this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm. rescuers in thailand have now freed all 12 boys and their football coach — trapped in a flooded cave for 17 days. there was a mix of celebration and relief as the boys were driven to hospital for health checks. charlie rowley, one of two people exposed to novichok in amesbury last weekend, regains consciousness in hospital. it comes as health officials warn the public not to pick up suspcious items. here, the prime minsiter urges party unity following yesterday's high—profile resignations from cabinet. tonight two vice chairs of the conservative party have also stepped down over brexit. also tonight — parched land and dwindling water supplies. how do he'd wave is affecting farmers across britain. also coming up this hour: how the heatwave is affecting farmers and essential services across britain. 100 aircraft, for 100 years, the royal air force

celebrates its centenary in style — with a huge fly—past over central london. the twelve thai schoolboys and their football coach are out of the caves and safe — after seventeen days trapped underground. they're now together in hospital undergoing check ups. their rescue operation was as daring as it was dangerous, taking them through two miles of underground caves, at times underwater, in at least one section having to squeeze though a tunnel just a few inches wide. surely terrifying for any but the most experienced divers — and some of the boys couldn't even swim. jonathan head is in chaing rai where the last of the boys emerged today — his report contains some flash photography. would this be the day that saw

all the boys and coach out safely? with the sky darkening, it had to be today. helicopters in the afternoon told us they were getting ready. then the tell—tale flashing lights. this is the second ambulance we have seen and behind it, the third on this, we hope that being the last day of this truly remarkable operation. and every ambulance we have seen so far has meant another life saved. inside the caves, dozens of divers have been working in wet, claustrophobic conditions to support the rescuers. there has not been a cave rescue this big ambitious before. and then the news we had all been waiting for. these men run the boys football team. 17 days of worry, of

ups when the boys were found and downs when they could not get out were over. translation: i want to hug them first. i want to cheer them on and tell them how worried i have been. i don't know what to say. we had something else to tell the coach. an invitation from manchester united to the rescued boys. most of them were fans. to visit old trafford next season. this is the man who has run the rescue operation from the start. bureaucrats in thailand rarely get this reception but he pulled off rescue the whole country had longed for. translation: today, the people of thailand, the government agencies and the private sector, together with media and all the international support, no one thought we could make it, but we did.

it was a first for the world. everyone involved in this huge and complex mission was celebrating. these are engineers who had been diverting streams to lower water levels in the caves. people came out to cheer the ambulances as they brought the last of the boys into hospital, safe and sound. only one week ago, when they were found, trapped and exhausted, who would have believed this was possible. cavers and divers from around the world, led by specialists from the uk, came together in chiang rai to help the thai authorities get the boys and their coach out. seemingly against the odds, how did they manage to pull off such a daring rescue mission? fergus walsh has been looking at how mission impossible became mission accomplished.

heroes all, the 90 divers who took part in the search and rescue, including thai navy seals, british cave divers and other international experts. it has gripped the world's attention. the british cave rescue council said seven of its divers had been part of the cave rescue team helping to bring the boys out. they've done something that i think we all thought was barely possible, you know, and they have pulled it off. the challenge, getting the 12 boys and their coach to swim 2.5 miles through these narrow and flooded caves to safety. it began 17 days ago when the boys and their coach went missing. they had gone to write their names on the walls of the cave. a huge international rescue operation began. they were alone for nine days until found by two british cave divers. this was the moment. 0njuly the 6th, a former

thai navy seals died while returning through the caves, underlining how perilous the rescue would be. then, on sunday, the first four boys were rescued. each was accompanied by two expert divers for the five hours or more trek through the flooded sections, they were strapped underneath one of the divers. but in the narrowest part, just 38 centimetres, they had to squeeze through alone with their air tank in front of them. at home in brighton, the mother of an elite diver listening again to the moment her son and another british diver discovered the missing thai boys. i'm very proud of him. john is a very kind,

modest person and i knew that they would do a good job and i kept my fingers crossed for both of them. all the thai navy seals and the international divers are safely out. mission accomplished before the monsoon rains will flood the caves for months to come. with me now, is andre dah—nah—za, a child psychiatrist at king's college london, he's also a spokesperson for the royal college of psychiatrists. the children in the family. what happens when they come back down to earth after the excitement of these past few hours? it is first of all, excellent news, and you would expect them to also be elated by the fact of being rescued finally? many of them will probably experience some emotional symptoms, anxious, agitated. and they'll be having

health checks in the hospital. these are very normal symptoms and most individuals, not only children exposed to such an ordeal will have these kind of symptoms. i will expect these symptoms will fade in a few weeks, and perhaps two or three of them may have longer—term mental health consequences. that is still a comma that is a significant minority of them, you don't know which ones because you cannot predict, what sorts of things can develop when someone sorts of things can develop when someone has been in this kind of situation, life or death situation? after these kinds of experiences, young people might develop depression, anxiety disorders, ptsd, substance abuse. and it's really difficult to understand which one

would develop these, because it is really important that young people, and how to help them best. for the pa rents and how to help them best. for the parents who have yet to be reunited, this is going to be a emotional roller coaster for them as well. i would they overcome their natural instincts and nurture their children, maybe be overprotective over what has happened? parents would be essential in getting the children back to normal, and it will be important in getting them back to daily routines, for example. they can also support them and i am talking about the experience, if the children wish to, and that might be helpful and they may build a narrative around the event that may help them understand what has happened and understand that the threat is over. is it a value thing that they are able to get through this and give each other support,

give you a bit of a hug when you're feeling tearful or frightened or whatever it may be, but they are actually a team that play a sport together and socialise together and have a relationship already. is that perhaps something they can use in the future? indeed, and the negativity of the event, the fact that they were a team and work together is certainly a protective factor in generally speaking, social support is a factor that may prevent the mental health consequences. how optimistic are you are for their future? all the symptoms are treatable if the children are identified and treated by experts. and we'll find out how the thai rescue and many other stories are covered on tomorrow's front pages in the papers, at 10:40 and again at 11:30 this evening. the former trade minister, lord digbyjones and the broadcaster, henry bonsu will be my guests.

the chief medical officer for england has warned people in the salisbury and amesbury areas, particularly children, not to pick up "any foreign object which could contain liquid or gel". the comments follow the death of dawn sturgess, a mother of three, from nerve agent poisoning. her partner charlie rowley has regained conciousness but remains in a critical condition in hospital. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds has more. this is thought to be charlie rowley the day before he fell ill, buying drinks in salisbury. what happens next? and what was the object that he and his partner touched, which left her dead and him fighting for his life? police don't yet know. they are still searching for it. hence today's new and specific warning. in quiet corners of parks like this one in salisbury, it's not hard to find all sorts of things lying around, often in places where people take drugs. including, things that might be of interest to children, like this. the advice today is clear, do not pick up anything that you haven't dropped yourself.

that includes containers, but also syringes, even cosmetics. what sort of advice do you think that is? personally, i don't think you should pick up anything that isn't yours. what about theo here? i teach him every day, don't talk to strangers, don't pick things up that aren't yours. it's pretty tough with a little one like that. it is but you've just got to keep eyes on, i guess, at the moment. i think it's sensible advice. in terms of getting little kids not to pick up things... good luck! exactly. we are sitting yards from where the skripals fell ill in march. at the time, nearby in a corner of this car park, we saw people sleeping rough. now, it's closed off. a friend says charlie rowley sometimes hung out here. could he have picked up something dropped then by the skripal‘s attackers? 0rdid he find a contaminated object? this weekend, in his local park, sealed off by police officers. today, the family of dawn sturgess

mark their loss with the statement. but, tonight, doctors reported a small and significant improvement in the condition of charlie rowley. he's now conscious, which means he may be able to give the police critical information. the prime minster made it business as usual today as she met with her new cabinet — a day after foreign secretary boris johnson and david davis, the brexit secretary resigned over the government's brexit strategy. senior ministers have rallied round the prime minister, but two vice—chairs of the conservative party have now also resigned. meanwhile president trump, who's heading to the uk for a visit later this week, said the uk was in turmoil and described borisjohnson

as a "friend" who he may speak to. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the prime minister might wish she'd been able to zoom away the deafening marvel of an raf fly—past. after two of her squad abandoned her, theresa may and her reshaped team are doing their best to carry on. business as usual. how do you think the government can look credible to leaders arriving here when it seems so chaotic? and theresa may is having so many abandoning her? well, we all know that this is a complex system. and feelings run very deep. but i think that she is the only person who can pull all this together. this is very difficult moment in our history. oh la la. oh la la indeed. britain's troubles don't go unnoticed. some are fighting on harder leave. others are working hard to get back in the union. but look who then strolled into the discussion. just days before his meeting here.

i have nato, i have the uk, which is in somewhat turmoil. and i have putin. frankly putin may be the easiest of the mall. easiest of them all. who would think? that's right, president trump said it might be easier to deal with russia than the uk. and... borisjohnson is a friend of mine. he's been very very nice to me, very supportive. and, maybe we'll speak to him when i get over there? i like borisjohnson. i've always liked him. friend of boris johnson? hardly a way to make nice and theresa may. she had to answer for her relationship with the president, her party and the eu. i'm looking for the positive discussions with president trump. there are a lot of issues we will be talking about. yes, we will be talking about the trade issues, and we are looking for the time when we leave the european union, we'll be able to, in the implementation period, to negotiate and sign trade deals with the rest of the world, which can then come into effect after the end of

december 2020. but a hint of help from this is markel, she said it is good that checkers proposals are on the table and the irish leader also saying today that it might be time to budge. as we've said in the past, if the uk was able to relax on some of its red lines, then the eu should be flexible too. and i think we are now entering that space. but theresa may's struggles and strains with her party are certainly not over, two more mps quit their party posts this afternoon. maria caulfield and then bradley were vice chairs of the tories, now adding their names to those who think the prime minister's brexit compromise won't work. two mps walking from relatively junior posts are not going to bring theresa may down on their own. but the dangerous for number ten, there is evidence of a coordinated push to force her to drop her brexit compromise. and with no majority, a small numbers of tory mps can cause big trouble.

the prime minister is surrounded by foreign leaders to please, with parliament to manage, and the clashing sides of her party, it's not impossible, but an enormous task to find a safe way to the middle. president trump and his wife have arrived on air force one at brussels airport this evening the last two or three minutes, we have received these pictures live, they also land as the football team goes down to france in the world cup semifinals, we do not know if that affected the moods of the hosts are not. donald trump is in brussels for the nato summitfor trump is in brussels for the nato summit for the new nato headquarters before he comes to the uk later this

week, visiting scores of uk, tea with her majesty and to have downtime playing golf and one of his two resorts and scotland before heading to helsinki. before you head up heading to helsinki. before you head up to washington, he said that might be the easiest element of this trip. which probably tells you quite a lot about what he is expecting in brussels and indeed, here in the uk. the headlines on bbc news. rescuers in thailand have now freed all 12 boys and their football coach, trapped in a flooded cave for 17 days. charlie rowley, one of two people exposed to novichok in amesbury last weekend, regains consciousness in hospital. it comes as health officials warn the public not to pick up suspcious items. here, the prime minsiter urges party unity following yesterday's high—profile resignations from cabinet. tonight two vice chairs of the conservative party have also stepped down over brexit. sport now, and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. the goal, scored ahead, in the corner, about the 51st minute, is that going to be enough to take france to another world cup final, the manchester united, on the way in. let's show you some live pictures from bbc one, way can watch the game, on the website. week can defend live as well. these are the 63rd minute, france won the world cup in1998, 63rd minute, france won the world cup in 1998, belgium's first world cup in 1998, belgium's first world cup semifinal since 1988.

potentially, getting themselves into that world cup final. where they will face, england or croatia. england team has arrived in moscow from their base, joined byjordan henderson at the stadium this afternoon. this is england's first world cup semifinal in 28 years, although it back to 1990, we all remember that one with paul gascoyne, but the england camp at euro 96, the tournament he played m, euro 96, the tournament he played in, getting into the last four. the feel of this group of players is very similar to the ones we had been, but that team was a lot more experienced in terms of its age and experienced in terms of its age and experience of big matches, but we ask pin approached this tournament the same way. enduring during our

football and as with these lads have done. we are going into a semifinal, but this instills that is the next step in long journey. in other football news, cristiano ronaldo is on his way tojuventus after they agreed to pay real madrid a reported £105 million. ronaldojoined real from manchester united in 2009 and scored a club—record a51 goals, winning the ballon d'0r, awarded to the world's best footballer, five times. he has helped real win the champions league in four of the past five seasons, scoring in the 2014 and 2017 finals. arsenal have agreed to sign his the 22—year—old, he's played in the file defeat the french will go

ona the file defeat the french will go on a five—year deal the file defeat the french will go on a five-year deal also joining arsenal, that the midfielder who was having a medical. celtic have beaten them the three — mail, thanks to goals from forest and callum macgregor this evening. you can watch on the bbc right now. serena williams reached the semifinals, the 22—time grand slam champion, lost her first set of the tournament, but came through against the italian, williams will face on thursday. 11th seed angelique kerber also reached the semi—finals with a 6—3 7—5 win over russia's daria kasatkina. kerber, the highest—ranked seed left in the women's competition, will next face jelena 0stapenko on thursday. jamie mori and her partner are

playing in the men's double quarterfinals, two sets to one, but it's between four games all, but they have already secured their place in the semifinals after beating robert by three sets to one. and finally, at the tour de france, he threw his arm up in frustration as he was boxed in as the sprinters jostled towards the finish, columbia, fernando who won the opening stage, claimed the victory. he retained the yellowjersey, thomas remains third overall. that's all the sport for now, france still leading the belgian side from a

bowl. you can watch on five live, i'll have more on sports day at 1050, see then. in how universities currently use applicants' background when making offers and awarding places. of data used to measure diversity in applicants should be improved, because certain methods ? like using postcodes or schools ? to measure disadvantage can group students together who actually have very different backgrounds. but the group said that can only really be achieved to account over diversity in their admission policies and should publish an annual break—down of their student intake. the report said institutions should also be more transparent how they measure disadvantage, and make it clear how their admissions decisions are made when it comes to diversity. finally, it recommends that the universities watchdog publicly supports and encourages higher education institutions to take students backgrounds into account during the admissions process, arguing its an important way of making sure there is fairer and should publish an annual break—down of their student intake.

the report said institutions should also be more transparent how they measure disadvantage, and make it clear how their admissions decisions are made when it comes to diversity. finally, it recommends that the universities watchdog publicly supports and encourages higher education institutions to take students backgrounds into account during the admissions process, arguing its an important way of making sure there is fairer access to higher education for all students. joining us from our westminster studio is carl cullinane, head of research and policy at the social mobility think—tank the sutton trust. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you, what do you make of the report? we very much welcomed the report. it is encouraging to see more and new voices joining is encouraging to see more and new voicesjoining the call is encouraging to see more and new voices joining the call for greater use of contextualized admissions to universities. they have been calling for this for a long time, we see the

lack of access to higher education, particularly in top universities as the most important aspects of improving social mobility in the country. do you think this mother causes a lot of problems that we get, which is the mismatch between what universities say they're doing and what other people say, judging by the students they end up recruiting in the chief, basically, we did all these things, we are reaching out to improve and make our selection process is neutral as possible so we are not prejudiced by, and he say they don't come up with the right mix. is the data just to crude? universities are doing a lot better to try and widen the access, but the research is showing that there's a lot more that needs to be done only we absolutely welcome the call for students this week, that we need to be more ambitious but it comes to co ntextualized ambitious but it comes to contextualized omissions. we need to

improve the way we do it, but we also need to improve the scale of what they're doing. so we absolutely welcome the greater transparency and the use of contextualized omissions, and also these of data, but we also think there's room for it to be much more ambitious but the level of discounts that are offered to young people. some most cases, it's one great, we want is the two of grades lower. yellow people will say, hang on, if you are leading in kids who have done people,, actually giving them an unfair fellow students will say. it's about the barriers that young people face, there is this a bill face are reflected in the level

of result, and to level the playing field, you do have to make allowa nces for field, you do have to make allowances for those, yet be realistic in the sense that perhaps some of these people, there is little evidence thank you very much a being with us on bbc news this evening. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. if you found recently that they he has been too much, temperatures have been four or 5 degrees lower, across the north of scotland, i will continue to extend further south, we will see some cloud rolling eastern

side of england, temperatures would not be quite as low, but still quite humid but it is on the whole a low but fresher, it is warming up and there will be a few showers mainly through this weather front again, it'll sit across, the great glen down to northern ireland, much—needed rain, but through parts of wales and later the pen island visit the temperatures start to rise, so there could be a degree up to the warming process continues towards the end of the week, but with greater risk of some downpours later. hello, this is bbc news with shauna ley, the headlines. charlie rowley, one of two people exposed to novichok in amesbury last weekend, regains consciousness in hospital. it comes as health officials warn the public not to pick up suspicious items.

here, the prime minsiter urges party unity following yesterday's high—profile resignations from cabinet. tonight two vice chairs of the conservative party have also stepped down over brexit. 100 aircraft for 100 years, the royal air force celebrates its centenary in style with a huge fly—past over central london. the former foreign secretary lord carrington, the last surviving minister to have held office under winston churchill, has died aged 99. his domestic political career, under six conservative prime ministers, was ended by the invasion of the falkland islands. lord carrington resigned because his department had failed to predict that argentina would invade. carolyn quinn looks back at his life. like many of his generation, peter carington‘s political views were coloured by his experiences in the second world war. from the age of 19 to the age of 25, one had the second world war.

you lost quite a big chunk of your life. 0n the other hand, it was an experience which, of course, i don't think anybody who hadn't been at that period of time would understand. an hereditary peer, he served as defence secretary under edward heath. when the conservatives returned to power, margaret thatcher appointed him foreign secretary. he chaired the lancaster house talks in 1979, which ended the guerrilla war in rhodesia and paved the way for multiracial elections in the new zimbabwe. the invasion of the falklands in 1982 highlighted failures in the foreign office. it was blamed for ignoring warnings of argentine intentions. by the time the british task force left to liberate the islands, lord carrington had resigned as foreign secretary. there was an intention of the argentines to resign, and therefore the judgment was wrong.

and i am responsible and therefore, i thought, honourably, i ought to go. he spent four years as nato secretary—general before in his 70s taking on the role of eu mediator in the disintegrating yugoslavia. he travelled extensively in the balkans to negotiate ceasefires and seek a settlement, but pauses in the complex and savage civil war were brief. in 1994 he mediated in a quarrel between the anc and the zulu inkatha party, which threatened to delay multiracial elections in south africa. a natural diplomat, it was the last of many services to his country, and to peacemaking, in a long lifetime. lord carrington has died today at the age of 99. at his home in east london is lord carrington‘s predecessor as foreign secretary in the labour government

1977—79, lord 0wen. thank you so much for being with us to talk about lord carrington. your recollections of him ? to talk about lord carrington. your recollections of him? he was a very formidable negotiator, and i think he did extremely well in lancaster house conference for getting an agreement for a large number of very different types of people, including ian smith and robert moog abe. and i found them very helpful when dealing with africa. we travelled to kenya on a's funeral and talked very frankly about that night he made a major contribution and i believe is an resignation was a principled resignation that did a lot of good for politics generally. all he was right to resign, it would have been very difficult to continue with a war going on with the foreign secretary in the house of lords. that was one of his main reasons for

resigning. if we go back briefly to zimbabwe, what's striking is that he managed to keep all those people in a room together, such big personalities. most of them at one point or another wanted to walk out. yes. there have been lots of negotiations. we started in 1977, and there were a lot of pressures for me to hold that too early in 1978, there was a lot of wishful thinking that what it would be a success. i always promised that we would never hold until the situation right. the timing was right, but he was also the right person to conduct those negotiations. the falkland islands is hugely important notjust in his career but also something you are worried about at the end of the 19705. are worried about at the end of the 1970s. why do you think the foreign 0ffice 1970s. why do you think the foreign office under his leadership didn't read the signals correctly?”

office under his leadership didn't read the signals correctly? i don't really know. we did deploy a submarine down to the falklands under the water, and the argentinians never knew was there. and to not follow that president was strange. i'm not sure how much the ministry of defence really gave warning. and i'm not sure there was really enough explanation given to him about that early deployment. but it was a tragedy that they didn't do it was a tragedy that they didn't do it because we would have been able to handle the falklands war and a quite different way, if we'd had a submarine down there. i think there we re submarine down there. i think there were a lot of reasons why he resigned, but of all —— above all that there is a basic feeling that when —— when things go wrong, you ta ke when —— when things go wrong, you take the glory when things go right. when because wrong, it is right for them to recognise their own

mistakes. i can't imagine who you are referring to. i wonder in terms of if his career did not end in 1982, he was nominated to become the secretary—general of nato, and play an important role in nato in the 19805, an important role in nato in the 1980s, something that perhaps they will want to reflect on in brussels tomorrow at the opening of the summit? yes, i think he was a foreign secretary who understood the significance of defence, and he believed that you don't have a serious foreign policy unless you have a serious defence policy. and i think the meeting that is taking place tomorrow is extremely important. and i believe britain has got to improve and increase spending on its defence commitments, and we've got to remember that it was president 0bama who said that david cameron that you need to spend more on defence if you want a special relationship. it was president 0bama

who warned about freeloading. what president trump is saying is correct, and it has been said by his democratic predecessor, and we must ta ke very democratic predecessor, and we must take very serious note at this meeting, the most of the european countries are not paying the full demand of 2% gdp. britain must increase the amount, we are not living up to 2%, we will have to go up living up to 2%, we will have to go up to 2.5% and show the americans that we really do value their huge contribution to the defence of europe, as well as the world. nato 110w europe, as well as the world. nato now is a worldwide organisation, we used to talk only about it being deployed in the area around europe, but it has been deployed in many parts of the world, it is an extremely effective command and control structure. and it has been greatly helped by having an american supreme greatly helped by having an american supreme allied commander. what you think it was the policy with peter

carrington that allowed him to serve so carrington that allowed him to serve so effectively such contrasting personalities like ted heath and margaret thatcher, and to be so trusted by both of them in crisis? they both had a great sense of humour. we offered him to go to nato in1978, and he humour. we offered him to go to nato in 1978, and he told me that he must go to his mistress, by which he meant margaret thatcher. he came back and refused it, and i told him that he had been promised myjob. he smiled and we knew it was true. he would be my successor and i was very pleased that it came to that. he was easily the best choice for the conservative foreign secretary. lord 0wen reflecting on lord carrington, who has died at the age of 99. thank you so much. lets go back to events at westminster where two conservative mps have announced they're quitting as vice chairs of the party because of opposition to government proposals about brexit.

maria caufield, a leaver, and ben bradley who voted remain, following boris johnson and david davis in standing down because of the issue. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. it would be unfair to suggest who dove —— david 0wen meant when he contrasted lord carrington‘s resignation compared to recent events. but now it is an aftereffect of david davis and borisjohnson going. why does it matter that these two have left jobs going. why does it matter that these two have leftjobs that many people watching wouldn't even know they'd held with yellow proud? that's right, john, you're also right because there is a ripple effect. david davis and borisjohnson, two conservative vice—chairman, do not compete in terms of importance. nonetheless, what is important that this drip effect that people feel

there may be more resignations down there may be more resignations down the line, perhaps more when they see the line, perhaps more when they see the full details of the government's white paper on thursday. all part of it and attempt to get the prime minister to move further away from the kind of position she took in the checkers agreement. it's only one pa rt checkers agreement. it's only one part of what is going on at the moment, that's designed to put pressure on her. their discussions behind the scenes of brexiteers you do not like what she is doing, and other ways to apply pressure. for example, potentially not voting for some of the brexit legislation coming up in the next couple of weeks. a very big move indeed, but they seem pretty determined to get her to move her position, if not to replace her personally. and part of that campaign is playing out tonight. but each of the two people who have resigned tonight have their own reasons for doing so. let's hear from maria caufield, resigning as

the conservative vice chairman. obviously cabinet agreed this decision on friday. but as backbench mps, we've onlyjust had briefings, and i had my briefing this morning, and asked some difficult questions. and for me, the deal that's on the table isn't actually the deal we will end up with. we're sending this deal to the eu, we may well water it down further. and so when i stood for election last year, i promised people i would get the best possible deal, whether they voted leave or remain to the country. and for me, thisjust doesn't do it. maria caufield is in a remaining constituency, but she voted to leave the european union, and she said that since the agreement, she was inundated with letters from constituents who are concerned about it. that's one the reason she was gone. she is also opposed the public sector pay cap before. the other resignation is ben bradley, in charge of the youth policy. he is

one of the youngest mps, quite controversial in his own way, so perhaps downing street is not desperately sad to see him go. his social media camp has control over by his opponents. he has had to apologise very publicly to jeremy corbyn for accusing him of selling secrets to foreign spies. he is a former remainer, but he is in a seat... i have a lot of reservations about the proposal. i voted to remain, igot about the proposal. i voted to remain, i got behind the eu on most of the opportunities... to have that global outlook. i don't think this delivers that. i think we started with a wrong premise, on the basis that it seems like this northern ireland backstop is becoming the thing that dictates our entire arrangement with the eu, and i don't think that could be allowed to happen. i just felt think that could be allowed to happen. ijust felt as though from

within the party and that role, i couldn't give my honest view. and if i'm not doing that, why am i here? ben bradley there are. these white papers will be important on thursday. 0ne tory mp yesterday said this far and no further. how worried are mps that in a negotiation, this might not actually be the lowest point? that the government might have to retreat further in order to get a deal? that is a big concern amongst many supporting mps. i think the difficulty was thatjust yesterday, the prime minister saw for critics by meeting with backbencher mps, but they're two different views over whether this white paper will be something which unlocks the good stations with the european union, a starting point, or whether it is in itself a red line as far as she can possibly go. if

that rate —— redline is further blurred, that is why we see further resignations in due course emma and her position becomes even less stable. interestingly, the former chief of staff, david davis, said that effectively he has been blocked from staying on... denied by downing street, which tends to suggest that perhaps they are very much batting down the hatches on the new position, not prepared to compromise or be put under pressure by the brexiteers. if that is the case, who knows what happens next? but i think tensions will continue. ian watson, thank you very much. us president donald trump has arrived for a nato summit in brussels with a stark warning from european council president donald tusk. ahead of his visit, mr trump hit out at the eu on trade and at his nato allies for failing to spend enough on defence. accusing the president of criticising europe "almost daily", mr tusk said the eu spent more than russia on defence and as much as china. lord richard dannatt is the former

head of the british army, he explains why he wants the uk spend 2.5% of its gdp on defence. the start point is not that britain spends 2%. it's that 2% is the least we have ever spent. why do we need more? we have a growing range of threats against our security, whether it is russia, the ongoing threat from islamic state, college dealing with other threats such as the migration threats of southern europe. the air force we've had since the second world war, and you actually say that 215%, another six or e7 actually say that 215%, another six or £7 billion is about the right amount we should be spending on our defence. mr trump's stance has been met with surprise by many european countries. 0ur berlin correspondentjenny hill

has sent this report from grafenwoehr, which is home to a large us army base. it's a partnership that's danced to the music of time. 60 years ago, the young american soldier sang for his german hosts in this barracks town. for grafenwoehr, elvis is still the king. but they worry here about what the real american leader will do next. grafenwoehr hosts the biggest us training facility outside america. 35,000 us soldiers stationed in germany. for europe, its protection. for the us, it's a strategic base. but for its president, it's seemingly a question mark. translation: there have been debates for a long time about the number of us troops in germany. but the training grounds

are so important for the american army and for nato that their existence is safe. but these are tense times for the nato alliance. war games on europe's russian border. no one is sure of vladimir putin's next move. neither can the west predict what its american ally has in mind. ijust hope that president trump will not find it attractive as he thinks about his voter base at home, to argue that the united states could save a little more money by reducing this commitment or that commitment. that would only play in the hands of those who we don't like. of the russians or of other adversaries. the second world war still casts a shadow here. germany favours diplomacy, development aid over defence. that is changing. the government has promised more money for the military. it is not enough for donald trump.

all of this was supposed to be about guaranteeing security. but there is a growing sense of unease here in germany and in the eu. at a time when europe is redefining its entire approach to defence, it can it seems, no longer rely on its biggest ally. daily routines, long—term alliances. what was once a certainty, no longer taken for granted. jenny hill, bbc news, grafenwoehr. the headlines on bbc news. rescuers in thailand have now freed all 12 boys and their football coach, trapped in a flooded cave for 17 days. charlie rowley, one of two people exposed to novichok in amesbury last weekend, regains consciousness in hospital. it comes as health officials warn the public not to pick up suspcious items. here, the prime minsiter urges party unity following yesterday's high—profile resignations from cabinet. tonight, two vice chairs of the conservative party have also stepped down over brexit.

water is being moved from wales to boost depleted supplies across north—west england, amid warnings of an "imminent" hosepipe ban in the region. parts of wayoh reservoir, near bolton, have completely dried up. united utilities said while greater manchester has been a particular problem area, the whole region was now at risk of a hosepipe ban "in days rather than weeks" if things did not improve. meanwhile in other parts of the uk the hot weather has forced some farmers to begin harvesting crops early. elsewhere, roads have been melting and water companies have been urging customers to be careful in how much water thy use. —— they use. from 0xfordshire, natalie verney reports. it's it's dying prematurely. the

seeds that were growing were not filled properly. in a key month for his crops, there has been very little rainfall. this field full of linseed is already shriveling up. this crop might be reduced by 20-30%. this this crop might be reduced by 20—30%. this field is worth £10,000 ina 20—30%. this field is worth £10,000 in a normal year. we have about 60 fields like this. so it's a fairly significant impact. following the recent grassland fire near marshall —— marlowe, the nsu is warning farmers to take increased measures because of an increased risk of fire. but it's notjust farmers fearing the heat, it's putting a huge strain on our wire services too. thames water says it is struggling to keep up with the search. it's had the pump an extra 415 million l into the networkjust to keep the taps flowing. businesses in aylesbury by being top ways they can cut down on the water they use. it shows just how concerned the water company is, how much water is

available in the future is down to water use now, and mother nature. but that's not all, even our roads are suffering, they are melting. when third—graders are being sent out to milton teens to help spread granite dust on the services which have reached temperatures as high as 58 degrees, in hopes that it will stick to the surface and help stabilise it. counsel has only had to do that on three previous occasions in the last two decades. with only a few scattered showers possible later this week, the dry weather is expected to continue for sub if it does, the challenges will only increase. natalie verney, bbc south today. we are in the last minute and a half or so of extra time or injury time.

the referee added six minutes to allow for stoppages and various points. but samuel and tds gored in the first half of this match. this is going down to the last minute or so of extra time, lovely evening for this first semifinal. this one it's important to know who they will play if they can get past tomorrow night in their match against croatia. it might be too soon to talk about things like that. some fan images there, and that's in paris were there, and that's in paris were there watching it down the line and getting ready to roll with them —— we re getting ready to roll with them —— were with approval at their performance against belgium this evening. we've also got 45 seconds left to go. trying for goal. all were they try, nothing to lose

this late in the game. but it looks like france is going to go through, and there coming through, last point for the interim time, 30 seconds left on this. staying with it until the bitter end. commentary from bbc 0ne. the bitter end. commentary from bbc one. and they will keep that ball in the quadrant, and they only have to do so for ten seconds or so. cheering . france are through. france have

pave their way to their third world cup final! the night belonged to france! will it be france - croatia or france— england on sunday in moscow? taking some pictures now from the associated press of fans, the roar of celebrations in paris this evening as they know they're on the way to the cup final, just five days away now. and they have to sit back and relax, enjoy the match tomorrow night while we are biting your fingernails tomorrow night while we are biting yourfingernails down to tomorrow night while we are biting your fingernails down to the quakes, because they know they are through, it's just a matter of who they face, croatia or england. who will that be? a fascinating test of our long—established relationship with france, if we were to face france in

the world cup final on sunday. but first, tomorrow england take on croatia in the semi—finals of the world cup and football fever has hit the whole country. let's take a look at how people have been supporting the england team across the uk. # it's coming home # it's coming home # it's coming home # it's coming, football's coming home! but even one of the thai rescu e rs home! but even one of the thai rescuers say they're coming home, they clearly know something we don't. now it's time for a look at the weather. how is it looking in moscow for tomorrow's game? you can at least tell us how it's looking around the

uk? another balmy day ahead of us? it's been a bit more pleasant today, temperatures have dropped across moscow because of low pressure sitting across the other side of the atla ntic sitting across the other side of the atlantic and further east. so we will take a look at that for you this evening. but after the 31 degrees yesterday, i have to say for me it was a bit more comfortable today. beautiful, beautifulweather watcher pictures sent in. this is from suffolk, we had our highest temperature today in devon, 26 celsius. but interestingly you can see all the clouds spiralling out of the low further east. we've also had some rain today, 40 mm of rain, and injenna half some rain today, 40 mm of rain, and in jenna half and some rain today, 40 mm of rain, and injenna half and parts of the highlands and scotland. more rain to come through the night, giving us all if you ask bots through the isle of man is east of northern ireland. that holds the temperatures up. elsewhere we still have the stagnant

and humid air, at least it's a bit fresher. tomorrow we will have that showery rain in the south, —— in the north, many of us in the south are losing that refreshing breeze we had today. instead it looks like temperatures are on the up again. still some rain across the west of northern scotland, but drier towards the borders. lots of dry weather for northern england. perhaps across wales in the southwest, here it is where we will see the highest temperatures again. what does that mean for wimbledon? if you had there tomorrow, temperatures should be a degree higher than yesterday. really pleasa nt degree higher than yesterday. really pleasant weighing whether, not too stifling. thursday sees the greater risk of a few showers developing across wales and the western side of england. remnants of old brother front with the moisture and heat starting to build. getting warmer by day and night, getting more uncomfortable for sleeping again.

back up into the low 20s, parts of scotla nd back up into the low 20s, parts of scotland and northern ireland and the high 20s for england and wales, higher still potentially on friday, therefore a greater risk of more showers. this time they energy is there in the atmosphere to give us big down collars —— downpours. vicki is returning as we go through the week, but there is a greater risk until the end of the work week for a few more showers. as for the weekend, the rain will be mostly in the north and west, and the heat is with us in the south. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the moment french fans in paris saw their team score the goal, which saw them beat belgium and book their place in the world cup final. in thailand all 12 boys and their football coach are out of the cave.

we'll have the story of a remarkable day. president trump is in europe for a nato summit, a trip to the uk and a meeting with vladimir putin. guess which one he thinks will go smoothest. frankly, putin might be the easiest of them all. who would think? donald trump says uk politics is in turmoil. theresa may tried to show otherwise today — sharing this picture of a cabinet meeting.