the headlines. boris johnson and jeremy hunt take part in the first of sixteen hustings in front of the conservative party members who will choose which of them becomes the next prime minister. just to be clear, you're not going to make any comment at what happened? i think that is obvious from the foregoing. mrjohnson avoided answering questions about why the police were called to the flat he shares with his partner on thursday night. the two conservative leadership contenders also faced questions from tory party members, including their strategy for brexit. my words are eminently feasible, which was taken to mean that i was

not 100% sure, eminently feasible means that it is not onlyjust going to do it, it is eminently feasible. you brexit purists, the tories, one nation tories, the team of people so that the eu knew that whatever we we re that the eu knew that whatever we were proposing, we could deliver to parliament. president trump has announced plans to impose additional sanctions on iran as tensions between the two countries ratchet up further. if the leadership of iran behaves badly, then it is going to be a very badly, then it is going to be a very bad day for them. campaigners have joined richard ratcliffe outside the iranian embassy to show solidarity with him as his hunger strike over his detained wife's plight enters its eighth day. the government announces a new permament memorial to mark the first national windrush day which honours the british caribbean community.

a hat trick stops afghanistan pulling off a huge upset and the cricket world cup against india and southampton. we'll have all the latest on sports day. good evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have been making their pitch to conservative party members in the first of sixteen hustings to choose the next conservative leader and ultimately prime minsiter. at the event in birmingham, mrjohnson avoided answering questions about why the police were called to the flat he shares with his partner on thursday night. here's our political correspondent, vicky young. have you ruin your chances of becoming prime minister, mrjohnson?

why were police outside your house last night? he had been accused of hiding from scrutiny, avoiding detailed answers on his policies on brexit. i cannot hide it that we meet in dark days for our party and i have never known us to be under 17 points in the polls stop by today, the questions are more personal as he faced hundreds of conservative party members and was asked why police had been called to his flat in the early hours of friday morning. i don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing. i think, forgive me. ithink what hear about that kind of thing. i think, forgive me. i think what they wa nt think, forgive me. i think what they want to hear is what my plans are for the country and for our party stopped by police are called to the flat that he shares with his girlfriend after neighbours remember hearing an angry route and were concerned about her welfare. guardian newspaper reported that a

woman can be heard screaming and saying get off and get out of my flat. the metropolitan police told the bbc that there was no call for police action to stop so what about questions of character did mr johnson answer that? do not, do not boot the man. does a person's private life have any influence on how they dawn that i tried to give my answer pretty exhaustively. determined to take the uk out of the eu by october 31. what i said was leaving on october 31, my words were eminently feasible, which was taken to mean that i was not 100% determined to do that, that means that not only are we going to do it but it is possible. up next, the

foreign secretary, he sent ted campaign to remain and now he wants to lead a pro brexit party, can he be trusted to deliver? if the eu have not shown any willingness to negotiate a better deal to get to the house of commons that will not trap us in the customs union, then myjudgement trap us in the customs union, then my judgement is that trap us in the customs union, then myjudgement is that weighing those difficult options after the political risk of no brexit is far worse than the economic risk of no deal. and what about his character? dfd character instilled to be prime minister? some people would say he is too nice, i think it's possible to be very polite and very tough and i think my record shows some very difficult industrial disputes that i had in the department of health and the advantage of the politeness is that people will talk to you but, i hope they don't underestimate you

andl hope they don't underestimate you and i am going to get that deal. there will be 15 more of these before they choose our next prime minister. plenty of time for more questions. our political reporter peter saull was at the hustings he sent this update a short time ago. this is the exact same then here where the conservative party conference took place in autumn of last year, where theresa may was dancing on the stage two dancing queen, that did very little to risk reduce the malaise in the conservative party getting a rapturous applause, and people getting on the feet saying he is the man to revive the fortunes and here he is back on stage, the response to borisjohnson he is back on stage, the response to boris johnson today from the conservative faithful, it is clear to those that i have spoken to

today, a lot of them think he is the best person to become our next prime minister but they watched his speech today, typical from minister but they watched his speech today, typicalfrom him in a sense as he came on stage of the lots of jokes one—liners and being able to lance the incubus off our backs and he comes to brexit, very unusual use of language that we have come to expect from boris johnson but of language that we have come to expect from borisjohnson but it of language that we have come to expect from boris johnson but it was quite uncomfortable for him, under questioning from the presenter, about the revelations about his private life. the reports in the guardian aboutan private life. the reports in the guardian about an incident between him and his girlfriend and the police being called to his address in london. it was not particularly co mforta ble in london. it was not particularly comfortable at all i think from borisjohnson comfortable at all i think from boris johnson today. comfortable at all i think from borisjohnson today. but comfortable at all i think from boris johnson today. but speaking comfortable at all i think from borisjohnson today. but speaking to people, they still think that he is the best person, although this raises a long way to run. we'll find out how this is covered in the front pages in the papers. and arejust joining us at the political editor of the sunday mirror and the

political commentatorjoe phillips. president trump is planning further sanctions against iran from developing nuclear weapons. iran shot down a drone and a were going to launch air strikes and retaliation never caught off minutes before taking place due to the risk of civilian casualties. our correspondent is in washington for us how. correspondent is in washington for us now. chris. for the moment, it is sanctions and not military action but you do get the sense from the white house that there is still real concern about iran and that is certainly the case as it goes forward because during this week, iran is expected to breach their own internationally set guidelines and rules for how much enriched uranium they can stockpile according to that nuclear deal. that is no longer a deal they pulled out of it, but it

still in place with other countries including many in europe and i will bea including many in europe and i will be a real concern going forward. and it adds to the tensions after attacks in the gulf and the shooting ofan attacks in the gulf and the shooting of an american drum. president trump is been defending his decision to stop the strikes of the last minute earlier this week and that was despite some in the administration pushing for a much more forceful response and he continues to walk that tight rope of reaching out to the iranian leadership while at the same time, threatening of dire consequences if there is further action. if the leadership of iran behaves badly, then it is going to behaves badly, then it is going to bea behaves badly, then it is going to be a very bad day for them. but hopefully, they are smart and hopefully, they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people and not themselves and hopefully they will get iran back to it in economic track that is fantastic where they are a really wealthy nation which will be a

wonderful thing. all of those things i want to do, but if they are going to be foolish, that is never going to be foolish, that is never going to happen. and president trump continues to talk about the possibilities of talks with tehran. the truth is though, if you take a look at what the iranians are saying, they are not going to put up with that and they're not going to sit down with any kind of negotiating table as long as us sanctions remain on iran and their causing huge problems for the country and if you look at the words that are coming from iran today, some of them for example from a spokesman for the armed forces. sing that firing one bullet will set fire to the interest of america and its allies. it gives you a sense that things remain very tense and that will remain the case. houses going on politically in washington? to must be some sense of confusion as to what president trump wants. certainly, there are some people

within the administration who feel very strongly that he should have taken action. he was asked about his national security adviser, someone who he described as a hawk and he is someone that has been pushing for harder action against iran. but he is not alone, other people in favour of the military strikes include his secretary of state, mike pompeo. there are many who think he should've used this situation to say that he would not tolerate attacks and that he would make america show that it and that he would make america show thatitis and that he would make america show that it is prepared to use force. and iran may receive some mixed m essa 9 es and iran may receive some mixed messages as opposed to a clear warning from america. as a result, president trump is under a real focus to develop a different strategy to deal with iran. and as the moment, does not seem clear, we are getting this idea that one state she is prepared to talk to iran and they want step the economy but the

same time, he is prepared to use his own words to obliterate the country if there are further actions in the gulf. meanwhile, the ford office is to send one of its ministers to iran to send one of its ministers to iran to call for an urgent de—escalation of tensions in the region. amnesty campaigners joined richard outside the iranian embassy in london shows solidarity with him as his flight reached its fifth day. he is also on hunger strike in reached its fifth day. he is also on hungerstrike in iran, reached its fifth day. he is also on hunger strike in iran, jailed for five years after being convicted of spying which he denies. —— she denies. certainly, we watched the news closely and we are worried that things may get too far. we have been trying to lobby for the de—escalation attempts, and also

talk about... in terms of her conditions, she is still where she was. still in the general ward and the other women are looking after to see if she's ok and the prison clinic is beginning to look quite closely to check on her and she was there today and they keep wanting to help. she is waited to see what the responses and tomorrow there may be a response. iam responses and tomorrow there may be a response. i am getting tired and slower thinking and i think it is a gradual deterioration of being able to operate but yeah, so far i am able to keep strong. richard ratcliffe talking about a hunger strike. churches can be encouraged to act as safe havens for young people worried being victims of knife crime. it will be discussed at the church of england where they will discuss whether churches should

open their doors to vulnerable children immediately after school. more. i they have always been places of sanctuary, but could churches not become a bigger part of the fight against knife crime? they recalls today for buildings like this to make sure their doors are open and the hours after school. a safe haven for any child at risk. members of my church of lost loved ones through life crime —— knife crime and it is an amazing resource and we should look at ourselves as they are there ways in which we can opener churches and that critical, post—school hours, i think it is possible that he could be one of the responses we can make. and other ideas are all churches that have knife amnesty bends on the premises, something this inner—city church is already embraced, another opportunity to get weapons off the streets. more than

100 people have been stabbed to death in the uk so far this year, the youngest just 1a years death in the uk so far this year, the youngestjust1li years old. it isa the youngestjust1li years old. it is a problem disproportionately affecting young people, nearly a third of deaths were those under 30. the home office claims it is tackling the problem and says churches do have a role to play. the proposal will not be discussed at the church of england's national assembly. church leaders say it is time to offer practical and notjust spiritual solutions. it time for a look at the headlines on bbc news. in front of the conservative party members to choose which one of them becomes the next prime minister. president trump has said he will impose further sanctions on iran to try and stop them from developing nuclear weapons. campaigners have joined richard outside of the iranian and the sea to show

solidarity with them —— embassy as his plight reaches his eighth day. more now on our top story, the two conservative leadership contenders have faced questions from party members in the first of a series across the country. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt were in birmingham, each trying to convince activists that they're the best candidate to replace theresa may as prime minister. our political correspondent is here with me now and jonathan, did we learn anything new from what went on? no great revelations then what we saw was a typically borisjohnson performance and typicallyjeremy hunt performance. so each man really performed true to type, boris johnson working the room, doing a lot of big visionary rhetoric and swerving the specifics, jeremy hunt coming across as what he would like to see is a more serious candidate, playing everything that they straight bat and doing what he does

best. but supporters of each probably best. but supporters of each pro ba bly left best. but supporters of each probably left he had thinking their man was definitely the right one for thejob, for those man was definitely the right one for the job, for those still trying to make up their minds on who to vote for, there wasn't anything hugely new in there. in terms of policy we learn more from borisjohnson in terms of tax in terms of income tax rates which she described as middle to high earners and jeremy hunt talked about his plans for literacy. he seemed to have an anecdote for every a nswer he seemed to have an anecdote for every answer which may be an attempt by the foreign secretary to portray a bit ofa by the foreign secretary to portray a bit of a softer side to somebody who can sometimes come across as managerial and a little bit too nice to bea managerial and a little bit too nice to be a tough negotiator. anecdote in terms of meeting someone who has an issue. seems to have been all over this place in the campaign, he kept on bringing up the visits and the people that he met which can be a detective for getting the point across but it might grate a bit

after a while. boris johnson across but it might grate a bit after a while. borisjohnson on the question of the issue that is been the headlines that is dominated overnight about his flat that the police are called to, serving that entirely and refusing to answer questions on it would seem to go down pretty well and if that's the most conservative party members are thinking, then i think you won't necessarily have to much trouble with that from here on. but this was the first of 16 of these events, so we left the here and see more of these two men as the campaign goes on and they may need to go further with their answers and details and specifics about the proposed plans and policies as time goes on. the the first of 16 hustings. conservative party members will have their ballots set out by post in the first weekend ofjuly and they will then be free to fill those out and return them at any point over the

next couple of weeks, there are 15 more of these hustings events that will be live streamed online for conservative party members and anyone else who chooses to watch them and it will be in the 22nd of july that the winner will be announced. there has been a little bit of a question of the first proposed debate between the two candidates. because jeremy hunt, has questioned the timing of that. couple of days after the party members will receive the post, so they feel it should be brought before that so people don't have the opportunity to vote before seeing and hearing both candidates go head—to—head. and hearing both candidates go head-to-head. and i suppose, jonathan, although it is conservative party members will be choosing the next party leader, whoever becomes party leader will become prime minister, which is why it is so important for these hustings to be broadcast in this way. it there is a huge amount of scrutiny for this process and as you say, the contest is to be

conservative leader, whoever winds will become our next prime minister. but because it is a leadership election which is happening outside of the general election, it is a process which is wholly confined to the conservative party itself. but that said, the tv debates in these televised hustings as well, there will be huge public interest as well in the process. i'm sure the candidates will be keen to get their ideas and opinions across to the conservative party membership, the ones were going to vote for them and put them in the job but also to appeal to the public at large so that they feel they have a mandate for thejob of prime minister and artistic conservative party leader. in itfailure in it failure prevented many from reaching the terminal. putting some

chaotic scenes in place. they say the problem has now been fixed. police and hong kong have described the behaviour of protesters who beseech their headquarters yesterday as illegal and irrational and they say they will pursue this organised. thousands of people joined in the demonstrations, the latest in a series of protests due to the controversial extradition bill want to get scrapped. there are a small number of people here now, but they're actually in support of the police, we spoke with them a moment ago and they said the police are provoked and they feel sorry for them, they actually turned up with them, they actually turned up with the card to express their solidarity with them. these protesters, these people here in contrast, very much of the students who were protesting in the thousands yesterday, but really struck he was the youth of the people on the streets, very angry look at some of the graffiti left behind. those two words really stand out to me, withdraw and release. symbolic because they

explain what is behind his anger here, they want is hated extradition bill to be completely withdrawn and they want all of this protesters released and faced no further action. people may well say that they can achieve their objective in getting this bill, which would seize suspects here in hong kong taken to mainland china for trial, the sea that effectively shelved. but they do not believe that these protesters, they believe there is some wiggle room here that the government in hong kong and specifically, carrie lam, who runs the administration, may try to bring it back in some shape or form and there is concern there and also if you look at the broader concerns, it is interesting that this movement which is mushrooming, talking to people yesterday, there are much wider concerns about the role of beijing ina wider concerns about the role of beijing in a chain is taking a more active role here in hong kong and the people, young people concerned about their future, and the people, young people concerned

about theirfuture, and different people have different things or they are fighting for. the trump administration has released details of the $50 billion initiative for the middle east, a costly global investment fund to reform the palestinian economy and to link it to those of arab neighbours. a senior palestinian fisher has dismissed the plan —— official has dismissed the plan —— official has dismissed the plan —— official has dismissed the plan. he has been speaking ahead of that announcement. the plan would invest about 50 billion but dollars in the region but single digits, it would reduce the poverty rate by half. if implemented correctly. more than half goes to the west bank and gaza and will be also want to do is stimulatejordan, and will be also want to do is stimulate jordan, egypt and and will be also want to do is stimulatejordan, egypt and lebanon because he can get that whole region starting to lift, if you integrate everything you're able to get a

quickerflow of goods, everything you're able to get a quicker flow of goods, quicker flow of people and people able to invest in education and education and infrastructure and all of the different areas that are necessary instead of bullets and munitions and more, than i think that will really lead to a big increase in investment in the area. the political side and the economic side are two very robust efforts and today digest both of them at one time will be very ha rd of them at one time will be very hard sell, it was necessary to break them up so the question is, which one do you put first and i thought it was better to put the economic plan for us, less controversial, let's let people study it, give feedback and finalise if we can all agree on what that could look like in the event of a peace agreement. it isa in the event of a peace agreement. it is a very big document that i think will make people look at this little bit differently and hopefully bring people to the table to start having discussion. that is the envoy and son—in—law of president trump.

the uk self—employed workers measures to protect them from the impact of being paid late by some bigger firms, impact of being paid late by some biggerfirms, that is impact of being paid late by some bigger firms, that is according to the organisation that represents them, it says the problem has been increasing in the freelancers are particularly vulnerable. here's our correspondent. when london based plumber does work for businesses, he asks for payment within a month, when that comes late it is a big impact because he will have already paid for parts. if i pay for it on the 15th and you're not paying me straight after, i will be using my impersonal money as well as money that i had to put aside for rent, and bills. representing self—employed workers, says that two thirds of had trouble with late payment. across all sorts of industries. late payment in real terms means empty bank account, it means going into debt sometimes, it means going into debt sometimes, it means that you cannot meet those essential expense payments such as your mortgage or your rent payments. and this can cause pretty serious

problems like stress, anxiety and depression and even problems than personal relationships. the government said that while the majority of businesses pay their bills on time, it is looking at new measures to make sure that always happens. possibly giving small businesses the ability to find large businesses the ability to find large businesses or payment plans, making them more accountable for payment practises and a new fund to encourage small funds to utilise technology. the proposals don't go far enough to some, but they welcome any action that will protect businesses like his although it says the government must follow through on its promises and that ultimately, some larger businesses need to change. events are taking place across britain to celebrate wind rush day, the uk formally

celebrating the contribution of people from the caribbean in the aftermath of the second world war and that of the descendents. the government has also announced a permanent monument at the london waterloo station. for more than 70 yea rs waterloo station. for more than 70 years since the first of the so—called wind rushed generation arrived by ship to help rebuild britain after the second world war. our correspondent reports. five, six, seven, eight. one last practice for these schoolchildren. for weeks they have been preparing performances for a special audience. some of the residents in this care home belong to the windrush generation and have been sharing their stories with their younger guests. hi, my name is kayla. where do you come from? i'm fromjamaica. do you remember the year you came? yeah, 1959. what was your first day like in the uk? it was all right. when i came, i settled down. the empire windrush brings 500 jamaicans. the empire windrush

docked at tilbury port in essex back in 19118. hundreds of passengers from the caribbean who were invited over after the second world war left their families are to start a new life in the uk. taking upjobs in the nhs, armed forces and other public services. some of these experiences are reflected in the group performances at the care home. half a million pounds of government funding has been made available for community events all over the uk, to celebrate members of the windrush generation theirfamilies. # i don't need nobody #. it is hoped these extraordinary stories will help us remember their valuable contribution. # all i need is you #.

is time for a look at the weather. not a bad start to the weekend, most places dry in most places had a bit of sunshine and most pleasantly warm. a few showers across the north of scotla nd warm. a few showers across the north of scotland no dissipating by for many it was a day a little bit like this with cloud and sunshine this time of year with temperatures taking a welcome boost. blue skies for a rather stormy once because some parts of the uk during the next few days for sunshine returns later in the week and by then, humidity and heat really will start to build. things try to be more humid tonight and this is an area of low pressure starting to edge its way which will bring a bit of a change in high—pressure will stay dry with pa rt high—pressure will stay dry with part of the clear skies of the night and the clock and just take mainland scotla nd and the clock and just take mainland scotland producing patchy rain is the area of low pressure gets close

to southwest england and will turn wet and windy into the start of sunday. temperatures is a start. nine to 10 degrees, most of that would change later into the week, but is a good through sunday and after a dry bright sunny start for many, just a bit patchy rain in the north would dissipate, turning claudia for all and wet across services. wales and northern ireland turning a bit breezy, temperatures in scotland, 2a to 26 in the southeast corner but more humid field by the end of the day and strained to increase across the country and sunday night through the midlands village in northern england, this we can see as much is two inches of rainfall and the early night, could cause some minor flooding if you problems to the monday morning commute. renting northern ireland but it will be eastern parts of scotland which was is in heavy persistent rain and a south easterly breeze of the worst of the wet weather and the greater chances and flooding as well. some