this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at twelve: michael gove, one of the front runners for the conservative leadership, says he deeply regrets his past use of cocaine. us president donald trump lifts the threat of tariffs on imports from mexico after its government promises to act over migrants, asylum seekers and border security. the health officials launch an investigation into the deaths of three hospital patients in manchester and liverpool who ate pre—packed sandwiches linked to an outbreak of listeria. the annual trooping the colour parade is under way to mark the queen's official birthday. the fifa women's world cup kicked—off last night, with hosts france easing to a dominant 4—0 win over south korea.

a new law to protect service animals comes into force today, nicknamed finn's law after a police dog who was stabbed. and coming up on bbc news — click gets in the driver's seat as it looks at the tech behind formula e — that's at 12.30. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the frontrunners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. in an interview with the daily mail,

mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldn't rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. our political reporter peter saull explained why mr gove may have decided to talk about his past. his message really in that interview is, judge me on my record in parliament and not what i may or may not have done. michael gove is clearly one of the front runners in this conservative leadership contest which gets under way this week, with the first round of voting taking place on thursday. he may feel that this is about clearing the decks, so to speak. putting it out there, past misdemeanours, and i suppose he will still rely on the support of a lot of his colleagues within the conservative party. he does have quite a lot of support within parliament. the question mark really for him is whether he makes it to the final two, the conservative membership at large take a more dim view of his activities in the past, because the clue is in the name. they are conservative members, aren't they? they are indeed, and i suppose

the other impact of this is that we now have a range of candidates who in their youth, some in the last ten or 15 years, some further back, have acknowledged that they've used illegal drugs. now, as he wasjustice secretary subsequently, in part of his cabinet career, and that raises questions about the ability of somebody to legislate in those sorts of areas, presumably, and the credibility of their argument. this is serious issue. we have people like the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says that middle—class drug users should take greater responsibility for the violence further down the supply chain, this is something looked at in the cou nty this is something looked at in the county lines investigations.

and the countries where cocaine comes from. but michael gove is not alone in this. rory stewart, the international development secretary, has admitted, apologised for taking opium at a wedding he was out in iran 15 years ago. jeremy hunt took cannabis in a form when he was backpacking in india. and in the past, borisjohnson has had to answer questions about claims that he took cocaine. he was on have i got news for you and said, yes, i was given it but it went up my nose and i sneezed, and it may have been icing sugar rather than cocaine i was given. but definitely these past misdemeanours of some of these candidates could become quite a big feature of this conservative leadership contest, given how wide a field that is. the different containers will want to throw mud at their competitors. that was our reporter peter saull talking to me a little earlier. these are live pictures from horse guards parade, where the queen's official birthday is being marked by the annual trooping the colour parade later.

you can see the guards preparing for handover. it goes back, way back into the history of the british army when you find a regimental structure in place. but also the use of this ceremony in order that everybody along the lines of battle could recognise, see the colour and recognise, see the colour and recognise it in case they in close combat inadvertently started fighting their own side, so it played an important practical role. now it is a more symbolic one. but it is still one of the most significant state held events in any year, and as the anniversary of victory gets closer, that is something that will feature as well. at least the rain has cleared! donald trump says the us and mexico have reached a deal on illegal migration.

the american president had threatened to impose tariffs on all mexican imports, unless action was taken to stem the flow of illegal immigrants crossing into the united states. here's our washington correspondent, chris buckler. the problems at this border have been the source of deep divisions between the us and mexico. the surge of migrants trying to cross into the united states here led president trump to threaten tariffs on the huge amount of trade that also comes across from the mexican side. with just days to go, the tariffs have been avoided, much to mexico's relief. translation: an agreement has been reached between the governments of mexico and the united states, with which, as you surely already know, tariffs will not be implemented on monday. on twitter, president trump said the tariffs were indefinitely suspended. and that mexico had agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of migration through mexico to america's southern border. in the last week the mexico government has made a point

of showing it is doing more to try to deterrent groups from making their way from central america. it has promised to deploy thousands of members of its national guard to mexico's southern border with guatemala as part of a crackdown on smuggling and human trafficking. but it will concern those fleeing countries in an attempt to seek asylum. there had been three days of talks at the white house while donald trump was in europe, but the agreement was not signed off until he returned to washington. the president has long promised his supporters that he would address concerns about illegal immigration. he will see this as a significant step forward, and by saying that he is indefinitely suspending tariffs, president trump may be warning that he is threatening them again if he does not see the number of migrants fall. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. i'm joined now by dr leslie vinjamuri, head of the us and americas programme at chatham

house. good to have you with us again on bbc news. the obvious proposition to put here is that donald trump has achieved his objective. he didn't really wa nt achieved his objective. he didn't really want these tariffs because of us trade, but now he has got mexico to work to reduce immigration. the aim is to keep those migrants that wa nt to aim is to keep those migrants that want to across the board and apply for asylum, while they are doing that, the agreement now is that they will remain in mexico, and mexico can takea will remain in mexico, and mexico can take a much harder line on its southern border with guatemala by employing an extra 6000 troops. the focus is on security, hard measures to control migration, and that is potentially, and we have to wait and see, potentially a really immediate fix to a very real problem. 133,000 migrants cross that border and were

apprehended in the last month, but the long—term problem needs to be dealt with by development and addressing the very real problems that exist in central america. so until you tackle the pull factors that are making it seem more attractive with all the risks that are involved to ship your family across are involved to ship your family a cross ofte n are involved to ship your family across often by foot across the border into the united states, until you deal with those, you are not going to stop this problem, in your judgment? that's right, so part of this deal, and a lot of the details will be worked out over the next few months, but the us has said right now, trump is not making a big play of this because it doesn't really play to his message domestically, but the us has said that it will further its development efforts in the region, so we will wait and see what the details look like, but remember under the obama administration, the us had dramatically increased its aid to the northern triangle because there was a lot of violence and poverty, and poverty alleviation was really at the heart of a lot of the assista nts at the heart of a lot of the assistants in guatemala, which is a

core country of concern. that is dialled back, and the focus is change toward security focused assistance, so the question now is what will the trump administration do? it says it is going to do more as part of this deal, but the details are still to be hammered out. trump has said that hear suspending the tariffs indefinitely, so suspending the tariffs indefinitely, so presumably they remain a reserve power. what impact with the original plan, the 5% tariff, what impact would that have had on american producers? quite significant, and it wasn't just the 5%, producers? quite significant, and it wasn'tjust the 5%, it producers? quite significant, and it wasn't just the 5%, it was producers? quite significant, and it wasn'tjust the 5%, it was the 5% escalating all the way up to potentially 25% over the next few months. that board is very porous, there is $350 billion of goods being exchanged, businesses on both sides, the us chamber of commerce have pushed back, senators from texas have pushed back. it was a really politically hot issue. i think trump

saw this, he saw the recent data from the world bank and the imf saying that the tariff wars are going to lead to slow growth, and thatis going to lead to slow growth, and that is not good for this president, job creation is down this month, so it was going to have a significant effect on certain parts of the us economy, not all, and he was feeling that politically, so he has decided for now to dial it back. i suspect we will see this issue research, but iam we will see this issue research, but i am sceptical that he will actually follow through with this threat, because the cost is so high. and just in terms finally of the prospects of getting a fixed deal that lasts, how big a problem is it 110w that lasts, how big a problem is it now that the economic indicators appear to be going on a more negative direction quest back because he has had this rather long economic honeymoon that he inherited from the end of the obama years and stretched into the third year of his term. yes, this is the real question, because it is the tariff wa i’s question, because it is the tariff wars and china potentially and europe, the automobile threat is

still looming for germany and europe, mexico, so it has been a really important political measure for him to pursue, and he is now linking it to migration, linking it to national security with china and huawei ed tech. he wants to be able to keep pushing, but i suspect that we will see him drawing down in terms of following through. i don't think the rhetoric will be drawn down, because it is it important to him politically, buti down, because it is it important to him politically, but i suspect he will dial back execution as he sees it beginning to hit the economy, because that growth is absolutely critical for the economy, for people, but certainly very important for this president. dr leslie vinjamuri of chatham house, thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. thank you. let's return to horse guards parade in central london, where the queen's birthday celebrations are continuing. she has been watching the trooping of the colour from a carriage followed by four of her

children and grandchildren who are colonels of respective regiments, and therefore are accompanying her in her official capacity as she is monaco and ultimately the head of the army. so you see behind her prince charles, and prince charles is the kernel of the welsh guards. the princess royal, princess anne, who is colonel of the blues and royals. the duke of cambridge, prince william, who is duke of the irish guards, and the duke of york, prince andrew, colonel of the grenadier guards. it is a reminder of the regimental history of the british army as well as an important official date for the queen as she celebrates her birthday, her official birthday. prince philip celebrates his real birthday, and next week he will be 98. . in other

news: health officials are investigating the deaths of three hospital patients in manchester and liverpool, following an outbreak of listeria, which has been linked to pre—packed sandwiches. three other people are seriously ill. production at the factory where the sandwiches were made has been stopped. public health england says the risk to the public is low. we hope there will be no more cases. one of the problems with his particular infection is the long incubation period. it can be three or four weeks. in terms of the numbers, we are just watching. the actor olivia colman and tv adventurer bear grylls are among a host of famous names to be recognised in this year's queen's birthday honours list. theyjoin hundreds of members of the public to be honoured for contributions to the community, as lizo mzimba reports. olivia colman. academy award winner olivia colman says she is thrilled to have been made a commander of the order of the british empire for services to drama. now is the winter of our discontent... simon russell beale has received

a knighthood for his acting work. in the world of music, performer and actor alfie boe becomes an obe for services to music and charity. while the grammy— and brit—nominated performer m.i.a becomes an mbe. but of course, the majority of the honours have gone to people who aren't in the public eye. for work in their communities across the country. people like nimco ali, who has become an obe for her work campaigning against female genital mutilation. i spoke out because i was hurt that 20 years after i was subjected to fgm, girls in the uk were still at risk. and now we have a decade to make sure we save the most vulnerable girls on the planet. 15 foster carers have been made mbes, including gordon and brenda potter, who have looked after hundreds of children.

something we've enjoyed doing for so long has actually won us this award. i would hate never to have done it. i am very proud of the award, but i'm glad i have done it. and liverpool street cleaner tommy mcardle receives a british empire medalfor services to the community. he's just one of hundreds being recognised for the work that they do that benefits so many others. lizo mzimba, bbc news. congratulations to all of those mentioned, and all of the many hundreds that lizo didn't have time to. the headlines on bbc news. it is 16 minutes past midday. michael gove, one of the front runners for the conservative leadership, says he deeply regrets his past use of cocaine. us president donald trump lifts the threat of tariffs on imports from mexico after its government promises to act over migrants, asylum seekers and border security.

health officials launch an investigation into the deaths of three hospital patients in manchester and liverpool who ate pre—packed sandwiches linked to an outbreak of listeria. new ‘noise cameras' are to be be on used on britain's roads to detect excessively loud vehicles. they're aimed at catching so—called ‘boy racers' revving their engines in quiet communities. our business correspondent katy austin has more. people who live in the hampshire countryside are fed up of hearing things like this. we have had readings over 100 decibels. jonathan chairs a group that has campaigned for years about action against people who cause a racket with illegally modified exhaust. you don't live in a village with a main road going through

without expecting some noise. however, it is the anti—social times that the noises made, particularly in summer months, when the windows of houses are open because it is too hot to sleep otherwise. cars and motorbikes already have to meet strict noise requirements before they are allowed on the road, and we shouldn't be modified to make them noisier. the police already enforce the existing rules where they can, but the government is looking at using new technology to crack down on excessively noisy vehicles. it says acoustic cameras would probably work a bit like speed cameras. the noise from the vehicle would be picked up by a microphone. if it picked up noise above a certain level, yet to be decided, it would trigger one 01’ more cameras to capture a registration number or other images. an alert would be sent prompting a fine to be issued. this technology could provide an alternative to make sure those communities are protected against excessive noise, that people acting illegally are prosecuted, it is a simple and easy way of doing it.

why are you not simply giving the police more powers to tackle it themselves? it's about using smart technology to find different ways for the police to enforce the law. we asked bikers what they thought. i enjoy the sound of an exhaust, but i do get irritated by excessive noise — bikes are noisy, and that is part of the thrill of it. i know it can cause people some concern, but personally i try to keep to the law, keep to the speed limit, don't make too much noise. campaigners like jonathan would like to see more evidence about exactly how a noise camera would work. i'm not convinced. we'll have to wait and see what the results of tests and trials by hampshire police in this case, if they are prepared to do that, then we would be interested to know how they get on. the government will now develop its noise camera idea and decide where to trial them. trials will include deciding exactly how loud a vehicle would have to be

to earn its owner a fine. people are being urged to avoid buying fresh or frozen yellowfin tuna sourced from the indian ocean. a report from the conservation group, the blue marine foundation, says the breed is being overfished and pushed to the brink of collapse in the area. the study says that stocks in the pacific remain strong. when finn the police dog was stabbed and seriously hurt while chasing a suspect, the attack could only be treated as criminal damage. as if it was an object, not an animal. now, after a campaign, a new law comes into force today, giving more protection to service animals, and longer, more serious sentences for those who harm them. more than a hundred service animals are thought to have been wounded since 2012. pc dave wardell was finn's handler,

and is now his own and now that he has retired. i spoke to him earlier, with finn by his side, and asked him why he felt so strongly about this. today is incredible. yesterday was my birthday, and what an incredible birthday present. it's fantastic. we couldn't have done this on our own. the pop stick in getting behind these incredible animals who do amazing work. finn is a shining example of that. he has been really good, he set up to be introduced to you at home, now he is going to relax. he is an old dog commanded old hero, because he saved your life. yes, i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for finn. we were chasing a robbery suspect through the streets. we caught up with him just as he was about to disappear over a fence. finn pulled him back down, and it was like any other arrest, we had hundreds of arrests at that point, and i was about to tell him what he needed to do for finn to let him go, and at that point he thrust forward

towards finn and i had no idea what he was doing until he relaxed his thrust, the largest knife i've ever seen on the street was coming out of finn's chest. my heart stopped, the world stopped. finn did not stop, he carried on holding on to him. he put himself in the way of the next thrust which was coming towards me. and undoubtedly save my life. i wouldn't be talking to you today if it wasn't for finn. and even after that he still didn't let go until back—up arrived. he helped me disarm him. i carried him to the van and we went off to the vet. how serious were his injuries? he was stabbed through the lung. she had four holes in his lung. he had to have open chest surgery. the knife missed his heart by about a centimetre. the pictures from surgery are incredible. you can actually see his heart, that is how close it was.

they had to remove two sections of lung, relatively small of lung. and sewed him all back together. he returned to work 11 weeks in one day later, i don his very firstjob back he got a car thief that had run away from a stolen car. it was an incredible journey. it must‘ve been strange for the car thief, because the journey we have been three was very emotional, and i burst into tears as i was arresting him! not often as a police officer cries as he is arresting you. an incredible story. but all these animals have incredible stories. we should talk about what the law change means. i said in the introduction it means it would be treated similar to an attack on a person. yes, not quite. the animal welfare act is an incredible piece of legislation. but service animals didn't fit in it, because there are loopholes that mean it wasn't suitable for them. so prosecutors were left in a tricky position. quite often they would end up charging for criminal damage, which again is a great piece of legislation, but not for these guys.

it's great if i smash a window, but not... and defendants would often claim they were acting in self—defence, because the animal had attacked them. yes, absolutely. that's another reason that the animal welfare act didn't work either. but when you look at canada, new zealand, australia, most of america, they have specific laws to protect service animals. and if we are going to use these animals, and we should because they are incredible, there is no piece of machinery that can do they do. it is right that we protect them. and that is what finn's law will do. and we are asking the government to increase the maximum sentences from six months to five years, and if we can do that it will be incredible. and a significant change, that will apply the board. yes, all animal welfare cases. we are calling it finn's law, part two. were almost out of time on the programme, but, bless you, finn.

i'm sorry we are making you jump through these hoops, but the viewers really want to see you. no disrespect to dave! is about to say good morning! he is retired now. he is a family pet. he has had an incredible retirement. you've been on britain's got talent. it was a fantastic experience for us. it enabled us to share his story and talk about service animals with millions of people. we all know about police dogs. and we know the military have dogs. but how big a role that they play? everybody gets the dog team out for the local jamboree or whatever, but they are working dogs and dogs

that are on the front line. yes, if you think about finn, during his career he had about 300 of his own arrests. and we're not talking about low—level stuff, some serious offences. and most of those are arrests that wouldn't have come about any other way. no scenes of crime. helicopter couldn't find them, that of thing. when we were working with police horses at football matches, they are incredible. the horses and dogs together are fantastic and can achieve things that the humans just can't. and technology is not replacing these animals? i can imagine a chief constable saying, i need to save a bit of money here... i need to cut officers, dogs are lovely to have, but maybe... dogs have suffered. we have lost half the strength due to cuts in this country. donald trump went to a company in america that are trying to develop stuff to do some of the sniffer work, and he asked the ceo of that company what the best piece of equipment

was, and he said, this? and he said, would you recommend that? and he said, now, i would recommend a dog. they are incredible. thank you so much, pc dave, and of course finn. dave wardell and finn joining dave wardell and finnjoining me a little earlier. next year's early may bank holiday will be moved back by four days, to friday the 8th of may — to coincide with the 75th anniversary of ve day. a weekend of events is being planned in england, wales and northern ireland to mark the end of the second world war in europe. scotland is yet to announce whether it will make a similar change. time for a look at the weather, and at the map is louise lear.

the strongest of the rain moving out of the midlands and up north towards the scottish borders by the middle of the afternoon. bright and breezy with a scattering of showers to the north west of scotland and northern ireland, and for the rest of england and wales to the south of that rain and wales to the south of that rain a few scattered showers into the afternoon, but factor in the strength of the wind and it won't feel particularly warm, and particularly for the middle part of june. top temperatures underneath the cloud in the rain sitting at around 12 or 13 degrees, highest value as a maximum of 18 celsius. it looks as though that low pressure will move away, and sunday looks like being a dry day with a little more sunshine and just a few scattered showers, but again, not particularly warm. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: michael gove — one of the front runners for the conservative leadership — says he "deeply regrets" his past use of cocaine.

us president donald trump lifts the threat of tariffs on imports from mexico after its government promises to act over migrants, asylum seekers and border security. health officials launch an investigation into the deaths of three hospital patients in manchester and liverpool who ate pre—packed sandwiches linked to an outbreak of listeria. the annual trooping the colour parade is under way to mark the queen's official birthday. and a new law to protect service animals comes into force today, nicknamed finn's law after a police dog who was stabbed. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell.

good afternoon. england's cricketers have made a great start to their world cup match against bangladesh in cardiff. eoin morgan's side was put into bat and jason roy has been in outstanding form again — he's just completed his centrury and accidentally knocked over one of the umpires in celebration. joe root‘s on 17. johnny bairstow is the man out, caught just after making his half—century. england now 173 for 1, after 27 overs and looking on course to bounce back from that surprise defeat to pakistan. there's commentary on 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. the hosts france got the women's world cup off to a spectacular start last night, with a 4—0 victory over south korea — we have three more games today. and a meeting between england and scotland to look forward to tomorrow. the england manager hasn't been holding back when it comes to advising his players. it's a game where you can get caught up it's a game where you can get caught up in the emotion, notjust playing your nearest rivals, but the emotion

ofa your nearest rivals, but the emotion of a first game of