this is bbc news. 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. a young boy appears to have had some form of substance, potentially acid, throwing or sprayed towards him. thrown at or sprayed towards him. every thee concerning incident, at the moment we are treating him. the new brexit secretary says a deal with the eu can be reached this autumn — but dominic raab says preparations have begun — in case negotiations end without agrement. if it's reciprocated, the energy that we're going to bring to these negotiations, the ambition and pragmatism, we'll get a deal done in october. if, if, if. sure. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. hundreds of white helmets civil

defence workers have been rescued from a war zone in southern syria. under the cover of darkness — over 400 volunteers and their families were taken tojordan via the israeli—occupied golan heights. 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. 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. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and remains in police custody. our correspondent olivia crellin is following the story for us. . .. police have given a press conference outside the home bargain store where this incident happened and if we take a listen, we can hear what they told us. i'm really pleased to say the little boy's been discharged now. he says he's back with his parents and at the moment, we are uncertain as to what the extent those injuries will be and what the long—term implications are, but it's really pleasing that he's been released from the hospital now. in the face and arms still, wasn't it? at the moment, the injuries

he sustained are in relation to his face and his arms, yes. and you can't say whether they will be life altering, can you? at the moment, it is too soon to say, we really hope that as a consequence of the care he had and the response services, but it is too soon to say at the moment. and we don't know olivia what precisely what the substance that was thrown at him is, we should point out that obviously, there's been horrified reaction to this. absolutely, worcester, a city in the middle of this kind of a quiet and peaceful city, and it's been known according to statistics as the fifth safest city in the uk. indeed, worchester city council, made this statement, highlighting that fact. also robin walker, the mp for worchester has responded, he described the incident as horrific and has been on twitter, he said — it's also worth pointing out that

a home bargain spokesperson, the store where the incident happened has released a statement saying — our thoughts are with this young child and his family at this most difficult time. 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 ambition and the pragmatism,

we'll 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. scotland yard say a man has been charged in connection with the preparation of a terrorist act. he'll appear before westminster magistrates court tomorrow. the forty three year old from south london was arrested on friday on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and making threats to kill. 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. all this comes the day after hundreds of rebels and theirfamilies arrived in hama province in northwest syria after being evacuated, after a deal was struck with the syrian government. a little earlier our middle—east analyst, alan johnston, explained who the white helmets are and what they do. the civil war, places cramp with civilians and battles, causing devastation in residential areas,

but with the murder emerge, tending to the wounded, getting people to hospital, pulling children and others out of the rubble in the debris and cell after working in very dangerous circumstances, there's always the danger that the would come back and at least, many people who regarded as the white helmets is the only heroes of this war, the government though, the syrian government and its supporters gave view them very differently, controlling the areas where the white helmets operate, they were lulled by the syrian government and its supporters. so this particular group and their family members who have been evacuated, they were effectively trapped in syria, there was a

concern by supporters for their being hunted down? there was concern for the safety of these people, these were rescue workers who have been operating in the southwestern corner of syria which had been under rebel control for years, but in the last month or so, the syrian government forces have been recapturing, advancing across that southwest corner of syria and there was real concerned among the white helmet organisation among diplomats that the rescue workers would be targeted by the syrian government, and given the way that syrian government views these people, and after the government forces of iran areas that, according to the white helmets, there are people there that are being persecuted, tortured and made to make false contestants, and really —— confessions.

made to make false contestants, and really -- confessions. involving a huge degree of coordination and cooperation. that's right, less than the government agreeing to allow these people from what is israel enemy states to allow these people to emerge from their past the occupied heights overnight and go intojordan, occupied heights overnight and go into jordan, where occupied heights overnight and go intojordan, where they occupied heights overnight and go into jordan, where they say they now have the secure location. these governments approach the very highest levels by european governments, including the british, the canadians in the us and so on and they say that they had guarantees that within three months, these people will be relocated to countries in the west. we know some are going to germany, some will come here to britain and perhaps be spread around to other countries in the west. virgin media customers have lost access to ten tv channels

showing popular shows including ‘taskmaster‘, ‘red dwa rf' 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 its joint owner, the bbc. the channels disappearing include dave and gold. i asked our business correspondentjoe 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 that it was going to pay uk tv, which you've named some the channels, alibi, w, home, etc, and 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. maranda. only fools and horses, etc, etc.

because our viewing habits are changing. because we no longer sit to the same extent, at a fixed time to watch fixed programmes. we watch on demand, especially younger people who watch on their phones, their ipads, on their tvs as well. when they want to watch and what they want to watch. but uk tv said, no. we will offer the set programmes, linear tv, and virgin said, no, that's not really of use to us, because we want retain the young audience. and so, you need to offer the box sets, which will already do to netflix. so, we're in an en passe, and those ten channels have now been switched off. so who is this the bigger problem for? is virgin media going to lose customers over this? they're both going to lose. first of all, uk tv do not get the advertising revenue, because they're not on the platform that four million people are on. and they had a huge fixed cost,

they're making original content, that costs money, from virgin's point of view, it could be reputational damage if you lose popular channels, relatively suddenly, people may decide that they're going to de—subscribe from virgin and sign—up to the sky or whatever. and as far as that, uk pays sky to host all of these tv programmes in these channels. so it is a lose lose situation, it is very much a showdown at the ok corral, one only suspects that he would take a couple of more days or weeks before the sorted out, but in the meantime, millions of viewers will not be watch the shows that they love. will they be able to sorted out, could these channels reappear? they absolutely have to sort it out because there is no winner if it stays like this. online streaming people, they love this.

the headlines on bbc news... a three—year—old boy who was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in worcester has been released from hospital. one man's been arrested and police want to speak to three others about the incident. the new brexit secretary says a deal with the eu can be reached this autumn — but dominic raab says preparations have begun — in case negotiations end without agrement. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. 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. we asked the united states to see

since, we call for them to respect rules and respect their allies. world trade can't base itself on the law of the jungle, the increase of terrorists is the law the jungle, while the the law but that is. this cannot be the future of global trade relations. 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—point—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 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. mps are calling for a consultation on whether to ban the sale of real fur 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. 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. ian barmer has been to see the exhibition. 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, when john 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 for 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 reports.

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. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos things are set to get much hotter, more timid as he didn't next as we get into next week. england

and wales variable clouds, particular in northern and western scotland, pushing him. the breezy notes, to the south and east, much lighter winds, as he had done to this evening and overnight it's going to be breezy air, big cloud outbreaks of rain, a few showers across northern england, but elsewhere dry in very light winds. it is going to be a warm one, across the south, over 19 or 20 celsius, particularly in london. very warm muddy start, temperatures release sort into the high 20s here, further north the app is whether front which will produce thicker cloud, and

northern ireland wall—to—wall sunshine across england and wales, variable cloud and sunny spells, and humidity is way be very warm indeed, we could make 30 celsius someone's southeast. a more cloud across the northwest and whether front, and northern ireland, and not doing too badly and a little bit fresher elsewhere. from monday evening it stays across this portion of the united kingdom. elsewhere, largely dry, and on and tuesday, will continue to see these very weak weather fronts across northern parts of the country, but the southeast is looking very warm indeed. much of england and wales will be more humid, but 32 or 33 degrees somewhere in the southeast, or the northwest because of the cloud and