you're watching bbc news at nine with me, julian worricker — the headlines... jeremy hunt and borisjohnson are challenged to prioritise prime minister as peers call for a free, nhs—based, system. patients‘ lives are being put at risk because of delays in giving them treatment for sepsis, research by bbc news has found. royal marines in gibraltar board an oil tanker suspected of transporting iranian crude to syria in breach of sanctions. in a rare interview the scientist, james lovelock, warns on the rise of robots — saying humanity could soon be superseded by a new, hyper—intelligent life form artificial intelligence, i reckon

will be something like 10,000 times faster in thinking than we are. and — after missing last year's wimbledon because of injury — andy murray returns to compete in the men's doubles today. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9 the two conservative leadership candidates have been challenged to urgently bring forward plans to tackle the social care crisis if they become prime minister. a committee of peers has called for an immediate 8—billion pound investment, and a move to a free, nhs—based, system. jeremy hunt has said he accepts more money is needed for care, while borisjohnson said a cross—party approach is needed. the call comes as both candidates make further promises to try to win

over tory party members who will decide which of them becomes prime minister. the frontrunner, mr johnson, has pledged to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers over three years if he becomes pm. mr hunt has promised to offer mps a free vote on whether to lift the ban on fox hunting in england and wales — calling it "part of our heritage". the pledges come two days before ballot papers are posted to the party members to decide the leadership. let's get more on all of this with our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's in westminsterfor us. norman, good morning. a word about social care, a big political issue that no one as yet, has solved. it's a huge issue but both contenders to be prime minister have put it on the radar saying they want to address it 110w. radar saying they want to address it now. we have a report saying 0k, get on with it and for this report says is don't bother with the green paper, the government has been

talking about it for months and months, let's just cut to the chase and move to an nhs style social care system which would be free at the point of use so people would only have to pay for the residential course, they wouldn't have to pay for personal care and this should be funded through taxation. forget about all these complicated ideas about all these complicated ideas about an insurance scheme or a pension scheme or a cap, let'sjust fund it, like we do with the nhs. the question is will either of these contenders genuinely do anything? at the moment, mr hunt is saying he is interested in an insurance scheme but it would take ten years to bed m, but it would take ten years to bed in, mrjohnson has given us no details at all beyond saying he would like to approach it on a cross— party would like to approach it on a cross—party basis but you do sense that at westminster, there is a building momentum that something has to be done, that the pressure on local authorities to deliver services to the most vulnerable and

the elderly, is now this report says 1.4 million elderly people are having to do without care and the question is whether that growing pressure actually crystallises into action. the problem, i think, pressure actually crystallises into action. the problem, ithink, is frankly brexit in that whatever happens on october the 31st, brexit is probally going to be with us for a long time to come and is going to soak up an awful lot of political energy and capital and time and with something like social care, that is such a massive, massive social reform, any prime minister would have to devote a huge amount of effort to pushing it through and you wonder whether mrjohnson or mr hunt would really have the space to do that sort of reform. norman, what of other pledges we've heard in recent hours and other hustings to come between these two? we've heard this morning from jeremy hunt that if he

was elected prime minister and he w011 was elected prime minister and he won a general election and there was a conservative majority then yes, he would have a vote on repealing the ban on fox hunting. now, that is a hugely controversial announcement because mr hunt has sort of pitched himself as the tory candidate who is more likely to appeal to a broad range of the electorate, only we know the electorate according to opinion polls is deeply hostile to fox hunting and you sense this morning, when mr hunt was asked about it on the radio, he was beginning to edge away a little bit from it saying, i was asked about it, i gave a straight answer, it would not be a priority. the law is not going to change on fox hunting. there isn't a majority in the house of commons and i don't see there being one. i wasjust restating the position in our manifesto from 2017

that there should be a free vote if it ever looked like that majority would change but it wouldn't be my priority as prime minister, we are going to have brexit, we have the social care system you've been talking about, we have huge economic priorities that are going to have to be addressed. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been reheating his idea to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers by 2022, costing about £1 billion a year to make up for cuts imposed by previous conservative governments, a lot of resources he said would go into rural communities where they suffered steep cuts and one of his key backers kit malthouse this morning saying it really was time to put bobbie's back on the beat. it's critical from a psychological point of view of fighting crime that you maintain a sense of presence on the streets of what boris said, notwithstanding the difficult decisions the government had to make over the last few years post the crash in terms of living within our means, the time has come we can spend more money on policing and so raising the number from about 120,000 across the country to over 140,000 is key.

the way to do that is over the next three years recruit more police officers by injecting about 1.1 billion into the policing budget to allow them to do that and specifically focusing on areas which have lost a disproportionate number of police, rural policing for example we know there is concern the community. both those issues, fox hunting, bobbies on the beat will of course go down well with tory party members, the electorate in this contest but you have to say, social ca re contest but you have to say, social care is probably the issue which matters to many, many more people and it will be interesting to see in the course of the day, whether either of the contenders just begins to flesh out more of their thinking around this crucial issue. norman, thank you. norman smith at westminster. more on that to come no doubt throughout the morning. some breaking news, hardly a great surprise i suspect if you're a chelsea fan, it has been officially

announced that frank lampard has been appointed head coach at chelsea. that announcement has actually come from his former club derby county. 0bviously there's been a great deal of speculation in recent days that frank lampard who spent 13 years at stamford bridge as a player and is very much a favourite amongst the fans, has been appointed as head coach. that va ca ncy appointed as head coach. that vacancy emerging after ratio sorry left the club at the end of the season. patients' lives are being put at risk because of delays in treatment for sepsis, referred to by experts as a hidden killer, because it is hard to spot. it's estimated that 50,000 people in the uk die from sepsis every year. hospitals are meant to put patients on an antibiotic drip within an hour when it's suspected, but research by the bbc suggests a quarter of patients in england are waiting longer. lauren moss reports. there's in his house, my friend's house. a father remembering his son

as a bright student with ambition of becoming an accountant and taking care of his family. but in may 2016, amir halling went to hospital in london after a bruise on his ankle left him struggling to walk. the 39—year—old was sent home with paracetamol, less than 24 hours later, he suffered cardiac arrest and died. doctors had failed to spot that amir had sepsis. his last words when i left him in the hospital, he shook my hand and said, "dad, i love you". he gave me his hand, i kissed him on the cheek, i kissed his forehead and i came home. i didn't realise that was the really last kiss, our last cuddle i would ever give to my son. sepsis is triggered by an infection and early symptoms can include a fast heartbeat, high or low temperature, chills and shivering. it makes the body's immune system go into overdrive which can lead to septic shock, organ failure and sometimes death.

figures from around three quarters of hospital trusts in england suggest that one in four patients aren't being started on antibiotics within an hour when sepsis is suspected. sepsis is not always easy to spot. it can arise in someone of any age, it can arise as a consequence of any infection, so it's difficult for health professionals to spot it first time, every time. what they do need to do is to work in partnership with their patients, listen to their patients and look for sepsis. and if they do that, most of the time, it can be spotted. all uk hospitals are meant to follow the same guidelines, but performance in wales is similar to england and neither scotland nor northern ireland provided recent data. nhs england says huge improvements have been made and it's important not to automatically give antibiotics to everyone who's very unwell, but amir halling's father says he's been robbed of his son and his family is devastated. lauren moss, bbc news.

sarah hamilton—fairley, executive director of the charity sepsis trust uk, joins me now. good morning. what do you hope will emerge as the result of these figures being highlighted? emerge as the result of these figures being highlighted ?|j emerge as the result of these figures being highlighted? i hope for improved treatment of sepsis. i mean, the point about sepsis is if it is diagnosed early and treated quickly, a lot of patients will survive. currently, there are a quarter of a million people contracting sepsis every single gear in the uk. and over 50,000 of those do lose their lives. and not knowing at the time that they have contracted it because it is this hidden illness for some? absolutely, sometimes called the silent killer. and a number of people still don't know what sepsis is. i was in this morning and i asked a driver what it was and he had never heard of it. —— i was was and he had never heard of it. —— iwas ina was and he had never heard of it. —— i was in a court this morning. loss

of sound yes, there are two strands to this, it is important we wake up those clinicians and health professionals who perhaps aren't thinking about sepsis but the strapline for the general public is just ask could this be sepsis? because we don't want to cause an avalanche of people going into accident and emergency because that will disrupt the system but we do wa nt will disrupt the system but we do want people who are seriously worried to ask their gp, accident and emergency, one—on—one, whether this could be sepsis because this will set the clinicians thinking, quicker, about whether it could be. and that could be after a cult or an insect bite which then starts to behave in a way you wouldn't expect? exactly. going to the dentist, and a bscess. exactly. going to the dentist, and abscess. it doesn't have to be that you were in hospital and its pneumonia, it can be anything and it

attacks any age, it's completely random, so we see people, you know, whose from all walks of life, who had been troubled by sepsis. the difference clearly is that time element, if you attack it early, if there is some sort of antibiotic drip attached to you within an hour 01’ so drip attached to you within an hour or so then your chances of survival are or so then your chances of survival a re pretty or so then your chances of survival are pretty good? absolutely. that's why it's encouraging that 75%, and three quarters of hospital trusts are treating it within the first hour. but that actually means there 2596, hour. but that actually means there 25%, one in four, that aunt and that's what we've got too close, that's what we've got too close, that gap. the focus is on the one in four to learn from the three and four. absolutely. with government support, does that play a part in this? definitely, there's two things we need to do better, the first is raise awareness, so we need to do better, the first is raise awareness, so we are trying to encourage big companies, universities, corporations to spread

the word to their community, staff, clients and we are also trying to work with government to produce what is well overdue which is a registry and a registry is basically a database of accurate data on anyone who is going through the journey of sepsis. and at the moment, we don't have that and it's really pretty shocking that we don't. so that's what we are talking to, the secretary of state about and we have his support in principle that this should happen as a matter of priority. 0k, thank you for coming china is warning the uk not to interfere in its domestic affairs after the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt threatened "serious consequences" if freedoms in hong kong are watered down. tensions between the uk and china have been rising since mr hunt backed demonstrators during large pro—democracy protests in the territory. beijing's ambassador in london has accused the uk of having a "colonial mindset". 0ur correspondent ben ando sent us the latest on the growing diplomatic row

from the chinese embassy in london. the situation is very tense and at the moment there seems to be no sign of that tension decreasing. we are used to the chinese being very circumspect, very nuanced in their approach to diplomatic language, here, they are being very clear and their message is simply britain should butt out as far as they are concerned. hong kong is a domestic issue. that's not how it seen in westminster in the foreign office because of course, for more than 150 yea rs, because of course, for more than 150 years, hong kong was a british colony, it was returned to chinese rule in 97 but with the caveat at that time, that the people there would continue to enjoy some of the freedoms and civil liberty is that they had become used to. now, it's changes being proposed by pitching particularly around extradition that's causing all the problems, people in hong kong are worried that political dissidents for example

could be more easily extradited to mainland china than they have been in the past. and that's what's caused these quite violent demonstrations. at the moment in hong kong it seems things have calmed down a little bit, here, though, the rhetoric remains high. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt is continuing to say the chinese should respect civil liberties and in turn, the chinese are saying it's really none of britain ‘s business. the headlines on bbc news... jeremy hunt and borisjohnson have been challenged to prioritise the crisis in social care, if they become prime minister. patients' lives are being put at risk because of delays in giving them treatment for sepsis, research by bbc news has found. royal marines in gibraltar board an oil tanker suspected of transporting iranian crude to syria, in breach of sanctions. good morning, your sport headlines. in the last 15 minutes it's been confirmed frank lampard is a new chelsea head coach. he leaves derby cou nty after chelsea head coach. he leaves derby

county after guiding them to the championship play—off final and returns to stamford bridge where he spent 13 years as a player. kyle edmund out of wimbledon, british hopes in the singles rest with johanna konta, she's on centre court later, five britons in action today as well. european champions the netherlands squeezed past sweden in the women's world cup and they face the women's world cup and they face the world champions the usa in sunday ‘s final. more on those stories at 9:40am. join us then. thank you. ballot papers are due to be sent out in the conservative party leadership election this week — and by the end of the month a new prime minister will have moved into downing street. boris johnson and jeremy hunt are the contenders, but where do they stand on key issues? over the next couple of days we're going to be taking a closer look at both men, starting with the foreign secretary jeremy hunt. here's our political correspondent ian watson. he has been an mp for 14 years, a government minister for nine,

but number ten is where jeremy hunt wants to be. and now, only borisjohnson stands on his way. i'm saying i am trustworthy, and i do believe that i can be trusted. but to trust someone, you need to know a little more about them. jeremy hunt first got involved in conservative politics when he was at oxford. before becoming an mp, he started a public relations agency, then a publishing company, and he is keen to brandish his business credentials. as an entrepreneur... i'm an entrepreneur... ..entrepreneur by background. he was close to david cameron, and was made 0lympics minister in a coalition government, where he got to see a lot of his future leadership rival. not everything has gone smoothly forjeremy hunt. he was the longest—serving health secretary since the nhs was created, and he was embroiled in a conflict withjunior doctors, leading to theirfirst strike in 40 years. under theresa may, jeremy hunt took on extra responsibility for social care. hello, it'sjeremy...

and his strategy in the contest seems to be to admit mistakes and try to move on. some of the cuts in social care did go too far. it's so easy to say of course i was right. but you stand back and think, could i have done it a little bit better? and jeremy has not been afraid of saying exactly that. hello, i'mjeremy... jeremy hunt campaigned for remain in the referendum, but now says he wants to leave the eu with a new brexit deal. jeremy hunt's critics accused him of being the windsock candidate, blowing this way and that on brexit. not long after the referendum, he said he would consider having another one. then he made it clear he was a leaver, but did not want to exit the eu without a deal. now, he says he is prepared to leave without a deal if need be. the big thing thatjeremy hunt has to offer on brexit is his ability to negotiate, and his credibility as a negotiator. the downside is, because he voted remain, will the people in parliament trust him to deliver brexit?

thank you all very much indeed. jeremy hunt's supporters say his opponent is gaffe—prone. but the foreign secretary, despite spending two years teaching injapan, managed to misplace his wife's nationality. also, my wife isjapanese... my wife is chinese, sorry. critics ofjeremy hunt say he has less name recognition than his opponent. but is this really true? because he has had to contend with embarrassing mispronunciations of his four—letter surname. i just think he possibly finds it slightly amusing, and sometimes things happen in one's life. these things sort of take hold. i am sure he will remember the nationality of his wife in future. he says he is a serious candidate for serious times. jeremy hunt — remember the name, and how to pronounce it. sound advice.

and tomorrow we'll focus on the other candidate in the leadership race, borisjohnson. the government of gibraltar says it has seized a supertanker suspected of breaking sanctions against syria. a detachment of royal marines boarded the vessel, called grace one, in the early hours of this morning. authorities said there was reason to believe the ship was carrying crude oil to a blacklisted refinery. with me now is our correspondent, andy moore. known at this point? we've just got a bit more information about this operation involving the royal marines. we understand a detachment of about 20 royal marines from 42 commando were flown out from the uk, there is obviously intelligence in advance that the supertanker was heading gibraltar. working together with the police of gibraltar, they went on board in the early hours of this morning, defence sources describe it as a relatively benign operation, there's certainly no indication that they're boarding was opposed in any way. we don't know if they were invited on board or

whether they had use their skills for getting on board eight supertanker on the high seas which is obviously not very easy. the broader picture is that there are eu sanctions in place against assyria. designed to stop the regime there violently repressing its own citizens. those sanctions are hurting, we hear there are queues for petrol, people are taking to horses and carts in syria. this supertanker is accused of breaking those sanctions, it was heading to an oil refinery in syria, according to the gibraltar authorities. we believe it probably left iran in early april, if it did leave iran it would also be breaking american sanctions i was about to ask if there were two macro elements of sanctions. exactly, yes, it had left iran it would have broken american sanctions and there are some indications in fact, this particular

vessel had been involved in breaking those american sanctions earlier this year. rogers was reporting that it was leaving iran, off—loading oil onto other vessels. so, as i suggested, there it seems to be some intelligence about this particular vessel. andy, thank you. one in 10 people admitted to hospital in the uk is dependent on alcohol according to a new study. researchers at king's college london are calling for universal screening for alcohol—related problems and more trained staff to offer support. last year the nhs announced plans to put care teams into the hospitals with the highest alcohol—related admissions. more than a million people living onjapan's southern island of kyushu have had to leave their homes as torrential rain continues to cause disruption. the extreme weather has raised the risk of floods and mudslides with authorities warning that a major disaster could happen at any time. last year 200 people were killed

after heavy rain devastated the west of the country. the next prime minister should give more money to vulnerable children. that's according to the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield. new research from the children's commissioner's office estimates that one in five children living in england are growing up in difficult family situations. this is the third annual report on the most vulnerable children. it also says that more than 800,000 children aren't getting support and are being let down by services. anne longfield, the children's commsioner for england, joins me now. good morning. the third report highlighting this issue. of the previous two, do you feel progress has been made or is this a further cry for help? i don't think progress has been made, sadly. this report establishes is that there are a huge one in five children in this country that are living vulnerable lives and

living in vulnerable family situations. and these are children who are living with complex problems at home, high levels of dependency on drugs or alcohol, high levels of domestic violence, and severe mental health conditions within the family. so, from the start, these families are facing huge challenges and what's really important this year is that we've been able to map this against the support they are receiving. two thirds of those children are receiving no discernible support and a third of them are almost invisible to services. so this is a situation where really vulnerable children are getting very little help indeed. what do you say this support is not a p pa re ntly what do you say this support is not apparently forthcoming? well, one of the biggest issues is about children not being identified which is part of the reason we are doing this work, to show how many children are carrying these kind of hidden vulnerabilities. but we're also seeing within local authorities, who have tighter and tighter budgets, that even though more money in some

areas is being spent, it's being spent on fewerfewer areas is being spent, it's being spent on fewer fewer children as levels of crisis and levels of demand increase. and councils have to spend on very, very high cost individual children. there is one counsel that we found in our study we re counsel that we found in our study were 20% of the budget is spent on the very height complex treatment forjust ten children. and of course, the impact of that is that they help for those children with less severe problems is fading away. when you put your concerns to government, as no doubt you have, what response do you get?|j government, as no doubt you have, what response do you get? i think a growing understanding that there is an increasing problem here with vulnerable children in crisis with children but i think government finds it very hard to work out quite fairto finds it very hard to work out quite fair to intervene. the make—up of government isn't to children, it isn't an area where there is an

already established area of height spent or indeed priority and that's what needs to change. we think it's normal in this country to plan, to meet the needs of rail travel or roads for 10—20 years in advance. the nhs has a ten year plan. there is nothing like this for children. and that means a fifth of all children are being let down with unfulfilled, not only childhoods but potentially adult lives as a result. in which case does that make you reflect on the message you're putting the government in terms of convincing government they've got to put your issues at the top of their priority list where perhaps in the past they not? certainly i think they need to be seen as a hard issue, not something that can be put away for you know, the days when everything else is fixed. understandably, people can see the headlines that come out as a consequence of this and partly for me, it's aboutjoining those dots and showing what actually will

happen to those vulnerable children. i've been in studios over recent months talking about gangs, violence around children's mental health, these are all the impact of those vulnerabilities and for all of the prospective candidates, and indeed, opposition leaders that are putting forward tax cuts of many billions of pounds a year or cuts in tuition fees, they need to be able to justify how they are going to go ahead with that and not invest in the millions of children that rely on it so badly. and longfield, thank you for coming in. he's been described as the most important scientific thinker in the world, and his work has led to what we understand about climate change today. now james lovelock is about to celebrate his 100th birthday. mishal husain went to meet him. james lovelock is about to celebrate his 100th birthday. he is one of the world's most influential environmental thinkers. time is getting shorter, and if we go doing silly things like global warming,

it gets even shorter still. i think that scientists are a bit like artists... in the 1960s, he was an eco—pioneer who invented supersensitive testing devices which detected atmospheric pollutants. nasa used his equipment to test for life on mars. when you put forward your views about what the search for life might look like, how was it received? it was received very roughly. in fact, the biologists complained to the management in nasa, said, what are you doing upsetting all these biologists? nasa's employing them at great expense, and here are you telling them that what they're doing is a lot of rubbish. and so — what would you do instead? his revolutionary gaia theory argues that life does more than adapt to the earth. it changes the earth to its own purposes. today, he calls himself an engineer first, and is very proud of his inventions. so what is this? that's a palladium transmodulator.

is this what you came up with at very short notice... yes. ..when nasa sort of set you a challenge? that's my life. the electron capture detector. it worked like a dream. it could analyse incredibly small quantities of certain compounds. his new book, novacene, argues that we are entering a new age, where artificial intelligence systems take over. artificial intelligence, i reckon, will be 10,000 times faster in thinking than we are. it's a new form of life that evolved. and a new form of life that you think will, in the fullness of time, be much more intelligent than we are, and supersede us? yes. if supersede is the right word. we are all necessary. so does all of this fit into the theory that you're best

known for, the gaia hypothesis, that the earth is a self—regulating entity? is this the next stage of that, if you like? yes, the earth is in a really in a rather dodgy position, looked at astronomically. i think we should just stop burning fossil fuel. i think it's a crazy, daft, very dangerous thing to do, but we continue to do it, because there's so much money invested in it. they could have — use nuclear energy quite safely, without worrying the planet at all. james lovelock, happy 100th birthday. thank you very much. thank you, thank you. in a moment the weather but first, here's joanna gosling with details of what she's got coming up in the victoria derbyshire programme at ten: this morning we'll hear from the father of max, an eight—year—old boy who suffers from a rare fatal illness. he is accusing health

bosses of using his son as a bargaining chip after they refused to fund drug therapy that could prolong his life. join us at 10am on bbc two, the news channel and online. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king north—south split today across the uk, in northern areas, quite cloudy, that cloud pushing its way in from the north—west, and bringing rain, further south, clear skies, plenty of sunshine, for most parts of england and wales, you will notice a bit of thicker cloud moving into northern parts, making sunshine hazy, that rain mainly across the north—west of scotland, continuing into the afternoon, patchy towards the north—east. temperatures, 16 to 19 degrees in northern parts but for england and wales, warmer day compared to yesterday, 24 to 26 celsius. throughout the night, continuing with patchy rain, especially to the north of scotland,

further south, clear skies, dry night, temperatures 12 to 15 celsius. into friday, more sunshine expected for england and wales and a warmer day still, 27 degrees on the london area. further north, more cloud around, temperatures 16 to 18 degrees. the headlines: jeremy hunt and borisjohnson have been challenged to prioritise the crisis in social care, if they become prime minister. patients' lives are being put at risk because of delays in giving them treatment for sepsis, research by bbc news has found. royal marines in gibraltar board an oil tanker, suspected of transporting iranian crude to syria, in breach of sanctions. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt

has repeated his warning that china will face serious consequences if it fails to honour hong kong's high level of autonomy from beijing. and after missing last year's wimbledon due to injury, andy murray returns there today to compete in the men's doubles. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. billions of pounds must be spent to restore quality and access in the adult social care system to an "acceptable" standard, peers have urged. a report by the house of lords economic affairs committee called on the government to spend £8 billion a year to fix "underfunding" in the system. its chairman lord forsyth explained why the money was necessary. well, there is a major, major crisis in social care, something like 1.4 million elderly people are not getting the care they need. the budget has been cut in real terms

va ry budget has been cut in real terms vary substantially. local authorities are struggling to provide that care. there is an immediate need to bring us back to where we were in 2010, which is to spend a huge sum of money, £8 billion, in order to ensure the most vulnerable people in our society get the help they need, washing and basic day—to—day living. this is the most vulnerable people in our country and it should be an absolute priority for any government. microgram at the start you talked about exactly what it is that you wa nt to about exactly what it is that you want to be doing, you want to be similarto want to be doing, you want to be similar to the want to be doing, you want to be similarto the nhs, want to be doing, you want to be similar to the nhs, how will it be funded? at similar to the nhs, how will it be funded ? at the similar to the nhs, how will it be funded? at the moment, whether or not you get free care, free basic care, depends upon the diagnosis. if you have got dementia, you must pay right down to your last £23,000 of assets but if you have motor neuron disease or something that is seen as

the responsibility of the nhs, it is free. we think it should not be the diagnosis but the need that to decide whether or not you get the care. this is the function of rationing because there is insufficient resource. 0ver rationing because there is insufficient resource. over the last 20 years we have had endless green papers and commissions and reports, all of which have identified the problem, but no action has been taken. now, action does need to be taken. now, action does need to be taken because we are at breaking point. china has warned the uk not to "interfere in its domestic affairs" amid a growing diplomatic row over the protests in hong kong. yesterday the foreign secetary said there would be "serious consequences" if china does not honourfreedoms in hong kong, including the right to peaceful protest under the law. jeremy hunt spoke to radio 4's the today programme this morning about how the uk will navigate its relationship with china. what i was saying was something very uncontroversial, which is that we signed an agreement in 1984, which

lasts for 50 years, and we would expect all sides to honour that agreement. this is the agreement that says, hong kong will be directly under the authority of the central people's government of the people's republic of china, not sure that particular agreement offers much hope to protesters in hong kong. what it said was that hong kong. what it said was that hong kong would have a high degree of autonomy, and hong kong's basic freedoms would be protected, and that was the basis on which hong kong was handed over. that has been the basis of hong kong's incredible success, one the basis of hong kong's incredible success, one of the most remarkable cities on the planet, that combination of business acumen and the protection of basic freedoms. and, hong kong is part of china, we recognise that, we are simply saying that we also have an agreement with the people's republic of china and we would expect that to be honoured. not to honour this very important agreement between the united kingdom and china, of course, would have

consequences for china as well as for the uk. all right, let's, try to spell out what the consequences might be, most people would say that the most serious diplomatic consequences that be entailed, where you have a dispute, a rift, a row, would be, sanctions, orthe expulsion of diplomats, the severing of diplomatic relations. i appreciate that is at the extreme end of things but could you rule those out, if the agreement you are talking about is not honoured? no foreign secretary would ever spell out precisely what would happen in a situation like that, you need what bill clinton called strategic ambiguity. the reason you would not spell it out if you don't want to provoke the very situation you are trying to avoid. we are a country that will be in need of trade deals around the world, from china's size and importance, countries like that, isn't the basic trade reality one that will suggest that we would never be able to carry out the kinds

of consequence that you are talking about, because there is simply too much at stake in terms of trade? written as a permanent member of the security council, we have global reach in a way that few other countries do. we are not going to specify what might happen because we hope the situation ever arises. in the end, this is a country that has always defended the values we believe in and we think it is a very important principle that international agreements are honoured. in the last decade, almost 8,500 rhinos were lost to poaching in africa alone — but now one british man thinks he knows how to stop the creatures being killed for their horns. mike kendrick, founder of the charity, rhino's last stand, has developed an injectible liquid

which turns the horns pink. he spoke to bbc breakfast about his innovation. there is only about 10,000 to 12,000 rhinoceros left in africa, we have seen the extinction of several, including the northern rhino. they are iconic, they are the very soul of africa, they will be extinct in a few years. there has been many attempts to try to stop the numbers going down. tell us about your idea, how are...? going down. tell us about your idea, how are. . . ? trying to catch poachers, it is too late when they are dead, so we have looked at it from the point of view, why do these poachers steal the horns, well, it is because they are worth more than gold. the images we are showing are of rhinoceros that have been tranquilize, this is part of the procedure. yes, so, we tranquilize them, because, catching poachers

does not work, they never get convicted. if you look at why they steal, it is because the horns are so steal, it is because the horns are so expensive and valuable, and the risk is low. these guys want to get rich but they don't want to get caught. we have devalued the rhino horn so it is a useless piece of junk, if removed off the rhino. so, thatis junk, if removed off the rhino. so, that is what we do, from that point of view, and we have introduced a dna unique to every single rhino, so once it has been removed, the dna is in the horn, and it is irrefutable evidence that it is stolen and poached. is the rhino aware that something has been injected into its horn? does it cause pain? no, it is invasive, but it is better than being dead. what we do is, we anaesthetise them with expert teams in the traditional way, and then we

inject these solutions, which is toxic to humans. it is a dive? but also it is a toxin, it is animal friendly, so, if they die naturally, other animals can eat them. but, it is poisonous to humans. —— dye. other animals can eat them. but, it is poisonous to humans. -- dye. some of the stories you are reading and watching online, as you look at the page here, most read at the moment, refers to the rail accident that took place in south wales yesterday, with particular reference to one of the two rail workers who died, tributes being paid to him, described as a lovely guy, tribute paid to him, this after he was struck by a passenger train alongside one of the victim who has not yet been named, a rugby club is named, where gareth delbridge

played. interesting to see what is happening between the united states and north korea, "hell—bent on hostile acts" north korea says about the us, following events at the weekend, so much drama surrounding the meeting on the border between kim jong—un the meeting on the border between kimjong—un and the meeting on the border between kim jong—un and donald trump. the meeting on the border between kimjong—un and donald trump. 0ne more to show you which links to that, scrolling down to the areas you are watching, this one is interesting in the context of what i have just interesting in the context of what i havejust said, if interesting in the context of what i have just said, if north interesting in the context of what i havejust said, if north korea can havejust said, if north korea can have a military parade, why can't we, this is a selection of use in the united states, coinciding with the united states, coinciding with the 4th ofjuly. military flyover and tanks, what do americans make of it? more of a military feel than you might have seen in the past. that is it for the morning briefing. let's catch up with the sport.

the big news: frank lampard has been confirmed as the new chelsea head coach filling the role left vacant by maurizio sarri last month, lampard spent 13 seasons as a chelsea player and speculation that he'd be taking over intensified when he led derby county to the championship play—off final last season — in what was his first managerial role. he says he's "immensely proud", adding "i”m here to work hard, bring further success to the club and i cannot wait to get started". britain's best hopes of success in the singles at wimbledon now rest on johanna konta's shoulders, she's on centre court this afternoon. british men's number one kyle edmund was knocked out yesterday — he was three games from victory against fernando verdasco but a knee injury hampered him and he lost in five sets. edmund admits he has to improve his fitness. heather watson is also out, the british number 2 said she made too many errors, in her straight—sets defeat against the 20th seed anett kontaveit of estonia. coco gauff‘s fairytale continued with victory over the semi—finalist here two years ago, magdalena rybarikova,

in little over an hour, under court 0ne's new roof. the 15—year—old american had already beaten the five—time wimbledon champion venus williams and looks like a star in the making. i think ithinkl i think i played well, especially on the pressure points. she was serving amazing, it was kind of hard to return sometimes. she would hit for good serves in a row. next up, caroline wozniacki, does reputation, experience, actually matter to you, does it matter who is across the other side of the net? no, i thinki can beat anyone who is across the court and if i don't think i can win a match, then i won't quit. well gauff got to meet another of her heroes yesterday, in roger federer. the women's tennis association posted this on twitter, saying "yeah we got that on camera...the moment greatness meets future greatness". andy murray's mum, judy, says his mixed doubles partnership

—— andy murray's mum, judy, says she's looking forward to watching him in mixed doubles action with serena williams tomorrow williams has won seven wimbledon doubles titles but today, murray starts his men's doubles campaign — and judy isn't thrilled at the prospect of he and brother jamie potentially facing each other in the third round. in terms of family harmony, it has been great because they have never competed against each other, for a long time, i have been lucky that andy has been singled and jamie has been doubled. if it happens, then i will not be watching courtside, i will not be watching courtside, i will go to the pub and i will wait for a text message! it would be torture to watch it! laughter don't forget you can follow wimbledon across the bbc, starting on bbc two at midday and carrying on across bbc one and the red button and as well as coverage on radio 5 live, there's a choice of 18 courts to watch on the bbc sport website. england have reached the semi—finals of a cricket world cup for the first time in 27 years, thanks to victory over new zealand

at chester le street. jonny bairstow‘s second consecutive century helped set a target of 306. and new zealand might have reached it had they not lost key batsman kane williamson to an incredible run out, one of the moments of the tournament. england went on to win by 119 runs. they'll meet india or australia for a place in the final. and that story dominates this morning's back pages. and as well as the cricket, the express features a picture of frank lampard at stamford bridge — there's plenty of cricket coverage on bbc sport today with test match special on radio 5 live covering the world cup match between afghanistan and west indies, and then the second one—dayer of the women's ashes series later on and there's text and radio commentary and in—play clips from both games on the bbc sport website.

england women's head coach phil neville has thanked the nation for the support given to his side during the world cup. a peak audience of 11.7 million watched their semi—final defeat against the usa on bbc1. that's a new record for women's football in the uk and neville says the backing had really made a difference. the coverage we have had back home has been incredible. the fans that have travelled out to niece, le havre, valencia, and lyon, the support has been incredible. —— nice. we have been inspired and motivated and you have given us energy, and the love and care and support you have given to us has been amazing. —— valenciennes.

england will face sweden in their third—place play off on saturday, after the swedes lost their semi—final against the netherlands 1—0 in lyon. manchester united midfielder jackie groenen's goal in extra time saw the european champions through to sunday's final, where they'll face holders the usa. that's all the sport for now. the laws on assisted dying will be debated in the house of commons today, for the first time since mps rejected changing the law four years ago. —— the laws on assisted dying will be debated in the house of commons today, for the first time since mps rejected changing the law four years ago. currently, anyone found guilty of helping someone to end their own life can face a prison sentence. tim muffett reports. vicky was 83 and had stage four bone cancer when she ended her own life last year. she'd been in constant pain. she was not afraid of dying but afraid of the way she was going to die. she said when she feels ready, she will do it, not when the cancer takes her.

her son and daughter, adam and kate, were both investigated by police for potentially assisting their mother's suicide. vicki had asked adam to contact the swiss clinic dignitas with a view to potentially ending her own life there. his phone was seized. vicki died in kate's house. kate found her after returning home one day last february. i then sat with her. didn't go in an ambulance. as the police took it, mum was a victim and i was a suspect. after almost a year, the coroner returned a verdict of suicide. kate and adam were cleared of any involvement. i would like to see the law changed so that people that are terminally ill can be allowed to die with dignity and to be assisted in the way they die. in england, wales, and northern ireland, being found guilty of assisted suicide can lead to a jail term of up to 14 years. in scotland, it's not a specific crime, but helping someone take their own life can lead to a charge of culpable homicide. all these laws will be scrutinised today in parliament. kidney specialist, dr david randall, supports the view of

care not killing, an alliance of organisations which oppose a change to the law. it can appear stern, but invariably it's interpreted with compassion. there's very clear guidance from the director of public prosecutions, which indicates that family members who act out of compassion to assist the suicide of a relative shouldn't be prosecuted. the danger, i think, if we change the law here is that we skew the balance. but for adam and kate, and many others, legal changes are long overdue. the newest airport in the world opens in the uk today. carlisle lake district airport, or cax for short, will operate flights for tourists and local workers. our correspondent sarah corker is there for us this morning. this is the uk's newest airport, carlisle lake this is the uk's newest airport, ca rlisle lake district, this is the uk's newest airport, carlisle lake district, officially

opened this morning, at 8am, the first passenger flight for more than 25 years took off, headed for dublin. initially there will be 28 flights a week, to dublin, belfast city and london southend. i am joined byjonathan from loganair, they will be operating the service is, what have sales been like? very strong, we are very encouraged by the take—up, first flights going out nearly full, all three of the flights to dublin, belfast and london southend, and the bookings have been superb, we are very pleased. no commercial passenger flights since 1993. because they we re flights since 1993. because they were not viable, what has changed?‘ lot has changed in the way that people fly but also in the way that regional airports work, customers who have been using them have found a convenience, getting through them, check in, get through without the hassle associated with big airports, is something valuable to them. more and more people using regional airports and that is great to see.

particularly here at carlisle airport today. you are from the sto ba rt airport today. you are from the stobart group, who owns and operates the group, is there really a need for it, train links are very good, intense competition from airports in manchester and newcastle, will people actually use these flights? they will, it is interesting, our visitor economy is very important in cumbria and the lake district but if you live in essex, or in east london, it is very difficult to come up london, it is very difficult to come up to the lake district, takes a long time by train, you have to get around london, you would not drive up around london, you would not drive up from london, because it would be an eight hour drive but if you could nip along by train, jump on a plane, you could be having your first point by the time the sun goes down. we are opening up the visitor economy to new visitors who have not been here, that is a great opportunity for the visitor economy and the economy. very much open for business but there are of course environmental concerns, questions over whether there should be more

domestic flights, at a time when the uk is trying to reduce the impact of climate change. in 1982, terrence higgins was one of the first men with aids to die in the uk. today, on the anniversary of his death, the trust which was set—up in his name, says the stigma surrounding hiv still exists. for example, it says eight out of 10 people don't understand that if you're receiving effective treatment you cannot pass on the virus. jayne mccubbin has been speaking to two families living with hiv. i never thought it would happen to me, the only thing you hear on the television and news, it was prostitutes, drug addicts. i could not tell my family, i could not tell my friends, i was scared. just a few months after she was diagnosed, she met alberto. when i met her, i

was 19, and it was love at first sight. in a time of fear and stigma, alberto saw the person, not the virus. love is possible and love is amazing. and love is healing everything, i think. this is the day of my wedding and that's just amazing. two lovebirds and a dream. medical advances meant the virus was never passed on to alberto. the picture when my son was born 18 years ago. nor to the child they thought they'd never be able to have. these are my boys, my husband alberto and my son manuel. their family is living proof ofjust how far we've come in the battle against hiv, but have attitudes kept up? our findings from a national yougov survey showed that despite there being unequivocal scientific evidence that people

who are on effective hiv treatment can't pass the virus on, only 19% of the british public are aware of that. so it's a really important message to get out there, that an hiv diagnosis is not the death sentence it once was. and lj is also living proof of that. tell us all about your mum. she's nice, she's fair to me. your mum is also hiv positive. yeah. but i'm negative. sasha was five when doctors realised she'd contracted hiv from her own mother. but modern medicine eliminated the risk of history repeating itself. what do you want to tell people? that we need to move forward.

if people have diabetes or cancer, people are very sympathetic, empathetic. it's not about sympathy. it's about, oh, 0k, do you take your pills? everything's going to be fine. look at this. and it does, everything's going to be fine. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. the american whiskey company, jim beam, says a lightning strike appears to be the cause of a massive fire at one of its warehouses in kentucky. forty—five thousand barrels of bourbon have been destroyed. a spokesperson for the company said each of the barrels contained two hundred litres of whiskey. amsterdam's mayor has announced plans to close the curtains on the red light district's famous brothels. femke halsema is seeking to radically revamp the city's sex trade. her ideas include banning sex workers from standing in window—fronted rooms to protect them from tourists. ms halsema says there are no plans to outlaw prostitution altogether. a museum which explores welsh history has won britain's largest arts prize. st fagans national museum of history, which includes more than 40 historic buildings within 100 acres of parkland, has been crowned the art

fund's museum of the year. it beat off competition from hms caroline in belfast and the v&a dundee to secure the £100,000 award. now, time for a look at the weather forecast. lots of sunshine at the moment across england and wales, it is going to be another fine day here, further north, however, more cloud, you can see it quite clearly on the satellite imagery, thick cloud in the far north—west of scotland giving us some outbreaks of rain. that will continue in the north—west and into the afternoon, patchy towards the east, some protection from the mountains, further south, lots of sunshine for england and wales, bit of cloud moving its way into northern areas, making sunshine a bit hazy. temperatures for northern parts, 16 to 19, a day for many of us, as high as 25 to 27 degrees. as we go through tonight,

continuing with a bit of cloud, a little bit of rain, elsewhere, clear spells, temperatures getting down to 12 to 15 celsius and then during friday, more cloud for northern areas, more sunshine for southern areas, more sunshine for southern areas, and a warmer day still.

hello, it's thursday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm joanna gosling... patients' lives are being put at risk because of delays giving them treatment for sepsis — that's the warning as new figures show that nearly a quarter of patients aren't being treated quickly enough. so, it's difficult for health professionals to spot it first time, every time. what they do need to do is to work in partnership with their patients, listen to their patients, and look for sepsis. and if they do that, most of the time it can be spotted. shortly, we'll be talking a mum — whose one—year—old son died when doctors misdiagnosed his sepsis. is pride too commercialised? thousands are expected to march through london this weekend — but is the event being hijacked by business in a cynical bid to boost profits? also, we'll be speaking to the family of a boy with a terminal disease.