this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: how many of you? 30? —— 13. 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 rus to reach the second round, while roger federer begins the defence of his title with a win over serbia's dusan lajovic.

good evening. 12 children and their football coach who've been missing for 10 days have been found alive in flooded caves. two british divers who flew to thailand last week to help in the international rescue operation were the first to reach them. they found them on a ledge 6 miles into the network of caves. it's thought the children became trapped during a day trip but the divers have had to leave them behind. they've gone back to get them food and to try to work out how to get the children out. jonathan head sent this update. how many of you? 13. 13? brilliant.

this was the moment they were found. the british cave diver calling out to the missing group in a cave deep under the mountains. as the divers turned to leave, promising to return with back—up, one of the boys says to them, "please, tell them we're hungry". for the families of the boys, a joyous end to nine agonising days of waiting, hoping and, at times, despairing. translation: today is the best day. i've been waiting for my son for so many days.

i'm so excited! the first thing i will do is hug him. and for the thousands of volunteers, officials, climbers and others who've taken part in this extraordinary multinational search operation — a very special moment. most of all for the local governor, who's been the public face of this rescue and ordered officials working on it to think of the boys as their own sons. he described how the boys were discovered and then said simply, "we found our younger brothers, and they were safe". cheering they were all members of a football squad who'd entered the caves after saturday practice with their coach. their bicycles were found chained to the railings at the entrance. it was presumed they'd been cut off by fast rising water. the thai government has thrown everything at these efforts to save their lives.

now pumping thousands of gallons an hour from the caves to help to get them out. more rain later this week will complicate things. but this astonishing news of the boys‘ survival will surely spur everyone on. divers from the uk and other international rescue teams have faced challenging conditions trying to reach the children through narrow passages. bill whitehouse, from the british cave rescue council, helped to co—ordinate the operation and told me earlierjust how challenging it has been for his colleagues. reason three delivers over, cave divers last week, to help, it was raining heavily and conditions got worse and worse in the cave. lobbe of delivering has been possible when the weather cleared and the water receded to an extent and the

currents in the water would have receded and also the visibility would have improved. diving started yesterday again. after a number of dives, we worked forward and two of the british team we understand have been taking the lead and deleting through the flooded passengers and laying a guideline as they go for others. and today, as we hoped, they managed to break through and find the party and still alive, which is fantastic news. bill whitehouse from the british the council talking to me earlier about the extraordinary operation in thailand —— british cave council. more than 200 firefighters and soldiers are continuing to tackle moorland fires across greater manchester and lancashire as they try to contain the huge wildfires burning across areas near bolton

and saddleworth moor. 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 all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us. it's still a major incident and still will be tomorrow. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people try to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may

have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and basically taking risks with people's land and property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave continues, there is concern that there could be more hosepipe bans in the coming days. not because there's any shortage of water, but demand has risen so much over the last couple of weeks that utility companies are struggling to get enough treated water through the system and into our homes. northern ireland is the only place so far to have implemented a hosepipe ban. tankers used to supplying an altogether different type of liquid are now moving water around. in north—west england, united utilities has messaged its customers, appealing for them to use less water in an effort to avoid a ban. but the weather outlook is not on the side of the utility companies. there's at least two, maybe three weeks of dry weather ahead. people are of course

enjoying the sunshine. this is a very different summer. last month was the driest on record in parts of england, and saw the hottestjune day ever in scotland. danny savage, bbc news, bolton. 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 be the outline of brexit emerging? the government's sweating to publish a more detailed plan next week. but 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 the negotiations every step of the way. another summit is gone and another opportunity missed. but all we know for sure is that number 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's promising decisions and number ten

believes it has found a way out 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 territorial. i'lljust put my hand back down. the prime minister needs her northern irish allies on board. we don't give blank cheques to anybody and i think it's very clear that we don't. on brexit, we want to see a proper brexit which fulfils the referendum result, but we've been very clear that has to be on the basis of the whole of the united kingdom. but number ten's next steps may not survive the full glare of the rest of the eu. there's 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, the 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. the home office has rubberstamped a

special exemption license for the 12—year—old to have cannabis. his mother had his cannabis confiscated last month at heathrow after it was brought in from canada. and emergency licence was granted after he was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. a family spokesperson has said it's been agreed he can go home to northern ireland with his medicinal cannabis. 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. earlier they gave this update on the investigation. this was reported at around 6:25am.

sometime after that the body of a young child was found nearby and it's part of our investigation to try to discover what happened in relation to that child. at the moment, this is unexplained and we are looking to establish what happened and when it happened during the course of when that child was found. i'm really appealing tonight because there was a number of people through social media who were alerted to this missing child and came to assist in the area, and i would like those who haven't spoken to the police to come forward to establish those who may have critical information as to 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. 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. 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 each year to support services. victoria fritz reports. blackburn's buses have seen the amount of support they get from the council cut by 93% since 2010. the subsidy used to be close to £900,000 a year — now it's just ten grand. the result? private bus companies have axed services and increased fares. ben, a youth worker in the town, struggles to afford the daily commute. it's becoming a massive, massive issue for young people and the community. it shouldn't be something we have to worry about. it shouldn't be. just to get to work or get home from work, it should be something we think about secondary to ourjobs. natalie and steph, both in their early 20s, are currently on benefits but doing work experience at the youth centre. the increasing cost of transport

means making some hard choices. well, sometimes, if you're running low on money and you really have to get somewhere, you've either got to choose between either food or your bus pass. you can't get to places that you need to go to, like jobcentre, youth zone, work, yeah. it's a story repeated across england. subsidy is cut, fares rise, passenger numbers fall, routes become uneconomic. thousands of services have been reduced or scrapped, with devastating consequences for many people on low incomes. the cost and unreliability of public transport has changed the thinking of the groups which calculate the minimum income standard used by government to set the living wage. back in 2008, a single person was allotted £13.50 a week for bus fares. now, they're deemed to need £24 for bus fares, £3 towards the occasional rail trip, and £10 a week for taxis. you've been listening to the groups

as they decide what people should have as a basic minimum. what were they saying about transport? tra nsport‘s absolutely key. people are still saying public transport is how you would meet the majority of your needs as a minimum. however, that's becoming more and more difficult and the shortfall between what you need and what you are able to get at with a bus pass is growing, so people are having to supplement their transport budget with taxi use. the lack of public buses means blackburn's food bank puts on its own service to ferry in people like james, currently homeless and looking for work. thejobcentre says he must be prepared to commute up to an hour and a half or risk losing his dole money. i've had job interviews, as well, in, like, manchester, or summat like that, but i just can't afford to get there. i'm just stuck in this town, can't get out of it. as buses have declined, people are forced to share minicabs. record numbers now ply their trade in towns like blackburn

and across the country. no longer a luxury, taxis are now a necessity. mark easton, bbc news, blackburn. mexico's first ever left—wing president has promised sweeping reforms of latin american‘s second biggest economy, following his landslide election victory. andres manuel lopez 0brador, known as amlo, is promising to help lift millions of mexicans out of poverty. the new president said tackling the country's crippling levels of corruption will be his top priority. he's promising a new approach to crime and to mexico's deadly drug cartels, who are responsible for some of the world's worst murder rates. and in a message of concilliation to his political opponents, he's insisted that he'll deliver "authentic democracy, not dictatorship". clive myrie reports from mexico city, where the new president and his supporters have been celebrating their election victory. dawn sees the summer sun rise to warm a land blessed and cursed.

nature is bountiful in this part of mexico, and opium poppy fields can yield a living for farmers when other crops have left the ground. bloodlines run deep in these fields. this husband and wife, like so many families down the years, score the opium bulbs to reveal the latex that will become heroin. translation: well, we work out of necessity. we are not responsible for the people who use drugs. people who criticise this have probably never known need. so how does any government tell this parent, who doesn't want to be identified, that she can't provide for her three—year—old child because she reaps a bitter harvest? mexico's new president must address the rural poverty of millions if he is to tackle the drugs trade.

but in the meantime, in the dead of night, a smuggler preps to trade in misery. we watch as he takes apart an ordinary family car and stuffs the fuel tank with drugs. cocaine, heroin, crystal meth. the 26—year—old american will smuggle whatever he can get his hands on. whatever his handlers desire. you've loaded up the car and the drugs are in there and you're sitting on top of them, literally. where are they heading? translation: i take them to phoenix or los angeles, but i know they sometimes go to kansas or indiana. so, all over america? yes. but you're not stupid, you know what these drugs do to people across the border? do you care about that? no, i don't put a gun to people's head to make them take drugs. it's not my problem.

his only problem, navigating the busy frontier checkpoint and avoiding the scrutiny of guards. others have very different concerns about the frontier with america. jesus vega is a family man with the hopes and fears of any parent. any husband. i'm worried that violence is going to escalate more and we're going to have shootings here in the park or at my daughter's school, my wife's work. it's really, really sad to live like this. jesus understands man's capacity for violence. he's a crime scene investigator. so we can see the csi's processing the scene and we have the dead body over there on the side of the street. in a quiet suburban area in the border city of tijuana, mexico has lost another son.

jesus describes the scene. i can see from here that he has probably gunshot wounds in the back. he's a young male. sadly this is because of the out—of—control firearms that are coming in from america to tijuana. mexico's new president has to deal with the epidemic of murders this country endures and stem the flow of guns from abroad. and that's where our smuggler re—enters the story. he's back from america with a new cargo. guns. that looks like a handgun. how many are down there in the petrol tank? translation: the boss told me there are three here in the tank. and it's easy, easy getting these in? it's easier bringing the weapons in because there's less violence compared to the other way around.

the weapons are carefully wrapped in tinfoil and bagged. calibres of all sizes. killing machines. smuggled to order. the only way to beat mexico's strict gun laws. you've been doing it forfour years, how many guns do you think you've brought in in that time? a lot. hundreds? hundreds. yeah. you've brought in hundreds of weapons yourself. well, he showed us three weapons but he's also told us there are many more inside the car and hidden all around it. we've been asked to leave now because the person who ordered this shipment is on their way to pick it up and it doesn't take a genius to guess where those weapons are going to end up. in the hands of criminal gangs and drug cartels. someone somewhere in mexico will die as a result of those weapons. that night, there's another murder in tijuana. yellow cones mark the fallen bullet

casings at this crime scene. for jesus, this country's well—being is on the line. the new president needs to secure a future for mexico's children. right now, the scene behind us, there's a dead guy. it's something that kids see every day and they get used to that, so that's the sad thing. i have to think about my daughter. i've got to think about my daughter's friends. i don't want them to grow up thinking that every day there's a killing and it's ok, it's fine, and nothing is going to happen. so many of mexico's problems are the result of a society that doesn't work for everyone. her new leaders must govern for the millions left behind, trying to navigate a life worth living. clive myrie, bbc news, in tijuana, mexico. a british woman will go to court in dublin tomorrow seeking

damages from a catholic adoption agency that allegedly adopted her son illegally. tressa reeves spent nearly four decades trying to find her child. at one point she was told there were no records on her case. in may the irish government revealed that dozens of children had no idea they were adopted because they'd beenregistered illegally —— they were adopted because they'd been registered illegally as the biological children of their adopted parents. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. he went in the little cot. she told me not to touch him — the midwife. "you mustn't touch him, you mustn't bond with him. "he has to bond with his mother, not you." and then, in the morning, she came in and she took him away. tressa reeves only got eight hours with her son after his birth in 1961. her mother arranged for the 20—year—old to go to dublin from hampshire for the birth, to a home for unmarried women run by catholic nuns.

her parents refused to let her take home her baby, so tressa agreed he should be adopted. i remembered signing the papers. they had a false address on one of the papers, and i said, "i've never been to northumberland road. "what is this address?" and the sister said, "oh, we always use that address." life moved on. tressa got married to dennis and had four daughters, but she never forgot her only son. i worked out that my son was 15, and i used to look at these boys skateboarding around and i said, "i wonder if one of you is him. "i would if that's him, i wonder if that's him." in the late 70s, tressa travelled back to dublin, the start of a four decade quest to find her child. knowing she'd want to meet him, she'd given her son an unusual name, andre, so he would be easy to find. but the catholic adoption agency say there were no records of him, or her. the woman there said she thought i must have imagined it — was i sure i'd had a baby.

isaid, yes! yes. yes, i was asked that, by a nun. 20 years later, the adoption agency finally admitted to tressa they had herfile. she obtained her son's birth certificate and discovered she'd been erased from his life. his date of birth and name had been changed. crucially, his adoptive parents were registered as his birth parents. tressa's son had not been adopted. he'd simply been handed over to a childless couple. and this is the man tressa spent decades looking for. his name isn't andre, but paddy farrell, a married father of two. he found out he was adopted just six years ago, aged 52. i came to wondering what it would have been like to have met my mother at an earlier stage. basically speaking, my whole life has beenjust one big lie. everything about me is incorrect. tressa and paddy are now finally family. i'm very proud to be her son.

in dublin's high court tomorrow, they will seek damages from the adoption agency they allege could have reunited them decades earlier. the agency deny wrongdoing, but in many ways they've already won. does he call you mum? yes. i said to him, call me... everyone calls me tressa. but he said, no, you're my mother, and i'm going to call you mum. it's nice. michael buchanan, bbc news. 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. this chest surgery, it's a typically busy monday morning with plenty of people wanting appointments. this

practice already offers a lot of information and services online, but could a smartphone app make things more efficient? we have never had a nhs app that makes it accessible and easy. health secretary says the new 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 put appointments with your gp, get descriptions and see your health files. i hope it will save a lot of time for gps so they have more time for their more complex patients who need longer than her minutes. at least at the beginning, the nhs app will be pretty unsophisticated and will be pretty unsophisticated and will be pretty unsophisticated and will be entering a crowded health app market, with some services that are app market, with some services that a re pretty app market, with some services that are pretty slick. briefly describe the symptom that is worrying you most. avalon allows you to check your systems and other and —— app.

this doctor is not convinced it will bea this doctor is not convinced it will be a big improvement on what is out there are already. there are already two app' that you can use already which provides the functionality that they are talking about. patients have been able to do it, it is more about the relationship and support structures here in colac and in the community. every gp practice in england has been told it must ready for it in december, it hopes it doesn't encourage people to book appointments they just it doesn't encourage people to book appointments theyjust need. some news coming in from berlin which is that angela merkel‘s conservatives have settled a row over migration which had threatened to topple her governing coalition. this happened late this evening after talks with her interior minister, who had threatened to resign, emergency —— emerging after

five hours, the leader of the csu told reporters he will remain in his post after a deal which he says will stem illegal immigration. after intensive discussions, we have reached an agreement on how in future we can prevent illegal immigration on the border between germany and austria. that keeps angela merkel‘s coalition in power. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, the weather is looking cooler tonight compared with last night, the change most noticeable in southern parts, warm and humid last night. not much cloud around, running into parts of eastern scotla nd running into parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, misty low cloud, visibility issues in some areas in the morning and temperatures around ten to 1a