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. the new brexit secretary says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same energy, ambition and pragmatism shown by the uk. but he warns the eu not to increase the pressure. shown by the uk. but he warns the eu not to increase the pressurem it's reciprocated, the energy, ambition and pragmatism we bring to these negotiations, we get a deal donein these negotiations, we get a deal done in october. it is negotiation. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corru ption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. under the cover of darkness israel says it has rescued hundreds of white helmets civil defence workers and their families from a war zone in southern syria. time to get tough on for, calls for a total ban after

shops are caught selling real for a labelled as fake. good afternoon. police are appealing for information after a three—year—old boy was seriously injured ina three—year—old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack ata injured in a suspected acid attack at a retail park yesterday. it happened in worcester. officers believe he was deliberately targeted. west mercia police have released images of three men they would like to speak to. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm, and remains in police custody. let's talk to our reporter, who has been following this story. absolutely shocking for a

three—year—old child to be deliberately targeted. what more i the police saying about the substance used 7 the police saying about the substance used? there is actually nothing known about the substance. the police don't know anything about the motive for mac the substance. they are treating this as a deliberate attack. and as a suspected acid attack. they are calling for further information. they have put out of those pictures from cctv of those three men. other than that, we know that the young boy has serious burns to his arm and face, and is being treated in hospitalfor face, and is being treated in hospital for those injuries. what have people been saying about this, including the local mp? the city itself is absolutely shocked. the worcester city council leader, mark bayliss, has said worcester is not that sort of place. he put out a statement talking about this quintessential small english city. he said he has never heard of an acid attack happening there. statistics say worcester is the

fifth safest city in the uk. the tory mp for worcester, robin walker, has also released a statement, describing the incident as horrific. he said the shock will be universal and that anyone conducting such an attack on a small boy is appalling. he also mentioned there has been a lot of concern in parliament to bring in tougher sentences on any kind of acid attack. olivia, thank you. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, has said he is 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 said by the other countries. he also said it was right for the uk government to increase preparations over the summer in case a deal could not be agreed on time. the former conservative prime minister, sirjohn major, warned a no—deal brexit could result in dire economic consequences for those who can least afford it. here is jonathan blake. can least afford it.

here isjonathan blake. it sounded like they all agreed. but at the cabinet meeting last week some around the table were still uncertain 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 and with michel barnier, a man who wants to do with michel barnier, a man who wants todoa with michel barnier, a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendous pressure on his side, to get the best deal. i think the only responsible thing to do is to be prepared if those negotiations and the energy, pragmatism we have shown is not reciprocated. that is the sensible thing to do. whether it is the allocation of money. we are hiring extra border staff. people need to know that britain can thrive whatever happens. the energy we will bring, the ambition and the pragmatism, we get a deal done in

october. while the comment still claims no deal is better than a bad deal, labour see it differently. no deal, labour see it differently. no deal should not be an option and thatis deal should not be an option and that is why we wanted a meaningful vote in parliament and called on the government to look at renegotiating the deal. a no deal would be absolutely catastrophic for industry. if the argument about britain and the eu sound familiar by now, this man has heard more of them than most. the former prime minister back with his now familiar warning. if we crash out without a deal, the people who are going to be hurt most. it would be a terrible betrayal of ordinary people who are really not political. dominic raab will be back in brussels this week. he said it was a good sign that the eu lead negotiator was asking questions about the uk plan and not rejecting outright. jonathan blake, bbc news. let's

discuss this further. i am joined by the lib dems acting foreign affairs spokesperson, christine jardine. are you getting increasingly nervous that we seem to be hearing more about the prospect of no deal? i'm getting increasingly nervous about how the conservatives are mishandling this. we have gone from a difficult situation to bad situation to a nightmare of a situation. it's horrific. at the moment the civil war within the conservative party seems to be pushing us further and further towards a worsening situation. but dominic raab says he is still trying to get the backing of some cabinet ministers for the white paper discussed at chequers. do you feel that he is perhaps handling this better than his predecessor? he may well be but we are still in a difficult situation. saying things like we will not pay our debts does not help. we are in a very difficult

situation. the tale of the conservative party is now wagging the dog. they are so concerned with internalfighting. i the dog. they are so concerned with internal fighting. i don't the dog. they are so concerned with internalfighting. i don't think thatis internalfighting. i don't think that is what anybody who voted wanted, to see the country in this horrendous situation, with a government not in control, too busy fighting among itself. the time—outs come where people are taking the position we have had from the beginning. —— the time is beginning to come. is john major's intervention useful? he has the sort of experience, he can say, look, you are handling this badly. he is not the only person who has intervened. we are increasingly hearing labour and conservative politicians saying something has to be done, that a referendum on the deal itself might be the only way out of this with the conservative party because they can't improved. will there be another referendum ? surely can't improved. will there be another referendum? surely the people have already voted? the

people have already voted? the people voted and they made it clear that in principle they wanted to leave the european union. what they didn't want was this mess that we are now in. how many of them actually envisage the prospect of us crashing out without a deal, going to world trade organisation situation? we have been hearing today about lorry parks on the 26, about lorries back up at dover. how many people wanted that? a shrinking economy. we have to go back to the people and say, do you want a deal, do you want no deal? you just want to say, this is a mess, can we stop. jacob rees—mogg says we should not be dismayed by no deal scenario. do you agree? i think there is everything to fear. we have a good deal with the wto at the moment. no deal with the wto at the moment. no deal is the worst possible scenario. it's all right for him to say he

doesn't fear. i fear the effect on jobs, and my family's future. kids coming out of university with degrees are seeing the opportunities narrowing. we shouldn't be saying, it's fine, don't worry about it. dominic raab has warned the eu not to increase the pressure. but he has suggested that britain would refuse to pay the divorce bill. is that ramping up the pressure? that is increasing the pressure on us. individuals have credit ratings. if you don't pay your debt, how can any country come to you and trust you in a trade negotiation? ijust think thatis a trade negotiation? ijust think that is completely the wrong sort of sta nce to that is completely the wrong sort of stance to take. ijust that is completely the wrong sort of stance to take. i just want to ask you a question about one of the big political controversies, there are a few! this is about the pairing arrangements, where mps from opposing parties agreed to cancel out each other‘s‘s vote if one is

unable to vote. i understand you have written to the prime minister today about this. what have you said? i have said we need serious a nswe i’s said? i have said we need serious a nswers to said? i have said we need serious answers to the questions that have been posed by this. who made the decision? did brandon lewis now he was paired withjo swinson, for example? is not just was paired withjo swinson, for example? is notjust me. i have the backing of harriet harman. caroline lucas. we also have snp mps. people are genuinely concerned. we had a debate several months ago. our understanding was that we were going to be moving forward with a proxy system to replace the pairing system. it is a i9th—century setup ina system. it is a i9th—century setup in a 21st century parliament. i could have voted forjo swinson, or somebody else could have voted for her. a much better system. not open to this kind of cheating the conservatives appear to have resorted to. christine jardine, thank you. you are welcome. three members of

the anti—corru ption you are welcome. three members of the anti—corruption unit at the metropolitan police are being investigated over claims they covered up, are failed to properly pursue allegations of wrongdoing by other officers. the independent office for police conduct, carrying out the investigation, says a number of other officers are being assessed. let's talk to tom symonds, who is at scotland yard. tell us more about the background? this is the department, the directorate of professional standards at the metropolitan police, that itself investigates problems with police officers, either criminality or breaches of guidelines, misconduct. the police watchdog noted a says it is investigating a series of allegations against officers working within that directorate. i understand they are to do with effectively helping fellow officers who were under investigation themselves for a range of things,

for example, fraud and child abuse and misconduct in other ways. either interfering with those investigations are stopping them from happening at all. very serious. the police watchdog says they are looking at serious corruption and malpractice. the investigation is in the early stages. but three mid—ranking officers have been told formally that they are being investigated. presumably, speed of the essence here because clearly the public needs to have trust in those who are supposed to be investigating the anti—corru ption who are supposed to be investigating the anti—corruption claims, alleged anti—corruption claims? the anti—corruption claims, alleged anti-corruption claims? absolutely. that is the significance of this. it is striking at the heart of where trust must lie in the metropolitan police, to make sure it is doing ethically, professionally the right thing on a day—to—day basis. the met has a long history of various corruption allegations. quite controversial investigations. they date back to the 1970s. the difference with this one, in the

past corruption has been around police working with criminals. this is about the police, potentially corrupt police, working with other potentially corrupt police. tom symonds. thank you. a woman who lost nine members of family when a tourist boat sank in a lake in the us midwestern state of on friday, has been describing what happened. i7 has been describing what happened. 17 people died when the duck boat capsized during a thunderstorm 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. a look at the headlines. it is exactly a quarter past two. a three—year—old boy has been seriously injured in a suspected arson attack in a shop in worcester. police want to speak to three men. the new brexit secretary says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same energy, ambition and pragmatism shown by the uk. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. virgin media customers have lost

access to ten tv channels showing popular shows, access to ten tv channels showing popularshows, including access to ten tv channels showing popular shows, including red dwarf. it is all down to a row between the company and uk tv over fees. uk tv says virgin wanted to cook the amount it wants —— and paid for the channels. but virgin says uk tv cannot provide programming undermanned because of restrictions imposed by is joint undermanned because of restrictions imposed by isjoint honour, the bbc. the channels disappearing into dave and gold. with me isjoe lynam. it sounds like a bit of a tangled web. take us through what's going on? you can boil it down to two things, money and how we view tv. money, yes. virgin were going to cook the amount of money it was going to pay uk tv, which would mean some of the channels... that, of course, would have got the back—up of uk tv for

obvious reasons. but also uk tv weren't prepared to offer box sets for the bbc tv shows that you and i know and love, such as maranda, fawlty towers etc, because our viewing habits are changing. we no longer sit down at a fixed time to watch fixed programmes. we watch undermanned. expressly younger people. they watch when they want to watch. but uk tv says, no, we will offer the set programmes, so—called linear tv. virgin have said, that's of no use to us because we want to retain the young audiences, so you need to offer them box sets, which you already do to netflix and the like. we are in an impasse. the ten channels have been switched off. who

is this the biggest problem for a? will virgin media lose customers? they will both lose. first of all, uk tv don't get the advertising revenue that they hoped because they are not only platform that 4 million people are on. they will not get that advertising revenue. they have huge fixed costs. they are making original content. that costs money. further virgin, there could be reputational damage. if you lose ten popular channels suddenly, relatively suddenly, people may decide, i am relatively suddenly, people may decide, iam not relatively suddenly, people may decide, i am not going to subscribe to virgin. i will sign up to sky, whatever. as well as that, uk tv pay sky macro a fee to host these programmes. it is a lose, lose situation. it is very much a showdown at the ok corral. one only suspects it will take a couple of more days or weeks before it is sorted out. in the meantime, millions of viewers will not be able to watch the shows they like. could

these channels reappear on virgin media? they absolutely have to sorted out. nobody is a winner it stays like this. also, the online streaming people, arnason and netflix, wanted. jordan says it has taken in 800 syrian white helmets rescuers and theirfamilies from syrian white helmets rescuers and their families from war—torn southern syria. they have been evacuated by boss overnight through the israeli—occupied golan heights. the civil defence workers and their families have been trapped by its syrian government offensive in the south—west of the country. the israeli defence forces have tweeted describing the evacuation as an exceptional humanitarian gesture at the request of the united states and european countries. jordan says it has agreed to give them safe passage to be resettled in britain, canada and germany, due to a risk to lives. images have emerged of the night—time convoys leaving syria for jordan, carrying the white helmets.

earlier today, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, and international development secretary, penny mordaunt, issued a joint statement. the statement says, the white helmets have saved thousands of lives in the conflict at grace —— at great risk to their homes. all this comes the day after hundreds of rebels and their families arrived in north—west syria, after being evacuated from the region which borders the golan heights. a deal was struck with the syrian government. the white helmets have rescued thousands of syrian civilians trapped under the rubble after air strikes, shelling or blast in rebel held territory. since the volunteer network was founded in

2013, at least 200 volunteers have died and another 500 have been injured. mark lohan has been following these developments from istanbul. he said the operation had taken a huge amount of cooperation. it required pretty huge international coordination between the israeli defence force, actors within syria, third countries where those white helmets and their family members will be evacuated to, including the uk, germany and canada it was several weeks in the planning. some militants in south—western syria have been allowed to have safe passage to opposition held idlib close to the turkish border. the syrian regime and the russian forces made very clear they would not grant that right to any white helmets, who they see as linked to jihadists. white helmets who were being captured were being forced to make false confession videos, that some of the

rescues confession videos, that some of the rescu es ha d confession videos, that some of the rescues had been staged. that there we re rescues had been staged. that there were attacks —— there were attacks on white helmets. it was deemed crucial to get these people out. the numbers there will be a source of serious concern, because while 422 people made it out to the golan heights and indie jordan, people made it out to the golan heights and indiejordan, it had been planned to be much higher than that. —— into jordan. been planned to be much higher than that. —— intojordan. because of the approach of so—called islamic state fighters, they were hemmed in. therefore the number could not be higher. mark lohan. police are continuing their investigation of a park in salisbury where they believe a couple was poisoned by novichok. charlie rowley, whose partner, dawn stu rg ess, charlie rowley, whose partner, dawn sturgess, died, has left hospital but still cannot return home. katie austen reports. the source of the novichok has been found but forensic searches go on. a park bench was the focus on saturday. nearly two weeks after dawn stu rgess died, charlie rowley was discharged

from hospital. his brother hasn't been able to contact him since. iphone the hospital and they confirmed he had been released. there was an official statement. i haven't spoken to him yet. i hope to win the next couple of days. haven't spoken to him yet. i hope to win the next couple of daysm haven't spoken to him yet. i hope to win the next couple of days. it was at charlie rowley‘s home at amesbury that the small bottle containing the nerve agent was found. charlie has spoken with detectives looking into what he has told them. while there is no evidence he or dawn sturgess we re is no evidence he or dawn sturgess were specifically targeted, charlie has been given personal safety advice. it is not clear where he is at the moment, or whether he will be able to return to normal life soon. people in salisbury also wonder when normality can return to their city. i feel that we haven't necessarily been kept in the picture. we are very local. we live five minutes away. for salisbury it has been hugely disruptive, it is really affecting the city, which is tragic. i don't find it that worrying. i am

reassured they are doing something. they have to look for what they are looking for and the sooner they find what they are looking for, the better. that the investigation into this latest tragic contamination incident is farfrom this latest tragic contamination incident is far from over, this latest tragic contamination incident is farfrom over, with counterterror detective is not yet saying who they think is responsible. the french finance minister has said a trade war is now a reality, and is threatening global growth. he was speaking at the g20 summit in argentina, finance ministers and bankers from the world's leading economies denounced president trump's policy of imposing trade tariffs. translation: we asked the united states to see sense. we call for them to respect multilateral rules and their allies. world trade cannot base itself on the law of the jungle. the unilateral increase of

ta riffs jungle. the unilateral increase of tariffs is the law of the jungle. the law of the jungle, the law of the fittest, just cannot be the future of global trade relations. the french finance minister. mps are calling for a consultation on whether to ban the sale of real force in the uk. the environment, food and rural affairs committee has been investigating my many high street retailers illegally sold for described as fake. sara corcoran reports. in the 1990s, evocative antifur campaigns raise 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 bbc investigation. it emerged that several major

retailers have sold products described as artificial. tests showed they were made from fox, rabbit and chinchilla. now an enquiry by the environment, food and rural affairs committee accuses retailers of being complacent. the reason people buy fake fur is so they are not wearing real fur. reason people buy fake fur is so they are not wearing realfur. it reason people buy fake fur is so they are not wearing real fur. it is pretty shocking they can get away with it. i would be disgusted to ever find out that something was an animal product that i had not knowingly bought into. i don't think it's acceptable in any way shape or form. fur farming was banned in the uk in 2000. it is legal to sell some types of real for imported from other countries if it is accurately labelled. during this enquiry evidence was taken from retailers in camden to learn how real fur was being sold as fake. and what changes have been put in place to make sure it doesn't happen again. the report calls for a 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 on whether the sale of all types of realfur should be on whether the sale of all types of real fur should be outlawed. if you are afraid of heights, you might want to look away for a moment. suspended 115 feet in the airand with no moment. suspended 115 feet in the air and with no security cable, this is the tightrope artist scaling the skyline above paris. she spent the last year preparing for the stunt. and afterwards she described the walk as magical. now it is time to take a look at the weather. here is stabbed in a us. it is going to be warm, hot for some of us, as we head into next week. we could be looking at the hottest speu could be looking at the hottest spell of the year so far. temperatures in the low 30s. there will be a lot of warmth tomorrow. variable cloud. some showers.

showers continue across western scotla nd showers continue across western scotland this evening and overnight. we could see clusters of showers moving across the irish sea into northern england. apart from that, largely dry. a muggy feel across the board. very warm in southern areas. hill fog and low cloud affecting hills. from monday, it will be a warm day. not wall—to—wall sunshine. variable cloud. some showers across northern inland into northern ireland and southern scotland. —— northern ireland. warm freeze in scotla nd northern ireland. warm freeze in scotland and for much of england and wales. temperatures in the upper 20s. the odd 30 can't be ruled out. 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. 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 1a officers. israel says it's rescued hundreds of white helmets civil defence workers and their families from a war zone in southern syria. virgin media customers have lost all ten of uktv‘s channels, because of a row between the two companies over fees. and right now, it is time for the week in parliament.