hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm ben brown. today at 2:00pm. the government says it's the biggest transport decision for a generation. mps vote today on whether to expand heathrow airport with a third runway we know there are mps who disagree with that, who disagree very strongly. at the end of the day, governments have to take a decision, we have to form a judgment, that's what we've done. we are now saying to parliament, "back thatjudgment". the foreign secretary, who's opposed to the third runway, denies he should have resigned over the issue: he says it would have achieved absolutely nothing. the fire—fighter who led the first response to the grenfell fire tells the inquiry into the disaster he couldn't remember being trained on how to fully evacuate a high rise building during a blaze. the british couple murdered in jamaica. the family of charlie and gayle anderson say it had been their dream to live on the island for their retirement. is uber a fit and proper company? the taxi app firm goes to court to try to win

back its london licence. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport, tim has that, not that we're getting carried away but if we win four more games, we've won the world cup! just five games to go. i'll be bringing you the latest from the world cup including the reaction to england's remarkable win yesterday. and, whether cristiano ronaldo will catch harry kane in the race for the golden boot. thanks tim, and ben has all the weather — hotter in some places than los angeles and athens? yes, a bit hotter. parts of south—east europe struggling with some thunderstorms at the moment. we'll have more on the heatwave at home and some footage of a dust devil. thanks, ben. also coming up. music

changing its tune, the uk's official music chart will now take into account videos downloaded or streamed online. hello everyone, this is afternoon live, i'm ben brown. supporters say it's vital for the economy, opponents say it's a threat to the planet, today mps will vote on whether or not to build a third runway at heathrow airport. the transport secretary says he's cautiously optimistic they will approve it. the foreign secretary borisjohnson, who once said he'd lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop the expansion will miss the vote, because he's abroad. he's says his resignation on the issue would "have achieved absolutely nothing". here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. it is the busiest airport in europe,

and tonight after decades of delay mps get the chance to decide whether heathrow should get a third runway. the government says it is the biggest transport decision in a generation. it has promised not a penny of the £14 billion price tag will be met by taxpayers. there will be guaranteed benefits for the whole country and built—in environmental protections. it is really important the promises we make about noise, air quality, the connections that will be provided elsewhere in the uk, are set in stone. when we get to the completion of the runway in 2020 the things that we've promised today will be things that happen then. and they are promising tens of thousands of newjobs. plus £2.6 billion in

compensation with hundreds of homes facing demolition. many here in harmondsworth, where campaigners have been fighting the plans. my view is we need to block it because it is so dangerous for climate change. this is a threat notjust to my community but the whole country and the planet, if we do not stop this we cannot be taken seriously on climate change. labour is officially opposing the plans, but its mps get the chance to vote how they like. conservatives are being ordered to back the third runway, some critics are expected to rebel, but the foreign secretary who vowed to lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop expansion, is abroad and expected to miss this chance to protest. others quit their ministerial posts so that they could vote against the plans. it is all about the pledges you make. i made a pledge to my constituents in chelsea & fulham, on about 50,000 election leaflets, that i would vote against the proposal in parliament. it would be damaging for my constituency and damaging

for london as a whole, and against the national interest. but what is next? the commons will vote on the decision tonight. there will be a planning inspector's consultation on the detailed proposals, but legal challenges looked likely from local councils and environmental groups put up the ends for the new third runway to be completed in 2026. tonight could mark the end of a parliamentary road for heathrow but with the possibility of legal hurdles ahead and questions over what labour would do if it got into government, it certainly will not be a done deal. the prime minister will be confident of getting the vote through the commons, it is a long way before this huge project finally takes off. all day there have been questions

about where the foreign secretary is. at one stage he had promised to lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop the expansion of heathrow. now he isn't actually taking part in the vote this evening because he's out of the country. there have been questions about where he is, lots of people saying they don't know. now we know he has in afghanistan. the foreign secretary has been meeting the deputy foreign minister of afghanistan. this is a picture of them meeting. the afghan foreign ministry has put out that picture on twitter of those two men meeting in afghanistan. that means boris johnson isn't meeting and the key heathrow vote tonight. he's faced a lot of criticism from people saying he should be voting, some people

saying he should have resigned on theissue saying he should have resigned on the issue as greg hands has done. he's another government minister who feels passionately on the issue. borisjohnson has said that resigning on this issue would achieve "absolutely nothing". that is the latest, the foreign secretary has been in afghanistan. 0ur transport correspondent victoria fritz is at heathrow. whatever happens tonight, and it looks like it's going to go the way of expansion, it's going to take a long time, isn't it? yes. we should be quite careful about how we were at some of this. what we are voting on, what mps voting on is whether or not to give outline planning consent through the national policy statement, even if it is approved, it still needs to go back for public consultation with heathrow and the people living in this area. only then do we get a more detailed plan

which will go to the planning officers. the planning officers have then got to 0k officers. the planning officers have then got to ok this. they've got 18 months to do so. if they do that we are looking at 2020, 2021 by the earliest that they might be able to start building. between now and then we are likely to see legal challenges mounted over a whole range of issues. why do this, why go for the project that was the most expensive by a factor of two? they say hub economic system where it's at. they say the economic sub international trade put heathrow above the others. it's the point we don't often talk about. we don't often see what goes on on the underbelly of the planes, the cargo for example. 0ne underbelly of the planes, the cargo for example. one in three of exports come in and out on these runways already. these runways are at full capacity and have been for about ten yea rs. we capacity and have been for about ten years. we heard that about a quarter

ofa years. we heard that about a quarter of a million people will have gone through heathrow in the last 2a hours alone. even with the most optimistic forecast of when they might be able to do this, it's going to be 2025, 20 26. in the meantime there is still be capacity issue. that means perhaps more planes going in and out of regional airports and perhaps an interim plan for heathrow as well. thank you. let's speak now to 0liver hayes from friends of the earth, who joins us from central london. the government say that in the post—brexit world this expansion is critical to the british economy. post—brexit world this expansion is critical to the british economylj think critical to the british economy.” think the first thing to say is that today's vote is a key test of how serious our politicians are about tackling climate change. you can either try to fix climate change or expand heathrow airport. you can't do both. climate change is already

here. we are seeing devastating floods throughout the world including in the uk. we are seeing record temperatures. some asian cities are experiencing summer temperatures at the limit of what human bodies can injure. we are in a climate crisis and heathrow is going to massively increase the emissions going into the atmosphere which will cause even more damaged even more people. it's a key test for whether oui’ people. it's a key test for whether our politicians are serious about getting to grips with climate change. some people listening will say they hear that and take it on board, but at the same time the economy is critical especially in the post—brexit world. the government say this expansion of heathrow would create something like 114,000 heathrow would create something like 11a,000 extra jobs and that simply britain can't afford not to do this. 0therwise britain can't afford not to do this. otherwise it would lose out too much to its competitors. i don't agree because there's a lot of green jobs that could be created if the

government was serious about investing in those. for the last few yea rs investing in those. for the last few years we've seen an investing in those. for the last few years we've seen an arbitrary halt on the development of onshore wind farms which is a political decision to try and appease a very small but vocal minority of people who oppose them. we've got a booming renewables sector desperate for investment, desperate to create more jobs. the same could be said of transport. the thing about heathrow is we are likely to see the benefits accrue for a very small number of people. we know that already the vast majority of flights are taken by a small percentage of the population. what people across the country are crying out for is for the local trains, local buses to be better. for cycling to be made safe and attractive so that in the journeys we do every single day rather than the occasional flight or for the frequent flyer the frequent flight, those everyday journeys are frequent flyer the frequent flight, those everydayjourneys are made better and more sustainable. it's

not just about passengers better and more sustainable. it's notjust about passengers going on their holidays, it's about exports and imports. it's about cargo. the myth is that this is about people going on their holidays. as i was saying, there's very little evidence of this is anything more than benefiting a small number of people who take a large proportion of the uk's flight. clearly we are going to continue trading inwardly and outwardly. we have to come back to the starting point of how are we going to address this critical issue of climate change? it's already causing untold damage to people's lives around the world. we've got a government which has made a lot of positive noises about the need to tackle climate change but in pursuing projects like heathrow they undermine the sense that they are committed to those things seriously. thank you. the fire—fighter who led the initial response to the grenfell tower fire has begun giving evidence to the public inquiry.

watch manager michael dowden told the hearing that he couldn't remember having any training about when to evacuate a tower, which has a policy for residents to "stay put". 0ur correspondent tom burridge is following the inquiry being held in central london. bring us up to date. i think it's fairto bring us up to date. i think it's fair to say it wasn't a comfortable morning for michael dowden. he was the firefighter in charge in the initial phase of tackling the g re nfell tower initial phase of tackling the grenfell tower fire. we know that he and his crew arrived within five minutes of the first 999 call. this morning we learnt about what practical training michael dowden himself had had in relation to certain issues that arose at g re nfell tower. certain issues that arose at grenfell tower. specifically the state that policy. we know the policy from previous evidence was in

place for nearly two hours after the fire broke out. there have been questions obviously because we also know the fire had shown signs it had spread to be cladding and spread rapidly within 15 minutes or 20 minutes after it broke out. what we learned this morning is michael dowden said he did not have any practical training in terms of how and when to facilitate an evacuation policy. if you look at the evidence so policy. if you look at the evidence so far it is clear that an evacuation policy should have been implemented at grenfell tower earlier, before people were trapped. he said he couldn't remember having practical training of that nature. he was also asked whether he had had training on helping people with mobility problems out of high—rise buildings and again he said he couldn't remember. he was also asked whether he had had training and trying to identify potentially

hazardous materials on high—rise buildings, and familiarisation visits. that's when the fire crews go to high—rise buildings in their area. this is part of the evidence, the first voice you will hear is the leading barrister for this public enquiry. you say it would become apparent on a familiarisation visit. did anybody evertrain a familiarisation visit. did anybody ever train you as to what to look for in respect of the impact of building materials and contents on fire spread, when doing familiarisation visits? not that i can recall, no. michael dowden did carry out a

familiarisation visit at grenfell tower in february 2016. the tower was being refurbished at that point. he went there with colleagues. richard minute qc asked him a long series of questions like did you learn about building construction and materials, did you look at the material is critically. he said he couldn't remember. did you notice if there was cladding on the building. again, he couldn't remember. what he shown around the building? yes. did he go up the building? he couldn't recall. do you remember anything about the layout? he couldn't recall. did you note it had one escape route? he didn't think he did. did he notice there weren't sprinklers? no. again, that visit was supposed to be a familiarisation visit where the london fire brigade was opposed to assess the refurbishment in terms of helping with fire safety at grenfell tower.

we also learnt from michael dowden that he didn't feel the training facilities in terms of training on fires in high—rise buildings were adequate. he said there was nothing comparable to a high rise like g re nfell tower. comparable to a high rise like grenfell tower. thank you. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines the commons will vote later on whether to build a third runway at heathrow airport. the foreign secretary will miss the vote, he has travelled to afghanistan where he's been meeting the country's deputy foreign minister. the grenfell inquiry hears evidence about the training received by the fire brigade watch manager who was one of the first on the scene of the blaze. police injamaica are trying to determine the motive behind the killing of british couple charlie and gayle anderson. the grandparents, who had recently retired to the island, were found dead in their home. in the sport, england expects a

little more now. former captain terry butcher says they can go all the way in russia. harry kane's hat—trick mate in the top scorer of the world cup but cristiano ronaldo is chasing him for the golden boot. portugal take on iran this evening. andy murray plays the second match of his comeback in eastbourne against stan wawrinka, another player returning from a lengthy injury break. police injamaica are investigating the deaths of a british couple living on the island. the bodies of charlie and gayle anderson, who were both in their 70s, were discovered on friday by neighbours. they had recently retired to the caribbean from manchester, from where our correspondent danny savage reports. gayle and charlie anderson, both in their 70s, both murdered in their home injamaica where they had retired to a few months ago. they were found dead by neighbours

in their home in mount pleasant on friday afternoon. the house was partially burned, however one room was totally destroyed by fire. the bodies were observed to have wounds to the neck and face. however, we are not able to say at this time what could have caused those injuries. until a few months ago they had lived in this street in manchester but friends say mrs anderson returned to the uk recently to sort out a money problem. a large amount had been fraudulently taken from their credit card in jamaica. although it is not clear if that has anything to do with the double murder. if you asked them for help they would go out of their way. former neighbours told us how immensely popular the couple were and how they would always try and help others. he's have been going to local tips, him and his wife, doing bikes up for the kids injamaica.

and taking school books, clothes. just really, really nice people. i was like shell—shocked. you know. i stood here and i just could not move. i did not know what to say, because it came as a big surprise. it was like losing a member of your family, really. their family says charlie and gayle were happily married for 55 years and leave behind four grandchildren and one great—grandchild. in a statement, their two sons said they were hard—working people, building a business with integrity and making sure we will always provided for. they were just beginning the next chapter of their lives, retiring to jamaica before this terrible tragedy. the murder rate in parts ofjamaica is very high. so far this year more than 600 people have been killed on the island. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. the taxi—hailing app uber has begun appealing against the decision not to renew its licence in london.

transport for london decided last september that it was not a fit and proper company, but the company has been allowed to continue operating pending the legal challenge. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, is outside westminster magistrates' court. so many people use uber, it's been mired in controversy. talk us through the latest stage of the process. this is the key hearing, where uber is trying to get its licence back fully to operate. it's begun outlining its case. interestingly, the qc representing uber said that decision in september last year by transport for london, the company now accepted it was justified. that there had been serious grounds for complaints. and that it had now set about doing

something about that. it had changed its procedures and changed the key personnel at the top, the people who had been in charge of the policies beforehand had gone. and, he said the court now had to decide not whether the decision in september had been right but whether today's uber was a fit and proper company to hold this license. the first witness called was its london manager, its current london manager. he went through the new procedure they have for passing on complaints about assault by drivers and passengers or other serious activity, directly to the police. which had been a complaint from transport for london, the most serious complaint about uber‘s procedures. there were now more complaints being passed on, sometimes even without the consent of the people making the original complaint. uber passed on the details to the police and quite a

regular basis. we heard right at the beginning of the case from the chief magistrate hear that this was actually all about public safety. that was going to be at the heart of the case. we heard briefly from transport for london. they said basically they wanted to know that the behaviour they had seen in the past would not be repeated again. they accepted the uber had change, it has been trying to paint the picture that it has completely changed its procedures. they wanted evidence that their overall behaviour would be transformed. transport for london said if the court did decide to grant a new licence, it should bejust court did decide to grant a new licence, it should be just a short one. thank you. a heatwave is sweeping the uk with temperatures in some places higher than in places like athens and miami. sima kotecha reports

from birmingham. v0|ceover: digging is hard work but even harder in this heat, and the ice is very welcome to cool off. it's good for us, because we sell lots of ice cream! and the faces light up on the children, when they get the ice cream. after a week of sunshine, the momentum is set to continue, some places in the south are expected to reach nearly 30 celsius, making it hotter than athens and los angeles. it's nice to be able to come out instead of being stuck in the house, and the options of what you can do, there's a lot more that you can do when the weather is nice. in other parts of england and wales, it should be between 2a and 27 celsius, if you suffer from hay fever, you may be in for a difficult week.

as we approach the end of the school year, more children are out and about in parks like this one, and that's why the advice issued by public health england is even more crucial. three key things we can all do to stay welcome along keeping cool, keeping your house cool, and keeping hydrated. on top of that, look out for people who may be vulnerable to hot weather, the elderly, people with long—term health conditions such as heart and lung problems, and young children who are less able to look after their own temperatures. the last couple of months have been warmer and drier than usual, in the south of england this month could be one of the driest on record. hot weather will be with us all week, we have an area of high pressure right over the country, like winds, strong sun, long days, the heat can build up near the surface of the earth and that is what we are seeing this week. we are told warm weather is here to stay at least

until the end ofjune, and forecasters believe we could be looking at similar conditions continuing into the start of next month. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. magnificent weather, unless you don't like hot weather of course! june is traditionally hot but this is very, very hot. it is and it isn't. it feels very hot and the warmth this summer has been quite prolonged so far. it's been really dry as well, it's on course to be one of the record driestjunes. we are seeing beautiful pictures coming

m, are seeing beautiful pictures coming in, gorgeous scenes from the coast and further inland as well. you mentioned very, very hot. i thought it was quite useful to look back at what happened last june. it was quite useful to look back at what happened lastjune. 0nly it was quite useful to look back at what happened lastjune. only a year ago, heathrow we got up to 34.5 degrees. this isn't hugely unusual. we had it a year ago but we aren't going to see that temperature in this particular run of hot days. we may exceed some of these temperatures later this week in those places. it's hot but not exceptional. talk to us about dust devils. this is something that looks a bit exceptional. we've got footage sent by my colleague who was watching cricket but instead was to busy being a weather watcher! look at the way the straw is being picked

up at the way the straw is being picked up and twirled around. it looks like a tornado. it's formed in a similar way. the ground warms up very, very quickly. the warm air rises quickly and if it rises quickly enough and conditions are right column of air can spin. they don't tend to be very powerful, they tend to be relatively wea k powerful, they tend to be relatively weak compared with tornadoes. look at the way this material is being blown around. we might see some more of those over the next few days. good footage! he's provided some good material for us this afternoon! if you like warm weather, there is plenty of it. you've probably got the gist already by now. dry weather with plenty of strong sunshine and high uv with plenty of strong sunshine and high uv levels. high pressure is firmly in charge at the moment and underneath this area of high pressure we are able to build that

heat. this afternoon we are going to get close to 30 degrees in the south—east. further north and west, those temperatures will get up into the high 20s later in the week. this is the satellite picture. a bit of extra cloud into the north west of scotla nd extra cloud into the north west of scotland but elsewhere not a lot to talk about in terms of cloud. it's going to stay dry with long spells of sunshine and those temperatures climbing accordingly. very pleasant if you like the warmth. through the evening, plenty of sunshine to enjoy. 0nce evening, plenty of sunshine to enjoy. once the sun goes down temperatures will dip away. a bit of extra cloud seeping its way in from the north sea in scotland. further south, look at those overnight lows. perhaps a bit uncomfortable for sleeping. tomorrow we do it all

again. long spells of sunshine, this area of cloud and some of the eastern coastal areas keeping a bit cooler. you can eastern coastal areas keeping a bit cooler. you can see eastern coastal areas keeping a bit cooler. you can see where the warmest of the weather will be tomorrow. those temperatures in parts of central scotland are also continuing to climb. while we are basking in the summer sunshine, have a look at the south—east of europe. an area of low pressure not moving very quickly which means parts of greece are in line for some intense downpours and thunderstorms. gusty winds as well. it's more like autumn than summer. back home as we look ahead to wednesday, another summer ‘s day. blue skies and sunshine, a bit of extra cloud for some of these north sea coasts. an easterly breeze. you can north sea coasts. an easterly breeze. you can see north sea coasts. an easterly breeze. you can see the slightly lighter colours on the temperature chart. further west we are looking

at highs into the high 20s, and again across parts of southern scotla nd again across parts of southern scotland 28—29d. dry for the rest of the week, still cooler for eastern coasts and the small chance of a shower over the weekend. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the government says it's the biggest transport decision for a generation: mps vote later today on whether to expand heathrow airport with a third runway long standing opponent borisjohnson is facing criticism for missing the vote — the foreign secretary is in afghanistan where he's met the country's deputy foreign minister. the seniorfirefighter in charge of the initial grenfell tower response has told the inquiry he couldn't remember having specific training about when to evacuate a tower block rather than follow a "stay put" policy. police injamaica are trying to determine the motive behind the killing of british couple

charlie and gayle anderson. the grandparents, who had recently retired to the island, were found dead in their home. the taxi hailing firm uber is appealing a decision not to renew its licence in london — it's told a court that transport for london was right to turn it down initially, but said there had been a ‘wholesale change' at the company since then. sport now on afternoon live with tim hague. 0nly only one thing to talk about, england, all those low expectations we have, but now they have been blown sky—high. we are going to win the world cup. you don't ask for much, do you? it was a great sunday. breaking records at the world cup on saturday. what a sunday it was for the england team, breaking records at the world cup, and former captain terry butcher

thinks gareth southgate's squad can go all the way in russia. well the manager and his players landed back in st petersburg last night, but those who didn't start against panama were already training this morning and preparing for the match with belgium on thursday. and that could be just the start of something special, according to butcher. i see no reason why they can't go all the way. i was asked last night, can they win it and i said i didn't know. it all depends on the draw and what momentum they continue to build on. but it has potential. it has certainly attracted a lot of interest from the rest of the world, who are standing back in amazement. they are saying they are a group of players who are not internationally recognisable. some of them had never played a world cup game before the tournament. i think it is building one game by game, get the belgium game, see what happens there and in the round of 16, not getting too far ahead of ourselves. sick of seeing those goals yet?

surely not. here's why terry butcher is so excited. john stones scored the first of his two goals to start things off against panama before jesse lingard got the third and the pick of them — which was an absolute beauty. and another day, another three harry kane goals, this time he got a couple of penalties to put away. and got his hatrick off his heel to complete a remarkable day for him and england. although former england midfielder frank lampard says he's not getting too excited just yet. without being disrespectful, panama were below par and i think we knew that. but we should give them credit to a degree. we should certainly give them credit, but in terms of ranking yet, it's hard to do. the real ones to rank and test will be if we can go head—to—head with belgium or in the knockout stages, head—to—head with bigger games and produce.

i believe the team can. this is part of their growing as a group and at the moment, in both games they played very well. england will play either senegal, japan on colombia in the last 16 — who dedicated their 3—0 win over poland to their midfielder carlos sanchez. he recieved death threats since being sent off in the 3rd minute against japan last week. 0ne one of those last three in the last 16 for england, definitely. studio: who is in action today? back to today's action and it's the start of the final round of group games. they're all played at the same time, and cristiano ronaldo will be hoping to drag his side into the last 16 when they play iran at 7pm. they're level on points with spain. who play morocco — also at 7 o'clock. before that at 3pm, hosts russia

face uruguay for the right to see who will top group a, and saudi arabia play egypt — both of those sides already on their way home. coverage across bbc television and bbc radio 5 live. egypt will be breaking a record in their game by playing a 45—year—old goalkeeper. andy murray plays the second match of his comeback in eastbourne this afternoon. his opponent is stan wawrinka, who is another three time grand slam champion on the way back from injury. dan da n eva ns dan evans has a won in straight sets and he needs two more victories to reach the main draw at wimbledon. it was a lengthy match but he got over the line. looking good. just needs a

couple more victories to reach the main draw in the —— in wimbledon. that's all the sport for now. the uk's official music chart will now take into account videos that have been downloaded or streamed online, as well as audio downloads, and sales of cd and vinyl. tracks can often have billions of views on websites such as youtube, but until now that's not counted towards the song's position in the chart. lizo mzimba reports. this week's number one single, solo, by clean bandit and demi lovato. its chart position was calculated using the formula that combines the number of times the song has been bought with the number of times it has been streamed, through audio services such as spotify. but online video sites have become one of the main ways that young people in particular consume music.

the video for despocito has been viewed more than 5 billion times. so now, the weekly charts will also take into account how often a song's music video is watched on platforms like youtube. like many acts, chart—topping synth pop group years and years put a huge amount of effort and creativity into their videos. they've welcomed the new move. so many people nowjust, you know, watch streaming sites, watch videos online as a way to kind of engage with the music of the artist, some people just watch the video, they're not even aware of the song separate from it. so i think it's definitely about time. it's all the result of months of research by the official charts company, they say it's not likely to result in huge changes to chart positions but that it's important that the system evolves. what we have seen is, this will make an adjustment, it will reflect consumption that has not previously been reflected.

you will not see records that have previously never been in the charts being in the top ten, what you will see is certain records being higher because they are particularly strong on video. the new rules come into effect from today, with the official charts company keen that their weekly charts reflect a song's popularity as accurately as possible, however it is being accessed by fans. and joining me now is martin talbot, chief executive of the official charts company. you were telling me that the charts began in 1952 and they have changed, but also haven't. is it hard to keep pace with the technological change? yes, it was a much simpler day back in 1952. an office above a shop,

recording 20 record shops around the country. and today we can sales record shops but also download services and home delivery, and also streams of audio and video. it is a far more complex environment. we have two evolve the charts as tastes change and the way people access music changes. this takes into account video as well as audio. yes. this is the first time we have started to count videos. music videos have been around 30—40 years, they started to be developed as promotional tours in the 805, they would be broadcast on tv and the record labels would sell more records as a result of that. what we have seen in the last year, increasingly people acce55ing videos through streaming 5ervice5

increasingly people acce55ing videos through streaming services and more 5ervice5 making those videos available as well. the last ten years, there has only been one 5ervice years, there has only been one service which has offered video streaming, youtube, but now we have spotify, apple music, making videos available to consumers in the same environment in which they are streaming audio tracks, and we feel it would be anachronistic to be counting the audio streams but not the video streams. but equally, puri5t5 might say, you might get an amazing video, a visual feast, but not a great song, but many people wa nt to not a great song, but many people want to see the video. and it goes up want to see the video. and it goes up the charts because of that? you are right. we have done test5. up the charts because of that? you are right. we have done tests. we we re are right. we have done tests. we were concerned about that, and we did not want a viral piece of video content which had insignificant piece of music or a bad piece of

music, to get to the top of the cha rt5 music, to get to the top of the chart5 because of the visual, but we have done test5 chart5 because of the visual, but we have done tests and we have found that actually you need to have a 5trong audio track performing as a download and a video as a stream, as well, for it all to come together to have a higher chart po5ition. what we won't be seeing from the tests, we won't be seeing from the tests, we won't be seeing from the tests, we won't be seeing videos the tracks are no one is heard of, getting to the top of the charts on the basis of the video alone. how relevant are the charts now? when i was growing up the charts now? when i was growing up it was the be all and end all. people were obsessed. we live in different times, and when i first sta rted different times, and when i first started getting into music in the 805, there were three national tv channels and a couple of national radio stations but now we have wall—to—wall television and wall—to—wall television and wall—to—wall radio. it is more

difficult to compete for the intention of the public —— attention of the public about we get a lot of support and lots of excitement and enthusiasm from artists —— but we get. we present a number—1 award every time there's a number one in the singles chart and that gets arti5t5 excited. we have the likes of ed sheeran and sam smith competing, and that doesn't happen in any other sphere. martin, thanks for joining in any other sphere. martin, thanks forjoining u5. fascinating. turkey's president erdogan, has promised to implement rapidly his agenda — after victory in the country's elections. he will now a55ume sweeping new powers, which were approved in a referendum last year. critic5 warn he is moving towards increasingly authoritarian rule. the leader of the main opposition group admitted defeat this morning, but said it had not been a fair conte5t. selin girit reports from istanbul. never before has an election race

been so tight in turkey, but the president's supporters did not disappoint, despite winning machine in turkey held on to power despite a fierce opposition campaign. translation: one nation, one flag, one country, and one state, for this we will be one. the primary challenge he faces is just that — bringing the nation together. this country feels more polarised than ever. president erdogan is either de5pi5ed or adored. he will now receive sweeping new powers 5uch a5 appointing his cabinet, his vice president, and even 5eniorjudge5. that concerns the opposition. president erdogan'5 main rival warned that turkey wa5 entering a dangerous regime of one man rule. he called on president erdogan to embrace the whole nation. translation: president erdogan,

from now on please don't act like you are the leader of the akp. bring people together. be president for the 81 million people. i suggest you use my campaign 5logan, "everyone's president". president erdogan'5 governing party lost seats in parliament but will still be able to secure a majority with the help of the nationalist mhp party, who did much better in the election than expected. since the failed coup in 2016 over 100,000 public workers have been dismissed or 5acked from their posts. more than 50,000 were arrested. 90% of the media here in turkey is controlled directly or indirectly by the government. but president erdogan is adamant that turkish democracy is strong. and the huge turnout yesterday proved it. in a moment the business news.

first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. mp5 are preparing to vote on whether or not to approve plans to build a third runway at heathrow airport — the government says it's the biggest transport decision for a generation the fire—fighter who led the first response to the grenfell tower fire says he couldn't remember being trained on how to evacuate a burning tower block. the british couple murdered injamaica: the family of charlie and gayle anderson say it had been their dream to live on the island for their retirement. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. harley—davidson has announced plans to shift some production away from the us to avoid what it calls the "substantial" burden of european union tariffs — introduced last week. more on this in a moment. the taxi hailing company uber is in court today appealing against being banned from london.

transport regulators refused to renew its licence after raising concerns about the way it vets drivers and reports crime. the company says it's made big changes. morrison's has brought back paper bags for fruit and veg as the backlash against plastic continues. the company wants them in all its stores by the end of the summer — right now they're in around 490 branches. so egon, uber in court today. a lot of people will be very interested in this court case. yes — they're appealing against being effectively banned from operating in london. transport for london refused to renew the company's licence last year — saying uber is not fit and proper to operate here. there is a lot of attention and interest here.

london is one of its biggest markets in the world — so lots at stake. anna mcafferey is an employment lawyer — and has been explaining the issues facing uber. in september largest it published a 25 page report as to why it did not renew the licence and one of the concerns was passenger safety especially in relation to the reporting of crimes and background checks on drivers, and it says it needed to see it —— significant improvement, and at the time last yearin improvement, and at the time last year in septemberthey improvement, and at the time last year in september they did not think they were doing enough. more evidence of trade tensions with the us. ye5, more 5igns ye5, more signs of tension. harley davidson is shifting some production away from us — to avoid eu sanctions. the eu introduced tariffs on us good5 including motorcycles — in retaliation for us tarrif5 on steel and aluminium.

joining us now is paul blake, our new york business reporter. what is the company going to do?m looks like us customers could be losing out over some of the tariffs donald trump has been in acting. harley— davidson has said donald trump has been in acting. harley—davidson has said it donald trump has been in acting. harley— davidson has said it would donald trump has been in acting. harley—davidson has said it would be moving the production of eu bound motorcycles to some of its facilities overseas and we know it has a cell at ease in places like brazil and india, —— has a cell at ease in places like braziland india, —— we know has a cell at ease in places like brazil and india, —— we know it has facilities in places like thailand, brazil and india. this is of course because of the tariffs from the eu in response to the tariffs put on aluminium and steel by donald trump. one of the motivations for doing

this on the part of donald trump i5 to protect american job5, this on the part of donald trump i5 to protect americanjob5, will this have any blowback on him? to protect americanjob5, will this have any blowback on him7m to protect americanjob5, will this have any blowback on him? it is symbolic because harley— davidson have any blowback on him? it is symbolic because harley—davidson is synonymous with the american open road but we are also talking about american blue—collar workers, eight additional constituency for donald trump and the republican party —— a traditional. he sees them as part of his constituency and it also might see jobs cut in the american heartland which traditionally goes for the republicans. this is the way this kind of tariff is supposed to work when they are done in retaliation and they appear to be working. i'm all us action against china potentially? yes, that is right. the word on the street is that the trump ministration is considering new actions against china, the first preventing chinese

firms from buying american companies —— administration. the second proposal will prevent us companies from selling their technology to chinese companies, so donald trump is not backing down in these trade disputes, especially when it comes to china. we live in interesting time5. to china. we live in interesting times. thanks forjoining u5. what about the markets? ftse has been under pressure as fears per5i5t about a trade war between us and china and us and europe. it is down by almost 2%. the estate agent country wide has also seen lo55e5 after issuing its second profit warning this year. mining firms like anglo american and glencore have also been under pressure because of lower commodity prices. anglo—american i5

anglo—american is down close to 3%. that's all the business news. prince william is on a visit to the middle east. he will become the first member of the royal family to go on an official trip to both israel and the palestinian territories. he's due to arrive in tel aviv this afternoon. his tour began yesterday injordan — from where our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell sent this report. a low—key start to a royal tour of more than usual sensitivity. thank you very much. william's visit to the middle east has started in jordan, a long—standing ally of britain, where this morning it was viewing the spectacular ruins ofjerash, a roman city built in the first century ad. he was taken to the spot where his wife catherine had visited when she was a child and living in jordan with her family.

but william's visit to the middle east is much more than a sightseeing tour. he will break new ground for the british royal family by becoming the first british royal to make an official visit to israel and the palestinian territories. royal visits can be rather bland, focusing on worthy causes and politically 5afe initiatives, but this one is different, because here in the middle east, politics touche5 ju5t about everything. and there is no question that william's visit to israel and the palestinian territories has strong political connotations. it is happening in part because britain wants to send a signal that peace in the middle east can only be achieved by dealing equally with both sides of the conflict. the visit has been prepared with more than usual care by british diplomats. last night injordan'5 capital, oman, there was just a glancing reference to the region's political instability. i greatly admire the resilience you in jordan have shown in the face of many security and humanitarian challenges.

that have confronted you as a result of conflicts in this region. it will be later today when william arrives in tel aviv for three days carefully divided between israel and the palestinian territories, that the test will begin. for him and for the evenhanded british policy which he will seek to represent. more than half of councils in england are now charging residents to collect garden waste, according to figures obtained by the bbc‘s "rip off britain: live". the service costs residents an average £43 per year. the local government association says it is needed because of a £5 billion hole in theirfinances. 14 dogs have been competing to be crowned the world's ugliest dog. it seems rather unfair competition but there you go.

the winner was a nine—year—old bulldog called zsar zsar who has a large underbite and a tongue that almost touches the floor. her prize include5 $1500, a large trophy and a flight to new york with her owner. plenty to smile about. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. the sun is shining and the temperatures have been climbing and there is plenty of hot summer weather to come through the rest of the week. it will stay dry for the vast majority and the sunshine very 5trong vast majority and the sunshine very strong with high uv levels, and high pressure firmly in charge of the scene, and underneath the temperatures have been rising and the heat has been rising, approaching 30 in the south—east, but further north and west things will hot up later in the week, as well. 120 is in scotland and northern ireland. this is how we

close out the afternoon, the strong sunshine and temperatures as high as 30, and these temperature will hold up 30, and these temperature will hold up in the evening. after the sun goes down it will turn a little bit cool across eastern scotland and tasting and, maybe down to seven or 8 degrees, but the temperatures will be holding up, and it will be a relatively warm night. tomorrow we do it again, plenty of hot and strong sunshine, and maybe some cloud in northern ireland producing the occasional shower but only a small chance. notice the orange colours, the hottest weather spreading further west by this stage as those temperatures in parts of the west country and the midlands getting up to 27 or 28. high pressure firmly in charge across the uk and many western parts of europe in good shape but look down to the south—east of low pressure dominating parts of greece, some really heavy rain, strong winds,

disappointing if you have chosen this week your holiday. in this part of europe. but back home as we look ahead to wednesday another glorious day, blue skies and sunshine and high uv day, blue skies and sunshine and high uv levels and apollo metals. —— and apollo metals. there will be a slight breeze —— and high pollen levels. coming further west the heat continues, into the high 205, and scotla nd continues, into the high 205, and scotland and northern ireland also turning warmer by this stage. very little change at the end of the week, cool closer to the eastern coasts, but plenty of sunshine elsewhere. the odd chance of a shower over the weekend. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm ben brown. today at 3:00pm. the government says it's the biggest transport decision for a generation. with a third runway.

we know there are mp5 who disagree with that, who disagree very strongly. at the end of the day, governments have to take a decision, we have to form a judgment, that's what we've done. we are now saying to parliament, "back thatjudgment". the foreign secretary, who is in afghanistan and expected to miss the vote, denies he should have resigned over the issue. he says it would have achieved "absolutely nothing". the fire—fighter who led the first response to the grenfell fire says he couldn't remember being trained on when to fully evacuate a burning tower block. turkey's leader recep tayyip erdogan will assume sweeping new powers after winning a new five—year term as president. is uber a fit and proper company? the taxi app firm goes to court to try to win back its london licence. and coming up, all the sport. low

expectations for england, they are now going through the roof. a lot of fa ns now going through the roof. a lot of fans are dreaming that the world cup is coming home after england's remarkable win yesterday. and, can cristiano ronaldo catch harry kane in the race for the golden boot? thanks tim, and ben has all the weather, and it's a scorcher in many parts of the uk. whether you like the hot weather or not, it's here to stay. very little change in the forecast this week, plenty more dry weather and more strong sunshine. the full details coming up. also coming up... changing its tune, the uk's official music chart will now take into account videos downloaded or streamed online. hello, everyone, this

is afternoon live. i'm ben brown. supporters say it's vital for the economy, opponents say it's a threat to the planet. today, mp5 will vote on whether or not to build a third runway at heathrow airport. the transport secretary says he's cautiously optimistic they will approve it. the foreign secretary borisjohnson, who once said he'd lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop the expansion will miss the vote, because he's abroad. the afghanistan foreign ministry tweeted this picture of mrjohnson meeting the country's deputy foreign minister earlier today. that's where borisjohnson is, he

has been in afghanistan. critics say he should resign over the issue, he says that would "have achieved absolutely nothing." here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. it's the busiest airport in europe, and tonight after decades of delay, mp5 get the chance to decide whether heathrow should get a third runway. the government says it's the biggest transport decision in a generation. it's promised not a penny of the £14 billion price tag will be met by the taxpayers. there will be guaranteed benefits for the country and built in environmental protections. it's really important that the promises we make about noise, air quality, about the connections provided elsewhere in the uk, are kept and absolutely set in stone. so that when we get to the completion of this runway in the 20205, the things

we promised today will be the things that happen then. and they are promising tens of thousands of new jobs, plus £2.6 billion in compensation, with hundreds of homes facing demolition. many here in harmondsworth, where campaigners have been fighting the plan is. my view is we've got to block it. it's so dangerous for climate change. this is a threat, notjust my community but to the whole country and the planet. if we don't stop this we cannot be taken seriously on climate change. labour is officially opposing but its mp5 get the chance to vote how they like. conservatives are being ordered to back the third runway, while some critics are expected to rebel, the foreign finds himself in afghanistan meeting the deputy foreign minister. he is expected to miss his chance to protest. he once vowed to lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop

expansion. others quit their ministerial posts so they could vote against the plans. it's all about the pledges you make. i made a pledge to my constituents in chelsea and fulham and 50,000 election leaflets that i would be voting against the proposal in parliament. i think it would be damaging for my constituency, damaging for london as a whole, and against the national interest. what's next? the commons will vote on the decision tonight. there will be a planning inspector ‘s consultation on the detailed proposals, but legal challenges look likely from local councils and environmental groups. the aim is for the new third runway to be completed in 2026. tonight could mark the end of the parliamentary road for heathrow. but with the possibility of legal hurdles ahead and questions over what labour would do if it got into government, it certainly won't bea into government, it certainly won't be a done deal. while the prime

minister will be confident of getting the vote through the commons, it's a long way before this huge project finally takes off. in a moment we'll talk to our transport correspondent, victoria fritz, who's at heathrow. first to our chief political correspondent, vicki young, who's at westminster. it now turns out we know that boris johnson is in afghanistan and some people would say that's a pretty convenient bit of timing for him. yes, and the reason for that is because this is not a so—called free vote. mp5, conservatives are not being told they can vote how they wa nt being told they can vote how they want to, they are being whipped. party managers are making sure every conservative they can find will back this. borisjohnson conservative they can find will back this. boris johnson has conservative they can find will back this. borisjohnson has been a long—time critic of the plans and

conveniently finds himself out of the country today. i think his personal embarrassment, if there is any, it is may be heightened by greg hands who is similarly an mp who has a constituency interest in this, being under the heathrow flight path. he decided to give up his ministerial career in order to honour the pledge he had made many times in public to oppose it. there will be some, and they have been saying it, would be the decent thing for borisjohnson would have been would have been to resign and put his money where his mouth is and oppose the scheme. mrjohnson writing in the evening standard said he would continue to oppose it but behind closed doors. he said his resignation wouldn't have achieved anything, he's going to continue to speak to colleagues privately and he predicts that is actually the third ru nway predicts that is actually the third runway will never be built. which of course means he will never have to lie in front of the bulldozers. what

about labour's position? they seem to be saying even if the work starts they'll block it. that's an interesting development. we know the labour party are split on this issue too. jeremy corbyn the leader, john mcdonnell are opposed. they say there is no need for it. they say you could expand other airports, they think it's bad for the environment. they are going to vote against it. there are dozens of mp5 on the labour side who will back it but that's the interesting point. what would happen if we assume the timetable for the runway is several yea rs timetable for the runway is several years ahead, that could be after the next general election. labour could be in power, what would they do? they are suggesting they would look at it again, depending how far down the line it had got. that would give those protesters around heathrow some hope. it does really mean there isa some hope. it does really mean there is a big question hanging over all of this. for tonight, the government

will be pretty confident it can get this initial backing it needs to go ahead with heathrow. thank you. let's go to victoria at heathrow. explain what this commons vote will mean if it does give the go—ahead, it's still a very long tortured process really, isn't it? yes, that's right. what would happen next if this was voted through is that it would go to a second public consultation. the result of which would be a more detailed plan which would be a more detailed plan which would then go to the planning officers and inspectors. they would make their comments and decide whether or not to accept it. it's only then, when it's being given the real rubber stamp, then we might be able to see spades in the ground as early as 2021. that would be pushing it, it would be very ambitious indeed. even if we got to that stage

we aren't looking at another runway here at heathrow until 2025, 2026 at the earliest. lost in the noise of this debate as to whether it will happen or not, is a basic question. it is this. can heathrow actually afford this? heathrow is one of the most leveraged airport companies in the world. it paid up more to its investors in dividends, its income to investors, than it actually made. that suggests it is using corporate debt to pay investors. its backers at the moment our sovereign wealth funds with deep pockets but the financial structure of heathrow, it is not what most people would suggest is a particularly good idea for taking on suggest is a particularly good idea fortaking on an suggest is a particularly good idea for taking on an infrastructure project of this size and scale. what happens if there are overspends? what happens if the costs are and are shocked and it's going to cost more to move a runway across the

m25, the busiest motorway in the uk? there are a lot of questions marks to be had and whether a project of this scale and size can be delivered on time and within budget. thank you. the fire—fighter who led the initial response to the grenfell tower fire has told the inquiry that he was not aware of the most up to date london fire brigade guidance regarding cladding on tall buildings. watch manager michael dowden also admitted that he couldn't remember having any training about when to evacuate a tower, which has a policy for residents to "stay put". our correspondent tom burridge is following the inquiry being held in central london. i think it's not been a straightforward day for michael dowden. he was the most senior fire officer on duty at north kensington fire station. he was in charge of the initial response when two fire engines he was with arrived at the

scene within five minutes of the emergency call. this afternoon, he's been questioned about to visit he and his colleagues made to grenfell tower in 2016. the first in february and the second injuly. roughly a year before the fire. the refurbishment was ongoing and he was asked a series of questions about what observations he and his collea g u es what observations he and his colleagues have taken in terms of the design of the building, the materials used and fire safety measures within the building. pretty much every question he wasn't able to say whether they had made the releva nt to say whether they had made the relevant observations, or he just couldn't remember. let's listen to this exchange from richard millett qc. he is the leading barristerfor the enquiry, questioning michael dowden from the london fire brigade. on your visit to grenfell tower that we saw earlier this morning in 2016,

did you look at any of those features? none that i have any recollection of. it doesn't say cladding in this list, but can i ask, when you did your visit at grenfell tower, did your visit at grenfell tower, did you look at the cladding? that's something i didn't look at, i wasn't aware of... having known but i know now, that's certainly something i would have looked at without a doubt. this morning michael dowden the senior officer on the ground in the initial phase of fighting the fire at grenfell tower was questioned about his training. the real revelation to come out of that was that he said he hadn't had any

practical training he could recall in terms of facilitating and deciding when to facilitate a mass evacuation of a high—rise building. remember, the london fire brigade kept their stay put strategy, the idea they were still telling residents to stay inside their flats for nearly two hours after the first 909 call. even though we know that the cladding had spread outside of flat 16, sorry, the flames had spread onto the external cladding and within 20 minutes of the first 999 call. michael dowden also said he hadn't had much practical training he can remember in terms of identifying hazardous materials on high—rise buildings. also in terms of evacuating people with mobility problems, disabled people and elderly people. remember, within g re nfell tower elderly people. remember, within grenfell tower and of 72 people who died, there were a relatively high number of elderly people and people with mobility problems. he also made

comments today about the training facilities available for the london fire brigade in terms of fighting fires in high—rise buildings. he said that our training towers but nothing comparable to a high—rise building like that. thank you. police injamaica are investigating the deaths of a british couple living on the island. the bodies of charlie and gayle anderson, who were both in their 705, were discovered on friday by neighbours. they had recently retired to the caribbean from manchester, from where our correspondent danny savage reports. gayle and charlie anderson, both in their 705, both murdered in their home injamaica where they had retired to a few months ago. they were found dead by neighbours in their home in mount pleasant on friday afternoon. the house was partially burned, however one room was totally destroyed by fire. the bodies were observed to have wounds to the neck and face. however, we are not able to say at this time what could have caused those injuries.

until a few months ago they had lived in this street in manchester, but friends say mrs anderson returned to the uk recently to sort out a money problem. a large amount had been fraudulently taken from their credit card in jamaica. although it is not clear if that has anything to do with the double murder. if you asked them for help they would go out of their way. former neighbours told us how immensely popular the couple were and how they would always try and help others. he's have been going to local tips, him and his wife, doing bikes up for the kids injamaica. and taking school books, clothes. just really, really nice people. i was like shell—shocked. you know? i stood here and i just could not move. i did not know what to say, because it came as a big surprise. it was like losing a member of your family, really. their family says charlie and gayle

were happily married for 55 years and leave behind four grandchildren and one great—grandchild. in a statement, their two sons said they were hard—working people, building a business with integrity and making sure we will always provided for. they were just beginning the next chapter of their lives, retiring to jamaica before this terrible tragedy. the murder rate in parts ofjamaica is very high. so far this year more than 600 people have been killed on the island. danny savage, bbc news, manchester. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. mp5 prepare to vote on whether to approve plans to build a third runway at heathrow airport, meanwhile the foreign secretary, who is in afghanistan has defended missing the vote saying resigning resigning over the issue would not achieve anything. the fire—fighter who led the first response to the grenfell tower fire says he couldn't remember being trained on how to evacuate

a burning tower block. the british couple murdered injamaica: the family of charlie and gayle anderson say it had been their dream to live on the island for their retirement. in sport, england expects a little more after the thrashing of panama yesterday. former captain terry butcher says england can go all the way in russia. the hosts and uruguay have already qualified for the last 16. they battering at the moment to see who will finish top of group e. luis suarez has put the uruguayans one up. andy murray is on the sunny south coast. he plays the second match of his comeback in eastbourne against stan wawrinka shortly, another player returning from a lengthy injury break. turkey's president erdogan has promised to rapidly implement his agenda,

after victory in the country's elections. he will now assume sweeping new powers, which were approved in a referendum last year. the defeated opposition leader described the new presidential system as "very dangerous" as he said it would lead to one—man rule. our correspondent selin girit reports from istanbul. never before in a decade has an election race in turkey been so hard—fought. election race in turkey been so hard —fought. this vote election race in turkey been so hard—fought. this vote winning machine in turkey held on to power despite a fierce opposition campaign. translation: one nation, one flag, one country, and one state, for this we will be one. the primary challenge he faces is just that, bringing the nation together. this country feels more polarised than ever. president erdogan is either

despised or adored. he will now receive a sweeping new powers such as appointing his cabinet, his vice president, and even seniorjudges. that concerns the opposition. president erdogan's main rival warned that turkey was entering a dangerous regime of one man rule. he called on president erdogan to embrace the whole nation. translation: president erdogan, from now on please don't act like you are the leader of the etp. bring people together. be the president for the 81 million people. i suggest you use my campaign slogan, everyone's president. president erdogan's governing party lost seats in parliament but will still be able to secure a majority with the help of the nationalist party, who did much better in the election than expected. since the failed coup in 2016 over 100,000 public workers have been dismissed

or sacked from their posts. more than 50,000 were arrested. 90% of the media here in turkey is controlled directly or indirectly by the government. president erdogan is adamant that turkish democracy is strong, and the huge turnout yesterday proved it. professor mehmet ugur is from greenwich university, he can talk about the economic impact president erdogan being re—elected will have on turkey. the economy was very much an issue in the election. a lot of the reason that there is growing opposition or was growing opposition in the run—up to the election of president erdogan and was the difficulties the economy there is facing. well, thank you for having me. yes, the economy has been

going through a long period of fragility, volatility and poor growth. this has had an effect on the decision to call early elections. i must say, the early elections. i must say, the early elections have been held under state of emergency. they have been blata ntly of emergency. they have been blatantly unfair and unequal, with some of the presidential candidates imprisoned, like the people's democratic party candidates. and freedom of expression was not insured. people who attended rallies and shouted slogans were arrested afterwards for what they said. this is the political side, maybe we'll have a bit of time to talk about it and the nature of the emerging

regime. in terms of economics, i have been saying for some time, in fa ct have been saying for some time, in fact from 2008, that the ak party doesn't have a growth story to tell. it is growth engineered on the basis of demand, and this demand is used for political purposes through state resources , for political purposes through state resources, budgets, bank resources, state bank resources. therefore, productivity has been declining year by year since 2005. also, this growth has been associated with increasing inequalities. in fact, inequality has increased from 38% in 2006, in 2013 it is 43%.

unemployment is high at more than 1296 unemployment is high at more than 12% officially. in practice, eve ryo ne 12% officially. in practice, everyone suspects the unemployment rate is much higher. it's very high among the young and women. that's a picture of the economy. returning to the politics of turkey now, what do you think the future holds for turkey, now that president erdogan has been re—elected and is going to bring in the sweeping new powers he has? in terms of economic prospects, i expect a high price to be paid in turkey by the low—paid. also, i expect that inequality would increase as a result. in terms of political prospects, the new regime

isa political prospects, the new regime is a one—man rule regime. under article 104 of the new constitution, the president has full executive power. under article 19 he has full power. under article 19 he has full power to declare state of emergency and under the same article he is free of legal prosecution. he has full legal immunity. under article 146 he controls the constitutional court by appointing 12 members of the 15 members. he also controls the council ofjudges, he the 15 members. he also controls the council of judges, he and the 15 members. he also controls the council ofjudges, he and the government appoints all the members of the council of judges. government appoints all the members of the council ofjudges. finally, under article 116 he also controls parliament. because of parliament doesn't toe the line he has the power to dissolve parliament. together with renewed election for

both parliament and president. under this regime, i think accountability, rula floor, will deteriorate much further —— rule of law. currently, these indicators, under world bank governance indicators, turkey has been declining and these indicators. the gap between turkey and the oecd averages widening. thank you so much for your thoughts on the current state of both the economy in turkey and the political situation there. you're watching bbc news. now, should there be a return of standing areas at football grounds? the question is being debated by mp5 in westminster this afternoon after an online petition reached 100,000 signatures. all seater stadiums were introduced

for the top flight of english football more than 20 years ago, following a recommendation by the taylor report after the hillsborough disaster. joining me now from central london is michael brunskill from the football supporters' association. where do you stand on this question ofa where do you stand on this question of a return to standing in football grounds? well, football supporters overwhelmingly backed the choice to sit or stand in football stadiums. readily nine out of ten fans tell us they would rather have a choice. that doesn't mean everyone wants to stand, many would like to sit. the choice should be there and that's what we are looking for from mp5 and the sports minister this afternoon. asi the sports minister this afternoon. as i mentioned, standing was abolished for very good reasons, for safety reasons, after hillsborough. hillsborough and absolutely terrible

disaster that cost so many lives. what has changed, would you say, to make standing safe? the taylor report into hillsborough never actually blamed the disaster which was obviously awful and standing. standing was removed for customer ca re reasons. standing was removed for customer care reasons. taylor thought fans would prefer to stand. that hasn't proven to be the case. you have a tangled web of legislation where clu bs tangled web of legislation where clubs in league 1 and league 2 are allowed to have standing areas. clu bs allowed to have standing areas. clubs in scotland can, but clubs in the championship and premier league have to have all—seater stadiums. we are trying to help the government, let's untangle the legislation and devolved powers so that clubs in conjunction with their local safety advisory groups can determine what's best for them. they can speak to theirfans best for them. they can speak to their fans and find out if they want standing areas. it can be managed

perfectly safely. there's no reason not to do it. understandably hillsborough plays a part in the debate. it wasn't caused by standing. supporters on merseyside overwhelmingly backed the choice to sit or stand. i think 30 years on, the debate has moved on. let's bring in safe technology that can see fans standing once again. some people would say why change things? you've got big crowds at the grounds at football games in england where everybody sits, and it's fine and works very well. going back to standing, some people might say it's a bit nostalgic, really. it's football fa ns a bit nostalgic, really. it's football fans looking to the past thinking that was a fun way to watch a football match, big swaying crowds chanting their songs, but it doesn't have to be like that. i think the premise of the question isn't quite correct because not everyone sits. everyone who goes to games knows that tens of thousands of people in

the premier league and championship are standing in seated areas. it's a customer care issue, because if someone customer care issue, because if someone stands in front of you you're given no choice but to stand. that's not great if you don't want to stand for elderly or young fans. why not have separate areas where people who want to stand and sing can do so without interfering with people who quite justifiably would prefer people who quite justifiably would p refer to people who quite justifiably would prefer to sit. this is all about giving the choice to fans so they can do either. i would encourage anyone watching his thinking this is like a return to the swaying terraces of the 705 to google safe standing, have a look at the types of ideas being proposed, and it's farfrom of ideas being proposed, and it's far from that. the football supporters federation represent hundreds of thousands of fans, we wouldn't propose anything that puts any of those fans in data. this is a progressive step rather than a move

backwards to anything. thank you. now we have the weather forecast. good afternoon. the sun is shining and the temperatures have been climbing and there is plenty of hot summer weather to come through the rest of the week. the bit on crossrail side in eastern areas but in the south—west, temperatures holding up —— a bit on the cool side. it does mean another beautiful start for the majority tomorrow, plenty of sunshine, and the cloud on the north sea coast at times, making it feel a bit cooler but further west, the midlands, wiles, 27, 28, and then as we get

deeper into the week it stays dry, plenty of hot sunshine, but a bit cooler closer to some of these north sea coasts. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the government says it's the biggest transport decision for a generation: mp5 vote later today on whether to expand heathrow airport with a third runway. long standing opponent borisjohnson is facing criticism for missing the vote — he's been in afghanistan meeting the country's deputy foreign minister. the seniorfirefighter in charge of the initial grenfell tower response has told the inquiry he couldn't remember having specific training about when to evacuate a tower block rather than follow a "stay put" policy. police injamaica are trying to determine the motive behind the killing of british couple charlie and gayle anderson.

the grandparents, who had recently retired to the island, were found dead in their home. the taxi hailing firm uber is appealing a decision not to renew its licence in london — it's told a court that transport for london was right to turn it down initially, but said there had been a ‘wholesale change' at the company since then. sport now on afternoon live with tim hague. and tim there seems to be a real optimism about england's chances at the world cup. they still haven't finished the group stages, but yesterday was something to celebrate. breaking records at the world cup, and former captain terry butcher thinks gareth southgate's squad can go all the way in russia. the manager and his players landed back in st petersburg last night, but those who didn't start against panama were already training this morning and preparing

for the match with belgium on thursday. and that could be just the start of something special, according to butcher. i see no reason why they can't go all the way. i was asked last night, can they win it and i said i didn't know. it all depends on the draw and what momentum they continue to build on. but it has potential. it has certainly attracted a lot of interest from the rest of the world, who are standing back in amazement. they are saying, how can this be the same england team? they are saying they are a group of players who are not internationally recognisable. some of them had never played a world cup game before the tournament. i think it is building one game by game, get the belgium game, see what happens there and in the round of 16, and not getting too far ahead of ourselves. england will play either senegal, japan on colombia in the last 16 — who dedicated their 3—0 win over poland to their midfielder carlos sanchez. he recieved death threats since being sent off in the 3rd minute against japan last week. any one of those three teams in the

last 16. studio macro no easy games “ >> last 16. studio macro no easy games —— >> studio: no easy games, maybe apart from panama, but what about today? we already know who's going to qualify from group a, russia and uruguay are both through after winning their first two games — but it looks like uruguay are going to finish top of the group. it's nearly 34 degrees celsius in samara where this game's being played but this was a pretty cool free—kick from luis suarez to give uruguay the lead, that was in the tenth minute. and a couple of minutes ago uruguay doubled their lead. diego laxalt‘s deflected shot off denis cheryshev proving too much for the russian keeper. 2-0 2—0 in that match. in volgograd, it's a case of playing for pride for egypt and saudi arabia as both teams are already heading home from russia.

but that's enough for mo salah — he's given egypt a 1—0 lead as they look for their first ever win at a world cup. look what it means to the goalkeeper. there's more at stake later where spain, portugaland iran are all battling it out to finish in the top two and qualify out of group b. cristiano ronaldo will be hoping to drag his side into the last 16 when they play iran. they're level on points with spain. iran arejust a point behind so they could still qualify by beating portugal. spain play morocco who are already out. both games are on the bbc and kick off at 7pm. andy murray plays the second match of his comeback in eastbourne this afternoon. his opponent is stan wawrinka, who is another three time grand slam champion on the way back from injury. and with just a week to go until wimbledon — qualifying for the tournament has begun and dan evans is through the first round in straight sets. he needs two more wins to reach the main draw.

i missed tennis a lot when i was out, it was a difficult time. it is just good to be out again playing especially my favourite tournament of the year, without doubt. so it is good to be back on court. that's all the sport for now. thanks forjoining us. the taxi—hailing app uber, has begun appealing against the decision not to renew its licence in london. transport for london decided last september that it was not a fit and proper company but uber has been allowed to continue operating pending the legal challenge. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, is at westminster magistrates court. he told me how uber has accepted tfl was in fact right not to renew the licence back in september, based on the evidence at the time. the qc representing a uber said that

decision in september by transport for london, the company have now accepted was justified, that there we re accepted was justified, that there were serious grounds for complaint about its behaviour, and that it had now set about doing something about it, that it had changed its procedures and change the key personnel at the top, the people who had been in charge of the policy have gone. he said the court now have gone. he said the court now have to decide not whether the decision in september had been right but whether today uber was a fit and proper company to hold this license. the first witness called was its london manager, and he went through this new procedure they have for passing on complaints about assaults by drivers on passengers or other serious activity, directly to the police, which had been a complaint from transport for london, the most

serious complaint about the procedures. there were now more complaints being passed on and sometimes even without the consent of the people making the original complaint. but uber passed on the details to the police on a regular basis now. we heard at the beginning of the case from the chief magistrate that this was all about public safety, that was at the heart of the case, and we have heard from transport in london and they will have their say tomorrow. they said they wanted to know that the kind of behaviour they had seen in the past would not be repeated again. they accepted uber had changed. they accepted uber had changed. they accepted that but they wanted evidence, that their overall behaviour would be transformed. transport in london said the

judge... if the court decided to grant the new licence it should be just a short one. we can now go live to the house of commons where labour mp mark tami is asking an urgent question on the future of airbus after brexit. ...wecan we can continue to enjoy the prosperity that working in aerospace brings to so many people in all parts of the uk. thank you for granting this urgent question and cani granting this urgent question and can i thank the secretary of state for his response. does he agree that the continued operation of airbus is vital to the uk economy and we need to take serious to their worries and concerns. 0r to take serious to their worries and concerns. or does he support the comments of the trade secretary who said we should ignore the views of this or does he ignore the views of the —— agree with the views of the

health secretary who said it was not right for airbus to air their views. right for airbus to air their'vim know that the foreign secretary i know that the foreign secretary has to be elsewhere today, and i believe he has got as far as afghanistan to avoid the heathrow vote. but aren't these comments indicative of the - in indicative of the chaos in government over brexit and their approach to anyone who dares to raise genuine concerns? airbus have been raising concerns privately now in12 been raising concerns privately now in 12 months and getting absolutely nowhere. - can he explain why it nowhere. and can he explain why it is now when they have done this publicly, they are shouted down by cabinet ministers. will he meet with me and airbus to address these concerns in the report and dusty acce pt concerns in the report and dusty accept that the times for investment in error space accept that the times for investment in error space on accept that the times for investment in error space on long and the sums are huge? —— does he accept. these

decisions are being taken now. isn't it the case that without clarity on brexit investment will be placed outside the uk in the eu or low—cost producing countries like china where the company already has a plant? airbus's concerns are real and shared by many other businesses like bmw and siemens. the government need to wake up and listen rather than just address tory infighting. what i would say, i recognise that he has over 6500 people involved in his constituency in good jobs and many more in the supply chain and in all sides of the house many members have constituents who have prosperous careers and excellent opportunities through working in this important sector and this is a sector that is one of our proudest strengths and is

expanding the opportunities around the world, growing every year, the excellence we have needs to be nurtured and cherished, so | do take nurtured and cherished, so i do take serious the representations that all businesses make and for this reason, that we are talking not about speculation and not about visions of the future, but we are talking about the future, but we are talking about the reality of the lives of many hundreds of thousands of people across the country and that is important. it is the case that we should listen to businesses and what airbus have said was consistent with what i have said before and consistent what they have said to select images —— with what they have said before. it was addressed equally to the european commission and to member states of the eu because it is very clear that in order to have the agreement that we seek it is mrs terry that both sides

of the discussions —— necessary that both sides of the discussions should come together, and airbus was clear that that should be the case. i hope that that should be the case. i hope that message will be heard in brussels as well as in this country. when it comes to the questions the member made about listening to business, all of paper—macro on this side of the house recognise stash all of us on this side of the house recognise that the success of this country depends on business being successful and they have a right to be heard. sometimes we won't agree with every thing they said that they have the right to be heard. what i would say, though, it wasi rather wouldsayttbough, itmas arathel representation, and i one—sided representation, and i think he should direct some of his to his own front recommendations to his own front bench you have not been a picture

clarity on they would like. that was the business secretary greg clarke taking the urgent question from the labourmp mark tanning taking the urgent question from the labour mp mark tanning who said the government has been shouting down airbus over its concerns expressed in the last few days that it would have to consider its future in the uk if britain leaves the eu without a suitable trade deal. airbus warning. jeremy hunt said it was inappropriate for them to be saying that and greg clarke taking questions from that labour mp on airbus, and we will have more on that throughout the afternoon. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. mp5 prepare to vote on whether to approve plans to build a third runway at heathrow airport — meanwhile the foreign secretary — who is in afghanistan has defended missing the vote saying resigning over the issue would not achieve anything.

the fire—fighter who led the first response to the grenfell tower fire says he couldn't remember being trained on how to evacuate a burning tower block. turkey's leader recep tayyip erdogan will assume sweeping new powers after winning a new five—year term as president — but critics say the elections were not conducted on a level playing field. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. harley—davidson is shifting some production away from the us to avoid what it calls the "substantial" burden of eu tariffs — introduced last week. more on this in a moment. the taxi hailing company uber is in court today appealing against being banned from london. transport regulators refused to renew its licence after raising concerns about the way it vets drivers and reports crime. the company says its made big changes. the voices of millions

of taxpayers have been analysed and stored by hmrc — without consent. that's according to privacy campaigners, big brother watch. the tax authorities say users can choose whether or not to use the voice id system. but now the privacy regulator is looking into the issue. so, egon, uber in court today. they are trying to get a new licence. that is right. they're appealing against being effectively banned from operating in london. transport for london refused to renew the company's licence last year — saying uber not fit and proper to operate here. the company says it needed to make big changes — and has done so. london is one of its biggest markets in the world — so lots at stake. anna mcafferey is an employment lawyer — and has been explaining the issues. in september last year it published a 25 page report as to why it

did not renew the licence and one of the concerns was passenger safety especially in relation to the reporting of crimes and in background checks on drivers. it said it needed to see significant improvement from uber, and at the time last year in september they did not think they were doing enough. more evidence of trade tensions with the us. yes, that is right. a lot of tensions over this. harley davidson is shifting some production away from us — to avoid eu sanctions. the eu introduced tariffs on us goods including motorcycles — in retaliation for us tarrifs on steel and aluminium. joining us now is kate

andrews, news editor at institute of economic affairs. one of the reasons that donald trump has given for imposing tariffs on various goods from around the world is that it will help protect americanjobs, but is that it will help protect american jobs, but this decision is that it will help protect americanjobs, but this decision by the motorcycle company harley—davidson would seem to fly in the face of that. it does, and there have been warnings, that when you start trade wars you hurt everybody including yourself and of course harley— davidson wanting to avoid these tariffs which will be quite substantial on their motorcycles, already has production companies in other parts of the world, and they are looking to invest more in them so are looking to invest more in them so they can avoid these retaliation tariffs as they have been called. notjust on motorcycles

tariffs as they have been called. not just on motorcycles that the few has gone after american products, also bourbon and orange juice and some products that people want to sell abroad, and donald trump is clearly putting jobs in jeopardy and putting manufacturing in jeopardy clearly putting jobs in jeopardy and putting manufacturing injeopardy by engaging with these tariffs and threats of trade wars. is the company trying to add pressure to donald trump to back off? it is possible. i can't speak for them as do their reason, but it is a helpful reminder that trade wars are always going to affect companies and consumers, the cost has to come from somewhere, but harley— davidson consumers, the cost has to come from somewhere, but harley—davidson they estimate the new tariffs could put $2000 plus on each motorcycle, that is exported from the usa to the eu, so is exported from the usa to the eu, so either the customer will have to bear the cost or the company will have to bear the cost. harley— davidson said they will soak up harley— davidson said they will soak up the cost for now, roughly 30—

harley— davidson said they will soak up the cost for now, roughly 30- $45 million they will have to account for, that they will lose their profits, and they are willing to do that in the but that is not sustainable. that is one of the reasons why they are looking to invest in other parts of the world. these arguments are not having much impact on thinking in washington. donald trump has announced plans to stop chinese firms buying tech firms in america, so there seems to be no end to this. it seems that way. there hasn't been an impact yet and thatis there hasn't been an impact yet and that is because his threats about steel and aluminium are fairly new. he has backed down from some of them in some regions so we have not felt the full effect, but if it gets worse there will be pressure on washington to back off. it is not clear why trump is putting tariffs on his allies. there have been complaints from many different countries about the way china

operates, their state subsidies, and that should be a global initiative to tackle the issue. why sunni has decided to attack his allies —— why trump has decided to attack his allies is confusing and i think there might be more pressure on washington to back off. thanks for joining us. the prospect of the trade was affecting the markets? that is right. ftse has been under pressure as fears persist about a trade war between us and china and us and europe. the estate agent country wide has also seen losses after issuing its second profit warning this year. because the property market is flat? they are worried about the demand going forward, as the summer begins and as we get towards the end of the year, they are worried about the

flattening of the market in terms of home sales. mining firms like anglo american and glencore have also been under pressure because of lower commodity prices. that's all the business news. rescue divers have entered a flooded cave network in northern thailand, in the hope of finding 12 teenage football players and their coach. the team was trapped inside the tunnels by a flash flood on saturday. richard galpin reports. this photograph of the youth team was taken by a coach just before they all went into the cave on saturday afternoon. since then, nothing has been heard from them. but outside the entrance to the cave complex, their bikes and other belongings left as they set out for what should have been a fun adventure. instead, a major rescue operation is under way. and there are reports that rescuers

found sandals and backpacks at one spot inside. the tham luang cave is a tourist attraction in the far northern region of chiang rai. it extends for many kilometres underground. for relatives, this is now day three of a harrowing wait for news from inside the cave. it is thought likely the boys and their coach have been trapped by flooding. rising water levels have also made it difficult so elite navy divers have been brought in to help. they have been brought in to help. they have discovered hand and foot prints in one chamber but nothing else. but there is still hope that the teams will eventually be able to find the missing children and their coach, on the assumption that they have moved further into the cave to escape the

water. more than half of councils in england are now charging residents to collect garden waste. the bbc‘s "rip off britain: live" found that local authorities earned almost £74 million from providing the service last year. the local government association says it is just one of the changes that councils have had to make because of a £5 billion hole in their finances. 14 canines have been facing some ruff competition to be crowned the world's ugliest dog. the winner was a nine—year—old bulldog called zsar zsar who has a large underbite and a tongue that almost touches the floor. her prize includes $1500, "a very large trophy" and a flight to new york. time for a look at the weather.

here's ben rich. the sun is shining and the temperatures have been climbing and there is plenty of hot summer weather to come through the rest of the week. it will stay dry for the vast majority and the sunshine very strong with high uv levels. high pressure firmly in charge of the scene, and underneath the temperatures have been rising and the heat has been rising, approaching 30 in the south—east, but further north and west things will hot up later in the week, as well. high 205 in scotland and northern ireland. this is how we close out the afternoon, strong sunshine and temperatures as high as 30, and these temperature will hold up in the evening as well. after the sun goes down it will turn a little bit cool across eastern

scotland, maybe down to seven or 8 degrees, but the temperatures will be holding up elsewhere, and it will be a relatively warm night. tomorrow we do it again, plenty of hot and strong sunshine, and maybe some cloud in northern ireland producing the occasional shower but only a small chance. notice the orange colours, the hottest weather spreading further west by this stage as those temperatures in parts of the west country and the midlands getting up to 27 or 28. high pressure firmly in charge, then, across the uk. many western parts of europe in good shape but look down to the south—east, low pressure dominating parts of greece, some really heavy rain, strong winds, disappointing if you have chosen this week for your holiday in this part of europe. but back home as we look ahead to wednesday another glorious day, blue skies and sunshine and high uv levels and pollen levels. there will be a slight breeze.

bringing slightly lower temperatures. coming further west the heat continues, into the high 205, and scotland and northern ireland also turning warmer by this stage. very little change at the end of the week, cool closer to the eastern coasts, but plenty of sunshine elsewhere. the small chance of a shower over the weekend. hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm ben brown. today at 4:00pm. the government says it's the biggest transport decision for a generation. mp5 vote today on whether to expand heathrow airport with a third runway. the foreign secretary, who is in afghanistan and expected to miss the vote, denies he should have resigned over the issue: he says it would have achieved absolutely nothing. the fire—fighter who led the first response to the grenfell fire says

he couldn't remember being trained on when to fully evacuate a burning tower block. the business secretary greg clark says companies like airbus should be listened to with respect on brexit. mr speaker, any company and any industry that supports the livelihoods of so many working people in this country is entitled to be listened to with respect. should there be a return to standing areas at the biggest football grounds? it's a question being debated by mp5 in westminster this afternoon. coming up on afternoon live all the sport, tim has that, not that we're getting carried away but if we win four more games, we've won the world cup! four goal is to tell you about from this afternoon's games already, as well as england. the egyptian goalkeeper i mentioned in the last

hour, the oldest man to play at the world cup, has also saved a penalty. thanks tim, and ben has all the weather, and it's a scorcher in many parts of the uk. 29.4 degrees in london, it is the warmest day of the year so far. this heatwave is going to last throughout the week, in fact throughout the rest ofjune. more on that plus some impressive footage of a dust devil in halfan impressive footage of a dust devil in half an hour. it's very impressive, i've seen it. also coming up... changing its tune, the uk's official music chart will now take into account videos downloaded or streamed online. hello everyone, this is afternoon live, i'm ben brown.

supporters say it's vital for the economy, opponents say it's a threat to the planet, today mp5 will vote on whether or not to build a third runway at heathrow airport. the transport secretary says he's cautiously optimistic they will approve it. the foreign secretary borisjohnson, who once said he'd lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop the expansion will miss the vote, because he's abroad. the afghanistan foreign ministry tweeted this picture of mrjohnson meeting the country's deputy foreign minister earlier today. critics say he should resign over the issue, he says that would "have achieved absolutely nothing." here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. it's the busiest airport in europe, and tonight, after decades of delay, mp5 get the chance to decide whether heathrow should get a third runway.

the government says it's the biggest transport decision in a generation. it's promised not a penny of the £14 billion price tag will be met by taxpayers. there will be guaranteed benefits for the country, and built—in environmental protections. it's really important that the promises we make about noise, air quality, about the connections provided elsewhere in the uk, are kept and absolutely set in stone. so that when we get to the completion of this runway in the 20205, the things we promised today will be the things that happen then. and they are promising tens of thousands of newjobs, plus £2.6 billion in compensation, with hundreds of homes facing demolition. many here in harmondsworth, where campaigners have been fighting the plans. my view is we've got to block it. it's so dangerous for climate change. this is a threat, notjust to my community but to the whole

country and the planet. if we don't stop this, we cannot be taken seriously on climate change. labour is officially opposing, but its mp5 get the chance to vote how they like. conservatives are being ordered to back the third runway. while some critics are expected to rebel, the foreign secretary finds himself in afghanistan meeting the deputy foreign minister. he is expected to miss his chance to protest. he once vowed to lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop expansion. others quit their ministerial posts so they could vote against the plans. it's all about the pledges you make. i made a pledge to my constituents in chelsea and fulham on 50,000 election leaflets that i would be voting against the proposal in parliament. i think it would be damaging for my constituency, damaging for london as a whole, and against the national interest. what's next?

the commons will vote on the decision tonight. there will be a planning inspector's consultation on the detailed proposals, but legal challenges look likely from local councils and environmental groups. the aim is for the new third runway to be completed in 2026. tonight could mark the end of the parliamentary road for heathrow. but, with the possibility of legal hurdles ahead, and questions over what labour would do if it got into government, it certainly won't be a done deal. while the prime minister will be confident of getting the vote through the commons, it's a long way before this huge project finally takes off. in a moment we'll talk to our transport correspondent, victoria fritz, who's at heathrow. first to our chief political correspondent, vicki young, who's at westminster. the fact the foreign secretary who

has so vocally attacked the idea of expanding heathrow is going to miss this vote and is in afghanistan, a lot of his critics say that's too convenient. yes, it's raised a lot of eyebrows because borisjohnson has been so vociferous about his opposition to that third runway, and also because this isn't a free vote as they call it. mp5 are not being allowed to vote as they wish on the conservative side. theresa may says she wants them to follow her through the voting lobbies and back all of this. borisjohnson the voting lobbies and back all of this. boris johnson conveniently doesn't have to make a choice between what he believes and his ministerial career because he's in afghanistan. there are many people saying that this is very convenient for him and he should stand by his principles. it's made more difficult

for him personally because another conservative mp greg hands is one of those who also has a london constituency and is affected by these plans for expansion and the extra flights. he gave up his ministerial job extra flights. he gave up his ministerialjob in order to vote against the proposals. that is making it tricky, some saying people don't trust politicians as it is. if you can't keep your word you are and trustworthy character. borisjohnson has written in the evening standard saying his resignation wouldn't have made any difference at all, it would have achieved nothing. he's better off staying in government, making the case in private to try and change colleagues' minds. he also said he didn't believe the third ru nway said he didn't believe the third runway would ever get built. he thought there would be so many problems with it he wouldn't ever have to lie down in front of those bulldozers as he once promised. never mind that, from labour's point of view, they are indicating they might stop the bulldozers if they come to power, and the building of

heathrow is already under way. yes, that's because labour too are split on this issue. jeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell are very much opposed to this. they think there are other options. you could look at other airports in the south—east with unused capacity and could be expanded, you don't need this super hub airport, if you like, at heathrow. they have suggested given there will probably be delays to this, it could come after the next general election, and they of course hope they will be in power and they say they will certainly look at this to see if it really was the right thing to do is. thank you. let's go to victoria fritz at heathrow. they aren't going to stop building straightaway, it could be years. yes, years and years. first off, they have already committed to a second public consultation which would start pretty much as soon as

chris grayling's ink was dry on the national policy statement if it were voted through in the first place. once that consultation is over they then look at some of the conclusions they can make from that. they then make a more detailed plan which goes to the planning officers. they've got to woo them which will take a year and got to woo them which will take a yearand a got to woo them which will take a year and a half. we aren't looking at spades going in grounds or bulldozers until at least 2021, which makes cutting the ribbon on this in 2026 very ambitious indeed, despite the fact we've been talking about this for about 50 years. you can imagine back in 1943 when they first decided where to put heathrow and their biggest problem was whether they should take the land being used to grow vegetables, that was the start of the problems here. we've got a runway that's going to go through a major area, we've got the busiest motorway in the ukjust

here. they will have to circumvent that somehow. we don't have a lot of the granularity and the detail on this plan until a bit later on. regardless of whether or not this gets booted through further on, there are so many obstacles they are going to face. they are getting private investors to back this project as well. thank you. this is another plane arriving at tel aviv airport. prince william has arrived in tel aviv. he's the first british royal to make an official visit to israel and the palestinian territories. 70 years after british forces withdrew from the holy land. leaving behind the divisions that remain to this day. it is a historic visit. he

is travelling without his wife or their three children. it's a three—day visit. he'll be staying in jerusalem. he has been injordan. this will be an absolutely fascinating visit to the middle east by prince william. we will bring you more on that when we see him coming out of the plane, that raf plane touching down just now in tel aviv. joining me now from central london is mike spicer, the british chamber of commerce's director of economics and research. we are going to be talking about the expansion of heathrow. tell us how you see it, as mp5 prepared to vote on this this evening. what would your advice be? firstly to remember how important heathrow is. if an

airport of 80 million passengers a year. it's also the uk's largest port by valley for trade with markets outside the eu. it already plays a big role. it has been at capacity for about a decade so the consequences of throttling its growth further period of time is that routes developed in new markets have been developed, or if they have it's been at the cost of other routes. we've seen a progressive du munitions in domestic collectivity. northern england, scotland, northern ireland losing that collectivity because of the capacity constrained at heathrow. —— connectivity. because of the capacity constrained at heathrow. -- connectivity. john mcdonnell says it's notjust a threat to his constituency but a threat to his constituency but a threat to his constituency but a threat to the whole country and the whole planet in terms of climate change and environmental damage.

whole planet in terms of climate change and environmental damagem you look at the data on emissions, for instance, emissions have declined by about a quarter since the 19905 and the main driver has been the technology aboard aircraft. the environmental impact of heathrow isn't just about land use the environmental impact of heathrow isn'tjust about land use but the emissions from aircraft. we have seen emissions from aircraft. we have seen huge strides forward and will do in the years to come. nobody is pretending this is a straightforward or simple political matter. what we are asking of mp5 is to consider the national economic interest which is clearly in favour of expanding our one and only global hub for aviation in this country. caroline lucas from the green party has said heathrow expansion will put a wrecking ball through britain's policies on climate change, increase air pollution, bright residents of west london. she said a vote in favour of

expansion today would be willingly waving the white flag to catastrophic climate change. we have frameworks for managing and mitigating environmental impacts. we should remember there is within the proposalfor should remember there is within the proposal for this expansion a so—called triple—lock guaranteed to only release new capacity if it's consistent with the uk's commitments on air quality. there are environmental commitments there, and those —— honouring those is part of the proposal put forward today. a lot of consideration has to be given to the economic importance of heathrow. the consequence of throttling its growth is that areas that really rely on that domestic connectivity are going to suffer through a lack of recent international markets because of a decision against expanding. it's really important mp5 voting today

ta ke really important mp5 voting today take that into consideration. we hear a lot about how britain should bea hear a lot about how britain should be a champion for free trade. we can't do that unless we invest heavily in our international connectivity and private investors stand ready to do that with heathrow. thank you. prince william has arrived in tel aviv. these are some live pictures from the airport where his plane has touched down. he's the first royal to make an official visit to israel and the palestinian territories. why is he making this visit? it's that the behest of the british government. until now it has been british policy not to make an official royal trip until the israeli—palestinian conflict is resolved. as you can see, the door is opening for prince william to

walk down the steps. his tour is coming ata walk down the steps. his tour is coming at a time of huge diplomatic people in the region, particularly after president trump's decision to recognise, very controversial decision to recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel, and to move the capital of israel, and to move the us embassy there. we've been hearing from prince william's communications team saying that the visit is going to be nonpolitical but will allow a spotlight to be brought to bear on the people of the region and their cultures, aspirations and experiences. he will be meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian president mahmoud bass. visiting israel and the palestinian territories. he will be visiting

various religious sites as well. this is the first official british royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. there have been unofficial visits by members of the royal family. prince been unofficial visits by members of the royalfamily. prince charles attended funerals of yitzhak rabin and shimon peres, for example, in 1994 prince philip attended a ceremony as well. but this is the first official british royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. it is a bit of history there. prince william is travelling without his family, without his wife and three children. he's been in jordan, we saw pictures of him there. now arriving in israel. kilby meeting benjamin neta nyahu

there. now arriving in israel. kilby meeting benjamin netanyahu —— he will be meeting benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. very tense time as it so often is in the middle east. and particularly with that particular question of recognition by president trump ofjerusalem as the capital of israel, and also the recent confrontations we've seen along the border with gaza and a number of palestinians shot dead on the border by israeli security forces. there is prince william meeting israeli dignitaries in tel aviv, heading to jerusalem meeting israeli dignitaries in tel aviv, heading tojerusalem from tel aviv. then he will be going to the palestinian territories as well, a three—day visit altogether. a

landmark visit, really, by a member of the british royalfamily. this visit is coinciding with the 70th anniversary of britain's exit from the region and of israel's independence, which of course palestinians mourn as their dispossession. as we were saying, we understand that this visit is something the british government wanted to do. they have been nervous before about making an official royal visit to the region, until the conflict that

has run for so many decades with so much bloodshed over the years, until the conflict was resolved. but despite the fact that conflict clearly isn't resolved, the british government seem clearly isn't resolved, the british government seem to have changed their policy and decided there should be this first royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. the prince's communication team saying they think that the visit will be nonpolitical. that is very much the message, there's no politics involved, but it does allow a spotlight to be brought to bear on the people of the region. it will be fascinating to see who prince william talks to in the region. we know he is meeting the

israeli prime minister and the palestinian president, but who else? and what he does exactly during his visit. he's touched down in tel aviv, blue skies there in israel, on his way to jerusalem. aviv, blue skies there in israel, on his way tojerusalem. we'll keep you fully up—to—date with the progress of prince william on that historic visit to the middle east. you're watching bbc news. the fire—fighter who led the initial response to the grenfell tower fire has told the inquiry that he was not aware of the most up to date london fire brigade guidance regarding cladding on tall buildings. watch manager michael dowden also admitted he could not recall examining the cladding when he visited the tower in 2016, the year before the fire. our correspondent tom burridge is following the inquiry being held in central london. what has the enquiry been hearing today? michael dowden's evidence

within the last 20 minutes has been cut short. we are told he's not well. the former high courtjudge leading this public enquiry has said he has concerns about the effect giving evidence is having an michael dowden. michael dowden was a key figure on that night, the most seniorfire officer on figure on that night, the most senior fire officer on duty at north kensington fire station on that night. he was therefore in charge of the initial response to the fire. when he arrived within five minutes of the first 999 call. we've had a series of questions through out the day. he was quizzed about two visits that he and colleagues from the london fire brigade made to grenfell tower in 2016 while the building was still being refurbished. he was questioned because these visits were

designed, or meant to be assessments by the london fire brigade of various risks in terms of the refurbishment, and what mitigating factors they‘ re refurbishment, and what mitigating factors they‘re worth. let‘s hear a section of the evidence from michael dowden, the first voice you will hear is richard millett qc the leading barrister for the public enquiry who has been asking questions all day to michael dowden from the london fire brigade. did you learn anything from the mobile data terminal about the height of the building and the number of floors? i do remember, if i'm honest, i do remember. that's one of the things i vaguely remember, in terms of the number of floors and the height of the building, that's something i did glean. did you learn anything about the nature of the evacuation plan, for grenfell tower, that have been devised by the premises' fire risk assessment or any other plan? was that on the...

are you asking me if that was on the mdt? i'm asking you whether you learnt anything from the mdt about the nature of any evacuation plan from gre nfell tower. i can't say i learnt anything, because i don't think that information was, from what i understand, available. did you learn anything about who to talk to, who to identify or contact as the responsible person, responsible for grenfell tower? not at that moment in time, no. in an earlier exchange michael dowden was unable to say whether he realised in those visits that there we re realised in those visits that there were sprinklers in the building and whether there was a single escape route. it hasn‘t been an easy day for michael dowden, there have been long pauses, he hasn‘t been able to

a nswer long pauses, he hasn‘t been able to answer a large amount of the questions put to him by richard m illett. questions put to him by richard millett. when he was questioned about his training we learnt something quite extraordinary, that he hadn‘t, he believed, had any training in terms of knowing when and how to implement a mass evacuation of a high—rise building if there is a fire. people will remember that the stay put strategy, the idea residents are told to stay in their flats because it‘s believed, at least with the original design of grenfell tower, that the fire would be contained within the flat of origin. that stayed in place roughly for two hours after the fire broke out at grenfell tower. it‘s significant michael dowden says he never had any training in how and when to implement and in —— implement an evacuation of a high—rise building. the document quoted today suggest otherwise, that

incident commanders in charge on the ground should have that basic training. there were other bits of training. there were other bits of training michael dowden said he hadn‘t had which were also present in the documents. we learnt about the lack of a dedicated training facility for dealing with high—rise fires. he said there were training towers but nothing comparable to a high—rise building like that at g re nfell tower. high—rise building like that at grenfell tower. thank you. turkey‘s president erdogan, has promised to implement rapidly his agenda, after victory in the country‘s elections. he will now assume sweeping new powers, which were approved in a referendum last year. critics warn he is moving towards increasingly authoritarian rule. the leader of the main opposition group admitted defeat this morning, but said it had not been a fair contest. the business secretary says that airbus should be listened to "with respect", after a fellow cabinet minister criticised the firm for its intervention on brexit.

on sundayjeremy hunt said that the aerospace company had made "completely inappropriate" threats when it warned that leaving the eu without a deal in place would jeopardise its future in the uk. but in the commons greg clark said that the views of business leaders are important and should be heard. when it comes to the questions that the honourable member made about listening to business, i think all of us on this side of the house recognise that the livelihoods of millions of people, the prosperity of our country, depends on business being successful. they have a right to be heard. sometimes they will be... we won‘t agree with everything they say, but they have a right to be heard. the business secretary in the

commons a short time ago. time for a look at the weather. here‘s ben rich. fantastic temperatures if you love the hot weather. how unusual is it to have temperatures like the ones we are experiencing at the moment? these temperatures are well above average. we‘ve just hit the highest temperature of the year so far, 29.4 degrees in the centre of london. that‘s nearly 10 degrees above average. it is pretty unusual. let me take you back to lastjune and have a look at the temperatures we saw injune have a look at the temperatures we saw in june 2017. yes, what we‘re seeing at the moment is pretty impressive but it‘s not unprecedented and plenty of other places... i suspect these two numbers will be topped as we go through this particular hot spell but i‘m not sure we will get as high

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material up and swinging it around. they aren‘t that uncommon. with dry conditions and light winds, i know the winds in the centre and light, but there might be some more of those over the next few days. but there might be some more of those over thl i 1ext few days. but there might be some more of those over thl i 1ext‘ he days. but there might be some more of those over thl i 1ext‘ he took. when his sun was ivhen his sun was ivhen hi suniwas ivhen hi suit'i wasl a and elllifszi 2; 2:5. rest of e for %

to est overnight i in london through to 7pm. overnight it‘s clear skies but you might have noticed this lump of cloud in the north sea. that is going to try to move into the east coast of scotland and england as we get into tomorrow

morning. don‘t be too surprised if things are a bit grey and murky in these coastal areas. any cloud and mist will burn back towards the coast. you might be unlucky if you head to one of the beaches, it may stay grey and murky. look at the lighter colours here on our temperature chart. tomorrow‘s top temperatures likely to be further west. a small chance of a shower in northern ireland but only a very small chance. while we are basking in sunshine, it‘s not like that across all parts of europe. this area of low pressure dragging its heels with thundery downpours continuing across greece, turkey, romania and bulgaria. it‘s more like autumn than summer in this south—eastern corner of europe. if you‘ve chosen holiday plans in greece, not the best one to pick. whereas at home on wednesday, more

blue skies and sunshine. if still some coastal cloud across north sea coasts. nudging the warmth further north. belfast and edinburgh, 28 degrees. the outlook for the end of the week into the weekend remains sunny for the most part, pretty warm. kuhn of the north sea coasts and a small chance of a shower over the weekend. it really is just a small chance. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. mp5 vote later today on what the government says is the biggest transport decision for a generation: whether heathrow should build a third runway. long standing opponent of the scheme, borisjohnson is facing criticism for missing the vote — he‘s been in afghanistan meeting the country‘s deputy foreign minister. the seniorfirefighter in charge of the initial grenfell tower response has told the inquiry he couldn‘t remember

having specific training about when to evacuate a tower block rather than follow a "stay put" policy. business secretary greg clark has defended airbus — saying it should be listened to with respect — after it threatened to pull its operations out of the uk if there‘s no brexit deal. and in the past half an hour, prince william has landed in tel aviv as part of his royal visit to israel and the occupied palestinian territories. he is the first british royal to make an official visit to both territories. sport now on afternoon live with tim hague. we are loving the world cup, especially when england are doing so well. that is right. another four games at the world cup today. the hosts russia are currently

playing uruguay, both sides already through but playing for top spot in group a. egypt are also playing saudi arabia and there are a couple of interesting matches this evening too. the man who can tell you everything about everything... %:.7.msfcflss .,,,., uruguay are heading through as the group winners. in volvograd, with both teams playing for pride,

it was mo salah who was first on the score sheet as he chipped this in to give egypt the lead. the saudis had the chance to pull one back but standing in their way was essam el— hadary, who is the oldest player to ever compete in the world cup. the 45 year old wasn't letting them past. however when a second penalty was awarded, he couldn't repeat his efforts, as salman al—faraj equalised. it isi-i it is1—1 in it is 1—1 in that match. there was a lot of injury time in that, there is about 15 minutes left. first and second from that group will play first and second from group b. there's more at stake later where spain, portugaland iran are all battling it out to finish

in the top two and qualify out of group b. cristiano ronaldo will be hoping to drag his side into the last 16 when they play iran. they're level on points with spain. iran are just a point behind so they could still qualify by beating portugal. spain play morocco who are already out. both games are on the bbc and kick off at 7. we will be looking ahead to thursday, england and belgium, and they will know who is waiting for them in the last 16 by the time they play. england have got back from their big victory over panama. well, the managerand his players landed back in st petersburg last night, but those who didn't start against panama were already training this morning and preparing for the match with belgium on thursday. and that could be just the start of something special, according to terry butcher.

i see no reason why they can't go all the way. i was asked last night, can they win it and i said i didn't know. it all depends on the draw and what momentum they continue to build on. but it has potential. it has certainly attracted a lot of interest from the rest of the world, who are standing back in amazement. they are saying, how can this be the same england team? they are saying they are a group of players from the premier league who are not internationally recognisable. some of them had never played a world cup game before the tournament. i think it's building one game by game, get the belgium game, see what happens there and in the round of16, and not getting too far ahead of ourselves. will belgium be the reality check for england? that is what russia are having at the moment, a reality check against uruguay, who will be going through as the group winners. i will have more later on. thanks

for joining i will have more later on. thanks forjoining us. uruguay looking very good. andy murray plays the second match of his comeback in eastbourne this afternoon. his opponent is stan wawrinka, who is another three time grand slam champion on the way back from injury. and with just a week to go until wimbledon — qualifying for the tournament has begun and dan evans is through the first round in straight sets. he needs two more wins to reach the main draw. i missed tennis a lot when i was out, it was a difficult time. it'sjust good to be out again playing especially my favourite tournament of the year, without doubt. so it is good to be back on court. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. now, should there be a return of standing areas at football grounds?

the question is being debated by mp5 in westminster this afternoon after an online petition reached 100,000 signatures. all seater stadiums were introduced for the top flight of english football over 20 years ago following a recommendation by the taylor report after the hillsborough disaster. mp5 are debating the issue now in westminster hall. all—seater stadiums were introduced for the 20 years ago, following recommendations by the taylor report, after the hillsborough disaster. mp5 are debating that right now at westminster hall. michael brunskill is from the football supporters‘ federation. he says that many fans back the option to either stand or sit at matches. regularly nine out of ten fans say

they would like to stand, but that doesn‘t mean everybody has to do that. there is the debate this afternoon with mp5. that. there is the debate this afternoon with mps. standing was abolished for very good reasons, for safety reasons, after hillsborough. hillsborough was a terrible disaster that cost so many lives. what has changed to make standing safe? the taylor report never actually blamed the disaster which was awful, on standing, because standing was removed for customer care reasons and taylor thought fans would prefer to stand in time but that hasn‘t proven to be the case. what you have isa proven to be the case. what you have is a tangled web of legislation where clubs in league1 is a tangled web of legislation where clubs in league 1 and league 2 are allowed to have standing areas and they can run them perfectly safely and and they can run them perfectly safely a nd clu bs and they can run them perfectly safely and clubs in scotland as well but clubs in the cbbc and the premier league have to have all—seater stadiums —— clubs in the

championship. we need to untangle the legislation and let the clubs have the power, so they in conjunction with the local safety advisory groups, they can speak to theirfans advisory groups, they can speak to their fans and find out what they want. it can be managed perfectly safely and there is no reason not to do it. understandably hillsborough plays a part in the debate. it was not caused by standing. supporters in merseyside act the choice to sit or stand and in merseyside act the choice to sit orstand andi in merseyside act the choice to sit or stand and i think the debate has moved on after 30 years and let‘s bring in safe technology which can see fans standing once again in the premier league. but why change things? you have big grounds in england where everybody sits and it is fine and it works very well, going back to standing, some people might say this is a mestalla jig thing. it is football fans looking to the past —— this is a mestalla

jig to the past —— this is a mestalla jig thing. —— this is a nostalgic thing. not everyone sits at football, and everyone who goes to games knows that tens of thousands of people in the premier league and cbbc are standing every week in seated areas —— championship. if someone seated areas —— championship. if someone stands in front of you, you‘re given no choice but to stand, and that is not great if you don‘t wa nt to and that is not great if you don‘t want to stand. so why not have separate areas where people who want to help drive the atmosphere and wa nt to to help drive the atmosphere and want to stand and sing can do so without interfering with other people who would prefer to sit and watch the match? this is about giving the choice to fans so they can do either and i would encourage anyone who is watching this, thinking this is a return to the swaying terraces of the 705, to google safe standing and have a look at the types of ideas that are being

proposed. it is far from that because the football supporters federation represents thousands of fa ns federation represents thousands of fans and we would not propose anything which puts any fans in danger and this is actually a step forward , danger and this is actually a step forward, rather than a move back to anything. thanks forjoining us. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. mp5 prepare to vote on whether to approve plans to build a third runway at heathrow airport — meanwhile the foreign secretary — who is in afghanistan has defended missing the vote saying resigning over the issue would not achieve anything. the fire—fighter who led the first response to the grenfell tower fire says he couldn‘t remember being trained on how to evacuate a burning tower block.

and prince william has landed in tel aviv as part of his five—day tour of the middle east. he is the first british royal to make an official visit to both israel and the palestinian territories. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. harley—davidson is shifting some production away from the us to avoid what it calls the "substantial" burden of eu tariffs — introduced last week. more on this in a moment. the taxi hailing company uber is in court today appealing against being banned from london. transport regulators refused to renew its licence after raising concerns about the way it vets drivers and reports crime. the company says its made big changes. the voices of millions of taxpayers have been analysed and stored by hmrc — without consent. that‘s according to privacy campaigners, big brother watch. the tax authorities say users can choose whether or not to use the voice id system.

but now the privacy regulator is looking into the issue. uber have been in court. yes — they‘re appealing against being effectively banned from operating in london. transport for london refused to renew the company‘s licence last year — saying uber is not fit and proper to operate here. uber says it needed to make big changes — and has made them. it looks like we will get a judgment on that tomorrow. a very big day for uber tomorrow. joining us now is jasper lawlerfrom london capital group. this is a big dealfor uber? this is a big deal for uber? yes

whether the company can operate in london inches on these court proceedings —— hinges. it is very important for uber, it is their biggest city that they operate in in europe, london, with 40,000 drivers, so europe, london, with 40,000 drivers, so this would be a good chunk of their revenue and profits missing if they were no longer able to operate here. and this case is being considered a taste for their ability to turn around what was a damaged reputation, corporate culture was lacking at the company and there was a sense they did not have a social responsibility to what they were doing. they say they have changed all that. the original ceo has been kicked out, stepped aside, rather, they are looking to show a different image and the result of this case matters for that. yes, not just here but around the world. and now harley—davidson, another iconic

brand, they say they are going to shift some of their production away from the us in order to avoid eu tariffs. not great news for president trump? absolutely not. the eu would have known this when they targeted harley—davidson eu would have known this when they targeted harley— davidson which eu would have known this when they targeted harley—davidson which is an iconic american brand. everything trump has been standing for isjobs, jobs, jobs, going back to america, and he has been very clear about the numberof and he has been very clear about the number ofjobs and he has been very clear about the number of jobs that other and he has been very clear about the number ofjobs that other big automotives have brought back from the likes of mexico, for example, and to see an icon like harley— davidson moving production overseas which means usjobs heading overseas which means usjobs heading overseas is not what donald trump would like to see. giving other american companies might follow in the wake of european sanctions? —— do you think. it is a stark choice, do you think. it is a stark choice, do they fall in line with the us

government or look at the hard facts and figures and say they will be paying this extra 20%, for example, if they stay in the us, or they could move money by going overseas, or they have to go against the general will of the government. countrywide, second profit warning ina countrywide, second profit warning in a year? it is largely a self—inflicted wound. there was a slowdown in the property market last year which happened at the wrong time. they were attempting a revamp and they spend a lot of money and they got in debt and so part of what they got in debt and so part of what they are doing now is raising capital and that is why shares are down 25%. you shares being issued dyedit down 25%. you shares being issued dyed it the original ones —— you shares. —— new shares being issued by looting the original ones. —— die looting. thanks forjoining us. we

have some news. bmw say they will close british plants if brexit means that their supply chains have a stop at the border. bmw saying they will close british plants on this follows warnings from other big british companies like airbus, or companies who are based in the uk, and controversy who are based in the uk, and co ntrove rsy over who are based in the uk, and controversy over the response of the governmentjeremy hunt saying the warnings from were completely inappropriate. —— the warnings from airbus. but we are seeing all these businesses warning about brexit. as the clock ticks down towards brexit we might see more of this because many businesses, behind—the—scenes, have been quite concerned about the brexit we are going to see, and of course. . . brexit we are going to see, and of

course... they not saying it publicly? no, but we might see more of this kind of report creeping out. bmw's of this kind of report creeping out. bmw‘s customs managers saying we do not want to give up british plants and we will try to maintain business continuity after brexit but saying they may close british plants if brexit means their supply chains are disrupted. we will see. the markets? no, we won‘t look at those now. the uk‘s official music chart will now take into account videos that have been downloaded or streamed online, as well as audio downloads, and sales of cd and vinyl. tracks can often have billions of views on websites such as youtube, but until now that‘s not counted towards the song‘s position in the chart. lizo mzimba reports. this week‘s number one single, solo, by clean bandit and demi lovato.

its chart position was calculated using the formula that combines the number of times the song has been bought with the number of times it has been streamed, through audio services such as spotify. but online video sites have become one of the main ways that young people in particular consume music. the video for despocito has been viewed more than 5 billion times. so now, the weekly charts will also take into account how often a song‘s music video is watched on platforms like youtube. like many acts, chart—topping synth pop group years and years put a huge amount of effort and creativity into their videos. they‘ve welcomed the new move. so many people nowjust, you know, watch streaming sites, watch videos online as a way to kind of engage with the music of the artist, some people

just watch the video, they‘re not even aware of the song separate from it. so i think it‘s definitely about time. it‘s all the result of months of research by the official charts company, they say it‘s not likely to result in huge changes to chart positions but that it‘s important that the system evolves. what we have seen is, this will make an adjustment, it will reflect consumption that has not previously been reflected. you will not see records that have previously never been in the charts being in the top ten, what you will see is certain records being higher because they are particularly strong on video. the new rules come into effect from today, with the official charts company keen that their weekly charts reflect a song‘s popularity as accurately as possible, however it is being accessed by fans. now, how do you celebrate turning 102?

with an indoor skydive perhaps? that‘s what adrenaline—junkie eva lewis decided to do. the great—grandmother was joined by three generations of herfamily for the big day, who watched as she flew several metres high in winds of over 100 miles per hour. eva is no stranger to thrill—seeking — last year she celebrated her 1015t birthday with an acrobatic plane flight on a spitfire. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today. next the bbc news at five. time for a look at the weather. the sun is shining and the temperatures have been climbing

and there is plenty of hot summer weather to come through the rest of the week. it will stay dry for the vast majority and the sunshine very strong with high uv levels. high pressure firmly in charge of the scene, and underneath the temperatures have been rising and the heat has been rising, approaching 30 in the south—east, but further north and west things will hot up later in the week, as well. high 205 in scotland and northern ireland. this is how we close out the afternoon, strong sunshine and temperatures as high as 30, and these temperatures will hold up in the evening as well. after the sun goes down it will turn a little bit cool across eastern scotland, maybe down to seven or 8 degrees, but further south and west the temperatures will be holding up elsewhere, and it will be a relatively warm night.

tomorrow we do it again, plenty of hot and strong sunshine, and maybe some cloud in northern ireland producing the occasional shower but only a small chance. notice the orange colours — the hottest weather spreading further west by this stage as those temperatures in parts of the west country and the midlands getting up to 27 or 28. high pressure firmly in charge, then, across the uk. many western parts of europe in good shape but look down to the south—east, low pressure dominating parts of greece, some really heavy rain, strong winds, disappointing if you have chosen this week for your holiday in this part of europe. but back home as we look ahead to wednesday another glorious day, blue skies and sunshine and high uv levels and pollen levels. there will be a slight breeze. bringing slightly lower temperatures. coming further west the heat continues, into the high 205,

and scotland and northern ireland also turning warmer by this stage. very little change at the end of the week, cool closer to the eastern coasts, but plenty of sunshine elsewhere. the small chance of a shower over the weekend. is today at 5 — the future of heathrow airport — airport — in the next hour mp5 are due to debate the third runway. the government says the expansion is essential forjobs after brexit. labour hints it could scrap the plans if elected. at the end of the day, governments have to take a decision, form a judgment. that is what we have done and we are now saying to parliament, back thatjudgment. borisjohnson is in afghanistan — he‘s criticised for missing the vote. the foreign secretary says his resignation would achieve ‘absolutely nothing‘. we‘ll have the latest from heathrow and westminster the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the firefighter who led the initial response to the grenfell fire said he could not remember

receiving training about when to order the evacuation of a tower block. the family and friends of a british couple murdered in jamaica after moving there to retire have paid tribute to them.