today at 5pm — a taliban bomb—maker has been convicted of planning a terror attack in westminster. khalid ali was arrested on whitehall, where he was caught carrying three knives. we were managing the risk, we were using various different techniques to manage that risk, but he was arrested at the appropriate time. we'll have the latest developments. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: prince william has remembered the six millionjewish people killed in the holocaust, during the first official royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. mps call on the government for a big increase in britain's defence and other nato allies. england goalkeeperjordan pickford dismisses the idea it might be better for the team to finish second in their world cup group, and insists their mentality is to win every game. and the met office has issued a yellow health warning for heatwave conditions from now until thursday evening.

it's 5pm. our top story: a british man has been found guilty of planning a terror attack in westminster and making bombs for the taliban. khalid ali was arrested in april last year in parliament street, where he was caught carrying three knives. he had recently returned from afghanistan, where he made and detonated bombs. a jury at the old bailey convicted him of preparing an act of terrorism in the uk, and two counts of possessing an explosive substance with intent. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. go back, go back, go back!

leave him, mate. you got him? the moment when armed officers stopped an al-qaeda supporter launching a knife attack on whitehall. do you have everything on you that may hurt, or hurt anyone else? it was april last year, barely a month after the traumatic westminster bridge attack. another knife. third knife! khalid ali was carrying three brand—new knives. he had bought them just two hours earlier. he had been born in saudi arabia to a somali father and ethiopian mother, but grew up in north london. he first came to the security service's attention on an aid convoy to gaza in 2010. we are going to do it out here in gaza. taking it to the next level. you feel me? one love. kieren turner was in charge of logistics on the convoy and told me he remembers ali well. at that point i thought, a nice young man, this will be one of the people that's fun

to travel with. he had a sense of humour. i remember him because he smiled. also on the convoy were some die—hard extremists, including thomas evans, who was later killed fighting with al—shabab in kenya. within a few months, khalid ali was himself in afghanistan, making bombs for the taliban. his fingerprints later found by the americans on these detonators and remote controls seized in the south—east of the country. in police interviews, he admitted setting off 300 bombs himself. how many times have you pressed the button to cause an explosion? probably more than 300 times. the main target for ali's bombs or ieds were ordinary afghan soldiers like this man. he injured his leg and shoulder and lost an eye when his vehicle was blown up. translation: ieds are more dangerous than anything else, more than face—to—face fighting. most of my friends who got killed or injured, it was by ieds. when khalid ali suddenly returned

to heathrow in 2016, suspicious counterterrorism officers took his fingerprints. when these were checked with prints kept by the fbi at this huge warehouse of improvised bombs found in afghanistan and iraq, police got a match. by then, ali had resumed his life in north london but, as a suspected bombmaker, he was now kept under surveillance and last march was seen talking to police at the gates of downing street. in april, he was recorded walking past mi6 on a reconnaissance trip. just after noon on april the 27th, he bought three sabatier knives in wilko's in ealing. he took the tube to victoria and then walked to westminster, dropping his phone in the river thames and his oyster card in a rubbish bin. having dumped all the evidence and now carrying just an empty backpack and three knives, khalid ali headed towards whitehall and downing street.

he was armed and ready. but, by this point, so were the police. when he headed to whitehall in possession of three knives, that is when we decided to act. until that time we managed the risk, using techniques to manage that risk, but he was arrested at the appropriate time using armed police officers. the al-qaeda bombmaker had been stopped just 200 metres from the downing street gates. prince william has remembered the six millionjewish people killed in the holocaust, during the first official royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. the duke of cambridge met the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, after paying his respects at yad vashem — the world holocaust remembrance centre. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports from jerusalem. his piece contains some flash photography. there can be few places

with a more solemn resonance. william came to yad vashem, israel's memorial to the six million jewish people killed by the nazis in the holocaust of the second world war. it is the first obligation of any official visitor to israel to pay their respects here. in the museum, william spoke to survivors of the holocaust. two men, who, as children, were rescued on the kindertransport trains, but who left their parents behind. i remember thejourney very well, yes. what i can't remember is leaving my parents — well, my father — my mother were dead already. i can't remember the parting. singing. then, in the hall of remembrance, as the choir sang an anthem written by a jewish parachutist killed in hungary in 1944, the victims of the holocaust were commemorated.

we unite with the blessed memory of six million of our people who died a martyr‘s death at the hands of the german nazis and their collaborators. william laid his wreath and stood for some moments in silence. this first official royal visit to israel has been long in coming, but the fact that finally it is happening is appreciated. this is an historic day. the excitement is felt throughout israel and britain, around thejewish world. and just to see prince william here is something very, very special. from yad vashem, william went on to the official residence of israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and his wife. a formality, but an important one in the context of a visit when william will also meet

the palestinian leadership. a visit to yad vashem has historical resonance, a meeting with the prime minister is a diplomatic courtesy. but it will be what william does during the rest of his visit that will define the underlying messages that the visit is seeking to convey. that message, conveyed through meetings with cross—community groups and his visit to the palestinian territories, is that peace can only be found through co—operation. nicholas witchell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's ta ke let's take you like to tel aviv. this is where prince william will be speaking ina this is where prince william will be speaking in a few minutes. he is at the residence of the british ambassador to israel. you can see people waiting for the duke of cambridge to come out and speak. he'll be speaking for a few minutes,

and we'll bring that to you as soon as he appears. in the meantime, let's go to our correspondent in jerusalem, yolande knell. a historic visit, but assess its significance for the region. first of all, in terms of israel, this is a country that's been here for 70 years and it's never had an official british royal visits before. though it's something that has been long awaited. many israelis feel that they've been subjected to an unofficial royal boycott because of the long—running israel— palestinian conflict, so of course the prince's visit is being extremely closely watched. people will be listening out for what he says in those first official comments at the ambassador's residence. but, besides what we saw earlier, which was quite a conventional start for a vip coming to visit israel, well, then it became much more relaxed. the prince himself actually changed into

more casual wear, as he went off to jaffa on the coast, and there he met young jewish and arab israelis, who played football together. he joined them on the pitch for a penalty shoot out, managing to score two goals himself, albeit against a 13—year—old goalkeeper, and then he hit the beach in tel aviv, where he met surfers and the like. i think these are the kinds of images that british diplomats are keen for locals to see of the prince, on the israeli side, but also when he goes to ramallah tomorrow, where he will also be meeting young palestinians are joining also be meeting young palestinians arejoining them for also be meeting young palestinians are joining them for cultural events there. of course, visits by british royals are supposed to be totally nonpolitical. but this is a place which is so highly politicised, because of the conflict, that really this is presenting the prince with something of an unprecedented diplomatic challenge. he's had lots of advice, this has all been very

carefully choreographed by diplomats and by his own royal team. carefully choreographed by diplomats and by his own royalteam. for the moment, thank you very much. wejust had a glimpse of prince william through those glass doors. he will be coming out any moment. rosemary hollis is with me. she is professor of international politics at city university london. what do you think is the imperative, from a british point of view, in the duke of cambridge is going to the middle at this stage? it's a historic visit, as we've heard, but was there an imperative from the government in pushing this visit? for some time, i think, because of brexit, there have been many indications that israel will be one of the countries that the british are hoping to have a good, strong, bilateral trade relationship with, and the israelis are extremely enthusiastic. from their point of

view, the israelis this as an opportunity to show how normal they are, if you like, how well established. they always talk about the fact that they are a democracy and shared values and so on. what the itinerary for the prince has tried to emphasise is that this is not a love fest with israel. this is not a love fest with israel. this is not only about israel. and i think the configuration was set with him starting in jordan, and the configuration was set with him starting injordan, and the rapport with the jordanians starting injordan, and the rapport with thejordanians is long—standing. with thejordanians is long-standing. he isjust taking to the podium now at the residence of the podium now at the residence of the british ambassador. the national anthem is playing as he stands alongside the prime minister, in front of the union flag. rosemary, obviously for prince

william, we've talked about the imperative of him going, but this is a very sensitive visit. it has to be just right, doesn't it, to avoid offending anybody. absolutely, but i think the palestinians will welcome it at this time, and the contrast that they boycotted the meeting mike pence, the us vice president, because they are so upset with the way the trump administration is conducting diplomacy vis—a—vis their conflict with the israelis. there is a contrast here. the prince mention jordan having hosted palestinian refugees for so long, in addition to hosting new refugees from syria, so that was an indication that he is conscious of the jordanian need that was an indication that he is conscious of thejordanian need for a resolution to the israeli— palestinian conflict, if it can ever really embrace the future. and that

is something that the trump administration, by contrast, has been totally playing down. the palestinians will also want this as an opportunity, with the prince of visiting the west bank, to show that they are very much there and they are in occupied territory, and they await their independence, their freedom, and they seek a two state solution, or at least their leadership do. but, because of the blockade of gaza, because of the fallout between the palestinian leadership in the west bank and that in the gaza strip, there isn't palestinian unity on this. well, i think prince william will be introduced now. honourable minister, benjamin netanyahu. president of the supreme court, honourable cabinet ministers, leaders of the opposition, friends and colleagues. on the half of my partner and

myself, . .. he speaks jewish. while prince william is introduced at the residence of the british ambassador. let me ask you, rosemary hollis, it's always a time of tension in the middle east, but particularly now we have had these clashes along the border with gaza, israeli security forces killing quite a large number of palestinians in recent weeks. let's listen to prince william. he speaks hebrew. prime minister, ladies and gentlemen, i'm afraid that is the extent of my hebrew. but i'm delighted to be here in israel... problems with sound. it isa problems with sound. it is a profoundly moving experience. it brought back powerful memories of the visit that my wife

catherine and i made to a concentration camp last year. at yad vashem, i met survivors of the holocaust, who came to uk on the king to transport. we mark the 80th anniversary this year. i heard their stories of a new life made after the united kingdom and israel. iwill also visit the grave of my great—grandmother, princess alice, who is declared righteous among nations for saving jews during the second world war. her story is a matter of great pride for my whole family, and the gift i received today from you, prime minister, and a copy of the middle presented in her honour by israel, is something my family will treasure. thank you. asi my family will treasure. thank you. as i wrote in my message at yad vashem, we must neverforget as i wrote in my message at yad vashem, we must never forget what was perpetrated against the jewish people in the holocaust. i am well aware that the responsibility falls now to my generation to keep the

memory alive of that great crime, as the holocaust generation passes on. and i commit myself to doing this. israel's remarkable story is partly one of remembering terrible past, but also looking forward to a much more hopeful future. but also looking forward to a much more hopefulfuture. there is, and i've seen it already, and essential vibrancy to this country. from the early stories of the kibbutz to the revival of hebrew as a living, modern language, to the high—tech economies that we see around us here in tel aviv. the modern story of israel is one of inventing, creating, innovating and striding confidently into its future. i saw pa rt confidently into its future. i saw part of this future this afternoon, when i met boys and girls from different communities, brought together by their love of football. and i got a flavour today of the

unique character of tel aviv, its flairand unique character of tel aviv, its flair and diversity, and its beach. a beautiful city. tomorrow, i will meet more young people from around the country, working on the environment, mental health and helping the less fortunate. these young people are painting a bright future for israel, bringing their own energy and creativity to the start—up nation. these young people are also a reminder of how much we have in common, two open societies which thrive on innovation, diversity, talent and excellence. the ties between our two countries have never been stronger, whether in oui’ have never been stronger, whether in our record levels of trade and investment, our cooperation in science and technology, or the work that we do together to keep our people safe. this region has a complicated and tragic history. in

the past century, the people of the middle east have suffered great sadness and loss. never has hope and reconciliation been more needed. i know i share a desire with all of you and your neighbours for a just and lasting peace. the united kingdom stands with you, as we work together for a peaceful and prosperous future. thank you again for the warmth of your welcome. enjoy your evening. he speaks hebrew. studio: there is the duke of cambridge, speaking in tel aviv in a few words in hebrew, but his essential message, the ties between britain and israel have never been stronger, and the uk stands with you. rosemary hollis, professor of international politics at city university london, is with me. very warm words from prince william. as you were saying, indicating a real warmth in relations between britain and israel, and you believe that is

partly to do with brexit and trying to establish new trading relationships. i do, but i also think it's the passage of time that has made it possible for the british because, of course, they were the monetary authority, they were the ones that presided over the creation ofa ones that presided over the creation of ajewish ones that presided over the creation of a jewish national home in ones that presided over the creation of ajewish national home in mandate palestine, and they were the ones who fell out then with the zionist organisations, because they realised that it had created such a conflict with the local palestinian population, and that they couldn't make it work as a two state solution in1947, make it work as a two state solution “11947, as make it work as a two state solution in 1947, as the un said they should try to do, so the british just upped sticks and left. the british also created the state of - as created the state ofjordan, as currently configured, and the prince is visiting all three of the pieces in that historical picture, which wouldn't have been there and wouldn't have been there and wouldn't have been there and wouldn't have been there in the way that they are but for that period of

british mandatory rule, between the end of the first world war and just after the end of the second world war. and i noticed that the prince said that the british will stand with you to the israelis, but he said that in the context of saying that we want peace and we want a just peace that is for everybody in the region, so it's not a kind of, we are with you, israel, come what dangers made. we are with you for a more peaceful future. dangers made. we are with you for a more peacefulfuture. thank dangers made. we are with you for a more peaceful future. thank you for putting that into historical context. rosemary hollis, thank you. mps have warned that britain will lose its influence with the us and other nato allies unless it increases defence spending by tens of billions of pounds a year. the commons defence committee is calling for a boost similar to that which has been promised to the nhs. it comes at a time of heightened tension between the ministry of defence and downing street about budgets, as richard galpin reports. the first of a new generation

of stealth fighter aircraft arriving in britain earlier this month. the raf and navy are due to have 138 of these american—made planes. the price tag for each one — more than £90 million. these, plus the construction of two aircraft carriers and other expensive equipment, landing taxpayers with a bill estimated in the tens of billions. sinking the defence budget. and for some, the solution is a big increase in military spending. the first thing in our report is saying — does defence matter, does nato matter, do we need to provide the capability to ensure the defence and security of our country and our people? and if that requires some additional money, then that surely is one of the first priorities of government. will you break the prime minister if she doesn't give you more cash? the defence secretary,

gavin williamson, is also pushing very hard for a hike in spending. and there is pressure coming from further afield. these nato exercises are partly designed as a show of unity amongst members of the western alliance, particularly with the increased threat from russia. but washington is demanding that member states contribute much more to the costs of the alliance. for britain and its military forces, this is turning into a key moment, according to some analysts. can it afford to remain a major global power? we have slightly deluded the public of late that we have a defence programme which, frankly, we know, the insiders know, those who run the select committees are aware, is unaffordable. so we are to an extent living a lie. and, so far, there is little sign the government will agree to any significant increase

in defence spending. the government seems to be standing firm in rejecting any significant increase in defence spending. richard galpin, bbc news. i'm joined now by the conservative mp julian lewis, chair of the defence select committee. thank you forjoining us. we know the government is pumping a lot more money into the nhs. there will be people out there watching who say, actually, the government can't afford to do everything, it can't plough money into the nhs and defence. you are suggesting an extra £20 billion per year. some people will say we can't afford it. we are not suggesting that will happen the day after tomorrow. there are three levels. first, it was right the commentator earlier, who i heard, saying that the present programme is unaffordable, in the sense that it is unaffordable on the existing budget. depends absolutely must have at least 2 billion a year more if it's going to pay for everything

that we are planning to get at the moment. there is a black hole particularly in the equipment budget, and 2 billion a year is one tenth of the extra money that has been voted, or chosen to go to the health service. and i must remind people that, in the 1980s, when we we re people that, in the 1980s, when we were in that cold war period, defence and health had roughly the same amount spent on them, which was 4.5 to 5% of gdp. health now already has four times as much as defence spent on it, and that should be a sign that defence has fallen too far lower in our scale of national priorities. there will be people out there who will say, we are not in there who will say, we are not in the cold war any more, we don't have a soviet threat. ok, russia might be something of a threat, but there must be a peace dividend, so we should spend less on defence. you

are asking the right questions. there has been a peace dividend, which was taken in the late 19805 and the early 19905, and what did we spend after we took the peace dividend? not barely 2% of gdp, which is what we just about spend today, if you include all sorts of things that we didn't used to bother to include in calculating the total, late as 1995 to 1996, five years after the end of the cold war and after the end of the cold war and after we took the peace dividend, we we re after we took the peace dividend, we were spending fully 3% of gdp on defence, and that is the sort of medium to long—term target we ought to be looking at. you say that russia is something of a threat but it isn't the soviet union. fair enough. if it were the soviet union, if the degree of confrontation world what it was in the 19805, we'd be having to argue for much more, but the reality is that defence equipment, defence inflation run5

ahead of any increase in absolute term5 ahead of any increase in absolute terms of what defence expenditure has been, and we really have got to a point now where, having had damaging cut5 under the cameron— lib dem coalition in 2010, we must have a minimum of two billion and, if we went to 2.5% of gdp, there would be about 8 billion coming to defence, to the mod a5 about 8 billion coming to defence, to the mod as such, and if we had that we could fill the black holes and we could make a reasonable increase on our past to an ultimate aim of 3% of gdp. increase on our past to an ultimate aim of 396 of gdp. thank you very much. julian lewi5, aim of 396 of gdp. thank you very much. julian lewis, who is the chair of the defence select committee. you are watching bbc news at 5pm. bori5johnson has called for all nations to support the uk's proposal to give the world's chemical weapons watchdog the power to assign blame for attacks. speaking at the organisation for the prohibition for chemical weapons at the hague, the foreign secretary said the world could not allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised.

we cannot allow the global ban on chemical weapons, a signal achievement for diplomacy, to be eroded away. what kind of a failure would it be if we were to cast aside in our generation the work of previous generations of diplomats and scientists? what would it say about us if we allowed the emergence of a new taboo, a taboo not on using chemical weapons but on identifying those responsible? none of us want our children to grow up in a world where the use of chemical weapons becomes formalised, and i think today we all have a responsibility to act. our correspondent anna

holligan is at the hague. just assess exactly the significance of what the foreign secretary has been saying. hugely significant here in the hague. this is about the attribution blame, so the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons is the global guardian, if you like, of the chemical weapons convention. it has the power to investigate the circumstances surrounding the tax and the power to investigate the alleged substance used, but it doesn't have the power to attribute blame, and according to the uk delegation led by boris blame, and according to the uk delegation led by bori5johnson that in theory means that those states who are allegedly using these banned = have who are allegedly dsing these banned = have a license to act with chemicals have a license to act with impunity, and therefore their needs to be some kind of body that's able to be some kind of body that's able to point the finger of blame. the uk

has tabled this motion in the hague, trying to garner support among the members of the opcw to support this motion. it would give the opcw extra powers to find out who is responsible for using these chemicals. boris responsible for using these chemicals. bori5johnson told us today about the breaking of the taboo surrounding the use of chemical weapons. 193 countries are signed up to the chemical weapons convention so, in theory, we should all support anything that would help allow it to uphold this global prohibition. but actually we put a lot from russia today. russia objects to the motion. they say that actually this would undermine the opcw's actually this would undermine the opcw‘s ability to do its job, so we are expecting more delegations. there is a limit on this, so they set a 24—hour time—limit for deliberations. we expect a vote around 1:30pm tomorrow. thank you. up

up to date with the uber taxi at which has had the decision it is now considered a fit and proper organisation to have a licence for 15 months. in other word last year it had its licence taken away from it had its licence taken away from it to operate in london and now it has a licence back for 15 months only. a relatively limited period of time. our technology correspondent is at westminster magistrates' court. talk it through the background to this. and why they have now been granted a licence for 15 months. last september they were denied that licence. transport for london cold not up fit and proper company and was very concerned about the way they dealt with allegations

of assault by drivers against passengers and not passing them on to the police. back then uber challenge that pretty hard and came out against that and said it would appeal. in court over the last couple of days they have really stepped back and have admitted they we re stepped back and have admitted they were completely wrong to challenge and were not as fit and proper company. their case has been that they have reformed and have come to agreements with transport for london to behave better and they have new people in force. giving her ruling the chief magistrate was pretty scathing about her description of the behaviour of the company in recent yea rs. the behaviour of the company in recent years. she said it had shown a gung ho attitudes are to grow the business, what may. it was honestly ona business, what may. it was honestly on a knife edge weather this license would be granted. she did eventually said he can have a licence for 50 months but made it clear this was a

probationary period. there was a three—month period in appropriate transport for london could check up on weather uber had done what it said it would do in court. so relief for uber but still very much on probation. the very latest from westminster magistrates' court. we go to checkout the weather. it is so hot out there. we got close to 31 degrees on the west wales coast. one must be of the year so far and plenty more to come. this damage just not dipping very quickly at all as we get into this evening. values at seven o'clock maybe 28 for birmingham and 25 for london, glasgow and edinburgh. most places will stay fine with clear skies into the evening. extra quote from the north sea. it will turn quite misty

and murky for some parts of eastern england and eastern scotland by the start of wednesday morning. temperature start tomorrow around 11 degrees to 40 degrees. and nice looking beard for many with hot sunshine and high uv levels. cloud likely to burn back towards the coastline but likely to stay a bit murky. —— and nice looking day for many with hot sunshine and high uv levels. it stays warm and generally sunny towards the end of the week although the weekend looks likely to bring a bit of a cool down and just a small chance of a shower. this is bbc news. the headlines... a british man has been convicted of planning a terror attack in westminster and making bombs for the taliban. prince william has remembered the six millionjewish people killed in the holocaust — during the first official royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. mp5 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 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. let's get all the sport now from the bbc sports centre. it had to happen. 38 games into this world cup and a first goalless draw. france were already through and denmark needed a draw so goalless it

was. a terrible match. not all scoreless draws this bad. the french go through as do denmark. the other match in group c, effectively a dead rubber, between australia and peru. australia could have gone through but peru beat them by two goals to know, the first world cup goal since 1982. they go warmer weather and astoria with just the one point. —— they go home with a when. argentina have two when the match against nigeria and hope that iceland slip—up against croatia who have already gone through. if you

get complicated but argentina know they have to win. beautifully simple for england. they are already through the game to spare ahead of their match against belgium on thursday night. they are back at the tea m thursday night. they are back at the team base just outside st petersburg. gareth southgate has got a full 23 back in training. no one goes down to whether they wa nted no one goes down to whether they wanted to top the group i would be rather finish would be ratherfinish second. we don't know which side of the drug are going to be in. petersjordan pickford. —— what side of the draw. we wa nt pickford. —— what side of the draw. we want to win every game and i feel like if we win every game and keeps building and helps is to keep going in the tournament. we know belgium isa in the tournament. we know belgium is a top opponent and we have to be

anra is a top opponent and we have to be an r a game to get a win. the squad in the camp want to win every game we're playing. england head off tomorrow for that final round of matches in group g. lots of world cup news and bbc sport website. lots of other sports news and we will have a for you at half past 6 britain's health service lags behind that in some other countries when it comes to treating conditions including heart attacks and some cancers. that's according to an independent report produced for the bbc. nhs england says it is ready to address the issues, and that the report highlights many areas of outstanding care. in a moment 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 with my expert panel: mark dayan — policy analyst at the nuffield trust and ruth thorlby — assistant director policy at the health foundation. but first, this report from our health correspondent, dominic hughes. 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 illneses. it tells us some good things and it

tells us some bad things. the good things are that we are inefficient, —— efficient. we have low cost barriers in terms of people getting access to the service. we're good at looking after some chronic conditions like diabetes and kidney disease. when not doing so well at looking after some of the more serious illnesses like cancer and heart disease. the record on the treatment of cancer in particular highlights some of the weaknesses of the nhs. the uk has the worst record among comparable countries for pancreatic and colon cancer. gps, after the first port of call for patients with health concerns, believe this shows the pressures that this exist in the system. this report shows some of the things we need to do to catch up, one is in

cancer survival. at the moment there are not enough gps and not enough time with each patient to do things we wa nt time with each patient to do things we want to do. the areas where the nhs is doing well such as treating long—term conditions such as diabetes shows that the nhs can deliver first—class care. it is running on short resources and with health outcomes that in some areas are pool. —— are poor. joining me are mark dayan, policy analyst at the nuffield trust and ruth thorlby — assistant director policy at the health foundation. it appears we're not as good as other health services in dealing with things such as cancer and heart attacks. these are front—line services you would expect the nhs to be doing well in. they are often not

a big gaps but across several different conditions we can see the nhs is slightly below the average of some other countries. there are lots of things the nhs does well and it is one of the world's leading health services in not financially penalising people for being ill and reflecting its family principle of being free at point of use. we're starting a discussion what can be done. let's go to some viewers questions. john asks is it fear to draw a comparison between the national health service and sell services and other countries, considering the way the nhs is funded. the nhs is funded differently from most other countries. it is a fair question and i think it is reasonable to make those comparisons because it is a good way to find out where we are in relation to other countries. many other countries we compare ourselves with spend more on their health services and i think that is one of the messages that we are comparatively underfunded and it

shows in the fact that they are fewer doctors and nurses than many other countries we care to compare ourselves with. that is something the government has recognised that isa gap the government has recognised that is a gap that needs to be filled. mark, we have question that asks how did the numbers and salaries of managers compare with the rest of europe in terms of health services across europe? that is a common question. if the nhs paying too much foradmin? question. if the nhs paying too much for admin? we don't have perfect numbers is. we only have numbers for the people might call bureaucrats in central bodies who oversee hospitals and gps. not necessarily managers in the hospitals but with that data that we have, and it comes from a credible source, it looks like the nhs spends remarkably little on administration compare to other health services which is not a surprise because one of the things that comes out of the stat is a relative strength of the nhs is it does seem to do well in terms of

efficiency. much as we might like to complain about managers in bureaucrats in the nhs that is no sign we have a particular problem. oliver asked how our factors such as dietand oliver asked how our factors such as diet and age and obesity reflected in the report. we looked at obesity and we're not doing is very well and obesity. countries do have different age profiles in different populations and that makes a difference to the levels of ans illness. all the countries have ageing populations. it is great news people are getting older but that brings challenges such as dementia and cancer which is a disease of old age so i think these are reasonable things to britain comparisons. mark, colin asks if the report identifies the areas of weakness and the causes of those weaknesses, does it also proposed solutions and say how much those solutions might cost?|j

proposed solutions and say how much those solutions might cost? i have looked at international data on the nhs but would not put myself forward is no one better than doctors leaders in the nhs. there are a lot of people thinking about how to tackle problems such as cancer survival rates and she had a new piece to camera there we have been making good progress on some of these. we should keep doing what we have been doing and i don't think i am in any position to tell the image is how to solve these problems. it is how to solve these problems. it is more about flagging up strengths and weaknesses. we have been healing social care is so important and in the sense that is no point spending lots of money and let national health service if you do not reform social care and spend more money on that. there is a report into social ca re that. there is a report into social care today. what are the findings? it is the birthday not being celebrated in the same way. we found the man has increased much more than funding which is dropped in publicly funded social care leaving many more people to fend for themselves and by

the wrong care are used friends and family to manage. this is not a sustainable situation and think of what is interesting is people don't really know the social care is not free. they think they pay the taxes and social care will come but that is not the case. the need to be a difficult conversation with the public about how we move forward with this. and how should we move? i think we have to accept more money will have to be spent on social care andi will have to be spent on social care and i think it is a public debate that needs to be hard with how much responsibility we have for themselves and how much the state step in and for whom. at the moment local authorities are having to prioritise those with the highest needs that this doesn't leave a lot of people managing on the road and it isa of people managing on the road and it is a lot of dealers picking up the strain of this. many are older people themselves. that means more taxation, potentially, does it? there are different ways you could tackle it. in the past the

government have put a cap on the amount it will be privately and that might enable people to invest more in insurance out of their own pockets button in the long run i think probably will decide this is something with the state needs to do more. we can't separate tally from the nhs. recent research showed that if you looked at we're social care cuts a cap in the country that was related to attendance at accident emergency. you might notjust want to focus all your money on the nhs at the expense of social care. that might be self—defeating. at the expense of social care. that might be self-defeating. thank you for coming in. and a reminder that nick robinson and anita rani will be live at birmingham 5 queen elizabeth hospital tonight to discuss the challenges facing the nhs. that's on bbc 2 at 8 pm. the headlines on bbc news... a taliban bomb—maker arrested

in whitehall with three knives has been convicted of planning a terror attack. prince william has remembered the six millionjewish people killed in the holocaust — during the first official royal visit to israel and the palestinian territories. uber‘s ban on its licence to operate in the london has been overturned in court. two people have been killed and a number of others have been injured following a crash between a double—decker bus and a lorry in the cambridgeshire fens. the crash happened at about 7.30 this morning on the a47 in guyhirn near wisbech. angus crawford reports. a straight road, good conditions, then this. the lorry pulling out of its depot. the bus with 20 passengers on board. the driver's cab and front of

the upper deck crushed and broken. the first call came early this morning. seven ambulances and other specialist teams were sent. a major incident was initially declared and the air ambulance scrambled. the injured have been taken to hospitals in peterborough and king's lynn. and an investigation has already begun. on dry roads with good visibility, how could this have happened? 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. watch manager michael dowden told the inquiry it initially appeared to be a kitchen fire, but quickly spread into something far more serious and unpredictable. this report from daniela relph contains images you may find distressing.

the firefighters' stories are a mix of raw, personal accounts, facts and professional assessments of what went wrong. at the start of the inquiry today, a reminder of how stressful things are for all involved. michael dowden was one of the first firefighters to arrive at grenfell tower. today, there was reassurance from the lead barrister. may i say how grateful we are, as the inquiry team, to you for coming along yesterday and spending the entire day answering questions from me. i want you to know that you are doing a public service, and we are extremely thankful to you for it. michael dowden described arriving at the tower and seeing an orange glow from inside a flat. but the situation quickly changed.

but the situation quickly changedlj had but the situation quickly changed.” had no previous knowledge of how their buildings reacting that moment in time. ifelt their buildings reacting that moment in time. i felt i'd their buildings reacting that moment in time. ifelt i'd might my their buildings reacting that moment in time. i felt i'd might my comfort zone because i did not have any previous experience to fall back on. was shown footage of the fire he was shown footage of the fire spreading and people inside being told to get out. at this point it tea rful told to get out. at this point it tearful and could continue. the enquiry was halted for half an hour. —— at this point he became tearful and could not continue.” —— at this point he became tearful and could not continue. i did not have the resources at the time. we we re have the resources at the time. we were looking at 20 floors above the fire floor. there were six engines in attendance and one central staircase. i was very much at my comfort zone. he will continue his

evidence tomorrow. the accounts from the firefighters are crucial but reliving the experience is causing much anguish. and the met office has issued a yellow health warning for heatwave conditions from now until thursday evening. network rail has introduced speed restrictions. across virtually all of the uk the heatwave continues and quite understandably many people like those in the spark in london and making the most of the glorious weather. —— in the spark. and making the most of the glorious weather. -- in the spark. we were looking for a break from the queens land heat. it was 102 degrees can be

left california as this is not so bad. but is too often happens there have been tragic accidents as people tried to cool off. i search for missing child in stoke—on—trent resumed this morning after emergency we re resumed this morning after emergency were called last night to services were called last night to report that three youngsters were in difficulty in the water. two of the children are safe and well and the third is still missing. it is very difficult for us all. we are fathers and mothers and this impacts on us and mothers and this impacts on us and we're doing all we can to work with that family and reassure them. inside the body of a man was recovered from a lake. the message from police is not to swim in open water. further north large wildfire has left a pall of smoke hanging over large parts of greater manchester. it has been burning since sunday and people living close

to the blaze and saddleworth moor are being told to keep their windows close as firefighters tried to contain it. the heat has also slowed down trains are network rail has said track temperatures could reach as much as 12 celsius above the air temperature meaning steel rails can expand and buckle. reduce speeds are intended to lower the force exerted on the track and lower the risk of problems. but when it comes to the hottest weather this week west is best. day—trippers were lapping it up best. day—trippers were lapping it up in blackpool this afternoon with blue skies, blue sea and tranquil conditions. summer is here for a few days yet. there is a video that has gone viral sharing spanish police and shown the dog performing cpr. a video of a spanish police

of a dog peforming cr 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. poncho sprang into action when his partner fell to the ground the dogs actions mimic cardiopulmonary resuscitation. the dog repeatedly used its front paws to pound up and down on the officer's chest while pausing to place its ear on the officer's neck to detect a pulse. police wrote poncho "did not hesitate for an instant" to save a life. time for a look at the weather, with ben rich. they are the warmest temperatures we have seen so far this year. the west

wales coast got up to 30.6 degrees. very close to 31 degrees. lots of sunshine to go with that. yesterday seat was concentrated towards the south—east and 30 degrees in london. todayit south—east and 30 degrees in london. today it was that bit further west. during tomorrow the warmest weather will spread north so of northern ireland scotland likely to see temperatures close to 30 degrees. high pressure with this and that high nudging northwards along the flow of air around the bottom of this area of high pressure. that will bring very warmly from the size increasingly further north as we go through the next few days. let's look at what is going on at the moment. this is a satellite picture. you can see cloud across northern ireland and western scotland and some reports of the odd spot of rain across the western isles of scotland but generally a fine end the day and these are the temperatures were expected seven o'clock. still well up expected seven o'clock. still well up into the 205. clear and starry

skies for most of tonight this cloud sitting around of the north sea will try to roll into the coasts of eastern scotland and north east england. quite misty and murky in these areas. temperatures 11 degrees to 40 degrees overnight. tomorrow don't be surprised if you wake up in eastern scotland and eastern england to find a lot of cloud. most of that should burn back towards the coast as we go through the day. further west lots more hot sunshine. a closer look at these course. not only that were this cloud be lapping from time to time onto the shore, you can see the yellow colours. that shows things will get a little cooler close to the midget coastline. —— the immediate coastline. —— the immediate coastline. it will not be a write—off but at times over the next few days there will be areas of cloud and perhaps some mist and fog and lower temperatures. but elsewhere in scotland and northern

ireland in northern england scene temperatures well up into the 205 and perhaps 30 degrees for aviemore. as we head towards the end of the week and even further south there will be a lot of heat and a lot of sunshine. do things change? as we get to the weekend it looks like high pressure will retreat northwards and a low—pressure to work up from the site. they will be moving in quite a radically but after a fine start of the weekend with sunny spells it is likely to turn a little more humid with the chance of some thunderstorms later. a british plumber who was also an al-qaida bomb maker is convicted of plotting a terror attack in westminster. get on the floor. go back, go back. the moment khalid ali was arrested carrying three knives by downing street. a collision between a bus and a lorry leaves two people dead and 12 injured. and as the mercury rises still further, the heatwave sparks wildfires across saddleworth moor in the north west of england. and coming up in sportsday, live from moscow, later in the hour,

we'll look at how group c was completed, including the first goalless draw at this world cup.