tonight at six, borisjohnson launches his campaign to become the next prime minister. the front runner, he defends his colourful style, saying the public want straight talking politicians and promises brexit by the end of october. delay means defeat. delay means corbyn. kick the can again and we kick the bucket. the home secretary, sajid javid, has also set out his leadership pitch — the last of the ten candidates to do so. as we face the challenges that are unlike any we have faced before, this calls for a new kind of leadership from a new kind of leader. tomorrow they all face the first round of votes. also tonight...

britain could become the first major nation to cut greenhouse gases to almost zero by 2050 under new government plans. police in hong kong use rubber bullets and tear gases as demonstrations over an extradition bill turn violent. all it's done is make people a lot more angry and you can now see they are trying to break through the police barricades over there. things are now being thrown. the whole situation has become a lot, lot more tense. and prince harry on the power of sport — how it can knock down barriers and change people's lives. and coming up on bbc news, a serious crash today means the four—time champion chris froome will miss this year's tour de france with a suspected broken femur.

good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. two more conservative candidates have launched their campaigns to replace theresa may as party leader and become the next prime minister. boris johnson — currently the front runner in the race — said he was determined to take britain out of the eu by the end of october. he said he wasn't aiming to leave without a deal but he would prepare for that outcome. sajid javid, speaking in the last hour, said he was different from "westminster elites" and a new kind of leader. he and boris johnson he and borisjohnson are the last of the ten candidates to launch their campaigns. the first ballot of conservative mps takes place tomorrow. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. we'll borisjohnson we'll boris johnson be we'll borisjohnson be the prime minister? his dream for more than a decade.

the waiting crush felt like the return of a long lost unholy union. family in one corner. tory remainers and leavers again sharing the queues. hoping he can bring the slow—moving brexit crisis to an end. delay means defeat. delay means corbyn. kick the can again and we kick the bucket. after three years and two missed deadlines, we must leave the eu on october the 31st. applause time and again he mentioned his double victory as mayor of london, pitching himself as the man to beat labour. in jeremy corbyn we have a man who is far to the left of ken livingstone in his nihilistic determination to hike taxes to penal rates, to attack wealth creation. my friends, we cannot let them anywhere

near downing street. he carries baggage, though, and plenty of it. mrjohnson can you suggested brexit would be a straightforward win win and actually it has been a chaotic mess. as foreign secretary, you offended people at home and abroad will stop you have a reputation for being cavalier with vital detail and already in this campaign you are telling some supporters you will do everything to avoid leaving the eu without a deal and others that you will gladly do that. a simple question, if you want to be prime minister, can the country trust you? yes, of course, laura. ithink perhaps in that great minestrone of observations there was one substantive question which was that... one crouton that i picked up, was you think i have been somehow inconsistent. somehow inconsistent, laura, in saying i don't want a nodal outcome, but i

think it is right for our great country to prepare for that outcome. i think what most people understand... applause if we make the preparations now, we will carry the conviction with our friends and partners that we are indeed able to make such an exit, if we really have too. he can't joke his way out of controversy though. there were somejeers. his way out of controversy though. there were some jeers. he was challenged on remarks made about muslim women and being fit for office. if sometimes in the course office. if sometimes in the course of trying to get across what i genuinely think i use phrases and language that cause offence, of course i'm sorry for the offence i have course but i will continue to speak as directly as i can. not so direct when asked if he had ever used cocaine he wouldn't answer. i think what most people in this country really think what most people in this cou ntry really wa nt think what most people in this country really want us to focus on.

in this campaign if i may say so, is what we can do for them. it is boris johnson's to lose but there are plenty of others trying to shove him off the stage. the final launch to date makes ten candidates in the race. other voices in the tory party are ready to argue for change. this isa are ready to argue for change. this is a phrase that i've not used very often, but he is the man for me! the home secretary, after the big promotion as well. as we face the challenges that are unlike any we have faced before, this calls for a new kind of leadership from a new kind of leader. a leader is notjust for christmas or just for kind of leader. a leader is notjust for christmas orjust for brexit. we cannot risk going with someone who feels like the short term comfort zone choice. i would say i am a change candidate. boris johnson zone choice. i would say i am a change candidate. borisjohnson is a yesterday's news. not if he can help

it. stop brexit! mrjohnson believes there are plenty more chapters in his story. there is a long way to go in this race. you cannot touch it! but whether you love to hate him or hate to love him, borisjohnson and the resistance he provokes will simply not be ignored. we have heard very little from boris johnson until today. that will have to change in the coming days and weeks as this race progresses and frankly, from all ten candidates, they have been so many in the race that it has been a stage of broadbrush statements about what they would like to do, whether about brexit, the main issue, all the other myriad of challenges that are facing the country. after tomorrow, when the next round of voting will ta ke when the next round of voting will take place, a couple of mps are likely to be knocked out and we moved onto the next phase. this race is on the point of starting to get

really serious. for all of us, even though it is tory members who have a say, it could not be more important because at the conclusion of this contest in about six weeks' time, a new prime minister will move into number ten. laura, thank new prime minister will move into numberten. laura, thank you. the prime minister has announced plans to cut the uk's carbon emissions to almost zero over the next 30 years to help tackle climate change. it would mean, among other things, millions of people switching from petrol and diesel cars to electric vehicles and taking fewer flights. if the plans are passed, britain would become the first major economy to adopt such a legally binding target. the move has been widely praised by green campaigners. but some fear it is already too late and an impossible task. here's our science editor, david shukman. this is a huge moment in the effort to tackle climate change, a radical vision to shut off the gases that are raising temperatures. no more sights like this, of exhaust fumes pouring

into the air, and no more gas burning in our homes for cooking or for heating. these are the men, and here is the metal. the country that led the industrial revolution got rich with the help of coal, but using it released carbon dioxide that's still in the atmosphere, and adding no more of it is one of the prime minister's final moves in office. well, i believe that we have a moral duty to leave this world in a better condition than what we inherited, and that's why today we are announcing that we will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050, and legislating for a net zero emissions target. so, what is a net zero target? well, it means running the economy without adding two levels of greenhouse gases. offshore wind turbines are key to that, and there will be a lot more of them, and it also means making big changes in our everyday lives, like in this eco—house. first off, triple—glazed windows, and walls that are incredibly thick and well insulated.

amazingly, this place has no central heating at all, instead the natural warmth of the room is drawn off through these extractors, taken into this device, where it's used to heat up fresh cooler airfrom outside, which is then warmed up, and released through this pipe up here. the result — a temperature of 21 degrees, for virtually no power, and with technologies that are available right now. what about the cost of all this? if we are all going to switch to electric cars, for example, who pays for the chargers? the treasury is worried that the bills will mount up. supporters say cleaning the air will benefit everyone and reduce costs for the nhs, but one of the teenage school protesters says everything's too slow. 2050 is far too late, unfortunately. we urgently need to actually take immediate action, rather than having this over the course of nearly 30 years.

so, what's the international view of britain's action? well, china is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, dwarfing whatever we produce. but it's also investing the most in clean technologies, with the world's biggest fleets of electric buses. even so, the chinese economy and others are set to quadruple in size. so whatever we do, may not make much difference. global warming and addressing global warning is overwhelmingly about how do you deal with four chinas, four indians, four africas within 30 years, oh, and another billion and a half people as well. a map of global warming, despite every effort, temperatures keep rising around the world, with the risk of the impact becoming more severe. britain hopes that taking a lead will set an example that others will follow. david shukman, bbc news. one of britain's biggest

retail groups, arcadia, owned by sir philip green has been handed a lifeline by landlords who've agreed to cut rents for stores in the troubled empire. arcadia owns a raft of big names from top shop and dorothy perkins to miss selfridge. the business has 566 stores in the uk and ireland and employs 18,000 workers. our business correspondent, emma simpson is here. sounds like this was right down to the wire. it was. this was absolutely a make oi’ it was. this was absolutely a make or break deal because if it didn't pass, arcadia was likely to collapse and it was all down to the landlords. they had to approve a big rent cuts and store closures and last week arcadia tried to get this through but the meeting had to be adjourned. there wasn't enough support. it has felt like it has been on a knife edge all day. but sir philip green has got it through, he sweetened his offer and what this means is that the business lives to fight another day. it means he can cut costs and try to execute his turnaround plan. we already know that that involves 48 store closures in total and hundreds ofjob losses.

but there is a question about this deal. will it simply be a sticking plaster? landlords reckon that down the line there will be considerably more store closures ahead as this story plays out. emma simpson, thank you. virgin trains is advising customers not to travel between scotland and england, after the west coast mainline was closed north of carlisle by a fallen tree. the rail operator said ongoing disruption on the east coast mainline made it impossible for passengers to use the route as an alternative. rail replacement services are in operation. a senior mi5 officer has been telling the london bridge inquest why an investigation into one of the attackers was suspended for three months just before the attack. the witness, identified as l, says mi5 was dealing with an "alarming" threat level at the time, putting pressure on resources. he defended the mis investigation as "well run and effective". daniel sandford reports.

khuram butt, the leader of the london bridge attack which killed eight people. he first came to the attention of mi5 in 2014, three years before the attack, as an unnamed associate of the extremist preacher anjem choudary. but, in the middle of the next year, 2015, m15 started a full investigation into him. witness l, a senior m15 officer, told the coroner... but, as they started to watch khuram butt, m15 saw no evidence of him attack planning. what they observed were signs of continuing extremism. here he was praying in regent's park in front of a flag linked to the islamic state group. by the end of 2015, there were concerns he might travel to syria tojoin is. witness l said...

so that he couldn't be seen by anyone in court, the senior m15 officer gave evidence from behind a thick green curtain. time and again he was asked whether there should be deep public concern about the way m15 conducted their enquiry into khuram butt, but he said the investigation had been well and effectively run. three months before the attack, m15 had these pictures of khuram butt meeting one of the other attackers, rachid redouane, but soon afterwards the investigation was suspended because of a flood of more urgent investigations. witness l said, "in my 28 years, i cannot recall a time as alarming as this time." once the investigation resumed, m15 missed this meeting between the three attackers, having failed to get good intelligence from the gym where it took place. and witness l said that even if they had been following the men as they hired a van, they may not have realised it was the final

preparations before an attack. daniel sandford, bbc news. the time is 15 minutes past six. our top story this evening... sajid javid and boris johnson sajid javid and borisjohnson become the last two candidates to launch their bid for number 10. borisjohnson — the front runner in race to be the next prime minister — launches his campaign, promising brexit by the end of october. and an unprecedented recall of around half a million tumble dryers over concerns that they could catch fire. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, third time's a charm. wales coach warren gatland is asked to lead the british and irish lions once again for the tour of south africa in 2021. police in hong kong have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at people protesting about a new extradition bill.

in the worst unrest in the territory for years. the bill would allow extradition of suspected criminals to mainland china. but many fear beijing has a lack of human rights for suspects and could use it for political gain. china insists it is to simply stop criminals fleeing justice. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators blocked key roads around government buildings, successfully delaying today's debate on the proposed law change. rupert wingfield—hayes reports now from the protests. this was the centre of hong kong this afternoon. scenes of mass violence, the like of which have not been seen here since the 1960s. the day had been tense from the start — huge crowds surrounded hong kong's legislature — determined to stop any discussion of the hated extradition bill. the object of their anger, this woman — hong kong's chief executive carrie lam. last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people had

taken to the streets here demanding she scrap a bill that would allow hong kong people to be extradited to china but she is refusing to budge. why is she quite so adamant, quite so determined? you would call it arrogance on her part, stubbornness. no, she isjust doing all this at beijing's order. she is just some little puppet of the beijing regime. today's protesters were almost exclusively young, aggressive and boiling with rage that their government is giving away their freedoms. it seemed only a matter of time before things turned violent and so they did. few here have ever experienced the searing pain of being tear gassed. you could see the shock and confusion.

i think there are lines that we can have the freedom from fear, that we are every day facing right now, so i guess we feel angry and we do not get respected by our own government. by early evening, police had begun to gain the upper hand — launching barrage after barrage, driving protesters away from the government quarter. what we are witnessing here in hong kong tonight, with this operation to clear the streets, is a hong kong government determined not to allow another protest movement to establish itself and occupy the centre of the city like it did back in 2014 and a government that is determined it seems to push ahead with an incredibly controversial extradition law regardless of the consequences. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. the electoral commission has expressed concerns over the way the brexit party collects money from its supporters. it has concluded they leave it open

to an ongoing risk of receiving impermissible donations. the party led by nigel farage said no rules had been broken but that it had returned one donation of over £1000. this is a stern warning to the brexit party that it needs to change its procedures. all political parties had to stick to strict rules. political opponents of nigel farage suggested someone could be sitting anywhere in the world making a number of small donations and no one would be any the wiser. the electoral watchdog has been looking into all of this. they said there was a high and ongoing risk the brexit party could be accepting none permissible donations. there has been a response saying there had

been a response saying there had been no examples of any and saying they welcomed the suggestion is they will take them on board when they will take them on board when they will take them on board when they will take them on board when a plan. dig. at that time nigel farage felt they were unfair criticisms said they were unfair criticisms said they hoped the electoral commission was applying the same rigour to other political parties. the scottish government has announced an immediate independent review into two schools in lanarkshire. worried pa rents two schools in lanarkshire. worried parents have been keeping their children after school. the two schools in coatbridge share a campus which was previously used for industrial waste between the 1940s and 1970s. the major home appliance company whirlpool will be ordered to recall around half a million of its tumble dryers over concerns that they could catch fire. the move is unprecedented. the company was first issued with a warning four years ago after its hotpoint, creda and indesit dryers were found to have a fault. the government has blamed it

for at least 750 fires over an 11—year period. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has the story. this is something lots of us do once a week or more. pull out a wash and stick it in the tumble dryer but no—one expects it to end like this. mark studley‘s whirlpool dryer caught fire last year in somerset, causing £8,000 worth of damage and he says if his family had been asleep it could have been much more serious. it's one of 750 fires in the last 11 years caused by whirlpool brands like hotpoint, creda and indesit. the company had been dealing with their problem dryers for more than four years but the government doesn't think they've done enough, unless whirlpool can convince them over the next 48—hours that they've got a bigger plan then, for the first time ever, the office for product safety and standards will force the company to issue a recall.

whirlpool say they're still in discussions with the government but that anyone who has a machine that has not been modified shouldn't use it and should get in touch with them immediately. merseyside fire service deal with around 30 tumble dryer fires a year. it can very quickly take hold in the kitchen and it can very quickly engulf a house. people who do think they may have a product that is due for a recall, they should really check up on that. if they're in any doubt, they should unplug the appliance. if half a million tumble dryers are recalled on friday, those customers will be entitled to a replacement or a full refund. colletta smith, bbc news. the british champion cyclist chris froome has been ruled out of the tour de france after what's being described as a "very serious" crash. he was taken to hospital with what's thought to be a broken thigh bone. chris froome's team said he crashed in the downhill section of a practice ride,

before hitting a wall, in france. prince harry says a new initiative to bring sport to disadvantaged communities across the uk — will not just "change lives", it will "save lives as well". young people in living in disadvantaged communities are said to be far less likely to take part in sport than more affluent youngsters. the new project — called made by sport — wants to raise £40 million to boost the work of charities delivering sport in poorer areas. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. in south london, the duke of sussex and some boxers but it could be any sport. the point is, more facilities like this are closing down rather than opening up and that is deeply concerning for those who have found their identity through sport. pushing myself with boxing is what made me find my motivation in boxing and it has given me my idea that this is my career, this is what i'm going to do. that is why charities like made by s port are needed to give the children an opportunity to be able to do these sports that

maybe their parents cannot afford to fund for them to do. sport gives us patience... discipline, strength. made by sport aims to raise £40 million from private and public funds for existing sporting charities. invest before it's too late urges this supporter. if you're spending money at the symptom end, just take a moment and think about what an effect you can have so that we don't have the situation which we have now, which is young people lost without a purpose. this is going to change lives and it will save lives. i had to do the equivalent when i was in prison. this man tries to stop young people following his route into crime. after the classroom lessons, the reward is cricket. made by sport will expand his work, in theory. the value will be, if we can get things done, and if we can reach the disadvantaged and disengaged young people and communities. for me, that's where the value is because we have set out with this coalition, a commitment has been made

but it is time for action. anthonyjoshua is a supporter. if sport teaches life lessons, he would say, you do not lose your purpose just because you lose a match. joe wilson, bbc news, in south london. time for a look at the weather. rain, rain, more rain. it could not be more different to this time last year. during spring we had some very high temperatures last year. that hot weather lasted well into our summer time. what a contrast we have had this year! in holbeach and

lincolnshire, in the past few days we have had a 105 millimetres of rain, twice the normal amount for june. it is raining really heavily here at the moment, so we will have to update the statistics. we had this weather front coming in across the north sea. initially across yorkshire and into north—east england and south scotland where the weather front has become slow moving. there will be heavy pulses of rain running along ourfrontal boundary. there will be rain elsewhere pushing into north wales where we are seeing localised flooding. at rhema not be helpful. the met office has issued an amber weather warning for to my webby could see between 80 and 100 millimetres of rain over the hills. the roads and rail could be affected in this part of the world. the rain is extensive in the north—east of england and relentless. for the rest of scotla nd england and relentless. for the rest of scotland and northern ireland are still a lot of cloud with passing showers in the midlands and south—east of england. with a lot of cloud around not a warm june day with temperatures around 13 to 16. perhaps 18 in london. we could see

flooding from the slow—moving weather front. here is flooding from the slow—moving weatherfront. here is the flooding from the slow—moving weather front. here is the weather for friday. still unsettled but, if anything slightly less grim. sunshine and a few heavy thundery showers. sunshine in the south—east. temperatures lifting further north. 14 in belfast and 16 in glasgow. we are still in the unsettled beam. there will be further showers around. it has been a soggyjune so far with more rain to come. the focus across the south east of scotla nd focus across the south east of scotland and north—east of england as well. it must get better next week. come on.

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh woozencroft. a serious crash ruins chris froome's dreams of a record equalling fifth tour de france title. "ourfirst choice" — the british and irish lions confirm warren gatland as head coach for a third time. we'll hear from andy murray who is growing more and more confident of a return to singles tennis at the end of the year. when you have been in painfora of the year. when you have been in pain for a long time it is hard to remember what it was like before hand. nowi remember what it was like before hand. now i am pain—free again, i can do things of the tennis court. also coming up, the cricket world cup is back after the rain and australia beat pakistan. and why did the chicken go to training?