this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: # amazing grace... 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 be made great again, because america was always great. for all times we sparred, i never tried to hide, and i thinkjohn came to understand, their long—standing admiration that i had to him. —— had for him. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says he's "worried and saddened" at the prospect of the labour party splitting, and is pleading with mps considering walking away to talk to the leadership. misery for northern rail customers as more than two thirds of services are cancelled

in a dispute over driver—only operated trains. 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 at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, martin bentham from the evening standard and the business journalistjohn crowley. stay with us for that. a memorial service has been held for senatorjohn mccain in washington with two former presidents, barack 0bama and george w bush, leading the tributes. his daughter appeared to criticise president trump, who wasn't invited to the service, saying herfather was "the real thing, not cheap rhetoric."

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. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler reports. for almost four decades, john mccain served inside the capitol building. today, his body was carried from it to begin a final journey 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 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 his daughter said that his core values marked him out as a true american. the america ofjohn mccain is generous and welcoming and bold. 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 donald trump might not have been mentioned by name, but there was no attempt to hide the pointed references to a president who once mocked and derided senator mccain. mr trump's daughter and son—in—law attended the service, but he was specifically not invited.

donald trump seems to have made a point of publicly ignoring what's happening inside the cathedral behind me. even as the service has been taking place, he's been tweeting about trade deals and travelling to one of his golf courses. however, past presidents were here to pay tribute to a man who was both a political rival and a friend. back in the day, he could frustrate me. and i know he'd say the same thing about me. in the end, i got to enjoy one of life's great gifts, the friendship ofjohn mccain, and i'll miss it. but for all our differences, for all the times we sparred, i never tried to hide, and i thinkjohn came to understand the long—standing admiration that i have for him. john mccain always believed that it was important to reach out to both sides of america's political divide. during this presidency,

finding a middle way has become much more difficult, and the personal politics of this man who never became president feel of a long—gone, less polarised era. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has said he is "worried" at the prospect of the labour party splitting. he is pleading with mps who are considering leaving the party over issues such as anti—semitism or brexit, to talk to the leadership, who he says has an "open door." i've been speaking to our political correspondent chris mason, who told us more about what mr mcdonnell has been saying. it is quite striking that he is even willing to entertain out loud the prospect of a split. this is in the context of frank field deciding to resign, a labour whip to no longer sit as a member of parliament but still has his seat in the commons.

john mcdonnell employs a bit of self—deprecating humour in his descriptions of his own political position and his hopes the labour party can remain as a broad church. he talks about how he lost the debate for 30 years but did not leave the party. he is effectively saying we are in charge now, those guys in the leadership are in charge now, of which he is one, and there are some people who do not share their views but is pleading with them to stay together. he draws the comparison, which is often drawn whenever you have a conversation with either of the two big political parties about the prospect of a split, a comparison is drawn with the sdp, that breakaway group of labourmps. the view of some on the left, and it is one he argues about in his interview, that it allowed the conservatives to win seats because in seats where both the sdp and labour were fighting, the vote was split and led the conservatives to sneak through the middle and score a victory. what does he mean when he says the labour party could split? are we talking about a new party

or defections elsewhere? i think all he is concerned about is people disappearing off, and what they do is less of a concern to him than the fact they would be going. clearly, in his remarks about the sdp, he is concerned about the prospect of people disappearing off and forming some sort of other entity, to which some who might have previously voted labour might be drawn towards. in his view, there could be a split on the left in terms of where people are willing to place their vote. he says in this interview, "the concept of the party as a broad church is a good thing." he also reckons that "it is in the nature ofjeremy's politics that it is not to alienate people, it is to bring people in." if he is wanting to bring people in, what is he saying about how they are going to address this issue, particularly of anti—semitism 7 brexit is another one, but it has riven the labour party and there does not seem to be a change in approach to try to sort that out.

what i have been really struck by for the last couple of months is thatjohn mcdonnell has been more willing to be more candid and more blunt on this issue of anti—semitism thanjeremy corbyn has. he says this issue has to be sorted as quickly as possible, we have to resolve it and will and that is it. the magazine says he did stop short of explicitly adopting the idea of this international definition of anti—semitism. this will be a discussion in the next few days. clearly, he gets the political danger of not being seen to wrestle with that, whilst pleading to the broader party that whatever individual mps' gripes might be, whether anti—semitism, brexit or their place within the party, their career if you like, then the leadership‘s doors are open and want to talk about it. he is really desperate to avoid a split because he senses that he might never have predicted that ten years ago but there is every prospect that he could be the next chancellor of the exchequer.

he could be in government if labour wins the election. it is clear that if there is a split the likelihood of that happening recedes. passengers travelling on the south western and northern rail networks have suffered another day of disruption. members of the rmt union have been on strike in an ongoing dispute about the role of guards on trains. people attending concerts and sporting events across north—west england are likely to have been affected. it follows a summer of delays and cancellations on northern‘s services after a new timetable was introduced. sharon barbour reports from blackpool. it's one of the biggest weekends for blackpool. people have travelled here to see the famous illuminations. tonight, britney spears is also on stage. but many trains across the north have been cancelled, as the rail workers union,

the rmt, held another day of strike action. only 30% of northern trains run today, and all of those have now stopped. we're going to drive now. we were going to get the train, but we realised there was going to be strikes, so we had to get a friend to drive. we were just going to get the train through. it's not too far at all. we booked a train, we were going to get the train. and because of the train strikes, we've had to book a really expensive hotel. we can't get home on public transport, so we've decided to book accommodation locally and we're going to drive back tomorrow instead. we ended up getting three trains, which was horrendous. it was, like, so awful. we wanted to get here, basically, before we could. but there was no chance, because of the delays that the strikes were causing. northern says its priority today is to get passengers to where they wanted to be. the rmt union say its priority is passenger safety. the walk—out is over plans by northern to have driver—only operated trains. we believe fundamentally, as a union, that trains are more

safe by having a safety—critical conductor on board, who is trained in a whole host of competencies, emergency evacuations, knows where they are on the route, etc. what we don't accept is the need to remove conductors and safety guards from services, where they already operate. this is just the latest disruption of passengers in the north of england, who have already experienced a summer of timetable changes and cancellations. the strike action is expected to take place every saturday this month, unless an agreement is reached. sharon barbour, bbc news, blackpool. a 21—year—old man's appeared in court charged with the murders of a mother and daughter in solihull. janbaz tarin is accused of killing raneem 0udeh and khaola saleem on monday. he was remanded in custody, to appear before birmingham crown court on tuesday. palestinian officials have condemned

a us decision to withdraw all funding from the united nations agency that supports palestinian refugees. the united states was, until last year, the biggest contributor to the un relief and works agency which helps five million people across the middle east. yolande knell reports from from jerusalem. pupils starting a new term at un—run schools this week, but it's not clear if these will still be open by the end of the month. already, unrwa is facing a financial crisis, after the us froze $300 million in the funds it planned to give this year. now it's cutting off all support. washington calls the agency "irredeemably flawed , " expressing concern about the impact on innocent palestinians, but saying that unrwa has failed to reform and reset how it works. back in 19118, some 700,000 palestinians were displaced

in the war that led to the creation of the state of israel. un relief and works agency was set up to take care of them and, over time, their descendants. there are now over 5 million registered refugees in the palestinian territories, but also in jordan, lebanon and syria. many still live in refugee camps — these overcrowded neighbourhoods — and rely on unrwa's services. most palestinians here wants the right to return to their ancestral land that now lies within israel. that's what the big key symbolises. israel, of course, rejects that claim and, along with the united states, it accuses unrwa perpetuating false hopes and the israel—palestinian conflict. earlier this year, i asked the israeli prime minister about the agency. the perpetuation of the dream of bringing the descendants of refugees back to jaffa is what sustains this conflict.

unrwa is part of the problem, not part of the solution. israel backs the new us move, but palestinians say washington is trying to decide the fake of refugees without peace talks. what is the american decision doing? they are undermining the modern forces in palestine and israel. those elements you want to achieve peace, peacefully. whereas the two—state solution is being destroyed. in gaza, the recent deadly protests on the border with israel began because of the refugee issue. now there are fears of further violence and warnings of the dangerous consequences for the region if new funds for unrwa can't be found. yolande knell, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: america joins together to rememberjohn mccain, the former us senator, presidential candidate and vietnam war veteran, at a memorial service in washington. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell says he's "worried and saddened"

at the prospect of the labour party splitting, and is pleading with mps considering walking away to talk to the leadership. misery for northern rail customers as more than two—thirds of services are cancelled in a dispute over driver—only operated trains. time now for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. liverpool maintained their perfect start to the premier league season and are top of the table afterjurgen klopp‘s side beat leicester city 2—1. first—half goals from sadio mane and roberto firmino helped liverpool to victory, but a mistake from alisson, the £67 million goalkeeper, let leicester back in, but liverpool held on to maintain their 100%. chelsea also have maximum points so far this season. they beat bournemouth 2—0 at stamford bridge. they were made to wait for the goals — pedro with their first,

his third of the season with around 15 minutes to go. eden hazard drilled in a second five minutes from time to seal the win, four wins from four. a stunning winner from kyle walker helped premier league champions manchester city continue their unbeaten start to the season with a 2—1win against newcastle. raheem sterling opened the scoring for the home side, who had 78% of the possession. deandre yedlin equalised for newcastle before walker won the game for city. at the other end, west ham are in trouble already — a 1—0 loss to wolves means it's now four defeats in four. adama traore scored the late winner for his new club since joining from middlesbrough. west ham rooted to the bottom despite around £100 million of investment over the summer following manuel pellegrini's appointment. it isa

it is a very bad start, you cannot lose a point here, especially here, the six points that we lost at home, maybe playing away against arsenal 01’ maybe playing away against arsenal or liverpool you can have, if you don't play well you is not a terrible result but to lose the six points here, we must be very worried. in the day's other games, brighton came from two goals down to draw with fulham. and everton and huddersfield finished 1—1, with two goals inside two minutes in the first half. england's batmen have put them in a promising position heading into day four of the fourth test against india in southampton. jos buttler made 69, sharing stands of 56 with ben stokes and 55 with sam curran as the home side reached 260/8, a lead of 233. but the struggles did continue for england's top order — alastair cook went for 12. captainjoe root made 48 before he was run out. 5—time champion roger federer beat australian nick kyrgios in straight

sets to reach the last 16 at the us open. the swiss second seed wrapped up a 6—4, 6—1,7—5 win in an hour and 44 minutes and will face australia's john millman. federer last won the us open in 2008. last year's beaten finalists, exeter chiefs, have made a winning start to the new premiership season, thrashing leicester tigers 40—6. elsewhere, danny cipriani lead his new side gloucester to beat northampton 27—16. harlequins, under new head of rugby paul gustard, got their season off to a bang with a bonus point victory over sale. 51—23 it ended at the stoop. wasps came from behind to beat worcester by a point, 21—20, at sixways. it's also the first weekend of the pro 1a as glasgow warriors edged connacht, 27—26. this drop goal from stuart hogg gave the warriors a 1—point lead. with the clock on red, connacht had a chance to snatch

victory but craig ronaldson smacked the outside of the post as glasgow ran out winners. there were wins for ulster and munster. ferrari's kimi raikkonen set the fastest lap in formula 1 history as he stole pole position at the italian grand prix. he upset the form book by clocking that record lap time during qualifying at monza. it's ferrari's first italian grand prix pole since 2010 when they last won the race. championship rivals sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton are second and third on the grid. that's all the sport for now. sarah, thank you. 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. i've been getting reaction from labour peer and former cabinet minister lord adonis, who's also written several studies on the british class system. people should only get honours who are completely above board when it comes to their tax affairs. now, there are lots of aggressive tax schemes, and hmrc are onto them the whole time. amd if they havr question marks — often it isjust questions — over individuals, then it needs to be absolutely clear that they are above board. before they receive honours. in many events, the challenging of these schemes takes years to see through and i think it is absolutely appropriate that if hmrc have good reason to believe that somebody may be engaged in a scheme that could be ruled to be illegal, that they should not receive an honour. i think the public would be astonished if they thought that some process like this was not taking place. in the case of the house of lords, the law was changed a few years ago.

you cannot be non—dom for tax purposes and be awarded a peerage. we are becoming increasingly transparent about these things. and that's a good thing. unlike tax evasion, tax avoidance may not be to everybody‘s tastes, but is not illegal. is it? it is not necessarily clear to some people, because tax is so complicated, that they are even participating in something that may be distasteful to other people. let's be clear — we're talking about people receiving honours from the queen, not people who are testing what the boundaries are or are not of tax law. it is perfectly reasonable for people to test the boundaries where it is unclear. if people want to receive honours, they need to be absolutely above board. as far as tax is concerned. if hmrc have reason to believe they might be engaging in a scheme which contravenes the law, until it is absolutely clear that is not the case, i think it is appropriate they do not receive honours. should people who have been blacklisted or prevented of having —— from having an award because of tax avoidance be told that that is why?

that is an interesting idea. i am not sure whether it is right or not because you do not tell anybody they're being considered. there are some people who have excelled in their fields who it would be fairly understandable for them to think that they might be due something and do not get one. should they be told? do you know, i think in those cases, i think they have got a pretty good idea. somebody at the top of their field. this is england. the way the system works for a lot of things is half known. people half know they are being considered for honours, particularly if they are at the top of their field. if they do not receive an honour repeatedly for a number of years and they are also engaging in aggressive tax planning, i think they will have a pretty shrewd idea that's the reason why they have not received an honour. lord adonis. the queen has arrived at the highland games in scotland, where she's opened a new centre named after her son, prince charles.

the braemar gathering is considered the biggest event in the highland games calendar, as catriona renton reports. the queen arrives at the braemar gathering. she has been coming here since she was just seven years old. this is the oldest highland games in scotland, dating back to 1815, with all the traditional heavy events — throwing the hammer, tossing the caber, dancing, piping, and, of course, the tug of war. people come here from all over the world to take part and watch. a lot of things going on! we don't get it to see these games in the states so this is different for us. i am also here to see the queen. voila! this is a regular date in the royal calendar. prince charles is seen here enjoying the games as a child. today, the queen named the new pavilion after him, the duke of rothesay, his scottish title. it is a heritage centre filled with all things highland games,

so people can experience them all year round. it will be a home to highland games, because as famous as they are all over the world, there is no permanent exhibition to their history. so here at braemar, probably the most famous highland games in the world, there is this wonderful new centre. it is estimated 15,000 people attended today's gathering. it takes a lot of planning. this is 18 months‘ worth of work for me to bring this together with the team i have so that we have one day per year, the first saturday in september, where people come along from all over the globe to enjoy traditional highland games on sport. but people will not have to wait another year to come to braemar and find out about the games, as the new pavilion is expected to open to the public in the spring. have you ever had a chance meeting with an old flame and wondered what might have been? in the 1950s, ruth holt and ron 0wen 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. # my old flame... love blooms in unexpected places. when ron moved into sheltered accommodation in st annes, a series of coincidences prompted the warden to realise ron may have met one of her existing residents before. i came in one day and she said there's an old girlfriend on site called ruth. isaid, ruth? without being... i don't know any ruth. he said he couldn't get to my flat because it was upstairs and he had problems with his hip. so if he couldn't come to me, i thought, well, i'll have to go over there. there was a knock at my door and this good lady stood there and said, "hi, i'm ruth." ron and ruth dated in the mid—1950s when they worked

at british aerospace in preston. ron left to work as an entertainer on the cruise ships and never married. ruth was only 18 then. she later married and lived in saudi arabia and india, raising two children, and later was divorced. it's been hard these last few years until i met ron again. it's wonderful now. it's just nice to be with the person you really want to be with. i wouldn't have married anybody else, definitely not. slowly but surely, i realised i was getting happier and 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. ahh!

and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin bentham and john crowley. it is nice to have the music kick m, it is nice to have the music kick in, doesn't it? to remind us? perk us in, doesn't it? to remind us? perk us up in, doesn't it? to remind us? perk usupa in, doesn't it? to remind us? perk us up a bit. thank you, sander! —— sandra. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, nick. what was little unexpected was the wolf some over from the first day of september. it is metrological autumn things should be cooling down. i'll have the warmest temperature. we knew it was going to be warm but there was a lot of cloud across western parts of the uk with some patchy rain. wasn't cold here, the east and most of the sunshine further south, and that is where we have the highest director at darlington. will grant filters further east overnight, across the

midlands for example, some spots in eastern scotland with clear spells but especially east of england, so missed and fog patches around. for many, underneath the cloud it is a warm night. light rain and drizzle as possible in a few spots. as the your temperatures, and it teams for some of us as with other day. sunday will get off to a warm start for many. sunshine across eastern england in particular at for some, clear blue sky, some sunny spells in north—east scotland but elsewhere, cloud to be had again as we look at things into the afternoon in the clouds to let chance of a light show a bit patchy rain, maybe some misty this over the hills and post here but is the south—east in lincolnshire has plenty of sunshine in the mid 20s. we did over northern ireland and scotland and a weather front is coming in from the atlantic which will push through the afternoon or especially into the

evening, some outbreaks of rain, a speu evening, some outbreaks of rain, a spell of heavier and more persistent rainfall time. this is the weather front, of which ends today with northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and very slowly moving further south on sunday night. cooler, fresher, less humid air behind, is that is indicated by the blue ipo. —— up here. caller, fresh airas blue ipo. —— up here. caller, fresh air as monday begins. some outbreaks of rainfor air as monday begins. some outbreaks of rain for scotland, pushing into parts of wales in south—west england. easter but, warm air with sunny spells. east anglia and the south—east and author that, fresher, temperatures lower, mainly dry. the system continues heading south monday night into tuesday, taking that somewhat cooler air with it. the cloud, some sunshine and plenty of dry weather for the rest of the week. more as ever online.