this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. the headlines at 11:00: nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, begins a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. the foreign secretary has urged iran to release her. whatever the disagreements you may have with the united kingdom, there is an innocent woman at the heart of this. shejust is an innocent woman at the heart of this. she just want to get back together with her daughter, gabriella, to reunite a family. it comes as a series of attacks on oil tankers in the region has further strained diplomatic relations with iran. flooding forces hundreds more people from their homes in lincolnshire after two months of rain falls in two days. police are investigating after 3 people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours.

australia go top of the world cup group table with an 87—run win over sri lanka. and at half past eleven we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers broadcaster, penny smith and john rentoul, chief political commentator, independent — stay with us for that. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — the british—iranian mother jailed in iran on spying charges — has begun a new hunger strike, in protest at her imprisonment. she's been held since 2016 and denies any wrongdoing. her move comes at a time

of escalating tension, with the united states, backed by the uk, accusing iran of a series of attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman. iran denies any involvement. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. these are the moments before nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe‘s arrest, more than three years ago at tehran airport. she thought she was heading home with her young daughter when she was approached by iran's revolutionary guards, then accused of espionage and sentenced to five years in jail in a case that's been called a mockery of justice. # wind the bobbin up...# just a few days earlier, they'd been enjoying a holiday together with herfamily in iran. happy birthday! hello, sweetheart! today in london, a celebration for gabriella's fifth birthday, with her on the phone from tehran. # happy birthday to you. # can you blow it out? but no cake for richard ratcliffe, as hejoins his wife on an open—ended hunger strike. she called him from jail this morning. so previous phone calls,

she'd been quite tense and sort of stressed and angry and, you know, distraught. actually, today she was quite calm, you know, she'd made the decision, she said she sent her letter due to thejudiciary, so it's now started, and nervous is how she sounded on the phone, but also calm, and we'll this is a desperate move by an ordinary couple caught up in extraordinarily complex international politics. their case is intricately connected to the difficult relationship between the uk and iran — a relationship that's just got even more fraught. last month, the us sent an aircraft carrier and warplanes to the gulf, within striking distance of iran. the military build—up came a year after donald trump unilaterally withdrew from a key agreement with iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. tensions have escalated further with a series of recent

attacks on oil tankers, including this on thursday in the gulf of oman, one of the world's busiest waterways. the us quickly blamed iran, and britain followed suit. iran categorically denies involvement and has been angered by the british stance. 0ur message to iran is, whatever the disagreements you may have with the united kingdom, there is an innocent woman at the heart of this, she just wants to get back together with her daughter gabriella, to reunite that family. please show that you have humanity, show that you have a heart, let nazanin come home. this morning, jeremy hunt met richard ratcliffe. he's praised the family's bravery, but there's concern that the latest trouble in the middle east will do nothing to solve his wife's plight, as they embark on a joint hunger strike aimed at bringing their family back together. caroline hawley, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent ben wright explained just how difficult a balancing act it was for the british government in dealing with iran. 0n the one hand, you have the foreign office appealing to iran for

the immediate release of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and on the other, the uk saying there is almost certain evidence, proof, that iran, 01’ certain evidence, proof, that iran, or the uranian military, was responsible for the attack on those two oil tankers and that has angered the iranians. there was a meeting between the british ambassador in tehran and an official at the foreign ministry there and iranian displeasure was made quite clear to the ambassador but the us and uk are certain that their intelligence shows iran is culpable. they believe that. not so, jeremy corbyn, the labour leader who tweeted today that without credible evidence, the government's rhetoric could increase the threat of war. that prompted a huge political spat today with the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, calling jeremy corbyn anti—american, called the comments pathetic, predictable. another tory leadership candidates are piled in as well but that shadow foreign secretary emily

thornbury has stood byjeremy corbyn and said the uk has to be very careful here about what it does next. almost 600 more homes have been evacuated due to serious flooding at wainfleet in lincolnshire. two months of rain has fallen there in just two days. the raf was deployed, after fears that repairs to banks of the river steeping were giving way. from wainfleet, luxmy gopal sent this report. from the air, you can see the vast extent of the flood waters, the river steeping swollen after two months of rain fell in two days. more flooding is expected, and around 600 homes have been evacuated. this is the second time rebecca and jodie have had to move. you've got where all the electrics have to dry out, because you can't put them back on. so it is finding the emergency accommodation that you are going to be setting basically a new home up, when you know your home's underwater. and it's so hard. sorry.

the environment agency says the river could breach at points where its flood defences are vulnerable. an raf chinook has returned today to help shore up the bank. it's this stretch of the river steeping that's expected to burst its banks, and that's why the raf chinook behind me has been flying back and forth with bags of sand and gravel to try to plug any breach. volunteers have travelled for miles to help the flood—defence operations. been out for the past three days, we've just had to rescue a 97—year—old lady. as i say, we'rejust dropping sand bags off, rescuing people, knocking on the door, making sure we can... dropping sandbags, just basically helping people, doing what we can do. emergency crews will continue to monitor the river levels, but for now residents don't know when they or their families, four—legged or otherwise, will be able to return home. luxmy gopal, bbc news, wainfleet.

the leader of hong kong has suspended the introduction of a new law that would allow extraditions to mainland china. the controversial proposals have led to huge street protests. last sunday, it's said more than a million people took to the streets — and another protest was planned for tomorrow. a warning: rupert wingfield hayes report — from hong kong — does contain flash photography. fellow citizens and members of the media... as she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. after a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldn't she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill? i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. not a withdrawal, then. so is this just a trick to pacify the protesters? it has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify.

how could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more law—enforcement officers and ordinary citizens being injured? the fear of more angry protesters returning to these barricades is what has prompted carrie lam and her administration to make what is clearly a major climb—down. this is not a temporary pause to the extradition bill — this is an indefinite suspension. nevertheless, it may not be enough to prevent very large crowds from coming out here again on sunday for another huge show of discontent. on wednesday, the policejust... this young protester and many of his friends will be out there, and possibly thousands more like them. they want the bill completely withdrawn, but for them it is about so much more. we don't trust the government. we don't need a small victory. we want to cancel the bill, but not temporarily. and i don't want to see

hong kong to be invaded by a totalitarian government. the problem for passionate young hong kongers like this is that communist china is just 16 miles away across the harbour. somehow they are going to have to learn to live with that fact. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. police have made 1a arrests after five separate attacks in london which left three men dead and three others injured in the space of 2a hours. on friday afternoon, two teenagers were killed in separate incidents in wandsworth and plumstead. a man in his 30s died after he was stabbed in tower hamlets on saturday afternoon. elena noel is a mentor and the co—chair of the anti—knife crime forum for southwark borough in south london. earlier i asked her how far knife and gang crime had now become a normality in parts of the uk. i will never want to see knife

crime, knife carrying and violence being a normality but young people are terrified, parents are terrified. they want solutions and a nswe i’s terrified. they want solutions and answers and, you know, and it shouldn't be a normality. they want to be safe, they want to be like other people but for some, it is a normality. do they come to people like yourself, average workers, and say, i want out? labour i am mentoring someone who has done just that. there are many young people, some we have heard about in the news and others, myself and my colleagues talk about, who want out, who u nfortu nately talk about, who want out, who unfortunately don't know the way out, don't have any connections to get them out because of the situations that therein, the violence therein and the people they are surrounding themselves with. but there is lots of community organisations such as the anti— knife crime forum, there are many,

many positive charities who are on very small amounts of funding and supported by the local councils. southwark does a lot to support young people and organisations to achieve change. sorry to interrupt, but i remember reporting on the stabbing on the stabbing of danilo, which was a long time ago. 18 years. as anything changed ? which was a long time ago. 18 years. as anything changed? what i'm saying and what am asking for, i'm going to be really honest and say there has been a lot of focus on youths on the street and activity on the streets. streetism, street life, urbanism, call it what you want. i've been saying for 20 years that what needs

to happen is a programme that gives young people proper employment, opportunities, networks, to change their lives around. and hope. absolutely. so i want to see corporate companies in southwark, across london and the uk. i am deliberately putting that callout. i've been saying it for a very long time. a different mindset needs to happen for use on the streets and the perception of black youth on the street. so you are asking for the basic right which is an education and a job. wide absolutely. so why in areas like where you work are children not getting an education? it isa children not getting an education? it is a particular mindset about what youth in crime can achieve. i am saying i am someone who has meant toward young people on the fringes of knife crime and violence and those who have been seriously involved in it, they are some of the brightest, most intelligent young people that i have met. is it

because they are born into an impoverished area ? because they are born into an impoverished area? is racism a problem? it's one of those issues. it's about the policy that is being made as well. i said 20 years ago, i wa nt made as well. i said 20 years ago, i want a policy and a process in place that gives young people those very rights that we've just been speaking about. the headlines on bbc news: nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, has begun a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. hundreds of homes have been evacuated because of flooding in lincolnshire, brought on by heavy rain. police are investigating after three people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours. we are looking at the papers at half

past. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. ready and waiting. hello. as always. we start with the cricket world cup, as australia move to the top of the standings after an 87—run victory over sri lanka at the oval. in the day's other match, south africa recorded their first victory of the competition with a comfortable win over afghanistan. adam wild was watching. blue skies above the oval, the site also like the fans have been waiting to see. their last two world cup matches have been a wash—out and now finally their moment to shine. but if the rain was not spoiling their day the reigning champions were trying to. australia and in particular the captain aaron finch was taking aim at those guys are making hay. his century swift and unforgiving. but with steve smith navigating away from the other end, the pair were putting on quite a performance,

but after they departed australia lost their way, confusion run out, sri lanka suddenly finding a little hope. it would take a record run chase to get there, but with a start like this there seemed more than a chance that they mightjust do it. but how quickly the mood can change. the difference between australia and other sites is so often stark, four wickets for mitchell starc and australia finally on top and with victory on top of the world cup table. if that's a familiar sight, so too with this tournament is this, rain in cardiff. but when afghanistan finally resumed against south africa, they might have wished they hadn't. a batting collapse left them all out for 125, south africa no problems reaching that for their first win and the forecast for them at least appearing a little brighter.

it's day 7 at the women's world cup in france, as we head towards to business end of the tournament. today, the netherlands secured their place in the last 16 with a game to spare after beating cameroon 3—1 — with a double for arsenal's vivianne miedema, making her her country's all time record goalscorer. paul frostick reports. the first a0 minutes of the netherlands and cameroon‘s very first meeting was unforgettable, but after an uninspiring start, the match exploded into life. the european champions finally showed their class as vivianne miedema found the targets. they barely had time to celebrate though. less than three minutes later, the equaliser, a perfectly timed run exposing the dutch defence. after the break, it was cameroon who were caught sleeping, this time another arsenal player with the easiest of goals. cameroon had their chances to make it 2—2 but this was to be vivianne miedema's day, her 60th international goal sending them through to the last 16 and making of the country's all—time top scorer.

canada are also through to the knockout stage after they beat new zealand 2—0. both goals coming in the second half. jessie fleming breaking the deadlock straight after the break, thanks to the pace of nichelle prince, who went on to score the second for canada. there was a big shock in the super league today as bottom side london broncos beat the catalans dragons. rhys williams amongst the try scorers in perpignan, he went over twice. broncos stay bottom but it could prove to be a crucial two points. 30—12 the final score. the third round of the us open is under way at pebble beach. you can listen to live commentary on bbc radio 5 live sports extra. also tonight, josh warrington is defending his ibf world featherweight title

against kid galahad in leeds. you can listen to live commentary right now on 5 live. that's all the sport for now. enjoy your evening. back to you. thanks, holly. public health england has sought to reassure people after two more patient deaths were linked to a listeria outbreak, saying the overall risk is low. a total of five people are now known to have died. the health secretary matt hancock has ordered what he called a root and branch review of hospital food. leigh milner reports. two people have died at the manchester royal infirmary, another at aintree hospital, after eating sandwiches and salads containing listeria. it's not yet been revealed where two other patients died. listeria is a bacterium which typically causes mild food poisoning, but can prove fatal if people are already seriously ill. tanya marsden from ashford in kent was at the william harvey hospital having treatments for crohn‘s disease when she became infected with listeria.

listeria can be fatal, and that obviously is what's playing on my mind now. i worry about whether there's any lasting implications for me, particularly because my immune system is so suppressed at this moment in time. eight trusts have been affected, but we've not been told which ones. i asked dr yvonne doyle from public health england why. the full details of the investigation and the trusts involved will be available next week. the reason we haven't put that out now is that the clinicians have asked us to give them some time to have those discussions with the patients who are alive and with the relatives of those who have deceased. well, the health secretary, matt hancock, has called for a review of nhs food. in a statement, he says he's deeply concerned about the issue and strongly believes that a new, radical approach is needed into the way food is served in the nhs.

the good food chain, which is being linked to the outbreak, has voluntarily ceased production. as investigations continue, public health england insist any risk to the public remains low. leigh milner, bbc news. the exam board edexcel has launched an investigation into how part of an a—level maths paper was leaked online. blacked out images of two questions were shared on social media, ahead of the exam yesterday. pearson, which runs edexcel, said the images were circulated "in a very limited way", and that pupils would not have to re—sit the paper. sudan's chief prosecutor says the deposed president, 0mar al—bashir, will appear in court next week. al—bashir faces charges of corruption and possessing foreign currency. the military ousted the long—time president in april, after months of protests against him. criminal investigations linked to corruption have been opened against more than a0 other former officials.

rivals competing to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister have dismissed suggestions they should withdraw and allow an uncontested coronation for the frontrunner boris johnson. they've been campaigning for the support of party members at a meeting in london. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley was there and his report does contain flashing imagery. blink and you'll miss him — boris johnson arrives at the first leadership hustings for tory activists. in here, he told them he's a winner, and he's undoubtedly the man to beat, but his rivals say a coronation would be a mistake. that would be a complete disgrace. the public deserve the chance to look at these leaders. mrjohnson‘s opponents insist this isn't over. we had a coronation last time, it didn't work out well, so let's not make the same mistakes again. jeremy hunt insists he can

shock everyone and come from behind to win. michael gove agrees it's all still to play for. the leadership hustings so far have been taking place behind closed doors. that will change tomorrow with the first televised event, at which five of the six candidates, minus mrjohnson, will attend. but ultimately those standing for the leadership know that it's people like the ones here, party activists, that they have to convince. do you think the wider membership are listening, or it's boris and that's it? no, i think they are listening, i think they are listening. it always, always, always was going to be borisjohnson for me, but i'm now...less sure who would be the second option. i had thought i was close to making up my mind, but i've now got a bit more of an open mind after today. i mean, i'd vote raab, i must say, given the chance, but it's going to be boris. are members still listening to your pitch, mr hunt? they were, yes! the fight to be our next pm goes on. the longer this goes on, the more the underdog gets their shot. to beat this man, though, won't be easy. nick eardley, bbc news.

the italian film and opera director franco zeffirelli has died at the age of 96. he was twice nominated for an oscar, and is perhaps best known for his adaptations of shakespeare's works. he's said to have died peacefully after a long illness. nick higham looks back at his life. operatic music. franco zeffirelli made his name as an opera director, on stage and occasionally on film. 0pera taught him how to deal with highly strung and highly talented performers. it is a simple as that — holding their hands, really dealing with vulnerable people, really charming little kids that can't believe their luck, and they are afraid. will thou take petruchio to be thy lawful wedded husband?

his experience proved useful when he made a film with a famously temperamental couple, richard burton and elizabeth taylor. i will not...! his film version of romeo and juliet was nominated for an oscar, but it was controversial. 0livia hussey, then just 15, appeared topless. zeffirelli, who'd started out as a stage and screen designer, was sometimes attacked for self—indulgence and for sentimentality. but jesus of nazareth, made for television, showed a different and more austere side to his work. if my kingdom were of this world, my followers would have fought to prevent me from being captured. in 2004, he was given an honorary knighthood. he'd always been an anglophile. i think about england in terms of the country that i would like to see married with my country, italy. and i managed, you know,

one way or other, to make this marriage happen with my work and my association with british talent. such a traditional honour meant a lot to a director renowned for his love of formality, opulence and beauty. franco zeffirelli who has died at the age of 96. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers penny smith and john rentoul. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. so please don't go away. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. another day where we have seen some torrential rain across parts of the uk, exacerbating the flooding in places we have seen earlier in the week. this was burton upon trent and staffordshire on saturday afternoon. at the same time, blue skies and sunshine in

anglesey. it is this mix we will keep as we go into sunday, this slow—moving area of low pressure still to the west of the uk. another frontal system working north and eastwards. this will generate hours through the morning initially across scotland, northern ireland, the western side of england, but those showers still working across a large swathe of the uk. where we see them they will be heavy, thundery, slow—moving, merging to give a longer spell of rain. and some gusty winds in any of the showers. this is an idea of average wind strength. the gust will be higher. through the afternoon, shower was starting to this across southern and central england. more sunshine. 20—21 celsius the top temperature. emitted teens we have the frequent showers. the showers continue through sunday evening into scotland. heavy and thundery. longer spells of rain. further south and east things turn drier. simply spells. it won't be a cold start to many. temperatures

holding up to between ten and 13 celsius. let's look at the bigger picture as we start the new week. in area of low pressure to the north—west of the uk. a cold front across wales and northern england will be generating some showery rain through monday morning. that will tend to ease off through the day. meanwhile, some very heavy showers across scotland and northern ireland. likely to see frequent thunder and lightning. to the south of east of our cold front, spells of sunshine and a slice of sunshine in between the showers and the spells of rain. we have got the sunshine, 20- 21 of rain. we have got the sunshine, 20— 21 celsius. we have frequent heavy showers, 14—15. looking ahead to tuesday, a brief ridge of high pressure to anything stray across england, wales, northern ireland. the area of low pressure to the south—west could bring some heavy rain into southern counties of england through tuesday afternoon. ahead of it, dry, warm, some sunshine, heavy showers for the far noth and was violent and also northern ireland. in the sunshine,

below 20 celsius, mid—teens in the showers.

hello. this is bbc news with chris rogers. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, has begun a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. hundreds of homes have been evacuated because of flooding in lincolnshire, brought on by heavy rain. police are investigating after 3 people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours. there's to be a major review into hospital food after the deaths of five patients from listeria is announced in england.