with a background in everyone. with a background in hospitality, are you planning to do the catering for the wedding?” hospitality, are you planning to do the catering for the wedding? i am not sure, i cannot get a word in edgeways. let's get an update on how the wedding plans are going from the mother of the bride, sarah, duchess of york! applause irememberyou in i rememberyou in phantom. the day started quietly, no celebrations the morning after an election which declared emmerson mnangagwa the leader, but there were pockets of disruption. don't push me. a press conference by opposition leader nelson chamisa was interrupted by riot police. mr chamisa was eventually allowed to speak. he claims the election was rigged, and that the results announced by zimba bwe‘s rigged, and that the results announced by zimbabwe's electoral commission do not reflect the will of the people. if you go around the country, you will find that there is nojubilation, there country, you will find that there is no jubilation, there is country, you will find that there is nojubilation, there is no celebration. if anything, today is a day of mourning. mourning over democracy. it is a black day. because we are seeing a repeat of what we saw during the yesteryear regime. very late last night, the electoral commission declared the result. therefore, emmerson mnangagwa of zanu—pf party is therefore duly declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe. this legitimises president mnangagwa's position following a military coup that ousted former strongman robert mugabe last november. the ruling zanu—pf party has dismissed allegations of vote rigging, and president mnangagwa has extended an olive branch. to nelson

chamisa i want to say, you have a crucial role to play in zimbabwe's present, and in its future, and in its unfolding future. let us both call for peace and unity in our land, call for both louder than ever. the opposition is yet to provide solid evidence to prove that the vote has been stolen. it will also be hard pressed to persuade the international community to turn its back against president mnangagwa. with the result as close as this, there is no doubt that the next few days will be crucial for this deeply divided nation. this is bbc news, i'm xxxx. the headlines: as theresa may meets french president emmanuel macron for talks at his summer retreat in france — bank of england governor mark carney says the risk of the uk leaving the eu with a no deal it's emerged that online retail giant amazon's uk tax bill fell last year despite a near—trebling of profits — it was 4.6 million down from 7.4 million a year ago. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is meeting the french president, as she seeks to build support for her brexit plans. it follows a round of discussions between ministers, and their european counterparts

in the last week. theresa may's visit to the south of france comes as the governor of the bank of england mark carney warns the chances of a ‘no—deal‘ brexit are "uncomfortably high". but his comments have been criticised by some brexiteers, who say he's engaging in "project fea r". our business editor simonjack reports. wish you were here. this is no holiday. government ministers are touring the scorching capitals of europe hoping to persuade leaders to get behind its proposed deal with the eu. the prime minister even cut short her own holiday to join the french president on his. the governor of the bank of england cranked up the temperature at home with this strongly worded warning. the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point. it does mean potential disruption, to trade as we know it, and as a consequence of that, a disruption

to the level of economic activity, changes, higher prices, for a period of time. the governor of the bank of england doesn't say anything by mistake, he knows his every utterance is scrutinised so this was a deliberate intervention at a crucial moment from a governor who thinks it is hisjob to highlight risks that others think is too political by half. the become manager who won't be here in a while or so has told us that everything will be terrible and the end of the world. well, he said that before, but the british people have said no, we're coming out of the european union, and i'm afraid they, people like the manager of the bank of england has got to accept it. i mean he can go back to canada if he wants to but we are coming out. but the boss of rbs said the uncertainty over how we leave is

affecting the value and prospects of a bank still largely owned by the taxpayer. so we are preparing this bank for a very slow time in 2019. no matter what happens through brexit, we are able to look after our customer base, but it does bear down on the share price. so there is a brexit discount on uk focussed stocks? there is, uncertain #2i brings discount. the bank of england may be sweating over the brexit outcome, but the governor also today offered this reassurance. the financial system will be ready. for that undesirable and still unlikely possibility. the financial system will be ready. ready but hardly willing. tonight, french president macron is entertaining a guest on a mission. not the holiday either would have hoped for. joining me now from cambridge

is catherine barnard — professor in eu law at the university of cambridge and a senior fellow at the uk in a changing europe. thank you forjoining us this evening. let's talk first of all about that meeting going on in the rather grand chateaux in the south of france. what are the chances of emmanuel macron helping theresa may to get a bit more flexibility on the eu side? i think that's rather slim at the moment. france is seen as the most hardline amongst the hardliners on the eu side, who is determined to preserve the purity of the single market, and i think theresa may will have to use all of her charm and persuasion to try to get him to shift one inch on this very matter. the french have always been seen as the ones who are insisting on preserving what they call the four

freedoms. the freedom to trade within the eu, to operate without too many impediments, and you have too many impediments, and you have to allow things like free movement and so on. he has always insisted that, and that is the pure position that, and that is the pure position that the eu, and french in particular, have been pushing. if you think about it, any free trade deal inevitably involves some sort of cherry picking, so what the uk is saying, we want a free trade deal, and we want aspects of free movement of goods and a certain amount of services, but the french are saying, you have all of it or nothing. so this is where there is really a dialogue of the death going on. the question is, as we get closer to that crucial deadline of the 29th of march, 2019, when the article 50 period runs out, will there be compromise on both sides? we have already seen theresa may slightly softening some of her red lines in

the white paper. can she persuades president micron in the heat of the south of france that maybe he should be doing a bit of relaxation as well? —— president emmanuel macron. what did you make of mark carney‘s mornings today that the likelihood ofa mornings today that the likelihood of a no—deal brexit is uncomfortably high, and clearly warning of the potential economic difficulties that that was going to cause? obviously, he is the governor of the bank of england and has access to the statistics. we know that the real stumbling block is not economic spot politics, and that is the politics of the northern ireland border, because what the eu is saying is, we need to have a backstop. what happens if the uk doesn't come up with some solution to the northern ireland border which leads to frictionless trade? we are seeing the uk saying, well, actually, if we

can't come up with some sort of solution, we want a new car —— a uk asa solution, we want a new car —— a uk as a whole backstop will stop the eu is saying, if you don't come up with some sort of deal, it means only northern ireland stays in the single market for goods. that is why mark carney is saying it is getting uncomfortably carney is saying it is getting u nco mforta bly close carney is saying it is getting uncomfortably close and there might be no deal because we can't agree on this crucial issue. inevitably, you have many of the staunch brexit supporters saying that this is just more of project fear from mark carney. it depends on your perspective. if you're looking at what will happen in the uk on the 30th of march 2019, if there is generally only no deal at that —— genuinely no deal at that time, it is likely that there will be a lot of trouble, especially at the borders, because there are no arrangements in place for dealing with the tens of thousands of

customs declarations that will be needed. so mark carney is focusing on the short term, what is going to happen at the end of march, start of april. the brexit supporters are saying it will be bumper in —— bumpy in that period, but if you take a longer perspective, things will be all right. at least mark carney is saying that the banks will be ready, no matter how bad it gets. he is certainly saying that, and he has talked at length about stress testing the banks have gone through. what he can't talk about is going to be the experience at the ports where all the major traffic goes, particularly dover, the main transit route through into europe from europe into the uk. but also at the airports. what is going to happen? are british planes going to be allowed to take off? if there will be no deal on the 29th of march, we

become the third country overnight. the permissions we get at the moment for british aircraft, licensing, certification for air safety, will no longer be valid, and that means the planes will not be able to take off. brexit supporters will say that longer term we can have bilateral agreements and sort that problem out, but in the short term, it will be very rocky indeed. thank you for joining us from cambridge. four men who died in a car crash in bradford yesterday have been named by the police watchdog. the car which they were travelling in was being chased by an unmarked police vehicle. 0ur correspondent ian white has the latest. it's been another very sombre day here in bradford at the place where for men's lost their lives. —— foul—mac men lost their lives. the elite safaa boular police watchdog

—— the police watchdog released the names of the men today. all four of them came from the bradford area. it was around 5:30am yesterday when a police car spotted a vehicle travelling at speed. it was a bmw. the police pursued it for only about a minute, and that is when the accident happened. the car hit the tree behind me, which has become a bit of a shrine to the four men, with family and friends laying flowers. there have also been prayers said here as well. the 1/0 pc said it is a complex and fast moving investigation, and they have been supporting the families of the dead men, helping them to come to terms with what is obviously a terrible tragedy. they have been also doing house—to—house enquiries to see if anyone has cctv pictures that might give clues to just

exactly what happened. there has also been a little bit of criticism of the police, because it was said at one point that they thought the unmarked police car came into direct contact with the bmw. the investigation so far has shown that that was very much not the case. a very fast moving investigation as things continue here and people continue to mourn the loss of four men. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has addressed the controversy surrounding allegations of anti—semitism in the party. in an article for the guardian, mr corbyn admitted labour had ‘a real problem' but said he was determined to ‘root out‘ anti—semitism. tonight, one of his backbenchers, ian austin, said warned the article would only make matters worse. gideon falter is the chairof the campaign against anti—semitism. tell us, first of all, what you make of this latest intervention by jeremy corbyn. ian austin is right. it was hard to imagine this getting

worse, butjeremy corbyn has managed to achievejust worse, butjeremy corbyn has managed to achieve just that. released just before the jewish to achieve just that. released just before thejewish sabbath begins, his article fails to take any personal responsibility, or to adopt the international definition of anti—semitism, and it is filled with all sorts of rhetoric aimed at confusing the issue. for example, he has try to make this about israel. he has cited examples of anti—semitism which he himself has defended in the past. he refers in the article, for example, to crude caricatures ofjewish bankers. that mural that we saw that he defended. he has attacked people who said that 9/11 is a conspiracy run by israel. but he has personally defended a reverend who said just that. he does say in this article, people who dish out anti—semitic poison need to understand, you do not do it in my name. this is whatjeremy corbyn says. you are not my supporters and

have no place in our movement. he is insisting that he wants nothing to do with anyone who is anti—semitic. well, it's good that he has finally said that, but the problem is that we consider that under the international definition of anti—semitism, jeremy corbyn is himself an anti—semite. in the last two weeks we have had examples coming out his past conduct, for example, where he blamed a terrorist attack in egypt on some kind of conspiracy which he blamed the hand of israel. we have seen that on two success of holocaust memorial day is, on one of them, he attempted to remove the word holocaust. 0n the other, he held an event in parliament about abusing the memory of the holocaust. one of the speakers said that the nazis were successful in... mr corbyn was there, turfing out antiracism

activists who came to the meeting and remonstrated with the speakers. to go back to the article he has written tonight, is part of the problem that he still does not seem to be prepared to accept all the exa m ples to be prepared to accept all the examples which are part of that widely recognised international code? that's a huge part of this, and for weeks now, we've been asking him to adopt this, but the thing is, i think he has made it so bad by even i think he has made it so bad by even at this point stubbornly telling jews that he knows best how to define anti—semitism. this is a code adopted by the crown prosecution service and governments around the world. if he thinks he knows best how to define it when he himself is in breach of the code, then unfortunately, i just himself is in breach of the code, then unfortunately, ijust can't see how this could be made any worse by him. what can he do, then? he is clearly trying in this article to reach out to people like yourself, people in thejewish community. what does he need to do to mend those

fences? in the jewish community, we disagree and we think this article does not reach out to us. we think it isa does not reach out to us. we think it is a cynical attempt to muddy the waters, and basically, he's communicating with us and saying, i'm not going to do what you're asking me to do. and we think the reason he won't do it is because if he adopts the full international definition, he will be caught by it, because he has engaged in anti—semitic behaviour that is caught by the international definition of anti—semitism. caught by the international definition of anti-semitism. gideon falter, thank you forjoining us. our political correspondent susana mendonsa is in westminster. that reaction does not seem to suggest thatjeremy corbyn's latest article is going to do anything to calm this row. i don't think that's whatjeremy corbyn calm this row. i don't think that's what jeremy corbyn and calm this row. i don't think that's whatjeremy corbyn and his team were hoping for when they came up with the idea of doing this article in the idea of doing this article in the guardian. if you look at the wording of it, he talks about

routing and —— rooting out anti—semites. he acknowledges that the process has been too slow when have been investigations. but he talks about how the party is trying to deal with that, trying to speed up to deal with that, trying to speed up the process. the key sticking point really is that issue of the code of conduct, because his critics say that labour haven't taken on the full exa m ples say that labour haven't taken on the full examples set out in the international code. labour disagrees with that. jeremy corbyn does address it in this article that he has written. he talks about how it was an attempt in good faith to contextualise the code of conduct so that it would be something that would be usable within labour's disciplinary process. certainly, the fa ct disciplinary process. certainly, the fact that he hasn't talked about overhauling that code of conduct, that he is still talking about it being something that is being looked at and being reviewed, it'sjust not good enough for people like the guest you have just had good enough for people like the guest you havejust had on. also for many labour mps who have been

critical. ian austin, for example, is one of the two mps currently being investigated by the party following disagreements they had over this code of conduct. ian austin has basically said that the quote —— the best quote is, when you are ina quote —— the best quote is, when you are in a hell, you should stop digging. he is saying this is the same old rhetoric. i don't think jeremy corbyn with this article has achieved what he intended to do, because it seems that a lot of people in thejewish community and some of his mps still don't think he's doing enough. thank you very much for the latest from westminster. the headlines on bbc news... as theresa may meets french president emmanuel macron for talks at his summer retreat in france — bank of england governor mark carney says the risk of the uk leaving the eu with a no deal is "uncomfortably high". zimbabwe's opposition say they're ready to go to court to prove vote rigging led to their defeat.

the victors meanwhile say the polls were free and fair. and writing in the guardian, labour's leaderjeremy corbyn says driving anti semitism out of the labour party for good is his priority the opposition in zimbabwe says it won't accept what it calls the "fake" results of the country's general election. emmerson mnangagwa of the ruling zanu—pf party was elected president by a narrow margin, and he called on zimbabweans to come together in peace and unity. but the defeated candidate nelson chamisa says he can prove the process was rigged, saying it was a "coup against the people's will". our correspondent nomsa maseko reports from the capital, harare. the day started quietly, no celebrations the morning after an election which declared emmerson mnangagwa the leader, but there were pockets of disruption.

don't push me. a press conference by opposition leader nelson chamisa was interrupted by riot police. mr chamisa was eventually allowed to speak. he claims the election was rigged, and that the results announced by zimba bwe's electoral commission do not reflect the will of the people. if you go around the country, you will find that there is no jubilation, there is no celebration. if anything, today is a day of mourning. mourning over democracy. it is a black day. because we are seeing a repeat of what we saw during the yesteryear regime. very late last night, the electoral commission declared the result. therefore, emmerson mnangagwa of zanu—pf party is therefore duly declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe. this legitimises president

mnangagwa's position following a military coup that ousted former strongman robert mugabe last november. the ruling zanu—pf party has dismissed allegations of vote rigging, and president mnangagwa has extended an olive branch. to nelson chamisa i want to say, you have a crucial role to play in zimba bwe's present, and in its future, and in its unfolding future. let us both call for peace and unity in our land, call for both louder than ever. the opposition is yet to provide solid evidence to prove that the vote has been stolen. it will also be hard pressed to persuade the international community to turn its back against president mnangagwa. with the result as close as this,

there is no doubt that the next few days will be crucial for this deeply divided nation. we can go speak now to busisa moyo, the head of united refineries limited in zimbabwe. he joins us from bulawayo in the south of the country. thank you very much were talking to us thank you very much were talking to us this evening. we have had this appealfrom us this evening. we have had this appeal from emmerson mnangagwa for the country to rally behind him. do you get the sense from where you are that people are prepared to accept that people are prepared to accept that he is now re—elected as the country's president? well, i think the institutions in the country, the electoral commission has announced as the winner, and until there is

something to the contrary that is concrete, i think the nation will be willing to rally and follow the result that's been announced. do you hope that is what happens, that the country does now accept this result and moves on to deal with the many other huge difficulties in the country? absolutely. i think as a business person, orfrom the business person, orfrom the business community, we certainly wa nt business community, we certainly want the country to start moving forward. there's an enormous of rebuilding this country. we have beenin rebuilding this country. we have been in the economic doldrums for many years, and one can understand the frustration. i think we've come through a pre—election period that was amazing, never been seen before, the last eight months. we have seen young people coming into the political space, so there has been a lot of excitement, but it was

inevitable that when result was announced, there may be issues that would arise, because there are huge expectations about what needs to happen from here on. zimbabwe needs to rebuild its economy. we need to reconcile urban to rural, the young to old. it's quite at an enormous task ahead of rebuilding the country. if it is mr mnangagwa who remains in power, what would you like to see him tackle first? what do you think the priority should be? well, i think some of the work had already begun. i think what is key yea rs, already begun. i think what is key years, zimbabwe has been economically isolated for many yea rs, economically isolated for many years, so every engagement is a top priority, and that has to continue. the clearance of the debt. there is a debt overhang in the country, so i think we need to get to work about

an arrears clearance programme, which again was work in progress, but because of economic isolation, strained relationships, the lack of a mandate, a clear mandate for mr mnangagwa was absence. we want to see foreign direct investment. these are topical issues which the country is in dire need of. and are you concerned that if the opposition does challenge the election results is that there could be a further period of uncertainty and instability that could prevent that process getting under way?|j instability that could prevent that process getting under way? i can only say that uncertainty is undesirable from a business point of view, and given the fact that we're looking at foreign direct investment and people outside the country

investing in zimbabwe, so further delays, you may have investors closing their pockets, so it is undesirable. i really pray, i hope that our political leaders will put zimbabwe first, the country first. we have 72% of the country living on less tha n we have 72% of the country living on less than $1.90 per day. these are the concerns. and i hope that we can put some of the issues behind, if there are issues to be resolved we will see leadership that puts the first. thank you very much indeed for talking to us from bulawayo. a link has been found between pollution and heart disease. those living near busy roads were found to be more cost —— most at risk.

pollution levels in london have been called a public health scandal. now there is further research that shows how it affects our bodies, especially our hearts. pfizer is a y°93 especially our hearts. pfizer is a yoga teacher from maidenhead who was born with heart disease, and she can tell when she comes into london for work. as soon as i come into london, getting off that train, i feel like there is this cloud of smoke and i insta ntly there is this cloud of smoke and i instantly get breathless. when i'm trying to walk, i notice if it is a busy road, i'm subconsciously already placing my hand by my nose just to avoid breeding anything in. researchers examined information from thousands of people and found that there was a link between those living next to busy roads and

changes to the ventricles of the heart, changes that can lead to heart, changes that can lead to heart failure. there are things you can do such as walking on a side road rather than a main road. walking and cycling where possible. there are steps that you can take, but ultimately people shouldn't be having to live in areas with high pollution, so we need a reduction in the levels across the country. the mayor has made cleaning up london's air his priority. he has tried to clamp down on polluting vehicles with the introduction of an ultralow emissions zone next april. all diesel already pay a charge in central london. experts say that more action will be needed. the mayor is to be congratulated for that. i still doubt whether they will be able to remove the current toxic diesel fleet from the road. i don't see any evidence that people

will just scrap or get don't see any evidence that people willjust scrap or get rid of their old diesels. until that happens, i don't think we will be able to reduce exposure by very much. as the evidence grows of the harm pollution is doing, those behind the report say governments and public bodies must act now to make all city safe and to protect the population. while britain basks in summer heat, travellers heading for europe are preparing for near record—breaking temperatures. while britain basks in summer heat, travellers heading for europe are preparing for near record—breaking the highest ever recorded on the continent was 48 degrees celcius, in athens more than a0 years ago. portugal is forecast to sizzle at over 47 this weekend, while parts of spain have been well into the mid 40s today. is sima kotecha reports from cordoba in southern spain. a city exhausted by the heat. in monduro, there is little movement today. and the sweltering conditions are having an impact on the younger and older generations.

i drink a lot of water. i go to the swimming pool and i have a siesta in the afternoon. translation: old people do not go out, between three and half six or seven in the evening here. you will see nobody on the streets. everyone is at home with their fan and these days, air conditioning. if you can afford it. temperatures here have been the highest in the country over the last few days. with the gauge peaking at 45 degrees yesterday. an hour or so away in cordoba, in the southern region of andalusia, there is concern about those who are visiting. of course, people coming to cordoba, they want to see everything, they want to visit all the places in cordoba, but they are not used to these temperatures, so, it is ok if they are inside the places, but do not walk around in the midday, it is dangerous for them. of course, summers in this part of the world are hot, but this heat is exceptional.

most of it is down to the hot air coming in from northern africa and stagnating over the iberian peninsula. that, in turn, could affect conditions in the uk. the great mosque dominates the centre of this city. its ancient heritage, an intricate detail that attracts tourists from across the world. for those from britain, the torrid weather is unbearable. we just feel like we are absolutely melting. it is so hot, i think we are just kind of dodging the sun and trying to find some shade, get some ice creams, trying to stay hydrated, it is absolutely boiling. we just got in the car, put on the air con, we had just travelled for an hour. we will get back into the car soon. is that ice cream cooling you down a bit? yeah. yeah? in neighbouring portugal, it has also been intense, with similar temperatures. it is often said that britons like complaining about the weather,

but now it seems even the spanish are catching the habit. sima kotecha, bbc news, cordoba. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. scorching hot day in the south—east today. and we have a very warm day on the way. for most of us, it is going to be sunny. a bit of cloud here in there, but that is pretty much it. once again tonight, it's going to be very warm. temperatures in the south could be hovering no lower than 19 degrees in london.

a bit fresher in scotland and northern ireland. tomorrow, scotland and northern ireland will turn a bit more cloudy. whereas the best of the sunshine will be across southern, eastern and central areas. and it will be a hot day. and the beautiful weather continues through sunday and actually into next week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: theresa may meets french president emmanuel macron for brexit talks at his retreat in france — whilst bank of england governor mark carney issues a stark warning. whilst bank of england governor mark the possibility of a no deal is uncomfortably high at this point. zimbabwe's opposition say they're ready to go to court to prove vote—rigging led to their defeat. the victors, meanwhile, say the polls were free and fair. jeremy corbyn tonight says driving anti—semitism out of the labour

party for good is his priority. spain and portugal are on alert — locals and holidaymakers are urged to take care as temperatures climb well into the 40s. theresa may is meeting the french president, emmanuel macron, at his summer retreat on the french riviera as she tries to build support for her post—brexit trade plans. earlier, she spoke to the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, by telephone. our europe reporter, adam fleming, is travelling with the prime minister and we can speak to him now at fort de bregancon, mr macron's summer residence. it all looks pretty peaceful behind you. is there much chance of a bit of harmony from this meeting tonight? well, the harmony has

already broken out. think of the symbolism of one leader cutting short a holiday because they were invited on the first day of the other leader's holiday for a discussion. it is clear that they both want to send a message that the relationship between the uk and france will be strong whatever happens with brexit. remember, president macron is also setting up this defence initiative outside the eu which he is very keen for the uk to ta ke eu which he is very keen for the uk to take part in. it is a bit more complicated than them versus the uk. that said, i am sure brexit will be a big subject over dinner tonight. mrs may is on a personal mission to explain to eu leaders the contents of the white paper that the government published a few weeks ago. it wants it to be the basis for the political declaration that will emerge from the brexit talks about the shape of the future relationship between the two sides in the years to come. i think she wants to do it ina to come. i think she wants to do it in a personal way, leader to lead, rather than allowing the british position to be interpreted for her

by michel barnier, the chief negotiator for the eu. and yet president macron seems to be clear that he is sticking with the guidelines set out by michel barnier, and mr barnier seems remarkably reluctant to budge, insisting that there will not be any flexibility in terms of allowing britain access to some bits of the eu without accepting other bits such as freedom of movement. there is no sign that president macron is preparing to break ranks from the other leaders and offer britain a new and better deal as a result of what theresa may said to him tonight. just as there is no evidence that any other leaders are moving in that direction either. the brits will be hoping that that charm offensive on which has seen the prime minister and government ministers visiting people across the eu this summer, will have an impact. we will see at the end of next

month, were they all meet in salzburg for a summit that is chaired by the austrians which was supposed to be about migration. mrs may is hoping that will be an opportunity to have a face—to—face negotiation about brexit. you mentioned michel barnier. his contribution to all the diplomatic choreography this week was an editorial published in more than 20 european newspapers yesterday, which basically stuck to the eu's redlines and said while the chequers white paper was welcome, his analysis was that it breached the eu's redlines because it accepted the free movement of goods, but it did not accept the free movement of people, services and capital on the other side of the ledger. brussels also wa nts side of the ledger. brussels also wants theresa may to focus on the outstanding divorce related issues that still have not been solved. top of the list is how to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. they would like that withdrawal treaty to be as near as done as possible before they get into the serious negotiations

about the shape of the future relationship. adam fleming, many thanks for the latest from the south of france. zimba bwe's newly re—elected president, emmerson mnangagwa, has insisted the elections were free and fair. his rival, nelson chamisa, said his party was prepared to present evidence in court that vote—rigging led to his loss. we can speak to wilf mbanga, the founder and editor of the zimbabwean weekly, published in the uk and johannesburg. he's on the line from mauritius. tell us how serious you think is the likelihood of attempts to challenge this election result? well, chamisa is already saying he is approaching the high court and i expect this will happen sometime early next week, which means that there can't be an inauguration until the courts

have decided. i can see that the government is feeling uncomfortable. there will have to go to court and present their own evidence, which chamisa has unfortunately not delivered yet. he did not give us the evidence at this press conference today. and do you think there is now a real danger of a bronze period of uncertainty, despite mr mum and gag were saying he wants the country to pull behind him? well, anderson mcgarrigle said he wants to unite the country and he has extended an olive branch to chamisa in the mdc. but you can see the country is divided almost in half. and feelings there are running very high. there are a lot of people

in zimbabwe who do not want to see emmerson mnangagwa as president. he brings with him a lot of baggage from the era of the early 80s and the early 90s. so the situation is polarised right now. and yet the electoral commission, most international observers seem to be saying that this result shall stand and that mr mnangagwa should be returned as president. yes, they are saying that. they are also saying there were a lot of problems during there were a lot of problems during the election in the run—up to the polls. and there were these problems with the way the results were tabulated and announced. we can see already that there will be a serious challenge in court because from what i have seen, there was some

manipulation of the vote. and given that the vote was so close, given the sense that you have been talking about of feelings running very high do you think this is a dangerous time for zimbabwe? do you think this is a dangerous time for zimbabwe ?|j do you think this is a dangerous time for zimbabwe? i don't think so. i would say the situation will remain high, but i don't think it will degenerate into violence. we have seen a bit of violence, but i think it has been contained. u nfortu nately, think it has been contained. unfortunately, there has also been loss of life. wilf mbanga, thank you for talking to us. osama bin laden's mother, in herfirst interview, has described her son as a good child who was brainwashed and radicalised as a student. alia ghanem said osama bin laden, who was the leader of al-qaeda and masterminded the 9/11 attacks in the us, had fallen in with what she called "a cult" at a university in saudi arabia. she made her claims in an interview with the guardian newspaper's

middle east correspondent, martin chulov. martinjoins us on the line from beirut. tell us what struck you when you spoke to osama bin laden's mother. she was a powerful, charismatic, independent woman. i wasn't expecting that walking into the interview. she had a lot of presents. she controlled the room. she controlled the conversation. she was very coherent. she joked, she was very coherent. she joked, she was lively and she was basically good company. and tell us more about the sort of insights that she gave you about what drove osama bin laden to become the mastermind of this appalling, the worst terrorist incident, 9/11? while, at the start

of the conversation i could have been speaking to any mother who had lost a son the world. she was very much sticking to her memories of osama as a child. she said he was studious, pious, polite. she said he was a mentor to his younger brothers and sister and she said he was almost a perfect child. she loved him very much and he did too. then we get to the university years at king abdulaziz university injeddah. alia ghanem believes her son was radicalised by a group belonging to the muslim brotherhood there. she says the transformation was slow at the beginning. it became almost a zealotry. he became quite hardened and distant. still loved her, but when he moved to afghanistan to fight against the russians in the mid—80s and then came back tojeddah and travelled again, every time he came back there was a difference in osama's attitude. by the last time

she saw him in 1999 in kandahar, he was happy. he threw a party for her, killed a sheep and they have long and happy memories together. but after that, there was no contact whatsoever. no messages, phone calls or visits. but she had seen this transformation from an apparently normal young man into someone who was a fanaticaljihadist? yes, she had. in the early stages of this transformation, it was morejust had. in the early stages of this transformation, it was more just a religious zeal. he became more pious, more committed to the faith. he prayed a lot and was a bit more distant. but as the years went on and asked the context became even less, she realised he was a man who had transformed the way from being pious and a zealot to someone who would fully embrace the notion of global jihad. would fully embrace the notion of globaljihad. and what did she tell

you about how, as a mother, she felt when she realised what he had done? she still finds it difficult to acknowledge that he was personally responsible for directing 9/11. but she does acknowledge that he became a jihadist, somebody who embraced the globaljihadi worldview. she became very upset when she reflected on this. she said to this day, she can't understand why he threw it away like that. she resents the fact that there were people at university who in her mind were brainwashing her son. she thinks of him more as a victim than an architect of his own fate. that is where her memory of him lies. and why do you think she has decided to give this interview now? we have had long negotiations

with the family over ten months, as well as other actors. the saudi state itself needed to be convinced. if you are embracing a new age of relative openness, stopping putting obstacles relative openness, stopping putting o bsta cles in relative openness, stopping putting obstacles in the way of reporters such as myself who want to speak to important historical figures, in the end that argument was won, but it was a long and difficult process. the family have their own considerations. part of them are is that this is almost like a catharsis for them and that after 17 years of stigma and shame, they can perhaps they are, we want to be a renewed pa rt they are, we want to be a renewed part of this society in which every manifestation it takes. but also, they were looking to perhaps win favours with the saudi government, to the extent that if they talked openly and what they said was not deemed to be terribly contentious, they may seem to be in favour with they may seem to be in favour with the new rulers. thank you for

talking to us. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may meets french president emmanuel macron for brexit talks at his retreat in france — whilst bank of england governor mark carney says the risk of a uk no—deal is uncomfortably no—deal is uncomfortably high. zimbabwe's opposition say they're ready to go to court to prove vote rigging led to their defeat. the victors, meanwhile, say the polls were free and fair. jeremy corbyn tonight says driving anti—semitism out of the labour of the labour party for good is his priority. the sister of a woman who has been missing for more than a week has made an emotional appeal for help to find her. gemma eastwood broke down in tears as she described her older sister, samantha, as her best friend. the 28—year—old midwife was last seen at the end of her shift at the royal stoke hospital last friday morning. a 32—year—old man, arrested in connection with her disappearance, has been released on bail, while inquiries continue.

phil mackie reports. samantha eastwood was described by herfamily as happy, bubbly and smiley and an amazing midwife. today, her sister made a tearful appeal for help tracing her. she's my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. samantha, if you're listening, please get in touch, we all love you and miss you very much. we just need you home where you belong. this was the last confirmed sighting of samantha. she's on the left, leaving work after a night shift at 7:a5am last friday morning. then driving away in her car, a few minutes later. she hasn't been seen since. this is where they found samantha's car and her keys were inside her house. neighbours have reported hearing a scream at around two o'clock

last friday afternoon. police have said that is one of many different lines of inquiry. a 32—year—old man who was arrested on suspicion of kidnap has been released under investigation. dozens of officers are involved in the search and they hope the appeal willjog someone's memory. they are also trying to find samantha's distinctive radley purse, which is missing. samantha was jovial, talking about future plans. there were no concerns about her mental state, so, you know, to disappear isjust totally out of character and that has obviously ramped up the concern from everybody. police have described it as a high—risk missing—person enquiry. friends and family still hope that samantha will return to them soon. if she is out there or anyone knows where she is, just please get in touch. get her home. phil mackie, bbc news, staffordshire. the online retail giant amazon paid less tax in the uk last year

than the year before — even though it saw a hugejump in profits. the company insists it pays what is required. the figures relate to one part of amazon uk — amazon serivces uk — the warehouse and delivery system that delivers parcels. it saw a big rise in profits, up from 2a million in 2016 to 72 million in 2017. but over the same period, its tax bill has gone down from 7.4 million in 2016 to 4.6 million in 2017. and it actually paid less tax, as some of it was deferred. joining me now is president of the chartered institute of taxation, ray mccann. clearly, amazon has complained with

—— complied with tax law, but many will still find that they really jars with them that this company has seen its tax bill go down? yeah. that is a sentiment that has been widely expressed today across a range of different players, from members of the house of commons or the way through to different tax professions outside players who are often critical of what happens in the pax world. there is no doubt that we have reached a stage where companies like amazon need to be a bit smarter in terms of how they present their position. we have reached a point recipe saying, we have complied with the rules, i don't think that works any more. have complied with the rules, i don't think that works any morem it not simply a question of them presenting the case in a different way? should it be the case that the government finds a way of ensuring that companies like amazon do pay a

bigger whack of tax, particularly at a time when many high street retailers are struggling? that is the key issue. the reality we are in is that the tax rules that companies including companies like amazon and the large american companies, the reality that they operate in our rules that were devised decades before companies like amazon existed. those rules were largely based on the idea that a company would be taxable in the country where it had a physical presence. companies like amazon has been very clever in terms of their business model. it doesn't rely on physicality. and the company that is in the headlines today is different, because has employees and premises in the uk. so it calculates its tax ina way in the uk. so it calculates its tax in a way that is more akin to a uk business, a normal one with shops and offices and so on, would calculate it. but that is just a

tiny part of the large amazon empire. the controversy over the fa ct empire. the controversy over the fact that most of amazon's european sales are fact that most of amazon's european sales a re rooted fact that most of amazon's european sales are rooted through luxembourg with a very preferential tax rate, that has attracted the attention of the uk government and the oecd and other organisations. there are many ideas over how to resolve that. the fundamental difficulty is that all of those organisations, they are us corporations. unless we get the united states to cooperate with changing the rules, those rules will just stay as they are with nothing more than tinkering around the edges. given the present incumbent in the white house, it seems unlikely that that will change, but is there a wider problem here that britain is pretty powerless to try and tackle companies that channel so much of their activities to like luxembourg? because it, of course, has british overseas territories which themselves have very low levels of taxation. indeed. to some

extent, there is a slight irony here that almost 40 years ago, the state of california was so incensed at the way foreign multinationals were operating within california and not paying californian tax that it proposed something not dissimilar to what the european union has proposed in relation to these digital companies. and britain was one of the countries that were foremost in objecting to what california were planning at that time, which was to tax in california the profits arising to multinationals from sales in california, even if they weren't physically there. it is a difficult one and as you say, the uk has come under a lot of criticism for the fa ct under a lot of criticism for the fact that we have a range of jurisdictions around the world but offer very low tax rates, particularly in the caribbean. there has been a call that we should put our house in order before we let anyone else. to be fair to the uk government over the last ten years, we have largely tried to do that or at least laid a process whereby the tax havens become less of a problem for the international tax community.

ray mccann, president of the chartered institute of housing, many thanks. —— chartered is it you of taxation. it's little more than 50 years since donald campbell lost his life, trying to break his own water speed record in the lake district. his jet powered vessel was travelling at more than 300mph, when it crashed on coniston water. well, bluebird k7 has since been salvaged and painstakingly restored, and is about to take to the water again. lorna gordon has more. the isle of bute in the firth of clyde has never had a visitor like this. bluebird. the jet—engined hydroplane that held seven world records, restored to its former glory in a journey that has taken 17 years. it's all original material, it has been re—repaired and assessed for strength. modern day rivets, all this kind of thing.

just a painstaking and thorough rebuild. donald campbell died trying to break his own record as the fastest man on water, hurtling past at more than 300mph on coniston water in the lake district. his daughter, gina, carrying the teddy bear he had with him, has come to bute to see bluebird take to the water again. i'm tingling. i'm not sure how i'm going to feel to see the boat up close. i think the crux will come when i see someone else climb into the pilot seat. i have never seen anyone else in there other than my dad. this time around, bluebird will be travelling across this scottish loch at much lower speeds, the volunteers involved planning to toast success in an understated style. are you going to celebrate? nice cup of tea. do what the british do best. the project has been built on cups of tea. this, a long waited for chance to celebrate

donald campbell's achievements, by seeing his record—breaking craft in action. again. and in the past hour... that iconic bluebird speedboat has arrived on the isle of bute — greeted by donald campbell's daughter gina — she mentioned in that report that she didn't know how she'd feel to see it again... we can see that she was overcome with emotion. after initial tests are carried out, its expected bluebird will run at speed again next year. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. scorching hot day in the south—east today. temperatures got up to 33 degrees in surrey. and we have a very warm

weekend on the way, also around 30 degrees. for most of us, it is going to be sunny. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: as theresa may meets french president emmanuel macron for brexit talks in france, bank of england governor mark carney issues a warning about the the risk of uk no—deal. the possibility of a no—deal is uncomfortably high at this point. zimbabwe's opposition say they're ready to go to court to prove vote rigging led to their defeat. the victors meanwhile say the polls were free and fair. the names have been released of four men who died when their car crashed into a tree in bradford while being pursued by police. jeremy corbyn tonight says driving anti—semitism out of the labour party

for good is his priority. also coming up this hour.