a new government drive to eradicate homelessness in england within the decade. ministers want to make rough sleeping a thing of the past but numbers have been going up for the last seven years. when you are starving and hungry, you ain't got no money, there is nowhere to go and get some food or anything, to have shower or change clothes. we'll be asking how realistic the government's aims are. also this lunchtime: tackling the touts. ticketmaster is closing two websites which allow people to offload unwanted tickets. ticketmaster is one of the biggest players in the market. stopping profiteering is very good news for the consumer, but there are others that need to move in that direction. a currency crisis in turkey, after the lira collapses amid concerns that european banks could be affected. after a year of rail misery, train travel is now one of the uk's least trusted consumer industries. and a new constitution in cuba means it could become the latest country to legalise same—sex marriage.

and coming up on bbc news: dina asher—smith says she's focused on the worlds and olympics next after becoming the first briton to win three golds at a single european championships. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government has launched an initiative to end rough sleeping on england's streets within a decade. ministers are promising millions of pounds to help people turn their lives around, including support for mental health and addictions, and funding for housing. charities have welcomed the investment but say much more needs to be done to tackle the root causes of homelessness, in particular the lack of safe, affordable homes. graham satchell has more. we are on the streets

of east london with homelessness charity st mungo‘s. outreach workers do this every night, checking parks, streets, doorways. this man, who didn't want to be identified, told us he had drug and mental health problems. he's been sleeping rough for four months. i got evicted because i didn't engage with a couple of services and they didn't like that, the fact i wasn't engaging. they thought i wasn't engaging. they thought i wasn't willing to sort myself out so they evicted me. that's how i became homeless. it's quite hard. and it's quite scary as well. most of the time when you are starving and hungry and you've got no money with nowhere to go and get some food.“ you could say one thing to the government, what would you say to them? i would say help the homeless. give them a chance to change their lives.

the number of people sleeping on the street has more than doubled in a decade. today's announcement by the government promises £100 million to end rough sleeping in england by 2027. it includes £50 million for homes for people ready to move on from hostels and 30 million for targeted mental health services for rough sleepers. the housing secretary james brokenshire i is on a visit to homelessness hostel today. he says nobly should have to sleep rough and he wants to make it a thing of the past. the 100 million is in respect of reprioritisation of the budget, so of reprioritisation of the budget, so half of that is new money to rough sleeping and homelessness. it isa rough sleeping and homelessness. it is a question of prioritisation. that is why we know it is important. i know there is more that we need to do in respect of dealing with the challenges of people being out the street. mungo's have welcomed today's strategy but remain concerned about the causes of homelessness, like a lack of safe, affordable housing.

what we're saying is that much more needs to be done. so it is a good start, but it isjust the beginning. and to end rough sleeping by 2027 is going to take a lot more investment. labour says government cuts to benefits, housing and other services have caused the homelessness crisis. we know that rough sleeping is a huge problem. you just have to go out on the streets to see it. but what we have got from the government isa what we have got from the government is a strategy that will reduce it in just under a decade, which doesn't really reflect the scale of the problem at all. and the investment they are announcing is a drop in the ocean. graham satchell, bbc news. our home affairs editor mark easton is here. how realistic are the government's games? i think the ambition to eradicate street homelessness is laudable and i think it can be done but you need a strategy that doesn't just pick up the pieces, but looks at the causes. the causes are

multilayered and across government. so it is about mental and physical health care. it is about drug and alcohol treatment. it is about welfare and jobs. it is about affordable housing. on health, the nhs is notably absent from the advisory panel that helped to shape today's strategy. it is odd that the housing ministry says in it that they asked nhs in england to spend £30 million on street homelessness. some might say good at they sort this out together? drug and alcohol councils, local councils pay for that, and they have cut their budgets halved and local services cut. and on welfare, that is the most common reason why people end up homeless, they can't pay the rent, and the reason they can't is because their welfare has been cut, or it has been stopped. we understand the strategy includes a commitment to looking at welfare reform but frankly the internal government consultation will not pay rent. and finally on housing, we are expecting

the long—awaited social housing green paper shortly and if that does include a significant increase in housing and social rent, that would make a difference longer term but for people in precarious economic situation is now, reliant on the gig economy or benefits, the availability of genuinely affordable housing can be the difference between having a warm bed at night and sleeping in a doorway. mark, thank you. the website ticketmaster is to shut down its secondary resale sites seatwave and get me in later this year in a bid to tackle touts. the sites, along with other similar outlets, have been criticised by fans and artists because tickets were often sold for an inflated price. lizo mzimba has more. it is not just it is notjust concertgoers who have been unhappy with the activities of ticket touts. artists like ed sheeran have long campaigned for a fairer deal for

sheeran have long campaigned for a fairer dealforfans from sheeran have long campaigned for a fairer deal for fans from secondary sites when it comes to tickets for their tours. today's announcement from ticketmaster that it is closing down the two secondary sites it owns has been seen as a major step forward. ina has been seen as a major step forward. in a statement the company; we know that fans are tired of seeing... ticketmaster has been criticised in the past for not doing enough to combat overpriced tickets from touts because it also owns seatwave and get me in which take a cut of the profits from the sales of tickets that are often being resold at highly inflated prices. instead ticketmaster will set up a new exchange system where tickets cannot be sold more than the original price. that is what the website twickets has been doing for some time. it is the reason artists like ed sheeran and adele have chosen it

for the resale of tickets to their concerts. should ticketmaster have done it years ago? in our view, yes. we welcome any change and the change todayis we welcome any change and the change today is great news but ideally everybody should operate in the way we have done over the last six yea rs. protect we have done over the last six years. protect the consumer, protect the fans, who are constantly being ripped off by the secondary market, whether that be through the excess of ticket prices or the fees they are charged to trade. this move will not stop touts completely. tickets are still sold for increased prices for profit on sites like ebay and viagogo. earlier this year, for profit on sites like ebay and viagogo. earlierthis year, ed sheeran's promoters cancelled more than 10,000 tickets for his stadium tour that had been resold on viagogo. the singer has been one of the leaders for the campaign group the fanfare alliance. it welcomed the news today but also said more had to be done to prevent touts exploiting the passion of fans for

their favourite artists. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the uk border force is repeatedly missing its target for passenger waiting times at heathrow airport, according to figures obtained by the airline virgin atlantic. on 30 out of 31 days injuly, the border force missed its target of a 45—minute wait or less for 95% of visitors from outside the european economic area. some passengers were left queuing for up to two and a half hours. caroline davies is at heathrow. not good news for travellers in the holiday season. no, and not something that airlines wanted either. of course these are figures from frustrated airlines who think that the uk border could be better managed. they say that leaving people waiting at the border for several hours orfor people waiting at the border for several hours or for however long, isa several hours or for however long, is a very bad first impression when they get to the uk. this quite often

happens to people from outside the european economic area, so roughly outside of europe's bordered on the rest of the world. why is it happening? according to the home office, they have blamed computer failures and they have also said there has been a large number of cases dealing with adults and children who are vulnerable. there are things outside their control, delayed flights, or all arriving at the terminal at one point, which can mean queues can be longer. solutions have been suggested. heathrow airport has asked for people from low risk countries, such as america and canada, that they might be able to use the electronic system, rather than queueing up to see a person at the border. the home office have said that they have highlighted that the vast majority of people do still get through within the targeted times. they have also said that they play a very crucial role in protecting the uk by looking after its borders. they highlighted that at the beginning of the summer they also had an extra 200 staff at

heathrow to help with those problems. the airlines say they understand the safety issues but particularly at the moment it is important to show the rest of the world that the uk is open for business. caroline, thanks very much. the court of appeal is due to decide whether a doctor who was struck off following the death of a six—year—old boy will be allowed to practise again. dr hadiza bawa—garba is fighting the decision, after being convicted of manslaughter due to gross negligence in 2015. a doctors' campaign group has argued that her lifetime ban is too punitive, and that nhs staffing pressures were partly to blame. our health editor hugh pym has more. six—year—olds jack adcock died in 2011 after developing sepsis at leicester royal infirmary, and a court later heard there was a catalogue of errors with his treatment. doctor hadiza bawa—garba, seen treatment. doctor hadiza bawa—garba, seenin treatment. doctor hadiza bawa—garba, seen in the middle, was convicted of gross negligence, manslaughter. later an independent medical tribunal ruled she should be suspended from practising as a

doctorfor suspended from practising as a doctor for one suspended from practising as a doctorfor one year, but suspended from practising as a doctor for one year, but the general medical council appealed, arguing this was not sufficient to protect the public. the high court ruled that hadiza bawa—garba should be barred from practising. backed by some other doctors, she mounted her own challenge to that ruling at the court of appeal which was held last month. she had this message will jack adcock‘s family. month. she had this message will jack adcock's family. i would like to first and foremost apologise wholeheartedly once again to jack's family for my role in the events that led to his death. i am truly sorry for this. and i will live with this for the rest of my life. she also spoke exclusively to the bbc‘s panorama. i think that the nature of ourjob means that unfortunately sometimes we will get it wrong, and the way it is designed is that the system should have safety nets. but

jack's mother argued that hadiza bawa—garba should not be allowed to return to work. i hope that the decision will stand, where she will still be struck off, she will never be able to work in the uk again, because i know that the people that are supporting her are basically all medical professionals and they are all from the same profession. of course they are going to support her. the judgment in the appeal will be announced today and will be closely scrutinised both by jack's family and across the medical profession. hugh pym is outside the court of appeal in central london. how would you sum up the significance of this case? well, potentially very significant indeed. as you have heard, there is a human tragedy at the heart of all this, the death of a young boy in hospital, and a series of errors being made, and the conviction of a doctor who was involved in his care, for gross negligence manslaughter, which is why the family ofjack adcock have been saying it is

simple. she should not be allowed to practice as a doctor again. on the other hand, you have got several members of the medical profession concerned about all of this. they have extended their sympathies to the adcock family but it raises questions about pressure on the front line of the nhs. they say hadiza bawa—garba is conscientious, she did her best, but she wasn't properly supported on the day. and since all this happened, doctors have gone to work feeling insecure and whether they will be protected asa and whether they will be protected as a result of mistakes. these doctors were angry that the general medical council appealed an independent tribunal ruling that hadiza bawa—garba should be allowed to return to work. in fact they had some sympathy from jeremy hunt, the then health secretary, who said that in the future the gmc should not be allowed to appeal against a tribunal ruling. the general medical council has always said they feel they are acting in the best interests of patients, and that is what they are

there to do. a significant debate, very significant, and a significant ruling coming here at the appeal court later this afternoon. thank you. hugh pym. and there is more on that story on panorama including an exclusive interview with dr hadiza bawa—garba in doctors on trial, tonight at 8:30pm on bbc one. turkey's central bank has said it is ready to take all necessary measures to shore up the country's currency, the lira, following its recent collapse. the country's economic crisis has been sparked by fears that turkish companies have borrowed heavily to profit from a construction boom. it comes as the us approved the doubling of tariffs on turkish steel and aluminium. selin girit is in istanbulfor us. the fear is that turkey's problems will cause instability elsewhere. welcome in the initial reaction of the global market suggest this is not confined to turkey alone, not a

local problem. investors are worried of contagion on banks exposed to the falling turkish currency, and the central bank issued a warning and said that major lenders, major banks in spain, france and italy could be and would be vulnerable to the weakening lira. but having said that, the full—blown currency crisis in turkey is not expected to be very critical for the eurozone, the euro area, because the bankers, the banks, the lenders aren't that too big and aren't very much exposed to the turkish lira. and the central bank has intervened earlier today and the lira has gained some value after the central bank announced that all necessary measures would be taken. but the markets will be expecting more — what they expect is ankara, to see ankara these tensions with washington and to see that the central bank is independent from the

government pressure whatsoever. turkish government still needs to ta ke turkish government still needs to take more steps. thank you. the jury in the trial of the england cricketer ben stokes is expected to retire to consider its verdicts this afternoon. the 27—year—old player is accused of affray in bristol during the early hours of 25th september last year. andy moore is at bristol crown court for us. andy, what happened in court this morning? well, the prosecution put their case this morning and reminded their case this morning and reminded thejury their case this morning and reminded the jury first of all about the charge of affray, which is often used after a fight at a nightclub or after a football disturbance. the prosecutor said that it was violence where a person of reasonable firmness would fear for their personal safety. now, he firmness would fear for their personalsafety. now, he said in this case ben stokes may have started off defending himself, because he was threatened with a bottle, but after that, the video

footage plainly and clearly show that ben stokes moved from defence and became the aggressor himself. the prosecution talked about ben sto kes' the prosecution talked about ben stokes' performance in the witness box, and they said he was seeking to explain and justify himself, he was plainly lying, he acted deplorably as the red mist came down. we also heard from gordon cole, defending ben stokes, who said there were big holes in the prosecution case, it was as clyde's case that he was defending himself or others, and that he took reasonable actions in the circumstances. he said in the adrenaline generated by a fight, a person cannot waive to a nicety is self defence actions. the judge has indicated the jury will go out some time this afternoon. 0k, thank you, andy, andy moore there. our top story this lunchtime: the government launches a drive to eradicate homelessness in england within the decade,

numbers have been going up for the last seven years. and coming up, why british asians are more socially conservative than the uk population and over half have toned down their asian identity to fit in. coming up on bbc news, the para—swimming european championships gets under way in dublin. it's great britain's first major competition since the rio paralympics. cuba, a country which has historically had a reputation for homophobia, could become the latest country to approve gay marriage, after changes to the country's draft new constitution were approved by the national assembly. the document will be sent out to every corner of the island today for a process of national public debate before being put to a referendum later this year. will grant reports now from havana. hot off the presses — cuba's new constitution. ordinary cubans are only now digesting the completely rewritten

magna carta. big changes are proposed, like recognising private property and redefining marriage as between two people, notjust a man and a woman. paquito and miguel are two people who have been together for 15 years. on an island renowned for the homophobic attitudes of its past, this change, they say, is long overdue. translation: i took a long time to come out of the closet, because i had no points of reference around me. there was no information about it. back then, it was a problem and a stigma. translation: we're trying to say there isn't a single type of family. the nuclear family isn't the only one that exists. that's what we're fighting for. cuban society hasn't always been this understanding towards gay men and women. in the worst years of the 1970s, homosexual people were exiled, sent to work camps or even prison. today, people seem to want to rectify mistakes of the past,

except for one institution which still won't budge on gay rights — the church. in this methodist church in havana, the congregation is deeply committed. but when it comes to the question of same—sex marriage, the message is not one of tolerance. translation: we have distributed material which talks about the original design of the family, that is the family as it has always been known, and we're going fight with all of our strength to make sure this measure isn't included in the cconstitution. still, it's expected same—sex marriage will be approved. the main supporter the lesbian and gay community have is mariela castro, the daughter of raul castro and the influential head of the homosexual rights commission. at a recent gay pride march in havana, symbolic weddings were held with blessings from sympathetic members of the church.

by the time the next pride comes around, paquito and miguel, who already bring up a son together, hope they might be able to get married for real. will grant, bbc news, havana. a rally staged by white nationalists near the white house in washington has been overshadowed by a counterprotest nearby. about 400 far—right supporters had been expected, but only around 20 turned up. hundreds of chanting opponents staged their own rally nearby, denouncing white supremacy and racism. the event came a year after violence in charlottesville, virginia that left one person dead. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. crowd: whose street? our street! in washington's streets, there was anger and frustration, as thousands gathered to demonstrate against a protest by white nationalists right in the centre of the capital, and within sight of the white house. exactly a year before, the same right—wing group had held a controversial protest in charlottesville in virginia.

a woman was killed when a car was driven into a crowd of counterprotesters. holding this event on the anniversary of heather heyer‘s death was seen by many as deliberately provocative. very emotional day. there was a couple of signs that said, "for heather," and we had a little moment of silence for heather, because that woman did lose her life. that never should have happened. many here were critical of president trump, who after charlottesville claimed there was blame on both sides. but there was no equivalence in the scale of these protests. while antifascist campaigners filled the streets, only around 20 white nationalists turned up in washington. they had applied for a permit for 20 times that number. who is the intolerant one? is it us, who are here expressing our first amendment rights, or these folks who showed up by the thousands to stop us from being able to speak, and they are completely indoctrinated?

there were brief clashes between processors and police... let's go, let's go! ..particularly as they tried to escort the small group of white nationalists out from gates near the white house. the police had worked exceptionally hard to keep his two sides apart. but the reality is this has been a huge security operation in the heart of washington, dc for what has been an incredibly small protest by white nationalists. but, on both sides, the real purpose seemed to be a desire to have their voices heard by the white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. satisfaction in the rail network has dropped sharply in the past decade, with train travel now one of the uk's least trusted consumer industries, according to a survey by the consumer group which? in the past year, passengers have voiced concern about the introduction of new timetables,

cancelled services and rising fares. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. new timetables, thousands of cancelled services, angry commuters, strike action and rising costs — it has not been a happy time for many rail users, and it is evident in a detailed satisfaction survey over the past decade. a study of transport focus data found that overall satisfaction with rail punctuality and reliability has fallen from 79% a decade ago to 73% today, but regular commuter satisfaction fell even further to 62% in that time. on top of that, rail fares could be set to rise by 3.5% next year. that is because train fare increases are tied to the higher measure of inflation known as rpi. it could add £150 to an average long—distance commuter. i understand that our passengers have had a really tough time over the last few months. i'm a regular commuter myself. but we have to work together and with a long—term plan. that's what companies are doing, rail companies are doing. that plan is going to make journeys better over the coming years.

it's going to improve the economy, it's going to better connect communities up and down the country. to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month in a very long—running dispute about guards on trains. joe lynam, bbc news. south korea says president moonjae—in will meet the north korean leader, kimjong—un, in pyongyang in september. it will be the third summit between them this year, and the first visit by a south korean president to the northern capital for more than a decade. it's hoped the meeting will give fresh impetus to the stalled disarmament process. over 300 people have been injured at a music festival in spain after part of a wooden platform collapsed into the sea. witnesses in the northwestern city of vigo reported scenes of panic as people tried to scramble to safety. the platform had been packed with crowds watching a rap artist at the time. british asians are more socially conservative than the wider uk population, a survey for the bbc‘s

asian network suggests. it found that a third of british asians don't agree with sex before marriage or same—sex relationships. more than 2,000 responded to the poll as part of the bbc‘s big british asian summer season of programmes. nomia iqbal reports. the 2026 british south asians questioned in this poll are of predominantly indian, pakistani, bangladeshi and sri lankan heritage. one of the big findings looks at the issue of integration, with 53% of british asians saying they have to tone down their identity to fit in or change their behaviour. i think that's a really interesting reminder about how integration happens. the second generation of british asians often had the educational and professional success their parents who came as migrants were hoping they would have and so found themselves as pioneers in new places. but for priya from birmingham, fitting in is about balancing different identities. i feel very comfortable

with my identity, i'm very proud to be asian, ilike doing... i go to asian weddings, wear asian clothes, i'm very comfortable with my identity. i don't really pressure to be more westernised. i feel as though i come from quite a modern family in general, so that does have a big influence on me. religion also plays a big role, with 46% saying their muslim, sikh or hindu faith is important. compare that with the rest of the uk as a whole, where more than half say religion doesn't matter to them at all. i never used to wear a scarf before, and i never used to dress in a full—on maxi dress. i've gone the other way, i've come more to my faith, and now i dress completely modestly, so it's not to adapt, it's because i've got to know my faith more and wanted to do more for my faith, to be closer to god for my own personal reasons. while some are confident of their place in britain, others are navigating how best to fit in, but for those

who've made the uk their home, there are no regrets. my father was from pakistan, from peshawar. coming to the uk definitely has been really good for him. it's just about coming to somewhere where they've got opportunities, education, you've got the nhs. we've got a lot of good things about, you know, in england. we've even had good weather this year so, yeah, i think coming to the uk has done really well for dad — and for a lot of other asians as well. more than three quarters feel that way and, according to the poll, consider the uk country where they can fulfil their dreams and ambitions. nomia iqbal, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. hello, reeta. very mixed weather over the week ahead, if anything, low pressure will be shaping our weather, rather than high pressure,

so we are in for atlantic winds, and that means we will find most of the showers or rain in the north—west of the uk, generally speaking towards the uk, generally speaking towards the south—east it will be drier, and it may be warmer for a while as well. today, though, not to warm out there, not a great deal of sunshine, evenin there, not a great deal of sunshine, even in gloucestershire the cloud has spread out a little bit, and elsewhere, here in york, well, the cloud much more threatening, and we have already had one or two showers. there will be more of those to come over the next few hours. 19—20, the central belt, northern ireland, low 20s widely for england and wales. not too many showers for the south—west, wales, into the midlands, but more widespread and heavy showers in the south—east, thunderstorms across east anglia, up towards northern england as well.