this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at midday: tory leadership contender dominic raab says his party will be "toast" if britain isn't out of the eu by the end of october, and he accuses parliament of trying to ‘steal‘ brexit from the voters. the damage it's doing to businesses, many of whom come to me and say, we just want to know what you're doing, but also this corrosion of public trust, and it is... the tory party will be toast unless we are out by the of october. there's another huge protest in hong kong as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators march — despite a government climb—down on its controversial extradition bill that would send suspects to mainland china. the jailed british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe begins a new hunger strike — as tehran formally protests about british claims that

iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding —descibed by the environment agency as "unprecedented". president trump again denounces london's mayor, sadiq khan. it follows a series of violent deaths in the capital. over a billion people are expected to tune in to watch today's world cup cricket clash between india against pakistan. and click travels to los angeles for the biggest gaming convention in the world. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news.

the conservative leadership contender, dominic raab, has warned the conservative party will be "toast" if britain doesn't leave the european union by the deadline of october 31st. meanwhile, other conservative leadership hopefuls have questioned the ability of borisjohnson, to deliver brexit. the international development secretary, rory stewart, said no—one could be clear what mrjohnson was proposing to do, while the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said mrjohnson seemed determined to plunge headlong into a no deal exit. in all, there are six candidates vying for the party's leadership, mrjohnson is the clear frontrunner, but he has said he will not join his five rivals in the first tv debate on channel 4 tonight. he has, however, agreed to take part in the bbc‘s debate on tuesday. i've been catching up with our political correspondent nick eardley, to find out what's

next in this race. the conservative party in parliament will whittle the list of candidates down to two in the coming week, and it is really the battle to be on that final two that goes to the conservative membership, with boris johnson, we are seeing this morning, we have heard from three of the candidates setting out their pitch about exactly why they think they are about exactly why they think they a re exactly about exactly why they think they are exactly the man to go up against borisjohnson. dominic are exactly the man to go up against boris johnson. dominic raab are exactly the man to go up against borisjohnson. dominic raab was brexit secretary and is fighting for a lot of the same ground as mr johnson by trying to appeal to people who think that delivering brexit is the number one goal. he he said about the impact of not doing that. we gave the people a decision and now parliament is trying to steal it away from them and i think that there is a fraud. in terms of the referendum campaign, it was clear that we decided to leave the eu. we wanted to leave with a deal but plenty of questions were asked

about not getting a deal on what the outcome would be. people voted to leave and we haven't left yet, which is why we are seeing notjust leave and we haven't left yet, which is why we are seeing not just the uncertainty for the economy and businesses, many of whom want to know just what we businesses, many of whom want to knowjust what we are doing, but also this corrosion of public trust. it is the tory party that will be toast unless we are out by the end of october. the tory party will be toast? yes, we need to wake up to this. in the peterborough by—election and european elections, notjust the frustration by—election and european elections, not just the frustration and outrage, and you referred to scandal, scandal that people feel that we haven't kept our end of the deal. it could be the end of the conservative party? the conservative party cannot win unless we deliver brexit. and we have been hearing from other contenders — rory stewart. he has come out of nowhere to be one of the more energetic campaigners in this leadership election. his big pitch is

increasingly focusing on being somebody who could stop borisjohnson. he is hugely critical of mrjohnson, saying this morning they have completely different ideas and he has no idea how mrjohnson would deliver brexit, and he is basically saying, i want to go up against him because i think i could scrutinise his ideas. claiming that once that happens mrjohnson will come off the rails. rory stewart has come up with the idea of citizens' assemblies. he has said that 50,000 people might get a phone call saying they should be on the assemblies. i suspect there will be some people at home dreading ever getting the call being asked to come up with a solution to brexit. in the last poll of tory mps, jeremy hunt was second, and he is seen as the front runner to be up against mrjohnson at the moment. i have to say, there wasn't

a tremendous amount that was new from mr hunt this morning in detail about what he would do differently. he is saying that the big choice now is how to avoid leaving without a deal or a general election. let's listen. i believe that there is a deal there. let me answer the question, andrew. when you talk to european leaders, as i do, they want to solve this problem. they say if they were approached by a british prime minister, someone they were willing to deal with, who had ideas as to how to solve the northern irish border, they would be willing to renegotiate the package. i'm not saying that is going to be easy, but my point is this: if we are now that we will choose a no—deal brexit on the slst of october or an election, those are very stark choices. are they the best for britain? i am sitting here arguing that we can negotiate better choices.

mr hunt will be one of five candidates taking part in a tv debate tonight, the first time you and i am the public at large will have been let into a conservative hustings. there have been plenty so far, but most of them have involved journalists like me having a glass up against a wall to try to hear what is happening. tonight, we will be let in on the act. borisjohnson will not be there. the fight tonight will be to be seen as the main contender to mrjohnson. that is when it starts to heat up, when we get down to the final two. hundreds of thousands of protestors are marching in hong kong over a controversial extradition bill, despite a government climb—down. the territory's pro beijing chief executive, carrie lam, suspended the plans yesterday. but the demonstrators are now calling for the bill to be completely withdrawn — they say it would erode hong kong's judicial independence and could mean that china will target political opponents in the former

british colony. martin yip is in hong kong for us. martin, another massive demonstration today. yes, indeed. i am standing in the northern side of the protests. many young people in black t—shirts behind me. the others are leaving because they have reached the finishing point. i have been told that on the southern side of it, there is a large crowd occupying the motorway, yet again, the same protest site as 2014 and the same protest site as 2014 and the umbrella movement protest which lasted for nine days. they have a lwa ys lasted for nine days. they have always been asking for a withdrawal of this whole deal, so back on saturday, when the hong kong premier said she would suspend this plan,

people were just not satisfied with it, which is why they are returning to this very scene to make their voice heard. the problem now is, beijing has voiced their support of the decision to suspend. this might leave doubt in the air. carrie lam thought this would leave... kerry allen is the china analyst for bbc monitoring. how is this being reported in mainland china, these huge protests in hong kong we are seeing day after day, possibly a million people on the streets today? it is not being reported at all. this has been the case for the last week. these protests started last sunday, and i

saw on the equivalent of facebook, where people consume their news, the words hong kong became outright censored. china will actively never allow a ny censored. china will actively never allow any pictures of protest into the country, even if there are only ten people. in this case, there were more than1 ten people. in this case, there were more than 1 million ten people. in this case, there were more than1 million people last week, and it is expected today that the protests may be higher. there are hundreds of thousands of people on the street at any given time. china has censored more and more terms, it censored the term 1.03 million last week, and it is censoring the term victoria park, where people are gathered today. the protests, if you are in mainland china, you are not seeing them. how is hong kong generally viewed in mainland china? hong kong is very much seen as a kind of province of mainland china, so one of the dialogues that has been coming up in

response to the bill being suspended, china is angry about this and is saying that it is due to us interference, particularly, and yeah, even though it is only a regional story, from beijing's perspective, one of the comments thatis perspective, one of the comments that is coming up from a lot of official papers and from social media users paid by the government, it is that hong kong is china's. that is the phrase i am seeing again and again. the reason people in hong kong are worried about this extradition bill is that they feel that suspects could be hauled out of hong kong and sent to mainland china, and especially political activists. that is what they are worried about. absolutely, yes. as martin said, the reason people are protesting today is that people don't see the suspension as a move forward. they see this as a means to

try and get people off the streets by carrie lam. that is why people today are protesting, more and more protesters, and it is outright state media in china, but in independent papers within hong kong, the images, compared to last week, are just so striking from bird's eye view images. so many people dressed in black, and more and more people, it appears, than last week. good to talk to you, kerry allen, our china editorfor bbc talk to you, kerry allen, our china editor for bbc monitoring. iran has complained to britain's ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of involvement in the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. the iranian authorities deny being involved. amid the growing tensions, the british—iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe,

has begun a new hunger strike. she denies any wrongdoing. simonjones reports. outside the iranian embassy in london, a lone tent symbolising the growing tensions between the uk and tehran. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe camping outside the building to try to make his voice heard. his wife remains injail following her arrest at tehran airport, after visiting her family three years ago, accused of being a spy, which she has always denied. we are camping out in solidarity with nazanin, she has gone on hunger strike in iran. we can't see that, but said if she was going on hunger strike we would do it here. obviously you can see me, and i am doing it in front of the iranian embassy. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's case is intricately connected

with the difficult relationship between the uk and iran, which has just become even more tense. london has accused tehran of being behind attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, one of the world's busiest waterways. iran says that isn't true, making its displeasure known in a meeting with the ambassador. jeremy hunt, who met mr radcliffe yesterday, as said compassion should be shown to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe to allow her to return home to her family. for her husband and his supporters the wait continues, with no response yet from the iranian authorities. i can speak now to nazenin ansari, she's an iranian—british journalist, and editor of kayhan london, which provides news for a global iranian community.

it seems like relations between britain and iran, which have always been pretty bad, are getting worse almost by the day now. jeremy hunt said again today he is almost certain that iran was behind these attacks in the gulf. yes. actually, uae and saudi arabia, together with israel, and also the insurance company of one of the tankers, a norwegian insurance company, they have all pointed the finger to the islamic republic, and specifically the revolutionary guards. what will happen next? we have seen forces building up, american forces, and we hear today that britain is sending some royal marines to the region to protect shipping. does it look to you like there could be some sort of

military confrontation between the united states and iran? the nature of confrontation has really changed in modern times. it is no longer the physical confrontation. we have been ina physical confrontation. we have been in a confrontation for a very long time, whether it be economic, cyber, through social media, through the airwaves, news media, but at the moment, what is really, really getting dangerous is the military confrontation. and what we have seen in the past years and also specifically in the past few months, the statements, the behaviour of the islamic republic has become ever more aggressive. and indeed, they have been issuing statement explaining their presence 24—7 in the persian gulf to make sure the

waterways are open. but now we understand that when the two tankers gave out their first signals of distress and an american drone went to find out what was going on, it was shot at. this is what the islamic republic wants. the leaders really have given up, because at the end of their 40 year reign, it has been a saviour, and whether they can really be able to reform the infrastructure of the state to make iran to start providing the necessary mea ns to iran to start providing the necessary means to its people and also become a really positive force on the international scale, and an active force in the international scale, it cannot. can i ask where you think this leaves nazanin

zaghari—ratcliffe, who is still in prison in iran? does this make her plight even more difficult? specifically last week, we saw three lebanese nationals freed. they had been detained for nearly four years in iran. obviously, it is distressing to see that nazanin is being held and used as a pawn. obviously, there are interesting events taking place, for example, we see that 20 crew members of the tanker that was ta ken see that 20 crew members of the tanker that was taken and held in iran were released on saturday. and

only a few hours later, we hear that the us released their oil waiver to be able to receive oil exports from iran. there are diplomatic tools that are in the hands of other nations, but it depends on who wants to play, whether the islamic republic would like to use nazanin for a bigger demand or not. we will see what happens. thank you very much for your time. the headlines on bbc news... tory leadership contender dominic raab says his party will be "toast" if it doesn't take britain out of the eu by the end of october. he accuses parliament of trying to steal brexit from the voters. another huge protest in hong kong as tens of thousands march — despite a government climb—down

on its extradition bill to mainland china. the jailed british iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe begins a new hunger strike — as tehran protests about british claims that iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon, we'll start with boxing as tyson fury made quick work of the previously undefeated heavyweight tom schwarz in las vegas. fury entered the ring wearing the the american stars and stripes on his shorts and didn't take long to stamp his authority in the ring. he produced a ruthless display and eventually stopped the german fighter in the second round, his opponent's corner throwing in the towel to end a one—sided contest. let's not get carried away. i put on a good show.

i'm not going to look back in time, i keep looking forward. i was happy with the way things went, but i was here to put on a show tonight, and i think i did that with the apollo creed, ring girls, james brown. i loved every minute of it. england's justin rose will go into the final round of the us open later today just one shot off the lead. topping the leaderboard still is the american gary woodland, who will begin the day 11 under par at pebble beach. rory mcilroy is still among the chasing pack and is five shots off the lead. the leaders will tee off around 10pm uk time... i'm not chasing. i'm so close to gary, i will go and play my game tomorrow. i think it will be dictated by the pin placement and the weather tomorrow as to how

aggressive you can be and what it will take to win. i make no predictions tonight on what tomorrow will feel like. i will assess it in the morning. hopefully i will be in a better spot. i have been pleased with how i have played all week. for the most part, i felt i played the right things. hopefully i will get a bit more out of the round tomorrow than i did today. i expect the conditions to be similar but i could see the course just getting a little firmer and a little faster, being a touch trickier. one of sport's most eagerly anticipated clashes is under way. india are taking on pakistan in the cricket world cup. well there is a carnival atmosphere at old trafford — the atmosphere outside the ground was pretty impressive before a ball had even been bowled. there were nearly 800,000 applications for tickets and an estimated one billion people are expected to watch worldwide. well, so far, the indian fans will be happiest —

they were put in to bat and are 161—1 so far at old trafford with rohit sharma enjoying himself. this kl rahul made a half-century. the only work it has gone to riaz. you can listen to the match on bbc radio 5live sports extra and watch in—play highlights on the bbc sport website and app... the scotland goalkeeper lee alexander has given her views about whether the goals in women's football should be reduced. she was speaking ahead of her side's final world cup group game against argentina on wednesday and responded to the views of chelsea boss emma hayes, who wrote an article suggesting smaller goals would be beneficial. i completely disagree. if we are looking to create an even playing field, you cannot reduce the size of the goals. i wish i was six feet

tall but genetics as an giving need that. i will just tall but genetics as an giving need that. i willjust have to work harder. we work probablyjust the men in terms of our speed across goal line and wejump to men in terms of our speed across goal line and we jump to try to get that top corner save. some we make, some we won't. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. emergency services dealing with severe floods in lincolnshire are now preparing for more rainfall, with storms forecast on tuesday. police drones have been monitoring water levels overnight after nearly 600 homes were evacuated in wainfleet, near skegness. residents now face more uncertainty, with bad weather threatening to put more pressure on the river steeping. some residents were left with up to a metre of water in their homes when the river burst its banks after two months worth of rain fell in just two days.

the raf was called in, bringing bags of ballast to shore up the banks, but levels have continued to rise — in a situation the environment agency says is "unprecedented". joining me now from wainfleet is our reporter luxmy gopal. what is the latest on all those people from about 600 homes also who have been evacuated ? people from about 600 homes also who have been evacuated? where are they? some of them have been moved to a shelter in nearby skegness, and others have had to stay in the friends' houses. some of them are double evacuees, in that they were moved out of their homes on wednesday when the flooding first began and moved to friends' houses, and yesterday those properties were also evacuated. the flooding began on wednesday when the river burst its banks when two months' worth of

rain fell. behind its banks when two months' worth of rainfell. behind me, its banks when two months' worth of rain fell. behind me, the pumping station which emergency crews are desperately trying to keep working to keep the water away to prevent further flooding. there to keep the water away to prevent furtherflooding. there is a concern that at points where the flood defences are weak and vulnerable, the river could burst its banks again. that is why the raf chinook returned yesterday to put in gravel and sand to shore up the defence is to plug any potential breach. so really, they need a few days of dry weather, but actually, they are not going to get that. there is heavy rain forecast this week. absolutely, and that's the concern, which is why residents have been told it is still not safe to return home, and emergency teams say they may well be here until friday. there have been weather warnings issued for tuesday, with heavy rain expected. the environment agency is doing what it can to mitigate the effect of that.

they are bringing in big hydraulic pumps to help the efforts to channel the water away, but because of that heavy rainfall that is expected, it's not clear what the situation will be over the next few days. what is certain is that the residents of wayne fleet won't be returning to their homes any time soon. thanks for that update. the first mass has been held in notre dame cathedral in paris since a huge fire destroyed the roof and spire in april. priests and worshippers wore hard hats for the service in a small side—chapel. freya cole reports. it's not your usual attire for over a service, but given the iconic notre dame is not structurally sound, a hard hat is a necessity. the intimate service is the first since the spectacular fire spread through the cathedral in april, sending shockwaves around the world.

a monument such as the notre dame continues to live on, even if there was a fire. it is not a lost monument, it continues to have life. just 30 people were invited for a mass led by the archbishop of paris. it is with strong emotion that we find ourselves here celebrating the consecration of this cathedral. but we are profoundly happy to be able to celebrate the eucharist and it is why it was built. authorities now know the fire started near the base of the spire. flames spread through the roof within a matter of hours, consuming more than 800 years of history. what was lost will never be exactly the same, but it can be rebuilt and replicated.

donations for the cathedral‘s reconstruction have hit nearly $1 billion. the duke of cambridge has paid tribute to his children and his father on social media today. (tx on the palace's social media account he shared pictures of him playing with his son louis, on a swing, and another of himself in his raf uniform walking on the runway with his own father — the prince of wales. the pictures were shared with the simple message happy father's day. and happy father's day to all those dads out there. now, the latest weather forecast. clear skies across the uk early this morning, but in the last few hours, the cloud had been rolling in from the cloud had been rolling in from the atlantic with showers. you can see they have been moving through south—western parts of england, wales, some in the north—west of the country also might, and today's

showers could bring thunder and lightning, even some hail, and gusty winds at times, particularly around the coasts. the winds are quite strong across western and south—western coast. this evening, quite wet for a time in northern ireland, the lake district, parts of scotla nd ireland, the lake district, parts of scotland as well. to the south, it should dry out overnight, temperatures around 13 celsius in london, and may be a bit higher in one or two spots. cooler and fresher in the north. tomorrow, frequent showers for scotland and northern ireland. some hail and thunder. the rest of the country should be drier, brighter and feeling that little bit warmer. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the tory party will be toast if it doesn't take britain out of the eu by the end of october. that's according to conservative leadership contender dominic raab,