this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11.00. mps warn the uk will have to significantly increase defence spending if it is to maintain influence with washington and nate allies. there's real concerns expressed by the united states, who spend much more than any of the rest of europe on our collective defence and want europe to bear its fair share. prince william visits israel's holocaust memorial on the first official visit to israel and the palestinian territories by a british royal. around 16 people are injured in a crash between a bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire. rescuers searching for 12 children in a flooded cave in thailand say they're hopeful they may still be alive. "below average" — that's the verdict of a report to mark the nhs's 70th birthday. and independent analysis for the bbc says the nhs lags behind other countries when it comes to treating common life—threatening illnesses.

and as the met office issues a yellow health warning for the heatwave, network rail brings in speed restrictions because of fears railway tracks could buckle in the heat. good morning. it's tuesday 26th june. welcome to bbc newsroom live. mps have warned that the uk must significantly increase spending on the armed forces if britain is to maintain its defence relationship with the united states and other nato allies. the government insists it will continue to exceed nato‘s 2% spending target, but the defence committee says britain needs to spend billions of pounds more on defence to respond to what it describes as "intensified threats".

defence secretary gavin williamson has reportedly demanded an extra £20 billion for his department. let's cross now to westminster where i'm joined by our assistant political editor, norman smith. good morning, norman. good morning. we know theresa may has promised the nhs £20 billion more. now mps are suggesting the ministry of defence needs £20 billion more. this, they say, is needed to make up for the persistent lack of adequate funding for the military. they claim there has been sort of a patrician in our military capability and now is decision time. it is to decide whether we continue punching our weight in the world or to subside into just weight in the world or to subside intojust a sort weight in the world or to subside into just a sort of average military power. but there are problems because £20 billion is a huge sum of money and there is no clear idea

where it is going to come from, particularly given that mrs may has already allocated 20 billion for the nhs, which will mean tax rises, a lot of tory mps nervous about the prospect of that. indeed this morning in the daily telegraph the chief secretary to the treasury, she wa nt chief secretary to the treasury, she want spending ministers against demanding more taxes to pay for more spending, describing it as unconservative. however, the defence select committee say that that sort of money is now essential if the military is to have the same sort of role it did in the past and it's not simply to become degraded. listen to john spellar, a member of the committee. there's real concerns expressed by the united states, who spend much more than any of the rest of europe on our collective defence and want europe to bear its fair share. that's understandable. and with emerging threats and also with gaps in defence capability. particularly for example in

anti—submarine capability. that becomes important that we are spending the money there. therefore, this is saying europe has to match up. we'll never match up to the us but we have to play our part. this comes as gavin williamson has been and everington throw his weight around in whitehall to try to get more cash out of the chancellor and indeed to try to put the pressure on theresa may, with suggestions at the weekend he'd threatened that if he didn't get the money that apparently could be eight revolt at the budget and he had the power quotes to break mrs may. he was challenged as he arrived at cabinet this morning. will you break the prime minister if she doesn't give you more cash? will you break the prime minister? well, no answers from mr williamson but i can tell you those sort of

stories have infuriated folk in downing street. elsewhere at cabinet this morning we saw the return of the missing foreign secretary, boris johnson. back from a visit to afghanistan which meant he avoided the crucial vote on heath wrote. he was asked if he would now resign over his opposition to heathrow. will you resign over heathrow, mrjohnson? and we'll hear more from the foreign secretary in the commons in the next 20 minutes or so when he will be answering questions. last night he faced a good deal of mockery and ridicule for the fact he was absent for the crucial vote. he responded of course not open letter to constituents saying his resignation would have made absolutely no difference. thank you very much, norman. prince william has laid a wreath at the holocaust memorial at yad vashem injerusalem — on the first official visit

by a member of the british royal family to israel and the palestinian territories. he described a display of shoes taken from victims as "horrifying". the prince is now meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he'll meet the palestinian president tomorrow. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is in jerusalem for us. a very symbolic visit here by prince william. that's right. the prince has now completed the first two official engagements on this historic israeli visit at the yad vashem holocaust memorial we watched as he wore a jewish prayer cap and went to lay a wreath in the hall of remembrance. he met two holocaust survivors and also heard about his great—grandmother, princess alice of greece, who had given sanctuary to a jewish family in her royal residence in athens in the nazi occupied period during the second world war.

now he's just been to visit the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and his wife at their official residence, and is off to visit the israeli president. there have been no official comments made by him during those political meetings. kensington palace has been insisting of course that this is a nonpolitical visit, in keeping with royal visits in general, but that's something that will prove extremely difficult for him because this is of course a place where, due to the long—running israel palestinian conflict, everything really is politicised. things have been very carefully choreographed for the prince. this afternoon he can feel more at his ease as he goes to jaffa, meeting arab, israeli and jewish children plane football together and we are told he will ta ke together and we are told he will take part in a penalty shoot out with them. there will be more opportunities for him to meet young people, which is being stressed on his trip, when he heads off

tomorrow. how is the visit to being seen there? while, in general, it's being seen very positively. the prince was invited here by both the israeli government and by the palestinian government. when i spoke toa palestinian government. when i spoke to a british diplomat luckily he said the prince was ready to engage, that's why he decided to come at this time, although he acknowledged there was nothing to celebrate certainly at the moment in the middle east peace protests, but he said perhaps that means there's even more needs to engage at times like these. i have to say there has been some controversy being stirred up by this if you see some of the israeli right wing commentators in the media this morning. they are picking up on the fact that the prince's official schedule lists his visit when he will see the old city ofjerusalem and says that is within the occupied palestinian territories. palestinian officials have said that is something that is realistic and true, and when i asked the british consul general about that, he said it's in keeping with decades of

usage by un security council resolutions, it's all consistent with british foreign policy. you can get a taste of how easy it is for controversies to come up during this visit. it will be for him an unprecedented diplomatic challenge. thank you. let's go live tojerusalem where prince william is meeting the israeli president reuven rivlin. we will go back there when he arrives. 16 people have been injured in a crash between a double decker bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire. the incident happened around 7.30 this morning in guyhirn. the fire service and air ambulance are all at the scene — some of the injuries are said to be serious. we will have more on this story from our correspondent anna todd, at the scene, as soon as we can. investment in britain's car industry has fallen by half, according to figures from the motoring sector. in the first six months of 2017, investment in new models and factory improvements stood at 647 million.

this year, the figure has fallen to 310 million for the same period. the society of motor manufacturers and traders said brexit uncertainty was "thwarting" decisions by major car companies to put more money into uk factories, although this morning bmw have denied reports that they are considering moving production out of the uk. 0ur economics editor has been speaking to the smmt‘s chief executive. what we've seen over the past six months is that investment has declined. it's about half of what it was last year, and last year was about half what it was the previous year, so this is a sector that grew tremendously out of the recession, attracting investment in just about every single plant in the uk. now, investment in automotive has always been lumpy and so you'll always have some sort of cyclicality to it. what we are seeing is that reduction in investment allied to this drop in confidence that we are getting anecdotally. it means big companies and small

companies are waiting to see what's going to happen. they're delaying as long as possible those investment decisions which perpetuates that uncertainty. the car and truck sector in britain — record revenues, record employment. some people mightjust say you're crying wolf over brexit. the industry has been doing well over a number of years. but remember, we haven't left europe yet. the investment decisions you see today are the result of decisions taken three or four years ago. it's the decisions we take now and in the next year you'll see the impact as we go into the 2020s. what is the risk to the car industry in the uk if there is no clarity on the type of deal the uk will have with the eu by the end of the year? well, the risks are always that companies enact some of those contingency plans. that can be in terms of supply chain sourcing, it can be in terms of future model allocation. it won't be overnight closure but it could be death by a thousand cuts. gradually, the competitiveness of the uk has eroded,

making it that much harder to attract the investment, and it's the investment that makes it so competitive. we'll have more on this story later in the hour in our business bulletin, where we'll speak to the director of auto trader. a child has gone missing after getting into difficulty at a lake in staffordshire. emergency crews are searching for the youngster after reports that three children were in distress in westport lake near tu nstall in stoke—on—trent. staffordshire police confirmed that two of the children made it to safety, but a search will resume today for the missing child. the force says it knows the identities of the children and was in contact with their parents. 0ur correspondent liz copper is in stoke—on—trent for us now, with the details. brings us up—to—date. brings us up-to-date. well, emergency crews were called here just before 5pm yesterday to reports that three boys who had gone into the lake where in difficulties. two

of the boys got out safely and the search is continuing this morning for the third boy, a 13—year—old. searches continued last night until the light faded and they've resumed again this morning. there's a really big team here, so the work teams from staffordshire police, staffordshi re from staffordshire police, staffordshire fire service, west midlands ambulance teams are also here on standby. there are specialist divers who have come from nottinghamshire. also on their way isa nottinghamshire. also on their way is a team of volunteers, staffordshi re is a team of volunteers, staffordshire search and rescue team, they have specialist search and rescue skills and they are all coordinating here at westport like this morning. police have said this morning that the search they will be conducting will be thorough, systematic and also methodical. they say they have an idea of where the 13—year—old boy went into the water but they are carrying out a search now that will be very intensive, so there is a boat out on the lake at there is a boat out on the lake at the moment but there are also search is going on alongside the lake. you

can perhaps see behind me that this la ke can perhaps see behind me that this lake is bordered by the trent and mersey canal. also search is going alongside the towpath, so it's very intensive activity this morning as they continued the search for the 13—year—old boy. they continued the search for the 13-year-old boy. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... mps warn the uk will have to significantly increase defence spending if it is to maintain influence with washington and nato allies. prince william visits israel's holocaust memorial on the first official visit to israel and the palestinian territories by a british royal. around 16 people are injured in a crash between a bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire. and in sport... the video assistant referee continues to dominate the world cup — cristiano ronaldo is a bit lucky to stay on the pitch, iran are awarded a controversial penalty — but portugal reach the knock—out stages after a 1—1 draw. var also featured in spain's match — they were 2—1 down to morocco

in injury time when iago aspas scored an equaliser, which was initially disallowed, before the referee looked at the replays and gave it — meaning spain won their group. and andy murray say‘s he's surprised how well he's playing after beating stan wawrinka in eastbourne yesterday. but he still hasn't confirmed whether he's fit enough for wimbledon next week. i'll be back with all things world cup at 11:30. prince william is meeting president reuven rivlin. he has earlier met benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, and now he meets the president. there you go, there he is. after this he'll be heading off

to jaffa and tel aviv to meet young people participating in a football youth programme. more diplomacy before he heads off to see those kids playing football. it is described of cores as you'd expect asa described of cores as you'd expect as a nonpolitical visit. he will also be meeting the palestinian president in the occupied west bank and he'll also meet palestinian youngsters, as well. we'll keep you updated on his progress on that visit. the met office has issued a yellow health warning for heatwave conditions. the warning is in place between this morning and thursday evening — and comes as more high temperatures are forecast for later in the week. mark lobel reports. with temperatures predicted to rise above 30 celsius and outshine the sahara, it's set to be an unforgettably hot couple of days for residents and visitors alike at chester zoo. wallowing in the north west, there's an 80% chance of a heatwave there. but the opportunity to top up your tan does come

with a health warning. those being told to take extra care include the elderly, young children, people with serious health conditions, and hay fever sufferers. the met office has issued this first health alert of the summer to prepare people for consecutive days and nights of extreme temperatures. it may not be the last. there are severe weather warnings across england, with a 60% chance of it occurring in the next two days in the north—east, west midlands and south—west. transport will be affected, too. rail delays are almost guaranteed, with tracks at risk of overheating. drivers have been warned of sticky, bumpy roads as scalding temperatures hit the tarmac. the met office and public health england are clear that with the hot temperatures lie dangers ahead. mark lobel, bbc news. rescuers in thailand have stepped up their search for a group

of children believed to have been trapped in a flooded cave in the north of the country since saturday. 12 children aged between 11 and 16, together with their football coach, were exploring inside the cave's narrow tunnels, when a section near the main entrance was flooded. the underground network in chiang rai province is a popular tourist attraction in thailand, attracting thousands of visitors every year. the bbc‘sjonathan head is near the cave complex in chiang rai province. they brought hundreds more people into joining they brought hundreds more people intojoining operation. these guys came from the army. there's probably 50 or 60 people here. what their exact role will be isn't clear. you can see everything he here has been churned into an appalling sea of mud by the numbers of people. the navy divers who have been trying to get through for the last couple of days have had no success at all up to now

and it's only now we start to see people with real caving experience going into the cave entrance which is just around those bushes there. here's another lot going in. it's really quite a narrow area at the cave entrance. we're not sure whether they've got any good news or whether they've got any good news or whether they're going to help with the rescue. we've seen this coming and going all sorts of units, people from the border patrol police, people from the marine police going in and out all day long. so far they have nothing but to show for their efforts. this is where you come into the cave complex. as you can see, these are the bikes that the boys left when they went in on saturday afternoon. they've been down there now for three days. 0bviously afternoon. they've been down there now for three days. obviously there is real concern about their state of health, although it's reasonably warm, possibly not too cool inside. the assumption is that they got cut off by rising floodwaters and that they're still alive. the trouble is this is a complex that goes back to

a ten kilometres. the navy divers are simply couldn't get through the narrow passages and they are hoping that some of the volunteers who have got more caving experience may have more success. we've seen a lot of oxygen tanks brought up here, they also have pumps on the other side which we expect them to start using. it's not clear where they'll pump the water from but they are trying to get the water levels down, although with the constant rain it's not clear what success they'll have, but this is very, very worrying for the relatives who have been coming up the relatives who have been coming up here and praying at makeshift shrines they've put up in the forest for a good result, for some kind of good news. they still haven't had it and they've still got no idea what state those boys are in, or which pa rt state those boys are in, or which part of the caves they may be located. the european court ofjustice has ruled that a transgender woman who was unable to access her pension was discriminated against by uk law. the woman was refused the female state pension at age 60 after she chose not to annul her marriage — saying she preferred to stay married

to her wife "in the sight of god". this morning the court ruled that a person who has changed gender does not have to annul the marriage they entered into before that change to receive a pension. our legal correspondent clive coleman has been following this case for us. explain the case. this helps us with understanding the law. it's concerns a woman known as nb, she was born in 1948 a woman known as nb, she was born in 19118 as a male. she married a woman in 1974 19118 as a male. she married a woman in197li and 1948 as a male. she married a woman in 1974 and she herself began living asa in 1974 and she herself began living as a woman in 1991 and 1995 she had gender reassignment surgery. but she didn't obtaina gender reassignment surgery. but she didn't obtain a certificate of recognition of her new gender under the gender recognition act. the reason for that is that she and her wife, for religious regions, decided they wanted to remain married. the

marriage was never an old. in 2008, aged 60, she applied for a woman's pension. she was refused that on the basis that there was no gender recognition certificate because the marriage had not been annulled. she fought a legal battle through the entire uk court system. it went to the supreme court, which said there is no authority, this is eu law because there is an eu directive which forbids states from discriminating on grounds of six in relation to state benefits. the supreme court were in a quandary, they said there's no authority. they had to refer the matter to the european court of justice. had to refer the matter to the european court ofjustice. this morning, we have an unequivocal ruling from the highest court in europe, in effect the eu's supreme court, saying that the uk law which says you have to have an annulment of your marriage is unlawful, direct discrimination. i should add that this really affects a certain period

in time. it affects the period in time from the introduction of the gender recognition act in 2004 to the same—sex marriage act in 2013, because this couple good convert under the same—sex marriage act their marriage into a same—sex marriage and the issues would not arise. it's a relatively limited period in time, around nine years. it affects perhaps around 100 people, but it is very clear that for the uk government to refuse a pension when someone has lived as a woman in this case, has had gender reassignment surgery, simply because the marriage has not been annulled, thatis the marriage has not been annulled, that is a lot. white is a relatively small group of people affected, but a huge battle that has been on the hands of this woman. this is a ten year legal battle. the department for work and pensions have bought it every step of the way. what happens now is that the matter goes back to the supreme court. i think nb is hoping the

department for work and pensions will effectively agree because the supreme court has to follow the court of justice supreme court has to follow the court ofjustice on this. nb is hoping this will be something of a formality and that she will now get the backdated pension between the ages of 60 and 65. thank you very much. the family of an elderly british couple found murdered injamaica last friday have urged people in the community to speak out if they know anything about the killings. charlie and gayle anderson were found by neighbours in their home in mount pleasant. they were both in their 70s and had recently retired to the caribbean. please, please speak. speak to the authorities, i know you might be scared but reach out to them, tell them everything you know. we know that you must know details. it's a small community up there. everybody knew my grandad and my grandma as well. they gave back to you, i know how much you all love them, so please, please bring these people to justice. the uk's health service is lagging

behind other countries when it comes to treating common killers including heart attacks and some cancers. that's according to an independent report produced for the bbc. nhs england says it's ready to address the issues "head—on" and that the report highlights many areas of outstanding care. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. as the nhs approaches its 70th birthday, four major think tanks have posed the question — just how good is our health service? the answer seems to be "not bad, but could do better". when compared to 18 other industrialised countries, a relatively efficient nhs does well in areas such as protecting people from the financial burden of illness. but when it comes to health outcomes, it's less impressive. when treating eight out of the 12 most common causes of death — such as lung cancer or heart attacks — performance is worse than average. the uk has a lower number of doctors, nurses and other medical staff per head of population and the lowest levels of both ct and mri scanners — important for diagnosing illnesses. given what we spend, we're 0k,

but we could definitely do better. it is very clear from our report that outcomes could be improved. we are very efficient, we spend very little on management costs, but we could spend more money well and effectively and improve the outcomes for people. this report reveals an nhs that is perhaps no longer the envy of the world. a health service that is running on scarce resources in terms of staff and equipment, with health outcomes that in some areas are poor. and in a few minutes at 11:30, we'll be looking at the first of this reports, how good is the nhs?, with two experts. what do you what to know about the nhs‘s performance. send in your questions using the #bbc askthis — text 61124, or send them via email: askthis@bbc.co.uk

we'd love you to join the conversation in a few minutes' time if you have questions you want to ask. and a reminder that nick robinson and anita rani will be live at birmingham's queen elizabeth hospital tonight to discuss the challenges facing the nhs. that's on bbc two at 8pm. president trump has criticised american motorcycle maker harley davidson over its plans to move some production away from the united states to avoid eu tariffs. the us president tweeted to say he was "surprised that the company had become the first to wave the white flag". the eu tariffs are a response to new us duties on steel and aluminium imports. 0lympian champion victoria pendleton has said she feels "psychologically and physiologically damaged" after she had to pull out of a mount everest climb. last month, doctors advised the former cyclist to cut the charity trip short due to oxygen deficiency. they put her on medication when she got back to the uk, explaining that oxygen deprivation can trigger depression.

speaking to the radio times, pendleton said she'd never felt so overwhelmed with illness. drivers on parts of the london underground are to strike on the day of president trump's visit to the capital next month. the rail, maritime and transport union has announced. the strike is over staffing and working conditions and will affect the picadilly line. union members will walk out from 9pm on july 11th, untiljuly 14th. now it's time for a look at the weather. you're absolutely right, it's hot. it's sunny out there for most. clear blue skies across a good part of england and wales. such as this one here. this is a weather watcher from nottingham. look at those blue skies, lovely reflection in the water. a lovely picture. we've got a

bit of cloud affecting eastern areas of england. right on the coast. eastern scotland, too. more cloud across northern ireland and the north west of scotland making the sunshine turned a bit hazy. he is up and the highest temperatures today will you see the darker oranges. to the west of london, up to the midlands and north west england, temperatures 29 or perhaps 30 degrees. it will be cooler and fresher along the north sea coasts at around 19—23d. 0vernight tonight, at around 19—23d. 0vernight tonight, a lot of cloud across the north sea and that could drift further inland into the early hours of wednesday morning. like this morning, a bit misty and murky possibly here in the morning. for most, as we go through wednesday, another hot and sunny day goodbye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. mps have warned that britain will lose its influence with the us and other nato allies, unless it increases defence spending by billions of pounds a year.

the duke of cambridge meets israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the first official visit to israel and the palestinian territories by a british royal. around 16 people are injured in a crash between a bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire the british car industry has blamed uncertainty about britain's trade relationship with europe after brexit for a sharp fall in investment. a military rescue team resumes searching a flooded cave in thailand where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped for days. independent analysis for the bbc says the nhs lags behind other countries when it comes to treating common, life—threatening illnesses. sport now,and with all the latest on the world cup from the bbc centre is tim hague.

good morning. two more world will cup qualifying groups will be settled today. we will look ahead to the big game injust a minute but first comment 20 goals to report from yesterday and plenty more controversy, too. the journey was anything but easy. the journey was anything but easy. the moment all portugal thought their team was through to the knockout stage. if only it was that simple. after ronaldo had a penalty saved, frustrations boiled over. ba are showing up incident of the ball but the referee only showing yellow. late in the second half the iranians

we re late in the second half the iranians were handed a lifeline. then again done —— in again dominated by controversy. a second goal would have put iran through and not the european champions. for a moment that was the chance to be a national hero. just for a moment. portugal scraping through to face uruguay. iran thinking what could have been. almost 2000 kilometres away, spain narrowly avoided an early exit. the scoreline no one predicted. spain one, morocco to. but in the dying seconds the moment came for the spanish. a tap in ruled out by the referee but overturned by var. heartbreakfor referee but overturned by var. heartbreak for morocco while spain limped through as group winners. their prize is a tie with the hosts who were given a reality check by

uruguay. russia rumbled 3—0. it was eventful, wasn't it? too today's games and all attention will be on argentina. they take on nigeria in saint petersburg and john is there for us. whatever happens it is going to bea for us. whatever happens it is going to be a big story, this one, isn't it? it is. lionel messy‘s birthday was a couple of days ago. will he be celebrating? all sorts of permutations. in fact, celebrating? all sorts of permutations. infact, it celebrating? all sorts of permutations. in fact, it is not on argentina's hands. they could actually win here tonight in saint petersburg against nigeria and still go out. they need a favour from croatia were playing iceland. so it is absolutely fascinating. what we do know is that they've had a poor world cup so far. the broad insight and in theirfirst game world cup so far. the broad insight and in their first game when messi missed a penalty. he had 11 shots, did not score and even the last game

he played in he hardly touched the ball. he had about 49 taxes. his average when playing for barcelona is closer to 80 touches a game. yesterday the conference the coach of argentina denied there is a rift with the likes of messi and said they would change their tactics to get the best out of messi. he has faced some tough questions, hasn't he? what about nigeria? i know you were in their camp earlier in the tournament. how are they feeling? they are full of confidence after their 2—0 win against iceland. some of the bands found after they were staying last night and they went to the team hotel. a few of the players came down to see them. the likes of this player who scored two goals against iceland, he is the key man in this yea rs iceland, he is the key man in this years ago, he scored two goals against argentina. these two teams know each other very well. this is the fifth time in our six world cup

that they've met and in a friendly in november nigeria won 4—2. it is a very tough game for argentina. what a night it could be here in saint petersburg. those fans will dancing even more of nigeria can pull it off tonight. thank you very much indeed. that is one of four games today. at three o'clock it is australia and peru. denmark france. second place in that group to be claimed. france already through and later we will find out who qualifies with croatia from group three. those matches are on bbc tv. and that is all the sport for now. i will have more in the next hour. thank you. we will take you to the house of commons. boris johnson is will take you to the house of commons. borisjohnson is back in the country after being in afghanistan the country after being in afg ha nista n yesterday the country after being in afghanistan yesterday from that vote happened on heathrow. he was much criticised for that because he has been very passionate about no expansion at heathrow airport for a

long time, previously saying he would lie in front of the bulldozers to stop it happening. in a vote happened yesterday he was out of the country. he is now fielding questions in the commons for foreign 0ffice questions. let's listen in. thus demonstrating, identity suggest, the considerable and growing influence. i could forgive the foreign secretary for feeling a wee bit jaded this morning but of course these children are still being kept in cages. this is a major issue. how can he said there and agree that this visit should still go ahead next week? because the president of the united states is the head of state of our most important and one of oldest allies and it absolutely vital and i think it is common ground in people in this country that we should extend the hand of friendship to the office of the president of the

united states of america. isn't it time for the government to seriously question whether the united states's president is a fit and proper person to be our latest ally? this is someone who can only be described as a serial child abuser, putting children to concentration camps is not acceptable. he has not yet taken them out of these camps. he is holding them hostage to force their pa rents to holding them hostage to force their parents to give up their claims to asylum. he is also trying to abolish due process to have no courts deciding on it. how can this person be appropriate for a state visit? the president of the united states has repealed the policy in question and he remains the head of state of our most important economic, military and security ally. thank you, mr speaker. the president of the united states has called out the un human rights councilfor what

they are. a bunch of corrupt, nasty hypocrites. he has withdrawn from that council. why don't we say $4 million a year by doing just the same? because we believe in human rights and we believe that britain should stick up for human rights and, yes, i think the united states has a point when they dispute the validity of article seven, the reference to article seven human rights council ‘s proceedings, but i can tell my right honourable friend suddenly this week the united kingdom secured a record number of positive votes for our motion on the vital importance of 12 years of quality education for every girl in the world. that is foreign office questions. the foreign secretary borisjohnson fielded questions about donald trump's visit to this country and it is the ongoing concerns about the policy of separating illegal migrant families going into the united states over the border from families going into the united

states over the borderfrom mexico. borisjohnson are saying that donald trump has repealed the policy and he is the leader of one of the greatest allies and that he will be there for visiting the country and welcomed. the nhs is no longer the envy of the world — according to a report produced for the bbc, by four leading think tanks. the report — marking the nhs‘s 70th birthday — said the uk was a "below—average" performer on preventing deaths from heart attacks, strokes and cancer. the analysis also said there were some "definite strengths".0ver the next few minutes — we'll be looking at some of the questions set out in the report — and answer some of the questions you have been sending in. joining me are siva anandacvia, chief analyst at the kings fund and elaine kelly, senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies. thank you both very much for coming

in. that is quite a stark line to save the nhs is no longer the envy of the world. does that depend on which measure your looking at it from? i wish you say it based on the findings of this research that has been commissioned by the bbc? i think it is a lot more complex than that would suggest. it is a mixed picture when you look at the range of indicators. if you just look at the re—sources, the nhs has to work with, the simple answer it does not have that much. we look to the doctors, the nurses, the number of hospital beds, the number of pieces of medical technology that mris in ct scanners. all of those indicators the nhs has fewer resources than other countries. so starting from quite a challenging position, simply on the resources we have. how efficient is it? we don't have huge number of measures of how

efficient the or any other health syste m efficient the or any other health system is. but, honours at measures that we do have the nhs looks the relatively good value for money. we also has very good at using generic drugs rather than expensive branded drugs rather than expensive branded drugs and those measures do very well indeed. whenever there is sort of a focus on nhs resourcing and whether there is waste, they are always examples given of where spending on drugs is not necessarily as efficient as it can be. so when you say we're better at using generic drugs in this country, has that changed? sol country, has that changed? so i think that has been a policy from the department of health and nhs england to make sure we make effective use of generic drugs in the way that there has not been other countries but it is important to say that the nhs is a huge system and there is always room for efficiencies and we shouldn't take

these results and say, well, this means that we should not try to improve more. we're just saying that relative to other health systems would also have a lot of complications, we're doing value for money relatively well. the comparisons on outcomes for patients going into the nhs treatment compared with other countries is quite dramatic, isn't it? talk us through what you think of this sort of interesting findings there. it isa there. it is a very mixed picture. the nhs does perform well on outcomes for setting conditions. if you look at conditions like diabetes, we've got a system of primary care, gps in this country that you are very effective job at preventing emissions for diabetes but if you have the common causes of death, conditions like cancer, heart disease and that is where the nhs is lagging behind other countries. for a number of reasons. for poor screening services, sometimes it is for late detection of cancer and sometimes it is when cancer has been

diagnosed and detected delay treatment. there are strengths to build on. late detection, that because patients are presenting and if it is not been picked up one or patients are not going forward as quickly as other countries? a combination of both factors you've identified. the most stark findings is that over 20% of cancers are diagnosed for the first time in a&e departments and when you unpick why thatis departments and when you unpick why that is sometimes it is because patients have not presented to any pa rt patients have not presented to any part of the health system with their symptoms, perhaps because of low awareness. sometimes it is because they have presented to gps and either haven't been able to get an appointment or the cancer was not detected. have a new strategy to cat tackle those issues over the next 5-10 tackle those issues over the next 5—10 years that is focused on supporting gps to have quicker access to diagnostic services and once cancers diagnosed with more support in so they can be treated in a more timely fashion. we've got questions from viewers. an

anonymous one here. in what ways does the nhs lead the world in health care? what can we be most proud of? there area what can we be most proud of? there are a few things to be proud of. it isa are a few things to be proud of. it is a very efficient health care system. if you look at administrative costs compared to other health care systems in the nhs is performing incredibly well. for the 1.5% of the budget is spent on administration of the system. if you look at generic prescribing, we are a world leader compared to other countries in those levels. and queen noor, to a certain extent that is looking back at the past. there was a lot to look at the future as well. at least we're for nhs hospitals that are really pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to improve how health care is delivered. the earlier detection of retinal disease, more astute treatments are both looking back and looking forwards there are things to be proud of, certainly. there are very good at protecting people from their financial costs, direct financial costs of being sick. generally, when you're ill,

does not actually cost you anything. but that provides a much higher level of protection than in many other countries. how does it compare to the us? we can think that in this comparison the same way that we compare the nhs to other countries. in the first bout costs. the us really stand out from other countries in terms of how much it costs. they spend now approaching almost 20% of their national income on health, which is about twice as much as we do. at the same time, while their coverage has improved, post—obama care, it is not as complete as it is in the nhs and indeedin as complete as it is in the nhs and indeed in most other sort of european and other developed countries. 0n outcomes, given that they spend so much more you think of they spend so much more you think of the american people would want much better outcomes and here the picture is very mixed. there are very good cancer survival rates but they are much worse mortality rates and much worse rates of people who died when medical care could about them.

that's partly because of their health care system but also partly because of lifestyle reasons, higher levels of obesity about anything. 0ne here on an issue that was talked about for a while and has gone out of the headlines but anthony is asking what is the impact of health tourism? the arguments with that now? it makes a difference what you mean by health tourism. some people who are foreign nationals are here working on visiting and happen to get sick. so is one type. in health tourism we think of people who actually come to the uk specifically for health care. now, most people are going to fall into the first category. people you and the government is hoping to get about half £1 billion from those people but it must be remembered that the budget is £150 billion. that is actually a very small amount of money. health tourism in terms of people actually coming to the country for health care is going to bea country for health care is going to be a very, very small fraction of

that. we're not talking about huge amount of money. thank you both very much. thank you both very much. if you've got more questions to send them in. if you've got more questions to send them in. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. mps warn the uk will have to significantly increase defence spending if it is to maintain influence with washington and nato allies. prince william visits israel's holocaust memorial on the first official visit to israel and the palestinian territories by a british royal. around 16 people are injured in a crash between a bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire. i'm susannah streeter in the business news. investment in britain's car industry has fallen by half, according to figures from the motoring sector. the society of motor manufacturers & traders (smmt) said that brexit uncertainty was "thwarting" decisions by major car companies

to put more money into uk factories. scotland's biggest pig processor is set to run out of carbon dioxide today leaving it in danger of welfare issues such as overcrowding. the gas, which is used to stun farm animals and put the fizz in carbonated drinks, is in short supply in europe. quality pork limited, which puts about 6,000 pigs a week through its abattoir in brechin, may have to send some animals to england, but that plant is also facing shortages carpetright has reported a full—year loss and falling sales as the retailer struggles to turn itself around. the retailer agreed a rescue plan earlier this year, under which it is closing 81 of its stores. like—for—like sales in the uk fell by 3.6%, with the steepest decline coming in the second half of the year. let's return to our top story today. that's the news that investment into the uk's car industry has plunged by 50 per cent. in the first six months of 2017, the money going into new models and factory improvements

stood at £647.4m. this year, the figure had fallen to £347.3m for the same period. the smmt said this was lowest figure since the financial crisis. joining me now is ian plummer, the director of auto trader. he's been speaking at the smmt conference this morning. what are your main concerns about this drop in investment? i think it highlights all of the issues of the industry. it is notjust about brexit, they are facing in terms of challenges right now, they are facing a challenge from the road to 2040 and the route towards the recognition society in the uk and other countries. a road which is not particularly clear right now. they're facing the challenges of connected cars, autonomous vehicles, shared vehicles, new services that they looking into. so, alongside all those other challenges,

manufacturers are feeling somewhat lacking in certainty of clarity today. with comments from bmw's senior directors saying that this is putting our operations at risk in the uk. difficile perhaps car manufacturers pulling out if the uk does come out of the customs union and the single market? well, could not comment on that particularly with bmw but certainly there will be quite significant impacts if that scenario does occur. weekend expect the industry to be highly organised, it has highly effective supply chain management, works to aileen time principle, supports are coming into trancelike bmw in the uk on a literally just—in—time basis in a matter of hours. and even then they are storing parts and large warehouses. if you block the flow of vehicles to any degree, even an additional day and some people are talking about

potentially nine extra days, you increase potentially the cost for those production facilities and the requirements of warehousing would dwarf those of others on for example. they would have to think about the uk operations. the chief executive said he is really concerned about the global protection list environment which is developing because of policy moves coming out of washington. how concerned do think manufacturers are about this? well, it adds to uncertainty, it is also a bad thing for the retailers and a bad for consumers, too. consumer can look at the situation with trepidation because estimates have been done that would suggest that you could add roughly £1500 to the price of a new car in the future should we face that sort of situation. that can only dampen demand. certain vehicles will not be produced in markets like ours, particularly where we depend on right hand drive vehicles. the paper manufacturers is any of this

lack of clarity is only blurring is already a confusing and challenging situation for them. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. heathrow chief executive john holland—kaye has told the bbc that he can't guarantee charges won't rise to help cover the costs of building the third runway. 0n the today programme he said prices will be "close to current charges" but admitted "it would be foolish to guarantee flat charges". earlier on bbc news mr holland kaye — said the project was well funded and would be delivered on time and on budget. we area we are a very well funded company. we are a very well funded company. we have privately invested in the building heathrow with shareholders putting in their own equity over the last ten years. we will see behind me terminals fibre terminals to. we'll also aiming to expand heathrow at about the same charges we have today. again, that is something that is unheard of when you look at what is unheard of when you look at what is happening in hong kong, and in singapore where they put their prices up to fund their expansion programme. uk mortgage lending climbed to £22.2bn in may,

up 8.8% on the may 2017 figure. mortgage approvals also rose, rising 3%, according to uk finance, although most were remortgages: approvals for house purchases actually slipped 3.8%. a court rules on uber‘s appeal against the decision not to renew its london licence today — a day earlier than expected. uber accepts its london operating licence should not have been renewed, but says the company has changed since then. transport for london withdrew uber‘s licence in september, outlining in a 22—page letter why it wasn't convinced uber is ‘fit and proper‘. uber has been able to operate normally during the appeal process. american whiskey—maker brown—forman has warned it will have to increase prices in the eu following the implementation of a 25% tariff. the higher prices will primarily hit jack daniel s and will mean customers face a 10% price hike. let's check in with the financial markets now

and european indices are bucking the global trend downwards. earlier in asia and in the us yesterday there was a lot of pessimism around about the impact of a trade war on the global economy — but there has been a rebound today after yesterday's falls, even though the fundamentals haven't changed much. that's all the business news. the us academy of motion pictures has invited almost a thousand new artists and executives to join the group behind the prestigious academy awards. almost half those invited are women and just over a third are from ethnic minorities. the recent ‘0scars so white' and ‘me too' movements have criticised the academy for having a membership made up overwhelmingly of white men. a video of a spanish police dog peforming cpr has, as you might expect, gone viral. the madrid police department

shared the video on social media of a dog performing cpr on a officer. what a complete star. the headlines are coming up on bbc newschannel. thank you. we have more hot and sunny weather across the united kingdom at the moment. it will not change a great deal of the next few days. some lovely photos from a weather watchers this morning. clear blue blue skies in london from day but farther north across scotland with actually got more cloud here and this is the scene at the moment

in stornoway. you can see from satellite imagery where you got cloud across scotland and northern ireland at the moment as well. quite a bit of sea cloud and sea mist on the north sea which is lapping in onshore but much of that is actually burned away back up towards the coast. ready for most of us this afternoon and we are looking at that sunshine and the heat is building up. now, unlike yesterday when we had the highest temperature in london, today it will be further westwards. the west of london up into the midlands and north—west england. it could touch 30 celsius this afternoon. typical. always cool down those north sea coast. about 19-23d down those north sea coast. about 19—23d here. 0vernight tonight or that cloud in the north sea will tend to drift its way that further inland again into wednesday morningside might start of bit misty, like it did this morning across those eastern parts. 0vernight averages about 10—14.

during wednesday, high pressure is still firmly in charge of weather. that still means it is going to be settled at an easterly breeze. it is very su btle settled at an easterly breeze. it is very subtle but it is going to increase just a little bit across southern areas. that is what striking in that cloud across the north sea. with the strong june sunshine will burn back towards because the coast. most of us on wednesday another sunny day. those temperatures getting up to the high 20s again. always a bit cooler across those eastern parts. it is a repeat performance again on thursday. have some early—morning cloud and mist. burning away and we're cloud and mist. burning away and we' re left cloud and mist. burning away and we're left with lots of sunshine again on thursday, perhaps more sunshine of scotland and northern ireland. temperature is 2930 degrees. could be the warmestjune day, in ever 25 years or so. a really warm day to come on thursday. the weekend temperatures dropping down a touch. you'll notice is sunday monday across southern areas in particular there is the risk of a

bit of a thundery breakdown but we will keep you up—to—date with that one. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at midday. prince william meets israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the first official visit to israel and the palestinian territories by a british royal. 16 people are injured in a crash between a double—decker bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire. mps warn the uk will have to significantly increase defence spending if it is to maintain influence with washington and nato allies. there's real concerns expressed by the united states, who spend much more than any of the rest of europe on our collective defence and want europe to bear its fair share. investment in britain's car industry falls by half, as manufacturers say uncertainty over brexit is "thwarting" spending decisions. "below average" — that's the verdict of a report to mark

the nhs‘s 70th birthday. independent analysis for the bbc says the nhs lags behind other countries when it comes to treating common life—threatening illnesses. and as the met office issues a yellow health warning for the heatwave, network rail brings in speed restrictions because of fears railway tracks could buckle in the heat. good morning. it's tuesday 26th june. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. israel's president reuven rivlin has called on the duke of cambridge to take with him "a message of peace" when he meets palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas later this week. prince william has laid a wreath at the holocaust memorial at yad vashem injerusalem —

on the first official visit by a member of the british royal family to israel and the palestinian territories. the duke of cambridge — who's also met the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu — described a display of shoes taken from victims as "horrifying". he'll meet the palestinian president tomorrow. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem for us. a nonpolitical visit, obviously because it is a member of the royal family, but an historic one. that's right. completely. he's now completed his first official engagement on this historic israeli trip. he started off at yad vashem at the holocaust memorial. we saw him wearing a blackjewish skull cap as he walked past. he looked very serious as he went into the hall of remembrance and laid a wreath of their next to the eternal flame that

burns inside. he also heard there about his great—grandmother princess alice of greece, who hit and shouted ajewish alice of greece, who hit and shouted a jewish family in nazi occupied athens at her royal residence —— who hit ajewish athens at her royal residence —— who hit a jewish —— hid jewish family. this is an official trip by a british royal, no comments were made. kensington palace has made it clear that royal visits must remain nonpolitical. they are at the request of the british government, although he was also invited here by the israeli government and by the palestinian government. no official comments but he could be seen chatting with the israeli prime minister and his wife, posing for a photograph with them. then he will go on. his later engagement is more fun part of the trip as he heads back to the coast where he will be meeting arab and jewish israeli

children playing football together, and we're told he will go down onto the football pitch with them for a penalty shoot out. that's the kind of image kensington palace is keen to put across here. the image of a young prince meeting young people, engaging with them, meeting a much greater diversity of people both on the israeli side and the palestinian side tomorrow than you'd expect if it were a political visit of a minister or something like that. how is the visit is seen there, and what are the hopes? the royalfamily are particularly popular at the moment, not least because of the royal wedding last month, prince harry and meghan markle. when i spoke to people about prince william coming, certainly the royals are very well received here. there are people who say this is something that is on the israeli side something they'd hoped farfora israeli side something they'd hoped farfor a long time because it's been 17 years since the creation of

the state of israel, there's been no official trip by a british royal during that time. there has been some controversy that has also been stirred up perhaps inevitably in a place that is so politicised because of the sensitivities of the israel palestinian conflict because this is also a very sensitive time and there are some israeli media commentators, and one of the israeli ministers complaining about the description of the prince's schedule where it says the prince's schedule where it says the old city ofjerusalem is under the old city ofjerusalem is under the occupied palestinian territories. british diplomats... in line with decades of usage of un security council resolutions and there will be no break here in established british foreign policy. thank you very much. that's an unusual shot will around 15 people have been injured in a serious crash on the a47 in cambridgeshire. the incident happened around 7.30 this morning on thorney road in guyhirn. the fire service and air ambulance attended the scene and described it as a major incident.

police describe some of the injuries as serious. 0ur correspondent anna todd is at the scene. i'm standing on a very quiet a47 near guyhirn. the road is closed. 100 metres ahead of me i can see a lorry which has pulled out into the road and the boss is still in the side of it. it seems to be that the front of the boss and the front of the lorry have collided, the front of the boss is completely ripped off and the side of the lorry and the goods inside have tumbled out. this isa goods inside have tumbled out. this is a very busy road which runs from norfolk right through to peterborough in cambridgeshire, so this has caused huge delays for people who are now trying to navigate all the many country roads around here. we've heard there is around here. we've heard there is around 18 people injured. it happened just before 8am this

morning. some of those injuries are said to be very serious. we haven't had any confirmation yet whether there are any fatalities, but the police are said to be doing a statement shortly. we don't know the exact ci rcu msta nces of statement shortly. we don't know the exact circumstances of what happened, but looking at the aerial pictures we are seeing, it looks like the lorry was coming out of a junction onto the main road and the boss has gone into it. we've no idea who's at fault here, but in terms of speed, what have you heard from eyewitnesses about the circumstances? i haven't heard anything about what kind of speed the vehicles were doing. it seems somewhat that the lorry was pulling out to turn left. it seems the bus, which still has its hazard lights on, was heading in the same direction. vehicles do travel very quickly on this road. so obviously something awful has gone wrong here

with that vehicle trying to take that left turn and the bus coming along the road. but we don't know exactly what has happened. thank you very much. highways england say the a47 is closed in both directions between the b198 and the a141 near wisbech and thorney. they advise motorists to avoid the area. mps have warned that the uk must significantly increase spending on the armed forces if britain is to maintain its defence relationship with the united states and other nato allies. the government insists it will continue to exceed nato's 2% spending target, but the defence committee says britain needs to spend billions of pounds more on defence to respond to what it describes as "intensified threats". defence secretary gavin williamson has reportedly demanded an extra £20 billion for his department. let's cross now to westminster where i'm joined by our assistant political editor, norman smith. there is already 20 billion, more than 20 billion being looked forfor

the nhs and the government says that will mean tax rises. how will this demand go down? i would think in the treasury, not very well, frankly, because there are already struggling to find this 20 billion which mrs may says she wants to go into the nhs now. we have mps are saying they wa nt nhs now. we have mps are saying they want another 20 billion to go to the ministry of defence, money they say is needed to ensure britain remains a front rank military power and doesn't slide into the second division. they argue that for years now there has been a hollowing out in britain's military capability and we've basically reached decision time. on top of which they point to the fact that president of trump is clearly indicating he doesn't want the american taxpayer to have to keep bailing out nato and they argue there is a brexit factor that we still want to push our weight in the world. we have got to have a credible military force which will get us a hearing in other capitals. the difficulty of course is money,

money, money. we heard from the chief secretary to the treasury this morning, in effect scolding ministers in seeking extra commitments, saying they should be looking for value for money. but listen tojohn spellar, labour member of the defence, setting out the case for the big spending boost for the ministry of defence. there's real concerns expressed by the united states, who spend much more than any of the rest of europe on our collective defence and want europe to bear its fair share. that's understandable. and with emerging threats and also with gaps in defence capability. particularly for example in anti—submarine capability. that becomes important that we are spending the money there. therefore, this is saying europe has to match up. we'll never match up to the us but we have to play our part. now, that report by mps will no

doubt be seized on by the defence secretary gavin williamson as he bangs the desk in front of the chancellor, demanding more cash. he's already done so to the considerable irritation it seems mr hammond andi considerable irritation it seems mr hammond and i suspect folk in downing street because reports emerged at the weekend that mr williamson was threatening to break mrs may unless he got the extra dough and he was challenged over that as he arrived at cabinet this morning. have a listen. will you break the prime minister if she doesn't give you more cash? will you break the prime minister? elsewhere on the range, the foreign secretary returned today. he went into cabinet this morning not saying very much at all, following of course his absence from the crucial commons vote on heathrow yesterday, despite his promise to oppose a third runway and even to lie down in front of the bulldozers. but answers that came non—as to whether he would

now resign in continued opposition to heathrow. will you resign over heathrow, mrjohnson? i was watching mrjohnson in the commons a couple of months ago when he was answering foreign office questions and there were a fewjibes about him looking a bitjaded and tired, but by and large it seemed to be that most mps couldn't really be bothered to have a go at him. that may be because they have already formed a view of mrjohnson, much more damaging actually might be how conservatives grassroots members react to mrjohnson's absence because i suspect they will be much more in the given —— unforgiving about how constituent members failed to live up to promises to the constituent. thank you very much. investment in britain's car industry has fallen by half, according to figures from the motoring sector. in the first six months of 2017, investment in new models and factory improvements stood at 647 million. this year, the figure has fallen to 347 million for the same period.

the society of motor manufacturers and traders said brexit uncertainty was "thwarting" decisions by major car companies to put more money into uk factories, although this morning bmw have denied reports that they are considering moving production out of the uk. 0ur economics editor has been speaking to the smmt‘s chief executive. what we've seen over the past six months is that investment has declined. it's about half of what it was last year, and last year was about half what it was the previous year. now this is a sector that grew tremendously out of the recession, attracting investment in just about every single plant in the uk. now, investment in automotive has always been lumpy and so you'll always have some sort of cyclicality to it. what we are seeing is that reduction in investment allied to this drop in confidence that we are getting anecdotally. it means big companies and small companies are waiting to see what's going to happen. they're delaying as long as possible

those investment decisions which perpetuates that uncertainty. the car and truck sector in britain — record revenues, record employment. some people mightjust say you're crying wolf over brexit. the industry has been doing well over a number of years. but remember, we haven't left europe yet. the investment decisions you see today are the result of decisions taken three or four years ago. it's the decisions we take now and in the next year you'll see the impact as we go into the 2020s. what is the risk to the car industry in the uk if there is no clarity on the type of deal the uk will have with the eu by the end of the year? well, the risks are always that companies enact some of those contingency plans. that can be in terms of supply chain sourcing, it can be in terms of future model allocation. it won't be overnight closure but it could be death by a thousand cuts. gradually, the competitiveness of the uk has eroded, making it that much harder to attract the investment, and it's the investment that makes it so competitive. let's bring you an update on that

crash between a lorry and a bus on the a47 in cambridgeshire. can be sure police have tweeted... that crash happened at around 7:30am this morning on the thorny road in gueye hen. it's been described as a major incident. the headlines on bbc news... prince william meets the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the first official visit to israel and the palestinian territories by a british royal.

18 people are injured in a crash between a double—decker bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire that has now updated, 20 people have been injured. mps warn the uk will have to significantly increase defence spending if it is to maintain influence with washington and nato allies. a sport update now. good morning, some breaking news from the england camp — and that is that dele alli is back in full training with the squad, after missing sunday's win over panama with a thigh strain. meanwhile two more world cup qualifying groups will be settled today — and will var play a major part again? it certainly did yesterday, with controversy in the games involving portugal and spain. here's austin halewood. the outcome was just as expected, portugal and spain through to the last 16. the journey was anything

but easy. it was the moment all of portugal fought but easy. it was the moment all of portugalfought their but easy. it was the moment all of portugal fought their team with through to the knockout stage. magic. if only it was that simple. after cristiano ronaldo had a penalty saved, frustrations boiled over. an incident showing up off the ball on var but the referee only showed a yellow. the iranians were handed a lifeline in a game dominated by var controversy, a portugal handball gave a penalty. no mistake with the spot kick. for a moment, the chance to be a national hero. just for a moment. portugal scraping through to face uruguay, iran left thinking what could have been. almost 2000 kilometres away in koning grabbed, spain narrowly avoided an early exit. it was a scoreline nobody predicted. spain 1—

to morocco. but in the dying seconds, the moment came from the spanish. a tap out by the referee but overturned by var. heartbreak for morocco while spain limped through as group winners. their prize is a last 16 tie with the hosts, who were given a reality check by uruguay. here's what's coming up today — two three o'clock kick—offs, with second place in group c to be claimed, france are already through and later, we'll find out who qualifies with croatia from group d — can lionel messi save the two—time champions argentina from an early exit? those matches are on bbc tv. anthony joshua's planned heavyweight unifcation fight with deontay wilder could be in doubt, after the wba gave him 24 hours to sign a deal to face their mandatory challenger. joshua's promoter eddie hearn was reportedly close to finalising

negotiations with the wilder camp but the wba have lost patience and demanded that he take on russia's alexander povetkin orface being stripped of their title. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. a teenager has gone missing after getting into difficulty at a lake in staffordshire. emergency crews are searching for the youngster after reports that three children were in distress in westport lake near tu nstall in stoke—on—trent. staffordshire police confirmed that two of the children made it to safety, but a search will resume today for the missing child. the force says it knows the identities of the children and is in contact with their parents. 0ur correspondent liz copper is in stoke—on—trent for us now with the details. it must just be it mustjust be absolutely awful waiting for news. bring us

up—to—date with the latest. emergency crews were called here yesterday afternoon just before 5pm to reports that three boys who had gone into the lake swimming were in difficulties. the alarm was raised bya difficulties. the alarm was raised by a walker alongside the lake. two of the boys managed to get out safely and the search is continuing today for the third boy who is 13 yea rs today for the third boy who is 13 years old. the search continued last night until the light faded and resumed again this morning around 8am. there is a really big team here taking part in that search. there are teams from staffordshire police, staffordshi re are teams from staffordshire police, staffordshire fire service, west midlands ambulance paramedics are also here, and specialist divers have come across from nottinghamshire. also helping in the effort are a team of volunteers from the staffordshire search and rescue team. they have very specialist search and rescue skills and there

isa search and rescue skills and there is a boat out on the lake that are also searchers alongside on the margins of the lake and you can probably see this lake is bordered by the trent and mersey canal. there are search is also going on along the towpath. the police have said this morning there are also talking to the two boys and their families who managed to escape safely. they are being given specialist support and understandably they are extremely distressed. thank you. the grenfell tower fire public inquiry continues with a second day of firefighters giving evidence. the firefighter who led the initial response told the inquiry he didn't realise at first that the block had cladding. michael dowden also said it would have been impossible to use hoses on every floor because the water supply would have been non—existent. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the inquiry in central london for us. bring us up—to—date with what you've heard today. i think michael dowden

has been more confident today. he's been slightly more assured in his a nswe rs. been slightly more assured in his answers. he had a difficult day yesterday when he was being questioned as a witness. he is a crucialfigure questioned as a witness. he is a crucial figure because he questioned as a witness. he is a crucialfigure because he was questioned as a witness. he is a crucial figure because he was the watch manager at north kensington fire station when the fire broke out so he was initially in charge of the operation to fight the fire at g re nfell tower. operation to fight the fire at grenfell tower. he is being questioned this morning about those moments when he and his colleagues arrived at the scene. he said he looked up and saw an orange glow and he was asked about whether he spotted that the building had cladding. he didn't. he said in his statement that it seemed the fire was contained within the flat of origin, flat 16. he was questioned, did he make any assumptions about whether the building complied with building regulations. he said, not at that moment in time, that was not foran at that moment in time, that was not for an incident commander to do. he was within the last half an hour or so questioned about how the fire

developed and let's just listen to a short extract of some of his evidence about how he saw the fire developing and spreading in the initial phase of the grenfell tower fire. i started to feel uncomfortable because the fire was behaving, i have not see how it was behaving before in terms of how it was reacting. it was almost sparking and spitting and that's not generally something i've seen on the external of the building before. the watch manager at north kensington fire station there, he said it was extremely dynamic, the fire, something he hadn't really seen before, and it made contact between the control room and him and his tea m the control room and him and his team on the ground more difficult. he's also the last few minutes been questioned about when he started to realise the fire had gone out of the

compartment of origin. that's crucial. it's slightly technical because, augmentation is important in the whole series of evidence ——, augmentation. it's linked to the sta ble augmentation. it's linked to the stable strategy, the idea that the fire service was telling residents to stay in their flats for a long time, even though the fire was spreading up the internal cladding on the building. he said in the last few minutes that, actually, when he started to see flames at the window of flat 16, that's where it basically got onto the building. he said that for him didn't constitute the breach of the compartment, the idea that one compartment of the tower had been breached. the stable strategy is based on the idea that the fire will be contained within one part of the building —— the stay—put strategy. the list one part of the building —— the stay-put strategy. the list not working, he said that could have been serious in terms of the impact it had on firefighting in a

high—rise building but initially he played the significance of that down because ultimately the fire was on forfour and the because ultimately the fire was on for four and the file lift was essentially really to carry equipment and personnel to get to the bridge two floors below the fire, where the fire crews connect their hoses and mount their operation to tackle the blaze. thank you. breaking news to bring cue from the courts. we are hearing that two people have been found guilty of murdering a nanny and have been sentenced to life imprisonment and the starting point for both of them is of 30 yea rs. point for both of them is of 30 years. they work, dated at the old bailey over the murder. they have admitted the vetting the course of justice by disposing of the body of the 30—year—old nanny at a bonfire

their home in september last year. during trial, the court heard that sabrina had been consumed by the false idea that the nanny was in league with herformer false idea that the nanny was in league with her former boyfriend,. sabrina is 35. both are now facing life imprisonment for the murder of sophie lionnet, the french nanny. the starting point we are just hearing is of 30 years for both of them. it was a brutal murder, the court heard, and sophie lionnet‘s family attended the court hearings and spoke about how those monsters... sophie's mother said those monsters repeatedly beat sophie. she will be soon laid to rest, no god will forgive you for

what you have done to our daughter. thejudge has what you have done to our daughter. the judge has sentenced the two of them just in the past few moments to life imprisonment for that murder. we will bring you the latest from the court as soon as we can. the uk's health service is lagging behind other countries when it comes to treating common killers including heart attacks and some cancers. that's according to an independent report produced for the bbc. nhs england says it's ready to address the issues "head—on" and that the report highlights many areas of outstanding care. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. as the nhs approaches its 70th birthday, four major think tanks have posed the question — just how good is our health service? the answer seems to be "not bad, but could do better". when compared to 18 other industrialised countries, a relatively efficient nhs does well in areas such as protecting people from the financial burden of illness. but when it comes to health outcomes, it's less impressive. when treating eight out of the 12 most common causes of death —

such as lung cancer or heart attacks — performance is worse than average. the uk has a lower number of doctors, nurses and other medical staff per head of population and the lowest levels of both ct and mri scanners — important for diagnosing illnesses. given what we spend, we're 0k, but we could definitely do better. it is very clear from our report that outcomes could be improved. we are very efficient, we spend very little on management costs, but we could spend more money well and effectively and improve the outcomes for people. this report reveals an nhs that is perhaps no longer the envy of the world. a health service that is running on scarce resources in terms of staff and equipment, with health outcomes that in some areas are poor. and at 5:30 on bbc news we'll be looking at the first report.

how good is the nhs? with two experts. you can send in your questions using the #bbc askthis — text 61124 — or send them via email: askthis@bbc.co.uk and a reminder that nick robinson and anita rani will be live at birmingham's queen elizabeth hospital tonight to discuss the challenges facing the nhs. that's on bbc two at 8pm. the met office has issued a yellow health warning for heatwave conditions. the warning is in place between this morning and thursday evening — and comes as more high temperatures are forecast for later in the week. mark lobel reports. with temperatures predicted to rise above 30 celsius and outshine the sahara, it's set to be an unforgettably hot couple of days for residents and visitors alike at chester zoo. wallowing in the north west, there's an 80% chance of a heatwave there. but the opportunity to top up your tan does come with a health warning.

those being told to take extra care include the elderly, young children, people with serious health conditions, and hay fever sufferers. the met office has issued this first health alert of the summer to prepare people for consecutive days and nights of extreme temperatures. it may not be the last. there are severe weather warnings across england, with a 60% chance of it occurring in the next two days in the north—east, west midlands and south—west. transport will be affected, too. rail delays are almost guaranteed, with tracks at risk of overheating. drivers have been warned of sticky, bumpier roads as scalding temperatures hit the tarmac. the met office and public health england are clear that with the hot temperatures lie dangers ahead. mark lobel, bbc news. bullying is one word to describe it.

temperatures well up into the 20s. in the london area got to 30. the hottest weather for the west. part of the midlands, the south of wales. somewhere here we could get a 30 degrees. the warmth is very widespread. do this even an overnight most places fine. some extra cloud rolling way in from the north heat what some of these eastern coastal areas and temperatures holding up in double digits, around 11—14. tomorrow could start of misty and cloudy for the east coast of scotland and the east of england. i'm hopeful a lot of that will burn back and it is another plain sailing dale. long spells of hot sunshine by the stage even northern ireland and scotland

will improve. cooler on the eastern coast. it stays that way through the weekend. elsewhere still some wants to be had. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. the duke of cambridge meets the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, after paying his respects at the world holocaust remembrance centre injerusalem. 20 people have been injured in a serious crash involving a bus and a lorry near wisbech in cambridgeshire mps have warned that britain will lose its influence with the us and other nato allies, unless it increases defence spending by billions of pounds a year. the british car industry has blamed uncertainty about britain's trade relationship with europe after brexit for a sharp fall in investment. independent analysis for the bbc says the nhs lags behind

other countries when it comes to treating common, life—threatening illnesses. the nhs is no longer the envy of the world — according to a report produced for the bbc, by four leading think tanks. the report — marking the nhs‘s 70th birthday — said the uk was a "below—average" performer on preventing deaths from heart attacks, strokes and cancer. the analysis also said there were some "definite strengths". a little earlier i spoke to siva anandacvia — chief analyst at the kings fund and elaine kelly, senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies to look at some of the key topics from the report and answer some of the questions you've been sending in. we look to the number of doctors, nurses, hospital beds, pieces of medical technology like mri and ct scanners and across the board, on

all of those indicators, the nhs has fewer resources than other countries. so we're starting a challenge positions until the resources we have. how efficient is it? we don't have a huge number of measures of how efficient nhs are many other health syste m efficient nhs are many other health system is. but on those measures that we do have the nhs looks relatively good value for money so hospital administrative costs are relatively low, we also have a very good use of generic drugs rather than more expensive brand as drugs and those measures we do very well indeed in. that is interesting because obviously, whenever there is a focus on nhs resources the reds waste, there are always examples given of where spending on drugs isn't necessarily a sufficient as it can be. when you say we're better using generic drugs in this country has that changed ? sol that changed ? so i think there has been a policy from the department of health and nhs england to make sure that we make effective use of generic drugs

ina way make effective use of generic drugs in a way that there hasn't been another countries but it's important to say that they nhs is a huge syste m to say that they nhs is a huge system and there is always going to be room for efficiencies and we should not take these results and say, well, this means that we shouldn't try and improve more. we're just saying that relative to other health systems which also have other health systems which also have other complications, we're doing value for money relatively well. that's not to say we could not do more. the comparison on outcomes for patients going into the nhs for treatment compared with other countries is quite dramatic, isn't it? talk us through what you think of the sort of most interesting findings there. it isa findings there. it is a very mixed picture and the nhs does perform well on outcomes for certain conditions. if you look like conditions like diabetes, we have a system of primary care that you are very importantjob have a system of primary care that you are very important job at preventing admissions from diabetes but if you look at common causes, of death, like cancer, heart disease.

the nhs is lagging behind other countries for a number of reasons. sometimes for screening or late detection of cancers and sometimes it is even when cancer has been diagnosed and detected late or delayed treatment. there are some areas to improve even if there are strengths to build on as well. latest detection, is that because patients are presenting but it is not being picked up patients not even going forward as quickly as they might in other countries? a combination of both those factors you have identified. 0ne a combination of both those factors you have identified. one of the most stark findings is that over of cancers are diagnosed the first time in a&e departments and when you unpick why that is sometimes it is because patients have not presented to any other part of the health systems perhaps because of awareness but sometimes it is because they have presented to gps and either have presented to gps and either have not been able to get an appointment or cancer was detected. we have a new strategy to tackle thoseissues we have a new strategy to tackle those issues over the next 5—10

yea rs those issues over the next 5—10 years and that is focused on supporting gps are quicker to diagnostic services and once cancer is diagnosed with more support so they can be treated in a more timely fashion. we've got questions from viewers and an anonymous one here. in what ways does the nhs lead the world in health care? what can you be most proud of? there area what can you be most proud of? there are a few things to be proud of. does a very efficient health care system. you look at administrative costs compared to other health care systems and the nhs is incredibly well. 1.5% of the budget is spent on administration of the system. we are administration of the system. we are a world leader compared to other countries in generic prescribing and a certain extent that is looking back at the pass. there is a lot to look at future as well. at least three of four nhs hospitals that are really pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to improve how health care is delivered, the early detection of retinal disease, more astute treatment, submit looking backward and forward things

to be proud of, certainly. there is a very good at protecting people from their financial costs, direct financial costs of being sick. generally, when you're ill, doesn't actually cost you anything. that provides a much higher level of protection than in any other country. how does it compare to the us? seven can think of it in the same way we compare the nhs to other countries. it can think about costs, the us really stands out from other countries in terms of how much it costs so they spend, you know, now approaching on the 20% of national income on health, which is about twice as much as we do. at the same time, while the coverage has improved post—obama care, it is not as complete as it is in the nhs indeedin as complete as it is in the nhs indeed in most other sort of european and other developed countries. 0n outcomes, given that they spend so much more you would think that the american people would wa nt think that the american people would want much better outcomes and here the picture is very mixed. they have

very good cancer survival rates but they have much worse infant mortality rates and much worse rates are people who died where medical ca re are people who died where medical care could have helped them. it is partly because of their health care syste m partly because of their health care system but partly because of life style system but partly because of lifestyle reasons, higher obesity and that kind of thing. anthony is asking what is the impact of health tourism. i think it really makes a difference what you mean by health tourism. so some people who are foreign nationals are here working up as they happen to get health tourism we think of people do actually come to the uk specifically for health care. now, most people are going to fall into the first category. people who are here anyway. the government is hoping to get about half £1 billion from those people but it must be remembered that the budget is £150

billion. saint is actually a very small amount of money. health tourism and towns are people actually coming to the country for health care is going to be a very, very small of that. not talking about huge amount of money. prince william has visited a holocaust memorial and museum injerusalem — on the first official royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. the duke of cambridge — who's also met the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu — has been speaking at a meeting with the president reuven rivlin. it is my first visit to israel. 0h and very much looking forward to getting to meet as many israelis as possible and understand israeli history and israeli culture over the next few days. a very moving taller this morning which really taught me quite a lot more than i thought i already knew about the true horrors of what happened to the dues over the war. so i very much appreciate

the war. so i very much appreciate the time everyone gave to show me around that museum. and i, like you, look forward to understanding lots about the region and about hoping that peace in the area can be achieved. so i am very much looking forward to really absorbing and understanding the different issues covered for cultures, different religions culminating in a visit which will be very symbolic i think a very interesting for me on thursday which i'm very much looking forward to. thank you. rescuers in thailand have stepped up their search for a group of children believed to have been trapped in a flooded cave in the north of the country since saturday. 12 children aged between 11 and 16, together with their football coach, were exploring inside the cave's narrow tunnels, when a section near the main entrance was flooded. the underground network in chiung rai province is a popular tourist attraction in thailand, attracting thousands of visitors every year.

the bbc‘sjonathan head is near the cave complex in chiang rai province. they brought hundreds more people into joining they brought hundreds more people intojoining operation. these guys have come from the army do can see behind me there is probably 50 or 60 people here. what very thankful beer is not clear. you can see everything here has been turned into an appalling sea of mud by the numbers of people. the navy divers who have been trying to get through the past two days of no success at all up until now it is only now we're starting to people with real caving experience going into the cave entrance which is just around those bushes there. here is another lottery going in. really narrow area the cave entrance. we're not sure whether they've got good news whether they've got good news whether they've got good news whether they will help the rescue. we've seen this coming and going of all sorts of units. people from the border patrol please, people from

the marine police going in and out all day long but so far they've had nothing. this is where you come into the cave complex. as you can see, these are the bikes that the boys left when they went in on saturday afternoon. they've been down there now for three days. obviously there is real concern about their state of health, although it's reasonably warm, possibly not too cool inside. the assumption is that they got cut off by rising floodwaters and that they're still alive. the trouble is this is a complex that goes back ten kilometres. the navy divers simply couldn't get through the narrow passages and they are hoping that some of the volunteers who have got more caving experience may have more success. we've seen a lot of oxygen tanks brought up here, they also have pumps on the other side which we expect them to start using. it's not clear where they'll pump the water from but they are trying to get the water levels down, although with the constant rain it's not clear what success they'll have, but this is very, very worrying for the relatives who have been coming up here and praying —

at makeshift shrines they've put up in the forest — for a good result, for some kind of good news. they still haven't had it and they've still got no idea what state those boys are in, or which part of the caves they may be located. sad news to bring you about the crash. which is hearing from cambridge are policed wishing to say that... 20 people travelling on that bus involved in the collision have been injured and when you look at the pictures, it appears that for

whatever reason, the bus collided into the lorry as the lorry was pulling out the side road onto that mainly a 47. very sad news to the two men who were actually travelling on the bus when that collision happened have now died. the family of an elderly british couple, found murdered injamaica last friday, have urged people in the community to speak out if they know anything about the killings. charlie and gayle anderson were found by neighbours in their home in mount pleasant. they were both in their seventies and had recently retired to the caribbean. please, please speak. speak to the authorities, i know you might be scared but reach out to them, tell them everything you know. we know that you must know details. it's a small community up there. everybody knew my grandad and my grandma as well. they gave back to you, i know how much you all love them, so please, please bring these people to justice. the headlines on bbc news.

prince william meets the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the first official visit to israel and the palestinian territories by a british royal. 18 people are injured in a crash between a double—decker bus and a lorry on the a47 in cambridgeshire. mps warn the uk will have to significantly increase defence spending if it is to maintain influence with washington and nato allies. a transgender woman has won a landmark legal battle the against the uk government to get her pension at the same age as other women. it's after she was previously refused her right to claim it at 60 when she chose not to anul her marriage. the european court ofjustice ruled that a person who has changed gender does not have to annul the marriage they entered into before that change, to receive a pension. 0ur legal correspondent clive coleman has more details on this ruling.

shoe began in may 1991 and in 1995 had gender reassignment surgery but she did not obtain a certificate of recognition of a new gender under the gender recognition act and the reason for that is that she and her wife, for religious reasons, decided they wanted to remain married so the marriage was never annulled. development aid, aged 60, as you apply for a woman's pension and she was refused that on the basis that there was no gender recognition certificate because the marriage had not been a novel. she fought a legal battle through the entire uk court system. it went to the supreme court and the supreme court said, well, look, there is no authority. this eu law. there is a directive that

forbids state from discriminating on grounds of state from pensions. they did what they had to do which was to refer to the european court of justice and this morning we got an unequivocal ruling from the highest court in europe, the eu's supreme court, saying that the uk law which says you have to have an annulment of your marriage is unlawful, direct, discrimination. ishould just add that this really affects a certain period in time. it affects the period in time from the introduction of the gender recognition action 2004 to the same sex marriage act in 2013. because this couple could convert under the same sex marriage act could convert their marriage into a same—sex marriage and the issues would not arise. so it is a relatively limited period in time around nine and affects perhaps around 100 people but what is very clear is for the uk government to refuse a pension when someone has lived as a woman in this

case, has had gender reassignment surgery, simply because the marriage has not been annulled, that is unlawful. as you say, a relatively small number of people affected but a huge battle that has been on the hands of this woman. quite an extraordinary... an extraordinary battle. the ten year legal battle. the department for work and pensions had fought at every step of the way. what happens now is that the matter goes back to the supreme court. i think that the woman is hoping that the department for work and pensions will effectively agree now because the supreme court has to follow the european court of justice supreme court has to follow the european court ofjustice on this. so she's hoping this will be something of a formality that she will now get the pension, the backdated pension between the ages of 60 and 65. we're breaking news about the boy who was missing after getting into difficulties. he has been named by

police as ryan evans. he was swimming with two other children in that lake in north staffordshire yesterday when they got into difficulty. a passer—by called the emergency services. emergency crews including paramedics, police, firefighters were called to the scene late afternoon yesterday. to the managed to make the way safely out of the water but ryan evans was not found a search obviously began to happen but had to be suspended overnight because of fading mites are today the search goes on involving staffordshire police west midlands ambulance service, staffordshi re midlands ambulance service, staffordshire fire and rescue specialist underwater teams as they continue that search for 13—year—old ryan continue that search for 13—year—old rya n eva ns. continue that search for 13—year—old ryan evans. president trump has criticised american motorcyle maker harley davidson over its plans to move some production away

from the united states to avoid eu tariffs. the us president tweeted to say he was "surprised that the company had become the first to wave the white flag." the eu tariffs are a response to new us duties on steel and aluminium imports. drivers on parts of the london underground are to strike on the day of president trump's visit to the capital next month, the rail, maritime and transport union has announced. the strike is over staffing and working conditions and will affect the picadilly line. union members will walk out from 9pm on 11th july until 14th july rescue workers are trying to save hundreds of birds caught up in an oil spill in the dutch port of rotterdam. swans, geese, cormorants and gulls have been affected, as andy beatt reports. a desperate effort to safer some of this port's most vulnerable wildlife. hundreds of birds covered in oil after this huge spillage. this tank ruptured its hold,

sending more than 200 tonnes into the harbour. it happened on saturday and officials tried to contain it, but by sunday the oil had spread to two nearby waterways. rescuers say they have been overwhelmed by the number of contaminated birds, at least 800 over a ten kilometre radius. a help centre was set up in a car park in teams of volunteers effort, catching and cleaning some of the birds. the norwegian company that owns the tango says it regrets the spillage and it has launched an investigation. locals say the spill isa investigation. locals say the spill is a catastrophe. it could be many weeks before the clean—up operation is any funnier complete. a video of a spanish police of a dog peforming cpr has, as you might expect, gone viral.

the madrid police department shared the video on social media of a dog performing cpr on a officer. his name is poncho and the madid police have praised him for practicing cpr in a "masterful way". now as the nhs celebrates its 70th birthday — we'll be hearing from some of the people who have worked for it — or been treated by it since it. nola ishmael came to britain from barbados in 1963 as a young nhs trainee nurse. after — as she puts it — burning the midnight oil and early morning toil, she rose up the ranks to become the first black director of nursing in london. this is her story.

i was born and educated and brought up i was born and educated and brought up in barbados. i came to this country at the age of 19. i came to bea country at the age of 19. i came to be a nice. a big job as a purpose, nursing requires confidence. confidence to say what is right, to do what is right and not to be afraid to be your patience advocate. in the early days we never called prejudice. i don't think we knew the word. wejust prejudice. i don't think we knew the word. we just knew that some people got promoted and you didn't get promoted. the level of knowledge that you gained, this was the account. and when i was appointed director of nursing in greenwich it was a breakthrough moment for black messes. i got telephone calls far and wide offering congratulations to me. one question i got asked, wasn't

a fluke? me. one question i got asked, wasn't afluke? i me. one question i got asked, wasn't a fluke? i said, no it wasn't. it was midnight oil. early—morning toil. and reading and learning as i got on with the job. the nhs is one of the best institutions in this country. it is there for the people, by the people. the people trust it. good afternoon. this hot spell of weather showers no sign of letting up. if anything, weather showers no sign of letting up. ifanything, the weather showers no sign of letting up. if anything, the heat is becoming increasingly widespread. yesterday brought temperatures up to 20 degrees in the london area. today the heat edging a little bit further west and then as we go to tomorrow

parts of northern ireland and scotla nd parts of northern ireland and scotland will get close to 30 degrees. it is unusual to see temperatures so high this time of year. shifting its way subtly northwards, allowing more of an easterly breeze to keep some eastern coast schools but will bring more heat from the south. northwards into northern ireland and scotland. this is how we finish up this afternoon. lots of sunshine. a very small chance for a shower across northern ireland and select the cloud perilously close to these north sea coast of eastern scotland and eastern england. as we go through this evening and night will bring so that cloud was mister merk as well and a little bit further inland into these eastern areas. further west, clear, starry skies ahead. temperatures no lower than 11 to 14. so wednesday getting off to relatively warm start. a lot of sunshine for many. eastern areas likely to start off a bit cloudy and murky. i'm hopeful that much of that

will burn back out to sea but some patches of cloud and four could linger close to some areas of the east coast. as you can see from the yellow colours on our temperature chart it is going to be a bit cooler coast of these eastern coastal areas. come further west were into the deep orange is once again. temperatures well up into the mid to high 20s. if off to the east coast bearin high 20s. if off to the east coast bear in mind some patches of organ cloud may linger. like a complete write—off. the temperatures will be little bits abreast of the next few days but for much of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, a lot of sunshine to enjoy. temperatures in glasgow very close to 30 degrees and further south that he goes on with some long spells of strong sunshine. when did things change? well, the weekend does bring something of a change. high pressure are likely to drink northward. no pressure approaching from the south while there is some uncertainty about the timing, looks like we could see some thunderstorms working

in. we will seize on sunny spots to ta ke in. we will seize on sunny spots to take us through the weekend but will with a risk of thunderstorms later.

prince william remembers the six millionjewish people killed in the holocaust on his first visit to israel and the palestinian territories. prince william meets the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on the third day of his tour of the middle east. i, like you, look forward

to understanding lots about the region and about hoping that peace in the area can be achieved. we'll have the latest from jerusalem. also this lunchtime: two people have died and 20 people are injured, some of them seriously, in a crash between a double decker bus and a lorry in cambridgeshire. the firefighter who led the first response to the grenfell tower fire said he had no idea the cladding was flammable and would cause such a devastating blaze.