this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11pm: downing street hits out at borisjohnson saying he has no new ideas for brexit, after he criticised theresa may's approach. england's heatwave this year makes the record. the met office confirms it was the hottest ever and that 2018's summer across britain was the joint hottest on record. going forward into the future, it is expected that because of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, these kinds of heatwaves will occur more regularly and, when they occur, we will at higher temperatures as a result. the home secretary issues a stark warning to tech companies, saying that he won't be afraid to take action if they don't do more to tackle online child sex abuse. he can do many great things. i am sure he will continue to do them. the broadcaster chris evans announces he's leaving radio 2 after 13 years, to take the helm at virgin radio's breakfast show.

also coming up at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers dawn foster and stephen swinford. that will include the guardian, which leads with a warning from public health england that four out of five adults have hearts more damaged than they should be given their age, due to unhealthy lifestyles. and england's highest test scorer alastair cook announces he will retire from international cricket after this week's final test against india. hello, good evening. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been accused of having no ideas of his own on the

best way forward for brexit. number ten was responding to an outspoken attack on the prime minister's plans, agreed at chequers in the summer, which he said was an example of theresa may waving the white flag in her negotiations with the eu. this is his first intervention in the brexit debate since he resigned from the cabinet, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. did time stand still? westminster is back to work... ..and back to the same bitterness. theresa may is trying to stitch together a deal the most important any government has done for decades, based on what she believes is a cool—headed compromise — her chequers plan. the tory mps coming back from holiday are anything but calm. there was only calm at brexit‘s biggest cheerleader‘s country pad, but borisjohnson‘s criticism of the government's plan screamed from the front pages. he claimed it would be a disaster, and britain is waving the white flag. not for the first time,

his antics made the tory top brass sigh. this is a plan that's been put forward by the uk government, and it is still being considered by all the different bits that make up the eu, and let's see what they say. but that is the plan. number ten's adamant that brussels can work with their plan, claiming mrjohnson is not a serious politician. but being rude doesn't change the fact that mr barnier, as well as brexit backers, think chequers just can't work. we found that we are in a considerable degree of agreement that chequers is absolute rubbish, and that we should chuck it, and that what we should have is a canada—style free trade deal. add to that, many former remainers share that view. the biggest problem for me is how people see this. the chequers deal is now more unpopular with the british people than the poll tax was. and that is why it is untenable to take forward. we are more than two years into this process, but it is far from over.

activists pushing for another vote sense things may go their way, and for labour, the discontent in the tory party is more evidence of the government's struggle. there has to be a trade agreement with europe and a customs union with the european union to protect those jobs. nobody voted to lose theirjobs. if the government is incapable of negotiating with the eu, they should move over and let someone else do it seriously. despite the lack of love for the chequers plan in parliament, the prime minister has no intention of budging from her position. the view in number ten — compromise might not be popular, but they believe they have put forward a serious and viable basis for a brexit deal, and their many critics, in their view, do not have a workable alternative. the brexit secretary, you can almost spot, as they try to make it work. moving forward when so many others are trying to apply the brakes. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. and we'll find out how this story

and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 11:30pm. my guests joining me tonight, are dawn foster, columnist at the guardian, and the daily telegraph's deputy political editor, steven swinford. the heatwave over the past few months means that this summer was the hottest on record for england, with temperatures narrowly beating those seen in the famous heatwave of 1976. for the uk as a whole, 2018 proved to be the joint—hottest summer, and the met office said temperatures were consistent with the general picture of the climate warming globally. our science editor david shukman assesses what this means for future summers in the uk. a warning, his report does contain flashing images. it was a summer of extreme heat that, for much of the country, rolled on for month after month. from fires raging on the hills of lancashire. .. ..to the stark image of a dried—out

reservoir in the lake district... ..to the punishing temperatures of city streets, filmed by a thermal camera the pavements, depicted in yellow, radiating heat. for anyone on holiday, it was perfect summer weather. beaches were packed and seaside businesses have been booming. no need to fly to distant resorts for plenty of sunshine. but for many the heat was tough to endure. this field in hertfordshire was typical of many across britain, the only trace of green was the cricket pitch. and for farmers, the long, hot dry spell became a constant source of worry. for mark in devon, the land now looks less parched, but the legacy of the heatwave continues. it increases our costs, which has an impact on the profitability of what we're doing. so... it increases the amount of work and worry and stress. we all knew the summer was hot,

but what do the met office figures actually tell us? well, the summer had an average temperature of 15.8 celsius, and because that is within a fraction of what was seen back in 1976, 2003 and 2006, they're calling it a joint record. at the same time, england set a new summer record with an average temperature of 17.1 celsius. the key thing was that so many nights were warmer. and another record is that this year has seen 80 days where summer in the uk was above 25 celsius. so does this mean every year will get hotter? well, no. but as the climate warms, that is set to become more likely. going forward into the future, it's expected that because of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming these kinds of heatwaves will occur more regularly, and when they occur, will have higher temperatures as a result. the egfl'gzl'ee" eagles! ‘e'ith. e meetec'fl“ ’ 95:6 5 9555? “1 h‘eégf’i‘fgfif

oh, my gosh! and a lot of questions about how soon it'll be before the next hot summer sets yet another record. david shukman, bbc news. the big technology companies have been warned that they faced the prospect of new legislation if they don't do more to prevent child abuse online. home secretary sajid javid said some of the firms were refusing to take the issue seriously enough, whereas he'd been impressed by their work to tackle terrorism online. the national crime agency said it received more than 82,000 referrals of child sex abuse images last year, a sharp increase since 2012 as our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. it's a final briefing, before we actually go and execute the warrant. officers from the national crime agency gearing up for a recent raid on a suspected paedophile. every month, the nca and police forces around the country arrest

around 400 people for accessing child abuse images online. what was it i've done? earlier this year, matthew falder, a cambridge graduate, was sentenced after nearly a decade of offending. he tricked his victims into sending him naked images of themselves. he also encouraged acts of self degradation. one of his many victims described the long—term effects of his abuse. i was ashamed of what i've done. all relationships broke down. you can't be friends with someone that doesn't trust you, and i didn't trust them. so why are child abuse images allowed to be posted in the first place, and then why are they permitted to remain online? for years, that's what the tech companies have been asked. today, the home secretary became the latest politician to talk tough to the tech giants. he delivered an ultimatum.

there are some companies out there that refuse to take this seriously. so let me say this: i'm not just asking for change. i am demanding it. and the people are demanding it too. and if the web giants do not take more measures to remove this type of content from their platforms, i will not be afraid to take action. so, the threat of legislation. the home secretary said that google, facebook, microsoft, twitter and apple have made good progress in taking down terrorist content and he wanted to see the same for child abuse. this is where many of the investigations start, in the operational area of the national crime agency. just to assure you, there is no child abuse material on this computer. this is a representation of the threat. they say that it must be stopped at source. the challenge is to get it at the

earliest point. it is getting as close to them as possible, and preventing them from uploading them to the internet. or they will proliferate, they will be shared, they will go global. google declined an interview request. in a statement, it said it had a zero tolerance approach to child sexual abuse material, adding that we have invested in technology, teams and partnerships to tackle this issue. it went on, today we are making available cutting edge artificial intelligence that can dramatically improve help companies review this content. this is high noon for the social networking sites. they haven't taken enough steps in the past and the government is now saying that they're going to legislate to force them, that's crucial to protect children online. legislation in this area is expected soon. so, not much time for the companies to respond. chris evans, one of britain's best—known entertainers and broadcasters, and one of the bbc‘s highest—paid stars, is to leave his radio 2 breakfast show at the end of the year.

he'll return to virgin radio nearly 20 years after he left the station. our media editor amol rajan looks at the factors behind his decision to leave the bbc. britain's most popular radio presenter stepped away from the bbc today. it can do many great things andi today. it can do many great things and i am sure it will continue to do that. he joined radio and i am sure it will continue to do that. hejoined radio two and i am sure it will continue to do that. he joined radio two 30 years ago, shifting around a daytime schedule before in 2010 replacing terry wogan in the most coveted slot in british radio but today he left listeners stunned. i'm going to leave virgin radio. i have loved every single minute of it. the thing is some of us are up mountain climbers and if you get to the top of your favourite mountain and you just a there then you become a mountain observer and i need to keep climbing. casting himself as a human

alarm clock, eva ns' climbing. casting himself as a human alarm clock, evans' rambunctious style has a big following over his long career. a year ago when the salary of top on an owners of the bbc was released, evans came out the top. he didn't enjoy the publicity scrum following the difficult relaunch of top gear. it is a blow to the bbc and follows the loss of radio 4 eddie met to commercial rival lbc. publishing salaries may as the bbc argued created a poachers charter. this is an extraordinarily exciting time for radio as a whole. the fact that the dab owned radio station will be led by one of the great broadcasters of his generation shows that news corp are really interested in making a big play in radio. evans bought virgin in the 19905 radio. evans bought virgin in the 1990s before selling it on at substantial profit and now it is pa rt substantial profit and now it is part of rupert murdoch's newscorp, led by robredo books from news of

the world map. something of radio as tv's the world map. something of radio as tv‘s poor relation. the war for top talent is reminiscent of nothing so much as the battle for star names that once characterised fleet street —— rebecca brooks. three decades ago rupert murdoch launched sky to break the bbc stranglehold on tv and to give audiences greater choice. now he is trying to repeat the trick but on radio and, what's more, he is prepared to pay for it. the competition for the audience is ferocious, so what you've got to find is somebody who can build a relationship with the audience and widen that audience, and create an affinity, a loyalty, and chris evans is one of the very red table who can do that. the rise of streaming is pulling audiences away from scheduled tv. but in radio huge growth in podcasts has barely dimmed the public appetite. at 52, evans

wa nts to the public appetite. at 52, evans wants to feed it, just not at the bbc. the headlines on bbc news: downing street hits out at borisjohnson saying he has no new ideas for brexit after he criticised theresa may's approach. england's heatwave this year makes the record. the met office confirms it was the hottest ever and that 2018's summer across britain was the joint hottest on record. the home secretary issues a stark warning to tech companies, saying that he won't be afraid to take action if they don't do more to tackle online child sex abuse. a labour party official who suggested jewish trump fanatics were behind accusations of anti—semitism in labour ranks has been re—elected to the party's ruling body. peter willsman was criticised when a recording of his remarks emerged injuly, but he is one of nine people elected to labour's national executive committee. in his recorded remarks made during a labour nec meeting, mr willsman also said he had never seen anti—semitism in the party. earlier, i spoke to stephen bush

from the new statesman, who thinks mr willsman‘s re—election is perhaps being over analysed. so the tape came out a couple of days after the ballots dropped, and in all internal elections they are taken by in all internal elections they are ta ken by post in all internal elections they are taken by post and e—mail, there is too big lumps of voting. the first lump is when people get their ballot in and the second is post, that comes with the labour party and any postal agm via ballot. in some ways, when you see how close he was too being defeated by the next candidate, eddie izzard, he had a whole chunk of votes when he was still on the memento slate when they couldn't change the candidate state m e nts couldn't change the candidate statements on the official website, he got a couple more there, for eddie izzard to get as close as he did compared to the rest of the slide, if i was a labour moderate wanting to take the labour party

back, i would perversely feel more optimistic because this shows when remarks are clearly over the line in the minds of most people who heard them when they were on that tape, one of the reasons momentum dumped him when they went public, i would feel optimistic with the minor caveat that because of this defeat labour members that don't like jeremy corbyn will feel despairing and leave. one step forward and one step back for the called in sceptics. all nine of those elected are strong corbyn supporters? many corbyn sceptics, there's a substantial minority in the labour party, will feel like we can't even win in these circumstances, why am i paying money to this globalisation? political parties are like dogs, they look like their owners, and the longerjeremy corbyn is leader, the more are with him, the ones are enthusiastic and those who don't like him leave. what about tomorrow with the definition of

anti—semitism? with the definition of anti-semitism? that will be the lame duck nec, the new nec won't take power until after conference and they will want to find a way that will end this row when they wanted to talk about their popular policy on nationalising water, instead they've had this row over racism in they've had this row over racism in the party and they want to vote it through to cauterise the wound. even if they rodrigo duterte that it looks very like after all the arguments, and that's what the critics will say —— even if they do that. people will say it is too little, too late. when you talk about labour mps, little, too late. when you talk about labourmps, up little, too late. when you talk about labour mps, up until this summer about labour mps, up until this summer they would say that he shared platforms with people he shouldn't and he said things he shouldn't have, but he's not an anti—semite. this summer labour mps are saying there might be a problem with gemma and that makes it hard for them to justify staying in the labour party, and that's damage that can't be walked off —— jeremy corbyn.

and that's damage that can't be walked off -- jeremy corbyn. how do you think this will play at conference? it won't matter at conference? it won't matter at c0 nfe re nce very conference? it won't matter at conference very much because people that don't like his leadership will stay awake. many mps will give it a miss because if they can't say anything nice then they won't say anything nice then they won't say anything at all —— stay awake. it will be trying the list because he's popular will be —— triumphalist because he's popular with the ground roots. —— stay away. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says he will raise the case of two journalists jailed today for seven years in myanmar, while investigating violence against rohingya muslims. mr hunt is expected to visit the country in the coming months. the two journalists, who work for reuters news agency, are accused of violating state secrets. they claim they've been framed by those trying to cover up crimes by the military against the muslim minority in the country. our correspondent nick beake reports from the court in yangon. in some countries, they would have been given a prize for their work. not here.

not in aung san suu kyi's myanmar. instead, forjournalists wa lone and kyaw soe oo, who uncovered a massacre by the country's army, the reward is a prison cell. the reporters say they were framed because they were investigating the execution of ten rohingya muslims. the un believes in all, the myanmar military and buddhist mobs may have killed more than 10,000 rohingyas in rakhine state last year. but the reporters' investigation ended today with a seven—yearjail sentence. translation: we performed according to media ethics. we didn't do anything harmful towards our nation. we didn't commit any crime. the fury of the journalists' supporters was clear as the pair were driven to prison. now convicted of obtaining secret documents which could have helped enemies of the state. this verdict is devastating for the two reporters,

but also freedom of the press in myanmar. many people are concerned about the direction this country is taking. the verdict and the judgement today has struck a hammer blow to the rule of law in myanmar. many diplomats have been at the trial throughout, and we believe that the judge has ignored the evidence of the case, and has also actually ignored myanmar laws. so extremely disappointed with that. we think it's a bad day for myanmar, and we would call on the journalists to be released as soon as possible. a crushing day too for the families of the jailed reporters, who've endured eight months of court hearings. after the journalists' arrests, their employer, reuters, published the full story of the rohingya massacre the pair had been working on, prompting a rare admission of guilt from the burmese army. that crime wouldn't have been known had it not been for the reporting of wa lone and kyaw soe oo. so what happened today was an injustice, and it's

an injustice that can't be allowed to stand. but so far, silence from aung san suu kyi's government. last week accused by the un of assisting genocide, this week condemned for an attack on a pillar of democracy. after free elections three years ago, there was great hope for myanmar. it's fading fast. nick beake, bbc news, yangon. a british company has unveiled a new robotic surgery system which is expected to be used at several nhs hospitals from next year. the robotic arms, which carry out operations, are controlled by a surgeon using a console. it's one of a new generation of surgical robots being developed. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. imagine this operating on you. it's the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by a human hand at a console, with the aid of a 3d monitor.

the aim is to make laparoscopic — or keyhole — surgery technically easier for surgeons, allowing greater precision, and so giving better outcomes for patients. it's considerably easier. all you can do with a conventional laparoscopic instrument is you can move it in and out, and you can rotate it. and so what the robot enables you to do is to play with this in a much more wide range of movement. the versius robot has been designed and built in cambridge. these robot arms have joints like a human's, at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. they're smaller and more flexible than current robotic systems, which makes them more versatile, so they should be able to do many more types of keyhole surgery. none of this would have been possible without da vinci, the first surgical robot, introduced to the uk in 2001. there are now more than 70 of them

here, mostly doing prostate, bladder and gynaecological surgery. the british versius system is much smaller than this american rival and is aiming to do more. so we want to do operations in the upper abdomen, such as gall bladder operations, operations in the stomach, certainly operations in the bowel for bowel cancer. we want to operate in the chest. so the aim is to replicate keyhole surgery, but with all the advantages of the small instruments, the wristed instruments, that will make it better and easier for the surgeon. the field of robot surgery is about to get crowded. with several new systems being developed. the most eagerly awaited is verb from tech giant google. it aims to connect all its robots to the internet, so they can learn from each other. so, when keyhole surgery came in, it really revolutionised surgery, because it was able to deliver a really complex procedures in a much less invasive way.

this is where many surgeons learn how to do keyhole procedures, at london's university college hospital. training to do this with the aid of robot will be increasingly common. and eventually machines may be programmed to do some parts of an operation independently. as we develop that human—robot interface, there will be certain parts of an operation, simple parts, that may be able to be automated. if you think about stitching or closing the wound, these may be able to be done with a robot. the cost of the versius robot hasn't been revealed, but the company aims to make it cheaperfor the nhs to run than its american rival. the first operation on a patient will be early next year. fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. now it's time for the weather with ben rich.

. there's a word you might hear a few times in this week ahead forecast, that word is uncertainty and that's partly down to development is farfrom and that's partly down to development is far from here and that's partly down to development is farfrom here in and that's partly down to development is far from here in the tropics. we'll return to the wide view ina tropics. we'll return to the wide view in a moment. but for the time being, we're more concerned with developments closer to home, a weather front slung across the british isles bringing a band of slow—moving cloud across parts of the south—west, wales, the midlands, north—east england through the day and ahead of that across the south—east, sunny spells and the small chance of a shower clipping in and still warm. beautiful for scotla nd and still warm. beautiful for scotland and northern ireland with sunny spells, but a cooler, fresher feel. the first weather front will diea feel. the first weather front will die a death on wednesday. high pressure dominates the scene. u nsettled pressure dominates the scene. unsettled weather on the near continent which may throw a few showers into the far south—east. we start to the cloud thickening across northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland with rain later in the day. inbetweener after the early mist and

fog has cleared, spells on sunshine and relatively cool, 17—20. then we get to the end of the week. a big change, very cool, quite breezy, rain at times and this is where we look to the tropics. very quiet this hurricane season so far in the atlantic. a couple of different tropical storm is on the move right 110w. tropical storm is on the move right now. one moving across florida. it's also been quite busy in the eastern pacific, including the storm that caused such destruction to hawaii not that long ago. what they tend to do is they inject some warm and moist air into the atmosphere, and that warm air world waft its way northwards, and that will have an impact on the jetstream, pushing it northwards and causes it to buckle, like shaking a skipping rope, debacle in the jetstream like shaking a skipping rope, debacle in thejetstream runs like shaking a skipping rope, debacle in the jetstream runs across north america and the atlantic. you can see the dips southwards and northwards again and whenever we have an undulating jetstream like this, the computer models struggle

to work out what's going to happen exactly, particularly when we add in tropical moisture. hears the word again, uncertainty but it looks like at the end of the week, one of these dips in the jetstream will become slow—moving across the british isles, spinning up an area of low pressure. that will mean showers or longer spells of rain drifting around the low. there will be sunny spells as well, the winds by this stage coming from the north and north—east, so it is peeling decidedly cool. don't take these day by day details to literally, they may change due to the uncertainty but the north—west of scotland may seek heavy and persistent rain for the end of the week. friday brings showery rain in other places, some sunny spells and still that cool feel. areas of rain flinging themselves around the map on saturday, quite a breeze and the attem pts saturday, quite a breeze and the attempts topping out at 15—19. a lot going on for the end of the week —— the temperatures. our jetstream

looks likely to continue undulating soa looks likely to continue undulating so a lot of uncertainty still. it looks likely that the jet will, if you like, settled to the north—west of the uk, that's where we're most likely to see outbreaks of rain. allowing high pressure to build back into the south. southern areas particularly likely to see something drier and warmer into next week. there will be some rain in the north—west but once again, a lot of uncertainty in part down to the tropical troublemakers. hello. this is bbc news with me, julian worricker. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines: downing street has retaliated against borisjohnson, saying he has no new ideas for brexit, after he criticised theresa may's plan. the former foreign secretary said the approach agreed at chequers means disaster for britain.