good afternoon. the brexit secretary dominic raab says he's confident britain will have a deal to leave the european union by the time of the next meeting of eu leaders in october, the deadline for negotiations set by the other 27 member countries. mr raab also said it was right for the uk government to step up preparations over the summer in case a deal can't be agreed in time. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major warned that a no deal brexit could result in dire economic consequences for those who could least afford it. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. laughter. it sounded like they all agreed, but at the cabinet meeting last week, some around the table were still unsure about the prime minister's plan for brexit. the new brexit secretary admits some senior ministers are yet to be convinced of theresa may's compromise for a future relationship with the eu. but, this morning, he sounded confident a deal could be done. i am striving every sinew with our department, with michel barnier, who i think is a man who wants

to do a deal with us — tremendous pressures on his side — to get the best deal. but we've got to, i think it's only the responsible thing to do, to be prepared if those negotiations and the energy and ambition and pragmatism we are showing are not reciprocated. so that's the responsible thing to do, whether it's the allocation of money, preparation of our treaty relations, or hiring extra border staff. i think people need to know that actually we are ready, so that britain can thrive, whatever happens. the energy we will bring to these negotiations, the pragmatism, we will get a deal done in october. but while the government still claims no deal is still better than a bad deal, labour see it differently. no deal should not be an option and that's why we wanted a meaningful vote in parliament and why we called on the government, in the event of us voting down such a deal in parliament, that they would be required to look at renegotiating the deal. because a new deal would be absolutely catastrophic for industry. if the arguments about britain and the eu sound familiar by now... good morning, mr major.

..this man has heard more of them the most. a former prime minister back with his now familiar warning. if we crash out without a deal, the people who have least are going to be hurt most. it would be a terrible betrayal of the interests of everyday people, who really are not political. dominic raab will be back in brussels this week. he said it was a good sign that the eu's lead negotiator, michel barnier, was asking questions about the uk's plan and not rejecting it out right. jonathan blake, bbc news. three members of the anti—corruption unit at the metropolitan police are being investigated over claims they covered up or failed to properly pursue allegations of wrongdoing by other officers. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is at scotland yard or us this lunchtime. tom, what is the background? this is the department, the directorate of professional standards, which

effectively looks into wrongdoing by police officers. now the police watchdog says it has received allegations and is investigating them of wrongdoing within that department. we are talking about getting involved in, interfering with investigations into fellow officers, and in some cases stopping them from happening altogether. and those officers being investigated will be accused of, for example, fraud, child abuse and assault. the police watchdog says this could amount to serious disruption and malpractice, but it is in the early stages at this moment. the police watchdog says it has given a notice of an investigation to three police officers. i understand they are mid—ranking police officers. the investigation continues. thank you, tom symonds. israel's military has evacuated more than 100 members of syria's white helmets, along with over 300 family members, from a war zone in the south west of the country. a convoy carrying the civil defence workers and their families

has now entered jordan. police in worcester have released cctv images of three men they want to talk to after a three—year—old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop yesterday. officers say the boy was deliberately attacked and is now being treated for serious burns to his arm and face. a 39—year—old man has been arrested. virgin media has dropped dave and nine other channels provided by uktv, prompting fans to express frustration on social media. they disappeared overnight after a dispute between the two companies over how much virgin media pays to broadcast some of uktvs other services. around four million homes have been affected. a woman who lost nine members of her family when a tourist boat sank in a lake in the us midwestern state of missouri on friday has been describing what happened. in all, 17 people died when the duck boat capsized during a thunder storm on table rock lake. caroline davies reports. oh my god, oh my god!

oh, we're going under! fighting against the waves and taking on water. this was moments before the duck boat sank. 17 people didn't survive. tia coleman was one of those on board. she was rescued, but nine of herfamily members — including her husband and three children — died. the captain said something about life jackets. he'd said, "above you are your life jackets. there's three sizes." he said, "i'm going to show you where they are, but you won't need them, so no need to worry." so we didn't grab them. i felt like if i was able to get a life jacket, i could have saved my babies, because they could have at least floated up to the top, somebody could have grabbed them. and i wasn't able to do that! under missouri law, passengers over

the age of seven aren't required to wear life jackets. there was a weather warning before the boat set out, but the owner of the tour boat company said he'd been told by employees that the storm had come out of nowhere. what can you say, you know? we are so sorry it has happened. it was just... an act... something happened, and we don't know exactly what it was, and we will. but it doesn't matter. any time that people suffer a loss like that, it can't be replaced. i mean, it's absolutely devastating. the first report on what happened here is expected in a month, leaving a community to mourn and ask how and why this could have happened. caroline davies, bbc news. mps are calling for a consultation on whether to ban the sale of realfur in the uk. the environment, food and rural affairs committee has been

investigating why many high street retailers illegally sold fur described as fake. sarah corker reports. in the 1990s, evocative anti—fur campaigns raised awareness of the issue. decades on, some shoppers have been unwittingly buying real fur labelled as fake. the mis—selling was exposed by campaign groups and the media, including this investigation by the bbc. it emerged that several major retailers had sold products described as artificial, but tests showed were made from fox, rabbit and chinchilla. now an inquiry by the environment, food and rural affairs committee accuses retailers of being complacent about the problem. the reason why people buy fake fur is so that they're not wearing real fur, so it's pretty shocking that they

can get away with that, really. i'd be disgusted to ever find out that something was an animal product that i hadn't knowingly bought into. so i don't think it's acceptable in any way, shape or form. furfarming was banned in the uk in 2000 but it is legal to sell some types of real fur imported from other countries if it is accurately labelled. during this inquiry, evidence was taken from retailers here in camden to learn how realfur was mis—sold as fake, and what changes have been put in place to make sure it doesn't happen again. and the report calls for clearer labelling and stronger enforcement of the rules by trading standards. mps also want the government to begin a consultation on whether the sale of all types of real fur should be outlawed. sarah corker, bbc news. golf, and defending champion jordan spieth is one of three players tied for the lead on nine under par heading into today's final round at the open championship at carnoustie. but there's a formidable chasing pack, including a revitalised tiger woods.

let's speak to katherine downes at carnoustie, where play is under way. the leaders and the chasing pack going out over the next couple of hours, today has been teed up as a battle between 2a ridgejordan spieth, going for his first major title in four years, going up against 14 time major winner tiger woods who is back after a decade out. jordan spieth could cement his place among the best with back—to—back open titles. i've always wanted to battle it out in a major with tiger. who hasn't? it's... it's kind of a dream come true just to have the opportunity, and it's nice that he's, you know, on point. it's really good for the sport, obviously, for the extra interest. as far as home nations golfers are concerned, rory mcilroy tommy fleetwood on the same scoresheet as

tiger woods. don't count them out yet, but the expectation is for an american winner, the question is which one. you, katherine downes. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:30pm, bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with shaun ley. it's 13:12. at least 10 people have died in vietnam in floods caused by typhoon rains which struck central and northern parts of the country. the waters have also damaged thousands of homes and destroyed crops. aaron safir reports. a violent force of nature that vietnam knows only too well. these waters were unleashed by typhoon son tinh —

the third tropical storm to hit the country this year. it made landfall on wednesday evening, damaging infrastructure and crops through thanh hoa and nghe an provinces. yen bai, like many other areas of the country, continues to suffer floods and landslides in the storm's wake. nationwide, around 4000 houses have been damaged and thousands of hectares of crops have been destroyed. these waters have come quickly, but it will take much longer to repair the damage. vietnam's rainy season is betweenjune and november, and storms and floods frequently claim hundreds of lives. so far, around a dozen people are confirmed dead and a similar number are missing. but with several communities still isolated and a warning of more rain is to come, that number could rise. aaron safir, bbc news. virgin media customers have lost access to ten tv channels showing popular shows, including taskmaster, red dwarf and one born every minute. it's all down to a row between

the company and uktv over fees. the virgin pays in order to broadcast other programmes and channels. uktv says virgin wanted to cut the amount it paid for the channels; but virgin says uktv is unable to provide programming on demand, because of restrictions imposed by its joint owner, the bbc. the channels disappearing include dave and gold. earlier we spoke to david bouchier from virgin media and steve north from uktv. i started by asking steve why they have decided to take their channels away from virgin customers. the reality that is virgin media have offered us a significant cut in fees to broadcast our channels. and that's not fair to the viewers, that really isn't, because our viewers pay substantial amounts of money to virgin media on a monthly basis to watch those channels and they expect a certain quality of content for that. we're investing more money year on year in that quality of content and to ensure that we continue to do that, it's fundamental for us. so steve has to pay for these

programmes, he says he depends on the money you pay him to generate the programmes and you want to cut the money. why do you want to cut the money? first it's very important to draw a distinction between uktv's free—to—air channels — those that are available on freeview for free — and their pay channels. now what uktv did, and it is brinkmanship, up until last week they had offered us a deal on freeview channels. so that is dave and that is all the investment we're talking about, we are committed to bringing our customers the best entertainment on tv and we can do that, because those channels are funded by advertising. what we bring is four million eyeballs to allow steve and his colleagues to make that great television. what they're doing by pulling their channels away from us, is taking away that very investment. but you accept that you are asking them to take less money from from you? not for the freeview channels, those... the pay channels.

we are still open to discussion about that. where we disagree is they have taken the view, at the 11th hour, so bear in mind up to a week ago we were still talking about carrying their free channels, including dave, which is their most popular channel. so let's be clear, the biggest blackout that they're causing is their own decision to pull dave. isn't this a problem for both of you, in the sense that these channels are available free anyway, so even viewers may have lost them from virgin, but they can watch them on freeview and freesat. absolutely. and therefore actually for the viewers, there isn't, it is a bit of an inconvenience. that is exactly our point. if i watch dave on satellite, i don't pay. if i watch dave online i don't pay. if i watch dave through freeview i don't pay. why should our customers being discriminated against, why should they be hijacked and pay for services they can watch for free? so previously, virgin media has not paid for our free to air channels. and i won't ask them to now. we have offered to continue rolling our channels on the virgin media platform on the same deal as we currently have. so basically this is...

sorry, i need to correct... it is negotiating... that's not the case at all. we sell our channels as a portfolio and we have offered to continue to roll the same deal as we currently have. now, david mentioned earlier on this morning that we've never paid for those free channels in the past. i wouldn't ask them to in the future. we are asking them to pay the portfolio channels at the same level... so it's a package? just as i buy a package from you if i buy the virgin media, i don't necessarily get to choose individual channels, it is kind of you get this set you pay for this, you pay a bit more if you want extra things? what we are saying is... they're saying all or nothing. now that's been — that's the first time that we've gone into a negotiation with any channel provider where they have been so adamant. and what they're doing is they're using, it's very obvious, they're using the leverage of their free to air channels to try and extract more money for their pay channels. there's nothing wrong with that negotiation. there's nothing wrong with that to talk about the pay channels. but it is... the only people that are suffering are their viewers and our customers. if they want to behave

like that, they can then say they have their viewers' interests at heart at our customers at heart. they don't. he was famed for performances such as his heart—rending portrayal ofjohn merrick in the elephant man. but sirjohn hurt was also a hugely talented artist. now, more than a year after his death, his paintings are being shown to the public for the first time. our reporter ian barmer has been to see the exhibition. no one excethohn hurt‘s family and friends has seen this many of his artworks together in one place. he was a man who drew, constantly. and painted whenever he could around his many acting commitments. this is clearly a self—portrait. i think this was probably about 2010, or 2011, whenjohn did this, but i always loved it. i used to, at night, i would be taking pilchard the dog for a walk down the track and john would still be in the barn and this would be standing on an easel with the light on it.

it fooled me every time, i would think it was him. john hurt went to art school before he became an actor and even then he could never let it go. the exhibition has oil paintings, linocuts and drawings and a small selection of this many sketches. he was always drawing on napkins, scripts, i've got loads of them with little sketches on them. all sorts of things, you know? bus tickets, envelopes, the whole thing. it was something he had to do. it was part of his dna. i'm very pleased to meet you, mr merrick. one of his best—known film roles was the elephant man, and he drew his character, john merrick. the exhibition in the auden theatre at gresham's school is one of the highlights of the whole festival. others include unpublished love letters written by george orwell and a stanley spencer portrait that has never been seen before. i think it is significant

on a national stage because he was an internationally known figure and he painted seriously all his life. he started life as a painter and then turned to acting. this is the first—ever exhibition of his work. although it concentrates mainly in the last 20 years, it is a significant thing. it is a big responsibility. john had been asked in the past, i think, if he wanted to have an exhibition and he kind of pushed... i haven't enough work or it wasn't good enough. i can only hope that he would be quietly chuffed, you know. but he may well be up there in some way or another saying, what are you doing? it is a great chance to see works by a man who never exhibited during his lifetime. ian barmer, bbc news. now if you're afraid of heights, you might want to look away during this next report.

spectators in paris have watched a tightrope walker performing in front of one of the city's most iconic sights. andy beatt has the story. they call paris the city of lights. for one afternoon in the montmartre neighbourhood it was the city of heights. with the skyline as her backdrop, french tightrope walker tatiana—mosio bongonga started 35 metres above montmartre hill and inched her way towards one of the city's most famous sights, the sacre coeur basilica. she wasn't the only one hanging by a thread. down below, they looked on filled with wonder, admiration but also a little fear. this stunt done without a security cable. translation: it was very surprising and very dangerous. it really impressed me actually.

i noticed that she was not secured. there was a lot of acrobatics. i had a really good time. even getting to the starting position would scare off the faint—hearted, but this stunt has been a year in preparation, all to be carried out one step at a time. waiting for her at the end, members of the city's chamber orchestra, who provided the soundtrack for this parisian high wire act. translation: every walk has something unique because it takes place somewhere different. here i had the chance to face a monument which has never happened to me before. it was something new and it was magical. 34—year—old tatiana—mosio said she grew up on a tightrope. she started when she was just eight. so while she's had time to develop her nerves of steel, her spectators have some catching up to do. andy beatt, bbc news. 50 years ago around 100 people gathered to watch the sister of the us presidentjohn f kennedy

launch a sporting event designed to celebrate people with intellectual disabilities. today the special olympics, as it's become known, attracts almost 5 million athletes from 170 countries. stuart pollitt joined the celebrations in chicago. cheering and applause. celebrating half a century of shining a sporting spotlight on people who had been in society's shadow. this event, at chicago's soldier field, marks 50 years since the stadium hosted the first special olympics. i was watching you run across the floor, and then you got a gold medal. amelia competed that day as an 11—year—old. it inspired a lifelong love of sport. when i did the running 50 metre dash, and i did all the events i did and then i kept going, i didn't stop, and i got medals from running and i got medals from bowling and bocce and hockey.

if i walked down the street with her, other kids would look and go, you know "what is wrong with her?" or they would get out of the way or — and grown—up people as well — they would just stare. but, you know, now, society has changed. that does not happen any more. the special olympics was the idea of eunice kennedy shriver, jfk's sister. in ancient rome, gladiators went into the arena with these words on their lips, "let me win but if i cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." eunice kennedy shriver stood here 50 years ago and declared in front ofjust100 or so people that, one day, 1 million athletes would take part in the special olympics. several scoffed, but last year, five million people in 170 countries were a part of this movement. she took people with intellectual disabilities and brought them out of institutions and gave them and their families hope. she changed lives in that moment

and it's been changing lives ever since. what was good about it is that i won medals. i got more than 100. when i cheerlead, ifeel like a family and i feel like this is where i belong. it helped me a lot to be a happy guy throughout the years, especially ever since i competed in them. former chelsea star didier drogba has been a long—term supporter of special olympics projects in the ivory coast. i think this is the story of my life. more than scoring goals. i don't really talk about this but i think that's — that's my mission in my life. for those gathered here, today was a chance to cheer the success of this movement but also to acknowledge that there are still major goals to achieve for true equality. stuart pollitt, bbc news, chicago. great cause for celebration and an

appropriate moment for sport. good afternoon. play under way at carnoustie. just one hour to go until the main contneders start their final rounds at the open championship at carnousite. top of the leaderboard are the americansjordan spieth, xander shauffele and kevin kisner, who tee off after 2.30. let's go to the coures, john watson is at carnoustie for us. it's set to be a fascinating final day? yes fascinating final day and add to that another dimension, the weather, with a stronger breeze which will add something else for players, the leaders to content with. three americans in front. jordan spieth looks like the man to beat. the defending champion with a share of the lead on nine under. who can challenge? british eyes falling on tommy fleetwood and rory mcilroy. tommy fleetwood and rory mcilroy. tommy fleetwood and rory mcilroy. tommy fleetwood slightly

disappointed with a round of 71 yesterday and he will look for a fast start, as will rory mcilroy, both on five under. four behind the lead. rory mcilroy has won and open championship in 2014 and he hopes he will be able to draw on that in the final round. i have got a bit of experience at this, maybe more so than some of the other guys on the leaderboa rd, than some of the other guys on the leaderboard, but the leaderboard is packed with a lot of very, very good players. the only good thing is there are not many players between me and the lead. it is not that bunch. a lot of people behind that between five and nine only a handful of guys, which is nice. he might wa nt to of guys, which is nice. he might want to look at name alongside him on the leaderboard, tiger woods also on the leaderboard, tiger woods also on five under. an impressive round from him yesterday. who would think that tiger woods is being contention for another major after the battles with form and fitness and it sets up

the intriguing prospect of 42—year—old tiger woods battling with 24—year—old jordan spieth. what a final day with 24—year—old jordan spieth. what afinal day in with 24—year—old jordan spieth. what a final day in store. thank you. you can keep cross that on bbc radio five. it's day two of the anniversary games at the london stadium and another of london 2012's olymnpic gold medallists, greg ruherford, will be competing at that stadium for the final time. our reporter at the queen elizabeth park is kate grey, rutherford competes later but one of the big races of the day has already happened ? yes the crowd will be looking forward to seeing greg rutherford later this afternoon but we have just been treated to a brilliant race on the track, the first of the day, the men's 4x100 which saw the british men running to victory in a time of 37.61 and that team was including adam gemili and

mitchell—blake. including adam gemili and mitchell—bla ke. a brilliant performance are looking good for the european championships. in terms of other british athletes, we will see dina asher—smith in the 200 metres will stop she has broken the british record in the 100 metres this season and will hope to do the same in the 200 against a world—class field. including the world champion daphne —— dafne schippers. laura muir will go with women's mile. she wants to break the record which has stood 33 yea rs break the record which has stood 33 years and she has a good record breaking records here. a brilliant way to ramp up the action in a jam—packed few days of sprinting and field events at the london stadium. you can watch that on bbc two. and stage 15 of the tour de france is under way — wales's geraint thomas is in the leader's yellowjersey, he is one minute and 39 seconds ahead of chris froome. there's full coverage of the tour de frnce on the bbc sport website. now on bbc news, it's time

for the weather with stav deneos. thanks, it is hotting up. temperatures rising into the low 30 celsius across parts of the east and south—east of england so it could be uncomfortable combined with humidity. cloudy in western scotland, outbreaks of rain. cloud in north—west england and north wales. eastern scotland, much of england and wales will be warm with sunny spells with temperatures in the upper 20s. overnight, we could see showers across the republic of ireland and moving into northern parts of england. further doubt whether in northern and western scotla nd whether in northern and western scotland but elsewhere dry, warm, misty and very warm across southern britain. tomorrow, we will see the heat building in england and wales with sunny spells. temperatures in

the high 20s, low 30s. across the north—west, more cloud and some showers but sunshine also in northern scotland. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a three—year—old boy has been seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in worcester — police want to speak to three men about the incident. a 39—year—old man has been arrested. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same ‘energy, ambition and pragmatism' shown by the uk. he said he's confident a comprehensive deal can be reached with the eu by october. israel says it's rescued hundreds of white helmets civil defence workers and their families from a war zone in southern syria. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. it will cover a number of different allegations and may take in up to 14 officers. virgin media customers have lost

all ten of uktv's channels, because of a row between the two companies over fees. now it's time for the travel show. coming up on this week's programme: rajan is injordan‘s capital, amman, getting a flavour of what the city has to offer. so good!