this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11: a memorial service and a minute's silence are held to remember the victims of the london bridge terror attack which took place one year ago. the genetic test that could help thousands of women with breast cancer avoid chemotherapy. the home secretary says it may be time to raise the cap on skilled migrants entering the uk. israel carries out strikes on what it called militant targets in gaza after it says rockets were fired from the territory on southern israel. also in the next hour: we'll be taking another look at the morning papers. joining me tonight are the journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown, and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european, and a look at the english identity. we go on a journey in search of englishness. good evening, and welcome to bbc

news. it was just after 10 o'clock in the evening one year ago that the first emergency calls were received from the london bridge area. the attack that was unfolding there involved three men with knives who killed eight people and injured 48 others. today, one year on, the victims were remembered by theirfamilies, political leaders, emergency services, and members of the public. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports from london bridge. on this first sunday of summer, hundreds gathered at southwark cathedral to reflect on a long night full of fear in london 12 months ago. leading the public figures was the prime minister. it's less than a fortnight

since she and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, were at a memorial service for the victims of the manchester bombing. last year, 36 people in the uk were murdered in terror attacks. eight lives were taken in the london bridge atrocity. one victim, james mcmullan, was british. chrissy archibald was from canada. ignacio echeverria from spain. there were two australians, kirsty boden and sara zelenak, and three french victims, sebastien belanger, alexandre pigeard and xavier thomas. some were visiting london, others had made it their home. and at this interfaith service, from the bishop of southwark, a simple, strong message. for those of us who profess faith, the invocation of holy names by those perpetrating these acts was not only profoundly distressing, but needs to be rejected.

and there were the memories of local people. the attack happens in a place where we live, work and socialise. in a few minutes, everything changes. though it will be hours before we'll know the true cost. shocked to the core of their own humanity, police and paramedics still did everything that they needed to do. they made sure that everyone still living stayed safe. the congregation then moved into the cathedral grounds and here the cameras were allowed to film the bereaved families for the first time. they completed the planting of an olive tree, known as the tree of healing. later, the families moved to the corner of london bridge, where there was a minute's silence. there were floral tributes from some of those injured including pc wayne marks, who was stabbed in the head and body as he took on the three attackers.

among those laying flowers, jermaine bernad, who was on the bridge that night and in the midst of the attack tended to one of the injured. her name was regina, she was from germany. she came here on holiday and she was the first person who i saw got run over at the time, and, yes, she will forever be in my heart and soul. you know, ijust hope that she's 0k. this is one of the most vibrant quarters of london, but today, the pace slowed as people stopped and thought about what happened here a year ago, and all that was lost. two thirds of women with the most common form of breast cancer might be spared chemotherapy after a new trial involving a genetic test already available on the nhs. doctors say using it to analyse early stage tumours could mean up to 3,000 women a year in the uk treated with surgery

and hormone therapy alone. annisa kadri reports. juliet fitzpatrick is now in recovery after a physical and emotional battle with breast cancer. she says the chemotherapy that followed her diagnosis turned her into a horrible person to live with. i think, for me, the worst thing about it was the emotional side. i got used to losing my hair and going around bald, but ijust felt so depressed and not wanting to talk to anybody, and really it was just that feeling of wanting to be away from the world, actually. doctors say new research means thousands of women with the most common form of early—stage breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy. trials of a genetic test have found that the treatment can be safely avoided without affecting outcomes. the test is carried out after surgery to see

whether a tumour is likely to spread and people get a score out of 100. women who score 0—10 are considerable low risk. there is no benefit in having chemotherapy. at the other end of the scale, people who score over 26, there is a definite benefit, but there's a grey area for most patients who are in between. the findings suggested that for those patients aged over 50, chemotherapy wasn't needed. it is estimated this could affect around 3,000 british women a year. there has always been this uncertainty about what the best recommendation was for the two—thirds of women who had a test in the mid—range. and this trial definitively addresses that very important question. a leading breast cancer charity is calling for changes in cancer treatment. some clinicians will update their practice immediately because the results of this study are so significant, and that is why we want to see the clinical guidance updated, so that more patients can benefit across the nhs. the trial is another step in trying

to provide more tailored treatment for breast cancer patients. anisa kadri, bbc news. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said it may be time to raise the cap on the number of skilled workers allowed to enter the uk. it would be part of an overall review of the government's immigration policy ahead of brexit. businesses and parts of the public sector such as the nhs have been arguing they're struggling to recruit enough skilled workers. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, has the details parts of the nhs are in desperate need of more doctors, but the number of skilled non—eu workers granted uk visas is capped. today, the new home secretary acknowledged that policy should be re—examined. when the policy was put in place, there was a cap that was established, it's 20,700 a year of these highly skilled immigrants. for years and years, that cap wasn't hit.

it's only in recent months that the cap has been hit. i see the problem with that. it's something i'm taking a fresh look at. the pressure on ministers has been building. in spring, visas for 100 foreign doctors were refused. 35 nhs trusts said in a letter to the government the ban would affect patients and the decision was almost impossible to understand. mrjavid also said today that he would look again at the inclusion of foreign students in the immigration figures, saying it had a perception problem. for almost a decade, the conservatives have been committed to cutting overall net migration to the tens of thousands a year, but he repeatedly refused to explicitly endorse that figure. i'm committed to our manifesto, but what that means is that over the next few years, i will be working towards, rightly, reducing net

migration and bringing it to lower sustainable levels. but you haven't yet said you're committed to the tens of thousands. i've said i'm committed to the manifesto. labour claimed the policy had been counter—productive. the mistake that the conservatives have always made on this is they said they would set an arbitrary target for their immigration figure, and they would then let the economy bear the consequences. we have said the sensible thing to do is to say, what does our economy need? let's make sure we have the skills to match those needs. sajid javid has been working here as home secretary forjust a month but he has shown again his willingness to do the job his own way. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. the bodies of 46 migrants have been recovered after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. the tunisian defence ministry says 67 others were rescued by coastguards. elsewhere, another nine people died, after a speedboat carrying refugees sank off the southern coast of turkey. meanwhile, in italy, the new interior minister and leader of the far—right league party, matteo salvini, said his country needed to build centres for the expulsion of illegal immigrants.

meeting supporters in sicily he said the island and the rest of italy had to stop being "the refugee camp of europe." translation: the best way to save lives is to prevent people getting in boats. i will work hard to prevent thousands of desperate people from having the allusion there are homes and jobs for eve ryo ne there are homes and jobs for everyone in italy. there are not even enough for italians. —— illusion. american and chinese negotiators have wrapped up their latest trade talks without a conclusion, with beijing warning washington that all their trade agreements will be void if it introduces new tariffs and other sanctions. washington unilaterally imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium

on the eu, canada and mexico three days ago. chris buckler is in washington for us. president trump is showing no signs of backing down. he is normally in his element talking about trade and putting america first, but he is meeting with finance ministers from seven of the big economic countries. they say these tariffs are damaging and are disappointed by america us. listen to the reaction of the canadian minister. the idea that the canadian minister. the idea that the canadian steel in military vehicles in the us, the canadian aluminium in fighterjets, the in the us, the canadian aluminium in fighter jets, the idea in the us, the canadian aluminium in fighterjets, the idea that we are a threat to the us is insulting and unacceptable. some in the party of

donald trump are concerned about alienating allies. by donald trump is still tweeting about a trade war. —— but donald. he is showing no signs of whacking down. he will be meeting other finance ministers signs of whacking down. he will be meeting otherfinance ministers in quebec later this week. —— backing down. a 17—year—old boy has been stabbed to death in ipswich in what police believe was a targeted attack. witnesses said the teenager was walking back from the shops yesterday afternoon when he was attacked by two men who approached him on bicycles. a 41—year—old man has been arrested. israel has carried out strikes on what it said were militant targets in gaza, after it says rockets were fired on southern israel. the strikes came days into a ceasefire between hamas and israel as paul adams reports from gaza. israeli jets in action over gaza last night, hitting hamas targets for the second time in less than a week.

responding to rockets fired by palestinian militants, and, israel says, terror activities approved and orchestrated by hamas. the air raids came hours after one of the biggest funerals since the protests began. 21—year—old razan al najar, borne aloft through the streets of her hometown. a furious outpouring of grief at the death of a dedicated young medic, now a national heroine. and was this the action that cost razan her life? these pictures appearing to show her team racing, arms aloft, to help an injured protester. 100 yards from israel's borderfence. moments later, she was shot in the chest by an israeli soldier. razan al najar had become a familiar face, a volunteer at every protest since march. in gaza's conservative society, she demanded the right to do the same work and take the same risks as her male colleagues. in gaza's conservative society, she told the new york times in a recent interview, she demanded the right to do

the same work and take the same risks as her male colleagues. at the funeral, razan‘s mother held her daughter's bloodied medicaljacket. palestinians ask how someone dressed in this distinctive way could possibly have been regarded as a threat. israel says her death will be investigated. weeek after week, palestinian medics take enormous risks at the border, racing to get the injured to hospital, standing where tear gas and bullets are flying. razan was the second medic to die since the protests began in march. after ten weeks, more than 100 dead, and more than 13,000 casualties, there is no sign of the weekly protests ending. in fact, hamas are calling the people of gaza back to the border on tuesday, to mark another anniversary, israel's capture of the west bank and gaza strip in 1967. hamas, it seems, does not want this to let up. pauladams, bbc news, gaza. with nearly all votes counted, the anti—immigrant slovenian democratic party has emerged as the largest party in slovenia's general election. janez jansa will be given the chance to form a new government, according to the country's president. the state election commission says mrjansa's sds party had 25% of the vote, while the centre—left, anti—establishment lms party came second with 12.7%.

the headlines on bbc news: a memorial service and a minute's silence are held to remember the victims of the london bridge terror which took place one year ago. doctors say new research means thousands of women with early—stage breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy. the home secretary says it may be time to raise the cap on skilled migrants entering the uk. sport now. time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. england's cricketers have emphatically ended a run of eight tests without a win. they responded to a heavy first test defeat by pakistan to win the second and final test in leeds by an innings and 55 runs. jos buttler strengthened england's position with an entertaining

and unbeaten 80. three wickets apiece from stuart broad and dom bess, including his maiden test wicket, helped dismiss pakistan forjust 134 in their second innings. it was england's first test victory since september, and the series ends 1—1. novak djokovic has reached the last eight at the french open for a record 12th time in the open era. he beat fernando verdasco in straight sets. it was far from easy for the former world number one, though. it took him more than half an hour to break his spanish opponent in the opening set, which lasted almost an hour. verdasco needed treatment for blisters just before losing the second set, and it was downhill for him from there, with the serb taking the third set 6—2. he will play italy's world number 72, marco cecchinato, next. venus and serena williams were knocked out of the women's doubles.

they lost in three sets to andreja klepac of slovenia and spain's maria jose martinez sanchez. serena is back in singles action tomorrow, taking on maria sharapova. there might be no british players left in the senior draws at roland garros, but there is hope in the girls' competition. emma raducanu is through to the second round. she won her first professional title a fortnight ago, so one to watch out for. st helens completed the line—up for rugby league's challenge cup semi—finals. they beat holders hull fc 25—22. st helens started the quickest, scoring two early tries and playing the kind of rugby that has put them at the top of the super league. but hull responded, going over twice themselves to take the lead. the holders then lost two players to the sin bin, and saints took full advantage, with regan grace and then mark percival both getting their second tries of the game.

hull did stage a late fightback, but it wasn't enough, and st helens are through to the last four. where they will face catalans dragons. warrington take on leeds in the other semi—final, with both games on 5 august at bolton's macron stadium. preparations for the world cup included a match between brazil and croatia at anfield earlier. a stunning individual effort from neymar, on his return from a three—month injury lay—off, put brazil in front. no problems with balance or precision from the world's most expensive player. and it was a familiar face locally who ensured victory, liverpool's roberto firmino scoring in front of the kop to give brazil a 2—0 win. northern ireland were in costa rica earlier to play one of brazil's group e opponents in

a world cup warm—up. the hosts took the lead after half an hour, throuthohan venegas. joel campbell doubled the lead at the start of the second half before francisco calvo completed the scoring to make it 3—0. england play costa rica on thursday. great britain won five gold medals in the rowing world cup. they were trailing germany with 250 metres to go but came through to win by 0.27 ofa go but came through to win by 0.27 of a second to open their season with a win. there were wins in the men's and women's eight, and bronze in the women's lightweight double sculls. british swimmers have won seven medals on the final day of the british para—swimming international meet in sheffield.

the haul included a british 1—2—3 in the women's mixed classification 200m freestyle, with four—time world champion tully kearney claiming gold, paralympic champion jessica—jane applegate the silver, and louise fiddes the bronze. the only other british gold of the night went to thomas hamer, who successfully defended his 200m freestyle title. that's all the sport for now. police officers visited a house in surrey today where it is thought a hitman hired to kill the lover of former liberal leader jeremy thorpe is living. police had said andrew newton was dead, but he is now believed to be alive and using a different name. his apparent death was one of the reasons given to thorpe's former lover norman scott for dropping a conspiracy—to—murder investigation. duncan kennedy reports. this was the moment gwent police arrived at the house where andrew newton is believed

to be living, a man they had previously thought was dead. the police knocked a number of times, then left without meeting him. i can't make any comments at the moment. they want to talk to andrew newton about the jeremy thorpe scandal a0 years ago, a plot to kill jeremy thorpe's former male lover. last year, gwent police said they had tried to find andrew newton, but a cps official later wrote, "i am satisfied that gwent police have carried out all possible lines of inquiry. various key witnesses are now deceased, to include andrew newton himself." jeremy thorpe's former lover was norman scott. it was claimed he was threatening to expose his homosexual relationship with thorpe. thorpe was put on trial for plotting to murder scott, but was cleared. he died four years ago. the whole affair is gripping audiences, with hugh grant playing thorpe in this bbc drama.

the programme includes the moment andrew newton kills norman scott's dog, but then sees his gun jam when aiming it at scott. gwent police say they now want to talk to andrew newton to see if he can confirm allegations made by another man about the murder plot. that other man claims there was a conspiracy to kill norman scott. if those allegations are confirmed by andrew newton, then the jeremy thorpe investigation could be fully reopened, and this very english scandal may become a very complicated legal process. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in surrey. if you live in england, are you proud to call yourself english? it turns out that the answer to that question is influenced in part by your age, how you vote, and what you think about brexit. the findings have come from one of the largest surveys on identity in england, "the english question," commissioned by the bbc. tonight our home editor mark easton goes in search of englishness, a journey that begins

on a narrowboat in the east midlands. exploring the canals and backwaters of england's identities brings one to nottinghamshire, as english a county as you'll find. # st george in my heart, give me english... there is something defiant about the annual st george's day parade here. a sense that, despite england's size and influence within the united kingdom, the interests of the english people need to be asserted. why, why, why are people ashamed to be english? i just don't understand it at all. you're not ashamed. i'm certainly not. why do we get called racist when everybody else celebrates st andrew's day, st patrick's day? you admire the flag, you're proud of your country, you know?

i'm not 100% english myself, i must say. oh, really? no, a little bit of welsh in me, but other than that... only a little bit. on nottingham's canals, reminders of lost industrial glory. england emerges as strangely wistful right now, and the more english people feel, the more likely they are to be nostalgic for times past. englishness is a variable quality. while almost three quarters of the over—65s say they are proud to call themselves english, among the young, it is less than half. it is felt strongly among brexit supporters, much less so for those who voted to remain in the eu. navigate 90 miles south—east, to cambridgeshire, and people's englishness is much more diluted. 10% of young people and 10% of graduates say they are embarrassed to call themselves english, and in this city, there's plenty of both. on the river cam, tie up at the fort st george pub,

where else, to meet students of english history to talk about what england means to them. i think there are a million reasons to be proud to be english, just as there are a million reasons to be proud of being scottish or welsh or irish, or any national identity within the british isles. but i think that, when patriotism or nationalism becomes a code for prejudice, i think that is what becomes problematic. richard the lionheart is a — he's a very poor icon, or a very poor representation of what englishness is and could be be taken to be. it's a supremacist view. it's a violent look at the past. you don't need to wave a st george's cross and, you know, have a pint of ale and say, "look at me, i'm english." you canjust say, "i'm english," as normal as that. people might say that's about as english as you can get. the final leg of our journey along the navigable arteries of england

and we emerge into the rarefied atmosphere of planet london. when it comes to identity, the metropolis is just different. in some parts of the capital, like here in islington, only half of people say they feel strongly english. a similar proportion say they feel strongly european, and a third of people here have a strong link with a country outside the uk. london is a truly international city, where identities can be discarded, absorbed into lifestyle. would you ever call yourself english? see, this is the debate that i've had with some of my friends. i call myself british, british—indian, and they're like, "but you're english, because you live in england, you were born here." and i'm like, "i don't know whether i'd call myself english." i'd call myself british—indian, i think. it's a very diverse, multicultural melting pot of communities that all come together, so you can be any country, if you like, in london.

being english, unlike being british, is seen as an exclusive identity, an honour bestowed only upon those eligible. that is its weakness and its strength. mark easton, bbc news, england. astand—up a stand—up comedian has won this yea r‘s a stand—up comedian has won this year's britain's. talent. —— britain's got talent. the weather has been performing today, with plenty of warm sunshine around. there have been a few showers and storms popping up, not as many as we have seen in recent days. they are fading away now. here is a view of some sunshine essex earlier. many of us some sunshine essex earlier. many of us tomorrow it will be cloudier and cooler as well. a lot of low cloud

coming in from the sea overnight. around this area of high pressure to the north of us, a gentle north and north—easterly flow bringing in that cloud during sunday night and into monday. the lowered temperatures will result. by the end of the night many will be cloudy, especially across central and eastern parts, temperatures around 1a degrees. still some breaks in the cloud for western scotland, northern ireland, wales and the south—west. that is where you are most likely to see some sunshine. while most of us will stay dry, within the thicker cloud we could get some drizzle and within the bright spots there will be a few showers developing. northern ireland and west scotland and afternoon thunderstorm delivering a torrential downfall. by no means will everyone get one, but bear in mind the possibility. some in south—east england may brighten up a little bit but for many through central and eastern england, into eastern scotland, holding onto thick cloud, misty, murky and much cooler than it has been. that cloud staying with us

monday night and into tuesday, limited clear spells. looking dry with the exception of perhaps a little drizzle. cooler as well overnight, temperatures dropping down into single figures or more of and tuesday night looking cooler still. the big picture on tuesday, this weather front getting closer across southern parts, the channel islands, the far west of england, the isles of scilly, may be seeing a shower and thunderstorm. southern england and south wales staying quite cloudy. elsewhere, after a cloudy start we end up with a sunny afternoon. temperatures getting into the mid—to upper 20s, more likely the mid—to upper 20s, more likely the high teens. just a few spots in the high teens. just a few spots in the low 20s for the rest of the week. temperatures are closer to average for the time of year. plenty of dry weather in the first half of the week. later in the week we will start to see the greater chance of seeing showers and storms around. not as many of those thundery downpours this week as we have seen recently, and where they do pop—up they are probably not going to be as

intense. that is something we will keep an eye on and keep you updated. there are at the moment met office weather warnings in force for those storms which will pop up tomorrow across parts of northern ireland and western scotland. full details available online. hello. this is bbc news.