hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm carole walker. today at 2. six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel. the gang were caught after one overcrowded boat carrying at least 18 people ran out of fuel. there were unsuitably closed for the passage. they didn't have any lifejackets and they were very overcrowded and they seemed to be in a great deal of distress, all of them. us president donald trump re—imposes sanctions on iran. president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes, on trial for affray, was not acting in self—defence but with revenge, retaliation, or punishment in mind. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly. and more excitement from those

european championships? absolutely, this time in the madison, where laura kenny and katie archibald were hoping to add to the british team's medal haul in the final but they we re medal haul in the final but they were unsuccessful. we will have all the latest. thanks, holly, and ben has all the weather. still felt pretty hot in london on the way in today? yes, but it is the last day of temperatures up into the 30s in south—eastern england. there are big changes afoot, thunderstorms and some cooler weather for all of us. and some cooler weather for all of us. i will have details on that plus a more unexpected effect of the heat wave in europe, that's all coming up. thanks, ben. also coming up... fears of a "hothouse earth", as scientists warn we could be only decades away from uncontrollable climate change — making parts of the planet uninhabitable. hello, everyone, this

is afternoon live. i'm carole walker. six men have been found guilty of a people—smuggling operation that brought albanian migrants across the english channel to the uk. two other men have been found not guilty. jurors heard how 17 people arrived on a beach at dymchurch in kent during the night in may 2016. later, when one of their boats ran out of fuel, the gang decided to use jet—skis to smuggle people across the world's busiest shipping lane. our correspondent frankie mccamley reports. let's speak to our correspondent frankie mccamley, who's at the old bailey for us now. just tell us more about what unfolded in this trial? this was a trial that lasted nine weeks and it took thejury of

trial that lasted nine weeks and it took the jury of seven men and five women and 29 hours to find six out of the eight defendants guilty of trying to breach immigration laws. the operation was mainly based in dymchurch in kent. the men bought speedboats to try to travel across the channel to bring back an babe albanian migrants but they had a series of failures. they left boats abandoned and they put many lives at risk. around a mile and a half off the coast of kent in the pitch black, a boat designed for six people, carrying 20, and taking on water quickly. now, all desperate for help. the weather was deteriorating quite quickly, it's it was quite a strong wind from the north—east so it was very much quick action to get the migrants on board very quickly, onto the valiant. they were unsuitably clothed for the passage,

they didn't have any lifejackets, they were very overcrowded and they seemed to be in a great deal of distress, all of them. the only two on board with lifejackets are robert and mark stribling. both pleaded guilty and convicted of people smuggling. that was two years ago. it was what officers found next to this slipway in dim church in kent that launched the whole investigation. one abandoned boat and after making initial inquiries, they realised that that was part of a much bigger operation. another gang member albert letchford is covertly filmed on a different boat with francis wade, who was found not guilty. they're in ramsgate preparing another trip to france. but after nearly tipping the boat over, francis wade calls leonard powell to tell him the water's too dangerous. the pair then struggle to get the gps system to work. we are both trying, we've put the thing in front of us...

francis wade sets of the following day but has to be rescued after he says he deliberately runs out of fuel after getting suspicious about the reason for the journey. he also nearly collides with a shipping container. yet another failed trip for the gang meant they had to be even more creative. george and leonard powell meet sabah dulaj to buy a jet ski to do the job instead. returning to do the job but it is their intention to do that and i think that demonstrates just how reckless the crime group is. today at the old bailey the verdicts of all eight defendants were read out. those found guilty were father and son leonard and alfie powell alongside gang members albert letchford and wayne bath. it was albanian nationals who acted as the travel agent, finding people who wanted to go to the uk. they were also found guilty. those found not guilty were alan viles and francis wade.

alan viles said he did jobs and favours for the group without asking questions at the time. those found guilty will be sentenced at a later date. wiki the defendants could not be here for health reasons. nana showed any emotion. following the verdict the nca has said, this is an excellent result, a hope it deters anyone else from trying to carry out what they describe as a very dangerous operation. those found guilty, the immigration offence carries a maximum sentence of 1a yea rs carries a maximum sentence of 1a years and people will return here on the 21st of september to be sentenced. a court has heard claims that cctv footage shows the england cricketer ben stokes mimicking a gay man, shortly before he allegedly knocked out two other

men in a fight near a nightclub. ben stokes and two other men deny a charge of affray in connection with the incident in bristol last september. our correspondent phil mackie is following the case. arriving for the second day of his trial the england star again faced the photographers. he denies a charge of affray along with two other men who were all filmed during this brawl outside the embargo nightclub in bristol last september. the footage shows the england star throwing a number of punches, he knocked both of his come defendants unconscious. they were both treated in hospital. mr ali's eyesocket was fractured. today, pc daniel evans, wearing the red tie, told the court that cctv footage showed him mocking

a 93v that cctv footage showed him mocking a gay couple outside the club and later arguing with a doorman who would not let him back in. the doorman andrew cunningham said mr stokes became angry and abusive. when he was interviewed after his arrest, he told detectives he been defending the gay men and had acted in self defence. prosecutors allege that both men armed themselves with makeshift weapons during the fight. there is intense, public interest in the case and the judge warned jurors to ignore what he does the as biased and inaccurate comments on social media. our correspondent phil mackie is at bristol crown court. just bring asked up to date with what has been said in court? well, the trial is back under way and we will be hearing further evidence from the dormant as well as some of the eyewitnesses. we just saw the footage which was filmed by one of them, a student called max who lives above the nightclub. this story

focuses on the events outside embargo in the early hours of the 25th of september last year, particularly around half past two in the morning when the fight broke out. what we've been seeing today has really been the build up to that, events before the fight happened abroad we will get onto the fight as the trial progresses. of course, all three defendants who have now gone back into court, will get a chance later in the trial to put their version of events and the trial itself is expected to end sometime next week. many thanks. a study of 20 countries has found the uk experienced one of the largest slow—downs in improvements to life expectancy between 2011 and 2016. the office for national statistics said the change was more pronounced for women than men. for more detail i'm joined by our health correspondent catherine burns. if you want to edit these astons, you must take control of this page by pressing spacebar. this is 50 other people get a warning saying you're editing astons if you don't take control of this page, your astons could get overwritten please do not delete

this message from the page when saving your astons> why is the uk doing so badly on this in relation to other countries? there isn't really an obvious answer to that. some people were thinking that maybe this is linked to posterity in some way. the government will say that you obviously can't draw a causation from that. it is quite interesting, though, if you look at the figures, for women they looked at the period going up to 2011, six years up to then and the life expectancy in that time went up for women by bopanna yeah. in the next six years, it went up yeah. in the next six years, it went up by yeah. in the next six years, it went up by less than two months. there was a up by less than two months. there wasa similar up by less than two months. there was a similar decline for men but it was a similar decline for men but it was not so much. so it is not that oui’ was not so much. so it is not that our life expectancy is dropping but the rate it is growing at is going down. is there not an inevitability about this? as you say we are still all living longer, it'sjust that that rate of increase is slowing down? so, they looked at 20 countries across the world, generally quite leading economies and of them i think 13 saw a decline for men and 15 for women so it is

common but it is not inevitable. for example injapan they have actually seen increases across that time. also you have to question whether it is necessarily a good thing to be living a long time, it is a good thing if you're living a long time and are healthy for longer but we know about the problems of an ageing population? this is the thing. there is living a healthy life and there is living a healthy life and there is living a long life. if you look at the breakdown of what kills people across the ages, in the past it used to be infectious diseases and infant mortality. now, it is much more likely to be things related to death, so dementia has gone up quite a lot, especially in the over—90s as you would expect. gone up quite a lot, especially in the over—905 as you would expectm it the over—90s as you would expectm it the case that in the countries we re it the case that in the countries were rife expectancy is still rising rapidly, are they perhaps coming from a lower baseline? that is exactly it. and the key thing in all of this is to look at what the life expectancy actually is. so, the winning we're looking at around 83.

interestingly only a handful of countries have got a lower life expectancy for women than that. for men it is around 77 but they are actually about halfway up the table in terms of survival, so catching up with women, essentially. thank you very much for explaining those statistics. the united states has re—imposed tough trade and financial sanctions on iran. they've been brought in again because of president trump's decision to pull out of the international agreement curbing iran's nuclear programme. iran's president, hassan rouhani, says the white house will regret the move which he called "psychological warfare". president trump says anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. president trump has always made it clear he absolutely hates the iran nuclear deal. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions. and it's a horrible agreement for the united states. we're not going to allow certain things to happen that are happening, and the iran deal is a disaster.

and when he pulled out of it three months ago, he said iran would suffer. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. iran will no longer be able to buy american dollars. it won't be able to trade in gold. aluminium and steel are also on the list, as is the country's currency, the rial. in three months' time there'll be more sanctions on iran's oil industry, shipping and insurance and the central bank. iranians are very frustrated and angry, there are protests morphing around the country. this has been ongoing since december and january. and the government has very limited tools to really protect itself. from the domestic instability, of course, they can always crack down. but they are in trouble, and this is going to be a tough period for them. this is precisely

what mr trump wants. he says the nuclear deal did nothing to curb iran's behaviour around the middle east — its support for militant groups in lebanon and gaza, its involvement in the wars in syria and yemen. the nuclear deal‘s other partners — the europeans, russia and china — are desperate to keep the deal alive. they still think it's the best way to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. the deal has two parts. iran gives up their nuclear programme and the international community opens up trade and economic relations with iran. this second pillar has to be maintained if we want the first pillar to be maintained. and, so far, iran has been compliant, fully, with their nuclear commitments. mrtrump thinks iran will ultimately come back to the negotiating table... and i have a feeling they'll be talking to us pretty soon. ..but so far all we've had is a lot of heated rhetoric on both sides. if donald trump is trying to change iranian behaviour, it's not happening yet. paul adams, there.

our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. thanks forjoining us. some very strong rhetoric there from the american president, interesting when you look at the figures, not as if the americans were doing very much trade with iran in any case? no, and i think trade with iran in any case? no, and ithink in trade with iran in any case? no, and i think in a sense the big crunch will come a bit later on, because there is another wave of sanctions that are coming in in november on the oil industry and petrochemicals and iran's oil exports. and that's where big dollars are available to the iranian government. they're doing a lot of business, particularly with china and india, other places, too. and that's something they will feel the pinch on. the americans are saying that anyone else in europe or elsewhere continues to work with the iranians, if continues to invest and do business, will not be able to do business, will not be able to do business with the us and will be

sanctioned, effectively prosecuted. that's something the europeans are bound to resist. and effectively indemnify their own companies against. is that not the real significance of this move, the opening up of a rift with europe, the other main signatories to that deal, if you say that they want to continue with it —— who say that they want to continue with it. but they want to continue with it. but the american warning makes it very difficult for the europeans to be able to do so? double and notjust a rift, we've already had the rift generally on trade, yeah, they're talking again but there are still aluminium and steel tariffs in place, there's a rift over nato as well, we know that, the president threatening at one stage to potentially withdraw from native. and now this as well. so there is a whole range of areas where europe and the us are not seeing eye to eye at the moment and relations are

incredibly strange. and as things stand, with no resolution to this sort of fracturing in the coalition which brought about the iranian nuclear deal in the first post—. many thanks. let's speak to amir paivar he's the business correspondent for bbc persian tv. thank you very much indeed for joining us. we were hearing from gary that in fact, the amount of trade between america and iran is pretty small in any case — what sort of impactare pretty small in any case — what sort of impact are these sanctions going to have on iran? well, they have already had a huge impact, because the iranian currency lost half of its value in the past four or five months, because iranians were rushing to convert their assets into hard—currency, us dollars, euros or gold in order to hedge against this devaluation. that in turn created even more demand for old and us

dollars and iran could not supply enough of that, even before sanctions taking effect as of today. so, they have had an impact already and they will have even more implications, because practically, the iranian government will find it difficult to get its hand on hard—currency difficult to get its hand on ha rd—currency and difficult to get its hand on hard—currency and gold. aside that, the car industry is the second largest employer, and has the second—largest share of iranian gdp. the entire car industry will be now under sanctions. of course these are only us sanctions. the europeans, chinese, asians, are generally allowed to still send auto parts to iran. but what will happen, then, as president trump said, they will have to choose between working with the us or the iranian market. if they do export auto parts to imran, that means automatically they will be

blocked from trading and investing in the us market. so, those sanctions could have accumulative impact, the longer they stay in force — what effect is that likely to have in the country, because we're already seeing those demonstrations out on the streets, president rouhani was promising his people, if i sign up to this deal, imran will be brought in from the cold, and that's clearly something which is not happening now? exactly. so, these protests have been kind of sporadic for the past few months. if these sanctions continue, if the price of goods and simple food sta ples price of goods and simple food staples continues, if, because of inflation, there is a recession and people lose theirjobs, we can only imagine that the scope of these protests can only get bigger and wider and basically go around the country. in that case, then we will

have a difference in rio, a nationwide kind of protest. so i think the government knows this, i think the government knows this, i think the government is worried about this, but they have no option but to show defiance and try to assess whether these sanctions... and the bigger ones are still due in november, which will cut eventually as oil exports, that is the main source of iranian government's revenue. thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. six men who helped take illegal immigrants across the channel in inflatable boats have been found guilty of people smuggling. president trump has warned that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes, on trial for affray, was not acting in self—defence. and in sport, great britain miss out

ona and in sport, great britain miss out on a medal byjust two points in the women's medicine. denmark took gold. better news from a the men's elimination race, return your winning gold. the 20—year—old beat his portuguese opponent in the final sprint. it was britain's fourth gold medal on the track. and stan kroenke, already owns 67% of arsenal, has made an offer to buy the rest of the club and it looks like the other big shareholder is willing to sell. the arsenal supporters' trust has describe —— described it as a dreadful day for the club. more sport at half past two. conservative party chairman brandon lewis has asked borisjohnson to apologise for comments he made about muslim women who wear face veils. in his newspaper column, borisjohnson said women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes"

and "bank robbers". let's go live to westminster and our political correspondent. the pressure really increasing on borisjohnson now? the pressure really increasing on boris johnson now? can be absolutely. this intervention today from a very senior member of the conservative hierarchy, the party chairman brandon lewis. now, the substance of borisjohnson's article yesterday was actually opposing a and on the full—face veil, which has recently been imposed by denmark. but it's a language that he used within that article which has trawled criticism from some quarters, saying that women who wear them look like letterboxes and comparing them to bank robbers. that has drawn criticism from muslim groups including the conservative muslim forum. they say it will start

up muslim forum. they say it will start up hatred. the muslim councillor britain has accused him of pampering to the far right. earlier today we spoke to people in one of the conservative health constituencies which has the highest proportion of muslim residents, in hendon. it's very disrespectful. a letterbox and a bank robber and things. no, very disrespectful. a letterbox and a bank robberand things. no, i think it's very wrong. he is entitled for. there is no need to publicly comment on it. he's dangerous, he is as bad as trump as farasi dangerous, he is as bad as trump as faras i am dangerous, he is as bad as trump as far as i am concerned. i don't think any right—thinking member of this society would support those comments. we live in a country where that's... we don't want to

discriminate against people, we also wa nt discriminate against people, we also want to make sure that people aren't taking advantage of the culture they are living in. those comments really explaining some of the controversy of these remarks, any sign that borisjohnson is of these remarks, any sign that boris johnson is going of these remarks, any sign that borisjohnson is going to heed these course to apologise? we've not heard yet from boris johnson himself. course to apologise? we've not heard yet from borisjohnson himself. we have heard from some friends of his, who have defended the former the foreign secretary, pointing out that he wasn't calling for a ban on the burka, saying that he was simply making a joke burka, saying that he was simply making ajoke in burka, saying that he was simply making a joke in a newspaper column where he is paid to be controversial. there has, of course, been criticism not just controversial. there has, of course, been criticism notjust from brandon lewis, the conservative party chairman, but also this morning from a man who used to have borisjohnson asa a man who used to have borisjohnson as a boss, the foreign office minister alastair burt, who said that these comments would cause a

degree of offence, in his words, and he said he would never have made such remarks. we have not yet heard from borisjohnson such remarks. we have not yet heard from boris johnson about whether such remarks. we have not yet heard from borisjohnson about whether he is going to, as brandon lewis has requested, apologise for what he said. police are treating a fire in south—east london in which a seven year—old boy died as suspected arson. his father has describe him as a lovely boy who was just loving life. two women had tojump lovely boy who was just loving life. two women had to jump to safety before firefighters arrived in the early hours of this morning. they are now understood to be recovering in hospital. a woman has been pulled alive from a collapsed building on the indonesian island of lombok, two days after the earthquake which has left nearly a hundred people dead. thousands of others have been left without shelter and are having to

camp out. celebrating a survivor. these rescuers have just pulled a woman free from the mangled wreckage of a convenience store. she was taken away by ambulance, alive, after neighbours heard her cries for help two days on from the quake. footage has now emerged of an imam at prayer on the island of bali at the very moment the ground began shaking. worshippers began to run but his calm response has been hailed. the images have gone viral online. he later said his fate was in the hands of god. on lombok, this mosque fared far worse, suffering total collapse. there are fears that many worshippers were still inside when its walls crumbled. across the island of lombok it is believed around 20,000 people have been displaced. this villager returned to what used to be his home. translation: we might be still in trauma after three to six months.

i don't think it will be easy to return to normal life. we need to do it slowly, because the trauma was extraordinarily bad. since the initial violent quake captured on camera here at a bar, there have been more than 200 after—shocks. afraid there may be more, thousands of people are living out in the open. aid agencies say they have only managed to provide some shelter and water. for many of the temporary visitors, the tourists, the wait to get home is long. but those who have made it to an airport are doing better than the many still stranded on the gili islands. some are now getting away, but rescue came slowly. it was really scary. we were on the beach, it was really strong, there are so many people injured but nobody came to the island, so... maybe we were there for, like, 12 hours before a boat or anybody came. we've been there for two nightsjust waiting.

the british foreign office has advised against travelling to the affected area and says it has been assisting british nationals who have been in touch by phone or social media, but the real concern remains for those, mostly local, who remain missing and for whom the search continues. matt cole, bbc news. let's have a look at the weather. it may be cooling down a bit in the uk but not across the rest of europe? notjust but not across the rest of europe? not just yet. the but not across the rest of europe? notjust yet. the european heat wave isa notjust yet. the european heat wave is a story that has been running and running and running. it has been incredibly persistent. we had temperatures in iberia above a0 degrees. the heat has now shifted its way into these central parts of europe, including germany, france but also switzerland. if you look really closely at our map you can make out here the line of the river rhine and this is an effect of the

heat wave that i hadn't really heard about until today. the temperature of the land but also of the river water is higher than it normally should be, it's about 27.6 degrees, believe it or not. and that is having a huge effect on the local fishing industry. i'm going to show you some pictures, the first one is of some data fish because... who you go. this is what fishermen in a town in northern switzerland have been pulling out of the river, signs telling people not to fish. not only did fish, the fish which should be in that part of the river are having to move elsewhere to find cooler water. but here in the uk, some good news, forfish, forfarmers, the gardening is, for my little spaniel? very good news for your little spaniel and for the fish as well. temperatures will be dipping across the uk in the next few days, just as we are across many of those parts of

europe. here at home today, 33 degrees across parts of east anglia over the next couple of hours. but into tomorrow, 23 degrees looks a lot more likely. and if you're watching this further west, you have already had your change, a lot of cloud in wales, for example. some extra cloud in western areas. another feature to the south. storm clouds from the new continent into southern parts of the uk. these showers and thunderstorms will become an increasingly large part of the weather story this afternoon. we are going to see things clouding over towards the south—eastern corner. still some heat. coolerand fresher towards the north—west. as we go into this evening and overnight, we have to keep a close eye on developments in the south—east of england because we are going to see some of those showers

and thunderstorms spreading. they will be quite hit and miss. if you catch one, it could give you a lot of rain in a short space of time. maybe 20 to 30 millimetres in less than an hour. squally gusty winds as well. there is a chance of disruption. they will clear away. clear spells overnight. showers in the west. cooling off in the north and west. that is the big story for the middle of the week. cooler, fresher air spreading across the country. tomorrow, forget about temperatures in the 30s. there will still be some sunshine. extra cloud in east anglia and the south east today. showers feeding into western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, wales and the south—west. temperatures well down in the south—east. as we head

towards the end of the week still some sunshine and some showers. high teens in the northern half of the country. for the south could scrape into the 20s. more persistent rain in the south—east on thursday. as we head towards the weekend, what is this on our chart? something we haven't seen for a long time. an area of low pressure. it will bring rain most likely across northern areas. wherever you are across the country, some blustery winds, some rain at times, a cooler feel. country, some blustery winds, some rain at times, a coolerfeel. very different weather as we head towards the end of this week. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. six men who used speed boats to bring albanian migrants into kent from france, have been found guilty of conspiracy to breach uk immigration laws. two other men were found not guilty. president trump calls sanctions reimposed on iran

"the most biting ever", and warns other countries against doing business with tehran. president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes — on trial for affray — was not acting in self—defence, but with revenge, retaliation, or punishment in mind. also this hour: a german woman who sold her son to paedophiles on the dark net has been jailed for over 12 years — we'll bring you the latest from our correspondent in berlin. sport now on afternoon live with holly. let's start with the european championships. more excitement? absolutely. more drama at the track

cycling. huge disappointment for the great britain dream team, katie archibald and laura kenny. 23 european titles between them. there we re european titles between them. there were high hopes for another medal in the women's madison final, potentially even gold. archibald has beaten half of the reigning world champions in these event. it was not meant to be. this event is 120 laps with the winners decided on a points—based system. the two riders must ride in a relay system. archibald and kenny could not maintain the momentum. in the end the british pair were actuallyjust two points off a place on the podium, with denmark taking the gold. i couldn't have done any more. it was my first at international level. we made quite a few mistakes. a lot

of the changes were too far back. that adds up. you are wasting energy. you need all the energy. it isa energy. you need all the energy. it is a long race. hugely disappointing for them. jack carlin from great britain is hoping for a medal in the kiran. better news for a mathieu walls? absolutely. it was a really impressive performance. this was the main's elimination race. an eventful race as well. this is where you see the last rider across the line on every la p the last rider across the line on every lap getting eliminated. whittling down to the top three, which also included krawczyk of poland and oliveira. the 20—year—old mancunian crossed the line first. his first major championship medal and great britain's fourth cycling

medal in gold. it was a great race. i've done a lot of eliminations throughout my writing career. it was a great race. a hard race. came off with a win. legs were feeling good. i could see i was strong enough to lead it from the front. that is what i did. over in berlin the athletics have been getting under way. reigning champion martyn rooney only just under way. reigning champion martyn rooney onlyjust made it out of the aoo rooney onlyjust made it out of the a00 metres opening round. only the top two were guaranteed to qualify. rooney finished third but made it through as a fastest loser, joining three of his team—mates in the semifinals. i have been all over the place with my pacing this year. i relaxed too much at 50 metres. i thought, or, there is a guy there! stay poor run. poor execution of a raise. i've come

here to defend the title, so i can't be losing the heat. coming third as a fastest loser. it is never going to be easy, is it? great britain have made a strong start in the women's's 800 metres event. lynsey sharp as qualified for the semifinals along with her two team—mates. kevin mayer is out of the men's decathlon after he recorded three fouls in the long jump. the other two french athletes also failed to register a job. great britain's tim duckworth is fourth. arsenal majority shareholder sta n fourth. arsenal majority shareholder stan kroenke, who once two thirds of the club shares, has made an offer to buy the old club. the announcement was made at the london stock exchange this morning. the other majors should —— shareholders agreed to sell is 30% stake in wadi

describes as the best football club in the world. kante says single ownership will further arsenal ‘s strategy and ambitions. the arsenal supporters trust are opposed to the takeover, calling it a dreadful day for the club, with concerns over transparency and accountability. the worst—case scenario the money will be taken out of the club in the form of dividends to pay for debts taken out to buy arsenal. we know we is an investor. there will be less money going into the club and going out. it does look like jack carlin has failed to get a medal in his event. the german as won gold. lots more on the website. and it is live on bbc one as well. holly, many thanks. a german woman who sold her son to paedophiles on the dark net, has been jailed for 12 years and six months by a court in southern germany. prosecutors say the boy

was subjected to more than 60 serious sex attacks. the boy's 39—year—old stepfather and five other men have also been prosecuted in connection with the abuse. let's cross over to our berlin correspondent, jenny hill. this sounds like a really shocking case? yes. even the experienced investigators who dealt with it were shocked by the severity of what was done to this young boy. he is now ten yea rs done to this young boy. he is now ten years old. at the time he would have been seven or eight. over two yea rs have been seven or eight. over two years he was raped and abused by his own mother and her boyfriend. the pair also sold the boy to strangers for sex on the so—called darknet. prosecutors, as you say, say that he was subjected to more than 60 serious sex attacks during that time. many of them were filmed. some

of that footage found its way onto the darknet. an horrific ordeal for the darknet. an horrific ordeal for the child and a case that has shocked germany. firstly because of the scale of depravity done to this child. secondly, that it happened at the hands of the boy's mother. it is referee mother to be prosecuted for such abuse on such a scale. the woman herself was described by a psychiatrist during the course of this trial has been unusually lacking in empathy. but i think thirdly, because the authorities appeared to have missed opportunities to protect this child. the mother's boyfriend was a convicted paedophile who was technically banned from having any contact with children. the mother had been interviewed by the authorities who had concerns about the security of her son. and yet this man was able to live in the family home and perpetuate this abuse alongside the board's mother.

a lot of questions being asked of the german authorities denied. many thanks. this summer won't be forgotten easily for the heatwave across many parts of uk, and indeed the world. but could this be a growing trend? scientists are warning today that the world could be decades away from "uncontrollable" climate change that would make parts of the planet uninhabitable. a new study suggests a hothouse earth could be triggered by a worldwide temperature rise ofjust two more degrees. here's our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath. the oceans, the lands and the forests of the world have long played an important role in helping humanity avoid the worst of global warming. they have soaked up huge amounts of co2 over the past two centuries, limiting the rise in temperature to 1 degree. but scientists are now worried friendly natural systems will turn into enemies, and instead of soaking up co2, they may start spewing out huge quantities of warming gases

into the atmosphere. when we approach a two—degree rise, we can no longer exclude crossing the tipping point, the biosphere shifts from being a self cooler to becoming a self—warming entity. the widespread wildfires seen around the world this summer could also send a pulse of carbon into the air, negatively impacting the earth's system in the future. the extra sources of carbon could cause a domino effect as permafrost thaws, forests die back and ice sheets crumble, causing temperature rises on an unprecedented scale and seeing many coasts flooded and some parts of the world made uninhabitable. there are still many uncertainties, say uk researchers. the problem is that if we are looking for evidence of a tipping point, that earth has

tipped into a new state, we will see the full evidence when it has happened and it is too late. we are seeing tell—tale signs of it beginning to happen and we need to take those really seriously. in 2015, politicians signed the paris climate agreement to limit global warming this century. the scientists who wrote this report say it will not be enough in itself to avoid hothouse earth. the world will need to plant huge amounts of forests and cut emissions deeper than planned. we will need to become stewards, not exploiters, of the earth. theresa may will discuss brexit with the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, during a visit to the edinburgh festival this afternoon. the snp leader has called on mrs may to rule out a no—deal brexit, and what she calls a blind brexit —

where the future trading relationship hasn't been agreed. earlier i spoke to our scottish political correspondent, glenn campbell, and i asked him if this would be a difficult meeting for theresa may. theresa may is having to juggle harder than a street performer at the edinburgh fringe to keep her brexit show going. the eu side has criticised the proposals on customs contained within the chequers brexit plan that was signed off by the cabinet. there is no sign that theresa may's effort to make a case directly to eu leaders is resulting ina directly to eu leaders is resulting in a breakthrough. and remember the international trade secretary, liam fox, has put the chances of a no—deal brexit at 60% because of what he calls intransigence on the eu side. in edinburgh, the prime minister will hearfrom

eu side. in edinburgh, the prime minister will hear from scotland's first minister, speaking at her official residence in a short time ago. she wants theresa may to rule out a no—deal brexit and rule out a blind brexit, the idea of leaving with agreed terms of withdrawal, but without nailing down the broad outline of a future trading relationship. both would be economically damaging, ms sturgeon thinks. i don't think the prime minister can offer any guarantees. instead, when they sign a joint agreement to bring new investment to edinburgh, the prime minister will seek to present that as a commitment to sharing economic wealth across the uk as it leaves the eu. glenn campbell. maryam is here — in a moment, telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first, a look at the headlines on afternoon live. six men who helped take illegal immigrants across the channel in inflatable boats, have been found guilty of people smuggling.

president trump has warned that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes — on trial for affray — was not acting in self—defence. here's your business headlines on afternoon live: uk pension companies may be harbouring billions of pounds of losses from home equity release loans, according to research seen by the bbc. under equity release, homeowners borrow money against their house's value and don't repay anything until it's sold. that's fine for the borrower, but there are fears lenders have underestimated how much these loans could cost them. more on that story on our website. use of commercial video streaming services in the uk has surged, according to according to data released by the office

for national statistics. close to half of all adults said they had watched netflix, now tv, amazon prime video or a similar internet—based service during the past three months. that compares to less than a third of respondents in 2016, the last time the figure was given. the heatwave has spurred people into splashing out on fans, food and drink, but it has failed to prevent a slowdown in spending growth, according to data released today by the british retail consortium. better news for pubs, according to barclaycard they saw a 73% on the day of england 5 world cup semi—final. so maryam, donald trump is planning a very important dinner with some of the biggest business leaders in the us later. tell is more? it's interesting. on a day when as far as it's interesting. on a day when as faras iran is it's interesting. on a day when as far as iran is concerned donald trump is looking to sever ties in terms of business, a very different

sta nce terms of business, a very different stance from him. a dinner later on when he will be hosting many business leaders from us companies, big us companies. he will feel quite at that —— right at home! big us companies. he will feel quite at that -- right at home! quite. who is on the guest list? i know someone who will know the answer to that. paul blake is down in the stock exchange in new york. i notice your name is not on the guest list. booze is? that's right. donald trump is on a working vacation at his golf resort outside of new york. we have been given the guest list. it is the hoopla —— who's who of corporate america. it includes the leaders of fedex, mastercard, boeing, ernst and young, a numberof fedex, mastercard, boeing, ernst and young, a number of people coming to meet the president denied. and what

exactly meet the president denied. and what exa ctly o n meet the president denied. and what exactly on the agenda? what will they be talking about between the starter? rant of the mains? that is a good question. the white house press secretary has said the president will host these business leaders and he sees it as an opportunity to hear how the economy is doing from their perspective that what they thought for the year ahead. this comes at a time were speaking broadly corporate america been largely pleased with the deregulation agenda as well as the present's tax reforms. they see it asa present's tax reforms. they see it as a boost to the economy. many corporate american leaders have criticised him for his immigration policies, as well as the ongoing trade dispute with the likes of china and europe. overthe trade dispute with the likes of china and europe. over the long—term those policies will hurt us companies and the us economy. right now we have got fairly positive employment news and some concern over a lack of labour. that is

something corporate america will be concerned about. they will look at the immigration policies with some level of concern. certainly trade and what the president plans to do with trade and how it could affect supply chains around the world, also likely to be on the agenda. interesting this is happening in august, normally a tamper holidays. the president is at his bedminster resort. what is the president of the united states do over august? does he take a holiday? he is taking a holiday. like i said, they are talking at a working —— calling a working vacation. he likes to go to his own properties. a businessman with a his own properties. a businessman witha numberof his own properties. a businessman with a number of resorts around the us. he has been actively engaged seemingly with what has been going on in the us economy and proper politics. we have seen the iran sanctions coming up. something he has been managing from the golf resort. tonight it is all about the

business leaders meeting him over dinner. paul blake, thank you. lots of uncertainty for companies. our of the markets reacted to the iran sanctions? the cost of oil is on the up. that is because of the us' decision to reinstate sanctions against iran. iran is a huge oil producing nation. people are worried about how it is going to sell its oil, where it will sell its oil. that has pushed up the price of brent crude and crude oil. the london market is looking good. a few problems. domino's pizza in particular. its share price is very much in the red. earlier it warned that rising costs and some overseas operations have taken a slice. the share price down almost 10%. that is a huge drop. overall it is pretty

quiet. many of the investors and traders are on holidays in the south of france or what have you. trading volumes are low. that is why we see such big fluctuation in the market. thank you. tens of thousands of pupils in scotland have been receiving crucial exam results today. more than 135,000 pupils have been finding out how well they did in their national a and 5s, highers and advanced highers. across the country, the number of entries for highers — and the proportion of students who received a pass mark has fallen slightly. here's our scotland correspondent, catriona renton. the anticipation and trepidation, that envelope under the headteacher‘s arm, as pupils wait nervously in the library for the moment of truth. the moment has arrived. i got my five as, i am so... i cannot say how happy i am.

what was it like waiting? i was all right until about 30 seconds before, then it got a bit nervous. i just ripped the envelope to shreds. how much have you put into this? so much. hardly left the house in study leave, so much work goes into it, really good to see. it was not just the traditional envelopes, douglas got his results by text. not bad at all. that is all right. the students here have sat a range of exams, including highers, often used for university entry, and national 5s, qualifications usually sat the year before. but whatever the outcome, it is not just the results that count. the culture of schools has changed significantly in recent years and there is a huge focus now in terms of the soft skills young people possess for leaving school and moving into society and that is much more important

to us than the grades that come on the certificate. yes, they are important, but there are lots of other opportunities that matter just as much. the pass rate in this school for highers is 83.8% — the national pass rate is 76.8%, down slightly on 77% last year. we all felt the tension in the room before the exam results were opened and now of course there is the relief. some will have done better than they thought, others maybe not quite so well, and for those who need help, there is plenty. there will be young people who do not get the results they were hoping for and yesterday i visited the skills development scotland exams helpline in glasgow, a service available to any young person, orfamily, for that matter, who require assistance in advising the young person about what it is best to do. an emotional day for everyone here,

but now it is time to go home and look to the future. a student from texas has taken part in a graduation photo shoot with a difference, posing with a 1a—foot alligator named big tex. makenzie noland — who will graduate from texas a&m university on friday — says she struck up a bond with tex while interning at a rescue centre for alligators, crocodiles and other reptiles. makenzie says she's not scared of the alligator, as she gets in the water with him every day, adding that he's one of her best friends at the centre. no accounting for taste. what about the weather? it is getting cooler. here is ben rich. good afternoon. changes are afoot. this is the final day when temperatures across parts of england will get up to 33

degrees. by tomorrow it is more like 23. if you are watching this further west wondering what the fuss is about, your temperatures are already into the 20s. 23 is something you would be lovely to achieve across parts of wales where there is a fair amount of cloud. cloud also in northern ireland, western scotland. further east we hold on to sunshine and warmth. temperatures in the south—east up to 32 or 33 degrees. cooler north and west. 17 or 18 per edinburgh and belfast. showers showing up in the channel islands. some of those will drift into part of those —— south—east england and east anglia. quite hit and miss. a lot of rain in a short period of time with thunder and gusty winds as well. the showers and storms will clear by the early hours. then we

will see some clear spells. areas of applied from the west. showers developing and western scotland and northern ireland. cool and fresh in the north—west. during tomorrow we going to get into that much fresher air. a big dip in the temperatures. i think they will generally be more clever and tomorrow in the south—east. still some sunny spells. sunny spells across many parts of the country. for western area a scattering of showers. some could be on the heavy side. temperatures much lower than they have been. further north west, cooler. as we head towards the end of the week similar weather. fine weather, spells of sunshine but is gathering of showers. temperatures much lower. high teens or low 20s. then we get to the weekend. we are going to watch an area of low pressure spinning its way in from the atlantic. some uncertainty about the timing. it looks like particularly

in northern areas we will see wet weather. wherever you are, windy as well. things looking much more u nsettled well. things looking much more unsettled and cooler for the weekend. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 3. six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel — the gang were caught after one boat carrying at least 18 people ran out of fuel. there's unsuitably closed for the passage, they didn't have any lifejackets and they were very overcrowded and they seemed to be in a great deal after stress, all of them. us president donald trump re—imposes sanctions on iran. president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes, on trial for affray, was not acting in self—defence but with revenge, retaliation, or punishment in mind. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — will holly hamilton coming up on afternoon live,

all the sport — with holly hamilton, and another medal for great britain at the european championships? yes, there has been another gold medal and this time it is in the diving. glasgow's own has got a bronze in the men's keirin as well. thanks, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. and we'll have all the weather. it's getting cooler? it is the final day, for now at least, of temperatures above 30 degrees across parts of eastern england. all of us will be getting into some cooler, fresher air over the next few days. for some, there will be thunderstorms. details coming up. thanks, ben. also coming up. fears of a "hothouse earth". scientists warn we could be only decades away from uncontrollable climate change, making parts of the planet uninhabitable. hello, everyone, this

is afternoon live. six men have been found guilty of a people—smuggling operation that brought albanian migrants across the english channel to the uk. two other men have been found not guilty. jurors heard how 17 people arrived on a beach at dymchurch in kent during the night in may 2016. later — when one of their boats ran out of fuel — the gang decided to use jet—skis to smuggle people across the world's busiest shipping lane. frankie mccamley reports from the old bailey. this was a trial that lasted nine weeks, and it took the jury of seven men and five women 29 hours to find six out of the eight defendants guilty of trying to breach immigration laws.

the operation was mainly based in dymchurch in kent. the men bought speedboats to try to travel across the channel to bring back albanian migrants, but the men were caught following a series of failures. they left boats abandoned and they put many lives at risk. around a mile and a half off the coast of kent in the pitch black, a boat designed for six people, carrying 20, and taking on water quickly. 18 albanian migrants are on board, each had paid £5,500 to be there. now, all desperate for help. the weather was deteriorating quite quickly, it was quite a strong wind from the north—east, so it was very much quick action to get the migrants on board very quickly, onto the valiant. they were unsuitably clothed for the passage, they didn't have any lifejackets, they were very overcrowded and they seemed to be

in a great deal of distress, all of them. the only two on board with lifejackets are robert stilwell and mark stribling. both pleaded guilty and convicted of people smuggling. that was two years ago. it was what officers found next to this slipway in dymchurch in kent that launched the whole investigation. one abandoned boat. and after making initial inquiries, they realised that that was part of a much bigger operation. another gang member, albert letchford, is covertly filmed on a different boat with francis wade, who was found not guilty. they're in ramsgate preparing another trip to france. but after nearly tipping the boat over, francis wade calls leonard powell to tell him the water's too dangerous. it's that choppy out there, i nearly turned the thing over. the pair then struggled to get the gps system to work. we're both trying, we've put the thing in front of us... francis wade sets off the following day but has to be rescued after he says

he deliberately runs out of fuel after getting suspicious about the reason for the journey. he also nearly collides with a shipping container. yet another failed trip for the gang meant they had to be even more creative. george and leonard powell meet sabah dulaj to buy a jet ski to do the job instead. the vessel may have had to refuel at the other side before returning, but it is feasible, and it's their intention to do that, and i think that demonstrates just how reckless the crime group is. today at the old bailey, the verdicts of all eight defendants were read out. those found guilty were father and son leonard and alfie powell, alongside gang members albert letchford and wayne bath. it was albanian nationals sabah dulaj and artur nutaj who acted as the travel agent, finding people who wanted to go to the uk. they were also found guilty. those found not guilty

were alan viles and francis wade. mr viles said he did jobs and favours for the group without asking questions at the time. those found guilty will be sentenced at a later date. six out of the eight defendants heard those verdicts are being read out, two could not be care because of health reasons. none of them showed any emotion. following the verdict the nca has said this is an excellent result and they hope it deters anyone else from trying to carry out what they describe as a very dangerous operation. those found guilty, the immigration offence carries a maximum sentence of 1a years and people will return here on the 21st of september to be sentenced. conservative party chairman brandon lewis has asked borisjohnson to apologise for comments he made about muslim women who wear face veils. in his newspaper column, borisjohnson said women wearing

burkas "look like letter boxes" and "bank robbers". tory peer and former co—chair of the conservative party baroness warsi joins us now from dewsbury in west yorkshire. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. do you agree with brandon lewis that boris johnson us. do you agree with brandon lewis that borisjohnson should apologise? ido andi that borisjohnson should apologise? i do and i welcome the fact that brandon lewis has taken this step. it's interesting and welcoming to see that the number of horace's collea g u es see that the number of horace's colleagues from the foreign office, alistair burt mp and others, tariq ahmed, have come out to say that these comments are unacceptable and uncalled for and it is right that brandon asks boris to apologise. this clearly shows that the party is hopefully going to take this matter seriously. indeed, but boris johnson went on to say that he did not think that the wearing of the burka or the

niqab should be banned as it has beenin niqab should be banned as it has been in some other countries — do you welcome that? there is a very real debate to be had about the different interpretations that people have about religious address. it's a debate that indeed i covered in my book only last year in some detail. and i myself am not a fan of the burka and the face veil. however, what is concerning about this particular incident is not so much the message that boris was allegedly trying to get out, but the very deliberate language that he used, letterbox, armed robber, it was the kind of dog whistle type language that we saw during the brexit campaign, we saw it during the mayoral campaign of zac smith, it's the bigotry and the trademark trump tactics that we saw during the presidential election. it is kind of appealing to a certain type of audience, where essentially, the message at the end really doesn't matter, it's the language and the

way in which it is delivered which really captures that vote. and i just felt that this was an appalling way to do it. what i think it is a very serious debate but using muslim women as a convenient political football for boris to increase his poll ratings amongst the tory faithful. so you're accusing him of bigotry? sorry providers and catch that? are you accusing boris johnson of bigotry? i am accusing boris johnson of using bigoted language that was unacceptable. do you think, though, that by going on the attack against a fellow conservative like this novel that you are in danger of simply amplifying the row here are, causing more problems for your own party? for over three years now, i have been speaking to the party privately about the rising levels of anti—muslim sentiment and islamophobia within the conservative party. i felt quite islamophobia within the conservative

party. ifelt quite rightly islamophobia within the conservative party. i felt quite rightly that as an ex—co—chairman of the party, that i needed to deal with this privately and quietly, i dealt with this in private conversations, i don't with it in private conversations, i don't with itina private conversations, i don't with it in a letter to the prime minister last year, i dealt with it in a series of private meetings with three successive chapelhow. but there comes a point when a party is not prepared to listen and to take theissue not prepared to listen and to take the issue seriously and this issue is so serious and it needs to be dealt with and i have no choice but to take the matter into the public domain, as have others in other parties on issues of bigotry within those political parties. so, if you think that your party does need to do more to show that it ta kes need to do more to show that it takes this matter seriously, what do you think it should do? for example, does it need to suspend the whip from boris johnson? i have welcomed the fact that brandon has asked horace to apologise but i have also asked him to give some thought to

the fact of his boris does not apologise, what is the next step? i have been calling for a number of yea rs have been calling for a number of years for an internal inquiry within the conservative party on the rising numbers ofan the conservative party on the rising numbers of an demons in comments within the party and i think that time has passed, we must now have an independent inquiry which hopefully allows british muslims to start to regain some confidence within the conservative party, because the party needs to show that it is not institutionally biased towards british muslims. do you think there isa british muslims. do you think there is a danger that this row is going to really damage any prospects of muslim communities voting conservative at the next election?” hope british muslims will vote for political parties based upon their policies. but i also hope that individual political parties will lay their stall out to all communities in this country. and every time we have the likes of boris, the likes of blackman, the likes of zac goldsmith, parliamentarians, candidates, councillors, making comments like we have seen over the last few days, it sta rts have seen over the last few days, it starts to make british muslims feel

like they are a community that does not matter to the conservative party. and when that starts to take hold and then that community starts to say, that party does not matter to say, that party does not matter to us, either. and that is not something which i want to see which is why i am asking the party to get ahead of this issue and to start an independent inquiry. baroness warsi, thank you very much joining us. let's go live to westminster and our political correspondent tom barton. baroness warsi calling the boris johnson to resign and accusing him of using bigoted language? that's absolutely right and i think baroness warsi's comments are reflected by several groups within the muslim community, including the conservative muslim foundation, which has said that this article will whip up hatred of women who wear the niqab and the burka. well, the muslim councillor britain has accused boris johnson the muslim councillor britain has accused borisjohnson of pandering to the far right. and, of course,

these comments, boris johnson to the far right. and, of course, these comments, borisjohnson saying that women who wear the burka look like letterboxes, comparing them to letterbox is, he was doing so within the context of an article which was actually saying there should not be an outright ban on the full—face veil, criticising denmark for taking that decision. nonetheless it has strong criticism from some, including a man who had boris johnson as his boss until a few weeks ago, foreign office —2 alistair burt. and then today, lunchtime today, a very senior party figure, the party chairman, brandon lewis, calling on borisjohnson to apologise. however, friends of boris johnson have said that this criticism is too robust and actually, he was just doing his job asa actually, he was just doing his job as a newspaper columnist and writing an article which was supposed to be robust. he's perfectly entitled to

his views, he is paid to write a column for the daily telegraph. it was an erudite column with a bit of humour about a pertinent issue, denmark have banned the burka but boris doesn't think that is the answer to the issue in our country. and he made his comments. nothing to apologise for. it has all been blown out of proportion by those who wish to cause him political damage. one of the points raised there, that this is maybe an extension of the referendum campaign, people criticising boris today were probably from the remain camp. will boris apologise? well, we haven't yet heard from the man himself. thank you very much. a court has heard claims that cctv footage shows the england cricketer ben stokes mimicking a gay man shortly before he allegedly knocked out two other men in a fight near a nightclub. ben stokes and two other men, deny a charge of affray

in connection with the incident in bristol last september. our correspondent, phil mackie, is following the case. our correspondent phil mackie is following the case. arriving for the second day of his trial, the england star again faced a phalanx of photographers. he denies a charge of affray along with two other men all filmed in a brawl outside the mbargo nightclub in the centre of bristol last september. the footage shows the england star throwing a number of punches. he knocked both of his co—defendants unconscious. ryan hale on the left, and ryan ali on the right, were both treated in hospital. mr ali's eye socket was fractured. today, pc daniel evans, in the red tie, today told the court that cctv footage showed the cricketer mocking a gay couple outside the club and later arguing with a doorman who would not let him back in. the doorman, andrew cunningham, said mr stokes became angry and abusive. when he was interviewed

after his arrest, he told detectives he'd been defending the gay men and acted in self defence. and had acted in self defence. prosecutors allege that mr hale and mr ali armed themselves with makeshift weapons during the fight. there is intense public interest in the case and judge peter blair qc warned jurors to ignore what he described as biased and inaccurate comments on social media. the trial is back under way and we will be hearing further evidence from the doorman and some of the eyewitnesses to the event. we just saw the footage which was filmed by a student called max wilson who lived above the nightclub. this is a story which very much focuses on the events outside the club in the early hours of the 25th of september last year, particularly around half past two in the morning, when the fight broke out. what we've been seeing todayis broke out. what we've been seeing today is really the buildup to that, events before the fight, although we

will get onto the fight as the trial progresses. of course, all three defendants who have now got back into court, stokes, ryan ali and ryan hale, will get a chance later in the trial to put their version of events and the trial itself is expected to end sometime next week. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. six men who helped take illegal immigrants across the channel in inflatable boats have been found guilty of people smuggling. president trump has warned that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes, on trial for affray, was not acting in self—defence. in sport, another gold for great britain at the european championships, this time in the women's synchronised ten metre platform diving. and glasgow's very

own finishes third in the men's keirin to take the bronze medal in front of the home crowd. and stan kroenke, who already owns 67% of arsenal, has made an offer to buy the rest of the club. the other big shareholder says he is willing to sell. the arsenal supporters' trust has described it is a dreadful day for the club. i will be back with more sport at half past three. the united states has re—imposed tough trade and financial sanctions on iran. they've been brought in again because of president trump's decision to pull out of the international agreement curbing iran's nuclear programme. iran's president, hassan rouhani, says the white house will regret the move which he called "psychological warfare". president trump says anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states.

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. president trump has always made it clear he absolutely hates the iran nuclear deal. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions. and it's a horrible agreement for the united states. we're not going to allow certain things to happen that are happening, and the iran deal is a disaster. and when he pulled out of it three months ago, he said iran would suffer. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. iran will no longer be able to buy american dollars. it won't be able to trade in gold. aluminium and steel are also on the list, as is the country's currency, the rial. in three months' time there'll be more sanctions on iran's oil industry, shipping and insurance and the central bank. iranians are very frustrated

and angry, there are protests morphing around the country. this has been ongoing since december and january. and the government has very limited tools to really protect itself. from the domestic instability, of course, they can always crack down. but they are in trouble, and this is going to be a tough period for them. this is precisely what mr trump wants. he says the nuclear deal did nothing to curb iran's behaviour around the middle east — its support for militant groups in lebanon and gaza, its involvement in the wars in syria and yemen. the nuclear deal‘s other partners — the europeans, russia and china — are desperate to keep the deal alive. they still think it's the best way to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. the deal has two parts. iran gives up their nuclear programme and the international community opens up trade and economic relations with iran. this second pillar has to be maintained if we want the first pillar to be maintained. and, so far, iran has

been compliant, fully, with their nuclear commitments. mrtrump thinks iran will ultimately come back to the negotiating table... and i have a feeling they'll be talking to us pretty soon. ..but so far all we've had is a lot of heated rhetoric on both sides. if donald trump is trying to change iranian behaviour, it's not happening yet. paul adams. earlier i spoke to our correspondent gary o'donoghue, who's in washington. the big crunch will come a bit later on, because there is another wave of sanctions that are coming in in november on the oil industry and petrochemicals, in other words iran's oil exports. and that's where big dollars are available to the iranian government. they're doing a lot of business, particularly with china and india, other places, too. and that's something they will feel the pinch on. the americans are saying that anyone else in europe or elsewhere continues to work with the iranians, continues to invest and do

business, will not be able to do business with the us and will be sanctioned, effectively prosecuted. that's something the europeans have vowed to resist, and effectively indemnify their own companies against. is that not the real significance of this move, this opening up of a rift with europe, the other main signatories to that deal, who say that they want to continue with it but the american warning makes it very difficult for the europeans to be able to do so? yeah, and notjust a rift, we've already had the rift generally on trade, yeah, they're talking again but there are still aluminium and steel tariffs in place, there's a rift over nato as well, we know that, the president threatening at one stage to potentially withdraw from nato. and now this as well. so there's a whole range of areas where europe and the us are not

seeing eye to eye at the moment and relations are incredibly strained. and as things stand, there's no resolution to this sort of fracturing in the coalition which brought about the iranian nuclear deal in the first place. joining me now is dr aziz alghashian from the university of essex. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this afternoon. how serious is the impact going to be on iran? well, firstly, thank you very. i think the impact will be incredibly severe. because these sanctions are designed pretty much to weaken the iranian economy, but also the economy from within. so, not only is it designed to weaken the iranian

economy but the power structure as well. and i think as some of your reports have indicated, there have certainly been strikes, there have been several unrest there. and what these sanctions will do is that it will certainly exasperate a lot of these protests. and so, the iranian regime will certainly treat this as a form of regime change, especially the fact thatjohn bolton, who advocated this before, in the bush administration, and is now more or less having the same ethos and approach to iran, they will certainly find this is a very significant measure and it will be very significant. we've heard some

very significant. we've heard some very strong rhetoric in response from president rouhani, as you mentioned, he's facing these protests on the streets from a population which is already suffering from the economic hardships which are affecting the country, president rouhani had promised his people that this iran deal would help to bring iran in from the cold and this is going to make life even more difficult for him, isn't it? well, his back is to the wall. and he certainly mentioned this. but we have to put context to this. but we have to put context to this. he said this at a time where donald trump was not in the picture. he said this at a time when president obama was there. someone who, he extended his hand to, president rouhani extended his hand to the west and they actually extended their hands to each other. so he was very much optimistic it's very important to note also that

president rouhani was a pragmatist. he tried to balance between the hardliners in iran and the rapprochement with the west and in particular the united states. but now, really come the president of the united states has changed and with that, very interestingly, and as you mentioned in your question, his tone has changed. the iranian president usually is the person that softens the tone, especially a pragmatist like president rouhani, who softens the tone between the supreme leader, who really holds the power in iran. but now, they have seen a power in iran. but now, they have seen a dramatic change in the tone and the fiery rhetoric as you mentioned, and i think that... i mean, i strongly believe that these changes in tone, this fiery

rhetoric, is another way of trying to go to the negotiating table again, ina to go to the negotiating table again, in a different avenue. is there a chance that... we know that there a chance that... we know that the europeans, the other signatories to the deal, are saying that they intend to salvage it, despite the sta nce intend to salvage it, despite the stance ta ken by intend to salvage it, despite the stance taken by the united states — is there a chance that iran could now say that it is no longer prepared to stick to its side of the bargain? no. i mean, there could be that possibility, but i do not see that. and i think to be honest with you, everybody knows that. this is not... this difference of opinion, difference of approach between europe and the united states, it not been the first time it has happened. this has happened in the early 2005

and that was called then the e3 and at that time, the european states knew that they were pretty much limited. and who stopped this rapprochement? it was really the us. and the eu countries at that time knew that if you wanted a real change to happen, the united states had to be on board. the president will most likely say, yes, they are willing to work with the european powers, and he has said this before, the iranian president, i'm talking about. but it's still... the european powers, or the european countries, have a lot of dependency on the american economy. so, that's one element that needs to be

mentioned and to understand in how the iran views the us, the most in wotton country for it. thank you very much forjoining us. —— the most important country. this summer won't be forgotten easily for the heatwave across many parts of uk — and indeed the world. but could this be a growing trend? scientists are warning today that the world could be decades away from uncontrollable climate change that would make parts of the planet uninhabitable. a new study suggests a "hothouse earth" could be triggered by a worldwide temperature rise ofjust two more degrees. joining me now is a professor of climate science at the university of reading can. thank you very much for talking to us. do you agree with this warning that we could be heading for a hothouse planet? well, this is a really interesting aspect

of peace, it is not new research per se but it is bringing together research and what we know about the very small positivity of these domino effects in the climate system which could cause us to move into a new acceleration of climate change. and what is causing this, is it man—made climate change, as many suspect? well, yes, we know that humans are causing the planet to warm up because humans are causing the planet to warm up because we are humans are causing the planet to warm up because we are emitting huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere which is heating the planet. we are already seeing the impact driver starting to occur, more intense heat waves and flooding from heavy rainfall. now, this study is slightly separate in that it's saying there could be an extra impetus to the climate change which is caused by these knock—on effects, one example being melting ice in greenland, changing the density of the ocean, causing the ocean

circulation to change and associated knock—on effects. we already know about these and it is a very small chance of a very big consequences so it is important to consider but it is important not to move away from the main message, which is we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid damaging climate change in the future. but that change will have to be more dramatic and those cuts will have to have a far greater impact if this trend is going to be reversed? we already know we have started reducing greenhouse gases and started process with the climate agreement in paris and we have to do more. we already know we have to do this, this isjust reminding us we know there are very small possibilities of monumental changes happening in the climate system that we also need to be aware of. it doesn't change the main message that we need to reduce greenhouse gas

emissions drastically to avoid dangerous climate change. it is already impacting society and ecosystems. we have seen the heatwave across many parts of the uk and parts of europe, should we expect to see more of that in the coming years? these effects are caused by weather, weather patterns causing heat waves and intense flooding. because the world is 1 degrees warmer, it is making these events degrees warmer, it is making these eve nts m o re severe degrees warmer, it is making these events more severe so more extreme heat waves we have seen and more heavy rainfall and flooding like we have seen in japan heavy rainfall and flooding like we have seen injapan recently. heavy rainfall and flooding like we have seen in japan recently. richard allen, thank you forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. this is the last day for the time being of temperatures up into the 30s across parts of eastern england, because over the next few days, things are going to turn cooler. still with some sunshine, but some showers as well. generally there has already been

more cloud further west, we'll keep that as we go through this evening. across this south—eastern corner, there's a chance we could see some thunderstorms clipping in. some of these could really be on the heavy side but they will be quite hit and miss. some places will avoid them and stay dry. further west, some clear spells, a few showers starting to feed in towards western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures ten or 11 in the towns and cities up to the north—west. some spots in the countryside are lower than that. that fresh air is going to continue sweeping across the country as we go on through tomorrow. there will be some spells of sunshine, some areas of cloud as well and some showers at times in western areas. one or two of these could be on the heavy side. and look at the temperatures, way down — 18 to 2a degrees at best. stays cool for the end of the week and then looks pretty unsettled for the weekend. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel — they were caught after one of them carrying at least 18 people ran out of fuel. president trump calls sanctions

reimposed on iran "the most biting ever" and warns other countries against doing business with tehran — president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. conservative party chairman brandon lewis says borisjohnson should apologise for comments saying muslim women wearing the burkha "look like letterboxes". tory peer baroness warsi says he should be disciplined if he doesn't also coming up... concerns are voiced over the rise of littering in public spaces as people make the most of the hot weather. sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton and there's been another gold medal at the european championships — this time in the diving? yes, they have been doing well and we have been talking about the

velodrome in glasgow. but had to edinburgh weather has been a gold medal in the ten metres synchronised diving event for lewis and eden chang. theirfinal dive diving event for lewis and eden chang. their final dive got the 68 points they needed to take the gold medal. this is only their second competition together and her senior debut and she is only 15 years old. we have got a lot of potential, especially being so young. we have still got a long way to go but this isa still got a long way to go but this is a really good start of our career together. what you aware of with the score is going into the final dive. we were aware of the potential, but you had to keep it calm.” we were aware of the potential, but you had to keep it calm. i don't look at the scores in a junior event, but it is just a good job we

did a good dive. lois toulson and eden cheng — remember the names! britian's most succesful diver jack laugher is currently taking part in the one metre spingboard final. fellow brit james heatly is also taking part — both remain in medal contention— you can follow that live on bbc one right now and on the bbc sport website. and more medal‘s this afternoon in the final session of the track cycling. earlier, we had the final of the men's keirin event and in the end it was a pretty tight race but glasgow's very own jack carlin clinched the bronze medal in front of a delighted home crowd. in a frenetic final lap, germany's stefan botticher pulled ahead to claim gold but it there was some initial confusion over second and third place with the top four crossing the line with the narrowest of margins between them, but it was carlin who took his place on the podium and another bronze medalfor great britain,

earlier this afternoon matt walls won gold in the men's elimination race earlier, which sees the last rider across the line on every other lap getting eliminated until the group is whittled down to the top three. it was the 20 year—old mancunian who crossed the line first — giving him his first major championships medal and great britain's fourth cycling gold medal. there was disappointment for the so called great britain dream team — katie archibald and laura kenny who ended points off a place on he podium in the madison. with 23 european titles between them, there were high hopes for another medal but after a strong start archibald and kenny counldn't maintain the pace over the 120 laps. i couldn't have done any more. it is my first won at international level. we made quite a few mistakes, like

misjudging the sprint. a lot of the changes were too far back. it all adds up and you are wasting energy. you need all the energy you need, it isa you need all the energy you need, it is a long race. meanwhile, the athletics has been getting under way in berlin where the reigning champion martyn rooney onlyjust made it out of the a00m opening round. only the top two were guaranteed to qualify. rooney finished third but made it through as a fastest loser, joining team—mates lloyd cowan, rabah yousef and matthew hudson—smith in the semi—finals. and great britain have made a strong start in the women's 800m event. lynsey sharp has qualified for the semi finals along with her gb team—mates shelayna oskan—clarke and adelle tracey. arsenal's majority shareholder, stan kroenke who owns over two thirds of the club's shares has made an offer to buy the whole club. the announcement was made to the london stock exchange this morning. the other major shareholder alisher usmanov has agreed to sell his 30% stake

in what he describes as the "best football club in the world". kroenke says single ownership will help to further arsenal's "strategy and ambitions". arsenal suypporter‘s trust are opposed to the takeover calling a dreadful day for the club with concernas over transparency and accountabilty. burnley have signed goalkeeper joe hart from manchester city. hart had been seeking a permanent move after manager pep guardiola made it clear he had no first—team future at the club. hart, who won 75 caps, but failed to make the england world cup squad has spent the last two seasons loaned out to torino in serie a and then west ham. he joins burnley for an undisclosed fee on a two—year deal. that's all the sport for now. you can follow all the action from the european championships on bbc one right now. a woman has been pulled alive from a collapsed building

on the indonesian island of lombok — two days after the second powerful earthquake in a week left nearly a hundred people dead. thousands of others have been left without shelter, and are having to camp out in the fields. celebrating a survivor. they have just pulled this woman free from a convenience store. footage has now emerged of an imam at prayer on the island of bali at the very moment the ground began shaking. worshippers began to run but his calm response has been hailed with the images going viral online. he later said his fate was in god's hands. on lombok, this mosque fared worse, suffering total collapse. there are fears many worshippers

we re there are fears many worshippers were still inside when its walls crumbled. across the island of lombok, it is believed around 20,000 people have been displaced. this villager returned to what used to be his home. translation: we might be still in trauma after three to six months. i don't think it will be easy to return to a normal life. we need to do it slowly because the trauma was extraordinarily bad. since the initial violent earthquake, captured on camera at a bar, there have been more than 200 after—shocks. afraid there may be more, thousands of people are now living out in the open. aid agencies say they have only managed to provide some with water and shelter. for many of the tourists, the way to get home is a long one, but those who have made it to an airport are doing better than many still stranded. some are now getting away from there but rescue came slowly. it was really scary. we were on the

beach and it was really strong. there were so many people injured but nobody came to the island. we would therefore like 12 hours before anybody came. we have been there for two nights, we arejust anybody came. we have been there for two nights, we are just waiting. anybody came. we have been there for two nights, we arejust waiting. the british foreign office has advised against travelling to the affected area and it says british national ‘s have been in touch by phone or social media. but the real concern remains for those, mostly local, who remains for those, mostly local, who remain missing and for whom the search continues. joseph pryer is on holiday in lombok and hejoins me now. tell us what happened to you when the earthquake struck? thank you for having me. we were staying just south of the island and we were just enjoying our dinner when suddenly a violent shaking in the restaurant.

everybody was panicking and hundreds of people ran into the middle of the street. in a couple of minutes eve ryo ne street. in a couple of minutes everyone was on their mopeds looking for high ground in case of a tsunami. after about two minutes, my friend and i heard this tsunami warning so we got to higher ground as soon as we warning so we got to higher ground as soon as we could. how long did you have to stay there, you were out in the open at this stage, presumably? we stayed on top of the hill in lombok, the highest point we could get it. we were there for about an hour could get it. we were there for aboutan hourand could get it. we were there for about an hour and a half. tourists we re about an hour and a half. tourists were there and locals, but nobody knew what was going on for about an hour and knew what was going on for about an hourand a knew what was going on for about an hour and a half. they said it was basically up to us to find out what was happening. all the phones were down and it was a scary situation to be in. what did you do after that, we re be in. what did you do after that, were you able to go back to your accommodation was it damaged in the

earthquake? luckily in the south of the island, it wasn't too badly affected. obviously i have seen the news reports up north and it is a lot worse. i was speaking to a couple of canadians yesterday who are staying on the ghillie islands. they said the damage was really, really bad. they saw quite a few dead bodies on the street, they helped people out of the rubble. where we are it was quite lucky and the damage wasn't too bad. what is the damage wasn't too bad. what is the situation like on the ground where you are now? the first day afterwards it was like a ghost town. quite a lot of families left because of the earthquake. we decided to stay, we are predicting because this has been the big earthquake, there won't be another big one after this. obviously there is still a risk, hopefully there will only be some smaller after—shocks. there are still quite a few people here, but thatis still quite a few people here, but that is the situation. are there

signs the parodies are getting to grips with the situation? clearly there are other more remote parts where there are real difficulties getting to people?” where there are real difficulties getting to people? i was taking my mopeds further up north and the further north you can go, you can see the damage getting worse. a lot of the local buildings, they have gone to the ground. but where we were, there were no police or security, it was up to us to figure out what was going on. it must have been a traumatic experience? 100%. when been a traumatic experience? 10096. when you see it on the news you don't expect to be in that situation yourself. and when you are, it is crazy. all sorts of things are running through your mind, you are scared, you're panicking but your survival instincts kick in. it was crazy. joseph, thank you very much. thank you for talking to us from lombok. we will be hearing what is

hot and what is not in the business news. six men who helped take illegal immigrants across the channel in inflatable boats have been found guilty of people smuggling. president trump has warned that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes, on trial for affray, was not acting in self—defence. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. uk pension companies may be harbouring billions of pounds of losses from home equity release loans, according to research seen by the bbc. under equity release, homeowners borrow money against their house's value and don't repay anything until it's sold. that's fine for the borrower, but there are fears lenders have underestimated how much these loans could cost them.

more on that story on our website. new look reported a 19% improvement in underlying profits to £1a.a million for the first quarter to 23rd june. the retailer is shutting 60 of its shops as part of a company voluntary arrangement with its landlords, which will affect around 1,000 jobs. new look said it is on track to meet its £70 million cost saving target for the year. use of commercial video streaming services in the uk has surged. according to data released by the office for national statistics, close to half of all adults said they had watched netflix, now tv, amazon prime video or a similar internet—based service during the past three months. that compares to less than a third of respondents in 2016, the last time the figure was given. so pub closures are making us all poorer —

and i don't meanjust financially? pubs are continuing to struggle with 18 closing a week in britain, according to the latest industry figures from the campaign for real ale. we are simply not going to the pub despite this amazing weather? part of it is not going enough, part of it isa of it is not going enough, part of it is a difference in the way we drink, perhaps? we choose to drink more at home. the pub industry at £23.1 billion to the uk economy. not only is it financially it is about being culturally poorer as well when we see these pubs closing. joining us now is abigail newton, camra national executive committee impact financially? the tax burden and that is what we are concentrating on at the moment.

we're trying to get the chancellor to reduce the rate on tax in the pub. it is having a huge effect and supermarket alcohol is cheaper. do you think people are choosing to buy their drinks and you think people are choosing to buy theirdrinks and drink you think people are choosing to buy their drinks and drink them at home as opposed to going to the pub? what is it about the pub that is not attracting people these days?” think it is attractive still, they just cannot afford to go. there are huge amounts of people in their communities who adore their pubs, but when they don't use it because they cannot afford to use it, the licensee cannot afford to keep it open and it closes and that is why we are seeing 18 pubs are we closing. it is notjust providing drinks for people, they provide a service to the community? yes, because people are together and they are amongst friends, they meet new friends, across different generations. it is well being as well so people who are lonely and

make friends in the pub and people who go to the pub regularly are friendly happier people. some might argue that perhaps pubs being less fall than they used to be is an indication of society changing, it's eating and drinking habits becoming more healthy? to some extent, we are becoming more healthy. but people do tend to drink at home. we promote pubs because it is a socially caring environment and it is not about lots of drinking, it is about steady drinking, about responsible drinking. young people, the figures showed there are fewer young people going to pubs, how do you attract younger people to go into pubs? that isa younger people to go into pubs? that is a difficult thing to do given the price of beer is quite steep at the moment because of the tax, a third ofa pint moment because of the tax, a third of a pint is taxed at the moment. we try and promote the benefits of it

in the community and there is a lot of people in camra who understand that and are joining the cause to promote it further to their friends. what do you say to the government, what do you want to see change to help the pub industry in the uk, which is a cultural icon, the local pub? absolutely, people come to this country, tourists come and visit and it is in their top five things they wa nt to it is in their top five things they want to see. we are saying to the chancellor in the november budget, please do not increase tax on beer. there is a business rate relief on pubs at the moment, keep it in place. thank you so much indeed. lots of uncertainty, brexit, how is it affecting the markets? not very badly. the london markets... i was supposed to have the oil price,

brent crude is up around 1% because of the renewed sanctions on iran. in terms of the london market, we have had strong corporate figures out of the us and that has helped bump up wall street. asian markets and the european markets have followed suit. i will have the oil figures for you in an hour. many thanks. the hot weather has seen people heading to parks and public spaces to enjoy the sunshine, but after the bbq's and picnics, councils are left to clear up the mess. this was the scene outside buckingham palace yesterday with cans, bottles and wrappers all left behind. the charity ‘keep britain tidy‘ says littering is on the increase. graham satchell has been to parks in hackney in east london to see how they are coping with rubbish. why? why leave all this stuff just lying around ? it doesn't make sense. what's wrong with just taking, taking your litter back with you? this is kelvingrove park in glasgow, after a bank holiday weekend earlier this year. this can't be right.

it's a complete and utter mess today. this, a similar picture in roundhay park in leeds. and these overflowing bins are in a park in cardiff. it really disgusts me. we had it up here a couple of weeks ago, some people are picnicking in all the sunshine and they just leave everything. it's awful. i think people need to take responsibility, particularly in light of the oceans, and it's going to be the future for the next generation. we have a duty of care. every time i come to the park and have something to eat or something, you know, just put it in the bin. it's not that hard to do. litter is a problem that's getting worse. a survey today of more than 7,000 public spaces by keep britain tidy shows 1a% are unacceptable and heavily affected by litter. three years ago it was just 10%. 6.30 in the morning, hackney in east london. the parks team is out early, cleaning up. it's hard to speculate on why people think it's acceptable to stand up

and leave their rubbish where they are, but they have to play a role as well, and people need to understand that places an additional cost on a local authority like hackney, which can sometimes collect up to two tonnes of rubbish from an area like london fields in a single litter pick. local authorities do have the power to issue on—the—spot fines to people who litter, but here in hackney they say what's really needed is more education, to show people it's socially environmentally unacceptable. we carried out a recent survey looking at a phenomenon we call careful littering. careful littering? careful littering, exactly. so it's important... lizzie kenyon is from keep britain tidy. she says most people already know throwing rubbish on the ground is unacceptable, but they have identified something more subtle. more than a quarter of people admit to leaving rubbish carefully — on a ledge, say, or next to a bench. what we think might be going on is that people are sort of going to do the right thing, so they're not throwing the litter

down but placing it somewhere where it might be collected, and actually when speaking to people about that, we found that people don't necessarily perceive that as littering, people who perhaps hadn't thought of themselves as a litterer had admitted to this particular behaviour. in manchester, keep britain tidy have started a campaign to clamp—down on so—called careful littering, nudging people to take their litter home. so far, it's reduced the problem by 20%. but is nudging people many enough, when so many parks and beaches have been left in states like this? graham satchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good afternoon. changes are afoot. this is the final day, for the time being, when temperatures across england will get up to the dizzy

heights of 33 degrees. tomorrow, 23 is more likely. if you are watching this further west, wondering what the fuss is about, your temperatures are already down into the 20s and 23 is something you will be looking to achieve across parts of wales where there is cloud and cloud across northern ireland and western scotland. in the east we hold onto the sunshine and some warmth as well. temperatures down towards the south—eastern corner, up to 32 or 33 degrees. cooler and fresh further north and west. down to the south, showers and thunderstorms showing up across the channel islands. as we go into the evening, some of those will drift across south—east england and east anglia. quite hit and miss. not everywhere will see rain but if you do it could be a lot of rain in a short space of time with thunder and lightning, hailstones and gusty winds. but those storms will clear into the north sea why the early hours. still some areas of cloud floating in from the west and

showers developing across western scotla nd showers developing across western scotland and northern ireland. cool and fresh across the north—west of the country and tomorrow, we will all get into the much cooler, fresher air from all get into the much cooler, fresher airfrom the all get into the much cooler, fresher air from the alan tate. so a big dip in the temperatures. there will be more cloud around in the south—eastern corner. for western areas we will see a scattering of showers and some of these could be heavy, but look at these temperatures. much lower than they have been towards the south—east and further north and west, we stick with the cooler feel. as we head towards the end of the week, similar weather but still a lot of fine weather but still a lot of fine weather with spells of sunshine but a scattering of showers and temperatures much lower. high teens or lower 20s where ever you are across the country and then we get to the weekend. we will be watching an area of low pressure spinning its way into the atlantic. some uncertainty about the timing but it looks in northern areas we will see wet weather and where ever you are

across the country, some windy weather as well. things looking much more unsettled and cooler for the weekend. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm carole walker. today at a. six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel — the gang were caught after one boat carrying at least 18 people ran out of fuel. they were suitably clothed for the passage. they did not have life jackets. they were overcrowded and they seemed to be in a great deal of distress, all them. the conservative party chairman calls for boris johnson to apologise for his comments about women who wear burqas. us president donald trump

re—imposes sanctions on iran — president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. harley, the great britain team really going great guns at the european championships.” really going great guns at the european championships. i keep bringing new gold medals, i can't ta ke bringing new gold medals, i can't take all the credit, we've had another one in the diving, jack law in the one metre springboard. all the action at half past four. holly thank you. and ben ridge is bringing us thank you. and ben ridge is bringing us the weather, it will all change just after we've got used to this mediterranean lifestyle! i don't think we've got used it but storm are gathering. details to come but also some unexpected consequences of the heatwave in europe, all before half past four. thanks ben.

also coming up, a scheme in birmingham is bringing youth workers into hospital a and e departments — it's hoped supporting young people who've been attacked will help tackle violent crime. we'll have more in news nationwide. hello everyone. this is afternoon live — i'm carole walker. six men have been found guilty of a people—smuggling operation that brought albanian migrants across the english channel to the uk. two other men have been found not guilty. jurors heard how 17 people arrived on a beach at dymchurch in kent during the night in may 2016. later, when one of their boats ran out of fuel,

the gang decided to use jet—skis to smuggle people across the world's busiest shipping lane. frankie mccamley reports from the old bailey. around a mile and a half of the coast of kent in the pitch black, a boat designed for six people carrying 20 and taking on water quickly. 18 albanian migrants on board, each had paid five and a half thousand pounds to be there. now all desperate for help. it was deteriorating quickly, there was a strong wind from the north east, the weather was deteriorating so it was the quick action to get them onto the quick action to get them onto the valley and quickly. they were and suitably clothed the passage. they had no life jackets. they were very overcrowded and they seemed to be in very overcrowded and they seemed to beina very overcrowded and they seemed to be in a great deal of distress, all of them. the only two on board with life jackets robert stillwell and mark stribling both found guilty and convicted of people smuggling, that

was two years ago. it was what officers found next to this slipway in dymchurch, kent, that launched the whole investigation. one abandoned boat and after initial enquiries they realised that was pa rt enquiries they realised that was part of a much bigger operation. another gang member, albert latchford, is covertly filmed on a different boat with francis wade who was found not guilty. they are in ramsgate preparing another trip to france. but after almost tipping the bowed over francis wade calls leonard powell to tell him that the water is too dangerous. the pair then struggled to get the gps system to work. we are both trying, we've got the book in front of us and we still can't. .. francis wade set of the next day that has to be rescued after he says he deliberately runs out of fuel after getting suspicious about the reason for the journey. he also nearly collides with a shipping

container. yet another failed trip meant the gang had to be even more creative. two of them meet this man to buy a jet ski to do the job. the vessel may have had to refuel before returning but it is feasible and it is their intention to do that. i think that shows just how reckless the crew is. today at the old bailey the crew is. today at the old bailey the verdicts of all aid to defendants were read out, those found guilty were father and son leonard and avi powell alongside gang members albert latchford and when bath. it was the albanian national who acted as the travel agent, finding people who wanted to come to the uk. there were also found guilty. those found not guilty with francis wade and alan files. mr files said he did jobs of the group without asking questions at the time. those found guilty will be sentenced at a later date. frankie

mccamley, bbc news, at the old bailey. conservative party chairman brandon lewis has asked borisjohnson to apologise for comments he made about muslim women who wear face veils. in his newspaper column, borisjohnson said women wearing burkas ‘look like letter boxes‘ and ‘bank robbers'. i‘ve been speaking to the tory peer and former co—chair of the conservative party baroness warsi — and asked her what she made of the calls for mrjohnson to apologise. i welcome the fact that brandon has taken this step. it‘s interesting and welcoming to see that a number of boris‘s colleagues from the foreign office, alistair burt mp, lord tarik ahmed, have too come out and said for, and it‘s right that brandon asked boris to apologise. this clearly shows that the party is going to, hopefully, take this matter seriously. and i myself am not a fan of the burqa and the face veil. however, what is concerning about this particular incident is not so much the message that boris was allegedly trying to get out,

but the very deliberate language that he used, letterbox, armed robber. it was the kind of dog—whistle type of language that we saw during the brexit campaign. we saw it during the mayoral campaign of zac goldsmith. it‘s the bigotry of bannon and the kind of trademark trump tactics that we saw during the presidential election. it‘s kind of appealing to a certain type of audience where essentially the message in the end really doesn‘t matter, it‘s the language and the way in which it is delivered that really captures that vote. and i just felt that this was an appalling way in which we were using what i think is a very serious debate but using muslim women as a convenient political football for boris to increase his poll ratings among the tory faithful. do you think there‘s a danger that this row is going to really damage any prospect of muslim communities

voting conservative at the next election? i hope british muslims will vote for political parties based upon their policies. but i also hope that individual political parties will lay their stall out to all communities in this country, and every time we have the likes of boris, the likes of bob blackman, the likes of zac goldsmith, parliamentarians, candidates, councillors and making comments like we‘ve seen over the last few days, it starts to make british muslims feel like they are a community that does not matter to the conservative party. and when that starts to take hold, that community eventually starts to say, that party does not matter to us either. and that is not something i want to see which is why i‘m asking the party to get ahead of this issue, to take it seriously and to actually start an independent inquiry. baroness warsi speaking to me this afternoon. let‘s go live to westminster and our political correspondent tom barton. it does not sound as if boris is in

any mood to apologise for this. no, in the last hour we‘ve heard from sources close to him telling the press association that it is ridiculous that these views are being attacked, saying, we must not fall into the trap of shutting down the debate, and saying, if we fail to speak up for liberal values we simply yielding ground to reactionaries and extremists. nothing in that, i think suggests that boris johnson nothing in that, i think suggests that borisjohnson is planning to respond to this call from brandon was to apologise, with an apology. and friends of borisjohnson saying today, he shouldn‘t be punished for saying these things come and he was simply doing his job as a newspaper columnist, making a joke, simply doing his job as a newspaper columnist, making ajoke, in simply doing his job as a newspaper columnist, making a joke, in a columnist, making a joke, in a column which is frankly supposed to be controversial. he is entitled to his things, he is paid to write a

column in the daily telegraph. it was an erudite column with a bit of humour, about a pertinent issue that denmark have banned the burger but boris does not think that is the answer to the issue in our country and he made his comments. nothing to apologise for, it's been blown out of all proportion by those who wish to cause political damage. so andrew bridge, a friend of borisjohnson‘s, defending him. part of his broader point is to suggest that some of these attacks are coming from people who backed remain at the referendum and want to damage his chances of potentially damaging to the conservative leadership and becoming prime minister. all of that said, there is a significant level of criticism being directed at the man who was untiljust weeks ago foreign secretary. we‘ve heard from baroness wa rsi secretary. we‘ve heard from baroness warsi just minutes ago, we‘ve also

heard today from organisations like the conservative muslim forum, who have said that these sorts of comments like in borisjohnson is newspaper article risk were up hatred against women who wear the niqab and the burqa. the muslim council of britain has accused of pandering to the far right. some defence of boris johnson pandering to the far right. some defence of borisjohnson today, from others‘ serious criticism. but it doesn‘t sound like he is planning on making any apology for these comments any time soon. tom, many thanks for the latest from westminster. a court has heard claims that cctv footage shows the england cricketer ben stokes mimicking a gay man — shortly before he allegedly knocked out two other men in a fight near a nightclub. ben stokes and two other men, deny a charge of affray in connection with the incident in bristol last september. our correspondent, phil mackie, is following the case. arriving for the second day of his trial, the england star again

faced a phalanx of photographers. he denies a charge of affray along with two other men, who were all filmed in a brawl outside the mbargo nightclub in the centre of bristol last september. the footage shows the england star throwing a number of punches. he knocked both of his co—defendants unconscious. ryan hale on the left, and ryan ali on the right, were both treated in hospital. mr ali‘s eye socket was fractured. today pc daniel evans, in the red tie, today told the court that cctv footage showed the cricketer mocking a gay couple outside the club and later arguing with a doorman who would not let him back in. the doorman, andrew cunningham, said mr stokes became angry and abusive. when he was interviewed after his arrest he told detectives he had been defending the gay men and acted in self—defence. prosecutors allege that both mr hale and mr ali armed themselves with makeshift weapons

during the fight. there is intense public interest in the case, and judge peter blair qc warned jurors to ignore what he described as biased and inaccurate comments on social media. phil mackie reporting. a seven year old boy has died in a fire at a house in east london which police believe may have been started deliberately. the body ofjoel urhie was found in the house in deptford this morning. his fatherjohn said his loss was a "pain we cannot forget" and joel was a "very lovely boy who was just loving life". two women who jumped from the first floor have been taken to hospital — but their injuries aren‘t life—threatening. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. six men who helped take illegal immigrants across the channel in inflatable boats have been found guilty of people smuggling. tory peer baroness rca says former

foreign secretary borisjohnson should be disciplined if he does not apologise for his comments about women who wear the burqa. president trump has warned that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. in sportjackal‘s class shone through in the men‘s one metre springboard final as britain‘s most decorated diver takes gold at the european championships, his team—mate james hinckley took bronze. another gold for great britain in the diving before that, in the women‘s synchronised ten metre platform diving as british pair performed the final dive under pressure to take the title. and stan kroenke‘s bid to takeover arsenal football clu b kroenke‘s bid to takeover arsenal football club been accepted. some

supporters say it is a dreadful day for the club. more on all those stories that half past four. the united states has re—imposed tough trade and financial sanctions on iran. they‘ve been brought in again because of president trump‘s decision to pull out of the international agreement curbing iran‘s nuclear programme. iran‘s president, hassan rouhani, says the white house will regret the move, which he called "psychological warfare". president trump says anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. president trump has always made it clear he absolutely hates the iran nuclear deal. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one—sided transactions. and it‘s a horrible agreement for the united states. we‘re not going to allow certain things to happen that are happening, and the iran deal is a disaster. and when he pulled out of it three months ago, he said iran would suffer. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. any nation that helps iran in its quest for nuclear weapons

could also be strongly sanctioned by the united states. iran will no longer be able to buy american dollars. it won‘t be able to trade in gold. aluminium and steel are also on the list, as is the country‘s currency, the rial. in three months‘ time there‘ll be more sanctions on iran‘s oil industry, shipping and insurance and the central bank. iranians are very frustrated and angry, there are protests morphing around the country. this has been ongoing since december and january. and the government has very limited tools to really protect itself. from the domestic instability, of course, they can always crack down. but they are in trouble, and this is going to be a tough period for them. this is precisely what mr trump wants. he says the nuclear deal did nothing to curb iran‘s behaviour around the middle east — its support for militant groups in lebanon and gaza, its involvement in the wars in syria and yemen.

the nuclear deal‘s other partners — the europeans, russia and china — are desperate to keep the deal alive. they still think it‘s the best way to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. the deal has two parts. iran gives up their nuclear programme and the international community opens up trade and economic relations with iran. this second pillar has to be maintained if we want the first pillar to be maintained. and, so far, iran has been compliant, fully, with their nuclear commitments. mrtrump thinks iran will ultimately come back to the negotiating table... and i have a feeling they‘ll be talking to us pretty soon. ..but so far all we‘ve had is a lot of heated rhetoric on both sides. if donald trump is trying to change iranian behaviour, it‘s not happening yet. bbc persian tv‘s amir paivar says iranians have been preparing for us sanctions for some time. the uranium currency lost half of

its value in the past four, five months, because iranians were rushing to convert their assets into us dollars gold to hedge against vista valuation. that in turn creates even more demand for gold and us dollars, and iran could not supply enough of that, even before sanctions taking effect, as of today. so they have had an impact already and they will have even more implications because practically, the uranium government will find it difficult to get its hand on hard currency and gold, beside that, the car industry is the second largest employer and has the second largest share of iranian gdp. the entire car industry will now be under sanctions. these are only us

sanctions, europeans, chinese, asians, allied to sell auto parts to iraq for example. but what will happen, as president trump says, they will have to choose between working with the us or the iranian market. if they export autoparts to iran they will automatically been blocked from trading and investing in the us market. this summer won‘t be forgotten easily for the heatwave across many parts of uk — and indeed the world. but could this be a growing trend? scientists are warning today that the world could be decades away from ‘uncontrollable‘ climate change that would make parts of the planet uninhabitable. a new study suggests a ‘hothouse earth‘ could be triggered by a worldwide temperature rise ofjust two more degrees. the oceans, the lands and the forests of the world have long played an important role in helping humanity avoid the worst of global warming. they have soaked up huge amounts of co2 over the past two centuries, limiting the rise in temperatures

to around 1 degree celsius. but scientists are now worried these friendly natural systems will turn into enemies, and instead of soaking up co2, they may start spewing out huge quantities of warming gases into the atmosphere. when we approach a two degree celsius warming, due to burning of fossil fuels, we can no longer exclude crossing the tipping point where the biosphere shifts from being a self cooler — our best friend — to becoming a self—reinforcing warming entity, meaning a foe, basically. these researchers also say that events like the widespread wildfires seen around the world this summer could also send a pulse of carbon into the air that could negatively influence the earth‘s system in the future. all these extra sources of carbon could cause a domino effect where permafrost thaws, forests die back and ice sheets crumble. this would cause temperature rises

on an unprecedented scale and seeing many coasts flooded and some parts of the world made uninhabitable. but there are still many uncertainties, say uk researchers. the problem is that if we are looking for evidence of a tipping point, the earth has tipped into a new state, we will see the full evidence when it has happened and it will be too late by then. we are starting seeing some tell—tale signs of it beginning to happen, and we need to take those really seriously. in 2015, politicians signed the paris climate agreement to limit global warming this century. but the scientists in this new study say it will not be enough in itself to avoid hothouse earth. the world will need to plant huge amounts of forests, to cut emissions deeper than planned, and to develop new technology to suck carbon out of the air. and everyone, countries and individuals alike, will need to become stewards, not exploiters, of the earth. matt mcgrath, bbc news. joining me now is diana liverman, professor of geography and development at the university of arizona who was

one of the co—authors of the work. thank you very much indeed for joining us this afternoon. we have been cheering for some time about the dangers of climate change, what makes you think we are now heading for this hothouse earth, a situation where parts of the planet uninhabitable? we are not sure heading for hothouse earth. our paper suggests that we have the chance of heading for it. some of the things that make us feel it is a possibility other signs that already for example the biosphere is taking up for example the biosphere is taking up less greenhouse gases, we are seeing the melting of ice in the arctic, and the greenhouse gas methane being released from frozen ground in the arctic. and what we do in the paper is point out the

implications of those processes accelerating on top of the human activity, putting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. but we also offer the choice of a more stable situation where we would reduce impact on the climate and thus avoid triggering some of those very worrying feedbacks. there are already international agreements like the paris accord to try to reduce the kind of gas emissions which cause climate change. are they going to be sufficient to avoid this situation which you have been outlining? we felt the long-term goal of the paris accord which is to limit warning to1.5 goal of the paris accord which is to limit warning to 1.5 celsius. then we would have a good chance of avoiding hothouse earth. the problem that the commitments made in paris is still take is to more than three celsius which is a temperature which

we think some of these feedbacks that would accelerate warming could be generated. so we need to increase the ambition of agreements like paris but not just the ambition of agreements like paris but notjust at international level, at local level as well. we've also seen of course, the heatwave in the uk and across other parts of europe, other parts of the world. do you think that there was an indication of the sorts of really serious problems ahead, are they just a short—term phenomenon?” think they are an indication of the problems we could face. for example the forest fires which are raging across the west of the us were i live are releasing carbon into the atmosphere and the sort of carbon process we are thinking about, we can‘t say for sure that this is climate change but it‘s the sort of thing we could expect with higher temperatures and that we are concerned about in the paper. diana

liverman, thank you forjoining us. don‘t forget — you can let us know what you think — tweet us using the hashtag afternoonlive ....all the ways to contact us on screen right now. what about the more immediate weather prospects? it is getting a bit warmer in the uk. it‘s been 32 degrees, the temperatures will dip in the coming days but first, the european heatwave. we‘ve been talking about it a lot. the consequences. we have had wildfires, heard of problems with crops, the heat has shifted from liberia where we we re heat has shifted from liberia where we were looking at temperatures near the high a05, some central part5 we were looking at temperatures near the high a05, some central parts of europe, 38 degrees in paris, germany and switzerland also seeing heat, what i want to point out is the river rhine. it‘s running across the

charts. we know the land has been heating up, but also so has the river water. 27.6 degrees the temperature of the river rhine, in northern switzerland. well above average. quite a big fishing community and the warmth has caused some issues. these are pictures that show the sort of fish that have been coming out of the river. we‘ve seen a dead fish, fish really struggling to find the numbers of fish they would normally expect, and a p pa re ntly would normally expect, and apparently some species have swum away from this warm area of the river into cooler waters where they can survive. unexpected consequences of the heatwave, over the next few days, temperatures in frankfurt, berlin and geneva will start to dip away a little. the river water will retain its warmth for that bit longer so that situation isn‘tjust going to change very quickly. it‘s already quite a bit cooler in parts

of the uk but across the south—east, this heat and the lack of rain has been a really big problem. a big problem, a big story. we have noticed it. the lack of rain has been across many parts of the country, the heat has mostly been in southern and eastern areas, relentless, day after day of hot weather, but that will change. today, the last day of temperatures above 30 degrees because some of those eastern areas. we‘ve had a mix of weather across the uk. it has been called in some places, that is how it looked across parts of wales. in east anglia temperatures of up to 32 degrees, blue skies overhead. however down to the south, storm clouds are gathering. that was hastings in east sussex earlier. i'll hastings in east sussex earlier. i‘ll show you the satellite and radar picture. you can see the showers and storms that i began to drift up from the near continent, we‘ve seen some heavy rain moving of the channel islands and some

downpours moving into the london area and east anglia as we go through this evening and the first pa rt through this evening and the first part of the night, it will be hit and miss, some places could stay dry, others could get a deluge. gusty winds as well, potentially there could be destruction. elsewhere an evening of patchy cloud and clear spells, some showers, that continues through the night. and a goonerfresher continues through the night. and a gooner fresher feel starting to spread across the country, the south—east corner still holding onto something warm and sultry. tomorrow it‘s all about the school fresher air, moving eastwards across the country, you‘ll be getting into the low or mid—205 at best. having said that, still some spells sunshine tomorrow, patchy cloud, more than we‘ve had recently in the south—east, and in western scotland, northern ireland wales and the southwest will see showers. see the

cooler weather extending across the country. still someone into the south—east but it‘s not 31 or 32, its 23 or 2a degrees. 17 in glasgow, 18 in belfast. for the most part this date is another day of sunny skies and showers, there‘s a chance there might be heavy rain into the south—eastern corner which will give a much—needed dose of rain, still some uncertainty about exactly where the rain will turn up but it will have cleared away by friday, it will be back to sunshine and showers again but with that a gooner fresher feel, temperatures by this stage 17 degrees in the north—west, maybe 22 in the south—east. and then we head into the weekend and it looks like an area of low pressure is heading to our shores of the first time in a long time we will have seen a deep low like this tightly squeezed isobars, strong low like this tightly squeezed isoba rs, strong and low like this tightly squeezed isobars, strong and blustery winds, there will be rain at times, not all there will be rain at times, not all the time. we will stick with that

cooler feel. so big the time. we will stick with that coolerfeel. so big changes ahead! this is bbc news — our latest headlines: six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants across the english channel in speed boats — they were caught after one of them carrying at least 18 people, ran out of fuel. tory peer, baroness warsi, says former foreign secretary borisjohnson should be disciplined if he doesn‘t apologise for his comments saying muslim women wearing the burqa ‘look like letterboxes‘. president trump calls sanctions reimposed on iran "the most biting ever" and warns other countries against doing business with tehran — president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare. growth in life expectancy has stalled in the uk — it‘s one of the biggest slowdowns among the world‘s leading economies, raising questions about government policy and health. sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton.

a golden afternoon it is turning out to be at the european championships? we have been enjoying it here and it has been a busy couple of hours, especially in the diving pool in edinburgh. jack laugher showing why he is britain‘s most decorated diver. olympic champion won by 13 points ahead of the italians. a great start by him at these championships, he is trying for a repeat of the hat—trick of titles he won at the commonwealth games. a gold in the 10m sychronised diving event for lois

touslon and eden cheng. they really had to hold their nerve going into their final dive when they were in third place but the pressure didn‘t show — their final dive got the 68 points they needed to overtake russia and germany and take the gold medal. we have got a lot of potential, especially with eden being so young. what were you aware of regarding the scores going into the final dive, we we re scores going into the final dive, we were aware of the potential but you had to stay calm? i am never aware of the scores in juniors, you just have to do a good dive. it is a good job we both did. this is actually only their second competition together — and eden cheng‘s senion debut. she is only 15 years old. earlier, we had the final

of the men‘s keirin event and in the end it was a pretty tight race but glasgow‘s very own jack carlin clinched the bronze medal in front of a delighted home crowd. in a frenetic final lap, germany‘s stefan botticher pulled ahead to claim gold but it there was some initial confusion over second and third place with the top four crossing the line with the narrowest of margins between them, but it was carlin who took his place on the podium and another bronze medalfor great britain, earlier this afternoon matt walls won gold in the men‘s elimination race earlier, which sees the last rider across the line on every other lap getting eliminated until the group is whittled down to the top three. it was the 20 year—old mancunian who crossed the line first — giving him his first major championships medal and great britain‘s fourth cycling gold medal. there was disappointment for the so called great britain dream team — katie archibald and laura kenny who ended points off a place on he podium in the madison. with 23 european titles between them, there were high hopes for another medal but after a strong start archibald and kenny counldn‘t

maintain the pace over the 120 laps. i couldn‘t have done any more. it is my first one at international level. we made quite a few mistakes, like misjudging the sprint. a lot of the changes were too far back. it all adds up and you are wasting energy. you need all the energy you need, it is a long race. meanwhile, the athletics has been getting under way in berlin where the reigning champion martyn rooney onlyjust made it out of the a00m opening round. only the top two were guaranteed to qualify. rooney finished third but made it through as a fastest loser, joining team—mates lloyd cowan, rabah yousef and matthew hudson—smith in the semi—finals. and great britain have made a strong start in the women‘s 800m event. lynsey sharp has qualified for the semi finals along with her gb team—mates shelayna oskan—clarke and adelle tracey.

arsenal‘s majority shareholder, stan kroenke who owns over two thirds of the club‘s shares has made an offer to buy the whole club. the announcement was made to the london stock exchange this morning. the other major shareholder, alisher usmanov, has agreed to sell his 30% stake in what he describes as the "best football club in the world". kroenke says single ownership will help to further arsenal‘s "strategy and ambitions". arsenal suypporter‘s trust are opposed to the takeover calling it a dreadful day for the club with concernas over transparency and accountabilty. burnley have signed goalkeeper joe hart from manchester city. hart had been seeking a permanent move after manager pep guardiola made it clear he had no first—team future at the club. hart, who won 75 caps, but failed to make the england world cup squad has spent the last two seasons loaned out to torino in serie a and then west ham. he joins burnley for an undisclosed fee on a two—year deal. that‘s all the sport for now.

there will be more throughout the evening, but goodbye for now. now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. nick owen is in birmingham where from today, youth workers are being based in two hospital a&es to help young people who‘ve been attacked. it‘s being managed by a charity called redthread and it‘s all part of the fight against violent crime. how did this idea of bringing youth workers in a&e come about? how did this idea of bringing youth workers in a&e come abounm

how did this idea of bringing youth workers in a&e come about? it is another approach of tackling the worrying surge in violent crime on the streets. birmingham not the only city with this escalating problem. they are targeting people from the age of 11 up to the age of 2a. it is hoped the youth workers can help them, whether they are innocent victims been brought in or whether they are fighters themselves. they are being encouraged to get violent individuals to change their ways. take a different approach to life, have a different outlook. it is seen asa have a different outlook. it is seen as a public health approach. violent crime is going up alarmingly, more specifically gun crime and here in the west midlands, knife offences doubled in the year 2017, 18. it sounds another way to bring the numbers down and this scheme, the youth violence intervention programme has been launched at the queen elizabeth and heartlands hospital‘s. we've seen an unprecedented rise in the amounts of violence that are coming through the emergency

department doors. not just weapon related, but also serious assaults, sexual assault and sexual violence, domestic violence and we are seeing younger and younger people carrying knives. so yeah, this is the perfect time. how are these schemes going to work? the plan is to have two youth workers at any one time. let me stress that these are qualified workers, not volunteers. they will aim to be their seven days a week as often as possible and their basic hours will be from 7am until nine p:m.. there have been similar schemes in london and nottingham. the age rage starting at 11 is a surprise, but we‘re not talking about fistfights but domestic violence, conflicts and sexual abuse. this is why the scheme could be extended to birmingham‘s renowned children‘s hospital. the youth workers are being paid for by the charity redthreat and they are being

funded by private money and a contribution from the police and crime commissionerfrom contribution from the police and crime commissioner from the contribution from the police and crime commissionerfrom the region. in wales, customers are told they are unlikely to face higher bills despite a water company spending an extra £1.5 million a week to keep ta ps extra £1.5 million a week to keep taps running during the heatwaves. welsh water said months of early planning help to prevent a water shortage. we can get more on this. there is no risk of a water shortage in wales, plenty despite this long, dry spell? that is right, whilst water which supplies 1.a million homes and businesses in wales, the vast majority of the population playing down any fears of a water shortage saying there is no risk of that. the unprecedented stretch of warm, dry weather we have been experiencing here as well as elsewhere in the country.

extraordinary scenes to the brecon beacons and you see the reservoir is very low. it is a massive efforts for the company to keep the taps on. bbc wales has been filming with them to get a glimpse of some of the emergency measures they have put in place. they include, for the first time, pumping water from anglesey, the island county in the north—west of wales, which has been getting more rain than the rest of us over the last few weeks. pumping it across the britannia bridge, the menai strait, to help serve communities on the mainland. elsewhere, tankers have been used to drive millions of litres of water by road from reservoirs, where the supply is perhaps plentiful enough for those running more drive. there has been a sense of moving water

around the country, managing the supply and fixing leaks. the company says it has had to fix twice as many as normal in recent months to put a focus on reducing wastage. bob is extra work has meant the company has spent an extra £1.5 million a week. welsh water‘s header production from north west wales said. normally as a business we produce about three quarters of a billion litres of water a day. we have been producing over a billion for most ofjuly, with exceptional demand that we've had. in terms of the work that we've been doing, we got gangs working 24/7 looking for leaks and maintaining the water works to make sure we can use as much water as the customer needs. what will this mean that the bills? the company say they have been planning for this so they don‘t foresee this extra work will have any impact on customer‘s bills. broadly speaking with forecasters predicting this spell of dry weather

could potentially last into october, they are calling on customers to be mindful of how much water they are using, asking customers to be mindful. one interesting statistic they gave was only about 5% of the water they pump out every day is actually drunk by people. the rest goes down the toilet, down the drain and gets used on the garden. they are urging customers to think about turning the tap of when they are brushing their teeth, using the water that is left in your washing—up bowl to water your flowers. familiar messages but it is about preventing wastage but no talk in wales about a hosepipe ban as there has been in other parts of the uk, notably in northern ireland. there is plenty of water to go around but given we are expecting these warm temperatures to carry on, for people to be responsible with their water use. thank you both very much. if you would like to see more on any

of those stories you can access them via the bbc iplayer. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at a:30pm here on afternoon live. police say they are now treating the death of a seven—year—old boy who died in a fire at a house in south london as murder. the body ofjoel urhie was recovered after the blaze in deptford this morning. speaking at a news conference a short while ago, detective superintendent jane corrigan said they believe the fire was started deliberately. this morning just before 3:30am police officers and emergency services colleagues from the london fire brigade and the london fire service —— ambulance service

attended a house following reports ofa attended a house following reports of a fire. within the house they found the body of seven—year—old joel urhie, who had died as a result of the fire. two women, his mum and sister managed to escape byjumping from the first floor of the building. there were no other occu pa nts building. there were no other occupants in the address. they are currently being treated in hospital and their injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. this is a truly shocking incident and i extend my sympathies, along with those of the other emergency services, to joel urhie‘s family and friends at this tragic time. we are working closely with the london fire brigade to establish the exact cause of the fire and we are now treating this as a murder investigation. detectives from our homicide and major crime command are in the process of taking over the lead for this investigation. our work will continue at the scene and i would

like to take this opportunity to thank the local community for their support as we do this. i would also like to stress that the local community can help piece together what happened in the early hours of this morning. i would directly appeal to anybody who was in the area or saw anything suspicious at around 3:30am or who has any information about who was responsible for starting the fire, to co nta ct responsible for starting the fire, to contact the police immediately. an innocent seven—year—old boy has lost his life in what should have been the safest place for him, his home. the pain this family must be enduring at this difficult time is ha rd to enduring at this difficult time is hard to imagine. two people have been pulled alive from collapsed buildings on the indonesian island of lombok, as rescuers continue to search for survivors of sunday‘s deadly earthquake. a woman was brought to safety after people heard her cries for help. bbc indonesia‘s reporter mehulika sitepu reports from one of the makeshift hospitals

treating the injured. lombok earthquake is now known to have killed over 100 people and left 20,000 people homeless. the number of casualties are likely to rise because people are believed still to because people are believed still to be trapped under the rubble. injured survivors are taken to the nearest hospital. this one here in north lombok was also damaged by the earthquake. people are being treated outdoors in tents and most people we re outdoors in tents and most people were killed by falling debris and a lot of people have suffered broken bones. since sunday‘s earthquake, at least 100 after—shocks have been felt in the area with more expected. for the rescue crews come in means difficult conditions as they

continue to search for more survivors. a study of 20 countries has found the uk experienced one of the largest slow—downs in improvements to life expectancy between 2011 and 2016. the office for national statistics said the change was more pronounced for women than men. our health editor hugh pym has more details. now what the office for national statistics is saying in its report today is that happened across most leading economies, including the uk up until about 2011 at an increasing pace, but since 2011 there has been a slowdown on the increase. life expectancy is still going up, but at a slower rate. but in the uk, it has experienced one of the biggest slowdowns in that rate of growth. and in some senses, it depends whether you measure it from birth or the age of 65, the uk‘s life expectancy has stalled so it does raise a lot of big questions about what is going on here, certainly relative to this international group of countries in this report. we will be hearing the business

news, but first headlines. six men who helped take illegal immigrants across the channel in inflatable boats have been found guilty of people smuggling. tory peer baroness warsi says former foreign secretary borisjohnson should be disciplined if he doesn‘t apologise for his comments about women who wear burqas. president trump has warned that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. new look has reported an improvement profits to £1a.a million for the first quarter. the retailer is shutting 60 of its shops as part of a company voluntary arrangement with its landlords, the closures will affect around 1,000 jobs.

new look said it is on track to meet its £70 million cost saving target for the year. use of commercial video streaming services in the uk has surged. according to data released by the office for national statistics, close to half of all adults said they had watched netflix, now tv, amazon prime video or a similar internet—based service during the past three months. that compares to less than a third of respondents in 2016, the last time the figure was given. the heatwave has spurred people into splashing out on fans, food and drink, but it has failed to prevent a slowdown in spending growth, according to data released today by the british retail consortium. better news for pubs, according to barclaycard they saw a 73% rise on the day of england 5 semifinal. a look at what is moving the markets now and house prices are up again?

we love to talk about this on bbc news because everyone likes to know what the housing market is doing. it isa what the housing market is doing. it is a great indication of how the economy is. the latest figures show house prices have risen 1.a% in july, the fastest rise in eight months. it says the news follows a o.9% months. it says the news follows a 0.9% rise injune. the housing market is strengthening now in the summer after quite a slow start to the year. will be interesting to find out how interest rates rise will affect things. and the pound under pressure. we have iran sanctions, trade wars and brexit. traders and investors are worried about the prospect of no deal and brexit and that has put pressure on the pound. if you are taking a holiday in the next couple of weeks, it will not help because you will

find your overseas trip more expensive. fewer euros and dollars for your pounds. on the plus side we have those who are exporting products outside the uk, so those businesses will see benefits. but it is interesting to see how the pound has reacted to the worries traders and investors have that we might not have no on brexit. one of the big stories this afternoon, the replacement of, the reinstatement of sanctions on iran. that is affecting oil prices? worries over oil supplies so brent crude oil prices rising. joining us now is simon derrick, chief markets strategist, at bank of new york mellon. let‘s talk about the oil prices. we have seen brent crude moving upwards, why is this important?m is always important because it is a

key determinant for the economy. it is the cost of transporting goods all around the world, food and the things we use. higher oil prices have the implication they could lead toa have the implication they could lead to a slowdown in the economy. but it is important we put things in context. oil prices right now, brent crude prices 10% lower than they we re crude prices 10% lower than they were three or four months ago. there isa were three or four months ago. there is a good reason for that and that is a good reason for that and that is the us, saudi arabia and russia have made it clear they don't want oil prices to rise. quite a few reasons for that, but the simplest is, they will remember a decade ago when oil prices soared, it act daily— macro acted when oil prices soared, it act daily—macro acted as a huge break on the global economy. they will not wa nt the global economy. they will not want that to happen again.” the global economy. they will not want that to happen again. i am sure lots of motorists would agree with that philosophy as well. let‘s talk about house prices now. let‘s talk about house prices now. let‘s talk about the pound. we have seen a

fluctuating over the past few days, but the trajectory really has been down so quite a bit of pressure on pound sterling at the moment? this is one of these perennial stories. after the interest rate rise last week you would have thought that would have made sterling a little bit more attractive to investors, but clearly not. the story that has attracted attention is the comments from the trade secretary liam fox over the weekend, of there being a greater likelihood of no deal. the la st za greater likelihood of no deal. the last za hours, there have been comments coming out are possibly the government wants to wait until late november before striking a deal with the eu. that would lead a very narrow time frame to agreed a deal in parliament and for the eu parliaments to agree as well. that is making investors uncertain and we are getting the downward pressure on sterling. the euro, we are in levels that has been rarely seen over the course of the last 20 years. let's

move on to house prices, it will be interesting to see what impact the rate rise we have seen will have on house prices in the uk and on the market in general. i think it is fairto market in general. i think it is fair to say there was interest rate rise was well flagged. i suspect it was probably taken into account by buyers injuly. it looks as was probably taken into account by buyers in july. it looks as though good weather and a good england result in the world cup, not only helped us to go out to the shops and re sta u ra nt helped us to go out to the shops and restaurant is, but go to the estate agents. it is still a tale of two stories. outside of london and the south—east, you are getting the price rises, but in london where some of the tax implications on the vital services is weighing heavily on the market. simon, good to get your point of view. fascinating

hearing how brexit and this uncertainty is affecting the housing market. about the financial markets? looking good at the end of the trading day. brent crude is up, and house—builders, of pressure on them. the london market at the moment is up the london market at the moment is up 55 points and nearly at the end of the trading day. pretty good, we have some strong corporate news out of the united states and brent crude means big energy stocks, so the big energy is a bad deal energies, that has lifted market sentiment. thank you for the business use this afternoon. hollywood film star robert redford has said his next film will be his last as an actor. known for roles in ‘butch cassidy and the sundance kid‘ ‘indecent proposal‘

and ‘the horse whisperer‘, the 81—year old actor won an oscar as a director in 1981. he will star in the old man and the gun, the true story of a criminal who escaped from jail in a kayak before committing more heists. time for a look at the weather, here‘s ben rich. changes are afoot and this is the final day for the time being when great britain will get up to 33 degrees. tomorrow, 23 is more likely. if you are watching this further west, wondering what the fuss is about, 23 is something he will be lucky to achieve across party of wales. cloud across northern ireland, western scotland. further east we hold onto some sunshine and warmth as well. temperatures down towards the south—eastern corner up to 3233 degrees. cooler and fresher further

north and west. down to the south, some showers and thunderstorms showing up across the channel islands. as we go into the evening, some drift across parts of south—east england and east anglia. quite hit and miss. not everywhere will see rain but if you do, could be quite a lot of rain in a short space of time with hail and thunder and lightning as well. but they will clear into the north sea in the early hours. cloud coming in from the west and showers developing across western scotland and bulb in ireland. cool and fresh across most of the country. tomorrow we will get into the fresher airfrom of the country. tomorrow we will get into the fresher air from the atlantic. a big dip in the temperatures. there will be more cloud around tomorrow across the south—eastern corner. still some sunny spells and sunny spells across many parts of the country but in western areas we will see a scattering of showers. some of these could be on the heavy side. these temperatures much lower than they

have been towards the south—east. as we head towards the end of the week, similar weather and still a lot of fine weather and spells of sunshine but a scattering of showers at times. temperatures much lower. high teens low 205 wherever you are across the country and then we get to the weekend. we will be watching an area of low pressure spinning in from the atlantic. some uncertainty on the timing of this. wherever you are across the country, wet and windy weather. things looking much more unsettled and cooler the weekend. today at five. six men are found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants in speed boats across the english channel. the gang were caught after one overcrowded boat carrying at least 18 people ran out of fuel. they were unsuitably clothed for the passage. they didn‘t have any life jackets, it was very overcrowded and they seemed to be in a great deal of distress, all of them. we‘ll have the latest developments.

the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the conservative party chairman calls for boris johnson to apologise for his comments about women who wear burkhas — but mrjohnson refuses to back down. a court hears that england cricketer ben stokes — on trial for affray — was not acting in self—defence — but with revenge, retaliation, or punishment in mind. us president donald trump re—imposes sanctions on iran — president rouhani accuses him of psychological warfare.