the health secretary matt hancock announces he is backing borisjohnson in the tory leadership race. he is the seventh cabinet minister to back mrjohnson — but the prime minister is refusing to be drawn. lam not i am not backing a particular candidate. i haven't endorsed a particular candidate. i haven't told anybody, i did vote last thursday, i haven't told anybody who i voted for and i'm not going to. we'll bring you all the latest on the contest from our correspondents in westminster. also this lunchtime — the opposition deputy leader tom watson breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. european is who we are and who we have always been. our members are remain. demonstrations in hong kong continue — with more calls

for the chief executive to resign over a controversial extradition plan. the misery continues for hundreds of residents evacuated from their homes — from a flooded town in lincolnshire. and the return of sir andy murray — he talks about his recovery from hip surgery as he prepares to compete at queen's. and coming up on bbc news — the west indies rebuild after losing chris gayle against bangladesh at the cricket world cup in a match neither side can afford to lose at taunton. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. boris johnson's campaign to become conservative leader and prime minister received a boost this morning with the endorsement of the health secretary matt hancock, who said mrjohnson was best placed to reunite the fractured party.

matt hancock dropped out of the race last week. he made his announcement after the first televised debate between five of the six contenders last night on channel 4 — borisjohnson had refused to take part. this lunchtime, the candidates — again without mrjohnson — are taking part in a hustings in westminster. here's our political correspondentjessica parker. he is not always been the silent type. are you hiding from media scrutiny? but boris johnson had little to say this morning at nothing to say last night. he didn't turn up to channel 4's leadership debate. but even so, he secured the backing the health secretary matt hancock who pulled out of the race last week, a boost for boris johnson and a blow for others. disappointing naturally, i'm a huge fan of matt. but candidates are ploughing on with their pitch. at the moment of course it is the case boris is the front runner but we need to make sure that

he is tested and that we have two candidates who go forward, if boris is one of them, who we know are capable of being prime ministerfrom day one. only two candidates can face that final vote of the conservative party membership and because of borisjohnson‘s dominance so because of borisjohnson‘s dominance so far, other contenders are trying to suggest that they're the best person to give borisjohnson a run for his money. but time is running out to make that case. the second round of voting among tory mps takes place tomorrow. this candidate says he is calling his rivals' bluff, rory stewart unlike other contenders, doesn't claim that a better deal can be wangled out of the eu. we all agree we want to get brexit done as quickly as possible and the question is how. the challenge with what boris is presenting is he's just challenge with what boris is presenting is he'sjust saying i'm going to get it done and not explaining how that will work in parliament, how that will work in europe. a lot of focus will fall on the front runner, including scrutiny on how they will keep the public

purse trim. one rory stewart backer says boris johnson's purse trim. one rory stewart backer says borisjohnson‘s policy pledges are looking costly. well, ijust think that every monday when boris writes his column he makes another pledge for a lot of money, either a tax cut or a spending pledge, and the question that all politicians have to answer is where is the money coming from? six candidates remain in the running in total, and at least one will be knocked out tomorrow. they are all hoping to succeed theresa may, who visiting a school today, was studious in giving little away. i am not backing a particular candidate, i haven't endorsed a particular candidate, i haven't told anybody who i did... i did vote last thursday, i haven't told anybody who i voted for and i'm not going to. boris johnson arriving in westminster. he will go up before a private hustings of tory mps today and he is expected to take part in the bbc‘s tv debate tomorrow night. he might be in the back seat but he

is still leading the pack. jessica parker, bbc news. let's speak now to our assistant political editor norman smith who's in westminster now. just to pick up on that last point, it does seem as if borisjohnson‘s no—show tactics so far haven't really harmed him. yeah, i think the bottom line is the bojo no—show is working and it defies all the normal laws of political gravity because if you put in for almost any public office, even a lowly parish councillor, you have to put yourself forward foot fairly extensive public scrutiny. borisjohnson, instead, it's just scrutiny. borisjohnson, instead, it'sjust hiding scrutiny. borisjohnson, instead, it's just hiding away from journalists, and i think his team will console themselves with the fa ct will console themselves with the fact it means he's not putting his footin fact it means he's not putting his foot in his mouth, and it has left the other candidates sort of squabbling rather ineffectually amongst themselves with none of them really establishing themselves as the clear challenger to take him on. and at the same time, that means that the stop boris johnson

coalition has never really got going with matt hancock, the health secretary, last night announcing he would be backing borisjohnson rather than siding with one of his rivals to set a clear alternative to borisjohnson. and rivals to set a clear alternative to boris johnson. and that rivals to set a clear alternative to borisjohnson. and that points to something else which i think is going on, which is that mrjohnson‘s rivals are beginning to pull their punches. they're rivals are beginning to pull their punches. they‘ re playing rivals are beginning to pull their punches. they're playing with kid gloves now. why? because they are beginning to look to life beyond this contest. in other words, to a borisjohnson premiership this contest. in other words, to a boris johnson premiership and this contest. in other words, to a borisjohnson premiership and may be what sort of role, what sort ofjob they might have in that. you just sense, even before borisjohnson has entered the ring, as he will have to do tomorrow night when he takes part in the live bbc debate, even before he has entered the ring, some of his rivals just seem to be rolling over. 0k, rivals just seem to be rolling over. ok, norman, many thanks. you can watch the next debate between the candidates tomorrow at 8pm. that's our next prime minister, hosted by emily maitlis, on bbc one and then a full reaction programme from 9pm on the bbc news channel.

labour's deputy leader tom watson has called on his party to make the case for the uk staying in the eu strongly. the leaderjeremy corbyn has so far resisted calls to fully back another public vote, despite some labour mps saying his brexit position led to a poor performance for the party in recent elections. our chief political correspondent vicki young was at the speech this morning. brexit policy not just brexit policy notjust causing a problem for the conservatives, and labour's policy of supporting another referendum in limited circumstances, they have been accused of being ambiguous, of being unclear, of sitting on the fence, and some have blamed that for their poor performance in the european elections. they finished third behind the brexit party and the liberal democrats, and many labour mps who have been out knocking on doors said they have been coming across labour party members who were not even supporting the party who had switched to the liberal democrats. so people are trying to

put pressure on jeremy democrats. so people are trying to put pressure onjeremy corbyn, including the party's deputy tom watson, who says they now have to get behind a second referendum and be far, far clearer about the direction they are going on. european is who we are and who we have always been. our members are remain. our values are remain. our hearts are remain. and we need our labour party to be true to who we are and be loud and proud in support of europe. but of course, it is not quite as simple as that. there are very many labour mps who represent constituencies, some of them in the north of england, that voted to leave during the referendum. as tom watson was saying in that speech, the party's watson was saying in that speech, the pa rty‘s chairman watson was saying in that speech, the party's chairman ian livery reset ignoring those who voted to leave the eu wasn't politically smart or particularly democratic, so it isa smart or particularly democratic, so it is a sign thatjeremy corbyn is trying to keep the party together

and ends up not really pleasing anybody. tom watson says he is confident the party will change its policy towards a clear second referendum in all circumstances, but that, he thinks, would come at the party conference towards the end of september, and as he said, that's probably a bit too late. vicki young, many thanks. vicki young, there. iran has warned that it will breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium set under a 2015 nuclear deal unless european countries step in to relieve the pressure of us economic sanctions. tehran says it will surpass permitted levels in ten days' time. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. this is a further very worrying development in an already tense situation? yes, iran's nuclear capability has been restrained over the last four yea rs by been restrained over the last four years by a deal it did with the americans and europeans, basically saying we will do less nuclear, civil and military, in return for getting some sanctions relief, economic sanctions. the americans pulled out of this deal last year

and the iranians won last month that we might stop complying with our side of the deal too. what they have announced today is that moment is now imminentand announced today is that moment is now imminent and that next week they will breach the upper limit of the amount of uranium, that's the nuclear fuel used to drive nuclear energy, and potentially create weapons grade uranium for missiles. they are going to bust their upper limit for the next week. this is a signal to the europeans to say, look, please, on iran's behalf, do more to help iran to get around the sanctions that are really beginning to bite and have an impact on the iranians economy at the moment and it puts the europeans in a quandary. they have to decide whether to do more to help iran's economy, or say, iran has breached the steel, and so we too are legally obliged to reimpose sanctions and follow the route of the americans will stop what we have reached here is a moment where, not the big moment where iran says we are back on the path to developing nuclear weapons, it's that moment where they are

saying, look, we are really feeling the pinch and we need to push back against the europeans. and in the same way they have been pushing back, allegedly, in recent days, attacking the tankers, saying to the americans, sanctions come at a cost and that is destruction to the distribution of oil. ok, james, thank you. —— disruption to the distribution of oil. a day after nearly two million people in hong kong took part in demonstrations against a bill to allow extraditions to mainland china, one of the leaders of the territory's pro—democracy movement has been released from prison. joshua wong told the bbc that he backed the mass protests, and he called for carrie lam, hong kong's chief executive, to step down. stephen mcdonnell reports now from hong kong. they marched through the night calling on the government of carrie lam to abandon the controversial china extradition bill rather than postpone it. but as the hours passed the numbers were dwindling. enter joshua wong, student leader and

agitator, with a spectacular piece of timing was released from prison after serving a sentence for unlawful assembly and the failed 2014 umbrella movement democracy push. hong kong people will not be silenced under the suppression of president xi and the chief executive carrie lam. carrie lam must step down. how will the movement get her to resign? what will you do next? what hong kong people asked for is to totally withdraw the extradition law amendment, and i hope people are aware that now there is a new fight. he was soon with demonstrators preparing to march on carrie lam's office. hong kong's leader has apologised for her government's handling of this proposal to allow for extradition to mainland chinese courts where opposition groups say a fair trial isn't possible. the apology hasn't quelled an ——

animosity. every time this movement seems to be running out of energy, something else comes along and re—invigorates it. the problem for the government in hong kong and also in beijing is that they are now speaking about broader concerns. they are calling for democracy again and ways in which freedom more generally should be defended in hong kong. however, their immediate target is hong kong leader carrie lam. i don't think she will step down immediately. it's kind of personal now, i can tell you that. doesn't matter how long it takes? days, weeks, months? whatever it takes, yeah. these protests may taper off at least for a time, but in the long run it is hard to see an easy way for tensions here to dissipate given the ill will that has built up in recent times. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. boeing has apologised for the loss of life following two crashes involving boeing 737 max jets, and has pledged to learn from the disasters.

it comes as the chief executive of ethiopian airlines rejected claims — made by a us congressman — that pilot error was a factor in one of those crashes, which happened shortly after ta ke—off from addis ababa in march. 157 people were killed. theo leggett is at the paris air show. theo. as you say, the 737 max has been dominating talk here on the opening day of the paris airshow, one of the biggest gatherings of the aerospace industry in the world and boeing has been apologising a great deal. it has been promising to leave no stone unturned in order to make sure that in future the 737 max is absolutely safe to fly. that aircraft is generally considered to have crashed because of a failure of a software system, which boeing is now trying to sort out. but there are influential voices in washington who also believe that the pilots should bear some of the blame for that

crash, and as simon browning now reports, that message has gone down very badly in ethiopia. parked and hidden away. four boeing jets not seen since they were confined to the spot at the end of the runway here in addis ababa. the fifth jet, the fleet‘s sister aircraft, was lost in a devastating crash just six minutes after taking off back in march. around the world, the boeing 737 max is now grounded. this is the village of hama quntushele, about 125 kilometres south of addis ababa. now, just over my shoulder here behind that wooden fence is where ethiopian airlines flight 302 came down just about three months ago, with the loss of 157 lives. no police or security are here. but with debris still strewn across the area, the investigation into who was responsible for what happened is becoming an international dispute. one leading american politician is one of many voices in the united states blaming the pilots.

pilots trained in the united states would have successfully been able to handle this situation. but the boss of ethiopian airlines disagrees. the senator seems to be seriously misinformed, or he doesn't have the facts to hand when he said that. why on earth have they grounded 380 aeroplanes all over the world? simple, right? the facts speak for themselves. a sense of shock still exists at the airline's huge flight school, where leading pilots strongly defended their colleagues' actions. i think our pilots have done whatever they could and whatever that was recommended by boeing as well to save the aircraft, but they couldn't. but earlier today, boeing refused to be drawn on who's to blame when they spoke to journalists at the paris air show. we have two active investigations into both these tragic accidents, and ultimately, those

investigations will assign what the responsibilities and causes of both accidents were. for us, our focus is on what we know. boeing says it's been working hard on major changes to the flight control system that the pilots wrestled with before crashing. for now, though, these grounded jets are sealed, covered and going nowhere soon as the battle over who's to blame intensifies. simon browning, bbc news. a man believed to be in his forties has died after being stabbed in east london. the man was found collapsed with stab wounds in stratford, and was later pronounced dead at the scene. there have been four killings in the capital over three days. several arrests have been made and two people are due in court today charged with murder. the director of operations for the london ambulance service has denied that there was a failiure in the response to the 2017 london bridge attacks where eight people were killed. paul woodrow told the inquest it took more than three

hours to reach some of the victims, but said this was because police had deemed the area unsafe to go into. jon donnison is at the old bailey. tell us more about what was said. this was the most detailed account of the response of the ambulance service, and what paul woodrow said was that in the moments after the attack, the situation was chaotic. the ambulance service received more than 130 calls. he said theirfirst paramedics were at the scene within minutes, but they were quickly told by armed police to move back. ambulance crews arrived, up to 20 of them, but they were held back because the area had been deemed hot, or unsafe, by the police. the initial paramedics who were there said they were aware that there were people injured in some of the bars around borough market, but they had to move away. paul woodrow was asked

whether there had been a failure. he denied that, but he said he had thought long and hard about how to better communicate with the police to tell them that casualties needed to tell them that casualties needed to be brought out, rather than ambulance services going to them. the inquest continues. jon, thank you. our top story this lunchtime... the front runner in the conservative leadership race gets another boost — the health secretary becomes the seventh cabinet member to back borisjohnson, saying he's the best person to unite a fractured party. and still to come — new teachers in england will be trained how to spot the early warning signs of mental illness under plans unveiled by the prime minister. coming up on bbc news — england openerjason roy will miss their next two matches at the cricket world cup with a hamstring injury, but captain eoin morgan could be fit to face afghanistan at old trafford tomorrow.

people living in the town of wainfleet in lincolnshire have been told to avoid using toilets, showers and washing machines because of water levels in the sewage system. two months of rain fell in two days, causing widespread flooding. more than a thousand people have been evacuated from their homes, and more heavy rain is forecast tomorrow. paul murphy is there and has been speaking to some of those who've been moved. this is a church hall in the centre of wainfleet which is being used as a community centre, information point, the place to get food and water. so far in this community, about 130 properties have been evacuated flooded, and 1,000 more people have been evacuated from their homes who haven't been flooded, but are at risk from flooding. i'm joined by steve and by sue. steve was flooded three orfour days ago. your home has been very badly damaged? it has, yes. we had a foot north of water go straight through the bottom of it. so yes, we've lost a lot.

and what help are you getting here this morning? we're getting a lot of advice. we've got the insurance people here just to get advice. and the camaraderie of people, you know, you can come up here and get a hot drink and food. so yeah, very good, very pleased with what's going on. these are unprecedented scenes here. you've never seen flooding like this? no, definitely not. no, i was born and bred here in '62 and i've not seen anything like this before in my life. sue, what sort of help are you able to offer people? down here at the coronation hall in wainfleet high street, we've got a lot of agencies here who send representation. so you've got the police here, you've got anglian water, you've got british red cross. you've also got the district council representatives. insurance companies are coming in. we'll update the wainfleet group facebook page with information about who's available, so people wanting to return to their homes, when it's safe for them to do so,

know what's down here and who they can come and see. and we're open 24/7. thank you both for talking to us. the situation here in wainfleet remains a risky one. there is rain forecast for the next 48 hours, and that could have an impact on the river steeping locally. it could bring more flooding, so the emergency services are poised to respond to that in the coming days. people with a poor credit history can take out what are known as guarantor loans — that is, to nominate someone to make loan repayments if they're unable to. but citizens advice has revealed that the numbers seeking debt advice for these loans has doubled in two years. it's prompted calls for a price cap on all forms of lending to protect people from taking on too much debt. fiona philips has this report. karl has his own computer support business. when his ex—wife asked him to help her take out a loan by

acting as a counter, he agreed to help. she borrowed the money from the country's biggest guarantor lender, a go. they have told us they explained to him what being a guarantor involved, and he understood, but carr says he didn't really fully appreciate what it could lead to. i am constantly worried. there is constant anxiety. i would just rather not have that hovering over me. when his ex started to miss her payments, the lender got in touch. if the payment was a day or two late, i would get a text m essa g e was a day or two late, i would get a text message through. the day after, i would get a letter through the door about going to court. amigo says that they are legally obliged to tell guarantors of the potential consequences if there is a default on an account. when he agreed to be a guarantor, carl a single, but now he has a new partner and a baby on the way. i went through expenditure with them and i had £231 available of disposable income at the end of every month. if the monthly payments for the amiga loan are £197, leaving

me with just over £30. they said that was fine. amigo says they kept the interest on the loans are customer never pays more than they agreed to at the outset. they say they were happy to discuss options with clients his financial circumstances have changed. figures obtained by bbc panorama show that more than 3000 people are struggling with guarantor loans and have turned to citizens advice for help in the past year. labour mp stella creasy wa nts a past year. labour mp stella creasy wants a cap on all forms of credit. we need to make it fair to lend and borrow for everyone. this is about stopping people borrowing, it's about a stopping people borrowing, it's aboutafair stopping people borrowing, it's about a fair rate for borrowing in the first place. in 2015 the financial conduct authority brought ina cap financial conduct authority brought in a cap on payday lending rates, and this year on what are called rent to own loans, used by people needing help to buy household goods, may be a new tv, fridge or freezer. so could a similar cap be applied elsewhere? the financial conduct

authority looks at what is happening in the market and has enormous powers, which they use, to curtail practices that are damaging to the consumer. but what i don't agree with, and it said by some that you should just ban everything. the financial conduct authority told us they are continually supervising the consumer credit market, taking action where they have seen issues. you can see more of fiona phillips's report on panorama tonight on bbc one at 8.30pm and then afterwards on the iplayer. every new teacher in england will be trained in how to spot the early warning signs of mental illness, as part of plans unveiled today by theresa may. there will also be a push to offer nhs staff training in suicide prevention. but labour say the prime minister is only offering "warm words" and that mental health services are stretched to breaking point. lauren moss reports.

last week, it was build targets to tackle climate change. today theresa may has announced how she wants to overhaul mental health support in schools before she leaves number ten. we are pledging that every new teacher will be trained in how to spot the signs of a mental health issues. the next great revolution in mental health has to be prevention, because if we make prevention a top priority at every stage of life, we can ensure that everybody has the opportunity to reach their full potential. according to research by the charity the children society, almost a third of parents of children between the ages of four and 17 say their child has been affected by a mental health issue in the last year. the secondary school in cheshire already has a teaching assistant trained to support pupils. there are lots of pressures on young people at the moment. there are a lot of pressures from home life. there is a lot of pressure from expectations. social media, they never turn off from social media, which is constant. and i think young

people now have great expectations about what they want to do in the future. and all these things can be quite daunting. but teachers say the new plans need financial backing. it's really good today that we are looking at improving teacher training, but without proper funding, this really is a sticking plaster approach. at the moment, the cuts have led to really long waiting lists for children for specialist mental health provision. there will be an extra £1 million for students' mental health support at university. with 1000 mental health support at university. with1000 teachers due to start training this summer, the prime minister says the strategy is about prevention. but those who will be delivering it are cautious that it is not enough to tackle what is a growing problem. lauren moss, bbc news. sir andy murray makes his return to the tennis court this week at queen's club in the doubles event. just six months ago, the two—time wimbledon champion broke down in tears when he revealed he might never play competitive tennis again after a serious hip injury. but after surgery, he says he's pain—free and enjoying

playing again. he spoke to sally nugent. what is life like now, pain—free? it's significantly better. i am doing lots of things that i certainly wouldn't have been doing six months ago, from playing golf and doing escape rooms and spending way more time with friends and family. you seem surprised by that. doing what? escape rooms. you've never heard of them? i have heard of them, but they sound like my worst nightmare. yeah, well, i love them. do you? yeah. so you get locked in a room? locked in a room with... well, i guess you can do it with anyone, but i've been doing it with friends and family and trying to escape within the allotted time you yeah. which i like. you know, i would never have done anything like that a few days before a tournament before because my hip would hurt and when i'd finished practising, i'd want to just sit

kind of with my feet up and rest. whereas now, i can do all of that stuff pain—free and it's nice. at the worst point, how tricky was life for you with the hip? people that have had arthritic hips and stuff would know how difficult it can be. i probably didn't realise it at the time, but how unhappy it can make you as well and how long and tiring some of the days feel. do you think it ever affected you mentally? did it affect your mental health? yeah, it definitely did but like as i was saying, at the time i probably didn't realise it as much, because itjust kind of became the norm. but yeah, i wasn't living life like i would want to. i would finish practising and literally, ijust wanted to have my feet up the rest of the day and not do much more. let's talk about queen's. you're paired up with feliciano lopez. how is that dynamic working? i know you love him. i like him a lot. yeah. we've got on well since i first came on the tour. you know, we've practised together quite a bit. we've never played doubles with each other before. but, look, i want to try and enjoy

the time on the court. he is a really good grass court player. when i spoke to my team, we thought maybe playing some doubles originally would be a good way of kind of preparing me for singles and also testing my hip to see what it's like in a match situation where there's obviously not as much movement. do you feel the love? yeah, i do, especially when i play at home. the support‘s always been brilliant here. hopefully when we get out on the court here, it will be the same again. time for a look at the weather — here's nick miller. andy murray has overcome many challenges, but the great british summer challenges, but the great british summer weather may get the better of him and us again at times this week. there is a bit of sunshine out there in eastern england, but there are some spots that will turn very wet again as we go through this week. i can't dress it up for