this is bbc news. the headlines at 10. sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. messages of support from the game's big names — including david beckham, signed by sir alex at 16, who tweets, "keep fighting, boss", and everton manager sam allardyce. i hope he is in good hands and the operation is a major success. he is a personalfriend. i hope he has a full recovery. more than 1000 doctors have job offers withdrawn because of a clerical blunder. borisjohnson flies to washington, trying to persuade the white house not to pull out of the nuclear deal with iran. i'm shaun ley and in the next hour... a baby prince at home. kensington palace release new family photos of prince louis, including one with his sister princess charlotte, taken by the duchess of cambridge. and a force in crisis investigates allegations of misconduct and corruption at police scotland. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. sir alex ferguson, the most successful manager in british football history, remains in hospital this morning after undergoing emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. his former team manchester united said the operation went "very well" but that he now needed a period of intensive care. our sports correspondent david 0rnstein reports. he's one of the greatest figures that football — indeed, sport — has ever seen, the messages of support for sir alex ferguson from all over the world, testament to the regard in which she is held. in which he is held. this was the 76—year—old only a week ago, in high spirits, and seemingly in good health. but last night news emerged

that the 76—year—old had been admitted to hospital, a statement released by manchester united reading, "sir alex ferguson has undergone emergency surgery today for a brain haemorrhage. speculation began when his son darren, manager of doncaster rovers, was absent from their match against wigan athletic yesterday, with the club saying it was for family reasons. in a 26—year reign, sir alex ferguson led manchester united to an incredible 38 trophies, famously winning the treble of premier league, fa cup and champions league in 1999, the same year he was knighted. gordon taylor, boss of the professional footballers‘ association said this. as well—wishes poured in. everyone at match of the day sends our wishes to sir alex ferguson everyone at match of the day

sends our best wishes to sir alex ferguson who has had emergency surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage, ourthoughts are with sir alex and his family. sir alex ferguson's success at old trafford earned him legendary status. the hope is he will win this battle off the pitch as he did so often on it. david 0rnstein, bbc news. let's get the very latest now with 0livia richwald, who's at old trafford. are the club saying any more about his condition? no new update since that statement released here from 0ld that statement released here from old trafford last night. he remains in intensive care at salford royal hospital, about three miles from here. social media has been buzzing with well—wishers coming in from the world of sports, the world in general. cristiano ronaldo who played under him as tweeted a picture of him and sir alex, my

thoughts and prayers are with you, dear friend, thoughts and prayers are with you, dearfriend, be strong, boss. david beckham also tweeted a picture. keep fighting, boss, sending love and prayers to cathy and our family. a legend at old trafford and also at aberdeen, a very successful manager, leading them to victory in scotland and europe. they have sent a message saying thoughts and prayers of everyone, herformer saying thoughts and prayers of everyone, her former manager and saying thoughts and prayers of everyone, herformer manager and his family. even the big rival clubs have been sending their support to sir alex ferguson. manchester city, preparing for a home match later today, he once called them the noisy neighbours. they send their thoughts and prayers. in liverpool, similarly, the club released a statement saying that their thoughts are with him at this most difficult time, he was a great rival and a great friend who supported them when they were going through a difficult time, too. at 0ld

they were going through a difficult time, too. at old trafford, the concourse behind me is buzzing with people. it is all people want to talk about, wishing sir alex a speedy recovery and everyone is hoping, we arejust speedy recovery and everyone is hoping, we are just three miles from him in hospital, that the warmth coming from old trafford, the fans, rival clubs, he can feel that in salford and it helps with his recovery. it is a nice thought, 0livia. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, is heading to washington where he'll try to persuade the us not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. the agreement saw iran receive relief on international sanctions in return for limitations to the country's controversial nuclear energy programme. countries like israel feared it could be used for nuclear weapons production. it was negotiated under barack 0bama's presidency but mr trump has criticised the deal, claiming it has flaws because it doesn't cover the development of ballistic missiles. mr trump must decide whether to renew the deal by next saturday —

the next deadline for waiving sanctions. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler reports. in a series of visits to the white house, european leaders have been trying to get donald trump to listen to their concerns about his hardline stance on iran. he is going to be a great president of france — that's my prediction. despite the clear warmth with which she greeted with which he greeted emmanuel macron, french president, and the time he gave angela merkel, curbs iran's nuclear programme. he believes the terms are far too lenient he will decide by saturday he will decide by saturday whether to impose sanctions on iran. the deadline fast approaching, borisjohnson is travelling to washington to test his powers of persuasion. he has met him before. he is not scheduled to speak with him directly on this trip. instead, mrjohnson will speak to mike pence and a series of other

white house officials. the foreign secretary will be very aware it is the president's mind he needs to change. the president of iran says his country has plans to resist any decision by donald trump. a speech carried live by state television, if america leaves nuclear accord this will entail historic remorse for us. north korea has accused the united states of deliberately provoking pyongyang by suggesting sanctions won't be lifted until it gives up its nuclear weapons. north korea said washington was also aggravating the current good atmosphere by deploying military assets on the korean peninsula. north korea regularly criticises the united states — but there have been few attacks in recent weeks, amid plans for president trump to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un. up to 1500 junior doctors have had job offers withdrawn, following a mistake

in the recruitment process. the royal college of physicians said the error meant medics who'd been scored on their suitability for posts as registrars were given the wrong marks. the college said human error was to blame in transferring data from one computer to another. the college has apologised and says patient safety had not been compromised. earlier, our correspondent andy moore explained the situation facing the junior doctors. everyone agrees, a terrible situation. these are junior doctors, they have completed their training. two years doctoring. finished their apprenticeship and moving to the next step as registrars. completed exams, done the interviews. the interview process, something went wrong. it seems to be human error, not computer this time. the wrong marks transferred across and 1500 junior doctors offered jobs. yesterday, those jobs were retracted.

the royal college of physicians who organised the process say the whole thing will be looked at again. for individuals, they were told one month ago they had a job in a certain area. they and their partners are making offers on houses, planning to move. some of them are in tears, we have heard, and their colleagues. the british medical association is hopping mad on their behalf. they talk about, we cannot express how unacceptable we find we find the situation, the emotional and financial impact. looking at what steps they can take to rectify the immense damage caused. not ruling out that there may be claims for compensation. also complaints about the fact this was dropped late on a friday night just before a bank holiday weekend, so a lot ofjunior doctors complaining about that. presumably, some people away or finding it difficult to contact the people whose property they might be moving into to rent, who knows? clearly complicated.

what sort of time frame are people operating in? expecting to be starting these jobs in the next couple of months, or the autumn? in the short term. we have heard from individual doctors on twitter, ben hudson says, speaks volumes for how the royal college of physicians values junior doctors, carelessly playing with people's future. life plans made on the basis of spurious offers. dumped at 4:16 just before a bank holiday. i spent time viewing houses. another said. i thought, finally, some stability. another says, oops, not a done deal. interesting to find out if this was an absolute committment or indication. commitment or indication.

cases of what it calls non—retractable offers, the college. presumably most of the offers were retractable. i suspect the individuals and the british medical association may take a different view on that. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after a woman was attacked with an electric drill in straban in northern ireland. the 38—year—old victim suffered a "very serious" head injury and is in a critical but stable condition in hospital. the teenager was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and theft of a drill. he is due to appear in court in 0magh on monday. a 17—year—old boy has died after being shot in southwark in south london. officers including police firearms and air ambulance attended the scene on warham street but the victim was pronounced dead just before 7pm. the next of kin have been informed. no arrests have yet been made. charlotte is close to the scene. what do we know about the

circumstances that led to the boy's death? police were called to the area at 6:05pm yesterday evening. the 17—year—old boy shot and cook street, made his way to where he sadly died. police, medics, the air ambulance attended the scene but he could not be saved. a sunny, warm evening in london. i happen speaking to people round here who heard and saw what happened. they have outlined some quite shocking and disturbing details. saying there was some kind of chase involving a car, a motorbike and multiple shots fired. we have seen a house hq minutes from here, the window has been boarded up. neighbours have told me the house was fired into seemingly randomly. —— a house hq minutes from here. a woman in the

garden said the bullets just missed her. shocking scenes. children outside playing, on the grass, some kind of chase going on around here. with bullets, they say, apparently randomly fired into the air. thank you, charlotte. an update now, news we have had from the highways england agency responsible for motorways and four principal roads in england. reporting that one lane of two is closed and the m3 west bank, between junctions eight and nine, multi—vehicle collision. and police say delays of 30 minutes i expected. a closure of one line on the mtreat westbound between junctions eight and nine will stop more on that story if we get it. a 20—year—old man has died after he being stabbed in liverpool city centre this morning.

police and paramedics were called to hanover street in the city centre at four o'clock after receiving reports of man with stab wounds. he was taken to hospital, but later died from his injuries. police are appealing for information. three men have been injured in east london by what has been described as a noxious substance. the met police say officers were called to reports of a disturbance on kingsland high street in hackney — three men aged 17, 22 and 27 were taken to hospital. police say no arrests have been made. for the first time in nine years, lebanese voters are choosing a new parliament. sunday's election is being held under a new voting system aimed at moving the country to a more proportionally representative government. the country is beset by sectarian and political divisions, and overshadowed by the conflict in syria which has led to a mass influx of refugees. i spoke earlier to our reporter carine torbey who is in beirut today and asked her if we are going to see a new government in lebanon.

despite the fact they have introduced a new voting law, introducing the concept of proportional representation in lebanon, very few people hopeful that by the end of the day we will see a real breakthrough in terms of representation. probably many people are expecting more of the same. as you can see behind me, long queues of voters eager to cast their votes, have a say in the politics, after nine years since the last time they were able to do this. twice the current parliament has extended its mandate in the past. citing security reasons. fears of violence spilling over from syria. almost 1.5 million refugees who came into lebanon fleeing the war in syria.

all these reasons given to extend the mandate of the current parliament were seen as unconvincing by many in the country and a stand back against a fragile democracy. alternative groups campaigning under the umbrella of civil society, will they go for? or go for the same old establishment party, long ruling dynasties. some of them in power for decades now. there are still several hours to go in voting — this is the scene live at a polling station — and we don't expect the official results until monday at the earliest. but we should get exit polls on sunday evening, local time, and we will of course bring you those here on bbc world news. apologies, we cannot show the

pictures, but i can assure you voting is under way. the headlines on bbc news: sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. some of the biggest names in sport have sent messages of support, including david beckham, signed by sir alex at 16, who tweets — "keep fighting, boss". more than 1000 doctors have job offers withdrawn because of a clerical blunder. medics who'd been scored on their suitability for posts as registrars were apparently given the wrong marks. boris johnson is flying to washington to urge the us not to scrap the nuclear deal with iran. president trump has strongly criticised the agreement, which he has called "insane". sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. messages of support continue to come

from around the world for sir alex ferguson as he recovers from emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. the 76—year—old remains in intensive care — his former club manchester united say the operation went very well. just last weekend sir alex was on the pitch at old trafford presenting his rival arsene wenger with a commemorative vase. the scot is widely regarded as britain's most successful football manager, winning 49 trophies, including 13 premier league titles. the football association, fifa, uefa, clubs and fans have been sending messages of support. quite sad. in the shop because he means a lot to the people. -- it is a shock. i am elite supporter. i wish him all the best wishes from denmark. —— i

ama the best wishes from denmark. —— i am a leeds supporter. unheard of for am a leeds supporter. unheard of for a manager, his achievements, 38 titles, fans from all over the world, liverpool, manchester united, manchester city fans, any other team, all sending their thoughts to sir alex ferguson. you don't wish something like this to happen to anybody. tony bellew beat david haye again in their rematch last night. the former cruiserweight world champion twice knocked down the former heavyweight world champion before the referee stopped the fight in the fifth round. bellew, who was again the underdog with the bookmakers, looked close to tears as he celebrated his victory — while haye's future in the sport will now be in doubt after conceding he would have to retire if he suffered another defeat. my my first words to him when he hugged

me. i was emotional, on my knees on the canvas. he came over to me and said, you have done me. everything was right, you just beat me. i said, please, stop. please, stop. this is an unforgiving sport. a young man's came. for a fighter with the attributes that david hay relies on. —— a young man's game. the giro d'italia has one more stage to go in israel later today before it resumes in italy on tuesday. the first country outside europe to host any part of a grand tour seems to have taken cycling to its heart. these two were unsuccessful in their bid to win the second stage in tel aviv. that honour went to italy's elia viviani. australia's rohan dennis has taken the overall leader's pinkjersey. britain's chris froome is 38 seconds behind. the tour de yorkshire finishes today. mark cavendish had hoped to win stage three yesterday but faltered just over 30 miles from scarborough.

the briton had targeted the flat finish as one he could win, but victory went to germany's max walscheid. magnus cort nielsen finished second to extend his overall lead to ten seconds going into the final stage which starts in halifax and finishes in leeds. mark williams will face john higgins in the final of snooker‘s world championship. williams beat barry hawkins late last night in sheffield. it finished 17—15 to the welshman, who will be going for a third world title. he faces four—time champion higgins after he beat kyren wilson. whoever wins will be the oldest winner since ray reardon in 1978. i keep using the word proud, proud 20 years later after winning my first one. i am sitting here ready to compete in another one. it is a fantastic feeling. mark is won it before, twice, going for a third, fantastic feeling. mark is won it before, twice, going fora third, me

going for a fifth 18 years after he picked to do —— he won it. he is bald, iam picked to do —— he won it. he is bald, i am great, picked to do —— he won it. he is bald, iam great, so... carthago delenda he is bold, i am to ease a bosman times easier said than done? she says we will leave the customs union. the big debate held this week and no agreement, what they do extend. two options on the board. 0ne

what they do extend. two options on the board. one is a customs partnership which essentially means that when stuff comes into the uk we collect tariffs, that when stuff comes into the uk we collect ta riffs, if that when stuff comes into the uk we collect tariffs, if it goes to the eu, we pass on some of the money. another maximum facilitation option. to add to yourjargon list. as friction this is possible, not com pletely friction this is possible, not completely frictionless. based on technology and automation. the government, cabinet subcommittee, which discusses these issues met earlier this week. it did not come to any resolution on unwanted ones. some people are years from the referendum, one year until we can, why is this not sorted? greg clark said this. part of the work over the next few weeks, as part of it i think it would be a mistake to move from one situation to another and thena third. from one situation to another and then a third. if we can make progress as to what the right

arrangement is for the long term, which i think we can, it may be possible to bring that came over that period of time. i suspect many will be asking the question, what does that mean? how it take to introduce this new technology? we needed to looked at, close to the european union, essentially following customs rules, taking a bit longer. maximum freedom to negotiate other trade deals, they want, you cannot negotiate other trade deals with other countries if you are trade deals with other countries if you are a trade deals with other countries if you are a member of the customs union, of which the eu controls the terms. it feels like a gordian knot. to weaken brexit, accusations, how has labour

responded to its own position on brexit? labour probably more pro-eu than the front bench. in the commons, a number of labour frontbenchers voting not party policy in the lord. labour say they wa nt to policy in the lord. labour say they want to stay in, not the customs union, but create a new one by the uk would be able to influence some of the rules. some would argue, that will not happen. you can follow the rules are set your own rules but you cannot set the rules for europe if you read. their position is to stay ina you read. their position is to stay in a customs union. here is shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell. in a customs union. here is shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnelli in a customs union. here is shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell. i think the conservatives will fall apart on this. quite a lot of the conservatives will follow us on this, we remain during the transition period in the customs union. we remain in a customs union.

that will solve the northern ireland border problem. that'll get tariff free trade that we want, protect jobs and the economy. in that way, i think there is a deal to be had and i think think there is a deal to be had and ithinka think there is a deal to be had and i think a number of conservative mps will vote for that. the debate happening on the andrew marr show, parties trading blows on what the conservatives have done with a former councillor in lancashire. .. won a seat on the first election. remove from the party amid accusations she reposted it racist message. she has been reinstated. the party won that cancel, causing a row. “— the party won that cancel, causing a row. —— one that —— won that council. keeping an eye

on that to see if she remains a counsellor come this evening. six palestinians have been killed and others wounded in an explosion in the gaza strip according to local health officials. it is not clear what caused the blast but local reports suggest the victims appeared to be members of hamas. it is thought the explosion could have been caused by the handling of explosives inside a building. tensions in the region are high, with clashes between palestinians and the israeli military taking place along the gaza—israel border since demonstrations erupted more than a month ago. officials in hawaii say there have been no new outbreaks of lava bubbling up from the ground, as mount kilauea continues to erupt. however, they do say that the existing fissures are continuing to emit hazardous fumes, and as you can see here, the huge piles of molten rock give

an idea ofjust how active the volcano currently is. the hawaiin civil defence organisation says five homes have been destroyed, but there are still no reports of any deaths or serious injuries, and evacuation orders remain in force. now, the weather. temperatures on the rise, warm and sunny weather in store for the remainder of the bank holiday weekend. beautiful blue skies. that is the story for much of the country but not everywhere. cloud and rain for north—west of scotland. low cloud, the irish sea. south—west england, north wales, isle of man. sunny, dry and warm most places with temperatures 19—22d. ——19—29. particularly in the east, fresh start to bank holiday monday. a lovely day for most places. some low

cloud and 47 and the irish sea, less expensive than recent days. cooler in eastern scotland, north—east england, onshore breeze. in the south, 27 celsius, beautiful day. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. some of the biggest names in sport have sent messages of support, including david beckham, signed by sir alex at 16, who tweets: keep fighting, boss. more than 1000 doctors have job offers withdrawn because of a clerical blunder. medics who'd been scored on their suitability for posts as registrars were apparently given the wrong marks. boris johnson is flying to washington to urge the us not to scrap the nuclear deal with iran. president trump has called the agreement insane. three men have been injured by what's described as a noxious substance in hackney in east london. it followed reports of a disturbance

on kingsland high street. the men were taken to hospital. police say no arrests have been made. now on bbc news, sam poling investigates the series of crises to have hit police scotland, five years after the creation of the national force. tonight, a police force in crisis. unauthorised surveillance. threats and intimidation of witnesses. the listjust goes on. they were spying on you? they were spying on me, yeah. front line officers targeted. we're talking, what? bugs? yeah. listening devices? yes. absolutely. i looked at that information. didnae leave my head.