this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: michael gove acknowledges he committed a crime when he took cocaine while working as a journalist 20 years ago. yes, it was a crime. it was a mistake. i deeply regret it. police in hong kong clash with protestors angry at a law that would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to china. mourning the deaths of more opposition supporters in sudan, as a general strike is called. it has come through here, and she has hit in number two for england. and england hang on to beat scotland 2—1 in the women's world cup. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, tony grew and caroline frost. stay with us for that.

with nominations about to open in the contest to become the new leader of the conservative party, and our next prime minister, questions about past drug use have continued to dog one of the candidates. the environment secretary, michael gove, has admitted he was fortunate not to be jailed for using cocaine 20 years ago. one of his rivals, the home secretary, sajid javid, said those who take drugs destroy countless lives. our political correspondent chris mason reports. imagine you are a candidate to be our prime minister next month. you wake up to front pages all about you, saying things like this. and your next appointment, having admitted taking cocaine on several occasions two decades

ago, is a tv studio. what a weekend for a man who used to be justice secretary. yes, it was a crime, it was a mistake. i deeply regret it. should you have gone to prison? well, i was fortunate in that i didn't, but i do think it was a profound mistake, and i've seen the damage that drugs do. mr gove had hoped to talk up his policy plans, like replacing vat with a simpler sales tax. instead, he had to fend off questions about whether he had been honest about his drug—taking, including when he applied for a visa to go to america. i don't believe that i ever, on any occasion, failed to tell the truth about this when asked directly. and one of the things... it would be on the form. you would have to say yes or no. if you had said yes, you could be banned for life from entering the united states.

i think it is the case that, if i were elected the prime minister of this country, then of course it would be the case that i would be able to go to the united states. it is foolish to suggest otherwise. enter next, in another studio, the home secretary, whojust so happens to be a leadership contender too. who could possibly on his mind when he makes this general observation about some drug takers? they have their organic food, they boast about buying fair trade. they talk about climate change. and at the same time, come friday or saturday night, they‘ re all doing class a drugs. and they should be thinking about the impact they are having, especially on children. and then there is brexit. the frontrunner, boris johnson, gave his first interview of the campaign today, saying he would hold on to the divorce payments the uk has said it will pay the eu until a deal on their future partnership is done. watch out — watch out, guys. he also wants to scrap the backstop,

the insurance policy to keep the border on the island of ireland open in all circumstances. his critics point out brussels has repeatedly said no. there are currently 11 candidates to replace theresa may, among them this man, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, who voted remain in 2016. the question now is not how you voted in a referendum three years ago. it is who has the skills to deliver a deal that is going to get us out of the eu before we have a general election, and i have those skills. so here goes. the noise, the flashbulbs, the focus on those who want to be prime minister. and chris is with me now. ..chris...talk us through how this process is because theresa may has resigned as prime minister. each candidate needs the support of at least eight mps to get onto the starting line. then there is the first ballot. that will be coming up

on thursday. so all tory mps getting a vote, and to get past that a candidate will need at least 17 votes. so it suddenly gets tougher still. then the following week there will be more votes again, and potentially again and again, depending on how many candidates are left. and then, when there isjust two, it will go to conservative party members for them to choose between the final two. there's fewer than 200,000 of them in a country of 65 million people, so what responsibility they have. and then the winner will be announced towards the winner will be announced towards the end ofjuly. the winner will be announced towards the end ofjuly. and that is when we get the new prime minister. yes. however, what has been happening over the last few days with questions about who has taken drugs and when might change peopleis a bit. yes, it was excruciating, i thought, for michael gove today, especially that moment where he was asked the whole business of visas, and whether or not he might have filled in a form and given inaccurate information. now, it's quite something when you are saying,

don't worry, if i am prime minister, i will be able to go to america, the very country whose leader we welcomed last week in a state visit. now, his team are saying to that they have checked with a lawyer and they have checked with a lawyer and they are comfortable that he filled in those forms as he should have filled them in at the time. but what we are getting here is the scrutiny that you get if you want to be a prime minister, of calibre, of your failings, of your foibles. prime minister, of calibre, of your failings, of yourfoibles. so personality matters, but policy matters as well, and brexit will be the big theme for the next few weeks, how it is delivered, when it is delivered, the big question of the no deal, whether that is something the candidates will entertain. what can we tell you tonight? amber road, the cabinet minister, has come out in support of jeremy in the newspapers. and there is an" jeremy in the newspapers. and there is an 11 candidates at the moment. when you look at the numbers, five of them don't have enough publicly

declared supporters to actually get on the starting line tomorrow. but there's a lot of tory mps who haven't said anything publicly about who they are going to back, so some of these people might have the numbers, we just don't know about it. but with a hurdle tomorrow and then the hurdle on thursday which is higher, i think we can expect a significant cull of wannabes before the week is out —— amber rudd. we'll have a new prime minister in about six weeks. how nasty might it get? i think it might get pretty nasty, actually, because it's the biggest job in politics, and the oddity i think sometimes to bear in mind in the next couple of weeks, particularly in the next ten or so days when there's a lot of people in the race, is these people are all meant to be on the same side. and it won't always necessarily look like that, because they are all clambering over one another in public to try and get the ultimate prize. ambition. thank you very much. there have been violent clashes in hong kong after hundreds of thousands of people took part in a demonstration against a proposed new extradition law. it would allow suspects to be sent to mainland china to face criminal proceedings. activists say that would threaten hong kong's legal independence, which was guaranteed at the time of the handover to china in 1997. 0ur diplomatic correspondent

james robbins reports. late into the night, a series of clashes between hong kong police and protesters determined to resist what they see as further erosion of their already limited rights. after a peaceful day, a far more troubled evening. some demonstrators piled high metal barriers, and pushed them towards police surrounding hong kong's legislative council building. it is here that a widely despised new government bill will be debated in coming days. it would allow certain suspects wanted in mainland china to be sent across the border for trial. there were injuries on both sides. protesters threw missiles at police using batons,

pepper sprays and high—pressure hoses. by contrast, earlier in the day, this was the far, far larger peaceful mass demonstration, squeezing its way through hong kong's streets. 0rganisers say over a million hong kong citizensjoined in. the authorities say it was a quarter of that figure. people are afraid. people are also angry about this extradition treaty. mainland china use all sorts of ways to exercise so—called dictatorship in hong kong, to kidnap the people they treat as enemy. hong kong officials have said local courts will still have the final say over whether to grant extradition requests, and that suspects accused of political and religious crimes

will not be extradited. but that is not good enough for chris patten, lord patten, britton‘s last governor in hong kong before the handover in 1997. the proposed new law, he says, is a major breach by china. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and to the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997. and it flatly goes against all the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong kong's autonomy. but the sheer scale of protest may not be enough. although opposition to the bill has united business people, often pro—establishment, with lawyers, students and shopkeepers, it seems unlikely that china is ready to give ground. james robbins, bbc news. a labour mp has been reported to the party's chief whip after he supported campaigners who have been protesting against same—sex relationship teaching at a birmingham primary school. roger godsiff is the mp

for the constituency which includes anderton park school, the focus of recent demonstrations. daniela relph reports. chanting: our children, our choice! their protests have been forced away from the school by a court injunction. but the local mp has defied his own party to support these families. for more than two months, there have been demonstrations outside anderton park school, parents arguing that their children are too young to learn about lg bt relationships. now the local mp has spoken out, during a meeting with concerned families. i think you have a just cause. and i regret the fact that it hasn't been reciprocated by the head teacher. i will continue to work to try and bring this dispute to an end, because all of you want your kids back in school. i will continue to fight your corner, because you're right. nothing more, nothing less — you're right. strongly critical of

the comments, in a tweet, the shadow education secretary, angela rayner, said... a labour party spokesperson has also said that the mp will be reminded of his responsibilities. there is, though, no sign of these protests stopping. this week, the parents will go to court to challenge the injunction that has moved them from in front of the school gates. daniela relph, bbc news. four people are reported to have been killed in clashes with security forces in sudan during the first day of a campaign of civil disobedience. 0pposition leaders called the strike in response to the massacre of dozens of campaigners by government—backed militias last week. from khartoum, here is our africa editor fergal keane. the city is lifeless, but the revolution still breathes.

we went to the neighbourhood of bakri, where silence and absence have replaced the joyous crowds. but they make no less powerful a point. this street should have been full of workday crowds. we met only groups of youths trying to defend the area from the regime's militia. translation: there is fighting here. there are big problems here in sudan. there is no justice, and people want justice. we want our rights. it feels like a state of siege, people protecting themselves from their own government. the military regime has tried to break the back of these protests with killings, with torture, with mass arrests. but still, here on the ground in khartoum, the people are defying them. for a week, these men have terrorised the city. the militia known as

the rapid support forces. but locals them by another name, the janjaweed, notorious for killing and rape in darfur. as we travelled across the neighbourhoods, people cleared barricades to let us pass. they're desperate for the world to know what the militia is doing. this prominent opposition figure was only released from jail in april. the great fear right now — that is still so many killings, all over. no—one can go outside, outside his home, and feel safe. this 37—year—old man is pictured here during the euphoric days of the protests. this morning, he was killed by a militia sniper. there was a barricade and he talked to his friend there, said his uncle, ismael. there were police nearby, but they had no reason to shoot him.

no reasons for his killing. no, at all. just kill him, and that's it. so much has changed for them in so little time. the son that lived this morning is dead tonight. the country they hoped for is being stolen away. fergal keane, bbc news, khartoum. a 55—year—old woman has died after being struck by lightning in the highlands. fergal keane, bbc news, khartoum. she was hiking near kinlochleven when she and another member of her group were hit. police scotland said both were airlifted to hospital in fort william, but one died of her injuries. the other walker is in a stable condition. the headlines on bbc news: michael gove acknowledges he committed a crime when he took cocaine while working as a journalist 20 years ago. police in hong kong clash

with protestors angry at a law that would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to china. mourning the deaths of more opposition supporters in sudan, as a general strike is called. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here is tulsen tollet. it is one of football's oldest international rivalries, and england came out on top against scotland at the women's world cup in france. they won 2—1 in nice against the tournament debutants, to cement their status as one of the favourites for the competition. more than 13,000 fans watched england beat scotland 2—1 at the start. but the gap between the two countries is still evident. ken little was exceptional and cuthbert a m little was exceptional and cuthbert a joy to watch. claire hemsley being

the first scottish woman to score in a world cup match. the scottish keeper kept them in the game by making great saves but the quality side of england isjust making great saves but the quality side of england is just a level above. very well organised. great, clea n above. very well organised. great, clean passing. alan white in particular is especially dangerous in front of goal alongside nikki to paris. both of whom got on the scoresheet. the captain was solid in defence. it was a controversial moment in the first of the match when vai decided a penalty incident. the referee pointed to the spot and nikki to paris converted. two england goals were disallowed for offside. both countries can take positives out of this physical match and both need to learn to take chancesin and both need to learn to take chances in front of goal. england 110w chances in front of goal. england now moved to make ———— play

argentina while scotland play japan. in group c, brazil beat another world cup debutant, injamaica, 3—0. 34—year—old forward cristiane became the oldest person to score a hat—trick in either the men's or women's world cup. and in valenciennes, italy came from one down to beat australia. barbara bonansea scored her second with a header off a corner in injury—time, in italy's first world cup appearance in 20 years. england's men won the third—place play—off in the inaugural uefa nations league, beating switzerland on penalties in portugal. the final was won by the hosts, who beat the netherlands 1—0, goncalo guedes with the goal. it is portugal's second trophy in three years, following their success at euro 2016. there was a contentious end to the canadian grand prix. ferrari's sebastian vettel led, from start to finish but although he took the chequered flag in montreal, he had a five second penalty hanging over him for dangerous driving mid—way through the race when he almost collided with lewis hamilton. the reigning champion was given the win ahead of vettel — although the german made it very clear who he thought should have finished second.

rafa nadal has won a record—extending 12th french open title, beating dominic thiem in four sets. the spaniard, who now has 18 majors to his name, won a high octance first set 6—3, but thiem levelled by taking the second 7—5. nadal responded by taking the next two 6—1 and he's now also become the first player to win the same grand slam title 12 times. at the us open, i had to retire. a lot of issues at the end of the season lot of issues at the end of the season with the knee and then i had to have surgery on my foot. the level of tennis since has been positive but indian wells, brisbane, like acapulco. too many issues the last 18 months so that makes this, these last few weeks very, very special. rory mcilroy has fired off a warning shot ahead of next week's us open by winning the canadian 0pen by seven shots in ontario. mcilroy needed to birdie

the final hole to card what would have been a final round 59, but had to settle fora 61. irishman shane lowry and american webb simpson tied second, while mcilroy‘s fellow northern irishman graeme mcdowell finished eighth to qualify forjuly‘s 0pen tournament on his home course at royal portrush. india beat defending champions australia by 36 runs to make it 2 wins out of 2 at the cricket world cup. shikhar dharwan made 117 as india posted 352 for 5 from their 50 overs. australia were always behind the required rate and despite a top score of 69 from steve smith they fell short. england's women have wrapped up the one—day series against west indies. 0pener tammy beaumont top—scored with 61 as they reached 233. the west indies target was revised because of two rain delays in worcester but they still lost by 121 runs. england are 2—up with one to play and more importanly, the result all but guarantees them qualification for the 2021 world cup. in rugby league news there were a couple of super league

games to tell you about from sunday and a real shock with bottom of the table london broncos inflicting a golden—point defeat on leaders st helens. morgan smith's drop—goal proved the difference — the broncos just edging it 23—22. there was another tight finish in today's other match, sam powell's late drop—goal gave wigan a 19—18 win at hull kr. martine, that's all the sport for now. an investigation has been launched into the cause of a fire which badly damaged a block of flats in east london. officials say the blaze was brought under control after around 100 firefighters were sent to the scene in barking this afternoon. 0ur correspondent leigh milner was in barking earlier, and spoke to the fire brigade's incident commander at the scene. we've had an extensive fire today. the fire service were called at 3:31pm and, at its height, we had 15 fire engines, and a number of our specialist appliances, aerial appliances and fire rescue units. and at its height, we had about 130

firefighters fighting an extensive fire. unfortunately, there have been multiple properties that have been affected by this incident, but we are working really hard to minimise the disruption, working with our partners. and more importantly, are people safe? have we had any injuries? unfortunately, we have had two injuries but, thankfully, they are minor, and the fire service did assist and rescue one gentleman. and we've been hearing of a local hero who's been helping out with you. i know you don't encourage people to come and help, but you've had a real community support here, haven't you? yes, we've been really grateful that the community have come together and helped each other out. there's been food passed around. and just by identifying the people that have really helped us just try and look to ensure that we can make sure everyone's accounted for and everyone is then passed over to the local authority to ensure that we can assist their onward travels. what now? because we are absolutely surrounded by residents standing out here.

what advice would you give to them? we are going to be on scene throughout the night. this will be protected for the london fire brigade. but we are going to be working with the local authority, and we are asking them to work with the local authority, go to the rest centre where we can ensure that everyone's accounted for, and where there is accommodation and assistance that's needed, then the local authority will support them. five teenagers arrested in connection with a homophobic attack on two women on a london night bus, have been released on bail. a group of young men began harassing the women after discovering they were a couple, and asked them to kiss while making sexual gestures. the suspects were questioned on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm. a southampton theatre has been forced to cancel its last performances of a gay and lesbian play after some of the cast reported that they had been victims of a homophobic attack. two women actors say they were verbally abused and one was struck in the face with a flying object, as they made their way to the nuffield theatre, at southampton university, yesterday. the police are now investigating. as roger finn reports.

two actors, who are also partners, pausing before they leave southampton after what they say was a shocking ordeal. yesterday morning, they were on their way to the nuffield theatre on the university campus where they were due to perform in the award—winning comedy rotterdam. they say they were kissing when a car drew up. we kissed once, and i saw the car approaching out of my eye. and then, we kissed again. you know, like, you kiss and you laugh, and you kiss again. and then they shouted something out of the window, and i felt something hit my face, but i was turned this way. i felt it hit my face, it knocked me down, and i could hear laughing because the car window was down as they were driving off. it was obviously quite upsetting because i didn't really know what happens. i heard some shouts, and then luce was in pain and on the floor — and, like, was struggling to breathe properly, and i was trying to calm her down. i heard boys' voices — young boys' voices — and then, laughing as

they were going off. not really sure why they were laughing. it's not really funny to do that. the play they are in is described as a queer love story which explores issues of gender and sexuality. we're just people. we're just two people looking for happiness, like everybody else is, so... i don't really understand why we were met with aggression from strangers to strangers. now it's time for a look at the weather with. we have some heavy rain to come across parts of england and wales over the next few days. the rain has already started to develop in northern france with the development ofan area northern france with the development of an area of low pressure as the wet weather will push into east anglia and south—west england and could reach as far west actually as hampshire and the isle of wight by dawn so that is something to watch out for. the heavy rain is driven by

the large temperature contrast in the large temperature contrast in the atmosphere with warm and moist air being pulled northwards from north africa and into central europe and that is colliding with cooler aircoming down and that is colliding with cooler air coming down from polar regions and is the temperature contrast driving the active weather fronts. the met office have already issued a weather warning for heavy rain. the amount we see will vary from place to place but some could get 60 millimetres. that is getting a month's millimetres. that is getting a months were the rain by monday. localised flooding is a possibility. the wet weather will pour west across to reach wales and western england later in the day. the north of england, northern ireland and scotla nd of england, northern ireland and scotland is similar to sunday. sunshine but heavy, thundery, slow—moving showers. as we go through monday might, the rain continues to pour down. —— monday night. issues are still around on tuesday with the rain still heavy and still affecting the same areas as well. northern ireland and scotla nd as well. northern ireland and scotland at this stage still large —

make largely dry with a bit of cloud. the only real change for england and wales is that rain is drifting further north and that ta kes drifting further north and that takes the risk area of thing localised flooding into north—west england. by tuesday, a few areas could get as much as 80 millimetres. wednesday, same area of low pressure, say whether front, wednesday, same area of low pressure, say whetherfront, same amount of rain. further south some heavy showers. it is uncertain how north is rain band gets. there is a question of whether it will reach northern ireland or scotland but it eventually will get there. further south to england and wales, it might not be the persistent rain we had on thursday but it will be plenty of heavy, thundery downpours with a lot of cloud in the sky and the occasional brighter spells and we could see some issues with these heavy downpours. temperatures, still

not great forjune.

hello, this is bbc news. first the headlines: michael gove acknowledges he committed a crime when he took cocaine while working as a journalist 20 years ago. yes, it was a crime. it was a mistake. i deeply regret it. police in hong kong clash with protestors angry at a law that would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to china. mourning the deaths of more opposition supporters in sudan, as a general strike is called. it's come through here, and she's bent in number two for england.

and england hang on to beat scotland 2—1 in the women's world cup. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist tony grew and the writer and broadcaster caroline frost. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i says that the environment secretary, michael gove, has apologised for taking cocaine, and the paper reports that it has threatened his bid to become conservative leader. the metro leads on the fact that eight out of 11 contenders to become prime minster have admitted they have taken drugs. the guardian reports that mr gove's challenge for number ten is on the brink after his drug—taking admission. the mail takes a slightly different slant, insisting the beleagured

minister is vowing to fight on.