mmr” e‘fir ”mu out across the midlands and south wales. behind it sunny spells but we have showers coming into the north—west of scotland. cool and fresh air coming down from the north. still warm and humid across east anglia and the south—east of england. this is the last of the heat and humidity as we head towards the later part of the week. it will be cooler and fresher for all of us. the home secretary announced that a review of cannabis use for medicinal use but says that a ban on recreational use of the drug will continue. isa is a whatever we do in evidence, not just bowing to might be popular sentiment. a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in islington in london, to mark the first anniversary of

the attack at finsbury park mosque. as disputes continue over plans to remove guards from trains... coming up on afternoon live all the sport with hugh. the england's players, a bit of a rest today? hafeez god took part after a long journey back to their base after that opening —— half the squad took apart. bit of a roller—coaster ride for us. today we have seen temperatures of the divide degrees or so, we will see it cooling down a bit, but it could then get hotter. next week, i will have all the details later on. also coming up — a voyage of discovery — as norway tests an electric plane as part of its efforts to tackle

climate change and air pollution. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm ben brown. the home secretary sajid javid has told the house of commons that there will be a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but said that the ban on recreational use of the drug will continue. mrjavid has also told mps a licence is being issued today for one child who suffers epileptic fits — 6—year—old alfie dingley — to receive cannabis—based drugs. in the last few minutes charlotte caldwell — mother of another child with epilepsy — billy caldwell — who has been campaigning for the change in the law after her son's supply of the drug was confiscated by officials — gave this statement. a few moments and go in the house of

commons, the government committed a full review of medicinal cannabis. while clearly largely positive, we still want to hear the details from the mouths of the home secretary and the mouths of the home secretary and the health secretary. who was sitting next to him when he made that statement. and every single stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history, and we have mentioned it because common sense and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children have bust the political process wide open, and is on the verge of changing thousands of lives. charlotte caldwell, there. mother of billy caldwell. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminsterfor us. we know that this has been a very

emotional issue. it has become quite politically charged, in the last few days. yes, but it is the personal testimony from those parents that has changed everything here. the green mp caroline lucas said that the government had been shamed into action by the press coverage. of course it is that is southern the government would reviewed, but this is not a new issue. these parents have been bleeding, if not years, to get a change of heart from the governor. “— get a change of heart from the governor. —— pleading. ithink the change of heart was hannah deacon's testimony saying that she spoke directed to the prime minister a few months ago saying that they had been promised to make sure that the house and got the cannabis —based medicine that he needed to deal with his epilepsy. she was complaining today that nothing had happened. these hurdles have been but up in front of her. it seems that this change of direction has meant that this review has been announced by sajid javid. the new home secretary, of course, has said that he found the situation

was not at all appropriate. he said it was not appropriate for the pa rents, it was not appropriate for the parents, and he wasn't happy with it, either. it has announced this review, it is in two stages. there will be a review firstly looking at the clinical need, if you like, whether there is the evidence that to show that cannabis —based medicines do work in these circumstances, we understand that work will be done pretty quickly, because it has been done before. that will last about a week. and then they will look again at the harm that could be done to public health. public health needs, whether you need to reschedule this drug, to really put it into the health department, and have the police minister dealing with it. this is what sajid javid had to say to mps this is what sajid javid had to say to mstustan this is what sajid javid had to say to mstust an hour ago. it has become clear to me since becoming home secretary the position that we find ourselves in currently is not satisfactory. it is not satisfactory for the parents, it is not satisfactory for the doctors, and it is not satisfactory than me. i have now come to the conclusion that it is time to review

the scheduling of cannabis. before i go into any detail in the review, let me make it absolutely clear, that this step is in no way a first step to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. this government has absolutely no plans to legalise cannabis and the penalties for an authorised supply and possession will remain on change. —— remain and changed. we will not see a dangerous precedent will weaken our ability to keep dangerous drugs off our streets. the approach that will be asking the review to will be no different than that that has been used before to control drugs where it has evidence of medical benefits. two he was also keen to apologise to parents. he said that he understood that it was to stop the parents

martirosyan children suffering. equally, from the labour side, saying that labour fully supported the move is that sajid javid was taking. cannabis and the drug issue generally are big issues of concern for the community. it is important that we base what ever we do on scientific fact. whatever we do in evidence, not just bowing to what might be popular sentiment. on the one hand, there are harms, connected with cannabis consumption, but on the other hand, it is time to move forward and examine and establish once and for all what are the possibilities of cannabis—based medicine to alleviate pain and suffering. now, ministers are very keen to emphasise that any decisions that

are made must be clinically led. they must be at proven to work, and important to stress also that until any changes are made in the scheduling of cannabis, it will be this panel of experts which will decide whether individual licenses can be granted, so that families who have sufferers who need it, can get the treatment that they so badly want. i think it is also worth making a more political point. it is interesting that sajid javid was getting a lot of praise from those on his own side saying that he had got a on his own side saying that he had gota grip on his own side saying that he had got a grip on the situation pretty quickly. in other conservative mp has said that in the past home secretaries have to get you act, fearing that it would send out the wrong message about drugs more generally. sajid javid showing quickly that he is willing to challenge what has gone before and really trying to make waves in the home office. pity, thank you very much indeed. joining me now is steve rolles, senior policy analyst for

transform drug policy foundation, who support the legal regulation of drug markets. this thanks for being with us. we need to make a distinction between this review into the medicinal use of cannabis, and the recreational use of cannabis, which sajid javid said ince in no way some sort of how you did to legalising general use of cannabis. yes, the two issues get completed in the public debate. it is important to separate them. medical regulation and regulation of a drug for non—medical use are different issues, and they engage a whole series of different questions. it was interesting that william hague, a former senior conservative was calling for wider legalisation of cannabis today. it feels like this issue is moving forward, on multiple fronts, but this is a welcome development. in response to

what lord haig said, for those who have not read his comments today, he said the idea that this cannabis can be driven off the street and out of people's lives by the state is nothing short of deluded. that is what he said. but the home office have said that... they are being clear that there is strong scientific and medical evidence that cannabis is a harmful drug that can be detrimental to people's mental and physical health. they have no intention to rebuke the classification of cannabis under the misuse of drugs act. what would you say to the home office? nobody is denying that there are risks associated with cannabis or any drug use, but it is a pragmatic position. millions of people are using it, and it is not being stopped. cannabis is really available on the streets to those who wanted, and millions choose to use it. after 40, 50 years of billions spent, millions

criminalised, and all we have achieved is create an enormous illegal market run by criminals to make a potentially risky drug even more risky, and make it freely available to children and young people. this israeli in response to this failure, saying that wouldn't it be better to regulate this market, happy government regulated rather than leave it in the hands of gangsters, so that we can minimise the harm and maximise the benefits. —— this is really a response to this failure. what is the evidence from other countries? we have seen it decriminalised or legalised in a growing number of parts of the world. portugal, canada, now. some united states states. does that mean that there is a trend, geographically, to more and more countries taking that life of ——

line of decriminalisation or legalisation? decriminalisation is stopping prosecuting for personal possession. we are moving in that direction quite fast. in terms of legalisation and regulation of supply, legalisation and regulation of supply, yes it is happening in a number of countries across the americas, in uruguay, california. this week, the legislation is passing in canada. i think we can look at those expresses. they are different approaches. the uruguay is taking a stricter approach. the us has a more market approach, and canada perhaps somewhere between the two. we can look at those and say, what is working? what is not working? and we can take lessons from that? but it is definitely moving and that is a debate that we are to have. the government need to acknowledge that and engage in it. that is a trend, but would you say that it that is a trend, but would you say thatitis that is a trend, but would you say that it is inevitable sooner or later that it would come to britain?

0r later that it would come to britain? or is it too difficult, politically the politicians and governments to accept a change in the legislation. medical cannabis was too difficult until recently, and that was not government leadership that brought this to the forefront of the last two days, it was activist and media russia. it was stories of sick kids. that is different. very different. it is. but once the public opinion shifts over eight certain threshold and the politicians feels safe, they will move, because off the record, a lot of them are very supportive, they just say we are politically opposed to this, not intellectually opposed. things are changing, and that tipping point is fast approaching. good to talk to you. thank you for coming in. commemorations — including a minute's silence — have been held in north london this morning to mark one year since the attack at finsbury park mosque —

in which a man drove a van into worshippers. one man, makram ali — a father of six — was killed, and nine others were injured. the attacker, darren 0sborne, was sentenced to a minimum of 43 years in prison. richard lister reports. for one minute today, this busy part of north london fell silent, a community remembering a night of terror a year ago. among them, the family of the man who died and the imam who protected the attacker from the crowd. this was the moment the van was used as a weapon, driven into worshippers near finsbury park mosque. there was panic and confusion and strewn on the pavement, a dozen injured people, lives changed in a moment. makram ali, a 51—year—old father of six, was killed. abdul matin choudhury was one of those injured that night. his son was pushed out of the van's way by an uncle at the last minute. mr choudhury still mourns his friend, makram.

makram ali was a very nice person, very quiet man. all the time, miss him. he says some of his friends are still afraid to walk to the mosque alone. some of my friends are scared to go by themselves. they don't want anything to happen to themselves, any harm, so that is why they either stay at home or go to the mosque with their parents. the man who attacked them was darren 0sborne, a far—right fanatic who had set out to kill muslims and remained unrepentant. he is now serving a prison sentence of at least 43 years. and among the speakers today, there were calls to think of his family too. our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the survivors,

but also, to raise above hatred, our thoughts are with the osborne family who have struggled in their own ways. the prime minister visited the mosque in the wake of the attack. today she said british values would not be broken by such violent extremism, sentiments echoed by all those at today's memorial. this is our city, this is our way of life, and those who seek to divide us should know this. you will never succeed. applause. richard lister, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the home secretary has announced a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but he has said that the ban of recreational use of the drug will continue. a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in north london to mark the first anniversary of the attack at finsbury park

mosque. the 24—hour strike is causing further destruction for northern rock passengers as a dispute over driver only trains continues. —— northern rail. and in sport, england are back at their base after last night's matic win over genistein. 0nly base after last night's matic win over genistein. only half the squad train today as they recover from the long journey back. while ten man colombia have equalised. it is 1—1 against japan after the first red ca rd against japan after the first red card in this year's world cup. england make a positive start in the first one—day international against australia. i will be back with more just after half past. the inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower has been shown the first thermal images taken by firefighters as they entered flat 16 in tower — where the blaze started. the crew could be seen in a smoke—clogged corridor and entering the flat. this report by daniela relph includes some of those images shown

to the inquiry which some viewers might find upsetting especially those affected directly by the fire in grenfell tower. where the fire started and how it was investigated has been the focus of the inquiry today. with it has come pictures taken on a thermal imaging camera by the first firefighters to enter flat 16 on the fourth floor where the fire started. alongside the images inside, you can see the external shots taken at the same time that show how quickly the fire was taking hold on the outside of grenfell tower. here the firefighters entered the kitchen. the yellow glow at the end is the blaze near the fridge freezer. the firefighters were able to put it out quickly, but it was too late as the fire was now taking over large areas of the tower. the camera also films around the window where you can see bits

of the cladding coming down. you can also make out various kitchen appliances still easily recognisable. these images have been a crucial for the experts trying to establish exactly what happened on the 14th of june last year. passengers on northern rail services are having to cope with yet more disruption today, with the first of three planned strikes in just one week. members of the rmt union have walked out in a long—running dispute over driver—only trains. the action comes on top of cancellations and delays because of new timetables and staff shortages. passengers' views are mixed. the thought of having somebody there when you are travelling late at night as a woman, i really don't like the idea of it just being the driver in the cab. should have the guards on the trains to help look after people. you know what i mean? it's a valuable part

of being a rail passenger, is having the guard there. hopefully the strikes will be over soon. we can get back to some normality, but totally understand the reason for it. that if the views of some passengers. daren ireland, regional organiser for the rmt union, explained what the dispute is about. 70% of the trade in the uk railway network have a second safety—critical person on there, ie. a guard. what this dispute is about is fighting to maintain safety levels on the railway and to maintain access ability on the railway. we are not after one, single extra penny in this dispute. but what we wish to maintain is that the current levels of safety are maintained in the industry. if your train was in distress through an accident or derailment, what would happen in a situation where there was no conductor or guard on board to evacuate passengers safely? four water suppliers —

have been criticised for their response to the conditions caused by the storm known as the beast from the east earlier this year. regulator 0fwat says poor preparation and an inadequate response led to significant hardship for people who were left without water for days. simon gompertz has more. first, it froze. and then it thawed. and the epidemic of burst pipes meant a shortage of water for essentials like washing, cooking and drinking, and tens of thousands cut off for days. i've been getting rainwater from outside and from my neighbours so it is not impossible. but i would say the worst thing is not being able to keep the washing up and the kitchen clean and also keep myself clean having a shower everyday. i've got five kids and literally without water for, like, since six o'clock yesterday morning.

it's terrible. washing the bottles isjust a bit difficult and there's a lot of stuff covered in baby poo that i can't wash at the moment! one explanation for the failure to cope was that most leaks were in people's homes, rather than, like this, in the water network, which is easier to monitor. today, a finding that won't surprise customers. some suppliers' emergency planning and response were inadequate. they didn't anticipate the speed of the thaw, which led to a lot of bursts in customer pipes which they could not deal with. and also, the communications with customers were often poor, overreliant on social media, very reactive and actually, quite worryingly, dealing with vulnerable customers, a lot of companies struggled to identify vulnerable customers and give them the kind of support they need. thames water is accused of not taking proper notice of the weather forecast. it apologised, saying: severn trent, also criticised, said:

bottled water was a problem. the regulator says both southern and south east water struggled to make enough available. so what now? to prevent this happening again, those four companies are being told to come up with action plans by september. and there will be a review of compensation for being cut off for the next time there's a freeze, because of a big variation in what families were paid. simon gompertz, bbc news. a former soldier is to be prosecuted in connection with the killing of a man at a border checkpoint in county tyrone in 1988. sinn fein activist aidan mcanespie was 23 when he was shot dead just after he walked through a checkpoint near aughnacloy which was manned by the grenadier guards. the northern ireland public prosecution service has said a man is to be charged with manslaughter by gross negligence. the petrochemical company, ineos, has lost a court

case seeking to overturn the scottish government's moratorium on fracking. the company had argued that the scottish government acted beyond its powers in seeking to ban fracking in scotland. butjudges at the court of session in edinburgh ruled that no actual ban was in place so ministers had not acted illegally. a new battery—powered plane has taken to the skies over norway — as part of the nation's bid to tackle climate change and air pollution. the country is planning to run all its transport systems on electricity. our environment analyst roger harabin has been to norway to find out more. flying, the worst thing you are likely to do for the climate. all those co2 emissions. is this an answer in norway?

the pollution—free plane, powered by batteries. getting into this thing is a feat of human... he laughs human origami. she is tiny, but bigger electric planes are coming as technology improves. they're quiet with no exhaust. norway aims to have all its short—haul flights battery powered by 2040. norway's boats are going electric too as part of the battle against climate change. this battery—powered boat is faster than a normal ferry with two big advantages. no exhaust, no noise. the batteries are hidden below decks. in future, all norway's ferries will look like this. norway is also subsidising electric cars. it is cheaper to buy, to run, and to maintain, and it is good for the environment. no conventional cars will be sold

in the country after 2025. that is way sooner than the 2040 date proposed by countries like france and the uk. so are norwegians environmental saints? no, they're not. in winter, they fly long—haul for the sun. and they are rich from oil and gas. but the lead norway is setting on electric transport is creating a real buzz. zara tindall has given birth to a baby girl weighing 9lbs 3oz at stroud maternity unit on monday, buckingham palace said. the baby will be sister to the couple's four—year—old daughter mia tindall, and the queen and duke of edinburgh's seventh great—grandchild. buckingham palace said the baby's name will be confirmed in due course. time for a look at the weather. darren, 30 degrees? is that a

promise? 30 degrees, that is a headline debra jo. i am glad that you did a whoop. it deserves a whip. it isa you did a whoop. it deserves a whip. it is a bit ofa you did a whoop. it deserves a whip. it is a bit of a roller—coaster ride before then, but what is happening essentially as we had later into what's next week, thejet essentially as we had later into what's next week, the jet stream thatis what's next week, the jet stream that is deflected all the way to the north of the uk, that encourages an area of high pressure to build in. later next week, we will find these states centre of the high will migrate towards the east of the uk, and what will end up having, off because of portugal, is a cut of low. that is what we call a cut off low. that is what we call a cut off low. an area of low pressure that has been cast adrift, nowhere to go, nothing to be put on, and get stuck there. the end up with that cut off

low, there. you get the high—pressure drifting towards the east of the uk, and we draw up it from the continent, all the way from probably north africa, coming towards the mediterranean, heading across the uk, and that warm air will waft its way. so, we quite like cut off lows, if they are stuck somewhere else. what about that 30 degrees, is that everywhere in the uk. not everywhere. that is our top number. more likely to be in the south—east, but it will be warm everywhere. we have got growing confidence that it will be very warm, confidence that it will be very warm , everywhere. confidence that it will be very warm, everywhere. even as you head up warm, everywhere. even as you head up towards scotland and northern ireland, temperatures 25 or 27 degrees. significantly higher than today, for example. that is the longer term forecast, what about the next few days? we have seen some big differences in the next couple of days, again today. i will show you somewhere the watcher pictures. beautiful earlier on today. scarborough in north yorkshire. it has gathered over a little bit, now.

but elsewhere, here in wales, this is great, misty, low cloud, producing centres. both those locations are in this warm and muggy air, which is why happy have got some areas of low cloud, part also cool and fresh air. in between, the weather front marks a boundary between those... already got some bits and pieces across northern ireland, and the rain will push its way into western areas of scotland. still a lot of low cloud for western parts of england and wales, some mystique drizzling across the hills. limited sunshine in the south—east. but much cooler for the north. we will see that rain arriving notjust the northern ireland, but through the northern ireland, but through the evenings, rain pushing more into scotland, some heavy bursts of rain overnight. maybe drifting down into the far north of england. but on the

whole, dry and very warm and humid, too. most of the rain is on our range tip. that error of low pressure. it will push away into scandinavia, allowing the weaker weather front to push its way southwards across england and wales. 0vernight rain days away from scotla nd 0vernight rain days away from scotland and northern ireland and out and move down three midlands. nothing arriving in the south—east and east anglia. behind it, cooler and east anglia. behind it, cooler and fresh air, sunny spells and if you shall coming into the north—west of scotland. so we end up with a range of temperatures that tomorrow afternoon. i6, range of temperatures that tomorrow afternoon. 16, per scotland ireland and northern england. warm and humid across east anglia and the south—east. that is probably the last of the heat and humidity, for a while as we have seen. later in the week, cooler and fresh of all of us. there will be a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, because we start to see that high—pressure arriving, but if you like, it is in the wrong place at the moment. 0ut towards west, and we end up with a

northerly. that is busy cooler, fresher, will be a bit blustery in the north, and these of uk. there will be some sunny spells, dry i think on thursday, but call of all of us, as those that which is dropping in the south—east, and 60 degrees more likely, here. as we had from thursday to friday, still got the error of high—pressure, too, towards the west of the uk. the fact that whether france, bringing the rain to the north, up towards iceland. to the north of the uk. stays dry on friday, with some spells on sunshine, and the wind is probably a little bit lighter by that stage. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the home secretary sajid javid has told the house of commons that there will be a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but he added that the ban on the drug's recreational use will continue. the first anniversary of the finsbury park mosque attack, which left one man dead several injured, has been marked by a minute's silence. mayor sadiq khan said it was an attack on all londoners. after emergency timetables caused delays and disruption,

commuters face yet more misery as northern rail workers hold the first of three planned strikes in just one week. four water suppliers have been criticised for their poor response to the conditions caused by the storm known as the beast from the east earlier this year. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. england's players, after battling the heat and the midges and a slightly dodgy referee they are having a bit of a rest?” slightly dodgy referee they are having a bit of a rest? i couldn't possibly comment on the referee, but they are having a rest because it has been a busy 24 hours for them. england are already back to work following their successful opening match at the world cup in russia. they made the nearly 1,000 mile trip from volgograd back to their base in repino straight after the 2—1 win over tunisia, arriving back at around 4am, uk time.

it means today's light training session was only attended by those players who didn't start last night's game, with some in recovery before preparations for sunday's meeting with panama start in earnest. tomorrow is a complete day off with a chance to spend time with friends and family. dele alli was the only england player who seemed to have an injury in the game. he's going to have a scan on a thigh problem, but wasn't seen on crutches or worse. the former england defender matthew upson thinks victory will calm the team. if you don't win that match, there is huge pressure on the second game. so even though there is always going to be pressure in a world cup, it gives the team a bit more breathing space in order to go out and be more relaxed and express themselves with a bit more from each player, a bit

more tactical awareness. game by game, they will get stronger. we have enough to compete with the best teams. gareth southgate will hope thatis teams. gareth southgate will hope that is the case. there is some downtime for the players before they prepare for that big match against panama on sunday. and we have had ourfirst panama on sunday. and we have had our first red panama on sunday. and we have had ourfirst red card in the tournament? yes, we have had to wait and usually long time for the first red card of the world cup. colombia's carlos sanchez was given his marching orders in just the third minute against japan as he blocked an open goal with his arm. the penalty was given and a straight red shown. former manchester united midfielder shinji kagawa stepped up to score with ease to put the japanese in a strong position, but a beautiful low free kick from juan quinteros brought colombia level, goalline technology showing the ball had clearly crossed the line. but japan are now back

butjapan are now back in the lead. they have just scored the third goal. we can go to live pictures in saransk. japan are still trying to avenge a 4—1 group stage defeat from four years ago. full coverage on bbc one and bbc radio 5 live. andy murray will shortly return to a tennis court after nearly a year away from tennis, but he isn't putting any emphasis on results after his long lay—off... the former world number one hasn't played competitively since wimbledon last year due to a hip injury, and has a tough first match against world number 21 nick kyrgios. sport is obviously about winning and losing, but there is more to it. this has been my life since i was pretty young. i made the decision to

play tennis professionally when i was 15, so it has been 15 or 16 yea rs of was 15, so it has been 15 or 16 years of my life and i have not been able to do that, play tennis for a year now. so it's been tough. but you look at things a bit differently as you get older and go through times like that. so i am hoping that will help me through the comeback. murray will be up next after the match currently on court. novak djokovic, the former world number one, is starting his grasscourt season against australia's john millman. of course, djokovic wasn't clear if he would make wimbledon. you can check on his fitness over on on bbc two and the bbc sport website and app. it's been a typically fast start from jonny bairstow in the thid 0di between england and australia at trent bridge. he and jason roy took the score past

20 in the third over as they took advantage of some average bowling from the tourists. earlier, australia won the toss and elected to bowl. a win for england would wrap up the series with two matches to spare. that's all the sport for now. more now on our top story. within the last hour the home secretary, sajid javid, has announced a review of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, but said the ban on the recreational use of the drug would continue. he also told mps that a licence was being issued for a six—year—old boy, alfie dingley, who suffers from severe epilepsy, to receive treatment with cannabis oil. i'm joined from our westminster studio by brian dow,

director of external affairs at the charity rethink mental illness. of course, a lot of those who say cannabis should not be legalised or not be decriminalised point to the possible links between the use of cannabis and mental illness. can you expound for us what you believe are the links? well, there is a growing body of evidence that the stronger types of cannabis that naopou dominate the market have an association with psychosis. that is why today is my decision is right. we need to understand better why the component parts of cannabis may help inissues component parts of cannabis may help in issues such as childhood epilepsy. we also need to understand the risks of decriminalising it which may make the problem worse. the home secretary struck the right balance today. the law is being

changed in different parts of the world on cannabis. in canada and several parts of the united states and some parts of europe. what is the evidence from those places? evidence is emerging everywhere, and thatis evidence is emerging everywhere, and that is why we are in a fortunate position. we would be greater waiting to see what the effects of those different models are. there is a risk, for example, of cannabis tourism, that people will go to those countries to use it more. we don't know what the impact on young people might be. so i think a wait and see approach to allow the evidence to gather is probably right. of course, the argument that some people have been putting forward including lord hague is that this is a losing or a lost battle. and people, whether you like it or not, they are using cannabis is pretty much openly in this country. he described it as sending the british army to reclaim the british empire. it is just british army to reclaim the british empire. it isjust a pointless british army to reclaim the british empire. it is just a pointless task

asking the police to try and enforce this law. i am not sure i would make that comparison, but the danger is that comparison, but the danger is that if you decriminalise, you may be sending a signal that skunk, which is the majority of cannabis now available on the market, is the same as tobacco. there is some evidence that that is how young people view it. and since there is a really strong association between that and psychosis, the danger is that and psychosis, the danger is that you are throwing out the baby with the bath water. it isn't the right time to take what would be a a far too risky step. the other argument against that is that by making it a criminal, you play into the hands of the drug dealers. if it we re the hands of the drug dealers. if it were decriminalised, the drug dealers might start to fade away. that might be the case, but it hasn't proven to be in other areas. we still get trafficking of cigarettes, for example, which are legal and very dangerous. so i don't

think it necessarily follows. the key point for most people is that at the moment, the evidence is not strong enough. there are some opportunities as well. if we were to treat cannabis like any other product and find out more about what it is the makes a difference, we could learn where it is beneficial as well as where it is dangerous. thank you very much. the united nations refugee agency says the number of people forced from their homes by conflict has risen to a record high for the fifth year running. the unhcr says more than 68 million people were either refugees, asylum seekers or displaced in their own country. conflicts in syria, the democratic republic of congo and myanmar have caused millions to flee. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in cox's bazar in bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims are living in makeshift camps after escaping violence in myanmar. if you want an example of the nature

of life for displaced people, there are more than 700,000 of them living in this sprawling camp close to the myanmar border and it keeps growing, because the aid agencies are taking advantage of the lull in the weather at the moment. it hasn't rained for the last couple of days, and the camp is actually being expanded. they are using some of the flat land on the edges to build more stable homes because you can see how these shacks have been built on the hillside, and they are susceptible to landslides when the rain comes and weakens the earth. these are by no means the most precarious homes. there are some really steep cliffs. the other threat here is flooding and the disease that could be spread by standing water. there is also a risk that latrines like this that are really basic, really simple, more quickly overflow when the rain really intensifies. so there is a warning from the aid agencies here that these people who fled persecution about nine or ten months ago now face a new threat because of the weather that is about to hit here. it is certainly an example of how living this sort of life on borrowed

land really does mean an uncertain existence. 0ur correspondent imogen foulkes has been looking at the report and a short while ago spoke to us about the main concerns that are raised by the united nations refugee agency. what is a real concern, i think the un has pointed this out over and over again in the last five years, is that these figures are never decreasing. they are always going up. this is an indication of what un diplomats who are even involved in these peace negotations would say is failed diplomacy. there's no peace dealfor syria. iraq remains very unstable, contributes a lot of refugees. afghanistan, somalia, decades of conflict. democratic republic of congo, unsettled for 20 years, and then an upsurge of violence in

one of the few provinces which had remained relatively peaceful, that's kasai province last year. more hundreds and thousands of people displaced. so there's a real concern here that, as you saw in dan's report, the misery of people displaced, fled their homes, living in very difficult conditions, yet here in wealthy countries in great britain and switzerland, there is this feeling that already, we've got too many. in fact, what the un is pointing out today is that wealthy countries take a tiny, tiny fraction of the world's displaced. in a moment, the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live... the home secretary announces a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but said that the ban on recreational use of the drug will continue. a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in islington in london to mark the first anniversary of the attack at finsbury park mosque. a 24—hour strike is causing

further disruption for northern rail passengers as a dispute over driver—only trains continues. tough talk on tariffs — donald trump now threatens to impose 10% import duties on a further $200 billion worth of chinese goods following beijing's reaction to previously announced tariffs — more on that in a moment. a third profit warning this yearfrom debenhams. the department store says annual pre—tax profits will come in between £35m and £40m, below previous estimates of £50m. the share price fell 14% when the markets opened, but it has recovered a little. tesla chief executive elon musk has accused an employee of carrying out "extensive and damaging sabotage" at the electric carmaker. in an email to staff, mr musk said an unnamed employee made coding changes to its manufacturing operating system and sent sensitive data to unnamed third parties. the company did not comment and the allegations have not been verified.

mr musk said the matter will be investigated. donald trump has threatened more tariffs on china — just remind us what is in place so far? this is the trade war that we have all been talking about — the one donald trump warned us he would instigate back in his 2016 election campaign. it is the trade war that has been spooking the markets. this has been kicking off since january and there has been a lot of talk. injanuary, the us announced tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machine. in march, mrtrump solar panels and washing machine. in march, mr trump unveiled plans for a 2596 march, mr trump unveiled plans for a 25% tariff on steel imports and a at chardon aluminum. in april, china

announced tariffs on us imports from steel pipes to pork. in may, the us and china put our plans on hold. and then injune, tariff threats resurfaced again. so what is in place at the moment? let's ask kim gittleson on the floor of the nyse — kim, what tariffs have been actioned? i had ihada i had a bit of whiplashjust hearing that timeline! it is confusing and there are a lot of numbers flying around. so far, the only tariffs that have gone into effect are the ones on solar panels and on imported chinese aluminium and steel. so while the headline figure is that president trump is proposing tariffs on nearly $450 billion worth 300 billion pounds' worth of chinese imports, so far tariffs have only come into effect on a small

proportion of that proposed import amount. the question of course is what investors were think about this latest round of threats. saying that the us is going to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of chinese imports are just that president donald trump is willing to impose tariffs on nearly everything that china imports here in the united states. that would make it difficult for china to respond, because obviously, the us exports significantly less goods to china thanit significantly less goods to china than it imports. the chinese government said they were considering qualitative in addition to quantitative retaliatory measures. for investors, the question is what will actually go into effect and what impact will have on the companies that trade here on the floor of the new york stock exchange ? here on the floor of the new york stock exchange? you mentioned that the us exports less to china than it imports from china. give us a bit more detail on the trade imbalance between the two countries? the us

export something like $450 billion worth of, or other imported $450 billion worth of goods from china la st billion worth of goods from china last year. the overall trade deficit between china and the united states is something a little north of $300 billion, around £220 billion. the question is whether or not these tariffs are the strategy to fix what president donald trump has said is unfair trade imbalance. many businesses in the united states say that while they agree that china has not played fairly when it comes to international trade and specifically when it comes to intellectual property, which of course is the rationale of the trump administration to impose these tariffs, they don't think that this is the best way to fix those imbalances. many have said they want to see a bilateral trade agreement reached instead of this tit—for—tat trade war. you said that so far, the only tariffs actually in place are those on imports of chinese solar

panels and the chinese steel and aluminium coming into the us. we have heard a lot of talk and threats, but that is all that is in place at the moment. what impact is that having on the markets?” place at the moment. what impact is that having on the markets? i think they, we are finally seeing a bit of fear from investors —— today. for the most part, companies here have been outspoken about whether or not they like the tariffs, but when it comes to whether or not they are going to sell stock in these companies because they fear there will be an economic impact, that hasn't happened yet. but today, investors seem to be a little worried about what has been happening. we saw the dow opened more than 300 points lower in early trading. once you start escalating to basically everything that the us imports or cells into china, what do you do if you are a company trying to make investment decisions in the future? where to make investment decisions in the future ? where are to make investment decisions in the future? where are you going to build your factories and industrial

machinery if you are not sure what the final price is that you can sell your goods into various markets across the world? that uncertainty has the possibility to hurt market here. but when it comes to overall gdp growth in the united states, goldman sachs have said that these tariffs will only have a fraction of a percentage impact on lower end gdp growth here over the next two years. thank you for that. now, less discussed the markets. worrying times for debenhams? at the opening, they were down 14% because they have issued their third profit warning of the year. investors were expecting profits of around 50 million. they have said it could be between 35 and 40 million. in 2013, debenhams made a pre—tax profit of £154 million, to put that in context. they are now saying it could be between 35 and

40. that has a lot to do with those difficult headlines from the high street. we will be discussing debenhams more in our next business slot in an hour. mccarthy and stone build retirement homes. they have also seen a falloff in demand with people uncertain about the economic future. so they have issued a profits warning. we will see you later. now, if you're someone who finds yourself arguing with modern technology, then watch out — because it could soon start shouting back. the first ever live public debate between a human and a machine was held in the us overnight. 0ur north america technology reporter dave lee was there to watch it, and sent this report. project debater, let's hear your rebuttal speech. thank you.

allow me to respond to some of my opponent's most recent claims. this is a live debate between woman and machine. notjust any woman — noa 0vadia was israel's national debate champion in 2016. and it's notjust any machine. project debater is able to listen and attempt to respond to the arguments being made. in this debate, the machine argued for less funding of health care and more funding of space exploration. subsidising space exploration would clearly benefit society. i maintain that this is something the government should pursue. to be very clear, neither the human nor the computer was told the topic beforehand. ibm said the debate was in no way scripted or planned. at the end of the debate, the audience voted that the human may have delivered the argument better, but the machine shared more useful knowledge. so, noa, what was it like debating a machine instead of a human? it was surprising how similar the two experiences were. so i think that it was basically at the level of what i would call an above average beginner debater. it was incredibly cool to see just how fluent it was in constructing

arguments and constructing sentences and in, like, meaningfully responding to my argumentation. it was a mind—blowing experience. the progress here isn't in the way this machine speaks but rather, how it thinks. ibm says the computer's able to scan hundreds of millions of articles and documents and pull out the arguments in order to formulate its response. project debater is about mastering language, and language is nuanced and in this case, also, there is no particular right or wrong. in many games, in many other things, there is a right answer. so in the terminology we use, there is an objective function and it's easy to say it's now obtained maximum and you're good. in this case, it's much more nuanced. there are many pros and cons and you have to construct those which have some evidence against them and that string together to form a coherent speech and that can be persuasive to an audience. ibm has been famous for carrying out highly—publicised feats of artificial intelligence for decades now. most famously,

ibm's deep blue computer beat the russian world chess champion garry kasparov in 1997. but stunts like these haven't always translated into practical applications. the real potential here isn't about arguing against the machine but arguing with it. ibm says it believes technology like this will help people make strong arguments based on evidence, not emotion. our world could certainly do with a lot more of that. dave lee, bbc news, san francisco. let's bring you now the moment police found a man stuck in marshes in north norfolk. police used a drone to track down 75—year—old peter pugh, who'd been missing for almost 24 hours after becoming separated from his friends while out for a walk on brancaster beach. he was spotted by the drone — stuck in dense reed beds and marshland. the pensioner was winched to safety

by the coastguard and treated in hospital for hypothermia. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. we are continuing to see some very big differences in the weather across the uk today. although the sunshine is becoming more limited across the midlands and lincolnshire southwards, it is warm here and pretty humid. further north, as you move to northern ireland and in the south—west of scotland, there is more cloud and outbreaks of rain and it is quite a bit cooler. cooler air to the north and warmer, more humid airto the to the north and warmer, more humid air to the south. it has been turning wetter across northern ireland, some of the rain pushing into scotland. a few misty and drizzly patches of rain across the south—west, but warmer and brighter

for eastern parts of england. overnight, the rain will move through northern ireland and develop more widely across scotland. and some rain also for the far north of england. it will keep temperatures probably into double figures, but it is much warmer and more humid for the south, rather uncomfortable. quite a difference in the air mass we have across the uk, with more of a south—westerly, warmer, it's humid air mass in the south and the cooler and fresher north—westerly across the north. that comes behind the front that is bringing the rain. by wednesday, there will not be much rain. the overnight rain soon clears away from eastern scotland and then we do have this decaying band of cloud and patchy rain that is heading south. it is probably going to be dry. we get cooler and fresher at the north of the sunshine and showers in the north—west of scotland, heads a bit cooler here. but we have one and muggy air ahead of that cloud in east anglia and the south—east, with temperatures again

into the mid—20s. this is the last of the warm and snug ef, mind you, because later in the week, it will feel cooler and fresher across the board. it should be dry, with spells of sunshine. the change is coming about because we get high pressure heading towards the uk it is just sitting in the west, so we are picking up a northerly airflow which draws down cooler and fresher air across the uk. some cloud will develop through the day, but on the whole it will be dry and breezy, but with sunshine around as well. but there is a significant drop in the temperature. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm ben brown. today at 3.00pm: the home secretary announces a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but says that the ban on recreational use of the drug will continue. the boy alone time, and i am just

absolutely overwhelmed and delighted that we have been given a licence that we have been given a licence that our son, and he will be safe and well, now. common—sense and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children has burst the political process wide open and is on the verge of changing thousands of lives. a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in islington in london to mark the first anniversary of the attack at finsbury park mosque. a 24 hour strike is causing further disruption for northern rail passengers as a dispute over driver—only trains continues. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — hugh we'll be hearing from the england camp shortly.. yes, marcus rashford will be talking

to the media at the england camp, we are assuming that the players are having a bit of a rash of following last night —— rest following last night's exertions. thanks hugh, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after 3.30pm. darren has all the weather. the heat and humidity will cool off for a while, but next week we may find attempt is rising across the whole of the country. join us later. thanks darren. also coming up — a voyage of discovery — as norway tests an electric plane as part of its efforts to tackle climate change and air pollution. hello everyone. this is afternoon live. i'm ben brown. the home secretary sajid javid has announced a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but said that the ban on recreational use of the drug would continue. mrjavid also told mps that he was issuing a special

so a child who suffers epileptic fits — six—year—old alfie dingley — could legally receive cannabis—based drugs. the developments have been welcomed by campaigners — including charlotte caldwell — mother of another child with epilepsy — billy caldwell. her son's cannabis based drugs were confiscated last week as she went through heathrow airport. this is what she had to say. aafew a a few moments ago, the government commissioned a full review of medicinal cannabis. while clearly largely positive, we still want to hear the details. from the home secretary and the health secretary, who was sitting next to him when he made the statement. and every single

stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history. and we have mentioned it because, common—sense, and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children has burst the political process wide open, and is on the verge of changing thousands of lives. that was charlotte caldwell, mother of billy caldwell, and in the last few minutes, the apple ii been hearing reaction to the home secretary's statement from the mother of six old alfie dingley. i am very overwhelmed, we have worked as a family towards this moment for a long time, as i am just absolutely overwhelmed and delighted that we have been able to get a licence for ourson, and he have been able to get a licence for our son, and he is going to be safe, now. what does it mean for your son? it means that instead of having hundreds of seizures and month, he

is now going to have them pretty much a normal life. he will go to school, he can make friends, we can go on holiday. he has got a genetic condition that causes behavioural problems and learning difficulties, and that won't go away, but he is going to have a much better chance of learning and integrating into society, because it would be having seizures, as much. and if at all, hopefully. how did you feel when you heard the news? elated, and shocked, actually. busy, we have waited three months. we have gone through a very bureaucratic process, and we have done everything we have done everything we have been asked of us. we met the prime minister and were assured that this would happen, and thatis assured that this would happen, and that is what we have carried on complaining, because we needed assurance that our child would be safe. what will you tell your son after the news? you probably won't understand what i was good to say to him, but has bidding to my daughter about it, she is three and a half

and has got me through some many dark days, and i will tell him, i am, —— years nothing. he will have the best he could ever have with the condition that he has. i am just so grateful, so grateful. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminsterfor us. we have just been hearing that from two mothers who have been campaigning on this issue of the medicinal cannabis. it am supposing that this is the politicians bowing to pa rents' that this is the politicians bowing to parents' power, here? thing that is right. 0ne mp, caroline lucas, said that the government had been shaved interacting because the press coverage of those heart—rending stories. particular story there from alfie dinghy‘s mother, who talk today about how she met the premise and how she had a insurance that this would be sorted out. ——

dingley. that is three months ago, and the mother was saying that she was worried that she had been played, this israeli a problem that is directed at the prime minister's door. 0thers is directed at the prime minister's door. others are saying that as a former home secretary, should have acted many years ago. things are shifting, the new home secretary saying today that he is announcing this review. it would be in two parts. they would look first at the clinical evidence, the evidence to back the feeling is very much of those parents, that cannabis—based medics and can help with pain relief, but also alleviate the problems they are having with epileptic fits. there would be a second book to whether there could be this rescheduling of cannabis. it does feel that there is a movement towards the change, and sajid javid told mps why he thought he it's needed to happen. it has become clear to me

since becoming home secretary the position that we find ourselves in currently is not satisfactory. it is not satisfactory for the parents, it is not satisfactory for the doctors, and it is not satisfactory than me. i have now come to the conclusion that it is time to review the scheduling of cannabis. before i go into any detail in the review, let me make it absolutely clear, that this step is in no way a first step to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. this government has absolutely no plans to legalise cannabis and the penalties for an authorised supply and possession will remain unchanged. we will not see a dangerous precedent will weaken our ability to keep dangerous drugs off our streets. the approach that will be asking the review to will be no different than that that has been used before to control drugs where it has evidence of medical benefits. now, the home secretary also apologise to the families of alfie

dingley and billy caldwell saying that they should not have had to go through what they have been through, but it is still the case that until a broader changes made that anyone seeking to get these cannabis—based drugs and medication will have to go to this special panel of experts to getan to this special panel of experts to get an individual license. the fight is not over, yet, but it was welcome to date by the opposition and diane abbott. cannabis and the drug issue generally are big issues of concern for the community. it is important that we base what ever we do on scientific fact. whatever we do in evidence, not just bowing to what might be popular sentiment. on the one hand, there are harms, connected with cannabis consumption, but on the other hand, it is time to move forward and examine and establish once and for all what are the possibilities of cannabis—based medicine to alleviate pain and suffering. now, what was striking listening to

that statement in the house of commons is how many mps from all sides of the house have talked about how they have listened to family's stories, not just for month, how they have listened to family's stories, notjust for month, but for yea rs, stories, notjust for month, but for years, and they have been waiting for this change to happen, and the question is why was it not made sooner? some also braising sajid javid who has come in and got a grip of this situation, and he was getting praise for that. in political terms, it is interesting that he has come into the home office, even though his breed assessor may have certain views on things, he has come in and challenge that and made changes in issues such as visas, and immigration, for example, making sure that and nurses

will be able to get visas to come from abroad. 0n will be able to get visas to come from abroad. on this issue, or two, saying that it is time to make a change. he is certainly making his mark at the home office. vicki, thank you very much indeed. commemorations, including a minute's silence, have been held in north london this morning to mark one year since the attack at finsbury park mosque — in which a man drove a van into worshippers. one man, makram ali — a father of six — was killed, and nine others were injured. the attacker, darren 0sborne, was sentenced to a minimum of 43 years in prison. richard lister reports. for one minute today, this busy part of north london fell silent, a community remembering a night of terror a year ago. among them, the family of the man who died and the imam who protected the attacker from the crowd. this was the moment the van was used as a weapon, driven into worshippers near finsbury park mosque. there was panic and confusion

and strewn on the pavement, a dozen injured people, lives changed in a moment. makram ali, a 51—year—old father of six, was killed. abdul matin choudhury was one of those injured that night. his son was pushed out of the van's way by an uncle at the last minute. mr choudhury still mourns his friend, makram. makram ali was a very nice person, very quiet man. all the time, miss him. he says some of his friends are still afraid to walk to the mosque alone. some of my friends are scared to go by themselves. they don't want anything to happen to themselves, any harm, so that is why they either stay at home or go to the mosque with their parents. the man who attacked them was darren 0sborne,

a far—right fanatic who had set out to kill muslims and remained unrepentant. he is now serving a prison sentence of at least 43 years. and among the speakers today, there were calls to think of his family too. our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the survivors, but also, to raise above hatred, our thoughts are with the osborne family who have struggled in their own ways. the prime minister visited the mosque in the wake of the attack. today she said british values would not be broken by such violent extremism, sentiments echoed by all those at today's memorial. this is our city, this is our way of life, and those who seek to divide us should know this. you will never succeed. applause. richard lister, bbc news.

the inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower has been shown the first thermal images taken by firefighters as they entered flat 16 in tower — where the blaze started. the crew could be seen in a smoke—clogged corridor and entering the flat. this report by daniela relph includes some of those images shown to the inquiry which some viewers might find upsetting. where the fire started amd how it was investigated has been the focus of the inquiry today. with it has come pictures taken on a thermal imaging camera by the first firefighters to enter flat 16 on the fourth floor where the fire started. alongside the images inside, you can see the external shots taken at the flat 16 on the fourth floor where the fire started.

alongside the images inside, you can see the external shots taken at the same time that show how quickly the fire was taking hold on the outside of grenfell tower. here the firefighters entered the kitchen. the yellow glow at the end is the blaze near the fridge freezer. the firefighters were able to put it out quickly, but it was too late as the fire was now taking over large areas of the tower. the camera also films around the window where you can see bits of the cladding coming down. you can also make out various kitchen appliances deal easily recognisable. these images have been crucial for the experts trying to establish exactly what happened on the 14th of june last year. where the fire started and how it was investigated has been the focus of the inquiry today. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: the home secretary announces a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but said that the ban on recreational use of the drug will continue. a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in islington in london to mark the first anniversary of the attack at finsbury park mosque. a 24 hour strike is causing further disruption for northern rail passengers — as a dispute over driver—only trains continues.

rating back at their base after last night's dramatic win over tunisia last night. 0nly night's dramatic win over tunisia last night. only half of their squad trained, as they recovered from the long journey back. japan beat ten man in colombia in the first match in group h today. this year's tournament saw its first red card. and in cricket, england have made a flying start with the bat in the third one day international against australia. a win would give them a 3-0 australia. a win would give them a 3—0 lead. they are 130 without loss. passengers on northern rail services are having to cope with yet more disruption today, with the first of three planned strikes in just one week. members of the rmt union have walked out in a long—running dispute over driver—only trains. the action comes on top of cancellations and delays because of new timetables and staff shortages.

passengers views are mixed. the thought of having somebody there when you are travelling late at night as a woman, i really don't like the idea of it just being the driver in the cab. should have the guards on the trains to help look after people. you know what i mean? it's a valuable part of being a rail passenger, is having the guard there. hopefully the strikes will be over soon. we can get back to some normality, but totally understand the reason for it. at the views of some rail passengers. more now on our top story. the home secretary, sajid javid, has announced a review of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes but said the ban on the recreational use of the drug would continue. joining me now from our millbank studio is baroness meacher, a cross bench peer who chairs the all party parliamentary group for drug policy reform. they released a report in 2016

calling for cannabis to be made legal in britain for medicinal uses. thank you very much indeed for joining us. what is your reaction, then, to watch the home secretary announced today? needless to say it is what we were arguing two years ago, of course. based on the evidence from across the world, and of course, it is absolutely wonderful that the government are now going to have a review and they say, if there is significant evidence, that cannabis is a valuable medicine, then they will be schedule cannabis from schedule one, which is for dangerous drugs with little or no medical value, to schedule two of four. that is what we have been calling for all of this time. the importance of that is two fold. 0ne time. the importance of that is two fold. one is that about1 million people probably could benefit from medical cannabis, people with severe pain, obviously children with

terrible epilepsy, there are 200,000 people in this country with uncontrolled epileptic seizures. those people, m —— ms sufferers, cannabis products are other people with parkinson's and cancer, so many people who must be celebrating today, and diane celebrating with them, obviously. and as you say, you have been campaigning and speaking about this for years, people will ask why it has taken the government so long? we have had these agonising cases of billy caldwell, aroad two, and their mothers campaigning nationally on this. —— alfie dingley. some people will say, why is this needed to change its mind? well, we have got the un conventions, and in fact, cannabis is not dangerous, relative to things

such as morphine, obviously much safer than tobacco and alcohol, but the rug comparison is with morphine, because those who suffer from chronic pain with all their lives, they are more likely to have morphine, cannabis is much, much safer than morphine. it is less dangerous, less addictive, and it has much, much less in the way of side effects. so patients love cannabis relative to morphine. it is a no—brainer. i am sorry, cannabis relative to morphine. it is a no—brainer. iam sorry, a review should be quick and easy, because the evidence is there. we published a report reviewing all the research across the world, two years ago, and it is all there in black and white, those conditions for which there is sufficient evidence already, and those conditions where there is evidence, but we need yet more research, and research in cannabis will immediately encouraging research into yet more benefits from cannabis as in medicine. so, its needs to be done. there will be done

who will say that this could be the thin end, that by changing the law on medicinal use of cannabis, you could be ending up changing the law on the recreational use of cannabis. is that a fair argument? no, most certainly not. in most of the us states where they have medical cannabis legalised, there is no indication that cannabis will be legalised for recreational purposes. across europe, there are 12 states, i think across europe, there are 12 states, ithinki across europe, there are 12 states, i think i am right in saying, that already provide medical cannabis for people who desperately need it. there is no indication that any of those dates are using to legalise cannabis for recreational purposes. it is up toa cannabis for recreational purposes. it is up to a government. of course, the government code, but the fact is that they are completely separate use, completely separate argument. the wonder is not related the other at all. it is interesting, isn't it?

we have got a new home secretary, who has announced this review, theresa may, the premise that, when she was home secretary, she was not interested in a review into this? this is the great value of dear little six iraqi alfie dingley, i have got to say thank you to alfie, because it was he and his mother, we had a devastation as it is number ten, and mike penning persuaded theresa may to meet little alfie, six—year—old alfie and his mum and dad, andi six—year—old alfie and his mum and dad, and i think she was very persuaded that this little boy, clearly needed this license. he was suffering from, as you know, 3000 seizures a year, on british uk medicines, and those just disappeared, those seizures, in the netherlands, down to an annual rate of about 20 very minor seizures, nothing like what he was having in the uk, so we have got the prime minister who at last understands these things, we have got the

attorney general, also, who happen s to be the mp for alfie dingley, and he understands that this is cannabis asa he understands that this is cannabis as a medicine. i think the whole... the proposition is now well behind it, thank you to the media attention, thank you to the media, i say. you have got changed in parliament, change in the country, the time is right and cannabis needs to be rescheduled very quickly, as quickly as possible. thank you very much indeed for your time. very good to talk to. the anas aremayaw anas thank you very much. —— thank you very much. now, in france president emmanuel macron seems to enjoy being in the spotlight and meeting people but as one teenager found out don't call him by the nickname "manu" — short for emmanuel. the president had stern words for the teenager who he met during an official engagement yesterday — let's take a look. well, that was quite a telling off.

wasn't it? let's find out how this has gone down in france and joining me now is our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. what did you make of that? just maybe paint a picture of the context? maybe paint a picture of the co ntext ? i maybe paint a picture of the context? i suppose that is important, isn't it? it is important. this was at a place just outside paris, which is kind of holy of holy is the people who remember the second world war and the role of the second world war and the role of the resistance in the second world war. it is the anniversary, yesterday, of what they call the appeal of the 18th ofjune where charles de gaulle in london made his famous appeal where he said, stand

up famous appeal where he said, stand up and resist! hope is not lost, and very important in the calendar, and with macron in this ceremony was a gentleman who i will be interviewing later this week who was the last of the great resistance, and the date of them had been one fuller solemnity, circumstance and seriousness, and then he did this kind of walk amongst the crowd, and this kid, 14 or 15 years old, busy a bit of a local show off, because you could hear all the other children saying, what has he done now, i dressed him in this very familiar way, manu just means... you know, and macron reacts the way he does, and macron reacts the way he does, and as to how the country has reacted, i think generally people approve of what he has done, because when you look at the footage, she

does not lose his temper, he is very courteous, but he is extremely firm, talking back to this young chap, telling him, no, you don't talk to me in those terms, particularly not here, not today. you will address me as the president of the republic. the other thing that is in his favour, is he does not move on, you then stays and talks to him, and the conversation goes on, they talk about exams, the fact that the boy is about to sit his equivalent of gcses, and he says you have got to really go for it, because the people that we are commemorating here had an ideal, and you have got to have an ideal, and you have got to have an ideal, and the poor boy is looking very same faced, and saying, of course. some people will see it quite differently, and say this is another example of macron arrogance. saying, don't call me manu, call me

mr president. some debugging here is a sort of modern day the polio. what would you think of that view? there will be people who don't like macron. purely examining this in the context of france as a whole, and the majority and minority, a majority will say that the kid deserved it, and macron did not do anything that was not warranted. a loss of comparisons will be made with sarkozy, another president who had a habit of talking ad—lib. macron does ad—lib. it is all caught on camera. there is never anything you can really say, though of course, that is unpresidential. sarkozy would shout out, in french

i which translated, but... iwhich translated, but... no, don't, but it comes out, and it was courteous this time. so of course he has to create people who criticised him all the time, people who feel that he is arrogant, but i think a majority of us will approve of what he did. great to talk to, hugh. thank you so much for that analysis. zara tindall has given birth to a baby girl weighing 9lbs 3oz at stroud maternity unit on monday, buckingham palace has said. the baby will be sister to the couple's 4—year—old daughter mia tindall, and the queen and duke of edinburgh's seventh great—grandchild. buckingham palace said the baby's name will be confirmed in due course. time for the weather with darren bett. the scotland northern ireland, here

we have got some rain setting in, not just across we have got some rain setting in, notjust across northern ireland, but also to scotland later on in the day. that rain could be steady and heavy, too. it will continue for a good part of the night, as well. some rain catching the north of england and further south, and rather murky and misty towards the the west of wales. call north, most of the rain is on the way, so the wave tip, the area of low—pressure moves away towards candidate taking the heavy rain. then we have got a band of cloud heading southwards, and the rain petering out. sunny spells to the north, if you blustery showers, cool and fresh air for most of us, and the last of the warm and

muqqy of us, and the last of the warm and muggy days in the south—east. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the home secretary sajid javid has announced a review of cannabis for medicinal use, although it will remain banned for recreational use. campaigners have welcomed the move. we have worked as a family towards this moment for a long time and i'm absolutely overwhelmed and delighted that we've been given a licence for our son that we've been given a licence for ourson and he that we've been given a licence for our son and he is going to be safe and well now. the first anniversary of the finsbury park mosque attack, which left one man dead and several injured, has been marked by a minute's silence. mayor sadiq khan said it was an attack on all londoners. it's been another day of delays and cancellations for northern rail passengers as workers walked out in a dispute over driver—only trains. two more 24—hour strikes

are planned later this week. four water suppliers have been criticised for their poor response to the storm — known as the beast from the east — earlier this year. 0fwat said poor preparation led to significant hardship. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. england are deserving of their arrest after exertion last night. i mention there would be a press conference coming up, it has been delayed, we are waiting to hear from marcus rashford. england are already back to work following their successful opening match at the world cup in russia. they made the nearly 1,000 mile trip from volgograd back to their base in repino straight

after the 2—1win over tunisia, arriving back at around 4am uk time. it means today's light training session was only attended by those players who didn't start last night's game, with some in recovery before preparations for sunday's meeting with panama start in earnest. tomorrow is a complete day off with a chance to spend time with friends and family. if they don't win that match this huge pressure on the second game. so even though there will always be pressure in a world cup it gives the tea m pressure in a world cup it gives the team a bit more breathing space to go out and be more relaxed and express themselves. a little bit more from each player, but more tactical awareness, just game by game they will get stronger and stronger. we have enough to compete with the best players and the best teams in this tournament. the only concern for gareth southgate ahead of the match on sunday surrounds dele alli who will have a scan on a

thigh injury. i thought look like dead leg, not that i am inexpert! the world cup goes on and has been a red card. yes, the first red card of this year ‘s world cup coming in the game between japan and ‘s world cup coming in the game betweenjapan and colombia. it was an interesting game, won byjapan. carlos sanchez the first player to be given a red, shinji kagawa stepping up to the penalty away. a great equaliser for colombia with the low free under the wall, but it wasn't to be. they conceded a late goal, the headerflying past the arsenal goalkeeper david 0spina in goalfor colombia. arsenal goalkeeper david 0spina in goal for colombia. japan running out to— one winners. andy murray will shortly return

to a tennis court, after nearly a year away from the sport. but he isn't putting any emphasis on results after his long lay—off. the former world number one hasn't played competitively since wimbledon last year due to a hip injury, and has a tough first match against world number 21 nick kyrgios at queen's. the match will be on after novak djokovic's who is on court currently. sport is about winning and losing, obviously. but it's not just about that. this has been my life since i was pretty young, made

a decision to play tennis professionally when i was 15 years old so it's been 15, 16 years of my life and i've not been able to do that, play tennis for a year. so it's been tough. but you look of things little differently as you get older and go through times like that soiam older and go through times like that so i am hoping that will help me through the comeback. live in west london, where novak djokovic the former world number one is starting his grass court season against australia's john millman. serving for a 5—1 lead in the second set, he took the first set 6—2. he had said he would not know if he was going to wimbledon but so far he looks to be in very good form. that match is on bbc two, the bt sport website and the app. england's batsmen havce got off to an absolute flyer in the third 0di against australia. a win for england in nottingham would wrap up the series with two matches to spare. australia won the toss and decided to bowl but so far their attack has been hammered byjonny

bairstow and jason roy. both players raced past 50, althouthason roy was run out a short while ago for 82. england 179—1. that's all the sport for now. four water suppliers — have been criticised for their response to the conditions caused by the storm known as the beast from the east earlier this year. regulator 0fwat says poor preparation and an inadequate response led to significant hardship for people who were left without water for days. simon gompertz has more. first, it froze.

and then it thawed. and the epidemic of burst pipes meant a shortage of water for essentials like washing, cooking and drinking, and tens of thousands cut off for days. i've been getting rainwater from outside and from my neighbours so it is not impossible. but i would say the worst thing is not being able to keep the washing up and the kitchen clean and also keep myself clean having a shower everyday. i've got five kids and literally without water for, like, since six o'clock yesterday morning. it's terrible. washing the bottles isjust a bit difficult and there's a lot of stuff covered in baby poo that i can't wash at the moment! one explanation for the failure to cope was that most leaks were in people's homes, rather than, like this, in the water network, which is easier to monitor. today, a finding that won't surprise customers. some suppliers' emergency planning and response were inadequate. they didn't anticipate the speed of the thaw, which led to a lot of bursts in customer pipes which they could not deal with. and also, the communications with customers were often poor, overreliant on social media, very reactive and actually, quite worryingly, dealing with vulnerable customers, a lot of companies struggled to identify vulnerable customers and give them the kind of support they need. thames water is accused of not

taking proper notice of the weather forecast. it apologised, saying: severn trent, also criticised, said: bottled water was a problem. the regulator says both southern and south east water struggled to make enough available. so what now? to prevent this happening again, those four companies are being told to come up with action plans by september. and there will be a review of compensation for being cut off for the next time there's a freeze, because of a big variation in what families were paid. simon gompertz, bbc news. james wentworth—stanley was 21 when he took his own life, following a short bout of depression. today, a new support centre named

after him was opened by the duke of cambridge. james' place will provide therapy for men experiencing suicidal thoughts. tim muffett has been to visit the centre with james' family. almost 12 years after his death, james' place is about to open. wow, what a change! james was my older brother. he had a relatively short bout of anxiety which gradually became increasingly severe and took him to take his own life. james' place is the first of its kind. it is nonclinical which means it won't provide medical treatment, but free therapy for men experiencing suicidal crisis. the design is so that it encourages you to just sit down and relax... the building in liverpool city centre has taken 18 months to renovate. seeing it today, i feel quite

emotional because it has that very peaceful, calm environment that i really wanted us to create. i think it is absolutely the right place, the compassionate and the effective way of dealing with somebody who is feeling at their lowest ebb and feeling as though they might wish to take their own lives. the uk suicide rate has recently dropped, but men are still three times more likely than women to take their own life. in the uk, on average, 84 men do so every week. perhaps women are more skilled at getting the support that they need before they get to that stage. men often get to that stage of feeling overwhelmed before they have even told anybody that they are struggling. being in liverpool means the centre will work alongside mersey care, an nhs foundation trust that has launched a zero suicide strategy. we are trying to provide a safe and homely environment where men who are in a suicidal crisis can

come and receive the support that they need. i saw no other way out. i didn't see anything beyond that. john has tried to take his own life on three occasions. you get lost in the system. in other words, you can be sectioned and locked away, and that is not what depressive males need. somewhere like james' place where you can come and talk would be a much better environment. it is not a clinical environment, you are not going to feel terrible coming here, you want to come here. 3,000 miles done, ten to go. in december 2016, the day before the tenth anniversary of james' death, we set off on a transatlantic row. we always had james at the forefront of our minds for the whole duration. james would wholeheartedly love this project. and he would be extremely proud of his brother rowing the atlantic to fund it.

so i feeljames is very much part of this project. tim muffett, bbc news, liverpool. if the issues raised in tim's report affect you or your family, and you would like details of organisations that offer advice and support you can go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 066 066. pressure is growing on congressional leaders in the united states to change the law which allows children to be separated from their parents at the us—mexico border — if they are entering the country illegally. president trump has defended the policy, despite the democrats describing it as "barbaric."

0ur north america correspondent david willis has more. they are the makeshift detention centres along america's southern border, where children separated from their parents are being kept in cages, and where these heart—wrenching sounds were recorded. children cry. the recording features central american children between the ages of four and ten, separated from their parents at the mexican border last week. at one point a border patrol agent can be heard saying, "we have an orchestra here, all that is missing is a conductor." at an acrimonious news conference, the homeland secretary was asked if she had seen the pictures or heard the sound. i have not seen. it is something that came out today, but i have been to detention centres. again, iwould reference you to our standards, i would reference you to the care provided notjust by the department of homeland security, but by the department of health and human services when they get the hss. is this the image of this country that you want out there?

children... the image that i want of this country is an immigration system that secures our borders and upholds our humanitarian ideals. congress needs to fix it. president trump maintains the current immigration system isn't working. he wants a wall along america's southern border to keep out anyone seeking to enter america illegally. but his critics claim he is simply holding children hostage in order to force congress to come up with the cash. the images of young children separated from their parents have certainly struck a nerve here, generating the kind of pr crisis that not even donald trump can easily dismissed. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the home secretary announces a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but said that the ban on recreational use of the drug will continue.

a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in islington in london, to mark the first anniversary of the attack at finsbury park mosque. a 24 hour strike is causing further disruption for northern rail passengers — as a dispute over driver—only trains continues. tough talk on tariffs — donald trump now threatens to impose 10% import duties on a further 200 billion dollars worth of chinese goods. it follows beijing's reaction to tariffs announced last week— the escalation is pulling down global markets. tesla chief executive elon musk has accused an employee of carrying out "extensive and damaging sabotage" at the electric car—maker. in an email to staff, mr musk said an unnamed employee made coding changes to its manufacturing operating system and sent sensitive data to unnamed third parties. the company did not comment and the allegations have not been verified.

mr musk said the matter will be investigated. remember the beast from the east back in february? the water utilities regulator 0fwat says some of the biggest water companies didn't support customers properly during the snow chaos, causing "significant hardship". it said more than 200,000 customers were left without water for more than four hours and tens of thousands were cut off for days. it accused firms of bad planning, communication and a lack of support. worrying times for debenhams? they have had their third morning. in context — 2013 pretax profits £154 million. today — the department store says annual pre—tax profits will come in between £35 million and £40 million, below previous estimates of £50 million.

the share price fell 14% when the markets opened but it has recovered a little, joining us now is samantha dover, retail analyst at mintel — is this just a continuation of the troubles in the high street headlines — or are debenhams facing any unique challenges? i think ithink in i think in particular the department store sector has been really challenging, the growth in online has undermined the usp of department stores, the point was that they had a broad range of products and know these people can shop online with a broad range of products very easily. that is why department stores in particular are binding it challenging. house of fraser announced they are closing a number of stores, some of them will be in some locations to debenhams stores, could that have a positive impact for debenhams? it definitely could. but i think actually debenhams

cannot be complacent and it still has a lot of issues to address. it needs to continue the investment and it has challenges in some of its product range is in need to address. debenhams are trying to restructure the business and get customers back through the door, a real crunch point will be this christmas, if they don't perform at christmas what could happen? it's going to be ongoing challenges for department store retailers in particular. what's really interesting is there a success in that market, you have retailers likejohn lewis doing very well because they recognise there is very little difference between whether a sale is made in—store or online so stores are taking on a different role in retail and becoming more engaged in places. i think that is where we will see the department store sector heading in future. thank you for your time. the

ftse is down, all the global markets are down, in america, europe, a lot of traders nervous about escalating tension between the usa and china. i put up the brent crude price, oil prices are quite volatile because we have a meeting of the organisation of petroleum exporting countries on friday. 18 months ago they agreed on a production cap for oil to try to stabilise the price. 18 months down the line we are seeing demand increasing and supply is staying low. some countries like russia and saudi arabia want to start increasing the amount of oil they are producing, others are not so keen on doing that, they want to keep supply low and keep prices and profits rising. that meeting is coming on friday so we see a lot of movement. let's return now to that renewed debate about cannabis — and the announcement by the home secretary

of a review into the use of cannabis—based drugs for clinical purposes. up till now these drugs have been illegal in the uk, and some families have been travelling abroad to access treatment for their children. liberal democrat mp and former health minister — norman lamb — joins me now from westminster. first of all, your reaction to the announcement from sajid javid the new home secretary that there will bea new home secretary that there will be a review into the medicinal use of cannabis? i think it's quite a significant breakthrough actually. it is long overdue. should have happened ages ago. in my view they have been in denialfor a long time. but the evidence is absolutely clear that they should be making this move. so i welcome it. but at the same time! move. so i welcome it. but at the same time i want to draw attention to the dreadful hypocrisy which infects government policy on drugs.

we have a cabinet, most of whom no doubt drink alcohol, the most dangerous drug of all. probably by 50% of them will have taken cannabis at some stage in their lives fast at the same time being willing to condemn others who end up with a criminal conviction for using cannabis, blighting their careers. instead of having a policy entirely based on here and of reaction from the press, they should base policy on evidence, they should recognise what's happening internationally, recognise the global war on drugs has been a catastrophic failure in every respect. it had no impact on consumption of drugs. it's made criminal side of very many of our fellow citizens. it's put billions of pounds every year into the hands of pounds every year into the hands of organised crime and they doesn't do anything to protect the public health. instead of that they should

have a rational approach which is to regulate and legalise the marketing cannabis so we can control the strength, the potency of what people are buying rather than leaving people in the hands of criminals who have no interest in your welfare. you want cannabis completely legalised, let me tell you what the home office have said today. they are home office have said today. they a re clear home office have said today. they are clear there is a strong scientific and medical evidence that cannabis is a harmful drug which can be detrimental to people's mental and physical health. that is what they are saying and that is what a lot of other people would say, it's a dangerous drug, increasingly dangerous some people would say. the first point to make is the most dangerous drug of all according to scientists is alcohol. that is freely available. beyond that, the view that because there are dangers, the necessary conclusion from that is that you ought to prohibit its,

ban it, make it criminal, is ludicrous. it's as if cannabis wasn't available on streets here and now, in every community in our country people can get cannabis as quickly as they can get alcohol in many cases. what they can get on the street they have absolutely no idea of the potency of what they are buying. if you regulated any rational way as they are doing in increasingly across the united states and as they are planning to do in canada, you can control the potency. so the very fact that there are potential risks for me is the reason to regulate it, not leave it in the hands of criminals. it is a ludicrous public policy which is utterly failing. norman lamb, thank you very much forjoining us. a new battery—powered plane has taken to the skies over norway — as part of the nation's bid to tackle climate change and air pollution. the country is planning to run all its transport systems on electricity.

our environment analyst roger harabin has been to norway to find out more. flying, the worst thing you are likely to do for the climate. all those co2 emissions. is this an answer in norway? the pollution—free plane, powered by batteries. getting into this thing is a feat of human... he laughs. human origami. she is tiny, but bigger electric planes are coming as technology improves. they're quiet with no exhaust. norway aims to have all its short—haul flights battery powered by 2040. norway's boats are going electric too as part of the battle against climate change. this battery—powered boat is faster than a normal ferry with two big advantages. no exhaust, no noise.

the batteries are hidden below decks. in future, all norway's ferries will look like this. norway is also subsidising electric cars. it is cheaper to buy, to run, and to maintain, and it is good for the environment. no conventional cars will be sold in the country after 2025. that is way sooner than the 2040 date proposed by countries like france and the uk. so are norwegians environmental saints? no, they're not. in winter, they fly long—haul for the sun. and they are rich from oil and gas. but the lead norway is setting on electric transport is creating a real buzz. time for a look at the weather.

here's darren bett. we are continuing to season very big differences in the weather across the uk today. even though the sunshine is becoming more limited across the midlands, lincolnshire and south it is warm and pretty humid. further north as you move to northern ireland and here in the south west of scotland, there is much more cloud, i briggs of rain and it is cooler. the rain coming on the cloud is beckoning up to take rain into scotland and northern ireland, warmer and more humid rain into scotland and northern ireland, warmerand more humid air to the south. turning wet already across northern ireland, pushing its way into scotland, the view misty and drizzly patches, warmer and brighterfor and drizzly patches, warmer and brighter for eastern parts of england. 0vernight we will see the rain moving to northern ireland, developing more widely, heavy bursts of rain around and some rain also from the far north. it will keep the

temperatures into double figures but much warmer and more humid further south, again rather uncomfortable. a difference in the air mass across the uk, more of the south—westerly, warmer, humid air, and a cooler north—westerly across the north and that cooler fresher air will come behind the weather front bringing the rain. by the time they get a wednesday there won't be much rain. the overnight clearing away from eastern scotland and then we've got this decaying band of cloud and patchy rain heading south. little rain on that again in the south east, probably dry. coolerand pressure air to the north with sunshine and showers in the north—west, still some warm and muqqy north—west, still some warm and muggy air ahead of the cloud in east anglia and the south east with temperatures again into the mid—20s. this is the last of the warm and muqqy this is the last of the warm and muggy air because later in the week it will feel cooler and fresher across the board, it should be dry with sunny spells. the change coming

because we've got high pressure heading towards the uk but sitting to the west saw around it picking up more of a northerly airflow, that draws them cooler and fresher air across the whole of the uk. by developing through the david on the whole it will dry, breezy but sunshine around. significant drop in temperature, norwich for example back down to around 16 degrees, the temperature in london of 21. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 4... the home secretary announces a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but says that the ban on recreational use of the drug will continue. we have worked as a family towards this moment for a long time, and i am just absolutely overwhelmed and delighted that we have been given a licence that our son, and he will be safe and well, now. common—sense and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children has bust the political process wide open and is on the verge

of changing thousands of lives. a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in islington in london to mark the first anniversary of the attack at finsbury park mosque. a 24—hour strike is causing further disruption for northern rail passengers as a dispute over driver—only trains continues. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. and of course, the world cup. we are going to hear more from england, victorious england come in a few moments. we should do it. the manchester united forward is waiting to address the media on england's world cup plans. also, andy murray is back out on court after a year away. and a sentry at trent bridge. more sport coming up. was to tell us

about, thank you very much. and the weather. so my continuing the sporting theme, a warm and muddy day for royal ascot, were later, it will be turning fresher, but in the long—term forecast, very exciting. looking forward to that! expect a exciting. also coming up — a voyage of discovery as norway tests an electric plane as part of its efforts to tackle climate change and air pollution hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. we're going to take you to a news conference in russia, where the england football team are holding a news co nfe re nce england football team are holding a news conference after their victory against tunisia. let's listen to marcus rashford. we

have to improve the performances, which will ultimately get the points. is a fellow striker, what you have to say about harry kane? points. is a fellow striker, what you have to say about harry kane ?|j think he has been a brilliant leader for us, leading up to the tournament as well as know we have started the tournament. he always lead by example and there is no better way to do that than scoring goals like he has been doing. how good is he? he isa he has been doing. how good is he? he is a top forward. his career is only going to go up and up. he is very young and at this stage of his career, he's going to keep improving and getting better. so who knows how good he can get? the winning goal in injury time, it was an instinctive header, euro striker yourself. injury time, it was an instinctive header, euro strikeryourself. how does a good skill is that? especially under the pressure of the circumstances. i think for him, if you asked him, it's rather simple for him. you just take it in your stride, you don't have to think much

about it. and you take the opportunity as it presents itself. so... you know, there is a lot of other things to get the chance. you got to be in the right place at the right time. how were the flies? for me, it wasn't too bad. what about var? what of the squad said about it, what you make of the use of var? the fact that two rugby tackles, in effect, and harry kane, weren't challenged or sent to the var. effect, and harry kane, weren't challenged or sent to the vari think the idea of bringing it into the game is spot on, you know. but i think that will improve with time as well. because there are certainly some decisions that, like you said, they have to at least check on whether or not it is a penalty. and thatis whether or not it is a penalty. and that is down to them to decide. but

for the policeman, they should check it. but i'm sure it is something they will improve on. —— for the minimum, they should check it. do you think you've done enough to have a child against panama? outta nowhere! i think it is you need the squad to win the corner, that is what we're trying to. —— squad to win the corner, that is what we're trying to. -- a shout against panama. and i think everyone we understand that, and it's going to have to be a team effort. we understand that, and it's going to have to be a team effortlj we understand that, and it's going to have to be a team effort. i was dele alli? i think is going to get it all cleared up today but he managed to get through the arranger of the game. —— the remainder of the game. that is a good thing and hopefully does nothing too serious, because he is a big playerfor us. panama to come, belgium to come, three points through opening game, have you feel? looking at all three

teams we had an arrogant eastwood in our teams we had an arrogant eastwood in u , teams we had an arrogant eastwood in our group, they're all good at football, none of the games are easy games. —— we had in our group. they all play the game the right way, so i think each game is good to be tough in its own right. we managed tough in its own right. we managed to get through the first hurdle, so now we analyse panama and see how we can do against them. but like i said, it's going to be a tough game. but if we train and keep improving, you know, i'm confident in the team to get the three points. hi, can i ask you about just before we came to get the three points. hi, can i ask you aboutjust before we came on la st ask you aboutjust before we came on last night, what the boss actually said? what did he want you to do? heat it was nothing too rushed,, we understood the game plan and we had to ta ke understood the game plan and we had to take ourtime understood the game plan and we had to take our time within the game. and it can take until the last minute or it can come early on in

the game, which it could as well, and in the first half we created a bottle of chances and i think the final bid wasjust bottle of chances and i think the final bid was just missing bottle of chances and i think the final bid wasjust missing in bottle of chances and i think the final bid was just missing in the first half. —— a lot of chances. but on the whole, it was what we planned and to get through it the way we got through it at the end, it's good for the team. obviously, you will start every game, but you enjoy that role coming on and making an impact like you did last night? —— you won't start every game. when you win it's good. everyone goes home happy and that's the thing. but especially for the first game, it's good to get the three points and now we can relax and improve as time goes on. a quick other question about var, have you had discussions in the group about la st had discussions in the group about last night specifically? not last night specifically. but we've had conversations about it previously and also whilst we had been in the treatment, you know, it's a tough

one because i think it's something that the game desperately needed. but as everything, it does need improving and! but as everything, it does need improving and i think it will improve in time. you have praised the captain, harry kane, today and la st the captain, harry kane, today and last night. is there a concern amongst the rest of you who play and attack that you're relying, you don't want to get to rely on him, you need to check in as well? , that is always an aspect. that is always an aspect stop but i don't think thatis an aspect stop but i don't think that is helping in this group. he gets himself in great positions, if we can find him we will find him and more often than not he's going to finish it so hopefully he will continue to do that. you mentioned there that after that match you helped to relax into the tournament. can you explain the pressures of a young squad going into world cup,

did you feel as an individual and group tends, and how important was to get through that and get off to winning start? —— tense. to get through that and get off to winning start? -- tense. add-on their attention among the group are individuals. but —— i don't think there is tension. but it is an environment for a lot of us. and it can take time to settle in but winning definitely speeds that transition up. so that is what i meant by some settling in and camino, we can be the relax now and try and replicate what we are done in training. the constraining has been out of with the high standard since the training camp. —— because training has been at a high standard. we are not having to go into the game better ourselves, we arejust into the game better ourselves, we are just having to go into the game better ourselves, we arejust having to go in and do what we did in training and hopefully that will get us over line. when you see the likes of brazil, argentina, spain and germany all failed to win their first game spain and germany all failed to win theirfirst game and spain and germany all failed to win their first game and england getting through, however it happened, got the result, what does that say to

the result, what does that say to the team about confidence and ability to go far in the tournament? yes, i think that gives us a lot of confidence. but we knew what we can... we know how far we have improved and how far we have come on. since, probably, save the last two years. so we know that as a group, but we have to show it to the fa ns group, but we have to show it to the fans and the public. so the games are the chance to do that. and i think in regards to the other teams, but you've just named, they are all top teams, they are going to become in this type of situation. they know what they have to do to win games. —— they will be calm. what they have to do to win games. -- they will be calm. does it change the feeling in the camp, seconds away from a draw with tunisia, such an exciting build—up, and then the win and suddenly three points and

everyone is celebrating on the pitch ina way everyone is celebrating on the pitch in a way they wouldn't have been if it had been a draw? i think we have to stay calm, whether the result was a draw ora to stay calm, whether the result was a draw or a win. because we know that, you know, the next game is as important as the first game. so it's a tough one, really. we are obviously happy that we have won the game but we understand that, you know, we want to win all three games. but we understand that if results go the other ways, the kids in ourgroup, we results go the other ways, the kids in our group, we have to win our next game. ken duke pinpoint what bt needs to do to improve performance and what you will be looking to do to go deep into the competition? —— can you pinpoint what bt needs to do? what are conducting at in training, we don't need to change anything to improve, we need to do is keep working at the things we

happen working on the past year. so that's just work on the training pitch and that understanding each other better. which comes in time. and, you know, i don't think... i don't think everyone is completely used to playing with each other yet but that has been improving every single game, so we help for more of the same for that. can england afford to miss that many chances against potentially better opposition? it's a tough one because if we are creating that many chances, who's to say we're not going to do that against another team? going to do that against another team ? but obviously, going to do that against another team? but obviously, we do want to finish, we want to be as clinical as we can be. so yes, i think it's a tough one, but we definitely have to improve on that to win the tournament. finally, what are you planning tomorrow on your day off? i've not actually thought about it yet. i think we've got a few options. but we have not decided.

have your family here to spend any time with? no. to be honest, i think that's the end of the life section, we'll move on. marcus rashford reflecting on england's victory in their opening game against tunisia last night. of course, panama and belgium still to come, marcus rashford came on as a substitute and ta ke rashford came on as a substitute and take pretty well, actually, by general consent. it difficult night for england but they won't 2—1 despite some controversial refereeing, it has to be said, very hot tempered years there and plenty of midges, as well. —— hot temperatures. marcus rashford live ata temperatures. marcus rashford live at a news conference. let's turn our attention to other news. the home secretary sajid javid has announced a review of cannabis for medicinal use,

but said that the ban on recreational use of the drug would continue. mrjavid also told mps that he was issuing another special license so a child who suffers epileptic fits — six—year—old alfie dingley — could legally receive cannabis—based drugs. his mother — hannah deacon — welcomed the change and said she is looking forward to receiving a call from the home secretary. she was speaking to our correspondent lucy manning a short while ago. i'm very overwhelmed. we have worked as a family towards this moment for a long time, and i'm just absolutely overwhelmed and delighted that we have been given a licence for our son, and he will be safe and well, now. what does it mean for your son? it means that instead of having hundreds of seizures a month, going into hospital in an ambulance, having intravenous steroids every week, he is now going to have a pretty much normal life. you know, he will go to school, make friends, go on holiday.

he has got a genetic condition which causes behavioural problems and learning difficulties and, you know, that won't go away. but he is going to have a much better chance of learning and integrating into society because he won't be having seizures as much. and, you know, if at all, hopefully. and how did you feel when you heard the news? just absolutely elated. i'm shocked, actually. i mean, obviously, we waited three months, gone through this very bureaucratic process, we've done everything asked of us. 0bviously, met the prime minister, was assured that this would happen. and sometimes it felt like it would never come, and that is why today we been campaigning again. because we needed to have assurance that our child would be safe. what are you going to tell your son after the news? well, he... he probably won't understand any of what i say to him because he's got learning difficulties. but i will talk to my daughter about it, she is three and a half, she has got me through some many, many dark days. and i always tell her everything, and i would tell him, you know, he's now safe. he will have, hopefully, the best life possible. and he will have the best life that he could ever have

with a condition such as pcdh19, which is a horrendous condition. you kow, i'm just so grateful, so grateful. we will hear from another mother who has been campaigning on this issue, charlotte caldwell, the mother of billy caldwell, in a couple of minutes, live in our studio. so stay tuned for that. but let's reflect a bit more now on what the home secretary has been saying in the commons earlier today and at lunchtime, sajid javid said that the case of alfie tingly and billy caldwell had made it clear that something had to be changed. it has become clear to me since becoming home secretary the position that we find ourselves in currently is not satisfactory. it is not satisfactory for the parents, it is not satisfactory for the doctors, and it is not satisfactory for me. i have now come to the conclusion that it is time to review

the scheduling of cannabis. before i go into any detail in the review, let me make it absolutely clear that this step is in no way a first step to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use. this government has absolutely no plans to legalise cannabis and the penalties for unauthorised supply and possession will remain remain unchanged. we will not see a dangerous precedent which will weaken our ability to keep dangerous drugs off our streets. the approach that will be asking the review to consider will be no different than that that has been used before for controlled drugs where it has evidence of medical benefits. joining me now from our westminster studio is billy caldwell‘s mum, charlotte. what was your first reaction when

you heard that effectively a change of heart from the government and the home secretary? absolutely amazing. it's amazing. i applaud what the home secretary has announced this morning, it absolutely just amazing, incredible news. notjust for billy but for the hundreds of other kids in our country that are suffering this brutal condition, drug—resistant epilepsy, it's amazing news. rewind a little to the moment when you are stopped at heathrow airport, you came back from canada with the cannabis oil for your son. what were your feelings then, when that was confiscated? 0bviously, then, when that was confiscated? obviously, i was absolutely heartbroken because i knew, you know, that was the medicine. it was described as an anti—epileptic medication, that was the medication that was controlling my little boy's seizures. and saying that, i wasn't, you know, the fact of how quickly

the's seizures returned was the most shocking thing think. i knew the consequences of confiscating his medicine, they would have at some point returned, but, you know, the fa ct point returned, but, you know, the fact that... the anti—epileptic medication was confiscated and his seizures just returned basically at 1pm on tuesday morning. —— 1am. speu 1pm on tuesday morning. —— 1am. spell out the difference in his seizures that this cannabis oil medicine actually makes. what difference is there? the difference in the billy's case is obviously the most vital thing is that the medicinal cannabis does control his seizures. i would medicinal cannabis does control his seizures. iwould in medicinal cannabis does control his seizures. i would in no way declare that medicinal cannabis is a cure for epilepsy, because that would be a very dangerous thing for me to do, considering the nature of the condition. we all are very aware that there is really no cure for a

patsy. but what it has done is controlled his seizures and given him a better quality of life. —— no cu re him a better quality of life. —— no cure for epilepsy. which is really amazing. controlled his seizures, he still has some, but far fewer than before? give us an idea of how many he would have had before this treatment. billy could have had up to 100 seizures a day. he is a status epileptic, which is, when he goes into a seizure committee can stop. he has to rescued ned administered and oxygen. —— a rescue met administered. his little body, his mind, is the most horrific condition that can be bestowed on a young child. for billy, as i say, it is controlling his seizures, it's doing up —— he's doing a lot better. this week, his seizures, as we are

all aware, escalated to a point where they were back—to—back on friday morning and he had to be rushed to the chelsea and westminster hospital. and that was absolutely frightening, absolutely frightening. the impact that you and alfie's mother have both had in your campaign has been extraordinary, really, because this has been a campaign that you have led, really, on behalf of of your sons. but it seems to have changed minds at the very top of government, the home secretary and the prime minister. yes. i think billy's story and what he isa yes. i think billy's story and what he is a little boy has had to injury this week has, you know, got into the hearts of the politicians and our country and into the heart of the nation. but— what he has had to injure. we are all aware that he should not have had to endure that. but it has made

history, it we are now aware that cannabis has medicinal benefits. and they are setting up a new panel, they are setting up a new panel, they have invited me to sit there. i've accepted that. i will be there, i will be sitting on that panel to represent all the mothers and fathers this country that our nursing children with drug—resistant epilepsy 24 seven. these mothers and fathers need a voice, they need representation. so if clinicians and politicians can get an understanding of what it is like for these parents to actually, you know, there are nursing these children 20 47 with a life—threatening condition. nursing these children 20 47 with a life-threatening condition. du talk

ina life-threatening condition. du talk in a news conference earlier about this being the verge of a new chapter of history, really. why has it taken so long to get politicians, civil servants, to agree to this?” think it is due simply to outdated laws, outdated policies, that 50 yea rs. laws, outdated policies, that 50 years. and i think that i'm absolutely just welcoming the fact that how quickly our government has moved on this this week. it is absolutely amazing. i say to them, you know, regarding the recommendations now that have been stated this morning, a panel set up, recommendations, reports, there are going to be a way of moving this forward , going to be a way of moving this forward, i would going to be a way of moving this forward, iwould be going to be a way of moving this forward, i would be asking how long is is going to take? these families don't have powers to wait, they don't have powers to wait, they don't have powers to wait, they don't have days, they don't have months, they have waited long enough

for this change. and this change now, considering how quickly the government have moved this week, billy being prescribed his licence, i'm hoping to go and meet with jeremy hunt and sajid javid this afternoon to finalise the details of daily accessing his medicine in northern ireland. i reassured this is going to be a quick process. so now, that is fine, billy, i absolutely applaud the fact that billy is sorted, but i have always said in my campaign, this is not about one child. we have got to remove this ludicrous concept that this is about one child. it is not, there are hundreds of children, these children now need this medicine now. i would say to the home office and i would tell sajid javid, i would say to the health secretary, jeremy hunt, i would say to them now, 30 days should be a long enough time for them to get this in place now for all the other children that desperately need this

medicine in our country. thank you so much for your time. good luck with your meetings, if you have them later on today, with the home secretary and health secretary. thank you. and best wishes to billy, as well. you're watching bbc news. a one minute silence has been held to mark first anniversary of the finsbury park terrorist attack. one man — makram ali — died, and nine others were injured when a van was driven into a crowd of people near a north london mosque. for one minute today, this busy part of north london fell silent, a community remembering a night of terror a year ago. among them, the family of the man who died and the imam who protected the attacker from the crowd. this was the moment the van was used as a weapon, driven into worshippers near finsbury park mosque. there was panic and confusion and strewn on the pavement,

a dozen injured people, lives changed in a moment. makram ali, a 51—year—old father of six, was killed. abdul matin choudhury was one of those injured that night. his son was pushed out of the van's way by an uncle at the last minute. mr choudhury still mourns his friend, makram. makram ali was a very nice person, very quiet man. all the time, miss him. he says some of his friends are still afraid to walk to the mosque alone. some of my friends are scared to go by themselves. they don't want anything to happen to themselves, any harm, so that is why they either stay at home or go to the mosque with their parents. the man who attacked them was darren 0sborne, a far—right fanatic who had set out to kill muslims and remained unrepentant.

he is now serving a prison sentence of at least 43 years. and among the speakers today, there were calls to think of his family too. our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the survivors, but also, to raise above hatred, our thoughts are with the osborne family who have struggled in their own ways. the prime minister visited the mosque in the wake of the attack. today she said british values would not be broken by such violent extremism, sentiments echoed by all those at today's memorial. ——vile extremism. this is our city, this is our way of life, and those who seek to divide us should know this. you will never succeed. applause. some isjust coming into us

some is just coming into us from westminster, the transport secretary, chris grayling, has survived a vote of no—confidence. the transport secretary being accused by the labour party of causing chaos on the railways. the shadow transport secretary had said that he should step up and shoulder the blame for his role in disrupting the blame for his role in disrupting the lives of thousands of users of the lives of thousands of users of the railways and labour also said that chris grayling's credibility would never recover from the rail timetable chaos. there was a vote, though, and by 300 and five votes to 285, labour'scode of no—confidence in the transport secretary failed so chris grayling survives that sort of no—confidence. more coming up on that. but now we will check out the weather. we have a lot of confidence in our weather forecaster! can weather. we have a lot of confidence in our weatherforecaster! can put it like that. especially when you have numbers like that, 30 degrees!

it has been a great summer, may was warm and dry and sunny across the board, and we assumed the conditions this month so far. this is later this month so far. this is later this week, the headline temperature coming up to 30 degrees in one or two places. so it is set to get hotter still. let me explain why, if you look at the jet stream, it is getting diverted to the north, so we're getting warm weather from the jet stream and that position allows an area of high pressure to build. that area will migrate its way towards the east over the uk and end up towards the east over the uk and end up at least. we've looked at what is happening down here, though, and not a lot, you might think, but this is where we are likely to find a flabby area of low pressure. a cut—off level is what we call it. so there is an area of the pressure that has lost its friend, it has been cut off, cast aside, there is nothing, it is just drifting aimlessly there. if that ends up there, they had

pressure that is moving away towards the east of the uk, it means we draw ourairfrom the east of the uk, it means we draw our airfrom north the east of the uk, it means we draw our air from north africa, the east of the uk, it means we draw our airfrom north africa, the across the mediterranean and france, and that will waft its way towards us next week. i feel sorry for that cut—off low! it has no friends, it is cut off, as litter, miserable! this is the only thing you will remember today, isn't it? but the upside is, we get high—pressure! the upside of that poor, miserable area of low pressure, we get warm aircoming from area of low pressure, we get warm air coming from the south. 30 degrees, possibly, in the south—east of england, but they weren't area will be pushed to the rest of uk. so that's the long—term forecast, what about the next... ? warmer than it is at the moment, we have cool and fresh air across parts of the uk but we have seen some sunshine today. it's been limited, this was scarborough in north yorkshire earlier on today, where is as you move across the south—west of

england and wales, for many areas it has been grey and gloomy because we have got some humid air that comes with a lot of cloud when it bumps into the hills. so we're into this warm and humid air across many parts of england and wales, further north thatis of england and wales, further north that is cooler and fresher. 0n the boundary between the two, you would usually find a weather front, today's note exception. that is sickeningly the cloud and bringing in fabrics of rain. so we have rain across northern ireland, which will continue through the rest of the day and creep its way into western parts of scotland. still got low cloud across wales and the south—westerly hills, further east it is brighter and humid, temperatures about 24, voters were registered, not quite as much sunshine. the rain could be quite heavy and widespread this evening across northern ireland, pushing further into scotland, some heavy bursts of rain here too and some bursts in england later on in the night. further south, some bursts in england later on in the night. furthersouth, misty some bursts in england later on in the night. further south, misty and murky over some of the hills, pockets of drizzle around and warm

and humid. this area of low pressure will push its way towards scandinavia and allow a weakening weather front to move its way southwards. if you're hoping for rain in the south—east of the uk, you're not going to get it. that range tends to be drought as a major southwards. showers in scotland, where it will be chilliest, but quite a contrast, you can see that once they're south—east and east anglia. this is warm and humid air, muqqy anglia. this is warm and humid air, muggy out there, a bit uncomfortable, particularly on the tube later on in the day, temperatures up to 25 or so. and thatis temperatures up to 25 or so. and that is the last of the heat and humidity for awhile because towards the end of the week, it will be cooler and fresher but it should be dry and should be some spells sunshine as well. that's because we start to see high—pressure coming and that at the moment on thursday, it's out towards the west so around it, we draw down some north of a floor, so northerly winds could be brisk at times, showers across the

east of scotland, otherwise dry with spells sunshine. but noticeably cooler for norwich and london, spells sunshine. but noticeably coolerfor norwich and london, 16 in norwich converted today, and what forget tomorrow, mid 20s are so. force the end of the week, high—pressure around but not yet in the east, in the east of the uk, it's still to the west, so we have got cooler air flow but it should be dry with some sunshine and not quite as warm. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: sajid javid has announced a review into whether cannabis—based drugs should be legalised for medical use in the uk. but he's ruled out lifting the ban on the drug's recreational use. the first anniversary of the finsbury park mosque attack, which left one man dead and several injured, has been marked by a minute's silence. mayor sadiq khan said it was an attack on all londoners. it's been another day of delays

and cancellations for northern rail passengers as workers walked out in a dispute over driver—only trains. two more 24—hour strikes are planned later this week. four water suppliers have been criticised for their poor response to the storm — known as the beast from the east — earlier this year. the regulator — 0fwat — said poor preparation led to significant hardship. all the latest sport now. we have been hearing from england after their victory against chizzy last night. it's been a busy day at the world cup in general as we get to the end of the first set of group matches. let's go straight to moscow

and ollie foster. it's been an eventful so far, not much different today. we will get three or four matches a day until the groups are done, group h, the finalfour teams entering the party, it's important for england because should england get through, which they should do after the win, they will play a team from group h, which we has been going? it certainly whenjapan's way very early on, this was revenge for them, colombia knocked them out in 2014, carlos sanchez given his marching orders in the third minute. deliberate handball. penalty given, straight red to sanchez, shinji kagawa stepping up to score that one down the middle. beautifulfree kick, one of those cover ones underneath the wall to bring ten man

colombia level. they just underneath the wall to bring ten man colombia level. theyjust faded as the japanese got back into it, the header winning it for the japanese. they've given themselves every chance of getting out of the grip now and perhaps it will be them that face england, who knows? a lot of matches to go yet in the grip but fantastic matches to go yet in the grip but fa ntastic start matches to go yet in the grip but fantastic start for japan. matches to go yet in the grip but fantastic start forjapan. the next match is under way, right here in time, it is poland, they are playing right now against senegal at the smaller spartak stadium, most of the entertainment has come from the stands, the senegal fans absolutely fantastic, it's a shame the players are not getting into the spirit of things. it is poland's star striker robert lewandowski up against liverpool's great mane, senegal, what they did to france in 2002, the last world cup they played them.

they have waited a long time for this, it is goalless, about 35 minutes into the match. you mentioned england, they got back very early this morning to their base. some of the players trained but not the starting 11, they were given a day off completely, it's just the substitutes, the unused substitute as well, giving a gentle kickabout, they will be closed training session in a few days, com plete training session in a few days, complete day off tomorrow for everyone, it's all right for some! but obviously much more relaxed perhaps, less anxious now that england are up and running without opening win. you would expect to be happy and buzzing we wear, it's a big step to take, getting the three points but we know it's a platform for us to build on. we have to improve the performances which will

ultimately get three points. marcus rashford, i wonder if you will get a look in against panama on sunday? what for gareth southgate do, panama losing to belgium. england win that and they are as good as through. still 0—0 between poland and senegal. andy murray is making his return to the tennis court nearly a year after he last appearance which was at wimbledon. he is taking on nick krygios, he has a break in the first set, 4—2 up in the opener, nick krygios no easy feat. you can see that on bbc two. novak djokovic looking in good shape. the three time wimbledon champion swept aside john millman

of australia in straight sets, dropping only three games. he'll play grigor dimitrov next. england are building towards a huge total in the third 0di against australia. a win for england in nottingham would wrap up the series with two matches to spare. australia won the toss and decided to bowl but so far their attack has been hammered. jason roy made a quickfire 82 before being run out. jonny bairstow has also just gone after reaching 139 offjust 92 balls. a few moments ago england 327—2, the record score in the one—day international match is 404. the inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower has been shown

the first thermal images taken by firefighters as they entered flat 16 where the blaze started. the crew could be seen in a smoke—clogged corridor entering the flat. this report by daniela relph includes some of those images which people affected by the disaster might find upsetting. where the fire started and how it was investigated has been the focus of the inquiry today. with it has come pictures taken on a thermal imaging camera by the first firefighters to enter flat 16 on the fourth floor where the fire started. alongside the images inside, you can see the external shots taken at the same time that show how quickly the fire was taking hold on the outside of grenfell tower. here the firefighters entered the kitchen. the yellow glow at the end is the blaze near the fridge freezer.

the firefighters were able to put it out quickly, but it was too late as the fire was now taking over large areas of the tower. the camera also films around the window where you can see bits of the cladding coming down. you can also make out various kitchen appliances still easily recognisable. these images have been a crucial for the experts trying to establish exactly what happened on the 14th of june last year. four water suppliers have been criticised for their response to the conditions caused by the storm — known as the beast from the east — earlier this year. regulator 0fwat says poor preparation and an inadequate response led to significant hardship for people who were left without water for days. simon gompertz has more. first, it froze.

and then it thawed. and the epidemic of burst pipes meant a shortage of water for essentials like washing, cooking and drinking, and tens of thousands cut off for days. i've been getting rainwater from outside and from my neighbours so it is not impossible. but i would say the worst thing is not being able to keep the washing up and the kitchen clean and also keep myself clean having a shower everyday. i've got five kids and literally without water for, like, since six o'clock yesterday morning. it's terrible. washing the bottles isjust a bit difficult and there's a lot of stuff covered in baby poo that i can't wash at the moment! one explanation for the failure to cope was that most leaks were in people's homes, rather than, like this, in the water network, which is easier to monitor. today, a finding that won't surprise customers. some suppliers' emergency planning and response were inadequate. they didn't anticipate the speed of the thaw, which led to a lot of bursts in customer pipes which they could not deal with.

and also, the communications with customers were often poor, overreliant on social media, very reactive and actually, quite worryingly, dealing with vulnerable customers, a lot of companies struggled to identify vulnerable customers and give them the kind of support they need. thames water is accused of not taking proper notice of the weather forecast. it apologised, saying: severn trent, also criticised, said: bottled water was a problem. the regulator says both southern and south east water struggled to make enough available. so what now? to prevent this happening again, those four companies are being told to come up with action plans by september. and there will be a review of compensation for being cut off for the next time there's a freeze, because of a big variation in what families were paid. simon gompertz, bbc news.

passengers on northern rail services are having to cope with yet more disruption today, with the first of three planned strikes in just one week. members of the rmt union have walked out in a long—running dispute over driver—only trains. the action comes on top of cancellations and delays because of new timetables and staff shortages. rmt union spokesman darren ireland says the strike is about safety, not extra money. 70% of the trains in the uk rail network are a second safety critical person on there, ie a card. what this dispute is about fighting for to maintain safety levels on the railway and maintain access ability on the railway. we're not after one single extra penny in this dispute. what we wish to maintain is the current levels of safety, given to

passengers, in the district. if your train was in distress through an accident or derailment, what would happen ina accident or derailment, what would happen in a situation where there was no conductor or guard on board to evacuate passengers safely? while the strike is inconvenient, these passengers say they understand the reasons behind it. the thought of having somebody there when you're travelling late at night asa when you're travelling late at night as a woman, i do not like the idea of adjusting the driver in the cab. to have guards on the trains helps look after people. it's a valuable pa rt of look after people. it's a valuable part of being a real passenger. hopefully the strikes will be over soon and we can get back to normality but i can understand the reason behind it. northern rail say that services that are running

will be busier than normal, and ask customers to plan ahead. while the department of transport says that the dispute is not about "jobs or safety" going on to say: the us chamber of commerce has urged an end to the immigration policy that sees children separated from their parents at the mexico border. president trump has defended the policy, despite the democrats describing it as "barbaric." 0ur north america correspondent david willis has more. they are the makeshift detention centres along america's southern border, where children separated from their parents are being kept in cages, and where these heart—wrenching sounds were recorded. children cry. the recording features central american children between the ages of four and ten, separated from their parents at the mexican border last week. at one point a border patrol agent can be heard saying, "we have an orchestra here,

all that is missing is a conductor." at an acrimonious news conference, the homeland secretary was asked if she had seen the pictures or heard the sound. i have not seen. it is something that came out today, but i have been to detention centres. again, iwould reference you to our standards, i would reference you to the care provided notjust by the department of homeland security, but by the department of health and human services when they get the hss. is this the image of this country that you want out there? children... the image that i want of this country is an immigration system that secure our borders and upholds our humanitarian ideals. congress needs to fix it. president trump maintains the current immigration system isn't working. he wants a wall along america's southern border to keep out anyone seeking to enter america illegally. but his critics claim he is simply holding children hostage in order to force congress to come up with the cash. the images of young children separated from their parents have certainly struck a nerve here, generating the kind of pr crisis

that not even donald trump can easily dismiss. in a moment the business news but first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. the home secretary announces a review of cannabis for medicinal use, but says that the ban on recreational use of the drug will continue. a minute's silence has been observed at a ceremony in islington in london, to mark the first anniversary of the attack at finsbury park mosque. a 24 hour strike is causing further disruption for northern rail passengers — as a dispute over driver—only trains continues. tough talk on tariffs — donald trump now threatens to impose 10% import duties on a further 200 billion dollars worth of chinese goods. it follows beijings reaction to tariffs announced last week— the escalation is pulling

down global markets. tesla chief executive elon musk has accused an employee of carrying out "extensive and damaging sabotage" at the electric carmaker. in an email to staff, mr musk said an unnamed employee made coding changes to its manufacturing operating system and sent sensitive data to unnamed third parties. the company did not comment and the allegations have not been verified. mr musk said the matter will be investigated. a third profit warning this yearfrom debenhams. the department store says annual pre—tax profits will come in between £35m and £40m, below previous estimates of £50m. the share price fell 14% when the markets opened but it has recovered a little. difficult day on the markets and a lot of that i suppose is because of

president trump and the tariff threats we've heard, but other factors as well? we have been discussing those threats all afternoon, it has affected investors, they are starting to get very edgy around this because beijing is responding and president trump threatening to go even further. but it's more than that, volatility in the oil price, an 0pec meeting, the organisation of petroleum exporting countries having a meeting on friday, the cap has stayed in place the last 18 months, countries like russia and saudi arabia pushing to increase production so we'll see what happens but it's affecting the oil price. also a tough time for sterling, it had risen to about $1 43, it is now fallen again, today trading below $1 32 and a lot of that is to do with less likelihood of a uk interest

rate rise in the nearfuture. we are going to talk about flight b, making money but losing money? despite the fact their revenue, up 6.4%, they have posted a loss of £20.5 million. let's talk about that with james bevan, the chief executive officer at investing in management, low—cost carriers are a important part of the market, the account for more than 40% of all scheduled capacity in western europe. 15 years ago it was just 9% so competition between these legacy airlines and low—cost alternatives is pretty fierce, who is winning?m is pretty fierce, who is winning?m is very fierce and the outright winner at the moment seems to be jet2.com and the other winners are thomas cook. they fly from places

people want to go, they fly to places people want to go, they have holidays and sensible baggage allowa nces. holidays and sensible baggage allowances. this is a strategy the public welcome and are prepared to pay for. let's talk about opec, what do you expect and why do russia and saudi arabia wants to increase production because that will reduce their profits? there are two motivations to pump more oil, they wa nt to motivations to pump more oil, they want to get more revenue and there isa want to get more revenue and there is a trade—off between the volume they can pump and the price they get per barrel, in their estimation any more money from pumping more albeit ata more money from pumping more albeit at a slightly lower price. the second issue is they believe it will create a more stable environment, and a former long—term price instead of going back to the low point he 2016 when the price fell to nearly $25 per barrel. let's talk about

sterling, it is weaker this week, is this to do with the uk interest rates, the chances of a rate rise looking less likely in the uk, remind us where we are? theresa may's political authority, there will be yet another vote in the house of commons on an amendment to the brexit bill tomorrow and people are nervous this undermines authority as the prime minister and create more uncertainty, currencies dogleg uncertainty. the second issue isa dogleg uncertainty. the second issue is a relatively weak economy, that diminishes the probability of the bank of england hiking rates which pits of international investors which brings us to the third issue that the dollar is relatively strong because last week the federal reserve that hydrates and said there is more to come so the gap in interest rates between the uk where our interest rate is currently at half percent and the americans were eve ryo ne half percent and the americans were everyone expects the peak to be closer to three rather than two is big and rising. thank you for your time.

and a look at the markets? yes, markets across the world are all down and there is a common feeling it's because of these potential escalations in a trade war. we've heard in the last hour russia have announced they will impose tariffs on imports of certain goods from the us in reaction to the 10% on aluminium and 25% dawn steele that the us introduced. that is what investors are worried about. barclay house builders have got full year results tomorrow, we'll tell you about those when get them. now, in france president emmanuel macron seems to enjoy being in the spotlight and meeting people — but as one teenager found out — never call him by a nickname. the teenage boy addressed the president as "manu" — short for emmanuel. but macron wasn't impressed — let's take a look. (sot next)

earlier we spoke to our paris correspondent hugh schofield, who told me how the dressing down by the president was being viewed in france. the context is important, this without the place just outside paris which is the holy of holies for people who remember the second world warand people who remember the second world war and the role of the resistance in the second world war. it's the anniversary yesterday of what they

call the appeal of the 18th ofjune which is when charles de gaulle in london made his famous appeal at the start of the wall, in 1940, telling the french to stand up and resist, hope is not lost. important day in the calendar. and with emanuel macron at the ceremony was a very vulnerable gentlemen, in 97—year—old man who incidentally i shall be interviewing later this week who is the last of the great resistance still alive. the day until then had been a wonderful of solemnity, circumstances and seriousness and then he did this, walking among the crowd. this 14 or 15—year—old kid who is a bit of a show off in his class because you could hear all the children say what has he done no, he addressed him in this very familiar way. emanuel macron reacts and how he does, as to how the country has reacted i think generally people

approve because when you look at the footage, he does not lose his temper, he's very courteous, but he's also extremely firm, talking back to this young boy, telling him wenger, you do not talk to me in those terms, particularly not here and not today, you address me as the president. but the other thing in his favour is that he stays with the boy and talks to him, the conversation goes on for about a minute and they talk about exams, the fact that the boy is about to set his equivalent of all levels, gcse‘s coming up, he says you have to go for it because the people who we are commemorating here add an ideal and you've got to have an ideal and you've got to have an ideal and you've got to have an ideal and the poor boy with his show off fringe is left looking very shamefaced and nodding. undoubtedly 1- 02 shamefaced and nodding. undoubtedly 1— 02 emmanuel macron. that's it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at 5 with huw edwards.

time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. the brighter warmer weather towards the south—east, cooler, fresher sky mark to the north, scotland and northern ireland, here we've got some rain setting and notjust across northern ireland but also into scotland later in the day, the rain be steady and heavy, continuing of the night, rain catching the far north of england, further south misti murky and drizzly. very warm as well. temperatures 14—15. cooler further north, to the north of this weather front, most of the rain on the way, the low pressure, the wave tip moving away into the north sea towards scandinavia, taking the heavy rain away, heavy band of cloud heading south, the rain tending to peter out. sunny spells to the

north, blustery showers in the north—west, cooler, fresher airfor the rest of us, but the last of the warm and muggy days in the south—east. today at five. a major policy change in prospect as a review is ordered into the medicinal use of cannabis. the move was prompted by recent cases of children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil to control their seizures. i will do everything in my power to make sure that we have a system that works so that these children and these parents can get access to the best possible medical treatment. the review has been welcomed by those families affected — who say it's been a long time coming. common—sense and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children has bust the political process wide open and is on the verge of changing thousands of lives. but the drug will still be banned for recreational use.