this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. america joins together to rememberjohn mccain, the former us senator, presidential candidate and vietnam war veteren, at a memorial service in washington. america does not boast because she has no need to. the america ofjohn mccain has no need to meet made great again because america was a lwa ys great again because america was always great. in the end they get to enjoy one of life's a great gifts. the friendship ofjohn mccain. and i will miss him. misery for northern rail customers, as more than two—thirds of services are cancelled — in a dispute over driver—only operated trains. janbaz tarin appears in court, charged with the murders of a woman and her mother in solihull. also coming up, a traffic light system for honours. official documents reveal the way hm revenue and customs rate the tax arrangements of people nominated for an honour.

and jurgen klopp‘s liverpool make it four wins in four in the premier league, that, and the rest of the days sport in half an hour. former us presidents barack obama and george w bush have led tributes at a service for senatorjohn mccain at washington's national cathedral today. the vietnam war hero, who was one of america's most high—profile politicians, died a week ago from brain cancer at the age of 81. our north america correspondent, chris buckler reports. from us for decades john

for almost four decades, john mccain served inside the capitol building. today, his body was carried from it. to begin a finaljourney through washington. the cortege paused at the vietnam memorial. a moment for his family to pay tribute to senator mccain's military as well as his political service. during the vietnam war, john mccain was shot down back as he flew over hanoi. for years he was held prisoner and periods of torture and interrogation were to leave him with lasting injuries. as well as a sense of duty. when he returned to america, he rose through the ranks of the republican party, eventually becoming its presidential candidate. he may have failed in that attempt.

but with his sense of public service and duty, he was remembered here as a true american. america does not boast because she has no need to. the america ofjohn mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great. applause. that was every bit as pointed reference as it seemed. although donald trump's daughter and son—in—law attended the service. the current president was specifically not invited. past presidents did pay tribute. whereverjohn passed throughout the world, people immediately knew there was a leader in their midst. and in that epic life was written the courage and greatness of our country. but for all our differences... for all the times we sparred, i never tried to hide and i think john came to understand

the long—standing admiration that i had for him. john mccain always believed it was important to reach out to both sides of america's political divide. during this presidency, finding a middle way has become more difficult and the personal politics of this man who never became president feel of a long gone, less polarised era. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. passengers on northern rail and south western railways are facing problems travelling today because of a fresh strike in a long—running dispute over the role of train guards. it comes after a summer of problems for people using northern‘s services after a new timetable led to widespread cancellations. our correspondent sharon barbour reports. it has been another weekend of disruption for rail commuters across the north of england.

northern rail workers who were members of the rmt staging a 2k hour strike. in a row over driver only trains. it comes after a summer of timetable changes that caused widespread cancellations across the services. today's upheaval is being acutely felt in places like blackpool. it is a big weekend for the seaside town as thousands head here to see the illuminations and britney spears perform in concert. helen runs a small hotel in the time and says it has been a nightmare. the concert and the illuminations and the events go on until ten o'clock at night but the train services finish at seven. how are people going to get home afterwards? when we talk about driver operated trains were talking about the driver opening the door instead of the guards but rail regulators say it is a safe system and their position is supported by the government. but the unions disagree.

we believe fundamentally as a union but trains are more safe by having a safety critical conductor on board trained and a host of competencies and emergency evacuations and controlled evacuations. some passengers face being stranded in blackpool tonight. i have newborn twins who were crying and another five kids in tow, we don't know what to do. boss is going from liverpool to blackpool, but we are going from blackpool to preston so hopefully you will be fine. northern rail says the priority is to get people to where they need to go. the rmt says that it intends to go ahead with the walk—out every saturday this month. sharon barber, bbc news. a man has appeared in court charged with the murders of a mother and daughter in solihull. janbaz tarin is accused of stabbing to death his former partner, raneem oudeh and her mother, kha—ola saleem. our correspondent simonjones was at birmingham crown court.

well his appearance here this morning was very brief, in fact it lasted for only 90 seconds. he was asked in court to confirm his name, his agent also is addressed and after that he was told by the court that his case was so serious that double murder charge and had to be transferred to crown court here in birmingham, so that next court appearance will be just on the road from here on tuesday morning. he was arrested on thursday evening after a large—scale police arrested on thursday evening after a la rge—scale police hunt, arrested on thursday evening after a large—scale police hunt, he was charged with late last night and that led to today'sthe court appearance. his former partner were found stabbed to death outside their home in the early hours of monday morning. something that really has shocked the community there. their

family have issued a statement in which they thanked the local community for their support and help over the past few days, they also say that two members of their family have had their lives tragically cut short. they've also been praised by police that have thanked local people the way it the respondent to appeals. the police say they will be supporting family members as time goes on in what has been a very difficult time for all involved. it's been revealed hm revenue and customs use a traffic light system to rate the tax arrangements of people who've been nominated for an honour, according to government documents seen by the times. it's claimed the system has meant some high profile nominees may not have received awards as a result. our political correspondent chris mason reports. a trip to buckingham palace beckons for those who make the honours list. recognition from on high of outstanding service.

but how much of a say does the taxman have in who gets chosen? a document obtained by the times sets out a traffic light system used by her majesty's revenue and customs, formerly the inland revenue, to rate the tax arrangements of those nominated. it's good that the press and the information commissioner have now made public what we all knew was happening in private. that the inland revenue will put in an opinion when people have been vetted for honours, particularly higher honours, depending on their tax behaviour. revenue and customs categorise nominees like this. red for high risk, amberfor those whose tax activity is likely to cause adverse comment and green for those who pose low risk. this is an insight into the checks and balances at the heart of the honours system and,

crucially, the moraljudgement that forms part of the case for whether or not someone receives an award. it may also help explain why some people do receive them and others do not. i think it is only reasonable that every precaution is taken by the honours system, that it isn't brought into disrepute. but that should certainly not debar high profile individuals who have achieved an enormous amount in a particular field and also for charity from not being honoured if they have done nothing unlawful. the government says there is rigorous assessment to work out who gets one of these to protect the integrity of the system. chris mason, bbc news. the foreign office is seeking the release of a british—iranian woman imprisoned in iran — during a ministerial visit to the country today. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is serving a five—year jail sentence after being convicted of spying. she's always denied the charges.

she was recently granted a temporary release of three days, but attempts to extend it were rejected by the iranian authorities. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has condemned the decision by the us to end all funding for the un's palestinian refugee agency as a ‘flagrant assault‘. more than 5 million refugees are supported by the group, but the us state department says the organisation is "irredeemably flawed". the chief spokesman for unrwa, chris gunness, said he was deeply disappointed. we rejected the strongest possible terms the criticism that help centres and emergency assistance programmes are in any way. these programmes are in any way. these programmes have it track record including one of the most successful development processes in the middle

east which the world bank has praised as adding to the public good. the question of refugees, what perpetuates the crisis is not this? is the failure of clinical parties being political resolution and resolve the plight of the refugees according to all internationally accepted paradigms for resolving this conflict. the refugees status is resolved within the context of the political solution. and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has been explaining why this end to funding is happening now. well, we saw already at the start of this year that the us was freezing $300 million and they had planned to give them and passed overjust 60 million back then. it said the agency needed to make on specified reforms and also that it was trying to press the palestinians to return

to press the palestinians to return to peace talks to israel. of course at the end of last year after the us said it was jerusalem at the end of last year after the us said it wasjerusalem at the at the end of last year after the us said it was jerusalem at the israeli capital of the palestinian leadership to cut off its relations with the us. it's really confirmed what many had suspected in quite a while because this issue head on the resolved in the year the agency had been battling to fill this big gap in the finances because the us was the largest donor in recent years. the supports around the region more than 700 schools. but half a million palestinian refugee children who attend these schools and it was in doubtjust a attend these schools and it was in doubt just a few weeks attend these schools and it was in doubtjust a few weeks ago whether the new school term would be able to start on the wii have seen people going back to school in recent days still saying that despite a lot of punches they received its not sure

if it will be able to give the schools open beyond the end of the month and a top of that and a lot of other services in terms of health and food aid. and what by 3 million refugees in gaza, that's the majority of their 2 million population is reliance on food aid and other kinds of assistance. russian forces are beginning a week long naval exercise in the mediterranean sea. the kremlin says the operation is justified — due to a failure by the west to deal with militants in syria's idlib province. there are signs that the syrian government is preparing an offensive against the last remaining rebel stronghold. a man has been arrested after a young woman was stabbed during a daylight attack in north london. the victim, who is in her 20s, is believed to have been stabbed in the chest at around ten—twenty this morning. the incident took place on the caledonian road in islington and the suspect is being held on suspicion of attempted murder. the headlines on bbc news.

america joins together to rememberjohn mccain, the former us senator, presidential candidate and vietnam war veteren, at a memorial service in washington. misery for northern rail customers, as more than two—thirds of services are cancelled in a dispute over driver—only perated trains. janbaz tarin appears in court, charged with the murders of a woman and her mother in solihull. there's a heavy police presence in the german city of kemnitz as rival demonstrations over the killing of a german national are getting under way. the death has been blamed on immigrants, and previous protests by far—right groups have turned violent. jenny hill is following events and joins us from chemnitz.

so, clearly there is a lot going on behind you. just lay out the scene for us. in the last few minutes actually this scene here has been getting a little more tense and that is because you can see the far right to march that was supposed to be walking through the streets here led by the political party was supposed to bea by the political party was supposed to be a peaceful protest about the death of that german man here in the early hours of sunday morning last weekend. that march they had just called off and organisers say that they had been failed, let them of they had been failed, let them of the state and cannot go any further. they can't go any further because of the other end of this street is a rather noisy counter protest. there are thousands of demonstrators on both sides and police have been very fea rful both sides and police have been very fearful that they might start to see a repetition of the violence which

you saw flair last weekend and in the early days of this week. thus far it has been pretty peaceful and the mood does seem to have changed. there are water cannons which police have had at the ready all day, but lining up with their you can hear that the far right march is unhappy at having been stopped. it's worth pointing out the political party which is the part criticised for their actions here and criticised for inflaming tensions about migration the city is leading this march. they wanted to do to be a silent funeral march but within that demonstration are other right—wing groups represented as well. they we re groups represented as well. they were not so keen on that march being silent, and so we're going to have to wait and see what happens. suddenly the mood is very tense. it is worth pointing out that this very scene provably best illustrates what the far right anti—migrant protesters at one end, counter protesters at one end, counter protesters at one end, counter protesters at the other and just about represents an illustrates

those very deep and very emotional divisions running through what is right now and very troubled city. one of the banners i spotted earlier read that it is colourful, not far right and not far left. just normal. how does what's happening where you are now how does what's happening where you a re now really how does what's happening where you are now really reflect what's going on and the feeling in germany?” think that if you look at the majority of germans they have been really horrified by what's happened here. it has been traditionally somewhere or the far right tends to do better. much more support here in germany's format used in for example that far right anti—migrant party. in terms of the strength of feeling here, then you're several days now and there is genuine anger and genuine fear, and it's on many sides. i've spoken can doggedly ladies here that said this is just the beginning. we can't have any more migrants coming here, we are

fea rful more migrants coming here, we are fearful and think they create too much crime. the sentiments have been whipped up by the far right and on the other hand amid migrants, a very small population and people that tell me they've been too scared to go out and locked themselves in doors. even this evening before the march got under way came across group of young men from eritrea and said they are frightened now. they felt safe before but not anymore. we will leave it there for now, but watching the situation in germany for us. there is live scenes there that you got on your screen of a number of counterdemonstrations that are taking place following the death of a migrantand taking place following the death of a migrant and of the german man by migrants. that was the claim. we are watching the situation very closely but it's reported that there are around 1200 police officers there trying to make sure that the repeated violence doesn't break out

in the city streets today as it did a weekend ago. let's get more now from senatorjohn mccain's memorial — and former us presidents barack obama and george w bush were among mourners the service. the vietnam war hero, who became one of america's most high—profile politicians, died a week ago from brain cancer at the age of 81. president donald trump was not invited to the service at washington's national cathedral. one of the first speakers at the memorial was john mccain's daughter, meghan. today about who john mccain truly was. it wasn't in the hanoi hilton. it was in the cockpit of a fast and lethal fighter jet and was it was in the cockpit of a fast and lethal fighterjet and was on the high seas of the campaign trail. john mccain was in all those places but the best of him was somewhere else. the best ofjohn mccain, the

greatest of his titles and the most important of his roles was as a father. imagine the warrior, the night of the skies, gently carrying his little girl to bed, imagine the dashing aviator who took his aircraft hurtling off pitch index in the south china seas kissing the heart when i fell and skinned my knee. imagine the distinguished statesman who counseled presidents in the powerful singing with his little girl in oak creek during a rainstorm to singing in the rain. imagine the senator... the fierce conscience of the nation's best self taking his 14—year—old daughter out of school because he believed that i would learn more about america the town halls he had across the country. mention elderly veteran of warand country. mention elderly veteran of war and government whose wisdom and encourage. but he must distinguish men of all time with his eyes shone with happiness as he gave his

blessing for his grown daughter's marriage. you all have to imagine that, i don't have to because i lived it all. i know who he was. i know what defined him. i got to see it every single day of my blessed life. paying tribute to her father there. former president barack obama faced senator mccain in the 2008 presidential race. mr obama spoke fondly of the subsequent friendship which blossomed between the two men. john understood, as jfk john understood, asjfk understood, as ronald reagan understood that pa rt of as ronald reagan understood that part of what makes our country great is that our membership is based not on our bloodline, not on what we look like, what our last names are, it's not based on where our parents or grandparents came from, or how

re ce ntly or grandparents came from, or how recently they arrived. but on adherence to a common creed. that all of us are created equal. endowed by our creator. with search in any label rights. it has been mentioned today and we have seen footage this week ofjohn pushing back against supporters that challenged my patriotism during the 2008 campaign. i was grateful, but i was not surprised. asjoe i was grateful, but i was not surprised. as joe lieberman i was grateful, but i was not surprised. asjoe lieberman said it was his instinct. i never saw surprised. asjoe lieberman said it was his instinct. i never sanohn treat anyone differently because of their race or religion or gender. and i'm certain that in those moments that have been referred to

during the campaign he saw himself as defending america's character. notjust mine. he considered it the imperative of every citizen who loves this country to treat all people fairly. and finally while john and i disagreed on all kinds of foreign—policy issues we stood together on america's role as the one indispensable nation. believing that with great power and great blessings comes great responsibility. barack obama they're paying tribute to the late senator john mccain. a crowdfunding appeal to pay for alex salmond's court battle against the scottish government has closed after doubling its 50 thousand pound target. the former scottish first minister asked for money to help fund his legal action over the handling of sexual misconduct allegations against him. salmond said that any excess funds from the £100,000 raised would go to good causes

in scotland and beyond. the queen has arrived at the highland games in scotland where she will open a new centre named after her son, prince charles. the queen is at the braemar gathering which is considered the biggest event in the highland games calendar. the new centre, named after prince charles' scottish title of the duke of rothesay, is hoped to boost tourism in the area. catriona renton sent this report on the historic games. the braemar gathering has been taking place since 1832, the oldest highland games in scotland, with all the traditional heavy events — tossing the caber, throwing the hammer, dancing, piping and the tug of war. people come from all over the world to take part and watch. it is a must on the royal programme... prince charles has been coming to the gathering since he was a child.

it is fitting that the queen and the duke of rothesay, his scottish title, will open the new pavilion in his name. it is a heritage centre full of all things highland games, so people can experience them all year round. the gathering is expected to attract 15,000 people — more than 15 times the population of the village of braemar. it takes a lot of planning. this is about 18 months‘ worth of work for me, to bring this together, with the team that i have, so that we have one day a year, the first saturday in september, where people come along from all over the globe to enjoy traditional highland games and sport. the royal family attend every year. the queen started coming when she was just seven years old, a traditional games that continues to be passed on through the generations. catriona renton, bbc news, braemar. have you ever had a chance meeting with an old flame and wondered what might have been? in the 1950s, ruth holt and ron owen courted for a short time before

going their separate ways. but almost 60 years later they met up in the same sheltered housing accommodation and next week at the ages of 79 and 84, they‘re getting married. beccy barr went to meet them. unexpected places when ron moved into shelter accommodations a series of coincidences pop of the warden to realise ron had met one of her existing residents before. but in a one—day citizen old girlfriend of yours called ruth. i said, one—day citizen old girlfriend of yours called ruth. isaid, ruth? i don‘t know any ruth. yours called ruth. isaid, ruth? i don't know any ruth. he said he connected to my flat because it was upstairs and he had problems with his hip and so if he cannot come to

mel his hip and so if he cannot come to me i thought well i will have to go over there. there was a knock at my door and this good lady stood there and said hi, i‘m ruth. door and this good lady stood there and said hi, i'm ruth. ron andrews did in the mid—19 50s when they worked at british aerospace in preston. ron left to work as an entertainer on christians and never married. ruth was only 18 then and later married and lived in saudi arabia and india raising two children and later was divorced. arabia and india raising two children and later was divorcedm has been hard this last few years until i met ron again. it's wonderful now. it'sjust nice to be with the person you really want to be with. i've would have married anybody else, it definitely not. so that was surely i realised i was getting happier and happier, that was surely i realised i was getting happierand happier, and now i‘m perfectly willing to say i‘ve never been this happy in my life. wonderful. and i feeljust the same.

i've never been this happy. is it me or does he have a little skip in his step there? whether or not he wristbands. how about, september started with sunshine that was the scene across the coast in east sussex but it was not quite like that everywhere, further north and west we have seen more in the way of cloud but thick enough to give the odd spot of drizzle at times and western areas will continue to experience rather cloudy conditions through the night the missed and mirth and spots of drizzle quite breezy across the far northwest as well for north east scotla nd northwest as well for north east scotland in eastern england keeping hold of some clear spells the lowest of temperatures here but generally most of temperatures here but generally m ost pla ces of temperatures here but generally most places will hold up in double figures. into tomorrow once again northeast scotland and central and eastern parts of england was the best of the sunshine, all of the war cloud further west and the odd spot of drizzle and more persistent rain

parts another island and west of scotla nd parts another island and west of scotland in the day. two pitchers with the far northwest would get up into the 20s. 2a in london but will cool off as we head into the new working week. for of its will be mostly dry. hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. america joins together to rememberjohn mccain,