this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight. google blocks the world's second biggest smartphone maker, huawei, from some mobile services, following washington's decision to blacklist the chinese firm over spying fears. they are citing this as being a security issue and it absolutely is not a security issue, this is all tied to the china — us trade negotiations. the final bike ride taken by a spanish banker — moments later he was killed, trying to fight off the london bridge attackers with his skateboard. the electoral commission says it will visit the brexit party's office tomorrow to review how its funds are received the conservative party withdraws the way from former deputy prime minister lord heseltine after he

said he was voting liberal democrat. also coming up — manchester is blue — as city parade their treble winning trophies. they became the first men's side to win the domestic treble after they thrashed watford in the fa cup final at the weekend. and the global fundraising campaign to help the model railway club which had decades worth of work destroyed by vandals. google has blocked the world's second—largest smartphone maker, the chinese company huawei, from some of its mobile services. it comes after the us government put the firm on a trade blacklist. huawei is a global leader in 56 superfast wireless

technology, which will help link everything from our phones to driverless cars to domestic appliances. but the us and several other countries have raised concerns that huawei equipment could be used by the chinese authorities to spy on foreign data networks, allegations the company denies. google‘s move further escalates a growing war over trade, between the us and china. here's our business editor, simonjack. a global trade war is coming to a phone near you. google has barred the chinese smartphone maker huawei from some updates to the android operating system. the ban means future huawei phones won't be able to access popular apps such as youtube and google maps. existing phones will have access but won't be able to update to new versions of android, which could leave users more vulnerable to future security threats. what do potential customers make of that? if you were looking at phones

and one came without youtube, you would rule that out? straightaway. straightaway i'm ruling it out. everything's at the tip of our fingertips so, if something like maps wasn't available, it would seem more difficult and less accessible. so, if you were mulling over which phone to buy, if one didn't come with maps or youtube, you would say...? i would probably go for the other phone. how important do you think things like maps and youtube, all those applications, are? very important to be able to have access to them on the move so, if they didn't offer that, it would put me off using the phone completely. today, a huawei spokesman admitted future access to some popular apps could not be guaranteed. it'sjust a question of what will happen in the future with updates and at this stage we're not quite sure how this will pan out, but in the fullness of time we'll be more sure. is this a security issue or a trade war? it absolutely is not a security

issue, it is all tied to the china—us trade negotiations and i have every hope and every expectation this will come to a rapid conclusion. not everyone agrees. huawei is the world's biggest manufacturer of the network equipment that promises to connect hospitals, power stations, driverless cars, and having a chinese company at the centre of that is a concern for some. security concerns first raised in the us and echoed by spy chiefs at mi6 have arguably made huawei the most important company in the world, thrust onto the front line of a new technological and economic cold war. a cold war which is coming out of the security shadows and into our everyday lives. is this another move in a game of chess between china and the us? huawei thinks so and hopes the tit—for—tat trade war will ultimately be resolved, but, once you raise the flag of national security, it's hard to lower it again. once you raise concerns about security, it's easier to sow

doubt than it is to re—build trust. these are very complex devices, complex software, and it's almost impossible to know what they're doing in every possible scenario. the us, along with australia and new zealand, have already shut huawei out of their future network plans. the uk hasn't made up its mind yet. i share some of the concerns of our allies and at this point i think it's important to take all of that into account, to remember that these are some of the closest intelligence relationships we have in the world, look at the evidence, and then come to a final decision. when the two biggest economies in the world are at each other‘s throats, other governments and now consumers can get caught in the middle. today's announcement from google comes on the eve of a huge day for huawei, who are launching a new device from its honor range in london tomorrow. joining me now is michaeljosh, a tech journalist from new york, who is in london to cover

the launch. thank you for coming in. busy agenda for you. talk about bad timing for huawei. very bad timing, it is not an announcement you want to hear right before you launch a new smartphone, you don't want to put doubts in people's minds about the viability of a fine they are about to sell but that is exactly what is happening. obviously, you have come over from the states. how big is the penetration of huawei in the united states 7 penetration of huawei in the united states? huawei and honor, both phone brands, are not sold in the us. you can get them at amazon and third—party retailers, but officially they are not available but huawei is one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world and over the last few years have made probably some of best smartphones out there, so they are a brand that we are very interested to cover aztec journalists. which of huawei's markets will be hardest hit? all markets. if you are an

android user and don't have access to the google store, apps like youtube, you don't get what you expect out of an android phone. huawei say they have a back—up operating system of their own...“ it really as simple as that? it's not. but i'm just speaking as a user, will the apps that are used be available for this new operating system ? available for this new operating system? right now, huawei released a statement promising they will provide security updates to already existing phones, but, you know... but even with things like that, there is this issue of the time other users, other phones, will have those security updates very quickly. right away and when a security update goes out, you are basically telling the world there is a vulnerability, which means that could put some of the huawei phone at risk. like you said, there are a

lot of reverberations around this particular move by the us. how embedded is google in the mobile tech world and what does this mean for other suppliers as well? right now, there are basically two big smartphone operating systems, ios from apple and for everybody else, it is google, and most of these phones running android and right now, i'm hoping that google might be able to find a way around it. they said that they are looking at options, but we are hoping to see if there will be a workaround. and is it only google that have complied to this us order? it has come from the commerce department order. this is just one supplier, software and services. we haven't even talked about the different parts, chip vendors and other part manufacturers. you need some of these parts to be able to make a smartphone and huawei, even if they

area smartphone and huawei, even if they are a chinese company that ma nufa ctu res are a chinese company that manufactures in china, they make their own process, they also still require those chips from other manufacturers. they might not be able to make smartphones if they can't get all the right parts. so the answer to this then, the new honor phone, if you do indeed get that phone, you will lose some of the functionality, is that right because mark so i reached out to representatives from huawei and honor to push them for a statement and they say the new honor 20 that is being announced tomorrow, that series, is google certified. that is as far as they are saying. earlier today, they also released a statement to say they will provide security updates and continue to provide support to phones that are currently available, as well as everything else that is in stock, probably also including the honor 20, launching tomorrow. and you have had a preview of it, haven't you? 20, launching tomorrow. and you have

had a preview of it, haven't you ?|j have, it is launching tomorrow, you have, it is launching tomorrow, you have to wait for it. i hope you enjoy the launch, michaeljosh, thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me are the political commentator, lance price, and the former fleet street editor, eve pollard. do hope you can join hope you canjoin us hope you can join us for that. the inquests into the london bridge attacks in 2017, have heard how one of the victims tried to stop the attackers by hitting them with his skateboard. ignacio echeverria, a spanish banker who was living in london, was killed in the attacks after stepping in to try to protect a woman, who was being repeatedly stabbed. his friend told the inquest the attackers looked prepared, and their "intentions

were to kill everyone". our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. although he was 39, spanish financial crime analyst ignacio echeverria was still a keen skateboarder. 0n the night of the attack, he had been out skating with two friends near the tate modern. they'd pulled over on their bikes when they noticed one of the injured. then, looking up the road, they saw the attack continuing outside a tapas restaurant. his friend guillermo sanchez—montisi told the coroner... when the manager of the lobos restaurant realised how serious the situation was, he got his staff back inside and locked these doors to keep his customers safe. but one of the customers, jonathan moses, was a junior doctor and insisted on being allowed out. he told the coroner...

he rushed over to marie bondeville, who had been stabbed 18 times. he told the coroner... i really believed we would beat terrorism that night and i think it's with that mindset we need to continue. i think we must not live in fear, we must not let these events get the better of us. we must stand together, share our common values and celebrate the differences we have. ignacio echeverria was the last person to be fatally injured that night. marie bondeville and more than a dozen people stabbed after the attackers left the lobos restaurant all survived.

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the former deputy prime minister, lord heseltine, has had the conservative whip withdrawn after saying he would vote for the liberal democrats in this week's european elections. the 86—year—old, who served in the governments of margaret thatcher and john major — as well as working for david cameron — said he had made the decision "as a matter of conscience" because of the tories‘ pro—brexit stance. 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore is in westminster. tony, just tell us a little bit more about this. yes, this has been going on for a while, there has been an awful lot of criticism of the conservative party's stance on brexit from lord heseltine and, yesterday, there was an article in the sunday times in which it was very, very critical. he said the party had become infected by the virus of extremism and he just

couldn't support, he said, its support for leaving the eu. but it wasn't bad because he has said these sort of things before, perhaps not quite so strongly, it was the fact he said he was going to vote for the liberal democrats, not his own conservative party in this thursday's european elections and that was just too much. there thursday's european elections and that wasjust too much. there has been a lot of debate over the last 24 been a lot of debate over the last 2a hours of whether he should be effectively suspended from the parliamentary party, so in the jargon having the whip withdrawn and that has happened in the last hour 01’ so. that has happened in the last hour or so. we have had a statement from the conservative chief whip in the house of lords that said as a result, he says, he will have the conservative whip suspended but this will they say, be reviewed if he is willing to support conservative candidates at future elections. he is such a big figure, such a grandee as the phrase goes, that they certainly don't want to close the doors on lord heseltine for good. what sort of reaction has he had to what he terms and experiment from other tories? there has been some

angen other tories? there has been some anger, it must be said, particularly some of the pro—brexit mps today have come out and said he shouldn't have come out and said he shouldn't have said it and how could he possibly, the likes of andrew bridgen and conor burns, they have said how can lord heseltine stay a member of the conservative party, certainly the parliamentary conservative party, in the house of lords, if he is going to vote against his own party on thursday. we have also had some more reaction in the last few minutes, nicholas soames, another tory often described asa soames, another tory often described as a grandee and he is absolutely furious and says it is a very, very silly thing to do and that is why this will have been a difficult decision for them because he is so well regarded. as you mention, 86, a towering figure in the conservative party and the government in the 19805 party and the government in the 1980s and 1990s and they will not have taken this decision lightly. and very quickly, tony, there is no suggestion that we are going to see more and more tories doing this, you know, voting for brexit, could we see similar moves of them voting for

other parties from within the party? it is entirely possible, who knows? these are very, very fraught times. just a few days now to go before those elections, there is an awful lot of nervous mps, conservative and labour, talking about labour here and there are a few tory mps that have been talking about the brexit party. this move, one will imagine, will have been partly calculated as a warning shot to others thinking of doing the same and it would be a big decision to do it right now, so close to that election, but next week when we get the results, if they are as bad as some is expecting —— as some expect the conservative party, who knows, others may follow? tony, thank you very much indeed. the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has hit back at calls for an investigation, into the funding of his party —

saying he's the victim of "disgusting smears". but the electoral commission says it will visit the party's headquarters —— to review its systems the party's headquarters to review its systems for taking donations. it comes as mr farage had a milkshake thrown at him —— a milkshake thrown at him during a campaign walkabout in newcastle ahead of thursday's european elections. a 32—year—old man has been arrested. 0ur politcal correspondent jessica parker told us about what the electoral commission is expected to do. they are set to visit the brexit pa rty‘s offices they are set to visit the brexit party's offices tomorrow as part of their active oversight and regulation rules around electoral fundraising, attending the offices to conduct a review of the systems that are in place to receive funds. now, as you say, this is after gordon brown, the former labour prime minister, made a speech earlier on today where he raised concerns about brexit party funding. some of the centre is on the fact that the brexit party has a paypal account from which it can receive some smaller donations and when i say smaller, i mean donations under

£,500 because those types of donations don't actually have to be declared to the electoral commission. now, the brexit party is not the only party to have some sort of paypal accounts but gordon brown, the former labour prime minister, speaking earlier in glasgow said he was concerned by some of the brexit pa rty‘s was concerned by some of the brexit party's fundraising. democracy is undermined if we have undeclared, unreported, untraceable payments being made to the brexit party. if we have the potential for underhand and underthe we have the potential for underhand and under the counter payments being made. so i think one of the concerns that gordon brown is pointing to is some suggestion that perhaps this system of donating smaller amounts of money could open up the brexit party to receiving donations from foreign donors and that could somehow influence the uk election, but nigel farage, the leader of the brexit party, responding to this when he was out on the campaign trail, he was not remotely impressed with gordon brown because my comments. absolutely disgusting

smear. i mean, this from the man who was part of the labour party who through lord levy, shall we say, making a big donation to members of the house of lords. how dare he. most of our money has been raised by people giving £25 to become registered supporters. that report was by jessica parker. in the run up to thursday's elections we're speaking to representatives from all the main parties. tomorrow, we'll be speaking to ukip leader gerard batten. so if you have a question, send them in via text on 611211, tweet using the hashtag bbc ask this, or email ask this at bbc.co.uk. the time isjust the time is just coming up to 20 minutes past eight. the headlines...

google blocks huawei from using some of its mobile services, in a major blow to the chinese telecoms firm. the inquest into the london bridge attacks has been hearing how a spanish banker tried to fight off the attackers by hitting them with just his skateboard. the electoral commission says it will visit the brexit party's office tomorrow to review how its funds are received. sport now and for a full round—up, we will cross to the bbc sports centre, hello, holly. well, we have had two managerial announcements, we will start with steve cla rke's announcements, we will start with steve clarke's appointment as the new scotland head coach, replacing alex mcleish and the role, which comes a day after he led kilmarnock to third in the scottish premiership. but with the scots lying fifth in the euro 2020 qualifying group, he has a big job ahead. 0ur sports reporter has more.

steve cla rke's ahead. 0ur sports reporter has more. steve clarke's three year contract as the next scotland manager begins tomorrow morning, actually, here at the national stadium at hampden. he says scotland can still qualify for euro 2020, which will be quite a big achievement given the poor start to the campaign so far. remember, a disastrous 3—0 defeat in kazakhstan, followed by a very average 2—0 win against san marino but steve clarke today said we have a women's world cup to look forward to in france this summer and it is my motivation to emulate the success of shelley kerr and her squad by leading us to euro 2020. he completely revitalised kilmarnock. in over 20 months there, he took over at rugby park when they we re he took over at rugby park when they were bottom of the league and he has just led them to their highest league placing in nearly 60 years, third placed kilmarnock are heading to europe next season. that is the standard that steve clarke is set for kilmarnock and there are high hopes in scotland that he can be a

very successful scotland national manager and, hopefully, lead very successful scotland national managerand, hopefully, lead the scottish men to their first major tournament in over 20 years. and brighton have revealed graham potter as their new manager to replace chris hughton. potter joined as their new manager to replace chris hughton. potterjoined after guiding swansea to tenth in the championship. he came to prominence after his success in sweden and he has signed a four—year deal on what is his 44th birthday. in football and in like you want to try and improve, doa and in like you want to try and improve, do a little bit better tomorrow than you did today, try to improve and get better. that is so high have always focused on my career so far and high have always focused on my careerso farandi high have always focused on my career so far and i am proud of the journey i've been on but there is hopefully another 1a years ahead of me andi hopefully another 1a years ahead of me and i will need to improve and so will everyone connected with the club. thousands of fans have lined the streets as manchester city celebrated their stunning domestic

travel with an open top bus parade. pep guardiola's side becoming the first to claim a non—domesticated travel of the premier league, the fa cup and the league cup. andy swiss was in manchester! at domestic trouble. it has been a party for the players, and fans, to end what has been some season. thousands of supporters lined the streets as the players passed by on open top buses, a long, of course, with their array of silverware. manchester city players were wearing t—shirts with the word" fourmidables" to reflect the four trophies they have won if you include the community show. there was a warm reception for captain vincent kompa ny as was a warm reception for captain vincent kompany as he leaves manchester city after 11 years here at the club, in which he has seen city transform really into one of the domestic superpowers of english football. the women's team were also

parading the continental cup and the fa cup and all the players received a deafening ovation from the thousands of fans taking to the streets. they eventually arrived here at manchester cathedral and once again, the crowd are giving them some reception. yes, city have concerns off the pitch, particularly this investigation by the european football authorities, claims that they broke financial rules, claims that they deny, but as far as the fa ns that they deny, but as far as the fans are concerned, those concerns can wait, as they celebrate what has been a record—breaking season. now to great britain's ice hockey team, they have retained their world championship top flight status with a dramatic 11—3 overtime win against france. having lost theirfirst a dramatic 11—3 overtime win against france. having lost their first six matches in slovakia, the match was a winner takes all encounter for survival and gb had to come from behind after france scored twice in just six seconds to lead 3—0, but they managed to equalise to take the

match into extra time. before grabbing the winner. and that is all the sport for now, i will have more in sportsday at 10:30pm. a headteacher at the centre of a row over how children are taught about relationships, including between same sex couples, sarah hewitt—clarkson runs anderton park primary school in birmingham, which has seen protests over the use of story books which include homosexual families. today, dozens of children were kept at home, in further protests over the school's equality ethos. sima kotecha has the story. lgbt activists who have today gathered... last night, lgbt activists putting up messages in support of staff on the school gates. our children, our choice! campaigners and parents have been

calling on anderton park to suspend the teaching of lgbt relationships while they have talks. we are not against lgbt. we respect all the communities. many different cultures and people live here. you say you respect the community but then you are calling for teachers not to teach children about same—sex relationships, can't you understand why people may see you as being homophobic? we are not homophobic. the head teacher says she won't change her stance on equality. i feel it's attacking a law that i am really proud that we have in this country, which protects all of us, protects whatever characteristics we belong to. that was fought for by people over the decades and centuries. but now the debate has taken a sinister turn. the head teacher has received a series of threatening messages, some of which are causing her serious concern for her safety. today, a protester and a birmingham mp had a feisty exchange after dozens of children weren't

sent to the school in protest. and how come you have not supported the 300 parents who have been protesting here for the last four weeks? where have you been? i don't agree with the protest. i don't agree that you get to pick and choose which equality you can and can't have. as a member... the bbc has seen a petition signed by the parents of at least 300 children who attend this school, saying that they no longer have confidence or trust in the leadership here. but the head teacher says some were pressurised into signing it and others are calling the protests destructive and damaging. with neither side backing down, there is no end in sight, with continued disruption to the children's education. sima kotecha, bbc news. it's the opening day

of the chelsea flower show, and one of the first visitors was the duchess of cambridge, unveiling her own woodland and wilderness garden. accompanied by a group of schoolchildren, she says she hopes it will inspire families to get in touch with nature, a day after prince george, princess charlotte and prince loo—wi princess charlotte and prince louis made their own visit. here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. who better tojudge mum's handiwork than her three young children? george, charlotte and louis testing out the garden the duchess helped design. even if louis seemed a little distracted. in recent months the cambridge children have collected twigs, leaves and moss which were included in the design. it's been a very personal project for the duchess, rarely interviewed on this she wanted to speak out. there is so much that kiddies in particular can learn from environments like this. they can learn life skills. from learning empathy, watching plants grow, to physical activity and climbing onto trees or boulders and things,

helping balance and coordination. it's an open playground for them. it's a natural space of really exciting space for kiddies and adults alike to share and explore and hopefully that is what this garden does. two local primary schools were first into the garden this morning under the watchful eye of the duchess. oh my goodness there are so many people up here. she climbed into the tree house to chat and had to explain to curious minds she would normally wear gardening gloves to protect her hands and engagement ring. i've been doing lots of planting. this evening, the chelsea gardens will be viewed by the queen and other members of the royal family. this year that will include a garden designed by one of their own. daniela relph reporting there

the weather looks lovely, here is nick miller. some warm and sunny spells around today, though you may have been caught in a heavy shower. those that did develop slowly fading as we go into tonight. still overnight in northern scotland, it stays cloudy, some outbreaks of rain, iffew stays cloudy, some outbreaks of rain, if few mist and fog patches developing elsewhere and temperatures to cool off out the warmth of the day. most of us around for— eight as we start the day tomorrow. tomorrow, there will be a few shows to be had, especially across northern and eastern parts of scotland, maybe one or two in north—east england but much of england and wales and northern ireland, bar the odd isolated shower, will stay dry. there will be some patchy cloud, long sunny spells, more in the way of sunshine compared with the day and the winds are still very light out there, a little bit breezy into parts of scotla nd little bit breezy into parts of scotland but for the most part, the winds are light and so we feel that warmth in the sunshine, most of us reaching into the high teens and low

20s. that is your latest forecast. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. google blocks huawei from using some of its mobile services, in a major blow to the chinese telecoms firm. the inquest into the london bridge attacks has been hearing how spanish victim ignacio echeverria tried to fight off the attackers by hitting them with just his skateboard. the electoral commission says it will visit the brexit party's office tomorrow to review how its funds are received. and manchester city have been parading their silverware — after they became the first mens side to win the domestic treble. the prime minister will present her final attempt to deliver brexit to her cabinet tomorrow,

ahead of mps being given another say on her plans in the first week of next month. in a sign of the leadership contest to come — potential candidates are becoming increasingly candid about their ambitions and their ideas. joining us now is the times journalist and former conservative mp, matthew parris. thank you forjoining us. that appears to be two distinct camps come who are the and what did they stand for? i suppose the most distinct camp is not actually one of these, that is the erg, the european research group, that is the hard—line tory brexiteers. they have been organised, they have been disciplined, and they have achieved huge influence by their teamwork and by the discipline, but the moderates in the conservative party have never really got organised before and this is their attempt to do the same kind

of thing, to get organised to speak with one voice and then of course you have the they call themselves the blue—collar conservatives, but i think they arejust the blue—collar conservatives, but i think they are just going to turn into a pale shadow of the erg. rather to the right of the party. you talk fair about organisation, we know these groups have to organise themselves, there is talk of keep boris 0ut campaign, what are his chances? a lot of attention being given to borisjohnson. chances? a lot of attention being given to boris johnson. his chances must be rated pretty good there is a mounting worry amongst those many of the party who do not support course that he is going to run away with it and there is going to be no opposition at all and they need to focus around in a be become anybody but boris candidate, and one of the things they would be doing i think, talking among themselves and two other colleagues, if you think who we should be, who can be best place to stop boris. 0ne we should be, who can be best place to stop boris. one of the problems the group of the one nation, the 60

stronger so group do not appear to have a candidate at the moment. rory stewart, who is one of the group, has said he is standing, nobody else has said he is standing, nobody else has said he is standing, nobody else has said they were standing, amber rudd one of the group as a guest said she is standing. she has a wafer thin majority in her constituency and they may not be here after the next general election. they need to decide who will be there figurehead. how does the process work? ultimately, timing is critical with the brexit deadline coming up. yes. and nobody knows the timing in theory, theresa may is going to have one last try, a fourth going to have one last try, a fourth go at getting her a deal through this time by legislation rather than just a meaningful vote, but nobody can see how she will succeed, everybody is in saying that when she fails, she will go, the men and women in suits of the conservative party will gather around her like vultures and teller her it is time to go but theresa may has a mind of

her own and ouraim to go but theresa may has a mind of her own and our aim isjust to hang oni her own and our aim isjust to hang on i think until the summer at recess and no doubt beyond it because everything stops during the summer recess. then because everything stops during the summer recess. then you have 0ctober the 31st, and that is the date when we either have to leave without a deal or request a further extension. all these things are still up in the air, everything to play for come of the conservative party thinking about nothing now but brexit and leadership. i want to turn to the latest news coming in regarding lord heseltine having the conservative whip removed. you must have worked with him during her time as an mp, what do you make of his decision to vote for liberal democrats? on one level, michael heseltine is one of the usual suspects. a passionate european, always has been, has never tried to hide his views and has been arguing with enormous vigour against leaving the european union. so it is not altogether surprising that he would make this move, but i am still

a member of the conservative party and like michael, somebody who was once a an mp, though i was only a back printer, i know how difficult it is when you are part of the tribe, every to suggest to people they should bow anything but conservative. a sign of his passion and his anger. —— i was a backbencher. i'm going to the same dilemma myself. i couldn't possibly bow conservative in these european elections because the conservative party, theresa may, exquisitely has said those people who vote conservative are voting for a brexit party. if that is the case, we hear what she has said, we cannot bow conservative. it is still a brave thing for michael heseltine to do. willing to dive also you will vote for? anybody who wants to stop brexit should vote liberal democrats. that's willing to tell us we will vote for. they are the main opposition. the people with the best chance of getting meps in the various regions in britain. i suppose it would be liberal

democrats. thank you for your time. you are watching bbc news. environmental campaigners have targetted bp‘s london headquarters. greenpeace placed five containers in front of the company's offices in stjames' square overnight, blocking access to the building. this latest protest follows extinction rebellion's 11 days of direct action in the capital last month. caroline davies reports. lowered in with a crane in the middle of the night. each container with two protesters inside. police arrived just after 4am but by then the entrances to bp‘s headquarters were already blocked. come morning the police had taped off several sides of st james' square, while the media were left craning to get a good view, greenpeace deployed a team of app sailors down the building all film

so no one can miss it. unlike extinction rebellion, this protest had a particular target, bp. we are in the middle of the climate emergency where we need to see drastic changes away from fossil fuels if we want to have any hope of staying within climate targets. the protesters in the boxes have said they have enough provisions to stay for a week. we were able to speak to one on his mobile from inside. we have water, a basic toilet and we are determined to stay for as long as we can. realistically you cannot expect bp to close down so what would you really like to see, out this protest? well, that is true. i think bp are really swimming against the stream and they will have to change at some time and we are part of the movement which is trying to put pressure on them. bp didn't respond directly about fossil fuels but said in a statement...

greenpeace have said the boxes have been designed so they are impossible to move without hurting those inside. are you comfortable putting your protest is in danger? protestors in danger? we have taken lots of different security measures. people are well and well provisioned to be part this action. so we are no way intending to put anyone in danger. this afternoon, the met police arrested several people. dealing with climate protesters is now becoming an increasingly common task for them in the capital. the irish low cost airline, ryanair, has posted annual profits ofjust over one—billion euros — — a fall of about 29% from the year before. the carrier also says earnings

could fall further next year. this tops off a turbulent time for european airlines and tour operators — with easyjet, thomas cook and tui — all showing deepening losses. let's get more on this from our reporter, nina nanji — nina, what's been going on at ryanair? as you say, a another week set of results, posting profits which were a lot weaker than last time, it was down a third, is weakest annual profit in four years. the company has posted and talked about a few issues here talking about overcapacity, brexit, and it also talks about higher fuel costs and thatis talks about higher fuel costs and that is a rotten impact on companies profitability for an airline. so the chief financial officer has been talking today to the bbc. —— that is an important impact on companies. he says it is notjust with the sick to ryanair, but says it is notjust with the sick to rya nair, but industrywide, says it is notjust with the sick to ryanair, but industrywide, including

pricing. —— it is notjust with ryan air. pricing remains soft across europe due to overcapacity at this point in time. so our customers enjoyed an average fare of 37 euros which was down 6% on last year. at the same time however they are continuing to spend money on axillary products like reserve seating, priority boarding, car hire and hotels which helped offset that a little bit. costs increased about 5% minus fuel last year and that was up 440 billion. a lot of issues raised there. not just ryan air. no, clearly not. a lot of the problems you heard of raised there, fuel prices, they clearly has an impact on all airlines, not just ryan clearly has an impact on all airlines, notjust ryan air. but we had rick was so slightly from other european travel companies, including easy jet, european travel companies, including easyjet, tui a thomas cook. let's look at thomas cook. share price was down 1a%, just today. it is really on the back of a steep decline since the end of last week. customers

interestingly have been writing to thomas cook on social media saying what is going on, do i need to worry about my holiday, should i rebook, and thomas cook has been trying to reassure people saying we are not going into administration your holiday will be ok. do not worry really. they also asked in a statement over the weekend to the same effect. clearly, posting a first—half same effect. clearly, posting a fi rst— half loss same effect. clearly, posting a first—half loss i one and half billion pounds, and it started profit warning in less than a year or more people are concerned, not to shareholders, but also customers. very quickly, back to ryanair, what next for them? exactly. the company talked about zero second visibility and what it means is that it is difficult to predict the next six months. and by that it means well, fuel prices may continue to go up, was how oil prices rise today, and also, it could be that it continues to see the competition within the sector which means discounting affairs, and that will have an impact on profit margin. ryan air‘s

chief executive, michael 0'leary, been talking today as well. he said that if there is a fair war between the he think ryanair will be the long—term winner, and that is because it has the lowest cost base, but clearly in the meantime, that will leave some convincing from investors, they share price went down around 6% showing investors are marking down the expectations of the stock. thank you for that. that was the going within the industry. let's get more what all of this means for consumers planning their summer holidays — and we can speak now to simon calder, the independent‘s travel editor. he joins me down the line from st pancras station in central london. i there. is this good or bad news? that sounds as if we will have a price war? yes, most definitely. i was just speaking earlier to the thomas cook chief executive and he said it is a really tough time for

me and for the company, but it is a great time to be a traveller. it is paradise he said because there are such incredible deals. and for example of how good they are, today, you could have been and the beautiful greek island of zante flying from gatwick with accommodation, chancellors, luggage, £123. that is absolutely selling below cost. it shows what sorts of deals are. now, half term coming up will be a load of parents watching saying we are not paying anything like that, we are paying six times as much and guess you will be. but in general, it is a real buyers market. simply is not the man around and that is why as we just heard, every travel company from ryanair to easy jet to thomas every travel company from ryanair to easyjet to thomas cook every travel company from ryanair to easy jet to thomas cook and every travel company from ryanair to easyjet to thomas cook and tui are all saying it is a tough time. if ryanairare all saying it is a tough time. if ryanair are having a difficult time, then everybody else is.

ryanair are having a difficult time, then everybody else islj ryanair are having a difficult time, then everybody else is. i want to go back to the tweet that thomas cook sent out, it is regarding protections for travellers. they said that their flights are not protected, if you have book with them, should you be worried? there area them, should you be worried? there are a few things. first of all, how worried should you be worried about thomas goodfellow? a bit like a bank ifi thomas goodfellow? a bit like a bank if i may in the sense that assuming everybody has confidence and thomas cook traded, they have perfectly enough cash to carry—on deliver all the holidays people have booked for no further than your head than the vast majority for the summer. so it would only be if people decided that they didn't have confidence in thomas cook and that there would possibly be some kind of failure, that would be revenue not come again or maybe supplier say you have to pay us upfront, but everything because they are not sure about their financial position. assuming that there not happen, thomas cook

marches on. it is a terrible time to bea marches on. it is a terrible time to be a shareholder of time is good, but looking at protection, the fact that if light is not at all protected is not really material and we have seen that with collapses of people like premier mirror, while air, everybody claims that generally from their credit card company if they paid with light, they might claim back from a travelling and sure if they want to claim back the extra cost of getting a replacement fly. but really these days, there is no need assuming most people do the rational thing and buy a ticket with a credit card, no reason to think you and i get your money back, but people want is not their money back but the flights to take off us up as long as everybody keeps faith, then it will take off. thank you, simon. safe journeys if you are taking the train home. the headlines on bbc news...

google blocks huawei from using some of its mobile services, in a major blow to the chinese telecoms firm. the inquest into the london bridge attacks has been hearing how spanish victim ignacio echeverria tried to fight off the attackers by hitting them with just his skateboard. the electoral commission says it will visit the brexit party's office tomorrow to review how its funds are received. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. everything is in the red it, really. snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has told voters to use thursday's elections to show that scotland is open for business — and warning of what she called the ‘catastrophic‘ impact of leaving the single market.

she was speaking on a visit to aberdeen. brexit will be disastrous for the scottish economy and aberdeen where iam right scottish economy and aberdeen where i am right now will be the hardest hit part of scotland brexit goes ahead. i met a fish processor, the fish processing sector employs about 4004 and a half thousand people, but also heavily reliant on eu nationals and its workforce. so there is a whole variety of reasons why brexit will be a disaster for scotland and thatis will be a disaster for scotland and that is why we should take the opportunity if we can to stop it happening. some people have an opportunity to make very clear on thursday they want to stop brexit and keep scotland at the heart of europe and to send that message in a very united way. the news this evening is that lord heseltine has been having a wet remote. he spoke earlier and said the sun will come up earlier and said the sun will come up tomorrow but we now had a

reaction from the conservative. —— had a whipped or move. they said lower heseltine has given more than half a century of service to the party, and has long—standing and sincerely held views of europe are well understood, but with his long experience he will know that publicly endorsing the candidates of another party is not compatible with taking the conservative whip in parliament as a result, the chief weapon the house of lords as informed lord heseltine that he will have the conservative a web suspended and this will be reviewed as if it will be reviewed as is it willing to support conservative candidates at future election. every action there from the conservative party to lord heseltine announcing that he will be voting for the liberal democrats. it's an act of vandalism in a market town in lincolnshire but it's brought reaction from around the world. thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused over the weekend when intruders broke into a model railway exhibition in stamford. but already, more than 60,000 pounds has been raised by well wishers who've offered help,

including from one of the biggest names in entertainment. nicola gilroy reports. they make the perfect world, where trains run on time. one of the pleasures in building a layout is notjust playing with trains, it is the challenge of taking an idea and making it as realistic as possible. but that world was devastated in a matter of minutes. the mess was unbelievable. beautiful models, simply trodden on, smash with hammers. smashed with hammers. i had never seen anything like it before in my life. vandals broke into a school hall in stanford on friday, the night before their annual exhibition, destroying a lifetime of work. 0ne layout had taken 25 years to complete. it became match wood. a lco that had been handbuilt over many years, probably worth about £8,000 in its own right, wrecked.

now, their fundraising campaign to help cover the cost of the damage has gone global. far exceeding their target of £5000. it isjust incredibly humbling. a lady from carolina wants to donate her father's stock. a lady from canada wants to send us a check for 1000 canadian dollars. celebrities have voiced their support, in a tweet, presenterjeremy vine said he was donating... rock star rod stewart said... the model railway club were hoping to take this to an exhibit on friday at the literary festival. but as you can see, it has been totally destroyed in the attack. there is no way they will be able to take this, so instead, they are hoping to restore this to make sure it is ready in time.

the club say they cannot believe the support they have been shown, helping them get back on track far sooner than they had hoped. 400 students in the american city of atlanta have had a very pleasant surprise. they were at their graduation ceremony, when dr robert f smith, a former student at morehouse college and a billionaire, announced he was paying off all their student loans. this is my class, 2019. and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. cheering. we can speak now to aaron mitchom, who's just graduated from morehouse college. he's one of the students who's had his debt wiped out. hejoins me on the line from atlanta, in georgia.

aaron, goodness me, congratulations for graduating. first off us up take us back to that moment when you heard those words. what was going through your mind? honestly, i thought he was joking. really and truly. we all kind of looked around and would like, wait, he really said what he said. and tears started flowing down to me and my other morehouse brothers eyes, like oh my goodness. we are really debt—free, the emotion overtook us. it was more so the emotion overtook us. it was more so inspiring and very humbling moment in my life, the most humbling moment in my life, the most humbling moment in my life, the most humbling moment in my life i've ever had. what does it mean to you and your family? what does that mean to start off in the world, and i had that debt around your shoulders? oh my goodness, it means so much to me and my family. goodness, it means so much to me and myfamily. —— goodness, it means so much to me and my family. —— have that. 0ver my four years, i my family. —— have that. 0ver my fouryears, ididn't my family. —— have that. 0ver my four years, i didn't receive any type of financial support to morehouse. so, me and a lot of my

other ban members co—sign the loans, for my college tuition and to attend morehouse. it means so much to my family. how much has it paid off? he paid off almost $200,000. how long would have taken you the pay that off if you calculated it? when i did my calculations and my excel spreadsheet, i broke it out into going to be looking at a little over 25 years. and i was planning saving that much money as i tell you so i can invest part of whatever little savings i had into the real estate market and be able to use that for the principal amount on my loans itself. but he took care of it. you have spoken about being a black man and a black student. and what this means to you. can you put into context for us? really and truly it is one thing when you are a black man in getting a degree because it is so rare, and also you are long free and has a black man, looking around, it really changed again because you have a whole community

of black people brought up and he really moved up our credit scores come us and our parents and family members that paid for us to co—sign ona loan members that paid for us to co—sign on a loan for us to attend morehouse college. so really he turned this into a hold of tax bracket and a group. he changed our lives forever. robert asmus, morehouse college, a lot of people here in the uk have never heard of them. very quickly, what do they mean to you? —— robert f smith. basically what it means to me is that morehouse is one of those places where the air that i breathe, it is special. something it is different. we look at me, you will not get scared when you look at me. you will be inspired to say, i want to talk to him to get to know you, not just you by the colour your skin. paying it forward. itake it you will answer that call of action from mr smith. i have to. i will definitely not that me and my other classmates. we plan on doing

something for our next reunion when it comes time to get back and pay it forward since we are debt free. aaron, thank you very much and enjoy the rest of your life. debt—free. fantastic. with a busy summer of sport ahead, including the women's football world cup in france, this week the bbc is focusing on women's sport. the british racing driver katherine legge, is one of the few women competing at the highest level, and while she's a big name in america, she's little known here in the uk. she says she's had to "fight and claw" for every opportunity, in a sport where just 5% of participants are women. our sports correspondent katie gornall has more. the car doesn't know the difference. you get in that car, it doesn't know if you are male, female, black or white. in motor racing, it's a battlejust to make it into the car, never mind to the front of the grid. katherine legge has proved herself time and time again.

one of britain's most talented drivers, she's also one of only a handful of women making a living behind the wheel. i had to fight and claw my way through racing, and so i had to take every opportunity thrown my way and i've driven my share of really bad cars to get to where i am. her latest opportunity comes as the lead driver in a ground—breaking all—female team. katherine legge from the uk! american fans know her well. legge was forced to move to the us to get a break in the sport, despite holding her own against lewis hamilton and jenson button at junior level. her team's first outing of the season is at the iconic daytona track for a gruelling 24—hour race. this is a sport that's all about performance and, behind the wheel of that car, gender is irrelevant. this team knows that setting the pace on the track could have a big impact off it. just 5% of people working in motor sport are women. the latest push to raise the profile has seen the launch of the w series,

a women's only series which has sharply divided opinion. it's been done without the involvement of the sport's governing body, the fia, who want to see more women racing against men. we don't have enough women starting, and so if you don't have enough starting from the base, of course it's difficult to have more on the top. we are really concerned and we are working very hard to increase this base. women may be in the minority, but they're chasing the same rewards and taking the same risks. huge crash, oh no! legge escaped this 2006 crash with only bruising, and was soon back out on the track. i've always erred on the side of not wanting to be any different, i want to be taken seriously as a race car driver. i have done everything the guys have done in order to be no different. as drivers, all they care about is the chequered flag, but, as women, this team knows they are racing for something more than just a win.

katie gornall, bbc news, daytona, florida. hello. warm sunny spells around today. you may have been caught ina in a heavy shower those showers that did develop are slowly fading now as we go into tonight. still overnight in northern scotland, it stays cloudy, some outbreaks of rain, if mist and fog patch is developing elsewhere, temperatures cool off after the warmth of the day, most of us around four to 8 degrees. as we start the day tomorrow. tomorrow, still a few showers to be had, more across northern and eastern parts of scotland, maybe wanted to northeast england but much of england and wales, and northern ireland, bar the isolated shower, will stay dry. patchy clouds come along sunny spells, more in the way of sunshine compared with today, and the winds are still barely light out there, it will be breezy into parts of scotla nd will be breezy into parts of scotland before the most part, winds are lightand scotland before the most part, winds are light and so we feel that warm in the sunshine and more of us

reaching into the high teens and low 20s. that is your latest forecast. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. welcome to warsaw on a dank spring evening, we are here as part of a trip to a number of european capitals as we build up to the european parliamentary elections, which start on thursday. these elections reveal an awful lot about domestic policies and the member states of the eu but also about ambitions europeans have for the eu. we will talk about that across the hour and your questions are very welcome. we will also bring you the main stories from elsewhere in the world, we have to talk about huawei and google, a huge announcement today from google saying it is cutting ties with the well‘s second biggest smartphone maker. if you

have a huawei phone, we