this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at seven. a bill to make upskirting — the act of secretly taking photos under a skirt — a sexual offence has been blocked by a single conservative mp. only a recent poll this morning showed 96% of the people in this country are behind this change in the law. and then one person can block the whole thing, seems very frustrating and wrong. donald trump announces the us will be putting a 25% trade tariff on more than 800 goods from china. two teenage moped riders are jailed for life after they stabbed and killed a charity youth worker during a violent robbery spree. a damning report says the government's flagship benefits scheme — universal credit — may end up costing more than the system it replaced. also tonight tributes to the eastenders star

leslie grantham who's died at the age of 71. best known for playing the roguish pub landlord ‘dirty den‘, more than half the country tuned in to watch leslie grantham confront his screen wife in a christmas special. i think he was the archetypal charming rogue. he was a good—looking guy. he was a charmer. he was funny. he was a good actor. and later this hour, we'll be finding out why so many babies are born at 4 o'clock in the morning. good evening and welcome to bbc news. an attempt to make upskirting, where photos are secretly taken

taken under a skirt, a criminal offence in england and wales has been blocked by one conservative mp, sir christopher chope. the government had earlier given its support to introducing the new law, and in the last hour have reiterated their commitment that ‘upskirting will become a criminal offence‘ —— and they have ‘every expectation that this will happen.‘ let's listen to what happened in the commons — while the deputy speaker and liberal democrat mp wera hobhouse discuss the bill, you can just make out sir christopher shouting "object" — which is all that‘s need to block the bill‘s passage. other mps then cry "shame". voyeurism offences bill, second reading. object. objection taken, second reading, what day? 6thjuly. the liberal democrat mp, wera hobhouse, who brought the private member‘s bill to parliament, said she was angry and frustrated. we had the backing of two ministers

in the ministry ofjustice and the women‘s and equalities minister. we worked so well with gina martin the campaigner. and only a recent poll this morning showed 96% of people in this morning showed 96% of people in this country are behind this change in the law. and then one person can block the whole thing seems very frustrating and wrong. but that is the parliamentary procedure that we are faced with. our political correspondent ben wright explains how these private members‘ bills work. a private member‘s bill is a way that backbench mps can flag up and issues they care a lot about. and try and prompt a change in the law. the vast majority go nowhere at all because they don‘t have government support behind them. this one, though, was different because the government was behind it. talking it up. and it seemed pretty inevitable that this private members bill would just go through the normal commons procedures and eventually make upskirting a criminal offence in england and wales.

and it wasn‘t expected to hit this hump today. the problem is, it is very easy to chuck out or at least block the passage of a private member‘s bill either by filibustering it, talking it out, or as christopher chope did today, just shout "object". now that is the way the government whips often go about killing off private members‘ bills that they don‘t like. nobody expected christopher chope to do it today. but i must say he and a number of other tory mps do have a long track record of being the handful of mps who turn up here on a friday to object to private members‘ bills. i think he‘s got a long history himself of not liking this as a way of going about trying to change the law. we haven‘t, i must say, been able to speak to him in the last few hours, he isn‘t picking up his phone to us, anyway. but he has had a word with gina martin, the campaigner who helped bring this legislation forward. and this is what she said within the last hour. he told me that he objected to it because he was annoyed that it wasn't debated

because it is a new bill. obviously we've been in parliament with this bill, talking to the mo] for six months so a lot of discussion has actually gone into this bill behind closed doors. he just said he objected to it on principle, and i said what about the subject matter of the bill? and he said, well, i'm not really sure on that, i'm not sure what that is, upskirting. i said, well i can help you with that. i asked for his e—mail address, and he said absolutely, e—mail me. i said, i would like to talk to you and find out why you objected, and explain what this really is and how much it will affect women and girls and protect women and girls. and he said ok let's meet then. there is no suggestion that he thinks upskirting is a good idea. this is about procedure, as far as he‘s concerned, and from the basis of that account of the conversation he didn‘t know much about the issue being discussed. it is not the end of the process. this bill will come back on another friday, i think onjuly 6th, and clearly in between then and now, gina martin and others will try to persuade sir christopher chope not

to do this again and let this private member‘s bill go through to the committee stage and eventually become law. but i think many people will look at this and think that this leaves parliament looking pretty ridiculous on such an important issue. ben wright there. earlier i spoke to our conservative mp tom tugendhat — who wasn‘t happy with the decision from his fellow tory. frankly this is a law that government supports. the solicitor general robert buckland helped to draft it, margot james the minister tried to support it, because it addresses a gap in the law. we know that technology evolves, things evolve and this problem wasn‘t a problem a hundred years ago. it wasn‘t even a problem 50 years ago. but it is a problem now. and that‘s why it‘s important we address it urgently because this is happening at gatherings, on trains, in various places where people gather and it is completely unacceptable.

it is a form of violation of some of our fellow citizens and it is absolutely outrageous that it should happen. it is really objectionable that christopher should have done this without even knowing what the bill was. have you spoken to him about it? no i haven‘t. what would you say if you had the opportunity to do so? i think you can be pretty clear as to what i‘d say. i think it‘s disgraceful to block a law that is designed to protect people from having their most intimate selves intruded upon. it‘s completely unacceptable. and we‘ll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:45 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent at the sun, and martin bentham, who‘s the home editor of the london evening standard. the united states and china have moved closer to a trade war after president trump announced tariffs of 25% targeting $50 billion worth of chinese goods.

the tariffs will be imposed from july 6th and cover a range of sectors, including aerospace, communications, robotics and cars. in a swift response, the chinese commerce ministry promised immediate counter—measures of similar size and strength. earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent gary o‘donoghue and asked whether it was a step towards a trade war... yes it is. on top of that development last week with donald trump and the g7, folding his arms and telling his allies he was going to maintain those steel and aluminium tariffs now comes this bunch of tariffs on china, on a whole range of areas, particularly in areas where there is high—tech knowledge that goes into the products. the reason for this is twofold. one is that president trump generally thinks the trade deficit with china is too big. it is $375 billion at the moment. and secondly

there is concern amongst his administration that china is stealing intellectual property and u nfa i rly stealing intellectual property and unfairly supporting its own high—tech industries by requiring american companies when they invest in china to hand over some of their intellectual property as well. so thatis intellectual property as well. so that is what has happened and there‘s been a whole bunch of talks between wilbert ross the commerce secretary and his chinese counterparts. the chinese offered to buy a bit more in terms of american products, it was not enough and the americans therefore have gone ahead with their threat to disrupt these ta riffs with their threat to disrupt these tariffs on. gary, stay with us, other matters as well, and impromptu life interview in which president trump claimed he has largely solved the problem with north korea after a flurry of early—morning tweets he said he could see an american tv channel broadcasting in front of the white house and he was thinking of walking down there. and that is

exactly what he did come he made his way past the journalists to head for fox news and said this about his meeting on tuesday with the north korean leader kim jong—un. meeting on tuesday with the north korean leader kim jong-un. we now have a very good relationship with north korea. when i came into this job it looked like war, not because of me but when you remember the sit down with barack obama i think you‘ll admit that he said the biggest problem the united states has the most dangerous problem, he said to me, that we‘ve ever had because of nuclear is north korea. that is shortly because i do smoke before i entered office. i have solved that problem. that problem is largely solved. part of the reason is because we have signed a very good document. but you know what more importantly than the documents, i have a good relationship with kim jong—un. i can now call him. i can 110w jong—un. i can now call him. i can now say we have a problem, i gave

him a very direct number. he can now call me if he has difficulties. i can call him. we have communication. it's can call him. we have communication. it‘s a good thing. people are shocked, they thought trump would get in and he would stop throwing bombs all over the place. it‘s the opposite. but we are building a military so strong, $716 billion, next is 700 this year, we are building a military so strong nobody will mess with us but you know what i never want to use it. so, gary, he‘s solved that problem. i never want to use it. so, gary, he's solved that problem. so he says. an extraordinary moment this morning. as you say he walked out of one house straight onto the set of fox and friends, on the network, spent half an hour with them and if that was not enough he had another 20 minutes with the journalists are going there to watch what was going on. he spent about 50 minutes with

journalists and his topics ranged from north korea to the james comey investigation, the former fbi director, a whole slew of different topics, just freewheeling effectively. gary o'donoghue in washington. two teenage moped riders who stabbed a man to death during a violent robbery spree in west london have been given life sentences. 18—year—old troy thomas, and 19—year—old nathan gilmaney were found guilty of murdering abdul samad for his mobile phone. the sentencing judge at the old bailey described the cctv footage of their crimes as chilling. tolu adeoye reports. we believe this vehicle is possibly involved in the stabbing. they have been described as 21st century highwaymen. this was the police pursuit of troy thomas and nathan gilmaney last october. the teenagers have spent hours roaming around the maida vale area looking for victims. stop, police! by the end of the night,

there had been nine knife—point robberies, five stabbings and abdul samad was dead. the 28—year—old was knifed even after he handed over his mobile. his parents were in court to hear thomas and gilmaney sentenced to a minimum of 22 and 27 years respectively. in sentencing gilmaney and thomas, thejudge said he had no doubt that, had the police not caught them, they would have gone on to rob more people that night. he said the way they had given their evidence during that trial gave a clear impression that their attitude to what they had done to the victims was one of casual matter of fact indifference. the teenagers went out armed on that night. judge richard marks qc referenced the frequency of young people carrying knives and an alarming rise in moped crime in his remarks. i‘m pleased to see thejudge mentioning moped and knife crime as aggravating factors. i hope that will send a strong message to any young person considering carrying a knife or getting involved in this sort of criminal activity on mopeds.

abdul samad has been described as an outstanding young man who was engaged to be married. instead his family have been left utterly devastated by what the judge called the wicked stabbing of him that night. tolu adeoye, bbc london news. the headlines on bbc news. a bill to make upskirting — the act of secretly taking photos under a skirt — a sexual offence has been blocked by a single conservative mp. donald trump announces the us will be putting a 25% trade tariff on more than 800 goods from china. two teenage moped riders are jailed for life after they stabbed and killed a charity youth worker during a violent robbery spree. the government has been severely criticised in an official report on its flagship benefit reform — universal credit. the national audit office has accused ministers of being in denial over the financial hardship it causes to some claimants.

it says £2 billion have been spent introducing the benefit so far, and it could prove more expensive than the system it‘s replacing. but the government insists it is good value for money. michael buchanan reports. my name is alex tipton and i have been on universal credit since november. alex is 30 and has a range of visible and psychiatric problems. for two weeks last month he tweeted daily what was like to survive on universal credit, in his case £95 a fortnight. day one, update of the universal credit sufferer. by day 5 after buying bread and cheese, he is left with £3.30. by day 11, all his money is gone. can i get an advance of £30?

i have no food. we sat and looked through his universal credit journal. no advance is available to you for those reasons. . . alex took out an advance but he is being docked £125 a month, 40% of his total allowance. what has it meant not to have any money? no food and no heating or sitting on the bed for a week at the time wrapped up in my duvet with a jumper on sometimes because it is not too warm in the highlands, even in the summer. just drinking water. the national audit office says the use of food banks and rent arrears rose when universal credit came to an area. but ministers repeatedly refused to accept the new benefit creates financial problems.

we will make sure that the payments have gone up —— the timeliness of payments have gone up. i would say to everyone who is listening, come and talk to us, come and talk to the jobcentres. despite the problems that alex and others have had with universal credit, the troubled benefit will continue, given the time and money ready spent on it, today‘s report says scrapping it is not a viable option. michael buchanan, bbc news. frank field is a labour mp and chairs the work and pensions committee, he joins you from westminster. we have this horrible paradox. nobody would suggest that the government is run by people who want to do terrible things and yet they

are doing terrible things. and they keep being given scripts which are not truthful, and continue this horror story. and if i could just emphasise one point of that news report, what the national audit office says, that if the government scrap it it‘s going to cost money but if they go forward with it, with all the human suffering involved in that, it‘s also going to cost taxpayers huge sums of money. they therefore make the recommendation that the government should pause to see whether they can make this benefit work. i do not believe they can. by which they could. but on balance, the national audit office had said that with these huge costs and of course you have told us the real thing that as well as taxpayers putting up a unbelievable sums of money to make it work, there are human beings ground down into

destitution. you cannot measure that that we know on every count this benefit has failed. when you look at the principle of this it was designed to make claiming benefits simple, it merged six benefits into one, does that not sound like common sense? it might sound like common sense? it might sound like common sense but when it was first introduced i spoke against it on the basis that i thought the basis of extending means testing is wrong. we wa nt extending means testing is wrong. we want another approach to build floors and people, not these means tested benefits which you withdraw. but also i did not believe that we we re but also i did not believe that we were clever enough to design an it system that would deliver and therefore i thought, isn‘t it better to have six benefits, and if one goes wrong you‘ve got another five to depend on, if one benefit that you are dependent on, again the

minister the idea that you canjust get money is not to register register for a meeting and get money is not to register registerfor a meeting and it get money is not to register register for a meeting and it takes ten days before you can draw any advance. the minister specifically on that point, you sort the good today, the report we are talking about was written before the introduction of £1.5 billion worth of measures enabling people to get 100% advances on the first universal credit payment. in other words he would say that now the picture is better. of course if you spend 1,000,000,000 anda better. of course if you spend 1,000,000,000 and a half pounds of taxpayers money you would hope the situation is better but the truth is you can‘t get that advance immediately. you have to register your claim immediately. you have to register yourclaim and wait immediately. you have to register your claim and wait for your first appointment, that is ten days, you can‘t get money the way the minister describes, every report you have,

every news coverage you carry, following that report, they always say, this is in the past, we are living in the present, what you have also reported, you could have picked god knows how many claims, people who have de schepper and a duvet, whose money runs out, who have only bread and cheese, no food, that have water. is that the sort of reform we should advocate? back to the poor 's suggestion, what benefit would that bring? it would stop more people being subjected to the... alex, the claimant you filmed, this remorseless pushing of him into destitution, that would stop. it could give the government a face saving chance of saying, actually we did pause and we‘re not going to go

on with this and we won‘t do any more destructive moves but we will look at how we go back to a welfare state which believes in giving people hand—out, not a push into destitution. frank field, thank you very much. a mother and daughter who were part of a female family terror cell, have been jailed over a planned knife attack in the area around the houses of parliament. 22—year—old rizlaine boular, who was going to carry out the attack, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years. her mother mina dich, was jailed for six years and nine months with a further five years on extended licence for helping her. her younger sister, safaa boular, who‘s 18, was convicted last week of planning a separate terror attack in the area around the british museum. she will be sentenced later. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports from the old bailey. rizlaine boular, who is 22 years of

age, has been told she will serve a life term with a minimum of 16 yea rs. life term with a minimum of 16 years. her mother mina dich, who is 44, has been told she will serve six yea rs 44, has been told she will serve six years and nine months and that is for helping her daughter. her daughter was planning to carry out this knife attack in the area around the houses of parliament. the mother and daughter went on what was called hostile reconnaissance mission around westminster, scouting targets. they then went on shopping trip to sainsbury‘s and bought mice. in addition, rizlaine boular was heard on a bike that had been placed ina heard on a bike that had been placed in a property where she was, she had been heard practising wielding the knife. when arrested rizlaine boular was shot by police and today for the first time we got details of how she came to be shot. it was said in court that she refused to comply with police instructions, she swore at police, and officer became concerned, she moved to hand in such a way that he believed she had something in her hand and he fired three times. rizlaine boular‘s

barrister says she still has three bullet casings inside her abdomen. the youngest member of this terror cell is her sister safaa boular. convicted last week of planning a separate knife attack, she will be sentenced later, the court heard that the women when planning attacks spokein that the women when planning attacks spoke in code and used the phrase the mad hatter ‘s tea party. two members of the same cell will be sentenced later. an army sergeant who tried to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute has been told he‘ll serve at least eighteen years in prison. emile cilliers‘ wife, victoria, suffered life—threatening injuries when both her main and reserve parachutes failed during a jump in 2015. a message of peace and hope from professor stephen hawking has been beamed towards the nearest black hole in space as this remains were

laid to hole in space as this remains were la id to rest hole in space as this remains were laid to rest at westminster abbey. a memorial service has been held in which his ashes were placed along other great people of british science like charles darwin and sir isaac newton. richard galpin reports. westminster abbey was packed today with stars from many walks of life along with members of the public including students. this memorial service one of the most influential and revered scientists of recent times who was also an avowed atheist. his was a life all the more remarkable because he lived to the age of 76, despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease in the 19605. with motor neuron disease in the 1960s. astronomers are used to big numbers but feel could be as big as the odds i would have given back in

1964 before witnessing his crescendo of achievement spanning more than 50 yea rs. of achievement spanning more than 50 years. we have entrusted our brother stephen to god's mercy and as we now commit his mortal remains to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes. other services ashes were laid to ashes. other services ashes were la id to rest ashes. other services ashes were laid to rest inside the abbey, his family paying their last respects. his place here alongside some of the other most famous of british scientists. the tributes today included one from a family friend paralysed in a snowboarding accident. he helped us recognise and face the challenges and our lives with positive energy and enabled me to get to my graduation shortly after my accident. stephen showed that when time is precious, we must make space for what makes a surreal. he was exceptionally efficient and

choosing his words and making them count. amongst the congregation were many who had been inspired by his work as a theoretical physicist unravelling the mysteries of the universe and buy his books such as a brief history of time. universe and buy his books such as a brief history of timelj universe and buy his books such as a brief history of time. i was 20 when it came out, i‘d done physics a—level but i was a musician and i was in the process of going shall i do musical physics. the book came out, my parents bought it and it really did play a fundamental role in telling me, this is what i would like to spend my life doing. but while the memorial service was taking place in london, in spain a recording of his voice was being beamed into space towards the nearest black hole. it will reach there in 3500 years‘ time. richard galpin bbc news. now the weather

forecast with louise. good evening, we closed the week on a quieter note after storm hector moved away but there‘s still a lot of clout, shower clouds through scotland, northern ireland and northern england for most of the day, the best of the sunshine further south where temperatures peaked into the low 20s. through this evening we should see affirmative blood spilling in and one 01’ affirmative blood spilling in and one or two affirmative blood spilling in and one 01’ two showers affirmative blood spilling in and one or two showers along those west facing coasts overnight before we see pressure moving into the west. overnight lows of between nine and 14 degrees, low pressure should bring light and breezy conditions particularly over the far north—west, the rain a little light in nature as it moves through england and wales. we start the weekend with some rain, some heavy with rumbles of thunder, some light patchy rain moving south and east

across the midlands towards london and a fresher feel, highs of 15 to 18. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: a bid to make upskirting — the act of secretly taking photos under a skirt — a sexual offence has been blocked by a single conservative mp. sir christopher chope called a halt to the bill even though the move had government support. donald trump announces the us will be putting a 25% tariff on 50 billion dollars worth of chinese imports. the tariffs on more than 800 goods will be imposed from july the sixth. two teenage moped riders are jailed for life after they stabbed and killed a charity youth worker during a violent robbery spree. a mother and daughter — who were part of britain‘s first all female terrorist cell — have been jailed for planning an attack near the houses of parliament. newswatch, the north korean and

meric and leaders meet, but did the media get carried away byjet donald trump buzz game show approach. join us trump buzz game show approach. join us later. the eastenders actor leslie grantham best known as "dirty" den watts, landlord of the old vic has died aged 71. more than 30 million viewers tuned in to watch a christmas day episode in 1986 in which his character handed divorce papers to his on—screen wife angie. off screen, grantham‘s life was not without controversy. david sillito reports. six little months to live. six tragic little months and poor old angie‘s going to pop off. christmas day, 1986, dirty den and angie and a bit of tv history. more than 30 million people watched this scene. this, my sweet, is a letter

from my solicitor, telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. eastenders made leslie grantham and anita dobson tv‘s best—known couple. there was that look about him that you just didn‘t know what he was going to do next. that was his kind of ace in the hole, i think. there was always that bit about him that was slightly unpredictable, which i liked. that is what i think gave him the edge on tv. there was a kind of restlessness in him, you know, which i think was innate to leslie, himself. however, just three years later, dirty den was killed off. leslie grantham wanted out. it‘s like working in a factory. um... and you have to make a decision that you‘re going to move on, so, i said i wanted to leave. he‘d started acting in the ‘70s. he‘d turned to drama while serving a sentence for the murder of a german cab driver. he certainly had his troubles.

hello, princess. his return to albert square was cut short after the papers revealed a webcam—related sex scandal but he continued to work... including starring in a bulgarian comic drama. but, when it comes to tv history, leslie grantham will always be dirty den. happy christmas, ange. eastenders theme music and tributes for leslie grantham from past and present cast members continue to be shared on social media. gillian taylforth said "i‘m deeply saddened to hear the very sad news. i have so many happy memories of working with leslie." and june brown has said "he was a wonderful and special actor, witty and very talented. i shall remember him very fondly and with affection." for more on leslie grantham‘s acting career — lets talk to david brown who‘s a tv critic for the radio times. he joins us by webcam from surrey.

was dirty den for years. the christmas episode had a consolidated rating of 30 million people who saw him hand over those divorce papers to angie. i don‘t think we have seen the likes of those kind of viewing figures until that point. as a programme, it has really galvanised the british public. and was he a different type of character, dirty den, that we had seen in soap opera up den, that we had seen in soap opera up until then? den, that we had seen in soap opera up untilthen? dallas den, that we had seen in soap opera up until then? dallas was the number one rated show when it started, and if you look atjr and sue allen, then dirty den and angie are sort of then dirty den and angie are sort of the east end london version. the it

at alcoholic and beulah faria. what they had not counted on was the chemistry between leslie grantham and anita dobson, which is kind of like a form of alchemy. i don‘t know if they realised themselves how much the audience would take to them, but during that heyday, i think they we re during that heyday, i think they were one of tv‘s best—known couples. you did not have to be an east end is found to —— a eastenders fan to appreciate how well they did. is found to —— a eastenders fan to appreciate how well they didlj think soap operas work with grated duos. if the male side of it is a scoundrel and a bit disreputable, then that is a good thing, because you got to remember that soap operas area you got to remember that soap operas are a very female lead john ryder, and on east end is mac, you have peggy mitchell, it is quite rare for

a male character to be held up on the same pedestal as the women, and he was a rare example of that. so when you look back, he did make that barely brief return some years later. what do you see as his legacy when you look back?|j later. what do you see as his legacy when you look back? i think he's the ultimate soap bad boy against whom all others will be measured. had so many of them on eastenders over the yea rs, many of them on eastenders over the years, from many of them on eastenders over the yea rs, from steve many of them on eastenders over the years, from steve owen to phil mitchell, but he is the one that they will all be competitive. he is one of those rare things. i think the second did, perhaps was not as successful as the first, there was obviously some behind the scenes but perhaps you should... you should never be revisited, these miraculous soap operas rarely work, and i don‘t think the second incarnation of

dirty den was as popular as the first. good to have your thoughts. babies that are born spontaneously are most likely to be delivered at 4am, according to a study by university college london. the research, which surveyed five million births between 2005 and 2014, found that the majority arrived between 1 am and 7 am and c—sections are most likely to be carried out on weekday mornings. well professor alison macfarlane is the senior author of the study and joins me now. you were looking at a huge number of birds of a long period of time. yes, we linked together data from three separate sources about banks over a 10—year period in england, said that was originally over 7 million, and then, narrowed it down to those in hospital, and so on. this analysis was of well over 5 million birds. have surprised where you that this

time slot between 1am and 7am features in the way that it did? we knew that from the past, there was limited data from the past, that babies were more likely to be born in that time period, although they do get bored in other times. that was a natural trend. but more recently, only just now, was a natural trend. but more recently, onlyjust now, onlyjust over half babies are born spontaneously. do you know why that particular time such is the most popular? thereafter bothers is put forward , popular? thereafter bothers is put forward, with other animals for whom it is more likely they give birth at night, as well. that it may be quiet, and therefore perhaps we are more relaxed, but we were not able

to investigate, that. we werejust looking at the numbers. and nbc section number. there is clearly a logic to that. if you are going to be there to perform the required surgery, you will do it at a time psyche more convenient. absolutely. they start to do that first thing in the morning, the most convenient time to have all the other professionals who are needed to do the surgery. having put all this information together, now, and release the report in the way that you had, what happens to it, what has learned from it. other actions that might arise as a result of this? i think it is for people who work in the maternity services to look at it and see what implications they feel it has, the them. there is also a trend that for example the percentage of bland caesareans and inductions is going up, but there is also a national policy that women

without obligations might do better to give birth in the community, so that would go in the opposite direction. ours was research to try and inform people in the services, and inform people in the services, and they can draw their king reasons from it, but what it means that their practice. they would like to put it as they choose. thank you very much the coming in. a record—breaking a 140,000 muslims have gathered in birmingham to celebrate the end of ramadan, the islamic holy month of fasting. ‘celebrate eid‘ takes place in birmingham‘s small heath park and has seen the number of people attending increase tenfold since 2011. it is now europe‘s largest eid gathering. kevin reid reports. the eid celebrations in birmingham

are increasingly popular. they mark the end of ramadan, the fire famous month where most muslims refrain from eating and drinking during daylight. rahman we have come together to pray outdoors, and more importantly for birmingham, it is about coming together from all over birmingham, and nationally, people are coming to this event. when these celebrations were first held in 2011, there were around 12,000 visitors, but today, organisers say that figure has now swelled to around 140,000. it is not an official figure, around 140,000. it is not an officialfigure, but around 140,000. it is not an official figure, but organisers insist that it is the biggest event of its kind in the western world, and they are keen to stress it is open to everybody. with the current climate of islamophobia, etc, in order to counteract that, we need to be open, and we had to be open and come together in many events, and show communities that are here. this

makes it even more special, to share it with other people. we have got people from other backgrounds, different cultures, and isjust a way where we are able to say to the world, we are all equal. 200 people have volunteered to help with the clear is planning for next year‘s adventure story began. —— event has already began. half now this is not necessarily what you would expect to see in a velodrome, but the british long distance cyclist mark beaumont has set a new record — for cycling on a penny farthing. he‘s broken the record for how far the vintage vehicle can be ridden in an hour — covering a distance of twenty one point nine miles. the previous record was set more than 130 years ago. the headlines on bbc news: a bill to make upskirting — the act of secretly taking photos under a skirt — a sexual offence has been blocked by a single conservative mp. donald trump announces the us will be putting a 25% trade tariff on more than 800 goods from china.

two teenage moped riders are jailed for life after they stabbed and killed a charity youth worker during a violent robbery spree. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a brief update on the world cup football that is over on bbc one right now. in the group match between bain and portugal, the score is currently 1—1. now on the bbc news channel, newswatch. this week samira ahmed examines coverage of tuesday‘s summit in singapore. hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. the leaders of the united states and north korea meet. historic certainly, but did this get

carried away by president trump‘s gameshow style approach? and was coverage of the anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, excessive and maudlin? it‘s been a bumper week for news, with president trump‘s meeting with kim jong—un, a crucial vote on brexit, the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tower and the start of the world cup, all vying for attention from editors. we‘ll be hearing your reactions to how these stories are covered starting with the summit in singapore on tuesday which was widely described as historic. the handshake in history, donald trump becomes the first serving us president to meet a north korean leader. just months after trading insults, an extraordinary turn of events as president trump and kim jong—un meet face—to—face. a lot of progress, really positive.

i think better than anybody could have expected. how much progress had actually been made and how much substance there was to the agreement was much debated. was the bbc and the media in general too quick to accept a white house narrative claiming a triumphant success? one twitter user thought so, posting this. can the bbc stopped saying the meeting is historic. it is not. any us president could have had the meeting. north korea has been gagging for this. trump has given away everything before even starting the meeting. and the bbc should make this very clear. but others thought the bbc was too critical and carping in its reporting of the summit. and then another handshake to seal the deal. but who was this a better deal for? no details, no mention of whether this denuclearisation process will be verifiable or irreversible one might wonder what actually been achieved at this summit. john gray was watching that bulletin and wondered why was it so negative.

it gave the impression that little had been achieved.