this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines... a three—year—old boy who was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in worcester, has been released from hospital. police want to speak to three men about the incident. 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 — but warns the eu not ramp up the pressure. if it's reciprocated, the energy, ambition and pragmatism we bring to these negotiations, we get a deal done in october. if, if if? it is negotiation. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. under the cover of darkness hundreds of white helmets civil defence workers and their families have been rescued from a war zone in southern syria. virgin media customers lose access to ten tv channels after a row betweeh the company and uktv over fees.

and lewis hamilton produced an inspirational comeback to win the german grand prix, to regain the championship lead from sebastian vettel. good afternoon. police are appealing for information after a three—year—old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack at a retail park in worcester yesterday. west mercia police believe he was targetted deliberately. the boy has now been released from hospital. officers have released images of three men they would like to speak to. the boy was taken to hospital where he is being treated for serious burns to his arm and face.

—— he was treated. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, and remains in police custody. let's talk to our reporter, olivia crellin, who has been following this story and has the latest. police giving an update. bring us up—to—date? police giving an update. bring us up-to-date? that's right. west mercia police have given a press conference outside the store where this incident happened. we can hear what they told us. the little boy has been discharged. he is back with his parents. at the moment we are uncertain as to what the extent of the injuries are. we are pleased he is released from hospital. at the moment the injuries he sustained a written relation to his face and arms. you can't say if they will be life altering? is too soon they will be life altering? is too soon to say. we hope as a

consequence of the kerry has had that won't be the case. it is too soon that won't be the case. it is too soon to say the moment. we don't know precisely what that substance thrown at him is. obviously there has been horrified reaction? absolutely. worcester city is quite quiet. a peaceful city. it has been known as the fifth safest city in the uk. indeed worcester city in the uk. indeed worcester city —— worcester city council leader mark bayliss made a statement highlighting that fact. also robin walker, the mp for worcester, has responded. he described the incident as horrific. he has been on twitter. it is also worth pointing out that a

spokesperson for the store where the incident happened has released a statement, saying their thoughts are with the young child and his family at this most difficult time. olivia, thank you. 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 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, we're 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 ambition and pragmatism, we 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 no 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 than 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 wrong—doing by other officers.

the independent office for police conduct, which is carrying out the investigation, says a number of other officers are also being assessed. a little earlier i discussed this with our home affairs correspondent tom symonds — he started by giving some background to the case. this is the department, the directorate of professional standards at the metropolitan police, that itself investigates problems with police officers, either criminality by police officers or breaches of police guidelines, misconduct. the police watchdog today says that 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 are under investigation themselves for a range of things. for example, fraud and child abuse, and misconduct in other ways. either interfering with those investigations or 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 the public needs to have trust in those who are supposed to be investigating the anti—corruption claims, or alleged anti—corruption claims? absolutely. that is the significance of this. it is striking at the heart of trust must lie in the metropolitan police to make sure is doing ethically, professionally the right thing on a day—to—day basis. the met has a long history of various corruption investigations, quite controversial, dating 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, attentively corrupt police, working with other potentially corrupt police. tom symonds. the met police counter

terrorism command says that a man has been charged with terrorism offences. 43—year—old ravi mendis from south london has been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts. he will appear at westminster magistrates court tomorrow. officials in afghanistan say ten people have been killed in an explosion near kabul‘s international airport. it took place shortly after the afghan vice president, abdul rashid dostum, returned to the country after more than a year in exile. he left afghanistan last year amid allegations of torture and abuse. his motorcade had left the airport only minutes before the explosion. jordan says it's taken in more than four hundred syrian white helmet rescuers and their families from war—torn southern syria. the volunteer rescuers have been evacuated by bus overnight through the israeli—occupied golan heights. the civil defence workers and theirfamilies had been trapped by a 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 us and european countries. jordan says it's agreed to give them safe passage to be resettled in britain, canada and germany, due to a "risk to their lives". images have emerged of the night time convoys leaving syria forjordan, carrying the white helmets and their families. earlier today, the foreign secretary jeremy hunt and international development secretary penny mordaunt issued a joint statement. it said that following a joint diplomatic effort from the uk and international partners, a group of white helmet volunteers and theirfamilies have been able to leave southern syria for safety. the statement goes on: "the white helmets have saved thousands of lives during the conflict, at great risk to their own." it says the uk has taken steps to afford protection to as many of the volunteers and their families as possible. jeremy hunt also tweeting his

welcome of the news. all this comes the day after hundreds of rebels and theirfamilies arrived in hama province in northwest syria after being evacuated from quneitra, which borders the golan heights, after 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 blasts 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 lowen has been following developments from istanbul and he said the operation had taken a huge amount of cooperation. it required a huge international coordination between the israeli defence force, actors within syria, the 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. and it happened overnight. that was because of the threats to the safety of the white helmets and their family members. while some militants in south—western syria have been allowed to have safe passage up to opposition held idlib close to the turkish border, the syrian regime and the russian forces made very clear that they would not grant the right to any white helmets who they see as linked to jihadists. white helmets being captured were being forced to make false confession videos that some of the rescues had been staged, that there were attacks on white helmets. it was deemed absolutely crucial to get these people out. the numbers though will be a source of serious concern. while 422 people made it out to the golan and intojordan, it had been planned to be much higher. but because of the approach

of so—called islamic state fighters into the pocket of south—western syria, they were hemmed in and therefore the number could not be higher. a woman who lost nine members of her family when a tourist boat sank in a lake in the us mid—western 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! 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. the headlines on bbc news... a three—year—old boy has been seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in worcester has been released from hospital. police want to speak to three men about the incident. 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. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc

sport centre, here's olly foster. good afternoon. the leaders are still on the front nine at the open. there was a three—way tie for the lead at the start of the final round, but kevin kisner has fallen away. jordan spieth lost his way on the sixth. xander schauffele has dropped shots. tiger woods is breathing down their necks. john watson is live at the course for us. my my word, that leaderboard. everybody watching and listening is saying, my word, has tiger's time returned, ten yea rs word, has tiger's time returned, ten years after he last won a major? yeah, it's astonishing. did we ever imagine we would be in this place on the final day of the open, talking about tiger woods potentially adding to the major haul, in light of the problems with form and fitness. yet here he is, just one shot off the

lead. in these conditions as well, really windy, which is making golf difficult out there, what tiger woods is doing is playing sensible golf. he is giving himself a chance. xander schauffele and jordan spieth sharing the lead. they have dropped one shot h. they were tied for the lead with kevin kistler at the start of the day. he has dropped three shots. tiger woods sandwiched between the two of them. —— kevin kisner. disappointment for the brits so kisner. disappointment for the brits so far. it is the americans who have a stranglehold over the majors. they hold all of them. and high hopes that rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood could challenge them. but a slightly disappointing round so farfora a slightly disappointing round so farfor a rory mcilroy. he has dropped to four under through nine holes. dropping one shot from the start of the day. justin rose have that remarkable round, just making

the cut heading into the weekend. he is three under. tommy fleetwood as well dropping away. it looks as if it could be a battle between those americans at the top of the leaderboard. jordan spieth and xander schauffele. someone we didn't know great deal about. those two setting the field alight. xander schauffele almost drained a monster putt as they approached the turn. you mentioned rory mcilroy and tommy fleetwood. a lot of missed putts? yeah, that is the problem —— been the problem rory mcilroy today and in the past. if he seems to get his putter going and he has a hot streak, he can build on that. he has missed a few. that is costing him. when he came into its last round he said he needed a fast start and he just wasn't able to get that with a couple of bogeys in that round. he has just pulled back a couple of bogeys in that round. he hasjust pulled back a birdie. disappointment for him. tommy

fleetwood as well. people expecting big things from him coming into the championship. not least because he holds the course record at carnoustie. he shot is 63 last year at the alfred dunhill links last year. he produced that superb round to give himself a chance going into the weekend. it shows how tough the conditions are with the increased wind. we're waiting to see how we are going to fare as the players move into the back nine. john watt, many thanks. i thinkjordan spieth has just dropped another shot. —— john watson. woods has a share of the lead. lewis hamilton has regained the lead of the formula one drivers‘ championship, after winning a dramatic german grand prix. his rival, sebastian vettel, looked on course to win after starting from pole, but his ferrari slid off the track after it rained in the closing stages at hockenheim. hamilton stayed out on slick tyres, and inherited the lead from the other ferrari of kimi raikkonen. he held on to win for the fourth time this season. hamilton now leads the championship by 17 points. athletics, the second day of the

anniversary games in london. greg rutherford has been saying farewell to the london stadium. he finished tenth in the long jump with an effort of seven metres and 55. he is expected to retire soon. it is the last time he will compete in that stadium, where he won gold at the olympics in 2012. great british wheelchair racer kare adenegan smashed the world record in the t34100 metres adenegan is only 17 and she shattered compatriot hannah cockcroft‘s previous record with a time of 16.80 seconds, cockroft finished in second place there was also a world record for world and paralympic champion sophie hahn in the t38 200 metres. hahn clocked 25.93 seconds in a comfortable victory to improve on her previous record time which she set last summer. that's it. and stage 15 of the tour de france will finish in the next hour. we are back with more in the next

hour. thank you, holly. the french finance minister, bruno le maire, has said a trade war is now a reality, and is threatening global growth. he was speaking at a g20 summit in argentina where finance ministers and bankers from the world's leading economies denounced president trump's policy of imposing trade tariffs. translation: we ask the united states to see sense. we call for them to respect multilateral rules and to respect their allies. world trade cannot base itself on the law of the jungle. the unilateral increase in tariffs is the law of the jungle. the law of the jungle, the law of the fittest, this cannot be the future of global trade relations. the french finance minister. police are continuing their investigation of a park in salisbury, in connection with the poisoning of a couple with the nerve agent novichok.

charlie rowley — whose partner dawn sturgess died — has left hospital but is still unable to return to his home, which remains cordoned off. katy austin 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. i phoned the hospital and they confirmed he had been released and there was an official statement. i haven't spoken to him yet but i hope to in the next few days. it was at charlie rowley‘s home here in amesbury that the small bottle containing the nerve agent was found. charlie has now spoken with detectives, who are now looking into what he has told them, and while there's no evidence he or dawn sturgess were specifically targeted, charlie has been given personal safety advice. it's unclear 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. ifeel, as a local, that we haven't necessarily been kept in the picture of what's going on. because we are very local, we live five minutes away from all of this. and for salisbury, it has been hugely disruptive. it's really affecting the city, which is tragic. i don't actually find it that worrying. it is reassuring that they are actually doing something. they've got to be covered to be able to look for what they are looking for and if they think there's something there, they need to be completely covered, so ijust think the sooner they find what they are looking for, the better. but the investigation into the latest tragic contamination incident is far from over with counter—terror detectives not yet saying who they think is responsible. katy austin, bbc news. japan is in the grip of an intense heatwave that has killed more than 30 people and caused thousands to be taken ill. temperatures reached 40.7 degrees celsius during a record—breaking week where thermometers haven't dipped below 38 degrees.

the soaring temperatures are complicating recovery efforts following floods and landslides, which killed more than 200 people earlier this month. 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 a typhoon, the third tropical storm — son tinh — 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. 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 itsjoint owner, the bbc. the channels disappearing include dave and gold. i asked our business correspondent, joe lynam, what's

really happening here, and he said it boils down to two key things — money, and how we view tv. money, yes. virgin were going to cut the amount of money it was going to pay uktv. and that of course would have got the back up uktv, for obvious reasons. also, uktv were not prepared to offer box sets for the bbc tv shows you and i know and love. our viewing habits are changing. we no longer sit to the same extent at a fixed time to watch fixed programmes. we watch on demand, especially younger people. they watch on their phones, and their ipads, their tvs as well, when they want to watch. uktv say they will offer the set programmes, so—called linear tv. virgin said, that's not really of any used to us because we want to

retain the young audience, so you need to offer the box sets which you already do to netflix and the like. we are at an impasse. the impasse reaches a denouement at midnight last night. —— reached. the ten channels have been switched off. who is this the biggest problem for? will virgin media lose customers? they will both lose. uktv don't get the advertising revenue that they had hoped because they are not on the platform. they will not get that advertising revenue. they have huge fixed costs. they are making original content. that costs money. from virgin's point of view there could be reputational damage. if you lose ten channels relatively suddenly, people may decide that they will not subscribe to virgin and sign up to sky or whatever. as well as that, uktv pei sky a fee

to host all of these tv programmes and channels. —— pay. it is a lose, lose situation for now. it is showdown at the ok corral. one only suspect it will take a couple of days or weeks before this is sorted out. in the meantime, the lives of viewers will not be able to watch the shows they love. will this be sorted out? could these channels reappear on virgin media? they absolutely have to sort it out. nobody is a winner if it stays like this. also, amazon and netflix, they will love it. turning five is a milestone for any youngster, but for prince george the occasion has been marked with the release of his latest official photograph. the third in line's birthday is today and he is flashing a beaming grin for the photo, which was taken after the christening of his baby brother louis last week. the young prince is no stranger to taking a good photograph though.

this is one of the first pictures we saw of him back injuly 2013. a year later, we caught another glimpse of that cheeky smile in his christmas portrait. at two, he was keeping his mother the duchess of cambridge busy as he started to explore a little bit more. aged three, and with another sibling vying for his parents‘ attention, he was still managing to make his presence felt. and this picture of the young prince shows him on his first day of school. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos hello. parts of england and wales next week will experience the warmest spell of the year so far. a combination of heat and humidity could be unbearable for some. tomorrow, warm and humid for many. a few showers in the north—west. tonight these frontal systems would bring thicker cloud, more of a

breeze and rain to northern and western scotland. showers into northern england from across the irish sea. elsewhere it will be largely dry and very warm. from monday, variable cloud up and down the country. good spells of sunshine breaking through across large parts of england and wales. thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and southern scotland. sunshine to the north. sunny spells in the south where temperatures can reach the high 20s, maybe the low 30s. hot on the south across the week. cooler and cloudier in the north.