this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines: 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 wrote: "keep fighting, boss", and everton manager sam allerdyce. i hope he is in good hands and i hope the operation as a major success. hope the operation as a major success. as a personalfriend, it is...i success. as a personalfriend, it is... i hope he has a full recovery. get well soon, sir alex ferguson, thatis get well soon, sir alex ferguson, that is the message from everyone here at old trafford and around the world. a17 year old boy has died after being shot in southwark in south london — neighbours say bullets went through window narrowly missing a woman in a garden. more than 1,000 doctors have job offers withdrawn because of a clerical blunder.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.

also 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 president trump's claim that a london hospital is like a war zone is discussed by the dateline london panel. 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. this was the 76—year—old only a week ago, in high spirits, and seemingly in good health. but last night news emerged that he had been admitted to hospital, a statement released by manchester united reading, "sir alex ferguson has undergone emergency surgery today for a brain haemorrhage. the procedure has gone very well but he needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery." 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 premiership,

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—wishers poured in. everyone at match of the day sends our 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. had any updates? i'm afraid not, no

updates since that statement released last night by manchester united. as far as we know sir alex ferguson remains in intensive care, but that is not unexpected given the severity of the brain haemorrhage and the surgery he has undergone. he was the manager here for 26 years. despite growing up in scotland, he played his career in scotland and started his management careers scotland, but spent 26 years here and remainsa scotland, but spent 26 years here and remains a resident in the in cheshire. it is quite quiet here in 0ld cheshire. it is quite quiet here in old trafford. the team played on friday. i have been speaking to fans and tourists who gather every day on the concourse, and all of them wish him a speedy recovery. social media has also been buzzing with messages coming in from around the world, including some notable ex—manchester united players. cristiano ronaldo played here for four years. united players. cristiano ronaldo played here forfour years. he wrote: another man synonymous with

manchester united is david beckham, who played here for 11 years. he has also tweeted a picture of him and sir alex. it's not just also tweeted a picture of him and sir alex. it's notjust friends of sir alex. it's notjust friends of sir alex. it's notjust friends of sir alex ferguson and him get well soon messages. it is also rivals. manchester city are big rival of manchester city are big rival of manchester united. alex ferguson once referred to them as his noisy neighbours. they have tweeted their support to him, saying get well soon. support to him, saying get well soon. they are playing later today and i'm sure his health will be at the forefront of many of the players and fans‘ minds. another big rival his liverpool football club. they have written "he was a great rival, a great friend, who supported the clu b a great friend, who supported the club during our most difficult time." they have wished him a speedy recovery. he won 38 copies and 26

yea rs recovery. he won 38 copies and 26 years and was known as a disciplinarian with a no—nonsense approach. what everyone here is hoping is that his need to win, his determination to win, will help him in this, his latest personal battle. joining me now from edinburgh is the writer and journalist, rob robertson. he has written about ferguson at length, including the book ferguson, the legacy. let's talk about the career of this remarkable manager. it didn't start that well. no, it didn't start well at saint mirren, but he went to aberdeen and off the back of that, and that's where his reputation was forged. he didn't just turn up to manchester united out of the blue. did really well in aberdeen, but a team together of players, he didn't have a big budget, it was a case of alex ferguson creating a team of winners

that was good enough to beat real madrid ina that was good enough to beat real madrid in a european cup final. when he went to manchester united he had great experience. i accept it didn't go terribly well to begin with, and nowadays, maybe he would be as the door in six months. he was lucky they kept him, because we can all see the effect of him on british, european and world football. can you break down for us what you think are the elements of that fx? particularly his management style and what it is he was looking for in players to develop that gave him eventually the talent pool that achieved such success? he had that ha rd achieved such success? he had that hard work ethic. four of the best managers ever, in my opinion, shankly, busby and thirdly, all came from the west of scotland, the same area. that's not just from the west of scotland, the same area. that's notjust coincidence. that comes down to the work ethic

they created and the attitude they we re they created and the attitude they were brought up with. they made clear to their ears what they were looking for. if anybody did not meet the standards set by him and the other three i mentioned, they were out the door, as simple as that. there were no grey areas with him. you were with them or you were not. he created players that willie miller, at aberdeen, player who had potential but started out as a striker and ended up one of the greatest sweepers in world football at the time. fergie could create talent and maul talent, get the best out of players. you can even tell that now with the respect shown to him through social media. cristiano ronaldo sending tweets. keep fighting, which all of scotland wanting to do as well. the key to his success was, he gave respect to the players he got worked with him, and they gave it back. they never wa nted and they gave it back. they never wanted to let him down, that was the key. it is striking in his time, not

only the range of talent that pass through manchester united, the loyalty of those who played there, but still speak with such affection of the team and being part of that tea m of the team and being part of that team under him. and yet he was also somebody who can be very blunt, not least of course with journalists, something we at times deserve, but that never made people treat him as an enemy. you knew where you stood with sir alex ferguson. he told you straight. you accepted or you didn't. you would never think of a million years that he would talk about you behind your back, he would tell it to you straight! if you didn't like it, tough. if you did like it, it strengthened you inside. he did that at aberdeen and he took on real madrid. he did that at manchester united. there was no fooling him. he got on with it, straightforward, this is what i want, and if you do not reduce the goods, it is goodbye. let's hope

that fighting spirit is on display at the moment. rob, thank you very much for talking to us about sir alex ferguson this morning. 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. 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 emmanuel macron, french president, and the time he gave angela merkel, he is still threatening to abandon

the international agreement to curb iran's nuclear programme. he believes the terms are far too lenient 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, he 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. 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 1,500 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. i think everyone agrees this is a terrible situation. these were doctors who had completed their training, they had finished their apprenticeship, as it were, and removing onto the next step is

registrars, they had on their interviews. it is in the interview process something went wrong. not computer error, but human error. the wrong marks are transferred across, and on that basis 1500 junior doctors were offered jobs. late yesterday those jobs where retracted. royal college of physicians who organised the process say the whole thing is going to build that again. for individuals, this means they were told a month ago they have a job in a certain area, they and their partners are making offers on houses, making plans to move, and so we have heard from some of them, they say some collea g u es from some of them, they say some colleagues in tears. and their union, the british medical association, on their behalf is hopping mad. they talk about, we cannot express how i accept that we find the situation and the impact both emotionally and financially. they say they will be looking at what steps will be taken to rectify the immense damage caused. they are not ruling out that there may be claims for compensation. there have

also been complaints about the fact this was dropped late on a friday nightjust before a bank holiday weekend. a lot ofjunior doctors also complaining about that. presumably some people might have been away might find it difficult to contact the police property they might be moving into to rent, or who knows the circumstances. clearly complicated. what sort of time frame people operating on? i be expected to start jobs people operating on? i be expected to startjobs in the next couple of months, or in the autumn? certainly in the short term. we have heard from individual doctors on twitter, for example, "speaks from individual doctors on twitter, for example, "spea ks volumes from individual doctors on twitter, for example, "speaks volumes for how the royal college of physicians valuesjunior doctors. playing the royal college of physicians values junior doctors. playing with people's futures. many life plans made on the basis of spurious offers. don't just before made on the basis of spurious offers. don'tjust before a bank holding." some said," my spouse is a

junior doctor, within are thinking we could get some stability into our lives. it was a done deal. to be told, sorry, we are taking it back." it is interesting to find out whether this was an absolute commitment or an indication. it seems from the royal college of physicians, they say there are small cases of what they call non—retractable offers, presumably means most of the offers were retra cta ble. means most of the offers were retractable. i suspect most of the individuals and the british medical association will take a different view on that. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyjoins me now. there has been growing contention in the party, this seems to create a difficulty in terms of the promise for the prime minister, we're

leaving the european union, we are leaving the european union, we are leaving the european union, we are leaving the customs union as well. it is the big unanswered question, the reason we hear so much about this is because how we trade with europe after brexit is an issue that the government itself is not agreed on. senior ministers met this week to discuss it. they did not come up with a conclusion. it essentially comes down to two options which are left on the table. 0ne comes down to two options which are left on the table. one is a customs partnership, that means a close relationship, meaning we collect tariffs, and depending on where goods end up, in the eu or the uk, we pay money accordingly. the other one is maximum facilitation, as frictionless as possible with technology allowing streamline procedures. but technology has not necessarily yet been used to show it works. a question for both of these things of greg clark admitted this morning. firstly the technology is not there yet, it will take a few

yea rs before not there yet, it will take a few years before it is. also talking about that idea of a customs partnership still being on the table. some brexiteers had thought they had effectively kill this off. here's what greg clark said about it still being an option. every business that i talk to once the certainty that the agreement is the right one. no one wants the certainty which is available at the at any time of simply collapsing the negotiations and saying, we're not going to bother, we will accept frictions at the border, for example. no one wants that. it is absolutely right that businesses wa nt absolutely right that businesses want to have certainty, but it needs to follow a constructive, professional engagement, informed by businesses for the purpose of the jobs. but the partnership is still on the table, still alive option. caniask,... on the table, still alive option.

can i ask,... let me emphasise the importance for jobs to can i ask,... let me emphasise the importance forjobs to our country. you need to have in mind future jobs but also the very important jobs of people today. let's talk about how the opposition has reacted. there has been a debate around labour particularly in the parliamentary party about whether to take a harder line with the government over brexit, or effectively whether to facilitate it, because that is what the voters have said they want, and certainlyjeremy corbyn is thought to be more sympathetic to leaving me you than some of his other parametric colleagues. john mcdonnell was on the andrew marr sofa this morning as well. yes, the conclusion that the labour party has come to to take all those views into consideration is, it supports staying in a customs union are not the one we which create, which it argues will allow the uk to have some input into the deals that the

eu are no seats. they believe that would solve some problems, like how we trade with europe, like avoiding a hard border in northern ireland is, and john mcdonnell expressed some optimism this morning. some conservatives back as well. i think the conservatives will fall apart on this. i think quite a lot of conservatives will follow was amiss. we remain a union during the transitional period. we want to negotiate a customs union, that will solve the northern ireland problem which i think is intractable, and in addition to that it will get is the tariff free trade we want. it will protectjobs in the economy. in that way i think we have a deal to be had. i think a number of conservative mps will vote for it. so he thinks some conservative mps will back labour. the problem theresa may has, there are some conservative mps who would be furious if that was what is agreed to. jacob rees mogg on itv this

morning saying essentially that. it would mean abiding by many of the rules of the single market, wouldn't really m ea n rules of the single market, wouldn't really mean leaving the european union. with less than a year to go, this study massive dividing line in uk politics. it sounds dry and to some extent it is, but it is the big issue that still needs solve. thanks, nick. some newsjust in. we we re thanks, nick. some newsjust in. we were talking yesterday about the arrest after a two—year manhunt for jamie acourt. he was one of the original suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence and denied any involvement. he was never charged. this is to do with drug allegations, drug offences. he has been appearing at the high court in madrid via a video link from barcelona. he was arrested in barcelona on friday. he has apparently accepted the request

that he should be extradited back to britain. he has not challenged it in the court, so he will be heading back to the uk very soon. 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". a 17—year—old has died after a shooting in london. more than 1,000 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. sport now, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. 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. it is quite sad. local people are shocked. we hope people is through. he means a lot to the club, doesn't he? i'm a leeds supporter but obviously i respect so alex and what he has done for football. the greatest football manager of all time. i come from copenhagen, denmark, and i sent him all the best wishes from danish supporters of

united. he has done a lot for the game. he has got one premier league title every two seasons pretty much which is unheard of for a manager. and obviously fans from all over the world, with a localfans and obviously fans from all over the world, with a local fans are man utd fans, man city fans or from world, with a local fans are man utd fans, man city fans orfrom any other team, they all feel the same way, you don't wish this on anybody. tony bellew says he hopes david haye will retire after he beat him for a second time. the former cruiserweight world champion stopped the former heavyweight world champion in the fifth round of their rematch in london last night. my my first words to him, when he hugged me, iwasjust my first words to him, when he hugged me, i wasjust a my first words to him, when he hugged me, iwasjust a bit emotional, i was on my knees on a canvas, and he came over to me and said "brother, you done me. everything was right and you just beat me. " i said to him," please

stop. please stop. this is a very unforgiving sport. it is a young man's game. it is a young man's game for a fight with the attributes that david hay relies on. 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 it's 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 thirty miles from scarborough. 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. 12 months ago i was really thinking about retiring, even to three years ago, i wouldn't get into the quarters or semifinals of anything. what a season. ijust can't believe it. and if i win it willjust top of the best he's mavraj for years and yea rs, the best he's mavraj for years and years, but i don't win, it is still one of the best seasons have had for yea rs. one of the best seasons have had for years. and ijust got to go out there and enjoy it, and hopefully that does go close towards the end i don't collapse like a cheap tent again. the final of the world snooker championship is on bbc two and starts at two o'clock this afternoon. that's all the sport for now.

i'll have more in the next hour. 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. named by his family as rhyhiem ainsworth barton, was pronounced dead just before 7pm. no arrests have yet been made. i can speak now to our reporter charlotte gallagher who is in south london by the scene now. yes, it sounds incredibly worrying. we have heard from people living in the area but there was some kind of chase around the suburban streets. this is a very residential area for the families. yesterday was a hot and sunny day like today and there we re and sunny day like today and there were lots of people out with their children. what people are saying is

that there was a chase involving a carand that there was a chase involving a car and mopeds around the streets. numerous shots were fired, including one which they say narrowly missed a woman when she was at gardening, and actually went through her window. the victim, named by his mother, she says he was on his way back from football practice and was trying to get a job mentoring young people in the area when he was shot. she said he was a good boy who was not involved in any sort of crime at all and was an innocent victim, she says, of increasing violence in this area. i spoke to a woman who lives next door to the house which was fired into, and she says it is an incredibly worrying time here. this is the first time i have woken up and not felt safe in this area. it is sunny and kids play out on this open square every day of the summer. and now it is like their parents are

not going to let them out. if stuff like that is happening. that is so tragic, because this isn't... this isn't a violent area, this is a really quiet, peaceful, inner—city suburb and feel. she really summed up suburb and feel. she really summed up the mood here are a few people have come up to me and ask what has happened, they are so shocked that another young boy has been killed in london. 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. 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. but russell prince louis have been released. as well as that image of him receiving a kiss from his sister, charlotte, there was also a photograph of him proper, white cushion. things are looking glorious once again. the bank holiday is shaping up again. the bank holiday is shaping up to be pretty fine. monday will be the warmest lma i holiday on record

saw a beautiful day at the moment. warm and sunny for most of us. a bit ofa warm and sunny for most of us. a bit of a fly in the ointment with a bit more cloud through the irish sea. elsewhere, eat a full blue skies lifting the temperature up to around 25 celsius. looking very good fire early may. heading through this evening and tonight, clear skies and a bit of mist and fog. quite a choice that the bank holiday monday particularly in the east but the temperature will shoot up once again. another beautiful day on the cards. still fog and low cloud around the ivc cause but less expensive. a little bit cooler across parts of eastern scotland and north east england.