tonight at 10pm — hundreds of patients, at a hospital in hampshire, died prematurely, because they were given dangerous doses of drugs, for no medical reason. an official report names a56 victims, as the authors blame an ‘institutional regime', of prescribing opioids, with no medicaljustification. i thought she was in a safe place being cared for. how wrong i was. and the report states that the families of those affected, were badly let down by the authorities. had the establishment listened when ordinary families raised concerns instead of treating them as troublemakers, many of those deaths may not have happened. we'll have details and reaction, and we'll be asking what the wider lessons are. also tonight — the ayes to the right, 303, the noes to the left 319.

a victory for the government on brexit, after some conservative mps shied away from rebelling, on parliament's say in the final deal. after much criticism of us immigration policy, president trump says he will end the practise of separating migrant children from their parents. anybody with a heart would feel very strongly about it. we don't like to see families separated. at the same time, we don't want people coming into our country illegally. this takes care of the problem. commentator: in towards the six—yard box and it's in! and, at the world cup, ronaldo scores again for portugal, to knock morocco out of the competition. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — we will have a full round—up from the world cup, two teams have made it through to the last 16. three teams know that they will be going home after the group stages. good evening.

an official inquiry has found that hundreds of elderly patients at a hospital in hampshire died because of an ‘institutionalised regime‘ of over—prescribing powerful painkillers when there was no medicaljustification. the report into suspicious deaths at the gosport war memorial hospital, between 1989 and 2000, found there was what the authors called a disregard for human life. it says there was an institutionalised regime of prescribing dangerous doses of drugs which were not clinically justified. and when dealing with family members who raised concerns the bereaved were consistently let down by those in authority. the health secretary has apologised and says criminal charges will now be considered, as our health editor hugh pym reports. mourning a mother and grandmother. ann and bridget looking across to gosport and reflecting on their loss

nearly two decades ago. i thought she was in a safe place being cared for. how wrong i was. and i have to live with that. shocking. absolutely shocking. her mother, elsie devine, went to the hospital for rehabilitation after treatment for an infection. she died after four weeks. her family later discovered she'd had huge doses of painkillers. those drugs, even in their individual states, let alone given together as a cocktail, were far too high in their dosage, and we're talking 100% too high. the report says more than 650 patients probably died at gosport war memorial hospital because opioids were prescribed for no medical reason. it says in the 1990s there was an institutionalised practice of shortening lives.

drjane barton, the clinical assistant who is named in the report as responsible for prescribing practice. she was later disciplined by medical regulators. bishop james jones who chaired the review told me there was a collective failure at the hospital. these drugs that were prescribed were then administered by nurses who would have known the effect of those drugs. the pharmacist and the hospital would have known the level of opioids that he or she was being asked to supply. the whole institution, including, i have to say, the consultants, who had had responsibility over the clinical assistants, they knew as far as our records show, what was going on in the hospital. after the report was published ann and bridgetjoined otherfamilies who felt that before now they'd been ignored by so many in authority. we were blocked by every single one. but today that wall has come tumbling down and now we wa nt a nswers. the truth is there now and we don't

want this government to sit on it like any other inquiry. we want action now. the report highlights a series of warnings and missed opportunities. back in 1991 nurses raised concerns about prescribing. from 2001 police investigated the deaths of 92 patients but there we re no prosecutions. in 2009 an inquest ruled that some patients had been given inappropriate medication. in 2010 dr barton was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the general medical council. in the same year the crown prosecution service said there was insufficient evidence for a prosecution. had the establishment listened whenjunior nhs staff spoke out, had the establishment listened when ordinary families raised concerns instead of treating them as troublemakers, many of those deaths would not have happened. justice everybody deserves. yeah. cindy and debbie's father stan went into the hospital to recover after a stroke

but within a couple of weeks after medication he died. he deserved to get better, come home, and be a dad and be a grandad for many years to come. today she told me she felt the report was a big step forward. i've got mixed emotions today. heartbroken. but with a sense that actually we were right all along and eventually somebody has listened to us. ministers say prosecuting authorities will decide whether criminal charges should be brought. that is what the families of those who died now wish to see. there has been a real sense today in all the debate about what happened here at the hospital following the publication of the report of individuals being let down and ignored by the system. jeremy hunt made that point as he apologised for his department's conduct and theresa may said to mps she thought there we re may said to mps she thought there were lessons to be learned across

the public sector because of the tendency sometimes to close ranks when people were trying to make complaints. today was really all about the families, as one of them put it, even after campaigning for nearly 20 years and getting this report, for the first time full of all the facts, that really this is just the beginning of a journey, a journey that they hope will eventually lead towards criminal proceedings. thanks for a much, proceedings. thanks fora much, pym, health editor in gosport. our home editor mark easton is here. hugh pym talked about a journey. can we explore some of the potential lessons from what happened at this point? you can go to the crates of documents the inquiry looked at, and again and again you will find moments when something could have been said, something should have been said, something should have been said, something should have been said but was left unsaid. i wa nt been said but was left unsaid. i want you to look at this one document, the agenda for a meeting held inside the unit in 1990 13 yea rs held inside the unit in 1990 13 years after doctor barton had arrived, called after nurses

expressed concern at her prescribing method. ji—macro on the agenda back in1991, method. ji—macro on the agenda back in 1991, patients' deaths are sometimes hastened unnecessarily. that is ji—macro. a few months later, another meeting, the minutes of that show staff being warned that if people continue to speak out about the prescribing methods, that could undermine the good work being donein could undermine the good work being done in the unit and the matter was never referred to again. that, i think, is what the prime minister was talking about when she referred to public institutions closing ranks and what the health secretary was talking about when talking about public services, protecting their own reputation rather than dealing with their failings. it is a cultural problem and we've seen it before in the health service. the bristol heart death inquiry, for scandal that followed the inquiry, backin scandal that followed the inquiry, back in the 90s, an old boys culture was blamed for disguising the high death rates. more recently the

inquiry into the unnecessary deaths and suffering at stafford hospital talked about an institutional culture focused on doing the system's business, not that of the patients'. it is a long—standing and dangerous weakness of the health service, as the nhs celebrates its 70th birthday, there will also be soul—searching in the wake of yet another scandal. mark easton, many thanks again, our home editor with his thoughts. in a major policy reversal, president trump has signed an executive order, designed to keep migrant families together, when they enter the us at the mexican border. his policy of zero tolerance towards illegal immigrants had led to thousands of children being taken from their parents, and then a storm of protest, including from fellow republicans. our north america correspondent nick bryant has more details. a tent encampment close to the mexican border that's become a sweltering detention centre for some of the thousands of children taken from their parents. donald trump's zero—tolerance immigration policy

has provoked outrage across america and around the world. we're going to have a lot of happy people. so today from the president that rare thing, a reversal, a climb—down. and all it took to end child separation was the flourish of his pen. so we're going to have strong, very strong borders, but we're going to keep families together. i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. this was a political crisis of his own making and up until today's turnaround this america first president fiercely defended the crackdown. we want a great country. we want a country with heart. but when people come up they have to know they can't get in, otherwise it's never going to stop. but these images of children in what looked like cages were too much even for republican leaders to stomach. child separation had become politically untenable. democrats were winning the argument. this has gone on too long and it must stop!

and it must stop now! not tomorrow but now! chanting: end family separation! last night in washington the woman whose implement a zero tolerance, who's implemented zero tolerance, the head of homeland security, was hounded by protesters. chanting: if kids don't eat in peace then you don't eat in peace! kirstjen nielsen had been having a working dinner at a mexican restaurant. this stretch of the rio grande river is a favoured crossing point for illegal immigrants, and families are continuing to make the treacherous journey across the border. donald trump remains determined to stop them. if you're weak, if you're weak, which some people would like you to be, if you're really, really pathetically weak the country's going to be overrun with millions of people. and if you're strong then you don't have any heart. that's a tough dilemma. perhaps i'd rather be strong but that's a tough dilemma. images have the power to define a presidency and these will linger in the national

memory long after child separations have come to an end. those pictures were causing real political problems for the republican party ahead of congressional elections in november in which they hope to retain control of the house of representatives and senate. they may think the political crisis has now passed but the personal crisis for those separated families continues. a former immigration official warning that children could be lost in the system effectively orphaned by the us government, and they may never be reunited with their children. thanks very much, nick briant, with the latest at the white house. the american ambassador to the uk has said president trump will meet the queen when he visits next month. ambassador woodyjohnson said that meeting the queen would be the most important part of the visit, which starts onjuly 13th.

downing street is refusing to comment on plans for the visit. the government has seen off a threatened rebellion by some conservative mps who'd been demanding a bigger say over what should happen if there's no final brexit deal. the commons voted by a majority of 16 against the idea that mps should have the power to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. tonight the legislation cleared its final parliamentary hurdle and is now set to become law. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports from westminster. fanfare call off the troops. we voted to leave the european union, so the government's trying to transfer all european law into british tradition before there is a final deal. but the tories have already come to blows over who is really in charge if things go wrong at home. a small but noisy group of tory mps have been pushing the government on what happens if parliament says no to the final brexit deal that's negotiated with the european union. they wanted a legal guarantee

they would be able to send ministers back to the negotiating table to try again. theresa may and her ministers were adamant they need the option of no deal, of walking away. this fight‘s been about who is really in charge, parliament or number 10. last week, the prime minister and her team swerved defeat by promising to listen again what should happen if there is no deal. speaker: secretary david davis. but only a last—minute statement from her brexit secretary gave an escape route for both sides to walk away from a serious clash. we debate, we argue, we make our cases with a passion, but we do it to a purpose, and that is to deliver for our people, not just to please ourselves. they decided we will leave the european union, and whatever

the european union think about that, we will do it. it is unthinkable that any prime minister would seek to force through a course of action with significant consequences for many, many years, which the majority in this house did not approve of. would mps be able to stop that happening? in the bottom left—hand corner, you see government whips in charge of discipline whispering about a compromise. then the chief whip, a little later, get up from his seat and give a quiet thumbs up. enough rebels were willing to compromise, if not exactly gladly. i am prepared to accept the government's difficulty and support it. i have to say, there's enough madness around at the moment to make one start to question whether collective sanity in this country has disappeared. it was not comfortable. one unwell labour mp in a wheelchair on morphine was forced to come and vote. the noes have it, the noes have it. but enough mps believed assurances they would have a real say. there were some procedural changes

today, but there was no change in the fundamental issue, which is the government cannot be forced by parliament to negotiate something that the government doesn't want to do. that's the key as we move forward. hopefully now this takes the whole brexit debate into a new place. if nothing has really changed then the rebels were the ones that blinked. well, i don't think it's in anyone's advantage to talk about anyone blinking. we got the right outcome and i think that we've kept faith with the british people we are going to deliver brexit. despite all their objections, when the bill made it back to the lords tonight it went through. but there is still trouble in steps ahead. compromise, for now, but comfort for the government? no way. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the priority for several countries across the european union is not how to respond to brexit but how to tackle the growing crisis over migration.

in germany, chancellor merkel, who's facing pressure from within her coalition to crack down on immigration, it comes ahead of an emergency eu meeting on sunday to discuss the current crisis. our europe editor, katya adler, is in lisbon. katya, the numbers here not what they were two years ago, but i mean, politically, would you agree that it is no less fraught? well, yes, huw, absolutely, the numbers of migrants coming to the european union is certainly down compared to the height of the crisis in 2015, but also done is public tolerance of migrant arrivals. in country after country across the european union, we have seen the rise of popularity of tough on migration politicians and parties. take italy, for example, the new government there

says absolutely no more mass immigration, it almost brought down the government in eu powerhouse germany this week, so brussels in a panic, so expect migration and not brexit to dominate notjust this hastily organised minisummit at the weekend but the formal summit of leaders next week. katya, many thanks. we'll be back with katya in a moment, but first let's get a snapshot of how different countries are responding to the migration challenge, with gavin lee on board the rescue ship aquarius off the coast of spain, nick thorpe in hungary, and james reynolds in rome. in recent years, more than 500,000 migrants have made it here to italy. many of them passed through this, rome's main train and bus station, on their way to the rest of the continent. italy's new populist government is now taking tough action. it's already closed its ports to foreign—flagged rescue boats, it now demands that the rest of the eu share the migration burden, and in the long run it wants to shut down for good the migration

route across the mediterranean. here in budapest, the hungarian parliament has just voted to create a new criminal offence. it's called facilitating illegal immigration, and it targets human rights groups which work with asylum seekers. the government argues that it's necessary in order to prevent hungary from becoming what it calls an immigrant country. from now on, human rights activists and lawyers could be imprisoned for printing leaflets — or even for meeting with clients. the political clash between european countries over the continuing illegal migration to europe has played out on board this ship, the charity—run aquarius, over the past few days. a week long, thousand—mile journey has taken 630 migrants from off the coast of libya here to spain, because italy refused to take them in. now the ship is returning off the coast of libya to take and rescue migrants from rubber boats. we'll be on board for the

next seven days, and until there is a resolution between eu leaders, then there's no sense of knowing what will happen to those migrants on this ship and where they'll go. so we have three different perspectives, back to lisbon, katya is there. just wondering what your thoughts are on the prospect, if you like, offinding thoughts are on the prospect, if you like, of finding a way forward now on this migration crisis? well, huw, what we have to bear in mind is what we have heard from angela merkel and from the french government as well, the migrant issue has the potential to rip the european union apart, as each government looks after its self. will eu leaders let it get that far? there is another matter pokes in european minds. they are feeling a bit alone since that disastrous g7 summit, they feel they can no longer rely on their

traditional ally, the united states, and so they have to stick a bit more together. so i expect some kind of migration agreement, for example about beefing up the european union's border force. there is growing agreement on processing centres outside the european union, trying at least to keep economic migrants out, only allowing those in who have a legal right to stay. watremez is extremely complicated is the idea of burden sharing, so spreading more equally the number of migrants who come to europe around european countries. portugal is one of the only countries which has said quotas, no problem at all. this, huw, is going to be a very bumpy ride. katya adler, with the latest in lisbon. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. the death of a man who was restrained by a police officer has been ruled an accident by an inquestjury. 20—year—old rashan charles was chased into a shop by police in london lastjuly and restrained. he later died in hospital. mr charles‘s family criticised the hearing as a farce. a shortage of carbon dioxide across europe is causing problems

for producers of beer, fizzy drinks and some food. it comes as demand for alcohol and soft drinks is peaking, due to the world cup and warmer weather. shortages are expected to continue for the rest of the month. scientists have created pigs that are resistant to a highly infectious disease which costs the farming industry millions of pounds each year. they found that pigs didn't become infected with the virus when they removed a small section of the animals' dna. now, lord sugar has apologised after being accused of racism in a tweet in which he compared a picture of senegal‘s world cup squad to beach sellers in spain. lord sugar, who hosts the apprentice on bbc one, later deleted the post, but the tweet‘s prompted a storm of criticism, as our correspondent frankie mccamley reports. the british billionaire turned tv star of the apprentice, lord sugar, synonymous with these two stinging words...

you are fired. support here from idrissa gana gueye, who fires the shot, oh, and it's deflected in... but following the senegal—poland world cup match, lord sugar tweeted to compare senegal‘s national team to beach vendors in spain, posting an image of sunglasses and handbags underneath. the comments prompted hundreds of people to show him the red card, some calling him racist. lord sugar‘s response? "i can't see what i have to apologise for, you are ott." as an educational charity working with young people on a daily basis, and seeing the effects of casual racism, i can assure him that it is casual racism. but i think as the reaction has gone on over the course of the day, i think lord sugar has come to realise the implications of his words and his actions today. others watching the match saw it as extra motivation for the senegalese team. this is the kind of message that we must stop. in fact, it maybe help us to become more motivated and show them that those kind of comments does not have any place in football industry.

we've tried speaking to lord sugar, but he wasn't available. despite him not speaking to us at his home in essex today, lord sugar has tweeted an apology. "i misjudged me earlier tweet." "it was in no way intended to cause offence, and clearly my attempt at humour has backfired." "i have deleted the tweet and am very sorry." sir alan michael sugar, knight... the bbc press office also commented on lord sugar‘s actions, saying "it was a seriously misjudged tweet, it's right he has apologised unreservedly. " despite the comments off the pitch, senegal claimed their victory on the pitch with a 2—1 win over poland. and even the fans were praised for cleaning up their stand afterwards. frankie mccamley, bbc news. the government of zimbabwe

has told the bbc it is committed to free and fair elections next month, following years of repression under robert mugabe. emmerson mnangagwa, who's been in power since robert mugabe was removed last year, is campaigning on a promise of economic recovery. zimbabwe is desperate for aid and foreign investment, after yea rs of economic mismanagement. our africa editor, fergal keane, reports from the campaign trail. ready for the fight, but this time — it's promised — without a campaign of beatings, torture and imprisonment. more than six months after the army overthrew robert mugabe, the new president, emmerson mnangagwa, in his trademark scarf, is trying to reinvent himself and his country. he was instrumental in the brutalities of the old regime but knows that despite the revolutionary gestures what his people want now are jobs. we are a new zimbabwe. we are a new era. we want a new future.

president mnangagwa believes he will win this election because enough people will feel grateful to him for getting rid of robert mugabe and that even if they don't forgive or forget, they'll be able to set to one side their memories of his party's brutality and corruption. and consider this — an opposition rally right outside a police station. they can but watch when once they might have attacked. the movement for democratic change is struggling to overcome internal divisions. its leader, nelson chamisa, is a lawyer and a pastor. there is an evangelical fervour about his campaign. you are looking very confident. yeah, very confident! there's no way mnangagwa is going to defeat me in this election. the people are clear, the people are supporting, and we are here. but away from the cheering crowds, this is a badly wounded country, and victims of past violence find it hard to trust in a new zimbabwe.

this woman's father was killed during one of robert mugabe's crackdowns. she's asked us to protect her identity. he had nothing, no clothes on him. he was just like on the road. they tortured him. he was dead. he had bruises all over his body. i don't think anything has changed, because justice was not done to my father. but the pressure to change is immense, mostly because the government needs foreign investment and aid to rescue a broken economy. queues at banks, where cash withdrawals are rationed to $50 a day. at a bus station, boarding for south africa in the hope of finding work. or bringing back goods to sell on the streets. the economy is very poor, we don't have food, we don't have jobs here. we are going to struggle for something like five to six years

without even a day's job. so we are only surviving through these buses. we expect that the situation will return to normalcy... their leaders, who drove robert mugabe from power, now wear civilian suits. the general who announced the coup is now the foreign minister. have you really changed? has the president changed from the people who were part of that system of corruption and brutality into people who can be trusted as democrats? i can assure you the president is not, and the president is a different person. he is now the chief executive of the country. he has learnt, he has had the experiences of where things went wrong, and this is exactly where his quality issues. while the opposition leader

campaigns freely, human rights groups say there has been some intimidation. international observers have already arrived to monitor the poll. zimbabwe is changing, but only free and fair elections will prove whether change is permanent and hopejustified. fergal keane, bbc news, zimbabwe. at the world cup, portugal's seemingly unstoppable striker cristiano ronaldo has been doing what he does best, scoring goals, this time against morocco. ronaldo's fourth goal of the tournament makes him the record european scorer in international football history, as our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports from moscow. he scores them with his left foot... he scores them with his right... commentator: silva with another opportunity, short this time. today, ronaldo used his head.

but the celebration is always the same. legs akimbo, arms outstretched, adulation incoming. # nobody plays like ronaldo...# fans flocked to the luzhniki stadium today, and it was clear who most had come for. his appeal is global. we love ronaldo — we are from india! this world cup, it will be the world cup of ronaldo. our world cup. european champions and world champions, you believe? yes, for sure. before reaching russia, all the talk was over who would be the best player at this tournament — cristiano ronaldo or argentina's lionel messi. it's a debate that been raging for a decade. we like ronaldo, we love ronaldo! he's the best player in the world. no, messi!