this is bbc news. these are the headlines at eight. how many of you? 13! brilliant. the moment 12 boys and their coach, who were missing for more than a week, are found alive in caves in thailand. firefighters warn it could take weeks to tackle fires on moorland across lancashire and greater manchester. theresa may draws up an alternative solution for the uk's post—brexit customs arrangements with the eu, as she attempts to resolve cabinet splits on brexit. and also this hour, all eyes are on gareth southgate as england gear up for their match with colombia. expectations are rising as the team arrive in moscow, and fans wait to see which players will make the cut. and in tennis, serena williams beats arantxa to reach the second round, while roger federer begins the defence of his title with a win over serbia's dusan lajovic. good evening.

in the last hour, we've had the latest images of 12 thai school children who have been found trapped in a cave. a british resucer who has been helping to co—ordinate the operation has been speaking to the children. how many have you? 13? brilliant. they've been missing in caves in thailand for nine days. but this afternoon boys and their football coach were found alive after a mammoth search operation prompting scenes ofjubilation. divers have been trying to reach them for days after water

levels rose suddenly, trapping the boys. they're all said to be safe but after being underground for so long it's not known what condition they're in. we'll show you more of those extraordinary pictures shortly. but first our correspondent richard galpin gave us this update on the moment the boys and their coach were found. for more than a week, diving teams from thailand and other countries have been picking their way through this long cave complex. in the hope of finding the boys and their football coach. and now it seems thai navy divers have succeeded, just as that hope was fading away. translation: about the missing of 13 persons, the divers found the pattaya beach was flooded. then they went deeper, around 300 or 400 metres further. it is another high ground. we found the boys safe.

this photograph of the boys, aged between 11 and 16, was taken by their coach shortly before they went into the cave nine days ago, on what was supposed to be a fun adventure for them. but, inside, it's thought they were caught in flash floods, forcing them to move further into the cave complex in search of high ground. for their families, who have been waiting outside throughout this ordeal, at last it seems there is some good news. this grandmother of one of the children says she's so grateful to the authorities for persevering with this rescue operation. but it remains unclear how they are going to get the children out without the boys needing to use scuba equipment. 0ne hope is the authorities will succeed in pumping enough of the flood water out of the cave system to enable them to get out safely. but it will need to be quick, as more monsoon rains are on their way.

richard galpin, bbc news. the authorities in the country has thrown every resource possible at the rescue, international teams here in the uk and across the world travelled there to help. 0ur correspondent, jonathon head is there, and sent us the latest. for the moment, for everybody here, there's just something almost unbelievable they are absorbing. a happy ending that had seemed increasingly hard to believe in. now of course the challenge of getting them out has to be confronted, there are meetings taking place now to look at what their options are, heavy rain is expected later this week, that could make the water in there a great deal more dangerous, as you can hear from the generators, constant pumping going on bringing out huge amounts of water from the caves, they may opt to try and do that to get the boys out when they get the water levels down, they clearly have to fix whatever

health problems they've got, treat them and rebuild their strength before they can even think about bringing them out, or they may consider trying somehow to give them rudimentary diving training and to bring them out along the guide road they have now established, but it is a very technically difficult way out. so that is a huge challenge, but for the moment this is the most extraordinary good news in a country which had wholeheartedly thrown itself behind this massive government efforts to save the lives of these boys and the coach. we are nowjoined by leading american caving expert anmar mirza. thank you indeed forjoining us. we we re thank you indeed forjoining us. we were hearing from jonathan there are, extraordinaryjoy at having found these boys, but how difficult do you think it will be to get them out of there for what you have heard? it will be actually difficult. they cannot be brought out either through an ultimate of

entrance or at the dry passage, the cave diving auction is incredibly risky. very dangerous. so, what do you know about how they are going to try to extract them from the cave? i've had no contact with the authorities running to rescue there, so authorities running to rescue there, so i'm not privy to that information. clearly the reason they we re information. clearly the reason they were trapped in the first place was the rising flood water, presumably thatis the rising flood water, presumably that is still a real risk. absolutely. at least when they are indicated for me it sounds like even if the water comes back up again, they will be safe or they are. the biggest some of them becomes keeping them supplied long enough for the water to go down or for another interest to be made. presumably, the priority at the moment is going to be getting essential supplies to those of them in terms of food and water and so on. exactly. there's a big rest that they face now, if they had been without food for nine days, there something we call repeating

syndrome. which is what people have been fasting for too long. they eat normal food and it becomes quite dangerous for them do so. they could potentially kill them. they need to be evaluated very carefully. i asked him the authorities there are aware of this. that's what i assumed authorities there. it a big risk. they have to monitor them medically very carefully. i know you have been involved in many caving rescues in the past, from your experience, what do you think are the prospects of getting these boys out safely?” think as long as they can be kept supplied, the prospects are extremely good. they did being auctioned at the riskiest option they have as long as they can be given food and clean water they can stay in the cave for a week to necessary. so presumably there's also going to be a revenue to ensure that the psychologically they remain calm and understand what is going

on. exactly. one of the biggest issues for people who are trapped in the situation space. the fact there has been contact made with them will aid these people psychologically because before they had no idea if anybody was looking for them. now they understand there is a large effort supporting them. obviously in this case we are talking about quite young children, does that have to be complications of dealing with this situation? aiken make it both easier and more difficult, the dynamics of any group situation like that are going to be different based on the composition of the group. there is no one answer fits all. from what you know, the data seem to be quite a bit of experience amongst those teams there. 0rganising the rescue. absolutely. as far as my professional opinion goes, they have pretty much done everything that could be be done. but still, looks

as though it could take some time before the boys are actually brought to the surface. absolutely. they could be anywhere from days to weeks to even potentially months. that in itself is going to be quite a difficult thing to communicate that to the boys to reassure them and so on. absolutely. i'm assuming they have video or at least telephone communications with them at this point. as long as that remains intact, that will help them psychologically. thank you for joining us. more than 200 firefighters and soldiers are continuing to battle moorland fires across greater manchester and lancashire as they try to contain the huge wildfires burning across winter hill near bolton and saddleworth moor near 0ldham. it comes as most of britain continues to swelter in the heatwave. the met office says last month was the driestjune on record in large parts of southern england. and scotland experienced its highest

temperature ever recorded, 33.2 celsius in motherwell. danny savage has the latest. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing, several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area, the flames burned fiercely all weekend. today is day five. we have over 120 firefighters, fighting on the moor, we retract slightly from operations through the hours of darkness but as a four o'clock this morning, we are back in and using the specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge scale fire. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people trying to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. beggars belief to hear that people are coming onto this land over the weekend adding to the burden that the emergency services that are basically taking risk

with people's land, property. it is an unbelievable state of affairs. as this heat wave continues, there's concern there could be more hose pipe bans in the coming days, not because of a shortage of water, but demand has risen so much over the last couple weeks that utility companies are struggling to get enough of treated water through the system and into our homes. northern ireland is the only place so far to have implemented a hose pipe ban. tankers used to supply an altogether different type of liquid are now moving water around. in northwest england, united utilities has messaged customers appealing for them to use less water to avoid a ban. but the weather outlook is not on the side of the utility companies. there's a lot more left of this heat wave. people are of course still enjoying the weather,

but this is a very different summer. june was the driest on record and parts of england, and the hottest ever in scotland. the prime minister has come under pressure to reveal more details about a possible new plan to break the deadlock over how customs will be handled after the uk leaves the eu. details have not been revealed publicly but senior ministers will discuss it at chequers, the prime minister's country retreat, on friday. this afternoon theresa may has been making a statement to mps following last week's eu summit as laura kuenssberg reports. a mirage in the heatwave, or could it? could it really in the outline of brexit emerging? the government sweating to publish a more detailed plan next week. the prime minister, first of all, has to get her sparring cabinet to sign it off. statement, the prime minister. the eu and its member states will want to consider our

proposals seriously. we both need to show flexibility to build the deep relationship after we have left that is in the interests of both our peoples. this government has mishandled these negotiations every step of the way. another summit has gone and another opportunity missed. but all we know for sure is that no ten says it has a new plan for sorting out customs and the irish border after we leave the eu. even ministers were not aware of all the details. it's thought even the brexit secretary, david davis, may not yet have agreed all the lines. you wouldn't be blamed for thinking that you've heard this many, many times before. the tories have been trying to sort this out for months and months and months. but this week matters, because the government is promising decisions. and no ten believes it has found a way out of some of the brexit conundrums, a way through the tensions that have been frying the tories

in the westminster heat. and remember, it's not only conservatives staking out their territory. i will put the handbag down. the prime minister needs her northern irish allies on board. we don't give blank cheques to anybody, and i think it's clear we don't. 0n brexit, we want to see a proper brexit that fulfils the referendum result. we have been clear it has to be on the basis of the whole of the united kingdom. but no 10's next steps may not survive the full glare of the rest of the eu. there is no sign that brussels will accept downing street's mooted compromise. but first, the prime minister must try to corral the cabinet. some on tour today, with beasts big and small. but whether theresa may is really in charge of her party is, let's just say it, the elephant in the room. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent iain watson. hejoins us now

he joins us now from westminster. the prime minister delivered a long statement to mps but no real clues as to what this new plan is that she is apparently going to reveal to her ministers on friday. i can't share any light on that but we tried, we asked downing street spokesperson after that. they said they are limited with what they could say. there are suspicions about how detailed it is because sources close to some ministers and some very senior ministers involved in negotiations have been suggesting that they haven't really been fully briefed on the plant themselves at the state. given that is the case, perhaps it was always going to be limited, information were going to get. we had the summit on friday in the white paper follows that the prime minister meetings some european leaders this week. the dutch prime minister and the german chancellor and again we asked

downing street to issue the literature some of ideas with them but were told there were no plans to do so. there is speculation perhaps they are and in close alignment but nothing as yet confirmed. that is why we saw earlier on today in the house of commons a range of people, home own bridges asking herfor clarification. what we did get today is she do the will to extend the transition. —— on her own bridges. —— she does not want to extend the transition period. she did not a nswer transition period. she did not answer the question about being the same eu tariffs, people selling goods. but she did drill out membership of the european economic area which was asked by other long—standing brexiteers bill cash. a little bit of detail but not very much at this stage. against this the backdrop of backbiting within our own party, for example in morgan stood up is ignore all these arbiter

red lines. —— nicky morgan man said. and the other hand, we heard from the foreign secretary burst onto the limit abortions as saying on twitter that jacob rees—mogg and limit abortions as saying on twitter thatjacob rees—mogg and is a very principled and dedicated. —— boris johnson saying on twitter. the prime minister thinking unite these desperate and discordant voices, if she does come up with the plan, they can all accept. it does seem pretty extraordinary debt at this stage of the game, she is going to suddenly somehow spring a new plan under ministers, including the browser secretary who is supposed to have been conducting the negotiations. given the backdrop of that open fighting going on between the different elements in the party, it is hard to see how even this element of surprise is going to bring them all together. —— presents editor. that is right. would you expect perhaps is that sometimes ministers

will get bounced, a sum of some kind, ora cabinet will get bounced, a sum of some kind, or a cabinet meeting, but it has partly been licked their are these new proposals and that is the exciting for some people on the conservative. —— has been that there is these. suddenly, sources in brussels suggesting that haven't seen these new plans either. we were also asking today whether the two working groups that are working on these proposals, whether these had reported but we were told again this was a private matter at this days and that will become apparent after checkers. we are still awaiting the detail but what seems to be the case is that the we assume they could arrange a consensus. 0ne is that the we assume they could arrange a consensus. one option which would keep a very closely aligned with the existing arrangements. —— they cannot reach a

consensus. the other one maximum facilitation which would use technological solutions over time but maybe we might not be ready in time for britain leaving the eu for the transistor very. that was also something which has been fully accepted. —— for the transition period. we are waiting with bated breath the details of this third option but against this backdrop of personal insults and political insults, it will have to be a very impressive proposal in that can bring everybody in the conservative party and in the cabinet together. many thanks. the latest headlines on bbc news. 12 boys and their coach have been found alive in caves in thailand, after being missing for more than a week. firefighters warn it could take weeks to tackle fires on moorland across lancashire and greater manchester. they say the scale of the fires is ‘unprecedented'. theresa may draws up an alternative solution for the uk's post—brexit customs arrangements with the eu, as she attempts to resolve cabinet splits on brexit. sport now, and for a full

round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tim hague. hello. hey. a very good evening to you. let start with football. wimbledon under way today but before that there is a huge shot, at the world cup on the cards. belgium are taking onjapan world cup on the cards. belgium are taking on japan for world cup on the cards. belgium are taking onjapan for a place in the quarterfinals. while belgium had been the tournament and 1a, they are in big, big trouble! the japanese have scored two second—half goals and quick incessant. —— quick concession. a truly brilliant strike by takashi. if japan concession. a truly brilliant strike by takashi. ifjapan can hold onto will play brazil in the quarterfinals as it stands and these are the live pictures from the game

and russia. 27 minutes to go, belgium zero, japan still up to. many people saying england would have had a second—round match if they won the group instead of belgium, well, that was clearly not the case because look at the score line. belgium and big trouble right now. the former everton manager site going out as a sense. 25 minutes left to save himself. the winner of that match will face brazil. the five—time champions sent out a real sign of intent reaching the quarterfinals with a comfortable tuna quarterfinals with a comfortable tu na we nt quarterfinals with a comfortable tuna went over mexico and bridger conway was watching. —— a co mforta ble conway was watching. —— a comfortable win over. in the city famous for space rockets, brazil we re famous for space rockets, brazil were hoping that there will be no failure to life. mechanical fans we re failure to life. mechanical fans were left to pray this was of b—day pitch trophy hopes died. —— mexican

fans. these tournaments have seen some giant killings but brazil are determined to march on. mexico started brightly stoned all the birth of their opening win over germany. brazil absorbed that early pressure, before neymarjunior citations to pounce. alvarez with the last—ditch tackle. the five times world champion grew into the game from there, but couldn't find a breakthrough. brazil hammers reenergized in the second half and within minutes had their reward. fine work from blogging to create the space and neymar sliding into score. brazil pressed on for a second, drawing a fine save here. and the keeper was owed to the rescue once more. it seemed as though neymar may require touchline surgery given his reaction to the gal standing on his ankle. spoiler alert, he managed to play on. not only that, he then created his team's second. 2—0 and brazil is

through, sterner test away. away from the woke up to wimbledon. the new year but same old roger federer. the reigning champion made a good start to the defence of the title. he tookjust 79 minutes to beat his opponent. this was lost as a games and why he turns 37 and august, he is looking to win has night wimbledon title. this performance shows just why he is the man to beat once again. it is a great star. i am very happy. i think i came out of the blocks quick. better than in my last match where i struggled last year. because i was in the lead, i was able to enjoy the site in courtney b. vance and i got a wonderful ovation again. it was a i°y wonderful ovation again. it was a joy playing on centre court again today. a very popular man. that was

in such good news for britain's liam brody. he exited in the first round after losing in straight sets. he co mforta bly after losing in straight sets. he comfortably breezed through 7—5 and six love on court number one. the canadian editor concedes it was a lwa ys canadian editor concedes it was always going to be a difficult one up always going to be a difficult one upfor always going to be a difficult one up for the british numberfour. serena williams is back at wimbledon and into the second round now. seven—time champion williams, the 25th seed after having a baby last year didn't have all her own way. she battled through. she had five match points say before eventually ceiling get at the sixth attempt. serena safely do but that was a big shock for the us open champion alone sleeping. knocked out in straight sets by what number 55. —— sloane stephens. the american also reached

last month for a couple bind up the com pletely last month for a couple bind up the completely out of sorts losing 6—1 and 603. big news from the world of cycling, chris from anti—doping case has been dropped. the britain had been under investigation since september, when a doping test found twice the allowed level of illegal drugs and the sample, the team sky writer always protested his innocence and he begins the defence of his tour de france title on saturday. just about it for me. carroll, 22 minutes ago in the russia. bills and going out to japan asa russia. bills and going out to japan as a sense. more in later. tim, thank you. —— more in sports later. the winner of the presidential election in mexico has promised to tackle the corruption and violence that have plagued the country. andrays manuel lopez 0brador, an anti—establishment left winger, says he'll deliver ‘profound change' after his landslide victory. us president donald trump spoken on the phone to mr 0brad0r

in the last hour, and said he's looking forward to working with him. will grant reports. andres manuel lopez 0brador has waited 12 years for this moment. having narrowly missed out on the presidency in 2006, this was a victory he savoured. in many ways, though, he's waited a lifetime. from the moment he burst on to the political scene as a left—wing activist, he clearly wanted the presidency. now, at the third attempt, it is his. translation: the new project of the nation will seek to establish a democracy, we don't bet on building an open or closed dictatorship, the changes will be profound about what happened with a strict at their wrist to the legal establish order. it will be corporate freedom, freedom of expression, of association, and i believe. the campaign might have been the bloodiest in mexico's history, but the vote itself passed off peacefully — at least in most polling stations.

in aragon, a low income neighbourhood in mexico city, queues were orderly and voters patient — keen to exercise their democratic right to show their displeasure to the governing party. the word on the lips of many voters in mexico is "change". notjust change in the party in power or the president, but a more fundamental shift in the political and economic direction of the country. in particular, change is wanted in those parts of mexico where the drug cartels rather than the state rules. mr lopez 0brador‘s win is largely because he promised to tackle the ingrained corruption and violence. economically too his support are hopeful he can begin to redress the balance in one of the most unequal societies in the americas. it is a daunting task ahead, but for now his supporters are delirious with joy. he and his supporters have decimated the two main parties in mexico and in the process completely redrawn the political

map of the country. willgrant is in mexico city for us now. we are hearing that donald trump has spoken to him on the phone, he's expecting a good relationship but these are two leaders from the opposite end of the political spectrum and of course, president trump had expended much energy in trying to prevent mexicans coming into the united states. that is right. it is a whole series of things that will be likely they will file over. but so far, is very friendly and cordial. 0ne file over. but so far, is very friendly and cordial. one would expect that in the first few hours of his when, that his neighbour in the biggest country, they do most what was going to make give words of welcoming and extending the hand in

friendship as aware then they spoke and on the phone, apparently they discussed everything from nafta to the possibility of creating some kind of integrated solutions, the weight back one put it, to create jobs in mexico that would prevent so much migration north and improved. exactly what that would involve is ha rd to exactly what that would involve is hard to know, but it is interesting they have got to a good start. he has come to power on a huge wave of hopes and expectations, but the challenges and actually tackling that corruption and the violence are pretty immense. yes, they are used. he made tackling corruption absolutely essential part of his campaign offered to them. they will expect them to try and deliver on that. and this is a country which has some of the highest impunity rates in the world. some of the worst murder rates in the americas,

he has to try and somehow differentiate between those parties of the country where the state and the drug cartels are often won on the drug cartels are often won on the same, no exaggeration, that that's happened in states here. with the drug cartels are all—powerful. it is very difficult to do that. he will need a good team around him and be sure that these ideas he has come up be sure that these ideas he has come up with about how to use the money from breaking down corruption to bolster their wages actually work a reality. it is a huge task. thank you forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. it's been full of sunshine, joy for some of us, here is nick. hello whether changes are looking very slow and settled this week. most places will stay dry with plenty of

sunshine to come and very warm. not quite as warm tonight as it was last night, most noticeably so across other parts of the uk temperatures fall a little bit and limit committed sunday, sun—cloud running into parts of southeast gotland in northeast england as the night goes on so some of us here. today tomorrow and let amendment misty and murky. we will push a bit more cloud across much of scotland tomorrow, compared with the date and there will be some low clouds lingering toward some north sea coast with breeze coming in off the seat that will keep you cool in here compared with those words and for the channel islands, there's a chance of picking up islands, there's a chance of picking up an isolated shower or thunderstorm. most places will stay dry. a bit on the breezy side for parts of england and wales, wenzel isa parts of england and wales, wenzel is a bit after we goes on and it will be warmer in the west and south compared with the east coast. this is bbc news. these are the headlines at eight thirty. the moment 12 boys and their coach, who were missing for more than a week, are ‘found alive' in caves in thailand.

firefighters warn it could take weeks to tackle fires on moorland across lancashire and greater manchester. and in tennis — serena williams beats arantxa rus to reach the second round, while roger federer begins the defence of his title with a win over serbia's dusan lajovic. let's hear more now on theresa may's promise to set out the government's latest plans for a future customs arrangement with the european union after brexit.the prime minister has also been making a statement to mps following last week's eu summit in brussels. she said she wanted a good trading relationship with both europe and the rest of the world but is under pressure to give more details. the cabinet is due to meet at chequers later this week in an effort to break the deadlock between ministers over the way forward.

john rentoul — chief political commentator at the independentjoins me in the studio now for some analysis on this. we have this statement from the prime minister this afternoon. did not add much. we didn't get any clues on this great new plan somehow thatis clues on this great new plan somehow that is going to unite her divided party. we did not. we got an interesting line, basically everything is agreed with this withdrawal, the talks over our withdrawal. everything is agreed apart from the irish border. the problem is, the irish border is a huge, huge difficulty. we have no idea how they are trying to reconcile that. of course, that ghost of the heart of what our trading relationship is going to be with the eu after we left. 0n trading relationship is going to be with the eu after we left. on that, we are none the wiser. it seems not just that we are none the wiser but some of the key ministers including

david davis, the brexit secretary, who has been conducting the negotiations, still does not know about this new cunning plan which the prime minister has come up with. we just the prime minister has come up with. wejust don't the prime minister has come up with. we just don't know what he knows or not. she can't bounce the cabinet on friday into something completely unfamiliar that they haven't seen. there may be discussions on friday about some of the detail of the wording, but as i understand it, there is a text of the white paper, it does exist. in its tenth version or so. all the senior members of the cabinet have seen it. what are the bits that are still left to discuss on friday? wejust don't bits that are still left to discuss on friday? we just don't know. bits that are still left to discuss on friday? wejust don't know. it's not clear. i thought today's reports from the bbc were interesting but not specific about what this new third way is going to be. we have now seen notjust third way is going to be. we have now seen not just the third way is going to be. we have now seen notjust the breakdown of collective responsibility but open sniping between senior members of

the cabinet. what do you think of the cabinet. what do you think of the chances that when she does come out with a specific plan, we will actually see resignations, people walking out of that meeting, if she comes up walking out of that meeting, if she comes up with something unacceptable? it's difficult to see how she will keep both sides happy. it is, it is extraordinary. i don't think any of them, any of the brexiteers, the hard ones, are building up to a resignation moment. they have seen enough of the words of the document to know they can live with it. the question is going to be over who interprets it and what the arguments are going to be over what it means. i think she has played quite a clever game in keeping the cabinet together, whether it's in the national interest, because this is something that ought to have been sorted out six months ago, is a different question. i think she ought to get through friday without any resignations. we have been built up to one of these big crunch moments

and it's going to be an anti—climax. we have had quite a view of those suppose it crunch moments which the prime minister has somehow found her way through but we are getting down to specifics now, about what the trading arrangements are going to be, what rules and regulations traders will have to follow. what the legal structures will be around that. we've been promised specifics before but on friday, the cabinet has to decide what kind of brexit it's going to propose to the eu, so the eu can reject it. that is essentially what is going on. the question is then, the negotiations begin then, and then the question is whether the eu is prepared to make compromises and whether we are prepared to make compromises on the other side. we have not even got to the start of the crucial bit of negotiation. in the meantime, we are hearing suggestions that as many as 20 conservatives might be

considering throwing their hats into the ring in a future leadership contest. some of them already getting their preparations under way. they obviously are, it has been the assumption for some time in the party that theresa may will not be leading them into the next election, which most people think still will be in 2022. i can't see why it should be earlier. recently, there has been talk about theresa may being in such a strong position she can lead the party for that long. i don't think that's very likely. recently, the impatience of tory mps with the prime minister and with her dithering has been such that i think our chances of clinging on to her that are slipping away. the bookmakers now say she is more likely to be replaced than not by the end of this year. thank you. there are emergency talks this evening in germany to try to heal the rift in the german government over migration.

angela merkel‘s interior minister, horst seehofer, has threatened to resign over the right to turn migrants away at germany's border. but the chancellor has won pledges of support from other key allies. talks are expected to continue late into the night. 0ur correspondent in berlin, jenny hill, sent this update. this isn't the first time horst seehofer has issued an ultimatum. he said he would start turning those migrants away at the border if she did not come back from europe with a tough eu migration plan. she has come back with a plan, he has rejected it as being not tough enough and says unless he gets his way, he resign. mrs merkel‘s fingers are itching to take that resignation letter from are itching to take that resignation letterfrom him, you might imagine. she can't do that. as leader of one of her coalition partners, she really needs to protect this alliance. if that fails, then the coalition government could fall,

possibly taking mrs merkel‘s career with it. there have been talks up on talks. the leaders were into the early hours of the morning trying to figure out a solution, they have gone into crisis talks again this evening. looking at the situation the face of it, mrs merkel appears to have the upper hand. she has the support of her party. horst seehofer‘s colleagues also appeared to be distancing themselves from him. coming up with rather more conciliatory messages ahead of these talks along the lines of, we want this alliance to stay together. if horst seehofer does stand down, it's impossible to predict the outcome of this meeting, but if he does, it's likely he would be replaced by someone who would not want that alliance to fall apart. it's in the one's interest within the coalition to go to fresh elections. it's perhaps premature to predict the outcome of these talks. —— it is in

no one's interest within the coalition. despite the fact migrant numbers coming into germany have fallen significantly, keeping the issue of migration centre stage and in the german political scene. some would argue that are simply going to send voters in the direction of the far rightanti—migrant voters in the direction of the far right anti—migrant party. let's go back to that extraordinary story about the 12 schoolchildren and their coach in thailand who've been rescued after spending nine days lost in caves underground. we are nowjoined by the british caving association's chris boa rdman. clearly there is huge excitement and i°y clearly there is huge excitement and joy that the boys had been found and they have been found alive after nine days. tell us how you expect them to go about trying to bring them to go about trying to bring them to go about trying to bring them to safety now. the key thing is actually not to be in a rush. with these monsoon rains, the water is going to be completely opaque. a cave diver wes four lights, powerful

lights on the helmet. all that is going to come back into their face is brown water that they can't see their hand in front of their face in. the youngsters and their coach will have no diving experience, so if they are having to come to passages that are flooded, they will need to be briefly coached on how to use the equipment safely. they will need to stay in physical contact with the rescuer and come out one at a time. it is actually quite important, there will know this already, not to be in a rush to first return with food and clothing and supplies. and calm everybody down, possibly even exchanged notes from families, because this is something they need to take time and ca re over. something they need to take time and care over. after nine days underground, these boys must be in pretty fragile condition. they will be. one thing they will have drawn strength from is the fact that they

we re strength from is the fact that they were a they play football together, their coach is well known to them. even though they would have been in pitch darkness within a day because they like man out, they have at least familiar voices to speak to. you are quite right, this is com pletely you are quite right, this is completely outside their experience. —— in pitch darkness within a day because of their lights ran out. presumably while they undertake this rescue which could take some time, there will be the need to try and reassure them psychologically, about what is happening. yes. children are very matter of fact. the bottom line is, if you tell them the truth about what it is you propose to do and get them on board with it, then they are happier. there are risks involved in cave diving so they will almost certainly research what is the safest route out, maybe there will be an alternative route to the one they have found. the monsoon water will be very fast flowing and the worst thing you would want is for a

child to become separated from their rescuer. it was those rising waters which led to them being trapped in the first place. presumably, there is the additional and continuing risk from those floodwaters. absolutely. that said, more than likely they are in a chamber that is really quite safe. even in the monsoon, most of the caves might flood that there will be chamber that never see floodwater. you can see with the ceiling and the walls if there is life that is flooded on previous floods, so if there's walls and ceilings are free of twigs for example, you know you are in a safe place that will remain safe for quite some time. many thanks. that extraordinary case in thailand and the difficult task ahead. thank you. the headlines on bbc news...

12 boys and their coach have been ‘found alive' in caves in thailand, after being missing for more than a week. firefighters warn it could take weeks to tackle fires on moorland across lancashire and greater manchester. they say the scale of the fires is ‘unprecedented'. theresa may draws up an alternative solution for the uk's post—brexit customs arrangements with the eu, as she attempts to resolve cabinet splits on brexit. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a body has been found after a six—year—old girl, named locally as alesha macphail, went missing on the scottish island of bute. the discovery was made in the grounds of a former hotel close to her home. police are trying to establish how she died. a missing child that was reported in

the sea at about 25 past six this morning. sometime after that, the body of a young child was found nearby, it is part of our investigation to try to discover what has happened in relation to that child. at this moment in time, this is an unexplained death. we are to establish what has happened happened and when, what i would say is i'm really appealing tonight. there are a number of people through social media who were alerted to this missing child and came to assist in the area. i would like those that have not spoken to the police to come forward, in the fact that we can establish who was there, they may have critical information about what has taken place. a police investigation is underway after a 3 year old girl died after being thrown from an inflatable trampoline at the beach in norfolk yesterday. the girl, who hasn't been

named, was visiting the area with her family from suffolk. witnesses reported hearing a loud bang before the inflatable apparently burst at gorleson—on—sea. the child, who was flung into the air, died later in hospital. campaigners say budget cuts by councils have left bus services across england and wales in crisis. the campaign for better transport says funding for buses has almost halved since 2010. the government insists it provides 250 million pounds each year to support services. victoria fritz reports. it is the most popular form of public transport in britain. 5 million busjourneys are made every year. roughly half are in london. while the city services are thriving, the picture outside the capital tells a different story. the bus connects passengers to jobs and schools,

shops and hospitals. it is a lifeline to students and pensioners in particular, people who do not want or cannot use a couple of the funding that local authorities in england and wales received to front roots has fallen for eight consecutive years and that is putting pressure on the whole network. over £182 million has disappeared from bus budgets since 2010, a decrease of 45%. almost 200 routes altered or withdrawn in england and wales in the last year alone. are you going to york? ticket sales pay for only part of this journey. it depends on council subsidy and the bus company being reimbursed for those travelling on a free bus pass. in whitby, volunteers have stepped in to provide services up to the moors, where people feel abandoned. i think that somebody like us will always be needed and we are happy to do it. but we do not really want to have to keep taking overfailing bus services because that should not be

the case, should it? campaigners say the government must wake up to the crisis is hitting local services before late. the solution is to have proper funding and for the government to have a national coach investment strategy. it's the only mode of transport that does not currently have one. more people travel by bus than rail and that already has a national strategy. the government says it has given local councils extra powers to work with bus companies to bridge the funding gap. but it is more money, not power, that councils say they need to keep route open. they need to keep routes open. the government has unveiled a new nhs mobile phone app — designed to put patients in contact with their gps. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says the app will be available from december to everyone in england. here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. at this manchester surgery, it is a typically busy

monday morning with plenty of people wanting appointments. this practice already offers lots of information and services online, but could a smartphone app make things more efficient? we have never had an nhs app that makes it this accessible and easy. the health secretary says the new nhs app is part of a technology revolution that will transform the health service. the app, available to everyone in england from december, will allow you to book appointments with your gp, get repeat prescriptions, and see your health files held at the surgery. i hope it will save a lot of time for gps, so that they then have more time for their more complex patients, who need perhaps longer than ten minutes. at least at the beginning, the nhs app will be pretty unsophisticated and it will be entering a crowded health app market, with some services that are pretty slick. briefly describe the symptom that is worrying you most. babylon allows you to check your symptoms.

0ther apps allow you to book appointments with gps. back at the manchester surgery, this doctor is not convinced that the nhs app will be a big improvement on what is out there already. there are already two apps available that people can use today. in patient access as well as evergreen life, which provides that functionality they are talking about. so, patients have been able to do it. it is more about that relationship and building support structures, both here and also in the community. every gp practice in england has been told it has to be ready for the app by december. what gps are hoping is that it doesn't encourage people to book appointments theyjust don't need. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. for the next two weeks the eyes of the tennis world will be focused here on sw19 but what makes this tournament the one every player dreams of winning? simon mccoy met some of the people who make it happen. it's a big year for

the all england lawn tennis club, celebrating 150 years since a local croquet club evolved into the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, the wimbledon championships. nearly half a million people come here, globally 1 billion see it on tv. but to make this grass tournament the best takes attention to every detail. we have a team of guys that go out and do thousands of measurement for hardness readings, chlorophyll plants, they will count grass blades to see how quickly they are wearing out. they count grass blades? yes, they count the baselines, to see how many plants are there and how quickly it's deteriorating. how many grass plants

have you got here? for perennial rye grass, 700 seeds to a gram, 750 seeds to a gram, we sow 80 grams per square metre. centre court is 902 square metres. that equation off the top of your head is obviously... 5 million! 5a million. it was close! there will be 600 matches over this fortnight, but not here. this used to be court 19, now a restaurant, part of a two—week operation serving strawberries and 29,000 bottles of champagne, and of course for the ball boys and girls. day one is important for us because we have a lot of people to get out for those first matches, 258 ball boys and ball girls, and we hope to start the first day at a very high standard. yellow balls first used here in 1986, more than 511,000 will be used this fortnight, each stored at 68 fahrenheit, every one carefully checked by hand. this is the main hub

of the ball distribution unit, one of three units we have. a front office where we distribute the balls daily to the ball boys and girls, we have the back room where the stock is stored as well. but this is the main hub where we set up everything to make the system work. here, stored by the main entrance, the new roof for court number one. work started on this project two years ago and as soon as this year's championships are done, it will be lifted into place, fully operational for 2019. this is a big year, too, for the new wimbledon shop. last year, 116,000 baseball caps and 30,000 championship towels were sold here. oh, and nearly 9000 umbrellas. quiet most of the year. forjust two weeks, this place will be packed. what extra staff requirements does that mean? a big jump in numbers. year round, i have five permanent staff with myself in the office and half a dozen or so that work

in our museum shop which is open. for this two weeks we recruit close to 200 more. that is a lot of effort in terms of the recruitment process. assessment days, training days like today, and making sure everybody is looked after in the right way. if you think anxious brits here on henman hill, murray mound, edmund edge, whatever you call it, get highly strung, you should see what happens here. over the next fortnight they will be using a0 miles of rackets are capable of handling the strongest forehands even in the middle of matches. often the chair umpire will call us to tell us it's on its way, so we are ready. the stringer who was responsible for that player, if they are free, will do that player because we try to do the same stringer with the same player. then they get the string ready, measure it all up, it comes in the machine — as quick as they can they get it strong, into the bag.

we have runners, boys, that get the racket, sprint as fast as they can through all the crowds down to the court and wait for the change of ends and on it goes. a reputation as the best championship in the world comes for a reason. the people who make it work like clockwork. it really is best left to the professionals. oh, that should be under... yes, under! what's gone wrong there?! if he loses, we will know why! laughter sorry! i'm out of here! simon mccoy at wimbledon where it was pretty sweltering for the opening day. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. more hot weather to come. wimbledon very warm and also across much of

the uk. a little change in this weather pattern. a bit more cloud around and a greater chance of a shower but for most it remains like this, with sunshine and dry. look how close the showers came to south—west england today, you may have seen something briefly in the channel islands. mostly cloud free overnight. a bit coming into parts of eastern scotland and north east england. misty low cloud, poor visibility for some in the morning. a bit cooler tonight and last night, last night so warm and humid particularly across the south. these temperatures are a bit lower. last night some areas were at around 20 degrees. a bit of a breeze around as well, somewhat cooler, the ma filter into your house somehow. still breezy across parts of england and wales in particular, that easterly breeze coming in. some cloud around eastern scotland initially but

developing further afield, particularly close to these north sea coasts. the breeze coming in from the sea, some cloud in southern england, may threaten a shower but most will stay dry. very warm wherever you see sunshine, cooler along the coast, particularly with that misty low cloud. high teens here as elsewhere, mid to late 20s, upper 20s south wales and southern england. little change in the weather pattern. here, wimbledon, wherever you look. temperatures will be threatening 30 once again at times through this tournament, certainly at the weekend. the wind will use of it, plenty of sunshine to come. if you want significant rain, here is one weatherfront, it just does not have any significant rain associated with it. maybe some brief cloud and light showers in scotla nd scotla nd brief cloud and light showers in scotland scotland and northern ireland later this week. bringing a dip in temperatures as well, you will notice that here. temperatures don't change too much in england and

wales, maybe a bit more cloud around for a wales, maybe a bit more cloud around fora time, wales, maybe a bit more cloud around for a time, but high pressure builds back in, strengthens its grip on the uk as we go into the weekend. for the rest of this week, mainly dry, some sunshine, very warm to hot, temperatures threatening the 30. where it is breezy, lighter winds and a chance of the odd shower. but most and a chance of the odd shower. but m ost pla ces and a chance of the odd shower. but most places staying stubbornly dry. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. we start with good news from thailand. how many of you? 13. brilliant! this is the moment 12 young boys and their football coach were found — alive — after being trapped in a vast cave system for nine days. mexico has a new president — and he's promising big changes. translation: the new project of the nation will seek to establish an authentic democracy. we don't bet on building an open or closed dictatorship. the changes will be profound. donald trump's long time personal

lawyer once said he'd take a bullet for the president — now he says his first loyalty is to his own family, not mr trump.