this is bbc news. the headlines at eight: borisjohnson and jeremy hunt take part in the first of 16 hustings in front of the conservative party members who will choose which of them becomes the next prime minister. so just to be clear, you're not going to make any comment at all on what happened last night? i think that's pretty, that's pretty obvious from the foregoing, ian. 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. leaving on october the 31st was, my words were eminently feasible, which was taken to mean that i wasn't100% determined to do it.

eminently feasible means it is not only that we are going to do it, but it is possible because it is eminently feasible. we must only promise what we can deliver. i want to get out as soon as possible and i believe that i have the negotiating skills to give us a better chance of getting a deal that can actually get through 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's going to be a very, 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. and, how to prioritise the well—being of future generations. bbc future discusses the challenges of avoiding short—termism here on the bbc

news channel in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have been making their pitch to conservative party members in the first of 16 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 ruined your chances of becoming prime minister, mrjohnson? mrjohnson, why were police outside your house last night? he's been accused of hiding from scrutiny. avoiding detailed answers about his policies on brexit and tax.

i cannot hide it from you that we meet in dark days for our party and i have never known us to be down at 17 points in the polls. today the questions were more personal. as borisjohnson 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. unless i'm wrong. i think, forgive me, i think what they want to hear is what my plans are for the country and for our party. police were called to the flat mrjohnson shares with his girlfriend carrie symonds after neighbours reported hearing an angry row and were concerned about her welfare. a neighbour passed on a recording to the guardian newspaper. it's reported a woman can be heard screaming and saying, get off! and, get out of my flat! the metropolitan police told the bbc there was no cause for police action. so what about questions

of character? would mrjohnson answer that? does a person's private life... don't boo. no, no, don't boo the great man. when he answers this question i will move on. does a person's private life have any bearing on their ability to discharge the office of prime minister? well, look, i've tried to give my answer pretty exhaustively. on brexit he said he was determined to take the uk out of the eu by october the 31st. what i said was that leaving in october the 31st was, my words were eminently feasible, which was taken to mean i wasn't 100% determined to do it. eminently feasible means it is not only that we are going to do it, that it is possible. up next foreign secretary jeremy hunt.

he campaigned to remain during the referendum. now he wants to lead a pro—brexit party, so could he be trusted to deliver? if we got to the 31st of october and the eu have not shown any willingness to negotiate a better deal, that can get through the house of commons, that is not going to trap us in the customs union, then myjudgment is that weighing those difficult options up, the political risk of no brexit is far worse than the economic risk of no deal. and what about his character? did he have the charisma and steel to be prime minister? some people would say he is too nice. i think it is possible to be very polite and very tough. and i think my track record shows, you know, some very difficult industrial disputes that i had at the department of health. the advantage of the politeness is that people will talk to you, but by golly, i hope they don't underestimate you, because i'm going to get that deal. there will be 15 or more of these hustings before conservative members choose our next prime minister. plenty of time for more questions.

borisjohnson has never answered questions about his private life and listening to that it is clear he is not going to start doing so now. those in his team would point to the cheers in the room, they're backing from those conservative party members who felt he was right to ta ke members who felt he was right to take that approach. speaking to people, borisjohnson take that approach. speaking to people, boris johnson supporters talked about his charisma, the way he could communicate with people, there is no doubt others do know he could be a risky option. against that, jeremy hunt portraying himself as the calm, sensible, mature man who can get the job done without any of the drama. earlier our political correspondent jonathan blake gave his analysis of the hustings. i think what we still was a typically borisjohnson performance

and typicallyjeremy hunt performance. each man performing true to type. borisjohnson 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 as a more serious candidate, playing everything with a straight bat and doing what he does best, but supporters of each probably left the event thinking that their man was definitely the right one for the job. for those still making up their minds who to vote for, there wasn't anything hugely new in there. in terms of policy we heard more from borisjohnson terms of policy we heard more from boris johnson than we terms of policy we heard more from borisjohnson than we have done previously on tax, trying to raise 01’ previously on tax, trying to raise or lower income tax rates for what he described as middle to high earners and live some of the lowest paid out of income tax as well and jeremy hunt talked about his plans for literacy. he seemed to have an anecdote for every answer which may be is an attempt by the foreign secretary to portray a softer side

from someone who can sometimes come across as a managerial and too nice to bea across as a managerial and too nice to be a tough negotiator. an anecdote in terms of having met somebody with that issue. he seemed to be all over the place so far.“ he is not careful, it might great a bit after a while. and borisjohnson both on the question of the issue that has been in the headlines, the story that has dominated about the i’ow story that has dominated about the row at his flat that police were called to. swerving that entirely, refusing to answer questions on it which seem to go down well in the room and if that's how most members are thinking, then he will not necessarily have too much trouble with it from here on. but this was the first of 16 of this events so we will hear and see a lot more of these two men as the campaign goes on and they may need to go further with the answers and give more detail and more specifics about

their proposed plans and policies as time goes on. the first of 16 hustings. talk us through the timetable. these events will run between now and july. members will have their ballots sent out by post in the first weekend ofjuly and they will then be free to fill those out and returned them at any point over the next couple of weeks. there are 15 more of these hosting events which will be live streamed online for conservative party members and anyone else who chooses to watch them, and then it will be in the week beginning the 22nd ofjuly that the winner will be announced. there has been the question over the first proposed debate between the two candidates. because jeremy hunt has questioned the timing of that. candidates. because jeremy hunt has questioned the timing of thatm candidates. because jeremy hunt has questioned the timing of that. it is a couple of days after party members will receive their ballots in the post, so he feels it should be brought before that so that people don't have the opportunity to vote before seeing and hearing both candidates go head—to—head.

before seeing and hearing both candidates go head—to—headi suppose although it is conservative party members who will be choosing the next party leader, whoever becomes leader will of course become prime minister which is why it is so important for these hustings to be broadcast. there is a huge amount of scrutiny on this process because although the contest is to be conservative leader, whoever wins will become our next prime but because it is a leadership election which is happening outside of a general election, it is a process which is wholly confined to the conservative party itself. but that said, with the tv debates and with these televised hustings as well, there will be huge public interest in the process. i am sure the candidates will be keen to get their ideas and opinions across to the membership who are the ones voting for them, but more broadly to appeal to the public and to the electorate

at large so that they feel they have at large so that they feel they have a mandate for the job of prime minister just conservative a mandate for the job of prime ministerjust conservative party leader. let's speak now to tim montgomerie, political commentator and co—founder of the conservative home website. he's supporting boris johnson. thank you forjoining us. how do you think your man did?|j thank you forjoining us. how do you think your man did? i thought he was right to try and say that the private questions about his private life are not public business. i think we have had a lot of media attention on the unfortunate story that developed overnight, but what we do know about this incident is that the police visited his house at the established that both of the parties to the concern were safe and well. neither wanted to bring the police into the matter and i think that should be the end of it. i think all of us probably have had rows at times that we wouldn't want to be overheard by our neighbours. i

understand why the neighbours called the police but both are safe, are well and we should draw a line on the matter and focus on the issues that largely starred in today's hustings. sorry to interject but was he as straightforward as that? he appeared to be about to answer the question and then proceeded to talk about something else and went iain dale try to bring him back to the point, he talked over him.|j dale try to bring him back to the point, he talked over him. i think he may have talked over him on one 01’ he may have talked over him on one or two occasions and iain dale did a good job with persisting with his questions but it was legitimate for borisjohnson to persist in his belief that every person in public life still deserves a private life. if we want good people to go into politics, to go into government, then to have every aspect of their private lives examined is a step too fari private lives examined is a step too far i think and i think there are lots of viewers of this programme who would much rather we were talking about how the candidates are going to heal the north—south

divide, how they will deliver brexit, deal with the problem of knife crime in london, rather than talking endlessly about a private life incident which the police have investigated and found there was no complaint worth following up on. the attention on this incident has been vastly disproportionate. 0k. how do you think boris johnson vastly disproportionate. 0k. how do you think borisjohnson and jeremy hunt did when it came to the wider questions, brexit and then domestic policy? as you said and probably established in this interview so far, iam established in this interview so far, i am wanting borisjohnson to be the next prime minister but today, jeremy hunt edged it. he was fully in command of the questions, probably a little bit less wobbly than boris was at various times. i thought some of the answer is that jeremy hunt gave on the bbc, the corporation we are talking on at the moment, on the welcome that the conservative party needs to give to 93v conservative party needs to give to gay people, on his strategy for

brexit, saying he preferred to deliver brexit rather than face no deal. on those issuesjeremy hunt did really well and i think if there we re did really well and i think if there were probably one or two more undecided conservatives in the audience today, jeremy hunt will probably have won them over. that is interesting. how important do you think these hustings are going to be because this was the first of 16, there is a lot of scrutiny these candidates will come under. there is a lot of scrutiny these candidates will come underlj there is a lot of scrutiny these candidates will come under. i hope they will be important. you mentioned me as the founder of conservative home. it was founded 15 yea rs conservative home. it was founded 15 years ago and our first conservative home. it was founded 15 years ago and ourfirst campaign conservative home. it was founded 15 years ago and our first campaign was to stop michael howard taking the boat away from members and one of the reasons i wanted members to have the reasons i wanted members to have the say was notjust because they volunteer so much time and energy to the conservative party, but i have watch what happens in us primary went before a candidate becomes the nominee for the republican party or

democrat party, they are repeatedly tested in front of live audiences. people can see what they are like underfire people can see what they are like under fire and people can see what they are like underfire andi people can see what they are like underfire and i hope over these 16 hustings, i thought today was a good start, we will really see the character of these two men. how can they answer questions on a range of subjects in what was good today and i thought it was better actually than the bbc‘s debate on tuesday night or the channel 4 than the bbc‘s debate on tuesday night or the channel a debate last sunday, we got a wider range of questions and it really wasn'tjust a brexit. we had a sense of what these candidates thought about hs2, how to reach out to ethnic minorities and some of the other big policy issues that our country faces once we are beyond brexit. policy issues that our country faces once we are beyond brexitlj policy issues that our country faces once we are beyond brexit. i suppose thatis once we are beyond brexit. i suppose that is a matter of opinion. there we re that is a matter of opinion. there were a lot of policy questions but they were a different format and there were many more candidates facing questions. i want to bring you back to the issue of a candidate's personal life and their character because you will be as

aware as everybody about the questions about boris johnson aware as everybody about the questions about borisjohnson and his character, his ability to be serious. to a certain extent the gas that he has made in his policy, and then questions about how he does conduct himself and it is because of that that this incident of the police being called to his flat has gained so much attention. i was wondering if you could just answer that. i won't repeat my thoughts about overnight incident. i regret the media continue to focus on it. what voters want is how the immediate cover trump, there is a lot of exaggerations intron's tweets but what his supporters are interested in is who he is putting on the supreme court, whether he is cutting taxes, whether he is building that wall and that is what voters will be asking about boris and jeremy hunt as well. will they

deliver brexit? will they start to heal the north—south divide? will they ensure our nhs is properly funded? it is those issues that matter. when borisjohnson was mayor of london he cut crime, delivered a fantastic olympics, crossrail was on budget, he had an ethnically diverse team. let'sjudge budget, he had an ethnically diverse team. let's judge politicians budget, he had an ethnically diverse team. let'sjudge politicians on their record in office and not try and pay again and again into their private lives. i don't think it is what voters want and i don't think it isa what voters want and i don't think it is a reliable guide to how politicians will perform in auditioning for the top job in our country. many thanks. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30 and 11.30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the political editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson, and the political commentator, jo phillips. president trump says the united states is planning

further sanctions against iran — to stop tehran from developing nuclear weapons. iran shot down an american surveillance drone on thursday, which prompted mr trump to impose air strikes in retaliation. he says they were called off minutes before taking place, because of the potential threat of civilian casualties. speaking to reporters earlier, he said military options remain on the table. 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, very bad day for them, but hopefully they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people and not themselves and hopefully we can get iran back to an economic track that is fantastic, where they are a really wealthy nation which would be a wonderful thing. all those things i want to do but if they are going to be foolish, thatis but if they are going to be foolish, that is never going to happen.

meanwhile, the foreign office is to send one of its ministers to iran tomorrow to call for an urgent de—escalation of tensions in the region. it all comes as amnesty international campaigners joined richard ratcliffe — outside the iranian embassy in london — to show solidarity with him, as his hunger strike over his detained wife's plight enters its eighth day. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is also on hunger strike in iran. she was jailed for five years in 2016, after being convicted of spying, which she denies. richard ratcliffe spoke to us earlier. certainly increase tensions are never good for us, certainly we watch the news closely and we would be worried if things get too far so i'm glad the minister will be trying to lobby both for the de—escalation of tensions and a chance for him to talk about nazanin's case. she is still where she was, she is still in the general ward with the women. some of the women are checking she is ok and certainly the clinic is starting to worry and keep checking

on her. she was off to see the head of the prison clinic and they keep wanting to put her on a drip which she has refused to do. we are waiting to see what the response is from the iranian authorities. day eight is getting tough. i am sitting down, iam eight is getting tough. i am sitting down, i am getting tired and slower in thinking. i am not hungry but it isa in thinking. i am not hungry but it is a gradual deterioration of being able to operate, but so far i am unable to keep strong. —— i am able to keep strong. we will start with the cricket. india were made to sweat as afghanistan cricket. india were made to sweat as afg ha nista n narrowly cricket. india were made to sweat as afghanistan narrowly missed out on causing the biggest shock. india in the n ground out an 11 run win in southampton. afghanistan restricted india's batsmen to 224—8 but they

also struggle to get runs. mohammed kept them in with a chance until the very final when his hat—trick wrapped up the game. india have leapfrogged india wrapped up the game. india have lea pfrogged india into wrapped up the game. india have leapfrogged india into third in the standings. new zealand are second and will be all but through to the knock out is if they can beat the west midlands. the captain scored his second century of the tournament. windies we re century of the tournament. windies were set 292 to win. it is new zealand who are on top and it is current 183—7 in the 32nd over. the knockout stages under way at the women's world cup in football as germany take on nigeria in grenoble. two—time winners germany took the lead after 20 minutes. a moment after the restart, the video assistant referee here involved once again, nigeria will feel aggrieved to see the penalty given. making it

to see the penalty given. making it to before the break and then leah shula scored the final goal. germany head to the quarterfinals without conceding a goal this tournament. and winner of that game will face the winner of england's match against cameroon. it is no way australia at the moment. you can catch live action of that game, both sides have gone close to both. 22nd, 22 minutes played rather. the winner of that game will play the winner of the england cameroon game, that game is played tomorrow night and we have been getting thoughts of the england camp. phil neville in particular. for me taking the job, camp. phil neville in particular. for me taking thejob, we have put a lot of pressure on ourselves. we did that because when we get to moments like this. we have practised it for 16 months. going out there as the favourites, as the team that

eve ryo ne favourites, as the team that everyone wants to beat and being able to perform under that pressure. my able to perform under that pressure. my players thrive under that now because we have been practising now for ever, since i got thejob. and gillis someone is in the final at queens tomorrow. it was another three setter for the frenchman. eventually got the better of medvedev after two and a half hours on court. getting the win he needed. feliciano lopez after he beat the 18—year—old canadian in straight sets. and lopez is working hard to do as he went straight back out on court to finish his doubles quarterfinal with his partner andy murray. they were leading the british pair of dan evans and ken and they took the second on a tie—break as murray's returned to full strength after his hip surgery

continues. and the pair stayed on court for the semifinal againstjohn pearce. these are live pictures from queens. murray and lopez taking the first set, 7—5. it is close though in the second and you can catch live action, it is on serve at the moment. keep up—to—date with that on the red button on the bbc sport website or on the app. mercedes's dominance of the formula 1 season looks set to continue into its eighth race. lewis hamilton took pole position. the championship leader is not .6 eight seconds quicker than his team at. behind them, ferrari was third. sebastian vettel could only manage seventh. and that is all your support for

now. we first became aware of this this evening when people reported hearing a loud bang around stansted airport and it was heard in much of essex and it was heard in much of essex and even as far away as kent. many people raced out of their house because there was such a loud noise to see what had happened. some people are stansted airport came out of the terminal, they were very worried, they thought may be an aircraft had come down and people asking what happened. it turns out that two aria fighter jets asking what happened. it turns out that two aria fighterjets were scrambled to escort and aircraft back into sta nsted scrambled to escort and aircraft back into stansted after a passenger on board a commercialfright became disrupted. what was that big bang? it is something called a sonic boom. that happens when one of those aria

fighter aircraft went faster than the speed of sound and it causes a sonic wave, a bit like a large thunderclap and that is what caused the noise. that commercial aircraft was safely escorted back down into sta nsted. we was safely escorted back down into stansted. we are was safely escorted back down into sta nsted. we are told was safely escorted back down into stansted. we are told a 25—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of to assault and endangering an aircraft and she remains in custody, but that large noise something called a sonic boom. churches could be encouraged to act as safe havens for young people at risk of becoming victims of knife crime. the plan will be discussed at next month's general synod of the church of england — where they'll consider whether churches should open their doors to vulnerable children during the period immediately after school. kathryn stancheshun has more. they have always been places of sanctuary. but could churches now become a bigger part of the fight

against knife crime? there are calls today for buildings like this to make sure their doors are open in the hours after school finishes. a safe haven for any child at risk. members of my church have lost loved ones through knife crime and i think having the resources of churches, it's an amazing resource and we should look at ourselves and say, are there ways in which we can open our churches in that critical pro school hours? it is possible and could be one of the responses we could be one of the responses we could make. another idea is for all churches to have knife amnesty bins on the premises. something this inner—city church has 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 now be discussed at next month ‘s general synod, the church of england ‘s national assembly. church leaders say it is time to offer practical and notjust spiritual solutions. events are taking place across britain to mark national windrush day. it's the first time the uk has formally celebrated the contribution of people from the caribbean in the aftermath of the second world war and that of their descendants. the government has also announced a permanent monument at london's waterloo station. it's more than 70 years since the first of the so—called windrush generation arrived by ship to help rebuild britain after the second world war. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell, 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 #. adina campbell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello there. after a fine start to the weekend with plenty of sunshine around, the night for most will be dry with partly clear skies. we will see a bit more in the way of thicker cloud across the north of scotland which could bring some patchy rain and drizzle. and then later in the night, the breeze picks up and rain starts to spread in to parts of cornwall and the isles of scilly. temperatures tonight not dropping away too much. pleasant enough night to get sleep in with lows around 9—12 degrees. that will change, though, as we go through the week as things turn more humid.