this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11: sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit is resolved or stopped. my my intention therefore is to ensure that the next leader is chosen from the widest possible pool of talent and to put him or her at the helm of and to put him or her at the helm of afar and to put him or her at the helm of a far bigger, more open than any previous leader has been. tony blair criticisesjeremy corbyn, his supporters and his policies saying says he is "not sure it is possible" for labour "moderates" to take the party back from the left. the head of the intelligence agency — gchq — says the uk and its allies will use all tools available to fight back against the ‘real and active threat‘ from russia. what future for syria? the leaders of russia, iran and turkey meet to discuss the troubled province of idlib. police in brazil are questioning a man suspected of stabbing

the leading candidate in the country's presidential election. he suffered serious internal injuries. british airways apologises to customers affected by a major data breach on its website and mobile app — and offers compensation. hundreds of thousands of ba customers have been destroying their bank cards because of fears hackers have their personal and financial information. alistair cook starts his final test for england. good morning. it's september 7th. i'm anita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live.

the leader of the liberal democrats — sir vince cable — has said his party will hold a leadership election once the issue of brexit is — in his words — "resolved or stopped". sir vince told party members in a speech this morning that the new leader could come from outside the world of politics — with a background in the military, business or the voluntary sector. his comments come as former labour leader tony blair has also been speaking about the centre gorund in british politics, as he renewed his criticisim ofjeremy corbyn. we'll be speaking to the labour mp chris williamson in a moment, but first let's speak to our political correspondent chris mason. service cable saying he wants to scoop up moderate voters and create a movement of the moderates. tell us about the detail. —— sir vince cable. what's remarkable about from the remarks of vince cable and tony blair, here are two people who were

used to putting their bottoms on the back seats of ministerialjaguars and carrying ministerial red folders under their arms. now they find themselves trying to fight for attention within the political landscape. a very different political landscape. they would but define themselves as occupiers of the political centre ground. others would take issue with that, he would say the political centre ground has moved but there's definitely an overla p moved but there's definitely an overlap in the remarks from both men. both of them entertaining the idea of a new party emerging to try to colonise political space that they think has been left vacant by both the conservative party and the labour party. vince cable talking about the need for a lack of tribalism both within his party, the lib dems, and others, to allow potentially another party or parties to manage. it's quite something when there is a political leader in one speech, putting a cell bite on his

own leadership and potentially even a sell by date on your own party. as far as his own leadership is concerned, we will play an extract from his speech in the second, he says he wants to shake things up so in mp could become the leader of the liberal democrats. that process which is up to party members to decide will take months, time into next year, but when we arrive into next year, but when we arrive into next year, but when we arrive into next year, then there is the prospect at that point that sir vince cable could stand down. let's listen to what he's been saying. the fact is that our current system is severely damaged, if not broken. my intention therefore is to ensure that the next leader is chosen from the widest possible pool of talent and to put him or her at the helm of and to put him or her at the helm of a far bigger, more open movement than any previous leader has been. tony blair has been speaking as

well. not the first time he's criticised jeremy corbyn, of course. given that, what impact is that having? as you say, i think even the dogsin having? as you say, i think even the dogs in the street have probably worked out by now but there is a difference in the politics between tony blair and jeremy corbyn, even though both sit under the labour umbrella. of course, jeremy corbyn was there on the backbenches of the labour party do about tony blair's time as prime minister. i think it would be a mild understatement to say that tony blair was probably more likely to recruit postman pat to his cabinet when he was prime minister and recruiting jeremy corbyn. now, mr blair looks very, very different and feels alienated from the party he led. —— the labour party of mr blair looks very different. like vince cable, he also has speculated openly in this interview with nick robinson for the

bbc‘s political thinking podcast about the idea of another party emerging. he doesn't know what form that might take whether mps would be willing to leave to join it, such are the strengths of tribal affiliation with political parties, but take a look at this extract from the podcast which gives you a sense of his thinking. the type of politics people like me represent, which i would describe as modern, a more moderate progressive politics, if that is not represented by the labour party, it doesn't matter what i think what these mps think, i don't think the british people will tolerate a situation where for example the choice at the next election is borisjohnson versusjeremy corbyn. next election is borisjohnson versus jeremy corbyn. i next election is borisjohnson versusjeremy corbyn. i don't know what will happen and i don't know how it will happen but ijust don't believe people will find that in the country as a whole and acceptable choice. meanwhile, boris johnson's personal life making headlines this morning. the former foreign

secretary has published a statement this morning saying that he and his wife marina, married for around 25 yea rs, have wife marina, married for around 25 years, have separated. they have separated some time ago, a number of months ago, and are in the process of going through a divorce. this after the sun newspaper this morning broke the news of their parting. this has —— there have been allegations made in the papers about mrjohnson not being loyal to his wife, and talk of an affair. there's been plenty of headlines going back yea rs been plenty of headlines going back years about a rather colourful private life for mrjohnson, colourful a word often attached to mrjohnson‘s politics as well as his personal life. as for the political ramifications of this, honestly, frankly, who knows? that is the blunt reality. some may perform a judgment about boris johnson's private life and come to a negative conclusion, others may think it's already priced in and they couldn't

give a monkeys about what he gets up to in his private life. politically significant or not, i can't offer a coherent answer but we do have a public statement this morning for mr johnson, yet another day in which he has managed to find himself in the news. not every conservative backbencher pulled that off. let's talk now to the labour mp for derby north, chris williamson. your response to what tony blair has had to say is that he has misled the situation. could you explain in more detail what you mean? situation. could you explain in more detailwhat you mean? beyond situation. could you explain in more detail what you mean? beyond the westminster bubble, labour has never been more united. we have more members, considerably more members than any other political party in the country put together, with the biggest left of centre political party in western europe. we have a policy programme that is overwhelmingly supported by the vast majority of the british public. i often say there's never been an easier time to campaign for the labour party because between 70 and

80% of the public actually support the individual policy programme that we are putting forward now. membership is up and jeremy corbyn but not every voter is a member of a political party. given tony blair led labour to three consecutive general election victories, it's not easy to dismiss what he has to say, is it? what i would say is that at the last election, we secured nearly 30 million votes, a higher total ban i think two of the elections that tony led us into. i was not necessarily on the same page as tony blair when he was leader but as a member of the labour party, i accepted the democratic decision of party members. they installed him as leader. i wish tony blair and others would actually get behind the twice democratically elected leader, jeremy corbyn has the overwhelming support of labour party members. indeed, and supporters as well. he has a far bigger mandate than tony blair ever had. i think it would be

better rather than spending his time advising dictatorships in saudi arabia and kazakhstan etc, if he actually focused on trying to secure actually focused on trying to secure a common—sense socialist government that the transform this country in the interests of the many, not the few. so is as a dirty word under a labour government with jeremy corbyn? i think it's a meaningless term, 70 to 80% of the public support labour's programme, we are the moderates, we are the new mainstream. he has also alienate people as leader, particularly over the handling of the anti—semitism crisis? i disagree that he has alienated people. he clearly has alienated people. he clearly has alienated those in thejewish community, we've seen that publicly. i would say there are many voices in the jewish community, we i would say there are many voices in thejewish community, we don't often hear the other voices. for example, i addressed a meeting with around 200 people outside the national executive committee earlier this week. many of those in that crowd we re week. many of those in that crowd were themselves jewish, week. many of those in that crowd

were themselvesjewish, orthodox jewish people, secular, so i don't think it's right to suggest that the jewish community is a homogenous group that is exclusively represented by the board of deputies. there are many voices in the jewish community. deputies. there are many voices in thejewish community. people take different political views and that's fine. butjeremy corbyn is someone who has stood up for decency and fairness and socialjustice all his life. we have an incredibly popular policy programme now and mass movement behind us. i think we have never been in a stronger position in my 42 years as a member in office. do you think given what we've heard from vince cable as well today that there is a stronger sense of movement now perhaps towards a new party, that would claim to represent the middle ground, this movement of moderates that vince cable is talking about. could that take away some support from labour potentially worried to exist? as i've already said, the labour party represents the middle ground now because 70 to

80% of the public support our programme. they may not necessarily translate that into votes for labour but what tony blair, what vince cable will be talking about is representing a romp, representing a minority interest in this country. it's not the middle ground at all. they are representing the people who possibly want to stop brexit? listen, we've had about an brexit. i campaigned every day, night and day, and numerous meetings, worked tirelessly to secure a remain vote. however, we lost the referendum. i think we must accept democracy, that's just how it works. people would now be better placed spending their time actually working to get an brexit that works in the interests of ordinary people, rather than allowing the tories to get away with the situation which in my view what they will end up doing if they can is turning britain into media regulator tax haven which would be a disaster. i think we should stand together, except the democratic will of the british people and work to

make brexit work in the interests of the vast majority of the public. —— accept the democratic will of the british people. the head of the intelligence agency gchq has vowed retaliation against what he called the "real and active threat" posed by russia. jeremy fleming was speaking at a security conference in the united states, a day after the government named two russian agents suspected of carrying out the novichok attack in salisbury. this morning russian officials have called the allegations a ‘frank lie' and have accused the british government of living in an information vacuum. lucinda adam reports. releasing the identities of the salisbury suspects, the details of where they went, and how they attempted to murder the skripals was designed to name and shame russia for using a chemical weapon on european soil. in a bid to increase international pressure on moscow, the british government laid out its allegations to its united nations allies. they tried to murder the skripals. they played dice with the lives of the people of salisbury. they work in a parallel universe, where the normal

rules of international affairs are inverted. that prompted a furious response from the russian ambassador, rejecting the british accusations as unfounded lies. translation: london needs this story forjust one purpose — to unleash a disgusting anti—russian hysteria. but the us, france, germany and canada all agreed that the russian government almost certainly approved the poisoning of ex—spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. today, our british friends and colleagues are providing us with a masterclass on how to stop the spread of chemical weapons. last night, the head of the uk's top secret cyber intelligence agency, gchq, said the threat from russia is reckless, real and active. jeremy fleming said the novichok attack was evidence of the kremlin‘s brazen determination to undermine international rules. he said the threat would be countered with the full range

of tools from across our national security. russia denies its military intelligence service, the gru, had anything to do with the attack, but the regime known for its intense secrecy has been dragged under an international spotlight. lucinda adam, bbc news. the presidents of iran, russia and turkey are holding a key summit today in tehran that could decide the fate of the last major rebel—held region in syria. the three countries have played a central role in the syrian conflict. turkey, which has long backed rebel groups, has repeatedly warned that an all—out assault on idlib would trigger a humanitarian disaster. russia and iran, who've provided vital support for president assad, believe the fighters must be forced out. the new us envoy for syria has said there is "lots of evidence" that syrian government forces are preparing to use chemical weapons in the province.

with rebel forces defeated in most of syria, the offensive in the north—western province of idlib could prove to be the last major battle of the seven—year civil war. there are believed to be up to 30,000 rebel and jihadist fighters in idlib. in a moment will talk to our correspondent tom bateman in beirut and mark lowen in istanbul. first to our correspondent steve rosenberg is in moscow. mindful of what the head of gchq in the uk has been talking about, russia's determination to undermine the international rules —based order, what is russia's approach going into this summit? this week, the kremlin said that at the summit, it wanted to talk about long—term normalisation of syria. that was the phrase it used. by that it means how to rebuild the country, where to find the money to rebuild syria after seven yea rs find the money to rebuild syria after seven years of war. how to bring back refugees and internally

displaced persons. russia says that is everybody‘s interest, certainly moscow's, because the russians have been conducting a military operation in syria that costs a lot of money. you can't really talk about long—term normalisation while fighting is going on. that's why idlib and the situation there will be the focus. the russians have been a very clear that they believe something must be done about the jihadis fighters in idlib province, moscow has called jihadis there a nest of terrorists. it is urging action to be taken. we have seen russian air strikes this week on targets, moscow has described them as terrorists. of course, the un, the pope, the us, human rights groups have all expressed concern that if there is an all out assault by syrian government troops on idlib province that that could lead to a

humanitarian catastrophe. the russians are wary of that and that's why they've been talking to turkey intensively over the past few weeks to find some kind of solution. that is the view from moscow. now to my colleague tom bateman in beirut. there are 3 million people in idlib province, and the point about that pa rt of province, and the point about that part of the world is that many of those syrians have been displaced there once already. they have either fled or been transferred there as president assad has gone around the country, recapturing other rebel areas. as you heard from steve, russia has described it as a hotbed ofjihadis fighters, terrorists, it says it wants to destroy that. people i've been talking to hear in leather nun, syrians who have already fled country over the last seven years, told me about their fear and terror for the people that remain there. —— talking to hear in lebanon on. i think today's summit

will prove crucial for the fate of many of those people there, people will be looking to russia to see if any. military assault can be reined in or delayed. that very much relies on getting agreement with turkey, the northern neighbour who was a key player in idlib province. what exactly does turkey want and what are their pressures? my colleague mark lohan is in istanbul. turkey's big concern at the moment is the wave of potential new refugees coming from idlib into turkey, some two and a half million syrians who have ta ken refuge two and a half million syrians who have taken refuge there from other parts of the country, who could try to go towards the turkish border although it's very unlikely that border is going to be open. what president of one is going to be doing in the summit in tehran is trying to put pressure on president rouhani and putin —— president erdogan. to delay an all—out

offensive and give turkey more time to negotiate with the jihadis in idlib, particularly with the al-qaeda linked hds group, to disband. there is a report in the pro—government newspaper here, based on anonymous sources, saying pro—government newspaper here, based on anonymous sources, saying that turkey 's plan would be for 12 jihadis togroups to disband. those who do not would be attacked, those who do not would be attacked, those who do not would be attacked, those who do disband would be given safe passage to a buffer zone controlled then by moderate opposition groups, rebels, who turkey backs. foreign fighters would be allowed and given safe passage out of idlib back to their home countries. the question is whether turkey is has the influence on hds that it would need to enforce this plan and whether president erdogan can sell this to his iranian and russian counterparts. clearly at a time when turkey is facing major financial problems, with its currency crashing recently, and a poll showing most turks want the three and million syrians already here to return, this

country does not want another fresh refugee influx from idlib. thank you, all. the headlines on bbc news... sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once — in his words — the question of brexit is resolved or stopped. tony blair criticisesjeremy corbyn, his supporters and his policies saying he's "not sure it is possible" for labour "moderates" to take the party back from the left. the head of the intelligence agency — gchq — says the uk and its allies will use all tools available to fight back against the ‘real and active threat‘ from russia. in sport, alistair cooke received a commemoratives cap on the field ahead of his final test for england before retiring, 12 years since he played his first test. the final match against india will be his last for his country. wales make a

winning start in their opening match of the nation ‘s league, 4—1 they beat the republic of ireland. gareth bale a superb second. serena williams one win away from equalling the all—time record of most grand slam victories. she reached the us open final where she will face the japanese player. back with more on all of those stories at half—past. parents in england are not getting the assurance they need about the quality of education their children are receiving, a committee of mps has warned. the public accounts committee says it is unacceptable that so many schools — previously rated outstanding by education watchdog ofsted — are exempt from being reinspected. they claim cuts to ofsted‘s budget mean families cannot make informed choices. ofsted says it is confident inspections offer parents the assurance they need. one of the frontrunners in brazil‘s presidential election has had surgery after being stabbed while campaigning.

the incident happened at a rally in the south east of the country. a warning — this report by katy watson contains images of the attack that you may find disturbing. out on the campaign trail and working the crowds, with just a few weeks to go before the elections, far right presidential candidate jair bolsanaro was in his element, but the celebrations came to a sudden end. mr bolsonaro suddenly gripped his chest in pain, after being stabbed. chaos ensued, and the politician was rushed through the crowd to hospital. initially, his son flavio reported on twitter that the wound was only superficial, but that soon changed. "unfortunately", he said later, "it was more serious than we‘d expected. he lost a lot of blood and arrived at the hospital almost dead, but his condition is now stable. please pray for him." mr bolsonaro is a politician who‘s polarised opinion in brazil. he‘s become known for his racist, sexist and homophobic comments,

but his tough talk of tacking violent crime and of beating but his tough talk of tackling violent crime and of beating corruption has helped propel him to the top of the race. the latest polls show that if, as expected, former president lula da silva is banned from running because of his corruption conviction, mr bolsonaro would win the most votes in the first round. politicians of all stripes, even his biggest critics, were united in condemning the attack. translation: whoever did this has to pay, whoever did this cannot stay unpunished. this cannot happen. a democratic country, which respects itself, that wants to be democratic, cannot allow the stabbing of any presidential candidate. police have since released a photo of the suspect who was arrested. he‘s been named as adelio bispo de oliveira. next month‘s elections are the most uncertain this country has seen in decades. with this stabbing, tensions are now running even higher.

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. british airways has launched an investigation after hundreds of thousands of its customers‘ credit card details were stolen following a major data breach on its website and mobile app. the airline has apologised to those affected after the incident which comes at the end of a summer of cancelled flights and incorrect ticket pricing. lebo diseko reports. this morning, the spokesperson said theresa may is aware of the incident and authorities are working hard to understand better what happened. "a sophisticated attack", is how british airways describes the theft of customer data from its website and mobile app. around 380,000 credit cards were compromised in the two weeks between the 21st of august and the fifth of september. the personal and financial details were stolen as people made bookings online and through the app. when asked why it took so long to detect, the airline said it took action as soon as it realised there was a problem.

we found out the extent of the damage and that‘s why we immediately began to communicate with our customers. it is most imperative that we tell our customers to please contact their credit card issuers and their bank, to make sure that they can proceed and follow the recommendations with regards to their credit card details. this is the latest in a series of customer relations issues the airline‘s had recently. in may last year, 75,000 passengers around the world were left stranded for days after an it failure. the airline was criticised for its handling of the problem, with some people blaming the outsourcing of its it staff. and injuly this year, it issues meant dozens of flights in and out of heathrow airport had to be cancelled. ba has apologised for the latest problems, saying it takes the protection of customers‘ data very seriously, but it might take more than an apology to restore customer confidence.

lebo diseko, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. a lot of dry weather across the uk today, some sunshine around but we have also got some rain and showers. the rain in the short heaviest across the north—east, running down eastern counties and away from the scottish scottish borders. showers pushing across that risk north—westerly wind into wales, england and the midlands. away from the far north of scotland, patchy lysed willett light rain and drizzle, many will have a dry day. temperatures up to 1419. most of the daytime showers will fade away, with some cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain across the far north of scotland, meanwhile the cloud will build across northern ireland, wales and north—west england, outbreaks of rain here as we head towards dawn.

overnight and bridges between seven and 13. a settled state across wales, north—west england and the midlands, the heaviest rain here. when should clear from midlands, the heaviest rain here. when should clearfrom northern ireland and the morning, mainly dry for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps in southern counties of england seeing little rain but elsewhere spells of rain through the day and ties between 14 and 19 degrees. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: sir vince cable will stand down as liberal democrat leader once — in his words — "brexit is resolved or stopped". he says he wants candidates from outside politics to be given the chance to replace him, and to widen the pool of those who can vote. jeremy corbyn faces a fresh attack on his leadership by tony blair. the former prime minister said many associates believe labour was "lost", and warned it may not be possible for "moderates" to take back control. russia poses a real and active threat — that‘s the warning from the head of the intelligence agency, gchq. it comes after the government named two russian agents,

suspected of carrying out the novichok attack in salisbury. the leaders of iran, russia, and turkey are meeting to discuss the war in syria, and the fate of the rebel stronghold of idlib. the man widely tipped to be brazil‘s next president is recovering in hospital, after being stabbed at a campaign rally. police in brazil are questioning a man suspected of carrying out the attack onjair bolsonaro. and we‘ll be hearing from zara tindall about how pleased she is to be back in the saddle three months after the birth of her second child. sport now, and here‘sjohn watson. good morning. it is alistair cook‘s final match for england before he retires. his country‘s leading test scorer

places last test in the final match of the series with india. he received a commemorative cap on the field before the action got under way and opened the batting alongside jennings. england winning the last test mac in southampton to clinch the series 3—1 and good news for expectant england fans hoping to see him makea expectant england fans hoping to see him make a century in his last match before he retires. he is unbeaten and opens on the fifth and final test. alongsidejennings, and opens on the fifth and final test. alongside jennings, nine and opens on the fifth and final test. alongsidejennings, nine not out. serena williams edged a step closer to equalling the record for the most grand slam singles titles in the women‘s game as she reached the us open final overnight. one set up, she wrapped up the second 6—0 against anaistasjia sevatsova, and will face the 20—year—old naomi osaka in saturday‘s final, who was just one—year—old when serena won her first grand slam title — now she‘s got 23 — and she could make that 24 come saturday. i got a little emotional out there because last year

i was literally fighting for my life in the hospital. i think i was on my fourth surgery by now... today is thursday... i was on my third surgery, i still had one more to go. to come from that in a hospital bed and not being able to move and walk and do anything, and now, only a year later, i'm not training but i'm actually in these finals. there was a superb start for wales in the nations league, that any moment. naomi osaka progressing as she came through her second so far, beating madison keys, a finalist last year. taking on serena williams on saturday. there was a superb start for wales in the nations league — the new—look tournament which gives european countries a route to qualify for euro 2020 —

4—1 they beat the republic of ireland, tom lawrence with their opener. gareth bale with a lovely second, we saw him do that many times in the premier league before his move to real madrid. aaron ramsey grabbed a third before they put the gloss on the win with another. it finished 4—1. handing manager ryan giggs a win in his first competitive match in charge. it‘s a good start, and, like i said to the players, the bad news for them is that the standard now, they can‘t drop below it. there‘s things we could do better obviously. there‘s things in the game i wasn‘t happy with. but we can‘t really moan after a performance like that. you‘ve got to look at the games, see what you can do better and try and do that. scotland begin their nations league campaign at home to albania on monday, but tonight they have a much tougher task. the scots host belgium, who finished third at the world cup, and they‘ll have to try to contain

chelsea forward eden hazard... he‘s probably in the top five at the minute. i think i‘ve played against him many a times. i know what threats he can do and even if he‘s having a quiet game, he can pop up at any point and turn a game and that‘s what we‘re up against. watford‘s manager is the premier league first manager of the month, picking up the award for august after three wins out of three at the start of the campaign. he has extended that perfect start to four matches following the 2—1 win at totte n ha m matches following the 2—1 win at tottenham last weekend. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that includes reaction to alistair cooke playing in that last test.

that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport. now, more on the head of gchq‘s response to the naming of two russian agents linked to the novichok attack in salisbury. the head of the intelligence agency vowed retaliation against what he called the "real and active threat" posed by russia. jeremy fleming was speaking at a security conference in the united states. this morning russian officials have called the allegations a "frank lie" and have accused the british government of living in an information vacuum. with us now to talk more about the impact on cybersecurity is brian lord, the former deputy director of gchq, and the managing director of the cybersecurity company pgi. thank you forjoining us today. first things first, do you com pletely first things first, do you completely concur with the assessment thatjeremy fleming has made leading to this comment that russia poses a real and active threat? i think, yes,

threat? ithink, yes, i threat? i think, yes, i do. threat? ithink, yes, i do. what threat? i think, yes, i do. what we are seeing on all strands of activity within online activities, cyber activity and the real world, is a stepping up of russian activity aimed at protecting its own power and influence but at the same time also attempting to create divisions between existing alliances. i think it is... jeremy i don‘t think is exaggerating the threat and is not that kind of person. the fact he has come out publicly to say it means it isa come out publicly to say it means it is a significant thing as significant as he says. he says the drug will be covered by a strong international partnership of allies deploying a full range of tools from across national security are practised. —— he says the rat will be countered. we are operating in a world with geopolitical tension and tools in a state‘s tool box, whether that is conventional issues like diplomatic pressure and trade embargoes and

sanctions and so on, onto more nefarious online activity. that is what we are seeing from russia and what we are seeing from russia and whatjeremy is saying is that the uk and its allies have the capability to be able to identify these, countered them robustly and protect our nation and allies against this type of attack. what he is saying is, please do not underestimate the power of the uk and our allies to defend ourselves from this kind of step up of activity. in that entire mix, how significant is dealing with the issue of cyber threats? i think this is a very significant one for two reasons. one thing, the nature of cyber threats by its breadth comes in many forms. what we probably have to do is aim for what might be an understandable public perception that we are in for a world of where we are taking out

each other‘s national grids and critical national infrastructure. it is more subtle than that. what we see for example from the russians, as has been said, is the presence in political national infrastructure, working out how it is. there is a lot of misinformation campaigning aimed at fracturing allies. there is aimed at fracturing allies. there is a number of activities that the russians can take and the other issue about these issues is that they are quite unattributable or rather very easy to deny. that also plays into the ongoing russian narrative where they can say, the uk is paranoid and you have an anti—russian agenda, and all these type of cyber attacks are quite often difficult to attribute to a standard that is acceptable. but then you have something like the novichok attack, an old school attack one could say, two agents, the uk said, who arrived in the uk and used trains to get around and so on. these images on cctv... and

russia is saying these allegations areafrank russia is saying these allegations are a frank alai and britain is living in an information vacuum. is this pressure‘s version of fake news? —— russia says it is a frank live. it is the way of russia trying to raise doubts about the uk position on where russia is and in doing so trying to exacerbate the existing tensions and issues that the uk have within our space, for example the eu, and that has held up strongly. russia says the uk live in an intelligence vacuum and i think the uk are living in a balanced information space and not influenced by an awful lot of manipulation of international information that does come up of moscow a lot. this is the modern 21st—century geopolitical tension activity. we have to be aware of it and we have to be able to come to it robustly, but

proportionately i think in the way thatjeremy said. thank you, former deputy director of gchq. my gchq. my pleasure. one by one, many of president trump‘s closest aides have been publicly denying authorship of the anonymous editorial in the new york times. it painted a damning picture of the trump white house. the writer — described by the times as "a senior official" — calls the president "erratic, impulsive and amoral". chris buckler reports from washington. at a rally in montana, donald trump was surrounded by supporters, people who believe in him, but this has been a week of persistent claims that many working in the white house have no such faith in their president, and mr trump is well aware that some of those damning allegations have apparently come from one of his own senior officials. an anonymous, really an anonymous, gutless coward. you just look. he was... nobody knows who the hell he was, or she, although they put he but probably that‘s a little disguise, that means it‘s a she.

but for the sake of our national security, the new york times should publish his name at once. the new york times insists it was a trump insider who wrote of the resistance inside the white house — individuals who are apparently working diligently to frustrate part of the president‘s agenda, claiming he‘s "impetuous", "adversarial", "petty", "ineffective", and "anti—democratic". the feverish guessing game to try to identify the author has quickly become a hunt, and led to official after official being forced to deny it was them. i think the new york times should be ashamed, and i think whoever wrote this anonymous editorial should also be ashamed as well. i find the media's efforts in this regard to undermine this administration incredibly disturbing. and i'll answer your other question directly because i know someone' will say, gosh, you didn't answer the question — it's not mine. the fact that so many have felt the need to say that they were not

responsible for the article has, in a way, only added to its credibility and fuelled conspiracy theories about who could have written it. washington is a city that thrives on political drama, and there is plenty of intrigue in the capital at the moment. in a tweet, donald trump even appeared to ask the investigative journalists of the new york times to investigate themselves, with the simple question, "who is the anonymous letter writer?" but after such damaging allegations, there are also serious questions about the president and what‘s happening inside his white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. back to our top story this morning — former labour leader tony blair‘s comments on the future of the labour party. the former prime minister said many associates believe labour is lost

and it may not be possible for moderates to take back control. the current labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been in leicester this morning and responded to the comments from tony blair. i think tony should recognise that party membership is now much bigger thanit party membership is now much bigger than it has ever been, the biggest it has been in my lifetime, over half a million members, and in the general election last year we set out what our aspirations are for the people of this country, aspirations of eliminating homelessness and aspirations of putting more money and resources into education through and resources into education through a national education service, ending university fees and building 500,000 council homes and taking water into public ownership, overwhelmingly popular policies. sadly we did not win it but we got the highest vote for labour since 2000. i think we need to recognise people are not prepared any longer to live in a society that is so unequal and walk

by on the other side while we have fellow citizens living on the streets. we must invest in our future and public services and that is what the fundamental labour party message was in the general election. that clip from jeremy corbyn in leicester this morning. in a moment we will have business news but first the headlines on bbc news. sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit is resolved or stopped. tony blair criticises jeremy corbyn, his supporters and his policies saying he‘s "not sure it is possible" for labour "moderates" to take the party back from the left. the head of the intelligence agency — gchq — says the uk and its allies will use all tools available to fight back against the "real and active threat" from russia. now let‘s take a look at the business news. the chief executive of british airways has apologised for what he has called a very sophisticated breach of the firm‘s security systems.

the airline said personal and financial details of customers making bookings had been compromised. almost half the people who bought a leasehold house in the past decade had no idea what they were getting into, according to a new study. home—buyers faced high fees and charges, with many feeling they were mis—sold. good news for british brewer and pub group greene king. it‘s updated the markets and revealed that england‘s world cup football run and a summer heatwave helped boost business. the group, which was founded in 1799, sold 3.7 million pints of beer in total during england‘s seven world cup matches. we start with a huge data breach at british airways, which the airline says it‘s investigating as a matter of urgency. in a statement, ba said between 21 august and 5 september, personal and financial details of around 380,000 transactions on the website and on the app "were compromised". the airline added it had notified

police after the stolen data, which did not include travel or passport details. it‘s taken out full—page ads in the british newspapers this morning, urging people to contact their bank. this is not the first customer relations problem to affect the airline. in may last year, more than 2,000 ba passengers had their tickets cancelled because the prices were too cheap. here‘s what ba chief executive alex cruz had to say about the issue. —— we talk now to our guest. joining us now is dr stephanie hare, an independent technology expert. talk me through exactly what you think has gone wrong here for british airways. we don‘t yet know and it is important not to prejudge this. british airways will have to bring in most likely outside help and they have alerted the national cyber

security centre, the national crime agency, the police and information commissioners office. they are dealing with both authorities to help with the forensics investigation of this crime. the criminal nature of it, which will be the people side, and then also liaising with the regulator, because they have to make sure that everything is being done in case there will be any fines issued under there will be any fines issued under the general data protection regulations, whichjust the general data protection regulations, which just came the general data protection regulations, whichjust came into effect this year. we don‘t want to prejudge anything about how this has happened yet because we don‘t know. i will talk to you about that new regulation which came into effect in may and it will be a test case, couldn‘t it? it came into effect on the 25th of may and it is important to underscore that the gdpr is not supposed to just punish people who have had a breach, because bridges area part have had a breach, because bridges are a part of life and every online but it is to make sure, did companies do everything possible to

check their data was secure? what we have been given to understand the british airways so far is that their encryption was not breached. in fa ct, encryption was not breached. in fact, they say it seems to be a sophisticated attack that suggests it could be something new which was allowing them perhaps to take data during the actual transaction itself rather than going and raiding a database. how do you police against that? it seems almost impossible to know. doesn‘t it? killer mike this is the problem of technology, that and then most innovative people will either be... —— the problem with technology is that the most innovative people will either be on your side against you. a security expert said by many companies it is not a question of whether you will be hacked but when you will be hacked. it is difficult to work out how the hackers will hate you next and where they will do it. most countries are realised, most organisations don‘t realise they had been breached, and what is interesting about this one is the specificity and they know the exact

time pounding, a 15 day period from august 21 of september five. they realise on the fifth they had been breached and that is pretty unusual. most companies have 180 days before they are aware someone most companies have 180 days before they are aware someone was most companies have 180 days before they are aware someone was in their accounts. it is like they‘re on the case and looking through it, right now it is about what to customers need to do? 380,000 people. in order to protect their financial data from being compromised... what advice is there for anyone who has been contacted by da or who is worried? delegate at the contract credit card or bank agency. asa credit card or bank agency. as a precaution you could cancel your cards right away, change online password, your cards right away, change online password , manager accounts your cards right away, change online password, manager accounts for unusual activity and report anything thatis unusual activity and report anything that is incorrect because british airways has come out straightaway to say they will be providing financial compensation for any financial activity that is fraudulent as a result of this breach. 0k, result of this breach. ok, thank you for your input. almost half the people who bought a leasehold house in the past decade had no idea what they were getting into, according to a new study.

rsearch by the national association of estate agents, shows some home—buyers faced high fees and charges and many felt they were mis—sold leasehold properties. earlier we spoke to kate faulkner, managing director of the real estate consultancy firm designs on property. the main issue is that they were sold houses which are typically sold as freehold under a leasehold contract, and some of those terms and conditions were onerous. ground rent, of which the average is several hundred pounds, it could double every ten years, meaning in some years‘ time they could be paying tens of thousands of pounds. almost even worse than that, if they wa nted almost even worse than that, if they wanted to change their blinds or add an extension they would be charged hundreds and thousands of pounds. what has really happened is it looks like these agreements, rather than protecting consumers and communal areas, which is normally what

leaseholds do, they were actually moneymaking schemes. a look at the london market, down just over 1%. this is what the pub and brewing group share price is doing, good news of the summer, world cup and heatwave helping business. that is a company that ru ns business. that is a company that runs british airways down there, the share price down nearly 3% off the back of the news of the significant and serious data breach. that is all the business news for me. zara tindall has been telling the bbc how pleased she is to be back in the saddle, three months after the birth of her second child. she‘s been speaking exclusively to sally nugent about her very public highs and lows, and how two difficult miscarriages have helped make her family stronger. you‘ve got your hands full there! with that one or that one? this one, mainly! back to work?

yeah, i know, definitely. so, we‘re back to the serious business of the dayjob now. yeah, both. both. i‘ve got twojobs. yes, a bit of both. yeah, a bit of both. stepped up the daddy day care routine. good for you. we‘ll let you go and get on with that. thank you. i'll leave you to it. have fun. nice to see you, take care. and this fella is? this is class affair, this is my nice nine—year old that hopefully will be my next good one — or that‘s the plan, anyway. i‘m not sure he knows it yet! now, you went to the olympics, got your silver. a hugely proud moment, iimagine, foryou. something you‘ve been imagining since you were a kid? i don‘t know if i always thought that i wanted to go to the olympics. i think that probably came later. horses are very much in my life, in my family. being able to kind of have them still in my life and part of my career is great. do you ever look at women in the public eye, i‘m thinking

at the moment of serena williams particularly, who have competed at a really high level, had a baby and come back? i mean, i can‘t believe what she‘s been able to do. but, at the end of the day, that is her, that‘s her character. so she can‘t immediately switch that off. you can‘t stop being a sports person. you can‘t stop being competitive. it really hasn‘t been an easy couple of years for you, privately, has it? you announced your pregnancy in 2016 and then, very sadly, went on to lose the baby. and we also heard later that you‘d lost another child as well, in between your two girls. yeah, i think that‘s the hardest thing in our situation is that everyone knew. very much when things like that happen, normally it‘s just your family and friends, but, unfortunately, everyone knew about it. you know, actually, i had so many letters saying, you know, "i‘m so sorry,

we‘ve been through the same thing," which was incredible, and thank you to all those people, but itjust showed how often it does happen. i have a very supportive family. mike‘s incredible. you know, it‘s hard for the guys, too. you are the daughter and granddaughter of two of possibly the most hard—working women in the public eye. do you think that that work ethic is something you‘ve inherited? probably. i mean, i think it‘s something that i‘ve been around all my life, so you would hope that some of it would rub off — in a good way! one of the most famous images of this year, i think, has to have been you, pregnant at the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. what was that like, having to go and get your

gladrags on and your heels? oh, i was so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable. and obviously, you know, when they build churches, they don‘t think about pregnant women. it was a really hard bench? really narrow, as well. so you were perched? i was perched and trying to get comfy, but, yeah, it was very uncomfortable. well, thank you very much indeed. it‘s great to see you looking so well and so happy and with such big, ambitious plans for the future. well, we‘ll see what we can do. do it for all the mums. all the mums, yeah. i would love to. i mean, hopefully we can get there and, yeah, i‘ll see what happens. the time is almost midday so let‘s ta ke the time is almost midday so let‘s take a look at the weather. hello there. we have sunshine around

today and some showers and longer spells rain, with the combination meaning that in places we have rainbows. this was taken earlier on. for a large parts of england and wales, a good deal of sunshine. this was an houror wales, a good deal of sunshine. this was an hour or so. wales, a good deal of sunshine. this was an hour or so. so wales, a good deal of sunshine. this was an hour or so. so this is how the rest of the day pans out, with outbreaks of rain clearing away from the borders of scotland and continuing for a time to north—eastern and eastern counties of england. some showers beading in on the brisk north—westerly wind across part of the midlands, north west england and down into wales. there are a lot of cloud for the far north of scotland, bringing patchy light rain and drizzle. south in scotland, one or two showers and spells of sunshine and rain slowly clearing from the borders. sunny spells for northern ireland and one to showers, some sharper showers to north—west england and parts of wales and the midlands. for much of england and wales and the isles of scilly, a dry day with spells of sunshine, temperatures between 14

and 18 celsius, 1924 the far south—east of england. showers bay and clear spells for a time, but outbreaks of rain in the far north of scotland. later tonight, outbreaks of rain in the far north of scotland. latertonight, rain into northern ireland, wales and north—west england, 2278 drubbing between seven and 13 celsius. tomorrow fairly unsettled with a frontal system tracking its way eland and heaviest into wales and the midlands and southern parts of northern england. rain into northern ireland for the morning, turning drier and brighter. shall we ireland for the morning, turning drierand brighter. shall we rain ireland for the morning, turning drier and brighter. shall we rain at times for western and northern scotland, easing. the wettest weather concentrated across wales and the midlands and southern parts of northern england, the far north of northern england, the far north of northern england and southern cou nty of northern england and southern county staying mainly dry and not so much rain. a lot of cloud and noticeable breeze with temperatures up noticeable breeze with temperatures up to between 14 and 19 celsius. a messy picture on sunday, with a weather front moving further northwards. a concentration of rain on sunday likely to be across

northern ireland and parts of northern england and into scotland, turning showery. adding further south, a drier day. a noticeable breeze with spells of sunshine a feeling warmer across a large swathe of england and wales on sunday, with temperatures up to 21 or 22 celsius, a cool dealfor temperatures up to 21 or 22 celsius, a cool deal for scotland and northern ireland, 14 up to 17 celsius. a similar theme for monday and tuesday, recovering across scotla nd and tuesday, recovering across scotland and northern ireland, to do is not much higher than 15 or 16 celsius. drier and warmer. this is bbc news, i‘m annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at midday: sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit is resolved or stopped. my intention therefore is to ensure that the next leader is chosen from the widest possible pool of talent and to put him or her at the helm of a far bigger, more open movement than any previous leader has been. jeremy corbyn hits back at criticism from tony blair ,

the former pm said he doubted labour "moderates" could take the party back from the left. the head of the intelligence agency — gchq — says the uk and its allies will use all tools available to fight back against the "real and active threat" from russia. what future for syria? the leaders of russia, iran and turkey meet to discuss the troubled province of idlib. police in brazil are questioning a man suspected of stabbing the leading right—wing candidate in the country‘s presidential election — who suffered serious internal injuries in the attack. british airways apologises and offers compensation to customers affected by a major data breach on its website and mobile app. the airline could be fined up to £500 million after regulators said they were "making inquiries" into the incident that compromised 380,000 card payments. alastair cook starts his final test match for england before he retires

from international cricket. good morning. it‘s friday september 7th. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the leader of the liberal democrats — sir vince cable — has said his party will hold a leadership election once the issue of brexit is — in his words — "resolved or stopped". he said he wanted to widen the lib dem‘s membership, attracting new supporters who‘d pay nothing to join what he called a "movement for moderates". his comments come as former labour leader tony blair has also been speaking about the centre ground in british politics, as he renewed his criticisim ofjeremy corbyn. our political correspondent

chris mason says vince cable and tony blair are looking to occupy what they consider an uncontested middle ground. what‘s remarkable about the remarks of vince cable and tony blair, here are two people who were used to putting their bottoms on the back seats of ministerialjaguars and carrying ministerial red folders under their arms. now they find themselves trying to fight for attention within the political landscape. a very different political landscape. they would both define themselves as occupiers of the political centre ground. others would take issue with that, or who would say the political centre ground has moved but there‘s definitely an overlap in the remarks from both men. both of them entertaining the idea of a new party emerging to try to colonise political space that they think has been left vacant by both the conservative party and the labour party. vince cable talking

about the need for a lack of tribalism both within his party, the lib dems, and others, to allow potentially another party or parties to manage. it‘s quite something when there is a political leader in one speech, putting a sell by date on his own leadership and potentially even a sell by date on your own party. as far as his own leadership is concerned, we will play an extract from his speech in a second, he says he wants to shake things up so a non—mp could become the leader of the liberal democrats. that process which is up to party members to decide will take months, time into next year, but when we arrive into next year, then there is the prospect at that point that sir vince cable could stand down. let‘s listen to what he‘s been saying. the fact is that our current system is severely damaged, if not broken. my intention therefore is to ensure that the next leader is chosen from the widest possible pool of talent and to put him or her at the helm

of a far bigger, more open movement than any previous leader has been. tony blair has been speaking as well. not the first time he‘s criticised jeremy corbyn, of course. given that, what impact is that having? as you say, i think even the dogs in the street have probably worked out by now but there is a difference in the politics between tony blair and jeremy corbyn, even though both sit under the labour umbrella. of course, jeremy corbyn was there on the backbenches of the labour party throughout tony blair‘s time as prime minister. i think it would be a mild understatement to say that tony blair was probably more likely to recruit postman pat to his cabinet when he was prime minister than recruiting jeremy corbyn.

now, mr blair looks in on a labour part that looks very, very different and feels alienated from the party he led. like vince cable, he also has speculated openly in this interview with nick robinson for the bbc‘s political thinking podcast about the idea of another party emerging. he doesn‘t know what form that might take whether mps would be willing to leave to join it, such are the strengths of tribal affiliation with political parties, but take a look at this extract from the podcast which gives you a sense of his thinking. the type of politics that people like me represent, which i would describe as modern, a more moderate progressive politics, if that is not represented by the labour party, it doesn't matter what i think or what these mps think, i don't think the british people will tolerate a situation where for example the choice at the next election is borisjohnson

versusjeremy corbyn. i don't know what will happen and i don't know how it will happen but ijust don't believe people will find that in the country as a whole and acceptable choice. as a whole an acceptable choice. meanwhile, boris johnson‘s personal life making headlines this morning. the former foreign secretary has published a statement this morning saying that he and his wife marina, married for around 25 years, have separated. they have separated some time ago, a number of months ago, and are in the process of going through a divorce. this after the sun newspaper this morning broke the news of their parting. there have been allegations made in the papers about mrjohnson not being loyal to his wife, and talk of an affair. there‘s been plenty of headlines going back years about a rather colourful private life for mrjohnson, colourful a word often attached to mrjohnson‘s politics as well as his personal life. as for the political

ramifications of this, honestly, frankly, who knows? that is the blunt reality. some may form a judgment about boris johnson‘s private life and come to a negative conclusion, others may think it‘s already priced in and they couldn‘t give a monkeys about what he gets up to in his private life. politically significant or not, i can‘t offer a coherent answer but we do have a public statement this morning from mrjohnson, yet another day in which he has managed to find himself in the news. not every conservative backbencher pulls that off. that was our political correspondent chris mason speaking earlier. a short while ago, labour leader jeremy corbyn responded to tony blair‘s comments on the future of the labour party. i think tony should recognise that party membership is now much bigger

than it has ever been, the biggest it has been in my lifetime, over half a million members, and in the general election last year we set out what our aspirations are for the people of this country, aspirations of eliminating homelessness and aspirations of putting more money and resources into education through a national education service, ending university fees and building 500,000 council homes and taking water into public ownership, overwhelmingly popular policies. sadly we did not win it but we got the highest vote for labour since 2000. for labour since 2001. i think we need to recognise people are not prepared any longer to live in a society that is so unequal and walk by on the other side while we have fellow citizens living on the streets. we must invest in our future and public services and that is what the fundamental labour party message was in the general election. and lib dem leader sir vince cable made an attempt to dissuade people from forming a new centrist party when he said that a centrist party already exists in the form of the liberal democrats.

we in the liberal democrats are opening to working together with those in other parties, or not, who share our values. by opening up our party, i hope to convince those who agitate for a new force that there already a strong movement for four open centrist internationalist politics, and it‘s the liberal democrats. well let‘s speak now to ben shimshon who is a co—founder of insight and strategy agency, britainthinks. let‘s discuss in general terms whether there is the space for a thriving third party in british politics, whether that is the lib dems or some other centrist party? on the face of it, the polling suggests there is space for a third

party, full party, surrey, in a politics. about 40% of the public say they don‘t feel well represented by the current crop of parties and about the same proportion say they would consider voting for a centrist party. the issue is that what the public mean by centrist is not necessarily what the lib dems mean by centrist. if you look at the people who feel least well represented, they tend to be people who feel we should be stronger on immigration, tougher on crime, and those aren‘t really the sorts of positions that the lib dems are traditionally associated with. whether the lib dems can be that centrist party is a different question. what do you make of vince cable‘s attempts to create this movement of the moderates? talking about potentially having a lib dem leader who is not an mp. could be somebody but a military background, from business, or the voluntary sector. i think that's a really interesting idea. not least because in our focus groups and pulling what we are seeing is a real plague on

all their houses in relation to politicians and traditional politicians. if you look at who would make the best prime minister polling at the moment, what you see isa polling at the moment, what you see is a tie betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may, give or take, but the single biggest group are those who say don‘t know or neither. that suggests there is space for something different, and in the focus groups, what we hear is a real hunger to see something a bit different and a. maybe leaning towards personality politics, do you think? -- a bit different and a bit fresh all stopped there always been a element of popularity in our politics. the idea that the public think about politics in the terms of space or liberal authoritarian base, they see politics in terms of group of policies they prefer or don‘t, that‘s not necessarily right. one of the biggest challenges facing any new party is who‘s going to lead it and can they credibly capture the imagination and look like they share

the values of the public. what do you make men of the comments by tony blair today? do you think that will have any impact on the labour mps who are rumoured to want to split away and create another party?|j really think that the key barrier to that new party is who‘s going to lead it? and can they start with a bang rather than a gradual slide into a new party? they really need a critical mass of mps and candidates and ideally some members or people who are prepared to go out there and spread the message, in order to really make an impact. otherwise they could quite easily fizzle out as soon as they could quite easily fizzle out as soon as they announce their arrival. thank you. the head of the intelligence agency, gchq, has said russia poses a real and active threat. jeremy fleming made the warning at a security conference in the united states, a day after the government named two russian agents suspected of conducting the novichok attack in salisbury. he accused the kremlin of having

what he called a "brazen determination" to undermine the international rules—based order. the presidents of iran, russia and turkey are holding a key parents in england are not getting the assurance they need about the quality of education their children are receiving, a committee of mps has warned. the public accounts committee says it is unacceptable that so many schools — previously rated outstanding by education watchdog ofsted — are exempt from being reinspected. more on today s main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. the headlines on bbc news... sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit is resolved or stopped. jeremy corbyn hits back at criticism from tony blair, the former pm said he doubted labour "moderates" could take the party back from the left. the head of the intelligence agency — gchq — says the uk and its allies

will use all tools available to fight back against the ‘real and active threat‘ from russia. cricket, tennis and whatever else will perry has in store, now. alistair cook is playing in his final test match for england before he retires. the country‘s leading test scorer is at the crease at the oval as we speak in the last match of the series with india. cook received a commeorative cap before the match and walked out in the london sunshine to a guard of honour and opened the batting alongside keatonjennings. england have yet to lose a wicket, they‘re 49 without loss with coook hoping to do something speical on his last hurrah. england have an unassailable 3—1 lead in the series. serena williams edged a step closer to equalling the record

for the most grand slam singles titles in the women‘s game as she reached the us open final overnight. one set up, williams wrapped up the second six love against anaistasjia sevatsova, and will face japan‘s naomi osaka in tomorrow‘s final, who was just one year old when serena won her first grand slam — now she has 23 — and could make that 24 in new york. i got a little emotional out there because last year i was literally fighting for my life in the hospital. i think i was on my fourth surgery by now... today is thursday... i was on my third surgery, i still had one more to go. to come from that in a hospital bed and not being able to move and walk and do anything, and now, only a year later, i'm not training but i'm actually in these finals. there was a superb start for wales in the uefa

nations league last night, the new look tournament which gives european countries a route to qualify for euro 2020. 4—1 they beat the republic of ireland. tom lawrence with their opener. real madrid‘s gareth bale with a beauty for the second. aaron ramsey grabbed a third before connor roberts put the gloss on the win with another. handing manager ryan giggs the victory in his first competitive match in charge. it‘s a good start, and like i said to the players, the bad news for them is that the standard now, they can‘t drop below it. there‘s things we could do better obviously. there‘s things in the game i wasn‘t happy with. but we can‘t really moan after a performance like that. you‘ve got to look at the games, see what you can do better and try and do that. watford‘s javier gracia has won this season‘s first premier league manager of the month award.

the spaniard‘s guided his side to four wins out of four at the start of the campaign. their latest victory coming against tottenham on sunday. watford are reportedly keen to extend his contract at vicarage road. that‘s all the sport for now. a sophisticated attack is how british airways describes the theft of customer data from its website and mobile app. credit cards, most in the two weeks between the 21st of august and the of september. the details were stolen as people make bookings online and through the app one. when asked, the airline said it took action as soon as it realise there was a problem. we go to the extent of the damage and that is why we immediately began to communicate with our customers. it is most imperative that we call our customers to please contact their credit card issuers and bank.

make sure that they can proceed and follow the recommendations with regards to their credit card details. this is the latest in a series of customer relations issues the airline has had recently. in may last year 75,000 passengers around the world were left stranded four days after an it failure. the airline was criticised for its handling of the problem with some people blaming the outsourcing of its it staff. injuly, this year, it issues meant dozens of flights in and out of heathrow airport had to be cancelled. ba has apologised for the latest problems, saying it takes the latest problems, saying it takes the protection of customer ‘s data seriously and it might take more than an apology to restore customer confidence. joining us now is yan anderson, a ba customer who was affected by the data breach. when did you find out there was a problem you had been affected by?”

found just this morning. after i read on the bbc that this had happened, i came down to see some fairly generic information from ba about the breach, and others left a bit confused about what to do. was there any info in that e—mail about steps you can take? all it told me to do was to contact my bank, so i tried calling american express whom a credit card is with, which i used to make my booking, and actually their phone line was down because it was flooded with calls. 0h their phone line was down because it was flooded with calls. oh dear! frustrating for you. have you cancelled your credit cards, then? yes. i have now cancelled all my credit cards because they were all with british airways, and that‘s a particular problem because tomorrow morning i‘m flying with british airways to america. i‘m going to be left without any credit cards for that trip. that's going to be awkward, what are you going to do?

i‘m going to have to use a debit ca rd i‘m going to have to use a debit card which means my transaction fees, i will be hoping ba can do more thanjust fees, i will be hoping ba can do more than just apologise and compensate us for our losses. hopeful then that there will be compensation. perhaps awkward in the meantime. have you managed to speak to anyone at your bank since you initially tried to contact them earlier? not american express but my other accounts, i have managed to talk to somebody just for the sake of cancelling the cards. i will be getting new cards, but certainly nothing for the trip. what do you make of the response generally from ba apart from that e—mail of course which you may have heard in the media so far today? well, so far insufficient. i can understand they are probably flooded with calls and requests but i certainly raised complaints already and i hope in due course it will be handled with the

attention and detail that it needs. addictively concerned about my data and how i can protect that. —— i am particularly concerned about my data. any time during the year, if someone data. any time during the year, if someone has my personal information, they could effectively use that to apply for things in my name. do you feel any sympathy for ba, because so many big firms have been victims of data breaches and many of them believe that it‘s not a matter of if they will be a victim but when?” believe that it‘s not a matter of if they will be a victim but when? i am sympathetic, however it‘s quite clear that it‘s the company‘s responsibility to see how they do it —— protect our data as consumers and i believe the businesses are therefore at fault. thank you very much for talking to us. i hope you manage to write your travels in america, good luck with that. —— managed throughout your travels. almost half the people who bought a leasehold house in the past decade had no idea

what they were getting into, according to a new study. research from the national association of estate agents found homebuyers faced high fees and charges, with many feeling they were mis—sold. the study follows controversy which led the government to crackdown on what they called "unjustified" leasehold houses. research has suggested complex operations for conditions such as heart disease and cancer are being cancelled at the last minute. a team from the royal college of anaesthetists and university college london looked at 245 hospitals over a period of seven days last year, to assess the pressures facing the nhs. only a third of the cancellations was down to the patient‘s health. hollywood actors have been paying tribute to burt reynolds, who died last night at the age of 82. the screen legend appeared in dozens of films over three decades, including "smokey and the bandit" and "deliverance". he enjoyed a late career revival with an oscar nomination

for "boogie nights" in 1998. arnold schwarzenegger called him a ‘trailblazer‘, and former partner sally field said her memories of the star would never fade away. the eu‘s chief brexit negotiator michel barnier has said the chequers proposal is dead. despite questioning from the brexit select committee. we‘re joined now by our brussels correspondent adam fleming. this news just breaking, this newsjust breaking, tell us more about what michel barnier has been saying. i am sorry to correct you, this is quite important because it‘s what this whole saga has been about. on monday, the mps from the houses of commons brexit select committee were here in brussels

speaking to michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator, as part of their ongoing enquiry into brexit. it‘s the third time the mps have met him, the third time the mps have met him, the first time jacob rees—mogg, the third time the mps have met him, the first timejacob rees—mogg, the famous brexiteer, had actually made the journey here. mps came out of that meeting on monday afternoon and basically said, michel barnier has said the cheque is planned, the british white paper, is dead. —— the chequers plan, the plan that would create a free trade area for goods between the uk and eu that would be governed by a single rule book agreed on both sides. the story rumbled on for a couple of days with mps having another evidence session on camera in westminster, where it repeated this idea that michel barnier had said the cheque is plan —— chequers plan was dead in the water. the eu have always said that‘s not quite what mr barnier said. wait for the transcript and you will find out what he did say. the transcript is now out. lots of very small typing and about eight

pages. in it, it‘s very clear, in black several mps put this to barnier, chequers is dead, isn‘t it? he never said that. he stuck to his existing position which she said in public for several months now which is that there are positive elements in the white paper, for example the stuff on cooperation on security but he has serious problems with the stuff about the single market goods and the uk proposalfor a a big, complicated new customs arrangement. he raised some objections which he has done before. he did not say chequers is dead which is basically what he has also said before. apologies for our missing word in the queue that i read out! you have absolutely clarified that for us. he has been reflecting that as far as he‘s concerned, that the worst scenario would be a no deals scenario. yes, he says several times

in this transcript, again which she has said public a lot, that he is working to avoid a no deal scenario. he wants what he calls an orderly brexit which means you have the withdrawal agreement which is the brexit treaty that seals the terms of britain‘s departure, all that famous stuff about citizens‘ rights, money and the irish border, alongside that a separate document, alongside that a separate document, a political declaration which will speu a political declaration which will spell out the shape of the future relationship between the uk and the eu. he wants that basically agreed by the end of october or the beginning of november at the latest so beginning of november at the latest so it can be voted on by the british parliament and the european parliament. if that does not happen, he then says there is no more talking, there will not be a series of mini side deals on things like aviation security. able kind of get them over the line to stop things com pletely them over the line to stop things completely crashing down on brexit date, the 29th of march, if there is no brexit deal. there‘s been lots of speculation that actually if push came to shove and there was no deal,

both sides would get down and do some mini deals to stop the worst happening. on the irish border, he‘s very concerned about the lack of progress. the fact the two sides are coming at this issue from completely different angles. the brexit purists and people who are really interested out there, there is a good bit in this transcript where he talks about the need to be dramatised the whole debate about the northern ireland issue —— de—dramatised. what controls exist now for customs and animal health and all sorts of things, how those controls can be extended in the future, how you could use technology, do them in different places, do some at the border, some on ships, some as part surveillance away from the border, ina way surveillance away from the border, in a way that people would notice. this is the clearest he‘s been yet about what that whole process could actually look like. from my

perspective, i always say you should a lwa ys perspective, i always say you should always read the original documents rather than listen to people‘shearsay about what they think is in the documents. this week has been conclusive proof that that is the way to do it. thank you very much. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. there are a fewer showers around today, particularly across parts of northern england and scotland. for many of us it is looking fine and dry, some early autumn sunshine to be enjoyed. seems a bit like this behind me, taken by our weather watcher becky in seabrook. clear skies there. a bit of cumulus cloud drifting around but not spoiling the sunshine here. that cloud figure across other parts of the country, particularly the north—eastern parts of scotland. some showers coming out of scotland. some showers coming out of that cloud. one or two drifting into the north—west of england and showers for the northern isles.

elsewhere, dry weather, blue skies, temperatures around average for this time of year, 17 to 19 degrees. in it breeze from the north—west. into the evening, most of those showers will dry away. still some rain of northern scotland and more rain and cloud working in on this weather front across parts of wales, initially spots of rain in northern ireland as well. further east under clear skies where you will have the chilliest weather overnight. through tomorrow, and weather will be dominated by this weather front, particularly across england and wales. a brighter day for the far north of england, scotland and northern ireland as well. we may well stay largely dry and on southern counties of england for the rest of the day but outbreaks of rain to be seen elsewhere, 17 or 19 the highest on saturday, a touch warmer by sunday. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... sir vince cable will stand down as liberal democrat leader once — in his words — "brexit is resolved or stopped". he says he wants candidates from outside politics to be given the chance to replace him,

and to widen the pool of those who can vote. jeremy corbyn has hit back after an attack on his leadership by tony blair, insisting the party membership is now much bigger than it‘s ever been. earlier mr blair warned it might not be possible for labour "moderates" to take the party back from the left. russia poses a real and active threat — that‘s the warning from the head of the intelligence agency, gchq. it comes after the government named two russian agents, suspected of carrying out the novichok attack in salisbury. the leaders of iran, russia, and turkey are meeting to discuss the war in syria, and the fate of the rebel stronghold of idlib. the man widely tipped to be brazil‘s next president is recovering in hospital, after being stabbed at a campaign rally. police in brazil are questioning a man suspected of carrying out the attack onjair bolsonaro. let‘s return

now to our main story. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has said his party will hold a leadership election once the issue of brexit is — in his words — "resolved or stopped". hejoins me now from westminster. it is good to have you with us and thank you for your time today. we begin with this discussion that you are setting in motion a movement of the moderates. do you think the lib dems are the party that can create this movement and make the movement grow to the point where it can be electable? very much so otherwise i would not be doing it. i think at the moment we have a position where people are looking for a rallying point. because they see in the country an enormous sense of drift, big problem is not being dealt with, and the two

traditional parties, one has been taken over traditional parties, one has been ta ken over by traditional parties, one has been taken over by extremists and the other is in the process of being, and they are looking for alternatives. we have the capacity to do it and we have a substantial membership and support in place already and i think opening up the supporter base in this way, i would be open to doing new things in new ways. we have the capacity to capitalise and help lead this new force. this is primarily a rallying cry around brexit, isn‘t it? brexit is the issue of the moment and of course that is something we are committed to and united on it, unlike the conservative and labour parties is —— we are clear we think it is damaging to the country and campaigning fora it is damaging to the country and campaigning for a people‘s vote. i wa nt to campaigning for a people‘s vote. i want to win that argument. we don‘t know when the process will end and thatis know when the process will end and that is why i am not setting a time line for my leadership. i have a series of tasks to do and that is one of them. i am approaching in a professional way, which is how

people would operate outside parliament. you have certainjobs people would operate outside parliament. you have certain jobs to do and you aim to do them. when you talk about bringing together voters who loosely identify with the lib dems, are you saying these people might be with you for another boat if there was a people‘s vote on brexit. and they might go their separate ways from the party? or how would you define who could join the party and what rights would they have? we are saying to people identify with our values. we do have values of tolerance and we are moderates, middle of the road common—sense party. we‘re fighting extreme inequalities but we believe in an open economy and society. we have a set of values and people identify with that can join our supporter base. they don‘t have to pay a fee but if they are part of our supporter base, amongst other things, they then have a say in the choice of future leaders and have a

role in shaping the way we develop our policy. is there a danger of what has been called entry is, of people trying to joina called entry is, of people trying to join a party with a specific agenda? it is an issue for political parties, entryism? it is an issue for political parties, entryism ? i it is an issue for political parties, entryism? iwas it is an issue for political parties, entryism? i was speaking andi parties, entryism? i was speaking and i said, when you open the window, you let some flies in, and you must have a mechanism to deal with them. we are in a different position from the other parties. the conservatives are a right—wing party and they have been taken over by people on the extreme right and the labour party are a socialist party and they have already been taken over by the extreme left. we are a middle party and the issue is not the same. we do have to be careful not quite right. looking at the definition of moderate, middle of the row, it might mean different things to different people. to a cce pt different people. to accept some people might find the liberal democrats to liberal on some issues? they might.

do you want them to try to work with you? the surveys we have commissioned suggests probably something like 40% of the population broadly share our values and are not currently support is politically but they share our values. there are some people who do not and i accept that. there is a lot of political diversity in the country. and common ground on what you have been talking about today, and tony blair as we have heard talking about the centre ground of british politics. is there perhaps a way forward for a third party, insane third party rather than a fourth party because a third party that would be an amalgamation if you like the liberal democrats are people who feel disaffected in labour because of thejeremy feel disaffected in labour because of the jeremy corbyn‘s feel disaffected in labour because of thejeremy corbyn‘s leadership? ——iam of thejeremy corbyn‘s leadership? —— i am saying third—party. i think there are two things we‘re talking about, and one is strengthening own party to create as i put ita strengthening own party to create as i put it a rallying ground for

people in the middle of politics, but there are, in addition, people in the labour party who will not join us for good or bad reasons, and they want to do with their own thing. they have given up on the labour party and tony blair is one of them. i make it clear that i want to work with them and the point working against them. there would not be a third and fourth party with two of those parties trying to occupy that middle ground? is parties trying to occupy that middle ground ? is that parties trying to occupy that middle ground? is that what you say? that would be foolish and counter productive and the british first past the post system is very, very difficult for third parties, let alone fourth parties. i think it makes a great deal of sense if there are people who have broken away from the labour party, are potentially the labour party, are potentially the tories, equally unhappy people there, that it would work together. we already seen this in the anti—brexit movement. i sit down with conservatives and labour and greens and we work together. that is an open...

there is greater potential for that. that is an open in by two members of the labour party currently to welcome them. in terms of who could lead this in the future, after the point at which you decide to step down as leader, you decide to step down as leader, you have been talking about someone who is not necessarily from a political background, the military business or voluntary sector, how important do you think a big, strong personality could lead to future electoral success but this moderate centre ground you are talking about? epic the principle of opening out and having the widest possible talent pool is a good principle. we must think through what this means in practice but the principle of —— there are good people out there who have enormous talent as leaders and good political skills who do not go through the parliamentary route. the

parliamentary system is not a great advertisement at the present stage. i spent 20 years in parliament and 4010 elections and a lot of people don‘t want to do that career route —— i thought ten elections. as it happens we have a party with good mps and if i fell under a bus, they are there to stand and replace me. i think it is good for them and good for the country if we have the widest possible talent pool to draw from. to be clear, you are not saying that your departure will be in march next year, you? element no, iam not putting a timeline in that setting a series of objectives and tasks. i‘m doing it in a professional way and they want to accomplish those amongst other things, and we will have local elections next may. the name “— have local elections next may. the name —— general election which might

happen in the brexit chaos. i will be here to lead our party through it if that happens. thank you forjoining us, vince cable. the presidents of iran, russia and turkey are holding a key summit today in tehran that could decide the fate of the last major rebel—held region in syria. the three countries have played a central role in the syrian conflict. turkey, which has long backed rebel groups, has repeatedly warned that an all—out assault on idlib would trigger a humanitarian disaster. russia and iran, who‘ve provided vital support for president assad, believe the fighters must be forced out. the new us envoy for syria has said there is "lots of evidence" that syrian government forces are preparing to use chemical weapons in the province. with rebel forces defeated in most of syria, the offensive in the north—western province of idlib could prove to be the last major battle of the seven—year civil war. there are believed to be up to 30,000 rebel and jihadist fighters in idlib. earlier, i spoke to our correspondents in moscow, beirut and istanbul to get a view

on how the summit is being viewed. i began by asking our correspondent steve rosenberg about russia‘s approach going into the meeting. this week, the kremlin said that at this summit it wanted to talk about long—term normalisation of syria. that was the phrase it used. by that it means how to rebuild the country, where to find the money to rebuild syria after seven years of war, and how to bring back refugees and internally displaced persons. that is something that russia says that is everybody‘s interest. it‘s certainly in moscow‘s interest, because the russians have been conducting a military operation in syria that costs a lot of money. you can‘t really talk about long—term normalisation while fighting is going on. that‘s why idlib and the situation there will be the focus of this summit. the russians have been very clear that they believe something must be done about the jihadist fighters in idlib province.

moscow has called jihadists there a nest of terrorists. it is urging action to be taken. we have seen russian air strikes this week on targets moscow has described as terrorists. of course, the united nations, the pope, the united states, human rights groups have all expressed concern that if there is an all—out assault by syrian government troops on idlib province, that that could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. the russians are wary of that and that‘s why they‘ve been talking to turkey intensively over the past few weeks to find some kind of solution. that is the view from moscow. now to my colleague tom bateman in beirut. there are 3 million people in idlib province, and the point about that part of the world is that many of those syrians have been displaced there once already. they have either fled or been transferred there as president assad has gone around the country,

recapturing other rebel areas. as you heard from steve, russia has described it as a hotbed ofjihadist fighters, terrorists, and it says it wants to destroy that. people i've been talking to, people in lebanon, syrians who have already fled from the country over the last seven years, told me about their fear and terror for the people that remain there. that is if there is a full government offensive. what can be done? i think today's summit will prove crucial for the fate of many of those people there. people will be looking to russia to see if any military assault can be reined in or delayed. that very much relies on getting agreement with turkey, the northern neighbour who was a key player in idlib province. what exactly does turkey want and what are their pressures? my colleague mark lohan is in istanbul. turkey's big concern at the moment is the wave of potential

new refugees coming from idlib into turkey, some 2.5 million syrians who have taken refuge there from other parts of the country, who could try to go towards the turkish border, although it's very unlikely that border is going to be open. what president erdogan is going to be doing in the summit in tehran is trying to put pressure on president rouhani and president putin to delay an all—out offensive and give turkey more time to negotiate with the jihadists in idlib, particularly with the al-qaeda linked hts group, to disband. there is a report in the pro—government newspaper here, based on anonymous sources, saying that turkey's plan would be for 12jihadist groups to disband. those who do not would be attacked, those who do disband would be given safe passage to a buffer zone controlled then by moderate opposition groups, rebels, who turkey backs. foreign fighters would be allowed

and given safe passage out of idlib back to their home countries. the question is whether turkey is has the influence on hts that it would need to enforce this plan and whether president erdogan can sell this to his iranian and russian counterparts. clearly at a time when turkey is facing major financial problems, with its currency crashing recently, and a poll showing most turks want the 3.5 million syrians already here to return, this country does not want another fresh refugee influx from idlib. thank you to our correspondent. thank you to our correspondent. thank you, all. the headlines on bbc news... sir vince cable announces he will step down as liberal democrat leader once the question of brexit is resolved or stopped. jeremy corbyn hits back at criticism from tony blair — the former pm said he doubted labour "moderates" could take the party back from the left.

the head of the intelligence agency — gchq — says the uk and its allies will use all tools available to fight back against the "real and active threat" from russia. one of the frontrunners in brazil‘s presidential election has had surgery after being stabbed while campaigning. the incident happened at a rally in the south east of the country. a warning — this report by katy watson contains images of the attack that you may find disturbing. out on the campaign trail and working the crowds, with just a few weeks to go before the elections, far—right presidential candidate jair bolsanaro was in his element, but the celebrations came to a sudden end. mr bolsonaro suddenly gripped his chest in pain, after being stabbed. chaos ensued, and the politician was rushed through the crowd to hospital. initially, his son flavio reported

on twitter that the wound was only superficial, but that soon changed. "unfortunately", he said later, "he lost a lot of blood and arrived at the hospital almost dead, "but his condition is now stable. "please pray for him." mr bolsonaro is a politician who‘s polarised opinion in brazil. he‘s become known for his racist, sexist and homophobic comments, but his tough talk of tackling violent crime and of beating corruption has helped propel him to the top of the race. the latest polls show that if, as expected, former president lula da silva is banned from running because of his corruption conviction, mr bolsonaro would win the most votes in the first round. politicians of all stripes, even his biggest critics, were united in condemning the attack. translation: whoever did this has to pay. whoever did this

cannot stay unpunished. this cannot happen. a democratic country, which respects itself, that wants to be democratic, cannot allow the stabbing of any presidential candidate. police have since released a photo of the suspect who was arrested. he‘s been named as adelio bispo de oliveira. next month‘s elections are the most uncertain this country has seen in decades. with this stabbing, tensions are now running even higher. katy watson, bbc news in sao paulo. one by one, many of president trump‘s closest aides have been publicly denying authorship of the anonymous editorial in the new york times. it painted a damning picture of the trump white house. the writer — described by the times as "a senior official" — calls the president "erratic, impulsive and amoral". chris buckler reports from washington. at a rally in montana, donald trump was surrounded by supporters, people who believe in him, but this has been a week of persistent claims that many working in the white house have no such faith in their president, and mr trump is well aware that some

of those damning allegations have apparently come from one of his own senior officials. an anonymous, really an anonymous, gutless coward. you just look. he was... nobody knows who the hell he is, or she, although they put he but probably that‘s a little disguise, that means it‘s a she. but for the sake of our national security, the new york times should publish his name at once. the new york times insists it was a trump insider who wrote of the resistance inside the white house — individuals who are apparently working diligently to frustrate part of the president‘s agenda, claiming he‘s "impetuous", "adversarial", "petty", "ineffective", and "anti—democratic". the feverish guessing game to try to identify the author has quickly become a hunt, and led to official after official being forced to deny it was them. i think the new york times should be

ashamed, and i think whoever wrote this anonymous editorial should also be ashamed as well. i find the media's efforts in this regard to undermine this administration incredibly disturbing. and i'll answer your other question directly because i know someone' will say, gosh, you didn't answer the question — it's not mine. the fact that so many have felt the need to say that they were not responsible for the article has, in a way, only added to its credibility and fuelled conspiracy theories about who could have written it. washington is a city that thrives on political drama, and there is plenty of intrigue in the capital at the moment. in a tweet, donald trump even appeared to ask the investigative journalists of the new york times to investigate themselves, with the simple question, "who is the anonymous letter writer?" but after such damaging allegations, there are also serious questions about the president and what‘s happening inside his white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington.

tributes have been paid to the hollywood actor burt reynolds, who‘s died at the age of 82. over three decades, he appeared in dozens of films, including deliverance and smokey and the bandit. he enjoyed a late career revival with an oscar nomination for boogie nights in 1998. our los angeles correspondent, james cook looks back on a long and colourful life. burt reynolds in deliverance, taking on the wilderness and its murderous inhabitants, the embodiment of the macho american. who‘s indian, your father or your mother? reynolds made his name in westerns like navajojoe, which played on his own reputed... you're a navajo, aren't you? ..and disputed cherokee roots. what's your name? joe. he became a hollywood heart—throb. what do you do besides drive fast?

smokey and the bandit was classic reynolds — one long car—chase. but drinking, womanising and spending took a toll on his reputation and his fortune, and by 1996, he was bankrupt. you come into my house, my party, to tell me about the future? boogie nights revived his reputation, with an oscar nomination for his role as a porn film director, although he hated making the movie. well, career high was that i got nominated for that film, and the career low was when i couldn‘t get a job, and that was not too long before that. i was having a rough time. burt reynolds said he regretted not taking more serious roles, but perhaps it didn‘t matter. his memoir ended with the line, "nobody had more fun than i did." we know that this summer has

proved to be a record breaker and the heat also led to more than 1.5 million people visiting the nhs website looking for advice. john maguire reports. baby leo is blissfully unaware he hasjust been born into the joint—hottest summer on record. but during her pregnancy, his mum, cassie, had to keep her cool. i managed to work earlier, and avoid the hottest parts of the day, which was ideal, and also avoid public transport, and avoid walking too much in the heat of the city. that was really important. temperature—controlled birthing pools have been very popular here at the chelsea and westminster hospital. summer is always busy, but this year‘s extreme heat saw an increase in visits. things like swelling can sometimes mask other, more serious conditions with pregnancy, so it‘s difficult

to exclude those when women phone in and say they‘ve got swelling of their feet and hands. so, again, we recommend that women come in and be assessed. and the government says, during july, thousands more people were seen within a&e within four hours than the same month last year. it was even busier than the winter. usually summer is the time when the wards are less busy. it‘s an opportunity for a time for early winter planning. it‘s an opportunity for staff to catch up. but we haven‘t had that respite. so really, since january, it‘s really been full on. as temperatures soared, the nhs advice website was red—hot. heat—related enquiries more than doubled, from 730,000 in the summer last year to more than 1.5 million over the past three months. the number of deaths related to the summer has not yet been published, but this climate change expert says high mortality could become the new norm. we had 900 deaths from heat—related conditions a couple of years ago.

imagine... and we didn‘t hear anything really reported about it, but imagine if we‘d had a flood event that killed 900 people. there would be understandable outrage, uproar... it would be considered a national crisis. the deaths from heat are a public health emergency, and we have got to get better at helping it. and mps are warning that a change in climate must mean a major change in our culture. we‘re seeing hospital wards overheating, care homes overheating. this is where the frail, elderly people are, and they‘re the most at risk of overheating in a heatwave, so we really need to plan very carefully to keep the older population safe. so if, as is forecast, a summer like this one becomes the rule and not the exception, then our health system, so used to dealing with cold, wet winters, will also need to adapt to frequent long, hot summers.

john maguire, bbc news. in a moment it‘s time for the one o‘clock news with ben brown. now let‘s look at the weather. as we head towards the weekend the weather looks a bit changeable but for most of us temperatures will be gradually on the rise for the next few days. today plenty sunshine for many. this is a picture in devon taken earlier on. here is the satellite images showing where cloud has been a cloudy across north—east england and eastern and northern scotland, some showers. some showery rain later this afternoon and this evening. for much of the uk, not a bad afternoon. best sunny spells more cut out across northern and eastern scotland. cloud of thick enough for a few spots of showery rain. sunshine breaking through into

the evening across the central belt and galloway and northern ireland mostly dry as well. showers for northern england should clear away towards the east and some clear skies as we head further south across england and wales. breezy later today but quite a bit of sunshine looking towards the evening hours. once the sun sets, shower sees away towards the north and east and the next area of showery rain approaches from the west, a weather front moving in across parts of northern ireland, wales and western parts of england overnight. elsewhere further north and east it looks fairly cool and clear with temperatures down into single figures tonight. then that weather front starts to creep in from the west, moving through the early of saturday, a player through the day on saturday. it brings a bit of cloud into western england and wales as well, and that will push eastwards. unsettled and we don‘t know how far north the weather for more go, some rain into north of england but actually scotland and northern ireland not a bad day on

saturday. still cool and seven in celsius. southern england could avoid the rain for much of the day, 19 or 20 celsius. we have this front with us to into the second half of the weekend creeping gradually eastwards. i think sunday will probably be the drier day but as you can see, showers around across parts of northern england and scotland through the day on sunday. further south, warmer air creeping in and temperatures in the south may reach 22 celsius during sunday afternoon. still the chance of the odd shower but a drier day overall. then it looks to be drying up and warming up into the new working week. goodbye for now. jeremy corbyn rejects an attack on his leadership by tony blair. the former prime minister claims mr corbyn poses a threat to the future existence of the labour party. there‘s lots of people associated with me who feel that the labour party‘s lost, that the game‘s over. you know, i‘m kind of hoping they‘re not right. i think tony should recognise that the party membership is now

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