this is bbc news. the headlines at four... an apology from hong kong's leader as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. i confess we have not been as effective as we would like, to communicate with the people, to justify this very good objective that is worth doing. 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 accuses parliament of trying to ‘steal‘ brexit from the voters. the damage it is doing to businesses, many of whom come to me and say we just want to know what you are doing. but also this corrosion of public trust, and the tory part will be toast unless we're out by the end of october.

hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding, described by the environment agency as "unprecedented". around 48 million people may be affected by a huge electrical power failure in argentina and uruguay. and the internationally acclaimed writer fatima bhutto talks to george alagiah in talking books, in half an hour on bbc news. good afternoon. tens of thousands of protestors are back on the streets of hong kong, a day after the territory's chief executive, carrie lam, suspended highly controversial plans to allow extraditions to the chinese mainland.

carrie lam has apologised to the public with "utmost sincerity and humility". the demonstrators are calling for the proposals to be completely withdrawn and for mrs lam to resign. our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has spent the day at the protests. hong kong's streets are again a sea of protest, a day after the government was forced into a humiliating back—down. it's delayed a bill to allow for people to be sent to mainland chinese courts, where demonstrators say a free trial is not possible. but those marching are demanding more. they want the plan scrapped altogether. basically, we shouldn't let the government have all power to us because we have our own freedom of rights and freedom of speech and this is why we are out here. if the bill is passed, hong kong will have no democracy any more. this is not acceptable. i have come here today and also my parents, and all my friends came here today. because we are really upset about this. if this happened, hong kong is over.

many in the crowd have blamed hong kong's leader, carrie lam, for instigating this crisis. they say the chief executive pushed ahead with extradition in the face of clear mass opposition. now they want something else from her. the death of a protester last night contributed to a sombre mood. he had fallen from a building. people wore ribbons and carried flowers in his memory. if the idea was to take the steam out of the protest movement by delaying this bill, as you can see, it hasn't exactly worked. the other people watching this are the politburo standing committee in beijing. these are all chinese citizens and this is a clear act of defiance from people who are saying that any attempt to erode their freedoms will be resisted in the streets. there is a renewed belief in the power of protest here and,

as long as the threat of extradition remains, a large proportion of the population seem prepared to mobilise in order to stop it. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, hong kong. five of the six conservative leadership candidates are preparing to go head—to—head in their first televised debate tonight. however, borisjohnson, the frontrunner in the race, will not be taking part. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said choosing mrjohnson as the next tory leader would mean britain leaving the eu without a deal. our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. catch him if you can. boris johnson is the frontrunner to be our next pm, and he still is keeping his head down. he won't be at the first tv debate tonight, but his rivals know he is the man to catch. jeremy hunt thinks he can make up the ground, but unlike mrjohnson, he's not promising brexit will be done by the end of october. this morning, he wouldn't even commit to definitely leaving this year. why? because he wants a new deal

and believes europe could be open to it. they say that if they were approached by a british prime minister, someone they're willing to deal with, who had ideas as to how to solve the northern irish border, they would be willing to renegotiate the package. the problem — time and time again europe has ruled out reopening the withdrawal agreement, and some tories fear this could go on and on and on. when people voted, they voted to leave. we haven't left yet and that is why we are seeing notjust the uncertainty for the economy and the damage it is doing to businesses, many of whom just want to know what we are doing, but also this corrosion of public trust and the tory party will be toast unless we are out by the end of october. dominic raab questioned borisjohnson‘s brexit plan and others have too. like rory stewart, the unlikely celebrity of the leadership race. he says he wouldn't serve in a johnson government and believes his brexit strategy doesn't stand up to serious scrutiny.

because nobody has yet had the chance to question him, and as soon as you question him, as soon as i sit down with him and ask the big question how, how are you going to deliver brexit, how are you going to get no—deal through, then it begins to come off the rails. there is a clearfrontrunner in the race to call this place home, but borisjohnson‘s rivals insist there is a long way to go. tonight, without him, they will take part in the first tv debate, hoping they can do something to stop this contest becoming a foregone conclusion. let's get more on this now from tim montgomerie, who's a political commentator and founder of conservative home. you think the game is over. is it boris's to lose? someone said not even borisjohnson boris's to lose? someone said not even boris johnson can boris's to lose? someone said not even borisjohnson can stop boris johnson. i think the scale of

support he has from mps, this was supposed to be the difficult round for him. when he got in front of the members in the country that was where his real support is, a 40% lead over his nearest rival, rory stewart, among members. the leader amongst the grassroots is hard to see being overturned. strategy why he has been very quiet. he got a haircut. what about the strategy of other contenders? they have been attacking him with some comments. you can see all the fire directed at him andi you can see all the fire directed at him and i am sure that is quite a sensible reason really why he has probably opted out of the channel 4 debate, if i am allowed to mention them! if he had been there it would not have been a debate between six people, all of the fire would be directed at him. that may be a good

thing as a spectacle for viewers to watch but if you are trying to be prime minister then the danger, a lot of blue on blue, unfriendly fire, it is not something you want asa fire, it is not something you want as a front runner. he is taking part in the debate on the bbc on tuesday. if you are part of his team how would you advise him to play it?|j think i would try to stay above the fray. others probably will attack him because he is the person they need to knock out of the winning position, but i think what he has got to do is reassure people that he will focus on the big things that matter. i think there is an awful lot of questioning that goes on in the media about some of his past remarks in newspapers and on tv and radio. a fair point? if he looks down the barrel of the camera and says there are a few things that really matter, getting britain out

of the eu and delivering on the referendum, starting to heal the divisions between north and south, i think he will make an emphasis on infrastructure spending, if he focuses on the big picture stuff, a little like trump has done, focusing ona little like trump has done, focusing on a few things, and the people who support him don't care about the exaggerations and deceptions in his tweets, of which there are many and perhaps they should care about, but what they care about is changing the supreme court, building the wall, cutting taxes, and i think boris has to rise above the fray and focus on the big things that matter to people. who do you think will be in the final two? probably jeremy hunt, not because i think he is building a big lead over his rivals but there isa big lead over his rivals but there is a naughtiness which happens in tory leadership race is sometimes where if there is a clear and they prefer someone else to be their opponent they lend them a few votes. i think if you borisjohnson

supporters might putjeremy hunt in the final round because boris rather be up against a remainer, asjeremy hunt was, because that will almost guarantee him getting through tory grassroots. i would like to see sajid javid get through because i think he appeals to a different person than a conservative normally would. this is supposed to be a contest within the family, these are supposed to be colleagues, and it would be good to see it in a collegiate way. two teenagers have been charged with the murder of an 18—year old man who was stabbed to death at wandsworth in south london on friday. scotland yard said 18—year—old mohammed nadir dafallah and a 17—year—old boy have been charged.

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. our reporter, luxmy gopal, has been in wainfleet today and she told us about those who've been evacuated. some of them have been moved to a shelter in nearby skegness, and others have had to stay in 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 steeping burst its banks when two months' worth of rain fell in just two days. there is a fear that could happen again. behind me, the pumping station, which emergency crews are desperately trying to keep working to keep the water away to prevent further flooding. 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 defences to plug any potential breach. emergency teams say they might be here till friday because we have some weather warnings issued for tuesday with heavy rain expected. the environment agency is doing what it can to try to mitigate the effects of that, bringing in some big hydraulic pumps to help the efforts to channel the water away, but because of the heavy rainfall

expected, it is not clear what the situation will be over the next few days, but it is certain that the residents of wainfleet will not be able to return to their homes any time soon. a huge electrical power failure is affecting large parts of latin america. it's left most of argentina and all of uruguay without power according to a major argentine electricity provider. trains have ground to a halt and traffic lights failed. the combined population of argentina and uruguay is about 48 million people. reports said the power cut had also affected parts of brazil and paraguay. provincial elections were scheduled in parts of argentina, and voting is going ahead, but with some delays. local media have been showing voters filling their ballots in the dark, with mobile phones being used as lanterns.

a man has died during an extreme hailstorm in the south east of france which caused widespread damage across the region yesterday. the 51—year—old german tourist was at a campsite in the town of tanninges when a tree fell on his camper van during wind and hail. a mayor of one of the affected towns said the hail was as large as tennis balls and had caused major damage throughout the town. 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, in prison. you can't see that, but we said if she was going to do it, we'd go on hunger strike here. obviously you can see me, and we're doing it in front of the iranian embassyjust all the time she's going through it, we'll go through it with her. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's case is intricately connected with the difficult relationship between the uk and iran, which has 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 — it made its displeasure known in a meeting with britain's ambassador. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt, who met richard ratcliffe yesterday, has urged iran to put any differences aside and show compassion to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, to allow her to return home to herfamily. for her husband and their supporters the wait continues, with no response yet to the protest from the iranian authorities. the headlines on bbc news... hong kong's leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. 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. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding, described by the environment agency as "unprecedented".

sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. good afternoon. we are not starting with the cricket but we will start with breaking football news. the chelsea manager maurizio sarri has left the club to join juventus on a three year deal. he only had one season at stamford bridge but led them to third in the premier league and they also won the europa league. he has signed a three year deal at the italian champions. frank lampard, the club's record goalscorer and current derby boss, is favourite to replace him. there are two matches at the women's world cup today. after their 13—0 thrashing by the usa, at least thailand kept

sweden down to single figures in nice. victory for the swedes was never in doubt though. they were 3—0 up by half—time. linda sembrant headed the first. fridolina rolfo then scored from long range to make it three. sweden scored two more in the second half but it was this from thailand that got the biggest cheer, their captain kanjana sung—ngoen scoring their first goal of the tournament. 5—1 to sweden who are through to the last 16 — the usa play chile at 5pm. paksitan are chasing 337 for victory against india in their cricket world cup match at old trafford. pakistan won the toss and they put india in to bat, but opener rohit sharma hit mo. his second ton of the tournament. skipper virat kohli also hit 77. three wickets for mohammed amir helped pakistan restrict india to 336—5 when they had threatened

something much bigger. there was a slight rain delay but not long enough for any reduction in the number of overs. pakistan are 36—1 in the 10th over. british heavyweight tyson fury says he wants a rematch with the wbc champion deontay wilder after an impressive win in las vegas overnight against the german tom schwarz. fury put on a show for the american public as he maintained his unbeaten record. he entered the ring wearing a stars and stripes outfit reminiscent of the character apollo creed in the rocky movies. and although it didn't last very long, the crowd were thoroughly entertained as fury exhibited all of his boxing prowess and skill to put schwarz down in the second

round with some fast hands. he ended the fight moments later with a flurry of unanswered punches as the towel came in from the german's corner. and fury celebrated by serenading his wife parris with a rendition of aerosmith‘s i don't want to miss a thing. let's not get carried away. i got lucky tonight and 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'sjustin rose goes into the final round of the us open just one shot off the lead. the american gary woodland still leads the way on 11 under at pebble beach in california. rory mcilroy is in the chasing pack five shots behind. the leaders will tee off around iopm 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. coverage on five live sports extra later tonight. pakistan are 38—1 but they have a lot of runs to get, chasing 337. it's the heavyweight bout of world cricket today as india meet pakistan in manchester in the world cup. more than 600,000 people applied for 23,000 tickets at old trafford.

up to a billion people are thought to be watching across the world. pakistan need 337 to win after a strong batting performance from india. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidya nathan is in delhi. too many people this is the most important cricket match. india playing pakistan, two nuclear neighbours with a long political rivalry. as you can see behind me, dozens rivalry. as you can see behind me, d oze ns of rivalry. as you can see behind me, dozens of people gathered here to watch the big screen in dehli. why does this match

matter to you? it is something we all like to see because as indians we have grown up with this feeling of intense... i remember my childhood days... we used to leave everything else and sit together to watch the match... we haven't got the best signal they are. obviously the best signal they are. obviously the happy vibes from the india fans are overwhelming the signal! us president donald trump has once again taken to twitter to criticise mayor of london, sadiq khan. retweeting a post from the right—wing commentator katie hopkins, he said, "london needs a new mayor asap. khan is a disaster — will only get worse!" mr trump later followed it up with another post, saying, "sadiq khan is a national disgrace who is destroying the city of london!" the president's comments came after five attacks in london in less than 2a hours left three men dead

and three others injured. let's talk now to adam quinn, senior lecturer in international politics at the university of birmingham. what do you make of this? surprised? i think we are past being surprised by now. it brings together a few things. president trump made his political career whipping up a lot of energy on the right, fear of violent crime, often blurring into issues of immigration and race. he has always been quite incontinent on twitter, as it were, amplifying and re—tweeting messages many times from british, american and european far right. the third part of the picture as he often likes to pick fights with people in public life who have been critical of him, and sadiq khan

has been critical of him. this brings all of those things together, a fight about street crime with our far right figure and the mayor of london, a perfect storm. what is his motivation? a lot of people would say your credibility goes up if you are criticised by trump. there is a sort of symbiotic relationship with the people he criticises. it is clearly not good that the president of the united states should be attacking you or we should be behaving this way in general but from the point of view of siddique khan party politically, it elevates him, he is worthy of a direct exchange with the president of the us, it gives status, and on one level he gets to rise above it and

say he is a serious political figure trying to grapple with serious issues in his city and it is beneath him to be insulted in this way and also he gets to represent himself as also he gets to represent himself as a defender of liberal and progressive values in a way that will galvanise the whole political spectrum because when present from attacks you, those who don't think he is good will get behind you. and in this incredible error of politics we are witnessing there are no rules but for other politicians trying to navigate international relations through twitter, how should they conduct themselves? it depends on what your priorities are, i suppose. one school of thought would say it is very important to have the words of public figures matter and to make them very consequential and if the president of the us speaks you want them to be listened to carefully and taken seriously them to be listened to carefully and ta ken seriously and

them to be listened to carefully and taken seriously and so you should be very sober, reserved and calm and only say things you have thought through and you know what you want the effect to be. on the other hand, president trump has blown through the careers of many more experienced politicians by disregarding that in getting enormous public attention from not being like a normal politician. politicians can learn that you can get a great deal of attention by doing this kind of thing either by proactively doing it are responding in kind when attacked. there can be short—term political benefits but i doubt it does the institution of politics or diplomacy a lot of good. thank you. dubbed as the delhi downton, a new period drama set in india comes to our televisions next week. the six part series beecham house covers life in the sub—continent before the british raj. it has attracted some big name actors from britain, india and beyond. bbc asian network's shabnam mahmood

has been behind the scenes. you will learn that i'm a private man. now i should like to see the house. beecham house centres around the lives of a wealthy english family living in dehli in 1795 in the days leading to british rule. i am playing john beecham in beecham house, who is the lead protagonist, he used to work for the east india company but he has left them because he doesn't like how they operate so he struck out on his own and has come across quite a few adventures in india, which we will discover. it features a diverse cast. pallavi sharda is an indian—born australian actress. i really believe so strongly that, you know, women of colour all over the world deserve roles and they deserve to play different kinds of women,

not just the archetypal stereotype, you know, indian doctor or, you know... we are feminine, powerful, we have a voice and that's how i want indian women to be portrayed on screen. while some of the filming took place on location in the rajasthan region of northern india, other scenes were shot in less exotic places, like ealing studios in west london. tv pundits have already dubbed it dehli downton. how different is this one to downton abbey? very. from my point of view, i am playing a very different character, a different class, different time, different period. the six—part series depicts a vibrant mix of cultures both on and off the screen. we had a ceremony before the first take where we smashed coconuts in a sort of good luck blessing ceremony which i had never

done before, and then i watched the first take, the indian actors would kiss the camera and i said, "what is that about?" they said, "it is respect, the camera gives us our work." beecham house is a fictional drama but hopes to provide a glimpse of the period leading to britain's colonisation of india. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. hello once again. given the extent of the rainfall in some parts of the british isles, it's no wonder that some roads and indeed fields are looking a little bit like this. for the rest of sunday, more showers if not longer spells of rain but with some sunshine in the mix as well if you fancy an evening walk. more persistent rain already showing its hand across the south—west and wales, it will gradually drive its way up into scotland through northern ireland, through the north of england. and then a trailing portion at the front will still be there as we start the new day on monday across the western side of wales. it's not going to be a particularly cold night. off and running into monday, away from that frontal system, there is some dry weather to be had

across much of central, southern and south—eastern england.