this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 8pm. at least 98 people have been killed and thousands of residents and tourists evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok in a week. many people are still awaiting evacuation as authorities struggle to cope with the aftermath of the disaster. thankfully, we were outside, we were going to watch a movie. but everything just went blank and it was terrible. england cricketer ben stokes ‘mocked two gay men‘ before a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year, a court's heard. the trump administration is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, as a result of the us withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal. the labour party has dropped its investigation into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge, for allegedly shouting atjeremy corbyn over his handling of anti—semitism allegations.

also coming up, wildfires across europe and america, and here a warning the hot weather could last till october. we'll be asking if hot weather like this is going to be the new normal, and what we should do to adapt. thousands of tourists and residents have been left stranded after a second earthquake in a week hit the holiday island of lombok. officials in indonesia say they have begun an evacuation of parts of the area. at least 98 people are known to have died, and the authorities say they expect that figure to rise. hundreds more were injured. the country is prone

to earthquakes because it sits on the "ring of fire", an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the pacific basin. lombok is east of bali. the two islands are home to about 7 million people, but millions more visit every year. the quake has also affected the gili islands, three tiny islands just off the coast of lombok, which are popular with divers. our correspondent mehulika sitepu is on lombok and sent this report. it struck without warning, sending thousands into the streets to seek shelter. the 6.9 magnitude quake is the second to have hit the island of lombok. the after—shocks could bring about a tsunami. in the fresh light of day, a sense of the scale of the damage. homes and buildings reduced to rubble, and a desperate hunt for those who may have survived.

my son and wife all survived but my nephew hurt his head and he died because of the damage from the wall. there were also three children who died. hundreds are injured and medical staff are struggling to cope with the numbers turning up at the hospitals in the main city. we should try to minimise the effects of this earthquake as quickly as possible, be it evacuation of the dead or the injured. they should be treated as one as they can be. hundreds of tourists are among those stranded. you normally serene paradise beaches covered in swarms of people desperate to leave by any means possible. but there aren't enough votes. some at the island's airport are managing to leave.

we didn't get a wink of sleep and we are currently at the airport. as soon as the earthquake hit week boarded a flight to get home straightaway. for the locals here the earthquake comes too soon after the one last week which displaced 10,000 people. a further 10,000 are expected tojoin them in rescue camps like this where they can find food, water and shelter. the tsunami threat has been lifted and no further large tremors are predicted, but the death toll is expected to rise. earlier i spoke to luke turner, who had been staying in a hotel on lombok, and was on the first day of his honeymoon with his new husband when the earthquake struck. i would not wish on anybody‘s worst

nightmare. it was utterly terrifying. they bridge is literally sleeping off the jet terrifying. they bridge is literally sleeping off thejet lag terrifying. they bridge is literally sleeping off the jet lag when the whole room just, committed seeing collapsed, the four cracks beneath us collapsed, the four cracks beneath us and the shower room, the glasses smashed on the floor, towers were falling off. we held on for dear life. people were screaming the time we got outside. the whole resort had just been demolished. it had become a paradise after it was like being ina warzone. a paradise after it was like being in a war zone. did you go straight outside? we notice the staircase collapsed and one side of the whole building had completely gone. that we we re building had completely gone. that we were told they were screaming and saying get up high, get up high. we ran upa saying get up high, get up high. we ran up a steep road which went to the edge of a cliff and we had an

extra aftershock which was really frightening for people being sick and crying. people just frightening for people being sick and crying. peoplejust absolutely petrified. it was pitch black and all of the power went out. we were just frightened of us synonymy. we had 12 shocks, major shocks since it has happened including all over the place and even locals are very frightened. what is your plan now? what sort of help are you going to get? i will sit that the locals here have been extremely kind, particularly on everybody‘s nervous. we're particularly on everybody‘s nervous. we' re less particularly on everybody‘s nervous. we're less than a mile away from the airport, we can't get any flights. no extra flights happening and so whatever people have said it's not true. people are in the roads commit

ingress verges and grabbing what they could and we have managed to get a flight from 11 o'clock to ja ka rta get a flight from 11 o'clock to jakarta to see if we can just go home. our honeymoon is completely... it is finished. we are holding it together with adrenaline really. people are very frightened and devonshire, we feel for the locals because people are generally really worried about the volcano here.|j was going to ask you about that. what is the position as regards to the volcano nearby? the volcano, which you can't miss it, it's the norm is on the island. many locals here are saying that they feel that it's due to arrived. they're not used to earthquakes quickly like this. they are frightened that the volcano will erupt. it's all speculation and of course obviously people hear things and everybody

wa nts people hear things and everybody wants off the island. we feel so much for the people who live here who can't get off the island, but something is definitely not right here and we feel a bit helpless. we just feel very alone at the moment. that was luke turner. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the former conservative minister, nicola blackwood and sebastian payne, political leader writer at the financial times. the england cricketer ben stokes has appeared in court charged with affray after a fight in bristol last september. the jury was told that the 27—year—old mocked two gay men outside a nightclub and then "lost control" during what was called a sustained episode of significant violence. two other men — ryan ali and ryan hale — are also charged with affray. all three deny the charges. our sports editor dan roan reports. having had to swap the cricket

field for the court room, ben stokes arrived here this morning for the opening day of his trial. dressed in a navy suit, the 27—year—old sat in the dock alongside ryan hale and ryan ali, the two local men he is accused of punching during a late—night brawl in bristol last year. all three defendants are accused of affray, a charge they deny. the jury was told that having been refused re—entry to this nightclub in the early hours of september 25 last year, just hours after he played for england, stokes acted in a provocative and offensive way. he allegedly mocked two openly gay men and according to a bouncer he insulted, flicked a cigarette but at one of them. the court was told that later stokes lost his control and started to attack with revenge and retaliation or punishment in mind, well beyond the realm of self defence. not a trivial moment of unpleasantness, but a sustained episode of significant violence that left onlookers shocked. for the prosecution, the barrister said the incident left

both hale and and alli unconscious. the latter had a broken eye socket. the jury was shown cctv and mobile phone footage of the incident along with an audio recording of a 999 call from a witness. just two days ago, stokes was starting for his country at edgbaston, his six wickets helping england win attends opening test match against india. but this case has already cost one of world cricket's top talents in the england vice captaincy and a place on last winter's ashes tour for which he was suspended. the prosecution said that stokes told police he acted in self defence or in the defence of others and the force used was reasonable and entirely justified. the trial is expected to last until early next week. a man has appeared in court in staffordshire, charged with the murder of the midwife, samantha eastwood. her body was found on saturday eight days after she was last seen leaving work at royal stoke university hospital. michael stirling, who's 32

and from stoke—on trent, was remanded in custody. 0ur correspondent caroline davies was in court. warm, generous, with a great sense of humour. samantha eastwood, a 28—year—old midwife was reported missing ten days ago. her disappearance has now become a murder enquiry. appearing in court, 32—year—old michael stirling was charged with samantha's murder. mr stirling knew samantha. he is herformer fiance's brother—in—law. samantha's engagement ended earlier this year. this is the last known image of samantha, here on the left, leaving her night shift at royal stoke university hospital. when she didn't arrive for her shift that evening, her colleagues raised the alarm. police were concerned about samantha's disappearance. her car was still in her driveway. she had not used any of her bank cards and on the day she went missing, neighbours here heard a scream around two o'clock in the afternoon, coming from near her house.

on friday, her sister made an emotional appeal for anyone with information to come forward. she is my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. samantha's body was found on saturday in rural staffordshire, ten miles from her home. outside the hospital where she worked, colleagues held a temporary memorial. 0ne message read, our lovely little work family will never be the same. our hearts are breaking. samantha's family were not in court today, but hersister, gemma, and her former fiance, john peake, visited samantha's home, to read the messages left by the community. the family have asked for time to grieve. michael stirling left the magistrates' court and was remanded into custody. he will next appear via video link on wednesday at stafford crown court. caroline davies, bbc news. the us has reimposed sanctions on iran.

the move follows president trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 international deal designed to control iran's nuclear ambitions. the first phase of sanctions will go into effect overnight and will target tehran‘s purchase of us dollars, trading in precious metals and iran's car industry. the eu says it deeply regrets the decision and has vowed to protect their businesses from the consequences of sanctions. trita parsi is president of the national iranian american council, and author of losing an enemy — 0bama, iran and the triumph of diplomacy. hejoins me via webcam from washington. good evening, welcome. what do you see as the significance of today? it's a very significant move, although it has been planned for quite some time. and it was quite noteworthy to see the european union issued a joint statement which they

called this a matter of international security that keeping the nuclear deal was a matter of international security. it's a signal that makes it quite clear that donald trump continues on this path and if he succeeds in crushing the deal and the iranians. the pivoting it we will be once again back on a track towards war. that's the big question, what iran will do 110w. the big question, what iran will do now. what do you think they will do? i think so far there have been quite restrained and quite patient because they're waiting to see what europeans are going to do. something can be done to keep the deal intact which necessitates the european union does something to make sure they are given the financial relief and benefits that was promised as a result. the europeans have put together locking mechanisms which essentially means that the eu will counter section the us if the unix sanctions european companies doing illegal trade in iran. that does not seem to be enough to convince the

companies to stay in the market because of these cubbies do not want to do is to lose access to this much larger american market. if the eu fails and my fear is that they will also start withdrawing from the deal that will be back into the situation they faced in 2012 and 2013 in which they faced in 2012 and 2013 in which the united states essentially was only having two choices whether to negotiate and reach a compromise on the deal or go to war. unless of course has been hinted at by donald trump and also to an extent byjohn bolton, this is an attempt to get the iranians to talk directly to the americans. well, they never left the table. they have been pivoting the deal and were in the negotiations just a year or so ago when rex tiller said was there. it's the us that withdrew from the table not iran. it's notable thatjohn bolton ina memo iran. it's notable thatjohn bolton in a memo that he wrote to donald trump that was made public later on while he was not the national security adviser he advised the

president to put pressure on iran for the sake of regime change out deepening a rhetorical opening for dialogue their meaning essentially an insincere offer of negotiations. that was bolton. that might not be trumped. he may want to have negotiations but i don't think you will get negotiations without them escalating first as well. just as was the case for north korea. as a final thought he has talked with the possibility of him sitting down with president rouhani and in the same way he did with kimjong—un. there is that much the way donald trump goes about these scenarios which leaves that possibility open in your mind? i think it does. that figure should take donald trump's desire for being seen a deal—maker as very serious. that does not mean that doubles will remain by his side. 0ne of the problems with convincing the iranians that he is serious is that

no one around trumped with the exception of matt agrees with it. everyone else is quite dead set against him. but i personally think they should take him up on the offer and see whether there is very serious or not. it would be quite similarto serious or not. it would be quite similar to north korea. north korea only went to the table after shooting missiles that could reach the us homeland showing that they we re the us homeland showing that they were coming there from a position of strength and not weakness. the fear i have is that this iran does the same thing with the seriousness and danger of the situation right now that such a counter escalation by iran in and of itself could spark a competition. thank you for your thoughts. the headlines on bbc news. at least 98 people have been killed and thousands are evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok. england cricketer ben stokes ‘mocked two gay men' before a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year, a court's heard. the trump administration

is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, as a result of the us withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tim hague. hello again, julianne, thank you very much indeed. the medals keep coming for great britain at the european championships in glasgow and it's been another successful night with jb recalling and it's been another successful night withjb recalling a european record as gold in the next four by 100 m relay. anderson completed the win after adam put them in front with his 100 metre breaststroke. the tea m with his 100 metre breaststroke. the team is maturing. got some young fire coming through now. it's looking very promising and i think we did a greatjob because these quys we did a greatjob because these guys have come off of races and we

have shown that for the team and lets to the crowd, we managed really well. james has won silver in the men's 200 metre breaststroke. the second silver of the championships. the gold was taken by russian anton. just missed out on bronze with luca pasini to him by 100th of a second. alex thomas took bronze in the 200 metre butterfly, 27—year—old one commonwealth gold back in april and went into monday's file as world number one in the event that could only manage to swim two seconds slower than she did on the gold coast earlier this year. obviously home nations, we're to prioritise the commonwealth, that is the pinnacle is to come up here and regardless of what britain says i was prioritising our games on the subtle and for our country, that's not to say i'm not prioritising here

but medals above championships i'm so but medals above championships i'm so happy. and it was bronze for max lichfield in the men's 200 metre. market finished fifth, a second off the podium. even hater way dramatic bronze to claim his third medal of the championships. the pair took the final sprint of the 200 lap race worth double points to move themselves onto the podium right there at the end. also got bronze in there at the end. also got bronze in the pursuit as well as a gold. quite a few days that man. great britain's jack will face a decider in his bronze medal ride in the sprint after being beaten in the first ride. he fought back to win the second is to take it to a third and final ride. katie the second in the

women's with the points race two,. a commonwealth and olympic gold medalists already of course. and these are actually live pictures inside this. we're go to see if katie archibald can in fact to get that metal, the rates is ongoing of course and we can't see how may labs to go. around 77 to go untold. plenty of time for katie archibald. we will of course bring you the result later on. the athletics gets under way properly are in berlin tomorrow. the other host city of the event of the qualifiers taking place today. a former world champion meant today. a former world champion meant to be taken part but pulled out due to be taken part but pulled out due toa to be taken part but pulled out due to a hamstring issue. chelsea goalkeeper who has been heavily linked to removed to real madrid did not report for training. the belgian

that asked for the move has it was chelsea since 2011 and previously played in the spanish capital for madrid were his children are based. it saw chelsey do not know when the 26—year—old will return to the club. all the sport for now and a quick update on the aston villa match the jb ship is currently won all and we will bring you the result of a more in sports day. in the last hour it's emerged that the labour party has dropped its disciplinary action against the veteran mp dame margaret hodge in the ongoing row about anti—semitism. in a tweet, she welcomed the decision — saying it was wrong for the party to take action against her, rather than addressing the issue. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker has been following the story. this all centres around an investigation and disciplinary action as you said it was being

taken against dame margaret harnage, a senior serving labour india. this after she had a competition with jeremy corbyn, the labour leader over situation with anti—semitism in the labour party. unless they been a long—running saga as labour party has tried to deal with claims of anti—semitism existing in the labour party they failed to crack down on it. margaret hodge was frustrated that the labour party had failed to fully adopt the guidelines from the internationally recognised definition of what anti—semitism is. margaret hodge bidder was being investigated after having his competition with jeremy investigated after having his competition withjeremy corbyn. she was not happy about that and frustrated and said she thought was ridiculous and did not understand what she was being accused of the movie led to the last few moments that indeed the investigation has been dropped. we understand that the general secretary of the labour party has written to margaret hodge to inform her of this and this is no

doubt that it's something that will be welcomed by her fellow labour mps many of whom were critical that she was being investigated when the labour party has been accused of being too slow to act with who have been accused of anti—semitism itself. this will i dated a labour party member has been suspended from the party for legend anti—semitic comments and speaking today the shadow business secretary admitted this is an ongoing problem in the party. to very difficult issue we are coming from a dark place. we know we are not dealing with issues right quickly, and when this issue first presented itself i really need to get to grips with the matter we hadjimmy to get to grips with the matter we had jimmy speaking quite openly on this issue over the weekend and we have opened a dialogue with the jewish community to make sure that we get our anti—semitism code of conduct really on the button because it has to be because they've got to restore in the jewish community.

website by boris johnson restore in the jewish community. website by borisjohnson as well, because he has been writing and stay there to a debate in the process. yes, the former foreign secretary writing his daily telegraph column talked about the burqa, the full face veil saying he opposes a total ban in public of the veil, the kind which is been brought in in denmark recently, he was arguing against the ban but whilst arguing against the ban but whilst arguing against the ban but whilst arguing against it and use some fairly striking language about his thoughts on the burqa saying in his article as it is weird and bullying to expect women to cover their faces and he went on to say it's absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letterboxes. the former foreign secretary has attracted but plenty of criticism for his comments, some labour mps have called them is on a

phobic and one labour mp says she's going to report them to the equality and human rights commission, not only this but anger from muslim groups as well. they have called his comments deplorable. the muslim council has said he is pandering to the far right. down the quick to say it also poses poses any kind of total ban of the burqa but this is a bit of a headache for the conservative party because the muslim council of britain has called foran muslim council of britain has called for an independent inquiry to what it believes are instances of it is homophobia within the conservative party that following his article today they have reiterated their calls for an independent inquiry saying his article underscores the need for such an inquiry. jessica parker there in westminster. forecasters are predicting temperatures across the uk will fall back down to average for this time of year by the end of the week. but across many other parts of the world — heatwaves are continuing.

in portugal, and parts of the united states, hundreds of firefighters are still trying to control major wildfires. injapan and australia the authorities are also trying to cope with severe weather conditions. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. an image of apocalypse of the kind you might expect hollywood to conjure up. but this was filmed on a realfront line, in california, over the weekend. record temperatures and bone dry conditions are triggering dozens of wildfires in several american states. we stayed up there as long as we could in our valley, until the flames were actually, they were not 360 degrees around our area, but close enough that we decided to get out. there are similar scenes in europe. in portugal, an entire mountainside in the algarve has been burning for three days. fires are a constant risk here, but the speed of their spread has been shocking. this woman and her animals had a lucky escape. at the same time, there

is punishing heat in asia. north korea, usually so secretive, allowed its shimmering streets to be filmed. the heatwave has been declared a natural disaster. the summer isn't over yet but already there has been a string of remarkable extremes. last month, death valley in california had an average temperature of 42.3 celsius, the highest ever recorded. even in the arctic, in one area of norway it reached a record high of 33.5 celsius and 0man had a 24—hour period in which it never got below 42.6. and scientists say that climate change may bring more of this. what we think is, as the globe warms, this is more likely to take place. there will be more weather extremes, there will be more heatwaves, there will be more floods, there will be more big storms and all these are expected to come about in response to climate change. extreme heat is felt in many different ways.

in switzerland, the meadows have turned brown and this nuclear power station has had to cut back, because the river water that is meant to cool it, is now too hot. and injapan, there is another challenge, more than 100 people have died in the heat, but this is where the olympic games will be held in 2020. so, they might shift the clocks by two hours, so races can be run in cooler conditions. a radical move as temperatures are set to rise. david shukman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. temperatures reached 32 degrees in greater london, it's the hot and sunny day in the southeast, but for the northwest we have had thicker cloud and overnight a few showers coming into western scotland, and every very weak weather front was sent to wales in northern counties of england bringing outbreaks of

rain, notamounting of england bringing outbreaks of rain, not amounting to much and east of the front is a dry night for the midlands and at bit one for sleeping with lows of about 18 degrees. tomorrow for the showers across northwestern areas of the uk and the week weather front was so they continue to push its way further east and that still leaves the swathes of the midlands, central and southern england and east anglia in the southeastern hot and sunny weather. to produce again why the push into high 20s to low 30s and further north and west temperature is near normalfor this further north and west temperature is near normal for this time of year for many areas, high teens to low 20s. then overnight we may see some thundery rain workup and to parts of eastern england. there's her weather. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. at least 98 people have been killed and thousands of residents and tourists evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok in a week. during a fight outside a nightclub

in bristol last year. he and two other men deny a charge of affray. the trump administration is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, as a result of the us withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal. a man's appeared before magistrates charged with the murder of the midwife, samantha eastwood. her body was found in a rural area of staffordshire on saturday. the labour party has dropped its investigation into one of its mps, dame margaret hodge, for allegedly shouting atjeremy corbyn over his handling of anti—semitism allegations. more now on our top story, thousands of tourists and residents have been left stranded after a second earthquake in a week hit the holiday island of lombok. officials in indonesia say they have begun an evacuation of parts of the area.

at least 98 people are known to have died, and the authorities say they expect that figure to rise. hundreds more were injured. i've been speaking to kayleigh farrell, who was on the gili islands when the earthquake struck. i was nearby, it seemed to be hit just as bad as lombok. everything was shaking, buildings started collapsing around and then there was absolute panic. everyone originally ran to the beach and then we got the tsunami threat so we were not sure what to do. there was one hill, but it was between a lot of buildings which we did not want to go near with the aftershocks still making buildings collapse, but it was absolute chaos for a few hours and the island electricity went out as well, so we didn't know what to do.

but we managed to get off today. we have absolutely no resources sent to us have absolutely no resources sent to us until about mid day to day. we managed to get off the island over onto lombok, so we could drive through and get to a different port to get on a ferry back to the mainland. and where is the ferry going to take you now? we have just got back to the mainland now. where clearly things are much safer and there is much more help for people. yes, the mainland has been the safest place to be at the moment. what stays in your mind about some of the images that you saw while you we re of the images that you saw while you were caught up in all of this? of the images that you saw while you were caught up in all of this7m has been absolutely horrific. there we re has been absolutely horrific. there were so many injuries and there were bodies laid out this morning around the island and it honestly has been the island and it honestly has been the most common typing 24 hours of my life. because you have been travelling around the region for quite a while i think, haven't you?

yes. the last ten months but i had not experienced anything near this before. and what is your plan now? i have only got about a month left, so i leave bali on thursday to go to the philippines, so i'm just going to continue with my travels. and looking back, were there any fears expressed by people about preparedness for something like this on the islands that you are staying at? no. we had talked about that today. even after the earthquake last week we just never expected another one this week. it was never brought up or anything. and then even the locals on the island had no idea what to do. they panicked more than us. and of course there have been aftershocks since, haven't there? there were aftershocks right up there? there were aftershocks right up until today when we were leaving the island. it must be a great

relief for you. when we got to the value mainland right now on so there was another earthquake just tonight, but it was a smaller one but we haven't heard any more news on that. she was saying she's relieved to be backin she was saying she's relieved to be back in bali. rural crime has risen to its highest level in four years across the uk with many farmers saying they feel vulnerable and have to protect their property, according to insurers. nfu mutual says some farmers are digging trenches and earthbanks, to try to deter organised gangs of criminals targetting quad bikes, tools and machinery. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports from peterborough. it's a load of cannabis growing material. when it comes to being a victim of rural crime, farmerjudith jacobs can claim a full house. fertiliser, plastic sheets, etc. first, there is the fly—tipping. the remains of a cannabis farm is the latest thing to be dumped by her fields.

we are dumbfounded, basically, by people that can leave this on our doorstep and their doorstep. they're too lazy to go to the tip and it actually creates us a lot of work and makes us very sad. also it's a fire hazard. and just a few days ago there was a fire on her land. got a phone call on saturday night to say that the neighbours had seen three boys running away and the fields were on fire. judith says it was almost a disasterfor the business. we've got two combines out there valued at £150,000 each. standing crop behind me there that we had to gather a group of neighbours up to batter it down and try to contain it until the fire engines arrived. research out today suggests farm thieves are getting more aggressive and don't care if they are caught on cctv. so some farmers are building long earth banks to protect their land, as organised crime gangs muscle in on rural easy pickings. whenjudith found a criminal gang in her own farmyard she dialled 999. but nobody came. it was the most frightening

experience i've ever had. i was confronted in my own yard by two vehicles and eight men and then said they know where i live and they'll be back. she says things must change. i would like somebody when i dial 999, to understand my predicament and be able to help me, give me advice and point me in the right direction and be there for me when i need them. police say they are updating their tactics but too many people in rural areas feel as though crime is not been adequately tackled. danny savage, bbc news, cambridgeshire. deaths from drug poisoning in england and wales have reached a new high according to the latest figures. more than 3,700 people lost their lives to drugs in 2017. that works out as more than ten people dying every day. as our home editor mark easton reports, it has provoked a row over funding for drug treatment. and never dreamed i'd have one son

died from a heroin overdose, never mind to. roseane pretender has been jeremy saw two children die from heroin overdoses. since then they've campaignfor heroin overdoses. since then they've campaign for reform to the drug laws, including posting this emotional video ten miles from here isa emotional video ten miles from here is a natural burial —— natural burial ground. two of my sons are lying there. today, with new figures showing record drug deaths in england and wales, rose is demanding more help be made available for people addicted to drugs. we have to make the government in charge of the drugs trade so that they can make drugs trade so that they can make drugs safer, so that since people are going to be using them anyway, at least they can do it safely. they can buy it or have a prescribed from safe places instead of having to get involved with criminals. today's

official statistics show the number official statistics show the number of people who died from drug poisoning last year at an all—time high. 3756 people, over half died from overdosing on opiates, mostly heroine. a figure still close to record levels. the government's official drug advisory body told ministers in 2016 that the way to stop so many people dying was to protect funding for treatment, in particular substitution therapy. prescribing medicines such as methadone or even die a morphine pharmaceutical heroin to street heroin users. this pottery —— responding last year the home office said it accepted the advice on substitution therapy in full, but the money for drug treatment comes from the public health grant distributed to local councils, that has been cut by hundreds of millions of pounds a year and treatment has disappeared with it. even in the town that is the worst affected by drug related death in this country,

blackpool, we are seeing cuts. that he's one of the government's official advisers on drug deaths at a two—day speaking in a personal capacity he told me of his frustration. ministers claim to accept recommendations but their actions have not lived up to their words, so instead of investing in the treatment they have cut that funding. no minister was available to talk about today's record drug deaths or answer questions about cuts to therapy. in a statement a spoke person said the government wa nts spoke person said the government wants everyone across the country to get a ccess wants everyone across the country to get access to the help, the treatment and the support they need to live a drug—free life. when it comes to public spending, illegal drug users are not high on the public‘s list of priorities, but behind each of the ten deaths every day from drugs is a personal tragedy that many believe can and should be avoided. a little more information is coming into us damon market —— margaret

hodge and the fact that disciplinary action against her has been dropped. her lawyers have sent a letter to the general secretary of the labour party and the lawyers are stating that although the decision is welcomed, namely the decision for the disciplinary action to be dropped, they go on to say the bases on which you seek to explain our belated vault past is entirely disingenuous and this appears to be a reference to the fact that a labour source has confirmed that disciplinary action had been dropped and that this had come after margaret expressed regret to the chief whip, but the letter specifically says that their client did not express regret and that this therefore is a misrepresentation in order to save face in your necessary climb—down. the letter goes on to explain that dame margaret discussed the matter with the opposition chief whip over two weeks ago and has had no further discussion sends, so they are questioning the timing over the

decision to drop the investigation now. while the disciplinary action would appear to have gone away, there are clearly still significant differences between dame margaret hodge via her lawyers and the labour party over exactly why that decision has been taken and the timing of it. we may return to that in the next little while here on the programme. two men accused of being part of the notorious islamic state group cell known as the beatles, have called into question the governments attempt to have them tried in the united states. speaking to the bbc for the first time since the legal moves were made public, alexanda koty and el shafee elsheikh deny being part of the is cell and say they have not been stripped of their british citizenship. the pair are being held at an undisclosed location in northern syria. they spoke to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville. for seven months now, alexanda koty and el shafee elsheikh have been held in kurdish and american custody in northern syria. the us government alleges

that the men waterboarded, crucified and executed prisoners as part of a jihadist cell dubbed "the beatles" by the prisoners. what did you do in is? as for the specific details as to what i was doing while living in is—controlled territories, a question i prefer to decline to answer at this present stage. for legal reasons. do you still deny that you were a member of the group known as the beatles which carried out executions and beheadings? yes, of course. el shafee? same question? yeah. the gang is blamed for the brutal killings of britons alan henning and david haines, and the murders of americans james foley, abdul—rahman peter kassig and steven sotloff. kayla mueller was also ta ken captive. none of the bodies of the dead have been found.

did you ever meet kayla mueller? who? kayla mueller. remind me. she was an american ngo worker. we didn't meet any foreign non—muslims. the gruesome videos from the group set a new grim low. defenceless journalists and aid workers were beheaded in front of the camera. the chief executioner was mohammed emwazi, dubbedjihadijohn. but he was only the ringmaster, one of a group of four who imprisoned, tortured and executed as many as 27 prisoners. emwazi was killed by a us drone strike. did the two men know the islamic state's most notorious executioner, and did they spend time with him, i asked. he's a friend of mine. jihadijohn? he was nicknamed that, yeah. the emwazi, jihadijohn that the rest of the world

knows is an executioner, someone who's been called a psychopath. yeah. somebody who will be remembered for his cruelty and his brutality. that's their way to choose to remember him. i choose to remember him differently. you wouldn't condemn his torture and his beheadings of the likes of james foley... i took a position... ..alan henning, and... i took a position of not speaking of him at all in a negative way. so, you've no remorse, there is no shame, it wasn't you? i have many regrets, notjust being here, previous to coming here. i have my regrets. not about coming to syria. i told them that britain wants to send them to the united states where they could face the death penalty. what makes the british government want a british citizen to be tried in america?

but they've stripped you of your citizenship. that hasn't been confirmed. for now, the fate of alexanda koty and el shafee elsheikh remains uncertain. the government's plan, that they face trial in the united states, is under judicial review. former hostages tell us that they want them to face western justice. in the meantime, the two men have been returned to solitary confinement. they are being held under heavy guard at an undisclosed location in northern syria. quentin somerville, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale — who explained to me more about what el shafee elsheikh and alexanda kotey have been accused of. the us state department alleges these two individuals, very specifically they were involved in a lot of what he was doing

particularly that there was a reputation for waterboarding, mock executions and crucifixions and it also alleges alexander was responsible for exceptionally cruel torture methods and our own home —— on home secretary said in a letter to the us attorney general last month there was intelligence that implicates these two men in the murder of several individuals so there are specific allegations against these two men, which is why british police have been investigating member of the last four years. and what about this possibility raised in that interview of them going to the united states to a nswer of them going to the united states to answer these charges? that is what the british government would like. they would like these men to face trial in front of a federal judge in the us. the problem is that is very complicated. these people are being held by a kurdish militia in northern syria, so they're not in the hands of the us or british authorities. secondly, as was said, they have had their citizenship removed despite what they say, this was confirmed by ministers recently.

there's also the fact that many of their alleged victims were international, not just their alleged victims were international, notjust british so there's lots of other people who have... there's uncertainty over the jurisdiction but the british view is american laws broad enough to cover these allegations and the sentences, thatis these allegations and the sentences, that is where they should be tried. the problem is the americans have yet to make a decision on this and i think the fear within the british government is the more there is a delay on this at some point other options might happen in other words the americans might say send them to guant namo bay without due process or perhaps the kurdish militia themselves say we could do something and release them, we could possibly him over to their opponents, the syrian regime or perhaps even the worst they could execute them themselves. there's lots of other options here, but at the moment there is a window of uncertainty. 0ur diplomatic correspondent. the headlights now here on bbc news. —— headlines. at least 98 people have been killed and thousands are evacuated after the second earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok. england cricketer ben stokes "mocked

two gay men" before a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year, a court's heard. the trump administration is re—imposing a series of sanctions on iran, as a result of the us withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. a small rise on the ftse and a small drop on the docks and still movement on those american figures both on the dow and the nasdaq. there's a warning that plans to build half a million homes on green belt land will do little to help young people get on the property ladder. the campaign to protect rural england says people are being "sold a lie," with only around a quarter of homes built on greenfield sites last year categorised as "affordable." the government says last year saw the highest number of new homes built in a decade, and has denied a charge that it's "tearing up the countryside." tim muffett reports. the first green belts

were designated in the 1950s to stop towns and cities sprawling indefinitely. but it's claimed today that much of this protected land faces a bigger threat than ever. the campaign to protect rural england has been analysing planning applications. we're seeing an unprecedented level of housing planned for the green belt, we're seeing plans for 460,000 homes to be built in the next few years. we're absolutely for the right housing in the right place, but we don't think green belt is the right place. today's report claims that over 70% of housing built on green belt land is unaffordable to those on average incomes. it calls for housing to be built on previously used land, or brownfield sites, instead. but with the government aiming to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid—2020s, some believe the greenbelts can't be avoided. the institute of economic affairs is a think tank that promotes free—market views. we've seen the green belt basically double in size over the last 40 years.

if we are not willing to look at some of it that is fit for development then we'll have a permanent housing crisis in britain, not a short to medium—term one. the government says the number of new homes built last year was the in a decade and only 0.02% of green belt land was developed for housing. —— the highest in a decade. it says councils should only give planning permission in exceptional circumstances. tim muffet, bbc news. a new bollywood film called gold explores india s first win at the olympics after gaining independence. incidentally it was at the london olympics of 1948, where they beat great britain in the hockey final. the film was shot largely across yorkshire and features the bollywood superstar akshay kumar. haroon rashid has been speaking to him. india beat great britain, the country who ruled over them

for nearly 200 years, at the olympics in 1948 to claim a gold medal in hockey. it was just a year after they gained independence and became a free nation. not many people knew the story, including bollywood superstar akshay kumar who stars in a film based on the real events. this was a very inspirational story which i heard. how we all got together, and because of the unity of all the sports, it got the whole nation united. and it became a dream in 1948 as a free india to win something, or win a gold, and that was a big thing when we played against england. many parts of gold were actually shot here in the uk, particularly in yorkshire. what was it about that area in particular that enhanced your film? well, we wanted it to look like 1948, and we got this stadium also which looked like that. and obviously there are

effects and cg and things. plus, a lot of areas were still untouched and it was looking like that era. what is it that draws you to these scripts? it's not fun to just read in a book. it is so much fun to watch it visually, to bring the whole thing alive. in gold i'm playing this bengali drunk guy. so, they enjoy the visual of it, they enjoy if there's a song, they enjoy to watch it. so that is what inspires me to do these kind of films. gold explores the relationship between britain and india during colonial rule. there have been other films about the freedom struggle, the fight for independence. what makes gold unique? well, it's not about india—british only, it is about india—german also. it is about india—netherlands also, india—pakistan also. there are many, many aspects which are not known to people, not known what was the true fact, what was happening at that time. akshay, what are your personal views on that time in history

and when britain ruled over india? i would say... they... they gave us a lot and they took a lot, so that's all i can say. gold is the latest in a string of films starring akshay kumar aimed at evoking patriotism amongst indians living globally. haroon rashid, bbc news. four endangered bears are settling in to their new home at a wildlife park in south yorkshire, after a remarkable 5,000 mile rescue mission. the animals had spent years in cramped cages in a museum injapan, but now they're exploring their new, more spacious surroundings near doncaster, as fiona lamdin explains. for the last three decades this has been home to a brown bear living in

a museum in northern japan. her cage, so small she's only ever been able to take two steps, but four days ago that all changed. first the old est days ago that all changed. first the oldest male is sedated by vets. and despite prods from his next—door neighbour, he remained asleep while all 350 kilos of him is structured out to a truck. we started out for a him, it is now 9am and all forebears are in the crates and just being strapped into the lori. and here begins their 5000 mile journey. strapped into the lori. and here begins their 5000 milejourney. the main concern, keeping forebears cool and 43 degrees heat. it is a well—planned operation. fans at the ready to spray the bears, sheets of ice and buckets of watermelon. two flights later, forebears arrived at heathrow. i was sitting on the plane

thinking no one in the flight knows there's four brown bears sitting underneath us. it was quite surreal. just opening the gate now. and these, the very first tentative steps into their new home in yorkshire. lin they could do very little, it was a concrete floor. it all little, it was a concrete floor. it a ll started little, it was a concrete floor. it all started two years ago and is animal welfare experts all the bears injapan. animal welfare experts all the bears in japan. is a bear could express happiness, that would be it. bears again can spend up to 18 hours a day foraging, please never been able to do that and they are really —— really powerful front claws and for the first time does not he was able to use them and it did. he's 17, to use them and it did. he's17, this is the first time in his entire life he's ever been able to take a bath. getting out, well that proved a little more problematic. but this is his new permanent home, but he's got a lifetime to master it. now it's time for a look

at the weather —— with chris fawkes. ican i can barely believe it but the hot weather looks like it set to come to an end. nothing too drizzly. signs ofa an end. nothing too drizzly. signs of a change in the sky across wales, one of our weather watchers snapped this and this is the leading edge of a weather front that will move its way across the uk over the next couple of days to bring a change to cooler weather. here is that weather front. 0vernight bringing cloudy weather to northern england and wales. 0ne weather to northern england and wales. one or two spots of rain from that, did amid the anarchy over some of the hills as well. stop eating when another hot and humid night, temperatures only slowly come down to 18 -- temperatures only slowly come down to 18 —— southwest england, uncomfortable sleeping for some. they looked at the weather page on tuesday and you can see the winds coming in from the southwest, those like arrows you can see there, number of heavy showers working into western areas of scotland. they

could be pretty intense, but it's across eastern england that we will see some of the highest temperatures. 31, 30 two celsius on the cards but further west like it's been the last few days temperatures much closer to normal, 18— for most. the weather picture through tuesday evening, the width of thunderstorms breaking out across southeast england and east anglia and uncertainty how far west they will get but it one to watch nevertheless and through tuesday night following in the ozone —— thunderstorms at a week weather front will continue to push eastward and neither does it will move away all that hot air and replace it with atlantic winds movie and from the west, bringing pressure conditions to right a way across the country so something i'm sure many of us will be looking forward to. wednesday it's off my entirely a dry day, a number of heavy showers across western parts but also sunny spells. temperatures 24 in order and london, still not too bad but those temperatures are a degrees lower than they have been over the last

day or so. for thursday week of the thunderstorms working up from france, there will certainly be heavy showers across the northwest of the uk but in between something a bit drier, temperatures high teens to low 20s. it looks increasingly likely will be showers on friday, but it looks much wetter than that saturday. this weekend sees a return of wet and windy weather, something we've not really seen much of this summer. this big area of low pressure. the main uncertainty with the weather forecast for the weekend is how far north or south the lows going and that will determine who gets the heaviest rain but nevertheless i think we will all the wet weather this weekend and at that area of low pressure moves through the went to lead the rain will be followed by showers for sunday so enjoyed the heat while it lasts, one more day about across eastern england before it turns much cooler and fresher. that is your weather. hello, i'm karin giannone.

this is 0utside source. the white house reimposes sanctions on tehran, three months after donald trump announced he was pulling america out of the iran nuclear deal. thousands are evacuated from indonesia's lombok island after a powerful earthquake — the second to hit the area in a week. 98 people are confirmed dead. the bbc speaks to two men accused of being part of a notorious is cell which tortured and beheaded prisoners in syria. and we look at what's behind the record—breaking temperatures causing wildfires and severe droughts around the world. (titles)