good morning. our headlines today: formerallies, borisjohnson and michael gove, are set compete against each other for the conservative party leadership. andrea leadsom and dominic raab have also joined in the race, hoping to be prime minister by the end ofjuly. polling in the eu elections ends at 10pm tonight — 21 member states are voting today. a warning that 1,500 buildings are at risk of failing fire safety tests held after the grenfell tragedy. found alive after being missing for two weeks in a hawaiian forest —

the hiker who says she faced difficult choices. it did come down to life and death andi it did come down to life and death and i had to choose, and i choose life, i wasn't going to take the easy way out. and, our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9:35am — this morning's reviewers are dawn foster and anne ashworth. good morning. the contest to replace theresa may as prime minister looks set to feature a battle between two former allies who famously fell out the last time the job was up for grabs. environment secretary michael gove is expected to formally announce his leadership bid later today, while former foreign secretary, boris johnson, has already declared he intends to run.

here's our political correspondent, chris mason. look at these two — architects of the leave campaign three years ago, now they seem to be involved in a tantalising contest. why? well, remember this? in view of the situation in parliament, i have concluded that person cannot be me. borisjohnson shocked westminster by pulling out of the leadership race to replace david cameron. after michael gove, until then a former supporter of his, said this: i came to realise this week that for all of boris's formidable talents, he was not the right man for that task. ouch. well, this time, the two men will take each other on. who else is in the race? andrea leadsom, who resigned as leader of the house days ago, told the sunday times that if she became pm, the uk would leave the eu at the end of october, the current deadline,

with or without a deal. writing in the mail on sunday, former brexit secretary dominic raab agrees, saying he would prefer to leave the eu with a deal, but as he puts it, the country must also calmly demonstrate an unflinching resolve to leave at the end of october at the latest. he also set out plans to cut a penny off the basic rate of income tax, and boost apprenticeships and paternity leave. but in these opening skirmishes of the campaign, what is emerging as the central faultline is the instincts of the candidates on a no—deal brexit. some are willing to embrace it, others believe it would be a disaster. the outlook of the eventual winner could shape our country for years to come. our political correspondent, tom barton, is here. we were speaking around this time

yesterday, the feud has got wider? yes, eight candidates now, up from five yesterday. a bit of a split emerging between leave and remained for top five of the candidates in the race so far, are expected to announce today, our former leave campaigners during the 2016 referendum, including michael gove who led the campaign along with borisjohnson. three who led the campaign along with boris johnson. three of who led the campaign along with borisjohnson. three of them are former remain campaigners. it's interesting that two of those are making concerned noises about the idea of a no—deal brexit. jeremy hunt, on the other hand, appears to have the passion of the convert, if you like. he is certainly enthusiastic these days about brexit. that question of what

candidates think about no—deal is going to prove very important, not just because we have a conservative party membership that is broadly thought to be a very pro—brexit, relaxed about no—deal, in the main. but also because candidates have to scale this challenge of getting through the parliamentary rounds of the process because it is down to mps to select who the final two candidates are, as we know, conservative mps are very concerned about the idea of no—deal so getting through the conservative parliamentary party and reassuring them about your position on no—deal whilst maintaining your brexit credentials active in the final two battle with the country is going to be interesting. being the favourite ina be interesting. being the favourite in a conservatives race doesn't

a lwa ys in a conservatives race doesn't always go well, does it? history is full of favourites who have fallen by the wayside and under dots who have come up and taken the mantle, just look at david cameron, is few people had heard of him before the leadership campaign but he one. borisjohnson is leadership campaign but he one. boris johnson is apparently leadership campaign but he one. borisjohnson is apparently in a very strong position, the bookies favourite, but there is absolutely nothing to say that at the end of this process in a couple of months' time that he will be working through the door of number ten. aren't you wonder whether that fame is falling out between borisjohnson and michael gove will loom large in this race? absolutely, there is no doubt a very bad blood between boris johnson and michael gove. because of the very public way in which michael gove stymied borisjohnson's leadership campaign just about three

yea rs leadership campaign just about three years ago. they are seen, along with dominic raab, as the main contenders at the moment for this contest. actually, that dharma is going to come sit over it. one of the big questions about whether we do point the other a very big hitter into the cabinet. they still have to deliver brexit? absolutely, one mange that had parliament and gridlocked for months. we do not have very much time, particularly parliamentary time, particularly parliamentary time, between at the end of this leadership race and at the end of october. when she got through summer and the party conference season, you're actually only looking at about half a dozen weeks' time in parliament to do the stuff that needs to happen at any sort of deal

is going to be approved. or if there isn't a deal? exactly. time is a big limitation. but candidates like borisjohnson limitation. but candidates like boris johnson and andrea limitation. but candidates like borisjohnson and andrea leadsom today saying, come what may, we leave on october 30 five. if there is no—deal, so be it. leave on october 30 five. if there is no-deal, so be it. thank you for joining us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in the sunday morning front pages at 09:35 this morning in the papers — our guestsjoining me are anne ashworth, associate editor at the times and the guardian columnist, dawn foster. voters in more than 20 eu countries will go to the polls today to select new meps. a number of countries — including the uk — have already voted, but the results can't be revealed until the polls have closed across the eu. here's our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas. the uk was in the first wave of countries devoting these eu elections, and the uk results,

out this evening, will be watched for how far the handling of brexit may have impacted the share of votes won by the conservatives and labour, and how people are divided between pro—and anti—brexit parties. across europe, half a dozen more nations — this is latvia — have already voted. today, ballots have been cast in 21 more eu member states. in some countries, it is migration that is the top concern. elsewhere, the numbers of young people unemployed. here in northern france, it is a contest between president macron's pro—eu movement, and the anti—eu nationalists of the former national front, that's being watched. translation: i am going to vote, it is my duty as a citizen, but i don't know yet who for. translation: this vote will be an important point of the future elections. it will give an idea who might come out on top. and there are some early indications.

the official results will be announced when polls close this evening. you can follow all of the results of the 2019 european elections with huw edwards and the team from 10 o'clock this evening on bbc one and the bbc news channel. and you can find the latest results on the bbc news website. the sunday times says it has found evidence that the snapchat app has become what it calls a "haven" for sexual predators who target young people. the newspaper has uncovered thousands of reported cases involving the photo—messaging app since 2014. john mcmanus reports. snapchat has helped to revolutionise mobile communication. it is a simple idea — photos and videos sent between users are deleted once they have been viewed, very quickly. that tends to induce a carefree attitude, which means if you feel like sending your mate an embarrassing picture of them or you, well, the image will quickly disappear once it has been seen. that makes the app popular with teenagers. but the sunday times says there is a dark side to the craze for sending what are known as "snaps".

it says data it obtained under freedom of information requests shows that police officers are handling about three child sexual exploitation cases every day, in which snapchat has played some kind of role, although it doesn't specify exactly what. users of the app can message each other, which means potential abusers can chat to and groom victims. and the automatic deletion of images makes it difficult to trace evidence of wrongdoing. the nspcc says is also easy for abusers to screenshot an image and save it to other platforms. there are 14.5 million snapchat users in the uk, and those who want to join must be aged at least 13. the company says: john mcmanus, bbc news. president trump has begun the second day of his state visit to japan by playing golf with the country's

prime minister, shinzo abe. he'll also attend a sumo wrestling tournament later today and become the first foreign leader to meet the country's new emperor, naruhito. the united states and japan are in the process of negotiating a delicate trade deal. a woman has been found alive more than two weeks after she went missing in a forest on the hawaiian island of maui. amanda eller was rescued by helicopterfrom a deep ravine — she'd been hiking in the area when she became lost and then injured. ramzan karmali reports. the last 17 days of my life have been the toughest of my life. hiker amanda eller knows how lucky she is to be alive. she spent over two weeks lost in a forest on the hawaiian island of maui. the yoga instructor thought she was walking back to her car but was walking further and further into the wilderness. it came down to life and death, and i had to choose, and i chose life. i wasn't going to take the easy way

out, even though that meant more suffering for myself. amanda was rescued from a deep ravine. she waved down a rescue helicopter funded by donations. one of her friends was on that rescue helicopter. out of the woodwork she comes out, arms swinging. i was like, there she is! i know her very well so i said, that is amanda eller! i thought, how is she dressed, she is not wearing shoes, we have to land this thing! don't jump out of the helicopter! in order to survive she foraged on berries, but she was injured with a fractured leg and severe burns from the sun. doctors say she should make a full recovery. she is most grateful for those who didn't give up on her. i have the most gratitude and respect and appreciation, i can't even put it into words, for the people who helped me, who have prayed for me. her mother, julia, has called the rescue a miracle. fire safety experts have

told bbc radio 5 live that the new round of testing of building materials, following the fire at grenfell tower, are almost certain to see some majorfailures. and that could have a massive impact on hundreds of buildings — including tower blocks, schools, hospitals and care homes. adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates is here. tell us what we know about the materials used at grenfell. yes, the greater tragedy is clouded with topical atm, which at the time was legal. expert evidence has suggested that it has contributed to the spirit of the fire at grenville. the government says there are hundreds of boating still clad with it around the country but they have made funds available for local councils and private landlords there is a move

that acm cladding. what other forums are causing concern, it could be that other things will crop up as pa rt that other things will crop up as part of these inspections? that is right. because the acm cladding was considered safe at the time, the government has decided to investigate other forms of building materials to see if they pose a safety threat. around 1700 buildings across the country and need to be investigated because they may represent a fire risk. one other material called apl is another one. i folk into another expert today, she said that in the worst circumstances, this type of cladding could potentially be more dangerous than the cladding on g re nfell tower. dangerous than the cladding on grenfell tower. the government are planning to remove the type of

cladding used at grenville, they are waiting for tests to come through late later this summer. they say they are working with private landlords and local councils to remove all kinds of dangerous cladding. and you can hear more from adrian and the team on radio 5 live at 11 o'clock this morning. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson and michael gove — the two figureheads of the official leave campaign — take on each other for the conservative party leadership. andrea leadsom and dominic raab have also joined in the race, hoping to be prime minister by the end ofjuly. polling in the eu elections ends at 10pm tonight — 21 member states are voting today. we've been reporting this morning on president donald trump's visit to japan and, injust over a week, he'll be here in the uk. but, back at home, an issue central to his campaign and presidency has been immigration — and his promise to build a wall.

newsround's hayley hassall has spent 10 days travelling along the united states—mexico barrier to meet the people being affected by it. this is the border wall stretching 2,000 miles from the east to west coast of america. it stands at 16—foot high, built out of steel and concrete. why? to stop the people from that side, mexico, from coming over to this side. there were 10.7 million unauthorised immigrants in the us in 2016. about half of them were from mexico. although that number is slowly decreasing, there are still places where mexicans visibly line the streets. you might be able to see behind me there are at least ten latin american males who are gathering outside this hardware store, illegally looking for work. translation: i have been coming here every day for around 16 years. people are fleeing out of fear. they don't have work,

families are unsafe, so we come to the us in search of that safety because we know that everything is better controlled here. not all migrants managed to get work. many are still struggling to even get to the border. this guy wants to help. hugo drops off water and food and places he knows migrants are trying to cross. how dangerous is this area for migrants? are they putting their lives at risk? they risk their lives, not only in the winter because it is cold, but also in the summer, it gets up to 120 fahrenheit in this area. according to abc news, more than 260 people died this year trying to cross the border. most of them were from heat exposure, and 53 of them were children. while the charity drops off water in the desert,

we spotted two illegal immigrants. we havejust seen two men running down from those hills, coming overfrom mexico, and now border security have arrived. after a quick scramble down the hill, we manage to get to where the officers have taken hold of the migrants. without any struggle, the men are put into trucks and ta ken away. we have to stop filming. seeing those men detained in front of me was difficult, but i wanted to see the other side of this argument and meet the officer whose job it is to defend this new wall. somebody knocks at your door you would want to know who it is. and when someone knocks at the door and you open it and you don't know who they are, you are not inclined to let them in. so, illegal immigrants could cause danger to us citizens? yes, because we have gang members coming across the border and people who are bringing in dangerous substances like narcotics. how much difference is this wall making to yourjob?

it is making a huge difference. we did a 90 day analysis since it went up and the volume of traffic dropped by 64%. the number of assaults we had on agents also dropped by 50%. this woman and her family have travelled many months from guatemala. with three children they lived in a tent before handing themselves into immigration. translation: we went to the border and they threw gas at us and hurt my little girl. the family has been granted temporary asylum and natalya told me about the journey. translation: we slept in a little tent with mattresses in the park. there wasn't any food, i was hungry. natalya and her family don't yet know whether their right to live here will be made permanent, and they told me to live in fear of being sent back. for supporters of trump's immigration policy, the building of this wall means an end to illegal immigration,

and with it, an end to things cheap labour, illegal selling, and an influx of a population that the us says it can't support. but for people on the latin american side, it means asylum is being denied. and you can see more living with the wall reports on the newsround website, and they're also available to watch on the iplayer. a black comedy from south korea, parasite, has taken the top prize at the cannes film festival. it's the first time a korean director has scoopped the coveted palme d'or prize in the festival's 72—year history. parasite, about a family of clever scammers, is the second asian film in a row to triumph at the world's biggest film festival. taking a child swimming is something most parents and carers do without a second thought. but for children who have disabilities or are seriously ill — it can be much more challenging. but now a scheme in aberdeen has found a way to help children enjoy the water whilst keeping vital equipment dry, and there's a bonus —

the children can swim with mermaids. nasim asl reports. alanna has a rare lung disease. she is two. and today, she is off to swim with a mermaid. she needs a constant supply of oxygen, fed by a tube in her bowel, and is hyper—mobile. she gets so excited when i mention the swimming pool. she loves coming to the splash, splash, as she would call it. it's amazing to see, considering a couple of years ago we never thought she would ever get in the water. but with her hypermobility it's amazing to get into the water, because it's exercise for her legs. this is the only chance alanna gets to be safely in the pool. the sessions are free. zara grant trained as a swimming instructor just for this. it was like part of the children's bucket list to swim with the mermaids.

so that's one of the reasons i kind of started, just to create magical memories that parents could have forever. it allows the children to come in and have these memories, have a day out at the pool with their family and so they have that normality whilst going through their treatment. the mermaid swim started with eilidh patterson. she had neuroblastoma and died in 2017. she was five. it's obviously upsetting for eilidh's family because eilidh has passed. they have this memory now that they can keep forever and she got to fulfil some of her bucket list. the bond between zara and alanna is amazing. and what zara does for us as well, she goes above and beyond to make sure everything is safe for alanna to be in the pool. you love zara, don't you? yeah. where's alanna ? where's alanna's cheeky smile? mum lauren looks after alanna full—time. but caring for her daughter isn't

always straightforward. i don't even think about half of the things we do now. but when you think back of a year ago, or two years ago, we struggled. we did struggle. we don't know what her future is going to hold. if she is going to still be on oxygen for the rest of her life, or if she is going to be tube fed for the rest of her life. or if she is going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. we don't know. we have kind of learntjust to take each day as it comes. each trip to the pool brings benefits. it helps alanna's movement and her confidence. zara hopes to keep giving these special experiences to families that need them. and she has certainly made a splash with alanna. you can see more stories like that on bbc scotland every weekday evening,

at 9 o'clock or on the bbc iplayer. now there's call from scientists — have you seen any spittlebugs? would you even know what they look like? the insects get their name from the frothy spittle they leave on plants in springtime. volunteers are being asked to report sightings of them, because it's thought they could spread a deadly tree disease called xylella. it's feared the disease could soon arrive in the uk and scientists want to be prepared, as helen briggs has been finding out. spittlebugs are easy to spot if you know what you're looking for. oh, here we go, here's one. hidden in bubbles of froth on the stems of plants. where my pencil is pointing — there we are. we might be able to persuade the little juvenile spittlebug to come out. and there it is. if xylella arrived in the uk, spittlebugs could spread the disease by feeding on the sap of infected plants. now, scientists want help recording sightings of spittle and fully grown

spittlebugs, which are champion jumpers, able to leap more than 100 times their own body length. so we need to learn as much as we possibly can about what kinds of plants they feed on, what habitats occupy, and where they are in the country, so that ultimately if the worst possible happens and the disease does arrive in britain, we'll be able to make some really good predictions about how it's likely to spread, and how quickly. xylella arrived in europe six years ago, devastating olive groves in italy and spreading to other countries in the eu. it's important to remember that xylella isn't yet in the uk, but if it did arrive, there's a huge amount of plants that could affect. and it's notjust in our gardens, with the rosemary, lavender, but the wider environment, as well, things we particular care about, so tree species like oak trees, sycamore trees, things that are really key in our landscape. we want to protect those, as well as within our gardens. scientists are calling for thousands of volunteers up and down

the country to help map spittle and spittlebugs in gardens, meadows and woodlands. if you're looking for a new way to relieve stress and tension in your life, you might think about taking up yoga. but forget the downward dog — this is literally the cat's whiskers. yoga with cats has become a thing in alsace, in north—eastern france, where sessions are fully booked up. one teacher described the energy the feline friends bring to the classes as "happiness" — and they certainly look like natural yoga masters. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. there's been a lot more in the way of cloud around so far this morning, it has been a mild start but it's also been a wet one for some of us. this is where the rain has been over the last few hours, moving through scotland,

out of northern ireland, into northern england and north wales. it is lighter and more showery in nature and as it continues to sweep south and east, it will weaken off substantially. but the rain lingers in the far north of scotland, with more of a breeze, it will feel quite cool and disappointing. southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england brightening up into the afternoon — with highest values of perhaps 20 degrees, if we are lucky. as we move out of the sunday into monday, the cold front moves away but a weather front to the far north of scotland will tend to linger, meaning it will stay pretty unsettled into scotland for bank holiday monday, some wet weather, rather breezy, making it feel quite cool. elsewhere, after a reasonably selling start, a north—westerly wind will feed in showers along west—facing coasts so sheltered eastern areas seeing the best of the brightness and the best of the warmth. take care.

hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines:

boris johnson and michael gove — the two figureheads of the official leave campaign — take on each other for the conservative party leadership. andrea leadsom and dominic raab have alsojoined in the race hoping to be prime minister by the end ofjuly. polling in the eu elections ends at 10pm tonight. 21 member states are voting today. fire safety experts have warned that 1,700 buildings in england are at risk of failing a new round of tests into cladding and building materials. it comes almost two years after 72 people died in the grenfell tower fire. a hiker has been found alive more than two weeks after she went missing in a forest on the hawaiian island of maui. amanda eller was rescued by helicopter from a deep ravine. she says she faced difficult choices. it did come down to life and death, and i had to choose, and i choose life, i wasn't going to take the easy way out. scientists appeal to thousands of volunteers to help prevent