virunga this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 3pm: two british tourists and their driver who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo have been released unharmed. tributes are paid to dame tessa jowell, who has died at the age of 70. former prime minister tony blair is among those who have praised her contribution to public health and the london 2012 olympics. she did everything with the same passion, determination, verve, ability and charm, so she was a unique politician but she was a really dear friend. indonesian police say a mother and father and their children carried out three church bombings that killed at least 11 people. theresa may reaffirms her commitment to leaving the eu customs union, as ministers consider options for trading post—brexit. also in the next hour:

israel lifts the trophy at this year's eurovision song contest. singer netta takes top points with her song toy, a song inspired by the #metoo movement — but a stage invader during the uk's performance causes drama at the lisbon event. keeping up the family business — tommy charlton, younger brother of football legends jack and bobby — takes to the pitch for england in walking football. and in 30 minutes, click is in prague to learn about the technology that helps tell the fake artworks from real masterpieces. that's coming up at 3:30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

two britons who were held hostage in the democratic republic of congo have been released unharmed. the pair were taken hostage in virunga national park in the east of the country on friday. the park's director says both britons — and their congolese driver — are now safe, and are receiving support and medical attention. our africa reporter louise dewast gave us this update from the country's capital, kinshasa. foreign secretary borisjohnson thanked authorities and park rangers for working with them to resolve this incident and they did pay tribute to the ranger, one of the rangers that was killed in the attack on friday, and the driver that accompanied the british tourists, who was injured as well as well. that is the information we have right now and the ambassador in

the drc also announced this on social media just a few seconds ago. we just missed the first part of your answer there, i will just we just missed the first part of your answer there, i willjust very quickly ask, do we know the identities of the two britons? we do not know the identity of the >> amber—macro: british tourists yet. we do know that the ranger that was killed, the congolese ranger, was killed, the congolese ranger, was rachel could somewhere. but we do not have a name for the british nationals. —— rachel katumwa. do not have a name for the british nationals. -- rachel katumwa. was there a ransom paid? we do not know, ransoms there a ransom paid? we do not know, ra nsoms are there a ransom paid? we do not know, ransoms are frequent in kidnappings in this part of the world and in this country and this part of the country. we do not know, we have no confirmation yet on whether or not a ransom was paid in this case. that

was our reporter in ken shashi. the former labour cabinet minister, dame tessa jowell, who campaigned to raise awareness of brain cancer, following her diagnosis a year ago, has died. she was 70. a leading light in tony blair's government, tessa jowell was also instrumental in bringing the olympics to london in 2012. this morning, mr blair praised her courage and dignity in publicly confronting her cancer, saying her efforts to raise awareness were "a lasting tribute to a lifetime of public service." leila nathoo looks back at her life. the games of the 30th 0lympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of london. the words they wanted to hear. london had won the contest to host the 2012 olympics and it was tessa jowell who championed the bid from the start. i am tessa jowell, 0lympic minister. she went on to oversee preparations for the games. and laid the foundations for the capital's greatest sporting event. tessa jane helen douglas jowell.

tessa jowell was first elected to parliament in 1992 in the south london seat of dulwich after spending time as a social worker and counsellor. she was then one ofjust 60 female mps in the commons. a new labour stalwart, tessa jowell was a popular figure in all circles, but was one of tony blair's strongest supporters. her impact on politics was enormous. everything she touched, she turned to gold in some way, whether it was advancing equal pay for women, starting sure start, which is an immense programme for children in our country, or of course bringing the olympics to britain. and she did everything with the same passion, determination, verve, ability and charm. after spells as public health and then education minister, she joined the cabinet in 2001 as culture secretary, overseeing the relaxation of gambling and licensing laws and persuading her colleagues

to back the olympic pitch. tessa jowell continued to serve on labour's front bench under gordon brown and after the party lost power in 2010. she left the commons in 2015 and stood to be labour's candidate for london mayor, though she lost out to sadiq khan. not long after entering the house of lords, ladyjowell revealed she had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. she later gave a moving speech to peers about her condition. in the end, what gives a life meaning is not only how it is lived but how it draws to a close. dame tessa jowell — who's died at the age of 70. tributes for dame tessa jowell continue to be shared on social media.

conservative mp anna soubry tweeted. .. nicky morgan has said... her daughter—in—law ella woodward tweeted... and david beckham has posted this image on his instagram account, saying... the former prime minister tony blair has been speaking to the bbc about his memories of dame tessa. her impact on politics was enormous.

everything she touched, she turned to gold in some way, whether it was advancing equal pay for women, starting shortstop, which is an immense programme for children in our country —— sure start, or of course bringing the olympics to britain and she did everything with the same passion, determination, verve, ability and charm. so she was a unique politician but she was really dear friend and everybody who was a friend of hers knew they could rely on her, whatever their circumstances, whatever happened. she was always going to be there and be there for you. when she first suggested that we bid for the 0lympics, there was a lot of opposition inside government. i was advised we did not have a chance of winning the bid. i remember sitting in the garden in downing street one morning, when she asked to see me.

shejust looked at me very directly when i was saying, i'm not really sure, is it a good idea? shejust said, this is a country that should always have the highest ambition. i cannot guarantee you that we will win this bid, but i can guarantee you that we do have a chance and i will give it everything i've got. this is something that you as prime minister should support for the country. and she literally convinced me in that conversation, so i went back afterwards and said, 0k, we will go with this, and the rest is history. in the area of health, before we got into government and afterwards, she was really the first senior politician that said that the idea of public health, in other words how you improve the nation's general health, and prevent illness, was as important as how you cured illness. she really made that her thing within first the opposition of an within first the opposition and

then government. in the last months of her life, she became involved in this big global cancer initiative, and it was absolutely typical of tessa. she literally spent all the hours she was able at the same time as obviously suffering her own illness, to make sure that this initiative got support from our government and other governments, and i can tell you from the people in the global initiative, who were involved with her, they were absolutely amazed by her commitment and her endeavour, and her selflessness, i. i, tessa, baroness gel, do swear by almighty god... her legacy is going to be obviously the things she achieved in public health, sure start, bringing the olympics and making it a success, what she did for cancer in those last months of her life, all of this will be big achievements, but the other legacy i think and hope will be that for the cynicism

of politics, this is someone who it's really ha rd to be cynical about. she was a committed public servant. if anyone eve rwants to know what politics can achieve, they if anyone ever wants to know what politics can achieve, they can look at her life and how she lived it, and how she ended it. as a testimony to all that is best in politics. for me, she was one of my closest and dearest friends. politics is not a very easy environment in which friendships can thrive and survive. but she was my friend throughout my time in politics. in opposition, in government, after i left office. she was always the same. she was always true and loyal and decent and wise. former prime minister tony blair. 0n the line is the former labour home secretary lord blunkett, who knew dame tessa for over a0 years. thank you forjoining us here on bbc

news. your memories of claim tessa? —— claim tessa. news. your memories of claim tessa? -- claim tessa. i thought tony blair's tribute was phenomenal. and to pick up what he said in the early part, to pick up what he said in the early pa rt, tessa was to pick up what he said in the early part, tessa was a friend first and a colleague second and going all the way back to the 1970s, she and i we re way back to the 1970s, she and i were involved in local government together, fighting for a different kind of labour party to old labour but something that had ambition, which tony was talking about, which had a reform agenda. i think the thing i'm proudest of working with tessa on was sure start. she came to be when we were in opposition and said there is a great scheme in seattle called head start and if we could adapt it for the uk, we could involve the health visitors, we could do something phenomenal that was about families and notjust nurturing babies, about the

community and not just the individual. and we started it and she was public health minister, as tony said, and i was education and employment and i had the money and she had the drive, so we put it together and actually it was one of the very few measures in government where two departments were forced to work together by two politicians who wa nted work together by two politicians who wanted to work together, and we did make it work. we are just seeing shots of dame tessa on the phone. you have described her as quite a network. -- networker. yes, before twitter and text, tessa was always on the telephone. i used to tease her about it and say half the time i can't get through, because you are on to somewhere can't get through, because you are on to somewhere someone can't get through, because you are on to somewhere someone else and she had one of those phones that had a device when you could tell someone is calling and she used to click through and say, just give me 30 seconds and i'll be back with you and that networking skill really did

come into play in the last 12 months, where she was able to reach out not just nationally months, where she was able to reach out notjust nationally but internationally, to make the ambition of ringing research and experimentation across the world to bear where it was needed most, to say wherever you are, you should be able to have access to what is working best, to the new ventures, to try link things that are at the very beginning of the process of beginning to work. that will be her present legacy, because all of us have got to commit and to be fair to the present government, they did commit, back in january, the present government, they did commit, back injanuary, to making this work, to actually continuing that process that tessa jowell started. there is a common thread that we keep hearing over and over again and that is how common touch and her ability to always bring it back to the human story. we saw some of that in her speech. how did that really help in those cut—throat

corridors of politics and power? well, i ran into difficulties myself and tessa was the one who was immediately there alongside me, along with my family, not saying, oh, my goodness, it's not going to be too good for my political standing if you are in difficulties. i will make myself scarce. quite the opposite, she would embrace, she would support. that, in my view, is the measure both of a friend and of someone the measure both of a friend and of someone who understands about socialism and social democracy. in other words, stop preaching about how we should treat people and then treat them the very opposite. practice with what you do with individuals and families and build from that into what you want for society and that is what tessa stood for and that is what i will remember herfor and that for and that is what i will remember her for and that is what those of us who are committed to the same agenda will want to carry forward. many people these days are very aware of equal pay and the battles that so

many in society are fighting for. they may be very unaware that this was something that tessa jowell was fighting for herself in trying to minimise bad equal pay gap. yes, she moved from being public health minister to being employment minister to being employment minister in what was then this mega— department that included education and employment and equal opportunities and tessa took up the cudgel with what was then the equal opportunities commission and said, look, the agenda of the pay gap is something we have got to take seriously. had she been in the post longer, and i'm glad she wasn't because she moved on to being the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, but had she continued in that post, i think she would have driven the agenda 15 yea rs would have driven the agenda 15 years earlier than we have it today. what frustrated however boast in the world of politics? —— what

frustrated her the most. people be concerned about themselves more than the people they served. the internalisation of politics that bedevils us, so that winning inside becomes more important than winning for the people that you stand for. that frustrated her, as it frustrates so many. i think the other thing that frustrated her were people but didn't have that ambition that tony blair talked about, the lifting your eyes to the future, the believe that everyone has something in them that we need to draw out and support and by doing that, we give them the chance that otherwise would go missing and she was committed to that with sure start, she was committed to it in the agenda around the olympics and the olympic legacy and she was committed to it in these last 12 months of ensuring there is an ambition to overcome that fear of cancer and to be able to find the best possible outcomes for everyone,

wherever they live, right across the world. lord blunkett, you knew her for over a0 years, you knew her as a person. just give us an idea of her passion away from politics. well, tessa was very much a family person and, you know, my thoughts and all of our thoughts are with david and jessie and matthew and she really cared about the family, she always talk to me aboutjesse and matthew, what they were doing, their ups and downs, the possibilities. she rejoiced in being able to seejesse get married a few weeks ago, to celebrating her birthday a week or so celebrating her birthday a week or so ago, to being there embraced by and embracing the family. when margaret, my wife, and i went to see them in warwickshire, in the cotswolds, just a few weeks ago, we saw that with david providing that kind of love and support which, if you have it at the end of your life,

you have it at the end of your life, you are very fortunate. indeed. lord david blunkett, thank you very much in remembering dame tessa jowell. the time isjust in remembering dame tessa jowell. the time is just approaching 3:20pm, time for the headlines. two british tourists and their driver, who were kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo, have been released. former labour cabinet minister dame tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she was diagnosed with brain cancer last may. police in indonesia have said a mother and father and their children are responsible for three church bombings that killed at least 11 people. theresa may says people who supported leaving the eu will get the brexit they voted for and reaffirmed her commitment to britain leaving the customs union. she's moved to reassure voters in a sunday newspaper article as her cabinet considers 2 different options for ourfuture trading relations. but this morning, while appearing to back the prime minister, the environment secretary michael

gove admitted he had doubts about a customs partnership with the eu. tom barton reports. once again, with her cabinet divided, the prime minister is defending her approach to brexit, telling voters in a sunday times article, "you can trust me to deliver", adding on the most difficult issue, "we will leave the customs union", but acknowledging there will have to be compromises. the prime minister has laid out a very clear flight path for us. today the minister sent out to defend that position wasn't being very supportive. michael gove appearing to back comments by the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, that the prime minister's preferred option, a customs partnership with the eu, was crazy. boris pointed out that because it's novel, because no model like this exists, there have to be significant question marks over the deliverability of it on time. more than that, what a new customs partnership requires the british government to do is in effect act

as the tax collector and very possibly the effective delivery of regulation for the european union. the reason these arrangements matter is because the uk wants to avoid the introduction of customs checks here at the border between northern ireland and the republic. the irish deputy prime minister making it clear today that using technology to solve the customs problem would lead to a hard border and ireland's only acceptable option would be a customs partnership. in our view, if we can have a shared customs territory through some kind of customs partnership, which is british government language, we think that can be the basis of a negotiation to find a way forward. labour backs staying in the customs union and says the government's approach to brexit has been a shambles. we are in a farcical situation at the moment. nearly two years after the referendum, the cabinet is fighting over two customs options, neither of which frankly

are workable, neither of which are acceptable to the eu, and if either of which was put to the vote in parliament, they would probably not carry a majority. theresa may will meet her most senior ministers for a breakfast senior ministers for a brexit meeting on tuesday as she tries to find a solution that the cabinet, at least 10 people have been killed and more than a0 injured in bomb attacks on three churches in indonesia. police say the attacks were carried out by the members of one family, including four children — one a girl aged nine — who blew themselves up at the three sites. rebecca henschke reports. cox indonesia's intelligence

agencies says islamic state inspired groupjada agencies says islamic state inspired group jada is agencies says islamic state inspired groupjada is believed to be behind the bombings. today's church attacks comejust the bombings. today's church attacks come just days after police ended a riot and hostagetaking by convicted terrorists at a maximum security facility outside of the capital jakarta. five police officers were killed by the inmates in the 36 hour long siege. sparking the president to call for calm. translation: i need to emphasise that the nation

and all of the people are never afraid and never give the slightest route to terrorism and also to effo rts route to terrorism and also to efforts to undermine the security of the country. indonesia is largely a tolerant, blue list nation. but there is concern about rising intolerance —— clurk dozens of eu nationals are suing the uk government for damages amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds, after they were illegally detained and deported for sleeping rough. two years ago, the home office began systematically removing european nationals caught rough sleeping — despite many having the right to be in the uk and being in work. last year, the high court ruled that the policy was illegal. more details have emerged about the attacker killed by police, following a deadly knife attack in central paris on saturday evening. he's been named by french media as 21—year—old khamzat azimov, a french national born in chechnya, who was on an anti—terror watchlist. he reportedly killed a 29—year—old man and wounded four other people

in the busy opera district before being shot dead by officers. we have just got further information regarding this incident. one man, we are being told, has been arrested in strasbourg and is held in relation to the attack, held for questioning in relation to the paris knife attack. a businessman who grew up in a council house and was the son of a joiner, has topped this year's sunday times rich list. sirjim ratcliffe is worth an estimated £21 billion. he founded the chemical firm ineos which runs the grangemouth refinery near falkirk. he's the first british—born individual to top the list in 15 years. our business correspondent joe lynam is here. you have been going through that list. who is sirjimmy? really

interesting back story, you mention the fact that he grew up in a council house in oldham and that he kind of transformed the chemical and refining business into a multi—billion pound operation in grangemouth in scotland. he is also a triathlete, even though he is in his 60s. he runs an ironman triathlon, so he is pretty fit. he is one of the people behind the daily mile, which if you are a pa rent of daily mile, which if you are a parent of young children, you will be aware of, the idea of getting your kids to run a mile in the school yard every single day, and he is passionately anti—european union and passionately pro—fracking. he also is redesigning and redeveloping the famous land rover defender, the iconic box shaped one from the 1960s and 1970s movies, redesigning it for the 21st century becausejl

and 1970s movies, redesigning it for the 21st century because jl are, and 1970s movies, redesigning it for the 21st century becausejl are, the owners of land rover, no longer want to produce the vehicle. interesting quy: to produce the vehicle. interesting guy, continuing to do a lot of stuff and enjoying his wealth of 21 billion. very brave man, tampering with the defender, it has a very strong fan base. characteristic of this year's list is the old versus the new money. the sunday times rich list are making a big deal of the fa ct list are making a big deal of the fact that it is quite clear that most of the people in the list created their own wealth rather than inherited it, which might have been the case when the list was first devised 30 years ago. sojim ratcliffe is a classic case of that. number two other list, the gupta brothers, also kind self—made billionaires. number three, ukrainian live. the people on the list live or have residences in the uk, they are not necessarily british, they may not be british for tax purposes either, but if they have a strong connection with the uk, they are on the top 1,000. very

quickly, how does the diversity breakdown look? a .6% is non-white ethnic minority —— 8.6%. triple what it was three years ago but a small number. the highest—ranking woman on the list is the heineken heiress, in at six, worth a mere £11 billion. small change! eye watering figures. thank you very much. a song inspired by the #metoo movement triumphed at eurovision last night. the song — toy, by netta — won for israel on a night when britain once again failed to trouble the scoreboard much. and our entry surie had to recover from dealing with a protester who stormed the stage during her song, as david sillito reports. # forever, forever # remember. # eurovision, and the uk's surie was more than halfway through her song when suddenly a protester appeared and grabbed the microphone. nazis of the uk media, we demand freedom! seconds later, the mic

back in her hand, it was as if nothing had happened. # through the storm. the protester, who has invaded other british tv programmes in the past, was taken into police custody. the whole crowd gathered round. like, the response of eurovision, it was just amazing. she carried on, went through, finished like a true brit. so douze points for an extraordinary recovery, but not quite enough to make a splash on the eurovision scoreboard. but, for israel, exultation at netta's victory. clucking # look at me, i'm a beautiful creature. netta's joyful clucking, in a song inspired by the #metoo movement, ended up being an convincing winner when the public‘s vote came through. israel wins with 529 points! for netta, who said she was overwhelmed to even make it to eurovision, it was more

than clear just how much this meant to her. thank you! i love my country! next time, jerusalem! davydov davyd ov call davydov call it, now the weather. foremost, we are ending the day with sunny skies. the sunny skies and is into clear skies overnight. in the countryside it could get close to freezing. there could be a touch of frost here and there. areas of cloud will try and