this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: after celebrations in dublin — calls for change in the north — where abortion remains largely illegal. our policy is the same from the north of ireland right through to the bottom of ireland, we want to see the same policy, we need to show ca re see the same policy, we need to show care and compassion towards women. see the same policy, we need to show care and compassion towards womenli think care and compassion towards women.” think it is a popular opinion throughout northern ireland that we should not have liberalised abortion regime. a teenage girl — and a 20—year—old man — die at a music festival in portsmouth. no end to the political deadlock on italy, as the man designated as the country's prime minister gives up his bid to form a government. also ahead: chris froome makes cycling history in italy. he becomes the first brit to win the giro d'italia after a final race through the streets of rome. a study suggests human interaction may improve the quality of life for dolphins held in captivity. and coming up at 11:30pm,

another round of tomorrow's headlines in the papers, with tonight's guests rob merrick and natalie haynes. good evening and welcome to bbc news. northern ireland's politicians clashed today over its abortion laws — a day after the historic vote for change in the irish republic. in northern ireland abortion remains illegal in most circumstances, today sinn fein said it wanted to find a way to ‘deliver rights' to women in the north as well as the south. at westminster too, there have been calls for the law on abortion to be the same for women across the uk. but the democratic unionists — on whom the prime minister depends for her majority — said northern ireland should not be bullied into what they called

‘abortion on demand.‘ our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. chant: we made history! this was a seismic moment, marking a shift away from the country‘s once strict conservative past. yes, yes, yes! two thirds of irish voters backed repealing the ban on abortion, and the reverberations of this decision are being felt elsewhere. this has very much been a national debate, people the length and breadth of the island have been talking about how we need to support women. our policy is the same from the north through to the bottom of ireland, we need to show care and compassion towards women. ice cream! in belfast today, a sense that the debate now moves here. northern ireland remains the only part of the uk where abortion is illegal unless there‘s a risk to a woman‘s life. i would love to see a referendum up here. again, it probably

will never happen. but hopefully it will start a conversation going. i don't think it should be legalised at all up here, whatsoever. i do think it will probably have a knock—on effect, a domino effect that will in this direction. could it happen here? not with our government. northern ireland‘s devolved government collapsed 16 months ago, and the largest party here does not want restrictions on abortion to change. the dup leader arlene foster has said her party will keep its pro—life position, and that friday‘s referendum in the south will have no impact on the law up here. i think it is a popular opinion throughout northern ireland that we should not have a liberalised abortion regime, that we should not have the 1967 abortion act here. but as i say, in the absence of a devolved assembly, there is no possibility for discussion on those issues. the priority is to restore devolution, say number 10,

so northern ireland politicians can decide. but a number of mps, including some from within the tory ranks, believe westminster should pass more liberal legislation for northern ireland. we would ask our politicians to respect democracy and devolution, to give the people of northern ireland a chance to decide on what goes forward, and don‘t impose anything upon us. but the resounding yes vote in the south means there is growing political pressure for those who now see northern ireland as drastically out of step. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. our political correspondent, eleanor garnier, has been tracking reaction from westminster to the referendum result — and its possible impact on northern ireland. downing street is clear, this is an issue for northern i haste upi

two people have died and another person is in a critical condition after falling ill at a music festival in hampshire. the organisers of the mutiny festival said a "dangerous high strength substance" had been brought on site. they called off today‘s events as a safety precaution. dominic casciani reports. the highlight of a hot may day bank holiday on the south coast, thousands out for a good time. portsmouth‘s annual mutiny festival last night. but this evening it‘s empty and silent, closed down after police say 15 fell ill and two died in the city‘s hospital. this is the youngest victim, 18—year—old georgia jones. in a post on facebook, her mother said her little girl was full

of life, but missjones had taken two pills at the festival, and she urged others not to end up the same way. the second victim has been named locally as this father of one, 20—year—old tommy ba keer. while drugs have not been formally confirmed as the cause of death, the organisers last night posted this morning on social media. while the crowds danced, they warned that a dangerous, high—strength or bad batch substance was on the site. throughout today, detectives have been speaking to festivalgoers, trying to find out who was selling drugs inside mutiny. many people have told us that, while security was good, bags were being searched on the gate and sniffer dogs were on patrol, they saw drug dealers openly working inside. i thought the security was a lot better than last year. there were dogs and you had to walk through them to get to the entrance, and every person was id‘d. standard at a festival, you just get offered them in a tent as people come past.

do you want this? were you offered drugs yesterday? yeah, quite a few times. tonight, friends of the two who died began laying flowers at the festival‘s closed gates. two lives destroyed, a festival ruined, and police investigating whether there could be more of this highly toxic substance heading to other events. the latest attempt to form a coalition government in italy has failed. the man chosen to be prime minister by the main anti—establishment parties, giuseppe conte, says he can‘t take up the role because the president won‘t approve his cabinet. he‘d been chosen by populist parties in an attempt to end weeks of deadlock. the country has been without a government since elections in early march. here‘s conte speaking a little earlier. translation: as you already know, i have declined the mandate i have been given to form a government of change. i would like to thank

the president for giving me this opportunity and i thank the leaders of the two parties. i can assure you i had the greatest effort and paid the greatest attention in fulfilling this duty. i can assure you i have done it in an atmosphere of full cooperation with leaders of both parties which appointed me. mr conte made that statement after meeting with italy‘s president, sergio mattarella, who rejected demands by the anti—establishment 5—star movement and far—right league to name an economy minister — because he might have pushed italy out of the euro. translation: i agreed with all the ministers accept the economy ministry. the nomination for the economy ministry sent an immediate message of trust and alarm.

i asked for that ministry to be taken by a respectable person for the majority political group, someone aware of the joint programme, someone who, regardless of the respect due to them as a person, does not support the line often expressed by the two main parties that can lead italy out of the euro. our rome correspondent, james reynolds, has been following developments — and he says this dispute about who is in charge of italy could have impact across europe. this is now a real clash between the president and populists, it is about the play‘s relationship with the european union. the populists had wa nted european union. the populists had wanted to appoint a finance minister who had said in the past italy should prepare to leave the euro. the president vetoed the appointment, essentially telling the populists you cannotjust sneak

italy out of the currency it helped to create. you need to have a proper national debate about it first. perhaps the only solution right now would be early elections in which we re would be early elections in which were the first time it play‘s membership of the euro and its relationship with the eu may really be up discussion. us officials have arrived in north korea to prepare for a possible summit between president trump and kim jong—un. both sides are continuing to make arrangements despite mr trump cancelling the planned meeting three days ago. and this evening the president has been tweeting — he said that he truly believes "north korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial nation one day" and that kim jong—un agrees with him. adding — it will happen! the us is hoping to persuade north korea to denuclearise in return for an easing of economic sanctions. our china correspondentjohn sudworth has travelled along its border with north korea

to look at the impact of sanctions. just a few metres away, a north korean fisherman wades into the water. from the chinese side of this river, you can gaze into the harsh reality of north korean life. a nuclear—armed state with not a tractor in sight. an impoverished country where, we‘re told, the toughest sanctions ever are pushing its leadership to the negotiating table. in the bustling chinese border towns, though, we find another side to the story. north korean seafood, added to the un sanctions list last year, is an abundant supply, openly advertised on this sign. could you get into trouble for selling them? "rarely", he tells me. this chef even shows me how to cook

the sanctions—busting crab. so, these crabs have been smuggled? "of course they‘re smuggled", he tells me. with china and north korea making public displays of their friendship, the us president has been voicing his concerns that sanctions are slipping. china, though, may have good reason to tread a careful line. for now, north korean guards keep the flow of refugees to a trickle. if their country collapsed, it could turn into a flood. the fences on this board are pretty flimsy affairs. porous to both goods and people. in some places, there are no fences at all. it‘s an illustration of the us president‘s suspicion, that china has no real intention of isolating north korea, and that the old alliance still stands.

in one chinese city, we find more evidence of the continuing cross—border trade links. north korean workers. "what‘s it like working here?", i ask. they don‘t want to talk. workers like these face slave—like conditions, most of their wages go direct to their government. and, on the north korean side, the economy is quite clearly still sputtering along, with building sites and factories belching smoke. the future of this antiquated military state is now centrestage, and china is showing it‘s the only power that can really tip the balance. john sudworth, bbc news on the china—north korea border. more than 200 flights at london‘s stansted airport were delayed or cancelled today

after a lightning strike disabled the aircraft fuelling system. thunderstorms moved across southern britain last night, causing considerable disruption to bank holiday weekend travel. given the spectacular displays of lightning, sarah corker‘s report contains flashing images from the start. thunder crashes. bolts of lightning turned the night sky purple over parts of england last night. gasps. oh, my gosh! wow! it was the frequency of the strikes that made this so unusual, described as the "mother of all thunderstorms" by meteorologists. thousands of spectacular flashes were recorded over four hours, and this was the dramatic view 39,000 feet up, captured from the cockpit of a plane above london. while back on the ground, the storm caused major problems at stansted airport. a lightning strike damaged

the airport refuelling system, leaving planes grounded for more than three hours. 0ther flights were cancelled altogether. i‘m really upset. it‘s ruined my grandchildren‘s holiday. i've got a five—year—old who's been up since five o'clock. he's been incredibly patient, more patient than i am, and we've got loads of bags to check in, and we just don't know... we don't know what's going on. while the initial fault was fixed by around 9am this morning, the backlog of planes needing to refuel has caused significant disruption to both inbound and outbound flights. weary and frustrated, some gave up and went home. elsewhere in essex, the roof of this house was destroyed when it was struck by lightning and engulfed by flames. in wales, it was flash flooding that was the problem. this is welshpool, homes and the town‘s hospital under water. and, there could be more thunderstorms in parts of wales and southern england over the weekend. the met office has warned of possible power cuts and delays

on the roads and railways. sarah corker, bbc news. there have been warnings and lots of new videos of that. this looks like a tornado in hertfordshire but it did not develop into anything more serious, lightning strikes seen for miles, from buckinghamshire to camberwell in south—east london, mother nature of lighting up the skies across most southern parts of the uk and continuing into this evening. the headlines on bbc news: after celebrations in dublin — calls for change in the north — where abortion remains largely illegal. a teenage girl — and a 20—year—old man — die at a music festival in portsmouth.

no end to the political deadlock on italy, as the man designated as the country‘s prime minister gives up his bid to form a government. history has been made in rome today as chris froome has become the first british man to win the giro d‘italia. he also becomesjust british man to win the giro d‘italia. he also becomes just the seventh man to compete a grand tour hat—trick after adding italian success hat—trick after adding italian success to the 2017 veldt and four tour de france‘s victories. success to the 2017 veldt and four tour de france's victories. to have w011 tour de france's victories. to have won three grand jurors in a row now, there is just no won three grand jurors in a row now, there isjust no bigger goalfor a professional cyclist to be the holder of all those jerseys, i‘m still pitching myself, it‘s been

such a roller—coaster these last four is definitely the hardest round tourfor me to four is definitely the hardest round tour for me to win. with my abilities, this race is so unpredictable so to be here in the pinkjersey, itjust unpredictable so to be here in the pinkjersey, it just feels incredible. johanna konta's strugglers continue with a another first—round exit at the french open. she lost for the fourth successive time in the first round at roland garros. in formula 1 red bull‘s daniel ricciardo was the master of monaco as he took the chequered flag in the principality. he picked up his second win of the season after holding off sebastian vettel and championship leader lewis hamilton who had to settle for third. jennie gow was there. daniel ricciardo is a monte gow was there. daniel ricciardo is a m o nte carlo gow was there. daniel ricciardo is a monte carlo grand prix winner and

thatis monte carlo grand prix winner and that is something really special. it wasn‘t the greatest of races, it was not a showpiece, it was not dramatic. hejust not a showpiece, it was not dramatic. he just did what he needed to do to make sure he could cross the line in first place ahead of sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton. so all important for the championship will be that lewis hamilton still leads the way. his lead cut to 11! points but damage limitation for mercedes around the track they now does not suit them. sebastian vettel came second which is why the gap closes, the big question is daniel ricciardo still in contention for the championship, is he back in the? 21! points behind sebastian vettel and i think he could well be in contention. next up its montreal, a track which has lewis hamilton‘s name all over it, he‘s won there are several times, can he do it again is the question. the party here in monaco will go on into the night. but for us it‘s time to pack up. england's cricketers

suffered an embarrassing defeat to pakistan in first test at lord‘s. they resumed on day four with a slender thanks to jos they resumed on day four with a slender thanks tojos buttler and dom —based‘s century stand but it proved in vain as they abbeyjust seven runs pakistan chasing just 64 to win. england can only draw the series with one test remaining. it's very disappointing. we‘d been outperformed l3 departments. we‘ve not batted well enough, first innings in particular. we have to be better. there‘s been a number of colla pse better. there‘s been a number of collapse is recently and we have to find a way as a group. that‘s a very individual thing but ultimately working out there together, whether it is pressure, been more patient, and then taking on opportunities when we get them. a frustrating day

for rory mcilroy, the pga championship at wentworth, francesco molinari confirming victory by two shots. nothing seemed to go right for mcilroy all day as he missed birdie after birdie and failed to threaten the leader, even this eagle pa rt threaten the leader, even this eagle part fell short. molinari finished two clear and becomes the most successful italian on the european tour with this his fifth try. that‘s all your sport for now, more on all those stories on the bbc sport website including rotherham‘s return to the championship following their victory at wembley in the play—off final. bbc .co did you case slash board. a scientific study looking into the welfare of dolphins in captivity has suggested that interacting with human beings makes them "happy". its one of the first attempt to measure how dolphins feel about life in captivity as our science correspondent, victoria gill, explains. dolphins squeak.

intelligent, sociable, playful. bottlenosed dolphins are the marine world‘s most charismatic mammals. which is why so many of them are kept in dolphinariums, like this one near paris. there are an estimated 5000 bottlenosed dolphins in captivity around the world, and it‘s only recently that scientists have begun to ask and investigate how these animals feel in this kind of environment. their acrobatic performances might appear enthusiastic to us, and they make dolphin shows a popular attraction. but one young scientist has spent three years at the theme park decoding dolphin behaviour, to work out what activities they like best. humans have always been fascinated with dolphins, and there‘s this human—dolphin affinity, but nobody‘s really looked at it from the dolphins‘ point of view. what do the dolphins really think of us? this was an experiment designed to assess anticipation and enthusiasm. the dolphins‘ body posture,

activity and where they look provided a measure of how much they were looking forward to three different things. an interaction with a familiar person, time spent playing with a toy, or being left to their own devices. so, we found a really interesting result was that all dolphins waited around most for the event where the trainer would come and play with them. and we‘ve seen it in other zoo animals, other farm animals, that better human—animal bonds equals better welfare. the aim is to use these findings to improve the lives of captive dolphins around the world. but for critics of this industry, a concrete pool can never be an acceptable home for these marine creatures. i think the study can't necessarily tell you if a dolphin in captivity is happier than if it was in the wild. i think that's one of the things we have to bear in mind, that this study is very much telling us how we can manage animals in the best possible way,

if they are captive. i don't think the study can tell us whether these animals are happier in captivity, or nearly as happy as they would be in the wild. the much larger question remains, of whether these animals are here to educate people about life in the oceans, or simply for our entertainment. but this research, watching and listening to them, could help our understanding of how to make them happier. victoria gill, bbc news. england could get more national parks as part of a review of the country‘s landscape. the environment secretary, michael gove, said the review would also look at whether to increase the number of areas of outstanding natural beauty. ben ando reports. a place where ordinary people could

enjoy the extraordinary beauty of nature, and it would be protected from overzealous developers. 0ver the intervening years others have been added, the lake district, gardner, snowdonia and wales and the cu re gardner, snowdonia and wales and the cure records in scotland. now there are 15 national parks. michael gove says it‘s time for a fresh look at the system. writing in the sunday telegraph he said a growing population and decline in habitats could not be ignored and is ordering a review which he says the aim of strengthening protection in the face of present—day challenges. challenges like new housing estates encroaching on the outer edges of national parks, and britain‘s 34 designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. the government has

previously talked about year environment plan and a green brexit. michael gove knows it may be hard to balance demands for new homes with a desire to protect britain‘s open spaces whether green and pleasant or wild and rugged. let‘s find out how the weather is looking. another cracking night in store? i see what you did there! that was not in rehearsals! comedy gold! more later, sadly! if you spend is any time near this great swathe of cloud you can see were not alone, plenty on the continent which is where we are picking these up from. there have been a lot of activity, a lot of flooding around as well, further thundery showers, warmth, like winds

and there will be missed and fog. we started monday with cloud of the north sea, down to the eastern side of the pennines, it pops away smartly retreating back towards the eastern shore is. come the heat of the afternoon we will start sprinkling showers across the southern parts of england and wales, many dry and fine and sunny and quite warm. if you stuck with some of that low cloud and the onshore breeze you are looking at a temperature of 13 or 14 rather than 24 or higher perhaps. 2728 distinctly possible in the south—east. through the evening quite a bit of cloud coming from the north sea. no great surprise see the overall setu p north sea. no great surprise see the overall setup because the air is milling around this flabby area of low pressure then it comes with the heat across the north sea, cools off which is what convinces the moisture out of the atmosphere and you get all the low cloud from the northern isles tony spine of the country, anywhere east off to a leaden sky

start to the new david as the heat gets going maybe not as hot day as monday for many but still on the one side. that will see more sunshine and then we start getting thunderstorms going again. getting into wednesday similar setup but i think the showers perhaps more widely available through southern, eastern and northern parts, generally speaking the best of the sam chaney towards the west yet again and the temperatures across the home counties will be pushing into the low 20s so. if you‘re not a fan of this humid air i‘m afraid you have to go a long way to get away from it because it‘s the northern parts of scandinavia for you or indeed the mid—atla ntic. parts of scandinavia for you or indeed the mid—atlantic. here we are as far ahead of thursday and still the three elements, low cloud, sunshine, but of warmth, i‘m going to go to four, and some thunderstorm activity as well. what‘s more as

ever on the website. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak.