today at six: the conservative leadership race — jeremy hunt calls borisjohnson a coward for not agreeing to a live debate. the two were meant to go head—to—head on sky tomorrow. mr hunt is not pulling his punches. i think today's news that sky are cancelling their debate risks discrediting this election, and risks making conservative party members think that they are being taken for granted, and i think it's very disrespectful to them. some tory mps tell the bbc they would support a no—confidence motion if either candidate tries to leave the eu without a deal. also tonight: jailed for life for attempted murder. the man who pushed the former eurotunnel boss on to the tube tracks. is facebook so powerful that it needs greater regulation?

the company comes up with its own ideas. cutting back on plastic. boots says it will roll out paper bags across its stores over the next year. jonathan pearce: oh, that's a shocker. whatever happened to the beautiful game? the fall out from the england—cameroon match. and coming up on bbc news, rafael benitez is leaving newcastle united after three years in charge. the club say they couldn't agree terms for a new contract and thanked him for his significant contribution. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the race to become the new conservative leader — and our next prime minister — has become even more heated today.

jeremy hunt has described his rival borisjohnson as a coward for not agreeing to take part in live debates. the two men were meant to go head to head on sky tomorrow, but the broadcaster says it will cancel the event unless both men appear. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. solid, steady, if only borisjohnson could always appear in friendly photos with the partner he railed with the other day until an unfriendly member called the police and then press. but he can't and the pressure is on to face tough questions about the real boris johnson. taking the helm today, the high viz jacket and hard hat tells you his campaigning. jeremy hunt is the underdog in the race to be pm but he is the one holding the cameras because so far, borisjohnson has been so wary of facing awkward questions, mr hunt is seizing his

chance to say he is running scared of the media and his own party. conservative party members think they are being taken for granted and i think it's very disrespectful to them. if you want to be prime minister of this country, there is going to be more scrutiny than you can ever, ever imagine and a little bit of friendly debate with the foreign secretary won't do anyone any harm. the candidates to be our next prime minister have policies to explain. both contenders say they would try to negotiate a brexit deal mps would back. brycejohnson said he would take the uk out with or without a deal on the 31st of october. jeremy hunt said he would leave with no deal if he had two but would take longer to try and strike a deal, he won't say how long. both men say the so—called irish backstop must go. it could tie the uk to eu rules and standards on the irish border. mrjohnson says he would find a way to scrap it. mr hunt wa nts to find a way to scrap it. mr hunt wants to send a new negotiating team

to brussels. but it has become clear if renegotiating a brexit deal fails, the commons could well vote to bring down the new prime minister oi’ to bring down the new prime minister or his government rather than let britain leave without one. tory mps and ministers are ready to rebel. are the numbers there to stop and no deal on the 31st of october, may be using a vote of no confidence in the government? i believe that absolutely is the case. i think a dozen or so members of parliament on oui’ dozen or so members of parliament on our side would be voting against supporting of no deal. that would include ministers as well as backbenchers. mrjohnson are seen as a political winner, it's the key to his status as favourite to succeed mrs may and prominent supporter has conceded its outweighed very real questions. boris johnson will have his own risks that others will not have. i totally understand that people can look at, you know, it's a matter of public record, aspects of borisjohnson's matter of public record, aspects of boris johnson's character or his judgment. we have to put a premium

oi'i judgment. we have to put a premium on firstly winning elections, and also delivering things for people who vote for us. i understand ministers and mps have been meeting regularly in secret, exchanging m essa 9 es regularly in secret, exchanging messages online by whatsapp. sympathetic cabinet ministers have been keeping in touch. they are hoping the mere threat of a defeat might force the prime minister to think again, either candidate could face this threat if they pursue a no—deal brexit. but the danger may be greatest for boris johnson, no—deal brexit. but the danger may be greatest for borisjohnson, who is also facing questions about his character and judgment. who will rid the of race to number ten? that is still to be decided. what is plain as it will be tough, very tough for whoever gets to call this place home. and john is in westminster for us. do you thinkjeremy hunt's criticisms are beginning to hurt borisjohnson? criticisms are beginning to hurt boris johnson? the contest is livening up. it is surely fair to say i think this contest is still boris johnson's to say i think this contest is still borisjohnson's to lose. he still looks like the favourite. but also

now, we will see hisjudgment looks like the favourite. but also now, we will see his judgment and his character and his bearing in office. borisjohnson, tested hard in the weeks coming up and the same forjeremy hunt. you could say the same for both their plans to deliver brexit. no one at this point can now predict the outcome of that trial with any certainty whatsoever. if anything, is clear at all, it's the two candidates, their ability to deliver that plan, their potential to be the next prime minister, even their capacity to carry on in office when they win, when the winner is chosen in that person gets into downing street, that test, that test to destruction could happen very soon after we have a new prime minister. john, thank you very much. a man who pushed the former eurotunnel boss, sir robert malpas, onto the tracks at marble arch tube station in london has been jailed for life. paul crossley had also tried to murder another passenger at tottenham court road station on the same day in april last year. a judge at the old bailey said

crossley presented a "grave and enduring risk to the public". leigh milner is at marble arch tube station. yes, this is where paul crossley pushed sir robert malpass onto the tracks on the 27th of april last year. he survived but earlier that day, crossley tried to push another man onto the tracks, just three stops away at tottenham court road. it was all captured on cctv. some viewers may find the footage upsetting. this is the moment paul crossley pushes sir robert malpas onto the tracks at marble arch station. with just one minute until the next train, he's rescued by a bystander who leaps from the platform to save him. the 91—year—old former eurotunnel boss survived but arriving at court today, the severity of the injuries sir robert suffered, a fractured pelvis and a head wound, were evident. it has been a long and traumatic process for the two victims,

and i would like to commend them for their strength and resilience throughout. the physical and emotional impact of such a determined and unprovoked attack cannot be underestimated. earlier that day, crossley tried to push another passenger, tobias french, onto the tracks. with the train only metres away, mr french fortunately manages to keep his balance as the train pulls into tottenham court station. crossley, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when he was i7—years—old, had taken £600 worth of crack cocaine the previous day. passing the sentence, the judge said it was terrifying to watch. he will now be detained in hospital before he's sent to prison for a minimum of 12 years. leigh milner, bbc news. the former deputy prime minister and labour peer lord prescott has been admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. the 81—year—old — who was taken ill on friday — has praised the staff at hull royal infirmary‘s

a&e and stroke units. his former cabinet colleague, alanjohnson, says he is now talking and is "over the worst". it seems the problems with maternity care at the shrewsbury and telford hospital trust are much deeper than originally thought. the bbc has learned that an investigation has uncovered at least 300 more cases of concern — that's on top of the 250 cases already being looked at by an independent review. our social affairs correpsondent michael buchanan joins us from telford. where do these new cases come from? these came out after the regulator effectively told the trust to hand over the details of all cases where they suspect there may have been maternity, questions about maternity ca re maternity, questions about maternity care and family received, dating as

far back as 1998. that has thrown up somewhere in the region of 300 additional cases. it is important to point out mistakes were not found that many of these cases but in some incidents it is also undoubtably going to be the case that either babies of mothers died or suffered unnecessary harm because of poor maternity care. remember, that is in addition to more than 250 families who have already come forward to an independent review, raising questions about the maternity care they received. as we speak tonight neither the trustor regulator has made any michael, thank you. now to the inquest into the london bridge attack. the man who owned the gym used by all three killers has been asked to hand over his phone to be examined. sajeel shahid ran the ummah fitness centre in east london, where the attack ringleader khuram butt worked. mr shahid denies he knew what the three men were plotting. from the old bailey, here's our correspondent richard lister. just after midnight,

a week before the carnage on london bridge and borough market, the three attackers are outside the ummah fitness centre in east london. it's a place they know well. khuram butt, the ringleader, worked in the ummah fitness centre for months, and all three are thought to have trained there. but the owner of this gym, sajeel shahid, repeatedly refused to be interviewed by police in the aftermath of the attacks, despite the fact that he had another connection to butt as well. mr shahid founded this islamic school nearby, where butt taught the koran to children aged between three and seven. and analysis of the attackers' phones showed dozens of calls and hundreds of texts between butt and mr shahid. today in court, though, he gave his side of the story. dominic adamson represents one of the bereaved families and said... mr shahid, whose face we can't show for legal reasons, said...

mr shahid said that his colleagues at the gym also used his phone, and any communications with butt on it would have been about his work there. he was asked whether he'd hand it over to police for examination, but so far he has declined. police say they found no other links between mr shahid and the attackers after the carnage two years ago, and in court today he condemned it, saying if he'd known what they were up to, he'd have called the police. president trump has announced the united sates is imposing fresh sanctions on iran, amid rising tensions between the two countries. our north america editorjon sopel is at the white house for us. just a few days ago we were on the

brink of military action, now what is mrtrump up brink of military action, now what is mr trump up to? well, there was the shooting down of that us drone at the end of last weekend it looked like that was going to bring a military response. instead, it's brought economic response with the president imposing some hard—hitting sanctions against iran. i think the sanctions against iran. i think the sanctions were long in the pipeline and add to other sanctions which have already been put in place, targeting the supreme leader and his office and will deny them billions office and will deny them billions of dollars in assets. the president says he doesn't seek confrontation with iran, he wants a change in behaviour. he wants them to stop their nuclear activities, stop sponsoring terrorism elsewhere. but i suppose the central question is will the sanction make any difference? iran has already had many. the president is demanding a change in behaviour, it's hard to see why these new set of sanctions will do something where others have

failed. thank you. the time is coming up to 6:15pm: our top story this evening: the conservative leadership race — jeremy hunt calls borisjohnson a coward for not agreeing to a live debate. and coming up... we talk to liam gallagher about politics, knife crime and oasis. was back in the nets today. he will miss tomorrow's world cup match against australia but could recover in time for india on sunday. sorry how do we curb the extraordinary power of the tech giants? it's the question of our age. in recent years facebook, in particular, has been criticised over privacy, harmful content and the way data is used. today, the former lib dem leader sir nick clegg, who now works for the company, accepted there was what he called a pressing need for new rules to govern the industry. he says that facebook

will create an oversight board to adjudiucate on these matters. our media editor amol rajan looks at whether it will work. what kind of internet do you want? do you want the one most of us experience today — a largely californian world dominated by a few tech giants? or maybe you prefer the more authoritarian approach of china, which has its own tech giants. facebook, and sir nick clegg, are betting that the next and best internet is more regulated and more european. his first speech was in brussels in january. today, he was in berlin. this morning, he strongly refuted claims that, as with america's presidential election, facebook was abused by foreign actors during the brexit referendum campaign. we have shared all of this information with the select committee at westminster and elsewhere, we have found no evidence of a significant attempt by outside forces. there is a lot of weight in that word "significant". of course, facebook themselves don't always know everything about who is advertising

on their platform. the most striking claim today from clegg is that facebook actively seeks regulation in areas such as privacy, election advertising and hate speech. i don't think it's actually right for private companies to set the rules of the road for something which is as profoundly important as how technology serves society and, in the end, this is not something that big tech companies from the united states or elsewhere can or should do on their own. sceptics will argue facebook is trying to pre—empt global regulation before its political enemies demand it is broken up. and while the idea of an oversight board is intriguing, it's not at all clear how it would deal with a potentially vast number of complaints or maintain its independence. sir nick said the company has substantially reduced the number of pictures of self—harm on instagram, one of its platforms, following the death of 14—year—old molly russell. her father ian said his daughter took her life after exposure to such pictures.

the talk today was of a "tech—lash", a backlash against california tech giants which facebook says has gone too far. others think it hasn't gone far enough. let us not become complacent. this is not over yet. we have a lot of work to do as citizens, as human beings and as a democratic society. to harness and outlaw the idea that our private experience can be their free raw material for a new kind of capitalism that is all about us but is not for us. with almost half of humanity not yet online, facebook and sir nick want to shape the future of the internet before china does. amol rajan, bbc news. one of the biggest names on the british high street, boots, is to replace all of its plastic bags with brown paper ones. the change will be brought in at a small number of stores immediately, before being rolled out across the chain by early next year. our consumer affairs correspondent

colletta smith is in preston for us. george, this is the result of a storm that kicked off for migratory a couple of weeks ago after customers began complaining that even prescriptions were being given out in plastic bags. it is an issue the public are very conscious of at the public are very conscious of at the moment. just last year, 1.75 billion plastic bags were bought in england alone and that is not including the hundreds of thousands extra bought in wales, scotland and northern ireland and so migratory are wanting to combat that negative publicity and act first, so they have announced today that the plastic bags, which cost between five and 10p, will be replaced with paper ones and all of their stores from the start of next year. but there is a real debate about whether paper bags are any better for the environment, because they can go 5°99y environment, because they can go soggy and break more easily and the environment agency have actually

said recently that paper bags are unlikely to be able to be used frequently enough, or reused frequently enough, or reused frequently enough, or reused frequently enough, to justify the extra cost used in making the bags in the first place. boots, though, say 900 tonnes of plastic bags will be removed from the system in this one move and lots of other companies are doing something similar at the moment. we have seen morrison say they are going to introduced paper bags, the co—op say they are introducing biodegradable bags across their stores, so although boots are the latest company to act, given the amount of public pressure on this issue at the moment, they are unlikely to be the last. thank you. the sacked australian by thank you. the sacked australian rugby player israel folau says he is disappointed that an online crowdfunding campaign to support him has been closed down. the 30—year—old had his contract terminated after posting homophobic m essa 9 es terminated after posting homophobic messages on social media. more than £400,000 had messages on social media. more than £a00,000 had been raised before they

go fund me website closed the account, saying it would issue refunds to all donors. football, and newcastle united says its manager rafael benitez will leave the club when his contract expires on the 30th ofjune — after both sides failed to reach an agreement. the former liverpool and real madrid boss benitezjoined newcastle in march 2016. under his leadership, the team finished 13th in the premier league last season. newcastle said it has begun the search for a new manager. england's footballers are preparing for their women's world cup quarter final against norway on thursday after yesterday's controversial victory over cameroon. the 3—0 win was marred by the behaviour of some of cameroon's players, who twice stopped playing to complain about var. england boss phil neville said he was "ashamed" by the opposition's behaviour. the confederation of african football said the match reflected badly on african football. katie gornall sent this report.

here's parris. they were elbowed. .. spat on... and stamped on. even the referee had to watch her back. england's players had never seen a game like it. the scoreline said 3—0, but the headlines said something entirely different, as england's manager branded cameroon's behaviour shameful. today, things had calmed down as cameroon's players left their team hotel for the last time. their mood was more reflective. in football, a lot of things can be unfair, a lot of things don't go your way. the morale of keeping our character, knowing who we are, and for this, i think again we have to stick together for what's to come. now, everyone know we lose, but yesterday, we was so angry, because the referee, she was not so good. so we got really... but now we understand that in football, we need to accept, and work more to be strong next time.

commentator: that's a good ball back, and chance! it all started to really unravel for cameroon when two var decisions went against them, and they seemed reluctant to play on. but at the heart of the chaos and the confrontation was a distinct lack of control. i think the thing i would have done differently from the beginning is, the first sign of dissent, certainly to the level that a referee was shown last night, i would have stamped my authority. i think a good early yellow card in those situations makes all the difference, and itjust seems to calm the whole situation down. a referee was shown last night, i would have stamped my authority. well, cameroon's players did so well to reach the last 16, but now they're heading home from this tournament under something of a cloud. england, on the other hand, face a much shorter trip to le havre. commentator: houghton, 1-0. as well as a physical challenge, england's players passed a big mental test against cameroon. they kept their cool in the cauldron of valenciennes, and their reward is a quarterfinal against norway. england return from training this morning knowing they'll have to be

at their very best to beat them. katy gornall, bbc news, valinski n. —— valenciennes. it's been 15 years since former oasis frontman liam gallagher stepped out onto the famous pyramid stage at glastonbury, but on saturday he'll be back. with his second solo album on the way, he took a break from rehearsals to speak to colin paterson about politics, you've got a busy time at the moment. yeah. shockwave, the single. yeah. sounds like you're quite angry. # you sold me right up the river # you had to hold me back... i'm sure a lot of people would just, you know, be lazy and go, "oh, it's about your brother." but there's a lot of snide people out there, notjust him, you know what i mean? so it could be aimed at a lot of people. that's up to you to find out, isn't it? # it's coming round like a shockwave, hey # it's coming round like a shockwave...# there's a lot of protests going on, what would you protest about in life? i'd have a word with that mayor. he seems to not be doing a good job, you know what i mean?

all them kids getting knifed and all that. and the only thing that ever comes out of his mouth is, "london is open". what, open for knife crime and dying and stuff? they want to worry about people's lives. there's some 16—year—old kid been knifed to death. and i've got kids at that age, you know what i mean? out and about, going doing their thing, you know what i mean? living, being young and all that. so that freaks me right out. it's been one of the strange things about recently, suddenly all these politicians are coming out and saying that they've been taking drugs in the past. yeah, yeah. shame on them. i was just wondering have you ever seen a politician take drugs? no, no. i don't hang out with politicians, but if i did see a politician taking drugs, man, he'd get a crack round the head. like that. what are you doing, you doughnut? you know what i mean? you wouldn't approve? no, no, no. # maybe... it is ten years since oasis split up. yeah. can you believe that? not really, no. it hasn't split up in my mind, you know what i mean, when i think about it. i still do oasis songs and that

because i sang them and i feel like they're a big part of me, you know what i mean? just because, you know. and there's a lot of people going, i can't believe he's still doing noel‘s songs. they're not noel‘s songs. they were written for the band called oasis. what's strange to me is the fact that you obviously want the band to get back together, in spite of this. i don't want the band to get back together, we shouldn't have split up, you know what i mean? there was no big deal, you know what i mean? he's making out as if i stabbed one of his cats or, you know, slapped one of his kids or dare i say it, tried it on with his missus, you know what i mean? it's like, leave it out, mate. it's like, we had a little argument, you know what i mean? thank you very much. you're welcome. that was great. wa—hey! liam gallagher, speaking to colin paterson. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. talk of a heatwave in europe, chris. yes, foreshore and temperatures are going to rise across central and western areas of europe in particular. authorities in france have kind of learned their lesson from the deadly heatwave we had back

in 2003. they have opened up rooms where the public can access public buildings with air—conditioning, to get some respite from the soaring temperatures that are forecast. elsewhere, in switzerland, there is already a red weather warning in place for red hot temperatures. some of the swiss canton is, more often associated with skiing than searing heat, they have potential as potentially forecast to reach 39 celsius on thursday. the national record forjune in switzerland stands at 37. so just how bad could it get? we talked about the heat in switzerland but arguably it is later in the week where we could see some of the hottest weather building in as the winds for light across parts of spain, across parts of southern france and northern areas of italy, we could see temperatures pushing on into the 40s. these kind of temperatures would set the new national records forjune, so it is going to get very hot and uncomfortable across europe and it

is some of that heat and humidity thatis is some of that heat and humidity that is actually driving our weather in the uk. what is going on weather—wise for us is that we have got some big thunderstorms due to move up from the south, you can see those thunderstorms on the satellite picture, coming in big bulges. one is clearing away from scotland at the moment but it is this next area of cloud working away across northern france that is the cause for concern. we have a weather warning out for the storms that will affect mainly england overnight and into tuesday. how much rain question about 25 and 30 millimetres in the space of one hour. over a few hours, we could be looking at a month's worth, so it could pose the risk of some flash flooding although the amounts will vary significantly from place to place. there are the storms working their way northwards, lots of thunder and lightning to wake you up of thunder and lightning to wake you up overnight. the rain stays away further north in scotland but staying cloudy, 12 or 13 across scotla nd staying cloudy, 12 or 13 across scotland and northern ireland, a fresher feel here but humid and muqqy fresher feel here but humid and muggy for england and where is and

that takes us into tuesday with the rain pushing northwards. the amount of rain at the exact positioning is still open to a bit of doubt but some of it will no doubt be very heavy and after a cloudy start, it brightens up across southern areas, we could see some big thunderstorms later in a day and another humid day, up to 27, frigid conditions further north and a lot of low cloud, misty and murky weather affecting the coast. wednesday, it looks like it will turn cloudy and there is more of a north—easterly wind across the uk. with the cloudy skies, not as warm across england and wales and they could be the odd light shower, temperatures generally high teens to low 20s. further north, perhaps a bit of sunshine, the best could be across eastern scotland, where temperatures could reach 2a in edinburgh but it is forecast to get hotter for us towards the end of the week. that is the latest weather. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

this is bbc news. the headlines. jeremy hunt tells his fellow conservative leadership candidate borisjohnson to conservative leadership candidate boris johnson to man conservative leadership candidate borisjohnson to man up and face him inatv borisjohnson to man up and face him in a tv debate this week. a man is sentenced to life in prison for pushing one man onto the tracks of the london underground and trying to do the same to another. senior facebook executive nick clegg says the company should play a mature role in advocating rather than shunning regulation. president trump imposes new sanctions against iran as tensions continue to rise between the countries. john prescott is in hospital following suffering a