this is bbc news. the headlines. boris johnson attacks the prime minister's brexit plans saying she has wrapped the country in a suicide vest and handed the detonator to brussels. high drama at the us open as serena williams loses her cool and the final. north korea stages a huge military display to celebrate it's 70th anniversary. but the country's long range missiles weren't part of the display of power. voting is under way in the swedish general election, with an anti—immigration party expected to make large gains. and sir mo farah wins the great north run for a record breaking 5th consecutive time, kenya's vivian cheruiyot wins the women's race. good afternoon.

senior conservatives have criticised borisjohnson for saying that theresa may's brexit policy has "wrapped a suicide vest" around the british consitution and "handed the detonator" to the eu. the foreign office minister sir alan duncan has described the comment as "one of the most disgusting moments" in british politics. our political correspondent helen catt reports. borisjohnson is usually at home in the spotlight. but with divisions over brexit and his leadership ambitions, he may have had more thanjust the cricket on his mind yesterday. he appeared to get a mixed reception. borisjohnson‘s rarely been out of the headlines this week. this morning there were further allegations about his personal life. but he chose to use an article in the mail on sunday to drop a bombshell. he claimed through a backstop

proposalfor the irish border... the former foreign secretary's language brought a furious response from a minister he worked alongside until his resignation injuly. sir alan duncan said for him to say the pm's view is like that of a suicide bomber is too much. some of his former cabinet colleagues have stopped short of criticising the man focusing instead on his tone. i think there are much better ways to articulate your differences, and i think it's a reminder for all of us in public policy, whatever political party we represent, to use measured language. i think that's what the public want to see. supporters of boris johnson have defended him. i think boris says it as he sees it and i think it's how a lot of people

see it but very few dare to call it. he speaks truth to power and are not surprised they resent that and there's a backlash. boris johnson's star status in the party has been based on his ability to appeal to voters. the real test will be not how his comments are received in westminster, but beyond. the trade unions have said they will back the campaign for a referendum on the final brexit deal, if the government fails to secure an agreement that protects jobs and the economy. the tuc general secretary, frances o'grady, warned that crashing out of the eu without a deal would be an "absolute disaster" for workers. today, i'm giving the prime minister fair warning. i am serving notice that if her deal doesn't deliver for working people, if it doesn't protectjobs, rights at work and peace in northern ireland, then the tuc will throw our weight behind the call for a vote

on the terms of the deal. our politicial correspondent iain watson has spent the morning in manchester where the unions are holding their annual conference. frances o'grady, the leader of the tuc knows that not every union wants to have a new referendum, so she was very clear that there are circumstances which would trigger it if a deal that comes back from brussels is unacceptable, for example, or if the prime minister does not extend the talks to try and get a better deal. nonetheless, listen to that language, putting her full weight behind the popular vote. that will put a lot of pressure on the labour leadership. there is pressure onjeremy corbyn from some of his own activists to debate this in a couple of weeks' time at their annual conference, for labour to harden its position on this idea of having a new referendum on the eu. so having the leader of the trade union movement representing some of the big trade unions who will be at that labour conference, saying that they are prepared to campaign to get that referendum, i think, is significant.

but as i say, not every trade union agrees with this and we spoke to the leader of the rail union, the rmt, who had backed brexit. he warned his fellow trade unionists that quite simply something which may be a new vote on a final deal, will look like a second referendum, that will look potentially like the tuc is ignoring the will of the people and he said, to frances o'grady and her colleagues, labour, if they adopt that position, as well, would be playing with fire. the government has been accused of failing to prepare for the potential impact which brexit could have on peace and security at the irish border. the chief constable of the police service of northern ireland, george hamilton says if the border were to return it would be exploited by criminals and terrorists. in an interview with the sunday times he says that some politicians don't understand the dangers — the government says it is considering his call for extra resources. our correspondent louise cullen is in belfast and explained more of the details. this isn't new from george hamilton,

he's been telling the government of the past year they need to prepare for peace and security in northern ireland in the event of the border being resurrected. i think these remarks are being aired with an increasing amount of frustration, he said back injune the psni has a business plan to address these problems, he wants 400 more officers, more vehicles and equipment and no one is signing off on that and no one giving him an answer. the government has recognised there is a unique situation for the psni and says it is looking at his concerns because of that land border but george hamilton in this article, says 20 years after the good friday agreement, 600 days after the collapse of the assembly, there may be a feeling that although perhaps, the troubles may be regarded as resolved and things are quieter, they are still policing this border 21w, he calls it

a high threat border and says it's still very tricky to address the concerns but he fears some in government regard it as peripheral both geographically and in terms of impact. he says that's absolutely not the case, if the border is resurrected it will be exploited by criminals and terrorists, even such things as smuggling which he thinks the government may regard as small, that is the lifeblood of terrorist organisations and it needs to be planned for and anticipated. religious education in english schools is outdated and needs to be overhauled to include non—religious beliefs according to a new report. the independent commission on re wants children to learn about atheism and humanism as well as world faiths. the department for education said it would look at the recommendations. north korea has staged a huge military parade to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation.

events such as these are usually an opportunity to show off military hardware, but on this occasion it held back from displaying its missiles and devoted the parade to civilians efforts to build the economy. the parade comes at a sensitive time as efforts to ease tensions between the united states and north korea have stalled. from seoul, laura bicker reports. the soldiers marched with their usual zeal, a disciplined display perfected after months of painful practice. it is meant to show devotion. these pilots certainly gaveit devotion. these pilots certainly gave it their all. there was something missing from kim jung gave it their all. there was something missing from kimjung un‘s parade. he may have rolled out the ta nks parade. he may have rolled out the tanks and artillery but there was no sign of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the subject of international sanctions. this less provocative display reflects kim

jung un‘s recent charm offensive. he has written another letter to the us president to try and get talks by contract. 0nce president to try and get talks by contract. once again, here he is playing the diplomat, this time showing off his friendship with china. the remaining fervour was saved for its economic prowess, nurses, doctors, engineers were all pa rt nurses, doctors, engineers were all part of the occasion. but they invited cameras are told where to point, amidst the way been pyongyang elite. 0utside point, amidst the way been pyongyang elite. outside the city, there are fears that north korea is on the verge of a food crisis as crops fail after a heatwave. the kim family show only what the world, what they wa nt to show only what the world, what they want to see, like the missiles, so much is hidden from view and until that changes, the international community, they find it difficult to trust. laura bicker, bbc news, in seoul. people in sweden are voting in a general election,

with an anti—immigration party expected to make large gains. their popularity has risen since sweden accepted 163 thousand migrants in 2015. these voters in stockholm explained why they considered today's vote important. the nationalist sweden democrats, stand a good chance of becoming the second biggest party in parliament. their popularity has risen since sweden accepted 163 thousand migrants in 2015. the social democrat prime minister, stay—fan luh—vain , was spotted on his way to the polling booth this morning and answered questions on the prospect of a good showing for the sweden democrats, a party he's previously accused of spreading extremism. no, voters to hearfrom but the sweden democrats stand a good chance of becoming the second biggest party in parliament. their popularity has risen since sweden acceptable hundred and 60,000 migrants in 2015 and the social democrat prime minister stefan lofven was spotted on his way to the polling booth and a nswered on his way to the polling booth and answered questions on the prospect ofa answered questions on the prospect of a good showing for at the sweden democrats, our party he has accused of spreading extremism. are you feeling worried? i am very concerned, of course. this is important. either we stay with a

decent democracy or... and a little earlier we spoke to our europe correspondent gavin lee, who has spent the morning in the swedish capital, stockholm. what we are seeing in sweden is a reflex of what we have seen elsewhere in europe, in italy, in germany, in holland as well. the elections which have fallen off the back of the digression crisis and the rise of populist movements using the rise of populist movements using theissues the rise of populist movements using the issues of migration and here in sweden, the sweden democrats are the emergent party who are talking about the worry of crimes, gun crime, gang crime, in malmo and gothenberg, conflating that with migration. it is an issue because sweden back in 2015 saw the most migrants enter this country per capita, 106 3000 and then the government put restrictive measures in place and what was supposed to be as schengen

border free what was supposed to be as schengen borderfree area, what was supposed to be as schengen border free area, suddenly there are text borders and those temporary checks are still in place and while the established parties say there are other issues at play, the climate, wildfires, the issues of social welfare, housing and housing and health and stopping increased privatisation, it has been the migration, social democrats, the main party are according to the polls will see their biggest slip in 70 years in politics. expecting their lowest result, about 20%, the centre—right moderates expecting 20% with the sweden democrats around the same figure, some saying that they could be the highest party and their leader saying they are not racist. the other parties say they are toxic and they would not work with them if, by the polls ending tonight at eight o'clock, they have to start looking at coalition politics. thejustice secretary david gauke has said he thinks as many

prisoners as possible should be given phones in their cells. inmates would be able to dial only pre—approved numbers and would still have to pay for the calls. however the minister has called the idea "a real game—changer" in improving behaviour — citing similar measures already in place in prisons in germany. mark fairhurst, the national chair of the prison officers association joins us now from manchester. thank you for being with us. before we get your opinion, can you give us a sense of what you know this might look like, this scheme? there is also cable in many prisons and there is sometimes falls on cells. this was put on a back burner and has reared its head and we are talking about 20 per prisons, but there are still 100 prisoners without this technology including telephones.- you think it would be a good idea? it would give prisoners more contact with theirfamilies it would give prisoners more contact with their families and potentially stop areas of friction and tension

which cause problems?” stop areas of friction and tension which cause problems? i feel he has got his priorities wrong. the priorities are safe prisons. save for staff and save for prisoners and that includes giving members the tools to do theirjob and that is why we will be insisting that this is rolled out immediately in order to protect our members, but it is also about reinstating the retirement age to 60, because we have to work in the most hostile and violent workplace in western europe. in cell technology including phones isa in cell technology including phones is a good idea because it will help prisoners maintain those important family links even when there is regime restrictions and of course i may have to go into lockdown. just before we move onto some of the other issues, on the focus on in cell telephony, at the moment, what is the situation for most prisoners that they want to make a call to theirfamilies? that they want to make a call to their families? it must be very frustrating for most prisoners when they do not have a phone in their

sale to maintain that contact, because there are a lot of restrictions because we simply have not got the staffing levels we did have to operate a full regime and of course they have very limited access to phone calls on landlines and we hope this will help restore order and improve behaviour. welcome to that idea but as thejustice secretary starts to look more widely at prisons and changes, you have plenty of suggestions for him about things you would like to see with more urgency, perhaps. things you would like to see with more urgency, perhapslj things you would like to see with more urgency, perhaps. i have been waiting for a meeting with him for at least three months and he keeps avoiding me, i don't know why. maybe it is because i will tell him straight that my members will not accept no for an answer, if he refuses to roll out the scheme that has been very successful in the pilotjails. he needs to start listening to me and my members. just because people at home may not be familiar, tell us more about that scheme. it is an irritant, the

pepper spray that the police use on the streets to protect themselves and reduce violence. we have been piloting in fourjails and the results have been positive. it is essential that this is rolled out to every front line member of staff in our prisons. wide to think that there has been reluctance to make that happen? i have no idea, that is something you will have to ask the justice secretary. maybe he is scared of the public outcry, but i'm sure the public would be on our side if they saw the level of violence, we are getting assaulted, 2a people per day, we are suffering from ptsd, receiving life—changing injuries and that cannot be tolerated. i cannot placate my members for much longer. he needs to sit down with me and listen and he needs to act. given your reservations about the fact you have not been able to meet with him, what to make generally about the justice secretary? we know that they

come and go with alarming regularity, are you hopeful that you might see some change and some more receptive ears your suggestions? listen, we have not got a problem with any prison minister, he has got some positive ideas and it seems like he is prepared to invest in the prison system. he needs to invest in the right things and the right things at the moment are getting our prisons safe, enabling prisoners to access a full regime and maintaining theirfamily context, access a full regime and maintaining their family context, in all prisons, not just 20. their family context, in all prisons, notjust 20. let us sort out this crisis in our prisons instead of letting it escalate month after month. mark fairhurst, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... boris johnson attacks the prime minister's brexit plans saying she has wrapped the country in a suicide vest and handed the detonator to brussels. voting is under way in the swedish general election, with an anti—immigration party expected to make large gains. high drama at the us 0pen as serena williams

loses her cool and the final. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre here's holly hamilton. serena williams has been grabbing the headlines after she accused the umpire of sexism and treating her unfairly. she was cited by the official for unfairly. she was cited by the officialfor a unfairly. she was cited by the official for a three code violations including getting coaching signals, breaking her racquet and recalling the chairumpirea breaking her racquet and recalling the chair umpire a thief, which cost a game. i cannot sit here and say i've would not say he is a thief, i thought he took a game from me but i have seen other men call other umpire several things and i am here

fighting for women's rights and women's equality and for all kinds of things and for me to say a thief of things and for me to say a thief of him to take a game? it made me feel was a sexist remark. he has never taken a game a man because they said that. it blows my mind. i will continue to fight for women and to fight for us to have... she should be able to take her shirt off without getting a fine. this is outrageous. i just feel like, without getting a fine. this is outrageous. ijust feel like, the fa ct outrageous. ijust feel like, the fact that i have to go through this is an example for the next person that has emotions and want to express themselves and they want to bea express themselves and they want to be a strong woman and they will not be a strong woman and they will not be allowed to do that because of today. maybe it did not work out for me, but it will work out for the next person. there were more tears from naomi as she accepted her first grand slam trophy. the ceremony was met with a chorus of boos from the williams home crowd who have been

unhappy with her treatment during the match. for me, it felt like a normal match, just walking up to the net, but it is serena on the other side and she hugged me and it was awesome. when i step onto the court, i feel like a different person, i am not a i feel like a different person, i am nota fan, i feel like a different person, i am not a fan, i am just a tennis player playing another tennis player, but then when i... sorry... anyway, so when i hugged her, ifelt then when i... sorry... anyway, so when i hugged her, i felt like a little kid again. sorry. well naomi 0saka does little kid again. sorry. well naomi 0sa ka does become little kid again. sorry. well naomi 0saka does become the first japanese player to win a grand slam and these we re player to win a grand slam and these were the scenes in tokyo as fans gathered to watch make history. the 20—year—old no doubt hoping it will be the first of many majors. and ryan giggs will name a new wales captain tonight for their match

against denmark as ashley williams has not been included. they beat the republic of ireland 4—1 earlier in the wake and will face a stronger danish side and they will see the return of the star players after a temporary agreement was reached in a row over commercial rights and ryan giggs says he will not be underestimating them. we prepared for a very good team, a top ten team, a team that performed well in the world cup, who are probably favourites in this group. we are in for a tough game and we will need, things that we can work on, we need to do better when we go there on sunday. that is all sport for now. a reminder on the website you can keep up—to—date with england's progress on the third day of the fifth test at the oval and justin rose is leading going into the final round of the pga tour event in philadelphia, one shot clear of rory mcilroy. all the latest on the website. for the moment, mcilroy. all the latest on the website. forthe moment, it mcilroy. all the latest on the website. for the moment, it is goodbye from me. holly, thank you. the four—time olympic gold

medalist, sir mo farah, has claimed a record—beaking new victory as the only person to win the great north run five times. sir mo won the elite men's race in fifty—nine minutes and twenty—six seconds. challenging sir mo was new zealand's jake robertson who took second place. kenya's 2016 champion vivian cheruiyot took victory in the women's event, while britain's david weir was first across the finish line in the men's wheelchair race. rules which prevent some victims of crime from being compensated if they lived with their attacker are being scrapped by the ministry ofjustice. the "same roof rule" was changed in 1979, but not retrospectively, meaning victims from before that time have been refused payouts. last year, more than a 150—million pounds was paid out by the scheme. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. after a violent crime, what happens to the victims? for over 50 years, they have been able to claim compensation under a scheme funded by the state.

but the government says the system needs modernising to reflect the changing nature of crime, so it is starting a review. the criminal injuries compensation scheme review will examine the two—year time limit on bringing claims, if people with convictions for certain offences should be barred from compensation, and whether sexual grooming victims should be able to make claims. currently, they can't. following a court case this summer, ministers are also promising to scrap the so—called same roof rule. it blocks compensation claims from victims who lived with their attacker before 1979. last year's terror attacks highlighted concerns about compensation for victims who had suffered many different types of injury. so the review will look at whether payments are set at the right level. whitehall budgets are tight. the review will consider if the compensation scheme is sustainable and if the proposed changes are affordable. danny shaw, bbc news. more now on borisjohnson‘s

attacks on the prime minister's brexit plans, saying she has wrapped the country in a suicide vest and handed the detonator to brussels. we can go live to belfast in northern ireland, where the issue of the irish border remains a concern for many following the brexit negotiations. the sinn fein politician mairtin 0'muilleoir is there for us. thank you for being with us. what did you make of that. here in belfast, the majority of people would see the comments as being foolish and dangerous, when we say they are foolish, boris johnson seems determined to attack the concept and the guarantee in deed by the british government of a backstop here in the north of ireland. that is posed brexit and we wish the british well with brexit, but we voted to remain and the agreement with the eu 27 and mrs may has been that we will remain in the customs

union, we will remain largely in the single market and we will defend the good friday agreement to avoid a ha rd good friday agreement to avoid a hard border in ireland. mrjohnson this morning disparages, disregards back guarantee and in that he is foolish, because the eu of course regard the peace process here as a crowning achievement of the eu and they will do everything they can to defend the integrity of the good friday agreement and to make sure that we are not cast back into the dark past from which we have emerged. i think they are a dangerous comments as well, because everything we have and i havejust walked through belfast this afternoon to the studios, we have a booming tourism economy, we have cranes above belfast, the biggest university campus, being built in the heart of belfast, all the games and reconciliation, pitch —— bridge building, they are all built on the

good friday agreement and yet, boris johnson says that there is no need to defend the good friday agreement and we should not worry about destroying the good friday agreement, which is what the reckless brexiteers would do. you used the word dangerous, give us a vision of what you think could be the consequences of going down the kind of line that borisjohnson are suggesting. well, anyone who does not understand how fragile the piece here is and how fragile the progress is that we have made, must not be watching the news, because for 600 days we have not been able to form a local government because fault lines within the society remain. thankfully, courtesy of the good friday agreement signed in 1998, which is the heart of what europe wa nts to which is the heart of what europe wants to protect through the backstop, thankfully, courtesy of that, there is no longer any violence on our streets, but we still have a long way to go to form the type of forward—looking, outward

looking government we need and anyone who tries to undermine the good friday agreement and that is what the brexiteers want, they want to torpedo wit and anyone who wishes to torpedo wit and anyone who wishes to do that, risks jeopardising to torpedo wit and anyone who wishes to do that, risksjeopardising every game we have made, that is the view of the irish government and the majority of parties here and it is certainly the view of the majority who voted to remain in the european union and in that context, these are dangerous comments, the sort of comments we are used to from the brexiteers and in many ways, it really reveals the true brexiteer agenda, which is, they do not care at all about rejecting the peace and progress that has been made here over 20 years. mairtin o'muilleoir, we must leave it. time is tight. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos it is looking brighter this afternoon, two yesterday, certainly

for england and wales. it is going to feel quite warm. the breeze will be noticeable, especially across northern areas of the country and in particular scotland were we will see wind picking up as the afternoon moves on. plenty of showers in the west, some heavy and thundery, a better chance of staying dry in the east. a few showers for northern ireland and northern england and the west of wales. 0therwise, ireland and northern england and the west of wales. otherwise, a lot of sunshine. it will feel warm. into this evening, it stays windy across scotla nd this evening, it stays windy across scotland with lots of showers, long spells of rain, gusts up to 50 mph, but across england and wales, largely dry with clear spells and temperatures just into double figures. we start monday on a lovely fine and sunny note after a chilly one, clouds will tend to increased the afternoon and another weather system vision into northern ireland and the west of scotland increasing wind, can feel to things, but across the south, not as warm as afternoon. hello, you're watching bbc news. the

time to look at our headlines. boris johnson attacks the prime minister's brexit plans. saying she has handed the detonator to brussels. he says the detonator to brussels. he says the check list deal has opened the uk to perpetual lack male. it has been high drama at the us open serena williams loses her call and the final. penalised for you to round up for the empire. serena williams accuses him of treating haran family. voting is under way at the swedish general election following a campaign dam dominated by immigration concerns. the national swedish democratic party is expected to make big gains. and mo farah winds the great north run for a record—breaking fifth consecutive time. kenya's contender winds the women's race. i'll have more for you in halfan women's race. i'll have more for you

in half an hour.