underneath will always be something of a mystery. now the weather. good afternoon. today may have got off toa good afternoon. today may have got off to a chilly start but the compensation is we've seen quite a lot of sunshine. tomorrow will be quite a different day. it will be milder but also cloudier and a strong breeze for some. on sunday we go back to brighter skies, at this stage it will feel quite a lot

colder. back to the here and now, this is the satellite picture from earlier today. if you folk patches which disappeared during the morning. then a fair amount of sunshine which continues for the end of the day. overnight will see some changes in the north. it's already been windy in the northern isles. the strong winds extending down into northern ireland and northern england. we'll see spots of drizzle, misty and murky conditions. down to the south—east where we keep the clear spells, a chilly night with a touch of frost in places. up to the north—west, much milder. quite a lot of mist and hill fog. spots of rain and drizzle. 13 degrees in glasgow. brighter towards the east. northern ireland cloudier and murky. north—west england similar. in north—east england similar. in north—east england we will see some brightness but the winds becoming increasingly gusty through the morning. fine feast angry and the south—east. some spells of sunshine with more cloud

into wales and the south—west. the areas exposed to this westerly wind will see a lot of cloud, mist, murk and hill fog. the north—east england and hill fog. the north—east england and eastern scotland, some sunny spells. there could be wind gusts of up spells. there could be wind gusts of up to 50 or 60 mph. not great if you're travelling or walking. relatively mild temperatures. that will change for the second half of the weekend. cold air diving all the way down from the arctic. particularly making its presence felt in northern and eastern areas. there will be a keen northerly wind with wintry showers perhaps in the northern isles. further south, a fairamount of northern isles. further south, a fair amount of sunshine. cloud holding on to the south—west. slightly milder. we start the new week on a chilly note with a touch of frost on monday morning. tuesday turning milder but cloudier with some rain. hello, you're watching

afternoon live. today at 4. catalonia's parliament votes to declare independence from spain, in response, the spanish senate approves madrid's proposals to take control of the region. cyber attack on the nhs, it could have been prevented, and, according to the government, it came from north korea. president trump releases some but not all of the files on the assassination ofjfk. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with kat downes ahead of the mexican grand prix on sunday, first practice isjust ahead of the mexican grand prix on sunday, first practice is just our two, lewis hamilton could win his fourth world title. and the weather forecast. sometimes sunny and chilly, sometimes cloudy and mild, full weather details on the way. also coming up: x—ray vision, a portrait believed to be of mary, queen of scots, discovered beneath a 16th century painting.

there have been dramatic developments in the last few hours in the spanish constitutional crisis that threatens to divide the country. catalonia has defied madrid and voted to declare independence. meanwhile the senate has answered the prime minister's call and voted to impose direct rule. to make sense of the deepening constitutional crisis that threatens to tearspain apart, let's cross live to barcelona and tim wilcox. hello, and welcome to the catalan parliament here in barcelona, where, after weeks of turmoil, and mass

demonstrations, they have taken that most decisive step, the most provocative possible, from madrid, and declared catalu nya provocative possible, from madrid, and declared catalunya is an independent sovereign state. mass jeering, wild celebrations in the crowd outside the parliament building, the singing of the catalan national anthem by separatist inside the building as well. how will madrid now react. let's take you to the moment when the vote was counted, this was what the president of the catalan parliament had to say as she was looking through the votes. translation: the resolution... 70, yes, ten, no, and two white votes. applause and then this, from the man who has

spent his entire life campaigning for independence, fighting for this cause back in the 1970s and 1980s, when support for catalan independence was around ten or 12%, he says that the referendum on october 21 showed support at 90% on a turnout of 40%, the region is divided, many millions of people do not want to leave spain, this is what ca rles not want to leave spain, this is what carles puigdemont said after the vote. citizens of catalu nya, times are coming where we will have two compromise to keep this country with peace. we have done it like this and we will continue doing it like this. the people are the ones that are building our country together. today, you mayors represent this union, this cooperation, this solidarity between institutions, and between citizenship. this is, my friends,

in our hands, in your hands, to continue to strengthen steps that make catalonia not only... not only an old nation of europe, but a nation of a distinct culture, but also, a society that always has

responded specifically and civically to the big challenges. and challenges specifically have become big achievements. long live catalu nya! the mood was very different in madrid, just 80 minutes after the independence vote here, the senate in madrid voted to authorise article 155, direct rule from madrid, never used before, how will madrid respond? this used before, how will madrid respond ? this is used before, how will madrid respond? this is what mariano rajoy the spanish prime minister had to say. translation: we must recover legality, so i am saying to all the catalan people, to please be calm, that things will be done properly, with quick measure, with efficiency, as we have done so far, spain is a serious country, a great nation, and

we are not prepared in anyway to allow some people to liquidate a constitution, our cohabitation. the rules that have served for the past 40 years to turn spain into one of the most democratic countries in the world. mariano rajoy getting senate approvalfor invoking world. mariano rajoy getting senate approval for invoking article 155, we can go to sarah rainsford, in madrid, when will that take place, and what will they do? those are two very good question, no one quite knows the answer to them, what we do knows the answer to them, what we do know is that in the next hour, the cabinet will meet here in madrid, to discuss precisely that, what they have so far, what they have from the senate is the authority to act, that is what mariano rajoy was seeking when he took this document, to the senate, and asked them to vote on implementing article 155, in catalu nya,

implementing article 155, in catalunya, returning implementing article 155, in catalu nya, returning or implementing article 155, in catalunya, returning or implement in direct rule to catalunya from here in madrid, he got that by a large majority, as expected, party dominates the senate here, but also has a lot of support from the key opposition parties including the socialist party. so, he feels he has the political mandate to move forward now, beginning to implement direct rule in catalunya. how that looks is a very big question, the cabinet will meet to discuss what they do next, what mariano rajoy has said it will include initially would be dissolving the catalan parliament, also involve removing the key political figures inside catalu nya the key political figures inside catalunya from the key political figures inside catalu nya from their the key political figures inside catalunya from their posts, and then there are being replaced by figures within madrid. massive steps taken by madrid, utterly unprecedented, what happens next is absolutely key. the way that mariano rajoy was speaking, as we heard him after the vote, he is aware this is a delicate

situation, twice he has said there needs to be calm in spain as this moved forward. he said he was returning spain to legality, a phrase they keep using, he said it was phrase they keep using, he said it was absolutely necessary as a measure to take, and that spaniards should stay calm as his government move forward to implement it. how this is going to be lamented will be extremely complex and will presumably face significant resistance from where you are. they are promising to do that, yes, there was no history of violent civil disobedience here in catalunya, but there is 20,000 civil servants, 17,000 local police forces, who would be taken over, one imagines, from madrid. when it comes to the delicacy, still no apology from the spanish prime minister, or even acknowledgement from him or from spanish prime minister, or even acknowledgement from him orfrom the king about the violent scenes on october one, during that, as they would consider it, the illegal referendum. interesting to say no

real conciliatory gestures at all, no suggestion that anything that happened during the referendum process was happened during the referendum process was in anyway or inappropriate. no, this was very much a government focused on the legality of all of this. time and again during the day today we have heard from government members, ministers who have been here, and also from senators themselves, talking about the need to return the rule of law to catalunya, talking about this move being illegal. mariano rajoy has said it is not only illegal but also a criminal act. very strong message coming from madrid. interesting that they are focused on the rule of law, there is not any language, really, understanding where this came from, and while there is a lot of talk about the need for dialogue, there has not been practical, concrete steps that we have seen in public at least, but i'm sure behind—the—scenes there has been a huge amount of negotiation and

discussion going on, even yesterday, the suggestion this step may have been avoided had the catalan authorities called early elections. that did not happen. whatever discussions were taking place fell apart and that is why we are where we are now, with this move towards the mentation and direct rule. in the mentation and direct rule. in the chamber and the parliament building, to hearand the chamber and the parliament building, to hear and see the vote, 700 local catalan mayors, all clutching their ceremonial batons, with silver or gold tops, one of those mayors can join us now, german born but married to a catalan... half catalan, i beg your pardon, show us your stick. what does it represent? it is the power we have, we do not use it, but it is like the

power, the ceremonial power, it is a power, the ceremonial power, it is a power that we represent, it is not the power to beat somebody! laughter some people do not know what power is, power comes from what you think, what you do, rather than what you are doing with the stick. this is a declaration of independence, it might be pretty short lived. we shall see, a lot of us have been working on this for a long time. for example, ten, 15 years, we would say. every year, more people coming, and they understand we cannot go along, go ahead with this, with catalu nya, when we along, go ahead with this, with catalunya, when we do not decide. the change we want is out to change ourland? the change we want is out to change our land? what you say to the

millions of catalans who do not want to be independent. tell me how any millions there are, we told everybody to come and vote. they could not because it was illegal... it was illegal but everybody could come, and so, when you say the ones who did not come, they are against it, it is not this way, you never know if they are against it or if theyjust know if they are against it or if they just stayed at know if they are against it or if theyjust stayed at home, they are not interested in politics. we do not interested in politics. we do not know how many there are. tell our viewers what you want to be independent? i always felt that spain is not respecting the catalans. we have our own language... you have control over one third of taxes, you

have autonomy. we have two discuss the language, true, we have a school system, going very well, but there was any intent to change it, to put more castilian language on it... children here are taught in catalan, up children here are taught in catalan, up until the age of six, every child is only taught in catalan, not even taught in castilian. yes, but that is because the law, what you think, how you want to do it, and then what really happens, we have so many population, spanish population, they speak spanish at home, so it is very difficult for them. in school they do not always really know. they do not really speak catalan, they should but they do not. everybody who lives in catalonia should speak catalan. yes, it is normal, when i live in england, i think i have to speak english. when i go to france, i speak french. that is normal.

briefly, how will you survive, no international recognition. briefly, how will you survive, no international recognitionlj briefly, how will you survive, no international recognition. i have no idea! but we want this. we did it! it took a long time, to arrive to this independence... let's say lara public —— la republica. many people came tojoin public —— la republica. many people came to join the public —— la republica. many people came tojoin the movement, and that is because the spanish government did things that were not right, and soldo did things that were not right, and so i do not have to tell you all the things we have seen in the last month, everybody now, everybody in the world knows what happens. we wa nt the world knows what happens. we want to decide how to do things, and we do not want to discuss... we have so many problems. for example, the roads, if you were here for three weeks, you said, you can see, everywhere you go, you have to pay.

go to the south of spain, that is not the same sometimes it is difficult, but hospitals, schools... we have another idea and we want to decide, and this is normal. thank you very much, down with your symbolic baton which one hopes you will not have to do is use to assert your position of direct rule. yes, i would never want to use it. despite the almost excitement from the mayors here, and from outside the parliament building, some very difficult times, possibly, a head for this region. the ultimate provocation, as far as madrid is concerned, with the declaration of independence this afternoon. the headlines: catalonia's parliament votes to declare independence from spain. in response, the spanish senate a pproves response, the spanish senate approves madrid's proposals to take control of the region. a cyber

attack on the nhs could have been prevented and according to the government, it came from north korea. president trump has released some but not all of the files on assassination ofjfk. england beaten by world champions and co—hosts australia, despite an early try, australia, despite an early try, australia ran in two tries and a third in the second, winning18—4 australia ran in two tries and a third in the second, winning 18—4 in melbourne. tottenham hotspur striker harry kane will miss the match with manchester united, the leading goal—scorer in the premier league has been rolled out with a hamstring injury. joe root says there is not a drinking culture around the england cricket team as he prepares for the ashes without ben stokes, who was not selected after in incident outside a bristol nightclub. we will have more on all of those stories just after 4:30pm. a cyber attack which crippled parts of the nhs in may could have been prevented, if basic it security measures had been in place , according to a report by the national audit office. it's concluded that the health

service wasn't prepared for the wannacry attack, in which criminals froze nhs computers and demanded a ransom. the security minister ben wallace told the bbc he believes north korea was behind the attack. joining me now via webcam is angus marshall, a lecturer in cyber security and expert in digital evidence and forensic investigation at the university of york. were you surprised that so many nhs trusts worth unprepared? not entirely, no. is this just worth unprepared? not entirely, no. is thisjust something worth unprepared? not entirely, no. is this just something that big organisations, big corporations, struggle with? i think there is a couple of issues that tend to lead to this sort of thing being allowed to this sort of thing being allowed to happen. firstly, most organisations tend to concentrate on business as usual. and they view the risk of this sort of incident as relatively low. and they are not necessarily wrong in thinking that. the other aspect is, organisations like the nhs are effectively made up

of autonomous entities that have to cooperate with each other. the level of autonomy is such that at a local level, it can be difficult to get the degree of change and maintenance of it security that is required. fairly basic, get a patch, if the patch is out there...? fairly basic, get a patch, if the patch is out there. . . ? patching, yes, but more to do it than just the technical access. it can cause the it system to stop working, in the nhs that is a critical consideration, there are reasons to not patch things immediately, there isa not patch things immediately, there is a process of evaluation. what is the lesson to be learned from this? can they learn from this? the main

thing i have picked up from the report, the local nhs bodies were being given good advice, and they we re being given good advice, and they were working out how to act on that advice, the problem was, they took too long. and there was no real monitoring. this is a common supply chain type problem. what it really needsis chain type problem. what it really needs is for the departments and the nhs bodies themselves to think again about how they manage this process and find faster ways of reacting and acting on the good advice they have been given. good of you to join us, thank you very much. you are welcome. more now on our top story, the deepening constitutional crisis in spain. after catalonia voted to declare independence and madrid voted to impose direct rule, european leaders have appealed for calm. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, offered his support to the spanish government. speaking in portugal, he said the british view on catalonia was simple.

we in the uk have a very simple view of this. as far as we understand the matter, we do not think the referendum was well founded in law. therefore, we remain very clear in our law that we should uphold the constitutional integrity and sovereignty of our spanish friends, and that is really our commitment and that is really our commitment and our pledge. i'm joined now by carles suarez, a member of the board for the catalan national assembly, a group that campaigns for the political independence of catalonia from spain. i'm guessing you are quite happy right now. historic day for me and for the millions of catalans that have helped this. how short lived could this be? madrid is clearly not happy, and is going to do something. they are probably going to do something, by now, everyone expects the spanish inquisition(!), they will use force and violence, that is the only thing they know, and the

probably try to dismantle the cata la n probably try to dismantle the catalan republic but if people go on the streets and protect institutions, there is a chance democracy can prevail. when you say use force, are you talking about police, army, both? it could be both, spain has a long tradition of using force and violence. we saw that in the 1930s, we saw that in the fascist franco regime, i already use the police and paramilitary machine on referendum day. we would not preclude the use of the army. donald tusk, waris johnson, not preclude the use of the army. donald tusk, warisjohnson, donald tusk says that spain is the only intel cut —— intel cut —— interlocutor. eu institutions recognise that spain used force, and it is important this message goes

through, because every nose if there isa through, because every nose if there is a democratic solution, independence will go ahead, but let's not just talk about the comments we have seen in the last half hour. there will be motions presented to parliament next week to recognise the catalan parliament. —— eve ryo ne recognise the catalan parliament. —— everyone knows. spain is a bully, i know that, you know that, the people of gibraltar, they know that.|j of gibraltar, they know that.” don't know that... of gibraltar, they know that.” don't know that. .. it is a once—in—a—lifetime solution for something good, democracy, hoping that it prevail. i am understanding from the quiver in your voice about how exciting excited you are about what is happening, but this is a frightening time for those they do not want independence, for everyone but particularly for those who do not want. 9096 of those who voted voted in favour, if there was not a normal turnout, it is because the spanish military police went to

clear the vote violently, aggressively, using fascist methods, to stop the vote. definitely a great proportion of people do not want it but there is even more that do want it. as we saw on referendum day. that is why today the public has proclaimed the large majority of mps. are they ready to fight? if we do not fight, we have already lost, so fighting is the only option, protecting institutions, making sure that democracy fails. pretty grim prospect. decades in which nothing happens, and weeks in which things happen, we have seen that, this is a lifetime opportunity to make sure democracy prevail. wasn't this just a moment where people's bluff was called, you had barcelona and madrid, winding each other up, both probably in a position where they would really rather not be in that position today. dacron orange maybe

some of the politicians would be, but in terms of the people, we have seen time and again, the vast majority is in favour of democracy and independence, and now they will and independence, and now they will and we will protect catalunya. -- — —maybe some of the politicians would be, but in terms of the people, we have seen time and again, the vast majority is in favour of democracy and independence, and now they will and we will protect catalunya. the us government has released 2,800 previously classified files on the assassination of presidentjohn f kennedy. president trump has decided to to keep hundreds of other files secret at the request of security agencies. president kennedy was shot deadinin agencies. president kennedy was shot dead in in dallas in 1963. rex bradford is president of the mary ferrell foundation, which has one of the largest archives of material relating to the assassination. over the last 24 hours have you learned much that is new? the main thing we have learned is how paltry this was, isa have learned is how paltry this was, is a little bit confused, i'm happy to give you the real numbers, out of 3100 documents intended to be released in full, only 52 were

released, the remaining 2800, they come from a larger set of some 30,000 documents that have redactions in them, intended to be lifted yesterday, what we have is well under 5% of what was expected. what is going on, what have the cia and the fbi got to hide? good question, some of it is stuff you would expect, some of these documents, a lot of them relate to anti—castro operations. involved in the kennedy presidency. they will feature identification... i think thatis feature identification... i think that is where it is certainly some of the arguments are coming from, on the arguments are coming from, on behalf of those agencies, many people including the judge who behalf of those agencies, many people including thejudge who ran the review board in the 1990s, have taken the position that most of these people are dead by now, and these people are dead by now, and the public disclosure is important,

thatis the public disclosure is important, that is where some of this is coming from. that was the opinion ofjudge tunheim. this date yesterday was set 25 years ago, why the chaos of the last couple of days, that is surprisingly anti—of time to prepare for there. the documents you want are those that particularly relate to lee harvey oswald in the weeks and months before the assassination and months before the assassination and the international travel he made? certainly there is a variety, but we are most keen on things involved with the trip to mexico city that oswald took seven weeks before the assassination, for a few reasons, one is that we now know through previously released documents that allegations of commonest conspiracy involving oswald from cubans and soviets, whether true or not, and that is a story in itself, were a driving force in the formation of the warren commission. we now have tapes of lyndonjohnson literally invoking

the spectre of world war iii lyndonjohnson literally invoking the spectre of world war ii! as he put together the warren commission in the days after dallas. the other reason is, for many of us, something ofa reason is, for many of us, something of a rosetta stone for the crime, if in fact there was a framing of lee harvey oswald and it was done in such a way to make it look like he was in bed with cubans and soviets, to suggest that, that puts a whole new light on who might have had the ability to put together such a frame up. one thing that has people scratching their heads here, revelation 20 minutes beforejfk was assassinated, a call to the cambridge news newspaper here in england saying that something big is about to happen. i have heard of that, it is interesting, i don't have anything cogent to say about that. i don't know what to make of it. it adds to the sense of a conspiracy. it sure does. there were multiple incidences of people

potentially having foreknowledge, thatis potentially having foreknowledge, that is one of the new stories in that is one of the new stories in that category. you will understand it is here for sure, good of you to speak with us. and queue. thank you. have a look at the weather, bending his ear, wintry and showers, used those words together in a sentence, what is going on? two different flavours of weather, this weekend, there is the cloudy flavour, the thing you get... is that last request at somerset, quite near glastonbury. good timing. with the cloud comes milder air, this is saturday's chart, western winds, fairly mild, many will have scenes like that, pretty cloudy, and the other flavour, cold air, which will be with us on saturday into sunday. that is your wintry shower risk as it moves south. particularly across northern and eastern parts of the

country, we will see the cold air feeding in for sunday. with that, compensation, we see some sunshine, thatis compensation, we see some sunshine, that is the other flavour. if this is not making you feel autumnal enough, the clocks go back and hour during saturday night. the trade—off for that, the evenings get darker from there on in. back to the here and now, satellite picture from today, a lot of sunshine around, really, early fog patches, that disappear very quickly. then, plenty of sunshine, that is what takes us through to sundown today, temperatures have been around 12 to 16 degrees, they will drop off quickly during the evening, particularly in the south, where wind stays live, touch of frost tonight in many central and southern areas. further north and west, cloud rolling in, more of a breeze, misty, murky conditions, damp conditions over hills in the north—west, and here, a bit milder by the first part of tomorrow morning. this is how the

weekend starts off, in northern ireland or western scotland, a lot of cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain and drizzle, especially over high ground, where it is misty and murky. aberdeen, some sunshine, 13 degrees, grey skies for north—west england, north—east england seeing sunshine, bearing in mind, wind will be picking up during the day, could get dusty over the pennines. as we get into the afternoon. east anglia, southeast, fine start, not as sunny, cloud into the mix, certainly more cloud into the mix, certainly more cloud for wales and the south—west. cloudy conditions anywhere, exposed to the mild westerly wind. particularly about northern ireland, western side of scotland, down into wales and the south—west. shelter, eastern scotland, north—east england, sunshine spells, we will have gusty wind, 50 to 60 mph, and in the south, some sunny glimpses, but not as bright as it has been today. and then we get into sunday,

cold air earlier today. and then we get into sunday, cold airearlieron, today. and then we get into sunday, cold air earlier on, fed to us because you can see the white lines coming from the arctic, northerly wind across the country, where this wind across the country, where this wind is strongest, in the north and north—east could bring showers, wintry showers is, and maybe even to low—level for the northern isles. temperatures eight or 9 degrees, further south and west, actually, brightening up through the day, 15 degrees. that will not feel too bad at all. you may not want to think about the start of next week yet, here it is, chilly day on monday, cold start, touch of frost, tuesday it will turn more mild, and more cloudy. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the parliament of catalonia has voted to declare independence from spain, in response the spanish senate has approved imposing direct rule from madrid. a report says the cyber attack on the nhs back in may could have been prevented, and the government say north korea was behind it.

previously classified files relating to the assassination ofjohn f kennedy have been released by donald trump, but others still remain classified. now the sport. all eyes on lewis hamilton, he could do it this weekend. first practice is underway ahead of the mexican grand prix. the race which he could clinch that fourth world title, come fifth or better. there are a couple of things that may stand in his way. one is that may stand in his way. one is that he hasn't had a retirement or technical failure that he hasn't had a retirement or technicalfailure all that he hasn't had a retirement or technical failure all season and the chance of him going the whole season without such a problem is pretty slim. how could you?! the chances are, fifth or better and it will be his. our formula 1 reporter was saying there is a scenario where he

could take out his nearest rival sebastian vettel on the first corner, they could both crash out and he could go on and take the title. it doesn't sound very sporting though. apparently this is a circuit that will favour the ferrari. but all the odds pointing to lewis hamilton clinching that title. he's already said he wants to be top of that podium. not such great news coming from australia, our first great news coming from australia, ourfirst game in the great news coming from australia, our first game in the rugby league. was always going to be a tough start to the world cup for england — against australia who are the best in the world, on their home turf. the 18—4 defeat shouldn't affect england's chances of qualifying for the latter stages of the tournament. katie gornall reports. for england, this is about as tough as it gets. australia, like the all blacks, have an air of the unbreakable about them. ten times at a world cup they've

been the last ones standing. all: and we will rise as one. england are here trying to deliver a new script and with a new squad they had reason to be optimistic. jermaine mcgillvary seized his moment. commentator: england claim the opening try of this world cup! the hosts were stirred into action. england tried to plug the gaps, but the pressure was building. matt gillett was a powerful problem for england. eventually he punched through. now australia had the lead and the momentum. england will know all about how dangerous billy slater can be — stopping him is another matter. perhaps a bigger a blow was landed just before half—time. sam burgess is england's talisman. he's now unlikely to return before the quarterfinals. without him, england were chasing the game. later on they were chasing josh dugan. his interception, five minutes from time, put the match beyond reach. commentator: this will be a dagger in the heart of england. england expect to improve but will now face a tougher route through this tournament. the hope is their world cup doesn't start and end with the same result. anthonyjoshua has

anthony joshua has weighed anthonyjoshua has weighed in at the heaviest he has ever been for a professionalfight, at heaviest he has ever been for a professional fight, at 18 stone and two pounds, for his world heavyweight title bout in cardiff tomorrow. joshua is trying to defend his ibf and wba world titles against the stand—in challenger carlos takam. joshua was due to face the bulgarian kubrat pulev, but he had to withdraw, because of injury. it'll be the briton's first contest since defeating wladimir klitschko, at wembley in april. his opponent weighed in lighter at 16 stone, 11.5 pounds. tottenham striker harry kane will miss tomorrow's premier league match with manchester united with a hamstring injury. kane scored twice as spurs beat liverpool 4—1 last sunday, but had to be substituted late in the game. manager mauricio pochettino called it a minor strain, enough though to keep the premier league's leading goal—scorer out as second placed united face third placed spurs. as test captainjoe

root prepares for the start of the ashes series without all rounder ben stokes, he insists senior players will behave themselves whilst away on tour. stokes is staying at home — he won't travel out with the squad after an incident outside a bristol nightclub. idid think i did think there's a drinking culture in our side. we will address theissues culture in our side. we will address the issues and make sure situations like this don't happen again. no one wa nts like this don't happen again. no one wants that. we are grown men and we know how to behave. we'll make sure that we conduct ourselves well on this tour. it's obviously disappointing that ben's not going to be with us, but we are a strong squad. what it does is it gives other guys opportunities to stand up, to put their stamp on test cricket. it gives them a chance to come into the team and do something special, and really strengthen the depth of our squad when ben is ready to come back and play. the ashes squad fly to australia

tomorrow. that's all the sport. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide, and see what's happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. we can speak tojustin leigh in plymouth, on the anniversary of a fire which destroyed one of exeter‘s most historic buildings. and in a minute i'll be speaking to sally taylor in southampton about some real life ghostbusters. but firstjustin, we all remember those dramatic pictures of the royal clarence hotel from a year ago. yes, this was the royal clarence hotel, a historic building. it was one of the oldest buildings in exeter and we believe one of the old est exeter and we believe one of the oldest hotels in the uk. the fire started exactly a year ago in a building next door. it was an art gallery and firefighters thought they had contained the fire to that building. then it started to spread to the neighbouring royal clarence hotel which was quickly evacuated.

everyone was able to leave safely but the fire took hold. because of the historic nature of the building and bh and timbers inside the building was quickly engulfed and destroyed. the next day the scene of devastation was extraordinary, there was nothing left of the inside of the royal clarence. the famous facade, and anyone who has visited exeter will know the famous facade of the royal clarence hotel, had to be knocked down. we will be you an update on the rebuilding. it is being rebuilt and the owners are hoping they can state is true and faithful to the original design of the building when it's finally rebuilt. we are also talking to local historians, they say some good did come out of the fire. what happened was a new—found appreciation for the historic neighbouring buildings. there's a

lot of history there and perhaps a lot of history there and perhaps a lot of history there and perhaps a lot of people busy shopping in exeter and visitors to the city don't always appreciate what is there. there is a feeling that as a result of the fire there is a new—found appreciation for what we still have. some rather remarkable pictures from the coast in cornwall. we are often sent videos by our viewers, because we are surrounded by the sea we get videos scent of marine life. but these are quite special. these were surfers out at a beach near st ives. they were joined by some dolphins who fancied riding the waves with them. it's extraordinary to see human beings on their surfboards, and alongside them dolphins showing what they can do. thank you. let's go to sally taylor,

is there anybody out there?! that was going to be my opening line! you'd already done it on twitter, i'm quoting you anyway! we all like a spooky story, something far halloween. those things you just see out of the corner of your eye but you've no idea what they are. really, we like to be frightened. so, there is a group of amateur enthusiasts who go out in dorset to find if there is a rational explanation for the rather bizarre, the strange, the unexplained. sometimes they are invited in to these places, as was the case at a dorset team room. apparently the owner had heard footsteps upstairs and there was nobody there. they

call themselves the dorset paranormal research team. sam everett from our digital video unit went down there to join them and find out what it was all about. they are very serious find out what it was all about. they are very serious about it. they have written a report. i thought this was just going to be fun. they are very serious about it and take it very seriously, to see if they can prove anything. the other place they went to was weymouth. there is a fort there which often says it is the spookiest place on the south coast. many of the people who work and volunteer their say there are certain areas they will not go. they set up these cameras and they leave them there for 24—48 hours, see if there's anything that passes through them. they've also got paraphernalia that will record the drop in temperature or humidity. here is the

report. you're going to ask me how they found anything. have they found anything, sally? guess what, no! laughter it is a great film, and i spoke to sam and i said what was your feeling about it? she said, i thought it was very interesting, but there was nothing that they found. no proof. by sceptics themselves and they say, we aren'tjust going out there to find ghosts just to please people and make cocktails, we are very serious about this. we are going to show you that film this evening. whoooo! there was a tingle up my evening. whoooo! there was a tingle up my spine when you said that! laughter thank you very much for joining us. you're watching afternoon live. if you'd like to catch up with more of those news nationwide stories, go to the bbc iplayer. new research suggests

open heart surgery is safer in the afternoon, because of the body's internal clock. a french study, published in the lancet, says the heart is generally stronger and better able to withstand an operation in the afternoon than the morning. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. there is a biological clock keeping time inside all of us. it's the reason we want to sleep at night, but it also drives huge changes in the way our body works, including in our heart muscle. can you go on bypass, please? this is life—saving open—heart surgery. the operation puts the heart under huge stress, and a study in lille in france suggests the body clock also influences our recovery. it's perhaps not amazingly surprising that because the heart's capacity... its maximum activity is normally observed in the afternoon, that it is better able to tolerate surgical intervention at that time of day. the study, on 500 patients, showed the risk of complications

including heart attacks halved from 18% in morning operations to just 9% in the afternoon. the researchers said patients should not be frightened away from vital surgery. they want to do more studies. but they think high,risk patients may benefit from being moved to the afternoon. if you're a patient waiting for open—heart surgery today or tomorrow, you shouldn't worry what time of day the surgery is done. but what it offers in the future is the prospect of developing new cardioprotective drugs which will reduce any damage to the heart from bypass and open—heart surgery. this study shows the potential of doing medicine in time with the body clock. and the researchers are now investigating other types of surgery. an unfinished portrait of a woman believed to be mary, queen of scots, has been found hidden beneath another 16th century portrait.

the image was discovered following an x—ray examination of a work by the dutch artist adrian vanson. the portrait, and x—ray images, go on display at the scottish national portrait gallery tomorrow. catriona renton went along for a preview. i'm just going to show you an underlying painting which we discovered underneath this portrait of chancellor maitland. as part of her research, caroline had taken an x—ray of this portrait, when something unexpected emerged. i was quite shocked to discover a woman's face looking at me, and not chancellor maitland's. my first thought was, am i developing the wrong plate? and then the more i looked at it, the more i realised that it was the right plate, and that it was a portrait of a woman from the period. then i realised, having grown up in scotland, that i thought it was mary, queen of scots. i was so excited that i ran up three flights of stairs to show it to my mentor. mary, queen of scots was forced to abdicate in 1567. a year later she fled to england, where she was imprisoned by her cousin, elizabeth, until her execution. perhaps this yields a clue as to why

she was painted over. the fact we have to think about is mary's execution. so, the inscribed date on this portrait is 1589, and mary was executed in 1587. to have openly displayed a portrait of mary would have been quite a dangerous decision. this detective work has unveiled a secret hidden for centuries, now open to all. it's a wonderful opportunity to again show the value of lots of different people, conservators, art historians, conservation scientists, working together, looking really deeply at a painting that otherwise you might just walk past. the portrait of sirjohn maitland is so valuable in its own right, it will never be stripped back. so this discovery poses even more questions, and the lady underneath will always be something of a mystery. the business news injust a moment.

first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. catalonia's parliament votes to declare independence from spain, in response, the spanish senate approves madrid's proposals to take control of the region. a cyber attack on the nhs could have been prevented, and according to the government, it came from north korea. and president trump has released some, but not all, of the files on the assassination ofjfk. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. let's look at the stories that have been moving the markets this week. catalonia's parliament votes to declare independence from spain — in response, the spanish senate approves madrid's proposals to take control of the region. how big a hit on markets taking? the

ibex has taken a considerable hit and banking shares are down. that's partly because investors are selling bonds and shares because of uncertainty. catalonia is one of the most wealthy regions in spain, so there is concern over that. analysts are worried consumers are going to be worried and consumer confidence will go down. maybe people will be a bit careful with their spending. it's the whole uncertainty thing. rbs, good year, which is quite something given that you ought to ago they weren't having good years. yes, three consecutive quarters of profit which is pretty positive. whether it will sustain it is unsure. they've got some big fines they need to pay out. the department ofjustice in the us knocking on their door for some ofjustice in the us knocking on their doorfor some money ofjustice in the us knocking on their door for some money over some mis—selling issues in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis. also the chief executive is really focused on

cost cutting. his main aim is perhaps to reduce jobs and also remove services onto digital services. it's not quite out of the woods yet. it's still partly owned by us, of course. growth figures earlier this week on the uk economy. with an interest rate decision due out next week, what could this mean? growth is 0.4%. analysts are saying that sort of positive economic data could give those nine people who meet next week known as the monetary policy committee a bit of a boost if they want to hike up interest rates. i think that is what we will be discussing all next week. joining me now is lawrence gosling, editor in chief of investment week. let's start off with that catalan vote. the ibex down considerably but unsurprisingly. absolutely

unsurprisingly. absolutely unsurprisingly. markets hurt uncertainty —— hate uncertainty and this is a huge piece of uncertainty. i think there is a slight fear that this could potentially be a precursor to a wider european issue. it's almost a replay in spanish terms of the green debt crisis from a few years ago. yes, and i'm sure a nalysts a few years ago. yes, and i'm sure analysts and economists are concerned about that as well. let's move concerned about that as well. let's m ove o nto concerned about that as well. let's move onto rbs. pretty good on the face of it. three quarters of consecutive profits. it's not out of the woods, it's those headwinds in the woods, it's those headwinds in the us department ofjustice. they wa nt to the us department ofjustice. they want to focus on cost—cutting as well. absolutely. the market has in mind afigure well. absolutely. the market has in mind a figure for the finds uses. it will be six or 7 billion sterling, maybe slightly more than that. it's more the slowdown in growth,

particularly in the uk. and margins on running basic banking business is still really low. that's a real challenge for rbs and is one of the issues that will affect when the government sells off its stake. when he says switching to digital services, what does he really mean? will that involve job losses? yes, because less of us are going into branches, more of us are doing it on our phone and electronic apps. it's that steady migration towards digital which is lower cost for the bank, and getting rid of the branches. that will inevitably mean job losses, unfortunately. yes, automation wreaking destruction there. earlier this week we had growth figures from the uk and growth figures from the uk and growth figures from the uk and growth figures out of the us. both positive. people have been talking about what this gives the bank of england, what's your view?” about what this gives the bank of england, what's your view? i still think thejury is

england, what's your view? i still think the jury is out. if i put my neck on the line now i would say we won't get an interest—rate hike next week, i think it's too early to say that the growth figures are too strong. we still have a moderate bordering on weak economy and if we look at some of the retail sales figures, i think they will put off a rate hike decision until perhaps a bit later. if not this year, earlier in the new year. it's nice you agree with me when i talk about uncertainty but i'm just wondering, how bad do things get before that uncertainty causes jitters. we just don't know how the spanish are going to react to this. we don't. it's when we start to see a clear sign that catalonia says actually we want independence to break away from spain. if you think back to the uk when we had the uncertainty about the scottish referendum and there was real fear that scotland was going to go it alone, that causes

real jitters going to go it alone, that causes realjitters in going to go it alone, that causes real jitters in the going to go it alone, that causes realjitters in the stock market. that's what i think we will see in spain if the market in europe thinks it's an option. thank you. we haven't got the ibex up there but it's in the red. that is the stock index for spain. european markets ending ona index for spain. european markets ending on a positive note. interesting the ftse hasn't reacted to what's going on in spain. all markets will be looking on with trepidation. the ftse has had some positive news today. rbs is quite a big stock on the index and that has moved positively. there are other factors in play. what about the euro? the euro was down yesterday against the dollar and the pound after the european central bank announced it was winding back its stimulus programme. it hasn't

regained much ground today and the cata la n regained much ground today and the catalan situation will impact that as well. two american yachts women have been rescued by the us navy. they were aiming to sell from hawaii to tahiti with their dogs but the engine failed. they were rescued after a fishing vessel alerted authorities. stranded in the pacific ocean, the crew of this sailing boat expected to be in tahiti. but months after losing power, it was the us navy that they were delighted to welcome. two american women, jennifer appel and tasha fuiaba, and their two dogs, were finally safe, blowing kisses and barks ofjoy to their rescuers. they had survived for five months, after their engine failed in a storm en route from hawaii to tahiti. they decided to continue their 2,000—mile journey under sail, but went off—course and became lost in the vastness of the pacific. a taiwanese fishing boat finally saw

them 900 miles south—west of japan and raised the alarm. the women and their dogs had a water purifier, and survived on a year's supply of dried goods such as oats, pasta and rice. the us navy released these pictures as they were taken aboard the uss ashland. it's said that the two sailors issued distress signals every day for the past 98 days, but they were too far from any land or any other ships to be picked up. when they finally saw the rescuers on the horizon, the women said they felt pure relief. they and their dogs appeared healthy and nourished, no doubt all looking forward to getting their feet, and paws, back on dry land. keith doyle, bbc news. everyone is so pleased with the

dogs, no one mentions the ladies on the boat! coming up, the news that 5pm including the film review. good afternoon. today may have got off toa good afternoon. today may have got off to a chilly start in places but the compensation is we've seen quite a lot of sunshine. tomorrow will be quite different, milder but also cloudier and a strong breeze for some. on sunday we go back to brighter skies but at this stage it will feel quite a lot colder. this is the satellite picture from earlier today. we had a few fog patches which disappeared during the morning. then a fair amount of sunshine which continues for the end of the day. overnight some changes in the north. it's already been windy across the northern isles. extending down into northern ireland and northern england. as the wind picks up some drizzle and murky

conditions. down to the south—east, a fairly chilly night perhaps with a touch of frost in places. in the north—west much milder. all of this cloud moving in from the atlantic with quite a lot of mist and hill fog. 13 degrees in glasgow, brighter towards aberdeen and out towards the east. northern ireland cloudy and murky, north—west england similar. the north east england some brightness but here the winds will be increasingly gusty through the morning. mainly find vicky standley and the south—east with spells of sunshine. more cloud into wales and the south—west. it is the areas exposed to this westerly wind that will see a lot of cloud and hill fog. parts of the south—east keeping the sunshine. from north—east england and eastern scotland sunny spells but wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour. relatively mild temperatures. that will change for

the second half of the weekend. cold air is going to move down all the way from the arctic. in northern and eastern areas there will be a keen northerly wind. wintry showers over high ground in mainland scotland. proud holding on in the south—west, milder in plymouth but colder in aberdeen. we start the new week on a cold night with a touch of frost. tuesday milder but cloudy with some rain. today at 5pm, catalonia declares independence. the catalonian parliament celebrates but spain's government in madrid votes to impose direct rule on the region. translation: spain is a serious country, a great nation and we are

not prepared to allow some people to liquidate our constitution. i'm live in barcelona on this, this country's greatest constitutional crisis since the attempted coup of 1981. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: the cyber attack which crippled much of the nhs in may could have been prevented with basic security, says an investigation. files about the assassination ofjfk are released but some are held back, at the request of the cia and fbi.