the this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at eight. scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, hits back at the scottish government — after being investigated over claims of sexual harassment. mr salmond said the process of investigation was unfairand unjust — he was no saint, he said, but had done nothing wrong. i've made many mistakes in my life — political and personal. but i've not sexually harassed anyone and i certainly have not been engaged in criminality. but scotland's first minister said the claims of sexual harrassment could not be ignored. it's a difficult situation, but what is important is that complaints are treated seriously regardless of who the person complained about is. the daughter of a couple who died at a hotel in egypt says they were "fit and healthy" when they went on holiday. ireland prepares to welcome pope francis this weekend — we'll be asking if the pontiff can heal the damage caused by decades

of clerical sexual abuse. we do not hide or try to hide the things that have gone on in the past and that particularly is a crucial lesson for us all at this time. residents in hawaii are being moved away from their homes as a hurricane nears the aloha state. hurricane lane's already causing flash floods, power cuts and torrential rains. we'll be live in hawaii shortly. director spike lee tells the true story of an attempt to infiltrate the ku klux klan in black klansman. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the releases in the film review. good evening.

the former first minister of scotland alex salmond has strongly denied two claims of sexual harassment dating back to 2013. the claims were made during an internal scottish government investigation, and have been passed to the police. mr salmond has launched legal action against the scottish government for the way it's handled the case. his successor as leader of the snp and first minister, nicola sturgeon, said the complaints were made in january and were investigated through a process she had agreed to. here's our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. i think we won the election. he is one of the best—known figures in scottish politics. alex salmond, a former first minister, a man who led his party, the snp twice and became the face of the nationalist movement, securing an historic referendum on independence for scotland. but who is now facing allegations of sexual misconduct in the run—up to the vote.

the complaints date back to 2013 when alex salmond lived and worked at bute house, the official residence of a serving first minister. the allegations from two individuals have been denied by alex salmond who described the claims as painterly ridiculous. as patently ridiculous. i have made many mistakes in my life, personal and political but i have not sexually harassed anyone and i certainly haven't been engaged in criminology. haven't been engaged in criminality. i am no saint, i have flaws, i understand that and i am looking forward to the opportunity to establish that point. alex salmond said he's not being allowed to see and therefore properly challenge the evidence against him, so now, in an extraordinary move, the former first minister is taking the government he used to lead to court. nicola sturgeon, his anointed successor and for many years, his closest

political ally, said complaints couldn't be ignored or swept under the carpet. everybody knows the length and the closeness of my relationship to alex salmond and i think people will understand how difficult this is for me and my party. it will be extremely upsetting to members of the snp up and down the country. it is a difficult situation but what is important is that complaints are treated seriously regardless of who the person complained about is. the investigation into these allegations was conducted by the permanent secretary, leslie evans. in a statement she said alex salmond's comments contain significant inaccuracies, which she says will be addressed in the court proceedings he intends to bring. she said the scottish government will defend its position vigorously. welcome to the very first episode of the alex salmond show.

he switched from front line politics to his own show on russia today. while used to being in the spotlight, he has come out fighting and is ready to take centre stage in the highest court scotland. the exact details of the allegations against him an investigation‘s findings have yet to be made public but the nature of these complaints against such a high—profile figure have rocked scotland's political establishment. lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. our scotland editor sarah smith explained the wider implications for scottish politics. it is going to be very difficult for nicola sturgeon and you heard her sounding very upset. he has been a close colleague and a mental of hers and a mentor of hers for years in scottish politics.

she is his party leader and she may at the end of this process, had to discipline him. that will be very difficult for the nationalist movement. at the same time she is the leader of the government he is challenging in court. the former first minister taking the scottish government to court is remarkable. it will be upsetting to a lot of supporters. alex salmond was a revered figure among nationalists after leading the 2014 independence campaign. his credibility has been dented since then since his show on rte but people will be upset to hear these allegations. nicola sturgeon is about to update us on her plans for a second independence referendum and she will tell us what she wants to do about that. it is a difficult time for her to be making very big decisions like that. sarah, thank you. the authorities in egypt say a british couple who died on holiday suffered heart and respiratory failure. 69—year—old john cooper, and his wife susan were staying

at the steigenberger aqua magic in hurghada on the red sea. their daughter, who was on holiday with them, said they were "in perfect health" just hours before they fell ill. the tour operator thomas cook said it was removing all its customers from the hotel as a "precautionary measure". judith moritz reports. john and susan cooper are said to have started their holiday in great spirits and are described as having been in perfect health when they went to bed and monday night. went to bed on monday night. but the next morning, their daughter kelly found them extremely ill. i don't believe that that is due to natural causes. my parents went to sleep on the monday evening, fit, healthy and in good spirits and awoke the following morning in very poor health. nobody could do anything to save their lives. i have made accusations and i need answers.

nobody could have asked for better parents, they were the salt of the earth. the family were staying at the 5—star steigenberger aqua magic hotel in the egyptian red sea resort of hurghada. the tour operator thomas cook said it would be removing all 300 customers from the hotel and although the circumstances of the couple's deaths was unclear that had been a raised report of the level of illness amongst guests. the hotel disputes this and some holiday—makers are worried. when anxiety levels are raised, people are talking to each other and the level of answers from thomas cook is disappointing. we flew out on tuesday and that was the day these poor people passed away. we should have been given the option whether to come here or not and we wouldn't have. ijust want to go home.

janine travis has just come back from the same hotel and has spent the last three weeks on antibiotics. she and her partner both had terrible stomach cramps. he went downhill more rapidly than i did and he became quite unwell by the evening time. he wasjust in the room being violently sick. stomach cramps, nausea, dizziness, really, really unwell and i, by this time was in quite a lot of pain. for thomas cook, this is close to home, susan cooper worked at their burnley branch, which was closed today. susan cooper described as a loyal and long serving member of staff. the company says it is helping with the investigations and is deeply saddened by the deaths of susan and john cooper. well thomas cook says around half of its customers who were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel have choose to fly home this

evening and will receive a full refund of their holiday. the remainder have opted to be moved to an alternative hotel, the operator says as a precaution, and will receive 250 euros per person for the inconvenience. the tour operator says it's contacting those who are due to stay in the hotel in next 4 weeks. they have the option to stay in a different hotel in the red sea resort, amend their holiday free of charge and go to a different destination, or a receive a full refund for their holiday. people in hawaii are being moved away from their homes as a hurricane nears the american pacific islands. hurricane lane's already causing flash floods, power cuts and torrential rains. the hurricane has now been downgraded to category 3 strength. but the storm is still carrying winds of over one hundred and twenty miles per hour. many flights to and from the islands have been cancelled. james cook reports from hawaii. this is what hurricane lane has

done to hawaii already. and it is still churning towards the islands. so far, it is not the ferocious wind but the torrential rain which is the biggest problem. there are reports of catastrophic flooding, of landslides and of water rescues. tourists among those who have been pulled to safety. attention, attention. the beaches are closed. please leave the area. the big island in hawaii, hawaii county, has received in some cases some reports of two feet of rain already. unfortunately, there is more to come. the impacts are going to grow. the real question is, when does it start to make it's turn to the west? if it drifts further north, that means we are going to see storm surge, greater wind impacts as well as increased rainfall.

the hurricane will pass dangerously close to the hawaiian island chain through the day today and come into tonight and saturday. hurricaine lane may weaken as it approaches, but it is expected to maintain hurricane strength as it approaches the islands. dangerous flooding will continue on the big island. the threat for tropical storm force or even hurricane force winds will continue for the next 24 to 36 hours. hundreds of islanders have been forced to flee their homes. have you ever done this before? no, this is the first time. i have been here for 11 years and that is the first time. across the state, dozens of evacuation centres have been set up. major hurricanes are rare on hawaii and as the storm approached, many people heeded the dire warnings, stocking up on food and water as a state of emergency was declared. we have the federal state, all of the counties here to make sure we are protecting the health, safety and welfare of all of our people, including by the way some close to 300,000 tourists

who are in the state right now. these pictures from the international space station show the hurricane as it approached the island earlier this week. the beaches are now closed, and nothing was going to stop these servers from seeking the ultimate thrill of catching a wave on the edge of a hurricane. james cook, bbc news. joining me now from hawaii is coralie matayoshi, the ceo of the american red cross pacific islands region. thank you for taking time to speak to us. perhaps you can give us a sense of the conditions were you are. yes, last night as of midnight there were 36 evacuation shelters housing 1500 people and then we had a surprise in maui, there was a fire

which affected 100 homes and 300 more people showed up in maui. as of this morning we probably had 1800 people in shelters state wide. we are very busy with mental health services, we had about 160 macro those, with about 200 volunteers. an awful lot of people for you to look after. what sort of provision are you putting in place at the shelters? for hurricane evacuation centres, shelters? for hurricane evacuation ce ntres , eve ryo ne shelters? for hurricane evacuation centres, everyone is instructed to bring their own food and water, we do not have enough on the island to do not have enough on the island to do that. if they cannot return post—impact, we bring out the carts and food and water, but now people need to bring their own provisions. what is the mood amongst the people you are helping? i think that people are getting really nervous. this is the closest we have had for years and although we have had near

brushes, this is the closest one and i feel that people are taking this very seriously. they are nervous. they are coming to our shelters, they do not feel safe. in terms of your volunteers, what are the conditions for them, having to go out and reach people? yes, we have about 200 red cross workers and they are staying in the shelters along with the evacuees. it is a hardship situation but we are here to help. clearly, once the hurricane passes and hopefully things will not be too bad, but priorities then shift i suppose to seeing how homes have fared and what sort of support they might need in the longer term. yes, this is just the might need in the longer term. yes, this isjust the beginning, the shelters are first and then after it is safe to go out, they will do damage assessment, there is logistics involved and mental health and health services all along the

way. now the american red cross is a charity, but what about the help being provided to people by the government and local authorities? we are working very closely —— closely, these are county shelters that the red cross is helping to run, but we are not a government agency, we do not receive funding from the federal government for disasters. people, if they want to make a donation, they can call our phone number or text to make a $10 donation. thank you for taking time to speak to us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the political commentator giles kenningham and nicola bartlett, political correspondent at the daily mirror. the headlines on bbc news...

scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, hits back at the scottish government — after being investigated over claims of sexual harassment. the daughter of a couple who died at a hotel in egypt says they were "fit and healthy" as they went on holiday in a red sea resort. people in hawaii are being moved away from their homes as hurricane lane nears the american pacific islands. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's manchester united manager jose mourinho says he has "no

problems" with executive vice—chairman ed woodward despite reports to contrary. mourinho's pre match press conferencethis afternoon ahead of the tottenham game lasted just 259 seconds and it's fair to say he wasn't a happy bunny do you think it was an overreaction? ido do you think it was an overreaction? i do not analyse it. how do you feel? i feel we played i do not analyse it. how do you feel? ifeel we played well against leicester. i felt we played feel? ifeel we played well against leicester. ifelt we played bad against brighton and we lost. manchester city captain vincent kompany celebrated his tenth anniversary with the club this week — the defender is just one match away from reaching 250 games for the champions... something to be extremely pround of according to his manager he had ten years here. it is a long time. he could have more. but, no doubt, he is a big personality. tottenham and france goalkeeper hugo lloris has apologised after being charged

with drink driving. the spurs captain was charged following a routine patrol stop in london. the world cup winner says the incident was "completely unacceptable" and added "i take full responsibility for my actions and it is not the example i wish to set." he's been bailed to return to westminster magistrates court on tuesday the 11th of september. lloris's tottenham face manchester united at old trafford on monday. middlesborough v west brom in the championship tonight. it is still goalless. the winner at the riverside would go top middlesbrough unbeaten after four qpr 7—1 in last match. england's women have taken bronze in the under—20 world cup after beating hosts france in a penalty shoot—out. manchester city's georgia sta nway gave mo marley's side the lead just after the break — her sixth goal of the tournament to make herjoint top scorer. but france hit back and levelled — emelyne laurent equalising from the spot. that's how it remained to force a penalty shootout

at the end of 90 minutes — and georgia allen stepped up to clinch it 11—2 for the lionesses. great britain's women have reached their first ever final at the wheelchair basketball world championships in hamburg. they put on a dominant performance to beat the hosts germnay 60—37. co—captain helen freeman, the team's longest serving player, led from the front putting up 31 points for the team. great britain's women will face either the netherlands or china in tomorrow's final. britain's men are also thorugh to the world championships final after beating iran 86 points to 63 in their semi—final. they'll face rio 2016 paralympic champions, the usa in sunday's final. and... great britain have already added seven medals to their tally on day five of the european para athletics championships in berlin... david devine won great britain's first track medal of the day with victory in the t13 5000—metres. that's on top of the silver he won in the 1500m earlier in the week. there's also been double medal success for poly maton. she's added t47100m bronze to the long jump bronze she won this morning.

me and my coach has said, that i was in control of it and then get ready to go. that is what i did. 0ne in control of it and then get ready to go. that is what i did. one of the spanish eyes went past me a few times. i made up for that and that is exactly how i wanted to go. that's all the sport for now. almost a0 years since the last pa pal visit to ireland, tens of thousands of people are expected to travel to dublin this weekend to see pope francis. in the wake of abuse scandals in the catholic church what kind of welcome will he receive?

martin bashir reports. bishops and priests are not usually pounding the turf at leinster rugby ground. but as ireland prepares to welcome pope francis, it is also hosting this global gathering of catholics. an alter has been built along the touchline, but that is as nothing compared to the challenge of reconstructing the church after decades of scandal. a lot of the pain and the hurt that we felt we were moving on from has resurfaced, particularly for people who were hurt by the clergy in the church. and i think the holy father, it's critical that he does something to try and address that. phoenix park, another venue, has been under construction for months. the catholic church and the irish government are spending more than £27 million to host pope francis. the highlight of this weekend's visit will be here on sunday when pope francis celebrates mass.

500,000 tickets have been issued. so, will ireland feel like it did the last time the pope was in town? 1979, and popejohn paul ii was greeted by the largest gathering of irish people in history. back then almost 90% of catholics attended weekly mass, contraception, abortion and divorce were against the law. now all three are legal and church attendance is down to a0%. marie collins' story may help explain why. she was abused by a hospital chaplain as a child. what has happened here basically is the church has fallen over a cliff. its moral authority is completely destroyed. we still have quite a high percentage of catholics in ireland and i think many of them are hanging on by theirfingernails. are you glad that the church

is having less of a dominant effect? the short answer is yes. i think in the past the catholic church had too much of a dominant place in irish society. i think it still has a place in irish society, but not one that determines public policy or determines our laws. judging by trade in the exhibition hall, the catholic church is pinning its hopes on the popularity of pope francis. this is the best one. he remains the star attraction. but unless it can convince the world that it has changed, then the future of the roman catholic church in ireland will continue to be overshadowed by its past. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. with me isjoe mckeown, a youth leader who is taking 50 people from countries, including brazil and indonesia, to dublin tomorrow;

hejoins me from belfast. and in dublin, i'mjoined by cuthbert arutura, who is performing a traditional dance and delivering a speech at croke park. cuthbert, if i come to you first, perhaps you can give us a sense of what it means to you personally to be involved in this visit and to welcome the pope? thank you, to start with, my life since i came to ireland has transformed and it is due in part to the nature of the irish people and what this means to me, that as part of this culture, community and family, i am also taking part in celebrating pope francis coming in a way that celebrates a new beginning for myself and also for ireland. and when you think about him coming, is ita when you think about him coming, is it a sense of excitement?”

when you think about him coming, is it a sense of excitement? i am ecstatic, the bars, you can feel the energy, the vibe all over croke park, either when you drive around dublin, there is a buzz going on. joe, you are a youth leader, it will be young people that you are bringing with you and some people often think that among the young, theissues often think that among the young, the issues of faith are not relevant perhaps in such a strong way as they used to be, but i guess that is not what you were seeing. definitely not, i have been in copacabana beach with pope francis and there were 3 million young people and they are all singing and they are vibrant and some of them are engaged in social justice issues, homeless projects, making a difference in the world and trying to tackle injustice and the groupi trying to tackle injustice and the group i have brought down from belfast and derry and the international group as well, are alive and they feel part of a big church when they are altogether and

celebrating their faiths and there isa celebrating their faiths and there is a sense of something exciting, something new happening and it is great to be involved in a project like that. you have both given a very positive impression of how you're feeling and the energy surrounding the visit, clearly a lot of excited people, but cuthbert, also a lot of people who are dealing with a lot of pain about their experiences with the catholic church. this is it. a lot of families and a lot of people have been traumatised by their experiences over the years and this is the thing that i feel more than ever that pope francis represents a fresh start and also his energy and positive thinking or something that we in ireland and people all over the world with all the tribulations and troubles going on, we need somebody like him who can actually give us moral guidance, but also someone give us moral guidance, but also someone who can lead us into a new era of positivity. joe, what is your

ta ke era of positivity. joe, what is your take on this? some people have said that there has been a change, there has been progress, perhaps a new approach taken by a new pope but not far enough? the child abuse stuff breaks my heart, and it is sad to be a part of that story and it is sad world we come from now, but i think the church is progressive and it is bringing the faith back to where it was in the acts of the apostles were men and women were out challenging prejudice and communities, they were out feeding the homeless. 0ur young people want to get their hands dirty and make the world a better place. 0ur young people are part of a campaign werei 0ur young people are part of a campaign were 1 million young people from across the world are trying to make the world a better place to stop all the injustice, poverty, human trafficking, immigration problems, so we can actually bring the love ofjesus throughout the

world and make hopelessness disappear and make the world a better place for all young people. just more specifically, and i am sorry to push your mess, earlier we we re sorry to push your mess, earlier we were speaking to one survivor of abuse who said they would like to see much more openness from pope francis and more accountability being taken by the church for the abuse suffered by people. being taken by the church for the abuse suffered by peoplelj being taken by the church for the abuse suffered by people. i agree. my grandfather was shot dead during the troubles and the same pain applies, it is tragic. they will always wa nt applies, it is tragic. they will always want answers and always want to know why no one has been brought to know why no one has been brought tojustice and to know why no one has been brought to justice and that to know why no one has been brought tojustice and that pain may go unanswered until they die, but we need to bring in changes and make sure that policy and procedures are in place to protect children and make sure nothing like this happens again. all our young people, the church in ireland now has one of the most sophisticated safeguarding structures and procedures and even

our youngest people at 17, who did not need to be checked for all put through a rigorous process to make sure we protect children and young people and i think that is essential. we need to make sure that our church is a place where young people feel safe and welcome and we recognise the fact that we have great priests out there. it was a minority of evil people who damage the whole church and we have to celebrate the great priests like the ones helping us and the people in the youth team who spend their summers looking after sick people. we need to show the positive as well as address the negative and try to bring people tojustice and challenge all these wrongs. and just a final word, what do you think he brings that will reinvigorate the catholic church? years the people's hope, he speaks a

language that the speaks a message of positivity and love for humanity and that for me goes up above all else, the people's pope. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. we still have a lot of showers at the moment, with heel and thunder. the heaviest heading across england and wales and then out into the near continent. we keep a few showers going in the north and west, any with exposed to that westerly breeze but a large part of the uk domains dry and clear. tonight will be called a run last night, those are the numbers in towns and cities. a cold start to saturday, sunny start for many with a few showers around the western coast and the odd shower could bubble up on land but fewer

showers, most places dry with a bit more sunshine. the temperature similarto more sunshine. the temperature similar to today, 17—20. as we move into sunday, we have clothed and outbreaks of rain—soa ked into sunday, we have clothed and outbreaks of rain—soaked hla—dr and things improve on monday and tuesday as it becomes dry and bright in that order. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, hits back at the scottish government — after being investigated over claims of sexual harassment. the daughter of a couple who died at a hotel in egypt says they were "fit and healthy" as they went on holiday in a red sea resort. people in hawaii are being moved away from their homes as a hurricane nears the american pacific islands. ireland prepares to welcome pope francis this weekend — nearly a0 years since the the last papal visit to the country. every alcoholic drink does you harm.

that's the stark message from one of the most significant studies into alcohol use and its health effects to date. researchers looked at the drinking habits of people in 195 countries, including the uk. the findings suggest that even moderate consumption is asscociated with cancer and other diseases. dominic hughes reports now from a pub in st albans. just how much alcohol is it safe to drink? it's confusing when different studies produce apparently contradictory results. now the latest research says while alcohol might protect us from heart disease, overall there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. alcohol is linked to seven types of cancer. we know about liver disease which has risen over decades in the uk. so those risks actually outweigh any benefits. so what the study is saying is for health overall the best thing we can do is not to drink at all, which is clearly not

going to happen for most people. but if we want to give advice, that is probably what we should be giving. nhs guidelines say we should restrict our drinking to just 1a units of alcohol each week. that's around six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine. but today's report suggests many people are drinking more than that and posing a risk to their health. the study looked at global drinking habits. around the world one in three people drink alcohol. the study showed that british women drink in average three drinks a day and ranked eighth in the world of highest drinkers. british men drink a similar amount but ranked 62nd because drinking levels internationally are generally far higher among men. and in this st albans pub customers were not especially alarmed by these new findings. i think everything comes with a risk, doesn't it? you have just got to make the decision. be aware of what you are drinking and go from there. there's conflicting advice all the time, isn't there, about how many units you can drink or are supposed to drink.

i think it must depend on the individual surely. drinking alcohol is pleasurable so it is a case of don't overdo it. it is the degree of risk that we may suffer ill—health linked to drinking that we all have to weigh up. the study shows that the risk of drinking within current guidelines is very low indeed, so it's no argument for abstention just because there is no safe level. after all, there is no safe level for driving, there is no safe level for going on holiday. there is no safe level for getting up in the morning but it doesn't mean we should abstain from these activities. and in the end this is what the debate around alcohol consumption comes down to, the level of risk we are each willing to live with. well, dr emmanuela gakidou is from the university of washington, she's a senior author of the study and joins you now from oregon. thank you for making time to speak

to us. this idea that every alcoholic drink maybe does you harm, maybe you could unpick that for us. what are we talking about here? thank you very much for having us. it is true that our study has found that there is no safe level of drinking, that at the very low levels of consumption the risk is very small, so if a person or to drink one standard drink per day for a year, they are increased risk of health loss would only go up by half a percent. 0ver health loss would only go up by half a percent. over the year it goes up by 7% and if you were to drink five drinks per day for the year your risk of health loss would go up by 37%, so hopefully those numbers can put a modern context. and hopefully

to clarify, if you carry on drinking at those levels year on year, do those risks multiply each year? is 7% and another 7% or overall life goes on? it is overall life goes on and fed every individual depends on the baseline. what do you think are the baseline. what do you think are the implications of this study on the implications of this study on the way we should be drinking? the implications are more for the health policymakers and the global agencies and their accommodations for the general population, which we believe me to be revised to allow people to drink less, so the less you drink the better, across the globe, and it will lead to a massive health gain if the amount of alcohol consumed around the world goes down. so for example where we are in the uk, we

heard ina example where we are in the uk, we heard in a report 1a units a week is the current recommended maximum, do you have a view on what that should be coming down to in a country like united kingdom? in every country, the less the better, source that have to come down to ten units are five units, it would lead to health gain. how realistic do you think it is because as we saw in the report, it is about people's lifestyle choices and habits that may be ingrained overly long time, do you think you will see a genuine change and what would it take to bring that about? we are hoping that over time there may be a shift in cultural norms where the current perception right now is that one drink a day or two drinks a day is good for you, and if that shifts to people understanding it is not good for you and they should minimise across their lifetime, that'll be a huge success. and finally, as an author

of the report and having seen all the statistics, would you ever go so far as to say we should all be abstaining? do you abstain and cut the risk it all together?|j abstaining? do you abstain and cut the risk it all together? i don't think we need to go as far as to say we should all be abstaining but every time you raise a glass, think about it twice and maybe have a few less per week. we heard you clearly, a few less per week. thank you very much. selective hearing may be good on that one. a man, who falsely claimed to be a grenfell tower resident to avoid a prison sentence, has been jailed for six years. derrick peters stayed at the park grand hotel in paddington, after claiming he lost his friend and his possessions in the blaze, in june last year. he then ran up a £40,000 accommodation bill, as well as £5,000 on food, drink and laundry. 22 children and four women have been killed in yemen. the un has confirmed

they were killed by an air strike by the saudi—led coalition as they were trying to flee fighting in and around the key port city of hodaida on thursday. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. us republican senatorjohn mccain will no longer be continuing treatment for his brain cancer, his family has announced. mr mccain was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease last summer and had been undergoing treatment since. he left washington to be with his family in arizona, though he has still been a vocal political figure. president emmerson mnangagwa's win in last month's polls has been upheld by zimbabwe's constitutional court. the opposition mdc alliance had brought a legal challenge, saying the vote was fraudulent, but this was rejected by the court. it was zimbabwe's first election since robert mugabe was ousted from power last year. spain's government has passed a decree to disinter the remains

of the late fascist dictator francisco franco from a huge mausoleum near madrid. the general was laid to rest in the valley of the fallen near madrid, after his death in 1975. fascists still use the site as a place of pilgrimage. but many on the left argue that it glorifies his regime. now a story which could be every child, and some adults', dream come true. 13—year—old lewis cram loves fire engines but he wanted more than a toy, so he started saving. now he's the proud owner of not one but two full—sizedworking engines. robby west has been to meet him. for as long as he can remember, lewis has always wanted a fire engine. i have my own generator ran

speyer fire helmet. it is notjust the kit inside, he owns the whole truck. how does a 13—year—old afford a fire truck. how does a 13—year—old afford afire engine? truck. how does a 13—year—old afford a fire engine? he worked hard for it. i did housework every night for a yearand a it. i did housework every night for a year and a half, i helped the neighbour wrote, and i a year and a half, i helped the neighbourwrote, and i did a a year and a half, i helped the neighbour wrote, and i did a lot of jobs and saved up and didn't spend it and always worked, never had time to do anything else, but well worth it. saving £2000 he found the former emergency vehicle online. his grandad who also loves fire engines and is old enough to drive them helped to bring it home. youngsters can actually do anything, theyjust need the support. he cut grass and hoovered houses and cut neighbours' grass and saved pocket money for 18 months. the family have now added to

the collection. this american ladder truck was going to be scrapped until they bought it and shipped it to the norfolk fire museum. it may send a stupid question but what they want to be when you're older? a firefighter. i like to help people and they work really hard. i want to save lives and they want to help people when they are in a building or trapped in a car, people when they are in a building ortrapped in a car, i people when they are in a building or trapped in a car, i would like to help them. lewis has shown that if you have a goal, what some hard work and a bit of support you can really achieve anything. well done to lewis. now on bbc news it's the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. the good news is that mark kermode

is back from his summer holidays. it has been ages. what have you chosen this week? the children act, a new film starring emma thompson. the very different alpha. and blackkkla nsman, the spike lee film. and the children act, i am interested to hear what you say, because i have read the novel and i liked it. adapted from the novel by ian mcewan. emma thompson is a high courtjudge whose work is engulfing her life. she's involved in life—and—death cases, one of which is about the 17—year—old boy refusing a blood transfusion on religious grounds, but he is technically a child, and there is an argument about whether he's been forced by his parents into this position. she has to deal with weighty philosophical issues. she brings the work home with her, and her husband, he is starting to feel shut out of their marriage.

here is a clip. i'll make reservations for dinner, because i've had an awful day myself. we'll go drink some wine, and i can get some opera tickets for saturday night.