this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11:00: the prime minister pledges the uk will cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050, making britain one of the first major economy to do so, affecting all our daily lives. in one of her last measures as prime minister theresa may will say the uk must lead the world to a cleaner, greener form of growth. three more conservatives set out their stalls in the leadership contest and brexit remains the defining issue. labour is to make a fresh attempt in parliament tomorrow to stop the uk leaving the european union without an agreement. oxfam is given an official warning by the charity watchdog, following allegations of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti.

dozens of survivors and relatives of victims of the grenfell fire are taking legal action in the us against three firms they blame for the tragedy. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, dia chakravarty, the brexit editor at the telegraph, and the broadcaster, david davies. stay with us for that. hello, a very good evening to you. theresa may is set to announce that the government will set itself ambitious new targets to cut greenhouse gases to "net zero" by 2050 to tackle climate change. in what will be one of her last major policies as prime minister,

the uk will become the first major economy to set a zero target in law. details of the policy will be outined tomorrow. 0ne senior climate negotiator has described the move as "historic". but critics say the action is being taken too late and fear the target will never be met. let's get some immediate reaction to that news which is just a breaking. joining me now from salford is craig bennett from friends of the earth. what is your reaction to what many people will see as a bold promise. it is an important step but it is not fast enough. 2050 is far too long to get to that zero on our carbon emission and it will only be as good as the actions taken to deliver it. while the government is still building new roads and runways and looking for oil and gas an

fracking, the new target will not be met. we need to see a change in all those policies and get 20 target transport. it is an important step. 0ther transport. it is an important step. other government right in saying this would be a first for a major economy, whatever your reservations and caveats which i hear. they would be the first to legislate from a major economy? sweden has a target a bit like this. it is a bit different in the details. but we will be one of the first anything larger economies and britain historically has been a pretty good in a setting legislation and policies in place to tackle the climate emergency. we have been much less good in real action on the ground. it is welcome to see if this target in place, but

we have got to have those policy changes on the ground to make a real difference. when you say 2050 is not $0011 difference. when you say 2050 is not soon enough, when would you like to see this legislation, what target date? the short answer is as fast as we can and most people say by 20110, 2030. there is a whole debate about that but we do not know how fast we can do this because we have not tried that. innovation in new technology means we can get to the level faster. if we double the number of trees, we can get that fast again. if we can't consumption. there are so many ways you can do this they could be good for our lives and health and well—being in all other kinds of ways as well. alina, clear technology that we can export. —— a alina. —— lean. what is

disappointing about this announcement is disappointing about this announcement is some disappointing about this announcement is some of the reservations. they have said let's review it after five years but that is fundamentally wrong because climate change is a moral issue. we did not say let's abolish slavery and review it in five years' time. it is ludicrous to say that stop if you set the target you move it as fast as you can and get out as fast as you can dash us get to it as you can. we did a change in action not just a change in target as much as thatis just a change in target as much as that is welcome. the government will say this is a change. it is a set in legislation. we want to see them stopping fracking, building new i’u nways , stopping fracking, building new runways, looking for gas and oil in

the north sea, start to have a massive installation project to stop the buildings leaking so much, decarbonise transport and be a world leader on that. double the number of trees so we suck carbon in the air. that is equivalent to 10% of emissions. there are so many things we can do, including funding other countries to make these changes as well. that would be real leadership if we see that at talking about this target, we need to see the real change on the ground. why is it that we are still seeing so many people driving around in fossil fuel cars when the technology exists to move differently that it is because the government have not put the charging infrastructure. millions of people wa nt to infrastructure. millions of people want to cycle but they are put off because it is dangerous. why is it that so many people cannot heat their homes because they have not

put insulation in place. it is good to see theresa may take this a step but she is doing it in the dying days of the premiership. it would have been so much better if she had done it in the early days and made sure her government had an honour the intent behind rather than as a last final goodbye. thank you very much for your time and for being with us this evening. 0xfam has been heavily criticised by the charity commission over the way it dealt with claims that some of its staff were involved in sexual misconduct while helping victims of the 2010 earthquake in haiti. the report by the charities watchdog says 0xfam failed to investigate fully allegations that some staff may have sexually abused children while working in disaster zones. 0xfam has repeatedly apologised and today its chair of trustees described the episode as shameful. manveen rana reports. amid scenes of catastrophic damage,

the earthquake in haiti in 2010 left hundreds of thousands dead and 1.5 million people without homes. but as today's report shows, 0xfam, one of the biggest charities that went into haiti to help, allowed its staff to sexually exploit desperate and vulnerable women and young girls. the report said there was a culture of poor behaviour and, rather than helping victims, 0xfam was driven by a desire to protect the charity's reputation and donor relationships. as a result, victims, whistle—blowers and those staff who tried to raise concerns, were let down. no charity is more important than the mission it exists to serve or the people it exists to serve. no charity, no matter how much good it is doing, can trade off that good against keeping people safe from harm. roland van hauwermeiren, the head of oxfam in haiti, should have been

keeping people safe, but he used his position and 0xfam villa to sexually exploit local women. he was allowed to resign rather than being sacked so he could carry on working in the aid sector. but the legacy he left behind was devastating. these people were desperate. they came to us for safety, clean water and real help and they were betrayed. and it will be a source, i think, a permanent regret to everyone in 0xfam that this happened to us, and by us, and by our people. and that it wasn't handled better at the time. but i do think we are now going to learn the lessons from that. when the scandal broke, thousands of donors withdrew their support, costing the charity £14 million. another financial blow followed, as their biggest donor, the government, also withheld funding. so now 0xfam really needs to rebuild trust. but according to the whistle—blower, helen evans,

the problems are far broader than the scandal in haiti. aid agencies, the fundamental humanitarian principle is do no harm. what good are the aid agencies if they deliver aid, but they leave a legacy of sexual exploitation and abuse? my realy hope is today's report is the wake—up call the sector needs. yes, there have been a lot of fine words and a lot of promises but we need to see action and change. that cultural change will take many, many years. haiti brought the problems to light, but incidents of sexual misconduct at 0xfam were also found closer to home, amongst volunteers in high street shops. with both ex—offenders and schoolchildren helping, 0xfam failed to assess the risks this might involve. the report detailed 16 serious incidents involving volunteers under the age of 18. it is a source of great regret they happened. it is a source of great regret that happened. we work hard to keep all the young people who work with us safe

and give them a good and valuable experience. safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. that is why we're putting every single member of staff through basic safeguarding training and 95% of them have already done it. the charity commission has now issued an official warning to oxfam and says it will monitor the charity until it implements significant cultural changes. 0xfam may have hoped this report would reduce the scrutiny it's been under. but it's the beginning, rather than the end of the process of rebuilding trust. manveen rana, bbc news. three more conservative candidates have launched their campaigns to replace theresa may as party leader and become the next prime minister. rory stewart, andrea leadsom and mark harper unveiled their bids today with brexit remaining the defining issue. tonight labour said it would table a motion in parliament to try and prevent a future prime ministerfrom pushing through a no—deal brexit, as our deputy political editor john pienaar reports.

reporter: planning on keeping your head down again today, sir? no time to talk, no time to comb his hair, either. the silence and that look are still working. boris johnson's front runnerfor tory leader, and the others are having to catch up. so it's show time. time for big promises, the bigger the better, especially brexiteers' promising we will leave the eu on time, with or without a deal. leaving the eu on the 31st of october is, for me, a hard red line. parliament will not allow a brexit with no deal. the eu say they will not renegotiate a better one. so although you fear an election and would hate another referendum, will you be honest with the country and admit that they could soon become the only options left? my managed exit offers sensible measures that sensible politicians both here in parliament and in the european union will, in my opinion, agree to.

reporter: good morning, home secretary. 0ther runners, keen to please brexiteer tory members say they'd take britain out with no deal if they have to. if we got to the end of october and the choice was between no deal and no brexit, i would pick no deal. thank you very much. the going's harder for michael gove now, saying sorry for taking cocaine two decades ago, saying he might delay, but not too long, before making brexit happen. i think if you were close to securing a deal, as everyone here will know, then you take the extra hours, days or weeks in order to conclude it, otherwise all your efforts have been set at nought. more candidates, more promises. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt would love to call number 10 home, so he's saying he'd get a new eu deal because he's such a fine deal—maker. and so does cabinet colleague matt hancock. in a still crowded field, brexiteer esther mcvey is one who says no need to fear no deal, and so does dominic raab, who's gathered more support from mps. tonight, candidate rory stewart rubbished what he called the false choice

of a no—deal brexit. a choice on the one hand of a fairy story and on the other hand of the energy of prudence, of seriousness, of realism. he'd take a stand against a no—deal brexit if he had to. nobody can get no deal through parliament, because we, including me, will stop no deal going through parliament. less fancied contender mark harper's message, his hands are clean. if rivals in the cabinet couldn't pull off brexit, why believe them now? if they had a magic plan, a way of getting us out of the european union, my question to them is, why didn't they think of speaking up over the last three years? in other words, this campaign is about inflated promises and unrealistic plans to sideline parliament, with big pledges to spend billions and cut taxes thrown in that the commons simply wouldn't approve. in politics, the seemingly impossible can happen, but can anyone remember a campaign

that stretched belief quite like this one? another election or referendum are being increasingly discussed here as possible outcomes. especially with brussels still insisting britain must take or leave the divorce deal struck by mrs may. this is a treaty between the united kingdom and the european union. it has to be respected. it has to be respected by whomsoever will be the next british prime minister. no rest from this, just the opposite. labour's moving to rule to no—deal tomorrow. labour's moving to rule out a no—deal tomorrow. borisjohnson's pledging to leave and no extensions. just a taste of the battle to come. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. details on policy and candidates on the bbc website. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister pledges the uk will cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050, making britain one

of the first major economy to do so, affecting all our daily lives. three more conservatives set out their stalls in the leadership contest — and brexit remains the defining issue. labour is to make a fresh attempt in parliament tomorrow to stop the uk leaving the european union without an agreement. the inquiry into contaminated blood has been hearing from a man who lost four of his six brothers after they were infected with hiv or hepatitis c. john cornes and 5 of his siblings were all haemophiliacs. they were among thousands of people who were given infected blood in the 1970s and ‘80s. our health editor, hugh pym, reports from leeds. i cry when i think of my nephews and my nieces that haven't got dads. luckily, i'm still here. i don't know how long i'm going to be here for. john was one of six

brothers with haemophilia. three died because they were infected with hiv through blood products provided by the nhs. one of his brothers infected a girlfriend, and the family was hounded by reporters, even at one of the funerals in the early 1990s, as he explained to the inquiry. we had them hiding in the bushes, and there was lots, at least 50 reporters in the bushes. and it made us really infuriated, knowing they were taking pictures, they didn't ask permission or anything. all they wanted was to get the grieving "aids family". he said his mother never recovered after the shock of her losses. she'd be alive if it wasn't for what happened. because she was a strong woman, and the tragedy has brought... ripped her heart out. john and two other brothers contracted hepatitis c as a result of their treatment.

0ne died two years ago. john himself has struggled with depression. i've always been a positive person, and i think everybody probably goes through a spell in their lives. i really felt like just getting in the car and smashing into something. it was a big decision to actually give evidence. what does it feel like now that you've done that? it's a massive thing. but i haven't come just for myself. it's for the whole of the family, to represent them. my dead brothers. i felt as if they were in the room with me. my sister, my brothers that are alive, we've been through hell. john hopes the inquiry will move swiftly as it can. campaigners say 160 victims have died even since it was launched in 2017. hugh pym, bbc news. m15 has been put into "special measures" after a hearing at the high court heard

that the security service had been unlawfully retaining personal data for years. redacted documents, referred to in court, showed a litany of failures in data management. figures from the office for national statistics show that wages — excluding bonuses — grew by 3.4% in the three months to april, compared with a year ago. the biggest increases were in the construction and finanical services industries. survivors and bereaved relatives of many of those killed in the grenfell tower fire are suing three firms over the blaze, in what's being called "one of the largest product liability cases in history". lawyers representing more than 200 people have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the united states. sudan's opposition has called off a campaign of civil disobedience which brought the country to a standstill for the past three days. they have been trying to put pressure on the military to hand over power to civilians

after the long—time dictator, preisdent 0mar al bashir was ousted in april. more than a hundred people have been killed in a violent crackdown by security forces in the past week. talks between the two sides will resume soon. 0ur africa editor fergal keane is in khartoum. people have been drifting back to work, pushed by economic necessity in one of the world's poorest countries. however much they may loathe the regime, barricades were shutting down life for many. still, tonight's announcement came as a surprise. talks will resume soon in good faith to iron out outstanding points including the sovereign council. the transitional military council has agreed to take confidence—building measures, including the release of political prisoners. the ffc on its part has agreed to call off the civil disobedience.

there should be no mistaking the current balance of power. the military and theirfeared rapid support force militia are in control, and many fear they have no intention of ceding power to civilians. the international community should intervene to this situation. you know? there is no peace, you know? there is no peace here in sudan. people are suffering a lot. it is suffering felt by so many families. the relatives of 14—year—old bashir nuri mohammed want any resumption of talks to bring justice and end the terror. the boy was shot dead by the militia. translation: all these protests, he had nothing to do with any of that. i swear by allah, my heart still bleeds from the inside, and i will not shed a single tier until i getjustice for my son. there is a semblance of normal life

in the streets of khartoum tonight. this does appear to be a rare positive moment, are stepping back from confrontation on both sides. but it is wise to be sceptical, because there have been many broken hopes in this story. the great question remains. can the international mediators coerce or cajole the military into sharing power with civilians? that's the daunting task ahead. fergal keane, bbc news, khartoum. the high court in botswana has ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality. gay sex was punishable by up to seven years in prison under laws dating back to the british colonial era. the judges said that human dignity was harmed by discrimination against minority groups. football — and the united states have begun their defence of the women's world cup trophy in style — beating thailand 13—0. ten of their goals came in the second

half as the usa set a new record for the biggest winning margin in a women's world cup match, bettering germany's11—0 defeat of argentina in 2007. now it seems that crazy golf is a sport that enthusiasts take very seriously — the world championship has been taking place in hastings and we even have a british champion. and although the number of people playing proper golf in recent years has declined — crazy golf is booming, as david sillito reports. this event is the greatest single ball minigolf tournament in the world. thejoy, the joy, the thejoy, the despair. the intense passion of world—class crazy golf. do people take it seriously? very, very, very seriously. mark ‘the force' chapman is a giant. get the ball rolling off the ramp and then it should get there. a few

points on stance and address can change your game. but he was also feeling the pressure. crazy golf is a growing game. i'd be lying ifi saidi a growing game. i'd be lying ifi said i did not get nervous. i think it is natural when something means a lot to you to feel the pressure. new courses are springing up across britain to dig in the game is booming at a time when traditional golfers seen a decline of around 1 million players which is one reason why young jess was here. an ambassadorfor why young jess was here. an ambassador for big golf. why young jess was here. an ambassador for big golflj why young jess was here. an ambassador for big golf. i am a golf and bassett are so —— ambassador side the moment we are working to combine the two together and hoping that the children who come here to play crazy golf actually think that they might try big golf as well. meanwhile, back of the championships, mark chapman was on fire. 0h, bravo. but then things began to go wrong. so mark has

dropped a shot on the 17th and it is all the play for here. the 18th hole of the world crazy golf championships 2019. if adam hold this, mark could lose. that it was all over. our 2019 world crazy golf champion is mark chapman. the first timel champion is mark chapman. the first time i have my mum and my dad are here. to watch me. it is quite emotional. it means a lot. it means a lot. it meant a lot last year and it means a lot this... mark chapman, champion. in the world of potters and windmills, he is the man to beat. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers

with our reviewers the brexit editor at the telegraph, dia chakravarty, and the broadcaster, david davies. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. no doubt, some parts of the uk needed some rain particularly where it has been particularly dry. you may not have been banking on this much rain. a few locations have seen more than one month ‘s worth of rain in the space of a couple of days. it has been relentless and there is mooring to come because our weather pattern is not shifting at the moment. thejet pattern is not shifting at the moment. the jet stream pattern is not shifting at the moment. thejet stream in pattern is not shifting at the moment. the jet stream in this undulating pattern bending northwards and southwards again when we get its is where we get tracts of low pressure and to get to high pressure and settled whether we need one of these ridges in the depths

strea m one of these ridges in the depths stream —— jetstream and that will not happen for a few days so more rain to come on wednesday. 0utbreaks of rain moving through northern england into southern scotland, clipping scotland on the pulse of wet weather pushing into eastern england. still some uncertainty about where the very wettest of the will be bits turning soggy across east anglia and parts of the midlands. down to the south a mix of sunshine and showers with them heavy and salary —— foundry. that could be further flooding and disruption. 0utbreaks further flooding and disruption. outbreaks of rain through northern england southern scotland into northern ireland at times. the north of scotla nd northern ireland at times. the north of scotland stays mostly dry. still fairly breezy but the wind will fall a little light on thursday. 0utbreaks a little light on thursday. outbreaks of rain continued edge north—west woods across scotland. they may not get as far as the west and some rain into northern ireland and some rain into northern ireland and wales, the south—west and elsewhere a fixture of sunshine and showers and with lighter winds the showers and with lighter winds the showers will be slow moving with drenching downpours that could again bring disruption. still in the grip

of low pressure on friday and the jetstrea m of low pressure on friday and the jetstream dive southwards dropping below close to the british isles. 0utbreaks below close to the british isles. outbreaks of rain and where we do not have persistent rain it is a mixture of sunshine and showers. however the wind directions shifts su btly however the wind directions shifts subtly by this stage so the temperature will begin to climb. if you get sunshine it will start to feel a little more pleasant. a similar story on saturday. showers and long spells of rain, it is hard to be precise about details, but there will be spells of sunshine as well as the temperatures between ten and 15, 19 degrees. second half of the weekend, high pressure might start to knows its way into the low pressure that has been with us for the last few days finally heading away north—west of. we will still showers and the low was close enough to dry wet weather at times but that should be in the way of wet weather

and sunshine for eastern and southern parts and those temperatures reaching 19, possibly a couple of places hitting 20 degrees. what will the jetstream do next week? it looks like we may start to see a ridge in the jetstream, week? it looks like we may start to see a ridge in thejetstream, it had northwards and if we get into a ridge... we get higher pressure and more settled weather. it looks like high pressure will take charge for most of us for a while there is just a little uncertainty about this. this area of low pressure that will move close to the north—west of the british isles. how close it gets will determine just how many showers we will see, particularly across the north—west. for a time at least it should be dry, and warm. not nearly 00:29:43,184 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 as wet as it is at the moment.