this is bbc news. the headlines at 8... the eyes—mac to the right, 301. —— the eyes to the right, 301. the noes to the left, 307. the government narrowly survives an attempt by pro—eu conservative mps to change its post—brexit trade strategy. it'll be confident first step that the uk takes towards establishing itself an independent trading nation for the first time in over a0 years. afterfacing a barrage of criticism in the us for siding with vladimir putin against the american in the past few moments donald trump has appeared to reverse his position. i accept the inclusion and russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. —— a except the conclusion.

—— i accept the conclusion. the pro—brexit campaign group vote leave, has been fined and referred to the police, for breaking electoral rules during the eu referendum two years ago. millions in north—west england face the prospect of water rationing. as the dry weather continues, the north—west is set to be slapped with a hosepipe ban. i've killed my wife. the chilling 999 call made by former suffolk ukip councillor stephen searle, who's been found guilty of murdering his wife. the government has narrowly fought off another house of commons rebellion on a key part of its brexit plans. mps supporting a so—called "soft

brexit" had forced a vote on keeping the uk in a customs union with the eu after brexit if no agreement is reached on a free trade deal. the move was backed by pro—eu conservative rebels and most of the opposition — but the government averted defeat by just six votes. the government was defeated earlier on a vote about keeping the uk in europe's regulatory system for medicines. well, our political correspondent leila nathoo is in the central lobby at westminster. the one that the governments narrowly won. the significance of that first of all. that was the critical issue for the government two day about the customs union. it was really to the wire. that was going to be a potential show of strength from the renamed wing of the conservative party. they were determined a good muster the numbers to defeat the governor on this. ——

the set wane. a crucial part of the policy, keeping the uk in the customs union in the event of no trade deal being struck but i think the vote had not gone the government's way, to do the leg would have been a huge postal crisis, so much so that mps told if they did vote against the government on this, they could precipitate a vote of no—confidence in the government. it is a sign of how serious the ministers were taking that threat from the remain wing of the conservative party was so incensed by what happened yesterday in the commons on another piece of legislation when the government back down to their brexiteers rivals and absorbed their brexiteers amendments into the bill. this was, if you like, a potential chance for the remainder is to get revenge on the government but they just remainder is to get revenge on the government but theyjust did not have the numbers. they thought they might have. there are constant prior to the vote. it was always going to be truly wire and when we spoke to some of the likely suspects, if you

like, before the vote, discussions we re like, before the vote, discussions were going on right until the very last minute. we even heard negotiations going on the green the remainer putting forward one of the amendments anti—government minister on the green bench, on the middle of the debate, some horse trading going on anti—government minister saying we will end something in the lords, and it you put at this word, stephen hammond said he was not up for that, discussions were clearly going right to the wire but yesterday, it seems like the remainers have more on the outside and didn't actually managed to affect the defeat but they were if you labour mps who voted with the government you really save their skins. i mentioned the other vote that the government didn't lose an amendments with regards to the future regulation of medicines with relation to them travelling between eu and uk, what is the significance of that at this stage? it is significant because it just of that at this stage? it is significant because itjust the second defeat the government has

faced in the course of their brexit legislation so, in that sense, it is significant that they voted not go their way. it wasn't as critical to their way. it wasn't as critical to the whole brexit strategy as the issue of the customs union but it is an amendment that does go further than the government has admitted, outlined rather that it wanted to do and medicines. it'd designed to keep medicines flowing freely after brexit. the government said in a response to this amendment that they are looking forward to reflecting on it and will seek to revisit the issue in the house of lords. it's not the end of the story on that one either, still opportunities to go back to that issue in the lords. it isa back to that issue in the lords. it is a victory for doctor phillip leigh who proposed that amendment but certainly not on the scale that it would have been had the remainers one that amendment on the customs union. thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others —

are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight sebastian payne, who's the political leader writer for the financial times, and the editor of the politico london playbook, jack blanchard. just a day after president trump contradicted his own intelligence agencies by saying he could not see any reason why russia would meddle in the 2016 us election, he's told reporters that he misspoke. he's now said he accepts russia interfered in the vote, although he added that it didn't change the outcome and that he meant to say "why wouldn't russia interfere" as not "why would". the us president has faced strong criticism from senior republicans for his comments in helsinki after his meeting with president putin. here's what he had to say just a few moments ago.

i thought that i make myself very clear by having just reviewed the transcript and i have to say i came back and said, what is going on? what's the big deal? i got a transcript, reviewed it and i went out and reviewed it and in regards to land i made, i be alive that there is need for some clarification. it should have been of years, i thought it would be obvious but i would like to clarify just in case it was not. in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of wouldn't. it should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. just to repeat it, i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been, and i thought it would be maybe a bit unclear on the transcript of the actual video. the sentence should

have been identity any reason why it wouldn't be russia. sort of a double negative. you can put that in and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. i have on numerous occasions noting that the men noted our intelligence findings that russia attempted to interfere, unlike previous administrations, my administration has and will continue to move aggressively to be any effo rts to move aggressively to be any efforts and we will stop it, retell it. any efforts to interfere in our elections. we are doing everything in our power to prevent russian interference in 2018. we have a lot of power. that was president trump speaking in the white house in the last 30 minutes and we will talk more on that later. the official brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 and referred to the police for breaking electoral law. the electoral watchdog said vote leave, which was supported by senior

politicians including boris johnson and michael gove, exceeded its spending limit by funnelling extra money through another pro—brexit youth group. vote leave says the report is politically motivated and inaccurate. vicki young reports. taking its message around the country, supported by high profile politicians like boris johnson and michael gove. let's vote leave, take back control. vote leave was the official pro—brexit campaign group during the eu referendum. it masterminded a famous victory but the independent elections watchdog says it broke the law. parliament set a remit for the electoral commission which is about making sure there is transparency and accurately of how the money spent is reported and where it comes from. and that is where we are looking at today and it is for us to make sure that where we do find people who have broken those rules, we make that clear. i am voting to leave the european union. the commission found that vote leave linked up with a youth brexit group, beleave, run

by darren grimes, he has been fined £20,000 and has been referred to the police. the investigation centered on a donation of more than £675,000 made by vote leave to this smaller group. the commission said they should have counted towards vote leave's £7 million spending limit because the two groups were working closely together. it means vote leave exceeded its limit by almost half a million pounds. my name is ann and i am calling from vote leave. but vote leave says it is confident the findings will be overturned because the report contains what it calls false accusations. it is a very one—sided report and we wish they'd followed due process and had they done so, just like they gave us the all clear on the first two occasions they investigated us, they would have given us the all clear again on the third investigation. this man was a volunteer for vote leave who raised concerns about spending. in these institutions like electoral commission are built to protect the mother of all parliaments, they are built to

protect british citizens, they are built to protect what and who we are as british citizens. and any mp who chooses to undermine that is perverting democracy. laws on spending during elections were put in place by parliament to ensure fairness and transparency. vote leave have broken those rules and that's sparked anger in an already furious brexit debate with some even calling for a rerun of the referendum. we are talking about deliberate cheating. we cannot have confidence that this referendum was secure and it should be rerun. the faux outrage we are hearing from members of all sides of this house, some of whom have now left, is nothing to do with the breach of the rules by the vote leave campaign, it is due to the fact that they lost. they are not representing the people. they lost that referendum, despite the fact that they overspent themselves by millions of pounds. downing street said britain's vote on its eu membership was a

legitimate democratic exercise and calls to do it all again are likely to fall on deaf ears. vicki young, westminster. let's return to those remarks you saw a moment ago from president trump referring back to that press conference he had with vladimir putin in helsinki yesterday and she was talking about how he misspoke in one key area. 0ur correspondentjane 0'brien is in washington. just try... i was going to sayjust clarify but i'm not sure of that is the easiest thing to do but try and give us some the easiest thing to do but try and give us some sense the easiest thing to do but try and give us some sense of what he said then and what he now meant. president trump, when he was talking about whether or not russia interfered in the presidential election, he said at the press conference, i don't see why it would be and now he is saying that it was a double negative, i'm not quite

sure the context of that but that he did not see why it wouldn't be. ok. he said he has misspoke in and he wa nts to he said he has misspoke in and he wants to clarify that after enormous pressure but the question still remains, why did it take him 2a hours to make that statement? i think you can only assume that it has been not just think you can only assume that it has been notjust the criticism from his enemies and critics but also from his friends that if taken effect here because they were close to him, people normally considered his allies, have said to him this was a terrible moment for him and edwards are awful and he needed to reverse course, clarify those state m e nts reverse course, clarify those statements and he needed to make it clear that he backed his intelligence comedian bug community and there are assessment that russia did interfere in the election and it would try to medal again any midterms. to that effect, mr trump promised a robust reason once and that it would not happen. that the

most difficult area for him, wasn't it? if he can on the american intelligence community but did not do the same two vladimir putin, the suggestion whatever is more inclined to believe the latter rather than the former. exactly. why would you support the president of russia, which has been ostracised by the international community for a long lease of misdemeanours including the act asian of crimea in 2014, the poisoning on british soil, its involvement in syria, why would you ta ke involvement in syria, why would you take the word on vladimir putin over the word of your own intelligence agency and that is what caused so much uproar in such an enormous backlash that we've seen here in usa over the last 24 hours. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... the government narrowly survives an attempt by pro—eu conservative mps to change its post—brexit trade strategy... afterfacing a barrage

of criticism in the us for siding with vladimir putin against the american intelligence services, donald trump now says he misspoke, but says any russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election did not have any impact on the outcome. the pro—brexit campaign group vote leave, has been fined and referred to the police, for breaking electoral rules during the eu referendum two years ago. sport now... and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. starting with the cricket, england have taken the lead after a fine eight wicket wind in leeds. the cricketers provided some summerjoy after a week where they footballers fell short. as minds drift from one

world cup, these old looking towards another. no better test than india in cricket. they will pot second—best side captained by its best batsmen. a player of such skill he seems to see and anticipate everything. just not this. she looked as if he'd seen a spectre, not a spinner. richey got in, too. it was a challenge of yorkshire in the skies. the pitch was part mumbai, the dry, dusty service that is supposed to sit india but this isjoan root pars turf. he has played and thrived here all his career. —— joe root‘s curve. this is made almost irretrievable for any other the ball kept coming back. the final boundary came up for the century and victory. time and done. england must want you got start tomorrow. —— the world cup to

start tomorrow. —— the world cup to start tomorrow. geraint thomas and chris froome remain in contention for the tour de france after today's stage 10 — the first in the mountains. belgium's gregg van avermaet retained the leaders yellow jersey after a great ride, and extended his lead over the likes of thomas and froome by nearly two minutes. but their main rivals for the title finished alongside them in the peleton. but no—one could come close to the stage winner — julian alaphilippe. annemiek van vleuten won the women's race — la course. wayne rooney is settling into life with his new side dc united in america. he watched the world cup from afar as england made it to the semi finals. with the youngest squad in the tournament, the former england captain believes the country's youngsters must get more game time domestically this season. first of all, they had a fantastic tournament and was great to watch. 0bviously disappointed we didn't get

to the final because once you get that close, you do start thinking about the final and winning it and staff, but they had a great tournament and it is a young team. hopefully the club managers continue to play some of them, they get more game time. you can see the quality is there and some of the players probably don't play as much as they would like to. for england especially, that's important that they do it over the next two years before the next tournament. rangers have progressed to the europa league second qualifying round after a goalless draw with shkupi in macedonia. the visitors, held a 2—0 advantage from last week's first leg at ibrox — and were seldom troubled in this leg. josh windass and glenn middleton went close for rangers. in tonight's champions league qualifiers, welsh champions the new saints are 3—0 up against macedonian champions shkendia. northern ireland's crusaders

are drawing 0—0 with ludogorets. that's an 8 o'clock kick off. plenty of time yet for them to come back. could liverpool be about to break the world transfer record for a goalkeeper for this man — allisson. the brazil and roma shot stopper is in demand byjurgen klopp, and liverpool have lodged an offer with the italian side — believed to be around 62 million pounds. current keeper loris karius was at fault for two goals in liverpool's champions league final defeat by real madrid, but it was later found that he had concussion. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. up to seven million people will be affected by the first hosepipe ban of the summer in england. there's already one in place in northern ireland. united utilities says a temporary ban from 5th august in the north—west of england

to safeguard essential supplies. other water companies across england say they have adequate supplies and have no plans to impose similar bans. danny savage reports from edgworth in lancashire. it has been another beautiful day and another one with no rainfall. the levels are getting pretty low year. as a result, that means this bangers coming into effect and millions of customers have been givenjust over millions of customers have been given just over two weeks notice where to start so they can prepare and get ready for when this hosepipe ban begins. haweswater in cumbria, united utilities' biggest reservoir. falling water levels here have triggered the hosepipe ban. the lack of water has even exposed the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. unions have today criticised the company for losing too much water through lea ks. they say they are tackling it. we take it very seriously, and we work round—the—clock,

whatever the weather, on fixing leaks, and actually we've met our regulatory leakage target for the last 12 years, but we know that we can do more, which is why our aim is to reduce that even further. the ban affects nearly the whole of north—west england where united utilities has seven million customers. it will come into effect on 5th august, unless there is prolonged rainfall between now and then, which looks unlikely. in this part of the country, in just over two weeks' time you won't be able to use one of these any more. if you want to water the garden, you are going to have to use a watering can. if you fancy washing the car, it's a bucket and sponge. there are some exemptions though. this bowling green, for example, will still be able to be watered. this really only affects domestic customers, and if you break the ban you could be fined £1,000. people here seem to accept that a formal restriction is needed, and are making plans accordingly. i'm not cross that we're short

of water, i'm happy we've had such hot sunshine, and if shortage of water is a by—product then we'll just have to be careful. does it make you cross that it's coming in? no, not at all. i think it's the right thing to do. i think we all have to do our bit. look at the reservoir, how low it is, it's obvious we haven't got enough water. there is already a hosepipe ban in force in northern ireland, and the republic, where blisteringly hot weather has melted roads and seen bowsers in use. it all has echoes of the famous summer of ‘76, when people called the government, complaining about what they saw as unnecessary water use by others. there's a sprinkler system operating where? in a riding school? i see, and you feel something should be done about that, of course. united utilities' other big site in the lakes is thirlmere. a 92—mile—long aqueduct from here feeds supplies direct to manchester. but levels are low. there's been hardly any rain in a place where it's usually abundant. danny savage, bbc news. well, we can speak now

to doctor neil macdonald, who's a water management expert from the university of liverpool. and he joins us live via webcam from liverpool. the focus inevitably is an united utilities era. this is a pricing this is the only english water company having to do it? —— is it surprising? we have not seen much rainfall. it was almost inevitable. we've seen very high temperatures. those two combined inevitably result in what we are seeing any hosepipe ban coming in two weeks. what of this issue of lea ks? ban coming in two weeks. what of this issue of leaks? a union, the

gnb, have criticised them today. you saw the robust defence approach from the person running united utilities in that film but where is the truth here? united utilities and lose between 20—25% of their water supply ona between 20—25% of their water supply on a daily basis through leaks and certainly not the worst in the uk but not the best either so going for a happy inevitably improve and they have been including the leakage rate. more has to be done. it is a contributing factor but not the sole factor. contemporary approach they ta ke factor. contemporary approach they take on the future, what have they got in mind to bring a figure than? they can have improve domestic leakages, infrastructure improvements and look to improve some of the reservoirs, nice condition of those. 0ngoing programmes. they are existing and

will continue to do so. we will see that happening. we will leave it there because the line if there was a bit shaky but thank you for coming on. more now on one of our main stories. us president donald trump has apparently u—turned on his failure to back his own intelligence agencies regarding russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. today he told reporters that he now fully accepts that russia tried to interfere in the vote — and that he got his words wrong during a news conference in helsinki yesterday following his summit with vladimir putin. earlier, the speaker of the house of representatives. republican paul ryan had this to say about moscow. let's be very clear, just so everybody knows, russia did meddle with our elections. not only did russia meddle with our elections, they are doing it around the world. they did it to france, they did it to moldova, they're doing it to the baltics. russia is trying to undermine democracy itself to delegitimise democracy.

so, for some reason, they can look good by comparison. that's the really clear about that. the point we are making here is we know they interfere with our elections and we have passed sanctions on russia to hold them accountable. more importantly, what we intend to do is to make sure that they don't get away with it again. and also, to help our allies, to help those democracies, there is new and older democracies in the world who are going to be facing this kind of pressure again, this russian aggression again. we need to make sure we can equip them with the tools they need to stop this from happening in their democracies. joining me now from washington is republican commentator and former speechwriter for george w bush, anneke green. the retraction be enough to satisfy these critics? thanks coming on. what do you make of first what he said yesterday and what he is now

saying? i think what he is saying today shows that it is a major concession for him. he is not meant to bea concession for him. he is not meant to be a leader who apologises says he got anything wrong. more often than not, we will double down on his state m e nts than not, we will double down on his statements and tweaked something out saying he was right and he was the real problem. he's very much interested in reiterating his position so saying he except that is pretty significant for him. we can assume quite a lot of people have had a word in his ear any afterfour hours, can be? definitely. it started previously 24—hour. event director of national intelligence came out with a statement publicly asserting that the national intelligence community was in the right on this issue which is very unprecedented and intelligence community in the united states is very interested in this issue because of why the director of national intelligence to gain out with the statement was creative. it

was because of failure of intelligence in the wake of 911 that it happened. for the president of the knighted states to undermine that and while standing beside the president of the country that interview in the election. that is quite damning. and paul ryan, how many others up until now have kept quiet with reservations about donald trump and now choose this moment to speak out? what you will see something like senator mitch mcconnell who is the head of the republicans in the senate coming out ina republicans in the senate coming out in a press conference and saying as close to criticism that we will get the president as a fellow republican leader, saying something like, well, it's important for our allies to you from the hill was very much recognising that young democracies, as all right wright was saying, former soviet satellite leg satellite states, are still seeing the effects of russian interference like ukraine who have occupation

issues right now and russia has not gone out of crimea. they need to hear that the united states does not agree with what wrong with saying they're referring to go out and say he missed out, it means that other republicans don't need to repeat him. does this change in the future, the relationship between the white house and capitol hill? no, i would say the white house definitely understands that what the hell was doing was a type of damage control that would hopefully limit the mistake that was made. 0k, that would hopefully limit the mistake that was made. ok, so nothing will change longer term but it has been an interesting 48 hours. definitely. what may happen one to miss you will see more action on the hell is what we are sure that regardless of what the white house may may not say, they are focused on the 2018 elections integrity. thank you coming on. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. fellow, son of the disease and rain

today in the form of some scattered showers. there were certainly occur amount of cloud around but mostly showers will fade away view what is left of the evening was just the odd one continuing across northern scotla nd one continuing across northern scotland and a lot of the crowd and ultimately as well. greer, starry skies overhead in places and turning fairly cool across north—east and areas. nine celsius in newcastle, 10 celsius in edinburgh. 14—15dc in cardiff, plymouth and london. if only one field to things other going into tomorrow, largely dry day. once the sunshine. like today, shower clouds building up in the sky. plenty of showers across poland scotland, southern scotland could be heavy and thundery and a scattering of showers from northern ireland, western side of england and wales but ms blizzard will be dry and there's temperatures just a little bit higher than a word during judaea and it will turn the warmer still on thursday, closed 30 celsius in the south—east of training places on friday but not much of that reaching

the south—east. hello, this is bbc news. the government narrowly survives an attempt by pro—eu conservative mps to change its post—brexit trade strategy. afterfacing a barrage of criticism in the us for siding with vladimir putin against the american intelligence services, donald trump now says he misspoke, but says any russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election did not have any impact on the outcome. the pro—brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined and referred to the police, for breaking electoral rules during the eu referendum two years ago. as the dry weather continues, seven million people in north—west england face a hosepipe ban. the chilling 999 call made by former suffolk ukip councillor stephen searle, who's been found guilty of murdering his wife.

and still to come: the tourist boat in hawaii struck by flying lava from an erupting volcano. more now on our top story. the government has narrowly avoided a major defeat in the commons over its brexit legislation. conservative backbenchers who voted remain had put forward an amendment to the trade bill which would have forced the government to stay in a customs union with the eu after brexit if no trade deal is agreed by next january. but earlier this evening the government won by a majority of six, as mps voted 307 to 301 in favour of ministers. charlie cooper is the brexit correspondent from the political website politico. hejoins me now from westminster. how significant is this narrow

government win? it reveals how hemmed in the prime minister is. i would forgive your viewers for finding it hard to keep track of the brexit backwards and forwards in the last couple of weeks. notjust the viewers! last week she seemed too soft on her brexit strategy and the brexiteers went crazy and demanded amendments like we saw yesterday, and then the pro eu wing of her party demands changes today, so it's an example of how little room for manoeuvre she has. it was a narrow government win, so what does it free forup to do government win, so what does it free for up to do that had it gone the other way, they would not have been able to do? the key outcome is that theresa may surveys. i don't think it will change too much. if the

rebels had got their way and forced the government to pursue a customs union with the eu, that would have implementations —— implications for the broader brexit strategy that the key result for me is that theresa may survives for the summer because if the government lost this vote the brexiteers would have been outraged and it's likely they would have sent in letters of no confidence in the prime minister and it only takes 48 of them to do that, so she will be breathing a sigh of relief because she still has to negotiate with the eu and things could change when she ta kes eu and things could change when she takes the plan to brussels. when will we find out more about the brussels view of this? so far there hasn't been a great deal about what they like and don't about this. they have been keen to make positive

noises without committing one way or the other. they prefer to vote with theresa may them with borisjohnson orjacob rees mogg so they try to encourage your that they have not made firm noises. negotiators would like to hold talks during the brussels summer break, so as often with theresa may she won't get long to enjoy the sunshine before the next big drama and mergers in brussels. often politicians see the summer as a chance to take a step back from these kinds of dealings, but this time no. i would be surprised because the eu and the uk i agree we want to get a brexit deal on with draw issues before we leave in march next year, they want that deal by october, at the latest december, and time is running out

and theresa may cannot afford to spend too long on the beach this summer. charlie cooper, thank you. more now on the official pro—brexit campaign group, vote leave, which has been fined £61,000 by the electoral commission, for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum in 2016. the commission found that vote leave had worked with another group to pay a data analytics firm for adverts targeting voters. shahmir sanni, who campaigned for brexit, but later decided to blow the whistle, told our political correspondent vicki young the overspend might have made all the difference in the referendum. what this does prove is that brexit, the brexit referendum, was based on the breaking of the law and we can't call ourselves a democracy if we base our political democratic decisions on the breaking of the law. it undermines everything we stand for as british citizens. many would say that the breach wouldn't have made any difference, it's impossible to quantify whether it would have changed anyone's mind.

0ne, that's not relevant. two, £625,000 makes all the difference when you're just winning by 4%, but again that's not relevant because what's important is that the law was broken and there is a plethora of evidence that proves it and the electoral commission, the authority responsible for protecting our electoral processes, has said they broke the law. some are saying that people like you and mps who have been speaking today are just bitter because they didn't win the referendum campaign, they can't get over that result and are clutching at straws to try and make sure that referendum is held again. i devoted six months to vote leave as a volunteer, as a postgraduate just coming out of university, as someone who believed in leave. other people were being paid to work for leave, i was there as a volunteer so my dedication to brexit was based on ideological reasons.

i was a leaver, i am a leaver, i still am, but from the democracy and this country's institutions are more important than my ideological reasons for voting leave. suffolk police have released the 999 call made by a former ukip councillor moments after he killed his wife. ex—royal marine stephen sea rle claimed he'd been defending himself after his wife attacked him with a knife — but a jury found him guilty of murder. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has been covering the case. they lived in stone marked in suffolk and their marriage had been under strain afterjune, and discovered her husband was having an affair with one of their son's partners. they believe that led to stephen killing his wife, he was an ex—royal marine and a belief he used his military training and had knowledge of a cold, they note she

died after pressure to her neck. this particular phone call is quite chilling. can you hear me? i can hear you, can you hear me? so quite a chilling phone call. 0n the night this happened, stephen sea rle the night this happened, stephen searle had said his wife had a disagreement with and she tried to sta b disagreement with and she tried to stab him in the stomach, he claimed he feared for his life and that was why he had to struggle with but the jury why he had to struggle with but the jury only took three and a half hours to find him guilty of her murder. 0ne hours to find him guilty of her murder. one of their sons said not only has he is mum but he's lost his dad, and stephen searle will be sentenced on wednesday. the european union and japan have signed a free trade deal that will almost completely remove tariffs on goods between the two sides. donald tusk, the european council president, said the world's biggest—ever trade agreement sent a clear message against protectionism.

the new accord comes as the us has put tariffs on some imported goods sparking fears of a trade war. bernadine adkins, who is head of eu trade and competition at international law firm gowling wlg joins me in the studio now. how significant is this and the timing of it? the timing is quite provocative insofar as the us is going one direction, promising to impose tariffs against people who are historically allies, well here we have the eu and japan moving in the different direction, taking a stand against protectionism to reinforce global trading rules and co nve rg e reinforce global trading rules and converge regulatory systems. and a big deal, a lot of money and jobs at

sta ke. big deal, a lot of money and jobs at stake. and jobs in innovative areas, so you have the eu 27, 450 5 million consumers, japan has 127 million consumers. and the uk is part of this now but then what? now it is, but come march of next year we become a third country, so we have swallowed the grenade, and so unmarked we are out of all these free trade agreements, so the thinking is we will roll over these agreements. the difficulty is, you have to have the permission of that third country to roll it over and that begs the question whether those 40 free trade agreements, 70 countries will be willing to roll them over or say we negotiated with them over or say we negotiated with the trading block of 600 million

consumers, you are now 55 million, this is not so interesting to us. is there a reason why the japanese would want to play rough? it's about appealing to their own interests, and also if you move towards regulatory converge on, which is what you want to do in these partnerships, you are more likely to move towards a larger player than a smaller player. you mentioned what president trump is doing with regard to tariffs and fat people regard as protectionism. the contrast could not be more marked. protectionism. the contrast could not be more markedlj protectionism. the contrast could not be more marked. i think that is why they rushed this japan agreement through very quickly, and also made a point of being open and transparent through negotiations, the negotiating mandate was available, member states were

consulted and it has been transparent. if it can be done more quickly, mind you, i think this was five years, but if it can be done more quickly why could it not be done quickly in the future? where you have a economies, absolutely. but that's not always the case. and where people have certain areas that are sensitive and should be protected. it is interesting. the headlines on bbc news... the government narrowly survives an attempt by pro—eu conservative mps to change its post—brexit trade strategy. afterfacing a barrage of criticism in the us for siding with vladimir putin against the american intelligence services, donald trump now says he misspoke, but says any russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election did not have any impact on the outcome. the pro—brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined and referred to the police, for breaking electoral rules

during the eu referendum two years ago. and still to come, i glass of yorkshire wine. wine growers, in parts of the north of england , believe they could be heading for a record—breaking harvest thanks to this summer's heatwave. the former us president barack 0bama has paid tribute to the late former president of south africa, nelson mandela. speaking at a packed stadium in johannesburg, to mark 100 years since mandela's birth, mr0bama said we were living in strange and uncertain times with each day bringing disturbing headlines. he said that during an era of strongmen politics only a pretence of democracy was being maintained. u nfortu nately too unfortunately too much of politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth. people

just make stuff up. they make stuff up. we see it in the growth of state—sponsored propaganda, in internet driven fabrications, in the blurring of lines between news and entertainment, we see the utter loss ofa entertainment, we see the utter loss of a shame among political leaders we re of a shame among political leaders were they are caught in the light and they just double were they are caught in the light and theyjust double down and lie some more. “— and theyjust double down and lie some more. —— caught in a lie. politicians have always lied but it's used to be if you caught them lying, they would be like, oh, man... now they just lying, they would be like, oh, man... now theyjust keep on lying! more than 20 tourists have been injured by what's been described as a ‘lava bomb' which hit a tour boat off the coast of hawaii. the group had been watching

molten rock from a volcano pour into the ocean when their vessel was struck. it's understood the boat operators had received special permission to get close to the volcano, as richard lister reports. it's one of the most thrilling sights in the natural world. an erupting volcano is a display of immense power and great danger. from a distance, explosions like this can be viewed relatively safely. but when nature puts on a show, there are people who want front row tickets. wow. 0n hawaii's big island, tour boats leave every day to watch the almost constant eruptions on the volcanic coastline. most are allowed no closer than a few hundred metres, but more experienced crews can get closer. 0n the tour boat hot spot, it was deceptively calm. people filmed the lava boiling the ocean, sending up clouds of steam. no—one was prepared for this. people scream

the debris punched a hole through the boat roof, breaking a woman's leg and showering the passengers with sizzling rocks. altogether, 23 were injured. as soon as you saw it coming, there was no time to move. the worst part was that you were in a small boat, so as you were getting pelted with this lava, there was nowhere to go. there are 20 feet and everyone is trying to hide in the same spot. it was actually really terrifying. screaming another tour boat came to help. we saw lava on the vessel when we pulled up to it. there were a few big chunks that were on the roof. we could see chunks lying all over the side of the boat and on the floor of the boat. back at hilo harbour, the hot spot had off—loaded its passengers and some were taken to hospital.

an inquiry is now under way into whether the rules on lava tours should be tightened, but the tour companies say the incident hasn't affected the demand for tickets. concerns over the safety of some children's slime products have been raised after several were found to contain excessive levels of the harmful element boron which can cause vomiting and cramps. the gooey substance has become a social media craze, but eight out of 11 slime products tested by consumer group which? failed eu safety standards. the government says it's reviewing the results. earlier, we spoke to nikki stopford, director of research and publishing at which, who explained to what extent the boron levels found in slime can be dangerous. the eu regulations are clear about the levels of boron that can safely be in products that can leave a residue on your skin,

so it's 300mg per kilogram is the safe level, and in our tests we found one product that was four times in excess of that limit and many more that were three times in excess of that limit. there are studies that have shown there are really clear health risks in the short—term, things like and cramping and diarrhoea, but longer term, the eu has stated that it can impair fertility, in studies of animals it has been shown to cause lower birth rates and birth defects and slow development. most of the studies are based on boron being ingested but as you know, if you have a child that's playing with slime it leaves a sticky residue, they can put their finger in their mouth or eat food with it on there. as we have been hearing, a large

pa rt as we have been hearing, a large part of the north west of england is facing a hosepipe ban next month but plan same heat wave means parts of north yorkshire could be heading for a record—breaking harvest. paul murphy has the story. there are growing as if they are in california that these are east yorkshire grapes, basking in the heatwave, bursting from every plant. this terminator vineyard near to beverley is still a few months from harvest but the signs are it will be a bumper crop. the heat has been fantastic both for new plants and existing ones, we got off to a slow start with the miserable winter but this has made up for it and long may it continue. this is a growing industry, with now around 750

commercial vineyards in the uk producing 500 million bottles of wine a year. winemakers say global warming is helping them thrive. when they haven't had to look for water all winter. .. some they haven't had to look for water all winter... some crops they haven't had to look for water all winter. .. some crops are struggling with the dry conditions. their roots don't run deep enough to access water. this season could prove disastrous for some arable crops, especially later drilled crops. most established grapevines have root systems which go down five or six metres, maybe twice that in hotter countries, so the established vines have had their roots in water all the way through. monitoring the colour of plants from above is just one way to assess how groups are doing ahead of the autumn harvest. we have had grinds —— vines that

have grown astronomically, there seemed to be loads of bunches compared to last year. so a bumper harvest? i hope so. this is one of the most northerly vineyards in britain but it's making the most of the heatwave and a changing climate. the number of puffins has been plummeting globally but an island off the west wales coast is bucking the trend. an international project is now looking at why the seabirds are doing so well on skomer. researchers are using tiny gps trackers to monitor their every move. similar work will be carried out in countries where puffins are not faring so well and the findings will be compared.? sian lloyd has been to skomer to find out more. ? a thriving puffin population. skomer island is renowned for its wide range of sea birds, but the number of puffins breeding here is attracting international interest. they have been in decline in other parts of the uk and europe for decades,

so much so that the species is now endangered. here, scientists have found its a different picture. the population on skomer island has almost quadrupled in the last 30 years or so. that's great news for puffins in wales, and we're hoping to find out more about why those population changes are taking place, so that we can understand what might happen further into the future and maybe to help puffins more widely. and to do that, researchers are exploring their feeding patterns. it's really new, no—one's ever tracked the movements of puffins before in these places where i'm going to go. this tracking device is small enough to fix on to a puffin's back, and already the team has found that these tiny sea birds travel more than 90 miles a day to bring food back to the nest. we're not only locking at where they're going, but with complex analytical technique we can,l also technique we can also identify their behaviour, so we can say, ok, in this place they're feeding, in this place they're resting or flying,

and so the feeding place are the key ones here that we ere interested in. the team will carry out the same work in norway and iceland, where there are concerns about the poor survival rates of chicks, and where the number of puffins is in serious decline. there are no such concerns on skomer, where the chicks are being monitored daily. and a record of their weight is kept. 295 grammes. they are also collecting samples that could show whether, in common with other wildlife, puffins are being affected by plastics. the findings from that part of the research won't be known for some time, but the work being carried out here could have a huge impact in helping scientists understand the threat to these sea birds face. the threat these sea birds face. now it's time for a look at the weather. after such a prolonged dry spell you

may be searching for some rain, there is some in this forecast but not a huge amount. most of the shower clouds from today have been melting away, that's how it looked in weymouth, tonight still a few showers especially around northern scotland, most will fade and we will see clear skies, temperatures dipping away for aberdeen and newcastle but further south more like 15 or16, so newcastle but further south more like 15 or 16, so still some warmth, tomorrow a lot of dry weather, unlike today we will see shower clouds in some places and one or two scattered downpours in the afternoon, chiefly across northern scotla nd afternoon, chiefly across northern scotland and then southern scotland, some showers could be heavy and thundery that many places will stay dry, northern ireland catching one or two showers, perhaps the west

midlands with other spots dry, and temperatures higher than today, 26 degrees in london, a little cooler in belfast at 19 degrees. 0n thursday many places seem sunny skies again, one or two showers but mostly fine, a bit of cloud in the far north west but you can see the deep orange colour is returning towards the south east, temperatures climbing again, maybe 30 degrees in this though south—east, a bit cooler further north and west. if you want some rain you might see this as cause for optimism, this frontal system might bring rain in some places but chiefly across the north, as the front syncs across england and wales, it will weaken, precious little rain in the south—east, on friday and other day of sunny skies

that where we have the cloud north and west it will be cooler. 0n the weekend, that whether front sinks south and east, then high pressure remains in charge, not right across our shores but close enough to meet we will be generally dry through the weekend, a little patchy rain at times but not an awful lot. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. president trump says the criticism of his helsinki press conference is due to fake news. but then back tracks on what he said about russian meddling. isaid i said they would would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been identity any reason why i've wouldn't or why it wouldn't the russia. the british government narrowly survives another challenges to its brexit strategy. we'll bring you up to date with where we've got to. japan and the european union sign one of the world's

biggest trade deals. it covers 600 million people and a third of the world's gdp. the eu describes it as ‘a light in the darkness' of protectionism. and we have the latest on those