another area of low—pressure bringing yet more rain on wednesday. so, wednesday, there could be a brief hiccup in the story. more welcome rain for gardeners and growers potentially, but that will be quite heavy as it moves its way steadily north and is replaced by scattered showers down to the south and west. keep some sunshine, you still keep some warmth. 23 degrees, so that's still into the low 70s, but a little disappointing under the cloud and rain. so, that area of low pressure will drift away, and then it's going to allow it later next week high pressure to build. so, it's almost a case of no two days the same when we look further ahead. but things don't look too disappointing, particularly in comparison to the week we have just seen. there will be some dry weather, there will also be some warmth with a little bit of rain maybe showing its hand as we move into the weekend. that's it. more coming up throughout the weekend. take care.

boris johnson, the frontrunner for the tory leadership, says he will take part in a bbc tv debate with other contenders. mrjohnson gave his first broadcast interview since the contest started, saying brexit must take place on time. it needs to happen by october sist. and we need to get on and do it. he'll now face five other candidates for the topjob — a sixth, health secretary matt hancock, today withdrew from the race. we'll bring you all the latest in the contest to be the country's next prime minister. also tonight. symbols of peace — survivors and bereaved families mark the anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, two years on.

heightened tensions over two damaged oil tankers in the gulf of oman — the us releases a video showing, it says, iranian forces at work. 20 years after teenager margaret fleming went missing, a couple who were her carers are convicted of her murder. and england's women are through to the next stage of the world cup — after beating argentina. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, joe root scores 100 to lead england to victory against the west indies at the cricket world cup. good evening.

boris johnson, the frontrunner in the race to be conservative party leader and prime minister, says he will take part in the bbc tv debate with the other contenders next week, but not in the channel 4 equivalent this weekend. in his first broadcast interview since the contest began, he said it was "perfectly realistic" to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement with the eu before the end of october — but the uk should step up preparations for a no—deal brexit, to help get an improved deal. the leadership race lost one candidate today — the heath secretary matt hancock dropped out, leaving six men going into the next ballot of tory mps on tuesday. with more, here's our deputy political editor john pienaar. a warning his report contains flashing images. leader of the pack, the strong, silent type. are you afraid of scrutiny or a gaffe, mrjohnson? well, was he up forfacing live interviews, joining the other candidates in a bbc tv debate? turned out today he was. i've always been keen on tv debates.

i'm slightly bewildered by the conversation that's been going on. and the best time to do that i think would be after the second ballot on tuesday. he decided risking a slip—up or setback next tuesday, although not in channel 4's debate on sunday, was worth it. his pledge, no surrender. he'd deliver a managed brexit, deal or no deal, by october the 31st. the only way to make sure that we convince our partners that we're determined to get that outcome is to prepare for no deal, and i think it would be absolutely bizarre to signal at this stage that the uk government was willing once again to run up the white flag and delay yet again. as for the big barrier to a deal, how to avoid stops and checks on the eu's irish border after brexit... the obvious way to do it is to make

sure that you have checks on anybody who breaks the law, as you would expect, but you do it away from the border. what about using cocaine? a damaging admission by rival michael gove? mrjohnson treated it is almost something trivial. a single inconclusive event that took place when i was a teenager. moments earlier, the first to drop out, health secretary matt hancock's 20 mps‘ votes in the last round up for grabs. where i put myself forward as a candidate focused on the future, the party is understandably focused very much on the here and now and how we get through brexit in the next few months, and so i have decided to withdraw from the contest. in other words, the big issue in the coming debate and rounds of voting next week is how willing the next prime minister will be to leave the eu without a deal.

that and who's best—placed to take on the front runner. jeremy hunt saying his negotiating experiences in business and as foreign secretary mean he can get a deal where theresa may failed, so trust him, not borisjohnson. his hard stop on the 31st of october is effectively saying that the best we can offer the country is either a no—deal brexit or a general election if parliament succeeds in stopping that no—deal brexit. so, six runners left. michael gove, in third place and trying to accelerate. i'm looking forward to a contest of ideas and to exchanging thoughts with other candidates about how we can make this country better in the future. rory stewart warning against no deal and against boris johnson. he keeps saying he will deliver brexit by the 31st of october, but how? we need to get into the details of how it's going to happen. brexiteer dominic raab. you know they're campaigning when the hard hats come out. i think this is the start of the race. we all know about the curse of the front runner in conservative leadership contests. there's many a slip between a cup and a lip. and the home secretary, like all of them, needing to gain ground.

the question now is who is going to go up against boris, and i think that what i offer is a good choice, a fresh choice, for the party and for the country. so, this isn'tjust a race to downing street, it's a chase. the prospect of calling number 10 home has tantalised borisjohnson for years. now it mayjust be within touching distance. reeta, asked almost anyone here, and they will say that this looks like boris johnson's battle they will say that this looks like borisjohnson‘s battle to lose, and the only person who can beat him is borisjohnson the only person who can beat him is boris johnson himself. his the only person who can beat him is borisjohnson himself. his promise to ta ke borisjohnson himself. his promise to take britain out of the european union by october the 31st with or without a deal has pleased brexiteers, as you would expect, and the argument of preparing for no deal is a way to avoid that happening is to the ears of the rest. but no one seems remotely certain of how this will play out under ajohnson certain of how this will play out under a johnson premiership or any other premiership. no deal, a delay,

a referendum, a general election, they are all being discussed as possible outcomes. whatever change of prime minister might achieve, certainty doesn't seem to be one of them, and in coming weeks we will see hustings, debates, interviews, much scrutiny of policy and promises. this isn't over, reeta, not yet. john, many thanks. john pienaar there. survivors of the grenfell tower fire, along with relatives and friends of those who died, have been attending events to mark the two—year anniversary of the disaster. 72 people lost their lives when a fire in a flat at the tower block in west london spread rapidly, engulfing the building. it's emerged that more than 300 high—rise buildings in england still have cladding similar to that used on grenfell tower. our special correspondent lucy manning reports.

in the shadow of grenfell, a community that fire ripped apart came together. tonight, grenfell marched silently. appropriately, given they feel no one has been listening. the day had started as it finished, with remembrance. # ijust lift my head up to the sky # and say help me to be strong # ijust can't give up now #. zainab choucair. mierna choucair. 72 names. many whole families. bassem choucair. # i've come so far from where i started from.# the pain hasn't subsided, it'sjust

lasted for longer and the sense of injustice has grown. we don't want to wait for justice, i don't know, certain years, so it's still not possible we get the justice. two years on, no one held responsible, no one charged, no outcome to the delayed public inquiry. marcio gomes and his pregnant wife escaped that night but his son, the youngest of the 72 victims, killed two months before he was due to be born. lots of emotions. crying, anger, love, forgiveness, everything. and two years on has enough changed? no, no, not nearly enough. a lot more needs to be done. people need to feel safe at home. the grenfell families were promised everyone would be rehoused within three weeks. two years on, and i7 households still haven't found permanent homes.

the country was promised every high—rise building would be made safe. two years on, 328 buildings are still with unsafe cladding, with tens of thousands of people still living in them. the families feel that not enough has been done two years on, many people are still living in unsafe buildings. what's your response? well, today is very much a day for reflection and all of those who've lost their lives, and i very much recognise the calls for more action and that's what i think does need to happen. so i'm proud to be supporting this cookbook. survivor munira mahmud has raised money with a grenfell cookbook, but can't find peace. it's two years on and no one has been charged yet. they are walking freely, sleeping nicely, you know, and we are in a nightmare, the families, we lost families, we lost friends, we lost neighbours.

they are dignified, they have refused to give up, but are still waiting. lucy manning, bbc news. president trump says he's convinced that iran did carry out yesterday's attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, a view supported this evening by the foreign office in london. earlier, the us military released a video which it said showed iranian special forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the stricken ships. tehran has flatly denied any involvement in the attacks. here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. america builds its case. the us military says their video shows iran's islamic revolutionary guards removing a limpet mine from this stricken tanker. their photos of the ships hull point to what they say is probably that mine which didn't explode — and the damage from one which did. one of two attacks on oil tankers

in the gulf on thursday, which rang the alarm about disruption of oil supplies, and the danger of war in this volatile region. others, including the un, are calling for an investigation. but this morning, president trump took to his favourite tv show to say iran's to blame. well, iran did do it, and you know they did it, because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didn't explode, and it's probably got, essentially, iran written all over it. tonight, britain's foreign secretary backed him up. jeremy hunt now says responsibility almost certainly lies with iran. iran denies that. at this regional meeting, its president took aim at the united states. translation: the us government has acted against all international laws in the last two years by adopting an aggressive policy, and it poses a serious threat to regional and international stability. whoever caused these explosions

knows they are playing with fire. just look at this map of the gulf region, and the narrow waterways, where the world's oil tankers come and go. this is where these tensions could escalate — by an accidental collision or a retaliatory strike by iran or the us and its closest partners, including saudi arabia. for now, the saudis are threatening stern action against what they see as iran's puppet — the houthis in yemen — already locked in a devastating war with the saudi—led coalition just south of here. so is there a way out? definitly, and that's through diplomacy, that the trump administration pulled out of the nuclear agreement last year, and reimposed sanctions on iran, despite the fact that it didn't violate the nuclear agreement. now we have people in the administration that are hoping to put so much of the economic pain on society that it will lead to a regime change, and so at the same time, they are saying that they want the trump, that they want to talk to iran.

they call me and so that's almost laughable. if iran's to blame, it may be its message, it can also inflict pain — on oil supplies, on stability. a warning, if one was needed, of the cost of confrontation. lyse doucet, bbc news. well, our correspondent mark lowen is at a port in the united arab emirates on the gulf of oman. a further ratcheting up of tension today. what are the fears there? ri two, tension was already very high afterfour ri two, tension was already very high after four tankers were attacked here of this port last month. the tensions have eased, but it has rocketed back up with the attack on the tankers yesterday. the japanese owned tank is currently being tugged here to fujairah, and of course accusations are flying between the sides. what is very

clear is the deep chasm, the deep divisions in this region. on the one side you have the uae and saudi arabia, backed up by us. and on the other you have iran, backed up by russia and turkey, the court quite literally in the middle is the world's oil industry. about one fifth of the world's crude oil passes through these waters. today the world's largest ship owner association warned that tension in this region is now as high as it gets without being an actual armed conflict. thank you very much, mark. public health england has confirmed the deaths of two more hospital patients from an outbreak of listeria linked to pre—packed sandwiches. the death of two patients from manchester royal infirmary and another patient at aintree hospital had already been revealed. all but one of the five deaths happened than a month ago, and the food products linked to the outbreak have been withdrawn. a couple have been convicted of murdering a vulnerable young woman nearly 20 years ago. edward cairney and avriljones killed margaret fleming, who was 19 and had learning

difficulties, at their home in inverclyde around christmas 1999. a benefits claim made 16 years later on margaret's behalf prompted questions. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. edward cairney and avriljones — the supposed carers of a vulnerable young woman — who instead became her killers. in a bbc interview before they were charged, they denied margaret fleming had been harmed. did either of you harm margaret? no. far from it. so, margaret is alive and well and she has come to no harm? that's right. not that i know of, unless she's got hurt in the last couple of weeks. but margaret — a quiet, shy girl — had come to harm. the teenager had moved here, into the couple's home in inverkip on the clyde, after herfather died. on one occasion she was seen here with duct tape around her wrists. on another, with drainpipes covering her arms up to her shoulders. margaret was last seen alive just

before christmas 1999. police believe that in herfinal months she was effectively a prisoner — treated like a slave, neglected, deprived of food, murdered. the couple made fantastical claims to try and cover up their crimes. that margaret was scared of the police and had run away. that she had left to become a gangmaster. that she was a frustrated spy. it was left to one of her former teachers to talk about the real margaret — an isolated teenager who nobody was looking out for, who disappeared without anyone even realising she was gone. i taught margaret for two years, and i'm here speaking about her as a person, and i'm the only person that we've been able to find who really remembers her. and i think that is one of the saddest things, that this wee girl has just been forgotten. forgotten for almost 20 years. now margaret fleming's murderers finally brought to justice. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. scotland yard has confirmed tonight

it won't take any action against the comedian jo brand after she was criticised for a joke about throwing battery acid on politicians. she had already apologised for the remarks, which she made on a radio 4 satirical show. protesters in hong kong say they are preparing to take to the streets again this weekend if the government refuses to withdraw an extradition law that would allow people in the territory to be sent to china for trial. up to a million people took to the streets last weekend — and tens of thousands clashed with riot police on wednesday in the worst unrest there for decades. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been talking to some of the protesters. crowd chants. "withdraw the bill, withdraw the bill." it is the chant that has echoed across hong kong this week. "evil police" is another. this level of hostility is something new for hong kong. the activists are younger, more determined, and more

prepared to use violence than their predecessors. this young man is one of them. he's asked us to hide his identity. we have already know that if we just sat there doing nothing the government will not listen to us. even i feel thati million people protest, the government still does nothing, that is the thing, so we believe that we need to use more violent or aggressive ways so that the government will listen to us. these tactics may be working. 0ne senior government adviser today told me he still supports the bill, but the violence means it's time for compromise. we maintain a different system and we have a different and independentjudiciary to deal with these things, and this bill will not enable the things which happen in china happen in hong kong. so if it isn't an issue, a legal issue, it is then a political issue, and this is about political discontent? that's exactly the point,

so if we were to push ahead the voting on the bill as we already originally planned, i fear there would be more street violence. it's a long way from the day in 1997 when hong kong was handed back to china by britain. then, many here felt a surge of patriotic pride. 68—year—old ivy has copies of every hong kong newspaper published that day. but 22 years later she no longer looks at them with any sense of pride. translation: i'm chinese, but i'm not communist. we have become a chinese colony. that makes me very sad. we thought when we went back to china we'd be happy, but now we are more and more unhappy. some of these young people are now calling for hong kong independence. it is a naive fantasy,

but it shows how far beijing has gone in losing the hearts and minds of its hong kong citizens. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. the world health organization has described the ebola crisis in the democratic republic of congo as "very much an emergency," but stopped short of labelling it a global threat. the who said it was working with neighbouring countries to prepare for possible outbreaks. more than 14 hundred people have died, including over 350 children. the death rate is higher than in the major outbreak of 2014. 0ur correspondent, anne soy, is on ugandan side of the border and joins us live now from kasese. anne — what's the situation there? welcome of the people i've spoken to today here in kasese are confident that uganda can control an outbreak of ebola. they went through a major test this week after the arrival of

six family members from the drc. three had ebola. they did not come through in through an official border post, but through a back route but somehow they were detected. 0ne route but somehow they were detected. one of the children was very ill. they went to hospital, i've been to that hospital today. the health workers they were ready. they have been training for this for months. they quickly identified the symptoms of ebola and referred the family to an ebola treatment unit which had been set up months in advance. uganda had trained close to 5000 health workers in anticipation ofa 5000 health workers in anticipation of a situation like this. however the problem really is across the border in the democratic republic of the congo, an area that has seen decades of conflict. there are low literacy levels and the community has been very hostile to the health workers and they are saying they still need more international support to bring ebola, the ebola outbreak, under control. anne soy, thank you. football — and england's women have

qualified for the knockout stages of the world cup after beating argentina this evening. but scotland look to be heading home after they lost to japan. katie gornall is in le harve this evening, where england's game finished earlier. katie. yes, there was a real disappointment for scotland against japan. they can still go through as one of the best third placed finishers but it's out of their hands now. as for england, they look to be in for a really frustrating evening here in the half but they kept patient and thanks to jodie taylor ending a 14 month goal drought they got the job done. side by side, but in many ways poles apart. three years ago argentina had no fixtures, no coach, and no ranking. they fought back then and they put up a fight here, maybe a little too much. commentator: it's got to be a penalty. a penalty for nikita parris and england fans waited for the net to ripple, but correa kept up the resistance. theirs is a tale of resilience through adversity. here's kirby, lovely ball. minutes later correa

was at it again. the keeper saves it again. eventually she could hold back the tide no longer as england were just too quick and too slick. in the end it was simple forjodie taylor. the floodgates failed to open, but one goal was enough for phil neville's side. england are through to the knockout stages and they've been made to do it the hard way. their resilience, their resistance is broken. in rennes, scotland faced one of the world cup‘s blue riband teams, japan. the 2011 champions made a stuttering start to the tournament but they quickly found their stride here. 1—0,japan. playing in your first world cup has to be nerve—racking, but this was not pretty in pink. japan's young side should have been further ahead by the time rachel causey got caught out here. penalty, said the referee, and so she picked yourself up to do the rest.

the game could have been further from their reach, but from the fingertips of lee alexander, and when lana collins finally gave scotland some hope, it was all too late. having fought their way to france, they now need a win in their final game if they are to have any chance of staying. katie gornall, bbc news. from one world cup to another — cricket now, where england have comfortably cruised to victory against the west indies. they were helped in part by a century from joe root, although captain eoin morgan was injured whilst fielding. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson was watching. in southampton the morning skies were ambiguous, but by recent world cup standards that's brilliant. please stand away from your umbrellas. the sun is out. it's blisteringly hot. england won the toss. they will be bowling. they came in in part to watch chris gayle hit it out of the ground — well, he tried. england had dropped him once when bairstow hung on here. gayle out for 36 — equals relief. now, the english catching wasn't

perfect, but they got plenty of practice.