you're watching beyond 100 days... the us believes iran attacked two oil tankers in the gulf of oman — officials say a mine was found on one of the vessels. one ship is norwegian, the other japanese. the iranians say someone staged the attacks to embarrass them. it is another major confrontation in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world — the price of brent crude has spiked. borisjohnson tops the first ballot in the tory leadership contest — getting more than double the support of his nearest competition. also on the programme... after all the back and forth of the mueller inquiry, donald trump tells the us media he'd have no problem accepting information on an election opponent — even if it came from another country. and get out and smell the roses. it is now scientifically proven that

a weekly two hour dose of nature does wonders for our health and wellbeing. i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the shipping lanes between the arabian peninsular and iran are some of the busiest in the world — today they are also some of the most tense. every day 180 vessels pass through the gulf of oman, most of them carrying oil. two of those tankers are on fire today, seriously damaged in an attack. us officials reportedly believe iran is behind the attack — and say the crew abandoned one of the vessels after discovering a naval mine on the hull of their ship. these are the pictures from the aftermath of the explosions. the 23 sailors aboard the norwegian—owned front altair were taken to iran — 21 others on the japanese—owned kokuka courageous were rescued by the us navy.

a fifth of the world's oil is transported through these straights and the price of brent crude jumped sharply today. just a month ago iran was accused of using naval mines to blow holes in two oil tankers and two smaller ships moored off the uae port of fujairah. we're expecting the us secretary of state mike pompeo to speak shortly — when he does we'll bring you his comments. for insight into this incident we are joined now by former us defense secretary ash carter — author of the new book — inside the five sided box. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you make of what is happening at the moment? we do not know at this hour but it stands to reason that the iranians and the most likely culprits. it is our timing forthem most likely culprits. it is our timing for them because the united states president has expressed a

disc inclination —— disinclination to start anything with a run and they are not any good position to be tangling with the united states. if there was a fight i know who would win, it would be the united states and iran presumably know that too. they are in a weak position economically and strategically. the iranian foreign minister has denied having anything to do with it which isa very having anything to do with it which is a very big cloud of smoke if it is a very big cloud of smoke if it is simply obscuration. we will have to see how it develops. if i were secretary now, and i presume our current secretary is doing this, i would be preparing our forces to respond to more, to learn more about what happened and to be ready to respond if we decide we need to respond. the white house seems to believe it has the upper hand in its stand—off with iran because it has

the economic sanctions. is there a risk that an incident like this one, oi’ risk that an incident like this one, or even an accident, could lead to unintended conflict in the region? we have the upper hand in any major way. however, they have proximity to the gulf. that is the only card in their hand and if they are acting, they are trying to play that hand. in that sense, it wouldn't be surprising for them to do that but they ought to remember who has all they ought to remember who has all the cards. secretary carty -- secretary ca rty the cards. secretary carty -- secretary carty at say they have plenty of evidence they think will point to iran but i would have thought they supply a lot of proxies in the region for things that are manufactured in iran. is it easy to pin it on the state or does it matter? it does not matter. i think whether it is iran or our igc or

various proxies, one of the things the iranians need to be taught is that we will hold them responsible for the actions of proxies. we have had a lot of back and forth with them for a long time on that very matter, for example, in the manner of proxies planning attacks on us troops in syria. that was the case when i was in office. they need to realise they are going to be held responsible. that is not going to get them off the hook, if it was one of the proxies, we would still hold them responsible for it. right now, we don't know for sure. it was mentioned before that the pentagon had said, we will be collecting more information. that is the big thing thatis information. that is the big thing that is going on right now. we are going through the centres, and the information we have and sensing the

syste m information we have and sensing the system for everything we have collected. we will know a lot more ina few collected. we will know a lot more in a few hours. 0k, we will come back to you shortly. three are gone, seven go through to the next round. but right now the conservative leadership contest is borisjohnson‘s to lose. in the first round of the voting the former foreign secretary swept up 114 votes. his nearest challenger, jeremy hunt, had a3. the three candidates bowing out today were andrea leadsom, mark harper, and esther mcvey — they each failed to register the 16 votes that were needed. and that means there will be no women contesting the second round of the vote on tuesday. breathing a sigh of relief, rory stewart — who scraped home with 19 votes — this morning he had just 8 supporters. earlier, we spoke with anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. the second round of voting is on tuesday.

what bearing does today's result have on what happens next? borisjohnson did very well indeed with mp5. you would have to add together the number two and three, the silver and bronze placed candidates and they would still be nowhere near him and that's very good for mrjohnson because a lot of people thought mps had doubts about him were more divided about him. he hasn't entirely cured that impression but he has done very well, he's become the man to beat. that can be a dangerous position to find yourself in. if you are the other candidates, you have to choose. do you now set yourself up as the 'stop boris' candidate which now looks quite hard, might not work and then you could come to a quick end or do you try to nuance what borisjohnson is saying, particularly that risk of no—deal brexit, and say i would be on board, i hope we get the more liberal side of boris johnson, let's get that one

back, i want to back this, but how far do you go and how much do you hold in reserve? if you go too far you could lose your vote entirely and then you have those candidates who are going much more, either on remain or very soft brexit, how do they stay in the game? it looks likely they will go out but can they get something in the next few days? everyone is trading, really. he's so far ahead, if he extends that lead in the second round, is there a point, given the fact we don't have many months until october, where the conservatives think we don't need to go to the country, he is the choice of the parliamentary party? i think if he's so far ahead after the next round, remember you only go on with rounds with mp5, it's like an especially complicated 19th—century parlour game, until it becomes clear this person has the right number of votes so that could be sooner rather than later but you're right, this question does arise, why are you going to the membership? we are assuming the membership would welcome boris johnson anyway.

i think the difficulty is if you have said you're going to the grass roots, especially these days when we've seen the labour party do that with its campaign which overturned a lot of more conventional candidates, new recruits took the party to the left, you could say it's odd for the conservatives to say "you can have it, oops, no you can't", and because we don't have a primary system as widely as in the us it really cuts out people who have joined the party and feel they have a stake in it, so it's a bit hard to avoid that one. so, anne, after this result, does it lead to the conclusion there isn't a middle left anymore in the conservative party? i don't think that's the case. i think one thing we are seeing is that this soggy centre, if you like, they have been trying to have both ways and it has very much hit candidates like jeremy hunt and sajid javid who wanted to say we will deliver brexit but we don't want no deal or it depends what day you talk to us,

they have suffered and you can see they're not where they would expect to be, they are not medalling as we used to say about the olympic games and those who were a bit clearer, admittedly borisjohnson has the big numbers but if you add together, rory stewart has fought a soft brexit campaign, he has been around the country, he's had the most energy, the most fun, most engagement around his campaign, his numbers are not big but he's definitely a force to be reckoned with. you add him with another young moderniser like matt hancock, the health secretary, and they are not going to sweep the board, this is not their election but they are still there and i think they are making the right noises and crucially, if borisjohnson wants to do what he says and unify the country, let alone his own vociferous party, he will have to treat with them and give them big roles and perhaps make a betterjob of this compromise position than theresa may was able to make from her

position of weakness. i like that phrase soggy centre when it applies to politics in rainy britain. three years ago, during the 2016 presidential election, donald trump issue a public appeal russia to release the files they had hacked from democratic computers. a lot has happened since then. but it doesn't appear the president is any less concerned about foreign inteference in us elections. he told abc news yesterday he would accept any information on opponents, if it helped him win a campaign — and he wouldn't necessarily report that contact to the fbi. in this time we are out of foreigners. if russia, china, if someone else offers you information, should they accept it or should they call the fbi? i think maybe you do both. i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. if somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent. oh, i think i'd want to hear it. you want that kind of interference in our elections? it's not an interference. they have information, i think i'd take it. in sworn testimony

to congress the head of the fbi said all us political candidates should report any approach from foreign states or agents. democrats were quick to condemn the president today — saying he was inviting foreign interference in a us election. and this time there were some republicans weighing in too. senator lindsey graham tweeted: first, i believe that it should be practice for all public officials who are contacted by a foreign government with an offer of assistance to theircampaign — either directly or indirectly — to inform the fbi and reject the offer. our north america editorjon sopel is here. there is so much concern in the united states and here in europe about misinformation and the involvement of foreign states in elections, and here you have the commander and chief singing in the oval office inviting any country to come to him with information. yes, and this comes at a time when his presidency has been defined by, some

would say, overwhelmed by the issue of interference in the 2016 election and seemingly, giving it an advertisement, saying if you are from a foreign intelligence agency and want to dig up dirt on my colleagues, i would and want to dig up dirt on my colleagues, iwould be and want to dig up dirt on my colleagues, i would be glad to look at it and decide what i want to do with it afterwards. as to the question, you raised the issue of what the fbi director said, that the first thing to do is to report it and donald trump said he was wrong. iimagine he and donald trump said he was wrong. i imagine he is feeling a little bit uncomfortable today. once again, he was contradicted by the president. the president has tweeted about this saying he had spoken to foreign governments are the time and should he report that to the fbi too? he has talked about having spoken to the queen of england, i am sure she is from the united kingdom and the prince of wales with an h. i don't

know whether that was done on for voice —— porpoise or not. this was an issue that caused deep concern and you think the president would say the last thing i want, if there was any more questions on collusion between the trump campaign and russia, donald trump got a clean bill of health, maybe not on the obstruction ofjustice but the report given the benefit of doubt. you think you would want to move on and yet once again he finds himself embroiled and assailed from people who are normally loyal. it is not just been democrats who are saying the president does not know right from wrong, there has been significant trump supporting republican voices who are saying the same. thank you forjoining us. i am

thinking the queen was not passing on campaign information to donald trump but anyway. and still with us is former us defense secretary ash carter. if you are still running the pentagon, would you advise the president to go to the fbi if a foreign agent from any sort from any country came to him? i absolutely would. you have a responsibility to report any contacts like that to the fbi and to tell a foreign party, i am not the appropriate repository for this kind of information, this is not the appropriate contact. that is not the appropriate contact. that is what i would have said but it is totally unlikely anyone would call a secretary of defence with political information because they know we are not in the political flow but i am with lindsey graham on this. is this damaging to us national security in your opinion? well, as your reporter

said... i'm just your opinion? well, as your reporter said... i'mjust going your opinion? well, as your reporter said... i'm just going to interrupt you as mike pompeo has just started speaking. iran is responsible for the attacks on the gulf of oman today. this is based on intelligence, recent attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources or efficiency to act with such a high degree. this is only the latest in a series of attacks instigated by the islamic republic of iran. against the allied interests. on april22 of iran. against the allied interests. on april 22 iran promise the world they would interrupt the flow of oil through the strait of hormuz. it is now working to execute on that promise.

in early may the revolution eight guard corps attempted... on may 12 iran attacked ships strait of hormuz. to strategically important oil pipelines were attacked in saudi arabia. on the 19th a rocket landed near the us embassy in may 21 a car bomb killed civilians and wounded bystanders. yesterday, iran insurgents fired a missile into saudi arabia, injuring 26 people. taken asa saudi arabia, injuring 26 people. taken as a whole, these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to international peace and security, a blind assault on the freedom of navigation and an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran. the prime minister made a

historic trip to iran to ask the regime to de—escalate and enter into talks. they rejected his diplomacy by saying he has no response to president trump and will not answer. the supreme leaders government then insulted japan by attacking a japanese oil tanker outside iranian waters, threatening the lives of the entire crew and creating a maritime emergency. iran's foreign minister ritter responded to these attacks. he said sardonically, suspicious does not begin to describe what likely transpired this morning. he may think this is funny but no one else in the world does. iran is lashing out because the regime wants out lashing out because the regime wants our successful maximum pressure campaign lifted. no economic

sanctions, the islamic republic attacked innocent civilians and engaged in nuclear blackmail. the international community condemns their assault on the freedom of navigation and the targeting of innocent civilians. today i have instructed our un ambassador to raise the attacks at a security meeting this afternoon. our policy remains an economic and diplomatic effort to bring them back to the negotiating table at the right time to address the threats. threats today, part four of the world to see, for peace and security. iran should meet diplomacy with diplomacy, not with terror, bloodshed and extortion. the united states will defend its forces, interests and stand with our partners and allies to safeguard global progress and regional stability. thank you. us secretary

of state, mike pompeo not taking any questions but saying the us does believe that iran was behind these attacks and released a string of aggressive behaviour. he said the foreign minister had made a joke about this this morning saying it was suspicious but that no one else was suspicious but that no one else was taking this as a laughing matter and the americans have asked their un ambassadors to raise this at a meeting of the security council this afternoon. he went on to say iran should meet diplomacy with diplomacy and the us will defend its interests and the us will defend its interests and stand but its allies. we still have ash carter in the studio. what does the us do now, based on what mike hasjust does the us do now, based on what mike has just said?

he said they have reached the conclusions and cited the sources that it was the iranians so let us assume that is done. he said as far assume that is done. he said as far as the us reaction was concerned that we would continue the political and economic, and interestingly left out military, i assume that was intentional, i, myself do not think it would be safe for the iranians to rule out military. if we were to ta ke rule out military. if we were to take one of the actions he mentioned, which was against a us vessel, i'm quite certain that would very quickly result in a us military response but he seemed to be keeping his counter dry response but he seemed to be keeping his counterdry in response but he seemed to be keeping his counter dry in that regard which is appropriate in an early stage of a crisis like this. he did go some

way towards explaining what is otherwise the odd iranian behaviour which he now attributes, not to some unauthorised or accidental kind of transgression, but what he sees as a pattern unfolding over a couple of months. if that is true, if this is then challenging a policy of maximum pressure using the only tool they have, that puts us more on a collision course because it is a more intentional and planned and purposeful set of actions on their part. secretary carter, iwant purposeful set of actions on their part. secretary carter, i want to ta ke part. secretary carter, i want to take it back to your book. when you are with their under president obama you are tasked with retail think the american military towards the pacific and the threat in the chain and south china sea, taking on china and south china sea, taking on china and the north korea threat. now we have a scenario when things are

going back the other way towards the gulf. is that a problem for your success ? gulf. is that a problem for your success? not really, it is a good question but we have enough to do both. the rebalance of the asia pacific movie substantial number of naval forces from the atlantic to the pacific but left plenty in the gulf to deal with iran. yes, we were taking marines and army out of afghanistan and iraq, and they were returning to the egypt pacific from which many had originated but that was at the expense of our ability to defend our friends and allies in the gulf —— to the asian pacific. we have kept enough to deter, i hope, but defeat, i'm sure, iran if it became necessary to do so. that is true in the air, on the water and on

the land. 0k, thank you very much. a great day to have you in to be able to respond to all of that. the reaction was clearly talking about economic and diplomatic sanctions but not military. however, there is a risk if this is a pattern of behaviour trying to choke oil supplies and could lead to some tension. iran is going to focus its attention elsewhere. there are other regions that have interest in this. iran is allied to moscow. we will see. i heard rory stewart -- i hired rory stewart 20 years ago. coming

back to speak about the conservative leadership! good to see you again. just yesterday nasa announced that the street in front of its headquarters — would be named hidden figures way — a nod to the female mathematicians who helped get nasa astronauts into space. well there is clearly still work to do with hidden figures. yes — last week gq published this photo — 15 men and 2 women of silicon valley executives one problem — or two. the women weren't actually there. buzzfeed have been looking into it and thought it looked doctored — and eventually tracked down the original. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel

and bbc world news — the deadly ebola virus crosses an international border into uganda ten months on from the outbreak in the democratic republic of congo — hello, good evening. for many parts of the uk it has been yet another wet day. the rain has been relentless for some of us and some parts of shropshire has seen over 150 millimetres of rain since the weekend. it would normally take a couple of months to get that much rain. this is the radar picture from earlier on and we had heavy rain across the far north—east of england, eastern parts of scotland and it is cool under this rain band. some spots got no higher than 9 degrees. through this evening and overnight we see another area of rain pushing in, some showery rain moving across northern scotland. for the northern half of the uk a

relatively cool night and for the southern half, relatively mild. the pressure will still be in charge of the scene tomorrow. bands of wet weather spiralling around it. we start the day with some showers on the western side of scotland where it has actually been dry in many places. conversely eastern scotland having the driver started the day with spells of sunshine. northern ireland getting with some sunny spells and a couple of showers with this rain across northern england, wales and parts of the midlands, and it is angular. into the day this lump of rain will move a little bit further northwards, it will go across northern england clipping into the eastern side of scotland, away from that zone of persistent rain it is a mix of sunshine and showers. across east anglia and the south—east that showers are few and far between. across the board it will be a warmer day. into saturday,

we will see a band of cloud and showery rain pushing in from the west and there will be spells sunshine but with the wind is coming from the south—west we keep them slightly higher temperatures, generally between 15 and 19, maybe one or two places in the south up to 20 degrees. sunday is a classic sunshine and showers day. blue skies one minute and the next a shower cloud will drench you. some of the show is heavy with rumbles of thunder. temperatures, 14—19, maybe 20. into the start of the new week there will be dry weather for a time and some of us could get into the middle 20 celsius.

this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories: the us blames iran after two oil tankers in the gulf of oman are seriously damaged. officials say a mine was found on one of the vessels. it is the assessment of the us government that the islamic state if iran is responsible for the attacks in amman today. —— islamic state of iran. -- in amman today. —— islamic state of iran. —— oman. boris johnston tops the first ballot as the tory leadership contest gets down to seven candidates. coming up in the next half hour. more details in the shooting

of baseball star david ortiz, as dominican police say the shooters were paid less than £8,000 for the hit. and yukon's famous sourtoe cocktail needs toes — and itjust got a new donation for its ingredient list: a british man's severed big toe. we are serious! there is still some way to go in the conservative leadership contest, potential pitfalls in the way, but for now borisjohnson appears to be serenely manoevering himself towards number 10. he is not wedded to no deal but the uk, he says, must leave in october, which doesn't provide much time for a breakthrough with the eu. but what happens in the event of no deal, to the sharing of intelligence, policing, the wider security relationship the united kingdom has with europe? it is an area where the uk has cards to play. alongside the us it is europe's only member of the five eyes alliance. well, itjust so happens that the man in charge of security within the european commission is a brit, sirjulian king. a man who is watching closely what happens next. i spoke to him earlier today.

you could be the last ever british european commissioner, so you have a unique perspective from a british standpoint, you are on the inside, do they focus on this leadership contest, day to day? the honest answer is that right now they have other things on their mind, they are grappling with their own top jobs agenda. as you know. they have got to pick three or four of the top jobs across europe, that is taking up jobs across europe, that is taking upa lot jobs across europe, that is taking up a lot of the political oxygen. the october european council will be a moment when the eu 27 have to come toa a moment when the eu 27 have to come to a view on what will happen next and that will be affected by what a new prime minister has said and done in between time. at what point do you stand aside, and at that point, we have no representation in the commission. it keeps going until a new commission is installed, that is meant to take place in november. i

keep going as long as this commission keeps going. if the uk is a memberstate, then commission keeps going. if the uk is a member state, then it is not only entitle, it has to have a commissioner, if the commission is going to be properly constituted, like the meps who have just been elected so that the european parliament is properly constituted. borisjohnson has said he is not aiming for no deal but the uk must leave by october if he is the prime minister and there is no deal, what would that mean for security and our intelligence sharing between britain and europe? the first thing to say is there is strong intelligence cooperation across europe, including the uk, that takes place outside of the uk, that takes place outside of the eu framework. so that will, that will continue. and it is crucial that it does. there was a whole lot of security cooperation that takes place within the framework on countering terrorism, countering cyber threats, economic and

political. this disinformation, interference in elections, all sorts of stuff, and the eu 27 have said repeatedly, whatever else happens on brexit, there is a shared interest in trying to find ways of maintaining cooperation on those matters. bad actors on cyber are not targeting one country or another country, they are targeting our way of life. macro in the uk is rethinking its decision on wireway, it is unlikely that the prime minister would want to risk intelligence sharing with the united states, where is europe on huawei? —— huawei. states, where is europe on huawei? -- huawei. we have to take security seriously, when we were doing 36, 46, it was about price and cost but 56 is about integrating security because it would be such an integral pa rt of because it would be such an integral part of our lives in the future, and

so we are trying to assess the risks and then look at measures that might be taken to manage and mitigate them but we have said from the outset, that at the end of this process, later this year, it may be that there are some risks that are very difficult to manage. it might be at that stage that we say there is some products and services and some suppliers that are deemed to be unsafe. we have not yet got there, i don't want to predict or prejudice the outcome of the process but the very fa ct the outcome of the process but the very fact that the us are taking measures now that affect the supply chains of chinese suppliers, is relevant. the keyword, sustainability, that is what he went on to talk about, whether you can have contracts with huawei, long—term, that are it came out of that interview, the uk decision on this is going to affect what happens in europe, because we are so

integrated and we are such a big player in the european market that others are starting to sit back and wait for the uk and france and germany to take their own decisions. the law which will ban federal contractors from involving huawei in their 56 network, that also has an implication because it comes back to that sustainability and weather, going forward, huawei is one they should include in these conversations. interesting. interesting to see, the next prime minister has the decision to take and it will impact across europe. minister has the decision to take and it will impact across europem will be interesting to see how they handle that one. the world health organization has called an emergency meeting on friday to decide whether to upgrade its assessment of the ongoing ebola epidemic. two people have died of ebola in uganda — the first time the virus has crossed international borders since the disease broke out in congo last august. a grandmother and her five—year—old grandson died after coming into the country from congo. the ugandan authorities have repatriated the family of the deceased back to the drc

and have banned public gatherings in the kasese district on the border. more than 2,000 cases have been recorded in drc in the last 10 months — most of them have been fatal. joining us now to discuss this is dr jeremy farrar director of the health research foundation the wellcome trust. i have worked in the kivu area of the drc, it is a porous border, when you have a number of cases like that, and transient, moving across the border, how do you contain it? extraordinarily difficult, notjust the boarders, it is the level of conflict and violence that is sadly happening in north kivu at the moment, and a tremendous breakdown in trust, between community and the public health authorities there are, and, of course, because of the conflict, because of ebola, people, understandably, are migrating, both across borders and within the democratic republic of congo. they

contained it in sierra leone by throwing resources at it, when the world mobilises, you can do that. but, north kivu, south kivu, these are areas without any infrastructure, without roads, without the wherewithal to deal with something like this. that's true, and ebola always happens in really vulnerable communities, where the health services are fragile at best, and where the increased number of cases that happens really overwhelm the system, plus, of course, malaria, tuberculosis, other infections, maternal child health. the burden is huge and must not be underestimated. but you can get ahead of it, the public health is working. the vaccine is having a huge impact, the treatment is working, and halving mortality. and so the public health does work but you can only deploy public health if you can only deploy public health if you have a secure and stable environment. at the moment those two things are not working, the conflict

is ongoing, the instability, we had doctor richard being killed a few weeks ago, and a nurse killed very recently, that is an environment which is terrifying. ebola is terrifying, and then the violence the community is living with. until we sort out the security situation we sort out the security situation we will not be able to bring this epidemic under control. you have described it as tragic but not surprising, why not surprising, particularly in the context of congo? borders are porous, as you rightly say, both to uganda but we must not ignore rwanda and burundi and even south sudan. burundi and south sudan, in particular, have very fragile health systems, if ebola came into those countries, we can expect to see it really taking off. uganda is very sophisticated, it has been vaccinating health care workers, it has a very strong surveillance system, the government is really engaged. if you had to choose a country for this to go in,

it would be uganda, and they have dealt with it very well. we have to worry about this spreading in congo, we must worry about burundi and rwanda and south sudan, in a really difficult position at the moment. thank you very much forjoining us. that is a story we have been watching, i had not realised that it is 1400 deaths since last august, a huge amount of resources thrown at this last time in west africa. where are the international resources coming in this time? not yet, anyway. the more details that emerge in the shooting of former boston red sox star david ortiz — the more intrigue there is to the case. police have released this footage showing the moment shots were fired at ortiz in his native dominican republic on sunday. dominican prosecutors say the attackers were paid almost $8000 for the hit. the three—time world series champion underwent six hours of surgery on the island and was then flown to boston for another operation. he's now in stable

condition and recovering. we're joined now by jen mccaffrey, boston red sox reporter for the athletic. that hit include seven people, that is not a lot of money, and who would wa nt is not a lot of money, and who would want him dead? pretty remarkable considering that he is an icon in the country, him and his former red socks compatriot, martinez, they are in the hall of fame, they are more popular and more well— known in the hall of fame, they are more popular and more well—known than even the president himself. —— red sox. the fact that there is a lot of strange details, that have been emerging, like you said, it is pretty curious. such a small amount of money, seemingly, for such a big event. so, the question is, why would somebody do this? yes, honestly, we have no idea. there is really, there

has not been too much information being let out by the police chief down there, they are kind of keeping everything very much under wraps. we have not been told much of anything up have not been told much of anything up in boston other than the red sox mobilise very quickly overnight to send an airambulance mobilise very quickly overnight to send an air ambulance down to dominica, to fly him up to massachusetts general hospital in boston, he is in intensive care. other than that they have been tight—lipped and it is a strange situation that someone would walk up to him, pretty much point—blank, and shoot him in the back. it's a very curious, curious situation down there right now. the response from there right now. the response from the red sox was remarkable and from boston hospital, dialling into dominican hospitals, giving medical advice as he was in hospital, we understand. for people who do not know david ortiz and do not understand the red sox and their releva nce understand the red sox and their relevance in boston, how huge a figure he is, red sox is boston, it

is family? he spent 14 years in boston, part three world series championships, the first they had had, in 2004, in 86 years. a huge pa rt of had, in 2004, in 86 years. a huge part of ringing that altogether, especially in 2013, when boston went through the boston marathon bombings, he was a huge figure, and providing comfort to the city, and kind of being there for survivors, for first responders, and healing the city in that sense. beyond the sport itself, he really is sort of representative of the city of boston, as much as he is beloved in dominican, he is equally beloved in boston. thank you very much for joining us. great smile, he is known as big papi and he has been talking and standing up a little bit today, we understand, from his wife, so the intervention from the boston hospital seems to have done the

world of good. this is beyond 100 days. still to come, some of the oldest trees in the world are dying off — researchers are trying to understand why yosemite's grand old trees are struggling. two—thirds of students support universities being able to warn parents if students have a mental health crisis. the findings are part of the annual student sruvey which also showed increasing levels of anxiety on university campuses and found that some students were adversely affected by being away from friends and family and som struggled with the move away from home. that some students were adversely affected by being away from friends and family and some struggled with the move away from home. our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys reports. starting life as a student is a big leap. leaving home, managing time and money, for some, anxiety or depression come calling. so when did sam feel overwhelmed? straight away, straight away. as soon as your parents leave it's,

"ok, it's just me." what do i do?" and it'sjust, it's getting to know people and just finding... ..i think the course itself sometimes can be difficult. his university now asks students an extra question. a contact‘s name for a mental health emergency. most students sign up. some suggest a friend instead of a parent. some students may be concerned that if they miss a few lectures we would call their parents but that's not what this is about. this is about serious crisis mental health situations where we just need that additional support to help that individual at that time. part of the pressure for students comes from high expectations. the belief that this should be the best time in your life, when you're studying hard and making new friends. but with students also borrowing for their tuition fees, there's anxiety about value for money. 64% of students wouldn't change their university experience but only 41% thought they got good value for money, mainly because of tuition fees in england. with so many different pressures on students, universities are having to step up

support to make sure none fall through the cracks. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. dramatic changes have taken place in yosemite national park injust ten years as wildfires and drought take their toll. the discovery was revealed during a unique study tracking the life histories of some of the world's oldest and tallest trees. it looks like we have lost christian, so i willjust carry on...! this is the kind of thing that happens in live television. can you see me? he's back! laughter researchers are monitoring a 25 hectare area to find out why some of the giant

species have been dying prematurely. as we put the plugs back in, peter bowes went to find out. this is yosemite national park, a vast expanse of forest land and some really breathtaking views. when i came here ten years ago i met with a group of scientists just embarking on a long—term project to track the life histories of these trees, some of the oldest and tallest in the world. we have understood from previous research that the number of large diameter trees is less than it used to be. what we would like to do is investigate why that is. i've come back to see how things have changed. it's right down there, isn't it? just a kilometre away are the 35,000 trees. shall we go have a look? lets do it. let's go. the tree right over there is the same tree that we filmed. so, here we can see the tag. the same tag, it was fresh ten years ago and we can see the discolouration by the heat of the fire. the park embraces science and the role of fire to manage the forest year round.

five years into the project, in 2013, we experienced a fire. a backfire that the national park service lit to check the advance of the rim—fire, at the time the largest fire in the sierra nevada of california. today my role is to remeasure all of the trees that are alive, to compare it to the measurements we took after the fire. 0.24 metres. the year after the fire, my first year here, a lot of the trees died, especially the small ones as a direct result of the fire. now, we are starting to see some more delayed fire effects. the fire did not immediately kill any of the larger trees. following the fire we had two very, very strong drought years — very, very dry. we had a beetle outbreak of several species of beetles, which successfully killed a lot of the trees, and it's really this combination of factors that provide a situation that the trees can't resist well.

even in the ten years we have already been studying, we still don't know enough to track the reasons why those rates of tree deaths might be changing. we are just starting to be able to understand drought effects. we're just starting to understand how the beetles kill trees in patches. we've had very promising early results but it's still an ongoing process. if you were to come in and look at things for a couple of years, you really wouldn't be able to get the whole picture. our goal is nothing less than to understand how this forest works. this long—term science project is still in its infancy. the researchers plan to return as long as they are able, gradually handing over the study to the forest ecologists of the future. i love yosemite, i spent part of my

honeymoon there but unfortunately we went in august, the waterfalls, they are wonderful, but they run dry in august, and a japanese guest came down to reception to ask them whether they would turn the water falls back on...! it still makes me giggle. we are going to stay with nature, because... ..we need to contect with it — apparently for two hours a week. that's the amount of time you need to spend in nature to significantly boost your overall health and wellbeing levels. nature's restorative and calming properties may seem obvious to you — but now a new british study shows us how much nature we all need. didn't we all really know that already? we'rejoined now in truro by matt white — the environmental psychologist from exeter university who's behind the study. i love gardening and when i smell my roses, i feel a whole lot better, thatis roses, i feel a whole lot better, that is why i think i know that, am i right? yes, you're probably right, the thing we are really interested m, the thing we are really interested in, doctors and other health care professionals are increasingly

saying we want to work with patients, we want to do social prescribing, get them out in a natural environment, patients coming to us saying, how long do i need to go, and they say we do not really sure... we're not really sure. doctors and patients need to have confidence in the guidelines they can give. 0k, what are the specific advantages of spending time in nature, how did you come up with the specific number of two hours? right, so we have been working with the department in the uk, 20,000 interviews conducted over two years about who they went with, how long they spend, so on and so forth, over they spend, so on and so forth, over the last seven days, so we built up a profile of what people were doing over a weekly period, look at health and well— being through over a weekly period, look at health and well—being through other metrics and well—being through other metrics and worked out that about two hours and worked out that about two hours a week, 120 minutes, seem to be associated with really good health and well— being, what's associated with really good health and well—being, what's surprised us most, this apply to pretty much

everyone in the population, young or old, rich or poor, rural and city, male and female, and it was also people who were well and unwell, spending time in nature is good for people who are unwell and well. so much time strapped to the chair in the office, not getting out, should it be an encouragement, to big corporate bodies, two companies, to institutions, to provide outdoor space where people can take some time out? i would certainly support that, and! time out? i would certainly support that, and i think that the beautiful thing about two hours a week, it doesn't have to be in one block, you can accumulate it over the week. lunch here, lunchtime there, 30 minutes here, 30 minutes there, 30 minutes here, 30 minutes there, 30 minutes a week, you can reach the target. we have been working with employers to encourage people to get

out and about but we are working with town councils to protect parts of the public spaces from overdevelopment because we think there is really important public health goals about keeping parks open. 0k, thank you very much for joining us. i like that, i like that a lot! i knew that you would like that one, i like spending time in nature but i'm still not sure we have the specifics there, what the specific health benefits are. now, if we're going to enjoy nature we also have to protect the environment. a shop in canada has come up with a unique approach which they hope will make people think twice about taking a plastic bag. they have designed an array of slogans for their stores bags which they hope people will be too ashamed to use. the east west market in vancouver has printed designs which include the phrases into the weird adult video emporium,

or the colon care co—op and dr toews wart ointment wholesale' to cause as much embarrassment as possible. they could have just printed here is another bag for life. and most of us would run a mile. you can imagine them becoming cult bags, like t—shirts as well. here is one for christian... this is the only one that they will remember! finally, a toe—curling tale not for the faint hearted — a former british commando has made a very special donation to a remote canadian hotel. here we go...! nick griffiths had his severed big toe posted to the downtown hotel in dawson city after he lost it to frostbite competing in an extreme winter marathon in 2018. since 1973 the hotels visitors have been drinking something called the sourtoe cocktail. can you guess where this is going...? that's right, it's a shot of whisky with a toe in it. yukon gold whiskey, and the toe must touch the drinkers' lips in order to earn a certificate from the bar. ugh! a local saying goes:

"you can drink it fast, you can drink it slow, but your lips must touch the toe." and the ex—royal marine has agreed to return to the yukon in the future to shoot a cocktail with his own toe in it. it has been posted by royal mail and for the next six weeks it will be mummified in rock salt, before it goes into use. the hotel has made public appeals for amputated toes, mr griffiths' gift is "the first one that is useable". over 86,000 sourtoe cocktails have been served since 1973, when the yukon riverboat captain dick stevenson discovered a preserved toe in an abandoned cabin. i... iworry i... i worry about us as a species! they are really chuffed, because the big toe, it is hard to come by, they do not get many, and they have a problem with people taking toes. accidental swallowing of the toe dot the really. . .! there is now a $500 fine... and this, who sends in a big

toe... —— accidental swallowing of the toe... really?! we will see you later! for many parts of the uk it has been yet another wet day, the rain has been relentless for some of us, some parts of shropshire have seen 150 millimetres of rain since the weekend, normally a couple of months to get that much rain, this is the radar picture from earlier on today, particularly heavy rain across the far north—west of england, eastern parts of scotland as well, very cool underneath the rain band, —— rain band. some spots no higher than 9 degrees. another area of rain pushing across the south—west, into wales, the midlands, north—west england, showery rain moving northern scotland, or the northern half of the uk, relatively cool night, for the southern half, a relatively mild night. low pressure

will still be in charge of the scene through tomorrow, bands of white whether spiralling around it, starting off the day with some showers across this western scotland, dry in many places over the last few days, conversely, eastern scotland having a much drier start to the day with spells of sunshine. northern ireland getting away, this rain will be sliding across northern england, parts of wales, into the south—east here, a mixture of sunshine and showers to start off the day. as we go through the day, this lump of rain will move a little further north, northern england, into the eastern side of scotland, away from the zone of persistent rain, mix of sunshine and showers but across eastern and far between, dry weather and just about across the board, tomorrow will be able midday. band of rain pushing to the west, some spells of sunshine,

with the wind coming from the south—west, we keep that much about those slightly higher temperatures, 15 to 19, one or two places in the south up to 20 degrees. sunday, classic sunshine and showers day, lone skies one minute, the next, a shower cloud will come across and drench you, some of them heavy with rumbles of thunder, temperatures 14 to 19, maybe 20 degrees in the best of the sunshine. into the start of the new week, dry weather for a time some of us could get into the middle 20 celsius.

this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall, the headlines at eight p m. borisjohnson is the clear front runner in the battle to become the next prime minister, winning the support of more than a third off tory mps in the first round of voting. jeremy hunt and michael gove came in second and third places. seven candidates are still in the running after three failed to get enough support. the usa blamed iran for two suspected attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman, one of the well‘s busiest oil shipping lanes. iran should meet diplomacy with diplomacy, not with terror, bloodshed and extortion. the bbc says that regrets any offence caused bya says that regrets any offence caused by a joke made byjo brand about throwing battery acid at

politicians. trains cancelled as flooding hits parts of