good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: no baths, car washing or hosepipes — water companies warn customers to urgently cut usage as demand surges in the heatwave. from varicose vein operations to snoring surgery — new nhs plans to cut procedures it says are a waste of money and often don't work. hopes for an end to uncertainty for workers at the port talbot steel plant as a merger deal is agreed. as the world cup reaches the knock—out stage, fifa suggest that harry kane's treatment against tunisia prompted a var clampdown. good morning. quite a bit of cloud this morning that while world away, you into a hot and sunny day with temperatures into high 30s and the hottest areas. —— that will melt away. i will tell you how hot it will get later on.

it's saturday 30th june. our top story: water companies across the uk are warning customers to urgently cutback on how much they use amid increased demand during the current heatwave. the first hosepipe ban to be introduced in northern ireland in nearly 25 years came into force last night, while united utilities has warned a ban could follow in north—west england, as peter ruddick reports. as the mercury rises, the water flows. however it is the scale of the increased demand during the recent heatwave that is beginning to seriously worried utility companies. in rugby, bottle stations have opened up as a precaution amid fears a new water storage facility could run dry this weekend. customers are being asked to conserve supplies it isa being asked to conserve supplies it is a story being played out across the country. seven trent says people are using about one third more water than usual. it has led to several disruptions and actors already and

they are asking everyone to act neighbourly. in the north—west, united utilities says it needs urgent help while there may be forced to introduce hosepipe ban on monday. they have asked people not to wash their cars or take bath this weekend. a ban is already in place in northern ireland, it came into effect on friday evening and it first to be imposed in the nation for nearly a quarter of a century. it isa for nearly a quarter of a century. it is a legal instrument and there are consequences of breaking the hosepipe ban. but in essence, we need people just to hosepipe ban. but in essence, we need peoplejust to be responsible and the volunteered to use hoses and if people do that there will be enough for all. the problem is not a lack of water, many as applies are actually nearly full after a rainy spring. however huge spikes in peaktime demand in companies are struggling to treat the water quick enough, so it is ready to be supplied to our homes. with hot and dry conditions set to continue into next week, both weather and water warnings could be here to stay. peter ruddick, bbc news. we'll be speaking to united utilities about the current situation at 8:10 this morning.

the nhs in england has set out plans to stop hundreds of thousands of patients every year receiving treatments which it says are useless or too risky. it's drawn up a list of procedures including tonsil removal, breast reductions, and snoring surgery, as jon donnison reports. nhs england says it wants to stop people from having treatment that are either ineffective or pose too many risks. it is drawn up a list of i7 many risks. it is drawn up a list of 17 procedures including snoring and varicose veins are direct, neat arthroscopy is for osteoarthritis, and steroid injections. for non—specific backpain. in all of these health bodies as that with little evidence the treatments work oi’ little evidence the treatments work or that the and risks outweigh the rewards. but some doctors have questioned those beliefs and say patients will either miss out will

be forced to pay for private treatment that would actually give them some relief. the proposals are still to be put out to consultation but nhs england says they could mean 100,000 fewer unnecessary treatment a year, saving around £200 million. it says the money could then be reinvested in front—line cancer care, mental health, and other critical services. jon donnison, bbc news. the army will stay on saddleworth moor in greater manchester throughout the weekend and into next week to help keep control of moorland blazes which have been burning for six days. 0n winter hill in neighbouring lancashire, where grass fires broke out on thursday, a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. 0ur reporter kevin fitzpatrick is there. kevin, i know you have been covering the story for us now all week. it is the story for us now all week. it is the latest with what is happening? well in this part of the world,

there are often northern fires every summer there are often northern fires every summer but there has not been anything on this scale in living memory. saddleworth, more than 30 miles from here, the fires have been raging since sunday night, the army was brought in on thursday to try and help fire crews get a hold of that and they think they have managed to do so but the smog over the hill in bolton, a lot of it is from saddleworth and the stage is sickening, this is spread across the north—west. —— stench. the hope they are on top of it. the big concern is the fire in bolton and you can see behind me how fast it is spreading across the grass he. the challenge is that it is 85 firefighters up on these hills in the last couple of days trying to contain it. the wind isa days trying to contain it. the wind is a huge problem as it pushes it across the really dry, tender grass. a man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in starting this, he is 22. the big priority for now is

to keep on top of it. they expect it to keep on top of it. they expect it to last days and it could be a lot longer than that. i can think obviously a round your neck is a face mask, i am guessing it is crucial if you are in the area at the minute. yes, the air is thick with the smell of this smoke, you can smell it and tasted so as soon as i'm finished talking to you i will put it on. it is not pleasant here and you can imagine what it is like the firefighters living in a 12 hours straight up here trying to beat these claims away. kevin, thank you very much, we will let you get your mask back on and talk to you later. hard to imagine how horrible it is, isn't it? the future of britain's largest steel plant at port talbot has become clearer this this morning after the german firm thyssenkrupp approved a merger with its owner, tata steel. the merger would create europe's second largest steel—maker and follows a year of negotiations. but the firms have previously warned that thousands ofjobs could be lost, as tomos morgan reports.

it has been a turbulent 2.5 years go tata steel's uk workforce. the uncertainty began with over 1000 jobs were cut across wales of the majority at the port talbot steel production plant. then it looks like the whole of a grip on's british business was at risk as it put its uk opposite —— operations at the sale. the then current and former employees agreed to a cut in their pension package to try to secure jobs and tata offloaded the old pension responsibility in the process. in the background, tata has been working on negotiations with a german steel giant thyssen kropp and in securing the pension agreement with workers, a key milestone was reached in the next stage of this mega steel deal. tata's put the fight has been seen as the flagship for the business. it employs almost half of the company 8000 strong

workforce. both tata and thyssenkrupp have said they are committed to the south wales factory. unions have been seeking reassu ra nces factory. unions have been seeking reassurances about the site, including a potential refit of one of the blast furnaces. this steel would bring together a few large steel production plants across europe and experts have warned this raises longer—term questions about possible cost—cutting in the future —— this deal. tomos morgan, bbc news. there's been a big rise in the number of uk citizens acquiring the nationality of other eu countries since the brexit referendum. new figures obtained by the bbc reveal almost 13,000 uk citizens obtained the nationality of one of the 17 members states which released its data. that compares to less than 2,000 in 2015. the figures don't include most people who are already entitled to an irish passport, as our political correspondent chris mason reports. cheering and applause.

cheering and applausew cheering and applause. it is two yea rs cheering and applause. it is two years since this moment, the eu referendum and victory for the live campaign. since then, there has been a big rise in the number of uk citizens getting a new nationality —— leave campaign. the figures obtained by the bbc were collected from the european union and individual national interior ministries or statistics agencies, they show that seven times more british people to queue at the nationality of another eu country in 2017 after the referendum but in 2016, the year before it. it is really a sense of still having the door open and being able to get up and go if you really want to. most of the people we know are getting citizenship in other european countries have no intention at all of living there, it is just doing the fact that they have the citizenship in their back pocket. so, let's look at the statistics more closely. in 2017, 12,994 uk

citizens obtained the nationality of one of the 17 eu member states from which the bbc has received figures. this compares with 5025 in 2016 and 1820 15. the most this compares with 5025 in 2016 and 182015. the most frequent new nationality was german, with a 12 fold increase between 2015 and 2017. french was the second most popular nationality and then belgium. meanwhile, here in brussels, negotiations trundle on between the uk and the eu before brexit happened at the end of march next year. —— happens. chris mason, bbc news. there will be no castle on the hill for pop star ed sheeran, who has been denied planning permission to build a private wedding chapel in the grounds of his home. see what we did there? well, you

know what we did there the singer had hoped to marry his fiancee in a saxon—style round tower on his estate in suffolk, but officials rejected the plan over concerns of the visual impact and that it might create the impression of a second village church. so so he will have to find another castle on a hill. imagine being able to build your own place to get married. you go searching, that is half the fun of it! 0lympic diver tom daley and his husband, the film—maker dustin lance black, have become parents. congratulations to them! the couple revealed the news in the times with an announcement of a son, robert ray. tom daley first announced they were to have a child via a surrogate mother on valentine's day by posting an image of the baby scan on twitter. while tens of thousands of people a year climb up mount snowdon, one man has become the first person to perform a wingsuit flight down it. have a look at this!

sam laming from kent started his journey 12,000 feet above the ground. what an amazing view! look at that! he'd been preparing for his adventure for the past five years. his next challenge is to fly down a mountain in holland this weekend. look at that! what he will do next is fly down a mountain in holland? in thejump, you are pretty in the jump, you are pretty focused but you still have a bit of that woo—hoo factor going on but the jump is not over until you are on the ground. i landed and i gave my friend one of the nicest hugs we have ever had. it is one of those do not try this at home scenarios. i would love to try it. it would be fun but it looks awfully dangerous. let's look at the papers. the guardian front page takes a look at ivf services slashed as the cost—cutting at nhs starts. the number of clinical commissioning groups in england that offer the

recommended three cycles of ivf are down from 16% last year. the story at the bottom, virgin atlantic announced it is no longer going to insist the home office when it comes to reporting people classed as illegal immigrants. this has followed pressure from an lgbtq campaigners over concerns over the wrongful removal of windrush people to caribbean countries. interesting. in the daily telegraph, their lead story is one we talked about yesterday. a bottling plant, the c02 crisis, the shortage they are saying in the telegraph has hit meat suppliers. incredible when you think about what c02 is used for because the obvious thing is the rings, to make them fizzy, but meat suppliers could unload in uk shops because of this shortage. supermarkets have warned the products are already unavailable and that shells were expected to be empty of certain foods within days. the daily mirror is thanking harry kane's grandad.

that is his grandad juric around 1960, saying it you forgiving of harry. also britain's worst care homes, they are inflated forgiving residents in unsafe conditions. this is an investigation in the watchdog they have taken a look at that. quick look at the times. andy murray, quite a few of him on the papers this morning of course because of the start of wimbledon, that was him yesterday in practice at the moment, said he hoped to be fit for the first round, a game that actually clashes with the england world cup match as well. so, there you are, plenty of choice when it comes to sport but day. the lead story is the one we are talking about the nhs chief looking to cut back on some of the procedures they think are not worth it. we have been talking about water

shortages and fires. chris, lots of people talking about how great it is but people need to be cautious. i was slapping on the factor 50 yesterday. we have high levels of uv, with a strong sun in the sky, but over the last five days, somewhere in the uk has been above the 30 degrees mark, and the last three days it has been porthmadog in the west of wales. we have got more of that hot and sunny weather to come today, however there is quite a bit of cloud the start of the day, especially across central and eastern england, central and eastern parts of scotland as well. 0therwise it is the same old weather story. we have a big area of high pressure to the north of the uk. this weekend we are going to start to feel the wind from the continent so you will see the humidity rising and during sunday the threat some thundery showers towards south—west england. most of us, quite a bit of cloud

around this morning the central and eastern areas of england and scotland. that burns away very quickly by about 9am this morning and the rest of the day we will be left with extensive sunshine. it will be another hot one for sure. temperatures will reach the low 30s once again. the highest temperatures tending to be to the west of the uk. perhaps western parts of wales, western areas of england the hotspots later on today. slightly fresher conditions across north—east england, eastern areas of scotland. that takes us through to this evening and it will be another fine evening. those temperatures fairly slow to fall away and we start to draw in the winds from the south—east as we get into sunday. we will start to see things turning a little bit more humid so it might be a slightly more muggy start to the day across southern parts of england and wales as we start of sunday. but otherwise, on the big picture we

have winds from the south—east dragging in all these warm air from the near continent. slightly fresher air working the near continent. slightly fresher airworking in the near continent. slightly fresher air working in from the north of the uk, especially across eastern coastal areas. temperatures will be building through the day. any early morning cloud will tend to lift, with that he really building. a few showers developing later on sunday towards the south—west. there could be heavy and thundery and a bit more in the way of cloud working into the north—west of scotland could threaten a bit of light rain here, but otherwise it will be a hot day 0h but otherwise it will be a hot day on sunday. temperatures probably even higher. it could be the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures 32,33, day of the year so far. temperatures 32, 33, maybe 34 celsius. ab something like that. so it will be a hot one. the hot weather will stay with us for another few days yet. temperatures falling off a little bit in cardiff and still warm, mind you. temperatures staying on the high 20s in london. cooler and fresher at times in edinburgh and belfast, but perhaps cool is not the right word as we will still see some decent temperatures for the time of year, temperatures into the low 20s. i never thought i would say this,

but i am jealous of those who live in cardiff on thursday. i never thought i would. just for a bit of rain. my garden is completely parched. the water baths have run dry. i can't remember that before. we will talk about hosepipe bans and water conservation a little bit later as well. we will be back with the news headlines at 6:30am. but now on breakfast it is time for the film review, with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have the sequel to sicario, sicario 2: soldado, leave no trace, the new film from debra granik.

and shailene woodley lost at sea in adrift. sicario 2. were are you a fan of the original? not quite. i am surprised. emily blunt was brilliant. i do like her. she is not back this time. in this sequel, the original starred emily blunt. they are all gone. now we have a sequel in the age in which it turns out that trafficking people is more profitable than trafficking drugs, the authorities in america become alarmed to find out that they think that isis terrorists are coming to america across the mexican border. so, josh brolin enlists benicio del toro's hit man to run a covert operation to kidnap the daughter of a cartel owner and make it look like it was one of the other cartels to start a war which will make them easier to fight.

here is a clip. no rules this time. turning you loose. how loose? carlos reyes. how's that for loose? it's your chance, to get even for your family. are you going to help us start a war? with who? everyone. it is an odd film.

it plays into a bunch of very contemporary pa ranoias, the mexican border. it is the us mexico border and so topical. 0n the one hand, it exploits those fears and later on it undermines them. as with the first sicario, no one comes out of it well, it is all shades of grey and the operation is murky. it does not work out exactly as they expect it to. 0n the plus side, it has some pretty well done nail—biting sequences. i have to say, nothing to match the extraordinary traffic jam sequence from the first sicario. it is quite an interesting story, not one we have not seen before and later on, there is a point when having started off being bleak and gritty, it's suddenly gets into this area of dramatic contrivance that made me go, come on! i do not think i was the only one.

i really did miss the presence of emily blunt. watching the first film, you realise how much of what you are watching was mediated through the eyes of her character and it gave you a good way into the story. i think that is missing this time. the makers talked about it being a stand—alone film and i think that is the best way to appreciate it. it is a good, well made, gritty, potentially controversial, border thriller, but as a sequel to sicario, you cannot help but go it is not as good as sicario. if you look at it as a stand—alone, it is fine, it has some good moments but falls apart at the end. they should have made it a stand—alone movie. i think that would have helped. leave no trace, i have not seen, it looks gripping, fascinating, a lot of those things. if this is not in my top ten at the end of the year, i will be stunned. it is made by debra granik. it is the story of a father and teenage daughter living off the grid, under the radar

in the forests outside portland in oregon. they have lived this survivalist existence, he is a veteran with ptsd. the authorities turn up and find them and of course when the authorities find them, they take them back into civilisation and they are forced to re—enter the world. the thing that is really brilliant about this, it is a film in which it is not to do with dialogue, it is to do with action, the ways that people stand, the gestures, the looks, it is not about explaining the plot. what really happens is that as the father and daughter are brought back into the ordinary modern world, their responses to it are different. he is very against it, she starts to find some sense of kinship and it is interesting, both the director and writer of the novel that it is based on, both cited the tempest in the background. it is about generational divides,

that thing between town and country and to some extent, but it is much more about the story of the central character, played brilliantly by thomasin mckenzie discovering your own identity, discovering her identity is hers rather than as a part of a unit which has been off grid with her and her father. that is fascinating. you will love it. it is wonderful, brilliant use of music, a couple of performances of live songs, that bit in in winter's bone, you will be reminded of it. winter's bone brought us the great jennifer lawrence of course. here we have thomasin mckenzie who has made movies before but i was not aware of her. she is fantastic. she combines the technical brilliance of the young jennifer lawrence with the openness of david bradley from kes. it is remarkable, i cannot

say enough good things. your third choice this week, on the oceans. adrift, based on a true story, the young couple are played by shailene woodley and sam clafin. they had to take a boat, they set out and everything looks fine and then the weather turns very bad. here is a clip. hey! let the sheet go! what? let it go! now! 0k. help.

take it! screaming. help me! ifeel the same. it is hard to watch. i have seen far too much of the exerts of the film of the terrible moments. it reminds me of the sequence in white squall. the story starts after the wreck and it goes between the story of her and their survival on the boat and flashing back to how they got there. there have been comparisons with the robert redford film, all is lost, but i thought, there is a film starring reese witherspoon called wild. at the heart of it, there is a story of a young woman finding herself whilst battling against the elements.

0n the surface of it, there is very little comparison, but tonally, they were quite similar. i find stories about being lost at sea are truly terrifying. it really gets under my skin. i thought shailene woodley was very good. there is a twist on it. not everyone will love it. i thought it was well done. if we can bear the shipwreck scenes. film of the week... it is still lek and the dogs. it is based on a play which is based on a real—life story of a young child left in moscow who lived with dogs on the streets of moscow. it is a wonderful film by andrew kotting and you will have to seek this work—out but please do,

he a talent that needs to be found by everyone. he is a reason to celebrate film—making. dvd this week, the shape of water. i do not know what else to say about it, but the fourth time round it looked even better. i loved it. it is pretty good! and it is just beautiful to look at. i love the design, the performances. it is quirky. there are elements that are very beautiful. i love the film so much that i was quoted in private eye. i have hit peak critic.

you can retire on that note. thank you very much. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week though. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: water companies across the uk are warning customers to urgently cut back on how much they use amid increased demand during the current heatwave. the first hosepipe ban to be introduced in northern ireland in nearly 25 years came into force last night. united utilities has warned a ban could follow in north—west england. severn trent is handing out emergency bottled water in rugby with fears a nearby storage facility could run dry this weekend. the nhs in england has set out plans to stop hundreds of thousands

of patients every year receiving treatments which it says are useless or too risky. it's drawn up a list of 17 procedures, including snoring, varicose vein surgery, and steroid injections for non—specific back pain. the measures are part of plans to cut waste as the government prepares to increase nhs spending by 20 billion pounds a year by 2023. the army will stay on saddleworth moor in greater manchester throughout the weekend and into next week to help keep control of moorland blazes which have been burning for six days. 0n winter hill in neighbouring lancashire, where grass fires broke out on thursday, a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. the future of britain's largest steel plant at port talbot has become clearer this morning after the german firm thyssenkrupp approved a merger with its owner, tata steel.

the deal would create europe's second largest steel—maker and follows a year of negotiations. but the firms have previously warned that thousands of jobs could be lost. unions hope the announcement will bring an end to uncertainty for its workers. accommodation for members of the armed forces has been described as sub—standard by mps. the ministry of defence says it is committed to providing high—quality and subsidised accommodation for its troops. but mps on the defence committee say service personnel have endured poor quality housing for years. u nfortu nately unfortunately this has been an issue which has been running on the number of years. within the ministry of defence. but we on the committee are basically saying enough is enough and we have reached the stage now where this really does have to be sorted in properly able to honour those people who do so much to keep us those people who do so much to keep us and our way of life safe. there's been a big rise

in the number of uk citizens taking on the nationality of another eu country since the brexit referendum. new figures obtained by the bbc, reveal almost 13,000 britons claimed citizenship of one of the 17 member states which responded to a freedom of information request. less than 2,000 did so in 2015. now, we like and animal on brea kfast. now, we like and animal on breakfast. we had a pangolin yesterday. the hedgehog. i was uncomfortable about that. yesterday. the hedgehog. i was uncomfortable about thatm yesterday. the hedgehog. i was uncomfortable about that. it was fat! chester zoo has released heart—warming footage of the first sun bear ever born in the uk, weighing just 400 grams. look at it! did you know what a sunday was? no, i had to ask. -- sun bear was? sun bears are the world's smallest bears and are a highly threatened species from south—east asia. the cub's parents were rescued from poachers in cambodia. 0bviously they are very happy

because look at the little darling. we need the sun bear fax. john, do you love sun bear? the first time i have heard of one. we have full bloom something new today. this is it. it is starting today, we have had one day. lose and you are out, it is the first knockout stages today, it could be lionel messi's last game in the world cup, reynaldo's also. because they are retiring? well, they are both getting on. it is a big day of football. we are looking forward to it. we have heard from fifa that over 99% of decisions have been correct thanks to var. they've suggested that harry kane's treatment against tunisia prompted a clampdown on holding at set—pieces. he was wrestled to the ground more than once during england's opening match agaisnt tunisia.

but pierluigi collina — the former referee who's leading fifa's officials at the world cup — insists improvements have been made since then. we had some holdings at a certain moment but in the following matches, they disappeared or most disappeared, or if they continued, they were punished by a technical decision. a penalty kick. so let's have a closer look at the impact of var at the world cup with the help of fifa's figures. we've had 48 games so far and there have been 335 incidents checked, which is an average of 7 per match. there have been 17 var reviews in all — that's when the referee makes the box sign with his fingers — and 14 of those decisions have been reversed. and an incredible 24 penalties have been given, which is 11 more than the whole of the last world cup.

those are some good statistics! and fifa say that 95% of decisions correct without var, over 99% correct with var. i think, so they think that without var they got it 95% right. and var has only added the 4.3%? are you believe that? well, statistics are statistics, aren't they? hindsight isa statistics, aren't they? hindsight is a wonderful thing. do not get involved. england, what was that game, england— tunisia? involved. england, what was that game, england- tunisia? they didn't get many of those right in the penalty area with harry kane. and people were wondering what var was even fall. not that i'm a passionate fan at all! well, back to the football. these are statistics that are true, we know this.

france against argentina is on bbc one — kick—off at 3:00 — and there's build—up on radio 5 live from 12 o'clock. there is no denying that. later, it's uruguay—portugal, with commentary on 5 live. andy murray says he will "most likely" be playing at wimbledon, which starts on monday. he'll face the frenchman benoit paire in the first round if he feels he can compete. after 11 months out, murray made his return at queen's this month before playing twice at eastbourne. this is what he had to say at wimbledon yesterday. the thing is, obviously i don't know, like, every single day how things are going to be, i need to play a little bit to know i can, i cannot protect you will feel in two days but if i feel i could do it today in two days, i will be playing, yes. top seed caroline wozniacki will take on belarusian aryna sabalenka in the women's final at eastbourne today. sabalenka beat agnieszka radwanska, with wozniacki coming from behind and saving a match point before beating angelique kerber. wozniacki was the beaten finalist last year. and there was a surprise

in the men's tournament with slovakia's lukas lacko, who's ranked 94th in the world, beating italy's marco cecchinato in straight sets in the semifinals. he'll face germany's mischa zverev for the title this afternoon. lewis hamilton led a mercedes one—two in the first two practice sessions for the austrian grand prix. the world championship leader held off team—mate valtteri bottas, despite going out on the hardest tyres. sebastian vettel was third—quickest in his ferrari. india had the best possible preparation for the t20 series against england, which starts on tuesday. they beat ireland by 143 runs in malahide — their biggest t20 victory. after making 213/4, they bowled out their hosts for just 70, winning the series 2—0. england all—rounder ben stokes has been included in the squad for the one—day series against india, which follows those t20s.

he hasn't played since tearing his left hamstring at the start ofjune. in rugby league's super league, st helens left it late but they came from behind to beat wakefield trinity and extend their lead at the top of the table. they ran in three late tries, including this one for regan grace, to win by 34 points to 30 and move six points clear. you will like this one. let's return to the world cup and for one family, the first of today's knock—out matches has created a bit of friendly friction. father and younger son are france fans but nd mother and elder son support argentina. i know! they'll be at the match in kazan. my my husband is french. hello! so we are here to this game, so it is french against argentina. and we will win. i'm expecting first that

france the game. and after the game, we will see how it happens in the house. hopefully, idon't we will see how it happens in the house. hopefully, i don't know what will happen but i mean, we will keep it in the family anyway. even the grip around his arm with his son. we are on the same team! we will watch that later, john, thank you. so much sport to talk about. the weather shortly. hundreds of rallies are planned across the untied states this weekend in protest over president trump's continuing zero tolerance immigration policy. demonstrators are criticising the continued detention of young migrant children who are separated from their parents, despite the white house promising to end the practice. in el paso, texas, our north america correspondent aleem maqbool has been to meet parents who are still waiting to be reunited with their children. phone rings. this is where parents

wait by the phone desperate for news of their children. they were taken away from them by us immigration officials. although have been given in return is a number to call. jessica still hasn't been told by her six —year—old son must hello is. —— marcelo. translation: they have done is horrible. i have no information and it has been more than 50 days. i call and no one tells me anything. i cannot sleep. i wa ke tells me anything. i cannot sleep. i wake up and my heart is beating so fast, i cannot even breathe. jessica is still being monitored but she is among the first released from jail since donald trump's policy of separating migrant parents from their children started. there was a lot of publicity surrounding the release of this group of parents but

none has yet been reunited with her child. unfortunately some of the pa rents were child. unfortunately some of the parents were led to believe that when the bus arrived here, that their children were going to be inside waiting for them, and that was tragic, that is not the way that it works. you need to understand that there are over 100 facilities throughout the us that are presently detaining over 10,000 minor children. as it stands, immigrants are within their rights to claim asylu m are within their rights to claim asylum in the us and then have their cases assessed. undoubtedly, and it may have been part of the calculation, the last few weeks have done is make people think about coming to america, however difficult the situation at home. do you regret trying to come to the usa? translation: of course i do, a lot. never did i imagine it was going to be like this, that they would take oui’ be like this, that they would take our kids. our children are not to

blame for anything. donald trump announced no more parents would be separated from their children but it now appears they could just mean whole families would be detained together, and for longer. the american government has now asked its military to prepare areas on its bases where thousands of migrants can be detained, including here at fort bliss and far from feeling that this crisis is over, human rights groups are now even more worried about what the next phase of donald trump's immigration policy could look like. aleem maqbool, bbc news in el paso, texas. aleem maqbool there. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: as the heatwave continues, water companies are warning customers to cut back on their usage. the nhs in england plans to stop hundreds of thousands of patients receiving treatments which it says are useless or too risky. and of course the knockout stages of

the world cup begin, as we saw. good morning. one thing which is quite interesting is the uk has had nearly the normal amount of rainfall so far this year. the last two months have been exceptionally dry and it could been exceptionally dry and it could be one of the driestjune months on record in southern england. the last five days have seen temperatures over the 30 degrees mark in the hottest spots, and that he will continue on through this weekend as well, with temperatures again pushing into the 30s in the very hottest areas. today we have got more sunshine on the way. but we start off with a good deal of cloud, especially across central and eastern england, central and eastern parts of scotland as well. but high pressure firmly in charge this weekend. this area of low pressure will cling thundery showers into southern england through sunday but todayit southern england through sunday but today it is a dry picture. that early morning cloud, a bit of mist

around as well, by 9am we should all be in sunny skies, really, and that is the way for most of us the weather will stay through the rest of the day. those temperatures climbing pretty quickly this morning and as we head into the afternoon we will see temperatures widely reaching the mid—to high 20s for most areas of the uk. it will feel a little bit fresher at times across north—east england and eastern scotla nd north—east england and eastern scotland but warm in the sunshine, the hottest weather across the western side of england and wales, where temperatures will peak in the low 30s. those temperatures slow to come down during the evening, but clear skies for the first part of the night with cloud developing as we go through the second part of the night. temperatures overnight between around ten and 16 celsius, something like that. on into sunday, we will see some changes in the weather, subtle changes. the wind is coming more from a south—easterly direction, which will increase the humidity. so it will feel a little bit more mighty across a good part of england and wales. as we go through the day there is the threat

of some thunderstorms breaking out across south—west england. there could be pretty heavy and slow moving a nature as well. otherwise the forecast is pretty much unchanged. humid, hot, temperatures pushing well into the 30s, 30 degrees on the charts in london. we could see highs of 30 to 33 degrees, there or thereabouts, forbidding the hottest day of the year. the heat does stay with us as we go through sunday evening. that is thanks to the humidity. it will be a stuffy old night, and looking at the forecast for the week ahead, the jet strea m forecast for the week ahead, the jet stream which is powering our weather stays pretty blocks. that means we will not see some significant changes in the weather. it will stay largely dry for most of us. temperatures might ease back a little bit but still on the warm side across the bulk of the country and it is still pretty hot in london. temperatures into the high 20s as we go through much of the week ahead. for most of us, not really a drop of rain in sight. that is the latest weather. back to you. we will be back with the headlines at 7:00am. now on breakfast, it is time for click. britain's national health service

turns 70 this week, and it is struggling to keep up with the modern world. an increasing population who are living longer and who have evolving health—care needs has led to not enough hospital beds, not enough access to specialised treatment, not enough nurses, and not enough doctors. one hope is to plug the gap with artificial intelligence. ibm's watson, for instance, fed with tonnes of data about cancer, may one day be better at diagnosing it than human doctors, and the hope is it would

also be much cheaper. while some are sceptical that doctors can be replaced in this way, this week, one company claims that its ai is now better than a doctor. jane copesta ke has been investigating. artificial intelligence has the potential to influence our lives in ways we cannot yet understand. nowhere more than healthcare, where decisions made by machines could be a matter of life and death. hi, lexa, i want to speak to baylon. hello, louise — how can i help you? at an event this week in london, babylon health claimed its artificial intelligence software can now diagnose illnesses better than the average doctor. i think i might know what is causing your symptoms. it is most likely to be meniere's disease. the company has already launched gp at hand, with the nhs, providing remote access to medical services in london.

but the only involvement of artificial intelligence here was an algorithm that runs you through a symptom—checker. you would still talk to a human doctor for the diagnosis. now babylon says its software has reached a point where it can pass a medical exam with a higher average grade than a person. what i found fascinating is that not only it performed as well as them, but in questions it had seen before, it had 98% accuracy. so once the machine learns something, it neverforgets. there are clear implications for this test for people in the world who do not have access to healthcare. since 2016, babylon have provided its healthcare service to rwanda, in central africa. sub—sa ha ran africa has 11% of the world's population, but carries a quarter of the world's disease burden, and has just as 3% of the world's medical staff. in rwanda, the country faced

a particular catastrophe with its healthcare system, after suffering one of the worst atrocities in the last century. over 800,000 people were killed injust100 days in the genocide of 1994. this memorial in kigali is the resting place for over 250,000 people who were killed in the area surrounding the capital. the genocide touched nearly every person in rwanda, decimating humid resources. when the genocide ended, there were only 198 health professionals left for a population of over 6 million. it is difficult to overemphasise the challenges of rebuilding a society after such a tragedy. but today rwanda is regarded as an economic success story, in africa. its president, paul kagame, has invited tech companies to the country to test their ideas.

first drones and now artificial intelligence. we visited the offices of babylon, called babyl, in rwanda, with the health minister. he is here to see a demonstration of how the ai triage works. the company already has 2 million registered users and has the thousands of consultations. babyl is using the same chat bot as its uk customers would use, but there are several differences here. most people use feature phones, not smart phones. so the service is provided by a nurse, who reads the text of the ai over the phone. this is the symptom checker which would refer the patient to a human doctor. with long waiting times and long walks between homes and health centres, patients using the app

can save a lot of time. you can use it at home and come to the hospital and they will see you immediately. babyl have employed several methods to get the message out to the general population here. they hold rallies around markets all over the country, and do a lot of on—the—street outreach. many people we met were already signed up. translation: it is really good because sometimes you take a taxi and pay 600,000 rwandan francs, and when you reach the hospital, you find the doctor is not there. back in the uk, babylon announced the results its chat bot performance on medical exams versus human doctors. they said its artificial intelligence achieved an average mark of 81% on its first attempt, versus 72% for a human. they calculated that average based on five years of medidcal exam results.

but these claims have been met with scepticism by some senior doctors, who've question the timing of the release. i would not, with the research that i do, go public on it, and have a big media event, before putting it through the scientific process, because i want to know that the research that i am doing is defensible, is rigourous, and that my peers agree with it. and i don't think we have been through that process yet. this important debate will continue as artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent in our daily lives. certainly critical to this is finding safe and rigourously tested ways to integrate the technology into routine medical care. deep in the heart of boston's jungle of cables, something stirs. it is a cheetah. and it is off for a prowl.

we are starting to see walking robots like this trotting out of labs all around the world. now the important skill here is not that they can walk a particular route autonomously — they are usually controlled manually using games controllers — no, the amazing skill here is that they can walk and balance as competently as we can, even on the most unforgiving of terrain. ok, that is impressive. ok, that slips, loses its balance, and regains it. that is the important thing. whoa!

good shot! how hard is this to do? very, very hard. people might not notice because we move our body very easily, but we have to make sure that we know that we have actually three, four times for more neurons for muscle movement than your actual forebrain. we have 700 muscles. we are trying to mimic that with using only twelve motor. still pretty darn hard. how close are we to robots like this being of practical use? what do we still need to get right? i think we're pretty close in terms of mobility, like walking around, climbing upstairs, turning. the hardest challences is still using arms. i sent this to power plants with radiation activity is going on and we don't know if it's sensor failure or real radioactivity. but to get there you need to open doors, and opening doors is not a simple thing, you need

to use arms and so on. that is where the autonomous control fails easily. so we are thinking about combining human manipulation, combined with nearly autonomous navigation. our electric motors are very different from those you find in the factory. those cannot handle impact and absorb energy. as you can see, our robot is landing and jumping and can do quite dynamic stuff. they certainly can, as demonstrated by this exclusive look at a previously unseen manoeuvre. you cannot hear it, but our cameraman swore there. it wasn't pretty. but the thing is, it recovered and stayed upright. i know people who could not

handle the recovery there. finally, with wimbledon starting on monday, i thought i would get in some practice on a court. and, of course, i brought along my robot buddy. the tennibot autonomously patrols the court and collects the balls you lobbed, smashed, or in my case, mishit. for any ball boys and ball girls, worrying about their jobs, do not worry. this is not designed to replace you at tournaments. this is more for people who want to practise and are not very good and end up with a lot of balls in the net. you can carry on practising. it will pick them up while you are busy being rubbish. its on board camera spots the balls and the partner at the net keeps

track of things too. it also has a handy and detachable basket so you can easily return your balls if you have to. the nyou can retire to your airconditioned car and no one will ever suspect that you are the laziest tennis player alive. and that is it for the short cut of click for this week. the full—length version is up on iplayer. we're back in the us again next week. in the meantime, you can join us at bbc click. from my tennibot and and me, goodbye and see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: no baths, car washing or hosepipes — water companies warn customers to urgently cut usage as demand surges in the heatwave. from varicose vein operations to snoring surgery — new nhs plans to cut procedures it says are a waste of money and often don't work.

hopes for an end to uncertainty for workers at the port talbot steel plant as a merger deal is agreed. as the world cup reaches the knock—out stage, fifa suggest that harry kane's treatment against tunisia prompted a var clampdown. good morning, quite a bit of cloud this morning at it will melt away. another hot and sunny day with