this is bbc news. the headlines... ten people are in hospital after shootings in the moss side area of manchester. police say some victims suffered major injuries. cyclists who kill pedestrians could face a new charge of death by dangerous cycling, under new government proposals. five, four, three, two, one, zero. lift off. nasa's ambitious mission to the sun launches from cape canaveral, 2a hours after its launch was cancelled due to a last—minute hitch. novelist sir vs naipaul, winner of the nobel prize for literature, has died aged 85. his wife says the author, who published more than 30 books over his career, died at home with his family in london. great britain's dina asher—smith storms to victory in the 200m at the european championships in berlin — her second gold of the tournament.

arsenal begin a new era under head coach unai emery later today, as they take on premier league champions manchester city in their first match of the season. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35am. this morning's reviewers are new york times‘ prashant rao and rosamund urwin from the sunday times. good morning. ten people have been taken to hospital after shots were fired in the moss side area of manchester. police describe the injuries as ranging from minor to major, though they are not thought to be life threatening. the shootings took place in moss side around

2.30am this morning. earlier, crowds had been celebrating the annual caribbean carnival in the area. greater manchester police has deployed a large number of armed and unarmed officers in the area, as investigations continue. the force has released a statement about this incident. we currently have a number of people in hospital being treated for different injuries, but most do not appear to be life—threatening at this time. officers are working to establish exactly where this attack happened and who is responsible. we will have extra officers patrolling the area throughout the coming days. later we will be speaking to a correspondent at moss side for us to get the latest details on the incident. the row over borisjohnson‘s controversial comments about the burqa continues to rumble on. several newspapers are reporting splits in the cabinet over the former foreign secretary saying women in burqas looked like letter

boxes or bank robbers. in addion to this, mrjohnson is facing criticism for his links to president trump's sacked adviser, steve bannon. mr bannon has given an interview to the sunday times saying mrjohnson must not bow at the altar of political correctness by apologising. i'm joined by our political correspondent, jessica parker. we have not yet heard from mr johnson, is it likely he will comment before his column tomorrow? at the moment, we are not sure. we know he arrived back in the uk last night, he had been on holiday in italy, arrived home last night, he has not yet spoken. quite a lot of anticipation about his next column june to appear in the daily telegraph tomorrow. which? which is going to appear. we do not know if he will move onto something new. whilst he has not necessarily yet

addressed it and he has not apologised and he has made it clear, sources close him, they have made it clear he is not planning to. today we have heard from stanley kick sta nley we have heard from stanley kick stanleyjohnson, his father, saying he thinks borisjohnson was spot on —— we have heard from stanley johnson. he called it blue on blue warfare, cabinet splits, but damian green, formerly theresa may's de fa cto green, formerly theresa may's de facto deputy, he has written an article today saying he does not wa nt article today saying he does not want boris johnson to article today saying he does not want borisjohnson to go the full trump, he does not think he breached party rules with the article. i know there is a possible investigation going on, but he says he feels boris johnson could be turned into a martyr for the right and he is concerned about reports, just reports, that there has been contact between boris johnson reports, that there has been contact between borisjohnson and steve bannon. it has split the tories,

this issue? at the beginning of the week, the initial outrage came from muslim leaders and groups, the conservative muslim forum, muslim council of britain. then the chair of the party, brandon lewis, he said he had asked borisjohnson to apologise and then theresa may echoed those calls and it emerged dozens echoed those calls and it emerged d oze ns of echoed those calls and it emerged dozens of complaints had been made to the party, and they started the process that could lead to an investigation. at that stage, a number of tory mps became quite frustrated at the way the party was handling it. they thought there was no need for an investigation, iain duncan smith said he did not think the party should be shutting down debate on issues like this or shutting down the views of mps. i have spoken to other mps who think borisjohnson did have spoken to other mps who think boris johnson did not have spoken to other mps who think borisjohnson did not use the sort of language that is appropriate for politician, he should apologise, and it has damaged the conservative party. there are two very different

views and it exposes existing tensions around brexit and the leadership speculation in the conservative party. thank you so much for that. returning to our top story. the shooting incident in moss side in manchester, ten people have been taken to hospital with a variety of injuries, let us get the latest from our correspondent, anna jameson. what is the latest? currently, as you can see behind me, claremont road in moss side is com pletely claremont road in moss side is completely cordoned off. yesterday this was a scene of celebration, vibrancy, colour, at manchester's caribbean carnival. it turned sour when at 2:30am officers were called on reports that ten people had been shot. we do not know a lot of information, it is a developing

story. however, the bbc has spoken toa story. however, the bbc has spoken to a key figure in the community, and she has done a lot of work in moss side and she understands that it was one person who was shooting and infact it was one person who was shooting and in fact they were shooting pellets. this has not yet been confirmed by greater manchester police, of course. this isjust speculative. the latest information we can bring to you. this is going to be an absolutely shocking incident here in moss side. for yea rs, incident here in moss side. for years, the community has done so much in reducing gun crime image. the officers are aware and they understand a lot of people in the community will be scared in their own homes. they say there will be officers patrolling the area of manchester for the next few days to ease community concern. thank you. the family of the airport worker who stole an empty passenger plane

from seattle airport before crashing into an island say they are devastated and in complete shock. richard russell — an employee with the ground staff — performed aerobatic manouevres before crashing on a nearby island. it's thought he was killed instantly. no one else was on board. jenny kumah reports. this is the man thought to have stolen a passenger jet from seattle airport on friday. a member of the public recorded the plane as it performed erratic manoeuvres across the evening skyline, forcing the airport's closure. soon after, two fighterjets escorted the plane out of harm's way, but according to authorities, they were not instrumental in bringing it down. a family friend described richard russell, whose nickname was beebo, as a family man, and spoke of their shock. on behalf of the family, we are stunned and heartbroken. it may seem difficult for those watching at home to believe, but beebo

was a warm, compassionate man. it is impossible to encompass who he was ina it is impossible to encompass who he was in a press release. he was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend. a childhood friend remarked that beebo was loved by everyone, because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. this is a complete shock to us. we are devastated by these events. the fbi say they are working alongside agents from the national transportation safety board to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, but they believe richard russell was the only person on board. a new offence of causing death by dangerous or careless cycling is to be considered by the government, in an effort to improve road safety. it would see cyclists who kill pedestrians treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers. but campaigners say the consultation launched today is just tinkering around the edges and a full review of road—traffic

offences is needed. simonjones reports. kim briggs was knocked over by a cyclist in london in 2016. she died a week later. the bike that hit her shouldn't have been on the road. it was designed for the velodrome, with no front brake. charlie alliston was riding it. he was cleared of manslaughter but sentenced to 18 months for causing bodily harm by wanton and dangerous driving, under a law from victorian times. there is no cycling equivalent of the offence of creating death by dangerous driving. the government will now consider whether that should change in england, scotland and wales. the consultation begins today and will last for the next 12 weeks. the government wants to encourage more of us to get out of our cars and onto two wheels to get around, but on the very rare occasions when things go wrong, it wants to make sure that the law

is fit for purpose. in 2016, three pedestrians were killed after being involved in collisions with cyclists. 108 pedestrians were seriously injured. for motorists, currently, death by dangerous driving can lead to a jail term of up to 1a years, but campaigners say adding an couple of new offences specific to cyclists isn't going far enough. the government are missing an opportunity. what they should be doing is having a full review of road traffic offences and penalties. four years ago, they said they would do it. what we have is a review of cycling offences on their own. the whole system in relation to road traffic offences and penalties isn't working. the government says it is doing more to keep cyclists themselves safe, trying to prevent drivers passing too closely the bikes. matt briggs, whose wife was killed by a cyclist, welcomed the proposed changes to current arcane laws. i do see this as a positive step. the first step was the legal report that the government commissioned that confirmed that whilst much

of the focus is on death by dangerous cycling, also there's a need for causing serious injury by dangerous cycling. that confirmed that there was a gap in the law and this now is the next step, which is a 12—week public consultation. so, yes, slowly but steadily, we seem to be making progress towards getting the law updated. the nobel—prizewinning writer vs naipaul has died aged 85. raised in trinidad, he studied at oxford and worked for the bbc before becoming a prolific author. his best—known works include a house for mr biswas, the mystic masseur, a bend in the river, and the booker prize—winning in a free state. he won the nobel prize for literature in 2001 for, as the award panel put it, works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories. he died at his home in london. scientists at the us space agency

nasa have launched a probe that aims to get closer to the sun than ever before. the unmanned parker solar probe was supposed to launch yesterday, but its departure was cancelled with just moments to go. it was sent off into space this morning using three delta—four heavy rockets from cape canaveral in florida. professor tim horbury is part of the science team involved for the first proposal of the parker solar probe. hejoins me now from south london. congratulations, fast. how are you feeling? just fantastic. always a tense experience watching a rocket launch never know what is going to happen, but it seems to have gone perfectly, very smooth, everything is absolutely on track, fantastic. remind us why this need to get closer to the sun? as we know, the sun is what drives all of life on earth, the light and heat helps us

live, so we need to understand the sun to understand what it does. as we get more and more dependent on technology, for example, satellites in space, satellite navigation, we are more dependent on the sun's mood and it can accelerate particles to very high energies and damage astronauts as well and that is space weather and we want to study the sun to understand what it does and be able to predict space weather better. what is happening right now with the parker probe? at the moment, going to quite a long sequence moment, going to quite a long sequence of boosts by various upper stages on the rocket. the main rocket just fired for a few stages on the rocket. the main rocketjust fired for a few minutes and dropped away. we have a second stage running at the moment, that will drop away. then the third stage will drop away. then the third stage will make the spacecraft go faster and faster. it seems slightly strange but to get close to the sun, it has to go really fast. many

kilometres a second. it is going to a complex burn sequence. in september, it will fly past venus, it will give it a gravity picked to pushit it will give it a gravity picked to push it on its way, and then they will get ourfirst push it on its way, and then they will get our first close pass the sun in november and it will be twice as close as we have ever been, well inside mercury. 0ver as close as we have ever been, well inside mercury. over the next few yea rs, inside mercury. over the next few years, it will do more fly pasts of venus which will help crank down the orbit to get closer and closer and eventually down at just orbit to get closer and closer and eventually down atjust one 20th of the distance between the earth and the distance between the earth and the sun, and that is when we will get the amazing data, in a few years time. it will start sending back the data and then what happens to the probe? will it burn up, so close to the sun? at the distances it will go to, it should survive. there is a big heat shield

but it only works if it is pointing straight at the sun, it has fuel on board to keep it pointing in the right direction. eventually after ten years, it will run out of fuel. then it will not be able to point straight at the sun and it will rotate and burn up and eventually be destroyed. thank you for updating us on that, very exciting. the headlines. ten people are hospitalised after shots are fired in the moss side area of manchester. the government proposes a new law of death by dangerous cycling for cyclists who kill pedestrians. nasa's solar probe, which will analyse the sun's atmosphere for the first time, has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. a ceremony will be held in 0magh today to mark the 20th anniversary of the dissident republican bombing which killed 29 people. it was the highest death toll of any attack during the northern ireland troubles. john campbell's report contains some distressing scenes. 15th august, 1998, and a car bomb devastates 0magh town centre.

the streets had been busy with shoppers and tourists. an unclear warning meant they were directed to the place where the so—called real ira had planted the bomb. among the 29 victims were nine children, three generations of one family, and a woman pregnant with twins. dozens more people suffered serious injuries. it shook a northern ireland public who were hoping that the developing peace process meant that violence was at an end. and the grief of the victims‘ families was compounded by the failure to convict the perpetrators. serious mistakes in the police investigation were exposed during the unsuccessful prosecution of a man accused of making the bomb. the families had to take their own civil legal action. they successfully sued four men — michael mckevitt, liam campbell, colm murphy and seamus daly. they were all found liable for involvement in the bombing.

today, their victims will be remembered through music and prayer at the 0magh memorial garden. this will be the last regular public commemoration. the families say, in future, they want to reflect and remember in private. john smyth, a leading barrister who'd been accused of physically abusing boys who attended christian summer camps in dorset in the 1970s and ‘80s, has died at his home in south africa. it's believed he suffered a heart attack, following surgery, at the age of 77. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, worked at his summer camps as a young man but says he knew nothing about the alleged beatings. the deputy mayor of greater manchester has written to northern rail demanding assurances over the future of weekend services. baroness beverly hughes said the current situation was chaotic and unacceptable, following the announcement of a third successive week of sunday cancellations. the operator has apologised and said those affected could apply for compensation.

the british retailer homebase says it's reviewing its range of weedkillers after a landmark court case against chemical giant monsanto, the makers of round—up. former school groundsman dewaynejohnson was awarded nearly $300 million after a jury in california ruled the spray, which contains the chemical glyphosate, caused him to develop terminal cancer. monsanto insists its product is safe and says it plans to appeal. events are being held in charlottesville, virginia, to mark the one—year anniversary of deadly clashes in the us, spaked by a white supremacist rally. earlier, president trump tweeted that last year's violence between far—right demonstrators and their opponents resulted in senseless death and division. 0livia crellin reports. "good night, white pride."

that's the message the members of this antifascist group carried through charlottesville as thousands gathered to remember those who lost their lives. marching over messages of love and peace chalked onto the streets, protesters made their way to the place where a suspected white supremacist drove his car into a crowd one year ago, killing 32—year—old anti—racist activist heather heyer. it was the first of many events to mark a day of violence that this quiet college city never expected to see. heather heyer‘s mother, susan bro, attended a memorial service dedicated to her daughter and two other victims. let us reflect together. we remember those who lost their lives on august 12th, 2017. i shall call their names.

heather heyer. lieutenant hj cullen. and trooper berke mm bates. last year's clashes began after a white nationalist protest against the removal of a statue honouring a commander of the confederate army. anti—fascist protesters showed up in defiance. violence followed. at the time, president trump faced intense criticism for condemning the violence on both sides. this time, he struck a very different note. he tweeted. .. with both anti—fascist

and nationalist groups planning rallies for sunday in front of the white house, the passing of time may have done little to resolve the deeply—divisive issue. for now, the city of charlottesville takes a moment to mourn those laid to rest. tens of thousands of romanians have been protesting for a second night in bucharest against the government, accusing it of corruption and abuse of power. many of the demonstrators, who blew horns and waved flags, returned from across europe to voice their opposition. they are particularly angry at the government's sacking of an anti—corruption prosecutor. jenny kumar reports. noisy but peaceful, tens of

thousands of people gathered the protest on saturday. they continued their calls for the social democrat government to resign. translation: i cannot go on like this any more. if the protest do not bleed summer, the nation is lost. —— do not go somewhere. they're angry the government sacked and anti—corruption the government sacked and anti—corru ption prosecutor leading investigations into local and national politicians. they were undeterred by the violent clashes the day before. scuffles broke out when some in the crowd tried to break into the government building. others were seen throwing items at the police who fought back with tear gas and water cannons. many of the demonstrators are remaining is living abroad, but they have returned home tojoin living abroad, but they have returned home to join the rally ——

romanians. i want and enter government interference in the justice system. since the social democrats came into government last year, it has tried to deepen risible corruption offences. protests have been taking place for months, this weekend is a further sign that people are determined to be seen and heard. rowdy brass bands have descended on a small town in serbia to pay homage to the trumpet. the usually sleepy mountain town of guca was filled with spontaneous dance parties and street performances, honouring the instrument in the annual festival. the four—day party officially wraps up today. if you're planning to catch a movie this weekend, you might be deciding whether to watch one at home or on the big screen. well, now it could be big screens. new technology means films can now be projected onto the side walls of the cinema,

as well as the main screen, to deliver a more immersive experience. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. it is summer blockbuster season. do you copy? so, audiences are looking forward to the next big thing to excite them at the movies. over the years, there have been plenty of new innovations to try and bring bigger audiences into cinemas. there has been imax where the screen is bigger and more detailed. 3—d, to try and make people feel they are actually there. and now, this, screen x where the image actually surrounds the audience. as well as the pictures being projected onto the main screen, they are also shown on the left and the right walls. the idea is to make a film much more immersive, with viewers also experiencing images through their peripheral vision. it is supported by some of hollywood's biggest studios. i fight bad guys like you.

them providing additional left and right camera footage is what screen x relies on. as screen x sign up more cinemas, we are confident that more films are going to come into the mix and give opportunity to come to screen x. so we have heard it a few times before with things like faster frame rates or 3—d, do you think this is the future of cinema, really? we hope so, but we have to stay ahead of the game and keep offering our customers the newest technology coming onto the market to keep them coming into this and more. the multi—projection system has been put here by the uk's biggest cinema chain, cineworld. the multiplex at the o2 in london is the first to showcase the new technology with plans to expand to other sites over the next few months. the real test will be the reaction from audiences. they are the ones who will ultimately decide whether this might just end up as another unsuccessful gimmick or become a widely enjoyed new cinema format. lizo mzimba, bbc news. a litter of puppies have been

getting their paws wet for the first time as they begin their training to become specialist search dogs for northumbria police. cocker spaniels henry, herbert, hartley and hunter had their first swimming lesson in a hydrotherapy pool to build up their strength and get them used to water. it's hoped all four will pass their training and go on to sniff out things like drugs, money and weapons. look at the legs go! now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. some real contrast in the weather this weekend. yesterday money will have seen sunshine but it is a soggy sunday —— yesterday many of us. the radar picture shows the rain is not coming ina radar picture shows the rain is not coming in a straight line but there are pulses of heavy rain along the frontal zone. that is how it will be with the rest of today with the rain

heavy at times. picking up across the midlands and central and southern england. the rain will be persistent in the central belt of scotla nd persistent in the central belt of scotland so wet here. for the most part, the rain probably not that heavy. wales and south—west england, the main area of rain clears through, we will see another one following and that could be more extensive than the computers are thinking at the moment. watch out. the one place that will stay dry and sunny, shetland. that is the weather. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines: police are investigating after ten people were injured in shootings in manchester's moss side area. some victims are described as having "major injuries". cyclists could face a new charge of death by dangerous cycling if they kill pedestrians while riding. the department for transport is consulting on proposals. nasa's daring solar probe mission

has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida after the launch was called off yesterday. the mission will analyse the sun's atmosphere for the first time. sir vs naipaul, author of more than 30 books and winner of the nobel prize for literature, has died aged 85. british sprinter dina asher—smith takes a second gold at the european championships with a stunning performance in the 200 metres. before the papers, sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. good morning.