hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at two: he's under fire for not taking part in the channel 4 debate last night, but a boost for borisjohnson‘s leadership bid — he's now backed by health secretary matt hancock. 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. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. gary woodland has won his first golf major with a three shot victory at

the us open. he is hardly a household name but he has had and is interesting journey. and matt taylor? if you are fed up of rain, more downpours to come, particularly for eastern england tomorrow night. where is the summer? i will tell you more in the next half an hour. also coming up: can you have a naughty corner in the oval office? it isa it is a fantastic financial statement. let's do that over, he is coughing in the middle of my answer, i don't like that. if you get a cough, please leave the room. his views on germs are well known. we'll tell you how the president reacted to that cough, during a television interview.

hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. 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 re—unite 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 borisjohnson 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 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'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 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 to our chief political correspondent vicki young. let's talk about matt hancock. a friend of michael gove's but perhaps he thinks there is only one stand winner in this contest. he wrote an article saying that, that he feels borisjohnson has article saying that, that he feels boris johnson has got article saying that, that he feels borisjohnson has got so many mps's endorsement that he will be on that final ballot going to party members and we know from polling of them that they are very much in favour of borisjohnson that they are very much in favour of boris johnson and likely that they are very much in favour of borisjohnson and likely to vote that they are very much in favour of boris johnson and likely to vote for him, so he is seen as the frontrunner and also a shrien and matt hancock saying he could wait five weeks and endorse him then or do it now. some will say he wants a job, others will say he is doing it

because he wants to make sure he has some influence because within the cabinet, there is not so many of the more centre ground conservatives, those who voted remain who are backing borisjohnson so this could be quite a good thing for boris johnson but would also mean matt hancock could be in an important position. the others really are scrapping for second place, who is going to challenge borisjohnson. the second round tomorrow. they have to get 33 votes and could see two or three of them dropping out. some of matt hancock's backers have decided to get behind rory stewart. they feel that he if he is in that debate tomorrow, he will really give boris johnson a hard time and many tory mps want to see borisjohnson tested. let's look at the labour party because we have got the deputies saying that labour hearts are remain but we don't know the leaders hard and where that is.

labour being criticised about sitting on the fence, some would say, as they try to keep the two sides, the two views in their party together. constructive ambiguity being unclear, not really saying what they feel and of course that has been blamed for a poor performance in the european elections where labour came third behind the brexit party and the liberal democrats. many labour mps talk about knocking on doors and told by members that they wouldn't be voting labour, they would be voting liberal democrat because of that clear message about another referendum. tom watson has been trying to put pressure onjeremy corbyn and he continued that today. 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.

of course not all labour mps are in favour of a second referendum. it didn't pass any votes in parliament. let's speak now to the labour mp john mann. you don't want another referendum. what do you make of tom watson's line there. he is saying that labour party members are remain as and the party should be clear about backing a second referendum on voting to stay in. the members may be but it is not the members who we nt be but it is not the members who went elections, it is the people, the voters and labour voters in labour held constituencies take a different view and tom's entitled to change his mind because like me, he voted to have that referendum, like me he said he would honour the result, like me he stood on a manifesto, he had a lot more influence on the manifesto than i did which said we respect the result of the referendum. he has changed

his mind but that will not persuade labour voters in the north for example. how many seats would it be? even in those leaf seats, a lot of the people that voted to leave were not labour voters, they would have been conservative voters and ukip voters as well. the chair of your party said he felt there were left—wing intellectuals sneering at people who voted to leave. do you agree? he represents a seat like me in ourseat, a agree? he represents a seat like me in our seat, a very large majority of the labour voters voted to leave. in fact the stronger the labour area in my constituency, the higher the lead vote. labour voters in the north who voted leave and if the labour party turns its back on those voters, as tom watson suggests, tom watson won't be deputy prime minister, jeremy corbyn won't be prime minister. if it is such a good idea, could i suggest to tom watson

he tries it out in west bromwich. he could call a full referendum in his owi'i could call a full referendum in his own constituency and test the water because his voters voted leave so he could see if he can persuade them. let's have a west bromwich referendum and perhaps a full postal vote would assist with the organisation, i'm sure he could raise the money. let him test his theory. how does the labour party square this circle? in some seeds in the north labour voters voted leave but in other places others voted liberal democrat. the parties are devoted, that is a reality. tom watson if he wanted to be more credible in this could be saying what tony blair is saying that in order to change the decision on the eu, to fundamentally change the approach on immigration. if he wants

to change labour party policy on immigration ina to change labour party policy on immigration in a way in which the north of england will be a lot happier, that will be a good starting point. then if he was actually with his remain allies to identify what the question would be which they still haven't done. three years of calling for a referendum and none of them has identified what the question should be. that would bea the question should be. that would be a second stage. but i still don't think that will persuade those vote rs think that will persuade those voters who under our democracy used their vote, the majority one, the majority voted to leave and a large majority voted to leave and a large majority of labour voters in the north, this is going to lose labour the next general election by a significant amount and i can tell this, some mps who have been speaking this morning and i am seeing private what they have said, who have never ever rebelled, ever, up who have never ever rebelled, ever, up in arms about this because they realise the reality on the ground.

they talk to their own voters, they know that in the north, the midlands it is labour voters who voted leave and this will be catastrophic if there ever want to be a labour government. that is the dilemma that jeremy corbyn is dealing with. tom watson is sure the party policy will change once we get to that party conference at the end of september, thatis conference at the end of september, that is just four or five weeks before we are due to leave the european union. well, do you have any questions for the next prime minister? tomorrow, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings, with all the candidates left standing for conservative leader, one of whom, of course, will be moving to number 10. that debate will be shaped by your questions, and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email with your question, and do include your name and contact number, if you're interested in asking it live, from your local bbc studio. and you can watch the full coverage of the debate on the bbc news channel tomorrow at eight o'clock.

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 has more. the americans pulled out of this deal last year and the iranians warned last month, we might stop complying with our side of the deal and what they have announced today is that moment is imminent and next week, they will reach the upper limit of the amount of uranium, the nuclear feel and potentially create weapons grade uranium for missiles. they will pass the upper limit for that next week. this is a signal to say, please only run on's behalf do more to help iran get round the sanctions that are beginning to bite. it places the europeans in a

quandary because they have to decide do they try to do more to help the economy in iran or do they say, iran has now reached this deal and so we are legally obliged to reimpose sanctions. i think what we have reached here is a moment where this is not the big moment where iran says we are back on the path to developing nuclear weapons, it is that moment where they are saying, we are that moment where they are saying, we a re really that moment where they are saying, we are really feeling the pinch and 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, same to the americans, sanctions come at a cost and that is 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. enterjoshua 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 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. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: he's under fire for not taking part in the channel 4 debate last night — but a boost for boris johnson's leadership bid — he's now backed by health secretary matt hancock. tom watson breaks from party policy and says britain should back britain remaining in the eu. more calls for the chief executive of hong kong to resign over a controversial extradition plan. england opener jason roy will miss two matches with a hamstring injury. big hitting from the west indies in taunton but have they scored enough to keep their world cup hopes alive against bangladesh? and england striker toni duncan is

itching to get out there after being declared fit for their group match on wednesday. she has missed their opening two games but is expected to play a part againstjapan. a man believed to be in his 40s has died after being stabbed in east london. the man was found collapsed with stab wounds in stratford, and was later prounounced 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 3 hours to reach some of the victims but said this because police had deemed the area unsafe to go into. jon donnison gave us this update from the old bailey. 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 the first paramedics were at the scene within minutes but they were quickly told by armed police to move back. ambulance services arrived up to 20 of them but they were held back because the area had been deemed hot 01’ because the area had been deemed hot or u nsafe because the area had been deemed hot or unsafe by the police. the initial paramedics who were there, they 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 thought long and hard about how to better communicate with the police to tell them that casualties needed to be brought out rather than ambulance services going to them. the inquest

continues. every new teacher in england will be trained 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. 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 issue. 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 the last year.

this 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 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.

i'm joined now by nick harrop, from the charity young minds. a growing problem. how big a problem is this? around one in eight, so three children in every classroom has a mental health problem and more are struggling to cope and that is why we need to see continuing investment in health services and particularly in early interventions. as that number increases, you welcome this announcement cleary but does it go far enough? this is a welcome announcement. we are pleased every new teacher will get some training in mental health and that builds on previous initiatives by theresa may. mental health will now be part of the school curriculum and we will see mental health support teams rolled out to schools but they are going to only a quarter of the country by 2023, so we need the next prime minister to make men to the top priority and make sure those

teams support the whole country. there has to be a role for parents as well, doesn't there? there certainly does. for teachers spotting the signs but you do need support out there either in schools or support through specialist mental health services and we run a parents helpline and we hear everyday how ha rd helpline and we hear everyday how hard it can be in some areas to get the support. it is a postcode lottery. in some areas you have long waiting list, high thresholds for treatments and we need the prime minister to follow up these promises. watching the report, you wonder what are the issues facing youngsters? why is this problem a growing one? young people today face a wide range of pressures. the background for mental health problems is often complex, lots of different factors, a difficult start in life, things like abuse, poverty, neglect can play a big role. there are new pressures as well, the

education system, the rise of social media. how does the education system put more pressure? has been an increase in exams over the and schools have been judged increase in exams over the and schools have beenjudged a lot on their academic performance and what we hear from young their academic performance and what we hearfrom young people is this means they are under a lot of pressure to do well at school at a younger age and that can add to the pressures they face. the movements to make well—being a statutory guidance on well—being is important and it is good there are these initiatives in schools, but we hope there will also be continued investment in specialist mental health services as well. what happens when the support isn't there? we run a parents helpline and when children do had to wait for months to get that kind of support, it can mean problems escalate. they might start to self—harm, they might become suicidal, in some cases children drop out of school and that can have a knock—on effect on the whole family if one of the parents

lose work to look after them. it can have devastating consequences if they get no support and that is why intervention has to be a priority. 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 wayne fleet which is being used asa of wayne fleet which is being used as a community centre, information point, a place to get food and water. so far in this community about 130 properties have been evacuated, flooded and a thousand more people have been evacuated from their homes who haven't been flooded but are at risk from flooding. i am joined by steve and by sue. steve was flooded three or four days ago.

your home has been badly damaged. was flooded three or four days ago. your home has been badly damagedm has. we had a foot and a half of water go through the bottom. we have lost a lot. what has helped you getting here? we have got a lot of advice, we have insurance people here and the camaraderie of people, you can come up here, get a hot drink, food, so very good, very pleased with what is going on. these are unprecedented scenes, you have never seen flooding like this. definitely not. i was born and bred here, 62 and i have not seen anything like this before. so, what sort of help are you able to offer people? down here we have got a lot of agencies hear representations so you have the police, you have got anglian water, you have british red cross and lives, you also have the district council representatives, insurance companies are coming in,

so we will update the facebook page with information about who is available. so people wanting to return to their homes when it is safe for them to do so know who is down here and who they can see. thank you for talking to us. the situation here 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 ring more flooding and so the emergency services are poised to respond to that in the coming days. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. before we look at this country, it is very hot in some places. it is. different extremes across europe. this is the scene in alicante. in the lead up to that we have seen record—breaking june temperatures in quite a number of spots,

particularly across the baltics but on friday in corsica, 40 degrees. the first time they have seen 40 degrees in corsica, earliest they have seen in france. record—breaking june temperatures but those have come at a cost. rather dramatic images from the south of france. some massive thunderstorms through the weekend. this was the view from inside someone's car. thankfully the car is not moving and thankfully there is no sound because it was a bit choice the phrase is coming from the driver there. hale frail from the driver there. hale frail from the scar, —— sky. the ministry for agriculture in france declared a natural state of emergency because it fell in the orchard of france. lots of the crops. damage to

churches. strip the leaves from trees. if you are standing in bed, that will hurt. yes, sadly, two people died from the storms despite horrendous storms. still that heat, humidity there. the storm has moved further east. how unusual is all this? i unusual this early and to get storm so severe this early on but you do get the storms during the summer months across anywhere in europe but things are so static, it is why we are on the cool side. every where else is heat building. let me show you where we are. you will notice the cooler colours for us, elsewhere across europe, temperatures into the 30s. we will tap intoa temperatures into the 30s. we will tap into a bit of this warmth and

humidity over the next couple of days and with that, we could see some storms across the uk as well. for the moment we have low pressure in charge with high pressure dominant for many. that low pressure system bringing frequent showers across scotland and northern ireland. we will see a weather front still struggling across some parts of central england and wales with a few spots of light rain but into tonight, clearer skies for many. with that, temperatures will start to dip away. we will see temperatures fall down into lower single figures across some parts of eastern scotland in particular. elsewhere we will see things turn humid in the morning across southern counties of england and wales. temperatures here around 17 degrees. through the day we will see a few showers and thunderstorms broke out across southern counties of england. showers to scotland and to northern ireland. sunshine in between but later in the day, the areas in

yellow, we keep a very close eye on things because this is where we could see some thunderstorms develop as we go into tuesday night. some severe thunderstorms and it is across the southern counties, into east anglia most prone to seeing 50 millimetres of rain. those storms will rattle away northwards and eastwards. come westwards, could see a few thunderstorms through the night and into wednesday. as we go through wednesday itself, the storms will clear. showers into parts of scotland, northern ireland, some sunshine in between and where you get the sunshine, it feels quite pleasa nt get the sunshine, it feels quite pleasant with temperatures at where they should be for the time of year. thursday, we will see some heavy showers around but beyond that, we will see things turn drive thru friday and saturday across many southern areas in particular. even scotla nd southern areas in particular. even scotland and northern ireland should be drierfor a time but we scotland and northern ireland should be drier for a time but we will start to see things change. anything

dry and sunny doesn't last for too long as we go through the next few days because into sunday we will see heavy showers and thunderstorms develop. you are up to date with the latest weather details here on afternoon life.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. borisjohnson receives a boost in the conservative party leader contest as health secretary, matt hancock, says he's the best candidate to unite the country. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, urges his party to make a strong case for staying in the eu. after being released from prison, the democracy activist joshua wong says he's ready to join the protests, and calls on hong kong's chief executive to resign. iran announces that it will soon breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium, that was capped under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

sport now on afternoon live with azi farni. the us open. gary who? gary woodland has been a pga tour regular since 2009 but he's hardly a household name. the 35—year—old previously won just three events on the us pga tour, only once since 2013. and, until this week, he hadn't played particularly well in the final round of majors. so you are right to ask who. england's justin rose was in the final pairing but faded as woodland held off a challenge from two—time defending champion brooks koepka to win by three shots at pebble beach and say that his whole sporting career was building up to that moment. i have worked hard my whole life, and been surrounded by amazing people. i always wanted to be successful. ididn't

i didn't know what it was, what i was going to do. i fell in love with golf, and it has transcended into today. it all kind of came out with me. i never got ahead of myself. it kind of all came out. ijust kept saying it's never over, and when that last putt went in, it kind of all came out. an interesting fact about woodland — he actually dreamed of starring in the nba and went to college on a basketball scholarship. but he soon realised basketball wasn't for him and he needed a plan b. so he switched universities to play golf, turned pro in 2007, and 12 years later he's got his first major and is up to 12 in the world rankings. so there is still a chance for us to change careers. i get lots of e—mails suggesting it! let's move on and talk about the world cup cricket because there is some bad news for england? jason roy's partnership withjonny bairstow has been the foundation on which england's one day superiority has been built on. he's defeinitely out for the next

two games and if he ends up being out longer, captain eoin morgan hasn't ruled out calling up alex hales, who was controversially left out of the squad for off—field misdemeanours. roy suffered a hamstring tear during the win over west indies last friday. the matches he'll miss are tomorrow's game against afganistan and the fixture with sri lanka on friday. morgan has confirmed that james vince will open the batting at old trafford tomorrow. morgan himself will have a fitness test to see if he can play, having suffered a back spasm. the west indies have set bangladesh a target of 322 in their crucial match at the cricket world cup. shai hope fell just four runs short of a century, but with the help of evin lewis and shimron hetmyer — and some big blows at the end from captainjason holder — they got to 321 for eight. both teams really need to win to stand a chance of making the knockout stages. england striker toni duggan says she's "itching to get out there" after being declared fit for theirfinal world cup group match against

japan on wednesday. duggan tweaked a thigh in training a day after the lionesses arrived in france and missed their opening two matches in group d. she's expected to play a part against japan, though, with both sides already guaranteed a place in the last 16. you wait four years for another world cup to come round, then you go through all the training and wanting to get picked, then you get on the plane finally, and then on your first day of training, you get injured. so really frustrating on a personal level, but really part level, but really proud of the girls and the team. hopefully, i can help the team in any way that i can. defending champion marin cilic is on court at queen's in london. these are live pictures of his match. he's up against

chilean cristian garin. cilic won the first set 6—1 and he's now 4—2 up in the 2nd. cilic beat novak djokovic in the final last year and is looking for a third title having won it for the first time in 2012. these are live pictures from bbc two. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, see you later on. more now on our top story. after withdrawing from the race to become prime minister, the health secretary matt hancock says he's backing borisjohnson as the best candidate to unite the country. the endorsement comes despite mrjohnson's decision not to take part in last night's tv debate. with me to talk more about the conservative party leadership contest are sophiejarvis from the evening standard and laura trott, a former adviser to david cameron. thank you for coming in. matt hancock has thank you for coming in. matt hancock has realised thank you for coming in. matt hancock has realised that thank you for coming in. matt hancock has realised that he thank you for coming in. matt hancock has realised that he is going to need a job when boris johnson wins or am i being cynical? i think there is an element to which

he thinks he can moderate boris. how would he moderate borisjohnson?” think in terms of feeding into his thought process. as you go through these things, you have to think about what your lines to take our andi about what your lines to take our and i think matt is thinking he will have more of an impact this way. boris johnson's have more of an impact this way. borisjohnson's decision have more of an impact this way. boris johnson's decision not have more of an impact this way. borisjohnson's decision not to take pa rt borisjohnson's decision not to take part in the debate last night appears to have paid off. some people would say he has an air of arrogance about him and he is demonstrating hubris, but at the same time a lot of brexiteer tory party members will look at that and think it is quite funny boris is not doing that, he knows he doesn't have to take part because he will win anyway. a lot of brexit tory party members will think actually he will probably perform like that in the negotiations with the eu, and that is what we want, someone who sticks

up is what we want, someone who sticks up two fingers to rules and regulations. so they are more fans of borisjohnson regulations. so they are more fans of boris johnson than regulations. so they are more fans of borisjohnson than the mps. regulations. so they are more fans of boris johnson than the mps.|j think so but in terms of the rest of the country if you are not a tory voter or a tory member, you look at what borisjohnson is doing and think he is either a coward, hiding from something or it is sheer arrogance. from a tactical perspective he has everything to lose and nothing to gain by appearing. he is the overwhelming front runner, his polling is off the charts so everything where he does something publicly is the potential to go down rather than up. but how do you think the rest of the electorate view him? because if we see someone like rory stewart in the final two, if we have an eton showdown that is ammo forjeremy corbyn who will say, vote for

something different. there is an element of that but it is about winning what is in front of you and he's quite forensically focused on doing that. who will worry him most in that debate on tuesday if it is down to the last two? is rory stewart a name that might concern borisjohnson? stewart a name that might concern boris johnson? yes, i think so. michael gove is an accomplished debater and he has taken on boris johnson before but rory stewart is turning all fire on boris and stopping at nothing so he will be someone to be feared because it is no holds barred. rory said in the debate last night that he has been going around the country for the la st going around the country for the last few weeks and it has opened his eyes, and you would have thought they had been opened prior to the leadership contest. someone like sajid javid, who comes from a different background to everyone else on the panel, he's much more of an aspirational tory as opposed to

what i would call a hereditary tory. and he's very much making that his appeal. and he should do. i think the tory party members should look more into that as opposed to who is performing the best perhaps because as sajid javid said, he wasn't brought up with that formal training, the debate training the re st training, the debate training the rest have had, and it is clear when you see the rest of them. they all do the hand movements and have the correct pronunciation, and sajid javid doesn't have that. michael gove had that thing about looking straight to camera. it makes you slightly uncomfortable, doesn't it? would you teach someone to do that? they have all been trained and sajid javid has been a front line politician for a long period of time so it's not like this is a new thing for him. he had a strong week last week but it is a bit too late i think in terms of the numbers. he will struggle now to come back from

his position last week. will struggle now to come back from his position last weeklj will struggle now to come back from his position last week. i sometimes feel as if when you are watching the other candidates they might as well be at school debating wearers sajid javid seems to care about that does everybody call him saj? yes, generally. sorry to interrupt! we will leave it with that one at the moment. in terms of the next tv debate, it is for boris to lose, is that the view? absolutely, yes. he is nailed on now amongst mps and members so he has got to do well and he cannot make any mistakes because every mistake is votes he will lose. sophie, the editor of the evening standard, one george osborne, what do you think he would like to happen at the tv debate? you would have to

ask him. let's put our money where our mouth is. on wednesday do you think borisjohnson will have done enough, in other words not said anything, to keep in the race? definitely, and even if a sex scandal or whatever kind of scandal emerges with boris, i don't think it matters because people don't vote for him for those reasons, they vote for him for those reasons, they vote for him for those reasons, they vote for him because he has charm and political sex appeal and they think he will be the best defence against jeremy corbyn government. it's interesting because the issue of drugs with michael gove has clearly hurt his campaign. yes, although i think things are moving on slightly. last night drew a line under it. so to speak! yes, but jeremy hunt spoke for a lot of people last night when he said this is not something people should bejudged on and we he said this is not something people should be judged on and we should move on and talk about the issues

rather than people's personal lives. great to talk to you both, we will do this again. nice to see you. 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 get. is it all about the strategy? 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 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 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.

that was sir andy murray. this is jamie robinson and he has the business news in a moment. he's under fire for not taking part in the channel 4 debate last night but a boost for boris johnson's leadership bid — he's now backed by health secretary matt hancock. the opposition deputy leader tom watson breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. demonstrations in hong kong continue, with more calls for the chief executive to resign over a controversial extradition plan. here's your business headlines on afternoon live: the blacklisting of huawei is taking its toll, it now says it will cut production over the next two years. united states has put tougher restrictions on trading saying it is facilitating spying by the chinese government, something the company

denies. the construction and services firm kier is cutting 1,200 jobs. it is trying to simplify its business and reduce debt. it wants to focus on construction and road maintenance. so it will either sell or close down other business divisions such as recycling and rubbish processing. 650 jobs will go by the end of this month and the rest will go next year. the boss of ethiopian airlines has rejected a claim that pilots were to blame for the crash of a 737 max plane in march, which killed 157 people. it was one of two fatal crashes which led to the grounding of the american made aircraft. a us congressman recently suggested that pilots trained in america would have been able to control the plane but ethiopian's chief executive has told the bbc he was "seriously misinformed". carlos ghosn, the former head of nissan and renault, is awaiting trial injapan on charges of financial miscondust but his wife

carole ghosn has been saying he has been mistreated. yes, she says he has been treated badly, in prison and most of it in solitary confinement. she said he was ina solitary confinement. she said he was in a prison with no heating, given a very poor, meagre diet, and she is asking president trump to intervene and try to get something donein intervene and try to get something done in order to basically make his treatment better. he is standing trial for financial misconduct and there are more trials emerging. carole ghosn spoke to our north america business reporter michelle fleury. the world leaders are going to be meeting at the g20 at the end of the month, i would like president trump to speak to the japanese prime minister about the conditions and to let me speak to my husband. and to respect the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. when was the last time

you saw your husband? i saw my husband when he got arrested on the 4th of april, when the prosecutors stormed into the apartment at 5:15am. they took us by surprise. 24 prosecutors came in and told carlos he was under arrest. he got dressed and they stayed about four hours in the apartment with me. i took a shower and they had a woman prosecutor follow me in. took a shower and they had a woman prosecutorfollow me in. she handed me my towel as i got out and every timei me my towel as i got out and every time i needed to use the rest room she would go into the toilet with me. i don't know what they were expecting, i think they were doing it just to humiliate expecting, i think they were doing itjust to humiliate me. during that period, did you have any contact with your husband? i haven't spoken to him since then. he got out on bail. however, they told him one of the bail conditions,

the restrictions, is that he's not allowed to speak to me or talk to me which i find inhumane. it is devastating. we are so close and even by japanese standards this is outrageous. what do you think of the criminal charges against your husband? i think all of this could have been dealt with internally, within the company. even if there is, as alleged, wrongdoing? everything could have been dealt with internally, this didn't need to go this far. on top of it, my husband is innocent and time will prove the truth. because nissan takes a different view and says your husband carlos ghosn brought this on himself. but he didn't. if they had a problem with him, why didn't they come up and question him? to me, things that could have been

the board or the auditors could have dealt with this and apparently the bardidn't dealt with this and apparently the bar didn't know about this until the last minute either. from the outside, you can see why, to some observers, this might look like a case of corporate abuse by a powerful titan of business. or it could have been a conspiracy, also, to get rid of him because they didn't want the merger and obviously, every day now we are seeing a little more clear about this merger, how nissan and renault are not getting along, how they tried to merge with fiat chrysler, it didn't work out and now that carlos has gone, we're going to see what happens but it doesn't look like they are holding this alliance together. what does the future hold for you, what does it look like for you right now? it's very hard not to know what's going to happen, i'm very anxious and worried. in life we have ups and downs. this is shocking. it's tragic what has happened

and i am hoping you know, it will end one day because it's hard to live this way. the wife of carlos ghosn. there is a g20 meeting later this month and that is when she is asking president trump to talk to shinzo abe to try to get something sorted out. let's have a look at the markets. the royal bank of scotland says it will sell shares in a saudi bank which will net it millions of pounds, which is doing benefit for its share price. easyjet has been profit warning at lufthansa and all airlines are suffering because people are wondering if the whole sector looks rickety at the moment. the ftse 100 sector looks rickety at the moment. the ftse100 down but not a huge amount on the whole. thank you, i will see you later.

president donald trump chastised his acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, for coughing during the taping of a tv interview, ordering the aide out of the oval office while he was in the middle of an answer. it isa it is a fantastic financial settlement... he is coughing in the middle of my answer. i don't like that. if you are going to cough, please leave the room. you just can't. sorry. that was an interview where he said he was going to be likely to be handing some of his tax details over to the authorities, but it is the cough that has got eve ryo ne it is the cough that has got everyone talking in the united states. one commentator suggesting he isa states. one commentator suggesting he is a germ phobic. that was his

chief of staff he was ordering out of the room. anyway, more on our top stories coming up but first let's catch up with the weather forecast now with matt taylor. if you are wondering where the weather is at the moment, it is basically across the rest of europe. exceptional heat will set off severe storms, the worst of those across parts of the balkans, but we will tap into some of that warmth and things will turn humid in the south as we go from tonight into tomorrow. generally speaking still low pressure in charge through the rest of today and into tonight. cloud from the south—west through towards eastern parts of northern england producing patchy rain and drizzle but many places will be dry with

clear skies. on the fresh side for parts of scotland but mostly in double figures, and a slightly muggy start compared to what we have had in the recent week. some sunshine to begin with but clouding over quite quickly. that will work its way northwards across the south—east, east anglia and the midlands through the day. some isolated showers elsewhere, many places will be dry. it will be a fairly breezy day with winds to start the day touching gale force before easing later. as we go into the latter stage of the day we turn our attention to some eastern counties of england, denoted by this area where we could see severe thunderstorms develop. as much as 50 millimetres could be produced by some of those storms so flash flooding possible, and this in areas where the ground is already saturated. some storms potentially further west in parts of the midlands. it will be their first

light on wednesday, with some isolated thunderstorms still possible later. brighter conditions further west but blustery wind for parts of scotland and northern ireland in particular. temperatures ranging from 12 to 21 in london. similar temperatures again on thursday, with may be fewer showers across scotland and northern ireland, and a break today with only isolated showers for england and wales. going into friday and saturday, a brief ridge of high pressure, the emphasis on brief. temperatures are where they should be but it looks like the rain returns for quite a few of you as we head into sunday. watch out for those thunderstorms tomorrow. goodbye.

hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. today at three: he's under fire for not taking part in the channel 4 debate last night, but a boost for borisjohnson's leadership bid — he's now backed by health secretary matt hancock. 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. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. there's bad news for england's cricket world cup team — jason roy is out with a hamstring tear. he's going to miss tomorrow's match against afghanistan and friday's fixture against sri lanka.

captain eoin morgan will have a fitness test to see if he can play. more on that at half past. matt taylor has some bad news on the weather front. matt taylor has some bad news on the weather front. more matt taylor has some bad news on the weather front. more rain matt taylor has some bad news on the weather front. more rain in matt taylor has some bad news on the weather front. more rain in the forecast over the coming days. tomorrow evening, particularly nasty storms for southern england. more details in half an hour. also coming up — can you have a naughty corner in the oval office? at some point i hope they get it because it is a fantastic financial statement. it's a fantastic financial statement. let's do that over. he is cupping in the middle of my answer. his views on germs are well known. we'll tell you how the president reacted to that cough during a television interview.

hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. 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 re—unite 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's not always been the silent type. are you hiding from media scrutiny, sir? but boris johnson had little to say this morning and 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 borisjohnson and a blow for others. disappointing, naturally. i'm a huge fan of matt's.

but candidates are ploughing on with their pitch. at the moment, yes, of course it is the case that 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 minister from day one. only two candidates can face that final vote of the conservative party membership and 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's 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, but the question is how. the challenge with what boris is presenting is, he'sjust saying, "i'm going to get it done". he's 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'll keep the public purse trim. one rory stewart backer says boris johnson'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. at least one will be knocked out tomorrow. they're 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 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's expected to take part in the bbc‘s

tv debate tomorrow night. he might be in the back seat, but he's still leading the pack. jessica parker, bbc news. we will be looking at what that means for the tv debate on tuesday. the leadership candidates, those that are remaining, because the next stage in the process takes place tomorrow and at eight o'clock tomorrow and at eight o'clock tomorrow night, the tv debate will be on bbc one. let's go to vicki young whojoins be on bbc one. let's go to vicki young who joins me be on bbc one. let's go to vicki young whojoins me now from be on bbc one. let's go to vicki young who joins me now from the lobby and the decision not to take pa rt lobby and the decision not to take part in the debate last night appears to have paid off for boris johnson. it has not done him any harm. there were a few moments when the other candidates were asking, where is he? then of course today, matt hancock who has dropped out of the race, endorsed borisjohnson so

in that sense it doesn't seem to have done him any harm. his audience of conservative mps tonight and it does seem to be a case of the others jostling for second place. by not being there, he left them all to read. let's speak to one of his supporters, a treasury minister who was with me now. some will say he is running scared by not putting himself up for questioning, notjust last night but today, lobby journalist here in westminster. why is he not showing up? this is the mp stage of this competition so he is spending all of his time being grilled by members of parliament and that seems to be working. he is building the broadest coalition of mps, young mps, old, remain and leave, the party does seem to be uniting behind him as the best placed individual in these circumstances to defeat jeremy corbyn, defeat nigel farage, deliver brexit. how can mps be sure it will

be an inclusive one nation boris johnson that they will get because it is not always what we get. they will be unsure what kind of leader he will be. over the weekend you have seen esther mcvey and matt hancock come forward. he does seem to be uniting the party and that is what you want from a leader and a prime minister and if what you want from a leader and a prime ministerand if you what you want from a leader and a prime minister and if you look back at his record, his many years in public office, you can see as mayor of london the way he conducted himself, tackling crime, social housing, bringing london together with amazing unifying events like the olympics and the paralympic games. i the olympics and the paralympic games. lam the olympics and the paralympic games. i am very confident that that is the kind of prime minister boris johnson is going to be and today you will have seen him announce another policy that is about unifying the country, spreading prosperity, opportunity which is his commitment to deliver full fibre broadband to every home and business by 2025 and

to prioritise the rural areas and the towns of the country, those left behind places that he knows almost uniquely through the leader of the live campaign to ensure that government investment gets top quality digital infrastructure into those parts of the country. how will he pay for this because one bill put on this is £30 billion. that is not correct. the bill is if the public sector paid for every single property in business in the country. there is a vibrant commercial sector, we want to get that going out place, do planning reforms to ensure that businesses... there will be some parts of the country where there will be a spending commitment and the 10% that is most hardest to deliver, the rural areas, those market towns, there we will use public money to make sure those communities too often forgotten by governments to get the digital infrastructure as soon as possible.

the state pays for a 10%, who pays for the rest? we expect to be delivered by the private sector. there are a number of businesses we wa nt there are a number of businesses we want to turbo—charge, get them out delivering this. this will be a major national effort but it is worth it. the tax cut he promised which it shows that the richest pensioners will benefit most from that by taking people out of the 40% rate. is the priority? boris has been clear that the policy announced in the higher rate threshold it's going to be one of a number of measures which will have to be seen in the round but is it right to be cutting taxes for working people and pensioners? absolutely. boris wants to bea pensioners? absolutely. boris wants to be a one nation prime minister and that involves keeping taxes as low as we responsibly can do. he would benefit by £3000 a year. tackling fiscal drag is important.

in 1990 there were 1.7 million higher rate taxpayers. today there are over4 higher rate taxpayers. today there are over 4 million. that is wrong. we must leave it there. thank you. the second round of the voting to ta ke the second round of the voting to take place tomorrow. we should get the result is about six o'clock. and then the debate at eight o'clock. which borisjohnson then the debate at eight o'clock. which boris johnson has then the debate at eight o'clock. which borisjohnson has promised to come to. well, do you have any questions for the next prime minister? tomorrow, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings, with all the candidates left standing for conservative leader, one of whom of course, will be moving to number 10. that debate will be shaped by your questions, and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email with your question, and do include your name and contact number, if you're interested in asking it live, from your local bbc studio. and you can watch the full coverage of the debate on the bbc news channel tomorrow at eight o'clock.

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 3 hours to reach some of the victims but said this because police had deemed the area unsafe to go into. jon donnison is at the old bailey. 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 the first paramedics were at the scene within minutes but they were quickly told by armed police to move back.

in some cases it took up to three hours for ambulance services to reach some of the victims. that wasn't because there were not cruise nearby, there are up to 20 ambulance crews waiting in the wings but because this operation had been declared what is called a marauding terror attack by police, he said the ambulance crews were not allowed to go in and paul woodrow said, look, at that moment they didn't know whether there were more attackers out there, more than the three that had been killed within eight minutes of the attack starting, they didn't know if there were explosive devices there. he was asked if there had been a failure in the response and he said no, but he didn't think there could be improvements in communications between the ambulance service and the police. 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. enterjoshua wong, student leader and agitator, who in a spectacular piece of timing was released from prison after serving a sentence for unlawful assembly in 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 ask 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. but the apology hasn't quelled 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're 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 its 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. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: after missing last night's tv debate, borisjohnson receives a boost in the conservative party leader contest — as health secretary, matt hancock, says he's the best candidate to unite the country. the opposition deputy leader tom watson breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. demonstrations in hong kong continue — with more calls for the chief executive to resign over a controversial extradition plan.

and in sport: 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. the west indies have set bangladesh 322 to win their cricket world cup match at taunton. it's a must—win for both sides to keep their hopes of reaching the semi—finals alive. and derby county say chelsea are yet to approach them about the availability of their manager frank lampard. lampard is the favourite to replace maurizio sarri as chelsea boss after the italian left to take charge ofjuventus. i'll be back with more on those stories. 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 has more. the americans pulled out of this deal last year and the iranians won last month, we might stop complying with our side of the deed to and what they have announced is that moment is now imminent nxp, they will reach the upper limit of the amount of uranium, 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 that next week. this is a signal to the europeans to say, please on iran's behalf do more to get iran round the sanctions and are having an impact on the reigning economy. they have two decide do they do more to help you run's economy or do they say, iran has breached this deal so we too are legally obliged to impose sanctions. what we have reached here

isa sanctions. what we have reached here is a moment, this is not the big moment where everyone says we are back on the path to developing nuclear weapons, it is 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 the disruption to the distribution of oil. a man believed to be in his 40s has died after being stabbed in east london. the man was found collapsed with stab wounds in stratford, and was later prounounced 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. rail services on some of the uk's busiest routes will be disrupted this week because of a five—day strike in the long—running dispute over guards on trains. members of the rail, maritime and transport union on south western railway will walk out tomorrow,

hitting services including busy commuter trains into london waterloo. services will be cancelled or disrupted — and the stoppage coincides with royal ascot. every new teacher in england will be trained 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. 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 bold 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's 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. this secondary school in cheshire already has a teaching assistant trained to support pupils. i think there's lots of pressures on young people at the moment. there's a lot of pressures from home life. there's 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 1,000 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. now while there's drama in the tory leadership contest, over in labour there appears to be confusion as to labour's policy on brexit. jeremy corbyn has resisted calls to fully endorse another public vote on the issue, but today his deputy leader, tom watson, called on his party to campaign for another brexit referendum. european is who we are and who we have always been. our members are remain, our values are remain, our hearts are remain. we need our labour party to be true to who we are and be loud and proud in support of europe. the guardian columnist zoe williams joins us from westminster.

good to see you. where are we now? how willjeremy corbyn react to what his deputy has said? the problem is not with what tom watson is saying but the fact it is him saying it. there is a hard core of labour shadow cabinet members who do not back a second referendum, who want to press ahead with brexit, who i think we prefer to vote for theresa may's deal than even go through any more hoops on it. they interpret every m ove more hoops on it. they interpret every move like this from watson as a kind of soft coup from the right of the party. the problem is that originally it may well have looked like that but tom watson is also com pletely like that but tom watson is also completely right, all the members have come this way. it is a kind of everything about the brexit project has unfolded as a really according toa has unfolded as a really according to a hard right agenda and most labour members now want to resist it and resisted in a kind of

full—blooded way. so it's very problematic. in orderfor full—blooded way. so it's very problematic. in order for corbyn to be receptive to this message, he needs to hear it from the left of his party but the right of his party are still taking the political advantage and i understand why, by saying it first and most... oh party in shock after the eu elections but then perhaps after peterborough and then perhaps after peterborough and the real election of an mp there, felt they were all right. you exactly. after the eu elections it looked like they would pivot remain and then the peterborough results came in and the legs are tears suddenly were on the ascendant and saying, we are taking the right course because peterborough shows that people are more interested in more broader labour policies than our position on brexit. the problem with peter brecht ‘s it demonstrates clearly where labour are out which is they are just about breaking above brexit and the conservatives

and the lib dems. all these people are getting votes at 21, 22, 23%. sometimes that will work out well for labour so when you do see projections for people voting that way, you can come up with labour and the snp in coalition or all it has to do is break in the other direction and label's seeds are brought down to 110. there is incredible jeopardy in staying on this polling and they will not get out of it, they will not get into the high 30s unless they come out for remain. out in the constituencies, the voters out there, labour voters, looking constituencies, the voters out there, labourvoters, looking at what is going on, seeing the deputy at odds with the leader, that is more damaging than anything else. at odds with the leader, that is more damaging than anything elsem order, people hate to see disunity ina party order, people hate to see disunity in a party but what they hate war is not being able to put their finger

on what that party stands for. what started out as a strategic ambiguity in the labour party, so they allowed themselves to be to the remainer is themselves to be to the remainer is the face of remain and to the levers, people who would enact the blue result, has turned sour for them. the others don't believe they will leave because the values of the labour party would suggest that they should remain but remain as don't believe they will remain either because the leader won't come out and say he will remain. they really do take very harsh electoral consequences not from kind of not being clear about where they stand so much now, as both sides thinking they are on the side of the other side. interesting when boris johnson talks about the blue on blue action, there doesn't seem to be any red on blue action at a time when the tories have opened themselves up to this. it is a very painful thing to watch that labour in a way, its

divisions have really taken their eye off the ball with resisting the tory brexit and when they do resist tory brexit and when they do resist tory brexit, they do so now with this really modelled position that we hate everything the tories stand for, we hate their brexit, we hate the way they have done brexit, the way they have failed to brexit, we wa nt to way they have failed to brexit, we want to negotiate our own brexit about their own brexit doesn't correspond to the so—called labour values. it would put freedom of movement ahead of a customs union because freedom of movement is about ordinary citizens and a customs union is about, serving corporate interests first. even the positions on which they differ from the conservative party, they are not living their values. they really don't have much choice at this point but to come out for remain and when they do come out for remain, they will realise how much easier it is

to make a case for something that actually corresponds to who you are. thank you so much for your time this afternoon. 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, a 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 who'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. time for a look at the weather. some extreme weather across europe. exactly. the weather patterns are stuck in europe. here we have the cooler conditions and the wetter weather, more rain to come in

wa i nfleet. across weather, more rain to come in wainfleet. across other parts of europe, summer is in full flight. this is the beach in alicante yesterday. sunshine or not, i will pass on that one. looking quite extreme for some parts of europe. a few temperatures from the past few days. some of these figures here, particularly across latvia, parts of western russia, belarus come into lithuania as well, record—breaking june temperatures. the standout won there in corsica, 40 celsius on friday. that is the first time they have hit 40 celsius in corsica and the earliest in france. first time they have hit 40 injune. it has been pretty exceptional. this is not 1 million miles away from us. that 40 degrees, that he'd across france

has come at a price. this is some of the footage from yesterday. this was taken from inside a car. those cracks on the windscreen caused by hailstone the size of ping—pong balls. dense around the whole car. you can imagine being stuck under that. that can cause serious damage to humans as well. the scenes in the streets around france. big damage, brought leaves down, rivers through the streets. damage to the stained glass windows in a church. the ministry for agriculture in france has declared a state of emergency. things got so bad with so much damage to some of the crops as well. give us a picture as to why this is happening. the fact the weather patterns are so static. just show the temperature chart across europe. we have the cooler yellow colours compared to the warmth. the darker

colours they have the heat. temperatures well above where they should be for the time of year. we are should be for the time of year. we a re really should be for the time of year. we are really the exception compared to other parts of europe. we have seen severe storms across the balkans and will eventually tap into a bit of that warmth but it is a brief tap in and it comes at a price. more storms. particularly across those areas that don't need it at the moment. parts of eastern england. things will gradually change and as the area of high pressure works further eastwards we start to drag ina further eastwards we start to drag in a south—westerly across southern counties. for the time being, low pressure in charge. heavy showers and thunderstorms across much of scotla nd and thunderstorms across much of scotland and northern ireland and a bit of cloud across england and wales producing some rain and drizzle. clear skies in between those areas. temperatures well down

into single figures but for most, double figures tomorrow and a slightly muggy feel across southern counties. you may start with sunshine but cloud will increase and showers spread out from the channel islands into southern counties during the morning. parts of the midlands, east anglia could see those as well. away from that, isolated showers across england and wales. a windy day in scotland and ireland. some heavy showers moving in later. as we finish tuesday and go into the night, this area in the yellow is the area of greatest concern for some severe thunderstorms. could see as much as 15 to 30 millimetres, may be as much as 50 millimetres across east anglia and the south east. those storms blossom as we go through tonight but the odd rumble of thunder and severe thunderstorm before they gradually ease into the morning. for wednesday, could start off with minor flooding wednesday, could start off with minorflooding in places. heavy

thunderstorms potentially in eastern parts of england. west of england and wales, isolated showers. a fair breeze blowing through scotland and northern ireland and temperatures where they should be for the time of year. not1 million miles away from where we should be as far as temperatures are concerned. fewer showers around for scotland and northern ireland and there is a ridge of high pressure building in, for friday and saturday, looking drierfor for friday and saturday, looking drier for just for friday and saturday, looking drierforjust about for friday and saturday, looking drier for just about all. for friday and saturday, looking drier forjust about all. a bit of sunshine, but it looks like we can see more rain return as we head into sunday. you are up to date with the latest weather here on afternoon live.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. borisjohnson receives a boost in the conservative party leader contest as health secretary, matt hancock, says he's the best candidate to unite the country. the opposition deputy leader tom watson breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. the director of operations

for the london ambulance service has denied that there was a failure in the response to the london bridge attacks. iran announces that it will soon breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium, that was capped under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. and coming up — as the uk aims to become carbon neutral by 2050, we meet a family who gave up their dayjobs to live off—grid in wales. sport now on afternoon live with azi farni. there's bad news for england at the cricket world cup? yes, jason roy is out for at least two games. it's a big blow to england because his partnership withjonny bairstow has been the foundation that their one day superiority has been built on. if he ends up being out for more than two, then captain eoin morgan hasn't ruled out calling up alex hales, who was controversially left out of the squad for off—field misdemeanours. roy suffered a hamstring tear during the win over west indies last friday.

the matches he'll miss are tomorrow's game against afganistan and the fixture with sri lanka on friday. but morgan insists roy's tournament is far from over. i certainly believe jason will play again in this tournament. at the moment he will be assessed continuously over the course of the next week. he is out of the next two games so we will see how he pulls up after that. you are optimistic he might be back for australia? absolutely, if not australia may be the following game. morgan himself will have a fitness test to see if he can play tomorrow, having suffered a back spasm in the win against the west indies. let's move on to football. who will ta ke let's move on to football. who will take over as manager of chelsea? well, the club's record goalscorer, frank lampard, has emerged as the favourite to replace maurizio sarri, who has left to join italian champions juventus.

lampard is currently the boss at championship side derby, who he led to the play—off final in his first season in charge. their owner mel morris says that chelsea have yet to approach them to ask about lampard's availability but he stressed that the club want to keep him as manager for the long term. staying with football and england striker toni duggan says she's "itching to get out there" after being declared fit for theirfinal world cup group match against japan on wednesday. duggan tweaked a thigh in training a day after the lionesses arrived in france and missed their opening two matches in group d. she's expected to play a part against japan though, with both sides already guaranteed a place in the last 16. you wait four years for another world cup to come round, then you go through all the training and wanting to get picked, then you get on the plane finally, and then on your first day of training, you get injured. so really frustrating on a personal level, but really proud of the girls and the team.

ican i can come back now and we are through to the last 16 which is really positive. hopefully, i can help the team in any way that i can. let's go back to cricket now and the west indies have set bangladesh a target of 322 in their crucial match at the cricket world cup. shai hope felljust four runs short of a century, but with the help of evin lewis and shimron hetmyer — and some big blows at the end from captainjason holder — they got to 321 for eight. bangladesh are currently 81—1 in reply. they lost opener soumya sarkar for 29. tour de france champion geraint thomas says he is ready for the defence of his title next month. team ineos' preparations were dealt a severe blow when four—time tour winner chris froome suffered multiple injuries in a serious crash. thomas says there is no doubt that froome will be missed. he's one of the greatest grand tour riders ever so not having him in the tea m riders ever so not having him in the team is a big blow for the team and it gives us one less option when it

comes to the last few kilometres of the big mountain stages. i think thatis the big mountain stages. i think that is the best thing about chris froome's crash really, it stops those questions. every interview i have done this year they have asked about that, so that is one thing that everyone can just stop asking me now. defending champion marin cilic has won his opening match at queen's in london. he beat chilean cristian garin in two sets, 6—1,7—6. cilic beat novak djokovic in the final last year and is looking for a third title having won it for the first time in 2012. on court at the moment is great britain's cameron norrie and wimbledon finalist kevin anderson. norrie is a break up in the first set. serving currently at 2—1. these are live pictures from bbc 2. that's all the sport for now. thanks, simon.

azi, thank you. more now on our top story. after withdrawing from the race to become prime minister, the health secretary matt hancock says he's backing borisjohnson as the best candidate to unite the country. the endorsement comes despite mrjohnson's decision not to take part in last night's tv debate. i asked sophie jarvis from the evening standard and laura trott, a former adviser to david cameron if matt hancock might think he can moderate borisjohnson. i think in terms of feeding into his thought process. as you go through these things, you have to think about what your lines to take our and i think matt is thinking he will have more of an impact this way. borisjohnson's decision not to take part in the debate last night appears to have paid off. i think that is a really interesting one. some people would say he has an air of arrogance about him and he is demonstrating hubris, but at the same time a lot of brexiteer tory party members will look at that and think it's quite funny boris is not doing that,

he knows he doesn't have to take part because he knows he will win anyway. a lot of brexit tory party members will think actually he will probably perform like that in the negotiations with the eu, and that is what we want, someone who sticks up two fingers to rules and regulations. so tory members are more fans of borisjohnson than the mps. i think so, but in terms of the rest of the country, if you are not a tory voter or a tory member, you'll look at what borisjohnson is doing and think he is either a coward, hiding from something or that it is sheer arrogance. but from a tactical perspective he has everything to lose and nothing to gain by appearing. he is the overwhelming front runner, i mean, his polling is off the charts so everything where he does something publicly is the potential to go down rather than up. but how do you think the rest

of the electorate will view him? because particularly if we see someone like rory stewart in the final two, if we have an eton showdown, that is ammo forjeremy corbyn, who will say, "vote for something different. " there is an element of that but it is about winning what is in front of you and he's quite forensically focused on doing that. who will worry him most in that debate on tuesday if it is down to the last two? is rory stewart a name that might concern borisjohnson? yes, i think so. michael gove is an accomplished debater and he has taken on boris before but rory stewart is turning all fire on boris and stopping at nothing so he will be someone to be feared because it is no holds barred. rory said in the debate last night that he has been going around the country for the last few weeks and it has opened his eyes,

and you would have thought his eyes had been opened prior to the leadership contest. someone like sajid javid, who comes from a different background to everyone else on the panel, he's much more of an aspirational tory as opposed to what i would call a hereditary tory. which is what i think the rest are like. and he's very much making that his appeal. and he should do. i think the tory party members should look more into that as opposed to who is performing the best perhaps, because as saj said, he wasn't brought up with that formal training, the debate training the rest have had, and it is clear when you see the rest of them. they all do the hand movements and have the correct pronunciation, and saj doesn't have that. michael gove had that thing about looking straight to camera. he did! it makes you slightly uncomfortable, doesn't it? would you teach someone to do that?

they have all been trained and saj has been a front line politician for a long period of time so it's not like this is a new thing for him. he had a strong week last week but it is a bit too late, i think, in terms of the numbers. he will struggle now to come back from his position last week. well, do you have any questions for the next prime minister? tomorrow, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings, with all the candidates left standing for conservative leader, one of whom, of course, will be moving to number ten. that debate will be shaped by your questions, and we're asking you to submit them in advance. email with your question, and do include your name and contact number if you're interested in asking it live, from your local bbc studio. and you can watch the full coverage of the debate on the bbc news channel tomorrow at eight o'clock. that's with emily maitlis.

last week the prime minister theresa may announced that the uk is aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 and it's thought this could mean big changes to how we live our lives. but some people are already making radical choices to lower the amount of carbon dioxide they produce, with some households going what's known as off—grid. our reporter mike cowan went to meet one family who've done just that. we are in pembrokeshire in the far west of wales, to meet the watkinson family. they have lived completely off grid for two years now. matthew and wife carys both used to be vets, until they gave it all up to live here, along with daughter elsa and son billy. it's basically junk. talk me through it. so the first thing we have got up here is the horse lorry. an old horse lorry. we also have a little camper van, which is up against it. that's our bedroom.

with the family growing, we got two great big huge trailers, and slid them behind, and then built a little cabin on top. wales has one of the most progressive policies in the uk when it comes to living off grid. thanks to the decade—old one—planet development scheme. in a nutshell, it allows you to build on agricultural land, if you can make enough money to live off it, whilst living within your ecological means. so a bio digester essentially means that you are creating gas from your food waste. exactly. so, these are our solar panels. i don't think we've reduced our electricity use that much. we charge our phones, we've got the laptop, we've got the tv, we have the fridge and the freezer. if britain is to be carbon neutral by 2050, the way we power our homes will be key to achieving it. i went to the centre for alternative technology to meet tim brewer,

an expert in living off grid. so, in ourcities, where the majority of the population lives, how can we realistically work towards a carbon neutral future? ok, so two major technologies that are appropriate for households generally, solar electrics or pv, or solar water heating panels. both of those technologies are really mature, and they're really applicable for 99% of households in the uk. but in reality, we need national government policies, we need to be generating large amounts of renewable energy from our renewable resources that we have in our country, wind, solar, wave. how long do you think before way more people like you start doing this? the planning process is such a barrier that i don't know how many people will end up doing it in time to make a big difference. the united nations say that we have as little as 11 years to stop a climate catastrophe. to halt it will take difficult government decisions, hard choices from business,

and a willingness from us as individuals. and if we are to halt a catastrophe, it is a way of life that us as a society will have to adopt sooner rather than later. some breaking news, we arejust hearing gloria vanderbilt, the fashion icon, has died. she was 95 yea rs fashion icon, has died. she was 95 years old. she was born in 1924, with the fortune being the granddaughter of a shipping magnate. she had been ill for some time. the cnn presenter confirming her death in the last few hours. we will have

more on the life of gloria vanderbilt later in the programme. jamie is here with the business news but first our headlines. after missing last night's tv debate, borisjohnson receives a boost in the conservative party leader contest as health secretary, matt hancock, says he's the best candidate to unite the country. the opposition deputy leader tom watson breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. the director of operations for the london ambulance service has denied that there was a failure in the response to the london bridge attacks. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. the blacklisting of huawei is taking its toll on the chinese telecoms manufacturer. it now says it will cut production of 24 billion pounds‘ worth of goods over the next two years. the united states has put tough restrictions on trading with huawei claiming it is facilitating spying by the chinese government, something the company denies. the boss of ethiopian airlines has

rejected a claim that pilots were to blame for the crash of a 737 max plane in march, which killed 157 people. it was one of two fatal crashes which led to the grounding of the american made aircraft. a us congressman recently suggested that pilots trained in america would have been able to control the plane, but ethiopian‘s chief executive has told the bbc he was "seriously misinformed". the construction and services firm kier is cutting 1,200 jobs. it is trying to simplify its business and reduce debt. it wants to focus on construction and road maintenance. it will either sell or close down other business divisions such as recycling and rubbish processing. half the jobs will go by the end of this month and the rest will go next year. there is a row over the ethiopian boeing 737 max plane crash —

what‘s going on? sam graves has said he felt the pilots trade in america would not have been involved in this sort of crash. he says it is to do with the way these pilots were trained so the blame is falling on the pilot. the ethiopians and many other people are saying there have been faults within the software, which ran the guidance of the plane‘s directional sensors which sensed how the plane would react to turbulence and so on. simon browning has been looking at the story for us.

four boeing jets, not seen since they were confined to this spot at the end of the runway here in addis ababa. the fifth jet, the fleet‘s sister aircraft, was lost in a devastating crashjust six minutes after taking off back in march. around the world, the boeing 737 max is now grounded. we are in a village about 125 kilometres south of addis ababa. 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 the situation. but the boss of ethiopian airlines disagrees. the senator seems to be seriously misinformed, or he doesn't have the facts at hand when he says that. why else would they have grounded 380 planes all over the world? simple, right? the facts speak for themselves.

boeing is working on changes to the flight control system that the pilots wrestled with before crashing. but, for now, these jets are sealed, covered and going nowhere soon as the battle over who is to blame continues. simon browning, bbc news, in addis ababa. another survey on consumerfinances... we are all feeling a lot happier about our money apparently. we get this peak upwards on the graph, and people feel more optimistic about what will happen but on the other hand if you look at the graph that shows you how people feel about their finances at the moment, it is still pretty negative and people feel like they could be better off. we can speak to founder of the young

money blog. we do get a lot of gloomy stories about the economy, don‘t we? gloomy stories about the economy, don't we? yes, we have to be careful with studies like this because it focuses on sentiment. it is not necessarily tied to hard economic data but having said that it is heartening to see people feel more upbeat about their financial prospects for the next 12 months and thatis prospects for the next 12 months and that is in marked contrast to last month when people felt on the whole negative. i think there are underlying economic factors behind this. for instance we have pay growth for the first time which is outpacing inflation as well and we have employment levels also at very high levels, so i think that is being felt by people in their day—to—day finances. being felt by people in their day-to-day finances. one of the interesting things, looking at those graphs that this research shows, looking back you don‘t really find any point over the last ten years

when people feel fine about their finances at the moment, and yet every few years you see this spike upwards when people feel more optimistic about the future but then it goes down again and people get back to reality and feel miserable about their finances all over again. it's true, you make a good point that these studies show we have for the most part a difficult relationship with our finances and it is often a negative relationship, but suddenly we might start to feel more optimistic, may be because we are feeling more secure in ourjobs. perhaps we have seen our wages go up and then we start to feel better but we should never hold onto that feeling for too long. we have seen savings rates go up recently and that shows people are potentially bracing themselves for the future, whatever that might hold. thanks very much indeed for that.|j whatever that might hold. thanks very much indeed for that. i look at the markets? not today. we will look

at them properly in about an hour. you are watching afternoon live. president donald trump chastised his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney for coughing during the taping of a tv interview, ordering the aide out of the oval office while he was in the middle of an answer. it is a fantastic financial settlement... let‘s do that over. he is coughing in the middle of my answer. i don‘t like that. if you‘re going to cough, please leave the room. you just can‘t. sorry. he was talking about some serious issues and that cough seemed to throw him off stride. the chief of staff moved into... i was going to say a corner but you cannot have a

corner in an oval office! let‘s look at the weather with matt taylor. a largely dry day in southern areas but we saw showers elsewhere. the wind picks up touching gale force for some. further south, cloud wind picks up touching gale force forsome. furthersouth, cloud and patch in central areas will start to break up with clear skies around and a more muggy failed to take us into tomorrow morning. some showers breaking out in the channel islands, in the midlands, towards east anglia later. still some dry and sunny weather and temperatures close to where they should be for the time of year at 17 degrees. on tuesday night the risk of some severe thunderstorms, which could cause flash flooding and travel disruption, but we could see some storms further westwards. they will slowly ease into wednesday. it dries

out the touch for many of you later this week. that‘s it for now.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. today at four: he‘s under fire for not taking part in the channel 4 debate last night, but a boost for borisjohnson‘s leadership bid — he‘s now backed by health secretary matt hancock. 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. the director of operations for the london ambulance service has denied that there was a failure in the response to the london bridge attacks. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. there‘s bad news for england‘s cricket world cup team — jason roy is out with a hamstring tear. he‘s going to miss tomorrow‘s match against afghanistan and friday‘s fixture against sri lanka. captain eoin morgan

will have a fitness test to see if he can play. more on that at half past. thank you. if you are fed up of rain, stop listening now because there are more downpours to come this week. details plus where is the son at the moment? i will tell you in half an hour. also coming up... it is a fantastic financial statement. let's do that over, he is coughing in the middle of my answer. we will tell you how the president reacted to that cough during a television interview.

good afternoon. 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 re—unite 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. today the candidates — again without mrjohnson — have been taking part in a hustings in westminster. here‘s our political correspondentjessica parker. he‘s not always been the silent type. are you hiding from media scrutiny, sir? but boris johnson had

little to say this morning and 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 borisjohnson and a blow for others. disappointing, naturally. i‘m a huge fan of matt‘s. but candidates are ploughing on with their pitch. at the moment, yes, of course it is the case that 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 minister from day one. only two candidates can face that final vote of the conservative party membership and 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‘s

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, but the question is how. the challenge with what boris is presenting is, he‘sjust saying, "i‘m going to get it done". he‘s 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‘ll keep the public purse trim. one rory stewart backer says boris johnson‘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. at least one will be knocked out tomorrow. they‘re 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 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‘s expected to take part in the bbc‘s tv debate tomorrow night. he might be in the back seat, but he‘s still leading the pack. jessica parker, bbc news. let‘s speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young. let‘s just look at what has happened in the last 24—hour is. lots of people suggesting his non—appearance on channel 4 might harm him in some way. he has instantly got the support of matt hancock who has dropped out of the race and that is an important moment for boris johnson. matt hancock is someone who is much more at the centre of the

party, was on the remain side of the argument in the referendum so that means matt hancock is hoping to have some influence. if you think about the candidates who have dropped out, there are 50 votes up for grabs at there are 50 votes up for grabs at the moment. i had bumped into an mp who supported matt hancock, now trying to decide who to go for. he will meet with all the candidates this evening to find out what their plans are for brexit and particularly borisjohnson. plans are for brexit and particularly boris johnson. a plans are for brexit and particularly borisjohnson. a lot of chat about what kind of boris johnson you might get for prime minister. those at the centre of the party hoping he will be a one nation conservative, brexit is hoping he will deliver brexit come what may. everyone trying to pin borisjohnson down and everyone trying to have influence over him because they all think he will win this race. he is a long way ahead when it comes to endorsements from conservative mps, really the scrap is for second

place, who will challenge boris johnson when it comes to the votes of the tory grassroots. that comes toa of the tory grassroots. that comes to a head tomorrow. yes, so the second round tomorrow. the person who comes last will drop out as well as anyone who doesn‘t achieve 33 votes, so we could see two or even three dropping out. a lot of speculation about rory stewart, he got 19 last time round, very much the outsider yet there are some mps who do want him to take part at least in the debate tomorrow night because they feel he will give boris johnson a run for his money, pin him down, try and quiz him on detail. rory stewart has just got the backing of caroline spelman, a former cabinet minister, a senior member of the party. but sergio javid could be struggling, dominant as well which would allow him to go through to the next round. all those taking part in the hustings with the

lobby correspondence today. what was the atmosphere today? at you would think we have heard enough of these people. there are the hustings going on right now with tory backbenchers who were undecided. yes, they stood in front of a room of 100 journalists, asking all sorts of questions. there were no revelations although rory stewart was asked if he was a member of m16, something he was not expecting to be asked and he a nswered was not expecting to be asked and he answered no, but thejournalist trying to pin down, particularly on brexit because so many of these candidates are talking about renegotiating this deal and it is ha rd to renegotiating this deal and it is hard to see how there is time to do that and a lot of the candidates accepting that parliament will try and block no deal. the big question is what will each of them do at that point? that is not entirely clear.

thank you very much. tomorrow, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings, with all the candidates left standing for conservative leader, one of whom of course, will be moving to number 10. we will get all the reaction to that on the bbc news channel. looking at who has taken a step closer at being our prime minister, that is at nine o‘clock tomorrow morning. now, while there‘s drama in the tory leadership contest, over in labour there appears to be confusion as to labour‘s policy on brexit. jeremy corbyn has resisted calls to fully endorse another public vote on the issue, but today his deputy leader, tom watson, called on his party to campaign for another brexit referendum. our political editor laura kuenssberg spoke to him.

i think that labour should be honest about where its members are, where its voters are, who we are as a party and that is to say the eu has protected millions of workers for many years. they will need protection in the future, we should bea remain protection in the future, we should be a remain and reform party and we should enthusiastically campaign for a complimentary part. that is not true. there are labour mps who wish they had voted for the prime minister‘s deal, there are some who may be persuaded to vote for that deal. but there is a way through this. where mps who stood at the general election getting on with brexit. i am not saying this is the only way through. in my view it is the likely way view. i have been in politics a long time, i have been in parliament for 20 years, i have never seen such low morale, i have never seen such low morale, i have

never seen such division and i think on current parliamentary arithmetic, no matter how hard people try and they have tried, we are just not going to find a solution, a deal, a compromise that enjoys a majority in the house of commons. notjust in triggering the legislation but in the whole of the process. and in those circumstances the labour party is right, you either resolve it with a general election, where you can have a new government come into a place and end up with a working majority although of course you might end up with more stasis or you can have a clear and agreed process to make the agreement around a people vote. what do you say to labour voters and some of your collea g u es labour voters and some of your colleagues who just think for labour to start arguing clearly for a second referendum and say you want to stay in the eu, it is going back on your word. you promise clearly you would take us out of the eu. on your word. you promise clearly you would take us out of the eui say, let‘s just be

you would take us out of the eui say, let‘sjust be honest you would take us out of the eui say, let‘s just be honest about the failure, let‘s look at what has happened in the last three years. yes we campaign for remain in the referendum and we did trigger article 50 because we try to respect the views the referendum. theresa may is a failed prime minister but she did have a huge apparatus of the state behind her when she did try to negotiate an outcome to brexit. and it failed because the magnitude and complexity of leaving that institution were far greater than even the most enthusiastic remain as could portray in that referendum. after three years of stasis, paralysis and failure i think this is the only way we can move on to an equally pressing agenda. what keeps me awake at night is that tech monopolies and the future of the labour market where millions of britishjobs are going labour market where millions of british jobs are going to be com pletely british jobs are going to be completely eradicated as a result of artificial intelligence and machine learning. you should be number one

item discussed at prime minister‘s question time every week, about how we‘re going to support and nurture the next generation and it barely gets a look in because of the white of brexit. 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 3 hours to reach some of the victims but said this because police had deemed the area unsafe to go into. our correspondentjon donnison has been at the hearing. 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 cause. he said the first paramedics were at the scene within minutes but they were quickly told by armed police to move back. ambulance services, crews arrived,

up ambulance services, 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 they said they were aware there they said they were aware there were people injured in some of 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 thought long and hard about how to better communicate with the police to tell them that casualties needed to be brought out rather than i‘ve services going to them. the inquest continues. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: after missing last night‘s tv debate, borisjohnson receives a boost in the conservative party leader contest — as health secretary, matt hancock, says he‘s the best candidate to unite the country. the opposition deputy leader, tom watson, breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. the director of operations for the london ambulance service has denied that there was a failure in the response to the

london bridge attacks. england openerjason roy will miss the next two matches at the cricket world cup with a hamstring injury. captain eoin morgan could be fit to face afghanistan tomorrow. bangladesh have made a strong start as they chase 322 to when their cricket world cup match against west indies. it is a must win for both sides to keep their hopes of reaching the semifinals alive. and derby county so chelsea are yet to approach them about the availability of their manager frank lampard. he is the favourite to replace maurizio saari after the italian left to take charge of juventus. back to our main news — the tory leadership race. after the debate last night — which borisjohnson didn‘tjoin — the candidates have today faced a grilling from 100 political journalists in the lobby. and again, mrjohnson was the only contender to be a no—show. to talk more about the lobby hustings we arejoined by the chair of the lobby,

the telegraph‘s christopher hope(os) borisjohnson boris johnson didn‘t turn borisjohnson didn‘t turn up to channel 4 last night, he didn‘t address you either. no, we asked him to come along. we had these hosting in the fabled committee room 14 where the results are announced tomorrow night in the second round of voting and we left. each candidate came in for 20 minutes, said a brief word and then took questions from the journalists about 100 journalists asking questions and we left some space for boris johnson, he didn‘t want to take up our kind invitation. i don‘t know why. i think part of your mission was to make sure lobby correspondents who perhaps wouldn‘t normally get a chance to talk to senior people like this, got the chance. what were some of the questions that were asked? we had questions that were asked? we had questions from reporters there representing newspapers in the west midlands, in the north—east of

england, in scotland, from italy because often in our game, it is quite easy for people who work for big papers to get access to important politicians back my role is trying to let people in the house of commons to get access to people in power. we had 101 questions across everything. some asked rory stewart if he was a spy, he said no. that is an interesting one because there was talk that at some point there was talk that at some point there might have been something from mi6 going on. there might have been something from m16 going on. he said no. i think every spy would say no to that question. we can only ask the question. we can only ask the question though. what struck me, lots of people has heard talk of the lobby. just explain what the lobby is. there are lots of people who

don‘t really understand this. is. there are lots of people who don't really understand thism dates back to 1880 and it refers to the house of commons lobby where mps leave the chamber and mill about and iam leave the chamber and mill about and i am allowed to go into that space and speak to mps and find things out. lobby journalist and speak to mps and find things out. lobbyjournalist really means political journalist out. lobbyjournalist really means politicaljournalist based in westminster. they have a chairman who is appointed annually and they then liaise with the executive and then liaise with the executive and the parliament about having briefings. we are lucky enough to ask the government anything we want twice a day with a meeting with the prime minister a‘s spokesman. so any of your readers or listeners and viewers who want to send me a message, ask the pm ‘s spokesman this, i will try and do it for them. even you, simon. iwill ask this, i will try and do it for them. even you, simon. i will ask you one now. having sat through it all, was there a market difference in terms of performance from what they did on channel 4 last night? michael gove

was very channel 4 last night? michael gove was very efficient. very quick a nswe rs. was very efficient. very quick answers. jeremy hunt gave a more measured response. he spoke a bit about the donald trump criticism of the london mayor. rather movingly, such as javid talked about how he was a banker and the reason about why he was a banker was the exams meant that anyone with any background could rise very quickly. he explained a bit about why he came a banker and that was really quite moving. and rory stewart was usual rory. very punchy and on the front foot. it was very quick fire and frankly, hats off to them for doing it because it is the mps who decides who goes forward to the final two not journalists but i who goes forward to the final two notjournalists but i know a lot of the mps are influenced by what

journalists think. i had mps phoning me up yesterday, asking me what i thought of the sunday tv show so we have some influence but no votes.|j will ask you now, on what you have seen, who do think borisjohnson would least like to be standing opposite tomorrow night in the bbc one debate? he will not like rory stewart‘s detail. his grasp of detail, his questions, his forensic attack on detail. he can‘t go in ruffling hair. michael gove knows where all the bodies are buried. he was definitely on the bus, wrote the bus with borisjohnson so one of those two will be a problem and the big concern for the party and we wrote about this is you have 16 hosting starting on saturday in birmingham at which you will have their main candidate borisjohnson being relentlessly packed away by a

smaller and more junior challenger and that will be quite difficult for the party to recover from. and that will be quite difficult for the party to recoverfrom. it and that will be quite difficult for the party to recover from. it is four weeks of ammunition being built up four weeks of ammunition being built upfor four weeks of ammunition being built up forjeremy corbyn‘s first pm queues against probably boris johnson. christopher, we will leave it there. 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. (mix) 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. enterjoshua wong, student leader and agitator,

who in a spectacular piece of timing was released from prison after serving a sentence for unlawful assembly in 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 ask 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. but the apology hasn‘t quelled 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‘re 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‘s 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. 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 has more. the americans pulled out of this deal last year and the iranians went last month, we might stop complying with our side of the deal too and what they have announced is that moment is now imminent. next week they will breach the upper limit of the amount of uranium, 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 that next week. this is a signal to the europeans to say, please, on iran‘s behalf do more to get iran round the sanctions and are having an impact on the iranian economy. europeans have to decide do they do more to help iran‘s economy or do they say, iran has breached this deal so we

too are legally obliged to impose sanctions. what we have reached here is a moment, this is not the big moment where iran says we are back on the path to developing nuclear weapons, it is 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 the disruption to the distribution of oil. the mayor of london sadiq khan, has said the murders of four people in london since friday are "heartbreaking". the deaths sparked more criticism from the us president, donald trump, who tweeted that mr khan was a "disaster" for failing to deal with violent crime. the president also copied a post from katie hopkins that referred to the capital as "stab city and ‘khan‘s londonistan‘. responding to president trump‘s actions earlier today,

sadiq khan said it was remarkable the president was amplifying a racist message...(tx sot) he has reiterated the tweet of a far right activist who has been a racist and we asked the question, how it is we roll out the red carpet of someone who is amplifying the tweet ofa someone who is amplifying the tweet of a racist. my energies are focused on doing what i can to keep our cities say. it is not tit—for—tat. we need to make sure we do what we can to keep our cities say. it is for him to answer why he is amplifying the tweet of a racist. that is for him to answer. i speak regularly with leaders in america, seeing how we can share best practice. they are looking at what we are doing, reducing, some of the things we have seen.

rafjets were scrambled twice over the weekend from an airbase in estonia to intercept russian fighter aircraft. it means the raf have made eight intercepts of russian aircraft since taking over the baltic air policing mission on the third of may. a typhoon pilot said they escorted a russian fighterfrom close to estonian airspace over the baltic sea, and during the scramble they passed over another russian military transport aircraft. the next day raf crews intercepted two more russian aircraft that had been flying towards estonian and finnish airspace. heiress and fashion icon gloria vanderbilt has died at the age of 95. born into one of the wealthiest families in america, she founded the famous swan jeans company in the 1970s and her son, anderson cooper, is a national news anchor in the us. announcing her death on cnn, he said she was "an extra—ordinary woman, who lived life on her own terms".

she was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer less than a month ago. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with matt. a largely dry day for many southern areas but we saw a few showers elsewhere. some showers will ease for a time. they are more into the west of scotland and northern ireland. the winds picked up, touch and go force for some. rain in central areas. they will break up, clear skies around and a slightly more muggy field to take us through into tomorrow morning. a bright start. a few showers spreading into southern counties. west of that, one or two showers, still a fair bit of sunny weather and temperature is 17 to 20 degrees. tuesday night, the risk of severe thunderstorms, south—east england, east anglia in particular. we could see a few

storms further westwards. they will slowly ease into wednesday. a few showers around on wednesday but tries out a touch for many later this week.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. borisjohnson receives a boost in the conservative party leader contest as health secretary, matt hancock, says he‘s the best candidate to unite the country. the opposition deputy leader, tom watson, breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. the director of operations for the london ambulance service has denied that there was a failure in the response to the london bridge attacks. after being released from prison, the democracy activist joshua wong says he‘s ready to join the protests, and calls on hong kong‘s chief executive to resign. iran announces that it will soon breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium, that was capped under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

sport now on afternoon live with azi farni. there‘s bad news for england at the cricket world cup? yes, jason roy is out for at least two games. it‘s a big blow to england because his partnership withjonny bairstow has been the foundation that their one day superiority has been built on. if he ends up being out for more than two, then captain eoin morgan hasn‘t ruled out calling up alex hales, who was controversially left out of the squad for off—field misdemeanours. roy suffered a hamstring tear during the win over west indies last friday. the matches he‘ll miss are tomorrow‘s game against afganistan and the fixture with sri lanka on friday. but morgan insists roy‘s tournament is far from over. i certainly believe jason will play again in this tournament. at the moment, he will be assessed continuously over the course of the next week. he‘s out of the next two

games so we will see how he pulls up after that. but you are optimistic he might be back for australia? no, absolutely, if not australia maybe the following game. morgan himself will have a fitness test to see if he can play tomorrow, having suffered a back spasm in the win against the west indies. onto football — who might be the next manager at chelsea? well, the club‘s record goalscorer frank lampard has emerged as the favourite to replace maurizio sarri, who has left to join italian champions juventus. lampard is currently the boss at championship side derby, who he led to the play—off final in his first season in charge. their owner, mel morris, says that chelsea have yet to approach them to ask about lampard‘s availability but he stressed that the club want to keep him as manager for the long term. staying with football, and england striker toni duggan says she‘s "itching to get out there" after being declared fit for theirfinal world cup group match against japan on wednesday.

duggan tweaked a thigh in training a day after the lionesses arrived in france and missed their opening two matches in group d. she‘s expected to play a part against japan though, with both sides already guaranteed a place in the last 16. you wait four years for another world cup to come round, then you go through all the training and wanting to get picked, then you get on the plane finally, and then on your first day of training, you get injured. so really frustrating on a personal level, but really proud of the girls and the team. i can come back now and we are through to the last 16, which is really positive. so, hopefully, i can help the team in any way that i can. let‘s go back to cricket now and the west indies have set bangladesh a target of 322 in their crucial match at the cricket world cup. shai hope felljust four runs short of a century, but with the help of evin lewis and shimron hetmyer — and some big blows at the end from captainjason holder — they got to 321 for eight.

bangladesh are currently 141—3 in reply. tamim iqbal went just two short of a half century. both teams really need to win to stand a chance of making the knockout stages. tour de france champion geraint thomas says he is for ready the defence of his title next month. team ineos‘ preparations were dealt a severe blow when four—time tour winner chris froome suffered multiple injuries in a serious crash. thomas says there is no doubt that froome will be missed but it means he can stop answering questions about the team‘s leadership. he‘s one of the greatest grand tour riders ever, so not having him in the team is a big blow for the team and it gives us one less option when it comes to the last few kilometres of the big mountain stages. i think that‘s the best thing about froomey‘s crash really, itjust stops those questions. every interview i have done this year they have asked about that, so that‘s one thing that everyone

can just stop asking me now. tennis now and defending champion marin cilic has won his opening match at queen‘s in london. he beat chilean cristian garin in 2 sets, 6—1,7—6. cilic beat novak djokovic in the final last year and is looking for a third title having won it for the first time in 2012. on court at the moment is great britain‘s cameron norrie and wimbledon finalist kevin anderson — norrie won the first set 6—4 and is now 3—2 in the second, on serve. these are live pictures from bbc 2. british number one johanna konta british number onejohanna konta is in first round action as well. you can in first round action as well. you ca n follow in first round action as well. you can follow that on the bbc sport website but that is all for now. we will have more in the next hour.

now on afternoon live, let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go to rogerjohnson in the north west, where young people are being paid by older gang members to carry out knife attacks, and phil bodmer is also in the north, where a group has been set up to help people with mental health problems after the calderdale floods in 2015. roger, first of all. teenagers have been telling the bbc that they‘ve been offered up to £1,000 by gang leaders in liverpool to stab other youngsters. this is deeply disturbing, what has happened? the work was done by a bbc podcast, and they have found that youngsters were offered £1000 by senior members of gangs who don‘t

wa nt to senior members of gangs who don‘t want to get their hands dirty and they are prepared to pay money to youngsters who are in turn as young members of a gang feel that it is in some way a rite of passage for them to curry favour with those within the gang and carry out attacks on their behalf. it has led to at least one stabbing in merseyside but some believe the crime could be more widespread, although it wasn‘t particularly well known or well reported before the work by this podcast team. over 1200 knife crime incidents were reported last year. an increase of one third. everyone in the country knows the concerns that surround knife crime, in particular the number of fatalities among young people so this is undoubtedly a chilling development. here is what one of the youngsters told us.

and what have the police had to say about it today? to be honest, they have said they are aware organised crime groups use violence to settle disputes, however they didn‘t directly address what was said to them and what the bbc put to them in —— about youngsters. it has taken many people by surprise, even to some extent people working with young people involved in knife crime on merseyside who said they find it really chilling development that older people, those in positions as the youngsters would see it of power and influence and authority, would pay money basically to carry out attacks on other people to carry out attacks on other people to settle scores for whatever reason. it could be to do with drugs or other elements of organised crime, but the police and all

concerned are very crime, but the police and all concerned are very alarmed by what has been reported today. is this your lead story tonight? it is, we are talking about this and lots of other things as well, and you can hear more from the beyond today podcast. the recent flooding in lincolnshire is something many people across the country can relate to, and in yorkshire some residents from todmorden are still recovering from the boxing day floods, which was in 2015. now a group has been set up to discuss the mental health effects flooding still has on them. phil, how does this work? the group was set up in the wake of the boxing day floods in calderdale valais. the idea was to share the experience because anyone who has been a victim of flooding will know how difficult it can be to recover afterwards. for instance getting insurance is difficult, practical help and electrical work can be

difficult, and many people feel after flooding that they are effectively left in limbo so the idea of the group is to meet two or three times a week, they get together with a coffee and have a chat and they think this eases the pressure on people and helps with mental wellbeing. this is what one of them told us earlier on. after the 2015 and 2012 flood i found it triggered my ocd. i got diagnosed with it when i was a teenager and i thought i had it under control, but unfortunately i didn't. i attended these drop—ins and found it hugely beneficial to have people to talk to. there is nojudgment and it has made a huge difference in my life. and there is the threat of more flooding, what do they say about that? every time they see those pictures from wayne fleet there is

that sense of nervousness. there has been some rain here in yorkshire, and people get worried when they see those images. you don't have to live near a river to be flooded of course. flash flooding has been a problem, caused by the southern downpours. in 2015 that is exactly what happened, the sheer weight of water coming down a steep sided valley caused problems. what happens is once the emergency services are gone and the television cameras have moved on, that is when the journey on the road to recovery really begins. they say this group has really helped, and what they want, if anybody in other parts of the country has similar experience, they hope these people can learn from what they have done in the calder valley. plenty more at 6:30pm tonight. roger, always good to see you. north west tonight also at 6:30pm. see you both soon.

if you would like to see more on any of those stories you can access them via the bbc iplayer and a reminder we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm. bad weather in france now, and the government is to declare a state of natural disaster after heavy rain and hail storms ravaged crops in the southeast of the country. storms raged across the drom region, not far from the city of lyon, and damaged large swathes of farmland. farmers are left counting the costs of ruined greenhouses, harvests and vineyards, as gail maclellan reports. the deafening drumbeat of hail. these motorists are understandably panicked, as huge hailstones smashed their windscreen.

the centre of the storm was romans—sur—isere. houses, shops, restaurants and churches severely damaged. as hailstones the size of golf balls rained down, anything made of glass became vulnerable. to me, it seemed like the end of the world. i was in my truck. there were pieces of glass falling. we took tables to protect our ourselves. skylights in a gym hosting a competition smashed, and glass and hail rained down on audience members. nearby, a german tourist died after a tree fell onto her camper van. the violence of the storm has taken everyone by surprise, including the emergency services, who have been swamped with calls for help. translation: since yesterday, we have had 570 requests for help. at the moment, we have processed 260.

we have about 100 pending. these are mainly protective operations. fruit trees, vines, cereals, vegetables have all taken a pounding, here in the area known as the orchard of france. as the clean—up begins, the government has assured farmers that they will not be left to face huge losses. these storms were brief, but brutal and farmers hope they will remain rare. jamie is here and will bring us of the business... oh, you winked! a bit creepy! creepy is a good word. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. after missing last night‘s tv debate, borisjohnson receives a boost in the conservative party leader contest as health secretary, matt hancock, says he‘s the best

candidate to unite the country. the opposition deputy leader tom watson breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. the director of operations for the london ambulance service has denied that there was a failure in the response to the london bridge attacks. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. the blacklisting of huawei is taking its toll on the chinese telecoms manufacturer. it now says it will cut production of 24 billion pounds‘ worth of goods over the next two years. the united states has put tough restrictions on trading with huawei claiming it‘s facilitating spying by the chinese government, something the company denies. the construction and services firm kier is cutting 1,200 jobs. it‘s trying to simplify its business and reduce debt. it wants to focus on construction and road maintenance. it will either sell or close down other business divisions such as recycling and rubbish processing. about half the jobs will go by

the end of this month and the rest will go next year. the boss of ethiopian airlines has rejected a claim that pilots were to blame for the crash of a 737 max plane in march, which killed 157 people. it was one of two fatal crashes which led to the grounding of the american made aircraft. a us congressman recently suggested that pilots trained in america would have been able to control the plane, but ethiopian‘s chief executive has told the bbc he was "seriously misinformed". sotheby‘s has been sold to a billionaire but i suppose you would have to be. yes, to a french billionaire who started in their —— the netherlands for a telecoms company, and an art lover apparently. sotheby‘s has had a difficult time recently. there is

someone may be bidding for the company. i‘m confusing you now. let‘s just go back to what has been happening at sotheby‘s. sotheby‘s was doing reasonably well because it was doing reasonably well because it was selling some big paintings, big financially, and then towards the beginning of this year things started to go wrong. some hedge fund is saying it wasn‘t cutting costs enough and basically making enough money. it made a loss of £7 million in the first quarter of this year and they were saying it has got to be in the hands of somebody new and it should be sold. this man came along and has bought it and the fund managers are very along and has bought it and the fund managers are very happy although it has to be said the amount paid is only the amount the company was worth six months ago. it is worth

about £3.8 billion. but how it is going to change things i don‘t know. it means both christies and sotheby‘s are both in the hands of french billionaires. it was nice of the camera to pick me up on that rather confusing moment. let‘s have a look at the london markets because what is happening with easyjet? that is the worst performer by some way. luftha nsa is the worst performer by some way. lufthansa gave it a profit warning and that has worried people about the whole airlines market. actually easyj et fell the whole airlines market. actually easyjet fell out of the ftse last week so that didn‘t help matters. james hughes is chief market analyst at axi trader. james, is this worrying for easyjet? the whole story of course stems from lufthansa and their profit warning today and of course this tells us what we already know about this

airline industry, that it has been a particularly poor 2019 so far. what we have seen is this aggressive price war between these low—cost carriers, which is one of the things lufthansa has put down to this profit warning today, saying competition is too tough at the moment. when you consider you have such an aggressive price war going on with the likes of easyjet, ryanair, on with the likes of easyjet, rya nair, lufthansa, on with the likes of easyjet, ryanair, lufthansa, a lot of these airlines selling tickets and it is making them loss—making companies because they are not selling the seats are far enough money. if you look at lufthansa, they have a situation where they are fighting the low—cost carriers as well as trying to sell the upper end of business flights which are not being sold at the same sort of demand they we re sold at the same sort of demand they were previously. this points to the fa ct were previously. this points to the fact this year has been pretty poor in terms of airlines. the best performer was rbs, it has had a

windfall. can you tell me what happened? as part of the failed 2007 merger when they bought abn amro, what they got was part of a saudi arabian bank. they got a 15% stake in the bank which has seen two saudi banks merged together. as part of that merger, rbs have come into a windfall to the tune of 400 million pounds which of course in the grand scheme of things for a big bank isn't necessarily a lot of money, but it comes into a situation where banks have been under pressure. we are seeing banks continuously under pressure, especially across europe, so to get something out of this enables them to move forward in getting away from a lot of there are other pretty bad mergers and business deals which have gone on previously. it gives them the opportunity to get themselves out of

some of those deals and if they can do that with a bit of profit, like £400 million, it will be seen as good news. one of the things the banks have been having to pay out a lot of money over is the pp! compensation. 45 billion over the last seven years or so but that is about to come to an end, and that will be a relief for the banks, in two months‘ time. will be a relief for the banks, in two months' time. yes, but when you consider there is £35 billion these banks have had to shell out, and they have had to shell that out after the biggest financial crisis that happened in a century or so after those banks had lost so much money and were bailed out by the government. straight after that they had the eurozone crisis, and within that time they have had to shell out £35 billion in terms of mis—sold ppi so it will be a welcome end to that.

the problem we have with european banks and banks in general is we are never too far away from more skeletons being in the cupboard. that is ominous sounding. james, thank you very much indeed. the rattling of skeletons in the banking sector, not a good thing. ifeel you have not been with us on this business section, you have been looking lost. i'm trying to concentrate. rattling skeletons, i lost track. what is going on? easyj et lost track. what is going on? easyjet coming down as a result of the profit warning from lufthansa. the pound falling back down, the lowest it has been for eight months and i‘m afraid it‘s the brexit word again. every time you hear the word no deal and the possibility gets closer, the currency markets don‘t like it and the pound falls further. thank you very much.

the british restaurant chain wahaca has made a u—turn after making a waiter pay when customers he‘d been serving in north london walked out without settling the bill. the incident was witnessed by another diner who condemned it as shameful. keith doyle has the story. the wahaca mexican restaurant chain says it provides an environment as enjoyable for its staff as for its customers, but when diners left without paying at a north london branch, it was the waiter who had to pay part of the bill, according to a customer who tweeted her outrage. the customer, sarah hayward, a former labour leader of camden council, said making this server foot the bill was shameful employment practice. wahaca said it only made servers cover part of the bill in rare cases of real negligence, but it has now clarified its policy and said staff would no longer have to contribute if customers leave without paying. it said the waiter in question did not have any pay deducted. the chain, which has 25 restaurants across the uk,

was founded by masterchef winner thomasina miers. the row has highlighted the working conditions for waiting staff. the union unite said it has received similar reports from other chains where staff, already on low wages, are expected to pay for the dishonesty of some customers. keith doyle, bbc news. president donald trump chastised his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney for coughing during the taping of a tv interview. this is what happened. it is a fantastic financial settlement...

let‘s do that over. he is coughing in the middle of my answer. i don‘t like that. if you‘re going to cough, please leave the room. you just can‘t. sorry. we learned there that the president doesn‘t like people coughing in the office. that is it for today, the director is going for a lie down. now let‘s have a look at the weather with matt. if you are wondering where the weather is at the moment, it is basically across the rest of europe. exceptional heat will set off severe storms, the worst of those across parts of the balkans,

but we will tap into some of that warmth and things will turn humid in the south as we go from tonight into tomorrow. generally speaking still low pressure in charge through the rest of today and into tonight. on the fresh side for parts of scotland but mostly in double figures, and a slightly muggy start compared to what we have had in the recent week. some sunshine to begin with but clouding over quite quickly. initially across the channel islands. away from that, some dry weather, and sunshine. still feeling pleasa nt weather, and sunshine. still feeling pleasant with sunshine on your back. temperatures where they should be for the time of year, 16 to 20 degrees. this zone is marked out by yellow and it is where we could see severe thunderstorms from tuesday night into wednesday. that will cause flash flooding, some travel disruption as well. frequent

lightning through the night too. particularly through east anglia but there could be thundery down boards further westwards into lincolnshire too, which will linger for the start of wednesday, easing for a while. some isolated thunderstorms later on. away from that we will see a lot of drier weather over the bulk of england and wales. staying fairly breezy, and we will see some strong winds to take us into tuesday, stein blustery into wednesday as well. winds start to ease down by thursday. we will see lots of sunshine for england and wales, isolated showers. for the latter stages of the week as high pressure builds, friday and saturday looking predominantly dry. looking wetter in the south though on sunday. goodbye.

today at 5. conservative leadership frontrunner boris johnson faces criticism for missing another grilling, ahead of tomorrow‘s second ballot of mps. after missing sunday‘s tv debate, mrjohnson is also a no—show at today‘s hustings of westminster journalists. but mrjohnson gets a boost after health secretary matt hancock becomes the latest person to back him. we‘ll be analysing mrjohnson‘s strategy and looking ahead to tomorrow‘s bbc debate where he is due to take on his rivals for thejob. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. labour‘s deputy leader tom watson breaks from party policy and says labour should back britain remaining in the eu. the eu has protected millions of workers for many, many years. they‘re going to need protection in the future. we should be a remain and reform party and we should enthusiastically